Top GKToday’s News Headlines- 25 December 2019

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Here are the top News Headlines of 25 December 2019 for all competitive examinations of India.

Jharkhand Assembly election results (81/81): AJSU Party: 2, BJP: 25, CPI-ML: 1, Independent: 2, Congress: 16, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha: 30, Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik): 3, NCP: 1, RJD: 1
Jharkhand: Outgoing BJP Chief Minister Raghubar Das lost from Jamshedpur East constituency to Independent Saryu Roy by a margin of 15,815 votes
Cabinet approves creation of the post of Chief of Defence Staff in the rank of four star General
IAF’s last MiG 27 squadron to be decommissioned at the Jodhpur Air Base on December 27
Cabinet approves conduct of Census of India 2021 and updation of National Population Register
NITI Aayog to launch Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) India Index & Dashboard 2019–20 on December 30
India’s first long range CNG bus that can travel 1000 kms in a single fill launched by Indraprastha Gas Limited (IGL)
8 km long strategic tunnel under Rohtang Pass in J&K to be named after former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee

ATAL BHUJAL YOJANA

Union Cabinet approves implementation of the Atal Bhujal Yojana (ATAL JAL)
A Central Sector Scheme with a total outlay of Rs.6000 crore to be implemented over a period of 5 years (2020-21 to 2024-25).
Aims to improve ground water management through community participation in identified priority areas in 7 States: Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka, MP, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and UP.

ORGANISATIONAL RESTRUCTURING OF RAILWAYS

Union Cabinet approves transformational Organisational Restructuring of Indian Railways
Unification of the existing eight Group A services into a Central Service called Indian Railway Management Service (IRMS)
Railway Board will be organised on functional lines and will be headed by Chairman Railway Board (CRB) who will be CEO with 4 Members and some Independent Members

Gross nonperforming asset (GNPA) ratio of the banking system declines from 11.2% in 2017-18 to 9.1% in 2018-19: RBI
Net NPAs of the banking system declined to 3.7 per cent in FY19 from 6 per cent in FY18: RBI
Total frauds at banks rise 74% to Rs 71,543 crore in 2018-19: RBI
RBI introduces semi-closed prepaid payment instrument (PPI) for purchase of goods and services up to a limit of Rs 10,000