NammaKPSC Current Affairs - March 2024

  • TRADE AND ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT

    India signed a free trade agreement (FTA) termed – Trade and Economic Partnership Agreement (TEPA)  – with four European countries — Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland

  • GEVRA MINE

    Chhattisgarh’s  Gevra coal mine has been granted environmental clearance to expand production capacity to 70 million tons per annum making it the Largest Coal Mine in Asia

  • RECENT GI TAG

    Rupa Tarakasi, Banglar Muslin, Narasapur crochet lace products,  Kutch rogan craft, Ratlam Riyawan Lahsun, Tripura Risa Textile, Hyderabad Lac Bangles, Majuli Mask , Assam Majuli Manuscript Painting, Ambaji White Marble won GI Tag recently

  • FOREIGN EXCHANGE RESERVE

    India’s foreign exchange reserves surged by $2.98 billion to $619.07 billion recently

  • SANGOLA POMEGRANATES

    APEDA facilitates India’s first commercial trial shipment of Sangola pomegranates to the US via sea

  • NammaKPSC Current Affairs - February 2024

  • LIBERALIZATION IN SPACE SECTOR

    The Union Cabinet on Wednesday further liberalised the space sector by amending the Foreign Direct Investment norms, permitting an increased flow of foreign capital in areas related to the development and launch of satellites, and creating the ground infrastructure for the same

  • MARKET CAPITALISATION

    Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) became the first Indian company to surpass Rs 20 lakh crore in market capitalization

  • INDIA’S UNIFIED PAYMENT INTERFACE

    India’s Unified Payment Interface (UPI) services will be rolled out in Sri Lanka and Mauritius

  • RBI REPO RATE

    RBI’s policy panel has kept repo rate unchanged at 6.5 per cent

  • NammaKPSC Current Affairs - January 2024

  • K-SHAPED RECOVERY

    Finance Minister recently rejected the theory that India’s ongoing recovery is ‘K-shaped’

  • RBI’S GUIDELINES ON STATE ‘GUARANTEES’

    A working group constituted by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) made certain recommendations to address issues relating to guarantees extended by State governments

  • STATES’ START-UP RANKING

    4th states’ Start-up Ranking a yearly capacity building exercise by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) released

  • WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM ANNUAL MEETING

    World Economic Forum annual meet held in Davos

  • FINANCE COMMISSION OF INDIA

    NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman Arvind Panagariya Chairman to head 16th Finance Commission

  • NammaKPSC Current Affairs - October 2023

  • FCRA licenses

    Ayodhya Ram temple trust gets FCRA licence to receive foreign donations

  • NammaKPSC Current Affairs - September 2023

  • Angel Tax

    The central government has eased some of the provisions of the angel tax introduced in this year’s Budget

  • Bima Sugam

    Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India has set up a committee to oversee the creation and development of its Bima Sugam

  • NPCI

    National payment corporation of India has launched new intiatives at the Global Fintech Festival .

  • Economic Corridor

    PM Narendra Modi and the President of USA,. Joe Biden co-chaired a Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment (PGII) and India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC), held on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in New Delhi.

  • Incremental cash reserve ratio

    RBI to discontinue Incremental Cash Reserve Ratio(I-CRR) in a phased manner

  • Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC)

    At G20 TechSprint Finale 2023, Reserve Bank of India Governor mooted the idea that CBDCs can make efficient cross border payments

  • Rice Export

    According to a notification by Directorate General of Foreign Trade, India permitted exports of limited quantities of non-basmati white rice to Bhutan, Mauritius and Singapore

  • NammaKPSC Current Affairs - August 2023

  • GI Tag

    Seven products from across India were given GI tag by the Geographical Indications Registry in Chennai.

  • Vivad se Vishwas II

    Centre launched Vivad se Vishwas 2.0 scheme to settle contractual disputes as announced in Union Budget 2023

  • World Coffee Conference

    Bengaluru is all set to host the fifth edition of the World Coffee Conference (WCC 2023).

  • NammaKPSC Current Affairs - July 2023

  • RECENT ECONOMIC REFORMS

    Economic reforms were announced by Finance minister recently

  • Resource Efficiency Circular Economy Industry Coalition

    G20 countries launched the Resource Efficiency Circular Economy Industry Coalition (RECEIC)

  • White Label ATMs (WLAs)

    The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has apprised to drive ATM penetration in the country with a greater focus on Tier III to VI cities

  • Standing Committee on Statistics (SCoS)

    Government of India recently appointed new panel for Standing Committee on Statistics (SCoS)

  • “Credit Guarantee Scheme” for Livestock Sector

    First ever “Credit Guarantee Scheme” for Livestock Sector launched for rebooting rural economy by leveraging MSMEs

  • e-Shram

    India makes presentation on e-Shram, world’s largest database of unorganised workers and National Career Service Portal during 4th G20 EWG meeting in Madhya Pradesh

  • Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers Rights Act, 2001

    The Delhi High Court reject PepsiCo India’s patent appeal for its unique Lays’ potato

  • GST Council

    The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council, at its 50th meeting to impose 28% tax on online gaming firms

  • SWAMIH Fund

    Prime Minister, Narendra Modi has congratulated new home owners in Bengaluru’s first project under SWAMIH Fund

  • Crypto market

    The International Monetary Fund (IMF) issued a statement on the use of cryptocurrency in the Latin American and Caribbean market, and about the rising interest in blockchain-based central bank digital currencies (CBDCs).

  • Mahila Samman Saving Certificate

    Public Sector Banks and eligible Private Sector Banks authorised to implement and operationalise Mahila Samman Savings Certificate, 2023

  • NammaKPSC Current Affairs - June 2023

  • India’s GDP

    According to Ministry of finance , India’s gross domestic product (GDP) has touched the $3.75 trillion-mark in 2023, up from around $2 trillion in 2014.

  • Minimum Support Price

    The government announced the MSP for 17 ‘kharif’ crops, like paddy, pulses (moong, arhar, urad), oilseeds like groundnut and soyabean and cotton, for the marketing season of 2023-24.

  • RuPay forex cards

    The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will soon allow banks to issue RuPay Prepaid Forex cards for use at ATMs, PoS machines and online merchants abroad.

  • Bima Vahak

    The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) issued draft guidelines for Bima Vahaks, a new initiative aimed at enhancing insurance inclusion and awareness across the country.

  • Passive fund rules

    SEBI will soon introduce a new light-touch regulatory framework-‘Mutual Fund Lite’  for passively managed mutual funds like exchange traded funds (ETFs) and index funds, which have seen a sharp uptick in assets under management (AUM) in recent years.

  • NammaKPSC Current Affairs - May 2023

  • Withdrawal of 2000 denomination note

    The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) decided to withdraw ₹2,000 denomination banknotes from circulation in pursuance of its “Clean Note Policy”. However, the ₹2,000 notes will continue to be legal tender. A similar withdrawal of notes from circulation was undertaken in 2013-2014.

  • Production Linked Incentive Scheme – 2.0 for IT Hardware

    The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister, approved the Production Linked Incentive Scheme 2.0 for IT Hardware with a budgetary outlay Rs. 17,000 crore.

  • E-chits mobile app

    The ‘E-chits’ application was launched in Andhra Pradesh to regulate chit-fund companies and prevent fraud.

  • RAISING AND ACCELERATING MSME PERFORMANCE PROGRAMME (RAMP)

    The Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Entreprises, Government of India organised the first meeting of the National MSME Council at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi

  • NammaKPSC Current Affairs - April 2023

  • Karnataka tops in Fasal Bima

    Karnataka was declared topper in the implementation of the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) scheme, during a national conference in Chhattisgarh

  • Savings account launched by Apple

    Apple launched a savings account linked with its Apple Card, which will offer a high annual percentage yield (APY) of 4.15 per cent.

  • Dabba trading

    National Stock Exchange (NSE) issued a string of notices naming entities involved in ‘dabba trading’. It cautioned retail investors to not subscribe (or invest) using any of these products offering indicative/assured/guaranteed returns in the stock market as they are prohibited by law

  • e-invoice

    Businesses with turnover of Rs.100 crore and above will have to upload their electronic invoices on the IRP within 7 days of the issue of such invoice with effect from May 1.

  • NPCI

    National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), that governs UPI, in a circular issued directly to banks, intimated that they can now levy charges on merchant transactions made through Prepaid Instrument wallets using UPI.

  • SEBI

    SEBI pushes norms to ensure better disclosures and boost transparency.

  • NammaKPSC Current Affairs - March 2023

  • SEBI

    SEBI to regulate a framework for index providers, aimed at improving transparency and accountability in governance and administration of the financial benchmarks or indices in the domestic securities market.

  • GST appellate tribunal

    Lok Sabha passed Finance Bill, 2023 with 64 amendments, including one that seeks to set up the much-awaited GST Appellate Tribunal (GSTAT).

  • ‘India Venture Capital 2023’ report

    According to IVCA and Bain & Co.’s new ‘India Venture Capital 2023’ report India accounted for 20 per cent of all venture capital (VC) funding in the APAC region for the first time in 2022, even as the year was defined by a capital market slowdown.

  • Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA)

    Govt amends anti-money laundering rules, widening the scope of Know Your Customer (KYC) norms to include Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs), non-profit organizations (NPOs) and those dealing in virtual digital assets (VDA) as reporting entities

  • Money laundering laws

    India’s money laundering laws will apply to trade in cryptocurrencies.

  • World Bank

    World Bank to lend $1 billion to support India’s health sector.

  • Social Stock Exchange

    The National Stock Exchange of India received the final approval from the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) to set up a Social Stock Exchange (SSE).

  • Fugitive economic offenders

    India called upon G-20 countries to adopt multilateral action for faster extradition of fugitive economic offenders and recovery of assets, both domestically and abroad.

  • Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act,2010

    The Union Home Ministry has suspended the FCRA registration of the Centre for Policy Research (CPR), a Delhi-based think tank for 180 days.

  • Coin vending machines

    RBI in collaboration with banks, would be launching a pilot project to assess the functioning of a QR-code based coin vending machine.

  • NammaKPSC Current Affairs - February 2023

  • Stock market

    Supreme Court asked SEBI and the government to produce the existing regulatory framework in place to protect investors from share market volatility after Adani  Group of stock market manipulation and accounting fraud.

  • Vostro accounts

    20 Russian banks, including Rosbank, Tinkoff Bank, Centro Credit Bank and Credit Bank of Moscow have opened Special Rupee Vostro Accounts (SRVA) with partner banks in India.

  • Integration of UPI and PayNow

    India’s real-time retail payment system Unified Payments Interface (UPI), which has allowed for quick digital payments through apps like BharatPe and Paytm, and its equivalent network in Singapore called PayNow, were integrated

  • Debt swaps

    With many developing nations facing a triple whammy of rising debt loads, climate change and nature loss, conservationists say the answer could lie with a financial instrument enabling them to tackle all three at once: “debt-for-environment swaps”.

  • Primary Agricultural Credit Societies

    Union Cabinet approves setting up 2 lakh primary agricultural credit societies

  • Windfall taxes

    Union government hiked the windfall profit tax levied on domestically-produced crude oil as well as on the export of diesel and aviation turbine fuel (ATF).

  • Disinvestment

    In the Union Budget for 2023-24, the government has set a disinvestment target of Rs.51,000 crore, 21% down nearly  from the budget estimate for the current year and also the lowest target in seven years.

  • UPI for NRIs

    National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) paved the way for international (phone) numbers to be able to transact using UPI

  • Economic Survey

    Economic Survey tabled by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Parliament

  • Economic survey and Karnataka

    Following are the highlights of  Karnataka  provided by economic survey released by central government

  • NammaKPSC Current Affairs - January 2023

  • Finance Commission

    The Union government will soon start off the process to set up the 16th Finance Commission with finance ministry

  • T+1 settlement cycle

    Stock markets in India concluded its transition to the T+1 settlement regime 

  • Municipal bonds

    Markets regulator SEBI has launched an information database on municipal bonds as part of efforts to develop the bond markets, an outreach programme on municipal bonds and municipal finance

  • Financial Services Institutions Bureau

    The Financial Services Institutions Bureau (FSIB), recommended names for the posts of managing directors of Bank of Baroda and Bank of India

  • Digital payments

    Union cabinet approves incentive scheme for banks to promote digital payments

  • Green Bonds

    The RBI will issue Sovereign Green Bonds worth Rs 16,000 crore, in two tranches of Rs 8,000 crore each, in the current financial year

  • ಅಂತಾರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯ ಸಿರಿಧಾನ್ಯ ಮೇಳ

    ರಾಜ್ಯ ರಾಜಧಾನಿ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿನ ಅರಮನೆ ಮೈದಾನದ ತ್ರಿಪುರವಾಸಿನಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ರಾಜ್ಯ ಕೃಷಿ ಇಲಾಖೆ ವತಿಯಿಂದ ಜನವರಿ 20 ರಿಂದ ಮೂರು ದಿನಗಳ ಕಾಲ ಅಂತಾರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯ ಸಿರಿಧಾನ್ಯ ಮೇಳ -2023′ ಹಮ್ಮಿಕೊಳ್ಳಲಾಗಿದೆ.

  • Demonetisation

    A majority of four judges on a Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court found no flaw in the Union government’s process to demonetise Rs500 and Rs1,000 banknotes through a Gazette notification issued on November 8, 2016.

  • Kisan Credit Cards

    Among five States in southern India, Karnataka has the highest operative Kisan Credit Cards (KCCs) issued by cooperative banks, regional rural banks, and commercial banks

  • NammaKPSC Current Affairs - December 2022

  • Small savings

    The Union government raised the interest rates on eight small savings schemes for the January-to-March quarter of 2023, but left the returns on the popular Public Provident Fund (PPF) unchanged at 7.1%.

  • Trademark

    Delhi High Court, in the case of Hamdard National Foundation (India) vs Sadar Laboratories Pvt. Ltd, judgment observed that the trademark ‘Rooh Afza’ is prima facie a strong mark requiring a high degree of protection as it has immense goodwill.

  • G-sec

    Trading volumes in government securities (g-secs) hit a two-year high on Q2 of 2022-2, rising interest rate , with the Finance Ministry terming this a sign of growing market interest in such bonds.

  • Ladakh GI tag

    Ladakh got its first ever Geographical Indication (GI) Tag to its Raktsey Karpo Apricot.

  • Sovereign Gold Bonds

    The Reserve Bank of India announced to issue next tranche of Sovereign Gold Bonds 2022-23 Series III

  • Monetary Policy

    The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) raised the policy repo rate by 35 basis points , downshifting gears from consecutive increases of 50 bps, and scaled down GDP growth hopes for the year to 6.8% from 7%, and exuded confidence about the economy being resilient and asserted that “the worst of inflation” was behind

  • Digital payment transactions

    Bengaluru, have largest digital payment transactions in the January to October 2022 period, the highest in the country, according to a study by World line India.

  • Sherpa

    The 1st Sherpa Meeting of India’s G20 Presidency begins in the historic city of Udaipur, Rajasthan

  • Digital Rupee

    The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced that the first pilot for the retail version of the digital Rupee (e-R) would be introduced in December

  • NammaKPSC Current Affairs - November 2022

  • Free Trade Agreement

    In a bid to promote commerce and investment between the two regions, India and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) will announce the launch of negotiations for a free trade agreement

  • Free Trade Agreement

    India and Australia to implement the free trade agreement as the Australian Parliament approved the pact between the two countries.

  • Standard for e-commerce reviews

    The Union government unveiled a framework of standards to curb fake reviews on e-commerce websites. The framework, ‘Indian Standard (IS) 19000:2022’, has been prepared by the Bureau of Indian Standards and will come into effect from November 25.

  • Loss and Damage Fund

    UN climate summit in Egypt has created history by deciding to establish a fund to address loss and damage to compensate the most vulnerable countries for damages from climate-linked disasters

  • National Investment and Infrastructure Fund

    Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs, chaired the 5th meeting of the Governing Council (GC) of National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) about investment opportunities in the economy

  • Vostro Account

     Nine Russian banks open Vostro accounts for rupee trade for import and export activities

  • Inflation

     India’s retail inflation eased sharply to 6.77 per cent on an annual basis in the month of October 2022.

  • PM Gati Shakti Multimodal Waterways Summit

     Prime Minister’s Gati Shakti Multimodal Waterways Summit organised by the Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) under the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, Government of India at Varanasi.

  • National Financial Reporting Authority

    The National Financial Reporting Authority (NFRA) has introduced its audit quality inspection guidelines  as a step towards  further  improving the quality of audit profession.

  • Regional Rural Bank

    Several of RRB  are now facing an existential crisis due to dwindling business and soaring bad assets.

  • Provident Fund(PF) pensions

    A three-judge bench of the Supreme Court ruled in the matter where the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) appealed various orders favouring employees issued by the Kerala, Rajasthan, and Delhi High Courts. The order provided relief to some employees.

  • Electoral bonds

    The Centre amended the Electoral Bond Scheme to grant itself the power to spell out an extra fortnight of electoral bond sales in years when States and Union Territories with a legislature have polls

  • Five-year ‘perspective plan’

    Rural areas in Karnataka to get 5-year plans from next fiscal

  • Renewable Energy Sector

    Karnataka will soon be the flag bearer of the country’s renewable energy sector as it is already the single largest ethanol production hub in Asia, opined an expert panel on energy spoke at Global Investors’ Meet in Bengaluru.

  • Monetary Policy Committee (MPC)

    The Reserve Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) held a meeting to ‘discuss and draft the report to be sent to the government’ for missing the 2%-6% inflation target mandated by the MPC framework.

  • NammaKPSC Current Affairs - October 2022

  • MGNREGS beneficiaries

    Around 83 per cent of the job card holders of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) surveyed in Karnataka have complained that their wages were delayed or pending, a latest report showed.

  • Electronic gold receipts launched

    The BSE has launched electronic gold receipt (EGR) on its platform, a move that will help in efficient and transparent price discovery of the yellow Metal.

  • Rozgar Mela – recruitment drive

     The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi launched Rozgar Mela  the recruitment drive for 10 lakh personnel. During the ceremony, appointment letters were handed over to 75,000 newly inducted appointees

  • InvITs

    The recent bond offer from the National Highway Infrastructure Trust (NHIT) has led to a lot of curiosity about Infrastructure Investment Trusts or InvIT

  • Coffee industry

    In the coffee heartland of Karnataka, comprising the Kodagu, Chikkamagaluru and Hassan districts, coffee saplings were destroyed  by heavy rains between July and September.

  • MSMEs can claim benefits post re-classification

    Micro, small and medium enterprises will continue to receive non-tax benefits for three years despite moving above the investment and turnover threshold.

  • ‘Karnataka aims to become USD 1 trillion economy by 2025’

    Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said a vision group would be constituted to draw up an action plan to make the state a $1 trillion economy.

  • High infant, maternal mortality rates

    Worried over rising Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) and Maternal Mortality rate (MMR) in Karnataka compared with other states, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai directed deputy commissioners and zilla panchayat chief executives to take necessary measures

  • Digital banks

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated 75 digital banking units (DBU) across 75 districts to the nation via video conferencing.

  • Global Hunger Index

    India ranks 107 out of 121 countries on the Global Hunger Index in which it fares worse than all countries in South Asia barring war-torn Afghanistan. It is Published by Concern Worldwide annually, the report has been jointly prepared by Irish aid agency Concern Worldwide and German organisation Welt Hunger Hilfe.

  • Uniform brand for FPO

    The Karnataka will soon have the State government-recognised uniform branding for the products of farmer-producer organisations (FPOs) to boost their marketing.

  • e-rupee

    The Reserve Bank said it will soon commence the pilot launch of e-rupee for specific use cases as it tests digital currency in India.

  • Kerala’s draft industrial policy

    Kerala’s new draft industrial policy promises a host of incentives aimed at attracting investments, promoting employment generation, and fostering entrepreneurship.

  • NammaKPSC Current Affairs - August 2022

  • Food security coverage

    The Supreme Court has directed the Centre to increase coverage under the National Food Security Act (NFSA) so that “more and more needy persons and citizens get the benefit” under the 2013 law which entitles rural and urban poor to subsidised foodgrains under the Targeted Public Distribution System.

  • UPI expands further globally

    Expanding further outside India, the indigenously developed real-time payments solution the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) will foray into the United Kingdom market starting with QR code-based transactions.

  • Windfall tax

    Government has revived the windfall tax on Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF) exports at ₹2 per litre, raised the export tax on diesel from ₹5 a litre to ₹7, and slashed the central excise levy on domestically produced crude oil to ₹13,000 per tonne as opposed to ₹17,750 levied a fortnight ago.

  • Ethanol blending

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that India has achieved its target of blending 10% sugarcane-extracted ethanol in petrol, ahead of schedule. India is one of the world’s biggest oil importing nations.

  • Lucky Bill App

    The Kerala State government launched the Lucky Bill App to encourage consumers to upload invoices in a bid to curb tax evasion

  • Midday meals

    In addition to egg, banana, and shenga chikki in midday meals, the State government now plans to add millets like ragi and jowar to the diet of government and aided schoolchildren.

  • NammaKPSC Current Affairs - July 2022

  • NEW EMPLOYMENT POLICY

    The new Karnataka Employment Policy, 2022-25, has mandated investors to increase the number of jobs for locals while expanding their industrial units or setting up new industries in the State.

  • UN REPORT

    According to the report, India’s population stands at 1.412 billion in 2022, compared to China’s 1.426 billion

  • UNFAIR TRADE PRACTICES

    On July 4, the Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) announced five guidelines to prevent unfair trade practices and to protect consumer interests regarding the levy of service charges in hotels and restaurants.

  • CHETTIKULAM SMALL ONION

    The Tamil Nadu State Agricultural Marketing Board and the Chettikulam Small Onion Farmers’ Producer Association, Perambalur, have filed an application seeking Geographical Indications (GI) tag for the Chettikulam small onion.

  • SYSTEM TO SETTLE TRADE IN RUPEES

    The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has put in place a mechanism to facilitate international trade in rupees (INR), with immediate effect. However, banks acting as authorised dealers for such transactions would have to take prior approval from the regulator to facilitate this.

  • STATES’ STARTUP RANKING FRAMEWORK

    Karnataka has bagged the “Best Performer” award in the DPIIT’s (Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade) State/ Union Territory Startup ranking – 2021.

  • THIRD VERSION OF GST PRIME

    The third version of GST Prime, an analytical system from National Informatics Centre (NIC) that will help increase tax compliance, was launched in Bengaluru by Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai.

  • ACCELERATOR PROGRAMME

    The SJCE-STEP Startup Technology Business Incubator at Mysuru launched a training programme to give a boost to Startups and innovators.

  • NammaKPSC Current Affairs - June 2022

  • HYDERABAD LAC BANGLES

    Hyderabad-based Creasent Handicraft Artisans Welfare Association has filed an application for securing a Geographical Indications tag for lac bangles that are manufactured in the city.

  • DUTCH DISEASE

    Dutch Disease in economics refers to a phenomenon wherein a country witnesses uneven growth across sectors due to the discovery of natural resources, especially large oil reserves.

  • FASAL BHAVANTAR KAWACH

    Fasal Bhavantar Kawach an Insurance scheme launched to protect chilli farmers in A.P. from price fluctuations

  • TWO MOUS TO SCALE UP WOMEN-LED ENTERPRISES

    The State government signed two memoranda of understanding (MoUs) with the objective of strengthening the economic activities of women self-help groups (SHGs) and facilitating organic farmers to sell their produce directly to consumers.

  • THE 2022 GLOBAL STARTUP ECOSYSTEM REPORT

    The GSER was released in the backdrop of the ongoing London Tech Week 2022, which brings together global governments and corporate leaders, inspirational start-up founders and investors to discuss the power of technology for societies.

  • COMPETITIVENESS INDEX

    India has witnessed the sharpest rise among the Asian economies, with a six-position jump from 43rd to 37th rank on the annual World Competitiveness Index compiled by the Institute for Management Development, largely due to gains in economic performance.

  • NLCIL TO SET UP METHANOL PROJECT IN NEYVELI

    NLC India Ltd., (NLCIL), a Navaratna Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) under the Ministry of Coal has planned to set up a methanol project using lignite with an investment of ₹4,400 crore in Neyveli.

  • WTO MEET

    On the eve of the 12th ministerial conference (MC) of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva, India said it will pitch for “fair, just and transparent discussions and outcome” at the multilateral body, amid persisting differences between the developing and the developed countries on a broad range of contentious issues.

  • IRAN AND VENEZUELA SIGN 20-YEAR COOPERATION PLAN

    Iran and Venezuela signed a 20-year cooperation plan in Tehran as the two countries, among the world’s top oil producers, grapple with U.S. sanctions that are crippling their exports.

  • INDIA’S ECONOMIC STAKES HIGH IN WEST ASIA

    Several West Asian nations including Qatar, Kuwait, Iran, Bahrain, Oman, Iraq, Saudi Arabia and the UAE as well as the 57-nation Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and the six-member Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) took strong exception to the remarks denigrating Islam and the Prophet Muhammed.

  • ‘MONITORING LIST’ OF US TREASURY

      India remained on the US treasury department’s currency “Monitoring List” of major trading partners as Washington placed India along with 11 other major economies that merit close attention to their currency practices and macroeconomic policies.

  • FITCH UPGRADES INDIA OUTLOOK

    Fitch Ratings revised India’s outlook from ‘negative’ to ‘stable’ on, June 10, 2022, citing fading downside risks to medium-term growth thanks to a rapid economic recovery and easing of weaknesses in the financial sector.

  • INDIA’S ECONOMIC GROWTH FORECAST

    The World Bank cut India’s economic growth forecast for the current fiscal to 7.5% as rising inflation, supply chain disruptions and geopolitical tensions taper recovery.

  • THE REPO RATE

    The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) voted unanimously to increase the repo rate by 50 basis points to 4.90% in a bid to slow inflation that it estimates will average 7.5% in the current April-June quarter.

  • EVTOL

    The Union Civil Aviation Minister, has said that the Government of India is exploring the possibility of inviting manufacturers of Electric Vertical Take-off and Landing (eVTOL) aircraft to set up base in India.

  • WORLD’S FIRST FISHING CAT CENSUS

    The Chilika Lake, Asia’s largest brackish water lagoon, has 176 fishing cats, according to a census conducted by Chilika Development Authority (CDA) in collaboration with The Fishing Cat Project (TFCP).

  • SKOCH ‘EASE OF DOING BUSINESS’ AWARD

    The West Bengal government has bagged the SKOCH award for ‘ease of doing businesses

  • NammaKPSC Current Affairs - May 2022

  • FAST MOVING CONSUMER GOODS

    Karnataka to set up Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) cluster Mummigatti Industrial Area in Dharwad

  • FOREIGN INVESTMENT FACILITATION PORTAL

    Foreign Investment Facilitation Portal (FIFP)  completes 5 years

  • GST VERDICT OF SC

    Supreme Court ruled that the Goods and Services Tax Council’s recommendations only had a “persuasive value” and were not binding on the Centre and the state governments

  • RBI POLICY RATES

    Reserve Bank of India (RBI) hiked lending (repo) rate by 40 basis points to 4.4% at an off-cycle meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC)

  • NammaKPSC Current Affairs - April 2022

  • LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION RATE

    Recently, data from the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) shows that India’s Labour Force Participation Rate (LFPR) has fallen to just 40% from an already low 47% in 2016

  • NUTRIENT BASED SUBSIDY

    Cabinet approves Nutrient Based Subsidy (NBS) rates for Phosphatic and Potassic (P&K) fertilizers for Kharif Season

  • FASAL BIMA PATHSHALA

    Government has urged insurance companies to conduct ‘Fasal Bima Pathshalas’

  • FINCLUVATION

    India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) launched the Fincluvation Platform

  • CARDLESS ATM WITHDRAWALS

    NEWS RBI has announced cardless cash withdrawals at ATMs across the country. DETAILS HOW WILL THIS SYSTEM WORK Cardless cash withdrawals are to be authenticated via UPI ATMs are expected to show an option for withdrawing cash using UPI Once a user selects this option, they can input the amount to be withdrawn and a […]

  • DIGITAL BANKING UNITS

    The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has recently released guidelines for the banks of the country to set up digital banking units (DBUs).

  • FOREIGN CONTRIBUTION (REGULATION) ACT (FCRA) 2010

    The Supreme Court upheld amendments introducing restrictions in the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA) while holding that no one has a fundamental or absolute right to receive foreign contributions

  • Standing Deposit Facility

    Reserve Bank of India (RBI) introduced the Standing Deposit Facility (SDF) as an additional tool for absorbing liquidity

  • UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN INDIA

    Unemployment rate in the country is decreasing with the economy slowly returning to normal, according to Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy’s data

  • RESERVE BANK OF INDIA

    Reserve Bank of India celebrates its annual establishment day

  • NammaKPSC Current Affairs - March 2022

  • UNCTAD ON INDIA

    NEWS India’s projected economic growth for 2022 has been downgraded by over two per cent to 4.6% as per UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) report WHAT DID THE REPORT SAY The decrease is attributed to the ongoing war in Ukraine India is expected to face restraints on energy access and prices, reflexes from […]

  • ONE STATION, ONE PRODUCT’ SCHEME

    The KSR Bengaluru Railway Station will market ‘Channapatna toys’ under the ‘One Station, One Product’ (OSOP) scheme

  • CASTE-BASED NREGS WAGES PAYMENT

    Parliament’s Standing Committee on Rural Development and Panchayati Raj has asked the government to roll back the system of caste-based wages, under which NREGS workers are paid based on whether they belong to a Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe, or Others

  • PRADHAN MANTRI FASAL BIMA YOJANA

    Maharashtra has decided to withdraw from the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bhima Yojana (PMFBY) if changes to it are not carried out

  • NON-PERFORMING ASSET

    As per RBI recent report, gross NPA have increased in MSME.

  • MSME INNOVATIVE SCHEME

    NEWS Government of India launched the MSME Innovative Scheme THE SCHEME AIM Guide the MSMEs in developing business ideas into viable business propositions Acts as a hub for innovation activities OTHER DETAILS Provide support through guidance, financial and marketing assistance, technical support, etc. to ensure the scaling up of MSMEs Launched with the combination of […]

  • UPI123PAY

    NEWS Reserve Bank of India launched a new Unified Payments Interface (UPI) payments solution for feature phone users dubbed ‘UPI123Pay’ DETAILS FEATURES UPI-based service Designed to bring the digital payments platform closer to a significant number of feature phone mobile subscribers in the country Materially improve the options for such users to access UPI, who […]

  • MONETARY POLICY COMMITTEE

    A Member of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), has been opposing the RBI’s accommodative policy stance

  • TRADE DEFICIT

    Trade Deficit of India is expected to increase.

  • ELECTRONIC BILL (E-BILL) PROCESSING SYSTEM

    Central government to launch the electronic bill (e-Bill) processing system under the Digital India eco-system and ease of doing business

  • FMCG SECTOR

    The Indian FMCG industry witnessed a consumption slowdown in urban markets and degrowth in rural areas in 2021 as the sector was hit hard by higher inflation levels forcing companies to go for successive price increases, according to data analytics firm NielsenIQ

  • NammaKPSC Current Affairs - February 2022

  • SOCIETY FOR WORLDWIDE INTERBANK FINANCIAL TELECOMMUNICATION (SWIFT)

    The U.S., Europe and several other western nations are moving to exclude Russia from SWIFT

  • ANGADIAS

    An FIR has been registered against three Mumbai Police officials last week for allegedly threatening Angadias and extorting money from them in south Mumbai

  • FINANCIAL STABILITY AND DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL

    25th Meeting of Financial Stability and Development Council held

  • INFLATION IN INDIA

    India’s retail inflation accelerated past the 6% mark in January to hit 6.01%, breaching the central bank’s tolerance threshold for consumer price inflation for the first time since June 2021.

  • NammaKPSC Current Affairs - January 2022

  • PURPLE REVOLUTION

    Addressing first National Start-up day Union Minister Jitendra Singh highlighted that “Purple Revolution” is Jammu & Kashmir’s contribution to “Start-ups India”. It relates to growth of LAVENDER flowers.

  • FOOD CORPORATION OF INDIA

    58th Foundation Day of the Food Corporation of India celebrated recently.

  • BAILOUT OF VODAFONE IDEA

    Vodafone Idea has opted to convert its adjusted gross revenue dues into equity, resulting in the government owning 35.8 per cent of the total outstanding shares of the company.

  • PUBLIC FINANCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM(PFMS)

    PFMS Division of Office of Controller General of Accounts (CGA) under Ministry of Finance organized a workshop on Public Finance Management System (PFMS) to generate awareness among the officials on the functioning and achievements of the system at Jaydev Bhawan in Bhubaneswar.

  • GST COMPENSATION TO STATES

    Several States are demanding a continuation of the compensation beyond June 2022

  • GST COUNCIL MEETING

    GST Council’s 46th meeting was held recently

  • BALANCE OF PAYMENTS

    India’s Balance of Payments (BoP) position moved to a deficit of $9.6 billion in the quarter ended September (Q2), as widening trade deficit weighed.

  • NammaKPSC Current Affairs - December 2021

  • ELECTORAL BONDS

    The Government of India has notified Sale of Electoral Bonds at Authorised Branches of State Bank of India

  • IRON ORE’S IN INDIA

    The State Government of Goa approved a policy permitting mining companies to export low-grade iron ore, paving the way for resumption of mining activity that has been stalled since 2018.

  • RYTHU BANDHU

    The total funds disbursed under Rythu Bandhu, Telangana government’s direct benefit transfer scheme for farmers, will soon touch Rs 50,000 crore

  • INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING (IPO)

    Stock markets regulator SEBI recently approved a ceiling on the Initial Public Offering (IPO) proceeds to be used to make unspecified acquisitions.

  • PRIME MINISTER EMPLOYMENT GENERATION PROGRAM

    Success of PMEGP was discussed recently

  • FOREIGN CONTRIBUTION (REGULATION) ACT (FCRA)

    The Union Home Ministry has refused to renew the FCRA registration of Missionaries of Charity (MoC), a Catholic religious congregation set up by Nobel laureate Mother Teresa due to some adverse inputs

  • ANTI-DUMPING DUTY

    India has imposed anti-dumping duty on Chinese products

  • TOKENISATION NORMS

    The Reserve Bank of India has extended the implementation date of card-on-file (CoF) tokenisation norms by six months.

  • FINANCIAL INCLUSION – MONETARY POLICY

    According to a recent statement issued by RBI, Financial Inclusion has helped monetary policy transmission in India

  • FUTURES TRADING

    Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) issued an order suspending futures trading in paddy (non-basmati), wheat, Bengal gram (chana dal), mustard seeds and its derivatives, soyabean and its derivatives, crude palm oil and green gram (moong dal) for a year, in a move believed to stem rising prices.

  • PROMPT CORRECTIVE ACTION (PCA)

    The Reserve Bank of India announced a Prompt Corrective Action (PCA) Framework for Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs), to strengthen applicable supervisory tools.

  • WHOLESALE PRICE INFLATION

    Wholesale price inflation spikes in India to a record as food, fuel surge

  • DEPOSIT INSURANCE

    Prime Minister paid deposit insurance to  depositors who could not access their money as their banks faced financial crises

  • RETAIL INFLATION

    India’s retail inflation  accelerated in Nov. to 5.1%

  • RBI POLICY RATES

    The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Reserve Bank of India kept key policy rates unchanged

  • INDIA – SRI LANKA ECONOMIC COOPERATION

    India finalises cooperation plan to revive Covid-hit Sri Lanka economy

  • FINTECH

    PM inaugurated INFINITY FORUM , a fintech initiative of International Financial Services Centres Authority

  • NammaKPSC Current Affairs - November 2021

  • CRYPTOCURRENCY : BASIC DEFENITIONS

    BASIC DEFENITIONS OF DIGITAL CURRENCY

  • INDUSTRIAL CORRIDOR PROGRAMME

    In order to increase the share of manufacturing in the overall GDP of the country and for ensuring systematic and planned urbanization, Government of India (GoI) has adopted the strategy of developing integrated Industrial Corridors on the backbone of transport connectivity infrastructure in partnership with State Governments.

  • PRODUCTION LINKED INCENTIVE (PLI) SCHEME FOR THE PHARMACEUTICAL SECTOR

    The PLI Scheme for Pharmaceuticals is based on the strategy of “Atmanirbhar Bharat- Strategies for enhancing India’s manufacturing capabilities and enhancing exports in ten sectors”, which had been approved by the Union Cabinet

  • STRATERGIC OIL RESERVES

    India to release 5 million barrels oil from strategic reserves in coordination with other buyers

  • INDIAN INSTITUTE OF INSOLVENCY PROFESSIONALS

    5th Foundation Day function of the Indian Institute of Insolvency Professionals of ICAI (IIIPI) was recently celebrated

  • BHARAT GAURAV SCHEME

    To promote and attract tourism business, the Indian Railways  launched Bharat Gaurav trains that will be operated by private players and run on theme-based circuits.

  • INDIA – US TRADE

    India, U.S. commit to linking economies across sectors at recently held Trade Policy Forum meet

  • NATIONAL MINERAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

    National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC), a public enterprise under Ministry of Steel celebrated its 64th Formation Day

  • AUDIT DIWAS

    First Audit Diwas is being celebrated on 16 November 2021

  • RBI NEW SCHEMES

    Prime Minister launched two customer-centric initiatives of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) — the RBI Retail Direct Scheme and the Integrated Ombudsman Scheme.

  • PROMPT CORRECTIVE ACTION (PCA) FRAMEWORK

    Recently, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has announced a revised Prompt Corrective Action (PCA) framework.

  • NammaKPSC Current Affairs - October 2021

  • SWAMIH FUND

    The government-backed Special Window for Affordable & Mid-Income Housing (SWAMIH) Fund has announced complete exit from its investment made in CCI Rivali Park Wintergreen project in Mumbai.

  • OPEN NETWORK FOR DIGITAL COMMERCE

    The Union Minister of Commerce & Industry reviewed the progress on Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) initiative of DPIIT.

  • DAP ‘SHORTAGE’

    An acute shortage of di-ammonium phosphate (DAP) in Haryana has seen desperate farmers pelting stones at the police, blocking roads in protest, and even resorting to “loot” the fertilizer from a private dealer’s outlet in Mahendragarh district of south Haryana.

  • TRIPS ESCAPE CLAUSE

    New Delhi suggested that the World Trade Organization (WTO) consider ‘escape clause’ for countries, relying on flexibilities in trade agreements, to avoid disputes while tackling the current pandemic and any other in future under TRIPS

  • REVISED RASHTRIYA GOKUL MISSION AND NATIONAL LIVESTOCK MISSION

    Rashtriya Gokul Mission and National Livestock Missions were revamped recently

  • PM GATI SHAKTI MASTERPLAN

    Prime Minister Gati Shakti National Master Plan has been launched recently

  • MAHARATNA STATUS

    Govt. of India accorded ‘Maharatna’ status to the state-owned Power Finance Corporation Ltd (PFC), thus giving PFC greater operational and financial autonomy.

  • RETAIL INFLATION

    Retail inflation falls to 4.35% in September

  • GLOBAL MINIMUM TAX

    The global deal of Minimum tax proposed by OECD has been accepted by 136 countries

  • QUARTERLY EMPLOYMENT SURVEY

    The Labor Bureau released the results of the All-India Quarterly Establishment-based Employment Survey (QES) for the first quarter (FQ) of 2021 (April to June).

  • G-SEC ACQUISITION PROGRAMME

    The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday said it was halting its bond buying under the G-Sec Acquisition Programme (GSAP) for now, stressing that the measure had succeeded in ensuring adequate liquidity and stabilising financial markets.

  • GI TAG FOR KANYAKUMARI CLOVE

    The spices growers of Kanniyakumari have obtained the Geographical Indication Tag for the clove being grown in the hilly regions of the district as it is known for its rich aromatic oil content.

  • INDUSTRIAL PARK RATING SYSTEM (IPRS) REPORT

    The 2nd edition of the Industrial Park Rating System (IPRS) Report was launched by the Ministry of Commerce & Industry

  • PURCHASING MANAGERS’ INDEX

    Report By IHS Markit’s survey

  • ONE DISTRICT – ONE PRODUCT

    The first consignment of Kashmiri walnuts was recently flagged off from Budgam.

  • 40TH INDIA INTERNATIONAL TRADE FAIR 2021

    40th India International Trade Fair 2021 to be held from November 14-27 at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi

  • INSOLVENCY AND BANKRUPTCY BOARD OF INDIA

    The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) celebrated its Fifth Annual Day

  • FOREIGN CONTRIBUTION (REGULATION) ACT (FCRA), 2010

    The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has extended the deadline till December 31 for NGOs to apply for renewal of their Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA) registration certificates.

  • NammaKPSC Current Affairs - September 2021

  • INDIA’S FOREIGN TRADE POLICY (FTP) EXTENDED

    India’s foreign trade policy (FTP) will be extended for six months, till March 31, 2022

  • CARTELS

    According to competition commission of India ” “Cartel includes an association of producers, sellers, distributors, traders or service providers who, by agreement amongst themselves, limit, control or attempt to control the production, distribution, sale or price of, or, trade in goods or provision of services”

  • NATIONAL PENSION SYSTEM

    The Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) will be observing 1st October 2021 as the National Pension System Diwas (NPS Diwas) to promote pension and retirement planning for a carefree ‘azad’ retirement.

  • EXPORTERS CONCLAVE

    In order to harness the vast export potential of Karnataka, and as a part of the series of programmes being organized by APEDA under the “Aazadi Ka Amrith Mahotsav” celebrations, APEDA Bangalore Regional Office organized an “Exporters Conclave” cum Exhibition in Bangalore

  • MUMBAI – DELHI EXPRESS WAY

    Union Transport minister concluded review on Mumbai-Delhi expressway.

  • GST COUNCIL MEET

    GST council which met recently  has come up with effected several long-pending tweaks in tax rates including an increase in the GST levied on footwear costing less than ₹1,000 as well as readymade garments and fabrics to 12% from 5%.  Petroleum products has not been included under GST

  • BAD BANK

    Paving the way for a major clean-up of bad loans in the banking system, the Union Cabinet has cleared a ₹30,600-crore guarantee programme for securities to be issued by the newly incorporated ‘bad bank’ for taking over and resolving non-performing assets (NPAs) amounting to ₹2 lakh crore.

  • WHOLESALE PRICE-BASED INFLATION

    The wholesale price-based inflation (WPI) increased marginally to 11.39 per cent in August 2021 due to higher prices of manufactured goods, even though the prices of food articles softened.

  • MAHITI FOR MAINS – FINANCIAL INCLUSION

    Accessibility of banking and availability of credit

  • BRICS BANK

    BRICS Bank admits UAE, Bangladesh, Uruguay as new members

  • AAYKAR SEVA KENDRA

    Union Finance Minister laid the foundation stone for the office building of the Income Tax Department in Bengaluru.

  • EQUITAS SFB’S FD

    Equitas Small Finance Bank (SFB) has launched a new initiative that enables Google Pay users to book fixed deposits (FDs) on Google Pay in just 2 minutes without opening a bank account.

  • CENTRAL SECURITIES DEPOSITORIES

    The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is planning to enable international settlement of transactions in government securities (G-secs) through International Central Securities Depositories (ICSDs), to help expand the investor base for the G-secs market

  • NammaKPSC Current Affairs - August 2021

  • BRICS-AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH PLATFORM

    The Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare has announced the operationalization of the BRICS Agricultural Research Platform.

  • PRADHAN MANTRI JAN DHAN YOJANA (PMJDY)

    According to finance ministry, Under the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY), number of bank accounts have increased to 43 crores with total deposits of Rs 1.46 lakh crore

  • NITI AAYOG ON MONETIZATION

    NITI Aayog has recommended various measures to boost monetization

  • EASE 4.0

    Fourth edition of Public Sector Bank (PSB) Reforms Agenda.

  • FRP OF SUGARCANE

    The Union government has increased the minimum price that sugar mills must pay to sugar cane farmers by ₹5 a quintal, setting the fair and remunerative price (FRP) at ₹290 a quintal for the 2021-22 sugar season, which runs from October to September.

  • N. S. VISHWANATHAN COMITTEE

    Reserve Bank of India had appointed committee headed by N. S. Vishwanathan to make suggestions on structure for the urban cooperative banks (UCBs)

  • NATIONAL MONETISATION PIPELINE

    Finance Minister, unveiled a four-year National Monetisation Pipeline (NMP) scheme

  • FINANCIAL INCLUSION INDEX

    The Reserve Bank of India introduced the financial inclusion index.Financial Inclusion Index has been conceptualised as a comprehensive index comprising the details of banking, insurance, investments, postal and pension sector in consultation with government and sectoral regulators.

  • RoDTEP

    Centre has  notified RoDTEP Scheme Guidelines and Rates (Remission of Duties and Taxes on Exported Products).The scheme was announced in 2020 as a replacement for the Merchandise Export from India Scheme (MEIS), which was not compliant with the rules of the World Trade Organisation.

  • MAHITI FOR MAINS – HUMAN DEVELOPMENT PRODUCT

    alternative metrics to complement GDP

  • MAHITI FOR PRELIMS – RESILIENCE IN GLOBAL TRADE

    Interventions that are expected to help revive manufacturing with lower production costs, induce investments and promote technology transfers.

  • NATIONAL MISSION ON EDIBLE OIL-OIL PALM

    Recently, the Prime Minister has announced a new national initiative on palm oil production to help increase farm incomes. The scheme, called National Edible Oil Mission-Oil Palm (NMEO-OP), for self-reliance in edible oil involves investment of over Rs. 11,000 crore (over a five year period).

  • INDIAS FOOD GRAIN PRODUCTION

    India’s total foodgrain production has hit a record high of 308.65 million tonnes (MT) for 2020-21 as the rabi foodgrain output exceeded the target, according to the fourth advance estimate of production released by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare

  • NATIONAL PUBLIC PROCUREMENT CONCLAVE

    The 5th edition of the National Public Procurement Conclave (NPPC) was recently organized

  • PM MUDRA YOJANA

    Central government has set loans disbursement target under PM Mudra Yojana (PMMY) at Rs 3 trillion for financial year 2021-2022.

  • CONSUMER EXPENDITURE SURVEY (CES)

    New Consumer Expenditure Survey (CES) is likely to be conducted in 2021-22

  • NATIONAL MINERAL EXPLORATION TRUST

    A call for Restructuring National Mineral Exploration Trust (NMET) as Autonomous Body has been done

  • INFLATION IN INDIA

    Inflation is the decline of purchasing power of a given currency over time.

  • E-RUPI

    Electronic voucher based digital payment system called “E-RUPI” which is developed by National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) was launched by PM recently.It is a Cashless and contactless digital payments medium that connects the sponsors of the services with the beneficiaries and service providers in a digital manner without any physical interface

  • NammaKPSC Current Affairs - July 2021

  • RBI TO INTRODUCE DIGITAL CURRENCY

    The Reserve Bank of India is likely to soon kick off pilot projects to assess the viability of using digital currency to make wholesale and retail payments to help calibrate its strategy for introducing a full-scale central bank digital currency (CBDC).

  • FARMERS PROFUCERS ORGANIZATION

    Voluntary organizations controlled by their farmer-members who actively participate in setting their policies and making decisions.

  • FDI LIMITS

    The Union Cabinet on approved raising the foreign investment limit in privatisation-bound PSU refiners.

  • SECURED LOGISTICS DOCUMENTS EXCHANGE

    The government has launched the Secured Logistics Document Exchange. A Calculator for Green House Gas Emissions has also been launched.

  • DAIRY INVESTMENT ACCELERATOR

    Government of India’s Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying (DAHD), under its Investment Facilitation Cell, has setup Dairy Investment Accelerator.

  • PRE-PACKAGED INSOLVENCY RESOLUTION PROCESS (PIRP)

    The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Bill, 2021, passed by Lok Sabha has proposed ‘pre-packs’ as an insolvency resolution mechanism for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs).

  • KANDLA SEZ

    KASEZ is the First Green SEZ to achieve the IGBC Green Cities Platinum Rating for Existing Cities.

  • SPECIAL THREE-YEAR LONG-TERM REPO OPERATIONS (SLTRO)

    Finance Minister in Parliament said the RBI has announced Special three-year Long-Term Repo Operations (SLTRO) of Rs 10,000 crore at repo rate for the Small Finance Banks (SFBs), to be deployed for fresh lending of up to Rs 10 lakh per borrower to provide further support to small business units, micro and small industries, and other unorganised sector entities adversely affected during the current wave of the pandemic.

  • INCOME-TAX DAY

    161 Income tax day was recently celebrated

  • INDIA’S FOREX RESERVE

    As of 25th June, 2021, India has surpassed Japan, China, Russia and Switzerland to become the world’s fifth-largest foreign exchange reserve holder.

  • E-SANTA

    Many aquaculture farmers in Andhra Pradesh are planning to update the details of their produce online and market their stocks through e-Santa, an electronic marketplace to export marine products

  • BAD BANK

    Government of India has brought to the notice of Parliament a bad bank has been set up with regulations

  • INFLATION

    Inflation has remained above 6%. RBI estimate of inflation for 2021-22 was 5.1%

  • FINANCIAL INCLUSION

    To  make the post-pandemic recovery more inclusive and sustainable, financial inclusion would continue to be a policy priority , RBI Governor said at The Economic Times Financial Inclusion Summit.

  • LIBOR RATES

    Reserve Bank of India (RBI) issued an advisory to banks and other financial institutions to be prepared for year-end transition from London Interbank Offered Rate (Libor).

  • ANTI-DUMPING DUTY

    Recently, the government has decided not to impose Anti-Dumping Duty (ADD) on imports of certain copper products, from China, Thailand, Korea and three other countries.

  • AUTHORIZED ECONOMIC OPERATORS PROGRAM

    The Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs (CBIC) has inaugurated the online filing of Authorised Economic Operators (AEO) applications.

  • AGRI-INFRA FUNDS

    Centre has extended usage of Agri-Infra funds to APMC developments

  • LAND BANK

    India Industrial Land Bank is gaining popularity.

  • CROP INSURANCE AWARENESS CAMPAIGN

    Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister has launched the Crop Insurance Awareness Campaign for Fasal Bima Yojana.

  • G20-OECD TAX FRAMEWORK DEAL

    India and majority members of OECD and G20 Inclusive Framework on Base Erosion & Profit Shifting adopted a high-level statement that outlines a consensus solution in a bid to address tax challenges that are arising from digitalisation of economy.

  • NORMS FOR INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS

    Security and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has cleared amendments to SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 while reviewing regulatory provisions related to independent directors.

  • GROSS NON-PERFORMING ASSET RATIO

    NPA is advances which do not earn interest for 90 days and more. Banks make provision for standard, sub-standard, doubtful and loss assets based on age of advance and mortgage value available at different rates. If provision amount is deducted we get Net NPA.

  • NammaKPSC Current Affairs - June 2021

  • INSOLVENCY AND BANKRUPTCY BOARD OF INDIA (IBBI)

    Seeking to enhance transparency in the insolvency process, the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) has amended the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (Insolvency Resolution Process for Corporate Persons) Regulations.

  • QUANTITATIVE EASING

    Quantitative easing (QE) is a massive expansion of the open market operations of a central bank. It is a form of unconventional monetary policy in which a central bank purchases longer-term securities (as well as other types of assets, such as mortgage-backed securities – MBS)  from the open market.

  • DRAFT NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT

    Ministry of tourism has released three draft strategies in order to boost tourism sector in aftermath of covid-19 pandemic. Draft strategies were put forward with roadmaps to promote India as a rural and medical tourism destination.

  • CONSUMER PRICE INDEX

    Retail inflation hit a six-month high of 6.3% in May, owing to a persistent rise in fuel and edible oil prices

  • GOLD HALLMARKING

    Gold hallmarking is a purity certification for precious metal. Presently, gold hallmarking is voluntary. Currently, 40 % of the gold jewellery is being hallmarked.

  • OPEN NETWORK FOR DIGITAL COMMERCE

    Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) has launched a project on Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC).

  • NEW INVESTMENT POLICY 2012

    The Union government  extended the subsidy benefits under the amended New Investment Policy 2012 to Ramagundam Fertilisers and Chemicals Ltd (RFCL), located in Telangana.

  • K.P. KRISHNAN COMMITTEE

    Dr. K.P. Krishnan committee on “Variable Capital Company” has submitted its report to International Financial Services centres Authority (IFSCA) regarding feasibility of Variable Capital Companies in International Financial Services Centres in India.

  • FCRA 2010

    The problems that non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and registered organisations are facing due to the strict regulations of the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA), 2010, are magnified when individuals  attempt to channel international funds into the country.

  • EMERGENCY CREDIT LINE GUARANTEE SCHEME

    ECLGS was launched under Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan package in May 2020. It was launched to overcome the distress caused on economy due to lockdown. It helped different sectors by providing credit to them. Credit is provided to them for four years besides one year moratorium period on principled repayment.

  • RESEARCH DESIGN & STANDARDS ORGANIZATION

    The Research Designs & Standards Organisation (RDSO) is an ISO 9001 research and development organisation under the Ministry of Railways of government of India, which functions as a technical adviser and consultant to the Railway Board, the Zonal Railways, the Railway Production Units, RITES, RailTel and Ircon International in respect of design and standardization of railway equipment and problems related to railway construction, operations and maintenance. It is headquartered in Lucknow

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