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Impor t ant Point s you shoul d know about Regional Rur al Banks (RRBs)
Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) - The History
ural banking in India started since the establishment of banking sector in India. Regional Rural Banks
were set up after nationalizations of banks in 1969 when emphasis shifted to providing more credit to
weaker sections. Regional Rural Banks were established under the provisions of an Ordinance promulgated on
the 26th September 1975 and the RRB Act, 1976 with an objective to ensure sufficient institutional credit for
agriculture and other rural sectors. Rural Banks in those days mainly focused upon the Agro Sector. Regional
rural banks in India penetrated every corner of the country and extended a helping hand in the growth process of
the country.
The Narasimham Working Group (1975) conceptualized the creation of RRBs as a new set of regionally
oriented rural banks, which would combine the local feel and familiarity of rural problems characteristic of
cooperatives with the professionalism and large resource base of commercial banks.
From a modest beginning of 6 RRBs with 17 branches covering 12 districts in December, 1975 the number of
RRBs increased to 196 RRBs with 14,446 branches in 1991 operating in 518 districts across the country. After a
phase of consolidation starting from September, 2005, the number of RRBs was reduced from 196 to 82. In the
next phase of consolidation which began in October, 2012 by amalgamation of RRBs across sponsor banks
within a State, the number of RRBs has further reduced to 61 RRBs. At present there are 56 RRB's in India.
This may be again amalgamated in near future.
Here is the Complete list of Regional Rural Banks(RRB) in India by Sate wise which are participating in
IBPS RRB CWE III Recruitment Process :
Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh Grameena Vikas Bank
Andhra Pragathi Grameena Bank
Chaitanya Godavari Grameena Bank
Deccan Grameena Bank
Saptagiri Grameena Bank
Assam
Assam Gramin Vikash Bank
Langpi Dehangi Rural Bank
Arunachal Pradesh
o Arunachal Pradesh Rural Bank
Bihar
o Uttar Bihar Gramin Bank
o Madhya Bihar Gramin Bank
o Bihar Gramin Bank
Chattisgarh
o Chattisgarh Rajya Gramin Bank
Gujarat
o Dena Gujarat Gramin Bank
o Baroda Gujarat Gramin Bank
o Saurashtra Gramin Bank
Haryana
o Sarva Haryana Gramin Bank
Himachal Pradesh
o Himachal Pradesh Gramin Bank
Jharkhand
o Jharkhand Gramin Bank
o Vananchal Gramin Bank
Jammu & Kashmir
o Jammu And Kashmir Grameen Bank,
o Ellaquai Dehati Bank,
Karnataka
o Kaveri Grameena Bank
o Karnataka Vikas Grameena Bank
o Pragathi Krishna Gramin Bank
Kerala
o Kerala Gramin Bank
Maharashtra
o Maharashtra Gramin Bank
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o Vidharbha Konkan Gramin Bank
Madhya Pradesh
o Narmada J habua Gramin Bank
o Central Madhya Pradesh Gramin Bank
o Madhyanchal Gramin Bank
Manipur
o Manipur Rural Bank
Meghalaya
o Meghalaya Rural Bank
Mizoram
o Mizoram Rural Bank
Nagaland
o Nagaland Rural Bank
Orissa
o Odisha Gramya Bank
o Utkal Grameen Bank
Punjab
o Punjab Gramin Ban
o Malwa Gramin Bank
o Sutlej Gramin Bank
Puducherry
o Puduvai Bharathiar Grama Bank
Rajasthan
o Baroda Rajasthan Ksethriya Gramin
Bank
o Marudhara Rajasthan Gramin Bank
Tamilnadu
o Pandyan Grama Bank
o Pallavan Grama Bank
Tripura
o Tripura Gramin Bank
Uttar Pradesh
o Allahabad UP Gramin Bank
o Baroda UP Gramin Bank
o Gramin Bank Of Aryavrat
o Kashi Gomti Samyut Gramin Bank
o Prathama Bank
o Purvanchal Bank
o Sarva UP Gramin Bank
Uttarakhand
o Uttarakhand Gramin Bank
West Bengal
o Bangiya Gramin Vikash Bank
o Paschim Banga Gramin Bank
o Uttarbanga Kshetriya Gramin Bank

Objectives of Regional Rural Banks :
The importance of the rural banking in the economic development of a country cannot be overlooked. As
Gandhiji said Real India lies in Villages, and village economy is the backbone of Indian economy. Without
the upliftment of the rural economy as well as the rural people of our country, the objectives of economic
planning cannot be achieved. In fact, the real growth of Indian economy lied in the freeing of rural masses
from acute poverty, unemployment, and socio-economic backwardness.
Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) are oriented towards meeting the needs of the weaker sections of the rural
population consisting of :
Small and marginal farmers,
Agricultural labourers,
Artisans,
Small entrepreneurs,
Mobalise deposits from rural households
RRBs are expected to make credit available to rural households besides inspiring carefulness. Put it simple to
ensure sufficient institutional credit for agriculture and other rural sectors.

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The Credit Delivery System :
Grant of credit at cheap or concessional rates
Lending to individuals belonging to weaker sections without checking the viability of the activity
proposed to be undertaken.
The Operational Area of RRBs :
The area of operation of RRBs is limited to the area as notified by GoI covering one or more districts in the
State.
Ownership of RRBs :
RRBs are jointly owned by the Government of India, the concerned State government and sponsor banks (27
scheduled commercial banks and one State Cooperative Bank); with the issued capital shared in the proportion
of 60 percent, 20 percent and 20 percent (earlier it was 50%, 15% and 35%), respectively. As per the provisions
of the Regional Rural Banks Act, 1976 the authorized capital of each RRB is Rs. 5 crore and the issued capital
is a maximum of Rs. 1 crore. Earlier, Reserve Bank of India had laid down ceilings on the rate of interest to be
charged by these RRBs. However from August 1996 the RRBs have been granted freedom to fix rates of
interest, which is usually in the range of 14-18% for advances.
RBI Assistance :
As weve mentioned above, with a view to facilitate RRBs operations, the RBI gave RRBs direct access to
refinance assistance at a concessional rate of three per cent below the bank rate.
Evaluation of RRBs :
The Committee constituted by the RBI in June 1977 to valuate the performance of RRBs concluded that with
some modifications in their organisation and structure. The Committee to Review Arrangements for
Institutional Credit for Agriculture and Rural Development which inter alia examined the role of RRBs in the
rural development work, suggested the following :
Preference for opening bank branches than commercial banks
The eligible business of commercial banks rural branches may be transferred to RRBs.
The losses in initial years of RRBs may be met by shareholders and equity capital should also be raised.
The various facilities provided by sponsor banks should continue for 10 yrs in each case
Concessionary refinance by RBI should be continued
The control, regulation, and promotional responsibilities should be transferred from the GOI to RBI or
NABARD.
Regulatory Control :
RRBs are allowed up to December 31, 2000 to maintain cash reserves at 3 per cent of their demand and
time liabilities. A number of measures were taken since 1995 not only to make RRBs viable but also to enable
them to function effectively.
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Apart from recapitalization and infusion of equity, the measures include : Deregulation of interest rates on
advance and deposits of above one year maturity; rationalization of branches; and relaxation of norms relating
to investments by RRBs.
In 1998-99 NABARD introduced several policy measures for improving overall performance.
They are :
Quarterly / half yearly review of RRBs especially weak ones by the sponsor banks
Merger of RRBs coming under a sponsor bank and operating in contiguous areas
Off-site surveillance
Framing of Appointment and Promotion rules (1998) for the staff of RRBs
Introduction of Kissan Credit Cards for provision of credit to farmers.
Reform Process - RRBs
In order to provide access to low-cost banking facilities to the poor, the Narasimham Working Group (1975)
proposed the establishment of a new set of banks, as institutions which "combine the local feel and the
familiarity with rural problems which the cooperatives possess and the degree of business organization,
ability to mobilize deposits, access to central money markets and modernized outlook which the commercial
banks have".
RRBs started their development process on 2nd October 1975 with the formation of a single bank (Prathama
Grameen Bank). As on 31 March 2006, there were 133 RRBs (post-merger) covering 525 districts with a
network of 14,494 branches.
Reforms in the RRB Sector have taken place in three phases :
First Phase: 1993-2000
Based on the recommendations of the Narasimham Committee Report (1992), reforms were initiated in 1993
with a view to improve the financial health and operational viability of RRBs. Various measures including
recapitalization, rationalization of branch network, providing better access to non fund business, expanding
avenues of investment and advances, upgrading the level of technology and taking up select RRBs for
comprehensive restructuring were taken. Further, they were permitted to lend to non-target group borrowers up
to 60 per cent of new loans. From January, 1995 the investment avenues for RRBs were broadened to improve
the operational efficiency and profitability. In December, 1996 the investment policy was further liberalised, to
accord parity with commercial banks, permitting RRBs to invest in shares and debentures of corporate and units
of Mutual Funds with a ceiling upto 5% of the incremental deposits of the bank during the previous year.
Prudential accounting norms of income recognition, asset classification, provisioning and exposure, were
implemented during this period to provide durability to the reform process. In April, 2000, RRBs were allowed
to apply for permission to maintain non-resident accounts in rupees.
Second Phase: 2004-2010
The next Phase of reforms started in 2004-05 with the structural consolidation of RRBs by amalgamation of
RRBs of the same sponsor bank within a State. Capital support aggregating Rs. 1796 crore was provided during
the period 2007-08 to 2009-10 as part of this process. In October, 2004, RRBs were permitted to undertake
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insurance business without risk participation and in May, 2007 they were allowed to take up corporate agency
business for distribution of all types of insurance products without risk participation. In December, 2005, to
further extend support to RRBs for accelerating the flow of credit to the rural areas, the resource base of RRBs
was expanded to include lines of credit from sponsor banks; they were also permitted to access the term money
markets and CBLO/Repo markets. Issuance of credit/debit cards, setting up of ATMs, opening of currency
chests, undertaking government business, as subagents, were allowed to enhance business opportunities. In
March, 2006, RRBs were permitted to apply for AD-Category II licence to undertake non-trade related current
account transactions for certain specified purposes to further enhance the scope of business. In June, 2007 to
increase their exposure to foreign exchange business they were allowed to accept FCNR deposits. RRBs were
also allowed to participate in consortium lending with sponsor banks, DFIs and other banks within the area of
operation. The capital adequacy standards were introduced in December, 2007 in the context of financial
stability and RRBs were required to disclose the level of CRAR in their balance sheets.
Third Phase : 2010 onwards
Based on the recommendations of Dr. K. Chakrabarty Committee (2010), 40 RRBs have been taken up for
recapitalization to enable them to achieve and sustain a CRAR of 9%. In November, 2010 the branch licensing
policy was liberalized which allowed RRBs to open branches in Tier 3 to Tier 6 centres (with population of up
to 49,999 as per 2001 Census) without prior approval from the Reserve Bank, subject to certain conditions. This
policy was further liberalized in August, 2013 to also include Tier 2 centres. The second phase of consolidation
commenced from October, 2012 with amalgamation of RRBs across sponsor banks within a State.
Recapitalization
The Government of India recently approved the recapitalization of Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) to improve
their Capital to Risk Weighted Assets Ratio CRAR) in the following manner:
Share of Central Government i.e. Rs.1, 100 crore will be released as per provisions made by the
Department of Expenditure in 2010-11 and 2011-12. However, release of Government of India share
will be contingent on proportionate release of State Government and Sponsor Bank share.
A capacity building fund with a corpus of Rs.100 crore to be set up by Central Government with
NABARD for training and capacity building of the RRB staff in the institution of NABARD and other
reputed institutions. The functioning of the Fund will be periodically reviewed by the Central
Government. An Action Plan will be prepared by NABARD in this regard and sent to Government for
approval.
Additional amount of Rs. 700 crore as contingency fund to meet the requirement of the weak RRBs,
particularly those in the North Eastern. and Eastern Region, the necessary provision will be made in the
Budget as and when the need arises.
The Regional Rural Banks (Amendment) Bill, 2013
Important Note : With an aim to strengthen regional rural banks (RRBs), the government on 22
nd
April 2013
introduced a Bill in the Lok Sabha to raise their authorised capital by 100 times to Rs. 500 crore. The Regional
Rural Banks (Amendment) Bill, 2013, also seeks to allow RRBs to raise capital from sources other than the
central government or the state government or the sponsor bank.
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Important Details you should know about NABARD
NABARD (National Bank for Agricultural and Rural Development)
Apex development bank
NABARD was established on the recommendations of Shivaraman Committee
NABARD was established by an act of Parliament on 12
th
July 1982 to implement the National Bank for
Agriculture and Rural Development Act, 1981.
NABARD replaced the (ACD) and Rural Planning and Credit Cell (RPCC) of Reserve Bank of India,
and Agricultural Refinance and Development Corporation (ARDC).
Headquarters of NABARD is in Mumbai
Present Chairman of NABARD is Dr. Harsh Kumar Bhanwala
NABARD is the Micro Finance Regulatory Authority
Water Shed Development Fund was instituted with NABARD.
It regulates the cooperative banks and the RRBs, and manages talent acquisition through IBPS CWE.
According to NABARD ACT 1982 NABARD was set up to provide refinance to banks for all kind of
agricultural investment and small scale industries and other allied activities.Erlier RBI use to the
operations of Agricultural Refinance and Development Corporation for RRB. Now NABARD has taken
over all these functions.
As you know, the RBI is responsible for the policy changes in Commercial Banks, in the same way, the
NABARD is responsible for the policy changes in RRB's.
List of Important Ongoing programs of Government Of India
Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA)
o Its been launched in 2006 as NREGA and renamed as MGNREGA on 2
nd
October 2009. Its
intended to provide 100 days of employment to rural adult households as a right.
Swarnajayanthi Gram SwarojgarYojna (SGSY)
o It aims at providing self-employment to the rural poor by organizing them into self -help groups
(SHGs). Its been launched on April 1
st
1999.
Pradhanmantri Gram SadakYojna (PMGSY)
o PradhanMantri Gram SadakYojana (PMGSY) was launched on 25
th
December 2000 as a fully
funded Centrally Sponsored Scheme to provide all weather road connectivity in rural areas of the
country.
Indira AwaasYojna (IAY)
o The objective of the scheme is to primarily help the weaker sections in rural areas who belong to
Below Poverty Line (BPL) category by granting financial assistance for construction of a pucca
house. Additional assistance will be provided for sanitary latrine and smokeless challah under
Total Sanitation Programme (TSP)and Rajiv Gandhi GraminVidyudeekaranYojna. This scheme
is operational since 1985.
Bharath Nirman
o Its been launched in 2005 to provide basic infrastructure in rural areas. Six components of this
programme include
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Road connectivity
Electrification
Drinking water supply in rural areas
Telephone connectivity
Housing
Irrigation
o Its based on PURA (Providing Urban Amenities in Rural Areas) model of Dr. Abdul Kalam. 1
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phase of the programme has been completed in 2009 and second phase is being operational now.
Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM)
o Launched in 2005 for modernisation of urban centres
Swarna Jayanti Shahari RojgarYojana (SJSRY)
o Launched in 1997 (revamped in 2007) to provide self-employment and wage employment to
urban poor with special attention to women.
Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS)
o Launched in 1975, to alleviate problem of mal nutrition among children of age group 6 months
or below and their mothers.
National Rural Health Mission (NRHM)
o Originally launched for a period of 7 years (2005-12). Its intended to provide health care
facilities in rural areas. JananiSurakshaYojna is part of this programme.
Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme
o This scheme is intended to provide pension of Rs. 200 to the poor above the age of 65 years. Its
been revised and renamed on 19
th
November 2007.
Rashtriya swasthya bima yojna (National health insurance programme)
o Launched in 2008, to provide health insurance facility to people of below poverty line.
Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission
o Launched to meet the challenge of climate change and to achieve sustainable energy. Its aimed
to achieve 20,000 MW of solar power by 2022.
Heads of Impor tant Or ganizations
Constitutional Officials :
President of India : Pranab Mukherjee
Vice-President of India & Chairman of Rajya Sabha Mohammad Hamid Ansari
Chief Justice of India (41
st
) Rajendra Mal Lodha
Political Officials
Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi (15
th
)
Loksabha Speaker (16
th
) Sumitra Mahajan
Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha P. J. Kurien
Leader of Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitely
Leader of the Opposition of Rajya Sabha Gulam Nabi Azad
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Secretary General of Lok Sabha P. Sreedharan
Secretary General of Rajya Sabha Shumsher K. Sheriff
Defense and Security
Chief of Army Staff General Dalbeer Singh Suhag
Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha
Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Robin K. Dhowan
Chief of Integrated Defense Staff Lieutenant Genl. Anil Chait
Director General of Border Security Force D. K. Pathak
Director General of Central Reserve Police Force Dilip Trivedi
Director General of Central Industrial Security Force Arvind Rajan
Director General of Military Intelligence R. K. Loomba
Director, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Ranjit Sinha
Director, Intelligence Bureau (IB) Syed Asif Ibrahim
Director General, National Investigation Agency Sharad Kumar
Central Vigilence Commissioner (CVC) Pradeep Kumar
Chief, Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) Alok Joshi
National Security Guards Director General J. N. Chaudary
Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) Subhash Goswami
Director General of Indian Coast Guards A. G. Tapliyal
CISF Director Arvind Ranjan
Heads of Government Departments
Chairman of Planning Commission Narendra Modi
Chief Election Commissioner of India V. S. Sampath
Other Election Commissioners H. S. Brahma, S. Ahmad Zaidi
Chairperson of National Human Rights Commission Justice K. G. Balakrishnan
Chair Person, Competition Commission of India - Ashok Chawla
Chief Commissioner, Central Information Commission Rejeev Mathur
National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) Kushal Singh
Chairman, National Knowledge Commission Sam Pitroda
Chairman, University Grants Commission Prof. Ved Prakash
Chairman, Union Public Service Commission D. P. Agrawal
Chairman, Atomic Energy Commision R. K. Sinha
Director General, International Atomic Energy Agency Yukiya Amano
20
th
Law Commision Chairman Justice Ajit Prakash Shah (20121-15)
Prasara Bharathi CEO Jawhar Sircar
Director NCERT P. Sinclair
National Census Commission Chairman Chandra Mouli
Chairman Railway Board - Aurnendra Kumar
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Chairman, Oil and National Gas Corporation (ONGC) D. K. Sarraf
Chairman, Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL) B. C. Tripathi
Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) K. C. Purohit
Head of the SIT Committee M. B. Shah (asked in SBI Clekrs 2014)
Science & Technology Organizations and Heads
Chairman of ISRO (Indian Space Research Organization) K. Radha Krishnan
Director of BARC (Baba Atomic Research Centre) Shekar Basu
Director, Defense Research & Development Organization (DRDO) Avinash Chander
Satish Dhawan Space Centre Dr. M. Y. S. Prasad
Sports Heads
ICC President Mustafa Kamal (Bangladesh)
ICC Chairman N. Srinivasan (India)
ICC CEO David Richardson
IPL Chairman Ranjit Biswal
National Cricket Academy (NCA) Chairman Mathew T. C
Commonwealth Secretary General of India Kamlesh Sharma
Indian Olympic Association President Narayana Ramachandran
All India Tennis Association President Anil Khanna
National Olympic Committee Secretary General Rajeev Mehta
FIFA President Sepp Blatter
International Olympic Committee Chairman Thomas Bach
Boxing India Chief Sandeep Jajodia
Heads of Financial Bodies
13
th
Financial Commission Chairman Dr. Vijay. L. Kelkar (2010-15)
14
th
Finance Commisison Chairman Dr. Y. V. Reddy (2015-20)
NABARD Chairman Dr. Harsh Kumar Bhanwala
SEBI Chairman U. K. Sinha
CBDT Chairman K. V. Chowdary
CBEC Chairman J. M. Shanti Sundharam
CEIB Director General Archana Ranjan
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Chairman Rahul Khullar
IRDA Chairman T. S. Vijayan
LIC Chairman S. K. Roy
Indian Banks Association Chairman K. R. Kamath
GIC Chairman A. K. Roy
RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan
NASSCOM Chairman R. Chandra Sekharan
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NASSCOM President R. Chandra Sekharan
FICCI President Siddartha Birla
ICAI President A. K. Raghu
CII President Ajay S. Shriram
ASSOCHAM President Rana Kapoor
SBI Arundhathi Bhattacharya
FICCI Sidhartha Birla
Bureaucrats
PM Economic Advisory Council (PMEAC) Chairman C. Rangarajan (resigned on 19
th
May 2014)
National Security Advisor Ajit Kumar Doval
Cabinet Secretary of India Ajit Seth, IAS
Solicitor General of India Ranjit Kumar
Attorney General of India Mukul Rohatgi
CAG (Comptroller & Auditor General) of India Sashi Kanth Sharma
Public Accounts Committee (PAC) Chairman Murli Manohar Joshi
Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations Ashok Kumar Mukherji
Principal Secretary to PM Nripendra Misra
Private Secretary to PM Snjeev Kumar Singla
Home Secretary of India Anil Goswami
Foreign Secretary of India Sujatha Singh
Finance Secretary of India Arvind Mayaram
Commerce Secretary of India Rajeev Kher
Chairman, Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) Shailesh Gupta
International Organizations (Heads and Headquarters)
United Nations Organization (UNO) Ban-Ki-Moon (New York)
UNICEF Antony Lake (New York)
World health Organization (WHO) Margaret Chan (Geneva)
World Trade Organization (WTO) Robert Azevedo (Geneva)
International Labor Organization (ILO) Guy Ryder (Geneva)
World Bank J im Yang Kim (Washington DC)
International Monetary Fund (IMF) Chirsine Lagarde (Washington DC)
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Yukiyo Amino (Vienna)
United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) Li Yong (Vienna)
Common Wealth Secretary General Kamalesh Sharma (London)
Amnesty Internationa Salil Shetty (London)
Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) Jose Graziano da Silva (Rome)
International Court of Justice (ICJ) Peter Tomka (The Hague)
UNESCO Irina Bokova (Paris)
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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (Brussels)
INTERPOL President Mireille Balestrazzi (Lyons)
Asian Development Bank Takehiko Nakao (Manila)
European Union Jose Manuel Barroso (Brussels)
African Union Nkosazana Dilmini Zuma (Adis Ababa)
ASEAN Le luong Minh (Jakartha)
SAARC Arjun Bahadur Thapa (Khatmandu)
African Development Bank Donald Kaberuka (Karcus)
List of New Cabinet Minister s with Por tf ol ios
Prime Minister
o Narendra Modi :
Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Department of Atomic Energy Department of
Space, All important policy issues and all other portfolios not allocated to any minister.
Cabinet Ministers
o Anant Geete : Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
o Ananth Kumar : Chemicals and Fertilizers
o Arun Jaitley : Finance, Corporate Affairs, Defence
o Ashok Gajapathi Raju : Civil Aviation
o D.V. Sadananda Gowda : Railways
o Dr. Harsh Vardhan: Health and Family Welfare
o Gopinath Munde (Nitin Gadkari): Rural Development, Panchayati Raj, Drinking Water and
Sanitation
o Harsimrat Kaur Badal : Food Processing Industries
o Jual Oram : Tribal Affairs
o Kalraj Mishra : Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
o Maneka Sanjay Gandhi : Women and Child Development
o Najma Heptulla : Minority Affairs
o Narendra Singh Tomar : Mines, Steel, Labour and Employment
o Nitin Gadkari : Road Transport and Highways, Shipping
o Radha Mohan Singh : Agriculture
o Rajnath Singh : HomeAffairs
o Ram Vilas Paswan : Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
o Ravi Shankar Prasad : Communications and Information Technology, Law and Justice
o Smriti Irani : Human Resource Development
o Sushma Swaraj : External Affairs, Overseas Indian Affairs
o Thawar Chand Gehlot : Social Justice and Empowerment
o Uma Bharati : Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation
o Venkaiah Naidu : Urban Development, Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, Parliamentary Affairs
Ministers of State
o Dharmendra Pradhan : Petroleum and Natural Gas (Independent Charge)
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o Dr. Jitendra Singh : Science and Technology (Independent Charge), Earth Sciences (Independent
Charge), Prime Minister Office, Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Department of Atomic
Energy, Department of Space
o Gen. VK Singh : Development of North Eastern Region (Independent Charge), External Affairs,
Overseas Indian Affairs
o GM Siddeshwara : Civil Aviation
o Kiren Rijiju : Home Affairs
o Krishan Pal Gujjar : Road Transport and Highways, Shipping
o Manoj Sinha : Railways
o Mansukhbhai Dhanjibhai Vasava : Tribal Affairs
o Nihalchand : Chemicals and Fertilizers
o Nirmala Sitharaman : Commerceand Industry (Independent Charge), Finance, CorporateAffairs
o Piyush Goyal : Power (Independent Charge), Coal (Independent Charge), New and Renewable Energy
(Independent Charge)
o Pon Radhakrishnan : Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
o Prakash Javadekar : Information and Broadcasting (Independent Charge), Environment, Forest and
Climate Change (Independent Charge), Parliamentary Affairs
o Rao Inderjit Singh : Planning (Independent Charge), Statistics and Programme Implementation
(Independent Charge), Defence
o Raosaheb Dadarao Patil Danve : Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
o Sanjiv Baliyan : Agriculture, Food Processing Industries
o Santosh Kumar Gangwar : Textiles (Independent Charge), Parliamentary Affairs, Water Resources,
River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation
o Sarbananda Sonowal : Skill Development, Entrepreneurship, Youth Affairs and Sports (Independent
Charge)
o Shripad Naik : Culture (Independent Charge), Tourism (Independent Charge)
o Sudarshan Bhagat : Social Justice and Empowerment
o Upendra Kushwaha : Rural Development, Panchayati Raj, Drinking Water and Sanitation
o Vishnu Deo Sai : Mines, Steel, Labour and Employment
List of count r ies and cur r encies
Country Currency
Afghanistan Afghan afghani
Albania Albanian lek
Algeria Algerian dinar
Andorra European euro
Angola Angolan kwanza
Anguilla East Caribbean dollar
Antigua and Barbuda East Caribbean dollar
Argentina Argentine peso
Country Currency
Armenia Armenian dram
Aruba Aruban florin
Australia Australian dollar
Austria European euro
Azerbaijan Azerbaijani manat
Bahamas Bahamian dollar
Bahrain Bahraini dinar
Bangladesh Bangladeshi taka
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Country Currency
Barbados Barbadian dollar
Belarus Belarusian ruble
Belgium European euro
Belize Belize dollar
Benin West African CFA franc
Bhutan Bhutanese ngultrum
Bolivia Bolivian boliviano
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina
konvertibilna marka
Botswana Botswana pula
Brazil Brazilian real
Brunei Brunei dollar
Bulgaria Bulgarian lev
Burkina Faso West African CFA franc
Burundi Burundi franc
Cambodia Cambodian riel
Cameroon Central African CFA franc
Canada Canadian dollar
Cape Verde Cape Verdean escudo
Cayman Islands Cayman Islands dollar
Central African
Republic
Central African CFA franc
Chad Central African CFA franc
Chile Chilean peso
China Chinese renminbi
Colombia Colombian peso
Comoros Comorian franc
Congo Central African CFA franc
Congo, Democratic
Republic
Congolese franc
Costa Rica Costa Rican colon
Cte d'Ivoire West African CFA franc
Croatia Croatian kuna
Cuba Cuban peso
Country Currency
Cyprus European euro
Czech Republic Czech koruna
Denmark Danish krone
Djibouti Djiboutian franc
Dominica East Caribbean dollar
Dominican Republic Dominican peso
East Timor uses the U.S. Dollar
Ecuador uses the U.S. Dollar
Egypt Egyptian pound
El Salvador uses the U.S. Dollar
Equatorial Guinea Central African CFA franc
Eritrea Eritrean nakfa
Estonia Estonian kroon
Ethiopia Ethiopian birr
Falkland Islands Falkland Islands pound
Fiji Fijian dollar
Finland European euro
France European euro
French Polynesia CFP franc
Gabon Central African CFA franc
Gambia Gambian dalasi
Georgia Georgian lari
Germany European euro
Ghana Ghanaian cedi
Gibraltar Gibraltar pound
Greece European euro
Grenada
East Caribbean dollar

Guatemala Guatemalan quetzal
Guinea Guinean franc
Guinea-Bissau West African CFA franc
Guyana Guyanese dollar
Haiti Haitian gourde
Honduras Honduran lempira
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Country Currency
Hong Kong Hong Kong dollar
Hungary Hungarian forint
Iceland Icelandic krna
India Indian rupee
Indonesia Indonesian rupiah
International
Monetary Fund
Special Drawing Rights
Iran Iranian rial
Iraq Iraqi dinar
Ireland European euro
Israel Israeli new sheqel
Italy European euro
Jamaica Jamaican dollar
Japan Japanese yen
Jordan Jordanian dinar
Kazakhstan Kazakhstani tenge
Kenya Kenyan shilling
Kiribati Australian dollar
Korea North North Korean won
Korea South South Korean won
Kuwait Kuwaiti dinar
Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstani som
Laos Lao kip
Latvia Latvian lats
Lebanon Lebanese lira
Lesotho Lesotho loti
Liberia Liberian dollar
Libya Libyan dinar
Liechtenstein uses the Swiss Franc
Lithuania Lithuanian litas
Luxembourg European euro
Macau Macanese pataca
Macedonia (Former
Yug. Rep.)
Macedonian denar
Country Currency
Madagascar Malagasy ariary
Malawi Malawian kwacha
Malaysia Malaysian ringgit
Maldives Maldivian rufiyaa
Mali West African CFA franc
Malta European Euro
Mauritania Mauritanian ouguiya
Mauritius Mauritian rupee
Mexico Mexican peso
Micronesia uses the U.S. Dollar
Moldova Moldovan leu
Monaco European Euro
Mongolia Mongolian tugrik
Montenegro European Euro
Montserrat East Caribbean dollar
Morocco Moroccan dirham
Mozambique Mozambican metical
Myanmar Myanma kyat
Namibia Namibian dollar
Nauru Australian dollar
Nepal Nepalese rupee
Netherlands Antilles
Netherlands Antillean
gulden
Netherlands European euro
New Caledonia CFP franc
New Zealand New Zealand dollar
Nicaragua Nicaraguan cordoba
Niger West African CFA franc
Nigeria Nigerian naira
Norway Norwegian krone
Oman Omani rial
Pakistan Pakistani rupee
Palau uses the U.S. Dollar
Panama Panamanian balboa
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Country Currency
Panama Canal Zone uses the U.S. Dollar
Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinean kina
Paraguay Paraguayan guarani
Peru Peruvian nuevo sol
Philippines Philippine peso
Poland Polish zloty
Portugal European euro
Puerto Rico uses the U.S. Dollar
Qatar Qatari riyal
Romania Romanian leu
Russia Russian ruble
Rwanda Rwandan franc
Saint Helena Saint Helena pound
Saint Kitts and Nevis East Caribbean dollar
Country Currency
Saint Lucia East Caribbean dollar
Saint Vincent and the
Grenadines
East Caribbean dollar
Samoa (Western) Samoan tala
San Marino European euro
Vanuatu Vanuatu vatu
Vatican European euro
Venezuela Venezuelan bolivar
Vietnam Vietnamese dong
Wallis and Futuna
Islands
CFP franc
Yemen Yemeni rial
Zambia Zambian kwacha
Zimbabwe Zimbabwean dollar

Cur r ent RBI Rat es wit h Expl anat ions
S. No Rates / Reserve Ratios % W.e.f
1 Bank Rate 9 % 28
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J anuary 2014
2 Repo Rate 8% 28
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J anuary 2014
3 Reverse Repo Rate 7% 28
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J anuary 2014
4 Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) 4.00% 29
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October 2013
5 Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) 22 % 5
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August 2014
6 Marginal Standing Facility (MSF) 9% 28
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J anuary 2014
Explanations
Bank Rate
Bank rate, also referred to as the discount rate, is the rate of
interest which a central bank charges on the loans and
advances that it extends to commercial banks and other
financial intermediaries. Changes in the bank rate are often
used by central banks to control the money supply.
Repo Rate
Repo rate is the rate at which our banks borrow rupees from
RBI. Whenever the banks have any shortage of funds they
can borrow it fromRBI. A reduction in the repo rate will
help banks to get money at a cheaper rate. When the repo
rate increases, borrowing from RBI becomes more
expensive.
Reverse Repo Rate
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This is exact opposite of Repo rate. Reverse Repo rate is the
rate at which Reserve Bank of India (RBI) borrows money
frombanks. RBI uses this tool when it feels there is too
much money floating in the banking system. Banks are
always happy to lend money to RBI since their money is in
safe hands with a good interest. An increase in Reverse repo
rate can cause the banks to transfer more funds to RBI due
to this attractive interest rates.
CRR
Cash reserve Ratio (CRR) is the amount of funds that the
banks have to keep with RBI. If RBI decides to increase the
percent of this, the available amount with the banks comes
down. RBI is using this method (increase of CRR rate), to
drain out the excessive money fromthe banks.
SLR
SLR (Statutory Liquidity Ratio) is the amount a commercial
bank needs to maintain in the formof cash, or gold or govt.
approved securities (Bonds) before providing credit to its
customers. SLR rate is determined and maintained by the
RBI (Reserve Bank of India) in order to control the
expansion of bank credit. SLR is determined as the
percentage of total demand and percentage of time
liabilities. Time Liabilities are the liabilities a commercial
bank liable to pay to the customers on their anytime
demand. SLR is used to control inflation and propel growth.
Through SLR rate tuning the money supply in the system
can be controlled efficiently.
Marginal Standing Facility (MSF)
Marginal Standing Facility (MSF) is the rate at which
scheduled banks could borrow funds overnight fromthe
RBI against approved government securities. The basic
difference between Repo and MSF scheme is that in MSF
banks can use the securities under SLR to get loans from
RBI and hence MSF rate is 1% more than repo rate.

Awar ds and Honor s
Individual Awards
Abhishikta S Shetty - Miss South India 2014
Ahmet Sik (Turkish journalist) -
UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom
Prize 2014
Amitabh Bachchan - India's Global Icon of the
Year
Amul (Milk Product Brand) - High Performance
Brand Award 2013
Anand Kumar - Ramanujan Mathematics Award
2014
Anees Salim - The Hindu Prize for Best Fiction
2013
Angela Merkel - Israel's highest civilian honour
(the "Medal of Distinction")
Aniket Bajpai - Gold medal in 45th International
Physics Olympiad (IPHO2014)
APJ Abdul Kalam - honorary degree from
University of Edinburgh
Arogya Swami Joseph Paulraj - 2014 Marconi
Society Prize
Arun Jaitley - Outstanding Parliamentarian
Award 2010
Assamese Film Ekhon Nedekha Nadir Xipaare
(As River Flows) - Audience choice award in
North Carolina filmfestival
Bank of Maharashtra - BFSI Best Public Sector
Bank 2014
Bharat Gupta - Youth Achievers Award
Bipan Chandra - Itihas Ratna Award 2014
C Radhakrishnan (Writer, Theekkadal
Katanhu Thirumadhuram) - Moortidevi Award
for 2013
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Caparo Group - International Business of the
Year award 2014
Chandi Prasad Bhatt (Chipko) - Gandhi Peace
Prize (2013)
Chitraang Murdia - Gold medal in 45th
International Physics Olympiad (IPHO2014)
Cristiano Ronaldo - UEFA Best Player in
Europe
Cristiano Ronaldo - world's best soccer player
for the 2012/2013 season (FIFA)
Cyrus Mistry - DSC prize for South Asian
literature
Donna Tartt (for the book Goldfinch) - Pulitzer
Prize 2014 (Fiction)
Dr Sumeet Chugh - Simon Dack Award
Dr. Sanjaya Rajaram - World Food Prize 2014
Dr. Tej Vir Singh - UNWTO Ulysses Prize for
Excellence 2013 in the Creation and
Dissemination of Knowledge
Eimear McBride (Author, A Girl is a Half-
Formed Thing) - Bailey's Women's Prize 2014
Gabriela Isler Miss Universe 2013
Govind Mishra (for the book Dhool Paudho Par)
- Sarawasti Samman (2013)
Gulzar - Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2013
Gyan Correa - Gollapudi Srinivas National
Award 2013
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) -
Navaratna award
ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund - Morningstar
Indias best fund house award in the debt
Iwao Hakamada - WBC honorary Championship
Belt
Javed Aktar (for the book Lava) - Sahitya
Akademi Award 2013
Jeev Milkha Singh - Asian Tours Player of the
Decade
Jhumpa Lahiri (for the book Lowland) - Baileys
Prize 2014(Shortlisted)
Kapil Dev - C. K. Naidu Award
Karan Singh - Outstanding Parliamentarian
Award 2011
Kathy Cross - First woman to be inducted in an
ICC umpires' panel
Kedarnath Singh - J nanpith award 2013
Kerala Tourism - United Nations Award
Killa (a Marathi film) - Crystal Bear (Glasernen
Bar)Award at the 64th Berlin International Film
Festival.
Kolkata Airport - Airport Service Quality Award
Koyal Rana - 51st Femina Miss India
Laxmi (an acid attack victim) - International
Women of Courage Award, US
Lewis Hamilton - Chinese F1 Grand Prix
Lingaiah Nagarapu - STF Best Scientist Award
Lord Swraj Paul - Lifetime Achievement Award,
Black Country Asian Business Association
Luis Suarez - PFA Player of the year
Madan Babu - Protein Science Young
Investigator Award 2014
Malala Yousafzai - Childrens Nobel Prize
(Nominated)
Malala Yousafzai - Liberty medal for the year
2014
Manjul Bhargava - Field Medal (Maths)
Maryam Mirzakhani - Field Medal (1st woman
to win this medal)
Mathangi Sathyamurthy - M S Subbulakshmi
Award
Meb Keflezighi - First US male athlete to win the
Boston Marathon
Meera Chandrasekhar - Robert Foster Cherry
Award for Teaching 2014
Mitchell Johnson - Allan Border medal
Mitul Kadakia - Gregory Braden Memorial
Fellow of the Year Award 2014
MS Dhoni - UKs 2014 Asian Award
Muzaffar Ali - Rajiv Gandhi National
Sadbhavana Award
N R Narayana Murthy (Infosys) - Canada India
Foundation Chanchalani Global Indian Award
2014
Nadine Angerer - Best women's football player
in the world (2013)
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Nalco - first Eastern Region Export Excellence
Award 2012 - 13
Nirendranath Chakraborty - Sunil
Gangopadhyay Memorial Award (2012)
Pallava Bagla - ICAR Chaudhary Charan Singh
Award 2013
Pankaj Mishra - WindhamCampbell Literature
Prize 2014 (Non-Fiction)
Pope Francis - Time Person of the year 2013
Pranab Mukherjee - Award of Honor from
Rotary International
Prof C N R Rao - Bharat Ratna
Prof Stuart Parkin - Millenniumtechnology
Prize 2014
Queen Latifah - 2014 Matrix Award
Rajesh Gopakumar - 23rd G D Birla Award for
scientific research (2013)
Rajiv Gandhi International Airport - Sword of
Honour award
Ramesh Agrawal - Goldman Prize
Ratan Tata - UK's highest civilian award (Knight
Grand Cross)
Richard Quest - UNWTO Award for Lifetime
Achievement 2013
Sachin Tendulkar - Bharat Ratna
Sachin Tendulkar - Cricketer of Generation
Award
Samraz (Magician) - Merlin Award 2014
Sankha Ghosh - Sunil Gangopadhyay Memorial
Award (2013)
Shahrukh Khan - Knight of the Legion of
Honour
Shahrukh Khan - Shahrukh Khan - Interpol
Ambassador
Shamtorf Azad (Uzbekisthan) - Dr George
Grierson Award (Hindi)
Sharad Yadav - Outstanding Parliamentarian
Award 2012
Shigeru Ban - Pritzker Architecture Prize 2014
Shikhar Dhawan - Wisden's Five Cricketers of
the Year
Shubhranshu Choudhary - Digital activism
award
Sikkim - National TourismAward
Silent Screams : India's Fight Against Rape
(documentary) - New York Festivals TV &
FilmAwards 2014
Slaman Rushdie - Pen Pinter Prize 2014
Sourav Ganguly - Honorary Doctor of Letters
(D.Litt) degree by BESU
Sriprakash KS - Asia Pacific Academy Award
Stanislas Wawrinka - Monte Carlo Masters Title
Subhash Khot - Field Medal (Maths)
Sudarsan Pattnaik - People's Choice prize at
World Cup of Sand Sculpting-2014
Swraj Paul - International Business of the Year
award 2014
TCS - Top Employer in Europe
Tejinder Virdee - Knighthood Bachelor
Tomas Halik - Templeton Prize 2014
T-TBI (Technopark Technology Business
Incubator) - Golden Peacock Award 2014
V. Somasundaram - Bharat Ratna J RD Tata
Award 2013
Vijay Seshadri - Pulitzer Prize 2014 (Poetry)
Vishwanath Tripathi - Vyas Samman 2013
Woo Jo Kim (South Korea) - Dr George
Grierson Award (Hindi)
Yakov Grigorevich Sinai - Abel Prize 2014
Yushi (Taiwanese poet) - Thiruvalluvar award

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International Awards
Nobel Prize 2013
Physics :
o Francois Englert (Belgium)
o Peter W. Higgs (UK)
Chemistry
o Martin Karplus (US & Australia)
o Michael Levitt (US, UK & Israel)
o Arieh Warshel (US & Israel)
Literature
o Alice Munro (Canada)
Physiology or Medicine
o James E. Rothman (USA)
o Randy W. Schekman (USA)
o Thomas C. Sudhof (Germany & US)
Economics
o Eugene F. Fama (USA)
o Lars Peter Hansen (USA)
o Robert J. Shiller (USA)
Peace
o Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)
Ramon Magasaysay Awards 2014
Hu Shuli J ournalist fromChina
Wang Canfa Lawer fromChina
Saur Marlina Manurung Anthropologist fromIndonesia
Omara Khan Masoudi National MuseumDirector fromAfghanisthan
Randy Halasan Teacher fromPhilippines
The Citizens Foundation The Pakistani Non-Government Group
List of 2014 Pulitzer Prize winners
Journalism
o Public Service : The Guardian Us And The Washington Post
o Breaking News Reporting - The Boston Globe Staff
o Investigative Reporting - Chris Hamby Of The Center For Public Integrity, Washington, D.C.
o Explanatory Reporting - Eli Saslow Of The Washington Post
o Local Reporting - Will Hobson And Michael Laforgia Of The Tampa Bay Times
o National Reporting - David Philipps Of The Gazette, Colorado Springs, Co
o International Reporting - Jason Szep And Andrew R.C. Marshall Of Reuters
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o Feature Writing - No Award
o Commentary - Stephen Henderson Of The Detroit Free Press
o Criticism - Inga Saffron Of The Philadelphia Inquirer
o Editorial Writing - The Editorial Staff Of The Oregonian, Portland
o Editorial Cartooning - Kevin Siers Of The Charlotte Observer
o Breaking News Photography - Tyler Hicks Of The New York Times
o Feature Photography - Josh Haner Of The New York Times
Books, Drama And Music
o Fiction - "The Goldfinch" By Donna Tartt (Little, Brown)
o Drama - "The Flick" By Annie Baker
o History - "The Internal Enemy: Slavery And War In Virginia, 1772-1832" By Alan Taylor (W.W.
Norton)
o Biography - "Margaret Fuller: A New American Life" By Megan Marshall (Houghton Mifflin
Harcourt)
o Poetry - "3 Sections" By Vijay Seshadri (Graywolf Press)
o General Nonfiction - "Toms River: A Story Of Science And Salvation" By Dan Fagin (Bantam Books)
o Music - "Become Ocean" By John Luther Adams (Taiga Press/Theodore Front Musical Literature)
Film Awards
BAFTA Awards 2014
Best Film 12 Years a Slave
Best Actor Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 years a slave)
Best Actress Cate Blanchett (Blue J asmine)
Best Director Alfonso Cauron (Gravity)
Best Original Screenplay American Hustle
Berlin International Film Festival
Golden Bear Bai Ri Yan Huo (Chinese film)
Honorary Golden Bear Ken Loach (British Filmdirector)
Silver Bear The Grand Budapest Hotel
Silver Bear for Best Actor Liao Fan (Bai Ri Yan Huo)
Silver Bear for Best Actress Haru Kuroki (The Little House)
Siver Bear for Best Director Richard Linklater
Crystal Bear Killa (Marathi Film)
15th IIFA (International Indian Film Academy Awards) winners list 2014
Best Performance in a Leading Role (Male) Farhan Akhtar for Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
Best Performance in a Leading Role (Female) Deepika Padukone
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Best Performance in a Leading Role (Male) Aditya Roy Kapur for Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani
Best Debut (Male) Dhanush for Raanjhanaa.
Best Debut (Female) Vaani Kapoor for Shudh Desi Romance
Best Director Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra for Bhaag Milkha Bhaag.
Best performance in a comic role - Arshad Warsi for Jolly L.L.B
Best performance in a negative role Rishi Kapoor for D-Day
Best Playback Singer (Female) Shreya Ghoshal for Sun Raha Hai Na Tu (Aashiqui 2)
Best Playback Singer (Male) Arijit Singh for Tum Hi Ho (Aashiqui 2)
Entertainer of the year Deepika Padukone
Outstanding Contribution to Indian Cinema Shatrughan Sinha
Outstanding Contribution To International Cinema John Travolta
Best Cinematography Binod Pradhan
Best Screenplay and Best Dialogue Prasoon Joshi
Best Editing P S Bharti
Best Sound Design Nakul Kamte
Best Sound Mixing Pranav Shukla
Best Background Score Shankar-Ehsaan- Loy
Best Costume Designing Dolly Ahluwalia
Best Make-Up Vikram Gaikwad
67th annual Cannes Film Festival Winners List 2014
Palme dOr : Winter Sleep (Nuri Bilge Ceylan)
Grand Prix : The Wonders (Alice Rohrwacher)
Director : Bennett Miller, Foxcatcher
Actor : Timothy Spall, Mr. Turner
Actress : Julianne Moore, Maps to the Stars
Jury Prize : Mommy (Xavier Dolan) and Goodbye to Language (Jean-Luc Godard)
Screenplay : Andrey Zvyagintsev and Oleg Negin, Leviathan
56
th
Annual Grammy Awards
Album of the Year Random Access Memories (Daft Punk)
Record of the year Get Lucky
Song of the Year Royals (Lorde)
Best Pop Vocal Album Unorthodox J ukebox Bruno Mars
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album To be Loved Michael Buble
Best New Artist Macklemore and Ryan Leewis
Best Childrens Album J ennifer Gasoi
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Best Pop Solo Performance Royals (Lorde)
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National Film Awards Winners List
Best Film (Hindi) : Jolly LLB
Best Actress : Geetanjali Thapa (Liar's Dice, Hindi)
Best Actor : Raj Kumar (Shahid, Hindi) & Suraj Venjaramoodu (Perariyathavar, Malyalam)
Supporting Actor (Female) : Aida Elkashef, Ship of Theseus and Amruta Subash, Astu
Best Direction : Hansal Mehta for Shahid (Hindi)
Special Mention : Gauri Gadgil and Sanjana Rai for 'Yellow' (Marathi)
Direction (Non Feature) : Chidiya Udh
Special Effects : Jal
Short Fiction (Non Feature) : Mandrake! Mandrake! (Hindi)
Non Feature Film on Social Issues : Gulabi Gang (Hindi, Bundelkhandi)
Environmental Film including Agriculture : Foresting Life (Hindi,Assamese)
Non Feature Film : Rangbhoomi (Hindi)
Best Book on Cinema : Cinema Ga Cinema (Telgu) by Nandagopal
Sound Design : Bishwadeep Chatterjee, Madras Cafe
Choreography : Ganesh Aacharya, Havan Karenge (Bhaag Milkha Bhaag)
Special Jury Award : Yellow (Marathi) & Miss Lovely (Hindi)
Best Children's Film : Kaphal (Hindi)
Best Film on Environment Conservation/Preservation : Perariyathavar (Malyalam)
Best Film on Social Issues : Tuhya Dharma Koncha (Marathi)
Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration : Thalaimuraigal (Tamil)
Best Popular Film providing wholesome Entertainment : Bhaag Milkha Bhaag (Hindi)
Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director : Fandry (Marathi)
Best Feature Film : Ship of Theseus
Playback Singer : Bela Shinde Khura Khura
Best Feature Films in Local Languages (in alphabetical order) :
Best Feature Film in Assamese : 'Ajeyo'
Best Feature Film in Bengali : 'Bakitar Byaktigoto'
Best Feature Film in English : 'The Coffin Maker'
Best Feature Film in Hindi : 'Jolly LLB'
Best Feature Film in Kannada : 'December 1'
Best Feature Film in Konkani : 'Baga Beach'
Best Feature Film in Malayalam : 'North 24 Kaatham'
Best Feature Film in Marathi : 'Acha Divaz Mazha'
Best Feature Film in Tamil : 'Thanga
Best Feature Film in Telugu : 'Naa Bangaru Talli '
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59
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Film Fare Awards 2014 Winners List
Best Film - Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
Best Actor - Farhan Akhtar (Bhaag Milkha Bhaag)
Best Debut Actor - Dhanush (Raanjhanaa)
Best Actress - Deepika Padukone (Goliyon Ki Raslila RamLeela)
Best Debut Actress - Vaani Kapoor (Shuddh Desi Romance)
Best Director - Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra (Bhaag Milkha Bhaag)
Best Debut Director - Ritesh Batra (The Lunchbox)
Best Film (Critics) - Ritesh Batra (The Lunchbox)
Best Actor (Critics) - Rajkummar Rao (Shahid)
Best Actress (Critics) - Shilpa Shukla (BA Pass)
Best Screenplay - Abhishek Kapoor, Chetan Bhagat, Supratik Sen and Pubali Chaudari (Kai Po Che)
Best Story - Subhash Kapoor (Jolly LLB)
Best Actor (Supporting Role) - Nawazuddin Siddiqui (The Lunchbox)
Best Actress (Supporting Role) - Supriya Pathak Kapur (Goliyon Ki Raslila- Ram Leela)
Lifetime Achievement Award - Tanuja
Best Music - Jeet Ganguly, Mithoon and Ankit Tiwari (Aashiqui 2)
Best Lyrics - Prasoon Joshi for Zinda (Bhaag Milkha Bhaag)
Best Playback Singer Male - Arijit Singh (Tum hi ho, Aashiqui)
Best Playback Singer Female - Monali Thakur (Sawaar loon, Lootera)
RD Burman Award - Sidharth Mahadevan
Best Choreography - Samir and Arsh Tanna - Lahu muh lag gaya (Goliyon Ki Raasleel Ram-Leela)
Best VFX - Tata Elxis (Dhoom:3)
Best Background Score - Hitesh Sonik (Kai Po Che)
Best Action - Thomas Struthers and Guru Bachchan (D Day)
Best Cinematography - Kamaljit Negi (Madras Cafe)
Best Editing - Aarif Sheikh (D-Day)
Trendsetter of the year - Chennai Express
Best Production Design - Acropolis Design (Bhaag Milkha Bhaag)
Best Costume - Dolly Ahluwalia (Bhaag Milkha Bhaag)
Best Sound Design - Bishwadeep Chatterjee and Nihar Ranjan Samar (Madras Cafe)
2014 Emmy Award Winners List
Outstanding Drama Series - "Breaking Bad"
Outstanding Comedy Series - "Modern Family"
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama - Bryan Cranston, "Breaking Bad"
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama - Julianna Margulies, "The Good Wife"
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series - J im Parsons, "The Big Bang Theory"
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series - Julia Louis-Dreyfus, "Veep"
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series - Aaron Paul, "Breaking Bad"
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series - Anna Gunn, "Breaking Bad"
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series - Ty Burrell, "Modern Family"
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series - Allison Janney, "Mom"
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Outstanding Television Movie - "The Normal Heart" (HBO)
Outstanding Reality - Competition Program - "The Amazing Race"
Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series - "Breaking Bad" -- "Ozymandias"
Complete List of 71st Golden Globe Awards Winners 2014
Best motion picture, drama : 12 Years A Slave
Best motion picture, musical or comedy : American Hustle
Best director for motion picture : Alfonso Cuaron, Gravity
Best actor in a motion picture, drama : Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club
Best actress in a motion picture, drama : Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine
Best actor in a motion picture, comedy : Leonardo DiCaprio, Wolf of Wall Street
Best actress in a motion picture, comedy : Amy Adams, American Hustle
Best supporting actor in a motion picture : Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club
Best supporting actress in a motion picture : Jennifer Lawrence
Best screenplay : Spike Jonze, Her
Best foreign language film : The Great Beauty
Best original score : Alex Ebert, All is Lost
Best original song from a motion picture : Ordinary Love, from Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Best animated feature film : Frozen
Best TV drama : Breaking Bad
Best actor in a TV series, drama : Bryan Cranston
Best actress in a TV series, drama : Robin Wright, House of Cards
Best actor in a TV series, comedy : Andy Samberg, Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Best actress in a TV series, Comedy : Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation
Best TV series, comedy or musical : Brooklyn 99
Best supporting actor in a TV series, mini-series or TV movie : Jon Voight, Ray Donovan
Best mini-series or TV movie : Behind the Candelabra
Best actor in a mini-series or TV movie : Michael Douglas, Behind the Candelabra
Best actress in a mini-series or TV movie : Elisabeth Moss
Oscar Awards 2014 winners List
Best Picture - 12 Years a Slave
Best Actor in a Leading Role - Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club)
Best Actress in a Leading Role - Cate Blanchett (Blue J asmine)
Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Lupita Nyong'o (12 Years a Slave)
Best Animated Feature - Frozen (Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee, Peter Del Vecho)
Best Cinematography - Gravity (Emmanuel Lubezki)
Best Costume Design - The Great Gatsby (Catherine Martin)
Best Directing - Gravity (Alfonso Cuarn)
Best Documentary Feature Film - 20 Feet from Stardom (Nominees to be determined)
Best Documentary Short Film - The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life (Malcolm Clarke, Nicholas
Reed)
Best Film Editing - Gravity (Alfonso Cuarn, Mark Sanger)
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Best Foreign Language Film - The Great Beauty (Italy)
Best Makeup and Hairstyling - Dallas Buyers Club (Adruitha Lee, Robin Mathews)
Best Original Score - Gravity (Steven Price)
Best Original Song - Let It Go - Frozen
Best Production Design - The Great Gatsby (Catherine Martin, Beverley Dunn)
Best Animated Short Film - Mr. Hublot (Laurent Witz, Alexandre Espigares)
Best Live Action Short Film - Helium (Anders Walter, Kim Magnusson)
Best Sound Editing - Gravity (Glenn Freemantle)
Best Sound Mixing - Gravity (Skip Lievsay, Niv Adiri, Christopher Benstead, Chris Munro)
Best Visual Effects - Gravity (Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk, Neil Corbould)
Best Adapted Screenplay - 12 Years a Slave (John Ridley)
Best Original Screenplay - Her (Spike Jonze)
SAARC Film Awards 2013
Best Film Pan Singh Tomar
Best Director Tigmanshuy Dhulia (Paan Singh Tomar)
Special Jury Award After Glow (Kaushal Oza for a documentary film)
Sports Awards
CEAT Awards
Cricketer of the Year Virat Kohli (India)
ODI Player of the year Shikhar Dhawan (India)
T20 Player of the year Shakib Al Hasan (Bangladesh)
Test Player of the year Mitchell J onson (Australia)
Popular Choice Award Glenn Maxwell (Australia)
Young Player Award Vijay Zol (Maharashtra)
Domestic Cricketer of the year Robin Uthappa (India)
Special Award for Indian Player of the year R. Ashwin (India)
Life Time Achievement Awrd Syed Kirmani (India)
Laureus Sports Awards 2014
Sportsman of the year Sebastian Vettel (F1 Germany)
Sports woman of the Year Missy Franklin (Swimming USA)
Team of the year Bayern Munich (Football Germany)
Break Through of the year Marc Marquez (Motor Cycling Spain)
Come Back of the Year Rafel Nadal (Tennis Spain)
Sports person of the year with Disability Marie Bochet (Skiing France)
Action Sports person of the year Jamie Bestwick (BMX Biking England)
Spirit of Sport Award Afghanistan Cricket team
Sport for good award Magic Bus (India)
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ICC Annual Awards 2013
ICC Cricketer of the year Michel Clarke (Australia)
ICC Test Cricketer of the year Michael Clarke (Australia)
ICC ODI Cricketer of the year Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka)
ICC Womens ODI Cricketer of the year Suzie Bates (New Zealand)
ICC Emerging Cricketer of the year Cheteshwar Pujara (India)
ICC Associate and Affiliate Cricketer of the year Kevin OBrien (Ireland)
ICC Twenty 20 International Performance of the year Umar Gul (Pakisthan)
ICC T20 Womens cricketer of the year Sarah Taylor (England)
ICC Spirit of Cricket Award Mahela J ayawardane (Sri Lanka)
ICC Umpire of the Year Rickard Kettle Borough
LG People Choice M. S. Dhoni
Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Awards 2013
2012 - Vijay Kumar (Shooting)
2012 Yogeshwar Datt (Wrestling)
2013 Ronjan Sodhi (Trap Shooter)
National Sports Awards
Arjuna Awards :
o Abhishek Varma (Archery)
o Tintu Luka (Athletics)
o H. N. Girisha (Paralympics)
o V. Diju (Badminton)
o Geetu Ann Jose (Basketball)
o Jai Bhagwan (Boxing)
o Ravichandran Ashwin (Cricket)
o Anirban Lahiri (Golf)
o Mamta Pujari (Kabaddi)
o Saji Thomas (Rowing)
o Heena Sidhu (Shooting)
o Anaka Alankamany (Squash)
o Tom Joesph (Volleyball)
o Renubala chanu (Weightlifting)
o Sunil Rana (Wrestling)
Dronacharya Awards :
o Mahabir Prasad (Wrestling)
o N. Lingappa (Athletics-Lifetime)
o G. Manoharan (Boxing-Lifetime)
o Gurucharan Singh Gogi (J udo-Lifetime)
o Jose Jacob (Rowing-Lifetime)
Dhyan Chand Award :
o Gurmail Singh (hockey)
o K.P. Thakkar (swimming-diving)
o Zeeshan Ali (tennis)
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Tenzing Norgay Awards
o Land adventure :
Subedar J agat Singh
Passang Tenzing Sherpa
o Air adventure:
MWO Surender Singh
o Lifetime achievement:
Wg. Cdr. (retd) Amit Chowdhury
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Trophy: Punjabi University, Patiala
Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar:
o Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (employment of sports persons and sports welfare measures)
o Jindal Steel Works (community sportsidentification and nurturing of budding/young talent)
o Guru Hanuman akhara (establishment and management of sports academies of excellence)
o Child Link Foundation of IndiaMagic Bus (other forms of sports activities not covered in the
categories mentioned in the schemes)
BCCI Awards 2012-13
C. K. Naidu Award for Life time Kapil Dev
Polly Umrigar Award for Best International Cricketer R. Ashwin
Best Woman Cricketer M. D. Thirushakamini
Lala Amarnath Award for Best Ranji All rounder Abhishek Nayar
Best umpire in domestic cricket C. Shamshuddin
Best Overall Performance Mumbai Cricket Association
Special Award for Outstanding contribution in cricket Bapu Nadkarni, Farokh Engineer and late Eknath
Solkar
National Awards
Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Awards 2014
Ms. Senator Lisa Maria Singh - First member of South Asian descent in Australian Parliament
Kurian Varghese - Leading overseas Indian businessman in Bahrain
Vasdev Chanchlani - Entrepreneur and philanthropist based in Canada
Ramakrishna Mission - Fiji
Bikas Chandra Sanyal - Renowned educationist in France
Satnarainsing Rabin Baldewsingh - Significant contribution to promoting better understanding of India in The
Netherlands
Sasindran Muthuvel - First Member of Parliament of Indian origin in Papua New Guinea
Shihabudeen Vava Kunju - Contributor to welfare of Indian community in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Ms. Ela Gandhi - Contributions in promoting ties between India and South Africa, and the cause of freedom in
South Africa
Dr. Shamsheer Vayalil Parambath - Contribution in field of healthcare business and for promoting better
understanding of India in UAE
Shailesh Lakhman Vara - First Indian origin Govt. minister for Conservative Party in UK
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Dr. Parthasarathy Chiramel Pillai - Contributions in field of science, and fostering closer relations between
India and USA
Dr. Renu Khator - one of the first persons of Indian origin to head a higher system and a research university in
America. President and Chancellor of The University of Houston.
National Communal Harmony Awards 2013
Centre for Study of Society and Secularism, Mumbai - Organization category
Mohinder Singh - Individual Category
N Radhakrishnan - Individual Category
Padma Awards Winners List for the year 2014
Padma Vibhushan
o Dr. Raghunath A. Mashelkar, Science and
Engineering, Maharashtra
o Shri B.K.S. Iyengar, Others-Yoga, Maharashtra
Padma Bhushan
o Prof. GulamMohammed Sheikh, Art - Painting,
Gujarat
o Begum Parveen Sultana, Art - Classical
Singing, Maharashtra
o Shri T.H. Vinayakram, Art - Ghatam Artist,
Tamil Nadu
o Shri Kamala Haasan, Art-Cinema, Tamil Nadu
o J ustice Dalveer Bhandari, Public Affairs, Delhi
o Prof. Padmanabhan Balaram, Science and
Engineering, Karnataka
o Prof. J yeshtharaj J oshi, Science and
o Dr. Madappa Mahadevappa, Science and
o Dr. Thirumalachari Ramasami, Science and
Engineering, Delhi
o Dr. Vinod Prakash Sharma, Science and
Engineering, Delhi
o Dr. Radhakrishnan Koppillil, Science and
o Dr. Mrityunjay Athreya, Literature and
Education, Delhi
o Ms. Anita Desai, Literature and Education,
Delhi
o Dr. Dhirubhai Thaker, Literature and
Education, Gujarat
o Shri Vairamuthu Ramasamy Thevar, Literature
and Education, Tamil Nadu
o Shri Ruskin Bond, Literature and Education,
Uttarakhand,
o Shri Pullela Gopichand, Sports - Badminton,
Andhra Pradesh
o Shri Leander Paes, Sports - Tennis,
Maharashtra
o Shri Vijayendra Nath Kaul, Civil Service, Delhi
o Late J ustice J agdish Sharan Verma, Public
Affairs, Uttar Pradesh
o Late Dr. Anumolu Ramakrishna, Science and
Engineering, Andhra Pradesh
o Prof. Anisuzzaman, Literature and Education,
Bangladesh
o Prof. Lloyd I. Rudolph, Literature and
Education, USA
o Prof. Susanne H. Rudolph, Literature and
Education, USA
o Dr. (Smt.) Neelam Kler, Medicine -
Neonatology, Delhi
Padma Shri
o Shri Mohammad Ali Baig, Art - Theatre,
Andhra Pradesh
o Ms. Nayana Apte J oshi, Art, Maharashtra
o Shri Musafir RamBhardwaj, Art - Instrumental
Music - Pauna Manjha, Himachal Pradesh
o Ms. Sabitri Chatterjee, Art - Film, West Bengal
o Prof. Biman Bihari Das, Art - Sculptor, Delhi
o Shri Sunil Das, Art - Painting, West Bengal
o Smt. ElamEndira Devi, Art - Manipuri Dance,
Manipur
o Shri Vijay Ghate, Art - Instrumental Music -
Tabla, Maharashtra
o Smt Rani Karnaa, Art - Kathak, West Bengal
o Shri Bansi Kaul, Art - Theatre, Jammu and
Kashmir
o Ustad Moinuddin Khan, Art - Instrumental
Music-Sarangi Player, Rajasthan
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o Ms. Geeta Mahalik, Art - Odishi Dance, Delhi
o Shri Paresh Maity, Art - Painting, Delhi
o Shri Ram Mohan, Art - Film Animation,
Maharashtra
o Shri Sudarsan Pattnaik, Art - Sand Artist,
Orissa
o Shri Paresh Rawal, Art - Cinema and Theatre,
Maharashtra
o Shri Wendell Augustine Rodricks, Art -
Fashion Designing, Goa
o Prof. Kalamandalam Sathyabhama, Art -
Mohini Attam, Kerala
o Shri Anuj (Ramanuj) Sharma, Art - Performing
Art, Chhattisgarh
o Shri Santosh Sivan, Art - Film, Tamil Nadu
o Ms. Supriya Devi, Art-Bengali Cinema, West
Bengal
o Ms. Sooni Taraporevala, Art- Script Writing,
Maharashtra
o Ms. Vidya Balan, Art-Cinema, Maharashtra
o Smt. Durga Jain, Social Work, Maharashtra
o Dr. Rama Rao Anumolu, Social Work, Andhra
Pradesh
o Dr. BrahmDutt, Social Work, Haryana
o Shri Mukul Chandra Goswami, Social Work,
Assam
o Shri J .L. Kaul, Social Work, Delhi
o Shri Mathurbhai Madhabhai Savani, Social
Work, Gujarat
o Shri Tashi Tondup, Public Affairs, J ammu and
Kashmir
o Dr. Hasmukh Chamanlal Shah, Public Affairs,
Gujarat
o Shri Sekhar Basu, Science and Engineering,
Maharashtra
o Shri Madhavan Chandradathan, Science and
Engineering, Kerala
o Prof. Sushanta Kumar Dattagupta, Science and
Engineering, West Bengal
o Dr. Ravi Bhushan Grover, Science and
o Prof. Eluvathingal Devassy J emmis, Science
and Engineering, Karnataka
o Shri Ramkrishna V. Hosur, Science and
o Dr. Ajay Kumar Parida, Science and
Engineering, Tamil Nadu
o Dr. Malapaka Yajneswara Satyanarayana
Prasad, Science and Engineering, Andhra
Pradesh
o Shri Kiran Kumar Alur Seelin, Science and
Engineering, Gujarat
o Dr. Brahma Singh, Science and Engineering,
Delhi
o Prof. Vinod Kumar Singh, Science and
Engineering, Madhya Pradesh
o Dr. Govindan Sundararajan, Science and
Engineering, Andhra Pradesh
o Ramaswamy R. Iyer, Science and Engineering,
Delhi
o Dr. Jayanta Kumar Ghosh, Science and
Engineering, West Bengal
o Shri Ravi Kumar Narra, Trade and Industry,
Andhra Pradesh
o Shri Rajesh Saraiya, Trade and Industry,
Maharashtra
o Ms. Mallika Srinivasan, Trade and Industry,
Tamil Nadu
o Shri Pratap Govindrao Pawar, Trade and
Industry, Maharashtra
o Dr. Kiritkumar Mansukhlal Acharya, Medicine
- Dermatology, Gujarat
o Dr. BalramBhargava, Medicine - Cardiology,
Uttar Pradesh
o Prof. (Dr.) Indra Chakravarty, Medicine -
Health and Hygiene, West Bengal
o Dr. Ramakant Krishnaji Deshpande, Medicine -
Oncology, Maharashtra
o Prof. (Dr.) Pawan Raj Goyal, Medicine - Chest
Disease, Haryana
o Prof. Amod Gupta, Medicine - Opthalmology,
Haryana
o Prof. (Dr.) Daya Kishore Hazra, Medicine,
Uttar Pradesh
o Prof. (Dr.) Thenumgal Poulose J acob, Medicine
- Vascular Surgery, Tamil Nadu
o Prof. (Dr.) Shashank R. J oshi, Medicine -
Endocrinology, Maharashtra
o Prof. HakimSyed Khaleefathullah, Medicine -
Unani Medicine, Tamil Nadu
o Dr. Milind Vasant Kirtane, Medicine - ENT
Surgeory, Maharashtra
o Dr. Lalit Kumar, Medicine - oncology, Delhi
o Dr. Mohan Mishra, Medicine, Bihar
o Dr. M. Subhadra Nair, Medicine -
Gyneacology, Kerala
o Dr. Ashok Panagariya, Medicine - Neurology,
Rajasthan
o Dr. Narendra Kumar Pandey, Medicine -
Surgery, Haryana
o Dr. Sunil Pradhan, Medicine - Neurology, Uttar
Pradesh
o Dr. Ashok Rajgopal, Medicine - Orthopaedics,
Delhi
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o Dr. Kamini A. Rao, Medicine - Reproductive
Medicine, Karnataka
o Dr. Sarbeswar Sahariah, Medicine - Surgery,
Andhra Pradesh
o Prof. Om Prakash Upadhyaya, Medicine,
Punjab
o Prof. (Dr.) Mahesh Verma, Medicine - Dental
Science, Delhi
o Dr. J .S. Titiyal, Medicine- Opthalmology, Delhi
o Dr. Nitish Naik, Medicine- Cardiology, Delhi
o Dr. Surbrat Kumar Acharya, Medicine-
Gastroentrology, Delhi
o Dr. Rajesh Kumar Grover, Medicine-
Oncology,Delhi
o Dr. Naheed Abidi, Literature and Education,
Uttar Pradesh
o Prof. Ashok Chakradhar, Literature and
Education, Delhi
o Shri Chhakchhuak Chhuanvawram, Literature
and Education, Mizoram
o Shri Keki N. Daruwalla, Literature and
Education, Delhi
o Prof. Ganesh Narayandas Devi, Literature and
Education, Gujarat
o Prof. Kolakaluri Enoch, Literature and
Education, Andhra Pradesh
o Prof. (Dr.) Ved Kumari Ghai, Literature and
Education, J ammu and Kashmir
o Smt. Manorama J afa, Literature and Education,
Delhi
o Prof. Rehana Khatoon, Literature and
Education, Delhi
o Dr. Waikhom Gojen Meeitei, Literature and
Education, Manipur
o Shri Vishnu Narayanan Namboothiri, Literature
and Education, Kerala
o Prof. Dinesh Singh, Literature and Education,
Delhi
o Dr. (Mrs.) P. Kilemsungla, Literature and
Education, Nagaland
o Ms. AnjumChopra, Sports - Cricket, Delhi
o Ms. Sunil Dabas, Sports - Kabbadi, Haryana
o Shri Love Raj Singh Dharmshaktu, Sports -
Mountaineering, Delhi
o Ms. Dipika Rebecca Pallikal, Sports - Squash,
Tamil Nadu
o Shri H. Boniface Prabhu, Sports - Wheelchair
Tennis, Karnataka
o Shri Yuvraj Singh, Sports - Cricket, Haryana
o Smt. Mamta Sodha, Sports - Mountaineering,
Haryana
o Ms Parveen Talha, Civil Service, Uttar Pradesh
o Late Dr. Narendra Achyut Dabholkar, Social
Work, Maharashtra
o Shri Ashok Kumar Mago, Trade and Industry,
USA
o Dr. Siddharth Mukherjee, Medicine-Oncology,
USA
o Dr. Vamsi Mootha, Medicine - Biomedical
Research, USA
o Dr. Sengaku Mayeda, Literature and Education,
J apan
Beauty Contests
51st Femina Miss India 2014 Koyal Rana
Miss India Earth 2014 Jhataleka Malhotra
Miss India Supernational - Gail Nicole Da Silva
Miss India Asia Pacific World 2014 - Anukriti Gusain
Miss Universe 2013 Gabriela Isler
Miss World 2013 Megan Young
Miss Asia Pacific World 2014 - May Myat Noe (Myanmar)
List of New Appoint ment s 2014
A. S. Durga Prasad - Cost Accountants of India's
President
A.K. Dubey - Chairman, Coal India Limited
Abdel Fattah el-Sisi - 6th President of Egypt
Abdullah al-Thani - New PM of Libiya
Adarsh Kumar Goel - New J udge of Supreme
Court
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Aditi Khanna - first woman President of Indian
J ournalists Association (IJ A), London.
Ajay Yadav - Head of Congress Campaign
Committee
Ajit Doval - New National Security Adviser
Ajoy Misra - MD & CEO, Tata Global
Beverages Limited.
Akhilesh Das Gupta - President (Re-Elected),
Badminton Association of India (BAI)
Akhilesh Gupta - President of Indian
Meteorological Society
AL Banerjee - New DGP (UP)
Amit Shah - BJ P President
Amit Sharma - New Commander of Strategic
Forces
Amitabh Kant - Secretary, Department of Industrial
Policy and Promotion.
Anandiben - Chief Minister of Gujarat
Anant Geete - Heavy Industries and Public
Enterprises Minister
Ananth Kumar - Chemicals and Fertilizers
Minister
Arseniy Yatsenyuk - Interim Prime Minister of
Ukraine
Arun Jaitley - Finance, Corporate Affairs, Defence
Minister
Arun Kumar Gupta - CMD, Shipping Corporation
of India (SCI)
Arun Mishra - New J udge of Supreme Court
Arup Raha - Chiefs of Staffs Committee Chairman
Arvind Mayaram - New finance secretary
Ashok Gajapathi Raju - Civil Aviation Minister
Ashraf Jehan - First female judge, Pakistans
National Sharia Court
Ashwin B. Pandya - Chairman, Central Water
Commission
B.N. Sri Krishna - Chairman of Financial Planning
Standards Board India (FPSB)
Balramji Das Tandon - Governor of Chattisgarh
Bharat Arun and Sanjay Bangar - Assistant
Coaches to Indian Cricket Team
BS Chauhan - Chairman of Cauvery Water
Disputes Tribunal (CWDT)
C. Vidya Sagar Rao - New Governor of
Maharashtra
Chetan Tamboli - Chairman of CII (Confederation
of Indian Industry), Western Region.
D K Pathak - New Director General of BSF
D.V. Sadananda Gowda - Railways Minister
Dalbir Singh Suhag - New Army Chief
Devendra Kumar Pathak - Special DG, Border
Security Force.
Dinesh Sarraf - New CMD of Oil and Natural Gas
Corporation.
Dr. Harsh Vardhan- Health and Family Welfare
Minister
Edward Snowden - New Rector of the University
of Glasgow
Emma Watson - UN Women Goodwill
Ambassador
G. Rohini First Woman Chief J ustice, Delhi High
Court
Glen Attewell - New CEO to Tesco HSC
Gopinath Munde - Rural Development, Panchayati
Raj, Drinking Water and Sanitation Minister
H C Meena - Secretary Security, Cabinet
Secretariat.
Haider al-Abadi - Prime Minister of Iraq
Harish Rawat - CM of Uttrarakhand.
Harsimrat Kaur Badal - Food Processing
Industries Minister
Hiroshi Naka - Vice President and Auditor General
of World Bank
Hyon Yong-Chol - Defence Minister of North
Korea
Ibrahim Mahlab - New PM of Egypt
Jamila Bayaz - First Women Police chief,
Afghanistan
Janet Yellen - Head of US Federal Reserve (1st
Woman)
Jatinder Bir Singh - Chairman and Managing
Director of Punjab and Sind Bank (PSB)
Jean-Claude Juncker - Next President of European
Commission
Jitan Ram Manjhi - Chief Minister of Bihar
John Thompson - Chairman of Microsoft.
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Jual Oram - Tribal Affairs Minister
Juan Carlos Varela Rodrguez - President of
Panama
Justice Ashok Kumar Mathur - Chairman of the
7th Pay Commission
Justice B.S. Chauhan - J udge of the Supreme Court
K V Chowdary - Central Board of Direct Taxes
(CBDT) Chairman
K. V. Thomas - Head of Parliament public account
Committee
K. Chandra Sekhar Rao - CM of Telangana state
K. Siva Prasada Rao - first Assembly speaker of
new Andhra Pradesh
Kailash Meghwal - Speaker, Rajasthan Assembly
Kalraj Mishra - Micro, Small and Medium
Enterprises Minister
Kalyan Singh - New Governor of Rajasthan
Kalyan Singh - Vice president of BJ P
Kamal Nath - pro temspeaker of Lok Sabha
Karim Massimov - New Prime Minister of
Kazakhstan
Keshari Nath Tripathi - West Bengal Governor
Kiran Mazumdar Shaw - Chairperson, Indian
Institute of Management-Bangalore (IIM-B)
Lt Gen P R Kumar - Director General of Military
Operations (DGMO), Indian Army
M Teresa Kho - ADB's (Asian Development Bank)
new country director for India
M. Tambidurai - Lok Sabha Deputy Speaker
Madhuri Dixit - Brand ambassador for Mamta
Abhiyan, Madhya Pradesh
Madhusudanachari - first Speaker of Telangana
Maneka Sanjay Gandhi - Women and Child
Development Minister
Manohar Sapre - New J udge of Supreme Court
Manuel Valls - New Prime minister of France
Marco Lambertini - Director-general of the WWF
International
Marie-Lousie Coleiro Preca - Precident of Malta
Matteo Renzi - Italy's youngest PM
Michelle Howard - First Female 4 Star Admiral in
US Navy
Mridula Sinha - New Governor of Goa
Mukul Mudgal - Chairperson of Broadcasting
Content Complaints Council (BCCC)
Mukul Rohatgi - New Attorney-General of India
N P Singh - CEO, Multi Screen Media
N. Ramachandran - President, Indian Olympic
Association
N. Srinivasan - 1st Chariperson of ICC
N. Srinivasan - Chairman of the International
Cricket Council
N. Srinivasan - Chief of the Tamil Nadu Cricket
Association
Nabam Tuki - Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh
Najma Heptulla - Minority Affairs Minister
Nara Chandra Babu Naidu - Chief Minister of
Andhra Pradesh
Narasimhan - Common Governor of 2 states
(Andhra Pradesh & Telangana)
Narendra Kothari - Chairman of National Mineral
Development Corporation (NMDC) Ltd
Narendra Modi - Prime Minister of India
Narendra Singh Tomar - Mines, Steel, Labour and
Employment Minister
Nasir-ul-Mulk - Pakistans new chief justice
Naveen Patnaik - Chief Minister of Odisha
Nitin Gadkari - Road Transport and Highways,
Shipping Minister
Nripendra Misra - Principal Secretary to Narendra
Modi
O.P Kohli - Governor of Gujarat
Oleksandr Turchynov - Interim President of
Ukraine
P. Madhusudan - CMD, Rashtriya Ispat NigamLtd
(RINL)
P. Sathasivam - New Governor of Kerala
Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya - Governor of
Nagaland
Pawan Chamling - Chief Minister of Sikkim
Petro Poroshenko - Ukraine President
Philip Hammond - New foreign secretary of UK
PK Mishra - Additional Principal Secretary of
Prime Minister
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Poonam Khetrapal Singh - Regional Director of
World Health Organisation (WHO) South-East Asia
Region
Pradeep Kumar Saxena - GM, South Western
Railway
Prafulla Chandra Pant - New J udge of Supreme
Court
Prayuth Chan-ocha - Prime Minister of Thailand
(first coup leader to serve as prime minister)
Priyadarshi Mohapatra - MD Avaya's India and
SAARC operations)
Rajni Razdan - UPSC Chief
R Gandhi - Deputy Governor of RBI
R Sridhar - Fielding Coach of Indian Cricket Team
R. Banumathi - New J udge of Supreme Court
R. Chandrasekhar - President of NASCOM
R. Kavery Banerjee - New Secretary at Department
of Posts
R. M. Lodha - New Chief J ustice of India
R. S. Cheema - Coal Blocks Allocation Trial's
Special Public Prosecutor
R.K.Tiwari - Chairman of Central Board of Direct
Taxes (CBDT)
Radha Mohan Singh - Agriculture Minister
Rajashree Nambiar - India Infoline Finance Ltd
(IIFL) CEO
Rajeev Kher - Secretary in Department of
Commerce.
Rajeev Suri - President and CEO of Nokia
Rajeev Topno - Private Secretary to Prime Minister
Rajendra Mal Lodha - Chief J ustice of India
Rajnath Singh - Home Affairs Minister
Rakesh Khurana - Dean, Harvard College
Rakesh Maria - Mumbai Police Commissioner
Ram Naik - Governor of Uttar Pradesh
Ram Vilas Paswan - Consumer Affairs, Food and
Public Distribution Minister
Ranjit Kumar - Solicitor General of India
Rasik Ravindra - member of UNCLCS
Ratan Tata - member of the Board of Boao Forum
for Asia (BFA)
Ravi Chauhan - New MD of SAP India
Ravi Shankar Prasad - Communications and
Information Technology, Law and J ustice Minister
Ravi Shastri - Director of Indian Cricket Team
Recep Tayyip Erdogan - President of Turkey
Robin K Dhowan - New Navy Chief
Rohington F Nariman - New J udge of Supreme
Court
Roji John - National Student's Union of India
(NSUI) Chief
S.K. Sharma - CMD of Bharat Electronics Ltd.
Salvador Sanchez Ceren - EL Salvador President
Sania Mirza - Brand ambassador of Telangana
Sanjay - Deputy Chairman of CII (Confederation of
Indian Industry), Western Region.
Sanjay Kapoor - Chairman, Micromax
Sanjay Kishan Kaul - Chief J ustice of the Madras
High Court
Sanjeev Kumar Singla - Private Secretary to PM
Satya Nadella - CEO of Microsoft
Saurabh Chandra - Secretary, Ministry of
Petroleum& Natural Gas
Shaktikanta Das - New Revenue Secretary
Shankar Aggarwal - Secretary in the Ministry of
Urban Development
Shankar Venkateswaran - Chief, Tata
Sustainability Group
Sharat Chander - Information officer in PMO
Shefali Duggal - Member, US Holocaust Memorial
Council
Sheikh Hasina - Prime Minister of Bangladesh, 3rd
Time
Shikhar Dhawan - Brand Ambassador to Canara
Bank
Smriti Irani - Human Resource Development
Minister
Soma Mondal - first woman director of National
AluminiumCompany Ltd (NALCO).
Sudhir Gupta - Secretary, TRAI
Sumitra Mahajan - Speaker of Lok Sabha
Sunil Kumar Sood - General Manager, Central
Railway
Suresh Kumar Reddy - First ambassador to
ASEAN and East Asia Summit
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Sushil Koirala - PM of Nepal
Sushma Swaraj - External Affairs, Overseas Indian
Affairs Minister
Swamy Goud - Telangana Legislative Council
T. M. Bhasin - Chairman of IBA (Indian Bank
Association)
T. Nanda Kumar - Chairman, National Dairy
Development Board (NDDB)
Thawar Chand Gehlot - Social J ustice and
Empowerment Minister
TR Zeliang - Chief Minister of Nagaland
Uday Sareen - Deputy CEO, ING Vysya Bank
Uday Umesh Lalit - New J udge of Supreme Court
Uma Bharati - Water Resources, River
Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Minister
V. Kannan - CMD of Vijaya Bank
Venkaiah Naidu - Urban Development, Housing
and Urban Poverty Alleviation, Parliamentary
Affairs Minister
Vijubhai Vala - New Governor of Karnataka
Viktor Orban - Prime Minister of Hungary
Vinod Sawhny - CEO of Reliance Communications
(RCom)
Vishal Sikka - Infosys CEO
Yaduvendra Mathur - CMD of Export-Import
Bank of India (EximBank)
Zeid Ra'ad Zeid Al-Hussein - UN High
Commissioner for Human Rights
Note : Three Judges (Justices Arun Mishra, Adarsh Kumar Goel and Rohington F Nariman) on 7th July have
assumed charge as Supreme Court judges and Four Judges (Manohar Sapre, R. Banumathi, Prafulla Chandra
Pant and Uday Umesh Lalit) on 13th August have assumed charge as Supreme Court judges, taking the strength
to 30, including Chief Justice R M Lodha.
List of Obit uar ies 2014
Adhip Chaudhuri - Economist
Adolfo Suarez - first elected Prime Minister of
Spain
Ahmad Tejan Kabbah - 3rd President of Sierra
Leone
Akkineni Nageswara Rao - Telugu Film Actor
Alfredo Di Stfano - Argentine-Spanish footballer
Anjali Devi - South Indian FilmActress
Anjan Das - National Award-winning Bengali
filmmaker
Ariel Sharon - Former Israeli Prime Minister
B Shobha Nagi Reddy - Sitting MLA of AP
(Accident)
Balu Mahendra - Tamil cinematographer, director,
screenwriter
Bangaru Laxman - former BJ P President
Bapu - Cartoonist and Director
Bipin Chandra - Historian and Writer
Bir Bikrom UK Ching Marma - Bangladesh
FreedomFighter
BKS Iyengar - Yoga Guru
Bob Mischak - Football player (America)
Chester Nez - Last of original Navajo code talkers
of World War II
Christopher Burger - Cricketer (South Africa)
Dermot Healy - Irishi Poet
Eduard Shevardnadze - Ex President of Georgia
Eduardo Coutinho - Brazil FilmMaker (Killed)
Fernando Lucio da Costa - Former Brazilian
football player (Helicopter Accident)
Gabriel Garcia Marquez Latin American Author
Gary Gilmour - Australian Cricketer
Gopinath Munde - Union Minister
Granville Austin - American historian and a leading
authority on the Indian Constitution
Harris Blake - Former Moore County state senator
Henry Warren "Hank" Hartsfield, Jr - NASA
Astronaut
Hilderaldo Luiz Bellini - Brazil's first World Cup-
winning captain (Football)
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Ila Pathak - Social Activist
Ishrat Ali Siddiqui - Padma Shree Awardee,
J ournalist, FreedomFighter
J.S. Sarma - former TRAI Chairman
Jagat Singh Mehta - Former foreign Secretary,
diplomat and educationist
James Garner - Eminent American Actor
Janamaddhi Hanamachhaastri - Telugu Writer
Jehangir Pocha - Senior J ournalist
Joe McGinniss - Author (Fatal Vision)
Jos Gmez Lucas - Olympic winning cyclist
(Spain)
K. Suryanarayana Raja - Former International
Basketball player
Karl Slym - MD of TATA Motors (Committed
Suicide)
Khagen Mahanta - Folk Singer of Assam
Khushwant Singh - Padma Vibhushan Writer
& Columnist (Train to Pakisthan)
Lauren Bacall - Hollywood Actress
Leslie Franois Manigat - Former Haitian president
Lorin Maazel - American Classical Musician
Louis Zamperini - Olympic track star and WWII
hero
Madhukar Singh - Hindi Litterateur
Menahem Golan - Israeli Director and Producer
(The Delta Force, Death Wish, Masters of the
Universe)
Nadine Gordimer - Nobel Prize winning Author
(South Africa)
Namdeo Dhasal - Marathi Poet
Nanda - Bollywood Actress
Norman Willis - Former TUC leader
P Ramdas - MalayalamDirector
Paco de Lucia - Guitarist (Mexico)
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Oscar Winning Actor
Pran Kumar Sharma - Cartoonist (Chacha
Choudhary, Pinky)
Prokash Karmakar - Painter
Rama Narayanan - Tamil Producer / Director
Richard Attenborugh - Gandhi Film Director
Robin Williams - Oscar Winning Actor (Good will
Hunting)
Shanti Patel - Ex. MP, Freedom Fighter
Sheila MacRae - English Actress
Shirley Temple - Former Child Actress
(Hollywood)
Silverine Swer - 1st Padma Shri Awardee from
Meghalaya
Stephen Gaskin - Founder of The Farmcommune
Suchitra Sen - Bengali Actress
Sudhir Mahato - Deputy CM of J harkhand
Sundaram Sankaran - J ournalist
Sushilarani Patel - Classical Singer
T C Teli - Former Minister (Arunachal Pradesh)
Tom Finney - Footballer (England)
Tony Benn - British Politician
U R Ananthamurthy - Kannada writer (Samskara,
Bhava)
Uday Kiran Actor (Telugu)
Vishwanath Ramachandra Bondre - Ranji
Cricketer (Mumbai)
William Clay Ford - Auto Family Scion and
Detroit Lions Owner
William Greaves - Host of Black J ournal (Emmy
Awardee)
Zohra Sehgal - Grand Old Lady of Indian Cinema
Committees of RBI (Pr ior to 2000)
Year Chairman Issue
1969 Gadgil Priority Sector Lending
1975 Prakash Tandon Follow up of Bank Credit
1975 M. Narasimham Establishment of RRBs
1975 Lakshmi Narayan Consortium Lending
1979 R.K. Talwar Customer Service
1980 K.B. Chore
Review of Cash Credit
System
1981
B. sivaraman
(CRAFICARD)
Setting up of NABARD
1983 Y.B. Damle MICR Introduction
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1986 Rangarajan Bank Mechanisation
1988 Vaghul Money Market
1989 P.D. Ojha Service Area Approach
1989
S.C.
Kalyanasundaram
Introduction of Factoring
Services
1991 Rangarajan Bank Mechanisation
1991 Kushro
Review of Agriculture
Credit System
1991 M.N. Goiporia
Customer Service
Improvement
1991 M. Narasimham Financial Sector Reforms
1992 S.A. Dave
Functioning of Mutual
Funds
1992 A.C. Shah NBFCs
1992 C. Rao Agriculture Policy
1993 Raja Chelliah Tax Reforms
1993 Ghosh Frauds and Malpractices
1993 I.T. Vaz
Norms for Working
Capital Finance by Banks
1993 J .V. Shetty
Consortium Lending by
Banks
1993 P.R. Nayak
Institutional Credit to
SSIs
1993 Goswami
Industrial Sickness and
Exit Policy
1993 R. J ilani Credit Delivery System
1993 D.R. Mehta
Review of Progress of
IRDP
1993 R.N. Malhotra Insurance Sector Reforms
1995 Sodhani NRI Investments in India
1995 S. Padmanabhan Banking Supervision
1995 K.S. Shere Electronic Funds Transfer
1996 R. J ilani
Inspection System in
Banks
1997 B.D. Shah Stock Lending Schemes
1997 S.S. Tarapore
Capital Account
Convertibility
1997 Paneer Selvam N.P.A. in Banks
1998 Gupta R.V.
Agriculture Credit
Delivery
1998 M. Narasimham
Financial Sector Reforms
II
1998 S.L. Kapoor
Institutional Credit Flow
to SSI
1998 R.H. Khan
Harmonization of the
Role of Financial
Institution in Banks
1998 Malegam
Reforms in Primary
Market
1998 C.B. Bhave Share Transfer Reforms
1998 Y.V. Reddy
Financial Aggregate
System
1999 Balakrisha Eradi
Insolvency Law and
Winding Up
1999 M.S. Verma Measures for Weak Banks
2000 S.S. Kohli
Rationalization of Staff
Strength in Banks
2000 V.S. Vyas Rural Credit
2000 Dave Pension Sector Reforms
2000 S.V.S. Raghavan Competition Law
2000 Adhyarjuna
Changes in NI Act, Stamp
Act etc.,

Committees of RBI (af ter 2000)
Year Head of the
Committee
Their Focus Area
2001 S. R. Mittal Internet Banking
2001 Dr. N. L. Mitra Legal Aspects of Bank Frauds
2002 M. R. Ramesh Guidelines on STRIPS (Separately Traded Registered Interest and Principal
of Securities)
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2002 A. L. Narasimhan Payment Systems
2003 C. Ramachandran Ways and Means Advances to State Govts
2003 Dr. Barman Cheque Truncation and E-Cheques
2003 Vepa Kamesam Micro Finance
2003 Smt. Usha Thorat Instruments of Sterilization
2003 G. Padmanabhan Rupee Interest Rate Derivatives
2004 Tarapore Procedures and Performance Audit on Public Services
2004 N. Sadasivan Development Financial Institutions
2005 A. V. Sardesai Internal Working Group on RRBs
2005 H.R. Khan Issues of Rural Credit and Micro Finance
2007 C. P. Swarnkar Procedures and Processes of Agricultural Loans
2008 Dr. K. C.
Chakrabarty
Rehabilitation of Sick SMEs
2008 V. K. Sharma Interest Rate Futures
2008 G. Srinivasan Technology Up gradation of RRBs
2009 Dr. C. Rangarajan Estimation of Savings and Investment
2009 Dr. Rakesh Mohan Financial Sector Assessment
2009 Usha Thorat Procedures for Currency Distribution
2009 P. Vijaya Bhaskar
Rao
Review the Business Correspondent Model
2009 Usha Thorat Review Lead Bank Scheme
2009 Deepak Mohanty Benchmark Prime Lending Rate (BPLR)
2009 P. Vijaya Bhaskar
Rao
Branch Authorization Policy
2009 Dr. K. C.
Chakrabarty
CRAR of RRBs
2010 V. K. Sharma Review of the Credit Guarantee Scheme of the Credit Guarantee Fund Trust
for Micro and Small Enterprises
2010 Deepak Mohanty Balance of Payments Manual for India
2011 G. Gopala Krishna Information Security, Electronic Banking, Technology Risk Management,
Cyber Frauds
2011-
2017
Dr. K. C.
Chakrabarty
Information Technology Vision Document
2011 Deepak Monanty Operating Procedure of Monetary Policy
2011 Shyamala Gopinath Financial Holding Company Structure in India
2011 M. Damodaran Customer Service in Banks
2011 K. J. Udeshi To Review the Facilities for FEMA Act, 1999
2011 Usha THorat The Issues and Concerns in the NBFC Sector
2011 Y. H. Malegan Licensing of New Urban Co-operative Banks
2013 G. Padmanabhan To Boost Bank Finance for Exports
2013 Suma Varma Working Group to Review Ombudsman Scheme
2013 Nachiket Mor Comprehensive Financial Services for Small Businesses and Low Income
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Impor tant detail s of Tel angana state
Formed on : 2nd June 2014
It has became Indias 29
th
State
1
st
Chief Minister : K. Chandra Sekhar Rao
1
st
Governor : E. S. L. Narasimhan (common governor for AP and Telangana)
1
st
Speaker : Sirikonda Madhusudhana Chary
It is the 12th Largest state in India (114,840 km2)
Capital : Hyderabad (joint capital with Andhra Pradesh)
Population : 35,193,978 (as of 2011 sensex)

Impor tant detail s about PSLV C-23
Full form : Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle
Launched on - 30th June 2014
Launched at - ISRO from Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh)
Launch was attended by - Prime minister Narendra Modi
Caried : Five foreign satellites
o SPOT-7
o NLS-7.1 (Can-X4)
o NLS-7.2 (Can-X5)
o AISat
o VELOX-1
Result - Successful
This is the 27th in the PSLV series and 26th successful mission
List of Impor tant Agr eements / MOUs 2014
16th January 2014 - India and South Korea signed on 9 pacts. They have decided to intensify
cooperation in a range of key sectors including trade, investment and defence.
18th January 2014 - India and Pakistan have decided to open the Wagah-Attari border for trade 24X7
(after 16 months of gap)
19th January 2014 - The interim Nuclear Deal over Teherans nuclear program between Iran and the
six major world powers comes into effect.
23rd January 2014 - India and France signed a pact to jointly build 3rd satellite for climate change
studies.
27th January 2014 - India and Saudi Arabia have decided to enhance their bilateral trade and economic
co-operation. Both the countries have urged the public and private sectors to build strong partnerships in
different fields.
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28th January 2014 - The Union Ministry of Rural Development signed a memorandum of
understanding (MoU) with Digital Green to exchange the relevant livelihood practices among rural
communities under the National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM).
29th January 2014 - Six state-owned companies (PSUs) have come together to set up the worlds
largest single-location 4,000-MW ultra mega solar power project in Rajasthan.
30th January 2014 - India and Fiji signed a Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) for
avoidance of double taxation and prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on income.
4th February 2014 - India and Germany signed on an agreement for 1 billion for greenfield projects
during the visit of the German President.
14th February 2014 - India and Poland have agreed to expand co-operation in the restoration and
digitization of Film archives.
24th February 2014 - NTPC signed a MoU with Bihar State Power Generation Company Limited and
Lakhisarai Bijlee Company Private Limited (LBCPL) to develop a 1320 MW (2 X 660 MW) Thermal
Power Project at Kajra in Lakhisarai district of Bihar.
24th February 2014 - India and Canada have signed three MoUs for cooperation in health sector,
audio-visual co-production and skill development.
25th February 2014 - India and Azerbaijan propose to constitute a joint working group in the field of
hydrocarbon.
2nd April 2014 - Iran and Japan signed MoU on for bilateral cooperation on environmental issues at
Tokyo by Masoumeh Ebtekar of Iran who is Vice-President and Head of Department of Environment of
Iran government and Nobuteru Ishihara of Japan Head of International Cooperation Agency.This is
most anticipated MoU between these two countries.
22nd April 2014 - India and Bhutan signed an agreement for the development of joint hydropower
projects in a bid to further strengthen their bilateral strategic partnership.
26th April 2014 - State Bank of India (SBI) has signed an MoU with Enable India, a non-profit
organisation, to train persons with disabilities towards economic independence.
4th June 2014 - The Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs and Grant Thornton India LLP have signed a
memorandum of understanding to develop capacity of the Indian companies for effective
implementation of the CSR Rules laid down as per Section 135 of the Companies Act 2013.
9th June 2014 - A MoU signed on HIV preventive services to transport sector workers between Union
Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) and Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
(MoHFW).
25th June 2014 - The Union Cabinet approved an in principle memorandum of understanding (MoU)
between India and China for setting up industrial parks in the country.
6
th
July 2014 An MOU signed between NABARD and Small Former Agribusiness Consortium
(SFAC).
8 July 2014 - The Union External Affairs Minister, Sushma Swaraj and UK foreign secretary of state
William Hague decided to launch negotiations for civil nuclear cooperation.
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10th July 2014 - Saudi-Indian joint committee on labour issues finalised the recruitment contract that
consist of several provisions to ensure the authenticity and implementation of the standard employment
contract.
18
th
July 2014 ECGC signed a MOU on Co-operation with the Export Credit Insurance Agencies
(ECA) of BRICS countries in Fortaleza, Brazil.
3
rd
August 2014 India and Nepal Signed 3 MOUs
1. India will provide Rs. 65 million to produce and distribute iodized salt in the rural areas of
Nepal.
2. Amendment of Terms of Reference (ToR) of the Pancheswar Multipurpose Project
3. Cooperation between two national broadcasting channels.
3
rd
August 2014 Kerala tourism and UNESCO signed a MOU to begin a historic cooperation
5
th
August 2014 Prasar Bharathi and German public service broadcaster Deutshe Welle sign for
distribution of DD India overseas.
19
th
August 2014 India signed an MOU with Czech Republic to get expertise in running semi high
speed trains and modernizing signaling systems.
30
th
August 2014 India and Japan signed Kyoto Varanasi Partnership agreement.

Summits
New Members of Important Organizations :
o United Nations Total Members 193 (Last Member : South Sudan)
o WTO Total Members 159 (Last Member : Tajikistan, Laos, Russia)
o World Bank and International Monetary Fund Total Members 188 (Last Member South
Sudan)
o European Union Total Mewmbers 28 (Last Member Croatia)
BRICS Summit : Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. This is an international relations conference
attended by the head of states or heads of government of the five member states Brazil, Russia, India, China and
South Africa. Fifth summit was held in Durban, South Africa in the year 2013. This completed the first cycle of
BRICS summits. The 2014 BRICS summit was the Sixth annual BRICS summit. This was held from 15
th
July
2014 to 17
th
July 2014.
o Host - Fortaleza, Brazil
o This is the theFirst multilateral meet in which our PM Modi will participate.
o 7
th
BRICS summit will be held in 2015 at Ufa, Russia
ASEAN Summit : An annual meeting held by the member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in
relation to economic, and cultural development of Southeast Asian countries.
o Member States 10 (Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Laos, the Philippines, Singapore,
Thailand and Vietnam)
o Leader - Le Luong Minh
o Recent Summits :
24
th
in May 2014 at Myanmar
25
th
in November 2014 at Myanmar
Member countries (10) Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philipines,
Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam (Sbi Clerks 2014)
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NATO Summit : This is a summit meeting that is regarded as a periodic opportunity for Heads of State and
Heads of Government of NATO member countries to evaluate and provide strategic direction for Alliance
activities.
o Recent Summit - 2012 (20 to 21
st
May) Chicago Summit
o Next Summit - 2014 (4 to 5 September) Newport, Wales
G7 Summit : The 40th G-7 summit 2014 was held at Justus Lipsius building, Brussels at the Council of the
European Union on 4 June 2014 5 June 2014. It was the first time that the EU hosted a G7 summit.
Important Note : G7 was earlier known as G8 but after Russia being expelled from the group, the group is
again known as G7.
o Earlier G8 Summits List
37th G8 Summit 2011 - Deauville, France
38th G8 Summit 2012 - David Camp, USA
39th G8 Summit 2013 - County Fermanagh, UK
40th G7 Summit 2014 - Burssels, Belgium (This summit was supposed to be held in Russia
in the year 2014, but after suspension of Russia from G8, now it held at Brussels)
o Members - Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, United Kingdom, United States of America
NAM Summit : The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) is a group of states which are not formally aligned with
or against any major power bloc. 16
th
NAM Summit held at Iran in 2013 and 17
th
will be held at Venezulea in
the year 2015.
G 20 Summit : Group of Twenty Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (19 countries and EU)
o 9
th
G 20 Leaders Summit 2014 Brisbane (Australia)
o 10
th
G20 Meeting 2015 - Turkey
SAARC Summit : South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
o 17
th
Summit Maldieves 2011
o 18
th
Summit Kathmandu (proposed) in November 2014
Commonwealth Summit : The 23rd Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting was held in Colombo, Sri
Lanka, from 15 to 17 November 2013. Next summit will be hosted by Malta (in 2015).
SCO Summit : The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation or SCO Summit was held at Bishkek. Our foreign
minister Salman Kurshid attended this.
Nuclear Security Summit (NSS) : The Nuclear Security Summit (NSS) is a world summit, aimed at
preventing nuclear terrorism around the globe. The first summit was held in Washington, D.C. on April 12,
2010. The second summit was in Seoul (South Korea) in 2012. The third summit was held in The Hague
(Netherlands) on March 24-15, 2014. The fourth summit will be held at US in 2016.
APEC Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation
o 26
th
APEC Summit 2014 China
o 27
th
APEC Summit 2015 Phillippines
o 28
th
APEC Summit 2016 Lima, Peru
o 29
th
APEC Summit 2017 Hanoi, Vietnam
7
th
IBSA Summit
o IBSA Dialogue forum (India, Brazil, South Africa) is an international tripartite grouping for
promoting international cooperation among these countries.
6
th
OPEC International Seminar 20115 Vienna, Australia
3
rd
India Africa Summit 2014 New Delhi
BIMSTEC Summit : Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multisectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation
Countries (7) : Bangladesh, India, Mynmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Bhutan and Nepal.
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ADB Annual Meeting : Annual meeting of the board of governors of the Asian Development Bank (ADB)
held every year.
o ADB Annual Meeting 2014 Astana, Kazakistan
o ADB Annual Meeting 2015 Baku, Azeraijan
7
th
Global Insurance Summit 2014 Hyderabad
23
rd
CHOGM 2151 Portloyis (Mayritus)
Arab Summit 2014 Kuwait is hosting for the 1
st
time
International Petroleum Conference 2014 (PETROTECH 2014) held in New Delhi
12
th
Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas
o Theme : Engaging Diaspora Connecting Across Generations:
o Chief Guest : Datuk Seri Palanival (Malaysian Minister)
World Economics Forum 2014 - Abuja, Nigeria
6
th
International Nuclear Energy Forum Atomexp 2014 Mascow
Important Note :
o India is not a member of G8, NATO, EU, AU, APEC, OPEC and ASEAN
o India is a member of G-20, SAARC, BRICS, CHOGM, NAM and BIMSTEC

Books & Author s
1283 by Pele (Brazilian footballer)
A Brush with Life by Satish Gujral
A Leaf Turns Yellow The Sufis Of Awadh by
Muzaff ar Ali
An Agenda for Indias Growth: Essays in
Honour of P. Chidambaram edited by
Sameer Kochhar
An Ardent Patriot-Dinesh Goswami by
Kumar Deepak Das
An Uncertain Glory India & Its
Contradictions by Amartya Sen & Jean
Dreze
An Uncertain Glory: India and its
Contradictions by Jean Dreze and Amartya
Sen.
And The Mountains Echoed by Khaled
Hosseini
Birth of Cinema authored by N. Gopal
Krishna
Boomtown by Aditya Mukherjee
Breakpoint by Jeff Tejpal
Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling
Chinas Travel Attraction (Also Called
Kailamakal) by Jhao Jiang
City Of Bohane by Kevin Barry
Crusader or Conspirator? Coalgate and
other Truths by PC Parakh
Dare To Do For The New Generation by
Kiran Bedi
Dhyan Chand-The Wizard of Hockey by
Luis Fernandes
Fida-E-Lucknow by Parveen Talha
First Woman President Of India Reinventing
Leadership Pratibha Devisingh Patil by
Sunaina Singh
Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver
Gandhi Before India by Ramchandra Guha
Grand Ceremony by Mo Yan
Half A Rupee Stories by Guljiar
Half Girlfriend by Chetan Bhagat
Hard Choices by Hillary Clinton
Haunted by Fire: Essays on Caste, Class,
Exploitation and Emancipation by Mythily
Sivaraman
Healing Memories: Civilization In Dialogue
by Zeenat Shaukat Ali
Hero by Rhonda Byrne
House Of Cards by Sudha Murthy
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House of Hades (Heroes of Olympus) by Rick
Riordan
How Not To Make Money by Raj Kundra
How To Get Filthy Rich In Rising Asia by
Mohsin Hamid
I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai
In The Shadow Of The Banyan by Vaddey
Ratner
India And Malaysia-Intertwined Strands by
Veena Sikri
India at Risk by Jaswant Singh.
India Saga Of Steel (Coffee Table Book) by
Beni Prasad Verma
Indian Painting: Themes, History and
Interpretations: by Professor B N Goswami
Inferno by Dan Brown
Introduction to Urdu poetry by Anees
Ayesha
Labyrinth by Udayan Majumdar
Lal Bahadur Shastri: Lessons in Leadership
by Pavan Choudary .
Lean In: Women Work And The Will To
Lead by Sheryl Sanberg
Maharani by Ruskin Bond
Mary Kom - Unbreakable An Autobiography
by Mary Kom
ModiNomics: Inclusive Economics, Inclusive
Governance by Sameer Kochhar.
My Beloved World by Sonia Sotomayer
My Journey Transforming Dreams Into
Actions by Abdul Kalam
My Unforgettable Memories by Mamata
Banerjee
My Years with Rajiv and Sonia written by
R.D.Pradhan
Narcopolis by Jeet Thayil
Narendra Modi: A Political Biography by
Andy Marino.
Ninja Innovation by Gary Shapiro
Public Issues Before Parliament by Vijay
Darda
Punjab by Rajmohan Gandhi
Rationalised Roman for Kashmiri by Dr. R L
Bhat
Re imagining India by Clay Chandler
Religion Law & Society - Across The Globe
by Prof. Tahir Mahmood
S.D. Burman:The World Of His Music by
Khagesh Dev Burman
Sahara: The Untold Story by Tamal
Bandhopadhyay
Satyagraha - The Story Behind Revolution
by Prakash Jha
Saving Capitalism from the Capitalists by
Raghuram Rajan
Selected Works of Jawaharlal Nehru Second
Series, Edited by Prof Madhavan Palat
Shahar Sone Chala (Collection Of Poems) by
Sat Pal
Shivraj Singh and Rise of Madhya Pradesh
by Abhilash Khandekar
Smritiyan by Garima Sanjay
Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
The Accidental Prime Minister by Dr.
Sanjaya Baru
The Billionaires Apprentice by Anita
Raghavan
The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
The Good Daughter by Jasmin Darznik
The Immortals of Meluha (Shiva Trilogy) by
Amish Tripathi
The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri
The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton (Man
Booker winner 2013 -Longest Novel to Win
the Award)
The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton
The Mahabharata Secret by Christopher C.
Doyle
The Malice Of Fortune by Michael Ennis
The Moonballer by Nirupama
Vaidyanathan
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The Namo Story: A Political Life by
Kingshuk Nag
The Orphan Masters Son by Adam
Johnson
The Political Economy of Energy and
Growth by Sh. Najeeb Jung
The Race Of My Life by Milkha Singh
The Racketeer by John Grisham
The Siege: The Attack on the Taj by Adrian
Levy
The Story Of My Assasins by Tarun Tejpal
The Substance and the Shadow: An
Autobiography of Dilip Kumar by Udayatara
Nayar
The Test Of My Life by Yuvraj Singh
The Third Curve by Mansoor Khan
Understanding Bhagat Singh by Prof.
Chaman Lal
Walking With Giants by G. Ramachandran.
Walking With Lions: Tales From A
Diplomatic Past by K. Natwar Singh
Warrior State by T V Paul
We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
Famous books of Kushwant Singh (Famous Indian Author died on 20
th
March 2014)
o Train to Pakistan (1953)
o I Shall Not Hear the Nightingale (1959)
o A History of Sikhs (1963)
o Delhi: A Novel (1990)
o The Company of Women (1999)
o Truth, Love and a Little Malice : Autobiography (2002)
o Why I Supported the Emergency (2004)
o The Good, The Bad and The Ridiculous (2013)
Spor ts
FIFA World Cup 2014
he 2014 FIFA World Cup was the 20th FIFA World Cup, the tournament for the association football world
championship, which took place during 12th J une 2014 to 13th J uly 2014 at several venues across Brazil (12 venues).
Below are some important details you should know about FIFA 2014.
Important Points you should know :
Winner - Germany
Runners-up - Argentina
3rd Place - Netherlands
4th Place - Brazil
Top scorer (Golden Boot Award) - J ames Rodrguez of Colombia with 6 goals
Best player (Golden Ball award) - Lionel Messi of Argentina
Best goalkeeper (Golden Glove award) - Manuel Neuer of Germany
Best young player - Paul Pogba of France
Official Logo :
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Nick name : Inspiration
The design is based around a photograph of three victorious hands together raising the World Cup
trophy and its yellow and green colouring is meant to represent Brazil warmly welcoming the world to
their country.
Official Ball : Adidas Brazuca.
Official Song - On 24 January 2014, FIFA and Sony Music announced that the official song for the tournament
will be We Are One (Ole Ola) by Pitbull, Jennifer Lopez and Claudia Leitte. A customized version of the
song Dare (La La La) by Shakira, who provided the official song of the 2010 tournament, will be used as a
secondary theme song.
Official Mascot : Fuleco (An armadillo). The tatu-bola, an armadillo that defends itself from predators by
rolling up into a ball, was chosen by FIFA in September 2012 as the official mascot from 47 designs created by
six Brazilian agencies.
Official Slogan : All in One Rhythm (Portuguese: Juntos num s ritmo)
Miscellaneous :
Brazil has hosted this competitive for the second time (first time in 1950)
32 Countries competed
Total Matches played are 64
This is the most expensive tournament (US$14 billion)
12th June 2014, our Prime Minister Narendra Modi released Commemorative Postage Stamp on the
2014 FIFA World Cup
Uruguayan striker Luis Surez was suspended for nine international matches and banned from taking
part in any football-related activity (including entering any stadium) for four months, following a biting
incident on Italian defender Giorgio Chiellini.
Commonwealth Games 2014
The 2014 Commonwealth Games (Officially the XX Commonwealth Games) were held in
Glasgow, Scotland, from 23rd July to 3rd August 2014. This is the 20th edition of the
Commonwealth Games. Here are some important details of Commonwealth Games 2014.
Happy Reading :)
Important points you should know about Commonwealth Games 2014
The Commonwealth Games 2014 officially opened by the British Queen (Elizabeth
II)
Famous cyclist Chris Hoy was Queen's baton runner in the Commonwealth Games
2014.
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The motto of Commonwealth Games 2014 is People, Place, Passion
Commonwealth Games opening ceremony held at Celtic Park.
England finished top of the medal table for the first time since the 1986
Commonwealth Games, also held in Scotland.
Kiribati (an island nation in the central tropical Pacific Ocean) also won its first ever
medal at a Commonwealth Games, a Gold in the 105 kg men's weightlifting competition.
There are 71 participating nations at the 2014 Commonwealth Games with
approximately 4,950 competing athletes, making it one of the largest Commonwealth
Games staged to date.
Mascot :
o Clyde, an anthropomorphic thistle named after the river
which flows through the centre of Glasgow, was the official
mascot of the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
o The Mascot was designed by Beth Gilmour, who won a
competiiton run by Glasgow 2014 for children to design the
mascot.
Medals Tally
Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 England 58 59 57 174
2 Australia 49 42 46 137
3 Canada 32 16 34 82
4 Scotland 19 15 19 53
5 India 15 30 19 64
Indian Gold Medalists
1. K. Sanjita Chanu :
o Discipline : Weightlifting
o Category : 48 kg Category
o Important Point to Note : First Gold
winner of India in Commonwealth
Games 2014. From Manipur.
2. Sukhen Dey :
o Important Point to Note : Silver in
CWG 2010 in 56 kg category. From
West Bengal
3. Satish Sivalingam :
o Important Point to Note : Created a
games record with a total lift of 328
kg. From Tamilnadu
4. Yogeshwar Dutt :
o Discipline : Wrestling
o Category : 65kg Freestyle
o Important Point to Note : Gold in
CWE 2010 and Bronze in Olympics
2012 in 60 kg free style. From
Haryana.
5. Sushil Kumar :
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CWE 2010 and Silver in Olympics
2012 in 66 kg freestyle. From Delhi
6. Amit Kumar :
o Important Point to Note : 21 years
old. From Haryana
7. Babita Kumari
CWG 2010 in 51 kg freestyle. From
Haryana
8. Vinesh Phogat :
o Important Point to Note : Youngest
Indian wrestler, Just 19 years old.
From Haryana
9. Jitu Rai
o Discipline : Shooting
o Category : 50m Pistol
o Important Point to Note : Born in
Nepal from Lucknow, UP
10. Abhinav Bindra :
CWE 2010 and Gold in Beijing
Olympics 2008. From Punjab
11. Rahi Sarnobat :
CWE 2010. From Maharashtra
12. Apurvi Chandela :
o Category : 10m Air Rife
o Important Point to Note : This is her
first international medal. From
Rajasthan
13. Vikas Gowda
o Discipline : Athletics
o Category : Discus Throw
o Important Point to Note : First
Indian man to win a field event Gold
medal at the Commonwealth Games.
From Karnataka
14. Parupalli Kashyap
o Discipline : Badminton
o Category : Men's Single
o Important Point to Note : First
Indian man in 32 years to win
badminton Gold at the
Commonwealth Games. From
Hyderabad
15. Dipilka Pallikal and Joshna Chinappa
o Discipline : Squash
o Category : Women's Doubles
o Important Point to Note : Created
history by winning India's first ever
Gold medal in CWG Squash. From
Tamilnadu

Indian Sil ver and Br onze Medal ists
Event Silver Bronze
Athletics Seema Punia (Discus) Arpinder Singh (Triple Jump)
Badminton Ashwini Ponnappa & Jwala Gutta R. V. Gurusaidutt
P. V. Sindhu
Boxing Devendro Laishram
Laishram Sarita Devi
Pinki Rani
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Mandeep Jangra
Vinender Singh
Artistic Gymnastics Dipa Karmakar
Judo Navjot Chana
Sushila Likmabam
Kalpana Thoudam
Rajwinder Kaur
Powerlifting Rajinder Rahelu Sakina Khatun
Shooting Gagan Narang
Ayonika Paul
Anisha Sayyed
Gurpal Singh
Harpreet Singh
Malaika Goel
Prakash Nanjappa
Sanjeev Rajput
Shreasi Singh
Gagan Narang
Mohammed Asab
Lajja Gauswami
Manavjit Singh Sandhu
Table Tennis Anthony Amalraj & Sarath Kamal
Weightlifting M. Chanu Saikhom
Ravi Kumar Katulu
Santhoshi Matsa
Vikas Thakur
Chandrakant Mali
Ganesh Mali
Omkar Otari
Punam Yadav
Swati Singh
Wrestling Bajrang Kumar
Geetika Jokhar
Lalita
Rajiv Tomar
Satyawart Kadian
Sakshi Malik
Navjot Kaur
Pawan Kumar
Hockey Mens Hockey Team

Indian Premier League (IPL) - 2014
he 2014 season of the Indian Premier League, which is also known as IPL 7 or Pepsi IPL 2014, is the
seventh season of the IPL. The IPL tournament started in 2008 and from then it usually takes place every
year during the months of April - June. There are eight teams this season, one fewer than in 2013 after the
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withdrawal of the Pune Warriors India. Initially DLF used to sponsor IPL matches. But from the year 2013,
Pepsi is sponsoring the matches. IPL 2014 tournament was held from 16th April 2014 to 1st June 2014. Below
are some important details you should know about IPL.
Winners - Kolkata Knight Riders (2nd Title)
Orange Cap - Robin Uthappa (KKR) with 660 Runs
Purple Cap - Mohit Sharma (CSK) with 23 wickets
Hosts : India and the UAE (United Arab Emirates)
Important Note : Dont be confused between Australian Open (Tennis) and Australian Open (Badminton). In
the exam, check the given options before marking your answer. Indian Ace Shuttler Saina Nehwal has won
Australian Open (Badminton) Australian Open Super Series on 29
th
June 2014.
Australian Open (Badminton)
Men's singles - Lin Dan
Women's singles - Saina Nehwal
Men's doubles - Lee Yong-dae and Yoo
Yeon-seong
Women's doubles - Tian Qing and Zhao
Yunlei
Mixed doubles - Ko Sung-hyun and Kim Ha-
na
Australian Open (Tennis)
Mens Singles - Stanislas Wawrinka
Womens Singles Li Na
Mens Doubles - ukasz Kubot / Robert
Lindstedt
Womens Doubles - Sara Errani / Roberta
Vinci
Mixed Doubles - Kristina Mladenovic /
Daniel Nestor
Wimbledon 2014
Men's Singles - Novak Djokovic
Women's Singles - Petra Kvitov
Men's Doubles - Vasek Pospisil / Jack Sock
Women's Doubles - Sara Errani / Roberta
Vinci
Mixed Doubles - Nenad Zimonji / Samantha
Stosur
French Open 2014 :
Mens Singles Rafael Nadal
Womens Singles Maria Sharapova
Mens Doubles - Julien Benneteau and
douard Roger
Womens Doubles - Hsieh Su-wei / Peng
Shuai
Mixed Doubles - Anna-Lena Grnefeld /
Jean-Julien Rojer
Sony Open Tennis / Miami Masters 2014
Men's Singles - Novak Djokovic
Women's Singles - Serena Williams
Men's Doubles - Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan
Women's Doubles - Martina Hingis / Sabine
Lisicki
Italian Open (Tennis) 2014
Men's singles - Novak Djokovic
Women's singles - Serena Williams
Men's doubles - Daniel Nestor and Nenad
Zimonji
Women's doubles - Kvta Peschke and
Katarina Srebotnik
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Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters 2014
Singles - Stanislas Wawrinka
Doubles - Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan
2014 Fortugal Open :
o Mens Single - Carlos Berlocq
o Womens Single - Carla Surez
Navarro
o Mens Doubles - Santiago Gonzlez /
Scott Lipsky
o Womens Doubles - Cara Black / Sania
Mirza
Indian Wells Masters / BNP Paribas Open :
o Mens Single Novak Djovic
o Womens Single - Flavia Pennetta
o Mens Doubles - Bob Bryan Mike
Bryan
o Womens Doubles - Hsieh Su-wei
Peng Shuai

Miscellaneous
2014 Mens T20 World Cup
o Srilanka beat India
o Man of the Match : Sangakkara
o Player of the tournament : Virat Kohli
2014 Womens T20
o Austraila beat England
2014 Women's Hockey World Cup -
Netherlands (7th title)
2014 Men's Hockey World Cup - Australia
(3rd title)
2013 Men's Hockey Junior World Cup
Germany (6
th
Title)
2014 Indian Women's Football
Championship Manipur
2014 world snooker championship - Mark
Selby
ACC U 19 Cup India
Asia Cup Srilanka beat Pakistan
ATP's Heineken Open / Auckland title 2014
- John Isner
CCI Billiards Title Pankaj Advani
Deodhar Trophy 2014 (Cricket) West Zone
Dubai Tennis Championship 2014 - Roger
Federer
ICC U 19 World Cup South Africa beat
Pakistan
Imet Open 2013 - Mahesh Mangaonkar
Indonesian Masters 2014 (Golf) - Anirban
Lahiri
Madrid Open 2014 - Rafael Nadal
Irani Trophy 2014 Karnataka
Kabaddi World Cup 2013 India
Malaysian Grand Pix - Lewis Hamilton
Ranji Trophy 2014 Karnataka
Santosh Trophy Mizoram
Irani Trophy - Karnataka
Syed Modi International Saina Nehwal
Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 trophy Baroda
Vijay Hazare Trophy 2014 Karnataka
World Women's Senior snooker
Championship Chitra Magimairaj

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Host Countries :
ICC World Test Championship
o 2017 London
o 2021 India
ICC Mens ODI World Cup
o 2015 New Zealand & Australia
o 2019 England
o 2023 India
ICC Mens T20 Wrold Cup
o 2014 Bangladesh
o 2016 India
o 2018 Australia
ICC Womens ODI World Cup
o 2017 England
o 2021 New Zealand
ICC Womens T20 World Cup
o 2014 Bangladesh
o 2018 West Indies
o 2022 South Africa
U-19 World Cup
o 2016 Bangladesh
o 2018 New Zealand
o 2020 South Africa
o 2022 West Indies
ASIAN Games
o 2014 Incheon, South Korea
o 2019 Hanoi, Vietnam
Commonwealth Games
o 2014 Glasgow, Scotland, United
Kingdom
o 2018 Gold Coast City, Queensland,
Australia
o 2022 Edmonton, Canada (or) Durban,
South Africa
Spor t Ter minol ogy
Athletics
Relay, Photofinish, Track, Lane, Hurdles,
Shotput, Discuss Throw, Hammar Throw,
Triple Jump, High Jump, Cross Country, etc.
Badminton
Drop, deuce, smash, double-touch, clash,
service, love, service-line, etc.
Base Ball
Bunting, hole, pitcher, put-out, strike,
Pinching, Home run, Base runner, Throw,
Perfect game, Strike, Put out, etc..
Billiards
Cue, cannon, baulk, pot scratch, long jenny,
short jenny, frame, spider, short and long
rest, in-off, etc.
Boxing
Round, knock-outs, countdown, flyweight,
jab, uppercut, hook, punch, Knock. out, Ring
Stoppage, Punch, Upper-cut, Kidney punch,
Timing, Foot work, etc. etc.
Bridge
Contract bridge, duplicate bridge, tricks,
suite , rubber, trump, grand slam, little slam,
etc.
Billiards Pull, Cue, Hit, Object ball, Break shot,
&
Snooker
Scoring, Cushion billiards, etc. , etc.
Chess
Gambit, stalemate, move, resign, checkmate,
etc.
Cricket
Hat-trick, maiden, follow-on, declare,
bowled, caught, run-out, leg before
wicket(LBW), stumped, striker, slips, gully,
short leg, silly, mid-on, point, cover, mid-off,
bouncer, beamer, googly, full toss, drive, cut,
pull, hook, flick, etc.
Cycling Sprint, Time trial, Point race, Trackrace, etc.
Football
Kick off, goal, corner-kick, throw-in,
penalty, offside, red card, yellow card, foul,
hat trick, dribble, pass, forward, defender,
half, goalkeeper, tie-breaker, trapping,
heading, etc.
Golf
Course, links, tee, hole, caddie, threesome,
foursome, niblic, club, putt, iron, birdie,
eagle, etc.
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Gymnastics
Parellel bar, Horizontal bar, Floor exercise,
Uneven bar, Push up, Sit up. etc.
Hockey
Centre, defender, forward, half, penalty-
stroke, penalty corner, push-in, free-hit,
striking circle goal, goal-line, touch-line,
goal keeper, off-side, foul, stick, carry,
dribble, tiebreaker, trapping, etc.
Horse
Racing
Race course, steeplechase, bets, bookies,
jockey, punter, etc.
Judo Cocoa, Blue, white, Green belt, etc.
Polo Mallet, bunker, chukker, handicap, goal,
sixty yarder, etc.
Shooting
Bag, bulls eye, marksmanship, plug, skeet,
etc.
Swimming Freestyle, Breast stroke, Back stroke,
Butterfly, Lane, Pool, Crawl, etc.
Table Tennis Smash, drop, deuce, spin , let, service, etc.
Tennis
smash, cross-court, passing shot,backhand,
forehand,slice, top-spin,serve, dropshot, lob,
down-the-line, deuce, tie-breaker, set, game,
grand slam, ace, volley, etc.
Volleyball
Blocking, doubling, heave, smash, point,
serve, volley, etc.
Weight
Lifting Snatch, Jerk, etc.
Wrestling Free style, Hal Nelson, Point, Heave, etc.

Union Budget 2014-15 Highl ights
ndian Finance Minster Arun Jaitley presented the Narendra Modi Governments maiden Budget for the year
2014-15 on 10th July 2014. In this budget the modi govenrment mainly focused to keep up their election
promises. In this budget Arun Jaitely has mentioned the issues like Raising the personal tax exemption limit by
Rs. 50,000, raising the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) limit to 49%, Ganga Conservation Mission called
'Namami Gange' with Rs 2,037, Increasing safety of women in large cities with Rs. 150 crores, setting up 100
smart cities with Rs 7,060 crore, National Rural Internet and Technology Mission etc. He confidently stated that
this budget can can growth even while curbing borrowing, after the country's longest slowdown in a quarter of a
century. Below are the Highlights of Union Budget 2014-15.
Highlights of Union Budget 2014-15
FY16 Fiscal Deficit Target at 3.6%
FY17 Fiscal Deficit Target at 3%
Rs. 200 crore for 6 more textile clusters in Rase Bareily, Lucknow, Surat and Bhagalpur.
Rs. 30 crore set aside for 'hasthakala academy' for reviaval of handicrafts
Rs. 50 crore set aside for Pashmina Production programme in J&K
Rs. 378,800 crore for NHAI and State Highways
Rs. 3,000 crore for raods in North East
Rs. 4,200 corre for Jal Marg Vikas project on river Ganga connecting allahabad to Haldia
100 : Number of new cities government will build
Rs. 7,060 cr : Amount sanctioned for creation of new smart cities
E-Visas : To be introduced at 9 airports to provide much requried boost to tourism
Rs. 200 crore : Amount sanctioned for Sardar Patel statue
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Rs. 500 crore : To be spent on Gram Jyhothi Youjana
Rs. 6,000 crore : Amount for welfare of senior citizens
Rs. 150 crore : To be spent to enhance safety of women on roads
Rs. 1,000 crore : Pension for EP subscriber scheme
Taxes Highlights :
o Rs. 2.5 lakh : Tax exemption limit for small & marginal, senior tax payers, up from Rs. 2 lakh
o Rs. 3 lakh : Tax exemption limit for senoir citizens, up from Rs. 2.5 lakh
o Rs. 1.5 lakh : Increased investment limit under Section 80C, up from Rs. 1 lakh
o Rs. 2 Lakh : Revised housing lan regate, up from Rs. 1.5 lakh
o No change in tax rates
o No change in surcharge
Agriculture highlights
o Rs. 100 crore set aside for schemes to provide soil health card
o Rs. 56 crore for soil testing labs across the country
o Rs. 200 crore set aside for agriculture universities in AP and Rajasthan, and Horticulture University in
Haryana, Telangana
o 5 lakh landless farmers to be provided finance through NABARD
o Rs. 8 lakh crore set aside for development of agriculture sector
o 3%amount of incentive to be given to farmers repaying loans on time
o Rs. 100 crore set aside for Kisan Television to provide real time information on various farming and
agriculture issues
Education Highlights
o Rs. 100 crore for Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao yojana
o 4 new AIIMS to be set up in AP, UP, WB and Maharashtra
o Rs. 28,000 core for sanitation in all primary schools
o 12 more governement medical colleges to be set up
o 5 new IITs and IIMs to be set up
o Rs. 3,600 crore for rural drinking water programme
o Rs. 8,000 crore for rural housing scheme
o Rs. 100 crore to be spent on upgrading madarsas
Highl ights of Economic Sur vey 2013-14
day ahead of the Union Budget 2014-15, Indian Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has presented the
Economic Survey for the year 2013-14 in Lok Sabha on 9th July 2014. According to this survey, India's
economy is expected to grow between 5.4 percent and 5.9 Per Cent in the current fiscal year. A flagship annual
document of the Ministry of Finance, the Economic Survey reviews the developments in the Indian economy
over the previous 12 months, summarizes the performance on major development programs, and highlights the
policy initiatives of the government and the prospects of the economy in the short to medium term. Below are
the highlights of Economic Survey 2013-14.
Major Highlights of the Economic Survey 2013-14
GDP growth seen at 5.4-5.9% in 2014/15
Growth rate of 7-8% can occur after 2015/16
Poor monsoon, external factors pose risk to growth
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Need subsidy reforms for fiscal consolidation
Raise tax-to-GDP ratio for fiscal consolidation
CAD to be contained at 2.1% of GDP in 2014-15
Wholesale inflation expected to moderate by end-2014
Retail inflation showing signs of moderation
Reduce spillovers from food to non-food inflation by putting in place a formal monetary policy
framework
Contain revenue shortfall via better mobilisation, reforms
Move towards simple tax regime, fewer exemptions, GST rate
Need DTC as clean modern replacement for existing I-T laws
Cutting capital expenditure not good for economy
Changes in tax administration required
Need sharp fiscal correction, new FRBM Act with teeth
Government needs to move towards low and stable inflation through fiscal consolidation
RBI intervention in forex market behind accumulation of reserves generally
Rupee has stabilized, reflecting an overall sense of confidence in forex and capital markets
Time over-runs in infra project main cause of under achievement in the sector
Exports still fragile; Iraq crisis a risk
Industrial growth expected to revive gradually over 2-yearr
Indian legislation governing business need thorough revamp
Improve business environment by shifting important decision making from inspectors to higher officers
Re-examine laws that empower govt to interfere in markets
Capital controls under FEMA do not support rapidly globalizing economy.
Banking sector impacted by global and domestic slowdown
State APMC laws hurdle to modernisation of good economy; have created cartels of buyers who possess
market power
Foodgrains production to go up to 264.4 MT in 2013/14
Need to review nutrientbased fertiliser subsidy
Plan to add 88,537 MW power capacity over next 5 yrs
Allow private companies to mine coal commercially
Gold & silver imports dropped 40% to $33.4 bn in 2013/14Improvement in fiscal deficit and CAD
to feed higher growth
Indias increase in share in world services exports from 0.6% in 1990 to 3.3% in 2013 faster than goods
exports
Despite deceleration, services GDP growth at 6.8% was above the 4.7% overall GDP in 2013/14
3 milestones of 2013/14: passage of PFRDA Act, shift of commodity futures trading into FinMin &
presentation of FSLRC report
Poverty ratio declined from 37.2% in 2004/05 to 21.9% in 2011/12.
Rail way Budget 2014-15 Highl ights
he Union Railway Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda presented his maiden Railway Budget in Parliament
on 8
th
July 2014, promising to seek increased foreign and domestic private investment to fund T
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modernization of the country's huge but badly stretched network. The state-owned railway has suffered from
years of low investment and populist policies to subsidise fares. These have reduced the system to a slow,
congested network that crimps economic growth. Here are the highlights of this Budget.
No new increase in passenger fares and freight
charges
Bullet train in Mumbai-Ahmedabad sector
Diamond quadrilateral for high speed trains
Plan to hike speed of trains to 160-200 km/hr in
9 sectors
Online booking to support 7,200 tickets per
minute; to allow 1.2 lakh users log in
simultaneously
Reservation system to be revamped, ticket-
booking through mobile phones, post offices to
be popularized
Online platform for unreserved tickets
Combo parking-platform tickets at stations
Women RPF Constables to escort ladies
coaches; 4,000 women constables to be
inducted
Retiring room facility to be extended to all
stations
Battery operated cars for differently-abled and
senior citizens at major stations
Feedback services through IVRS on quality of
food
Food can be ordered through SMS, phone;
Food courts at major stations
Cleanliness budget up by 40 per cent over last
year
CCTVs to be used at stations for monitoring
cleanliness
Setting up of corpus fund for stations upkeep;
RO drinking water in some stations and trains
Automatic door closing in mainline and sub-
urban coaches
58 new trains and extension of 11; 864
additional EMUs to be introduced in Mumbai
over 2 years
FDI in railway projects, except in operations
FDI, domestic investments in rail infrastructure
Office-on-Wheels: Internet & workstation
facilities on select trains
WiFi in A1, A category stations and in select
trains
Railways university for technical and non-
technical subjects
Some stations to be developed to international
standards through PPP model
Parcel traffic to be segregated to separate
terminals to make passenger traffic unhindered
Loss per passenger per kilometre up from 10
per cent in 2000-01 to 23 per cent in 2012-13
Solar energy to be tapped at major stations
Highest ever plan outlay of Rs. 65,455 crore for
2014-15
Expenditure in 2014-15 pegged at Rs. 149,176
crore.
New Trains
Jansadharan Trains
1. Ahmedabad-Darbhanga Jansadharan
Express via Surat
2. Jaynagar-Mumbai Jansadharan Express
3. Mumbai-Gorakhpur Jansadharan
Express
4. Saharasa-Anand Vihar Jansadharan
Express via Motihari
5. Saharasa-Amritsar Jansadharan Express
Premium Trains
1. Mumbai Central-New Delhi Premium
AC Express
2. Shalimar-Chennai Premium AC
Express
3. Secunderabad-Hazrat Nizamuddin
Premium AC Express 6
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4. Jaipur-Madurai Premium Express
5. Kamakhya-Bengaluru Premium Express
AC ExpressTrains
1. VijayawadaNewDelhiAPExpress
(Daily)
2. LokmanyaTilak(T)-Lucknow (Weekly)
3. Nagpur-Pune (Weekly)
4. Nagpur-Amritsar (Weekly)
5. Naharlagun-NewDelhi (Weekly)
6. Nizamuddin-Pune (Weekly)
Express Trains
1. Ahmedabad-Patna Express (Weekly)via
Varanasi
2. Ahmedabad Chennai Express
(Biweekly)via Vasai Road
3. Bengaluru -Mangalore Express (Daily)
4. Bengaluru -Shimoga Express
(Biweekly)
5. Bandra(T)-Jaipur Express (Weekly) via
Nagda, Kota
6. Bidar-Mumbai Express (Weekly)
7. Chhapra-Lucknow Express (Tri weekly)
via Ballia, Ghazipur, Varanasi
8. Ferozpur-Chandigarh Express (6 days a
week)
9. Guwahati-Naharlagun Intercity Express
(Daily)
10. Guwahati-Murkongselek Intercity
Express (Daily)
11. Gorakhpur-Anand Vihar Express
(Weekly)
12. Hapa-Bilaspur Express (Weekly)via
Nagpur
13. Hazur Saheb Nanded-Bikaner Express
(Weekly)
14. Indore-Jammu Tawi Express (Weekly)
15. Kamakhya-Katra Express (Weekly) via
Darbhanga
16. Kanpur-Jammu Tawi Express
(Biweekly)
17. Lokmanya Tilak(T)-Azamgarh Express
(Weekly)
18. Mumbai_Kazipeth Express (Weekly)
via Balharshah
19. Mumbai-Palitana Express (Weekly)
20. New Delhi Bhatinda Shatabdi Express
(Biweekly)
21. New Delhi-Varanasi Express (Daily)
22. Paradeep-Howrah Express (Weekly)
23. Paradeep-Visakhapatnam Express
(Weekly)
24. Rajkot-Rewa Express (Weekly)
25. Ramnagar-Agra Express (Weekly)
26. Tatanagar Baiyyappanahali
(Bengaluru) Express (Weekly)
27. Visakhapatnam-Chennai Express
(Weekly)
Passenger Trains
1. Bikaner-Rewari Passenger (Daily)
2. Dharwad-Dandeli Passenger (Daily)via
Alnavar
3. Gorakhpur-Nautanwa Passenger (Daily)
4. Guwahati-Mendipathar Passenger
(Daily)
5. Hatia-Rourkela Passenger 7
6. Byndoor-Kasaragod Passenger (Daily)
7. Rangapara North-Rangiya Passenger
(Daily)
8. Yesvantpur-Tumkur Passenger (Daily)
MEMU services
1. Bengaluru-Ramanagaram 6 days a week
(3 Pairs)
2. Palwal-Delhi-Aligarh
DEMU services
1. Bengaluru-Neelmangala (Daily)
2. Chhapra-Manduadih (6days a week) via
Ballia
3. Baramula-Banihal (Daily)
4. Sambalpur-Rourkela (6 days a week)
5. Yesvantpur-Hosur (6 days a week)
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