Current Affairs : December 2015 : Especially for SNAP 2016 & CLAT 2017

1) Montenegro joined The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO-1949-
28 C) as 16th Non NATO Members. 
NATO HO Brussels (Belgium) 
2) Global Initiative of Academic Networks (GIAN) to improve the quality of higher education through international collaboration.
3) Maharashtra has emerged as the biggest economy (GSDP)
Rs 16.87 lakh crore in terms of gross state domestic product (GSDP). It is followed by Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh.
       The manufacturing sector in Gujarat and Maharashtra accounted for 27.26% and 25.18% of GSDP respectively in 2014-15.
    The three fastest-growing states were Bihar at 17.06 per cent, MP (16.86%) and Goa (16.43%). The laggards were Telangana at 5.3%, Punjab (10.16%), Rajasthan (11%).
    Meanwhile, at a national level, India’s GDP growth rate at 7.3% in 2015 exceeded that of China, which grew at 6.9%.
4) The International Agency for Solar Technologies and Applications (IASTA) was launched by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with the French president, François Hollande, at the Paris Conference of Parties-COP21 climate summit. This alliance comprises of over 120 countries with the primary aim to spread cheap solar technology across the globe with pooled policy knowledge.
       IASTA will have its headquarters in India. The Indian government is investing an initial $30m in setting up its headquarters in India. The eventual goal is to raise $400m from membership fees, and international agencies.
    Companies involved in the project include Areva, Engie, Enel, HSBC France and Tata Steel.
The United Nations (UN) Climate Change Conference or the 21st United Nations Conference of the Parties (COP21) started at Paris participated 150 nations for a single agreement on tackling climate change.
COP21 aims to cap the rate of global warming at 2 degrees Celsius, as compared to the current 2.5 to 3.76 degrees Celsius.
Mission-Innovation-2015
UN Climate Change Conference in Paris, 21 countries including India launched an ambitious initiative to double their clean energy research and development budget over the next five years as part of global efforts to tackle climate change. $20 billion to promote clean technologies
5) Yuan (Renminbi) will be added to the IMF-Special Drawing Rights (SDR) basket alongside the dollar, euro, Yen & Pound sterling-(GBP/GBS) in October 2016
6) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) released its 5th bi-monthly policy review on 1 December 2015 First Bi monthly report published in April 2015
7) Gurgaon became the first city in India which has a legalised bike taxi system.
8) “Embrace of Serpent” (Colombia) won the prestigious Golden Peacock award in the 46th International Film Festival of India (IFFI 2015) held at Goa.
 The best director award went to Peter Greenaway for ‘Eisenstein’.
French actor Vincent Lindon was adjudged Best Actor for his role in ‘The Measure of a Man’.
Best Actress award was shared by five actresses – Gunes Sensoy, Doga Doguslu, Tugba Sunguroglu, Elit Iscan and Ilyada Akdogan for their roles in Turkish film ‘Mustang’.
Russian filmmaker Nikita Mikhalkov was given the Lifetime Achievement Award. Director Goran Radovavovic’s ‘Enclave’ was conferred the Special Mention Award for focusing on ethnic conflict in Kosovo and Julia Vargas directed film ‘Sealed Cargo’ was awarded the Special Jury Award.
The only Indian name in the winner’s list was that of Bengali filmmaker Kaushik Ganguly, who was given the inaugural ‘ICFT – UNESCO Fellini Medal’ for his movie ‘Cinemawala’.
9) Afghanistan 164th member of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) if approved
10) Inactivated Polio Vaccine (IPV)
                              The Inactivated Polio Vaccine (IPV), in injectable form, was launched under the National Immunization Programme (NIP)
    For now, immunization using IPV will be restricted to Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal. In the first quarter of 2016, it will be expanded to the other Northern and Northeastern States and in the second quarter, will encompass the five southern States and Maharashtra.
    It is worth mentioning that no new cases of polio have been reported in India for around 5 years now.
11) Andy Murray led Great Britain won the Davis Cup title for 2015 after a gap of 79 years (since 1936) after defeating hosts Belgium by 3-1 in the finals played at Ghent.
12) International Day for the Abolition of Slavery Observed globally on 2 December
According to the International Labour Organization (ILO), there are currently an estimated 21 million forced labour victims worldwide, creating 150 billion US dollars in illegal profits in the private economy each year.
13) President gave nod to Factories (Amendment) Bill, 2015 to allow women to work in night shifts
Workers to be eligible for paid leave after working for 90 days in a year instead of the existing 240 days or more.
14) Sir Venkatraman Ramakrishnan assumed Presidency of the Royal Society.
15) Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City) launch Phase-2 will be focused on International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) to be set up in GIFT SEZ.
India’s first IFSC is already operational with the commencement of IFSC banking units by Yes Bank & Federal Bank in November 2015.
16) Saudi Arabia recently allowed its women to Vote and contest in Municipal Elections for the first time
17) Dr APJ Abdul Kalam IGNITE Award is a national competition of original technological ideas and innovations by children up to class 12 or those out of school up to the age of 17 years.
18) Interceptor boat ICGS C-422 commissioned into Indian Coast Guard service
19) NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar
20) Arvind Panagariya & M. Govinda Rao are the authors of “The Making of Miracles in Indian States”?
21) OECD-Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Paris-Fr
22) According to the Financial Secrecy Index 2015, Switzerland have the most secretive jurisdiction in the world
23) Hindi is the largest spoken Indian language in US
24) Radha Kant Bharatiis the author of "Interlinking of Indian Rivers
25) Federation of International De Football Association-FIFA (Zurich-Swiss) World Rankings 2015, Belgium ranked No. 1
26) Australia at the Adelaide Oval will host the first day-night test match against New Zealand
27) Bad loans committee is headed by Jayant Sinha
28) Singapore replaced Mauritius to become the largest source of Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) into India during the first half of the current fiscal,
India has attracted $6.69 billion (Rs 43,096 crore) FDI from Singapore while from Mauritius, it received $3.66 billion (Rs 23,490 crore).
29) Tata Trust entered into 5-year partnership agreement with Khan Academy which free online education initiative for making localised content accessible to students across the country
Khan Academy is one of the world’s largest free online education initiatives and has been established by Silicon Valley-based education entrepreneur Salman Khan. It is a not-for-profit platform with over 30 million users worldwide.
30) FIH Hockey World League title won by Australia against Belgium by 2-1
    The tournament was played from 28 November to 6 December 2015 at the Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel Stadium in Raipur (Chhattishgarh).
31) Operation Smile-II to start from 1 January 2016
is a campaign to rescue/rehabilitate the missing children. It is a follow up of the exercise Operation Smile that helped in rescuing and rehabilitating 9146 missing children.
Under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) JJ Act, Protection of Child Right Act and others.
32) Arvind Subramanian (CEA) Headed the GST committee
33) RV Easwar Committee view to simplify the provisions of the Income Tax Act, 1961
34) Revised Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) will be used for Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreements (CECAs)/ Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreements (CEPAs) / Free Trade Agreements (FTAs).
The new Indian Model BIT text will provide appropriate protection to foreign investors in India and Indian investors in the foreign country,
35) Commemorative coins of Rs 125, Rs 10 released in honour of Babasaheb Bhim Rao Ambedkar.
36) Atlas V rocket lifted off with Cygnus Cargo Spaceship to International Space Station (ISS)
The rocket lifted off from Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
37) The public sector Cochin Shipyard Ltd has launched the nineteenth of the 20 Fast Patrol Vessels being built for Indian Coast Guard. The vessel was named “ICGS Atulya”
38) Himachal Pradesh has become the first state in the country to start Rotavirus vaccination project under the Universal Immunisation Programme-UIP
39) Gujarat — Ahmedabad, Surat, Vadodara, Rajkot, Bhavnagar, Junagadh and Gandhinagar — have been included in the list of 100 Smart City.
40) Justice Ajit Prakash Shah Former Chief Justice of Delhi High Court who was appointed as the ethics officer (ombudsman) at Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)
41) Singapore ranked first the World Bank Ease of Doing Business 2016 report-(DBR)
42) India's forest & tree cover increased by 5,081 sq km: India State of Forest Report (ISFR) 2015,
43) South Western Railway Zones introduces Biodiesel for trains
SWR’s first train Hubballi-Bengaluru Janshatabdi Express powered by five per cent biodiesel blended with High Speed Diesel was flagged off from Hubli.
44) Uttar Pradesh Govt launches 1st International festival on Birds
45) RBI bars 56 NBFCs from conducting business
A Bajaj Finserv, Aditya Birla Nuvo’s
46) RBI announced revised Priority Sector Lending-PSL norms for Regional Rural Banks. The PSL target was increased to 75 percent of total outstanding from the existing 60 percent. The revised target will be effective from 1 January 2016. NB is 40%
PSL-Housing, Education, MSME Loan, Agriculture
47) Lok Sabha passed bill to establish Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) as National Standards Body
48) First India International Science Festival began at IIT-Delhi
49) YouTube opens first video production studio in India
it has similar collaborations in Los Angeles, London, Tokyo, New York City, Sao Paulo, Paris and Berlin.
50) GAIL, ISRO launch satellite-based portal to monitor pipelines
51) National Institute of Solar Energy in India (NISE) Gurgaon
52) Brazil entered longest recession since 1930s
53) Double Taxation Avoidance Convention (DTAC) agreement with Japan
DTAA- Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement
TIEA-Tax Information Exchange Agreement
54) Axis Bank (Country's third largest private sector lender) launches country's first 'display variant' debit card
The EMV chip embedded, interactive debit card comes with a display screen and touch-sensitive button that enables customers to generate the OTP on the card
55) TAPI -Turkmenistan Afghanistan, Pakistan and India Gas pipe line
This ambitious project is expected to be operationalised by December 2019.
56) Justice L Narasimha Reddy committee to look into the implementation of One Rank One Pension (OROP) scheme for the Ex-Servicemen
57) Dengvaxia first-ever dengue vaccine that was approved by the Mexican government (First Government in World)
58) Jack Ma-led Alibaba Group Holding Ltd will acquire iconic Hong Kong-based 112-year-old English-language newspaper, ‘South China Morning Post’
59) UN Climate Change Summit (COP21) in Paris on 12 December 2015 with 196 countries adopting a goal of “well below 2 degrees C” for temperature rise, and instituting a regime of financing of developing economies to help make the transition. This agreement is scheduled to come into effect from 2020
Main features of COP21 Agreement
It confirmed the key objective of containing mean global temperature rise well below 2 degrees Celsius and to endeavour to limit it to 1.5 degrees.
The agreement takes into account the differentiation and responsibility of developing countries, and their respective capacities in light of national circumstances.
The agreement approved a provision of $100 billion per year as a floor by 2020 to help developing nations.
There is provision for adaptation to climate change. Apart from this there will be collective stocktaking every five years of national actions and consideration of steps if efforts are insufficient for the objective set.
60) Gambia African country declared itself an Islamic republic
61) Shetkari Sanghatana’ founded by Noted economist agriculturist, politician, prolific journalist and well-known farmer leader Sharad A. Joshi passed away at the age of 81 in Pune
62) The Supreme Court upheld the validity of a minimum education as a prerequisite for contesting polls at various levels in Haryana.
The Act requires that general candidates must have passed Class X examination while women and Dalit candidates need to have cleared Class VIII.
Dalit women candidates must clear Class V.
Apart from Haryana, Rajasthan is the only other state to fix minimum education qualifications for those contesting panchayat polls.
63) A planeload of Syrian refugees arrived in Canada
64) Competition Appellate Tribunal (CAT) imposed penalty on 11 cement firms by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) on cartelisation charges.
The 11 cement firms involved in this case are ACC, Ambuja Cements, Binani Cements, Century Textiles Ltd, India Cements, JK Cements, Lafarge India, Madras Cements, Ultratech, JP Associates and Shree Cements.
65) “On My Terms: From the Grassroots to the Corridors of Power” autobiography of NCP founder Sharad Pawar’s
66) TIME magazine’s “Person of the Year” for 2015 Angela Merkel (German Chancellor). For her role in Europe’s crises over migration and Greek debt.
67) Telangana Country’s first anti-piracy police unit is being established Telangana Intellectual Property Crime Unit (TIPCU) Specially cyber-crime police, state IT ministry, internet service providers, the Telugu film industry, legal experts and financial experts.
TIPCU is modelled on London’s Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU) and is being seen as critical for the Telugu film market, which is the second-largest in South India after the Tamil film industry.
Every year, 1,500-2,000 films are produced in India, losing up to 30% of their business to piracy.
68) 34 Islamic countries agreed to form an “Islamic military alliance” to fight terrorism declared by Saudi Arabia (Capital Riyadh)
    The list of 34 members: Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Benin, Chad, Comoros, Cote d’Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Gabon, Guinea, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Morocco, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Palestinians, Qatar, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates and Yemen.
Dow Chemical and DuPont agriculture giants (valuing nearly $130 billion-11600 Crore) merged of chemicals titans Dow Chemical and DuPont resulted in a flurry of activities in the financial markets on 9 December. The Wall Street Journal first reported this news on 8 December. According to the reports the proposed tie-up would merge two agricultural chemicals businesses and fold in DuPont’s seeds business.
70) Pune and Rajkot two new interim franchises(for two years) in the Indian Premier League (IPL) that will replace the suspended teams of Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals.
The Pune franchise was bought by Kolkata-based business tycoon Sanjiv Goenka’s company New Rising, while the Rajkot bid was won by Intex Mobiles.
71) ‘National Herald’ case, Congress gave a loan of over Rs 90 crore. Founded by late Jawaharlal Nehru, that published the National Herald and Quami Awaz.
72) USS Zumwalt largest destroyer ever built for the U.S. Navy that headed out to sea for the first time it is 183 meter tall and weighs almost 15,000 tons.
73) Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully launched the (Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle) PSLV-C29 rocket into the space that carried with it 6 satellites of a South-East Asian country Singapore
from SDSC Sriharikota spaceport in Andhra Pradesh on 16 December 2015.
ISRO has put into orbits 57 foreign satellites belonging to 20 countries successfully. Significantly, the list of countries includes scientifically advacned countries like the USA, the UK, France and Germany among others.
74) Losar, the biggest Tibetan Buddhist Festival, began in Ladakh region
From ruler of Jamiang Namgyal (1555 to 1610)
75) Saudi voters elected women candidates for first time in Municipal council polls still exception in Vatican. (Italy)
76) Article 142-The Supreme Court, ordered  to appointed Justice Virendra Singh as Lokayukta of Uttar Pradesh after the State government failed to comply with its directives.
77) The mascot Tikhor is a one horned rhino and is the brand ambassador of 2016 12th South Asian federation (SAF) Games held in Guwahati and Shillong from 6 February to 16 February 2016. 8 Countries participated, 3rd Time in India.
78) Vijay Kumar won gold in the 59th National shooting championship at Tughlakabad in New Delhi.
79) Anil Kapoor was chief guest of the 46th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) held at Goa. Brand Ambassador A.B.
80) 3120 crore rupees investment for 102 cities approved under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT)
81) PAN (permanent account number) for all transactions in excess of Rs.2 lakh, regardless of the mode of payment, to curb black money. From 1 January 2016
    In the case of immovable property, where quoting PAN is currently required for transactions of Rs.5 lakh, the government has decided to raise the monetary limits to Rs.10 lakh.
    As far as one-time payment of hotel or restaurant bills is concerned, the Finance Ministry raised the monetary limit to Rs.50,000 from the present limit of Rs. 25,000.
    The limit is being raised to Rs.1 lakh from Rs. 50,000 for purchase or sale of shares of an unlisted company.
    Opening of a no-frills bank account, such as a Jan Dhan account, will not require PAN.
82) NGT bans registration of new diesel-run vehicles in Delhi (2000 CC)
NGT bench headed by Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar and also questioned Delhi government’s odd-even formula for vehicles to check pollution in the city.
    Presently around 23 per cent of the cars registered in Delhi are running on diesel. The cars running are likely to emit 7.5 times more particulate matter (PM) compared to petrol cars. As per WHO, emissions from Diesel cars produce more toxic nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and may cause cancer.
83) Union Govt inks MoU for establishing IIITs at Ranchi, Nagpur & Pune
84) India agreed civil nuclear deal with Japan
Talks started with USA while agreement with France
85) Chennai-Bangalore Industrial Corridor (CBIC) project estimated with Rs. 3,000 crores
86) Southern Zonal Council meet held recently at Vijayawada
87) Rashtrapati Nilayam, Secuderabad (Telangana)
    Rashtrapati Nilayam was originally known as ‘Residency House’ and was constructed in 1860 by Nizam Nazir-ud-Dowla. Later it became the country house of the British Resident at Secunderabad.
88) TSR Subramanian committee head of New Education Policy
89) UNESCO designated Varanasi and Jaipur as members of Creative Cities Network respectively City of Music and City of Crafts and Folk Art
90) National Commission for Safai Karamcharis recommended to make it a Permanent and Statutory Body
National Commission for Safai Karamcharis was constituted on 12 August 1994 for a period of 3 years under the National Commission for Safai Karamcharis Act, 1993. It was constituted to promote and safeguard the interests and rights of Safai Karamcharis.
91) Salman Rushdie honoured with Mailer Prize for Lifetime Achievement By USA.
92) Myanmar launched its first UNESCO Biosphere Reserve Inle Lake
Myanmar fulfilled its commitment to bio-diversity and eco-system conservation under the UNESCO’s Man and Biosphere Prorgamme. (MBP) 1970
93) India and South Korea ink MoU on revised Double Tax Avoidance Agreement (DTAA)
94) CGPDTM-Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks
95) Myanmar inaugurated Yangon Stock Exchange
96) Interlinking of Indian Rivers wrote by Radha Kant Bharati
97) Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad
98) China’s Chen Long and Carolina Marin bagged the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Male and Female Player of the Year Awards respectively in Dubai.
99) India has signed MoU with Singapore for taking up the operations and management of the two Indian airports i.e. Ahmedabad and Jaipur airports.
100) 2016: UK-INDIA Year of Education, Research and Innovation launched
101) Luxembourg & New Zealand to ratify Articles of Agreement- AoA of Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) 57 countries founded Members 
HQ-Beijing
Apart from Luxembourg, Australia, Austria, Brunei Darussalam, China, Mongolia, Nepal, New Zealand, Singapore and United Kingdom ratified the 60-article agreement so far.
102) Human Rights Day December 10 (Celebrated from 1950)
United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948.
103) Former CBI official M.L. Sharma committee head of the vistors’ diary of the premier investigating agency’s
104) The Bharatiya Janata Party had received Rs. 437 crore between 2014-15
105) Sukhoi-30 frontline fighter aircraft received from Russia
106) The British Government has selected cities from Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh.
107) Idea Cellular buy spectrum in Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh (West) from Videocon Telecommunications.
108) MSME- Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises.
109) French President Francois Hollande chief guest at the Republic Day parade of January 26, 2016 (105 Min) HM
110) The public sector Cochin Shipyard Ltd has launched the nineteenth-ICGS Atulya- of the 20 Fast Patrol Vessels being built for Indian Coast Guard. What is the name given to the vessel?
111) Beijing issued first-ever Red Alert on Air Pollution
112) SmartCity Kochi, a joint venture of SmartCity Dubai and the Kerala Government
113) The US Federal Reserve raised interest rates by 0.25 percentage points This was the first interest rate increase Since 2006
114) Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) led the list with m-cap of Rs. 465,230 crore, followed by Reliance Industries (Rs. 316,115 crore), HDFC Bank (Rs. 266,718 crore), ITC (Rs. 259,127 crore) and Infosys (Rs. 247,358 crore)
115) New Zealand confirmed a new flag (called Silver Fern) as a possible challenge to oust the country’s current flag
     
116) Russian spacecraft Soyuz was launched for the International Space Station (ISS) from Kazakhstan
117) Coca Cola will have to shut down some factories in India if the government accepts a proposal to impose ‘sin tax’ as proposed under the provisions of GST. Sin tax has been proposed under GST is 40%. Chief Economic Advisor Arvind Subramanian headed the panel on GST.   
The Arvind Subramanian-led committee had recommended a sin tax be applied to luxury cars, aerated beverages, Paan masala and tobacco and tobacco products (for the states).
118) Justice Reva Khetrapal took oath as Delhi's Lokayukta
119) RBI liable to disclose information about banks under RTI Act: Supreme Court
120) The Bose Brothers and Indian Independence – An Insider’s Account: wrote by Madhuri Bose, the grand-niece of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.
121) IRCTC ties up with Paytm for e-catering payments
122) Lalit Modi back as Rajasthan Cricket Association president
123) Bindeshwar Pathak founder of Sulabh International
124) 2.75% annual interest that will be given on the sovereign gold bond
125) RBI decided to grant in principle approval to The National Payments Corporation of India function as the Bharat Bill Payment Central Unit in Bharat Bill Payment System
126) TADF-Technology Acquisition and Development Fund
127) Vijay Diwas 16 December (from Indo-Pak War of 1971)
128) Pakistan successfully tests nuclear-capable Shaheen-IA ballistic missile
129) International Atomic Energy Agency –Vienna (Austria) -IAEA ends 12 year Iran Nuclear Weapon probe
The move is seen as a key step towards lifting UN, EU and US sanctions and a symbolic victory for Iran.
130) Shashank Manohar was appointed as the CP of BCCI & International Cricket Council.
131) Defence sector FDI under automatic route is 49 per cent
132) International Financial Service Centre (IFSC) started in Mumbai.
133) United Nations Development programme (UNDP) Human Development Report 2015 released
Three Based
1) Income 2) Age 3) Literacy
First time it was introduced by Mehbub Ul haq and Amartya Sen in 1990
Title Work for Human Development in Ethiopia.
In the 2015 report, India with a score of 0.609 has been ranked 130 out of 188 countries in terms of Human Development Index (HDI). In the 2014 report, India was ranked 135 out of 187 countries.
134) Radha Krishna Mathur was appointed as the 8th Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) The post had fallen vacant after Vijai Sharma completed his tenure on 1 December 2015. Term is 65 Years
12-10-2005 RTI Act
135) 100 years Completed Mumbai’s iconic ‘Marine Drive’
The official name of the road is Netaji Subhash Chandra Road, though it is used very rarely is also known as the Queen’s Necklace because
136) Maruti and Suzuki Under this agreement Suzuki’s its first car plant will be established at Hansalpur-Near Mehsana (Gujarat)
    Maruti Company at Gurgaon and in Manesar, which together manufacture 15.5 lakh cars.
137) The 50th Annual Conference of the Directors General of Police (DGPs) and Inspector General of Police (IGP) of all States and Union Territories was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Dhordo (Kutch, Gujarat)
    This annual conference was held in Delhi every year till 2013. Last year, conference was organised at Guwahati, Assam.
138) The United States lifted a 40-year-old ban on export of crude oil by President Barack Obama
139) The 2015 Indian Super League (ISL) for football won by Chennaiyin FC against Goa FC by 3-2. Final held at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium at Fatorda (Goa) on 20 December 2015.   
140) The 10th Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) held at Nairobi (Kenya)  UNEP-
Director-General Roberto Azevêdo
Liberia (163) African country & Afghanistan (164) was formally included as a member of the WTO at its 10th Ministerial Conference
141) Miss World 2015 held at Sanya (China) won by Mireia Lalaguna Royo (Spain)
142) PFRDA switches to PAN for online enrolment under NPS
143) India's biggest wildlife rescue centre commissioned in Nagpur
144) Jeff Williams appointed as Chief Operating Officer of Apple Inc
145) 2nd World Internet Conference concluded in Wuzen, China
146) US Federal Reserve Board/Bank Chairwoman Janet Yellen
147) Jaduguda in East Singhbhum district of Jharkhand uranium mine.
Uranium Research Centre Jaduguda
148) International Migrants Day 18 December 2015.  From 1990.
149) Indian-origin official Sanjay Pradhan to lead Open Government Partnership mission to promote government transparency, accountability and responsiveness to citizens.
OGP launched on 20 September 2011, when the 8 founding governments (Brazil, Indonesia, Mexico, Norway, the Philippines, South Africa, the United Kingdom and the United States) endorsed the Open Government Declaration, and announced their country action plans.
150) Sahitya Akademi awards announced in 23 languages.
151) AP Shah Committee appointed to look into ONGC, RIL dispute on Krishna Godavari gas fields
In the Krishna-Godavari Basin, ONGC owns Krishna Godavari basin KG-DWN-98/2 (KG-D5) and the Godavari-PML gas fields. These two fields are connected with Dhirubhai-1 and 3 (D1 & D3) fields located in the KG-DWN-98/3 (KG-D6) Block of RIL. In 2014, the ONGC contended that RIL’s fields were being enriched due to migration of gas from its idle fields. Against this backdrop, the Union Government appointed the US-based consultant DeGolyer and MacNaughton (D&M) to look into the matter.
D&M, which submitted its report on 30 November 2015, concluded that out of the 58.68 billion cubic meters (bcm) of gas produced from KG-D6 block between 1 April 2009 and 31 March 2015, 49.69 bcm belongs to RIL and the rest 8.981 bcm could have come from ONGC’s fields.
152) President Pranab Mukherjee earns Garwood Award for Outstanding Global Leader in Open Innovation by The University of California
153) Indian Oil Corporation limited (IOCL), India’s largest oil refinery.
SONIC BG-MR
154) India is 97th out of 144 nations on Forbes’ annual list of the best countries for business in 2015
155) China launched the country’s first space telescope in search for signals of dark matter
156) India became largest remittances receiving country in 2015: World Bank
72 billion US dollars, China at 64 billion US dollars.
Largest Remittance receiving from GCC-Gulf Cooperative council
157) The first cable-stayed bridge of north India connectivity between Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Punjab, is situated at Basholi (Kathua, JK)
592 m long cable-stay bridge was started in September 2011
158) 30 June 2016 new deadline for exchanging pre-2005 currency notes
159) Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) sixth consecutive time topped the Fortune 500 List of Indian companies for 2015 with an annual revenue of Rs. 4,51,911 crore.
   Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) was second in the list with full-year revenue of Rs. 3,82,565 crore.
Tata Motors with a revenue of Rs. 2,67,025 crore
160) ‘Rayani Air’ is the name of Malaysia’s first Islamic airline that offers Shariah compliant services including prayers before take-off, no on-flight serving of alcohol or meals with pork and a strict dress code for female flight attendants.
161) INS Godavari first indigenously designed and built warship of the Indian Navy that was decommissioned in Mumbai built by Mazagon Dock Limited in Mumbai,
162) ICC award 2015
ICC Cricketer of the Year (Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy) – Steve Smith (Australia)
– ICC Test Cricketer of the Year – Steve Smith (Australia)
– ICC ODI Cricketer of the Year – AB de Villiers (South Africa)
– ICC Women’s ODI Cricketer of the Year – Meg Lanning (Australia)
– ICC Women’s T20 Cricketer of the Year – Stafanie Taylor (West Indies)
– ICC T20 Performance of the Year – Faf du Plessis (South Africa) (119, 56 balls, 11×4, 5×6 – 2nd T20I vs. West Indies, 11 January 2015, Johannesburg)
– ICC Emerging Cricketer of the Year – Josh Hazlewood (Australia)
– ICC Associate/Affiliate Cricketer of the Year – Khurram Khan (UAE)
– ICC Spirit of Cricket Award – Brendon McCullum (New Zealand)
– ICC Umpire of the Year (David Shepherd Trophy) – Richard Kettleborough (England)
163) FAME stands for – Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Hybrid and Electric Vehicles was launched in April 2015.
164) Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code 2015 It fixes a time limit of 180 days (extendable by a further 90 days) for completion of the corporate insolvency-resolution process
Now takes between five and 15 years for lenders to recover money in the event of corporate default.
165) Slovenia rejected same-sex marriage in the country in a referendum held in the country
same-sex marriages, including Britain, France and Spain,
166) Miss Universe 2015 Pia Wurtzbach (Philippines), held at the AXIS Theater, Las Vegas (USA)
Miss World 2015 Mireia Lalaguna Royo (Spain) at Sanya (China)
167) Veteran actress Sadhana passes away in Mumbai
168) 24 December, National consumer day that day adopted Consumer Protection Act, 1986
169) Bharti Airtel ,Vodafone & Idea, Reliance had launched 4G services in India.
170) Bihar Government banned 15-year-old diesel vehicles from plying on Patna roads
171) UN adopted resolution to observe 5 November as World Tsunami Awareness Day
Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami of 11 March 2011. It claimed over 15000 lives,
On 26 December 2004, Indian Ocean tsunami claimed some 230000 lives which had its epicenter off the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia.
172) SC directed State and UT Governments to consider acid-attack victims under Disabled Quota
173) Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Bill, 2015
Bill permits juveniles between the ages of 16-18 years to be tried as adults for heinous offences.
The Bill replaces the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000. 
174) Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar approved Patna Metro Rail project
Lucknow Metro Rail Project Phase-1A
175) Philippines became first Asian country to approve world's first-ever dengue vaccine Dengvaxia
176) Zimbabwe announced to adopt Chinese currency Yuan
177) Pawan Kumar Agarwal appointed as CEO of FSSAI food regulator Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI).
He succeeded Yudhvir Singh Malik, who was shifted as Additional Secretary in Niti Aayog in September 2015. Malik is believed to be the man behind the ban on global giant Nestles popular noodle brand Maggi, which has now been removed.
178) International Tennis Federation announced winners of 2015 World Champions
Men’s World Champion - Novak Djokovic (Serbia)
Women’s World Champion - Serena Williams (the USA)
Men’s Doubles World Champions - Jean-Julien Rojer (Netherlands) & Horia Tecau (Romania)
Women’s Doubles World Champions - Martina Hingis (Switzerland) & Sania Mirza (India)
ITF Junior World Champions - Dalma Galfi (Hungary) & Taylor Fritz (the USA)
ITF Wheelchair World Champions - Jiske Griffioen (Netherlands) & Shingo Kunieda (Japan)
179) Odisha Government launched Anwesha scheme to provide free education to SC/ST students
180) American aerospace company SpaceX successfully launched and landed Falcon 9 rocket
181) 22 December celebrated National Mathematics Day. Birth anniversary of great Indian Mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan. (1887-1920)
182) Maharashtra becomes first state to allow MLAs raise online question
183) Hinduja Brothers received lifetime achievement award at Asian Business Leadership Forum 2015
184)  Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd (ICBC) becomes the Tata Group’s strategic banking partner
185) ‘Raiwind Palace’ Sharif’s residence near Lahore. Where meet Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif
186) Financial Inclusion committee headed by Deepak Mohanty (Executive Director, RBI)
Base Rate /PLR-1972
    Banks have to step up account opening for women
    Union Govt. should consider a welfare scheme (Sukanya Shiksha) for promoting financial inclusion of women that can be jointly funded by the Central and State governments
    Need for better use of the mobile banking facility for Government-to-Person (G2P) payments, and this would push government in its financial inclusion drive
    A unique biometric identifier such as Aadhaar be linked to each individual credit account and the information should be shared with credit information companies
    Commercial banks in India must be enabled to open specialised interest-free windows (primarily for Islamic banking) with simple products
    The committee pressed for digitisation of land records to increase formal credit to all agrarian segments
187) subsidised LPG will not be given to a consumer whose annual taxable income is more than Rs. 10 lakh will apply from – 1 January 2016
188) Pro Wrestling League (PWL)
189) Reliance Jio launched 4G telecom service
190) VS Malimath was Chairman of the Central Administrative Tribunal-CAT (A-323A), member of the National Human Rights Commission of India-NHRC. He headed the Committee on Reform of Criminal Justice System died
191) indigenously developed Air-to-Air missile Astra successfully test fired
Integrated Test Range (ITR), Balasore.
PATNA Missile
192) China amended One Couple, One Child Policy (1978)
193) PM inaugurates new building of Afghanistan Parliament in Kabul
He also named one block of Parliament as Atal Block after former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
194) Seychelles Govt allows India to build Naval Base on its Assumption Island
India’s first Naval Base project has acquired significance following China acquiring its first African naval base in Djibouti (near Horn of Africa) in November 2014.
195) Former Wicket-Keeper Syed Kirmani nominated for 2015 Col. CK Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award
196) Good Governance/ABVP/MMM/ Day 25 December
197) Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana (UDAY) is the financial turnaround and revival package for electricity distribution companies of India (DISCOMs) initiated by the Government of India with the intent to find a permanent solution to the financial mess that the power distribution is in.
However eleven states have joined the scheme with Andhra Pradesh was the first state to join.Other states that have given their in-principle approval are : Gujarat, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana, Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Uttarakhand.
Recently 4 other states have joined the scheme. The 4 states are Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Odisha and Maharashtra thereby making the total of 15 states to have joined the scheme.
198) Amitabh Kant new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the NITI Aayog He will replace Sindhushree Khullar
199) Raghuveer Chaudhari was selected for conferment of 51th Jnanpith Award for Gujarati
Raghuveer Chaudhari, thus became the 51 writer overall and fourth Gujarati literary artist to receive the prestigious award. His most noted works include novels ‘Amruta‘ and ‘Uparvas’
    Gujarati writers who have won the award before Chaudhari are poet Umashankar Joshi (1967), novelist Pannalal Patel (1985) and poet Rajendra Shah (2001).
    Jnanpith Award is considered the highest literary award in India. It was instituted in 1961 while first award was given in 1965 to G. Sankara Kurup (Malayalam writer).
It is presented by the Bharatiya Jnanpith, a trust founded by the Sahu Jain family, the publishers of the newspaper The Times of India.
200) India’s rank in World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business is 130 out of 189
201) Cabinet clears formation of JVs between Indian Railways and states for rail infrastructure projects.
202) WHO officially declared Guinea Ebola-free
203) Navy successfully test fires Barak (Rays)-8 (Israel) long range missile from INS Kolkata
204) Gujarat clinched maiden Vijay Hazare Cricket Trophy against Delhi -2015
205) North Korea claimed to have successfully conducted a hydrogen bomb test
206) Exception Tamil Nadu all States are on board for implementing the National Food Security Act by April 2016
207) Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojana (UDAY) reforms for state-owned power distribution companies
Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra , Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Punjab, Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Haryana, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh.
208) Pranav Dhanawade, the opening batsman of Smt KC Gandhi School (Kalyan), scored an unbeaten 1009 off 323 balls, a knock which comprised 129 fours and 59 sixes against Arya Gurukul School.
209) Two Indian cities, Delhi (24) and Mumbai (22), made it to the top-30 list of the World’s most powerful, productive and connected cities prepared by international real estate consultancy JLL.
210) Justice RM Lodha (former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court) The three-member Supreme Court-appointed committee on reforms in the BCCI and the Indian cricket administration
Important Recommendations of Lodha Committee
    Legalization of betting in the country, Grant of Limited autonomy for IPL Governing Council, Separate governing bodies for the IPL and BCCI, Only one person per post. No proxy voting of individuals allowed, No BCCI office-bearer can be Minister or government servant, A steering committee headed by former Home Secretary G K Pillai with Mohinder Amarnath, Diana Eduljee, The constitution and establishment of a players association, The report will now be considered by the bench headed by Chief Justice T S Thakur at a later stage.
211) United Jihad Council (UJC) claimed the responsibility for the Pathankot airbase attack
212) India won the 2015 South Asian Football Federation Cup (SAFF Cup) by against Afghanistan by 2-1, India won Seven times (1993, 1997, 1999, 2005, 2009, 2011 and now 2015)
213) the 103rd edition (2016) of the Indian Science Congress (ISC) was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi University of Mysore (Mysuru) ISC since
214) Tumakuru (Karanataka) new helicopter unit of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) was laid
215) The second edition of Premier Badminton League (PBL) kicked-off
The 6 teams participating in PBL 2016 are Awadhe Warriors (Lucknow), Bengaluru Topgun (Bengaluru), Delhi Acers (Delhi), Hyderabad Hunters (Hyderabad), Mumbai Rockets (Mumbai) and Chennai Smashers (Chennai).  The opening ceremony of PBL 2016 was held at Mumbai
216) SC directed Gujarat government to make Gujarat State Cooperative Tribunal functional
217) Toilets made mandatory to contest Panchayat polls in Bihar also in RJ
218) Union Government to launch River Information System for Inland Waterways
219) India-Nepal Bus Service resumed after 27 years
The service runs between Kanchanpur in Nepal, which is close to Banbasa border in Champavat district of Uttarakhand, and Anand Vihar ISBT in Delhi.
220)  The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) on 30 December 2015 announced discovery and assignment of elements with atomic numbers 113, 115, 117 and 118.
It was discovered by the scientists belonging to RIKEN research laboratory in Japan. (TPSO)
113- ununtrium , Uut
115: ununpentium, Uup.
117: ununseptium, Uus
118- ununoctium, Uuo
221) Department of Posts formed Kamlesh Chandra Panel on Gramin Dak Sevaks
222) Punjab Government has announced to set up bio-ethanol refinery in the state to tackle the menace of wheat and paddy straw burning
it is an alcohol derived by process of fermentation mostly from carbohydrates of plant produce and feedstocks. Commonly obtained from crops such as sugarcane, cassava, corn, potato, beetroot and recently grapes, banana and dates etc. Uses: As a quasi-renewable energy it can be blended with petrol or diesel making it a sustainable transport fuel. It can also be used an alternative fuel in manufacturing processes and cosmetic products etc.
223) India successfully test-fired indigenously developed MBRL-Multi Barrel rocket launching System Pinaka II at Pokhran
224) Arunima Sinha scaled Mount Aconcagua in Argentina
First female amputee to climb Mount Everest She is also the first Indian amputee to climb Mount Everest
225) Union Cabinet approved Stand up India Scheme
Stand up India Scheme to promote entrepreneurship among Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribes and Women entrepreneurs.
While start up India started for all People.
226) Andhra Bank launched Immediate Payment Service
National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI)
227) Competition commission of India-CCI cleared Reliance Capital-Goldman Sachs deal.
243 crore rupees fund of Goldman Sachs


1) APY now enrolled 12.5 crore people
2) Till 51 foreign satellite sent by ISRO Entrix
3) Gram Sanjivini-Initiative by IFFCO Kisan Sanchar Limited for information to rural people regarding local mandis & weather by e Portal
4) Project mausam –from 38th conference of world heritage at Qatar
Major object of historical research regarding cultural,religious & commercial aspects of Indian ocean
5) Spice Route Project
Like spice route connected with Kerala & others 31 worldwide countries 2000 years ago. Now Kerala & Government of India initiative for these project.
Silk route between India & China
6) Silver Notice- for control over Black money in world-wide banks
Conference held at ND for global focal point conference on assets recovery
7) Ek Bharat Shresta Bharat for unity in diversity especially in states.
8) My District My Plan-literacy mission for 40 to 60 years illiterate population
9) Gyan Setu-Developed by C-DOT for rural people in Text, Video & Audio
Its significant for Digital India
10) Health Slate Technique-its tested 33 types disease lab test  
11) Vikram-100
Super computer developed by ISRO, 300 Tera Bytes, Expense 13 Crore
12) Bhaskar-Weather Computing information System
13) Nand Ghar Scheme
PPP mode project for modernization of aanganwadi especially by corporate House.
Vedanta Supported 4000 Aanganwadi co supported by Central Women & Child Development Ministry.
14) New Initiative in Indian Foreign policy
1) Look act Policy (2014) ASEAN Countries.
2) Economic Diplomacy
3) SCO –Shanghai Cooperation Organization 
4) India Africa Forum
5) New Development Bank-NDB
6) Public Diplomacy
7) Make in India
8) Digital India
9) Skill India

15) NDA Scheme
1) Banking –
             PMJDY ,APY,PM Jivan Jyot Insurance Scheme (18-50 -12 Rs), PM Suraksa Bima Yojna(18-70-330 Rs), KVP, MUDRA Bank, Sovereign Gold Bond & Gold Monetization Scheme (2.75) , Sukanya Smirdhi Yojna
2) Agriculture                  
              Rastiya Gokul Mission, Soil Health Card Yojna ,PM Krishi Sinchai Yojna ,PMFBM
3) Technical
              Digital India Mission, Rastiya Aavishkar Abhiyan , Make In India, PM Kaushal Vikas Yojna ,Padey Bharat Badey Bharat ,Din Dayal Antoday Yojna, C-DAC- Param Yuva-2, Meghraj
4) Urban
                        AMRUT Mission (JNNURM)
5) Rural
               SP Mukherjee Rurban Scheme (CG-FEB-16)
6) Religious
                      PRASAD, HRIDAY,
7) Social
                 OROP, Pahal (LPG), PM kanij Kalyan Scheme, Suvidha Train, Sugmay Bharat Abhiyan (Dec-2015) for 26 Million Handicapped (Divyang) people, AMRIT-Affordable Medicines & Reliable Implants for Treatment)          
8) Education                         
                          E-Basta Scheme
9) Oceans
                      Sagarmala Project , Setu Samundram (Mar-16)
10) Administration
                        Sevottam, NeGP, SWAN, , E-taal, FOSS (Free & open Sources Software, TIDE-Technology Incubation & Development of Entrepreneur, ITRA-Information Technology Research Academy.    
16) Digital Banking & Women Empowerment
Meaning, Significant & Barriers
17)  On June 30, 2008, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh released India’s first National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC-2008-17) outlining existing and future policies and programs addressing climate mitigation and adaptation.  The plan identifies Eight core “national missions” running through 2017 and directs ministries to submit detailed implementation plans to the Prime Minister’s Council on Climate Change by December 2008.
Emphasizing the overriding priority of maintaining high economic growth rates to raise living standards, the plan “identifies measures that promote our development objectives while also yielding co-benefits for addressing climate change effectively.”  It says these national measures would be more successful with assistance from developed countries, and pledges that India’s per capita greenhouse gas emissions “will at no point exceed that of developed countries even as we pursue our development objectives.”
National Missions
National Solar Mission: The NAPCC aims to promote the development and use of solar energy for power generation and other uses with the ultimate objective of making solar competitive with fossil-based energy options. The plan includes:
    Specific goals for increasing use of solar thermal technologies in urban areas, industry, and commercial establishments;
    A goal of increasing production of photovoltaics to 1000 MW/year; and
    A goal of deploying at least 1000 MW of solar thermal power generation.
    Other objectives include the establishment of a solar research center, increased international collaboration on technology development, strengthening of domestic manufacturing capacity, and increased government funding and international support.
2) National Mission for Enhanced Energy Efficiency: Current initiatives are expected to yield savings of 10,000 MW by 2012.  Building on the Energy Conservation Act 2001, the plan recommends:
    Mandating specific energy consumption decreases in large energy-consuming industries, with a system for companies to trade energy-savings certificates;
    Energy incentives, including reduced taxes on energy-efficient appliances; and
    Financing for public-private partnerships to reduce energy consumption through demand-side management programs in the municipal, buildings and agricultural sectors.
3) National Mission on Sustainable Habitat: To promote energy efficiency as a core component of urban planning, the plan calls for:
    Extending the existing Energy Conservation Building Code;
    A greater emphasis on urban waste management and recycling, including power production from waste;
    Strengthening the enforcement of automotive fuel economy standards and using pricing measures to encourage the purchase of efficient vehicles; and
    Incentives for the use of public transportation.
4) National Water Mission: With water scarcity projected to worsen as a result of climate change, the plan sets a goal of a 20% improvement in water use efficiency through pricing and other measures.
5) National Mission for Sustaining the Himalayan Ecosystem: The plan aims to conserve biodiversity, forest cover, and other ecological values in the Himalayan region, where glaciers that are a major source of India’s water supply are projected to recede as a result of global warming.
6) National Mission for a “Green India”: Goals include the afforestation of 6 million hectares of degraded forest lands and expanding forest cover from 23% to 33% of India’s territory.
7) National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture: The plan aims to support climate adaptation in agriculture through the development of climate-resilient crops, expansion of weather insurance mechanisms, and agricultural practices.
8) National Mission on Strategic Knowledge for Climate Change: To gain a better understanding of climate science, impacts and challenges, the plan envisions a new Climate Science Research Fund, improved climate modeling, and increased international collaboration.  It also encourage private sector initiatives to develop adaptation and mitigation technologies through venture capital funds.
Other Programs
The NAPCC also describes other ongoing initiatives, including:
    Power Generation: The government is mandating the retirement of inefficient coal-fired power plants and supporting the research and development of IGCC and supercritical technologies.
    Renewable Energy: Under the Electricity Act 2003 and the National Tariff Policy 2006, the central and the state electricity regulatory commissions must purchase a certain percentage of grid-based power from renewable sources.
    Energy Efficiency: Under the Energy Conservation Act 2001, large energy-consuming industries are required to undertake energy audits and an energy labeling program for appliances has been introduced.
Implementation
Ministries with lead responsibility for each of the missions are directed to develop objectives, implementation strategies, timelines, and monitoring and evaluation criteria, to be submitted to the Prime Minister’s Council on Climate Change. The Council will also be responsible for periodically reviewing and reporting on each mission’s progress. To be able to quantify progress, appropriate indicators and methodologies will be developed to assess both avoided emissions and adaptation benefits.
19) Earth Over Shoot Day it means used earth Natural Resources in Year
20) Nuclear tie up with Australia ‘
21) 15 years of Human completed at International Space Centre-ISS  
22) 3 Gold scheme introduced
GMS, (Replaced Gold Deposit Scheme 1999)
Gold Sovereign Bond
Gold Coin Scheme
23) Bhuvan Alternative of Google Earth
24) GTI-Global Terrorist Index (impact of terrorist in Country)
Iraq-1
Afg-2
Nigeria-3
India-6
25) Refugee & Migration-Immigration
Dublin 2013 Guidelines for Refugee
26) Gender Inequality Index-127/142 by UNDP
27) Moscow declaration for supporting multilateral science projects.
28) Banks free to fix interest rates on gold schemes
29) NIIF-National Investment & Infrastructure Fund 20k Fund. 49% Private
30) China sent communication satellite “Chinasat 2C”
31) Sendai Framework for Disaster reduction.
32) Kenya first in financial inclusion report India is 9th amongst in 21 countries.
33) 36740 Mw Renewable energy capacity
     23762 Mw Solar Power 1lk target for 2022
      4060 Mw Wind 65K till 2022
      319 Total Private Investors
      15 Total PSUs
34) Largest Forest
Largest % Mizoram (88.93), LD (84.56) ANI (81.84) ACP (80.30) Total 21.34%
Least %-PB (3.52) HR (3.58) RJ (4.73)
Areas Wise-MP (77462) ACP (67248) OR (50354)
Least –D&D (19.61) CH (22.3) HR (1584) PB (1771)
32.87 Lakh Total Areas 21.34% Total Forest Areas in India
35) Green Bond Money used for environmental Project
      Bond Means Sponsor giving Interest to investor money   
     Masala Bond-issued in Foreign Country by Indian Companies.    
    Inflation Indexed Bond (inflation will not influenced)
Money matured in Rupees not in Dollar (also not influenced by Dollar Fluctuation)  Income Tax reduced 20% to 5%
36)
37) Command Exit Policy in Defence-for promotion after Kargil war Committee advised 1999   
38) Digital Motion Sickness (DMS) - Cyber sickness 
39) Lisa Pathfinder launch from Koreau French Guiana inquiry for Gravitational waves by NASA
40) Dr TK Visvanathan committee- Bankruptcy reform Committee.
41) First Bi Monthly Report published in April 2015 (every 2 Months)
42) No Detention Policy –Any students can’t promote in next class if secured less marks in last class New Delhi Government.
43) National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education & Research –NIPER will open at Jhalawar (RJ)
44) “Ek Kadam Unnati Ki or” initiative by Intel for Digital India.  
45) Food security act started in Telangana, Odisha, Assam  
46) Kerala India’s first states issued transgender policy
47) Phool Walon Ki Sair festivals in New Delhi
48) Duggar Folk Culture at JK
49) Sunil Kanoria –Appointed ASSOCHAM president.
50) 20 Years completed of Deaton agreement which end war between Bosnia & Herzegovina
51) AMRIT-Affordable Medicines & Reliable Implants for Treatment)
52) 70 million hectare grassland area in 1947 now is 38 million Hectare areas
World largest livestock in India 512 millions
53) OCI Advised by LM Singhvi Committee (2005)
54) Male Iceland -81.2 Years Female-87 Japan
55) MTCR-Missile Technology Control Regime
56) SCOMAT-Special Chemical Organization Materials Equipment & Technology
57)  ICGS-Indian Coast Guard Ship
58) 12 SAF-South Asian Federation Secretariat at Shilong
59) First Dolphin Research Centre at Hugli River (WB)
60) Bio Ethanol Refineries set up at Panipat (PB)
61) Orissa first state to set up Climate Change Action plan
     Department in Gujarat
62) Green India Mission 2011 started by MZ, MN, KR, JR
63) Human Made Forest set up Mulaya Kathori (by Jadav Payang at Mazali Island in AS)
64) EAG-Empowered Action Group -8 states under mission
BR-JR-MP-CG, UP-UK-OR-RJ
65) NITYAM- NITI Initiative To Yield Aspiration Targets & Actionable Means for review of Administrative Efficiency & welfare programme.
66) Adam Eve fruit was –Eram Maculatam (like Apple)
67) Cooperative advised by stretchy commission 1904 During Lord Curzon
68) Nitrous Oxide major reason of Smog (Smoking+ Fog)
69) Begam Ezaz Rasool Single Muslim woman CA members in 12 WM
70) Swach Rajasthan Mission 2003
71) Coral (MH) Wet Land (JK)
72) America not signed over Kyoto protocol
73) Road classification advised by Nagpur plan
74) Jalianwala Bagh (1919) Committee Headed by Motilal Nehru Committee
     Set up Congress  while British Set up hunter Commission.
75) 1818-BEIC agreement with Mewr & Marwar
Sawai jaysingh set up Jantar Mantar at JPR, Mathura, ND, Ujjain, Varanasi
76) Operation Vijay-Goa, DNH, DD /Kargil 1999
Operation Polo—Hyderabad
Operation Pavan-peace forces in Srilanka by India
Operation Megdoot/Cactus-Siachin Glaciers 1962
77) Japanese proposal to build country’s first bullet train line, which will be one of India’s biggest foreign investments in its infrastructure sector. is the $14.7 billion
505-km (315-mile) Mumbai-Ahmedabad corridor offering to cut travel time to two hours from the current seven to eight hours.
79) Delhi has the highest per capita income in India during 2014-15 Rs. 2,40,849
Puducherry Rs 1, 75,006,
Haryana at Rs 1, 47,076 during 2014-15.
80) Telangana Country’s first anti-piracy police unit is being established Telangana Intellectual Property Crime Unit (TIPCU) Specially cyber-crime police, state IT ministry, internet service providers, the Telugu film industry, legal experts and financial experts.
TIPCU is modeled on London’s Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU) and is being seen as critical for the Telugu film market, which is the second-largest in South India after the Tamil film industry.
Every year, 1,500-2,000 films are produced in India, losing up to 30% of their business to piracy.
81) Self-Employment and Talent Utilisation (SETU) set up by the Union Govt. for start-up businesses and other self- employment activities
India Aspiration Fund (IAF) under the Small Industries Development Bank of India with a capital of Rs. 2,000 crore to give a boost to start—up ecosystem in the country.
82) I-LTEO- Indian Long Term Ecological Observatories
8-different biomes (natural landscapes) across the country. The I-LTEO will cover the Western Himalayas to Western Ghats, Eastern Himalayas to Andaman and Nicobar islands, central India to the Sundarbans and from Jammu and Kashmir to Rajasthan and Gujarat.
Initiative launched according to COP-21 Paris Climate Change Conference.
Supported natural landscape, grassland, mammals, birds, fishes, insects etc.

83) The Heart of Asia - Istanbul Process was established to provide a platform to discuss regional issues, particularly encouraging security, political, and economic cooperation among Afghanistan and its neighbors. This region-led dialogue was launched in November 2011

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