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1. RBI has held policy rates at current levels. However RBIs move to cut SLR by
50 bps to 22% could provide banks an additional liquidity of RS 44,000 crore.
Current fiscal year is expected to go up to 5.5 per cent from 4.7 per cent in last
financial year.
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the accounts in the first six months, banks will later extend a Rs 5,000 overdraft
facility, thereby turning the debit card into a kind of credit card. The debit card is
being issued by RuPay of the National Payments Corporation of India. Accounts
will opened with any one document including electricity/telephone bill,
marriage/birth certificate for address proof and NREGA job card/ identity card of
accredited institutions for identity proof. Having an Aadhaar card/number is not
mandatory. These accounts
can be linked to aadhaar numbers later.
56. Government plans to hike its stake in IFCI Ltd to 51 per cent by infusing Rs
60 crore in the country's oldest financial institution. At present the stake is
nearly 48 per cent.
57. GDP grew by 5.7 per cent in the first quarter of the fiscal, marking the
fastest growth since March 2012, according to data released by the CSO. The
economy grew at 4.6 per cent in the fourth quarter of last fiscal.
58. Wholesale price index (WPI)-based inflation dipped to a five-month low of
5.19 per cent in July.
59. State-owned banks are likely to hit the capital markets in November in a bid
to meet Basel III capital adequacy norms, for which the requirement has been
estimated at Rs.2.40 lakh crore over a five-year period.
60. Syndicate Bank Chairman-cum-Managing Director (CMD) S.K. Jain
was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation, along with his brother-inlaw and four others, for allegedly receiving a bribe of Rs. 50 lakh.
61. A Bill to further empower SEBI to check fraudulent investment schemes was
introduced in the Lok Sabha.
62. RBI issued draft guidelines for the implementation of Bharat Bill
Payment System.
The RBI has invited comments from stakeholders by September 5. The objective
of the BBPS is to implement an integrated bill payment system across the
country and offer interoperable and accessible bill payment service to customers
through a network of agents, enabling multiple payment modes and providing
instant confirmation of payment.
63. Chaired by Reserve Bank Governor Raghuram G. Rajan the Sub-Committee
of the Financial Stability and Development Council (FSDC) reviewed the domestic
macro economy and potential risks facing the financial system.
64. SEBI approved the SEBI (Real Estate Investment Trusts) Regulations, 2014,
and SEBI (Infrastructure Investment Trusts) Regulations, 2014. The SEBI move
will provide a framework for registration and regulation for setting up and listing
of Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) and Infrastructure Investment Trusts
(InvITs) in India. Once registered, the REIT will raise funds through an initial offer.
Subsequent raising of funds would be through follow-on offer, rights issue and
qualified institutional placement. The minimum subscription size for units of REIT
will be Rs. 2 lakh.
65. Moodys said the countrys GDP would grow by 5 per cent this year and
accelerate further in 2015.
66. On a Supreme Court directive, SEBI has issued a public notice asking those
holding bonds issued by two Sahara Group companies to apply for refund by
September 30.
67. RBI asked the State governments to be vigilant against unauthorised deposit
mobilization activities in different parts of the country.
68. The Union Rural Development Ministry has suggested doubling the amount
of financial assistance offered to villagers to build homes saying the current
allocation of Rs 70,000 was "insufficient". A paper on National Gramin Awaas
Mission (a rechristened version of Indira Awas Yojana) prepared by the
ministry on housing said the amount should be Rs 1.5 lakh.
69. India has decided to acquire US Boeing's Chinook and Apache helicopters,
an Indian defence ministry official said, in a deal valued at $2.5 billion. The deal
topped the agenda during a visit by U.S. Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel in
August.
70. The much-awaited minimum monthly pension of Rs 1,000 and a higher
wage ceiling of Rs 15,000
for social security schemes run by retirement fund manager EPFO will be
implemented from September 1.
71. Govt lifted the restriction of supply of only one subsidised cooking gas LPG
cylinder to a household in a month, saying consumers can avail their quota of 12
bottles at anytime of the year.
72. India has banned Finmeccanica group of companies from bidding in
contracts, a defence ministry source said. In January, India cancelled a 560million-euro ($751 million) order with Finmeccanicas unit Agusta Westland for 12
topend helicopters after Italian prosecutors alleged the defence group had paid
bribes to Indian
officials to win the contract.
73. The government notified the hike in foreign investment limit in defence
production to 49% from 26% approved by the cabinet recently. It said even
beyond the new limit of 49%, foreign investment would be considered on case to
case basis by the Cabinet Committee on Security.
74. The government will spend Rs 20,000 crore to provide mobile
connectivity in 55,000 villages, which are still untouched by wireless
telephony, in the next five years.
75. Gujarat has grabbed a lion's share, 45 percent, of the country's total exports
that were made from Special Economic Zones or SEZs during the year 2013-14.
76. Government has started the process for setting up four new ultra mega
power projects in Bihar, Jharkhand and Odisha, which will together add
16,000 MW capacity to the country's power generation. UMPP is a thermal
power project of at least 4,000 MW capacity, with an approximate
investment of Rs 25,000 crore. So far, four UMPPs have been awarded. Of this,
Sasan (Madhya Pradesh), Krishnapatnam (Andhra Pradesh) and Tilaiya
(Jharkhand) have been bagged by Reliance Power. Tata Power is operating the
Mundra UMPP in Gujarat.
77. Government hiked the import duty on both raw and refined sugar to 25 per
cent from the existing 15 per cent.
78. Delhi has been ranked a dismal 111th out of 140 world cities in a latest
global liveability study,
pointing to the lack of urban planning across India's polluted and chaotic cities.
79. Gujarat followed by Maharashtra and Karnataka are the leading states
attracting significant investment in Indias hotels and tourism industry.
80. India ranked fifth amongst top ten wind power producers in the world
by adding 1,700 MW capacity in 2013, a report said. "China was the leading
wind power producer by adding 16,100 MW capacity in 2013, followed by
USA, Germany and Spain," Renewable 2014 Global Status Report said.
81. The Defence Ministry has decided against blacklisting British aircraft engine
manufacturer Rolls-Royce and allowed the armed forces to do business related to
essential requirements with the firm, which is facing a CBI investigation for
allegedly paying commissions and employing middlemen in contracts with HAL.
82. In a bid to end the agitation against the Civil Services Aptitude Test (CSAT),
the Union government said the English comprehension skills component of Paper
II in the Civil Services preliminary examination should not be included for
gradation or merit.
83. Tata-SIA Airlines Limited announced that the much-anticipated brand
name of its new airline will be Vistara or limitless in Sanskrit with aubergine
and gold its colours.
84. Prime Minister Narendra Modi waived off Jammu and Kashmirs Rs. 60-crore
liability towards the Food Corporation of India and announced Central assistance
of Rs. 8,000 crore for four major road projects.
85. Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the setting up of a new institution
to replace the Planning Commission.
86. Asian Development Bank said it will provide up to 7-9 billion loan to the
country over the next three years.
87. India and Singapore decided to scale up ties in key areas of investment and
trade which has witnessed a huge surge from USD 4.2 billion to about USD 19.4
billion in the last one decade. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj visited
Singapore.
88. China inaugurated its second railway line in Tibet, built at a cost of USD 2.16
billion, close to Indian border in Sikkim, enhancing mobility of its military in the
remote and strategic Himalayan region.
89. India's economy is expected to record stronger growth momentum of 5.5
per cent in the current
fiscal, according to a UN report.
90. NASAs Mars rover, Opportunity, which landed on the Red Planet in 2004, is
now the record holder of the off-Earth roving distance after accruing 40
kilometres of driving, the American space agency said.
91. After the World Trade Organisation (WTO) failed to agree on a Trade
Facilitation Agreement (TFA) or global customs rules following Indian opposition
India has refused to agree on a TFA because it wants the WTO to decide
simultaneously on a higher limit on stockpiling of agriculture produce to feed the
poor.
92. Doordarshan programmes will soon be available across Asia, Europe,
North Africa and Australia, courtesy a memorandum of understanding signed by
Prasar Bharati with German public service broadcaster Deutsche Welle.
93. The two-day 18th BASIC countries (Brazil, South Africa, India and China)
Ministerial Meeting held in New Delhi.
94. Manjul Bhargava and Subhash Khot, mathematicians of Indian origin, are
among eight winners of the International Mathematical Union awards,
announced in Seoul.