GDP PROJECTIONS OF INDIA BY DIFFERENT ORGANISATIONS

1. Central Statistical office--7.1%
2. World bank--7%
3. Asian Development bank--7%
4. Reserve Bank of India-7.1%
5. Center for Monitoring Indian Economy--6%
6. International Monetary Fund--6.6%(2016-17),7.2%(2017-18),7.7%(2018-19)
7. Morgan Stanley--7.3%
8. NITI Aayog-8%

World Growth Rates:

1.World bank --2.7%

2.IMF global growth--3.1%

PADMA VIBUSHAN AWARD WINNERS LIST 2017

PADMA VIBHUSHAN AWARDS:

JAGGI VASUDEV

KJ YESUDAS

PA SANGMA 

MURALI MANOHAR JOSHI

SARAD PAWAR

SURENDER LAL PATWA

U R RAO

BCSBI TO ORGANIZE KNOW YOUR RIGHTS PROGRAMME IN URBAN AND RURAL AREAS

1.Banking codes and Standard Board of India has decided to organize know your rights programme in selected rural and urban areas to enhance awareness of banking codes at grass roots level.


2.BCSBI for the first time organized a know your rights programmed for less privileged women in Kerala in association with kudumbashree  

CEO OF BCSBI-ANAND ARAS

CABINET APPROVES IIM BILL 2017

1.The union cabinet approved the Indian Institute of Management(IIM) bill 2017,which aims at permitting IIMs to grant degrees rather than diplomas and be declared as institutions of national importance.

2.IIMs are not authorized to award degrees and hence they have been awarding post graduate Diploma and fellow programme in Management and these are equivalent to MBAs and Ph.D respectively.

PAKISTAN TESTS 2200 KM ABABEEL MISSILE

Pakistan conducted the first flight test of long range ballistic missile Ababeel.Pakistan claimed that the missile has the capability to carry nuclear war heads and engage multiple targets with high precision,defeating the enemies hostile rockets.The missile has a range of 2200 km

CABINET GIVES NOD TO VARISHTHA PENSION YOJANA

The cabinet gave its post facto approval for introduction of Varishtha Pension Bima Yojana 2017.The Scheme will be implemented  through Life Insurance Corporation of India(LIC) during the current financial year to provide social security to persons aged 60 years and above against all future fall in their interest income due to uncertain market conditions  

WORLD'S LIGHTEST WATCH DEVELOPED IN SWITZERLAND

Scientists have developed the world's lightest high performance mechanical watch.The time keeper weighs just 40 gm.The RM 50-03 watch was made using a composite incorporating Graphene to manufacture a strong but light weight case to house the delicate watch mechanism.