India’s Share in Global Trade India’s performance in World trade based on the WTO database which provides the data calendar year-wise is given as follows: India’s Trade Performance: Percentage Share in World Trade Years India’s Share in World Merchandise Exports India’s Share in World Commercial Services Exports India’s Share in World Merchandise Plus Services… Read More »
All 4,041 cities/towns asked to shift to cashless transactions; Madhya Pradesh to do so by March next year Internet banking, Online payments and PFMS to be adopted Shri M.Venkaiah Naidu launched cashless transaction facility of Visakhapatnam Corporation As a part of the ongoing efforts to move towards cashless transactions of all kind, the Ministry of… Read More »
Text of PM’s ‘Mann Ki Baat’ address on All India Radio on 27 November 2016 मेरे प्यारे देशवासियो, नमस्कार। पिछले महीने हम सब दिवाली का आनंद ले रहे थे। हर वर्ष की तरह इस बार दिवाली के मौके पर, मैं फिर एक बार जवानों के साथ दिवाली मनाने के लिये, चीन की सीमा पर, सरहद… Read More »
National Milk Day is celebrated in India on the birth anniversary of Dr. Verghese Kurien, the Father of White Revolution. Per capita availability of milk increased from 307 gram per day in 2013-14 to 340 grams per day in 2015-16. To connect breeders and farmers, e-pashuhaat portal (www.epashuhaat.gov.in) has been developed for the first time… Read More »
Text of PMs Speech at a function to commemorate Constitution Day, at Parliament House Annexe, 26 Nov 2016 आदरणीय सुमित्रा जी एवं उपस्थित सभी वरिष्ठ महानुभाव 26 नवंबर संविधान दिवस के रूप में मनाना 2015 से प्रारंभ किया| कल्पना ये है कि हमारी नई पीढ़ी इस सविंधान के साथ उसकी प्रक्रिया के साथ उसके उद्देश्यों… Read More »
Surrogacy The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), vide letter No. 25022/74/2011-F-I dated 9th July, 2012 issued guidelines for circulation to the Mission in foreign countries, stipulating, inter-alia, that foreign nationals visiting India with a medical Visa only, can avail of surrogacy. Subsequently, the aforesaid guidelines were reiterated vide MHA’s letter No. 25022/74/2011-F-I dated 14th October,… Read More »
Sex-Ratio in India As per the Census, 2011 the child sex ratio has shown decline from 927 females per thousand males in 2001 to 918 females per thousand males in 2011. The State/UT-wise details are given below: Child Sex Ratio as per Census (1971-2011) S. No. States/UTs 2011 India 918 1 Jammu & Kashmir… Read More »
Systematic Investment Plans (SIPs) in Mutual Funds in India The number of Systematic Investment Plans (SIPs) in Mutual Funds in India has almost doubled from 60 lakh as on 31st March 2014 to 116.3 lakh as on 31st March 2016. It has further increased to 134.5 lakh as on 31st October 2016. The details of… Read More »
Value of Currency Notes in Indian Languages The Indian banknotes are printed in two languages, English and Hindi. In addition, the other languages printed on the language panel of the Indian notes are Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Malayalam, Marathi, Nepali, Oriya, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu. Inclusion of languages on Banknotes is… Read More »
Listing of Indian Insurance Companies Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) issued a Discussion Paper on “Listing of Indian Insurance Companies” on 11th August 2016 in order to seek feedback on mandatory listing of life and non-life insurers. The Discussion Paper inter-alia suggests the following: i) Public listing enables the retail and institutional… Read More »