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DAMS AND RIVERS (INDIA)

DAM RIVER STATETehri Dam Bhagirathi UttarakhandLakhwar Dam Yamuna UttarakhandIdukki Arch Dam Periyar KeralaBhakra Nangal Dam Satluj Himachal PradeshPakal Dul Dam Marusudar Jammu & KashmirSardar Sarovar Dam Narmada GujaratRanjit Sagar Dam Ravi PunjabBaglihar Dam Chenab Jammu & KashmirChamera I Dam Ravi Himachal PradeshPong Dam Beas Himachal PradeshJamrani Dam Gola UttarakhandRamganga Dam Ramganga Uttarakhand

Nagarjuna SagarDam Krishna Telangana/AP

Nagi Dam Nagi BiharLakya Dam Lakhya KarnatakaSholayar Dam Sholayar Tamil NaduKoyna Dam Koyna MaharashtraSupa Dam Kali Nadi KarnatakaKarjan Dam Karjan GujaratKoteshwar Dam Bhagirathi UttarakhandRihand Dam Rihand Uttar Pradesh

Indira Sagar Dam Narmada Madhya PradeshPillur Dam Bhavani Tamil NaduUpper Kodayar Dam Kodayar Tamil NaduChakra Dam Chakra KarnatakaBhandardara Dam Paravara MaharashtraUkai Dam Tapi GujaratUpper Aliyar Dam Aliyar Tamil NaduAruna Dam Aruna MaharashtraUpper Bhavani Dam Bhavani Tamil NaduPodagada Dam Podagada Odisha


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States and their Capitals (India)

STATE CAPITAL % OF URBANPOPULATION

SEXRATIO

YEAR OFFORMATION

Andhra Pradesh Amaravati33.49* 992* 1956

Arunachal Pradesh Itanagar22.67 920 1987

Assam Dispur14.08 954 1975

Bihar Patna11.3 916 1935

Chhattisgarh Raipur23.24 991 2000

Goa Panaji62.17 968 1961

Gujarat Gandhinagar42.58 918 1960

Haryana Chandigarh24.25 877 1966

Himachal Pradesh Shimla10.04 974 1971

Jammu and Kashmir Srinagar(summer), 27.21 883 1948

Jharkhand Ranchi24.05 947 2000

Karnataka Bengaluru38.57 968 1956

Kerala Thiruvananthapuram 47.72 1084 1956

Madhya Pradesh Bhopal27.63 930 1956

Maharashtra Mumbai 45.23 946 1960Manipur Imphal

20.21 987 1947

Meghalaya Shillong20.08 986 1970

Mizoram Aizawl51.51 975 1972

Nagaland Kohima28.97 931 1963


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Odisha Bhubaneswar16.68 978 1948

Punjab Chandigarh37.49 893 1966

Rajasthan Jaipur

24.89 926 1948Sikkim Gangtok

24.97 889 1975

Tamil Nadu Chennai48.45 995 1969

Telangana Hyderabad2014

Tripura Agartala26.18 961 1956

Uttar Pradesh Lucknow22.28 908 1937

Uttarakhand Dehradun30.55 963 2000

West Bengal Kolkata31.89 947 1947

UNIONTERRITORIES CAPITAL % OF URBANPOPULATION

FEMALESPER 1000MALES

YEAR OFESTABLISHMENT

Andaman and NicobarIslands

Port Blair35.67 878 1956

Chandigarh Chandigarh 97.25 818 1966

Dadar and NagarHaveli

Silvassa46.62 775 1944

Daman and Diu Daman75.16 618 1987

Delhi Delhi97.5 866 1952

Lakshadweep Kavaratti78.08 946

Puducherry Pondicherry 68.31 1038 1954

COUNTRY AND CAPITAL

Country CapitalAfghanistan KabulAkrotiri and Episkopi Cantonment


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Dhekelialand Islands MariehamnAlbania TiranaAlgeria AlgiersAmerican Samoa Pago Pago

Andorra Andorra la VellaAngola LuandaAnguilla The ValleyAntigua andBarbuda

St. John's

Argentina Buenos AiresArmenia YerevanAruba OranjestadAustralia CanberraAustria Vienna

Azerbaijan BakuBahamas NassauBahrain ManamaBangladesh DhakaBarbados BridgetownBelarus MinskBelgium BrusselsBelize BelmopanBermuda HamiltonBhutan ThimphuBolivia La Paz

Bonaire KralendijkBosnia andHerzegovina

Sarajevo

Botswana GaboroneBrazil BrasliaBritish VirginIslands

Road Town

Brunei Bandar Seri BegawanBulgaria SofiaBurkina Faso Ouagadougou

Burundi BujumburaCambodia Phnom PenhCameroon YaoundCanada OttawaCape Verde PraiaCayman Islands George TownCentral AfricanRepublic

Bangui

Chad N'DjamenaChile SantiagoChina Beijing


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Colombia BogotComoros MoroniCongo (Congo-Brazzaville)

Brazzaville

Costa Rica San Jos

Croatia ZagrebCuba HavanaCuracao WillemstadCyprus NicosiaCzech Republic PragueDemocraticRepublic of theCongo (Congo-Kinshasa)

Kinshasa

Denmark Copenhagen

Djibouti DjiboutiDominica RoseauDominican Republic Santo DomingoEast Timor (Timor-Leste)

Dili

Ecuador QuitoEgypt CairoEl Salvador San SalvadorEquatorial Guinea MalaboEritrea AsmaraEstonia Tallinn

Ethiopia Addis AbabaFaroe Islands TrshavnFiji SuvaFinland HelsinkiFrance ParisFrench Guiana CayenneGabon LibrevilleGambia BanjulGeorgia TbilisiGermany Berlin

Ghana AccraGibraltar GibraltarGreece AthensGreenland NuukGrenada St. George'sGuadeloupe Basse-TerreGuatemala Guatemala CityGuinea ConakryGuinea-Bissau BissauGuyana GeorgetownHaiti Port-au-Prince


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Honduras TegucigalpaHong Kong SAR of China/VictoriaHungary BudapestIceland ReykjavkIndia New Delhi

Indonesia JakartaIran TehranIraq BaghdadIreland DublinIsle of Man DouglasIsrael JerusalemItaly RomeIvory Coast YamoussoukroJamaica KingstonJapan Tokyo

Jersey Saint HelierJordan AmmanKazakhstan AstanaKenya NairobiKosovo PristinaKurdistan ErbilKuwait Kuwait CityKyrgyzstan BishkekLaos VientianeLatvia RigaLebanon BeirutLesotho MaseruLiberia MonroviaLibya TripoliLiechtenstein VaduzLithuania VilniusLuxembourg LuxembourgMacau SAR of China/MacauMacedonia SkopjeMadagascar AntananarivoMalawi Lilongwe

Malaysia Kuala LumpurMaldives MalMali BamakoMalta VallettaMartinique Fort-de-FranceMauritania NouakchottMauritius Port LouisMexico Mexico CityMoldova ChisinauMonaco MonacoMongolia Ulaanbaatar


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Montenegro PodgoricaMorocco RabatMozambique MaputoMyanmar (Burma) NaypyidawNagorno-Karabakh Stepanakert

Namibia WindhoekNepal KathmanduNetherlands AmsterdamNew Zealand WellingtonNicaragua ManaguaNiger NiameyNigeria AbujaNorth Korea PyongyangNorthern Cyprus NicosiaNorway Oslo

Oman MuscatPakistan IslamabadPalestine East JerusalemPanama Panama CityParaguay AsuncinPeru LimaPhilippines ManilaPoland WarsawPortugal LisbonPuerto Rico San JuanQatar DohaRunion Saint-DenisRomania BucharestRussia MoscowRwanda KigaliSaba The BottomSaint Barthlemy GustaviaSaint Kitts andNevis

Basseterre

Saint Lucia CastriesSaint Martin Marigot

San Marino San MarinoSao Tome andPrincipe

So Tom

Saudi Arabia RiyadhSenegal DakarSerbia BelgradeSeychelles VictoriaSierra Leone FreetownSingapore SingaporeSlovakia BratislavaSlovenia Ljubljana


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Somalia MogadishuSomaliland HargeisaSouth Africa PretoriaSouth Korea SeoulSouth Sudan Juba

Spain MadridSri Lanka Sri Jayawardenepura-

KotteSudan KhartoumSuriname ParamariboSvalbard LongyearbyenSwaziland MbabaneSweden StockholmSwitzerland BernSyria Damascus

Taiwan TaipeiTajikistan DushanbeTanzania DodomaThailand BangkokTogo LomTransnistria TiraspolTrinidad andTobago

Port of Spain

Tunisia TunisTurkey AnkaraTurkmenistan Ashgabat

Uganda KampalaUkraine KievUnited ArabEmirates

Abu Dhabi

United Kingdom LondonUnited States Washington, D.C.Uruguay MontevideoUS Virgin Islands Charlotte AmalieUzbekistan TashkentVanuatu Port Vila

Vatican City Vatican CityVenezuela CaracasVietnam HanoiYemen Sana'aZambia LusakaZimbabwe Harare

COUNTRY AND CURRENCY


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Country CurrencyAfghanistan AfghaniAkrotiri andDhekelia

Euro

land Islands Euro

Albania LekAlgeria DinarAmerican Samoa Pago PagoAndorra EuroAngola KwanzaAnguilla East Caribbean DollarAntigua andBarbuda

East Caribbean Dollar

Argentina PesoArmenia Dram

Aruba Aruban florinAustralia Australian dollarAustria EuroAzerbaijan ManatBahamas Bahamian DollarBahrain Bahraini dinarBangladesh TakaBarbados Barbadian DollarBelarus Belarusian rubleBelgium EuroBelize Belize Dollar

Bermuda Bermudian DollarBhutan Bhutanese ngultrumBolivia BolivianoBonaire USDollarBosnia andHerzegovina

Convertible mark

Botswana PulaBrazil RealBritish VirginIslands

USDollar

Brunei Brunei dollarBulgaria LevBurkina Faso CFA francBurundi Burundian francCambodia RielCameroon CFA francCanada Canadian DollarCape Verde Cape Verdean escudoCayman Islands Cayman Islands DollarCentral AfricanRepublic

CFA franc


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Chad CFA francChile PesoChina Renminbi (yuan)Colombia PesoComoros Comorian franc

Congo (Congo-Brazzaville)

CFA franc

Costa Rica Costa Rican colonCroatia KunaCuba Cuban pesoCuracao Netherlands Antillean

guilderCyprus EuroCzech Republic Czech korunaDemocratic

Republic of theCongo (Congo-Kinshasa)

Congolese franc

Denmark Danish kroneDjibouti Djiboutian francDominica East Caribbean DollarDominican Republic Dominican pesoEast Timor (Timor-Leste)

US Dollar

Ecuador US dollarEgypt Egyptian pound

El Salvador USDollarEquatorial Guinea CFA FrancEritrea NakfaEstonia EuroEthiopia BirrFaroe Islands Faroese krnaFiji Fijian dollarFinland EuroFrance Euro/CFP francFrench Guiana Euro

Gabon CFA francGambia Gambian dalasiGeorgia LariGermany EuroGhana Ghana cediGibraltar Gibraltar poundGreece EuroGreenland Danish KroneGrenada East Caribbean DollarGuadeloupe EuroGuatemala Guatemalan quetzal


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Guinea Guinean francGuinea-Bissau CFA francGuyana Guyanese dollarHaiti Haitian gourdeHonduras Honduran lempira

Hong Kong Hong Kong dollarHungary ForintIceland Icelandic krnaIndia Indian rupeeIndonesia RupiahIran RialIraq Iraqi dinarIreland EuroIsle of Man Pound sterlingIsrael New Shekel

Italy EuroIvory Coast CFA francJamaica Jamaican DollarJapan YenJersey Pound sterlingJordan Jordanian dinarKazakhstan TengeKenya Kenyan shillingKosovo EuroKurdistan DinarKuwait Kuwaiti dinarKyrgyzstan SomLaos KipLatvia EuroLebanon Lebanese poundLesotho Lesotho lotiLiberia Liberian dollarLibya DinarLiechtenstein Swiss francLithuania EuroLuxembourg Euro

Macau Macanese patacaMacedonia Macedonian denarMadagascar Malagasy ariaryMalawi KwachaMalaysia RinggitMaldives Maldivian rufiyaaMali CFA francMalta EuroMartinique EuroMauritania OuguiyaMauritius Mauritian rupee


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Mexico Mexican pesoMoldova Moldovan leuMonaco EuroMongolia TgrgMontenegro Euro

Morocco Moroccan dirhamMozambique Mozambican meticalMyanmar (Burma) KyatNagorno-Karabakh Armenian dramNamibia Namibian dollarNepal Nepalese rupeeNetherlands EuroNew Zealand New Zealand dollarNicaragua Nicaraguan cordobaNiger CFA franc

Nigeria NairaNorth Korea North Korean wonNorthern Cyprus Turkish liraNorway Norwegian kroneOman RialPakistan Pakistani RupeePalestine Israeli ShekelPanama US Dollar, Panamanian

balboaParaguay GuaranPeru Nuevo sol

Philippines Philippine PesoPoland ZlotyPortugal EuroPuerto Rico USDollarQatar RiyalRunion EuroRomania Romanian leuRussia Russian rubleRwanda Rwandan francSaba USDollar

Saint Barthlemy EuroSaint Kitts andNevis

East Caribbean Dollar

Saint Lucia East Caribbean DollarSaint Martin EuroSan Marino EuroSao Tome andPrincipe

Dobra

Saudi Arabia Saudi riyalSenegal CFA francSerbia Serbian dinar


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Seychelles Seychellois rupeeSierra Leone LeoneSingapore Singapore dollarSlovakia EuroSlovenia Euro

Somalia Somali shillingSomaliland Somaliland shillingSouth Africa South African randSouth Korea South Korean wonSouth Sudan South Sudanese poundSpain EuroSri Lanka Sri Lankan rupeeSudan Sudanese poundSuriname Surinamese dollarSvalbard Norwegian krone

Swaziland LilangeniSweden Swedish kronaSwitzerland Swiss francSyria Syrian poundTaiwan New Taiwan dollarTajikistan SomoniTanzania Tanzanian shillingThailand BahtTogo CFA francTransnistria Transnistrian rubleTrinidad andTobago

Trinidad and TobagoDollar

Tunisia Tunisian dinarTurkey Turkish liraTurkmenistan Turkmen new manatUganda Ugandan shillingUkraine Ukrainian hryvniaUnited ArabEmirates

UAE dirham

United Kingdom Pound sterlingUnited States US Dollar

Uruguay Uruguayan pesoUS Virgin Islands US DollarUzbekistan Uzbekistan somVanuatu Vanuatu vatuVatican City EuroVenezuela Bolvar fuerteVietnam dongYemen Yemeni rialZambia Zambian kwachaZimbabwe US dollar


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COUNTRIES AND THEIR PARLIAMENTS

Country Name Parliament Name

Afghanistan ShoraAustralia ParliamentBangladesh Jatia ParliamentBhutan TasongaduCanada ParliamentChina National People CongressDenmark FolketingEgypt People's AssemblyFrance ParlementGermany BundestagGreat Britain Parliament

Hungary OrszggylsIceland AlthingIndia SansadIran MajilisIreland OireachtasIsrael The KnessetItaly Parlamento ItalianoJapan DietKuwait Majlis-al-UmmaLativa Saeima

Malaysia MajilisMaldives MajilisMagnolia KhuralNepal Rashtriya PanchayatNetherlands States General (Staten-Generaal)Norway StortingOman MajlisPakistan Majlis-e-ShooraPoland ScymRussia DumaSpain CrotesSweden RiksdagSouth Africa ParliamentSwitzerland Federal AssemblyTaiwan YuanTurkey Grand National AssemblyUSA CongressUzbekistan Oliy Majlis

MOUNTAIN RANGES IN INDIA AND THEIR LOCATIONS


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PEAK REGION STATE

Sandakphu Eastern Himalaya West Bengal

Nanda Devi Garhwal Himalaya Uttarakhand

Amsot Peak Shivalik Hills Uttar Pradesh

Betalongchhip Jampui Hills Tripura

Laxmidevipalli Deccan Plateau TelanganaDoddabetta Nilgiri Hills Tamil Nadu

Kangchenjunga Eastern Himalaya Sikkim

Guru Shikhar Aravali Rajasthan

Deomali Eastern Ghats Odisha

Mount Saramati Naga Hills Nagaland

Phawngpui Saiha District Mizoram

Shillong Peak Khasi Hills Meghalaya

Mount Iso Senapati District Manipur

Kalsubai Western Ghats Maharashtra

Dhupgarh Satpura Madhya Pradesh

Anamudi Western Ghats Kerala

Mullayanagiri Western Ghats Karnataka

Parasnath Parasnath Hills Jharkhand

K2 Karakoram Jammu and Kashmir

Saltoro Kangri Karakoram Jammu and Kashmir

Reo Purgyil Western Himalaya Himachal Pradesh

Karoh Peak Morni Hills Haryana

Girnar Junagadh District Gujarat

Sosogad Western Ghats Goa

Bailadila Range Dantewada District Chhattisgarh

Someshwar Fort West Champaran BiharKangto Eastern Himalaya Arunachal Pradesh

Arma Konda Eastern Ghats Andhra Pradesh

STATES AND RIVERS

City River State

Agra Yamuna Uttar Pradesh

Ahmedabad Sabarmati GujaratAllahabad Ganges Uttar Pradesh

Ayodhya Saryu Uttar Pradesh

Badrinath Ganges Uttarakhand

Kolkata Hooghly West Bengal

Cuttack Mahanadi Odisha

New Delhi Yamuna Delhi

Dibrugarh Brahmaputra Assam

Ferozpur Sutlej Punjab

Guwahati Brahmaputra Assam

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Hyderabad Musi Telangana

Jabalpur Narmada Madhya Pradesh

Kanpur Ganges Uttar Pradesh

Kota Chambal Rajasthan

Jaunpur Gomti Uttar Pradesh

Patna Ganges BiharRajahmundry Godavari Andhra Pradesh

Srinagar Jhelum Jammu & Kashmir

Surat Tapti Gujarat

Tiruchirapalli Kaveri Tamil Nadu

Varanasi Ganges Uttar Pradesh

Vijayawada Krishna Andhra Pradesh

Vadodara Vishwamitri Gujarat

Mathura Yamuna Uttar Pradesh

Auraiya Yamuna Uttar Pradesh

Etawah Yamuna Uttar Pradesh

Bangalore Vrishabhavathi Karnataka

Farrukhabad Ganges Uttar Pradesh

Fatehgarh Ganges Uttar Pradesh

Kannauj Ganges Uttar Pradesh

Mangalore Netravati, Gurupura Karnataka

Shimoga Tunga River Karnataka

Bhadravathi Bhadra Karnataka

Hospet Tungabhadra Karnataka

Karwar Kali Karnataka

Bagalkot Ghataprabha Karnataka

Honnavar Sharavathi KarnatakaGwalior Chambal Madhya Pradesh

Gorakhpur Rapti Uttar Pradesh

Lucknow Gomti Uttar Pradesh

Kanpur

Cantonment

Ganges Uttar Pradesh

Shuklaganj Ganges Uttar Pradesh

Chakeri Ganges Uttar Pradesh

Malegaon Girna River Maharashtra

Sambalpur Mahanadi Odisha

Rourkela Brahmani Odisha

Pune Mula, Mutha MaharashtraDaman Daman Ganga River Daman

Madurai Vaigai Tamil Nadu

Thiruchirapalli Kaveri Tamil Nadu

Chennai Cooum, Adyar Tamil Nadu

Coimbatore Noyyal Tamil Nadu

Erode Kaveri Tamil Nadu

Tirunelveli Thamirabarani Tamil Nadu

Bharuch Narmada Gujarat

Karjat Ulhas Maharashtra

Nashik Godavari Maharashtra


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Mahad Savitri Maharashtra

Nanded Godavari Maharashtra

Nellore Pennar Andhra Pradesh

Nizamabad Godavari Andhrapradesh

Sangli Krishna Maharashtra

Karad Krishna, Koyna MaharashtraHajipur Ganges Bihar

Ujjain Shipra Madhya Pradesh

Food Festivals Around the World

Each country in the world has unique culinary treasures and food traditions. These are celebrated in

delicious and colourful food festivals around the world. Discover the delights of the worlds foodfestivals for more finger-licking fun!Ivrea Orange FestivalIvrea, Italy (held in February)Maslenitsa Festival (Pancake Festival)Moscow, Russia (held in February or March)Melbourne Food & Wine FestivalMelbourne, Australia (held in FebruaryMarch)International Mango FestivalNew Delhi, India (held in July)Maine Lobster FestivalHarbor Park, Rockland, Maine, USA (held in JulyAugust)San Francisco Street Food FestivalSan Francisco, USA (held in August)Mistura Food FestivalLima, Peru (held in September)OktoberfestMunich, Germany (held in October)Baltic Herring FestivalHelsinki, Finland (held in October)

Alba White Truffle FestivalAlba, Italy (held in October-November)Monkey Buffet FestivalLopburi Province, Thailand (held in November)Chocolate FestivalLondon, UK (held in December)

PM Visits (Jan 15-Aug 15)

1. SEYCHELLES(i) Area visited : Victoria(ii) Agreements: The two sides inked 4 agreements on cooperation in hydrography, renewableenergy, infrastructure development and sale of navigation charts and electronic navigationalcharts.(iii) President: James Michel(iv) Currency: Seychellois rupee(v) Capital: Victoria

2. MAURITIUS


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(i) Area visited : Port Louis(ii) Purpose: Modi was the chief guest at the Mauritian National Day on 12 March.(iii) Agreements: The two countries inked 5 agreements on Ocean Economy, improvement inSea and Air Transportation Facilities at Agalega Island in Mauritius, cultural co-operation, co-operation in the field of Traditional System of Medicine and Homeopathy.

(iv) President: Ameenah Gurib(v) Prime Minister:Anerood Jugnauth(vi) Currency: Mauritian rupee(vii) Capital: Port Louis

3. SRI LANKA(i) Area visited : Colombo, Jaffna(ii) Agreements: The two countries signed 4 agreements on visa, customs, youthdevelopment and building Rabindranath Tagore memorial in Sri Lanka(iii) President:Maithripala Sirisena(iv) Prime Minister: Ranil Wickremesinghe(v) Currency: Sri Lankan rupee(vi) Capital: Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Colombo

4. SINGAPORE(i) Area visited : Singapore(ii) Purpose: Prime Minister Modi attended the state-funeral of Lee Kuan Yew, the first PrimeMinister of Singapore.(iii) President: Tony Tan(iv) Prime Minister: Lee Hsien Loong

(v) Currency:Singapore dollar(vi) Capital: Singapore

5. FRANCE(i) Area visited : Paris, Toulouse, Neuve-Chapelle(ii) Agreements: India and France signed 17 agreements on stalled nuclear project in Jaitapurin Maharashtra, development of indigenous nuclear energy industry in India, cooperation inthe economic sector, cooperation in the field of renewable energy etc.(iii) President: Franois Hollande(iv) Prime Minister: Manuel Valls(v) Currency:Euro

(vi) Capital: Paris

6. GERMANY(i) Area visited : Berlin, Hannover

(ii) Purpose: To promote Indo-German trade and investments. PM Narendra Modi pitched hisMake in India campaign to various German industries.(iii) President:Joachim Gauck(iv) Chancellor: Angela Merkel(v) Currency: Euro(vi) Capital: Berlin


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7. CANADA(i) Area visited : Ottawa,Toronto, Vancouver(ii) Purpose: Both countries signed agreements on civil aviation, rail regulation, education and skillsdevelopment, space cooperation, and projects focused on maternal, newborn and child health. (iii) Monarch: Elizabeth II

(iv) Prime Minister: Stephen Harper(v) Currency: Canadian Dollar(vi) Capital: Ottawa

8. CHINA(i) Area visited : Xi'an, Beijing,Shanghai(ii) Agreements: India and China signed 24 agreements worth over 10 billion dollars. Some ofthe agreements between include development of railway between the two countries,education exchange agreement, agreement in mining sector and agreement in broadcastingsector between Doordarshan and CCTV, etc.(iii) President: Xi Jinping(iv) Premier:Li Keqiang(v) Currency: Yuan(vi) Capital: Beijing

9. MONGOLIA(i) Area visited : Ulan Bator(ii) Agreements: Both the countries signed 14 agreements on air services agreement, cybersecurity, cooperation in the field of animal health and dairy and traditional systems ormedicine and homeopathy, etc.(iii) President: Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj

(iv) Prime Minister: Chimed Saikhanbileg(v) Currency: Yuan(vi) Capital: Ulan Bator

10. SOUTH KOREA(i) Area visited : Seoul(ii) Purpose: Modi's visit to South Korea was part of India's East Asia policy and Modi'sattempt to promote his Make in India concept to Korean investors.(iii) Agreements: Both the countries inked 7 agreements on avoidance of double taxation andformalising consultations between National Security Councils of the two nations, andcooperation in audio-visual co-production, etc.

(iv) President: Park Geun-hye(v) Prime Minister: Hwang Kyo-ahn(vi) Currency: South Korean won(vii) Capital: Seoul

11. BANGLADESH(i) Area visited : Dhaka(ii) Agreements: Both the countries inked 22 agreements on curbing human trafficking,smuggling of fake currency and setting up an Indian Economic Zone, Land BoundaryAgreement (LBA) etc.(iii) President: Md. Abdul Hamid


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(iv) Prime Minister: Sheikh Hasina(v) Currency: Bangladeshi taka(vi) Capital: Dhaka

12. UZBEKISTAN

(i) Area visited : Tashkent(ii) Agreements: Both the countries signed 3 agreements to boost cooperation between theirforeign offi ces and in the field of culture and tourism(iii) President: Islam Karimov(iv) Prime Minister: Shavkat Mirziyoyev(v) Currency: Uzbekistani som(vi) Capital: Tashkent

13. KAZAKHSTAN(i) Area visited : Astana(ii) Agreements: Both the countries signed 5 agreements on including defence, railways and

uranium supply, cooperation in the framework of the International North South TransportCorridor and to improve surface connectivity.(iii) President: Nursultan Nazarbayev(iv) Prime Minister: Karim Massimov(v) Currency: Kazakhstani tenge(vi) Capital: Astana

14. RUSSIA(i) Area visited : Ufa, Bashkortostan(ii) Purpose: To attend 7th BRICS Summit (Theme: BRICS partnership: A powerful factor for

global development) and Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit. [Note: India willhost the 8th BRICS Summit in 2016](iii) President: Vladimir Putin(iv) Prime Minister: Dmitry Medvedev(v) Currency: Russian ruble(vi) Capital: Moscow

15. TURKMENISTAN(i) Area visited : Ashgabat(ii) Agreements: India and Turkmenistan signed 7 agreements in the fields of defence, supplyof chemical products, foreign affairs, sports, science and technology, medicine and tourism.

(iii) President: Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow(iv) Currency: Turkmen new manat(v) Capital: Ashgabat

16. KYRGYZSTAN(i) Area visited : Bishkek(ii) Agreements: Both the countries signed 4 agreements on cooperation in defence, culture,Election Commissions and in the sphere of Standards.(iii) President:Almazbek Atambayev(iv) Prime Minister: Temir Sariyev(v) Currency: Kyrgyzstani som


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(vi) Capital: Bishkek

17. TAJIKISTAN(i) Area visited : Dushanbe(ii) Agreements: Both the countries signed 2 agreements in the field of culture and human

resource development. India is to set up computer labs in 37 schools in Tajikistan.(iii) President: Emomali Rahmon(iv) Prime Minister: Kokhir Rasulzoda(v) Currency: Tajikistani somoni(vi) Capital: Dushanbe

18. UNITED ARAB EMIRATES(i) Area visited : Abu Dhabi,Dubai(ii) Agreements: India and the United Arab Emirates decided to set up a multi-billion dollarfund to raise $75 billion to support investment in Indias investment sector. PM NarendraModi offered $1 trillion investment opportunity to UAE.

(iii) President: Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan(iv) Prime Minister: Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum(v) Currency: United Arab Emirates dirham(vi) Capital: Abu Dhabi

SPORTS : TROPHIES AND TERMS

NAME OFGAME

CUP/TROPHIES ASSOCIATED TERMS

Badminton Europian Cup, Narang Cup, ThomasCup, Uber Cup, World Cup, KonicaCup,Yonex Cup,

Alley, Base Line,Backcourt, Bird, Carry, Clear,Center Line, Deuce, Double fault, Drop, Fault,Flick, Net Shot, Push Shot

Basketball Federation Cup, S.M. Arjuna RajaTrophy, Todd Memorial Trophy,William Jones Cup

Basket, Blocking, Double Team, Dunk,Dribbling, Jump Ball, Mutiple throws

Chess Naidu Trophy, Khaitan Trophy,Limca Trophy, World Cup

Absolute Pin, Attack, Bind, Bishop, Board,Check, Checkmate, Castling, Duffer, Pawn

Cricket Ashes, Asia Cup, Benson andHedges Cup, ICC ChampionsTrophy,C. K Nayadu Trophy,Deodhar Trophy, Copa America

Trophy, Gavaskar-Border Trophy,J.D.Birla Trophy,Gillette Cup, IraniTrophy, Jawahar Lal Nehru Cup,Natwest Trophy,NKP SalveChallenger Trophy, Sharjah Cup,Vijay Hazare Trophy, Ranji Trophy,ICC World Cup,Wisden Trophy,Singer Cup

Ashes, Boundary, Bowling, Caught,Chinaman, Cover Drive, Diamond Duck, Duck,Four, French Cut, Full Toss, Crease, CowCorner, Duck, Follow on, Googly, Gully,

Golden Duck, Hat-trick, Hit wicket, LBW, Leg-bbreak, Leg bye, Mankad, Maiden over, Noball, Off break, On drive, Out, Over, Mandatoryover, Pitch, Popping crease, Rubber, Rundown, Run out, Single, Sixer, Silly Point,Square Leg, Stone walling, Straight drive,Stumped, Twelth man, Wicket, Wide, Yorker,

Football Airline Cup, America Cup, Asia Cup,Asian Womens Cup, BandodkarTrophy, B.C. Roy Trophy, Begum

Hazrat Mahal Cup, BILT cup,

Back Heel, Back Pass, Ball Carrier, BicycleKick, Center Spot, Corner Flag, Farpost, Foul,FIFA, Cross, Defender, Corner kick, Direct free

kick, Dribble, Dummy Run, Goal Kick, Give


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Bordoloi Trophy, Colombo Cup,DCM Cup, Durand Cup, EuropeanCup, FA Cup, Federation Cup, GoldCup, Govemors Cup, Great WallCup, IFA Shield, Independence Day

Cup,Indira Gandhi Trophy,Jawaharlal Nehru Gold Cup, KalingaCup, Kings Cup, Lal Bahadur ShastriTrophy, McDowell Cup, MerdekaCup, Nagjee Trophy, Nijam GoldCup, Rovers Cup, Rajiv GandhiTrophy, Santosh Trophy, StaffordCup, Subroto Cup, FIFA Wolrd Cup,Vittal Trophy, UEFA Cup, U.S.Cup

and Go, Hat-trick, Off side, Penalty kick, Throwin, Tripping, Goalkeeper, Header, Goal line,Kickoff, Inswinger, Midfielder, Nearpost,Penalty, Penalty Spot, Red Card, RefereeYellow Card , Obstruction, Shot, Striker,

Sweeper, Toe Poke, Touch Line, Tackle,Through Pass, Zone Defense, Trapping theball, Volley, Wingers

Golf Canada Cup, Eisenhower Trophy,FedExCup Trophy, Muthiah Gold

Cup, Nomura Cup, Ryder Cup,Topolino Trophy, Walker Cup,Prince of Wales Cup,Paralamdi Trophy, Royal Trophy,

Backdoor, Backspin, Backswing, Ball Mark,Best-ball foursome, Below the Hole, Bogey,

Bunker, Caddie, Dip, Divot, Dormy, Digger,Double Break, Double Hit, Flip, Flop Shot,Fairway, Fourball, Foursome, Flex, Flex Point,Grip, Grind, Greed holes, Links, Niblic, Par,Put, Rough, Stymied, Tee, Threesome

Hockey Agha Khan Cup, Allwyn Asia Cup,Azlan Shah Cup, Beighton Cup,Bhimsen Trophy, BMWTrophy,Bomaby Gold Cup,Champions Trophy, Bhyan ChandTrophy,European Nations Cup, GuruNanak Cup, Indira Gandhi GoldCup,World Cup, Rangaswami Cup,Scindia Gold Cup,Yadavindra Cup,Wellington Cup, Murugappa GoldCup,Kuppuswamy Naidu Cup, RanjitSingh Gold Cup

Bully, Carry, Corner, Hat-trick, Hooking, Off-side, Roll-in, Scoop, Short corner, Stick,Striking circle, Tie-breaker, Red Line, PowerPlay, Penalty, Penalty Box, Penalty Shot,Interference,Tripping, Winger

Tennis Champions Cup, Davis Cup, Dr.rajender Parsad Cup, EdgbastonCup, Hamlet Cup, Lipton Trophy,Evert Cup, Federation Cup, Ghafar

Cup, Grand Slam Cup, MercedesCup, Nations Cup, Weightman Cup,Wimbledon Trophy, World Cup,World Team Cup

Ad Court,Advantage, Angel-game, Alley,Ball,Ballboys, Baseline, Crosscourt, Backhandstroke, Drop shot, Deuce, Double fault,Fault,Footfault, Forecourt, Ground stroke, Half

volley, Let, Love, Smash, Volley,Net, Lob,Rally, Linesman, Stance

Volleyball Centennial Cup, Federation Cup,Indira Pradhan Trophy, ShivanthiGold Cup, World Cup

Blocking, Doubling, Heave, Holding, Love all,Point, Service, Volley, Ceiling Height, Poles,Service Line, Attack Line, Center Line

Wrestling Bharat Kesri, Burdwan Shield, WorldCup

Half nelson, Head lock, Heave, Hold, Rebouts,Scissor


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INTERNATIONAL DAYS

JANUARY26th January International Customs Day

FEBRUARY4 February World Cancer Day13 February World Radio Day20 February World Day of Social Justice21 February International Mother Language Day [UNESCO]

MARCH1 March Zero Discrimination Day [UNAIDS]

3 March World Wildlife Day8 March International Women's Day20 March International Day of Happiness21 March International Day for the Elimination of Racial

Discrimination21 March World Poetry Day [UNESCO]21 March International Day of Nowruz21 March International Day of Forests22 March World Water Day23 March World Meteorological Day [WMO]24 March World Tuberculosis Day [WHO]

APRIL2 April World Autism Awareness Day6 April International Day of Sport for Development and

Peace7 April World Health Day [WHO]12 April International Day of Human Space Flight22 April International Mother Earth Day23 April World Book and Copyright Day23 April English Language Day24 - 30 April World Immunization Week [WHO]

25 April World Malaria Day [WHO]26 April World Intellectual Property Day [WIPO]28 April World Day for Safety and Health at Work30 April International Jazz Day

MAY3 May World Press Freedom Day9-10 May World Migratory Bird Day [UNEP]15 May International Day of Families17 May World Telecommunication Day [ITU]22 May International Day for Biological Diversity


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23 May International Day to End Obstetric Fistula29 May International Day of UN Peacekeepers31 May World No-Tobacco Day [WHO]

JUNE

1 June Global Day of Parents5 June World Environment Day [UNEP]8 June World Oceans Day12 June World Day Against Child Labour14 June World Blood Donor Day [WHO]15 June World Elder Abuse Awareness Day17 June World Day to Combat Desertification and

Drought20 June World Refugee Day21 June International Day of Yoga26 June International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit

Trafficking

JULY4 July (firstSaturday in July)

International Day of Cooperatives

11 July World Population Day15 July World Youth Skills Day18 July Nelson Mandela International Day28 July World Hepatitis Day [WHO]30 July International Day of Friendship30 July World Day against Trafficking in Persons

AUGUST12 August International Youth Day19 August World Humanitarian Day29 August International Day against Nuclear Tests30 August International Day of the Victims of Enforced

Disappearances

SEPTEMBER5 September International Day of Charity

8 September International Literacy Day [UNESCO]12 September United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation15 September International Day of Democracy16 September International Day for the Preservation of the

Ozone Layer21 September International Day of Peace25 September World Maritime Day [IMO]27 September World Tourism Day

OCTOBER1 October International Day of Older Persons

2 October International Day of Non-Violence


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5 October World Teachers Day [UNESCO]5 October World Habitat Day9 October World Post Day10 October World Mental Health Day [WHO]16 October World Food Day [FAO]

17 October International Day for the Eradication of Poverty20 October World Statistics Day24 October United Nations Day24 October World Development Information Day31 October World Cities Day

NOVEMBER14 November World Diabetes Day16 November International Day for Tolerance19 November World Toilet Day19 November World Philosophy Day20 November Africa Industrialization Day20 November Universal Childrens Day21 November World Television Day29 November International Day of Solidarity with the

Palestinian People

DECEMBER1 December World AIDS Day5 December World Soil Day [FAO]7 December International Civil Aviation Day [ICAO]9 December

International Anti-Corruption Day10 December Human Rights Day11 December International Mountain Day18 December International Migrants Day20 December International Human Solidarity Day

NATIONAL DAYS

JANUARY4 -10 January Oil Conservation Week10 -16 January Road Safety Week12 January National Youth Day15 January Army Day15 -21 January Pin Code Week25 January India Tourism Day26 January Republic Day30 January Martyrs Day30 January National Cleanliness Day


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FEBRUARY24 February Excise Day

MARCH

4 -10 March National Safety Week12 March Dandi March Day15 March Consumers Day16 March Immunization Day23 March Martyrdom Day Of Bhagat Singh

APRIL17 April Prevention Of Blindness Week7 April World Health Day714 April Handloom Week13 April Jallianwala Bagh Massacre / Baisakhi

14 April Customs Day1420 April Fire Service Week

MAY5 May National Labour Day8 May World Red Cross Day24 May Common-Wealth Day31 May No Tobacco Day

AUGUST9 August Quit India Movement Day

20 August Rajiv Gandhis Birth Anniversary (Sadbhavana Diwas)

SEPTEMBER1 -7 September National Nutrition Week5 September Teachers Day14 September Sanchayika Day14 September Hindi Divas

OCTOBER1 October National Voluntary Blood Donation Day1 -7 October Wild Life Week

2 October Mahatma Gandhis Birthday2 October Anti-Leprosy Day2 -8 October Prevention Of Blindness Week2 -8 October Anti-Un-Touchability Week6 October World Habitat Day (Housing)8 October Air Force Day10 October National Post Day14 October World Standards Day21 October Azad Hind Day21 October Global Iodine Deficiency Disorder (Idd) Day

31 October Anti -Terrorism Day


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NOVEMBER2 November All Saints Day9 November Legal Services Day9 -14 November International Week Of Science

14 November Nehrus Birthday-Childrens Day16 November International Day For Tolerance And Peace19 November National Integration Day (Indira Gandhis Birthday)20 November Child Rights Day26 November Constitution Day

DECEMBER2 December National Pollution Control Day3 December International Day Of Disabled Persons3 December National Conservation Day3 December Bhopal Gas Tragedy Day

4 December Naval Day7 December Flag Day8 December Saarc Day8 -14 December All India Handicrafts Week10 December Human Rights Day14 December National Energy Conservation Day

IMPORTANT COMMITTEES 2014-2015

Ajay Shankar Committee :To review functioning of PPP CellH Devaraj Commitee :Deemed universityH R Khan Panel :To evaluate unclaimed PPF and Post Office SavingsV V Daga Committee : To conduct forensic audit of NSELSivaramakrishnan Committee :Submit Report to build the capital city for Andhra Pradesh Ramanujam Committee :To avoid obsolete lawsBimal Jalan Committee :To head the Expenditure Management Commission

Hari Gautam Committee :To review the status of UGCJustice SB Sinha (One Member Commission):To Probe 2006 Meerut Fire TragedySuresh Prabhu Committee: To review gas pricing formulaR S Sharma Expert Committee :To review the Company (Cost Records and Cost Audits) Rules2014Justice MB Shah Committee :Black MoneyDeepak Mohanty Committee : Data and Information Management in the RBIArvind Mayaram Committee :To clear definition to the FDI and FII Nachiket Mor Committee : To permit NBFC's to work as Business correspondence P J Nayak Committee :Governance of Boards of Bank in IndiaBibek Debroy :For Restructuring the railway

Pratyush Sinha :To assess compensation for coal blocks.


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Jairam Ramesh :On sustainable developmentT.K. Vishwanathan Committee: Bankruptcy code for small and medium enterprises (SMEs). K.V. Kamath panel:Examine the financial architecture for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises(MSME) sector.Gopalakrishna Committee:Capacity Building in Banks and non-Banks.

G N Bajpai Committee: National pension system (NPS) schemes in private sector.R A Mashelkar panel: To suggest best technologies for "Swachh Bharat" mission. T S R Subramanian Committee:To review five key green laws concerning protection andconservation of environment, forest, wildlife, water and air among others.

BOOKS AND AUTHORS

BOOK AUTHORKashmir: The Vajpayee Years A. S. DulatTranscendence A.P.J. Abdul with Arun TiwariThe Seduction of Delhi Abhay K.Family Life Akhil SharmaBenazir Bhutto Anna SuvorovaSleeping on the Jupiter Anuradha RoyWhen God is a Traveller Arundhati SubramaniamBorn Again on the Mountain Arunima SinhaRandom Recollections C.V. Narasimahan

Half Girlfriend Chetan BhagatThe Pakistan Paradox Christophe JaffrelotThe China Model Daniel A BellThe US-India Nuclear Agreement Dinshaw MishtryGod's Bankers Gerald PosnerHow Modi Won It Harish KhareLooking Away Harsh ManderRecasting India Hindol SenguptaGreen Signals Jai Ram RameshWnaderers All Janhavi AcharekarThe First Firangis Jonathan Gil Harris

Becoming Minority Jyotirmaya Tripathy, Sudarsan PadmanabhanThe Rise of Big Business in India Kamal Aron, Mitra ChinoyRD Burman: The Prince of Music Khagesh Dev BurmanMe Hijra, Me Laxmi LaxmiShifting Ground Mahesh Rangrajan, K. SivaramasundaramMemories of Belonging Malavika KaralekarWhy I Assasinated MahatmaGandhi

Nathuram Godse

The Last Wave Pankaj SekhsariaThe Rise of Islamic State Patrick CockburnChina: Confucius in the Shadow Poonam Surie


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The Dramatic Decade Pranab MukherjeeSuper Economies Raghav BahalOut of Line Ritu MenonThe Past Before Us Romilla ThaparGreater Than Bradman Rudolf Lambert Fernandez

Forged in Crisis Rudra ChaudharyPlying it My Way Sachin TendulkarAt Home in India Salman KhurshidIndia's Rise as an Asian Power Sandy GordonSaurav Ganguly Saptarshi SarkarFragile Frontiers Saroj Kumar RathGhost of Calcutta Sebastian OrtizIndia Shashtra Shashi TharoorBeyond The Private World Subrata BagachiBeyond Doubt Teesta SetalvadGandhi at First Sight Thomas WeberNo Free Left Vijay PrasadEditor Unplugged Vinod Mehta

INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS HEADQUARTERS ANDHEADS

INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION HEADQUARTERS HEADSAfrican Development Bank Abidjan, Ivory Coast Donald Kaberuka (President)Asian Development Bank Metro Manila,

PhilippinesHaruhiko Kuroda (President)

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation(APEC)

Singapore Muhamad Noor (ExecutiveDirector)

Association of Southeast AsianNations (ASEAN)

Jakarta, Indonesia Surin Pitsuwan (Secretary-Generalm)

Commonwealth of Nations London, UnitedKingdom

Queen Elizabeth II (Head)

Confdration africaine de football(CAF)

Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia

Issa Hayatou (President)

European Council Strasbourg Thorbjrn Jagland (SecretaryGeneral)

Federation Internationale de FootballAssociation (FIFA)

Zrich, Switzerland Sepp Blatter (President)

Federation Internationale des Echecs(FIDE)

Athens, Greece Kirsan Ilyumzhinov (President)

Food and Agriculture Organization(FAO)

Rome, Italy Jos Graziano da Silva (Director-General)

Gulf Cooperation Council Riyadh, Saudi

Arabia

Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani

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Intergovernmental Authority onDevelopment (IGAD)

Djibouti City Mahboub Maalim (ExecutiveSecretary)

Internation Bank for Reconstructionand Development (IBRD World Bank)

Washington D.C.,United States

Jim Yong Kim (President)

International Atomic Energy Agency

(IAEA)

Vienna, Austria Yukiya Amano (Director-General)

International Civil AviationOrganization (ICAO)

Quebec, Canada Raymond Benjamin (Secretary-General)

International Committee of the RedCross

Switzerland,England

Peter Maurer, Switzerland(President)

International Cricket Council (ICC) Dubai, United Arab N. Srinivasan (President)International Criminal PoliceOrganization (Interpol)

Lyon, France Ronald Noble (Secretary-General)

International Federation of Red Crossand Red Crescent Societies

Geneva,Switzerland

Tadateru Kono (President)

International Labour Organization(ILO)

Geneva,Switzerland

Guy Ryder (Director-General)

International Maritime Organization London, UnitedKingdom

Koji Sekimizu (Secretary-General)

International Monetary Fund Washington, D.C.,United States

Christine Lagarde (ManagingDirector)

International Olympic Committee(IOC)

Lausanne,Switzerland

Thomas Bach (President)

International Organization forMigration (IOM)

Geneva,Switzerland

William Lacy Swing (Director-general)

International Paralympic Committee

(IPC)

Bonn, Germany Philip Craven (President)

International Rugby Board (IRB) Dublin, Ireland Bernard Lapasset (President)International TelecommunicationUnion

Geneva,Switzerland

Hamadoun Tour (Secretary-General)

Islamic Development Bank (IDB) Jeddah, SaudiArabia

Ahmad Mohamed Ali (President)

Nordic Council Copenhagen,Denmark

Jan-Erik Enestam (Secretary-General)

North Atlantic Treaty Organisation(NATO)

Brussels, Belgium Anders Fogh Rasmussen(Secretary-General)

Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) Auckland, New

Zealand

David Chung (President)

Organisation for the Prohibition ofChemical Weapons (OPCW)

The Hague,Netherlands

Ahmet zmc (Director-General)

Organization (UNPO) The Hague,Netherlands

Ngawang Choephel (Secretary-General)

Organization of Petroleum ExportingCountries (OPEC)

Vienna, Austria Mohammed S. Barkindo(Secretary-General)

Shanghai Cooperation Organisation(SCO)

Beijing, China Bolat Nurgaliyev (Secretary-General)

South Asian Association for RegionalCooperation (SAARC)

Kathmandu, Nepal Ahmed Saleem (Secretary-General)


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Southern Cone Common Market(Mercosur)

Montevideo Agustn Colombo Sierra (Directorof the Executive Secretariat)

Union of European FootballAssociations (UEFA)

Nyon, Switzerland Michel Platini (President)

United Nations (UN) New York City, USA Ban Ki Moon (Secretary-General)

United Nations Children's Fund(UNICEF)

New York City, USA Anthony Lake (ExecutiveDirector)

United Nations Educational, Scientificand Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

Paris, France Irina Bokova (Director-General)

United Nations IndustrialDevelopment Organization (UNIDO)

Vienna, Austria Kandeh Yumkella (Director-General)

Universal Postal Union Bern, Switzerland douard Dayan (Director-General)

World Food Programme (WFP) Rome, Italy Josette Sheeran (ExecutiveDirector)

World Health Organization (WHO) Geneva,Switzerland

Margaret Chan (Director-General)

World Intellectual PropertyOrganization (WIPO)

Geneva,Switzerland

Francis Gurry (Director-General)

World Meteorological Organization(WMO)

Geneva,Switzerland

Michel Jarraud (Secretary-General)

World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Madrid, Spain Taleb Rifai (Secretary-General)World Trade Organization (WTO) Geneva,

SwitzerlandRoberto Azevedo (Director-General)

BANKS AND THEIR TAGLINES

BANK TAGLINEAllahabad Bank A tradition of trustAndhra Bank Where India BanksBank of Baroda Indias International BankBank of India Relationships beyond BankingBank of Maharashtra One Family One Bank

Canara Bank Together we CanCentral Bank of India Build A Better Life Around Us, Central to you since 1911Corporation Bank Prosperity for allDena Bank Trusted Family BankIndian Bank Your Tech-friendly bankIndian Overseas Bank Good people to grow withOriental Bank of Commerce Where every individual is committedPunjab National Bank The Name you can Bank UponPunjab & Sind Bank Where service is a way of lifeSyndicate Bank Your Faithful And Friendly Financial PartnerUnion Bank of India Good people to bank with


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United Bank of India The Bank that begins with UUCO Bank Honours Your TrustVijaya Bank A friend You can Bank UponIDBI Bank Ltd Banking for allBharatiya Mahila Bank Empowering women, Empowering India

STATE BANK GROUPState Bank of India Pure Banking Nothing Else; With you all the wayState Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur The Bank with a visionState Bank of Patiala Blending Modernity with TraditionState Bank of Hyderabad You can always bank on usState Bank of Mysore Working for a better tomorrowState Bank of Travancore A Long Tradition of Trust

BANKS AND THEIR CHAIRMAN

BANK CHAIRMANAllahabad Bank Rakesh SethiAndhra Bank Satish Kumar KalraBank of Baroda P.S. JayakumarBank of India M.O. RegoBank of Maharashtra Sushil MuhnotCanara Bank Rakesh SharmaCentral Bank of India Rajeev RishiCorporation Bank Sadhu Ram BansalDena Bank Aswini KumarIndian Bank Mahesh Kumar JainIndian Overseas Bank R. KoteeswaranOriental Bank of Commerce Animesh ChauhanPunjab National Bank Usha AnanthasubramanianPunjab & Sind Bank Jatinder Bir SinghSyndicate Bank Arun SrivastavaUnion Bank of India Arun Tiwari

United Bank of India P. SrinivasUCO Bank Arun KaulVijaya Bank Kishore Kumar SansiIDBI Bank Ltd Kishore Kharat PirajiBharatiya Mahila Bank Usha AnanthasubramanianState Bank Group Arundhati Bhattacharya

BANKS AND THEIR HEADQUARTERS


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BANK HEADQUARTERAllahabad Bank KolkataAndhra Bank HyderabadBank of Baroda Mumbai

Bank of India MumbaiBank of Maharashtra PuneCanara Bank BangaloreCentral Bank of India MumbaiCorporation Bank MangaloreDena Bank MumbaiIndian Bank ChennaiIndian Overseas Bank ChennaiOriental Bank of Commerce New DelhiPunjab National Bank New DelhiPunjab & Sind Bank New DelhiSyndicate Bank ManipalUnion Bank of India MumbaiUnited Bank of India KolkataUCO Bank KolkataVijaya Bank BangaloreIDBI Bank Ltd MumbaiBharatiya Mahila Bank New Delhi

STATE BANK GROUPState Bank of India Mumbai

State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur JaipurState Bank of Patiala PunjabState Bank of Hyderabad HyderabadState Bank of Mysore BangaloreState Bank of Travancore Thiruvananthapuram

NATIONAL PARKS AND STATES

NATIONAL PARK STATECampbell Bay National Park Andaman and

Nicobar IslandsGalathea National ParkMahatma Gandhi Marine National ParkMiddle Button Island National ParkMount Harriet National ParkNorth Button Island National ParkRani Jhansi Marine National ParkSaddle Peak National ParkSouth Button Island National Park


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Papikonda National Park Andhra PradeshSri Venkateswara National ParkMouling National Park Arunachal PradeshNamdapha National ParkDibru-Saikhowa National Park Assam

Kaziranga National ParkManas National ParkNameri National ParkOrang National ParkValmiki National Park BiharIndravati National Park ChhattisgarhKanger Ghati National ParkMollem National Park GoaBlackbuck National Park, Velavadar GujaratGir Forest National ParkMarine National Park, Gulf of KutchVansda National ParkKalesar National Park HaryanaSultanpur National ParkPin Valley National Park Himachal PradeshGreat Himalayan National ParkDachigam National Park Jammu and

KashmirHemis National ParkKishtwar National ParkSalim Ali National ParkBetla National Park Jharkhand

Hazaribagh National ParkBandipur National Park KarnatakaBannerghatta National Park (BannerghattaBiological Park)Kudremukh National ParkNagarhole National ParkEravikulam National Park KeralaMathikettan Shola National ParkPeriyar National ParkSilent Valley National ParkBandhavgarh National Park Madhya Pradesh

Kanha National ParkMadhav National ParkMandla Plant Fossils National ParkPanna National ParkPench National ParkSanjay National ParkSatpura National ParkVan Vihar National ParkChandoli National Park MaharashtraGugamal National Park

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Sanjay Gandhi National ParkTadoba National ParkKeibul Lamjao National Park ManipurSirohi National ParkBalphakram National Park Meghalaya

Nokrek National ParkMurlen National Park MizoramPhawngpui Blue Mountain National ParkNtangki National Park NagalandBhitarkanika National Park OdishaNandankanan Zoological ParkSimlipal National ParkHarike Wetland PunjabDarrah National Park RajasthanDesert National ParkKeoladeo National ParkMount Abu Wildlife SanctuaryRanthambore National ParkSariska Tiger ReserveKhangchendzonga National Park SikkimGuindy National Park Tamil NaduGulf of Mannar Marine National ParkIndira Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary andNational ParkMudumalai National ParkMukurthi National Park

Palani Hills National ParkKasu Brahmananda Reddy National Park TelanganaMahavir Harina Vanasthali National ParkMrugavani National ParkDudhwa National Park Uttar PradeshGangotri National Park UttarakhandJim Corbett National ParkNanda Devi National ParkRajaji National ParkValley of Flowers National ParkBuxa Tiger Reserve West Bengal

Gorumara National ParkJaldapara National ParkNeora Valley National ParkSingalila National ParkSundarbans National Park

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NAME STATESpike Island Wildlife Sanctuary Andaman and Nicobar IslandsDefence Island Wildlife SanctuaryBarren Island Wildlife Sanctuary

Paget IslandNarcondum IslandSwamp IslandJames IslandReef IslandBluff IslandSir Huge Rose IslandNelapattu Bird Sanctuary Andhra PradeshNagarjunsagar-Srisailam TigerReserveGundla Brahmeswaram WildlifeSanctuaryKolleru LakePapikonda Wildlife SanctuarySri Venkateswara National ParkPulicat Lake Bird SanctuaryCoringa Wildlife SanctuaryKrishna Wildlife SanctuaryPakhui Tiger Reserve Arunachal PradeshDibang Wildlife SanctuaryKamlang Wildlife Sanctuary

Itanagar Wildlife SanctuarySessa Orchid SanctuaryKane Wildlife SanctuaryTalley Valley Wildlife SanctuaryBornadi Wildlife Sanctuary[3] AssamDipor BilGarampani Wildlife SanctuaryHoollongapar Gibbon SanctuarySonai Rupai Wildlife SanctuaryLaokhowa Wildlife SanctuaryBarela Salim Ali Zubba Saheni

Wildlife Sanctuary

Bihar

Gautam Budha Wildlife SanctuaryKanwar Lake Bird SanctuaryNakti Dam Wildlife SanctuaryRajgir Wildlife SanctuaryUdaypur Wildlife SanctuaryValmikinagar Wildlife SanctuarySukhna ChandigarhAchanakmar Wildlife SanctuaryBhairamgarh Wildlife SanctuaryBhagwan Mahavir Goa


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Bondla Wildlife SanctuarySalim Ali Bird SanctuaryMarine National Park, Gulf of Kutch GujaratNal SarovarRupi Bhabha Sanctuary Himachal Pradesh

Kugti Wildlife SanctuaryKarakoram Wildlife Sanctuary Jammu and KashmirKanji Wildlife SanctuarySurinsar-MansarBaltalChangtang Wildlife SanctuaryDalma Wildlife Sanctuary JharkhandGautam Budha Wildlife SanctuaryHazaribagh Wildlife SanctuaryMahuadand Wildlife SanctuaryGhataprabha Bird Sanctuary KarnatakaBhadra Wildlife SanctuaryBrahmagiri Wildlife SanctuaryCauvery Wildlife SanctuaryRanganthittu Bird SanctuaryRanibennur Blackbuck SanctuaryParambikulam Wildlife Sanctuary KeralaChimmony Wildlife sanctuaryIdukkiThattekkad Bird SanctuaryBori Wildlife Sanctuary Madhya Pradesh

Bagdara Wildlife SanctuaryGandhi Sagar SanctuaryPachmarhi SanctuaryKuno Wildlife SanctuaryRatapani Tiger ReserveSnajay-Dubri Wildlife SanctuarySinghori Wildlife SanctuaryMelghat MaharashtraTadoba Andhari Tiger ProjectKoyna Wildlife SanctuaryChandoli National Park

Phansad Wildlife SanctuaryBorWaingangaDampa Tiger Reserve MizoramIntanki NagalandChilika Bird Sanctuary OdishaNalbana Bird SanctuaryDebrigarh Wildlife SanctuaryUshakothiAbohar Punjab

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Mount Abu Wildlife Sanctuary RajasthanBarethaChambalJaswant Sagar Wildlife SanctuaryKeladevi Wildlife Sanctuary

KumbhalgarhNahargarhSawai MansinghSundha MataVan ViharPoint Calimere Tamil NaduPulicat Lake Bird SanctuaryNagarjunsagar-Srisailam TigerReserve

Telangana

Asan Bradge Bird Watching Uttar PradeshChandra Prabha Wildlife SanctuaryChillaKaimoor SanctuaryKatarniaghat Wildlife SanctuaryRanipur SanctuarySohagi Barwa SanctuaryKishanpur Wildlife SanctuaryHastinapur SanctuaryMahavir SwamyNawabganjOkhla Bird Sanctuary

Sandi Bird SanctuaryAskot Musk Deer Sanctuary UttarakhandValley of Flowers National ParkGovind Pashu Vihar WildlifeSanctuaryKedarnath Wild Life SanctuaryBuxa Tiger Reserve West BengalMurti Wildlife

SCHEMES LAUNCHED BY PRIME MINISTER

PRADHAN MANTRI SURAKSHA BIMA YOJANA Eligibility age group 18-70 having saving bank account can be enrolled under scheme. Premium rs 12 per annum Payment mode through saving bank account of the subscriber Insurance cover - for accidental death- rs 2 lakh, for partial disability rs 1 lakh

PRADHAN MANTRI JEEVAN JYOTI BIMA YOJANA

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Premium rs 330 per annum Payment modethrough saving bank account of the subscriber Insurance cover - for rs 2 lakh in case of death due to any reason

ATAL PENSION YOJANA

Purpose pension Age minimum 18 years and maximum 40 years Fixed pension Rs 1000 to Rs 5000 per month at the age of 60 years Contribution depends upon your age Government contribution 50% of your contribution or Rs 1000, whichever is lower Saving bank account is mandatory

ATAL MISSION FOR REJUVENATION AND URBAN TRANSFORMATION (AMRUT) AND SMARTCITIES Project scope- 100 smart Cities and 500 cities for AMRUT Central allocation Rs 48000 crore for smart cities and Rs 50000 crore for AMRUT

Period 5 years Smart cities to be selected through City Challenge Competition AMRUT will cover all cities with population more than 1 lakh and above

SKILL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM It will provide training and skill development to 500 million youth of our country by 2020,covering each and every village.

PRADHAN MANTRI AWAS YOJANA It isa reformation of the scheme Housing for All. The aim of this scheme is to construct more than two crore houses across the length and

bredth of the nation. The target beneficiaries of the scheme would be poor and people living under EWS and LIGcategories in urban establishments of the country. The government would provide an interest subsidy of 6.5% on housing loans availed by thebeneficiaries for a period of 15 years from the start of loan. The houses under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana would be allotted to preferably the femalemember of the family.

DIGITAL INDIA Aim To ensure the government services are made available to citizens electronically. Digital India has three core components. These include-

The creation of digital infrastructure, Delivering services digitally, Digital literacy The project is slated for completion by 2019. Monitored and Controlled by - Ministry of Communications and IT 9 Key points of Digital India Programme are as follow-1. Broadband Highways2. Universal Access to Phones3. Public Internet Access Programme4. e-GovernanceReforming government through Technology5. e-KrantiElectronic delivery of services6. Information for All7. Electronics ManufacturingTarget NET ZERO Imports


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8. IT for Jobs9. Early Harvest Programmes

HERITAGE CITY DEVELOPMENT AND AUGMENTED YOJANA Amount allocated Rs 500 Crore

City allocated 12 cities (namely, Ajmer, Amaravati,(Andhra Pradesh), Amritsar, Badami,Dwarka, Gaya, Kanchipuram, Mathura, Puri, Varanasi, Velankanni and Warangal). Aim To bring together urban planning, economic growth and heritage conservation in aninclusive manner to preserve the heritage character of each Heritage City.

SUKANYA SAMRIDDHI ACCOUNT YOJANA Investment type- small deposit account Where post office and selected banks Max number of account- 1 account per girl Max number of accounts per family max. 2 girl child Age from birth till 10 years of girl child

Min. deposit Rs 1000/ per year, further multiple of rs 100 Max. deposit 1.5 lakh/year Interest rate 9.1% of financial year 2014-15. it will change every year Partial withdrawl 50% allowed at the age of 18 years of girl Maturity 21 years from the date of account open or marriage, whichever is earlier

PAHAL SCHEME Aim - to bring transparency and terminate pilferage from distribution of funds sponsored byCentral Government of India.

MICRO UNITS DEVELOPMENT AND REFINANCE AGENCY LTD (MUDRA) BANK

Regulate the lender and the borrower of microfinance and bring stability to the microfinancesystem through regulation and inclusive participation. MUDRA Bank has rightly classified the borrowers into three segments: the starters, the mid-stage finance seekers and the next level growth seekers. To address the three segments,MUDRA Bank has launched three loan instruments:Shishu: covers loans upto Rs 50,000/-Kishor: covers loans above Rs 50,000/- and upto Rs 5 lakhTarun: covers loans above Rs 5 lakh and upto Rs 10 lakh

PRADHAN MANTRI JAN DHAN YOJANA It is the flagship financial inclusion plan of the NDA Government.

All Indian citizens can now avail of a bank account despite the lack of KYC documentation.These bank accounts are valid for a year within which account holders must furnish proof ofhaving applied for valid documents required to comply with KYC norms. Under the scheme:1. Account holders will be provided zero-balance bank account with RuPay debit card, inaddition to accidental insurance cover of Rs 1 lakh(to be given by 'HDFC Ergo').2. Those who open accounts by January 26, 2015 over and above the 1 lakh accident, theywill be given life insurance cover of 30,000(to be given by LIC).3. After Six months of opening of the bank account, holders can avail 5,000 overdraft fromthe bank.

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Its aims is to generate awareness and improving the efficiency of welfare services meant forwomen. The scheme was initiated with an initial corpus of Rs 100 crore. The Ministry of Women and Child Development will be responsible for budgetary control andadministration of the scheme at the Central level

Madhuri Dixit is the brand ambassador of this scheme.

SWACHH BHARAT ABHIYAN For ensuring hygiene, waste management and sanitation across the nation Swachh BharatMission launched. This will be tribute to Mahatma Gandhi on his 150th birth anniversary to be celebrated in theyear 2019. It aims to provide every rural family with a toilet by 2019. It is expected to cost over 62000 crore. Fund sharing between the Central Government and the State Government and Urban LocalBodies (ULBs) is 75%:25% (90% : 10% for North Eastern and special category states).

Modi selected 9 public figures to propagate this campaign.

STATES AND CHIEF MINISTERS

STATE CHIEF MINISTERAndhra Pradesh Nara Chandrababu NaiduArunachal Pradesh Nabam Tuki

Assam Tarun GogoiBihar Nitish KumarChhattisgarh Raman SinghDelhi (NCT) Arvind KejriwalGoa Laxmikant ParsekarGujarat Anandiben PatelHaryana Manohar LalHimachal Pradesh Virbhadra SinghJammu and Kashmir Mufti Mohammad SayeedJharkhand Raghubar Das

Karnataka SiddaramaiahKerala Oommen ChandyMadhya Pradesh Shivraj Singh ChouhanMaharashtra Devendra FadnavisManipur Okram Ibobi SinghMeghalaya Mukul SangmaMizoram Lal ThanhawlaNagaland T.R. ZeliangOdisha Naveen PatnaikPuducherry (UT) N. RangasamyPunjab Parkash Singh Badal

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Sikkim Pawan Kumar ChamlingTamil Nadu J. JayalalithaaTelangana K. Chandrasekhar RaoTripura Manik SarkarUttar Pradesh Akhilesh Yadav

Uttarakhand Harish RawatWest Bengal Mamata Banerjee

STATES AND GOVERNORS

STATE GOVERNORAndhra Pradesh E.S Lakshmi Narasimhan

Arunachal Pradesh J.P. RajkhowaAssam Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya (Add. Charge)Bihar Ram Nath KovindChhattisgarh Balramji Dass TandonGoa Smt. Mridula SinhaGujarat Om Prakash KohliHaryana Prof. Kaptan Singh SolankiHimachal Pradesh Acharya Dev VratJammu and Kashmir N. N. VohraJharkhand Mati Droupadi Murmu

Karnataka Vajubhai ValaKerala Justice (Retd.) Palaniswamy SathasivamMadhya Pradesh Ram Naresh YadavMaharashtra Chennamaneni Vidyasagar RaoManipur Dr. Syed AhmedMeghalaya V. ShanmuganthanMizoram Lt. General (Retd.) Nirbhay SharmaNagaland Padmanabha Balakrishna AcharyaOdisha Dr. S. C. JamirPunjab Kaptan Singh SolankiRajasthan Kalyan Singh

Sikkim Niwas Dadasaheb PatilTamil Nadu Dr. K. RosaiahTelangana E.S Lakshmi Narasimhan (Add. Charge)Tripura Tathagata RoyUttar Pradesh Ram NaikUttarakhand Dr. Krishan Kant PaulWest Bengal Keshari Nath Tripathi

NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS


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POWER STATION LOCATION STATETarapur Atomic Power Station Tarapur MaharashtraRajasthan Atomic Power Station Rawatbhata RajasthanKakrapar Atomic Power Station Kakrapar Gujarat

Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant Kudankulam Tamil NaduKaiga Nuclear Power Plant Kaiga KarnatakaMadras Atomic Power Station Kalpakkam Tamil NaduNarora Atomic Power Station Narora Uttar PradeshGorakhpur Atomic Power Station Fatehabad Haryana

THERMAL POWER PLANTS

NAME LOCATION STATEMundra Thermal Power Station Mundra GujaratKorba Super Thermal Power Plant Jamani Palli ChhattisgarhTrombay Thermal Power Station Trombay MaharastraSanjay Gandhi Thermal PowerStation

Birsinghpur Madhya Pradesh

Satpura Thermal Power Station Sarni Madhya PradeshUkai Thermal Power Station Ukai dam GujaratDahanu Thermal Power Station Dahanu MaharastraAmarkantak Thermal Power Station Chachai Madhya PradeshWardha Warora Power Plant Warora MaharastraAngul Thermal Power Station Angul OdishaTalcher Thermal Power Station Talcher OdishaHirakud Captive Power Plant Hirakud OdishaMejia Thermal Power Station Durlavpur West BengalFarakka Super Thermal PowerStation

Farakka West Bengal

Chandrapura Thermal PowerStation

Chandrapura Jharkhand

Budge Budge Thermal Power Plant Budge Budge West Bengal

ONGC Tripura Power Company Palatana-Udaipur TripuraDurgapur Thermal Power Station Durgapur West BengalBokaro Thermal Power Station Bokaro JharkhandDurgapur Thermal Power Station Durgapur West BengalTitagarh Thermal Power Station Titagarh West BengalRihand Thermal Power Station Rihand Nagar Uttar PradeshSingrauli Super Thermal PowerStation

Shaktinagar Uttar Pradesh

NTPC Dadri Vidyutnagar Uttar PradeshAnpara Thermal Power Station Anpara Uttar PradeshPanipat Thermal Power Station Assan Haryana


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Obra Thermal Power Station Obra Uttar PradeshKota Super Thermal Power Plant Kota RajasthanRosa Thermal Power Plant Rosa Uttar PradeshFeroj Gandhi Unchahar ThermalPower Plant

Unchahar Uttar Pradesh

Parichha Thermal Power Station Parichha Uttar PradeshPanki Thermal Power Station Panki Uttar PradeshRajghat Power Station Rajghat DelhiFaridabad Thermal Power Station Faridabad HaryanaSimhapuri Thermal Power Station Krishnapattanam Andhra PradeshNeyveli Zero Lignite Power Station Neyveli Tamil Nadu

HYDRO POWER PLANTS

STATION STATETehri Dam UttarakhandKoteshwar dam UttarakhandNathpa Jhakri Himachal PradeshPong Himachal PradeshBhakra Dam PunjabChamera Dam Himachal PradeshSalal Hydroelectric Power Station Jammu & Kashmir

Uri Hydroelectric Project Jammu & KashmirDulhasti Jammu & KashmirDhauliganga-I UttarakhandBaira Suil Himachal PradeshSewa Jammu & KashmirNimmo-Bazgo Jammu & KashmirChutak Jammu & KashmirParbati Hydroelectric Project Himachal PradeshKishanganga Hydroelectric Project Jammu & KashmirSrisailam Dam Andhra Pradesh,TelanganaSharavathi Karnataka

Kalinadi KarnatakaNagarjuna Sagar AP, TSIdukki KeralaMettur Dam Tamil NaduKoyna MaharashtraSardar Sarovar GujaratIndira Sagar Madhya PradeshOmkareshwar Madhya PradeshBansagar Dam Madhya PradeshGhatghar Pumped Storage MaharashtraMulshi Dam Maharashtra


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Bargi Dam Madhya PradeshMadikheda Dam Madhya PradeshJayakwadi Dam MaharashtraBalimela Power Station OdishaHirakud Dam Odisha

Upper Kolab Power Station OdishaSindol Complex Power Station OdishaTeesta-V SikkimPenchat JharkhandLoktak ManipurRangit SikkimLower Subansiri HydroelectricPower Project

Arunachal Pradesh

Khuga Dam ManipurUmiam-Umtru Hydroelectric PowerProject

Meghalaya

FDI IN INDIA

RECENT POLICY MEASURES100% FDI allowed in medical devicesFDI cap increased in insurance & sub-activities from 26% to 49%100% FDI allowed in the telecom sector.

100% FDI in single-brand retail.FDI in commodity exchanges, stock exchanges & depositories, power exchanges, petroleum refiningby PSUs, courier services under the government route has now been brought under the automaticroute.Removal of restriction in tea plantation sector.FDI limit raised to 74% in credit information & 100% in asset reconstruction companies.FDI limit of 26% in defence sector raised to 49% under Government approval route. Foreign PortfolioInvestment up to 24% permitted under automatic route. FDI beyond 49% is also allowed on a case tocase basis with the approval of Cabinet Committee on Security.Construction, operation and maintenance of specified activities of Railway sector opened to 100%foreign direct investment under automatic route.

SECTORS WITH RESTRICTIONS

SECTORS WHERE FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT IS PROHIBITED :Lottery Business including Government /private lottery, online lotteries, etc.Gambling and Betting including casinos etc.Chit fundsNidhi company-(borrowing from members and lending to members only).Trading in Transferable Development Rights (TDRs)Real Estate Business (other than construction development) or Construction of Farm Houses


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Manufacturing of Cigars, cheroots, cigarillos and cigarettes, of tobacco or of tobacco substitutesActivities / sectors not open to private sector investment e.g. Atomic Energy and Railway Transport(other than construction, operation and maintenance of (i) Suburban corridor projects through PPP,(ii) High speed train projects, (iii) Dedicated freight lines, (iv) Rolling stock including train sets, andlocomotives/coaches manufacturing and maintenance facilities, (v) Railway Electrification, (vi)

Signaling systems, (vii) Freight terminals, (viii) Passenger terminals, (ix) Infrastructure in industrialpark pertaining to railway line/sidings including electrified railway lines and connectivities to mainrailway line and (x) Mass Rapid Transport Systems.)Services like legal, book keeping, accounting & auditing.

SECTORS WITH CAPSPetroleum Refining by PSU (49%).Teleports (setting up of up-linking HUBs/Teleports),Direct to Home (DTH), Cable Networks (Multi-system operators (MSOs) operating at national, state or district level and undertaking upgradation ofnetworks towards digitalization and addressability), Mobile TV and Headend-in-the-Sky BroadcastingService (HITS)(74%).Cable Networks (49%).Broadcasting content services- FM Radio (26%), uplinking of news and current affairs TV channels(26%).Print Media dealing with news and current affairs (26%).Air transport services- scheduled air transport (49%), non-scheduled air transport (74%).Ground handling servicesCivil Aviation (74%).Satellites- establishment and operation (74%).Private security agencies (49%).Private Sector Banking- Except branches or wholly owned subsidiaries (74%).

Public Sector Banking (20%).Commodity exchanges (49%).Credit information companies (74%).Infrastructure companies in securities market (49%).Insurance and sub-activities (49%).Power exchanges (49%).Defence (49% above 49% to CCS).

SECTORS REQUIRING CENTRAL GOVERNMENT APPROVALTea sector, including plantations100%.

Mining and mineral separation of titanium-bearing minerals and ores, its value addition andintegrated activities -100%.FDI in enterprise manufacturing items reserved for small scale sector100%.Defenceup to 49% under FIPB/CCEA approval, beyond49% under CCS approval (on a case-to-case basis, wherever it is likely to result in access to modern and state-of-the-art technology in thecountry).Teleports (setting up of up-linking HUBs/Teleports), Direct to Home (DTH), Cable Networks (Multi-system operators operating at National or State or District level and undertaking upgradation ofnetworks towards digitalization and addressability), Mobile TV and Headend-in-the Sky BroadcastingService(HITS)beyond 49% and up to 74%.Broadcasting Content Services: uplinking of news and current affairs channels26%, uplinking of


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non-news and current affairs TV channels100%.Publishing/printing of scientific and technical magazines/specialty journals/periodicals100%.Print media: publishing of newspaper and periodicals dealing with news and current affairs- 26%,Publication of Indian editions of foreign magazines dealing with news and current affairs- 26%.Terrestrial Broadcasting FM (FM Radio)26%.

Publication of facsimile edition of foreign newspaper100%.Airportsbrownfieldbeyond 74%.Non-scheduled air transport servicebeyond 49% and up to 74%.Ground-handling servicesbeyond 49% and up to 74%.Satellites74%.Private securities agencies49%.Telecom-beyond 49%.Single brand retailbeyond 49%.Asset reconstruction companybeyond 49% and up to 100%Banking private sector (other than WOS/Branches)beyond 49% and up to 74%, public sector20%.Pharmaceuticals brownfield100%.

CROPS AND SEASONS IN INDIA

In India there are mainly three seasons:

KHARIF CROPSKharif Crops are sown at the beginning of the south-west monsoon and harvested at the endof the south-west monsoon.Sowing seasons-May to JulyHarvesting season-September to OctoberImportant crops:Jowar, bajra, rice, maize, cotton, groundnut, jute, hemp, sugarcane, tobacco,ete.

RABI CROPSRabi Crops need relatively cool climate during the period of growth but warm climate duringthe germination of their seed and maturation.Sowing season-october-December

Harvesting season-February-AprilImportant crops:wheat, barley, gram, linseed, mustard, masoor, pea~ and potatoes.

ZAID CROPSBesides the kharif and rabi crops, there are certain crops which are being raised throughoutthe year due to artificial irrigation.Important crops: watermelon, toris, cucumber, leafy and other vegetables.

TOP CREDIT RATING AGENCIES IN INDIA


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CRISIL LIMITEDCorporate officeMumbai, Maharashtra. Establishment1987CRISIL headquartered at Mumbai is Indias largest and first credit rating agency; and a globalleader in research, ratings and risk & policy advisory services. It is one of the top credit rating

agency in India which has won many prestigious awards in the credit rating category and hadassessed more than 61000 entities.

CREDIT INFORMATION BUREAU INDIA LIMITED -(CIBIL)Corporate officeMumbai, Maharashtra Establishment2000CIBIL headquartered at Mumbai is an Credit Information Company which maintains records ofan individuals payments related to credit cards and loans. The information about users creditcards and loans is later used by the CBIL to generate Credit information reports which are usedto approve loan applications.

FITCH RATINGS INDIA PRIVATE LTD.

Corporate officeNew York, USA Establishment1913Fitch Ratings, a Fitch Group company is a among the top credit rating agencies in Indiaincorporated in 1913 in New York, USA. Fitch Ratings provides financial information servicesin more than 30 countries and has over 2000 employees working at 50+ offices worldwide.

CREDIT ANALYSIS & RESEARCH LTD. (CARE)Corporate officeMumbai, MaharashtraEstablishment1993CARE Ratings is second-largest among the credit rating agencies in India as far as Indian origincompany is concerned. CAREs rating businesses can be divided into various segments likefor banks, IPO grading and sub-sovereigns. Companys shareholders includes leadingdomestic banks and financial institutions in India.

ICRA LIMITEDCorporate officeGurgaon, Haryana Establishment1991ICRA limited is a joint venture between Moodys Investors and various financial servicescompanies is a part of ICRA group which was founded in 1991. It is a Credit rating agency listedon the National Stock Exchange and Bombay Stock Exchange. ICRA has four subsidiaries ICRAManagement Consulting Services Ltd, ICRA Techno Analytics Ltd, ICRA Online Ltd, PT. ICRAIndonesia and ICRA Lanka Ltd.

ONICRACorporate officeGurgaon, Haryana Establishment1993

Onicra Credit Rating Agency is a Credit and Performance Rating company based in Gurgaonand founded in 1993. Onicra is among the top 10 credit rating agencies in India offering smartand innovative solutions like risk assessment, analytical solutions and ratings to MSMEs,corporate and individuals.

SME RATING AGENCY OF INDIA LTD. (SMERA)Corporate office -Mumbai, Maharashtra Establishment2005SMERA Ratings Ltd a Mumbai based company now expanded to 13 more locations wasfounded in year 2005. SMERA a joint venture of SIDBI, several private sector banks in thecountry and Dun & Bradstreet Information Services India Pvt. Ltd. (D&B). Since 2005 SMERArated over 23,000 MSMEs pan India.


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