DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 9 APRIL 2015
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1. ADDITIONAL
INSTALLMENT OF DA AND DR APPROVED
A. Union
Government gave NOD for release of
additional installment of DA and DR.
B. Dearness Allowance (DA) to central
government employees and Dearness Relief
(DR) to pensioners is increased by 6 %.
C. Existing rate of DA and DR prior to
increase is 107 %
Note: Pay rise
will benefit about 48 lakh government
employees and 55 lakh pensioners.
2. SUPREME COURT LIFTED 1990 BAN:
A. Supreme
Court of India lifted 1990 ban on performance of play, Jesus Christ superstar.
B. The
Kottayam’s collector notification of 1990 banned the performance of drama.
C. A
Supreme Court bench headed by justice
Ranjan Gogoi gave the verdict on lifting the on staging of the play.
Note: Jesus
Christ superstar is a 1970 rock musical
album. Music was provided by Andrew
Lloyd and lyrics by Tim Rice.
3. CCEA APPROVED TWO FII’S PROPOSALS:
A. The Union Cabinet committee on Economic
Affairs (CCEA) approved two foreign Institutional Investors (FII)
proposals in pharmaceutical companies Aurobindo and Glenmark.
B. The proposal is of worth 4187 crore rupees.
C. CCEA’s
approval for QIB (Qualified Institutional Buyers) in Aurobindo pharma
Ltd will increase the FII’s share in the company from 27.32% to 34.32%.
D. CCEA’s
clearance for FIIs in Glenmark pharmaceutical Ltd will increase the FIIs share
in the company from 35.07 % to 49%.
Note:
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Aurobindo Pharma Ltd
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Glenmark Pharma Ltd
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Headquarter
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Hyderabad
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Mumbai
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CEO & MD
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N.Govindarajan
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Glenn Saldanha
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4. PRIME MINSTER LAUNCHED MUDRA BANK:
A. PM
Narendra Modi launched MUDRA Bank under PM Jan Dhan Yojana.
B. MUDRA Bank
is launched to fund the small entrepreneurs.
C. MUDRA bank
will provide credit of up to 10 lakh rupees to small entrepreneurs and
act as a regulator for Micro-finance institutions (MFI).
D. Products
offered by MUDRA bank:
Shishu – Cover loans upto 50000 rupees
Kishor- cover loans above 50000 rupees and upto 5
lakh
Tarun – cover loans above 5 lakh rupees and upto 10
lakh rupees
Note: MUDRA – Micro Units Development and Refinance
Agency Ltd.
5. THREE COLOURED SCHEME TO
RE-CLASSIFY INDUSTRIES:
A. Union
Ministry of Environment , Forest and Climate Change has proposed a three
colours scheme to re-classify industries based on pollution potential.
B. The
Ministry proposed the idea at a conference to improve ease of doing business
while protecting the environment.
C. Proposed
colour-coded scheme includes 3 colours i.e. red, orange and green.
Red colour – Industrial sector with a score of 60 and
above.
Orange colour – Industrial sector with a score between 30-59.
Green colour – Industrial sector with a score between 15-
29.
Note: Industrial
sector with a score below 15 will be considered as white as they
are Ecofriendly.
