DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 9TH FEB 2017
(Daily News India)
1. RBI'S
MONETORY POLICY FEBRUARY 2017: KEEPS REPO RATE UNCHANGED AT 6.25%
i. RBI
governor Urjit Patel led Monetary Policy Committee kept the key repo rate
unchanged at 6.25% in the 1st monetary policy review of 2017 and after Budget
2017.
ii. Limit on
cash withdrawal from savings banks accounts to be relaxed in 2 stages. From 20
February, 2017 limit to be increased from Rs 24k to Rs 50K. From 13 March, 2017
there will be no limit on cash withdrawal from savings bank accounts.
iii. 9.92
lakh cr new notes infused into market as on January 27. Inflation seen at
4-4.5% for April-September, 2017. For January-March, 2017 CPI stays below 5%.
2. 3-DAY
GLOBAL CONFERENCE ON NUCLEAR TERRORISM TO BEGIN IN NEW DELHI
i. The
Ministry of External Affairs in coordination with the Department of Atomic
Energy is hosting the Implementation and Assessment Group Meeting of the Global
Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism at the Pravasi Bhartiya Kendra, New
Delhi. Nearly 150 delegates from various partner countries and international
organisations will take part in the 3-day event.
ii. Foreign
Secretary S. Jaishankar inaugurated the meeting organised by the Ministry of
External Affairs and the Department of Atomic Energy.
iii. The
meeting highlights India’s commitment to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons
and technology and promote cooperation in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy
and global nuclear non-proliferation.
iv. GICNT
was launched in 2006 jointly by the Russian Federation and the United States.
3. NO CASH WITHDRAWAL LIMIT FROM MARCH 13, 2017:
RBI
i. The
Reserve Bank of India announced that the cash withdrawal limit on savings
accounts will be scrapped from March 13, 2017.
ii. The
current limit of withdrawal fixed at Rs. 24,000 per week will be raised to Rs.
50,000 per week from February 20, 2017 the RBI added.
4.
GUJARAT BECOME INDIA’S FIRST STATE TO ESTABLISHES CASHLESS SYSTEM FOR PDS
i. Gujarat
has become the 1st state in India to establish Cashless system for distribution
of food grain to the beneficiaries under NFSA.
ii. The
Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Ram Vilas
Paswan appreciated the efforts of the state government which has installed
Aadhaar Enabled Payment System in 17,250 Fair Price Shops much before the
target of March 31 as decided by the state.
iii. The
beneficiaries would just need to carry their Aadhaar cards for getting their
food grain in Gujarat. This initiative will help in establishing their
identity, stop the leakages of grain at shop level and eradicate corruption in
the Public Distribution System.
iv. The
consumers will also be able to get their air, rail and bus tickets reserved,
deposit crop insurance premium, pay mobile bills, LIC premium and even get the
Gujarat Soil Health Card and registration for Centrally Sponsored Schemes at
the FPS itself.
5.
VEERAPPAN, CHASING THE BRIGAND AUTHORED BY K VIJAY KUMAR
i. The Union
Home Minister Rajnath Singh released the book titled - Veerappan, Chasing the
Brigand.
ii. The book
was written by K Vijay Kumar, Senior Security Adviser in the Union Ministry of
Home Affairs.
iii. The
book is considered as an authoritative narrative as the author K Vijay Kumar
spearheaded the Tamil Nadu Special Task Force that planned and executed the
Veerappan’s encounter in 2004.
iv. VIjay is
a former 1975 batch IPS officer of the Tamil Nadu cadre and headed the
prestigious Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy in Hyderabad in
2008.
6.
ARUNACHAL PRADESH BECOMES 1ST NORTH-EAST STATE TO IMPLEMENT E-CABINET SOLUTION
i. Arunachal
Pradesh became the 1st state in the northeast to implement e-Cabinet solution
for the state cabinet members.
ii. Arunachal Pradesh Government plans to
streamline its decision-making process with the e-Cabinet solution.
iii. The
e-Cabinet solution is a multi-user secure solution that keeps relevant
information organized and updated in real time. It will provide the ministers a
clear overview of each item under discussion. It is implemented by the
department of Information Technology and Communication.
7. UNION
CABINET APPRISED OF MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND FRANCE IN INNOVATION, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
i. The Union
Cabinet chaired by the PM Narendra Modi was apprised of the signing of the
Memorandum of Understanding between India and France.
ii. The MoU
seeks to augment bilateral cooperation in the fields of innovation, science and
technology.
iii. The MoU
was signed between the Technology Development Board and Bpifrance. While the
TDB works under the Department of Science and Technology of the Union Ministry
of Sceience and Technology.
iv. The main
aim of the agreement is to carry out activities related to exchange of best
practices in the fields of science, technology and innovation through the TDB
and Bpifrance.
OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS BASED
ON TODAY’S NEWS
Q1. WHICH
COUNTRY IS HOSTING THE 3-DAY IMPLEMENTATION AND ASSESSMENT GROUP MEETING OF THE
GICNT PARTNER COUNTRIES?
a) Russia
b) India
c) United States
d) United Kingdom
Q2. WHICH
OF THE FOLLOWING HAS BECOME THE FIRST STATE IN THE COUNTRY TO ESTABLISH A
CASHLESS SYSTEM FOR DISTRIBUTION OF FOOD GRAINS?
a) Gujarat
b) Andhra
Pradesh
c) Punjab
d) Haryana
Q3. THE
BOOK TITLED ‘VEERAPPAN, CHASING THE BRIGAND’ WAS WRITTEN BY?
a) Ajit
Doval
b) K
Padmanabhaiah
c) Rajiv
Mehrishi
d) K Vijay
Kumar
Q4. WHICH
STATE IS THE FIRST NORTH-EAST STATE TO IMPLEMENT THE E-CABINET SOLUTION FOR THE
STATE CABINET MEMBERS?
a) Mizoram
b) Assam
c) Arunachal
Pradesh
d) Meghalaya
Q5. IT IS
WITH THIS COUNTRY THE UNION CABINET WAS APPRISED OF THE SIGNING OF A BILATERAL
MOU IN THE FIELD OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION.
a) France
b) Australia
c) Vietnam
d) Germany
ANSWERS:
1 - B 2 - A 3
- D 4
- C 5 - A
