DAILY GK 28 JUNE 2019
1. UNDER
PRADHAN MANTRI AWAS YOJANA SCHEME, 81,03,196 HOUSES WERE APPROVED
✔Minister
of State for Housing and Urban Affairs, Hardeep Singh Puri announced that
81,03,196 houses were approved under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana scheme.
✔Central
Assistance of Rs. 51,113 crores was released under the PMAY(Urban).
✔State
Level Sanctioning and Monitoring Committee under the chairmanship of Chief
Secretary of the concerned State/Union Territories reviews the progress of
implementation of the Mission ‘Housing for All by 2022’ at the State level.
2. RBI
RECOMMENDS COMMERCIAL BANKS TO ADOPT EDUCATION LOAN SCHEME
✔India’s
central banking institution, The Reserve Bank of India has advised all
Scheduled Commercial Banks to adopt Education Loan Scheme which is formulated
by Indian Banks’ Associatio.
✔The
IBA scheme circulated to all member Banks including State Bank of India for
providing financial support to meritorious students for pursuing higher
education in India and abroad.
✔Loan
up to Rs 10 lakh for study in India and upto Rs 20 lakh for study abroad. Collateral
free loans upto Rs 7.5 Lakh under the Credit Guarantee Fund Scheme for
Education Loans.
✔Repayment
period of 15 years.
3. SAMANT
KUMAR GOEL GOT APPOINTED AS RAW CHIEF
✔As
per the Personnel Ministry, Government of India, Samant Kumar Goel, a 1984
batch IPS officer of Punjab cadre appointed as chief of Research and Analysis Wing for a fixed
two-year term.
✔He
is presently serving as Special Secretary in the RAW.
✔He
will succeed Anil K Dhasmana.
4. ARVIND
KUMAR BECOMES NEW IB HEAD
✔According
to the Personnel Ministry, Government of India, Arvind Kumar, a 1984 batch IPS
officer from Assam- Meghalaya cadre has been made the chief of Intelligence
Bureau for the tenure of two years.
✔He
is currently serving as special director in the IB.
✔He
will succeed Rajiv Jain
5. BJP
MP MEENAKSHI LEKHI PENS HER FIRST NOVEL ‘THE NEW DELHI CONSPIRACY’
✔Meenakshi
Lekhi, a women politician has written her debut novel titled ‘The New Delhi Conspiracy’.
✔Ms.
Lekhi is a Supreme Court lawyer by profession.
✔The
book is published by Harper Collins and has been co-written by Krishna Kumar
who works with her.
