21-01-2017

21-01-2017 CURRENT AFFAIRS

	News headline	Detalis of the news	Trick
1	RBI imposes Rs 75 lakh penalty on Bombay Mercantile Cooperative Bank	for violations of norms related to KYC and anti-money laundering.RBI had issued a notice regarding this to the bank and the bank has submitted its written reply.The Mercantile Bank of Bombay was an Anglo-Indian bank with business focus in the Far East.	RBI- imposes 75 lakh - penalty on bomaby mercantile
2	Dharamsala declared the second capital of Himachal Pradesh	Dharamsala has located about 250 km from the state capital Shimla and has a unique significance and history of its own. It is of special value to the lower areas of the state comprising Kangra, Chamba, Hamirpur and Una districts.	Dharamsala - second capital of H.P
3	Shri Kalraj Mishra Inaugurates Workshop on MSME Cooperation among IORA	Union Minister of Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME), Shri Kalraj Mishra inaugurated a Workshop on MSME Cooperation amongst Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) Member countries in New Delhi.The Ministry of MSME finalised the MoU on MSME Cooperation with Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) member countries.This finalized MoU will be signed at an appropriate forum soon. The MoU will come into effect after 5 countries signs it.	Kalraj mishra - inaugrates workshop
4	Tamil Nadu government has promulgating an ordinance to conduct Jallikattu	Chief Minister O Paneerselvam has appealed to youngsters and all organizations to call off their protest as jallikattu. Prime Minister Narendra Modi provide full support of central government in efforts made by Tamil Nadu to conduct jallikattu	Tamilnadu-ordinace for Jallikattu
5	India's biggest aircraft carrier ship INS Vikramaditya first to have ATM onboard	The largest warship of the Indian Navy, INS Vikramditya, will be equipped with its own dedicated ATM. It will cater to over two thousand naval personnel deployed on the aircraft carrier.India's largest public sector bank State Bank of India is providing the Navy the services for the ATM which will be on the satellite link. A currency chest will also be provided to keep running the ATM.	INS Vikramaditya - first to have ATM onboard
6	Cooperative banks can't accept deposits under PMGKY: Govt	Co-operative Banks are not authorized to accept deposits under the “Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Deposit Scheme” (PMGKDS). The scheme was launched on 17th of Dec and will remain open for declarations up to 31st March this year.	Cooperative banks-can't accept deposits - PMGKY
7	Bihar Govt launches "Nasha Mukt campaign" to make state addiction-free	ver two crore people have participated in human chains formed across the state on the occasion.The total length of the chain was 11292 kilometers and it covered all panchayats of the state.Besides Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, all teachers and students of schools and colleges have participated the human chain and it covered all panchayats of the state.‘Nasha Mukti’ in Bihar will herald a new era in the state as no one will be permitted to use intoxicating substance and tobacco products.	Bihar - Nasha mukt campaign
8	over 3.81 lakh consumers and 21,000 merchants have been declared as the winner of the NITI Aayog’s lucky draw scheme	Lucky Grahak Yojana (LGY) for consumers and Digi-Dhan Vyapar Yojana (DVY) for merchants.It also stated that daily as well as weekly prize money worth Rs 60.90 crore has been declared at 24 Digi-Dhan Melas organized across the country. Besides, most of the winners were in the age group of 21-30 years.The top 5 states that had most of the winners are Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and Karnataka.	3.81 lakh consumers won -lucky draw scheme
9	ISKCON’s Govardhan eco village in Thane district has been conferred with the UNWTO Award	for Innovation in the category of Non-Governmental Organisations(NGO) at he annual United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) Awards for Excellence and Innovation in Tourism at Madrid in Spain. Govardhan eco village become the first village in India has recognized by UN in the NGO sector. ISKCON's Govardhan eco village bags UN award.The village received this honour for its initiative of eco tourism as a catalyst for rural development.	Govardhan eco village - UNWTO Award
10	Kerala Gramin Bank to propagate financial literacy among school children	Kerala Gramin Bank has conceived a novel programme called FI@School. Under the project, every branch of the bank has to identify and enter into a virtual tie up with a school in its locality preferably an upper primary school to organised various programmes such as formation of financial literacy clubs, account opening camps at schools, junior debit card distribution, financial literacy related classes, distribution of financial literacy booklets, competition on financial literacy etc.	Kerala Gramin Bank - FI@School