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DAMS AND RIVERS (INDIA)

DAM RIVER STATE

Tehri Dam Bhagirathi Uttarakhand

Lakhwar Dam Yamuna Uttarakhand

Idukki Arch Dam Periyar Kerala

Bhakra Nangal Dam Satluj Himachal Pradesh

Pakal Dul Dam Marusudar Jammu & Kashmir

Sardar Sarovar Dam Narmada Gujarat

Ranjit Sagar Dam Ravi Punjab

Baglihar Dam Chenab Jammu & Kashmir

Chamera I Dam Ravi Himachal Pradesh

Pong Dam Beas Himachal Pradesh

Jamrani Dam Gola Uttarakhand

Ramganga Dam Ramganga Uttarakhand

Nagarjuna Sagar Dam Krishna Telangana

Nagi Dam Nagi Bihar

Lakya Dam Lakhya Karnataka

Sholayar Dam Sholayar Tamil Nadu

Koyna Dam Koyna Maharashtra

Supa Dam Kali Nadi Karnataka

Karjan Dam Karjan Gujarat

Koteshwar Dam Bhagirathi Uttarakhand

Rihand Dam Rihand Uttar Pradesh

Indira Sagar Dam Narmada Madhya Pradesh

Pillur Dam Bhavani Tamil Nadu

Upper Kodayar Dam Kodayar Tamil Nadu

Chakra Dam Chakra Karnataka

Bhandardara Dam Paravara Maharashtra

Ukai Dam Tapi Gujarat

Upper Aliyar Dam Aliyar Tamil Nadu

Aruna Dam Aruna Maharashtra

Upper Bhavani Dam Bhavani Tamil Nadu

Podagada Dam Podagada Odisha

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States and their Capitals (India)

STATE CAPITAL % OF URBAN POPULATION

SEX RATIO

YEAR OF FORMATION

Andhra Pradesh Amaravati 33.49* 992* 1956

Arunachal Pradesh Itanagar 22.67 920 1987

Assam Dispur 14.08 954 1975

Bihar Patna 11.3 916 1935

Chhattisgarh Raipur 23.24 991 2000

Goa Panaji 62.17 968 1961

Gujarat Gandhinagar 42.58 918 1960

Haryana Chandigarh 24.25 877 1966

Himachal Pradesh Shimla 10.04 974 1971

Jammu and Kashmir Srinagar (summer), Jammu (winter)

27.21 883 1948

Jharkhand Ranchi 24.05 947 2000

Karnataka Bengaluru 38.57 968 1956

Kerala Thiruvananthapuram

47.72 1084 1956

Madhya Pradesh Bhopal 27.63 930 1956

Maharashtra Mumbai 45.23 946 1960

Manipur Imphal 20.21 987 1947

Meghalaya Shillong 20.08 986 1970

Mizoram Aizawl 51.51 975 1972

Nagaland Kohima 28.97 931 1963



Odisha Bhubaneswar 16.68 978 1948

Punjab Chandigarh 37.49 893 1966

Rajasthan Jaipur 24.89 926 1948

Sikkim Gangtok 24.97 889 1975

Tamil Nadu Chennai 48.45 995 1969

Telangana Hyderabad 2014

Tripura Agartala 26.18 961 1956

Uttar Pradesh Lucknow 22.28 908 1937

Uttarakhand Dehradun 30.55 963 2000

West Bengal Kolkata 31.89 947 1947

UNIONTERRITORIES CAPITAL % OF URBAN POPULATION

FEMALES PER 1000 MALES

YEAR OF ESTABLISHMENT

Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Port Blair 35.67 878 1956

Chandigarh Chandigarh 97.25 818 1966

Dadar and Nagar Haveli

Silvassa 46.62 775 1944

Daman and Diu Daman 75.16 618 1987

Delhi Delhi 97.5 866 1952

Lakshadweep Kavaratti 78.08 946

Puducherry Pondicherry 68.31 1038 1954

COUNTRY CAPITAL AND CURRENCY

Country Capital Currency

Afghanistan Kabul Afghani

Akrotiri and Dhekelia Episkopi Cantonment Euro

Åland Islands Mariehamn Euro



Albania Tirana Lek

Algeria Algiers Dinar

American Samoa Pago Pago Pago Pago

Andorra Andorra la Vella Euro

Angola Luanda Kwanza

Anguilla The Valley East Caribbean Dollar

Antigua and Barbuda St. John's East Caribbean Dollar

Argentina Buenos Aires Peso

Armenia Yerevan Dram

Aruba Oranjestad Aruban florin

Australia Canberra Australian dollar

Austria Vienna Euro

Azerbaijan Baku Manat

Bahamas Nassau Bahamian Dollar

Bahrain Manama Bahraini dinar

Bangladesh Dhaka Taka

Barbados Bridgetown Barbadian Dollar

Belarus Minsk Belarusian ruble

Belgium Brussels Euro

Belize Belmopan Belize Dollar

Bermuda Hamilton Bermudian Dollar

Bhutan Thimphu Bhutanese ngultrum

Bolivia Sucre (official), La Paz (seat of government)

Boliviano

Bonaire Kralendijk USDollar

Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo Convertible mark

Botswana Gaborone Pula

Brazil Brasília Real

British Virgin Islands Road Town USDollar

Brunei Bandar Seri Begawan Brunei dollar

Bulgaria Sofia Lev

Burkina Faso Ouagadougou CFA franc

Burundi Bujumbura Burundian franc

Cambodia Phnom Penh Riel

Cameroon Yaoundé CFA franc

Canada Ottawa Canadian Dollar

Cape Verde Praia Cape Verdean escudo

Cayman Islands George Town Cayman Islands Dollar

Central African Republic Bangui CFA franc

Chad N'Djamena CFA franc

Chile Santiago Peso

China Beijing Renminbi (yuan)

Colombia Bogotá Peso



Comoros Moroni Comorian franc

Congo (Congo-Brazzaville) Brazzaville CFA franc

Costa Rica San José Costa Rican colon

Croatia Zagreb Kuna

Cuba Havana Cuban peso

Curacao Willemstad Netherlands Antillean guilder

Cyprus Nicosia Euro

Czech Republic Prague Czech koruna

Democratic Republic of the Congo (Congo-Kinshasa)

Kinshasa Congolese franc

Denmark Copenhagen Danish krone

Djibouti Djibouti Djiboutian franc

Dominica Roseau East Caribbean Dollar

Dominican Republic Santo Domingo Dominican peso

East Timor (Timor-Leste) Dili US Dollar

Ecuador Quito US dollar

Egypt Cairo Egyptian pound

El Salvador San Salvador USDollar

Equatorial Guinea Malabo CFA Franc

Eritrea Asmara Nakfa

Estonia Tallinn Euro

Ethiopia Addis Ababa Birr

Faroe Islands Tórshavn Faroese króna

Fiji Suva Fijian dollar

Finland Helsinki Euro

France Paris Euro/CFP franc

French Guiana Cayenne Euro

Gabon Libreville CFA franc

Gambia Banjul Gambian dalasi

Georgia Tbilisi Lari

Germany Berlin Euro

Ghana Accra Ghana cedi

Gibraltar Gibraltar Gibraltar pound

Greece Athens Euro

Greenland Nuuk Danish Krone

Grenada St. George's East Caribbean Dollar

Guadeloupe Basse-Terre Euro

Guatemala Guatemala City Guatemalan quetzal

Guinea Conakry Guinean franc

Guinea-Bissau Bissau CFA franc

Guyana Georgetown Guyanese dollar

Haiti Port-au-Prince Haitian gourde

Honduras Tegucigalpa Honduran lempira

Hong Kong SAR of China/Victoria Hong Kong dollar



Hungary Budapest Forint

Iceland Reykjavík Icelandic króna

India New Delhi Indian rupee

Indonesia Jakarta Rupiah

Iran Tehran Rial

Iraq Baghdad Iraqi dinar

Ireland Dublin Euro

Isle of Man Douglas Pound sterling

Israel Jerusalem New Shekel

Italy Rome Euro

Ivory Coast Yamoussoukro CFA franc

Jamaica Kingston Jamaican Dollar

Japan Tokyo Yen

Jersey Saint Helier Pound sterling

Jordan Amman Jordanian dinar

Kazakhstan Astana Tenge

Kenya Nairobi Kenyan shilling

Kosovo Pristina Euro

Kurdistan Erbil Dinar

Kuwait Kuwait City Kuwaiti dinar

Kyrgyzstan Bishkek Som

Laos Vientiane Kip

Latvia Riga Euro

Lebanon Beirut Lebanese pound

Lesotho Maseru Lesotho loti

Liberia Monrovia Liberian dollar

Libya Tripoli Dinar

Liechtenstein Vaduz Swiss franc

Lithuania Vilnius Euro

Luxembourg Luxembourg Euro

Macau SAR of China/Macau Macanese pataca

Macedonia Skopje Macedonian denar

Madagascar Antananarivo Malagasy ariary

Malawi Lilongwe Kwacha

Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Ringgit

Maldives Malé Maldivian rufiyaa

Mali Bamako CFA franc

Malta Valletta Euro

Martinique Fort-de-France Euro

Mauritania Nouakchott Ouguiya

Mauritius Port Louis Mauritian rupee

Mexico Mexico City Mexican peso

Moldova Chisinau Moldovan leu

Monaco Monaco Euro



Mongolia Ulaanbaatar Tögrög

Montenegro Podgorica Euro

Morocco Rabat Moroccan dirham

Mozambique Maputo Mozambican metical

Myanmar (Burma) Naypyidaw Kyat

Nagorno-Karabakh Stepanakert Armenian dram

Namibia Windhoek Namibian dollar

Nepal Kathmandu Nepalese rupee

Netherlands Amsterdam Euro

New Zealand Wellington New Zealand dollar

Nicaragua Managua Nicaraguan cordoba

Niger Niamey CFA franc

Nigeria Abuja Naira

North Korea Pyongyang North Korean won

Northern Cyprus Nicosia Turkish lira

Norway Oslo Norwegian krone

Oman Muscat Rial

Pakistan Islamabad Pakistani Rupee

Palestine East Jerusalem Israeli Shekel

Panama Panama City US Dollar, Panamanian balboa

Paraguay Asunción Guaraní

Peru Lima Nuevo sol

Philippines Manila Philippine Peso

Poland Warsaw Zloty

Portugal Lisbon Euro

Puerto Rico San Juan USDollar

Qatar Doha Riyal

Réunion Saint-Denis Euro

Romania Bucharest Romanian leu

Russia Moscow Russian ruble

Rwanda Kigali Rwandan franc

Saba The Bottom USDollar

Saint Barthélemy Gustavia Euro

Saint Kitts and Nevis Basseterre East Caribbean Dollar

Saint Lucia Castries East Caribbean Dollar

Saint Martin Marigot Euro

San Marino San Marino Euro

Sao Tome and Principe São Tomé Dobra

Saudi Arabia Riyadh Saudi riyal

Senegal Dakar CFA franc

Serbia Belgrade Serbian dinar

Seychelles Victoria Seychellois rupee

Sierra Leone Freetown Leone

Singapore Singapore Singapore dollar



Slovakia Bratislava Euro

Slovenia Ljubljana Euro

Somalia Mogadishu Somali shilling

Somaliland Hargeisa Somaliland shilling

South Africa Pretoria (admin), Cape Town (legislative), Bloemfontein (judicial)

South African rand

South Korea Seoul South Korean won

South Sudan Juba South Sudanese pound

Spain Madrid Euro

Sri Lanka Sri Jayawardenepura-Kotte

Sri Lankan rupee

Sudan Khartoum Sudanese pound

Suriname Paramaribo Surinamese dollar

Svalbard Longyearbyen Norwegian krone

Swaziland Mbabane Lilangeni

Sweden Stockholm Swedish krona

Switzerland Bern Swiss franc

Syria Damascus Syrian pound

Taiwan Taipei New Taiwan dollar

Tajikistan Dushanbe Somoni

Tanzania Dodoma (official), Dar es Salaam (seat of government)

Tanzanian shilling

Thailand Bangkok Baht

Togo Lomé CFA franc

Transnistria Tiraspol Transnistrian ruble

Trinidad and Tobago Port of Spain Trinidad and Tobago Dollar

Tunisia Tunis Tunisian dinar

Turkey Ankara Turkish lira

Turkmenistan Ashgabat Turkmen new manat

Uganda Kampala Ugandan shilling

Ukraine Kiev Ukrainian hryvnia

United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi UAE dirham

United Kingdom London Pound sterling

United States Washington, D.C. US Dollar

Uruguay Montevideo Uruguayan peso

US Virgin Islands Charlotte Amalie US Dollar

Uzbekistan Tashkent Uzbekistan som

Vanuatu Port Vila Vanuatu vatu

Vatican City Vatican City Euro

Venezuela Caracas Bolívar fuerte

Vietnam Hanoi dong

Yemen Sana'a Yemeni rial



Zambia Lusaka Zambian kwacha

Zimbabwe Harare US dollar

COUNTRIES AND THEIR PARLIAMENTS

Country Name Parliament Name

Afghanistan Shora

Australia Parliament

Bangladesh Jatia Parliament

Bhutan Tasongadu

Canada Parliament

China National People Congress

Denmark Folketing

Egypt People's Assembly

France Parlement

Germany Bundestag

Great Britain Parliament

Hungary Országgyűlés

Iceland Althing

India Sansad

Iran Majilis

Ireland Oireachtas

Israel The Knesset

Italy Parlamento Italiano

Japan Diet

Kuwait Majlis-al-Umma

Lativa Saeima

Malaysia Majilis

Maldives Majilis

Magnolia Khural

Nepal Rashtriya Panchayat

Netherlands States General (Staten-Generaal)

Norway Storting

Oman Majlis

Pakistan Majlis-e-Shoora

Poland Scym

Russia Duma

Spain Crotes

Sweden Riksdag

South Africa Parliament

Switzerland Federal Assembly

Taiwan Yuan

Turkey Grand National Assembly

USA Congress

Uzbekistan Oliy Majlis



PM Visits (Jan 15-Aug 15)

1. SEYCHELLES (i) Area visited : Victoria

(ii) Agreements: The two sides inked 4 agreements on cooperation in hydrography, renewable energy, infrastructure development and sale of navigation charts and electronic navigational charts. (iii) President: James Michel (iv) Currency: Seychellois rupee (v) Capital: Victoria

2. MAURITIUS (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 in Sea 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, youth development 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 Prime Minister 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 Jaitapur in Maharashtra, development of indigenous nuclear energy industry in India, cooperation in the economic sector, cooperation in the field of renewable energy etc. (iii) President: François 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 his Make in India campaign to various German industries. (iii) President: Joachim Gauck (iv) Chancellor: Angela Merkel (v) Currency: Euro (vi) Capital: Berlin

7. CANADA (i) Area visited : Ottawa,Toronto, Vancouver

(ii) Purpose: To promote Indo-German trade and investments. PM Narendra Modi pitched his Make in India campaign to various German industries. (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 of the agreements between include development of railway between the two countries, education exchange agreement, agreement in mining sector and agreement in broadcasting sector 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, cyber security, cooperation in the field of animal health and dairy and traditional systems or medicine 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's attempt to promote his Make in India concept to Korean investors.

(iii) Agreements: Both the countries inked 7 agreements on avoidance of double taxation and formalising consultations between National Security Councils of the two nations, and cooperation 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) Purpose: Modi's visit to South Korea was part of India's East Asia policy and Modi's attempt to promote his Make in India concept to Korean investors. (iii) Agreements: Both the countries inked 22 agreements on curbing human trafficking, smuggling of fake currency and setting up an Indian Economic Zone, Land Boundary Agreement (LBA) etc. (iv) President: Md. Abdul Hamid (v) Prime Minister: Sheikh Hasina (vi) Currency: Bangladeshi taka (vii) Capital: Dhaka

12. UZBEKISTAN (i) Area visited : Tashkent

(ii) Agreements: Both the countries signed 3 agreements to boost cooperation between their foreign 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 Transport Corridor 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 will host 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, supply of 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 (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 dollar fund to raise $75 billion to support investment in India’s investment sector. PM Narendra Modi 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 OF GAME

CUP/TROPHIES ASSOCIATED TERMS

Badminton Europian Cup, Narang Cup, Thomas Cup, Uber Cup, World Cup, Konica Cup,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 Raja Trophy, 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 and Hedges Cup, ICC Champions Trophy,C. K Nayadu Trophy, Deodhar Trophy, Copa America Trophy, Gavaskar-Border Trophy, J.D.Birla Trophy,Gillette Cup, Irani Trophy, Jawahar Lal Nehru Cup, Natwest Trophy,NKP Salve Challenger 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, Cow Corner, Duck, Follow on, Googly, Gully, Golden Duck, Hat-trick, Hit wicket, LBW, Leg-bbreak, Leg bye, Mankad, Maiden over, No ball, Off break, On drive, Out, Over, Mandatory over, Pitch, Popping crease, Rubber, Run down, 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 Women’s Cup, Bandodkar Trophy, B.C. Roy Trophy, Begum Hazrat Mahal Cup, BILT cup, Bordoloi Trophy, Colombo Cup, DCM Cup, Durand Cup, European Cup, FA Cup, Federation Cup, Gold Cup, Govemor’s Cup, Great Wall Cup, IFA Shield, Independence Day Cup,Indira Gandhi Trophy, Jawaharlal Nehru Gold Cup, Kalinga Cup, Kings Cup, Lal Bahadur Shastri Trophy, McDowell Cup, Merdeka Cup, Nagjee Trophy, Nijam Gold Cup, Rovers Cup, Rajiv Gandhi Trophy, Santosh Trophy, Stafford Cup, Subroto Cup, FIFA Wolrd Cup, Vittal Trophy, UEFA Cup, U.S.Cup

Back Heel, Back Pass, Ball Carrier, Bicycle Kick, Center Spot, Corner Flag, Farpost, Foul, FIFA, Cross, Defender, Corner kick, Direct free kick, Dribble, Dummy Run, Goal Kick, Give and Go, Hat-trick, Off side, Penalty kick, Throw in, Tripping, Goalkeeper, Header, Goal line, Kickoff, Inswinger, Midfielder, Nearpost, Penalty, Penalty Spot, Red Card, Referee Yellow Card , Obstruction, Shot, Striker, Sweeper, Toe Poke, Touch Line, Tackle, Through Pass, Zone Defense, Trapping the ball, 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, BMW Trophy,Bomaby Gold Cup, Champions Trophy, Bhyan Chand Trophy,European Nations Cup, Guru Nanak Cup, Indira Gandhi Gold Cup,World Cup, Rangaswami Cup, Scindia Gold Cup,Yadavindra Cup, Wellington Cup, Murugappa Gold

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



Cup,Kuppuswamy Naidu Cup, Ranjit Singh Gold Cup

Tennis Champions Cup, Davis Cup, Dr. rajender Parsad Cup, Edgbaston Cup, Hamlet Cup, Lipton Trophy, Evert Cup, Federation Cup, Ghafar Cup, Grand Slam Cup, Mercedes Cup, Nation’s Cup, Weightman Cup, Wimbledon Trophy, World Cup, World Team Cup

Ad Court,Advantage, Angel-game, Alley,Ball, Ballboys, Baseline, Crosscourt, Backhand stroke, 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, Shivanthi Gold 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, World Cup

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

INTERNATIONAL DAYS

JANUARY

26th January International Customs Day

FEBRUARY

4 February World Cancer Day 13 February World Radio Day 20 February World Day of Social Justice 21 February International Mother Language Day [UNESCO]

MARCH

1 March Zero Discrimination Day [UNAIDS] 3 March World Wildlife Day 8 March International Women's Day 20 March International Day of Happiness 21 March International Day for the Elimination of Racial

Discrimination 21 March World Poetry Day [UNESCO] 21 March International Day of Nowruz

21 March International Day of Forests 22 March World Water Day 23 March World Meteorological Day [WMO] 24 March World Tuberculosis Day [WHO]

APRIL

2 April World Autism Awareness Day 6 April International Day of Sport for Development and

Peace 7 April World Health Day [WHO]



12 April International Day of Human Space Flight 22 April International Mother Earth Day 23 April World Book and Copyright Day 23 April English Language Day 24 - 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 Work 30 April International Jazz Day

MAY

3 May World Press Freedom Day 9-10 May World Migratory Bird Day [UNEP] 15 May International Day of Families 17 May World Telecommunication Day [ITU] 22 May International Day for Biological Diversity 23 May International Day to End Obstetric Fistula 29 May International Day of UN Peacekeepers 31 May World No-Tobacco Day [WHO]

JUNE

1 June Global Day of Parents

5 June World Environment Day [UNEP] 8 June World Oceans Day 12 June World Day Against Child Labour 14 June World Blood Donor Day [WHO] 15 June World Elder Abuse Awareness Day 17 June World Day to Combat Desertification and

Drought 20 June World Refugee Day 21 June International Day of Yoga 26 June International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit

Trafficking

JULY

4 July (first Saturday in July)

International Day of Cooperatives

11 July World Population Day 15 July World Youth Skills Day 18 July Nelson Mandela International Day

28 July World Hepatitis Day [WHO] 30 July International Day of Friendship 30 July World Day against Trafficking in Persons

AUGUST

12 August International Youth Day 19 August World Humanitarian Day 29 August International Day against Nuclear Tests 30 August International Day of the Victims of Enforced

Disappearances



SEPTEMBER

5 September International Day of Charity 8 September International Literacy Day [UNESCO] 12 September United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation 15 September International Day of Democracy 16 September International Day for the Preservation of the

Ozone Layer 21 September International Day of Peace 25 September World Maritime Day [IMO] 27 September World Tourism Day

OCTOBER

1 October International Day of Older Persons

2 October International Day of Non-Violence 5 October World Teachers’ Day [UNESCO] 5 October World Habitat Day 9 October World Post Day 10 October World Mental Health Day [WHO] 16 October World Food Day [FAO] 17 October International Day for the Eradication of Poverty 20 October World Statistics Day 24 October United Nations Day 24 October World Development Information Day

31 October World Cities Day

NOVEMBER

14 November World Diabetes Day 16 November International Day for Tolerance 19 November World Toilet Day 19 November World Philosophy Day 20 November Africa Industrialization Day 20 November Universal Children’s Day 21 November World Television Day 29 November International Day of Solidarity with the

Palestinian People

DECEMBER

1 December World AIDS Day

5 December World Soil Day [FAO] 7 December International Civil Aviation Day [ICAO] 9 December International Anti-Corruption Day 10 December Human Rights Day 11 December International Mountain Day 18 December International Migrants Day 20 December International Human Solidarity Day



NATIONAL DAYS

JANUARY

4 -10 January Oil Conservation Week 10 -16 January Road Safety Week 12 January National Youth Day 15 January Army Day 15 -21 January Pin Code Week 25 January India Tourism Day 26 January Republic Day 30 January Martyrs Day

30 January National Cleanliness Day

FEBRUARY

24 February Excise Day

MARCH

4 -10 March National Safety Week 12 March Dandi March Day 15 March Consumers Day 16 March Immunization Day 23 March Martyrdom Day Of Bhagat Singh

APRIL

1 –7 April Prevention Of Blindness Week 7 April World Health Day 7–14 April Handloom Week 13 April Jallianwala Bagh Massacre / Baisakhi 14 April Customs Day 14 –20 April Fire Service Week

MAY

5 May National Labour Day 8 May World Red Cross Day 24 May Common-Wealth Day

31 May No Tobacco Day

AUGUST

9 August Quit India Movement Day 20 August Rajiv Gandhi’s Birth Anniversary (Sadbhavana Diwas)

SEPTEMBER

1 -7 September National Nutrition Week 5 September Teacher’s Day 14 September Sanchayika Day 14 September Hindi Divas

OCTOBER



1 October National Voluntary Blood Donation Day 1 -7 October Wild Life Week 2 October Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday 2 October Anti-Leprosy Day 2 -8 October Prevention Of Blindness Week 2 -8 October Anti-Un-Touchability Week 6 October World Habitat Day (Housing) 8 October Air Force Day 10 October National Post Day

14 October World Standards Day 21 October Azad Hind Day 21 October Global Iodine Deficiency Disorder (Idd) Day 31 October Anti -Terrorism Day

NOVEMBER

2 November All Saints Day 9 November Legal Services Day 9 -14 November International Week Of Science 14 November Nehru’s Birthday-Children’s Day 16 November International Day For Tolerance And Peace 19 November National Integration Day (Indira Gandhi’s Birthday)

20 November Child Rights Day 26 November Constitution Day

DECEMBER

2 December National Pollution Control Day 3 December International Day Of Disabled Persons 3 December National Conservation Day 3 December Bhopal Gas Tragedy Day 4 December Naval Day 7 December Flag Day 8 December Saarc Day

8 -14 December All India Handicrafts Week 10 December Human Rights Day 14 December National Energy Conservation Day

IMPORTANT COMMITTEES 2014-2015

Ajay Shankar Committee : To review functioning of PPP Cell

H Devaraj Commitee : Deemed university H R Khan Panel : To evaluate unclaimed PPF and Post Office Savings V V Daga Committee : To conduct forensic audit of NSEL Sivaramakrishnan Committee : Submit Report to build the capital city for Andhra Pradesh

Ramanujam Committee : To avoid obsolete laws Bimal Jalan Committee : To head the Expenditure Management Commission



Hari Gautam Committee : To review the status of UGC Justice SB Sinha (One Member Commission):To Probe 2006 Meerut Fire Tragedy Suresh Prabhu Committee: To review gas pricing formula R S Sharma Expert Committee : To review the Company (Cost Records and Cost Audits) Rules 2014 Justice MB Shah Committee : Black Money Deepak Mohanty Committee : Data and Information Management in the RBI Arvind 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 India Bibek Debroy : For Restructuring the railway Pratyush Sinha : To assess compensation for coal blocks.

Jairam Ramesh : On sustainable development T.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 and conservation of environment, forest, wildlife, water and air among others.

BOOKS AND AUTHORS

BOOK AUTHOR

Kashmir: The Vajpayee Years A. S. Dulat Transcendence A.P.J. Abdul with Arun Tiwari The Seduction of Delhi Abhay K. Family Life Akhil Sharma Benazir Bhutto Anna Suvorova Sleeping on the Jupiter Anuradha Roy When God is a Traveller Arundhati Subramaniam Born Again on the Mountain Arunima Sinha Random Recollections C.V. Narasimahan

Half Girlfriend Chetan Bhagat The Pakistan Paradox Christophe Jaffrelot The China Model Daniel A Bell The US-India Nuclear Agreement Dinshaw Mishtry God's Bankers Gerald Posner How Modi Won It Harish Khare Looking Away Harsh Mander Recasting India Hindol Sengupta Green Signals Jai Ram Ramesh Wnaderers All Janhavi Acharekar

The First Firangis Jonathan Gil Harris



Becoming Minority Jyotirmaya Tripathy, Sudarsan Padmanabhan The Rise of Big Business in India Kamal Aron, Mitra Chinoy RD Burman: The Prince of Music Khagesh Dev Burman Me Hijra, Me Laxmi Laxmi Shifting Ground Mahesh Rangrajan, K. Sivaramasundaram Memories of Belonging Malavika Karalekar Why I Assasinated Mahatma Gandhi

Nathuram Godse

The Last Wave Pankaj Sekhsaria The Rise of Islamic State Patrick Cockburn China: Confucius in the Shadow Poonam Surie The Dramatic Decade Pranab Mukherjee

Super Economies Raghav Bahal Out of Line Ritu Menon The Past Before Us Romilla Thapar Greater Than Bradman Rudolf Lambert Fernandez Forged in Crisis Rudra Chaudhary Plying it My Way Sachin Tendulkar At Home in India Salman Khurshid India's Rise as an Asian Power Sandy Gordon Saurav Ganguly Saptarshi Sarkar Fragile Frontiers Saroj Kumar Rath

Ghost of Calcutta Sebastian Ortiz India Shashtra Shashi Tharoor Beyond The Private World Subrata Bagachi Beyond Doubt Teesta Setalvad Gandhi at First Sight Thomas Weber No Free Left Vijay Prasad Editor Unplugged Vinod Mehta

INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS HEADQUARTERS AND

HEADS

INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION HEADQUARTERS HEADS

African Development Bank Abidjan, Ivory Coast Donald Kaberuka (President)

Asian Development Bank Metro Manila, Philippines

Haruhiko Kuroda (President)

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)

Singapore Muhamad Noor (Executive Director)

Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)

Jakarta, Indonesia Surin Pitsuwan (Secretary-Generalm)

Commonwealth of Nations London, United Kingdom

Queen Elizabeth II (Head)

Confédération africaine de football (CAF)

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Issa Hayatou (President)



European Council Strasbourg Thorbjørn Jagland (Secretary General)

Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA)

Zürich, Switzerland Sepp Blatter (President)

Federation Internationale des Echecs (FIDE)

Athens, Greece Kirsan Ilyumzhinov (President)

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

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

Gulf Cooperation Council Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani (Secretary-General)

Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD)

Djibouti City Mahboub Maalim (Executive Secretary)

Internation Bank for Reconstruction and 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 Aviation Organization (ICAO)

Quebec, Canada Raymond Benjamin (Secretary-General)

International Committee of the Red Cross

Switzerland, England

Peter Maurer, Switzerland (President)

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

International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol)

Lyon, France Ronald Noble (Secretary-General)

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

Geneva, Switzerland

Tadateru Konoé (President)

International Labour Organization (ILO)

Geneva, Switzerland

Guy Ryder (Director-General)

International Maritime Organization London, United Kingdom

Koji Sekimizu (Secretary-General)

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

Christine Lagarde (Managing Director)

International Olympic Committee (IOC)

Lausanne, Switzerland

Thomas Bach (President)

International Organization for Migration (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 Telecommunication Union

Geneva, Switzerland

Hamadoun Touré (Secretary-General)

Islamic Development Bank (IDB) Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

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 of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)

The Hague, Netherlands

Ahmet Üzümcü (Director-General)

Organization (UNPO) The Hague, Netherlands

Ngawang Choephel (Secretary-General)

Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)

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

Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)

Beijing, China Bolat Nurgaliyev (Secretary-General)

South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)

Kathmandu, Nepal Ahmed Saleem (Secretary-General)

Southern Cone Common Market (Mercosur)

Montevideo Agustín Colombo Sierra (Director of the Executive Secretariat)

Union of European Football Associations (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 (Executive Director)

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

Paris, France Irina Bokova (Director-General)

United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)

Vienna, Austria Kandeh Yumkella (Director-General)

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

World Food Programme (WFP) Rome, Italy Josette Sheeran (Executive Director)

World Health Organization (WHO) Geneva, Switzerland

Margaret Chan (Director-General)

World Intellectual Property Organization (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, Switzerland

Roberto Azevedo (Director-General)

BANKS AND THEIR TAGLINES

BANK TAGLINE

Allahabad Bank A tradition of trust

Andhra Bank Where India Banks Bank of Baroda India’s International Bank Bank of India Relationships beyond Banking Bank of Maharashtra One Family One Bank Canara Bank Together we Can Central Bank of India Build A Better Life Around Us, Central to you since 1911



Corporation Bank Prosperity for all Dena Bank Trusted Family Bank Indian Bank Your Tech-friendly bank Indian Overseas Bank Good people to grow with Oriental Bank of Commerce Where every individual is committed Punjab National Bank The Name you can Bank Upon Punjab & Sind Bank Where service is a way of life Syndicate Bank Your Faithful And Friendly Financial Partner Union Bank of India Good people to bank with

United Bank of India The Bank that begins with “U” UCO Bank Honours Your Trust Vijaya Bank A friend You can Bank Upon IDBI Bank Ltd Banking for all Bharatiya Mahila Bank Empowering women, Empowering India

STATE BANK GROUP

State Bank of India Pure Banking Nothing Else; With you all the way State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur The Bank with a vision State Bank of Patiala Blending Modernity with Tradition State Bank of Hyderabad You can always bank on us State Bank of Mysore Working for a better tomorrow

State Bank of Travancore A Long Tradition of Trust

BANKS AND THEIR CHAIRMAN

BANK CHAIRMAN

Allahabad Bank Rakesh Sethi Andhra Bank Satish Kumar Kalra

Bank of Baroda P.S. Jayakumar Bank of India M.O. Rego Bank of Maharashtra Sushil Muhnot Canara Bank Rakesh Sharma Central Bank of India Rajeev Rishi Corporation Bank Sadhu Ram Bansal Dena Bank Aswini Kumar Indian Bank Mahesh Kumar Jain Indian Overseas Bank R. Koteeswaran Oriental Bank of Commerce Animesh Chauhan

Punjab National Bank Usha Ananthasubramanian Punjab & Sind Bank Jatinder Bir Singh Syndicate Bank Arun Srivastava Union Bank of India Arun Tiwari United Bank of India P. Srinivas UCO Bank Arun Kaul Vijaya Bank Kishore Kumar Sansi



IDBI Bank Ltd Kishore Kharat Piraji Bharatiya Mahila Bank Usha Ananthasubramanian State Bank Group Arundhati Bhattacharya

BANKS AND THEIR HEADQUARTERS

BANK HEADQUARTER

Allahabad Bank Kolkata Andhra Bank Hyderabad Bank of Baroda Mumbai Bank of India Mumbai Bank of Maharashtra Pune Canara Bank Bangalore Central Bank of India Mumbai Corporation Bank Mangalore Dena Bank Mumbai

Indian Bank Chennai Indian Overseas Bank Chennai Oriental Bank of Commerce New Delhi Punjab National Bank New Delhi Punjab & Sind Bank New Delhi Syndicate Bank Manipal Union Bank of India Mumbai United Bank of India Kolkata UCO Bank Kolkata Vijaya Bank Bangalore IDBI Bank Ltd Mumbai

Bharatiya Mahila Bank New Delhi

STATE BANK GROUP

State Bank of India Mumbai State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur Jaipur State Bank of Patiala Punjab State Bank of Hyderabad Hyderabad State Bank of Mysore Bangalore State Bank of Travancore Thiruvananthapuram

NATIONAL PARKS AND STATES

NATIONAL PARK STATE

Campbell Bay National Park Andaman and Nicobar Islands Galathea National Park



Mahatma Gandhi Marine National Park Middle Button Island National Park Mount Harriet National Park North Button Island National Park Rani Jhansi Marine National Park Saddle Peak National Park South Button Island National Park Papikonda National Park Andhra Pradesh

Sri Venkateswara National Park

Mouling National Park Arunachal Pradesh Namdapha National Park

Dibru-Saikhowa National Park Assam Kaziranga National Park

Manas National Park Nameri National Park Orang National Park Valmiki National Park Bihar Indravati National Park Chhattisgarh

Kanger Ghati National Park Mollem National Park Goa

Blackbuck National Park, Velavadar Gujarat Gir Forest National Park

Marine National Park, Gulf of Kutch Vansda National Park Kalesar National Park Haryana

Sultanpur National Park Pin Valley National Park Himachal Pradesh

Great Himalayan National Park Dachigam National Park Jammu and

Kashmir

Hemis National Park

Kishtwar National Park Salim Ali National Park Betla National Park Jharkhand

Hazaribagh National Park Bandipur National Park Karnataka

Bannerghatta National Park (Bannerghatta Biological Park) Kudremukh National Park Nagarhole National Park Eravikulam National Park Kerala

Mathikettan Shola National Park Periyar National Park Silent Valley National Park

Bandhavgarh National Park Madhya Pradesh Kanha National Park

Madhav National Park Mandla Plant Fossils National Park Panna National Park Pench National Park



Sanjay National Park Satpura National Park Van Vihar National Park Chandoli National Park Maharashtra

Gugamal National Park Navegaon National Park Sanjay Gandhi National Park Tadoba National Park Keibul Lamjao National Park Manipur

Sirohi National Park Balphakram National Park Meghalaya

Nokrek National Park Murlen National Park Mizoram

Phawngpui Blue Mountain National Park Ntangki National Park Nagaland Bhitarkanika National Park Odisha

Nandankanan Zoological Park Simlipal National Park Harike Wetland Punjab Darrah National Park Rajasthan

Desert National Park Keoladeo National Park Mount Abu Wildlife Sanctuary Ranthambore National Park Sariska Tiger Reserve Khangchendzonga National Park Sikkim Guindy National Park Tamil Nadu

Gulf of Mannar Marine National Park Indira Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary and National Park Mudumalai National Park Mukurthi National Park

Palani Hills National Park Kasu Brahmananda Reddy National Park Telangana

Mahavir Harina Vanasthali National Park Mrugavani National Park Dudhwa National Park Uttar Pradesh Gangotri National Park Uttarakhand

Jim Corbett National Park Nanda Devi National Park Rajaji National Park Valley of Flowers National Park Buxa Tiger Reserve West Bengal

Gorumara National Park Jaldapara National Park Neora Valley National Park Singalila National Park Sundarbans National Park



WILDLIFE SANCTUARIES AND STATES

NAME STATE

Spike Island Wildlife Sanctuary Andaman and Nicobar Islands Defence Island Wildlife Sanctuary

Barren Island Wildlife Sanctuary Paget Island Narcondum Island Swamp Island James Island Reef Island

Bluff Island Sir Huge Rose Island Nelapattu Bird Sanctuary Andhra Pradesh

Nagarjunsagar-Srisailam Tiger Reserve Gundla Brahmeswaram Wildlife Sanctuary Kolleru Lake Papikonda Wildlife Sanctuary Sri Venkateswara National Park Pulicat Lake Bird Sanctuary Coringa Wildlife Sanctuary Krishna Wildlife Sanctuary Pakhui Tiger Reserve Arunachal Pradesh

Dibang Wildlife Sanctuary

Kamlang Wildlife Sanctuary Itanagar Wildlife Sanctuary Sessa Orchid Sanctuary Kane Wildlife Sanctuary Talley Valley Wildlife Sanctuary Bornadi Wildlife Sanctuary[3] Assam

Dipor Bil Garampani Wildlife Sanctuary Hoollongapar Gibbon Sanctuary Sonai Rupai Wildlife Sanctuary

Laokhowa Wildlife Sanctuary Barela Salim Ali Zubba Saheni Wildlife Sanctuary

Bihar

Gautam Budha Wildlife Sanctuary Kanwar Lake Bird Sanctuary Nakti Dam Wildlife Sanctuary Rajgir Wildlife Sanctuary Udaypur Wildlife Sanctuary Valmikinagar Wildlife Sanctuary Sukhna Chandigarh

Achanakmar Wildlife Sanctuary



Bhairamgarh Wildlife Sanctuary Bhagwan Mahavir Goa

Bondla Wildlife Sanctuary Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary Marine National Park, Gulf of Kutch Gujarat

Nal Sarovar Rupi Bhabha Sanctuary Himachal Pradesh

Kugti Wildlife Sanctuary Karakoram Wildlife Sanctuary Jammu and Kashmir

Kanji Wildlife Sanctuary Surinsar-Mansar Baltal Changtang Wildlife Sanctuary Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary Jharkhand

Gautam Budha Wildlife Sanctuary Hazaribagh Wildlife Sanctuary Mahuadand Wildlife Sanctuary Ghataprabha Bird Sanctuary Karnataka

Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary Brahmagiri Wildlife Sanctuary

Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary Ranganthittu Bird Sanctuary Ranibennur Blackbuck Sanctuary Parambikulam Wildlife Sanctuary Kerala

Chimmony Wildlife sanctuary Idukki Thattekkad Bird Sanctuary Bori Wildlife Sanctuary Madhya Pradesh

Bagdara Wildlife Sanctuary Gandhi Sagar Sanctuary

Pachmarhi Sanctuary Kuno Wildlife Sanctuary Ratapani Tiger Reserve Snajay-Dubri Wildlife Sanctuary Singhori Wildlife Sanctuary Melghat Maharashtra

Tadoba Andhari Tiger Project Koyna Wildlife Sanctuary Chandoli National Park Phansad Wildlife Sanctuary

Bor Wainganga Dampa Tiger Reserve Mizoram Intanki Nagaland Chilika Bird Sanctuary Odisha

Nalbana Bird Sanctuary Debrigarh Wildlife Sanctuary Ushakothi Abohar Punjab



Harike Lake Mount Abu Wildlife Sanctuary Rajasthan

Baretha Chambal Jaswant Sagar Wildlife Sanctuary Keladevi Wildlife Sanctuary Kumbhalgarh Nahargarh Sawai Mansingh

Sundha Mata Van Vihar Point Calimere Tamil Nadu

Pulicat Lake Bird Sanctuary Nagarjunsagar-Srisailam Tiger Reserve

Telangana

Asan Bradge Bird Watching Uttar Pradesh Chandra Prabha Wildlife Sanctuary

Chilla Kaimoor Sanctuary Katarniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary Ranipur Sanctuary Sohagi Barwa Sanctuary

Kishanpur Wildlife Sanctuary Hastinapur Sanctuary Mahavir Swamy Nawabganj Okhla Bird Sanctuary Sandi Bird Sanctuary Askot Musk Deer Sanctuary Uttarakhand

Valley of Flowers National Park Govind Pashu Vihar Wildlife Sanctuary Kedarnath Wild Life Sanctuary Buxa Tiger Reserve West Bengal

Murti 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 • Eligibility – age group 18-50 having saving bank account can be enrolled under scheme.



• Premium – rs 330 per annum • Payment mode – through 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 SMART CITIES • 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 is a 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 LIG categories in urban establishments of the country. • The government would provide an interest subsidy of 6.5% on housing loans availed by the beneficiaries for a period of 15 years from the start of loan. • The houses under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana would be allotted to preferably the female member 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 Highways 2. Universal Access to Phones 3. Public Internet Access Programme 4. e-Governance – Reforming government through Technology 5. e-Kranti – Electronic delivery of services 6. Information for All 7. Electronics Manufacturing – Target NET ZERO Imports 8. IT for Jobs



9. 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 an inclusive 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 by Central 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 microfinance system 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 lakh Tarun: 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 of having 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, in addition 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, they will 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 from the bank.

BETI BACHAO, BETI PADHAO (SAVE GIRL CHILD, EDUCATE GIRL CHILD) • Its aims is to generate awareness and improving the efficiency of welfare services meant for women.



• 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 and administration 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 Bharat Mission” launched. • This will be tribute to Mahatma Gandhi on his 150th birth anniversary to be celebrated in the year 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 Local Bodies (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 MINISTER

Andhra Pradesh Nara Chandrababu Naidu Arunachal Pradesh Nabam Tuki Assam Tarun Gogoi Bihar Nitish Kumar

Chhattisgarh Raman Singh Delhi (NCT) Arvind Kejriwal Goa Laxmikant Parsekar Gujarat Anandiben Patel Haryana Manohar Lal Himachal Pradesh Virbhadra Singh Jammu and Kashmir Mufti Mohammad Sayeed Jharkhand Raghubar Das Karnataka Siddaramaiah Kerala Oommen Chandy Madhya Pradesh Shivraj Singh Chouhan

Maharashtra Devendra Fadnavis Manipur Okram Ibobi Singh Meghalaya Mukul Sangma Mizoram Lal Thanhawla Nagaland T.R. Zeliang Odisha Naveen Patnaik Puducherry (UT) N. Rangasamy Punjab Parkash Singh Badal Rajasthan Vasundhara Raje Sikkim Pawan Kumar Chamling

Tamil Nadu J. Jayalalithaa Telangana K. Chandrasekhar Rao



Tripura Manik Sarkar Uttar Pradesh Akhilesh Yadav Uttarakhand Harish Rawat West Bengal Mamata Banerjee

STATES AND GOVERNORS

STATE GOVERNOR

Andhra Pradesh E.S Lakshmi Narasimhan Arunachal Pradesh J.P. Rajkhowa Assam Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya (Add. Charge) Bihar Keshari Nath Tripathi (Add. Charge) Chhattisgarh Balramji Dass Tandon Goa Smt. Mridula Sinha Gujarat Om Prakash Kohli Haryana Prof. Kaptan Singh Solanki

Himachal Pradesh Kalyan Singh (Add. Charge) Jammu and Kashmir N. N. Vohra Jharkhand Mati Droupadi Murmu Karnataka Vajubhai Vala Kerala Justice (Retd.) Palaniswamy Sathasivam Madhya Pradesh Ram Naresh Yadav Maharashtra Chennamaneni Vidyasagar Rao Manipur Dr. Syed Ahmed Meghalaya V. Shanmuganthan Mizoram Lt. General (Retd.) Nirbhay Sharma Nagaland Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya

Odisha Dr. S. C. Jamir Punjab Kaptan Singh Solanki Rajasthan Kalyan Singh Sikkim Niwas Dadasaheb Patil Tamil Nadu Dr. K. Rosaiah Telangana E.S Lakshmi Narasimhan (Add. Charge) Tripura Tathagata Roy Uttar Pradesh Ram Naik Uttarakhand Dr. Krishan Kant Paul West Bengal Keshari Nath Tripathi

NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS

POWER STATION LOCATION STATE



Tarapur Atomic Power Station Tarapur Maharashtra Rajasthan Atomic Power Station Rawatbhata Rajasthan Kakrapar Atomic Power Station Kakrapar Gujarat Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant Kudankulam Tamil Nadu Kaiga Nuclear Power Plant Kaiga Karnataka Madras Atomic Power Station Kalpakkam Tamil Nadu Narora Atomic Power Station Narora Uttar Pradesh Gorakhpur Atomic Power Station Fatehabad Haryana

THERMAL POWER PLANTS

NAME LOCATION STATE

Mundra Thermal Power Station Mundra Gujarat Korba Super Thermal Power Plant Jamani Palli Chhattisgarh Trombay Thermal Power Station Trombay Maharastra Sanjay Gandhi Thermal Power Station

Birsinghpur Madhya Pradesh

Satpura Thermal Power Station Sarni Madhya Pradesh Ukai Thermal Power Station Ukai dam Gujarat

Dahanu Thermal Power Station Dahanu Maharastra Amarkantak Thermal Power Station Chachai Madhya Pradesh Wardha Warora Power Plant Warora Maharastra Angul Thermal Power Station Angul Odisha Talcher Thermal Power Station Talcher Odisha Hirakud Captive Power Plant Hirakud Odisha Mejia Thermal Power Station Durlavpur West Bengal Farakka Super Thermal Power Station

Farakka West Bengal

Chandrapura Thermal Power Station

Chandrapura Jharkhand

Budge Budge Thermal Power Plant Budge Budge West Bengal ONGC Tripura Power Company Palatana-Udaipur Tripura Durgapur Thermal Power Station Durgapur West Bengal Bokaro Thermal Power Station Bokaro Jharkhand

Durgapur Thermal Power Station Durgapur West Bengal Titagarh Thermal Power Station Titagarh West Bengal Rihand Thermal Power Station Rihand Nagar Uttar Pradesh Singrauli Super Thermal Power Station

Shaktinagar Uttar Pradesh

NTPC Dadri Vidyutnagar Uttar Pradesh Anpara Thermal Power Station Anpara Uttar Pradesh Panipat Thermal Power Station Assan Haryana Obra Thermal Power Station Obra Uttar Pradesh Kota Super Thermal Power Plant Kota Rajasthan Rosa Thermal Power Plant Rosa Uttar Pradesh



Feroj Gandhi Unchahar Thermal Power Plant

Unchahar Uttar Pradesh

Parichha Thermal Power Station Parichha Uttar Pradesh Panki Thermal Power Station Panki Uttar Pradesh Rajghat Power Station Rajghat Delhi Faridabad Thermal Power Station Faridabad Haryana Simhapuri Thermal Power Station Krishnapattanam Andhra Pradesh Neyveli Zero Lignite Power Station Neyveli Tamil Nadu

HYDRO POWER PLANTS

STATION STATE

Tehri Dam Uttarakhand Koteshwar dam Uttarakhand Nathpa Jhakri Himachal Pradesh Pong Himachal Pradesh Bhakra Dam Punjab Chamera Dam Himachal Pradesh Salal Hydroelectric Power Station Jammu & Kashmir

Uri Hydroelectric Project Jammu & Kashmir Dulhasti Jammu & Kashmir Dhauliganga-I Uttarakhand Baira Suil Himachal Pradesh Sewa Jammu & Kashmir Nimmo-Bazgo Jammu & Kashmir Chutak Jammu & Kashmir Parbati Hydroelectric Project Himachal Pradesh Kishanganga Hydroelectric Project Jammu & Kashmir Srisailam Dam Andhra Pradesh,Telangana

Sharavathi Karnataka Kalinadi Karnataka Nagarjuna Sagar AP, TS Idukki Kerala Mettur Dam Tamil Nadu Koyna Maharashtra Sardar Sarovar Gujarat Indira Sagar Madhya Pradesh Omkareshwar Madhya Pradesh Bansagar Dam Madhya Pradesh

Ghatghar Pumped Storage Maharashtra Mulshi Dam Maharashtra Bargi Dam Madhya Pradesh Madikheda Dam Madhya Pradesh Jayakwadi Dam Maharashtra Balimela Power Station Odisha



Hirakud Dam Odisha Upper Kolab Power Station Odisha Sindol Complex Power Station Odisha Teesta-V Sikkim Penchat Jharkhand Loktak Manipur Rangit Sikkim Lower Subansiri Hydroelectric Power Project

Arunachal Pradesh

Khuga Dam Manipur Umiam-Umtru Hydroelectric Power Project

Meghalaya

FDI IN INDIA

RECENT POLICY MEASURES 100% FDI allowed in medical devices

FDI 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 refining by PSUs, courier services under the government route has now been brought under the automatic route. 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 Portfolio Investment up to 24% permitted under automatic route. FDI beyond 49% is also allowed on a case to case 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 funds Nidhi 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 Manufacturing of Cigars, cheroots, cigarillos and cigarettes, of tobacco or of tobacco substitutes Activities / 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, and locomotives/coaches manufacturing and maintenance facilities, (v) Railway Electrification, (vi)



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

SECTORS WITH CAPS Petroleum 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 of networks towards digitalization and addressability), Mobile TV and Headend-in-the-Sky Broadcasting Service (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 services – Civil 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 APPROVAL Tea sector, including plantations – 100%.

Mining and mineral separation of titanium-bearing minerals and ores, its value addition and integrated activities -100%. FDI in enterprise manufacturing items reserved for small scale sector – 100%.

Defence – up to 49% under FIPB/CCEA approval, beyond – 49% 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 the country). 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 of networks towards digitalization and addressability), Mobile TV and Headend-in-the Sky Broadcasting Service(HITS) – beyond 49% and up to 74%. Broadcasting Content Services: uplinking of news and current affairs channels – 26%, uplinking of non-news and current affairs TV channels – 100%. Publishing/printing of scientific and technical magazines/specialty journals/periodicals – 100%. 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 newspaper – 100%.



Airports – brownfield – beyond 74%. Non-scheduled air transport service – beyond 49% and up to 74%. Ground-handling services – beyond 49% and up to 74%. Satellites – 74%. Private securities agencies – 49%. Telecom-beyond 49%. Single brand retail – beyond 49%. Asset reconstruction company – beyond 49% and up to 100% Banking private sector (other than WOS/Branches) – beyond 49% and up to 74%, public sector – 20%. Pharmaceuticals – brownfield – 100%.

CROPS AND SEASONS IN INDIA

In India there are mainly three seasons:

KHARIF CROPS Kharif Crops are sown at the beginning of the south-west monsoon and harvested at the end of the south-west monsoon.

Sowing seasons-May to July Harvesting season-September to October Important crops: Jowar, bajra, rice, maize, cotton, groundnut, jute, hemp, sugarcane, tobacco, ete.

RABI CROPS Rabi Crops need relatively cool climate during the period of growth but warm climate during the germination of their seed and maturation.

Sowing season-october-December Harvesting season-February-April

Important crops: wheat, barley, gram, linseed, mustard, masoor, pea~ and potatoes.

ZAID CROPS Besides the kharif and rabi crops, there are certain crops which are being raised throughout the year due to artificial irrigation.

Important crops: watermelon, toris, cucumber, leafy and other vegetables.

TOP CREDIT RATING AGENCIES IN INDIA

CRISIL LIMITED

Corporate office – Mumbai, Maharashtra. Establishment – 1987

CRISIL headquartered at Mumbai is India’s largest and first credit rating agency; and a global leader 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 had assessed more than 61000 entities.

CREDIT INFORMATION BUREAU INDIA LIMITED -(CIBIL) Corporate office – Mumbai, Maharashtra Establishment – 2000 CIBIL headquartered at Mumbai is an Credit Information Company which maintains records of an individual‘s payments related to credit cards and loans. The information about users credit cards and loans is later used by the CBIL to generate Credit information reports which are used to approve loan applications.

FITCH RATINGS INDIA PRIVATE LTD.

Corporate office – New York, USA Establishment – 1913 Fitch Ratings, a Fitch Group company is a among the top credit rating agencies in India incorporated in 1913 in New York, USA. Fitch Ratings provides financial information services in more than 30 countries and has over 2000 employees working at 50+ offices worldwide.

CREDIT ANALYSIS & RESEARCH LTD. (CARE)

Corporate office – Mumbai, Maharashtra Establishment – 1993 CARE Ratings is second-largest among the credit rating agencies in India as far as Indian origin company is concerned. CARE’s rating businesses can be divided into various segments like for banks, IPO grading and sub-sovereigns. Company’s shareholders includes leading domestic banks and financial institutions in India.

ICRA LIMITED Corporate office – Gurgaon, Haryana Establishment – 1991 ICRA limited is a joint venture between Moody’s Investors and various financial services companies is a part of ICRA group which was founded in 1991. It is a Credit rating agency listed on the National Stock Exchange and Bombay Stock Exchange. ICRA has four subsidiaries ICRA Management Consulting Services Ltd, ICRA Techno Analytics Ltd, ICRA Online Ltd, PT. ICRA Indonesia and ICRA Lanka Ltd.

ONICRA Corporate office – Gurgaon, Haryana Establishment – 1993 Onicra Credit Rating Agency is a Credit and Performance Rating company based in Gurgaon and founded in 1993. Onicra is among the top 10 credit rating agencies in India offering smart and 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 Establishment – 2005 SMERA Ratings Ltd a Mumbai based company now expanded to 13 more locations was founded in year 2005. SMERA a joint venture of SIDBI, several private sector banks in the country and Dun & Bradstreet Information Services India Pvt. Ltd. (D&B). Since 2005 SMERA rated over 23,000 MSMEs pan India.


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