Sunday 27 September 2015

India This Week: 11 May-17 May 2015

11 May 2015
• Lok Sabha passed Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets (Imposition of Tax) Bill 2015
• RBI advised all Public Sector Banks to appoint Internal Ombudsman
• Telangana Government signed MoU with Google to build a campus in Hyderabad
• India Post launched Dedicated E-Commerce Centre in New Delhi
• Hyderabad to host Indo-Global Pharma Expo and Summit 2015 in July
• National Technology Day observed in India
• Union Finance Ministry appointed Justice AP Shah Committee to look into the issue of MAT on FIIs
• K Satish Reddy appointed as Chairman of National Safety Council (NSC)
• President authorized Justice Cyriac Joseph to act as interim NHRC Chairperson

12 May 2015 
• President of India appointed four Governors and transferred two
• RBI released the report titled State Finances: A Study of Budgets of 2014-15
• Moody's released the report Global Macro Outlook: 2015-16
• Lee Alan Johnson named Head Coach of U-19 football team of India
• UP Government launched Samajwadi Shudha Payjal Yojna for UP Roadways bus stations
• Bengali Writer Suchitra Bhattacharya passed away

13 May 2015
• Union Cabinet approved Namami Gange programme under National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA)
• Supreme Court issued Guidelines on Regulating Government Advertisements
• Union Cabinet approved amendments to Child Labour (Prohibition & Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2012
• Benami Transactions (Prohibition) (Amendment) Bill, 2015 introduced in Lok Sabha
• CCEA gave its approval for 5% disinvestment in NTPC and 10% in Indian Oil Corporation
• Rajya Sabha passed The Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2014
• Lok Sabha approved Negotiable Instruments (Amendment) Bill, 2015
• Punjab government launched pan-state programme to monitor the soil health of every farm

14 May 2015 

• Union Government approved Gujarat State Climate Change Action Plan 2015-2020
• Union Ministry of Minority Affairs launched USTAAD Scheme for Traditional Artisans
• RBI allowed Tap And Pay without PIN for transactions up to 2000 rupees
• Maharashtra government banned digging of borewells deeper than 200 feet
• MHRD Gave Nod for Setting up IIIT in Nagpur, Maharashtra
• Indian Scientists found a rare plant with anti-cancer properties in Western Ghats
• President Pranab Mukherjee conferred the Presidential Awards for Classical Tamil

15 May 2015 

• Union Government launched Kayakalp Award Scheme to improve cleanliness in Public Health Facilities
• Union Government decided to implement NERS for women in distress
• Union Government launched Road Asset Management System for National Highways
• Bengaluru airport signed a contract with SITA to allow self check-in from June 2015
• Gagan Narang Won Bronze in 50m Rifle Prone Men Event at ISSF Rifle/Pistol World Cup in Fort Benning
• ISRO announced to commission MOTR in June 2015
• MJ Joseph appointed as Controller General of Accounts
• Anurradha Prasad conferred with Pt. Haridutt Sharma Award for Journalism and Social Services
• 6th National Conference on Nuclear Energy held in New Delhi

16 May 2015
• Official website of 10th World Hindi Conference launched
• Ravishankar Prasad inaugurated first postal ATM in Bihar

17 May 2015 
• Union government allocated 5000 crore for development of AYUSH

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