Sunday 27 September 2015

India This Week: 13 July-19 July 2015

13 July 2015
• MoD and MSDE signed MoU to increase employability of ex-servicemen
• Union Government decided to cap kerosene subsidy at Rs 12 per litre
• IT department launched OTP to e-file Income Tax
• BCCI suspended Mumbai Ranji player Hiken Shah for corruption
• 55th National Inter State Senior Athletics Championships concluded in Tamil Nadu
• PM Narendra Modi concluded his 6-nation tour to Russia and five Central Asian nations
• Former BSFI president Pashupatinath Roy died
• Lt General Man Mohan Singh Rai appointed as Vice-Chief of Indian Army
• Patnitop Tunnel, India’s longest road tunnel, set to open in 2016
• BCCI suspended Mumbai Ranji player Hiken Shah for corruption

14 July 2015
• Defence Acquisition Council approved defence proposals worth 30000 crore rupees
• Union Government, Facebook launched #100Women Initiative to recognize 100 women achievers of India
• Union Ministry of Urban Development launched nationwide HRIDAY scheme from Amritsar
• India’s first railway-line built under PPP model inaugurated in Gujarat
• IPL franchise Chennai Super Kings, Rajasthan Royals suspended for two years by Justice Lodha panel
• NGT suggested variable office hours to cut pollution
• Union Government approved Transit Oriented Development policy for Delhi
• Maharashtra assembly passed Guarantee of Public Services Bill, 2015
• 12-day Godavari Maha Pushkaram began in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh
• Rakesh Sahni appointed as Chairman of Narmada Valley Development Authority
• Make in India initiative of DIPP won Frost and Sullivan’s 2015 Economic Development Innovation Award
• Tamil music composer Manayangath Subramanian Viswanathan died
• Nashik-Trimbakeshwar Simhastha Kumbh Mela began in Maharsahtra
• 12-day Godavari Maha Pushkaram began in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh
• NGT suggested variable office hours to cut pollution
• IPL franchise Chennai Super Kings, Rajasthan Royals suspended for two years by Justice Lodha panel
• IAMAI-ICRIER released a report titled An Inquiry into the Impact of India’s App Economy

15 July 2015
• RBI constituted Deepak Mohanty Committee on Medium-term Path on Financial Inclusion
• Manipur Legislative Assembly unanimously resolved to withdraw MRVTMW Bill, 2015
• PetroFed Oil & Gas Industry Awards 2014 conferred
• AP Government formed one-member panel to probe Rajahmundry stampede during Godavari Maha Pushkaram
• SC judge sought clarity on constitutional status of Chief Justice of India
• PM launched Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana to impart skill training to youth
• SC termed National Pharmaceutical Pricing Policy as unreasonable and irrational
• Union Agriculture Minister launched PGS-India, Soil Health Card and FQCS Web Portals
• PM unveiled National Policy for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship 2015
• Union Government launched four initiatives as part of Skill India vision
• Union Government launched National Mission for Skill Development
• Champions League T20 scrapped due to limited public following
• Kerala Cricket Association not a public office: Kerala High Court
• Manipur Legislative Assembly unanimously resolved to withdraw MRVTMW Bill, 2015
• Veteran Telugu playback singer V Ramakrishna died
• Remnants of India's one of the oldest port discovered in Goa
• Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Churachandpur of Manipur won 18th National Youth Parliament Competition
• PetroFed Oil & Gas Industry Awards 2014 conferred

16 July 2015 
• Union Government brought 39 more drugs under price control regime
• Union Cabinet approved redevelopment of 400 railway stations through Swiss Challenge method
• India and World Bank signed Financing Agreement for Andhra Pradesh Disaster Recovery Project
• CCEA approved creation of Intra State Transmission System in 7 States
• DoT released A K Bhargava committee report on Net Neutrality
• Union Government approved signing of India-Canada Civil Aviation Pact
• RBI permitted CBS-enabled Cooperative Banks to issue ATM cards in tie-up with a sponsor bank
• Overall direct lending to farmers should not fall below average of past 3 years: RBI
• India’s 1st indigenously designed and developed High Thrust cryogenic rocket engine tested
• AAI formed enquiry panel to probe World University Games fiasco
• White-Fi technology of Microsoft to boost Digital India Initiative
• INS Astravahini decommissioned after 31 years of service
• Union Cabinet approved setting up of Panagariya Committtee to classify Caste Census data, 2011

17 July 2015 
• Union Government launched Delhi Police Railway Helpline Number 1512
• Ministry of Railways modified few tatkal ticket booking rules
• RBI signed Special Currency Swap Agreement with the Central Bank of Sri Lanka
• CCI imposed Rs 671 crore penalties on 4 state-run insurance companies
• A woman having a child through surrogacy is entitled to maternity leave: Delhi HC
• 2nd Sohra Marathon held in Meghalaya
• Prashant Pathrabe appointed as Interim Director of Film and Television Institute of India
• MAIT-IMRB released ITOPS 2015 Study on IT hardware market performance

18 July 2015
• J&K’s special status under article 370 of the Indian Constitution cannot be altered: HC
• Kerala tourism's Muziris heritage project bagged PATA award
• Varunavat Mountain witnessed crack in its range; landslides feared
• Jagannath Rath Yatra began in Puri, Odisha
• Kutchi New Year observed in Kutch Region of Gujarat

19 July 2015
• Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal inaugurated first 'Aam Aadmi Clinic' at Peeragarhi Relief Camp
• Noted Urdu writer Dr Bisheshar Pradeep died

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