Sunday 20 December 2015

India This Week: 16 November-22 November 2015

16 November 2015
• AMRUT Action Plans for 81 cities approved with total project outlay of 5748 crore rupees
• Draft Fiscal and Contractual Regime for Award of Hydrocarbon Acreages released
• Odisha implemented National Food Security Act, 2013 in 14 districts
• Andhra Pradesh Government decided to waive off 110 crore loans of over 25000 weavers
• Foundation stone of first Mega Food Park of Telangana laid
• Syed Akbaruddin appointed as next Permanent Representative of India to UN
• Senior journalist Hemendra Narain died
• PM Narendra Modi concluded his two-nation tour to UK and Turkey
• Infosys Science Foundation announced winners of Infosys Prize 2015

17 November 2015
• Delhi government-appointed Chetan Sanghi panel recommended suspension of DDCA
• VHP leader Ashok Singhal dead
• Indian Red Cross Society Secretary General SP Agarwal died
• RAW former Chief Sankaran Nair died
• Kiren Rijiju conferred with Disaster Risk Reduction Asia Champion honour by UN
• CCI imposed penalties on 3 Airlines for concerted action in Fixing Fuel Surcharge
• Zarin Daruwala appointed as CEO of StanChart Bank India
• IAMAI released Internet in India 2015 report

18 November 2015
• Union Cabinet approved setting up of National Resource Facility for Bio-medical Research
• Indian Resource Panel (InRP) on Resource Efficiency constituted
• CCEA approved implementation of CCTNS and ICJS Project by March 2017 to revamp Criminal Justice System
• CCEA approved disinvestment of 10 percent paid up equity capital in Coal India Limited
• Technology Acquisition & Development Fund under National Manufacturing Policy launched
• Srishti Pandey won Indiana FIDE Rating Chess Tournament
• CCEA approved extension of Indian Development and Economic Assistance Scheme
• Justice T S Thakur appointed Chief Justice of India
• TCS, Intel launched Centre of Excellence for IoT in Hyderabad

19 November 2015
• 7th Central Pay Commission submitted its report; recommended 23.55% hike

20 November 2015
• Harshavardhan Neotia elected as President of FICCI
• AAI signed MoU with IL&FS to bolster overseas expansion
• Arun Kumar Kapoor appointed CEO of Dish TV

21 November 2015
• New species of tree frog Ghatixalus magnus discovered in Idukki district of Kerala
• Blue Revolution with an outlay of 3000 crore rupees proposed

22 November 2015
• SEBI signed MoU with Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission on bilateral cooperation
• 2nd World Congress on Disaster Management concluded; Visakhapatnam Declaration adopted

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