Monthly Archives: November 2015

10 Nov

India and the state capital

India and the state capital
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1 Bihar – Patna
2 West Bengal – Kolkata
3 Assam – Dispur
4 Andhra Pradesh – Hyderabad
5 Orissa – Bhubaneswar
6 Uttar Pradesh – Lucknow
7 Karnataka – Bangalore
8 Kerala – Tiruvnantpurm
9 Gujarat – Gandhinagar
10th Jammu and Kashmir – Srinagar
11 Tamil Nadu – Chennai
12 Tripura – Agrtlla
13 Nagaland – Kohima
14 Punjab – Chandigarh
15 Haryana – Chandigarh
16th Manipur – Imphal
17 Madhya Pradesh – Bhopal
18 Maharashtra – Mumbai
19 Meghalaya – Shillong
20 Rajasthan – Jaipur
21 Himachal Pradesh – Shimla
22. Sikkim – Gangtok
23 Mizoram – Aijol
24. Arunachal Pradesh – Itanagar
25 Goa – Panaji
26 Uttarakhand – Dehradun
27. Chhattisgarh – Raipur
28. Jharkhand – Ranchi
29 Telangana – Hyderabad
Union State and its capital
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1. Lldilli – New Delhi
2 Lakshadweep – Kavaratti
3 Daman and Diu – Daman
4 Andaman and Nicobar – Port Blair
5 Chandigarh – Chandigarh
6 Puducherry – Puducherry
7 Dadra & Nagar Haveli – Silvassa

10 Nov

New Appointments in India 2015

New Appointments in India 2015
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• National Institution for Transforming India (Niti Aayog) : Narendra Modi, Chairman
• Lok Sabha, Speaker : Mrs. Sumitra Mahajan
• Lok Sabha, Secretary-General : T. K. Viswanathan
• Rajya Sabha, Chairman : Mohammad Hamid Ansari
• Rajya Sabha, Deputy Chairman : P. J. Kurien
• Rajya Sabha, Leader of House : Arun Jaitley
• Rajya Sabha, Leader of Opposition : Ghulam Nabi Azad
• Rajya Sabha, Secretary-General : Shumsher K. Sheriff
• National Institution for Transforming India (Niti Aayog) : Arvind Panagariya, Vice-Chairman
• Chief Election Commissioner : Syed Nasim Zaidi
• Election Commissioner : Achal Kumar Jyoti
• Chief Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) : K. V. Chowdary
• Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) : Vijai Sharma
• Comptroller and Auditor-General of India : Shashi Kant Sharma
• National Human Right Commission (NHRC) : Justice K. G. Balakrishnan, Chairperson
• Cabinet Secretary : Ajit Kumar Seth
• Principal Secretary to Prime Minister : Nripendra Misra
• National Commission for Backward Classes : Justice V. Eshwaraiah, Chairman
• National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) : Ms. Shanta Sinha, Chairperson
• National Commission for Scheduled Castes : Dr. P. L. Punia, Chairman
• National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) : Dr.Rameshwar Oraon, Chairman
• Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) : Deepak Gupta, Chairman
• National Commission on Farmers (NCF) : Dr. M. S. Swaminathan, Chairman
• National Security Adviser and Special Adviser to PM (Internal Security) : Ajit Kumar Doval
• National Investigation Agency (NIA) : Sharad Kumar, Director-General
• Railway Board : A. K. Mital, Chairman
• Intelligence Bureau (IB) : Dineshwar Sharma, Director
• Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) : Anil Kumar Sinha, Director
• Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) : Rajinder Khanna, Director
• National Security Guard (NSG) : Jayanto Narayan Choudhury, Director-General
• Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) : Prakash Mishra, Director-General
• Border Security Force (BSF) : Devendra Kumar Pathak, Director-General
• Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) : Arvind Ranjan, Director-General
• Railway Protection Force. (RPF) : P. K. Mehta, Director-General
• Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) : Krishna Chaudhary, Director-General
• Sashastra Seema Bal : B. D. Sharma, Director-General
• Indian Coast Guard : Vice-Admiral Anurag G. Thapliyal, Director-General
• Defence Intelligence Agency : Lt. Gen. Avtar Singh, Director-General
• University Grants Commission (UGC) : Prof. Ved Prakash, Chairman
• Defence Research and Development Organisation. (DRDO) : Dr. S. Christopher, Director-General
• Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government : Dr. R. Chidambaram
• Space Commission and ISRO : A. S. Kiran Kumar, Chairman
• Atomic Energy Commission and Secretary, Dept. of Atomic Energy : Ratan Kumar Sinha, Chairman
• National Commission for Minorities : Naseem Ahmad, Chairperson
• Staff Selection Commission (SSC) : Amitava Bhattacharya, Chairman
• Indian Council of Medical Research : Dr. Vishwa Mohan Katoch, Director-General
• India and Census Commissioner : C. Chandramouli, Registrar-General
• Law Commission of India : Justice Ajit Prakash Shah, Chairman
• Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) : Dr. B. N. Suresh, President
• National Forest Commission : Justice (Retd.) B. N. Kirpal, Chairman
• National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) : T. Nanda Kumar, Chairperson
• Border Roads Organisation : Lt. General AT Parnaik, Director-General
• Reserve Bank of India (RBI) : Dr. Raghuram Rajan, Governor
• Press Council of India : Justice Chandramauli Kumar Prasad, Chairman
• Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) : Ravindra Pisharody, Chairman
• Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) : R. K. Tewari, Chairman
• Central Board of Excise and Customs : Mrs. J.M. Shanti Sundharam, Chairman
• Competition Commission of India : Ashok Chawla
• Central Administrative Tribunal : Justice Syed Rafat Alam, Chairman
• National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) : R.S.T. Sai, CMD
• Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) : Dinesh K. Sarraf, CMD
• GAIL : B. C. Tripathi, CMD
• Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) : S. Behuria, Chairman
• Oil India Ltd : Sunil Kumar Srivastava, CMD
• Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) : Dr. Satbir Bedi, Chairperson
• Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) : U. K. Sinha, Chairman
• National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) : Dr. Harsh Kumar Bhanwala, Chairman
• State Bank of India (SBI) : Smt. Arundhati Bhattacharya, Chairman
• Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI) : M. S. Raghavan, Chairman
• Company Law Board : Justice Dilip Raosaheb Deshmukh, Chairman
• India’s Permanent Representative to UN : Asoke Kumar Mukerji
• Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) : S. K. Roy, Chairman
• Central Water Commission : Ashwin Pandya, Chairman
• National Commission for Women : Ms. Lalitha Kumarmangalam, Chairperson
• 14th Finance Commission : Dr. Y. V. Reddy, Chairman
• National Statistical Commission : Dr. Pronob Sen, Chairman
• Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) : Pahlaj Nihalani, Chairperson
• Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) : Dr. Rakesh Tewari, Director-General
• Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) : Dr. Jyotsna Suri, President
• Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) : Ram Sevak Sharma, Chairman
• Enforcement Directorate : Dr. Rajan Katoch, Director
• Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) : R. V. Verma, Chairman
• Bhabha Atomic Research Centre : Dr. Sekhar Basu, Director
• Indian Olympic Association : N. Ramachandran, President
• National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) : Prof. B.K.Tripathi, Acting Director
• Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) : Ajay S. Shriram, President
• Prasar Bharti Board : Dr. A. Surya Prakash, Chairman
• Investment Commission : Ratan Tata, Chairman
• Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) : Jagmohan Dalmiya, President
• International Cricket Council (ICC) : Mr. Zaheer Abbas, President
• NASSCOM : R. Chandrasekaran, Chairman
• National Film Development Corporation (NFDC) : Ramesh Sippy, Chairman
• Children’s Film Society : Mukesh Khanna, Chairman
• United News of India : Ravindra Kumar, Chairman
• Press Trust of India (PTI) : Mahendra Mohan Gupta, Chairman
• Indian Newspaper Society (INS) : Kiran B. Vadodaria, President
• The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) : Rana Kapoor, President

10 Nov

FDI Percentage (%) Latest

FDI Percentage (%) Latest:
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Single brand Retail-100%
courier service-100%
telecom -100%
tourism-100%
pharma-100%
education-100%
railway infrastructure-100%
pvt bank-74%
credit rating-74%
multi brand Retail-51%
stock exchange-49%
insurance-49%
pension-49%
PSBs-20%
defence-49%
civil aviation-49%
power-49%
FM radio-26%
Print media-26%

10 Nov

IMPORTANT RIVER VALLEY PROJECTS IN INDIA

IMPORTANT RIVER VALLEY PROJECTS IN INDIA :
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1. Bhakra Nangal Project —On Sutlej in Punjab. Highest in India. Ht. 226m. Reservoir is called Gobind Sagar Lake.
2. Mandi Project— On Beas in HP
3. Chambal Valley Project—- On Chambal in MP & Rajasthan, 3 dams are there:- Gandhi Sagar Dam, Rana Pratap Sagar Dam and Jawahar Sagar Dam
4. Damodar Valley Project— On Damodar in Bihar (Now Jharkhand) & West Bengal, Based on Tennessee Valley Project USA
5. Hirakud Project— On Mahanadi in Orrisa, World’s Longest Dam: 4801m
6. Rihand Project— On Son in Mirzapur, Reservoir is called Gobind Vallabh Pant reservoir.
7. Kosi Project— On Kosi in N.Bihar
8. Mayurkashi Project— On Mayurkashi in West Bengal
9. Kakrapara Project— On Tapi in Gujrat
10. Nizamsagar Project— On Manjra in Andhra Pradesh
11. Nagarjuna Sagar Project— On Krishna in Andhra Pradesh
12. Tugabhadra Project— On Tugabhadra in Andhra Pradesh & Karnataka
13. Shivasamudram Project— On Cauvery in Karnataka. It is the older river valley project in India.
14. Tata Hydel Scheme—- On Bhima in Maharashtra
15. Sharavathi Hydel Project— On Jog Falls in Karnataka
16. Kundah & Periyar Project—- In Tamil Nadu
17. Farakka Project — On Ganga in WB. Apart from power and irrigation it helps to remove silt for easy navigation.
18. Ukai Project—- On Tapti in Gujarat
19. Mahi Project—- On Mahi in Gujarat
20. Salal Project—– On Chenab in J&K
21. Mata Tila Multipurpose Project— On Betwa in Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh
22. Thein Project—- On Ravi, Punjab.
23. Pong Dam— On Beas, Punjab
24. Tehri Dam — On Bhgirathi, Uttarakhand
25. Sardar Sarovar Project—- On Narmada, Gujarat/MP.

10 Nov

NHB Recruitment of Officer Scale 1 (Assistant Managers)

National Housing Bank has issued the notification for the post of Junior Management cadre. Candidates are advised to apply on-line from 02.11.2015 to 30.11.2015 only, through Bank’s web site www.nhb.org.in after carefully going through all the instructions contained in this application and general instructions given in this advertisement. No other means mode of Application will be accepted.

OPENING OF ON-LINE REGISTRATION: 2nd November 2015
CLOSING OF ON-LINE REGISTRATION: 30th November 2015
DATE OF ON-LINE EXAMINATION: 15th December 2015

About NHB: NHB, the apex bank for Housing, was established on July 09, 1988 under NHB Act 1987, as a wholly owned subsidiary of RBI with head quarters in New Delhi. The bank was set up with the main purpose of setting up of an institution to operate as a principal agency to promote housing finance institutions and to provide financial and other support to these institutions.
NHB can raise sources by issue of bonds and debentures, borrowing from RBI under short term loans and long term operations, borrowing from Central govt and other approved institutions.

Read NHB Notification and apply online here.

10 Nov

ICICI Bank PO Recruitment 2015

Probationary Officer Training Programme
Probationary Officer Training Programme is an initiative of ICICI Bank to attract young talent who wish to pursue a career in banking. It is designed to develop specialists with banking knowledge and selling skills to fulfil the need of trained bankers. It is a one year training programme, conducted at ICICI Manipal Academy, Bengaluru.

Since its inception in 2007 more than 10,000 students have joined the Bank after undergoing the training at the ICICI Manipal Academy, Bengaluru.

Selection Process
The selection process for Probationary Officer will consists of
Online Aptitude test
Online Psychometric Assessment
Case-based Group Discussion (GD)
Personal Interview (PI)
Merit List

*The GD and the PI (only for applicants who successfully clear the GD) will be concluded on the same day.
Fees of the Training Programme

The Probationary Officer Training Programme is a cashless bridge to managerial jobs for aspiring students. To pursue the Probationary Officer Training Programme, the interested students will have to invest 3,59,100 (The course fee of 3,15,000 + Service Tax as applicable which is presently at 14%) which would be provided by ICICI Bank as a loan at a subsidized interest rate of 2.5% p.a. Differential amount, if any, on account of increase in Service Tax at a future date, would be borne by the applicant. This is the fee for the first phase of the PGDB Programme. The fee for Phase II is an additional amount of 1,50,000 which needs to be paid by students who opt for this phase at a later date. After completion of the Training Programme, the Probationary Officers will be absorbed as Deputy Manager in the Bank. The loan is to be repaid by Probationary Officers in equated monthly installment (EMI) after joining the Bank.

On absorption in ICICI Bank, the Probationary Officers will be on probation for a period of one year. The gross salary of a Probationary Officer on joining the Bank after training will be around Rs. 4 lakh per annum.

To Apply Click here.

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