Banking & Current Affairs Update Magazine - March 2015

In this issue

66TH REPUBLIC DAY

Ashok Chakras presented
Barack Obama, first U.S. president to be the chief guest
India's newest state, Telangana, debuts
Padma Awards

RESERVE BANK OF INDIA(RBI Update)
RBI cuts repo rate by 25 basis points
Reserve Bank of India relaxes norms for external commercial borrowings
RBI extends date for depositing pre-2005 currency notes to June 30
Reserve Bank of India tweaks definition of 'non-cooperative' borrower
RBI cautions against multi-level marketing firms
ECONOMY & POLICY

India to surpass China's growth rate in 2016
US MNC consortium to aid smart city operations in India
GDP likely to grow to 6.5 per cent in the next financial year, says India Ratings & Research:
Buffalo meat beats basmati rice in export market

National

Manmohan Singh adopts Pachim Bekeli Gaon Panchayat
Union Government bans mobile handsets with duplicate identity numbers
Government proposes COTPA (Amendment) Bill 2015:
Idukki becomes first District to have Complete Rural Broadband Coverage
Union Government launches two schemes to support SCs

SUPREME COURT
SC seeks assistance of Premier institutes to find missing children
SC issues notice to the Government on voting rights for inter-state migrants

INTERNATIONAL
USA approves construction of Keystone XL Oil Pipeline
Australian airline Qantas named world’s safest

SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY/ENVIRONMENT
Scientists discover two Earth-like planets
India to set up India-based Neutrino Observatory in Tamil Nadu

PERSONALITIES
CBI examines whole-time SEBI member Rajiv Agarwal in Saradha scam
Maulana Fazlullah designated as global terrorist

RETIREMENT/RESIGNATION/REMOVAL

Leela Samson
Haruko Obokata