EXPECTED QUESTIONS FOR IBPS PO 2014: SEPTEMBER MONTH ISSUE

 Expected general awareness questions for ibps po September month

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·         RBI notifies “Implementation of Basel III Capital Regulations in India – Amendments”

These Amendments relate to:-

·         Non-equity Regulatory Capital Instruments (Additional Tier 1 and Tier 2) – Loss Absorption Mechanism

·         Additional Tier 1 Capital Instruments – Exercise of Call Option

·         Tier 2 Capital Instruments – Maturity Period

·         Limits on recognition of Non-equity Regulatory Capital Instruments (Additional Tier 1 and Tier 2) for CRAR

·         Non-equity Regulatory Capital Instruments (Additional Tier 1 and Tier 2) – Issuance to Retail Investors

·         Coupon Discretion on Additional Tier 1 Debt Capital Instruments

·         These amended guidelines become applicable with immediate effect and have been incorporated in the subsequent Master Circular on Basel III Capital Regulations.

·         The Amendments: CBII010914FA

·         Basel 3 norms will implement in 2019

·         Global Competitiveness List 2014-15: India slides down to 71st rank

               As per the Global Competitiveness Report 2014-15 the Top 10 nations are as follows:-

·         Switzerland

·         Challenging economic environment for most of the last year has pushed Indiadown to 71st position in an yearly Global Competitiveness List 2014-15, released by the Geneva-based World Economic Forum (WEF). India has the lowest position amongst the 5 BRICS Nations. Switzerland is the most competitiveeconomy.

·         Ranking Amongst the BRICS Nations:-

·         28) China

·         India’s first coral garden to be set up in Gujarat

·         In an effort to protect numerous coral species at one place and to enhancetourism in the state, the country’s first ‘Coral garden’ will be set up at Mithapur coastal region of Devbhoomi-Dwarka district in Gujarat, which will conserve coral species. Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) and Tata Chemicals Limited (TCL) have inked a MoU to set up the first of its kind coral garden.

·         Japan’s decides to remove several Indian entities from the Foreign End Users List

·         Japan has decided to remove 6 Indian Space and Defence linked bodies from its end-user list. PM Modi welcomed the announcement by Japanese Government to remove 6 of India’s space and defence related entities from its Foreign End User List held that both the countries look forward to improved trade and partnership in high technology

·         Unit 5 of RAPS becomes world’s 2nd longest running reactor

·         India’s nuclear power programme reached a fresh milestone after Unit 5 of theRajasthan Atomic Power Station (RAPS), become the 2nd longest running reactor in the world by being in operation for 765 days nonstop

·         largest operating plant that ran continuously for 894 days.

·         Minsk Agreement (2014): Ukraine and Russia ceasefire agreement inked in Minsk

·         On  5 2014, Representatives of Ukraine, the Russian Federation, the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), and the Lugansk People’s Republic (LPR) inked the Minsk Agreement (2014) to stop the war in the Donbass region of Ukraine. The agreement was inked after widespread talks in Minsk, Belarus, under the patronage of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe(OSCE)

·         Sania-Soares from brazil win US Open mixed doubles title 2014

·         “Willful defaulter tag is a powerful weapon in hands of banks for resolving bad loans”: RBI Governor

·         “The wilful defaulter tag is a powerful weapon in the hands of creditors for resolving distressed assets. It shuts out access to credit within the Indian financial system for a borrower,” Rajan stated without naming Vijay Mallya, who was recently declared by Union Bank of India (UBI) to declare as a willful defaulter.

·         PM announces J&K floods ‘National Disaster’, declares additional aid of Rs 1,000 crore

·         India, Bahrain convey commitment to improve bilateral trade, investment

·         Significant areas include agriculture,infrastructure, healthcare, medical tourism, real estate and pharmaceuticals.

·         Key points on India-Bahrain Trade and Commerce relations:-

·         Bilateral trade crossed $1,3 billion mark in 2013-14 and is expected to cross $1.5 billion.

·         India’s export to Bahrain has gone up by more than 80% over the past 5 years from $252 million to $603 million in 2012-13.

·         India’s key non-oil exports include chemicals, compounds of precious metals, boilers, electrical and electronic machinery and vehicles with spare parts.

·         Other than oil , India imports Aluminium, Iron and Steel, Salt, Sulphur, Plastering Materials, Lime and Cement, Fertilizers, etc.

·         Why Bahrain is important for India?

·         Besides regular Business relations with Bahrain; Bahrain is important for India as being a member of GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council) and Bahrain’s Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) with European nations and NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) can offer easygoing entry of Indian goods to the destinations abroad.

·         Serena Williams wins 3rd consecutive US Open

·         India inks FTA in Services, Investments With ASEAN

·         All ASEAN members — Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam  (remember these definitely question may come)

·         Shortcut: b p l t v m I m I cs

·         ICICI Bank presents ‘Cardless Cash Withdrawal’ – Withdraw cash from ATM without a card

·         Over next 5 years, China will invest nearly $100 billion in India

·         China will firstly invest $7 billion in industrial parks in Pune and Gandhinagar, which is just the tip of the iceberg as Chinese firms are eyeballing over $50 billion worth of investments in transformation of the Indian railways and running bullet and hi-speed trains in India. The Indian Railways has been granted approval for 100% FDI, and consequently it will come up with a wide-ranging plan for facilitating FDI in the sector. China is eager to invest additional $50 billion in roads, ports and the NDA government’s determined river-linking plan. The Chinese leader is coming with a delegation of over 100 business heads, involving those from China Harbour, China Railway Construction Group and Huawei, midst others, and will speak to a trade gathering of over 400 Indian CEOs in Delhi. Thegiant 4 Chinese banks (Bank of China, Industrial & Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), China Construction Bank and the Agriculture Bank of China) are also arriving with the delegation to give billions of dollars in advances to Indianinfrastructure plans to be completed in joint venture with Chinese companies.

·         Bihar government acknowledges transgender as third gender

The Bihar government recognized recognise kinnar/kothi/hijra/transgender (eunuch) as “third gender”.

·         Subhash Chandra Garg selected as the ED of the World Bank

Senior IAS officer Subhash Chandra Garg, a 1983-batch IAS officer of Rajasthancadre, was selected as the ED (Executive Director) of the World Bank

·         Montreal Protocol- relates oozone layer depletion recently wmo world metrological orgaisation released this for ozone layer depletion .so you must read head quarters of wmo-geneva Switzerland

·         6th Economic Census Report: Arunachal Pradesh has the highest proportion of hired workers among all Arunachal Pradeshs  6t h Economic Census have a share of about 86% in total GDP of the country.

·         New Payment Gateway Integrated to e-Filing System; Indian Patent Office (IPO) becomes first IPO in the World to begin Real Time Transparency

·         Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India launched a new payment gateway integrated to the e-filing system of the Intellectual Property Office (IPO

·                  Barack Obama authorised air strikes against ISIS militants in Syria

The US President, Barack Obama for the first time, authorized US air strikes against Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants in Syria. He also asked to increase the airstrikes in Iraq. This will be the first unrestricted bombing crusade of the US against jihadist ISIS militants in Syria. As per the strategy, the airstrikes will be a organized crusade of against the group.

Obama held that the air strikes were essential counter-terrorism action to stop the ISIS group to become a threat for the US in future, thus his order doesn’t need congressional approval. ISIS militants have seized a swath territory in northern parts of Iraq and Syria.

Only, the NATO member, Turkey declined to join in the group of Arab nations that will support the US.

·                  Meghalaya Governor Dr KK Paul given additional charge as Governor of Manipur

·                  Union Government to fund “Swachh Vidyalaya” campaign

Union Human Resource Development Ministry to fund the  Swachh Vidyalaya (Clean Schools) campaign, via the Swachh Bharat Kosh.

Centre will setup “Swachh Bharat Kosh” to fund the “Swachh Bharat (CleanIndia)” campaign. HRD Ministry will anchor the “Swachh Vidyalaya (Clean Schools)” drive. The campaign purposes to make sure the facility of toilets in all government schools by August 15, 2015. Swachh Vidyalaya campaign is part of mission to make India a clean country by 2019, the 150^th birth anniversary year of Mahatma Gandhi.

·                  Project Mausam’ – India’s answer to China’s ‘Maritime Silk Road’

·         India will soon launch “Project Mausam”, a PM Narendra Modi government’s utmost noteworthy foreign policy project for answering China’s rising impact in the Indian Ocean region. After the astonishing triumph of China’s “Maritime Silk Road” scheme, India plans to soon takeoff its own Project Mausam, a transnational program aimed to restore its ancient maritime routes and culturallinks with republics in the region.

·                  Sebi relaxes governance norms, increases deadline for minimum one woman director on the boards of listed companies to April 1, 2015

·         To simplify the procedure of executing better corporate governance norms by listed firms, the market regulator Sebi relaxed several provisions of the fresh law, particularly for smaller companies, and stretched the deadline for appointing at least one woman director to April 1, 2015.

·                  India’s ex-Ambassador to the UN Hardeep Singh Puri named Secy-general of ICM

·         Hardeep Singh Puri appointed as Secretary General of Independent Commission on Multilateralism (ICM). Hardeep Singh was former Ambassador and Permanent Representative of India to the UN.

·         Independent Commission on Multilateralism (ICM)

·                  Kaushik Basu appointed as president-elect of International Economic Association (IEA)

·                  Indian scientist Kamal Bawa wins the Midori Prize 2014

·                  Mom Inserted Into Mars Orbit

·         The Mars Orbiter Mission(MOM), or Mangalyaan was successfully inserted into Mars’ orbit on the 24^th of  2014 with the help of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). This gives India the distinction of not only being the first nation to send a satellite into Mars’ orbit in its first attempt, but also the first Asian nation to successfully send a satellite to Mars. This combined with the fact that MOM cost India only a tenth of what NASA incurred to insert its satellite into Mars’ orbit, makes this achievement a source of great pride to the nation.

·         India’s first interplanetary mission was launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota on a PSLV (Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle) on the 5^th of November 2013. 

·         The objectives of the MOM are to study Mars’ surface features, mineral compositions and atmospheric conditions using indigenously developed instruments. The mission also serves to showcase India’s capabilities in indigenously developing, planning and launching an interplanetary mission. Apart from being a feat in itself, this latest milestone could help open up the highly lucrative space technology market to India.

·                  Govind Mishra gets Saraswati Samman 2013 for novel ‘Dhool Paudhon Par’

·                  Bamiyan finalized as SAARC cultural capital for 2015-16, Dhaka for 2016-17

·         Bamiyan in Afghanistan is best known for two 6th century colossal statues of Buddhas , belonging to ancient Gandhara School of Art.  These colossal buddha images were destroyed by Taliban in 2001.

·         In  2014, Bamiyan has been given the honour of being the SAARCCultural Capital for the year 2015-16. This was agreed upon at the SAARCCulture Ministers Conference, which also designated Dhaka as the cultural capital for the year 2016-17. Also, the year 2016-17 is to be the SAARC Year of Cultural Heritage. These developments are part of the efforts aimed at strengthening cultural ties among SAARC nations.

·                  India approves $12 mn assistance to UN to fight Ebola in Africa

·                  India and China resolve stand-off at Ladakh border     

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·         The stand-off at the Sino-Indian border at Ladakh, which escalated on the eve of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to India was finally resolved when the Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj met the Chinese Foreign Affairs Minister Wang Yi in New York, on the sidelines of the UNGA summit. The withdrawal of troops from Ladakh’s Chumar region is set to begin immediately and will be completed by the end of .

·         The conflict between the two sides began when some Chinese workers who were building a road on their side of the border, crossed over to the Indian side and claimed that they had orders to construct a road up to Tible, which is around 5 kms into Indian territory. The situation escalated when both sides increased troop presence around that border.

·                  Fatah and Hamas agree on unity government in Gaza

·         The government will be headed by Mahmoud Abbas, as agreed upon by the two sides in talks held in Egypt. The two sides agreed to the unity government along with the UN controlling the Gaza border crossings. Also, a decision has been made to constitute a joint committee than will oversee implementation of previous reconciliation agreements between the two factions.

·                  Telangana decides for all-women police station in Cyberabad

·                  Pak test fires Hatf IX

·         Pakistan conducted a successful test fire of its surface to surface missile Hatf IX (Nasr).  The missile was tested with four successive launches from a multi tube launcher.

·         With a maximum range of 60 kms, the missile falls under the category of short range missiles. Its othere features include in-flight manoeurve capability designed for quick response,  and shoot and scoot attributes. It is also believed to have nuclear capabilities. The missile builds Pakistan’s deterrence capabilities.

·         Earlier this year in April, Pakistan had successfully launched its missile, Hatf III (Ghaznavi).

·                  Standard and Poor’s raises India’s credit outlook to stable from negative

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