1. ‚ Government allowed States to impose stock limits to check price rise in _______________, keeping in view recent upward trend in its prices ?
2. Airline __________ signed agreement with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) for a broad range of information technology (IT) services ?
3. As per ASSOCHAM-SREI report -‚ PPP Investment in Indian Infrastructure: Need for growth and development, ________ acquired top position with highest share (15%) in Public-Private Partnership (PPP) projects across India, followed by Maharashtra (11%), Haryana (8.5%), Gujarat (6%) and Madhya Pradesh (4.5%) ?
4. Asian Development Bank (ADB) has forecast growth rate at __________ in 2016-17 as against 7.6% during 2015-16 ?
5. Based on data by International Trade Centre, India's share in international food trade in 2014 is estimated at _________ ?
6. ____________ announced the acquisition of 20 MHz spectrum in eight circles from Aircel for Rs 3,500 crore ?
7. Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) cleared conversion of Working Capital Term Loan (WCTL) of __________'s 29.91 crore rupees loan to Andrew Yule & Co. Ltd. (AYCL) into equity shares ?
8. ____________India inaugurated its $190 million factory in Sri City SEZ, on the border of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh. It companys largest plant in Asia Pacific ?
9. _____________ launched mobile app Indian Customs- Guide to Travellers, to inform international travelers about Customs Baggage rules, who may be traders/exporters/importers ?
10. _____________ launched a new service Twitter Seva to address issues and grievances of startups, exporters and importers, and other stakeholders. ?
11. _______ became First bank to launch an Aadhaar-based Automatic Teller Machine (ATM) facility where a customer can transact using his biometric details instead of the PIN ?
12. Department of Disinvestment is renamed as Department of Investment and Public Asset Management or '_____________. It has been mandated to‚ advise government in the matters of financial restructuring of central public sector enterprises ?
13. E-commerce Firm ____ acquired Bengaluru-based mobile payments company‚ PhonePe‚ , for an undisclosed sum. ?
14. ________ tied up with Chillar Payment Solutions to promote Its‚ 'Campus Wallet', a student Identity Card integrated with banking technology ?
15. ______ acquired online home furnishings and d‚©cor business company FabFurnish ?
16. __________ Governments Development Bank KfW will provide loan of EUR 500 million (about Rs.3,750 cr) for Nagpur city Metro Rail System ?
17. Global data services company‚ _________ launched its‚ Hunter Fraud Score‚ in India as a new scoring mechanism. It will help measureing probability of fraud in a credit application across banking and insurance industries ?
18. _________ named as Most Attractive Employer in 6th Randstad Awards 2016 for 2nd consecutive year. Mercedes-Benz India was the runner-up. Sectorwise - Dell India (IT), Samsung India (Consumer Electronics) and Amazon India (E-Commerce). ?
19. Government approved __________ to invest Rs. 3,000 in Bharat Oman Refineries Limited (BORL). ?
20. Government disinvested its 11.36% shares in __________ to raise about Rs. 2,700 crores ?
21. Government extended safeguard duty on import of some ________ products till March 2018. Safeguard duty will be reduced to 10% in stages till 2018 from current 20% ?
22. Government has released Rs. 25,834 crore to FCI (______) as Food Subsidy. ?
23. Government has set minimum wage for contract workers to Rs. _________ per month ?
24. Government issued a new set of income tax return (ITR) forms that require people with an income of Rs _____________ and above per annum to disclose their assets ?
25. Government launched 2 schemes - National Energy Efficient Agriculture Pumps Programme and National Energy Efficient Fan Programme in Vijayawada (_______), to make country more energy efficient. These will be implemented by Energy Efficiency Services Limited ?
26. Government launched‚ DEEP‚ (___________) web portal as an e-Bidding & e-Reverse Auction portal for acquisition of short-term power by Distribution Companies (DISCOMs) ?
27. Government will to make it mandatory to set aside __________ of total cost of any highway project for road safety ?
28. Hero MotoCorp will set up a factory in _______ with investment of 3000 crores and 1.8 million units annual capacity ?
29. India banned import of milk and milk products, certain mobile phones and a few other items from ________ after finding them sub-standard or not following security codes ?
30. India signed memorandum of understanding with Islamic Development Bank (IDB) for _________ million line of credit to simplify exports to IDBs member countries ?
31. Indian Private Sector's __________ signed a strategic partnership with Phillip Capital (India) for managing NRI Portfolio Investment Scheme (PIS). ?
32. Indian tyre manufactures _________ acquied tyre, tube and flap maker Cavendish Industries for Rs 2200 crores. ?
33. Ministry of consumer affairs, food and public distribution announced that food grains under Mid-Day Meal (MDM) scheme will now be supplied to states at further subsidized rates as prescribed under National Food Security Act, instead of prescribed BPL rates. Now, food grains will be supplied at NFSA rate of Rs 3 per kilo for rice and Rs 2 per kilo for wheat. Approx ___________ crore children across country get hot cooked meals in 11.56 lakh elementary schools across country. ?
34. National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) sanctioned loan of Rs 1,000 crore to _______ State Warehousing Corporation for purchase of wheat during ongoing rabi marketing season ?
35. National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) launched‚ UPI (____________), to revolutionise mobile payment system in country. 29 banks have agreed to join the platform ?
36. National Stock Exchange (NSE) launched a new index Nifty - MidSmallcap _____________. It will represent mid and small market capitalization segments and will comprise of companies of Nifty Midcap 150 and Nifty Smallcap 250 indices. ?
37. ________ became 189th member of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank. Its initial subscription quota for IMF will be of SDR (Special Drawing rights) 2 million or about $2.81 million. It will be the second smallest member of IMF after Tuvalu. ?
38. PM Narendra Modi launched Stand Up India Scheme to promote entrepreneurship among Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribes and Women entrepreneurs. It will facilitate minimum _____ projects per bank branch and expected to benefit at least 2.5 lakh borrowers within 3 years ?
39. PM Narendra Modi launched online national agricultural products market platform to integrate wholesale markets across India, named as e-NAM (_____)?
40. __________ became first private sector bank in India to open dedicated branch for startups. The branch was inaugurated at Koramangala, Bengaluru by noted entrepreneur Nandan Nilekani ?
41. Railway Minister announceD 2 passenger friendly services - Cancellation of PRS counter tickets through IRCTC website and Dialling Number _____ and Acceptance of International Debit and Credit Cards for payment for e-ticketing. ?
42. Reserve Bank of India gave final approved to payments bank venture - AMCS (____________). With this, AMCS became first entity to receive final approval from the RBI to start a payments bank. Kotak Mahindra Bank has upto 19.9 % stake in this entity ?
43. Reserve Bank of Indias first bi-monthly policy review - Repo rate reduced by 25 basis points to _________. Reverse repo rate increased to 6 %. GDP growth is projected to improve to 7.6 % in 2016-17. Marginal standing facility (MSF) rate reduced to 7%. ?
44. _________'s largest bank, DBS unveiled‚ mobile only bank‚ in India -‚ digibank. It uses technologies such as bio metrics and artificial intelligence to enable paperless and branch less banking. ?
45. _________ and Saarc Development Fund (SDF) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for mutual cooperation and collaboration. ?
46. Tax collections for FY 2015-16 stood at Rs. ________, as compared to Estimates of Rs 14.55 Lakh Crores. Indirect Tax revenue collections are Rs. 7.11 Lakh Crores and Direct Tax revenues stand at 7.48 Lakh crores. ?
47. Tslc Limited launched its mobile-only lending platform‚ ________, providing users a personalized experience to borrow cash within minutes ?
48__________ Cement bought Jaypee Group's Cement Trade for Rs 15,900 crores ?
49.Viewing huge dip in freight traffic volume resulting in massive financial losses to the Indian Railways, Government decided to withdraw Port Congestion Surcharge in order to attract imported freight traffic including Containers, Coal, Iron ore etc which are being diverted to road. Port congestion surcharge levy is ______ of basic freight rate. ?
50. _____ moved to International Court of Justice (ICJ) seeking appointment of a third arbitrator in its Rs 20,000-crore tax dispute with India. ?
51. e-Commerce Firm ______has partnered with 9 non governmental organisations (NGOs) to launch Sunshine, a platform where users can make donations to causes under education, health, sports, women empowerment, disaster relief and old age care ?
