Important GA Of March 2017

• The country which is set to conduct its first national census in 19 years – Pakistan

• The state which has come out with a 605-cr innovative scheme named “KCR Kit” for pregnant women and newborn – Telangana

• The state which has announced an Idea2POC (Proof of Concept) fund of 10 cr for women entrepreneurs – Karnataka

• The person appointed as the official ambassador of Women’s Cricket World Cup 2017 – Sachin Tendulkar

• The Russian doctor whose lifetime ban was upheld by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) recently – Sergei Portugalov

• The country where the US aircraft giant Boeing is in process to set up its first overseas factory –China

• The deputy governor of the RBI appointed in place of R Gandhi – BP Kanungo

• The consumer price index (CPI)-based inflation in Feb 2017 – 3.65 per cent

• Winner of the men’s singles crown at the 2017 All England Open badminton championships – Lee Chong Wei

• Winner of the 2017 Hero Indian Open golf title – SSP Chawrasia

• The date on which all restrictions on cash withdrawal from savings bank accounts were removed – 13 Mar 2017

• The bank which has floated its wholly-owned subsidiary to manage its premises and estate-related matters – SBI

• The new Chairman of the HSBC – Mark Tucker

• The year by which the Ozone- depleting HCFCs have to be phased out as required under the Montreal Protocol – 2030

• The bank which has topped the list of banks that witnessed the most number of frauds during Apr-Dec period of 2016 as per the RBI data – ICICI Bank

• The present Governor of Manipur –
Najma Heptulla

• The former CMD of Exim Bank who has been appointed as the new Chairman of the Indian Overseas Bank – TCA Ranganathan

• The venue of the 12th CII-Exim bank conclave on India Africa Project Partnership held recently – New Delhi

• The new threshold set by the RBI above which the NBFCs can disburse loans against gold only by cheque – 20,000

• The biggest crude oil supplier to India as of now – Saudi Arabia

• The Konkani author honored with the Saraswati Samman 2016 for his novel Hawthan – Mahabaleshwar Sail

• The country which recently tested a ballistic missile named “Hormuz 2” – Iran

• The state where the NTPC recently commissioned a 45-MW solar plant at Bhadla – Rajasthan

• The Water Jet Fast Attack Craft commissioned by the Indian Navy recently in Karwar, Karnataka – INS Tillanchang

• The paid leave to be provided to would-be mothers as per the new Maternity Benefit Bill passed recently – 26 weeks

• The state which has launched a 24*7 helpline number “181” to assist women in distress – Odisha

• The venue of the 10th edition of the International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance (ICEGOV 2017) held recently – New Delhi

• The country with which India recently signed a pact related to avoidance of double taxation –Belgium

• The state which has launched a web- based platform ‘Pratibimba’ to showcase the govt’s performance – Karnataka

• The bank whose board recently approved ‘Work from Home’ policy – SBI

• Winner of men’s singles title of the 2017 Brasil Open – Pablo Cuevas

• The joint military exercise between India and Nepal held in Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand recently – Surya Kiran-XI

• The popular Bengali folk singer who passed away recently – Kalika Prasad Bhattacharya

• The state where the first smart tribal model village ‘Habbi’ was inaugurated recently –Jammu & Kashmir

• The growth rate of the Indian economy in the fiscal year 2016-2017 as per global rating agency Fitch – 7.1 per cent

• The country whose banking system is now the biggest in the world, according to the Financial Times – China

• The bank which has launched Aadhaar Pay, the country’s first Aadhaar-linked cashless merchant solution – IDFC Bank

• The two-seater sports coupe launched by Tata Motors recently – Racemo

• The new Chief Minister of Manipur
– N Biren Singh

• The new Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) – Ajay Tyagi

• The amount announced by the World Bank in financing for sub-Saharan Africa over the next three fiscal years – USD 57 bn

• The country where five people were killed and about 40 injured in its capital after a car plowed into pedestrians and a terrorist stabbed a policeman near parliament – UK

• India’s ranking on the World Happiness Report 2017 – 122nd

• India ranking on the Human Development Index prepared by UNDP, which now classifies India in the category of “medium” human development – 131

• The Indian-American computer scientist who won National Science Foundation (NSF)’s CAREER award – Anshumali Shrivastava

• Winner of the men’s singles title of the ATP Indian Wells Masters – Roger Federer

• The first fully India-made train (rake) which was flagged off at Dadar station in Mumbai recently – Medha

• The former Rajya Sabha MP, also called the ‘Chanakya of Odisha politics,’ who passed away recently – Pyarimohan Mohapatra

• The state which recently decided to provide 33 per cent reservation for women in all govt jobs – Punjab

• The cricketer who has become the first Indian to face 500 balls in Test innings – Cheteshwar Pujara

• India’s wholesale price index-based inflation in Feb 2017 – 6.55%

• The R&D organisation being set up by the Indian Railways – SRESTHA

• The Canadian teacher who won $1-m Global Teacher Prize – Maggie MacDonnell

• The public sector construction firm which will execute `130-cr housing project in Mauritius – NBCC

• The country which has banned laptops and iPads in handbags at airports in West Asia and Africa – US

• The limit at which the govt has proposed to cap cash transactions in an official amendment to the Finance Bill, 2017 – `2 lakh

• The bank with which the govt has decided to merge the Bharatiya Mahila Bank (BMB) – SBI

• The bank which launched ‘Mera iMobile’ app for rural customers – ICICI Bank

• The country which has been named the healthiest country in world by the Bloomberg’s 2017 World Health Index – Italy

• The new Chief Minister of Uttarakhand – Trivendra Singh Rawat

• India’s ranking in representation of women in executive govt in 2017 Women in Politics Map report – 148th

• The first private sector bank since Independence launched in Kerala recently – ESAF Small Finance Bank

• The date on which the rollout of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) is scheduled – 1 Jul 2017

• The largest association in the country in the field of real estate with which SBI signed an MoU recently – CREDAI

• The mobile app launched by the govt for monitoring of village electrification – Garv

• The person appointed as a Member on the Western Area Local Board of RBI – Dilip S Shanghvi

• The country with which Saudi Arabia signed preliminary deals worth about $65 bn recently – China

• The airport in Singapore voted the World’s Best Airport by air travellers at the 2017 World Airport Awards – Changi Airport

• The badminton player appointed a member of the governing body of the Sports Authority of India (SAI) – Jwala Gutta

• The Union Minister of State for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises who has been appointed vice-president of the FIFA U-17 World
Cup organising committee – Babul Supriyo

• The bank which recently launched an instant digital loan against securities (LAS) facility – HDFC Bank

• The govt scheme for developing
export-linked infrastructure – TIES

• The state to which Central Govt recently approved financial assistance by way of special dispensation in funding of externally aided projects (EAPs) – Andhra Pradesh

• The new Chief Minister of Punjab – Captain Amarinder Singh

• The mission launched by the govt to bring blue revolution in the country – Mission Fingerling

• The bank which has announced a one- time farm loan settlement scheme worth `6,000 cr primarily for tractor loans – SBI

• The robot developed by the students of the Maharashtra Institute of Technology (MIT), Pune and IBM to assist senior citizens – Chintu

• The state where first-of-its-kind women safety application called “Ammavin Aran” was launched recently – Tamil Nadu

• The person who recently resigned as the ICC Chairman – Shashank Manohar

• The city which has occupied first place for overall quality of living recently – Vienna

• The place where the foundation stone of the Banana Research Centre was laid recently – Vaishali, Bihar