March 2017 Current Affairs Highlights (One-Liners)

                              March, 2017   



Friends, here are the Major Current Affairs Highlights of March 2017. These one-liners cover all important International, National, MOUs, Indexes, Banking, Technology, Books & Authors, Committees and Sports affairs of March month (from 1st to 31st March 2017). I will  provide the pdf version soon, but I advise you to write these on your own so that you wont forget them again. All the Best and Happy Reading :)


March 2017 Current Affairs Highlights (One-Liners)

• India has signed a financing agreement of USD 63 million(equivalent) with World Bank on 23rd February, 2017 in Jharkhand for its Socio-Economic Empowerment of Adolescent
Girls and Young Women Project named “Tejaswini”.

• Unnat Jeevan by Affordable LEDs and Appliances for All (UJALA)

• International Development Association (IDA).

• Monthly Average Balance (MAB)

• Open Acreage Licensing Policy (OALP)

• Employee Stock Option Plans (ESOPs)

• Electronic Virtual Assistant (EVA)

• United Payments Interface (UPI)

• IMPS (Immediate Payment Service)

• BBPS (Bharat Bill Payment System)

• Banks Board Bureau (BBB)

• Minimum Average Balance (MAB)

• Central Electricity Authority of India (CEAI)

• Prepaid Payment Instruments (PPIs)

• Rewa Ultra Mega Solar (RUMS)

• International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD).

• National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL)

• Loan against Securities (LAS)

• Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI)

• Small Road Transport Operators (SRTO)

• Reliance General Insurance has announced a bancassurance tie-up with Catholic Syrian Bank

• HDFC, ICICI, Axis to charge Rs 150 after 4 free transactions

• HDFC Life Partners with ET Money to Launch Data-Led Policy

• Vice-Chairman of the Special Investigating Team (SIT) on black money, Justice Arijit Pasayat

• Govt Directs All Banks to Provide M-Banking Facility to all Customers by March 31

• Rs 10000 penalty for bank branches refusing to exchange soiled notes

• Vijaya Bank opens its 2,000th branch in Tirupati

• HDFC Bank launches chatbot Eva for customer services

• HDFC Life brings country’s first life insurance Chatbot with Haptik

• Fitch Estimates Indian Economy to Grow 7.1% in 2016-17

• ESAF Microfinance Issues Commercial Paper Worth Rs 330 crore

• IDFC Launches Biometric Based Payment System Aadhaar Pay

• Karur Vysya Bank launches three technology services FASTag, UPI and BBPS

• SBI launches ‘Work from Home’ facility for employees

• Ujjivan Small Finance Bank opens 6 new branches in Bengaluru

• RBI Restricts Cash Loan Against Gold by NBFC to Rs 25,000

• German Development Bank (KfW) and Uttar Pradesh based Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) has signed a loan agreement for €200 million with a four year moratorium and a
12-year repayment period.

• Karnataka Bank has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Pune based Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Company for General Insurance business

• YES Bank signs 3 projects of smart city for payments-related solutions. Yes Bank has currently ties up with Udaipur, Nashik and Puducherry for the introduction of
digital payment systems under the smart city initiative.

• India’s contribution to UN increases to Rs 244 crore

• HDFC Bank Launches India’s First Digital Loans Against Securities

• Private insurer Future Generali India Insurance Company (FGII) has announced tie-up with Kolkata based UCO Bank for its products
State Bank of India and CREDAI sign MoU related to real estate sector

• World Bank Approves $175 million loan for India’s National Hydrology Project
Kerala’s first private sector bank ESAF Small Finance Bank was launched in Thrissur

• Kolkata based Bandhan Bank has signed an agreement with a payment solution provider Avenues India Pvt Ltd

• UBI gets Rs. 418-cr capital infusion From Centre
Aeries Financial Tech Announces Strategic Tie-up with Rubique an online marketplace for financial products

• Essar Steel's Nand Niketan township at Hazira, Gujarat has become the first private township to go cashless with the help of Mumbai-based financial technology company, The Mobile
Wallet (TMW).

• ICICI Bank launches new app ‘Mera iMobile’,for rural customers

• Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has proposed to cap the upper limit for Pre-paid Payment Instruments at Rs 1 lakh

• Centre Approves Merging Bharatiya Mahila Bank With SBI

• Samsung Electronics officially launched the mobile payment service, Samsung Pay in India
Russian VTB Bank to Shut Its Only Office Branch in India

• India and ADB Sign $350 Million Loan for Upgrading 1,500 kms of District Roads in State of Madhya Pradesh

• South Indian Bank introduces Aadhar-based payment app

• World Bank Signs USD 100 million Credit Agreement with Centre & Uttarakhand

• Financial services company Tata Capital has launched a mobile application ‘myLoan’ to offer personal loans to young and mobile savvy audience.

• Karnataka Bank Launches Rupay International Platinum Debit Card

• Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA) to sanction Rs 13K crore loans for renewables in FY18

• Repco Inks Pact with NHB for Credit Linked Subsidy Scheme for Middle Income Groups

• Vijaya Bank Signs MoU with Piaggio Vehicles

• Odisha becomes first state to bring banking to remote rural areas through Self- Help Groups (SHGs).

• 40 Ananya branches opened by Syndicate Bank

• ICICI Bank & Truecaller Partners to Launch UPI-based ‘Truecaller Pay’

• Tata AIA Launches m-Insurance Jointly with Tata Telecom

• 'Unnati' credit card launched by SBI

• Axis Bank Partners with Wells Fargo(America’s third largest bank) for Inward Remittances

• India Inks $350 mn loan agreement with New Development Bank (NDB) for Roads Projects in MP

• Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has signed 10 unilateral Advance Pricing Agreements (APAs) With Indian Taxpayers

• DRDO Signs Deal with JSHL to Manufacture High Nitrogen Steel

• Facebook Launches ‘SheLeadsTech’ to Support Women Founded Startups in India

• Government’s biotech innovation centre to be set up in Bengaluru’s C-CAMP

• NTPC commissions 45 MW of Bhadla in Rajasthan solar plant Indian

• Hyundai Signs 3 Bn Euro Deal For Iran Oil Project

• Chennai Port Trust signs MoU with the Government of Puducherry for handling EXIM cargo

• Tata Steel & Wipro Named Among World’s Most Ethical Companies

• First Airbus Training Centre in Asia to be set up in New Delhi

• India & Russia Ink Long-Term Support Contract On Sukhoi Su-30MKI

•NTPC Commissions 2nd Unit of Mouda Super Thermal Power Station

• India and Mauritius have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to execute a US $ 20 million (Rs.130 cr) social housing project in Mauritius

• BHEL commissions 250 mw plant in Assam

• Competition Commission of India (CCI) imposed a penalty of Rs 591 crore penalty on Coal India

• Central Board of Excise & Customs (CBEC) is to be renamed as Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs (CBIC)

• Paytm - The First E-Commerce Giant To Become Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) Member

• NTPC Installs 55 MW Bhadla Solar Power Project in Rajasthan

• India become net exporter of power for the first time

• Centre Imposes 10% Import Duty on Wheat & Turdal

• NTPC Commissions 260 MW Bhadla Solar Project In Rajasthan

• Indian Film Lipstick Under My Burkha Wins Audience Award at Glasgow Film Festival
INHS ASVINI Mumbai Receives Raksha Mantri’s Trophy for Best Service Hospital in the AFMS
JNU Bags ‘Visitor’s Award’ For Best Varsity Amid Controversies

• Sri Lanka wins ‘Most Popular Tourism Destination Award’

• M P Veerendra Kumar Presented Moortidevi Award

• Canara Bank bags medals at PR Council’s communication conclave

• Kerala’s Vaikom Vijayalakshmi Sets Record to Play Gayathri veena for Continous Five Hours

• Hyderabad Airport Gains 1st Rank Worldwide in Airport Service Quality Survey

• Aishwarya Rai Bachchan Wins Best Actress for Sarbjit at IFFA Australia

• SERB Fellowship Award To Lalji Singh

• Konkani Writer Mahabaleshwar Sail Receives Saraswati Samman 2016

• Viola Davis Conferred With Harvard’s Artist of the Year Award 2017

• Mohan Bhagwat Gets Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science

• Thailand’s Model, Jiratchaya Sirimongkolnawin was crowned Miss International Queen 2016

• Central Bank won Official language policy award

• Indian-American Computer Scientist Anshumali Wins NSF’s CAREER Award

• Canadian Teacher Maggie MacDonnell Wins $1-million Global Teacher Prize 2017

• Major Rohit Suri awarded Kirti Chakra for PoK Surgical Strikes

• ABB India bags award for restoring 1,035 MW Sharavathi plant in Karnataka

• Frenchmen Yves Meyer Wins 2017 Abel Prize for Wavelets Theory

• Ed Sheeran To Receive Songwriters Hall Of Fame 2017 Award

• Indian Journalist Ravish Kumar Conferred with First Kuldip Nayar Journalism Awards

• Raghu Rai honoured with Lifetime Achievement at the National Photography Awards

• HDFC’s Aditya Puri Makes into World's 30 Best CEOs List By Barron's

• Anupam Kher Honored with Kala Ratan Award from Vice President

• ISKCON's Govardhan Eco Village Gets 'Water' Award from Water Digest

• Karur Vysya Bank Receives 'Best Small Bank 2016' Award

• Gurinder Chadha the veteran filmmaker gets Sikh Jewel Award

• UK Minister Priti Patel receives Pravasi Bharatiya Samman

• Odia Installation Artist Sitaram Swain wins Glefiddich's Emerging Artist 2017

• ‘India Pride Award’ - infrastructure development won by AAI and best performance won by NTPC

• SV Sunil Asian Player of the Year 2016 and Harmanpreet Singh as Asian Promising Player of the Year 2016

• Nand Kumar Sai Assumes Charge as Chairman of the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes

• Gopal Baglay appointed as new spokesperson of External Affairs Ministry

• Shri Sudeep Lakhtakia to hold additional charge as DG CRPF

• R Subramania Kumar to hold additional charge of MD & CEO of IOB

• JS Deepak named India’s next Ambassador to World Trade Organization

• Amjad Hussain B Sial assumes office as new Sec Gen of SAARC

• P K Purwar appointed Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL) CMD

• Baichung Bhutia removed as All India Football Federation (AIFF) advisor

• D. Bala Venkatesh Varma concurrently accredited as the Ambassador of India to Andorra

• New York based Ford Foundation has appointed Pradeep Nair as regional director for India,Nepal, and Sri Lanka

• Donald Tusk re-elected as European Council president

• Vishwanath Mahadeshwar elected Mumbai Mayor

• KPMG appoints Bill Thomas as Global Chairman

• ICC appoint Sachin Tendulkar as official ambassador of women’s World Cup 2017

• Bibhu Prasad Kanungo appointed RBI deputy governor in place of R. Gandhi

• RBI okays appointment of T S Anantharaman as part-time chairman

• India appoints Manjeev Singh Puri as next envoy to Nepal

• Narendra Kumar Appointed New Chairman of Central Water Commission

• Thottathil Bhaskaran Nair Radhakrishnan appointed as Chief Justice of the Chhattisgarh High Court

• Justice Hemant Gupta appointed Chief Justice of the Madhya Pradesh High Court

• Justice Rajendra Menon Chief Justice of the Patna High Court

• Justice Pradip Kumar Mohanty appointed Chief Justice of the Jharkhand High Court

• HSBC Appoints Mark Tucker as its New Chairman

• Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Assumes Additional Charge of Defence

• OnePlus India Ropes Amitabh Bachchan as its New Brand Ambassador

• Former Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar Sworn in as Goa Chief Minister

• Biren Singh Sworn CM of Manipur

• Yogi Adityanath Takes Oath as Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh

• Amarinder Singh Takes Oath as Chief Minister of Punjab

• Trivendra Singh Rawat Sworn in as New Chief Minister of Uttarakhand

• Reliance Commercial Finance appoints Devang Mody as CEO

• Babul Supriyo Named Vice-President Of FIFA U-17 World Cup LOC

• Chittaranjan Sharma sworn in as Upalokayukta of Assam

• Mallikarjun Kharge set to become next Public’s Account Committee (PAC) Chairman

• Lenovo appoints Subhankar Roy Chowdhury as head HR for Asia Pacific

• Manhar Valji Bhai Zala was appointed as the new Chairperson of the National Commission for Safai Karamcharis (NCSK)

• Shahid Afridi appointed ambassador of Blind Cricket World Cup

• Sun Pharma’s Dilip Shanghvi appointed as member on RBI’s western board

• Jason Kothari as new FreeCharge CEO

• Madhabi Puri Buch Appointed As Sebi Whole-Time Member

• Upendra Tripathy Appointed as Full Time Interim Director General of International Solar Alliance (ISA)

• P.V. Sindhu roped as ambassador of PepsiCo's sports drink Gatorade

• Ankur Khanna appointed as new Chief Financial Officer of ICC

• BSF get Women Combat Officer Tanushree Pareek After 51 Years –BSF

• Carrie Lam Elected as Chief Executive of Hong Kong

• Dr. Randeep Guleria Appointed As Director of AIIMS Delhi

• Mr. Siddhartha Upadhyay appointed to the governing body of Sports Authority of India.

• David Beasley Appointed New head of World Food Programme by UN

• Pakistan Appoints Sima Kamil as the First Woman appointed as the President of United Bank Limited (UBL)

• Germany’s Montblanc Appoints AB de Villiers as Brand Ambassador

• Iqbal Surve Appointed as the new Chairman of BRICS Business Council of South Africa.

• Vanaja N Sarna Appointed New Chairman of Central Board of Excise and Customs

• Pakistani American Ali Javed becomes first Muslim, to join New York City Police Department (NYPD) Elite unit

• Tamil Nadu CM Palaniswami Launches Rs 1580 cr Housing Scheme

• Haryana Government announces Tirtha Darshan Scheme for Senior Citizen

• Delhi Govt Extends Midday Meal Scheme for Girls Up To Class 12

• Arunachal Pradesh Launches Adarsh Gram Yojana for Rural Poor

• Government Launches Rs. 52000 lakh Mission Fingerling to achieve Blue Revolution

• Centre Launches New Scheme Trade Infrastructure for Export Scheme (TIES) for Developing Export Linked Infrastructure

• Centre to build 1 crore houses under PMAY-G by 2019

• CBSE introduces Exam Locator app to help students

• Himachal launches mobile app Mera Hunar HP for job-seekers

• Iran successfully Tests Ballistic Missile Hormuz-2

• Japan Launches Latest North Korea Spy Satellite

• MIT Pune & IBM Jointly Unveils Robot ‘Chintu’

• Women Safety app ‘Ammavin Aran’ launched by AIADMK

• Amitabh Bachchan Launches ‘ABC of Breast Health’ App

• The World’s Largest Artificial Sun Sets Up in Germany

• Indo-Nepal joint Military exercise ‘Surya Kiran-Xi’ begins in Uttarakhand

• Joint Military Exercise AL NAGAH-II Begins Between India-Oman in Himachal Pradesh

• India Successfully Conducts Maiden Tests of Extended Version of BrahMos Supersonic Cruise Missile

• Pakistan successfully test-fires land based anti-ship missile

• Indian Navy Conducts Successful Test-Firing of Surface-to-Air Missile from INS Vikramaditya
INLCU L51 commissioned into Indian Navy at Port Blair

• De-Induction Of Indian Navy’s TU142M Aircraft and Induction of Boeing P8I Into INAS 312

• World’s Oldest Plant-Like Fossils Found In India

• West Bengal Has Highest Number of Arsenic Affected Persons in India

• Uttarakhand HC recognises Ganga as India's 1st living entity

• Bengaluru gets India's first vertical garden

• Cyclone Debbie Hits Australian Coastal Resorts

• Kanha Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh

• First smart tribal village Habbi inaugurated in Jammu and Kashmir

• Tribal festival ‘Bhagoria’ Begins Jhabua, Madhya Pradesh

• Andhra Pradesh Renames Tirupati Airport and Vijayawada Airport

• India’s Largest Floating Solar PV Plant Installed by NTPC in Kerala

• Government Establishes Banana Research Centre in Vaishali District of Bihar

• Venkaiah Naidu Inaugurates India’s Largest Waste-To-Power Plant in New Delhi

• Sanjauli Police Post in Himachal Becomes India’s First Crime and Criminal Tracking Network & Systems (CCTNS) Linked Police Post

• Assam Government Launches Initiatives to make Majuli India's First Carbon Neutral District & Biodiversity Heritage

• 'Namami Brahmaputra' Festival Inaugurated by President Pranab Mukherjee in Assam



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