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Cabinet gives approval to Bharat Bond ETF, launch in early January

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Cabinet gives approval to Bharat Bond ETF, launch in early January Bharat Bond ETF will be made of AAA-rated papers issued by govt-linked firms Current Affairs News :The Union Cabinet on Wednesday endorsed the dispatch of India’s first security trade exchanged reserve (ETF) which can be purchased and sold like any recorded security on the bourses. The ETF — Bharat Bond ETF — will be made of AAA-appraised papers gave by government-connected organizations to begin with, and will come in two developments — three and 10 years. Sources state it could be propelled in the main seven day stretch of January. Edelweiss Asset Management will dispatch the primary tranche, however there will be different tranches for which other resource supervisors might be selected. A K Capital Services is the sole counsel to the legislature for the obligation ETF. This will draw in retail clients to the security advertise, a long-standing unrealistic fantasy of the legislature and the controller, ...

Modi govt plans a massive data bank to directly connect with 115 mn farmers

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Modi govt plans a massive data bank to directly connect with 115 mn farmers With the help of this database and use of technology, life of the small and marginal farmers of the country would witness a sea change Current Affairs :By the center of one year from now, the Modi government would have an immediate availability with over 11.5 crore ranchers and their families crosswise over India, making it a correspondence practice up to this point extraordinary in scale. On the off chance that all goes well, the monstrous information bank on the ranchers would be prepared for discharge by June 2020. A top level board of trustees, headed by Union Agriculture Secretary Sanjay Agarwal, is working pair with the Information and Technology Ministry and its National e-administration Division (NEGD) wing, to comply with the time constraint of the uber information venture, set by the Prime Minister’s Office. With the assistance of this database and utilization of innovation, life of the...

We will not tolerate even an inch of breach of our territory: Amit Shah

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We will not tolerate even an inch of breach of our territory: Amit Shah ‘We will not tolerate even an inch of breach of our territory’, said Amit Shah Current Affairs  :- Association Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said the Modi government won’t endure any rupture of India’s region and is prepared to manage any such demonstrations emphatically. Shah likewise affirmed that the circumstance in Jammu and Kashmir has been serene as far back as the extraordinary status given to the state under 370 was repealed on August 5 and included that not a solitary projectile has been terminated nor anybody has kicked the bucket from that point forward. “There will be no trade off on India’s security. We won’t endure even an inch of break of our domain. We will manage it firmly. We won’t permit any drop of blood of our officers go futile,” he said tending to an occasion of the All India Management Association here. Descending vigorously on the past Congress system for not rece...

Global investors bet $45 bn on Modi’s India. Now they are reversing it

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Global investors bet $45 bn on Modi’s India. Now they are reversing it International money managers are starting to fall out of love with Narendra Modi Current Affairs  :- In the wake of emptying $45 billion into India’s financial exchange in the course of recent years on expectations that Modi would release the nation’s monetary potential, universal cash chiefs are currently loosening up those bets at the quickest pace on record. They’ve sold $4.5 billion of Indian offers since June, on course for the greatest quarterly mass migration since in any event 1999. “The rapture around Modi before 2014 has decreased,” said Salman Ahmed, the London-based boss venture strategist at Lombard Odier Investment Managers, which supervises about $52 billion. It’s difficult to blame financial specialists for losing confidence. India’s financial development has decelerated for five straight quarters to the weakest level since mid 2013, one year before Modi ended up head administrato...

Lok Sabha passes bill to scrap 58 laws mostly dating back to British era

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Lok Sabha passes bill to scrap 58 laws mostly dating back to British era Congress leader Shashi Tharoor said that efforts of the government were laudable but expressed concern that “sometimes this government passes a bill in haste and then repeals it” Current Affairs :- Lok Sabha on Monday passed a bill to cancel 58 old laws which the administration said are a wellspring of bother to individuals. Moving The Repealing and Amending Bill, 2019, Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said that after the BJP-drove government came to control “we have canceled 1,428 old and antiquated Acts”. “Today we are (going to revoke) 58 old Acts,” the pastor said and noticed that from 1950 to 2004, just 1,929 old laws were canceled. A large portion of these laws, he stated, go back to the British period. Taking an interest in the exchange, Congress pioneer Shashi Tharoor said that endeavors of the administration were commendable however communicated worry that “occasionally this administrat...

Budget 2019: The toughest balancing act for India’s new finance minister

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Budget 2019: The toughest balancing act for India’s new finance minister On July 5, Sitharaman makes her first major public appearance in her new role, presenting India’s budget at a time when she’s under pressure to spend more to reinvigorate the economy Budget 2019 :-   India’s first female account serve in right around five decades, Nirmala Sitharaman, has held a wide scope of employments: She rode on board a contender stream as barrier serve. As leader of the exchange division she pondered falling fares. She’s been a national representative for her gathering, and in more youthful days worked in London as a home stylistic theme sales rep. Presently Sitharaman, 59, faces what may wind up one of the hardest exercises in careful control of her profession. On May 31, inside hours of her landing in her new office in New Delhi, she was welcomed with India’s most noticeably terrible monetary updates on the year: Unemployment had contacted a 45-year high, and India had los...

Modi govt to form committee for suggestions on ‘one nation, one election’

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Modi govt to form committee for suggestions on ‘one nation, one election’ Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said most parties supported the idea of holding simultaneous polls to the Lok Sabha and state Assemblies Current Affairs :-In the January-March quarter (Q1) of 2019, worldwide portable information traffic grew 82 percent year-on-year, for the most part impacted by the expanded number of cell phone memberships in India and expanded information traffic per cell phone every month in China, noticed the June Ericsson Mobility Report. The quarter-on-quarter development for Q1 was 9 percent. India area (Including Nepal and Bhutan) has the most elevated normal use per cell phone, achieving 9.8 gigabytes every month toward the finish of 2018. Expanded quantities of LTE memberships, appealing information plans being offered by specialist organizations, and changing video survey propensities have driven month to month use development. Note that the development could have been sign...

US decision to end Iran oil waivers gives ammo to PM Modi’s opposition

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US decision to end Iran oil waivers gives ammo to PM Modi’s opposition Criticism that his diplomacy has failed to guarantee continued access to cheaper Iranian oil comes in the middle of India’s weeks-long general election, which began on April 11 Elections :  US President Donald Trump’s turn to weight Iranian oil shippers is transforming into a cerebral pain for India’s administration amidst a re-appointment fight. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, whose administration is one of the world’s greatest merchants of Iranian unrefined, is presently confronting restriction assaults over his powerlessness to win concessions from Washington. Analysis that his strategy has neglected to ensure proceeded with access to less expensive Iranian oil comes amidst India’s weeks-long broad decision, which started on April 11. “The US restriction on trading unrefined petroleum from Iran to India, is it not an assault on India’s power?” Randeep Singh Surjewala‏, a Congress Party ad...

Planning to change your job? Soon, EPF transfer will be automated

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Planning to change your job? Soon, EPF transfer will be automated This will enable the employee to get the credits of his EPF contribution during his previous tenure with old employer into his or her UAN automatically Current Affairs : Endorsers of retirement support body EPFO would not require to record representative provident store (EPF) exchange guarantees on changing  Job  from the following financial as the procedure would be made mechanized, as indicated by a work service official. At present, the supporters of the Employees Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) are required to record exchange of  EPF  guarantees on changing occupations regardless of having widespread record number (UAN). The EPFO gets around eight lakh EPF exchange guarantees each year. “The EPFO is trying the mechanization of EPF exchange on changing occupations on pilot premise. The office for all endorsers is relied upon to be propelled whenever one year from now,” a senior wo...