India 2018

676 India 2018
October, 2017
• Prime Minister launches Intensified Mission Indradhanush (IMI) .
• The Union Home Minister Shri Rajnath Singh inaugurates the four-day
First 'BIMSTEC Disaster Management Exercise- 2017' (BIMSTEC DMEx-
2017) .
• The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved two new World
Bank supported schemes of ` 6,655 crore - Skills Acquisition and Knowledge
Awareness for Livelihood Promotion (SANKALP) and Skill Strengthening
for Industrial Value Enhancement (STRIVE).
• INS Kiltan (P30), third Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) stealth corvettes
built under Project 28 (Kamorta Class) was commissioned into the Indian
Navy by Raksha Mantri, Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman.
• Government constitutes commission under Article 340 of Constitution to
examine sub-categorization of Other Backward Classes in the Central List.
• Ministries of Power and Textiles have joined hands under a new initiative
SAATHI (Sustainable and Accelerated Adoption of efficient Textile
technologies to Help small Industries).
• "Paryatan Parv" organised by the Ministry of Tourism in collaboration with
other central ministries, state governments and stakeholders from 5th to
25th october 2017 to reinforce the idea of Ek Bharat Shrestha Bharat.
• India win the Asia Cup for hockey 2017, for men.
• The World Bank released the Doing Business (DB) Report, 2018. India has
leapt 30 ranks over its rank of 130 in the Doing Business Report 2017 ranks
and is now 100 th among 190 countries assessed by the Doing Business Team.
November, 2017
• The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved the revision in
the price of ethanol under Ethanol Blended Petrol (EBP) Programme for
supply to the Public Sector Oil Marketing Companies.
• Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) achieved yet
another feat with the successful test flight of 'NIRBHAY' - India's first
indigenously designed and developed Long Range Sub-Sonic Cruise Missile
which can be deployed from multiple platforms.
• Himachal Pardesh goes to poll to elect a new legislative assembly.
• The Union Cabinet has approved creation of National Testing Agency (NTA)
as a Society registered under the Indian Societies Registration Act, 1860,
and as an autonomous and self-sustained premier testing organization to
conduct entrance examinations for higher educational institutions.
• Cabinet approves the establishment of the National Anti-profiteering
Authority under GST.
• Swachh Bharat Mission celebrates World Toilet Day.