The Unique Identification Authority of India has set up its first ‘Aadhaar Seva Kendra’ in Delhi and Vijayawada. Also, it plans to set up 114 such centres in 53 cities across India. The centres will facilitate enrolment, updating and other activities.
CEO of UIDAI – Ajay Bhushan Pandey.
Reserve Bank of India has announced an additional liquidity facility to banks for purchase of assets from and on-lending to non-banking financial companies and housing finance companies. It will enable banks to avail additional liquidity of ₹ 134000 Cr.
Statutory Liquidity Ratio – 18.75%.
PMAY-G aims to achieve the objective of Housing for All by 2020. The houses will be provided with amenities like toilets, electricity & LPG connections. PMGSY-III envisages to upgrade 125000 km of road length over the next 5 yrs, with a cost of ₹ 80250 Cr
Ujjwala yojana aims to provide clean cooking facility by 2022.
Public Sector Banks are provided Rs 70,000 crore capital to boost credit for a strong impetus to the economy. The government will provide one time six months' partial credit guarantee to Public Sector Banks for the first loss of up to 10%.
FM has proposed 100% FDI for insurance intermediaries.
The International Day of Cooperatives is an annual celebration of the cooperative movement that takes place on the first Saturday of July since 1923. The aim of this celebration is to increase awareness of cooperatives.
2019 Theme - COOPS 4 DECENT WORK
The US-India Strategic Partnership Forum honours Mastercard CEO and President Ajay Banga and Wipro Chairman Azim Premji with the 2019 Global Excellence Awards at its Second Annual Leadership Summit in Washington.
Rishad Premji will take over as the Chairman of Wipro.
Acc. to the analysis by Greenpeace India, Delhi, Bengaluru, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai and Hyderabad are the hotspots of the country’s worst air pollutant Nitrogen Oxide (NOx). The cities have high vehicular population and diesel consumption.
Greenpeace India found that 241 cities violating NAAQS.
The Army and the National eGovernance Division inked a pact for developing a revamped application to maintain the centralised database to provide management-related information to the force. The National eGovernance Division is a part MeitY.
Currently, there are two deputy chiefs in the Army.
The Delhi police has signed a pact with Solar Energy Corporation of India to support the implementation of grid-connected rooftop solar photovoltaic systems. The project provides part of electricity demand through the generated green energy.
SECI - Agency for implementation of the National Solar Mission.
The South Central Railway has commissioned the longest electrified tunnel of 6.6 km built at a total cost of ₹460 crore between Cherlopalli and Rapuru stations. It is a part of Obulavaripalli-Venkatachalam new railway line.
IRCTC is headquartered in New Delhi.