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Cabinet approves Atal Bhujal Yojana with total outlay of Rs. 6000 Crore

Cabinet has approved Atal Bhujal Yojana, a Central Sector Scheme with total outlay of ₹ 6000 Cr. It will be implemented over a period of 5 years in identified areas in Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan & Uttar Pradesh.

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Atal Bhujal Yojana has launched in New Delhi.

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ESAF Small Finance Bank appoints PR Ravi Mohan as its new chairman

ESAF Small Finance Bank has appointed PR Ravi Mohan as its new chairman. He replaced R Prabha. He headed the Banking Supervision Department of RBI & was responsible for the supervision of commercial banks in the country.

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ESAF SFB was incorporated on May 5, 2016 in Thrissur.

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Hemant Soren to take oath as Jharkhand CM

In Jharkhand, Grand Alliance leader Hemant Soren will take oath as Chief Minister on Dec 29. He was projected as the chief ministerial candidate by the JMM, Congress and RJD Alliance that gained a majority in the recently concluded Assembly polls.

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Governor of Jharkhand - Draupadi Murmu.

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Urban India declared Open defecation free

Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban has achieved the target of creating Urban India Open Defecation Free. Till date, 819 cities have certified ODF+ & 312 cities have certified ODF++. Housing & Urban Affairs Ministry partnered with Google to map all public toilets.

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Minister for Housing & Urban Affairs- Hardeep Singh Puri.

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ICC Women’s rankings: Radha remains second

In ICC women's Cricket rankings, Left-arm spinner Radha Yadav was ranked at the 2nd spot. Among the batters, Jemimah Rodrigues continued to occupy the 4th spot, while Smriti Mandhana & Harmanpreet Kaur remained at the 7th & 9th positions respectively.

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India stands at 4th position in the Women's T20I Team Ranking.

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Sangita Reddy is FICCI President

Sangita Reddy has taken over as the President of industry chamber FICCI for 2019-20. She succeeds Sandip Somany. Uday Shankar has been elevated as Senior Vice-President of the chamber & Sanjiv Mehta has taken charge as the Vice- President.

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FICCI is headquartered at New Delhi & Founded in 1927.

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Andhra CM Jagan launches YSR Nethanna Nestham to benefit weavers

Andhra Pradesh CM YS Jagan Mohan Reddy launched the ‘Nethanna Nestham ‘. ₹ 24000 will be credited directly into the bank accounts of the weavers having own looms every year. The amount will not be adjusted to the old dues of the beneficiary to the bank.

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The Amma Vodi scheme will be launched on January 2020.

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Govt sets up Dept of Military Affairs to be headed by Chief of Defence Staff

Cabinet cleared the appointment of India’s 1st Chief of Defence Staff & will head the dept of military powers in defence ministry. CDS will direct the 3 service chiefs & create new theatre commands for an optimal military response in case of hostilities.

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CDS was recommended by K Subrahmanyam (Kargil Review Committee).

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Manu Bhaker, Anish Bhanwala clinch five gold medals at National C’ships

Manu Bhaker and Anish Bhanwala clinched gold medals at the 63rd National Shooting Championships in Bhopal. She clinched four gold medals in the women's 10-meter air pistol. He won a gold medal in the senior men's 25-meter rapid fire pistol event.

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Manu Bhaker is representing Haryana

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Thumri exponent Vidushi Savita Devi passes away

Renowned Hindustani classical vocalist Vidushi Savita Devi has passed away at 80. She was considered a doyen in the field of classical music field on various semi-classical vocal forms, such as thumri, dadra, chaiti, kajri &tappa of the Banaras Gharana.

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She authored biographical work on her mother ‘Maa. Siddheshwari’