Installment of Rs 500 is being transferred directly into the accounts of women beneficiaries of PM Jan Dhan Yojna. Centre has released the amount to the banks who will credit the amount directly into the accounts of around 20 cr beneficiaries.
The scheme was launched by Finance Ministry in 2014
200 new mandis from 7 states joined the e-NAM platform for marketing of Agricultural produce bring the total number of e-NAM mandis in the country to 785.It is for the first time that Karnataka has been added to the list of e-NAM states.
Govt estimates 1000 Mandis to join the e-NAM platform
Traders' body Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) has announced to launch a national e-commerce marketplace 'bharatmarket' soon for all retail traders in collaboration with several technology partners to provide end-to-end services in the logistics.
It has active support from Ministry of Commerce & Industry.
Yes Bank has appointed Neeraj Dhawan as its chief risk officer with immediate effect.for a period of three years. Prior to this, Dhawan was holding the position of chief risk officer for retail and business banking at Yes Bank.
Yes Bank CEO: Prashant Kumar
Professor Sir Ralf Speth, the Chief Executive of Tata Motors-owned Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), has been elected a Fellow of the prestigious Royal Society in the UK. The honour is in recognition of Speth's advocacy for UK R&D.
Royal Society is the oldest scientific academy founded in 1660.
Reserve Bank of India cancelled the licence of Mumbai-based The CKP Co-operative Bank Ltd. in view that the financial position of the bank is highly adverse & unsustainable. With this process of paying the depositors as per DICGC Act, 1961 will happen.
Every depositor is entitled to repayment of upto ,Rs 5 Lakh.
World Press Freedom Day is being celebrated across the globe under the theme of the day is "Journalism without Fear or Favour." World Press Freedom Day was proclaimed by the UN General Assembly in 1993, following recommendation of UNESCO's Gen Conference.
UNESCO Head: Audrey Azoulay; HQ: Paris
Renowned Kannada poet KS Nissar Ahmed passed away. Nisaar had won several awards including Rajyotsava Award in 1981, Padma Shri in 2008.He was the 73rd president for Kannada Sahitya Sammalenna held at Shivamogga in the year 2007.
Karnataka CM: B. S. Yediyurappa; Governor: Vajubhai Vala
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research has launched Kisan Sabha App to connect farmers to supply chain and freight transportation Management System.It aims to provide the most economical and timely logistics support to the farmers.
CSIR , largest research & development organisation in India.
RBL Bank announced that it has appointed Deepak Kumar as the Chief Risk Officer (CRO) of the bank for a period of two years who will replace Ramnath Krishnan. Kumar has served as the Chief General Manager of the State Bank of India (SBI).
RBL Bank HQ: Mumbai
Professor Shobhana Narasimhan from the Theoretical Sciences Unit (TSU) at the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), has been elected as an International Honorary Member to the American Academy of Arts and Science.
NCASR is an autonomous institute under Dept of Science & Tech.
Government has raised the minimum support price for Minor Forest Produce of 49 items. Tribal Affairs Ministry said, the increase across various items of Minor Forest Produce (MFP) ranges from 16% to 66% to provide an immediate momentum to procurement.
Union Minister of Tribal Affairs: Arjun Munda
CCI approved the proposed combination between BP Global Investments Ltd and Reliance BP Mobility Ltd under Section 31(1) of the Competition Act 2002. BP Global is an investment holding company and holds shares in subsidiaries and associated companies.
RBPML doesn’t conduct any business now anywhere in the world.
Shri Nitin Gadkari launched Bank of Schemes, Ideas, Innovation and Research portal (http://ideas.msme.gov.in/) on MSMEs through Video Conference from Nagpur. The Portal gives access to all Schemes of Union, State and UT Governments.
Nitin Gadkari- Minister of Road transport & Highways and MSME.
Virat Kohli-led Indian cricket team was dethroned from the top spot in the ICC Test rankings for the first time in close to four years after cricket parent’s body announced the latest rankings. India had yielded the top spot for since October 2016.
India is now at the 3rd spot after Australia & New Zealand.
Eminent author and columnist Ronald Vivian Smith, who is best known for his writings on Delhi, passed away at the age of 81. Author to several books on Delhi, of which ‘The Delhi That No One Knows’ was a best seller.
Smith also wrote poetry and romantic novels.
In ‘Shivaji in South Block: The Unwritten History of a Proud People’, journalist Girish Kuber talks about Maharashtra’s politics, history and society. From the time of the Satavahanas down to the present day, he chronicles many lesser-known tales.
Maharashtra celebrates the 60th year of its formation on 2020.
Senior IAS officer Nilaya Mitash has been posted at the Asian Development Bank as principal operations coordination specialist. The Karnataka cadre IAS officer of the 1991 batch, was working as Resident Commissioner of Karnataka in the national capital.
Asian Development Bank Headquarters- Manila, Philippines.
In a bid to improve the mobility of essential commodities in the rural and remote areas during the covid-19 lockdown, the Central government has started an e-commerce platform for the retail stores. The Common Service Centres have led the online platform.
Dinesh Tyagi, is the CEO of CSC.
China has begun piloting its new digital currency in four 4 cities, becoming the first nation to do so. The digital currency- known as the e-RMB- would be used for paying the April-month salaries to some government employees and public servants.
Chinese Central Bank- People's Bank of China.
World Laughter Day is an annual event celebrated on the first Sunday of May to raise awareness about laughter and its many healing benefits. This year the day falls on May 03, 2020. Every year more than 70 countries around the world celebrates the day.
World Laughter Day was first celebrated on 1998, in Mumbai.