Goods and Services Tax Collections in October stood at Rs 1.05 Lakh crore, crossing for the first time Rs 1 Lakh Crore mark since February this year. Out of gross GST CGST - ₹19,193 crore; SGST - ₹ 5,411 crore; IGST - ₹ 52,540 crore. Cess is ₹ 8,011 crore.
The revenue for October is 10% higher than that of September.
The Central govt gave nod for Phase II & III of Dam Rehabilitation and Improvement Project (DRIP) to improve the safety & operational performance of selected 736 dams across India. Project worth ₹10,211 crore will be implemented from April 2021-March 2031.
Share of external funding is ₹7,000 crore of total project cost
Ministry of AYUSH & M/s Invest India to form a collaboration to set up a Strategic Policy & Facilitation Bureau to facilitate planned & systematic growth of Ayush sector. Invest India to collaborate extensively to frame the plan of Bureau & define targets.
Union Minister of AYUSH – Shripad Yesso Naik.
The Federation of Indian Publishers (FIP) organised a virtual version of the Delhi Book Fair, the oldest book fair of India after Kolkata, this year in light of the pandemic. The book fair organised in partnership with PragatiE is a two-day online event.
CM of New Delhi: Arvind Kejriwal.
In TN agriculture portfolio held by late R Duraikannu was allocated to the higher education minister KP Anbalagan. The decision has been taken by CM Edappadi Palaniswami. Anbalagan will be re-designated as the Minister for Higher Education and Agriculture.
Tiger Reserve: Annamalai, Kalakkad, Mudumalai, Satyamangalam.
Kolkata is set to get a unique park decked up with used tyres. Tyre Park has been conceived and developed by the West Bengal Transport Corporation. Disposal of used tyres poses a major challenge and tyres usually pile up at bus depots in the state.
Sundarbans, a mangrove area is located in West Bengal.
Minister of State for DoNER Dr Jitendra Singh inaugurated Mansar Lake Development Plan. With this, the number of tourists is expected in increase to 20 lakhs per year in the Mansar region. It is also expected to generate ₹ 800 crores of income per year.
It aims to create employment for 1.15 crore man-days.
National Payments Corporation of India data shows that Unified Payments Interface registered 2.07 bn transactions, almost 82% higher than 1.14 bn transactions reported in October month last year. Transactions amounted to ₹3.86 tn in first 15 days of Oct.
UPI was introduced by NPCI, a subsidiary of RBI, in 2016.
Freecharge, a digital payment platform inked a partnership with Safe Gold in order to launch its digital gold offering for its customers. With this, customers can easily buy gold online without the fuss related to transparency, security and storage of gold
Freecharge CEO - Siddharth Mehta.
Founder: Kunal Shah
Aditya Puri who retired as the CEO of HDFC Bank joined the global investment firm Carlyle as senior adviser. He will provide guidance on the evolving market landscape and new investment opportunities & advise team on investment opportunities across Asia.
Carlyle Group HQ: Washington.
HFDC Bank CEO: Sashidhar Jagdishan
Keralite Priyanka Radhakrishnan of labour party is given charge as the Minister of Diversity, Inclusion and Ethnic Communities, Minister for Youth, Minister of Community and Voluntary Sector and Associate Minister for Social Development and Employment.
NewZealand Capital: Wellington
PM:Jacinda Arden
Currency: Dollar
Chief Justice of India S.A. Bobde, along with Justice D.Y. Chandrachud of the Supreme Court inaugurated 1st ever e-resource centre and virtual court for traffic and transport to enable speedy justice for litigants, called Nyay Kaushal, at Katol in Nagpur.
It can provide easy way of filing court matters using technology
The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 2 November as the ‘International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists’ in General Assembly. The date was chosen in commemoration of the assassination of two French journalists in Mali in 2013.
UN General Assemble is headquartered in New York, USA.
Writer Paul Zacharia was chosen by a jury headed by Kerala Sahitya Akademi President Vysakhan for the 28th Ezhuthachan Puraskaram, the highest literary honour of the Kerala government. The award comprises a cash prize of ₹5 lakhs, a citation and a plaque.
A Secret History of Compassion was Zacharia’s 1st novel.
An extremely rare metallic asteroid has an estimated worth of $10,000 quadrillion - more than Earth's entire economy. It is one of the most massive objects in the main asteroid belt & orbits between Mars and Jupiter about 230 million miles from Earth.
It measures about 140 miles in diameter, made of iron & nickel.
Minister of State for Education Sanjay Dhotre launched Bandhu. It addresses challenges like adjustment to college life, academic stress, & mental health. It has curated reads, motivational alumni journeys, expert podcasts and tools for self-exploration.
Project Bandhu was initiated by alumni of the Class of 1992.
BCCI announced Jio, a telecommunications co., as title sponsor of Women's T20 Challenge, to be held in Sharjah from Nov 4 to 9. 3 teams -Velocity, Supernovas and Trailblazers led by Harmanpreet Kaur, Smriti Mandhana & Mithali Raj resp. to play each other.
BCCI President – Sourav Ganguly
Reliance Foundation: Nita Ambani