In a first for a government-run financial institution in the state, KFC will come out with a debit card for loan sanction & repayment. The customers will soon be issued a five-year RuPay Platinum cards, co-branded in association with public sector banks.
Chairman and MD of KFC: Tomin J Thachankary.
HQ: Trivandrum.
West Bengal government launched “Maa” canteens for providing subsidised cooked meals for the poor and the destitute at a nominal cost of ₹5. The govt will give a subsidy of ₹15 and people have to pay ₹5. The kitchen will run by Self-Help Groups (SHG).
Government allocated ₹ 100 crores for this project.
According to the Reserve Bank of India’s data on Scheduled Banks’ Statement of Position in India Bank credit growth in FY21, as of January 29 reached about 90% of the year-ago level. Year-to-date (YTD) credit growth of all scheduled banks: ₹3,39,147 crore.
YTD credit growth a year ago: ₹3,74,938 crore.
Asian Development Bank (ADB) to provide Rs 100 crore loan to hospital chain Medanta for healthcare services and medical equipment to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. It will support the purchase of personal protective equipment, ventilators, beds, etc.,
It will also support staff training programmes.
Mastercard and Razorpay launched a partnership that combines Razorpay’s payment processing capabilities with Mastercard’s trusted and secure digital banking solutions and card services. It will empower MSMEs in digitizing their operations.
CEO of Razorpay: Harshil Mathur.
Founded: 2013.
Japanese brokerage Nomura said that economic activity is on the 'verge of normality' after a pandemic. It predicted that India GDP will grow at 13.5% in FY22. It expects real GDP to contract by 6.7 per cent in FY21. RBI projected growth of 10.5% for FY22.
India's real GDP to grow at 11% in 2021-22: Economic Survey.
HCL Technologies inked an agreement with the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IITK) to collaborate in the area of cybersecurity. Under this, the IT company will work with C3iHub, a specialised cybersecurity research centre at IITK.
HCL Technologies: CEO: C Vijayakumar
HQ: Noida
Dharmendra Pradhan addressed the Joint Conference of the 11th World PetroCoal Congress and World Future Fuel Summit in New Delhi. He highlighted the increase in LPG coverage from 56% to 99.5%. He also mentioned that India shifted to BS-6 emission standards
Constituency of Dharmendra Pradhan: Deogarh, Odisha.
According to a recent report by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis, India will need to deploy $500-billion in investments to reach its 450 GW capacity target by 2030. India also received more than $42 billion in investment since 2014
IEEFA is headquartered in California, USA.
Former India Wicketkeeper-batsman Naman Ojha announced his retirement from all forms of cricket, bringing down curtains on a two-decade-long illustrious domestic career. He holds the record for the most dismissals by a wicketkeeper in the Ranji Trophy.
Ojha made his international debut in 2010 against Sri Lanka.
MoHUA launched a Pilot Pey Jal Survekshan under Jal Jeevan Mission- Urban. It will be conducted in cities to ascertain the equitable distribution of water, reuse of wastewater and mapping of water bodies with respect to quantity and quality of water.
In the first step, it will be launched in 10 cities.
Tyre maker CEAT roped in Rana Daggubati as its brand ambassador for promoting Puncture Safe range of bike tyres. He will also feature in the commercial. The company launched tyres for 5 states– Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu & Kerala.
Chairman of CEAT: Harsh Goenka
HQ: Mumbai.
The Karnataka government has roped in Sandalwood actor Darshan, also known as ‘Challenging Star ’, as the Ambassador of the State Agriculture Department. The actor will promote programmes and schemes of the Agriculture Department.
Karnataka Capital: Bengaluru
Governor: Vajubhai Vala
Prizewinning writer Irwin Allan Sealy’s new novel ‘ASOCA: A Sutra’, an imagined memoir of Ashoka The Great, the emperor who ruled Indian sub-continent and played a pivotal role in spreading Buddhism from India to other parts of Asia in the 3rd century BC.
It will be published by Penguin Random House India.
Dr. Kiran Bedi has been removed from the post of Puducherry Lieutenant Governor. Telangana Governor Dr. Tamilisai Soundararajan has been given additional charge as Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry. Meanwhile, the ruling government was reduced to minority.
CM of Puducherry: Velu Narayanasamy.
ISA announced Dr. Ajay Mathur as its new DG following his election at the first special assembly of ISA members. A coalition of 73 member countries, ISA was established in 2015 to accelerate the demand for and use of safe, sustainable solar energy for all.
HQ ISA: Gurugram.
Membership: 121.
The UN Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) appointed Indian-origin investment & development banker Preeti Sinha as its Executive Secretary, whose focus will be on providing micro-finance assistance to women, youth, SMEs in under-served communities.
She succeeds Judith Karl.
UNCDF HQ: New York.
AP CM Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy was presented the SKOCH Chief Minister of the Year award, in recognition of his government's revolutionary measures in governance in the past two years. The Award was presented by SKOCH group Chairman Sameer Kochhar personally.
Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy is the 17th CM of the state.
Defence Minister launched an online portal to provide online municipal services to more than 20 lakh citizens across 62 Cantonment Boards through a multi-tenancy central platform. It aims to provide citizen-centric services to residents of Cantonment areas
Kanpur Cantonment is the largest cantonment in India.
Justice (Retired) Rama Jois, eminent jurist and former Governor of Bihar and Jharkhand passed away recently. He was 89. He wrote several books on ancient Indian law, Habeas Corpus law, Raja Dharma and Bharathiya way to lead a purposeful life.
Rama Jois was also a writer and historian.