Static GA Refresher for Syndicate/Canara Bank PGDBF Exam

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1 Static GA Refresher for Syndicate/Canara Bank PGDBF Exam Banks, CMDs, Headquarters & their Tag Lines Name of Bank Headquarters CMD Tag Lines Allahabad Bank Kolkata Usha A tradition of trust. Ananthasubramanian Andhra Bank Hyderabad Where India Banks Bank of Baroda Vadodara P. S. Jayakumar India s international bank Bank of India Mumbai Dinabandhu Mohapatra Relationships beyond banking Bank of Maharashtra Pune Ravindra P. Marathe One family one bank Canara Bank Bengaluru Rakesh Sharma Together We Can; It s easy to change for those who you love Central Bank of India Mumbai Rajeev Rishi Build A Better Life Around Us; Central to you since Corporation Bank Mangalore Jai Kumar Garg Prosperity for All Dena Bank Mumbai Trusted Family Bank IDBI Bank Mumbai Mahesh Kumar Jain Banking for All; Aao Sochein Bada Indian Bank Chennai Kishor Kharat Your tech friendly bank Indian Overseas Bank Chennai R. Subramaniakumar Good people to grow with Oriental Bank of Gurugram Mukesh Kumar Jain Where every individual is Commerce committed Punjab National Bank New Delhi Sunil Mehta A Name you can Bank Upon Punjab and Sind Bank New Delhi Where series is a way of life State Bank of India Mumbai Rajnish Kumar The banker to every Indian; The Nation banks on us; Pure banking nothing else; With you all the way; A Bank to the common man. Syndicate Bank Manipal Melwyn O. Rego Your Faithful And Friendly Financial Partner UCO Bank Kolkata Ravi Kishan Takkar Honours Your Trust Union Bank of India Mumbai Rajkiran Rai G. Good People to Bank with United Bank of India Kolkata Pawan Kumar Bajaj The Bank that begins with U. Vijaya Bank Bengaluru R A Sankara Narayanan A friend you can bank upon

2 Private Banks and their Tag Line Name Of Bank Headquarter MD & CEO Tag Line Axis Bank Mumbai Shikha Sharma Badhti ka nam zindagi Federal Bank Kochi, Kerala Shyam Srinivasan Your Perfect Banking Partner HDFC Bank Mumbai Aditya Puri We Understand Your World; Bank Aapki, Mutthi Mein. ICICI Bank Mumbai Chanda Kochhar Hum hai na; Khayal Aapka IndusInd Bank Mumbai Romesh Sobti We Make You Feel Richer Kotak Mahindra Bank Mumbai Uday Kotak Let s make money simple Lakshmi Vilas Bank Karur, Tamil Naidu Parthasarathi Mukherjee The Changing Face of Prosperity Nainital Bank Nainital Mukesh Sharma Banking with personal touch RBL Bank Mumbai Vishwavir Ahuja Apno ka bank Saraswat Bank Mumbai Gautam E. Thakur Service to the Common Man! South Indian Bank Thrissur, Kerala V. G. Mathew Experience Next Generation Banking Yes Bank Mumbai Rana Kapoor Experience our expertise Payments Bank Bank Headquarter CEO & MD Airtel Payments Bank Ltd. New Delhi India Post Payments Bank New Delhi Suresh Sethi Ltd. Fino Payments Bank Ltd. Navi Mumbai Renu Satti Paytm Payments Bank Ltd. Noida Rishi Gupta Insurance Companies and their Tag Line Name Headquarter Tag line LIC Mumbai Yogakshemam Vahamyaham Max Life Insurance Company Ltd. New Delhi Aapke Sache Advisor SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd. New Delhi With Us, You re Sure ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company Ltd Mumbai Zimmedari ke Humsafar HDFC Standard Life Insurance Company Ltd Mumbai Sar Utha ke Jiyo Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance Company Ltd Pune Jiyo befiqar

3 Foreign Banks and their Tag Line Name Of Bank Headquarter Tag Line American Express Bank New York, US Do more Bank of America North Carolina, US Life's better when we're connected BNP Paribas Paris, France The bank for a changing world CITI Bank New York, US Let s get it done/citi never sleeps DBS Bank Singapore Living, Breathing Asia Deutsche Bank Frankfurt, Germany A passion to perform HSBC Bank London, UK The World's local bank Important Organizations & their Headquarters Important Organizations Headquarter Important Organizations Headquarter APEC (Asia Pacific Economic Singapore WHO (World Health Organization) Geneva Forum) ASEAN (Association of South East Jakarta WMO (World Meteorological Geneva Asian Nations) Organization) UNO New York IAEA (International Atomic Energy Vienna Agency) UNICEF New York World Intellectual Property Geneva Organization UNCTAD (United Nations Geneva UNESCO Paris Conference on Trade & Development) IMF (International Monetary Fund) Washington DC World Bank Washington DC ILO (International Labour Organization) Geneva UNIDO (United Nations Industrial Development Organization) IMO (International Maritime London NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) Organization) International Standards Geneva SAARC (South Asian Association Organization for Regional Coop.) ICJ (International Court of Justice) The Hague OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Vienna Food & Agriculture Organization Exporting Countries) (FAO) Vienna Brussels Kathmandu Paris Rome

4 Union Cabinet Minister Ministers Portfolios Constituency Prime Minister Department of Atomic Energy Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh Narendra Modi Department of Space Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Raj Nath Singh Ministry of Home Affairs Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh Sushma Swaraj Ministry of External Affairs Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh Arun Jaitley Ministry of Finance Gujarat (Rajya Sabha) Ministry of Corporate Affairs Ministry of Road Transport & Highways Nagpur, Maharashtra Nitin Jairam Gadkari Ministry of Shipping Ministry of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation Suresh Prabhu Ministry of Commerce & Industry Andhra Pradesh (Rajya Sabha) D.V Sadananda Ministry of Statistics & Programme Bengaluru North, Karnataka Gowda Implementation Uma Bharati Ministry of Drinking Water & Sanitation Jhansi Uttar Pradesh Nirmala Sitharaman Ministry of Defence Karnataka (Rajya Sabha) Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi Ministry of Minority Affairs Jharkhand (Rajya Sabha) Ramvilas Paswan Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution Hajipur, Bihar Maneka Sanjay Ministry of Women & Child Pilibhit, Uttar Pradesh Gandhi Development Ananthkumar Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers Bengaluru Sorth, Karnataka Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs Ravi Shankar Prasad Ministry of Law & Justice Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology Bihar (Rajya Sabha) Jagat Prakash Nadda Ministry of Health & Family Welfare Himachal Pradesh (Rajya Sabha) Ashok Gajapathi Raju Ministry of Civil Aviation Vizianagaram, Andhra Pradesh Pusapati Anant Geete Ministry of Heavy Industries & Public Raigad, Maharashtra Enterprises Harsimrat Kaur Ministry of Food Processing Industries Bathinda, Punjab Badal Narendra Singh Tomar Chaudhary Birender Singh Ministry of Rural Development Ministry of Panchayati Raj Ministry of Mines Ministry of Steel Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh Haryana (Rajya Sabha)

5 Jual Oram Ministry of Tribal Affairs Sundargarh, Odisha Radha Mohan Singh Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Purvi Champaran, Bihar Thaawar Chand Ministry of Social Justice & Madhya Pradesh (Rajya Sabha) Gehlot Empowerment Smriti Zubin Irani Ministry of Textiles Gujarat (Rajya Sabha) Ministry of Information & Broadcasting Harsh Vardhan Ministry of Science & Technology Ministry of Earth Sciences Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change Chandni Chowk, Delhi Prakash Javadekar Ministry of Human Resource Madhya Pradesh (Rajya Sabha) Development Piyush Goyal Ministry of Railways Maharashtra (Rajya Sabha) Minster of Coal Dharmendra Pradhan Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas Deogarh, Odisha Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship Chief Ministers and Governors of State State Chief Minister Governor Andhra Pradesh N. Chandrababu Naidu E. S. L. Narashimhan Arunachal Pradesh Pema Khandu B. D. Mishra Assam Sarbananda Sonowal Jagdish Mukhi Bihar Nitish Kumar Satya Pal Malik Chattisgarh Dr. Raman Singh Balramji Dass Tandon Delhi Arvind Kejriwal Anil Baijal Goa Manohar Parrikar Mridula Sinha Gujarat Vijaybhai R. Rupani Om Prakash Kohli Haryana Manohar Lal Khattar Kaptan Singh Solanki Himachal Pradesh Jai Ram Thakur Acharya Dev Vrat Jammu & Kashmir Mehbooba Mufti Sayeed Narinder Nath Vohra Jharkhand Raghuvar Das Draupadi Murmu Karnataka Siddaramaiah Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala Kerala Pianrayi Vijayan P. Sathasivam Madhya Pradesh Shivraj Singh Chouhan Anandiben Patel Maharashtra Devendra Fadnavis C. Vidyasagar Rao Manipur Nongthombam Biren Najma Heptullah

6 Singh Meghalaya Mukul Sangama Ganga Prasad Mizoram PU Lal Thanhawla Nirbhay Sharma Nagaland T. R. Zeliang Padmanabha Acharya Odisha Naveen Patnaik S. C. Jamir Puducherry V. Narayanasamy Dr. Kiran Bedi Punjab Captain Amarinder Singh V. P. Singh Badnore Rajasthan Vasundhara Raje Kalyan Singh Sikkim Pawan Kumar Chamling Shriniwas Dadasaheb Patil Tamil Naidu Edappadi K Palaniswami Banwarilal Purohit Telangana K. Chandershekhar Rao E. S. L. Narashimhan Tripura Manik Sarkar Tathagata Roy Uttar Pradesh Yogi Adityanath Ram Naik Uttarakhand Trivendra Singh Rawat Krishan Kant Paul West Bengal Mamata Banerjee Keshari Nath Tripathi Regulators Regulator Sectors Chairman Headquarter Reserve Bank of India Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) Pension Fund Regulatory Development Authority (PFRDA) Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) Monetary policy, Money Market & Financial System Urjit Patel Mumbai Stock broking & Merchant Ajay Tyagi Mumbai Banking Companies, Security & Capital Market Insurance industry T. S. Vijayan Hyderabad Pension sector Hemant Contractor New Delhi Telecommunication Industry Ram Sewak Sharma New Delhi

7 Organizations and their Chairman Name of Organization Headquarter Head/Director General Members United Nation (UN) New York António Guterres 193 World Trade Organization Geneva Roberto Azevêdo 164 (WTO) World Bank Washington DC Kristalina Georgieva 189 IMF Washington DC Christine Lagarde 189 NATO(North Atlantic Brussels, Belgium Petr Pavel 29 Treaty Organization) SAARC(South Asian Kathmandu Amjad Hussain B. Sial 8 Association of Regional Co-Operation) OPEC (Organization of Vienna, Austria Mohammed Barkindo 12 the Petroleum Exporting Countries) ASEAN - Association of Southeast Asian Nations Jakarta, Indonesia H.E. Lim Jock Hoi 10 Census 2011 at a Glance The Census 2011 is the 15th National census survey conducted by the Census Organization of India. Mr. C. Chandramouli is the Commissioner & Registrar General of the Indian 2011 Census. The national census survey covered all the 28 states of the country and 7 Union territories including 640 districts, 497 cities, 5767 tehsils & over 6 lakh villages. India s first Census was launched in the year Slogan - Our census, Our Future Total Population: 1,210,854,977 Males: 623, 724, 248 Females: 586,469, 174 Increase in population (during ): 181 million India's Rank in World according to population: 2nd with 17.5% (1st China with 19%) Most Populated State: Uttar Pradesh (199,812,341) Least Populated State: Sikkim Most Populated Metros: Mumbai (18,394,912) Highest Populated District: Thane (Mumbai) Sex Ratio: Female:Male National: 940:1000 Best Sex Ratio (State): Kerala (1084:1000) Lowest Sex Ratio (State): Haryana Literacy rate in India: 74.04% High Literate State: Kerala (94%) Least Literate State: Bihar (63.82%)

8 Literacy of Male: 82.14% Literacy of Female: 65.46% Most Literate UT: Lakshadweep (92.2%) Least Literate UT: Dadra Nagar & Haweli Most Literate District: Serechhip (Mizoram) Least Literate District: Dadra Naga & Haveli 100% Literate District - Palakkad (Kerala) Density of population: 382 persons/sq.km Highest Density: Bihar (1102 sq.km) Lowest Density: Arunachal Pradesh (17) According to recently released new 2011 census data, nearly two-thirds of the disabled population in the age-group of 5-19 in 2011 was attending educational institutions. As many as 40.2 lakh (61.2%) out of the total of 65.7 lakh disabled population in the specified age group were attending educational institutions in Important Dances in India Dance Form State Dance Form State Bharatanatyam Tamil Nadu Bihu Assam Bhangra Punjab Chhau Odisha, West Bengal, Jharkhand Changu Odissa & Andhra Pradesh Dhaman Punjab & Andhra Pradesh Dumhal Kashmir Dandiya Gujarat Garba Gujarat Ghoomar Rajasthan Gair Rajasthan Gaudiya Nritya West Bengal Kathakali Kerala Kathak Uttar Pradesh Kuchipudi Andhra Pradesh Lavani Maharashtra Manipuri Manipur Padayani South Kerala Raas Gujarat Thang Ta Manipur Important Ports in India Port State Port State Cochin Kerala Chennai Tamil Nadu Jawaharlal Nehru Maharashtra Ennore Tamil Nadu Kolkata West Bengal Kandla Gujarat Mumbai Maharashtra Mormugao Goa Paradip Orissa New Mangalore Karnataka Vishakhapatnam Andhra Pradesh Tuticorin Tamil Nadu

9 City on the Bank of River City River State City River State Agra Yamuna Uttar Pradesh Ahmedabad Sabarmati Gujarat Allahabad Ganga Uttar Pradesh Ayodhya Saryu Uttar Pradesh Badrinath Alaknanda Uttarakhand Bhagalpur Ganga Bihar Bengaluru Vrishabhavathi Karnataka Cuttack Mahanadi Odisha Chennai Cooum Tamil Nadu Coimbatore Noyyal Tamil Nadu Dibrugarh Brahmaputra Assam Etawah Yamuna Uttar Pradesh Ferozpur Sutlej Punjab Gorakhpur Rapti Uttar Pradesh Gaya Phalgu Bihar Gwalior Chambal Madhya Pradesh Guwahati Brahmaputra Assam Haridwar Ganga Uttarkhand Hyderabad Musi Telangana Hajipur Ganges Bihar Jaunpur Gomti Uttar Pradesh Jabalpur Narmada Madhya Pradesh Jamshedpur Subarnarekha Jharkhand Karwar Kali Karnataka Kanpur Ganga Uttar Pradesh Kanchipuram Vegavathy Tamil Nadu Kanyakumari Pazhayar Tamil Nadu Kochi Periyar Kerala Kota Chambal Rajasthan Kolkata Hooghly West Bengal Lucknow Gomti Uttar Pradesh New Delhi Yamuna Delhi Mahad Savitri Maharashtra Mathura Yamuna Uttar Pradesh Madurai Vaigai Tamil Nadu Mysore Kapila Karnataka Nashik Godavari Maharashtra Patna Ganges Bihar Pune Mula and Maharashtra Rourkela Brahmani Odisha Mutha Sambalpur Mahanadi Odisha Srinagar Jhelum Jammu & Kashmir Surat Tapi Gujarat Ujjain Shipra Madhya Pradesh Varanasi Ganga Uttar Pradesh Vijayawada Krishna Andhra Pradesh Vadodara Vishwamitri Gujarat Tiruchirapalli Kaveri Tamil Nadu

10 Important Dams in India: Dam River State Baglihar Dam Chenab J&K Bhakra Nangal Dam Sutlej River Punjab and Himachal Pradesh Chakra Dam Chakra Karnataka Hirakud Dam Mahanadi River Orissa Indira Sagar Dam Narmada River Madhya Pradesh Krishnarajsagar Dam Kaveri River Karnataka Koteshwar Dam Bhagirathi River Uttarakhand Lakhwar Dam Yamuna Uttarakhand Nagarjuna sagar Dam Krishna River Andhra Pradesh Pakal Dul Dam Marusudar J&K Parbati II Dam Parbati River Himachal Pradesh Pillur Dam Bhavani Tamil Nadu Pong Dam Beas Himachal Pradesh Ranjit Sagar Dam Ravi river Punjab Rihand Dam Rihand Uttar Pradesh Sardar Sarovar Dam Narmada River Gujarat Srisailam (N.S.R.S.P) Dam Krishna River Andhra Pradesh Tehri Dam Bhagirathi River Uttarakhand TungaBhadra Dam Tungabhadra River Karnataka Ukai Dam Tapi River Gujarat Famous Temples in India Temples City Temples City Akshardham Temple Delhi Amarnath Cave Pahalgam, J&K Temple Badrinath Temple Chamoli, Brihadeeswara Temple Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu Uttarakhand Chamundeshwari Temple Mysore, Karnataka Chennakesava Temple Belur, Tamil Nadu Dakshineswar Kali Temple Kolkata, West Dilwara Temples Mount Abu, Rajasthan Bengal Dwarkadhish Temple Dwarka, Gujarat Gangotri Temple Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand Golden Temple (Sri Amritsar, Punjab Gomateshwara Temple Shravanbelagola, Harmandir Sahib or Darbar Karnataka Sahib) Har Ki Pauri Haridwar, Uttarakhand Iskcon Temple Mathura, Uttar Pradesh

11 Jain Temple Ranakpur, Rajasthan Jwalamukhi Temple Kangra, Himachal Pradesh Kalighat Kali Temple Kolkata, West Kailashanatha Temple Kanchipuram, Tamil Bengal Nadu Kanchipuram Temple Kanchipuram, Tamil Kashi Vishwanath Varanasi, Uttar Nadu Temple Pradesh Kamakhya Temple Guwahati, Assam Kedarnath Temple Garhwal, Uttarakhand Khajuraho Temple Madhya Pradesh Lingaraja Temple Odisha Lord Jagannath Temple Puri, Odisha Mata Vaishno Devi Katra, J&K Mandir Meenakshi Temple Madurai, Tamil Nadu Mukteswar Temple Bhubaneshwar, Orissa Neelkanth Mahadev Temple Rishikesh, Naina Devi Temple Nainital, Uttarakhand Uttarakhand Nathdwara Shrinathji Temple Nathdwara, Pattabhirama Temple Hampi, Karnataka Rajasthan Ramanathaswamy Rameshwaram, Ranakpur Temple Pali, Rajasthan (Rameshwaram) Temple Tamil Nadu Rajarani Temple Bhubaneshwar, Orissa Sabarimala Temple Pathanamthitta, Kerala Sanchi Stupa Raisen, Madhya Shirdi Sai Baba Temple Shirdi, Maharashtra Pradesh Laxminarayan Temple or Birla Delhi Lotus Temple New Delhi Mandir Shri Digambar Jain Lal Mandir Delhi Siddhivinayak Temple Prabha Devi, Mumbai Shankaracharya Temple Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir Shani Shingnapur Ahmednagar, Maharashtra Shore Temple Mahabalipuram, Sripuram Golden Vellore, Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu Temple Somnath Temple Saurashtra, Gujarat Sree Thiruvananthapuram, Padmanabhaswamy Kerala Temple Tirupati Balaji Tirumala, Andhra Thillai Nataraja Temple Chidambaram, Tamil Pradesh Nadu The Konark Sun Temple Puri, Odisha Vitthala Temple Hampi, Karnataka Virupaksha Temple Hampi, Karnataka Yamunotri Temple Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand

12 Stadiums in India Stadiums Cities Stadiums Cities Barabati Stadium Cuttack Barkatullah Khan Jodhpur Stadium Barsapara Cricket Stadium Guwahati Brabourne Stadium Mumbai Dhyan Chand National Delhi Dr. Bhupen Hazarika Guwahati Stadium Cricket Stadium Eden Gardens Kolkata Feroz Shah Kotla Delhi Stadium Gandhi Stadium Jalandhar Green Park Stadium Kanpur Greenfield International Thiruvananthapuram Indira Gandhi Stadium Vijayawada Stadium Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium New Delhi Kaloor Stadium Kochi Lal Bahadur Shastri Hyderabad M.Chinnaswamy Bangalore Stadium Stadium MA Chidambaram Chennai Madhavrao Scindia Rajkot Stadium Cricket Ground Moin-ul-Haq Stadium Patna Rajiv Gandhi Port Silver Jubilee Stadium Visakhapatnam Sardar Vallabhai Patel Ahmedabad Sawai Mansingh Stadium Jaipur Motera Stadium Vidarbha CA Ground Nagpur Wankhede Stadium Mumbai Important Lines between Countries 17th Parallel: North Vietnam and South Vietnam 24th Parallel: India and Pakistan. 30th Parallel: Equator & the North Pole. 38th Parallel: North Korea and South Korea 40th Parallel North: formed the original northern boundary of the British Colony of Maryland. 42nd Parallel north: New York - Pennsylania Border. 45th Parallel north: Halfway point between the Equator & the North Pole. 49th Parallel: Canada and USA Durand Line: Pakistan and Afghanistan Hindenburg Line: Germany & Poland. Line of Control (LoC): It divides Kashmir between India and Pakistan. Maginot Line: France and Germany Mannerheim Line: Russia-Finland border. Mc. Mohan Line: India (Arunachal Pradesh Region) and China Medicine Line: Canada & the United States. Marginal Line: Russia-Finland border

13 Order-neisse Line: Poland & Germany Palk Strait: India & Sri Lanka Radcliff Line: India and Pakistan Siegfried Line: Germany and France Abbreviations AARDO: African Asian Rural Development Organization ADB: Asian Development Bank AEPS: Adhaar Enabled Payment System AFA: Additional Factor of Authentication AMC: Asset Management Company APMC: Agriculture Produce Market Committee ATF: Aviation Turbine Fuel AUM: Assets Under Management BIFR: Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction CAGR: Compound Annual Growth Rate CBEC: Central Board of Excise and Customs CCEA: Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs CCI: Competition Commission of India CERSAI: Central Registry of Securitisation Asset Reconstruction and Security Interest of India CII: Confederation of Indian Industry CMB: Cash Management Bills CNP: Card Not Present CPSE: Central Public Sector Enterprises CRS: Common Standard on Reporting CVC: Central Vigilance Commission DBT: Direct Benefit Transfer DGFT: Directorate General of Foreign Trade DIPAM: Department of Investment and Public Asset Management DIPP: Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion DTAA: Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement ECB: External Commercial Borrowing ECGC: Export Credit Guarantee Corporation of India Limited EMI: Equated Monthly Instalment e-nam: Electronic National Agriculture Market EPF: Employees Provident Fund ETF: Exchange Traded Fund FAME India: Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Hybrid and Electric vehicles in India FATCA: Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act FIF: Financial Inclusion Fund GVA: Gross Value Added HRIDAY: Heritage Infrastructure Development and Augmentation Yojana

14 HTM: Held-To-Maturity IBBI: Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India IBRD: International Bank for Reconstruction and Development IEA: International Energy Agency IFSC: International Financial Services Centre ISA: International Solar Alliance KVP: Kisan Vikas Patra KYC: Know Your Customer LAF: liquidity adjustment facility MIP: Minimum Import Price MPC: Monetary Policy Committee MSF: Marginal standing facility MSP: Minimum Support Price MSS: Market Stabilisation Scheme NABARD: National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development NDB: New Development Bank NDTL: Net Demand and Time Liabilities NFC: Near Field Communication NPCI: National Payments Corporation of India NSC: National Savings Certificate NSP: National Seismic Programme OMCs: Oil Marketing Companies OMO: Open Market Operations OTP: One Time Pin PDMA: Public Debt Management Agency PDMC: Public Debt Management Cell PDS: Public Distribution System PMUY: Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana PPF: Public Provident Fund PRJA: People s Resurgence and Justice Alliance RXIL: Receivables Exchange of India S4A: Scheme for Sustainable Structuring of Stressed Assets SBNs: Specified Bank Notes SWIFT: Single Window Interface for Facilitating Trade / Society for the Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication TCS: Tax Collected at Source TReDS: Trade Receivables Discounting Systems UDAY: Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana ULB: Urban Local Bodies UPI: Unified Payment Interface USSD: Unstructured Supplementary Service Data VAT: Value Added Tax

15 January Important Days 1 January: Army Medical Corps Establishment Day 8 January: African National Congress Foundation Day 9 January: Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 10 January: World Laughter Day, World Hindi Day 12 January: National Youth Day (Birth Day of Swami Vivekanand) 15 January: Army Day 18 January: National Immunization Day (Polio Day) 23 January: Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose's birth anniversary 24 January: National Girl Child Day 25 January: International Customs Duty Day, National Tourism Day, National Voters Day 26 January: Republic Day 27 January: International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust 28 January: Data Privacy Day (DPD) 30 January: (Martyr's day) Mahatma Gandhi's Martyrdom Day, National Cleanliness Day February March 01 Feb: Indian Coast Guard Day 02 Feb: World Wetlands Day 04 Feb: World Cancer Day; National Day of Sri Lanka 05 Feb: Kashmir Day or Kashmir Solidarity Day (in Pakistan) 06 Feb: The International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation 08 Feb: Chinese New Year Feb: National Deworming Day 11 Feb: The World Day of the Sick (Roman Catholic Church) 12 Feb: Darwin Day (birth anniversary of Charles Darwin) 13 Feb: World Radio Day; Sarojini Naidu s birth anniversary Feb: Taj Mahotsav 03 Mar: National Defence Day; World Wildlife Day 04 Mar: National Security Day 08 Mar: International Women s Day 09 Mar: CISF Raising Day 10 Mar: Word Kidney Day (second Thursday of Mar) 12 Mar: Mauritius Day

16 April 15 Mar: World Consumer Rights Day 20 Mar: International Day of Happiness; World Sparrow Day 21 Mar: World Forestry Day; World Poetry Day; International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination; International Day of Nowruz; World Down Syndrome Day; International Day of Forests 22 Mar: World Water Day 23 Mar: World Meteorological Day; Martyrdom Day 24 Mar: World Tuberculosis Day; International Day for the Right to the Truth Concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims 25 Mar: International Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade; International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members 26 Mar: Bangladesh Liberation Day Apr: Prevention of Blindness Week (India) 02 Apr: International Children s Book Day; World Autism Awareness Day 04 Apr: International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action 05 Apr: National Maritime Day 06 Apr: International Day of Sport for Development and Peace 07 Apr: World Health Day; International Day of Reflection on the Genocide in Rwanda Apr: Handloom Week (India) 10 Apr: World Homeopathy Day; Public Sector Day 11 Apr: National Safe Motherhood Day (India) 12 Apr: International Day of Human Space Flight; International Day for Street Children 13 Apr: Jallianwala Bagh Massacre (India) 14 Apr: Birth Anniversary of BR Ambedkar 17 Apr: World Hemophilia Day 18 Apr: World Heritage Day Apr: Fire Service Week (India) 20 Apr: Chinese Language Day 22 Apr: International Mother Earth Day 23 Apr: World Book and Copyright Day; English Language Day 24 Apr: Women s Political Empowerment Day (India); National Panchayati Raj Diwas (India) 25 Apr: World Malaria Day 26 Apr: World Intellectual Property Day 27 Apr: World Theatre Day 28 Apr: World Day for Safety and Health at Work 29 Apr: International Dance Day; Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare Apr: World Immunization Week (last week of Apr) 30 Apr: International Jazz Day

17 May 01 May: May Day, International Labour Day 03 May: World Press Freedom Day; World Press Freedom Day 04 May: International Firefighters Day, Star Wars Day 05 May: International Midwives Day 08 May: World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day 09 May: Europe day 11 May: National Technology Day 12 May: International Nurses Day; World Migratory Bird Day; International Nurses Day 15 May: International Day of Families; International Day of Families 16 May: National Dengue Day 17 May: World Hypertension Day; World Telecommunication and Information Society Day; World Telecommunication and Information Society Day; World AIDS Vaccine Day; International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia 18 May: International AIDS Candlelight Memorial; International Museum Day 20 May: Vesak, the Day of the Full Moon 21 May: World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development; 22 May: International Day for Biological Diversity; World Goth Day 23 May: World Turtle Day 25 May: Geek Pride Day 29 May: International Day of UN Peacekeepers 31 May: World No-Tobacco Day; World No-Tobacco Day 8-9 May: Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their Lives during the Second World War May: World Migratory Bird Day 1st Tuesday of May: World Asthma Day 2nd Saturday of May: World Fair Trade Day June 01 Jun: World Milk Day; Global Day of Parents 04 Jun: International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression 05 Jun: World Environment Day 08 Jun: World Oceans Day 12 Jun: World Day Against Child Labour 14 Jun: World Blood Donor Day 15 Jun: World Elder Abuse Awareness Day; ASEAN Dengue Day 17 Jun: World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought 18 Jun: Autistic Pride Day 20 Jun: World Refugee Day 21 Jun: International Yoga Day; World Hydrography Day; World Music Day 23 Jun: United Nations Public Service Day; Olympic Day; International Widow s Day 25 Jun: Day of the Seafarer

18 26 Jun: International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking; United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture 3rd Sun of Jun: Father s Day July August September 01 Jul: National Doctors Day; Chartered Accountants Day; Canada Day 02 Jul: World UFO Day 04 Jul: Independence Day (US) 06 Jul: (First Sat in Jul) International Day of Cooperatives 11 Jul: World Population Day 12 Jul: World Malala Day 14 Jul: Bastille Day (France) 15 Jul: World Youth Skills Day 18 Jul: Nelson Mandela International Day 26 Jul: Kargil Vijay Diwas 28 Jul: World Hepatitis Day 29 Jul: Global Tiger Day 30 Jul: International Day of Friendship; World Day against Trafficking in Persons 4 July (first Saturday in July): International Day of Cooperatives Aug:- World Breastfeeding Week 06 Aug:- Hiroshima Day 9 August:- Quit India Day; International Day of the World's Indigenous People; Nagasaki Peace Day 12 August:- International Youth Day 19 August:- World Humanitarian Day; World Photography Day 20 August:- Rajiv Gandhi s Birth Anniversary (Sadhbhavana Diwas); World Mosquito Day 23 August:- International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition [UNESCO] 26 Aug: Women's Equality Day (US) 29 August:- National Sports Day; International Day against Nuclear Tests 30 August:- Small Scale Industries Day; International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances 2 September:- World Coconut Day 5 September:- International Day of Charity; National Teachers Day 8 September:- International Literacy Day [UNESCO] 12 September:- United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation

19 October November 13 September:- World First Aid Day 14 September:- Hindi Divas; World Fraternity and Apology Day 15 September:- International Day of Democracy; Engineer s Day 16 September:- International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer 18 September:- International Red Panda Day (3rd Sunday of Sep) 21 September:- International Day of Peace; Alzheimer s Day 25 September (last week of September):- World Maritime Day 25 September:- International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons 27 September:- World Tourism Day 28 September:- World Rabies Day 29 September:- World Maritime Day (last Thursday of Sep); World Heart Day 30 September:- International Translation Day 1 October:- International Day of Older Persons & National Blood Donation Day 2 October:- International Day of Non-Violence 2 October (first Monday in October):- World Habitat Day 5 October:- World Teachers Day [UNESCO] 8 October:- Air Force Day 9 October:- World Post Day 10 October:- World Mental Health Day [WHO] & National Post Day 11 October:- International Day of the Girl Child 13 October:- International Day for Disaster Reduction 14 October:- World Standards Day 15 October:- International Day of Rural Women 16 October:- World Food Day [FAO] 17 October:- International Day for the Eradication of Poverty; National Ayurveda Day 20 October:- World Statistics Day 21 October:- Police Commemoration Day 24 October:- United Nations Day 31 October:- Anti -Terrorism Day 6 November:- International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict 14 November:- World Diabetes Day 16 November:- International Day for Tolerance 19 November:- World Toilet Day & World Philosophy Day 20 November:- Universal Children s Day & National Child Rights Day 21 November:- World Television Day 26 November:- Constitution Day

20 December 1 December:- World AIDS Day 2 December:- National Pollution Control Day 3 December:- National Conservation Day 4 December:- Naval Day 5 December:- World Soil Day 9 December:- International Anti-Corruption Day 10 December:- Human Rights Day 14 December:- National Energy Conservation Day 24 December:- National Consumers Rights Day Important National Parks/ Wildlife Sanctuary in India State/UT National Parks Wildlife Sanctuary Andaman and Campbell Bay National Park Defence Island WLS Nicobar Rani Jhansi Marine National Mangrove Island WLS Park Ross Island WLS Andhra Pradesh Sri Venkateswara National Coringa WLS Park Gundla Brahmeswaram WLS Papikonda National Park Krishna WLS Rajiv Gandhi National Park Nagarjuna Sagar-Srisailam WLS Pulicat Lake WLS Rajiv Gandhi (Nagarjuna Sagar- Srisailam) WLS Sri Penusila Narasimha WLS Sri Venkateswara WLS Arunachal Namdapha National Park Mehao WLS Pradesh Mouling National Park Tale Valley WLS Assam Dibru-Saikhowa National Amchang WLS Park Chakrashila WLS Kaziranga National Park Garampani WLS Manas National Park Nambor WLS Nameri National Park Rajiv Gandhi Orang National Park Bihar Valmiki National Park Bhimbandh WLS Gautam Budha WLS Kaimur WLS Pant (Rajgir) WLS Valmiki WLS

21 Vikramshila Gangetic Dolphin WLS Chhattisgarh Indravati National Park Pamed Wild Buffalo WLS Kanger Valley National Park Udanti Wild Buffalo WLS Guru Ghasi Das (Sanjay) National Park Goa Bhagwan Mahavir (Mollem) Bondla WLS National Park Bhagwan Mahavir (Mollem) WLS Netravali WLS Gujarat Gir Forest National Park Balaram Ambaji WLS Marine National Park Gir WLS Jessore WLS Mitiyala WLS Nal Sarovar Bird WLS Ratanmahal WLS Wild Ass WLS Haryana Kalesar National Park Chhilchila WLS Sultanpur National Park Kalesar WLS Himachal Great Himalayan National Bandli WLS Pradesh Park Gobind Sagar WLS Khirganga National Park Sangla Valley WLS Tundah WLS Jammu and Dachigam National Park Changthang Cold Desert WLS Kashmir Salim Ali National Park Gulmarg WLS Nandini WLS Jharkhand Betla National Park Parasnath WLS Udhwa Lake WLS Karnataka Anshi National Park Bhadra WLS Bandipur National Park Biligiri Rangaswamy Temple Nagarhole National Park (B.R.T.) WLS Brahmagiri WLS Cauvery WLS Melkote Temple WLS Pushpagiri WLS Someshwara WLS Kerala Anamudi Shola National Park Chinnar WLS Eravikulam National Park Malabar WLS Periyar National Park Mangalavanam Bird WLS Silent Valley National Park Neyyar WLS Periyar WLS

22 Madhya Pradesh Kanha National Park Gandhi Sagar WLS Madhav National Park National Chambal WLS Panna National Park Pachmarhi WLS Sanjay National Park Son Gharial WLS Satpura National Park Van Vihar National park Maharashtra Chandoli National Park Amba Barwa WLS Navegaon National Park Bhimashankar WLS Pench National Park Great Indian Bustard WLS Sanjay Gandhi (Borivilli) Radhanagari WLS National Park Tipeshwar WLS Wan WLS Manipur Keibul Lamjao National Park Yangoupokpi-Lokchao WLS Meghalaya Balphakram National Park Baghmara Pitcher Plant WLS Nokrek National Park Siju WLS Mizoram Phawngpui Blue Mountain Dampa WLS (TR) National Park Tokalo WLS Nagaland Intanki National Park Fakim WLS Rangapahar WLS Odisha Bhitarkanika National Park Badrama WLS Simlipal National Park Chilika (Nalaban) WLS Nandankanan WLS Punjab Abohar WLS Jhajjar Bacholi WLS Rajasthan Darrah National Park Bassi WLS Desert National Park Jawahar Sagar WLS Ranthambore National Park Kailadevi WLS Mount Abu WLS Sitamata WLS Sikkim Khangchendzonga National Pangolakha WLS Park Shingba (Rhododendron) WLS Tamil Nadu Gulf of Mannar Marine Indira Gandhi (Annamalai) WLS National Park Kanyakumari WLS Indira Gandhi (Annamalai) Karikili WLS National Park Pulicat Lake WLS Mudumalai National Park Vettangudi WLS Telangana Kasu Brahmananda Reddy Kinnersani WLS National Park Eturnagaram WLS Mahavir Harina Vanasthali Manjeera Crocodile WLS National Park Nagarjuna Sagar-Srisailam WLS Mrugavani National Park Pocharam WLS

23 Tripura Bison( Rajbari ) National Gumti WLS Park Rowa WLS Clouded Leopard National Trishna WLS Park Uttar Pradesh Dudhwa National Park Chandraprabha WLS Hastinapur WLS Mahavir Swami WLS Ranipur WLS Sur Sarovar WLS Vijai Sagar WLS Uttarakhand Gangotri National Park Askot Musk Deer WLS Jim Corbett National Park Binsar WLS Nanda Devi National Park Govind Pashu Vihar WLS Rajaji National Park Kedarnath WLS Sonanadi WLS West Bengal Neora Valley National Park Bibhutibhusan WLS Sundarbans National Park Chintamani Kar BirdSanctuary Mahananda WLS Sajnakhali WLS Important Countries, Capital and their Currencies Country Capital Currency Country Capital Currency Algeria Algiers Algerian Dinar Afghanistan Kabul Afghan Afghani Albania Tirana Albanian Lek Austria Vienna Euro Argentina Buenos Aires Peso Australia Canberra Australian dollar Bahrain Manama Bahraini dinar Bangladesh Dhaka Taka Bhutan Thimphu Bhutanese Belgium Brussels Euro Ngultrum, Indian Rupee Belarus Minsk Belarusian Ruble Bulgaria Sofia Lev Barbados Bridgetown Barbadian Dollar Bolivia Sucre Boliviano Brazil Brasília Brazilian Real Cambodia Phnom Penh Riel China Beijing Renminbi (Yuan) Cyprus Nicosia Euro Canada Ottawa Canadian Dollar Cuba Havana Cuban Peso Chile Santiago Peso Colombia Bogotá Peso

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