General Awareness

General AwareNess

CDBS Committee of Direction on Banking

DEIO Department of External Investments

Manual on Financial and Banking Statistics

Statistics

and Operations

ix

CF Company Finance

DESACS Department of Statistical Analysis

ACF Auto-Correlation Function Function

CFRA Combined Finance and Revenue

& Computer Services, RBI

AD Authorized Dealer Dealer

Accounts

DGBA Department of Government and

ADB Asian Development Development Bank

CGRA Currency and Gold Revaluation

Bank Accounts, RBI

ADR American Depository Depository Receipt

Account

DGCI&S Directorate General of Commercial

AFS Annual Financial Financial Statement

CII Confederation of Indian Industries

Intelligence and Statistics

AGM Annual General General Meeting

CO Capital Outlay

DI Direct Investment

AIRCSC All India India Rural Credit Survey

CP Commercial Paper

DICGC Deposit Insurance and Credit

Committee

CPI Consumer Price Index

Guarantee Corporation of India

AO Additive Outliers Outliers

CPI-IW Consumer Price Index for Industrial

DID Discharge of Internal Debt

AR Auto Regression

Workers

DMA Departmentalized Ministries

ARIMA Auto-Regressive Auto-Regressive Integrated Moving

CR Capital Receipts

Account

Average

CRAR Capital to Risk Weighted Asset

DRI Differntial Rate of Interest Scheme

AFS Available Available For Sale

Ratio

DSBB Dissemination Standards Bulletin

ASSOCHAM Associated Chambers of Commerce

CRR Cash Reserve Ratio

Board

and Industry of India

CSIR Council of Scientific and Industrial

DVP Delivery versus Payment

ATM Asynchronous Transfer Transfer Mode

Research

ECB External Commercial Borrowing

ATM Automated Teller Machine Machine

CSO Central Statistical Organisation

ECB European Central Bank

BIS Bank for International Settlements

CVC Central Vigilance Commission

ECGC Export Credit and Guarantee

BOI Bank of India

DAP Development Action Plan

Corporation

BoP Balance of Payments

DBOD Department of Banking Operations

ECS Electronic Clearing Scheme

BPM5 Balance of Payments Manual, 5th

and Development

EDMU External Debt Management Unit

edition

DBS Department of Banking

EEA Exchange Equalization Account

BPSD Balance of Payments Division,

Supervision, RBI

EEC European Economic Community

DESACS, RBI

DCA Department of Company Affairs,

EEFC Exchange Earners Foreign Currency

BSCS Basel Committee on Banking

(Now known as Ministry of

EFR Exchange Fluctuation Reserve

Supervision

Companies Affairs, MCA)

EPF Employees Provident Fund

BSR Basic Statistical Returns

Government of India

EUR Euro

CAD Capital Account Deficit

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONSx ABBREVIATIONSx

EXIM Bank Export Import Bank of India

CAG Controller and Auditor General of

DCB Demand Collection and Balance

FCA Foreign Currency Assets

India

DCCB District Central Cooperative Bank

FCCB Foreign Currency Convertible Bond

CBS Consolidated Banking Statistics

DCM Department of Currency

FCNR(B) Foreign Currency Non-resident

CC Cash Credit

Management, RBI

(Banks)

CD Certificate of Deposit

DD Demand Draft

FCNRA Foreign Currency Non-resident

CD Ratio Credit Deposit Ratio

DDS Data Dissemination Standards

Account

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FCNRD Foreign Currency Non-Repatriable

HFT Held For Trading

IP Interest Payment

Deposit

HICP Harmonised Index of Consumer

IRBI Industrial Reconstruction Bank of

FDI Foreign Direct Investment

Prices

India

FEMA Foreign Exchange Management Act

HO Head Office

ISDA International Swaps and Derivative

FI Financial Institution

HUDCO Housing & Urban Development

Association

FICCI Federation of Indian Chambers of

Corporation

ISIC International Standard Industrial

Commerce and Industry

IBRD International Bank for

Classification

FII Foreign Institutional Investor

Reconstruction and Development

ISO International Standards

FIMMDA Fixed Income Money Market and

IBS International Banking Statistics

Organization

Derivatives Association of India

ICAR Indian Council of Agricultural

ITRS International Transaction Reporting

FISIM Financial Intermediation Services

Research

System

Indirectly Measured

ICICI Industrial Credit and Investment

IWGEDS International Working Group on

FLAS Foreign Liabilities and Assets

Corporation of India

External Debt Statistics

Survey

ICMR Indian Council of Medical Research

KVIC Khadi & Village Industries

FOF Flow Of Funds

IDB India Development Bonds

Corporation

FPI Foreign Portfolio Investment

IDBI Industrial Development Bank of

LAF Liquidity Adjustment Facility

FRA Forward Rate Agreement

India

LAMPS Large-sized Adivasi Multipurpose

FRBM Fiscal Responsibility and Budget

IDD Industrial Development Department

Societies

Management Act, 2003

IFAD International Fund for Agricultural

Abbreviationsxii

FRN Floating Rate Note

Development

LAS Loan & Advances by States

FSS Farmers’ Service Societies

IFC International Finance Corporation

LBD Land Development Bank

FWG First Working Group on Money

IFC(W) International Finance Corporation

LBS Locational Banking Statistics

supplyManual on Financial and Banking Statistics

(Washington)

LERMS Liberalised Exchange Rate

xi

IFCI Industrial Finance Corporation of

Management System

GDP Gross Domestic Product

India

LIC Life Insurance Corporation of India

GDR Global Depository Receipt

IFR Investment Fluctuation Reserve

LS Level Shift

GFD Gross Fiscal Deficit

Account

LT Long Term

GFS Government Finance Statistics

IFS International Financial Statistics

LTO Long Term Operation

GIC General Insurance Corporation

IGLS Iterative Generalized Least Squares

M1 Narrow Money

GLS Generalized Least Squares

IIBI Industrial Investment Bank of India

M3 Broad Money

GNIE Government Not Included

IIP Index of Industrial Production

MA Moving Average

Elsewhere

IIP/InIP International Investment Position

MCA Ministry of Company Affairs















MOF Master Office File

NSSF National Small Savings Fund

RE Revenue Expenditure

MRM Monitoring and Review Mechanism

OD Over Draft

REC Rural Electrification Corporation

MSS Market Stabilisation Scheme

ODA Official Development Assistance

REER Real Effective Exchange Rate

MT Mail Transfer

OECD Organisation for Economic

RFC Residents Foreign Currency

MTM Mark-To-Market

Cooperation and Development

RIB Resurgent India Bonds

NABARD National National Bank for Agriculture and

OECO Organisaton for Economic

RIDF Rural Infrastructure Development

Rural Development

Co-operation

Fund

NAC(LTO) National Agricultural Credit (Long

OFI Other Financial Institutions

RLA Recoveries of Loans & Advances

Term Operatiion)

OLTAS OnLine Tax Accounting SystemManual on Financial and Banking Statistics

RLC Repayment of Loans to Centre

NAIO Non Administratively Independent

RMB Renminbi (Chinese) xiii

Office

RNBC Residuary Non-Banking Companies OMO Open Market Operations

NAS National Account Statistics

RO Regional Office OSCB Other Indian Scheduled

NASSCOM National Association of Software

RoCs Registrars of Companies Commercial Bank

and Services Companies

RPA Rupee Payment Area PACF Partial Auto-Correlation Function

NBC Non-Banking Companies

RPCD Rural Planning and Credit PACS Primary Agriculture Credit Societies

NBFC Non Banking Financial Companies

Department, RBI PCARDB Primary Cooperative Agriculture

NEC Not Elsewhere Classified

RR Revenue Receipts and Rural Development Bank

NEER Nominal Effective Exchange Rate

RRB Regional Rural Bank PD Primary Deficit

NFA Non-Foreign Exchange Assets

RTP Reserve Tranche Position PDAI Primary Dealers Association of

NFD Net Fiscal Deficit

RUF Revolving Underwriting Facility India

NGO Non-Governmental Organization

RWA Risk Weighted Asset PDO Public Debt Office

NHB National Housing Bank

SAM Social Accounting Matrix PDO-NDS Public Debt Office-cum-Negotiated

NIC National Industrial Classification

SAS Statistical Analysis System Dealing System

NIF Note Issuance Facility

SBI State Bank of India PDs Primary Dealers

NNML Net Non-Monetary Liabilities

SC Schedule Caste PES Public Enterprises Survey

NPA Non-Performing Assets

SCARDB State Cooperative Agriculture and PF Provident Fund

NPD Net Primary Deficit

Rural Development Bank PIO Persons of Indian Origin

NPRB Net Primary Revenue Balance

SCB State Cooperative Bank PNB Punjab National bank

NPV Net Present Value

SCB Scheduled Commercial Bank PO Principal Office

NR(E)RA Non-Resident (External) Rupee

SCS Size Class Strata PRB Primary Revenue Balance

Account

SDDS Special Data Dissemination PSE Public Sector Enterprises

NR(NR)RA Non-Resident (Non-Repatriable)

Standards PUC Paid Up Capital















SGL Subsidiary General Ledger

Supply

Abbreviationsxiv

TBs Treasury Bills

SGSY Swarnajayanthi Gram Swarrojgar

TC Temporary Change

Yojana

TT Telegraphic Transfer

SHGs Self-Help Groups

UBB Uniform Balance Book

SIDBI Small Industries Development Bank

UBD Urban Banks Department

of India

UCB Urban Cooperative Bank

SIDC State Industrial Development

UCN Uniform Code Number

Corporation

US United States

SI-SPA Systems Improvement Scheme

USD US Dollars

under Special Project Agriculture

UTI Unit Trust of India

SJSRY Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rojgar

VC Venture Capital

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WSS Weekly Statistical Supplement

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SNA System of National Accounts

YTM Yield to Maturity

SRWTO Small road & Water Transport

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much helpful to answer questions on General

(2)

Awareness for bank exams. The information

their subsidiaries

relating to the various types of banks functioning

(3) Regional Rural Banks

Important Details about Nationalized Banks in India Sl.NO

Name of the Bank

Chairman

Head Office

Year of Commencement

1

Allahabad Bank

Shubhalakshmi Panse

Kolkata

1865

2

Andhra Bank

B.A. Prabhakara

Hyderabad

20 November, 1923

3

Bank of Baroda

S.S. Mundra

Baroda (Vadodara)

20 July, 1908

4

Bank of India

V R Iyer

Mumbai

7 September, 1906

5

Bank of Maharashtra

Narendra Singh

Pune

1935

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10

Indian Overseas Bank

Shri M. Narendra

Chennai

February 10 , 1937

11

Oriental Bank of Commerce

Shri S.L. Bansal

New Delhi

February 19 , 1943

12

Punjab National Bank

Shri K.R Kamath

New Delhi

1895

13

Punjab & Sind Bank

SH. Devinder Singh

New Delhi

1908

14

Syndicate Bank

Shri Sudhir Kumar Jain

Mani pal

1925

15

UCO Bank

Shri Arun Kaul

Mumbai

6 January, 1943

16

Union Bank of India

Shri D. Sarkar

Kolkata

11 November, 1919

17

United Bank of India

Ms. Archana Bhargava

Kolkata

1950

18

Vijaya Bank

Shri. H.S. Upendra Kamath

Bangalore

1931

19

IDBI bank

Mr. M.S. Raghavan

Mumbai

July, 1964

20

Dena Bank

Shri. Ashwani Kumar

Mumbai

1938

21

ECGC

Shri N Shankar

Mumbai

30 July, 1957

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Travancore. State Bank of Saurashtra and State Bank of Indore are merged into SBI. On October 7 , 2013 Arundhati Bhatacharya is appointed as the first lady chairperson for SBI.

Sl.NO

Name of the Bank

Chairman

Head Office

Year of Commencement Commencement

1

State Bank of India

Arundhati Bhattacharya

Mumbai

1 July, 1955

2

State Bank of Hyderabad

Pratip Chaudhuri

Hyderabad

8 August, 1941

3

State Bank of Mysore

Pratip Chaudhuri

Bangalore

2 October, 1913

4

State Bank of Patiala

Pratip Chaudhuri

Patiala

1 April, 1960

5

State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur

Pratip Chaudhuri

Jaipur

1963

6

State Bank of Travancore

Pratip Chaudhuri

Thiruvananthapuram

12 September, 1945

7

State Bank of Saurashtra

Merged into SBI on 13 August, 2013

8

State Bank of Indore

Merged into SBI on 2010

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th

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Name of The Governor

1

Sir Osborne A. Smith

Joining and Leaving Dates

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th

th

April 1 1935 1935 – – June June 30 , 1937

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th

4

Sir Benegal Rama Rau

July 1 1949 1949 – – January January 14 1957

5

K.G. Ambegaonkar

January 14 1957 1957 – – February February 28 1957

6

H.V.R. Ienger

March 1 1957 1957 – – February February 28 1962

7

P.C. Bhattacharyya

March 1 1962 1962 – – June June 30 1967

8

L.K. Jha

July 1 1967 1967 – – May May 3 1970

9

B.N. Adarkar

May 4 1970 1970 – – June June 15 1970

10

S. Jagannathan

June 16 1970 1970 – – May May 19 1975

11

N.C. Sen Gupta

May 19 1975 1975 – – August August 19 1975

12

K.R. Puri

August 20 1975 1975 – – May May 2 1977

13

M. Narasimham

May 2 1977 1977 – – November November 30 1977

14

Dr. I.G. Patel

December 1 1977 1977 – – September September 15 1982

15

Dr. Manmohan Singh

September 16 1982 1982 – January 14 1985 – January

16

A. Ghosh

January 15 1985 1985 – – February February 4 1985

17

R.N. Malhotra

February 4 1985 1985 – – December December 22 1990

18

S. Venkitaramanan

December 22 1990 1990 – – December December 21 1992

19

Dr. C. Rangarajan

December 22 1992 1992 – – November November 22 1997

20

Dr. Bimal Jalan

November 22 1997 1997 – – September September 5 2003

21

Dr. Y.V.Reddy

September 6 2003 2003 – – September September 5 2008

22

Dr. D. Subbarao

September 5 2008 2008 – –September September 4 2013

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easily from home and work place. Hence bank aspirants who are attending IBPS/SBI Po & Clerk bank exams are recommended to study this NEFT & RTGS Banking Material, good number of questions will be asked from this NEFT & RTGS Banking Awareness section. To make your preparation easy all Banking Awareness Materials are designed here exclusively for you. Study our banking materials and practice our online bank exams to grab confidence for your IBPS/SBI Po & Clerk bank exams. Materials on Computer Awareness, Reasoning and Current affairs are also provided for IBPS/SBI Po & Clerk bank exams. All the Best FUND TRANSFER SYSTEMS There are two ways for transferring funds 

RTGS (Real Time Gross Settlement)

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NEFT (National Electronic Fund Transfer) Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS)

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

Through RTGS system, money will be remitted for beneficiary account within 2 hours of receiving the fund transfer message

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Main advantage of fund transferring through RTGS is remitting bank will receive the conformation message from RBI that money have been transferred tobeneficiary’s tobeneficiary’s account T i m i n g s f o r T r a n s f er er r i n g F u n d s t h r o u g h R T G S :

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Amount to be remitted

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Remitting Customer’s Customer’s account account number which is to be debited



Name of the beneficiary bank and branch



Name of the beneficiary customer

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Account number of the beneficiary customer customer

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Sender to receiver information

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IFSC (Indian Financial System Code) of the receiving branch This

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of

RTGS

system

















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Secure Essential Things for NEFT Fund Transfer:

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Both originating and destination bank branches should be a part of the NEFT system

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Name of the beneficiary bank and branch



Name of the beneficiary customer



Account number of the beneficiary customer customer



Account type of the beneficiary customer customer

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IFSC (Indian Financial System Code) of the beneficiary bank Indian Financial System Code (IFSC) IFSC (Indian Financial System Code) is an alpha-numeric code that uniquely identifies bank branch participating in the NEFT system. th

IFSC is an 11-digit code with the first four Alpha Alpha characters representing the bank bank,, and the last 6characters 6characters representing the branch branch.. The 5 character is 0 (Zero) 0 (Zero)

In this IFSC code SBTR0000143 SBTR0000143,, SBTR SBTR represents represents bank name “State “State Bank Bank of Travancore” Travancore”,, Last 6 digits 000143 is the branch code USES: Main aim of using this IFSC code is to identify the originating/destination banks and branches and also to route the messages to the concerned banks/branches appropriately

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Regular bills payment

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Mini/Short Statement

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Money Security: No one can access it without knowing PIN Number

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Sometimes you may face Server-Down Problem

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Forgetting of Pin Number



Fees charged for using card in different bank may be expensive



Limitation of cash withdrawal Credit Card:

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Gujarat

Shri Narendra Modi Modi

Dr.Kamla Beniwal

10

Haryana

Shri Bhupinder Singh Hooda

Shri Jagannath Pahadia

11

Himachal Pradesh

Virbhadra Singh

Urmila Singh

12

Jammu and Kashmir

Omar Abdullah

Narinder Nath Vohra

13

Jharkhand

Hemant Soren

Dr. Syed Ahmed

14

Karnataka

Shri K. Siddaramaiah Siddaramaiah

Hansraj Bhardwaj

15

Kerala

Shri Oommen Chandy

Shri Nikhil Kumar

16

Madhya Pradesh

Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan

Ram Naresh Yadav

17

Maharashtra

Shri Prithviraj Chavan

K. Sankaranarayanan

18

Manipur

Shri Okram Ibobi Singh

Sh. Gurbachan Jagat

19

Meghalaya

Mukul Sangma

K.K. Paul

20

Mizoram

Pu Lalthanhawla

Shri Vakkom Purushothaman Purushothaman

21

Nagaland

Shri Neiphiu Rio

Shri Ashwani kumar

22

New Delhi

Smt Sheila Dikshit

Najeeb Jung (lieutenant

23

Orissa

Sh. Naveen Patnaik

Shri. S. S. C Jamir

24

Puducherry

Shri N.Rangasamy

Virendra Kataria (lieutenant governor)

25

Punjab

Shri Parkash Singh Badal

Shri Shivraj Patil

26

Rajasthan

Shri Ashok Gehlot

Smt Magaret Alva

27

Sikkim

Shri Pawan Kumar Chamling

Shriniwas Dadasaheb Patil

28

Tamil Nadu

Sushree J. Jayalalitha

Konijeti Rosaiah

29

Tripura

Shri Manik Sarkar

Shri Devanand Konwar

30

Uttar Pradesh

Akhilesh Yadav Yadav

Shri Banwari Lal Joshi

31

Uttarakhand

Vijay Bahuguna

Aziz Qureshi

32

West Bengal

Km. Mamata Benarjee

Shri M. K. Narayanan

33

Dadra and Nagar Haveli

U.T.

Shri B. S. Bhalla (Administrator)

34

Daman and Diu

U.T.

Shri B. S. Bhalla (Administrator)

35

Lakshadweep

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Countries, Capitals and Their Currencies Countries

Capitals

Currencies

Australia

Canberra

Australian Dollar

Afghanistan

Kabul

Afghani

Algeria

Algiers

Dinar

Argentina

Buenos Aires

Peso

Austria

Vienna

Euro

Bangladesh

Dhaka

Taka

Belgium

City of Brussels

Euro

Brazil

Brasilia

Real

Canada

Ottawa

Canadian Dollar

China

Beijing

Yuan

Cuba

Havana

Cuban Peso

Cambodia

Phnom Penh

Cambodian Riel

Cyprus

Nicosia

Euro

Denmark

Copenhagen

Krone

Egypt

Cairo

Egyptian Pound

Ethiopia

Addis Ababa

Ethiopian Birr

Estonia

Tallinn

Kroon



















Indonesia

Jakarta

Indonesian Rupiah

Iran

Tehran

Rial

Iraq

Baghdad

Iraqi Diner

Ireland, Italy

Dublin, Rome

Euro

Israel

Jerusalem

Israeli new shekel

Iceland

Reykjavik

Icelandic Krona

Japan

Tokyo

Japanese Yen

Jamaica

Kingston

Jamaican Dollar

Jordan

Amman

Jordanian dinar

Kenya

Nairobi

Kenyan Shilling

Kuwait

Kuwait City

Kuwaiti Dinar

Korea

Seoul

South Korean Won

Malaysia

Kuala Lumpur

Malaysian Ringgit

Mexico

Mexico City

Mexican Peso



















Sweden

Stockholm

Swedish Krona

Switzerland

Bern

Swiss Franc

Sri Lanka

Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte

Sri Lankan Rupee

Spain

Madrid

Euro

Thailand

Bangkok

Thai baht

Taiwan

Taipei

New Taiwan Dollar

Turkey

Ankara

Turkish Lira

United Kingdom

London

Pound

United States

Washington, D.C.

United States Dollar

Uruguay

Montevideo

Uruguayan Dollar

Venezuela

Caracas

Venezuelan Bolivar

Yugoslavia

Belgrade

Yugoslav Dinar

Zimbabwe

Harare

Zimbabwean dollar

Zambia

Lusaka

Zambian Kwacha



















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Ashtadhyayi

Panini

Ayodhya

P. V. Narasimha Rao

Bhagwad Gita, Mahabharata

Veda Vyas

Ramayana

Valmiki

Panchatantra

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Kalidasa

Broken Wing

Sarojini Naidu

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World Water Day

March,24

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No Tobacco Day

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World Pollution Day

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September,26

World Heart Day

September,28

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June,14

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October,1

June,20

World Refugee Day

October,8

Indian Air Force Day

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October,9

World Postal Day

June,27

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October,16

June,29

National Statistics Day

June,12

June,21

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Shri Salman Khurshid

Minister of External Affairs

24

Shri V. Kishore Chandra Deo

Minister of Tribal Affairs,and Minister of Panchayati Raj

25

Shri Beni Prasad Verma

Minister of Steel

26

Shri Jairam Ramesh

Minister of Rural Development

27

Shri K. Rahman Khan

Minister of Minority Affairs

28

Shri Dinsha J. Patel

Minister of Mines

29

Shri M.M. Pallam Raju

Minister of Human Resource Development

30

Shri Harish Rawat

Minister of Water Resources

31

Smt. Chandresh Kumari Katoch

Minister of Culture

32

Dr. Kavuri Samba Siva Rao

Minister of Textiles

Ministers of State (Independent (Independent Ch arge)

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Portfolio

Lok Sabha/ Rajya Sabha

1.

Shri Paban Singh Ghatowar

Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region and Ministry of Parliament Affairs

Lok Sabha Dibrugarh, Assam



















2.

Smt. D. Purandareswari

Ministry of Commerce and Industry

Lok Sabha Vishakapatnam, Andhra Pradesh

3.

Shri V. Narayanasamy

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievences and Pensions, Prime Minister’s Minister’s Office Office

Lok Sabha Puducherry

4.

Shri Mullappally Ramachandran

Ministry of Home Affairs

Lok Sabha Vadakara, Kerala

5.

Shri E. Ahamad

Ministry of External Affairs

Lok Sabha Malappuram, Kerala

6.

Smt. Preneet Kaur

Ministry of External Affairs

Lok Sabha Patiala, Punjab

7.

Shri Jitin Prasada

Ministry of Human Resource Development

Lok Sabha Dhaurahra, Uttar Pradesh

8.

Smt. Santhosh Chowdhary

Ministry of Health and Family W elfare

Lok Sabha Hoshiarpur, Punjab

9.

Shri Namo Narain Meena

Ministry of Finance

Lok Sabha Tonk-Sawai Madhopur,





















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25.

Shri Tariq Anwar

Ministry of Agriculture

Rajya Sabha, Maharashtra

26.

Dr. (Smt.) Krupa Rani Killi

Ministry of Communications and Information Technology

Lok Sabha Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh

27.

Shri Porika Balram Naik

Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

Lok Sabha Mahabubabad, Andhra



















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Delhi

Somnath Temple

Gujarath

Ekambareswarar Temple

Kanchipuram

Kashi Vishwanath Temple

Varanasi

Lingaraja Temple

Bhubaneswar

Mansa Devi Temple

Haridwar

Kamakya Temple

Guwahati

Mahabaleshwar Temple

Gokarna

Ghana Saraswati Temple

Basar

Trimbakeshwar Temple

Nashik

Vadakkunnathan Temple

Thrissur

Brahma Temple

Pushkar



















Yeldari Dam

Maharashtra

Purna River

Ujani Dam

Maharashtra

Bhima River

Pawna Dam

Maharashtra

Pawna River

Mulshi Dam

Maharashtra

Mula River

Koyna Dam

Maharashtra

Koyna River

Jaikwadi Dam

Maharashtra

Godavari River



















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Tamil Nadu

Kodagananar River

Parambikulam Reservoir

Tamil Nadu

Parambikulam River

Thirumurthi Reservoir

Tamil Nadu

Parambikulam Aliyar River

Vembakottai Reservoir

Tamil Nadu

Vaippar River



















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Name of the Airport

Location

Category

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Veer Savarkar International Airport

Port Blair

International

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Rajiv Gandhi International Airport

Hyderabad

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