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Important Current Affairs of April 2015 for SSB

(Updates Till 10th April, Next Update Will be Uploaded on 20th April 2015)
Snapdeal acquired mobile recharge service FreeCharge
As per the deal, Freecharge will continue to work as an independent platform and will offer many more digital goods in
future. Also, most of Freecharges institutional investor would get Snapdeal stock.
Liu Xiang, former Olympic 110m hurdles champion, retired
He became an icon in China after winning the country's first Olympic men's track and field gold medal in the 110
metres hurdles in Athens in 2004. He held the world record in 2006 with a time of 12.88 seconds.
Visit Kerala 2015 campaign launched to promote Kerala tourism
The campaign is an initiative of Kerala Government to promote state-specific tourism products including Ayurveda,
Responsible Tourism and Spice route in India and abroad.
Dr. Nasim Zaidi appointed as Chief Election Commissioner of India
Zaidi will succeed Hari Shankar Brahma who will demit his office on 18 April 2015. Zaidi will have tenure up to July
2017 when he attains the age of 65.
RBI notified hike in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) cap in Insurance Sector to 49 percent
The hike in the insurance sector from the present 26 percent to 49 percent is in tune with the DIPPs March 2015
decision regarding operationalisation of the hike
Prime Minister launched MUDRA Bank under PM Jan Dhan Yojana to fund small entrepreneurs
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 8 April 2015 launched the Micro Units Development and Refinance Agency Ltd.
(MUDRA) Bankto fund the small entrepreneurs. The Bank was launched under the ambitious Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan
Yojana (PMJDY). The bank will provide credit of up to 10 lakh rupees to small entrepreneurs and act as a regulator for
Micro-Finance Institutions (MFIs). It was set up through a statutory enactment. It would be responsible for developing
and refinancing all Micro-finance Institutions (MFIs) which are in the business of lending to micro / small business
entities engaged in manufacturing, trading and service activities. The concept of MUDRA Bank goes beyond credit
only approach and offers a credit plus solution for these enterprises spread across the country.
The role of MUDRA Bank # Lay down policy guidelines for micro enterprise financing business
# Registration of MFI entities
# Accreditation/rating of MFI entities
# Lay down responsible financing practices to ward off over indebtedness and ensure proper client protection principles
and methods of recovery
# Development of standardised set of covenants governing last mile lending to micro enterprises
# Promoting right technology solutions for the last mile
# Formulating and running a Credit Guarantee Scheme for providing guarantees to the loans/portfolios which are being
extended to micro enterprises
# Support development & promotional activities in the sector
# Creating a good architecture of Last Mile Credit Delivery to micro businesses under the scheme

# It would partner with State/Regional level coordinators to provide finance to Last Mile Financiers of small/micro
business enterprises.
Products offered by MUDRA Bank # The bank will initially offer products like Shishu, Kishor and Tarun to differentiate the stage of growth and funding
needs of the beneficiary entrepreneur.
# Shishu will cover loans up to 50000 rupees
# Kishor will cover loans above 50000 rupees and up to 5 lakh rupees
# Tarun will cover loans above 5 lakh rupees and up to 10 lakh rupees
Background Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley had proposed the creation of a Micro Units Development Refinance Agency
(MUDRA) Bank, with a corpus of 20000 crore rupees and credit guarantee corpus of 3000 crore rupees during the
presentation of Union Budget 2015-16 on 28 February 2015.
Dronavalli Harika won bronze in World Women's chess championship
In the semi-final clash, Harika lost to Mariya Muzychuk of Ukraine. She got 20000 US Dollars for the Bronze medal
finish.
Union Government to re-classify industries in a three-coloured scheme based on pollution potential
The Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change on 7 April 2015 proposed a colour-coded system to
re-classify industries based on pollution potential. As per the proposal, the industries will be re-classified under threecoloured scheme, viz., Red, Orange and Green. The proposal was part of the resolution adopted at the two-day State
Environment and Forest Ministers' Conference at which measures to amend regulations to improve ease-of-doing
business while protecting the environment was discussed.
Proposed colour-coded scheme # Red Category: Industrial sectors with a score of 60 and more
# Orange Category: Industrial sectors with a score between 30 to 59
# Green Category: Industrial sectors with a score between 15 to 29
Industrial sectors scoring below 15 will be considered as white as they are environment friendly.
New renewal system for industries Further, it is proposed to scrap the present system of annual renewal of certification for industries and replace it with a
scheme that ties in with the colour-coded categories. Thus, as per the new renewal system:
# Industrial sectors falling under Red category will be given consent to operate with the validity period of five years
# Industrial sectors falling under Orange category will be given consent to operate for ten years
# Industrial sectors falling under Green category will be given a onetime consent
Apart from this, the individual units operative under this colour-coded scheme in various sectors will earn stars for
compliance with environmental norms. The two-day conference, which was participated by 30 ministers from different
state looked upon a wide range of issues like waste to wealth, ease of doing business, TSR Subramanian committee
recommendations, forest, wildlife, pollution-related issues, biodiversity and climate change.
PCI President Rajesh Tomar suspended for mismanagement in Para-Athletics games
It was alleged that the participants were accommodated in unfurnished flats with unhygienic facilities in Ghaziabad
National Green Tribunal ruled 10-year old diesel vehicles cannot ply on Delhi roads
A number of countries in the world are in the process or have prohibited diesel vehicles or are in the process of doing
away with them by imposing very heavy taxes. Some of these countries include Denmark, Brazil, China and Sri
Lanka.
Piplantri village of Rajasthan, a village that plants 111 trees for every girl born
The village not only embraces daughters but also created a tradition of planting 111 trees every time on the birth of a
girl child. The plants are planted in her honour.
Divorced Muslim women entitled for maintenance under Section 125 of CrPC: SC

The apex court ruling would help divorced Muslim women whose right to maintenance was curtailed by Muslim
Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act, 1986 passed in Parliament by the Rajiv Gandhi government in the wake
of the top court's Shah Bano ruling.
The first-ever photograph of vulnerable Chestnut-breasted Partridge clicked
As per estimates of the IUCN, about 2500 Chestnut-breasted Partridges live in Arunachal Pradesh, Bhutan and Lower
Tibet along the Himalayas.
Dena Bank inked MoU with Life Insurance Corporation
The insurance cover will be provided under the Prime Ministers Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJBY)
scheme. The scheme will come into effect from 1 June 2015.
SC asked Union Government to re-visit Juvenile Justice Act, 2000
The two-judge bench of Supreme Court gave the direction to re-look, re-scrutinised, and re-visit the laws that deals
with Juveniles, while hearing an appeal against the decision of Punjab and Haryana High Court that awarded life
sentence to a murder accused.
Scientists discovered an endangered species of plant named Oldenlandia dineshi from Western Ghats
The plant species named Oldenlandia dineshi is a shrub with long linear tapering leaves and dark blue flower. The
flowering period is from July to September and fruiting from September to October.
Pratap Singh, an Indian-origin schoolboy, won Institute of Physics Prize for his Cosmic-ray project
He was awarded for conducting an experiment that verified an effect of Albert Einsteins theory of special relativity at
the Bing Bang Fair held at the National Exhibition Centre (NEC) Birmingham.
Rajeev Shukla appointed as Chairman of IPL Governing Council
Shukla was the IPL chairman till 2013 when he resigned from the post in the aftermath of the IPL spot-fixing scandal.
DGCEI slapped 570 crore rupees excise duty fine against Cadbury India Limited
The fine was slapped for allegedly evading excise duty by fraudulently taking exemption for one of its unopened
production units in Himachal Pradesh.
Google signed strategic partnership with PricewaterhouseCoopers to target Digital India projects
Online search giant Google on 5 April 2015 entered into a strategic partnership with consulting firm
PricewaterhouseCoopers to target Digital India Projects and large enterprise deals. With the Indian partnership, Google
wants to push itself into large e-governance projects and improve the sales for its cloud services in India.
PwC has already built a 30-member team to look after such projects and is using its 1800-people technology team in
India to develop industry-specific solutions built on Google platforms.
Google is already working with the government on several projects, including MyGov, the citizen engagement platform
of the government of India, to launch a nationwide contest to build a mobile app.
While Google has been fairly successful in reaching out to small and medium businesses in India, it still finds the going
tough when it comes to cracking projects at large corporations where its competitor Microsoft has a stronghold.
Microsoft in the end of March 2015 announced a similar partnership with KPMG to include a global collaboration to
deliver new suites of innovative solutions and services in data and analytics, cloud compliance and transformation and
business solutions. Both Google and Microsoft have been aggressively trying to be a part of the 1.13-lakh crore rupees
Digital India initiative that seeks to transform the country into a connected economy, attract investment in electronics
manufacturing, and create millions of jobs and support trade.
Narendra Modi launched National Air Quality index to monitor pollution level in 10 cities
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 6 April 2015 launched a National Air Quality Index (NAQI) to tackle the menace of
air pollution. This National Air Quality Index will provide information on the quality of air in 10 major cities in the
country on a real-time basis. The ten cities where the quality of air can be monitored are Delhi, Agra, Kanpur,

Lucknow, Varanasi, Faridabad, Ahmedabad, Chennai, Bangalore and Ahmedabad. Later the index will be extended to
22 State capitals and 44 other cities with a population exceeding one million. The index was launched before the
inauguration of the Conference of State Environment and Forest Ministers in New Delhi. The conference is being
attended by state environment and forest ministers. The national conference aims at consulting states on making
changes in existing laws that govern environment and forest clearances.
Delhi International Airport Limited won Golden Peacock National Quality Award 2015
The award will be presented to DIAL by the UAE Minister for Culture, Youth and Development Sheikh Nahyan bin
Mubarak Al Nahyan at a ceremony to be held in Dubai on 20 April 2015.
Keshari Nath Tripathi sworn-in as 16th Governor of Mizoram
Keshari Nath Tripathi on 4 April 2015 took additional charge as Governor of Mizoram. He also holds the office of
Governor of West Bengal and Bihar. His term would end in 2017.
Indias ace mountaineer Malli Mastan Babu died
Babu who hailed from Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh was regarded as the fastest seven summiteers of the world,
that is, he was the fastest mountaineer to climb seven summits of the world in record 172 days in 2006.
Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams won the 2015 Miami Open Tennis Singles titles
The duo won the 2015 Miami Open Mens and womens singles titles by defeating Andy Murray and Suarez Navarro
respectively at Crandon Park Tennis Center in Miami, Florida.
Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis won 2015 Miami Open Women's Doubles title
Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis, the Indo-Swiss women pair of Tennis defeated the Russian pair of Ekaterina
Makarova and Elena Vesnina 7-5, 6-1 in the final played in Miami.
Al-shabab attacked Garissa University College in Kenya
The terror attack is the second-worst in the country's history next to the bombings carried out by Al-Qaeda on the US
Embassy in Nairobi in which 213 people were killed.
Snapdeal acquired RupeePower to launch financial service
Snapdeal will now offer consumers a financial services marketplace, a first of its kind initiative in the e-commerce
industry.
Bharti AXA General Insurance launched Smart Traveller
The SmartTraveller Insurance policy offers a choice of two major plans catering to Individuals and Families and
frequent travelers through a variant known as Annual Multi Trip International travel insurance plan.
Minor planet named after former Chess grandmaster Vishwanathan Anand
With this naming, Grandmaster Vishwanathan has registered his name into the books of planetary science. Other world
chess champions whose names are registered in celestial objects are Alexander Alekhine and Anatoly Karpov.
Mariyam Asif Siddiqui, Muslim girl won Bhagwad Gita contest
Siddiqui who studies in Class 6 in a school at Mira Road near Mumbai won the prize for explaining the teachings of the
Bhagwad Gita.
California Court ruled Yoga taught in San Diego County schools does not violate religious freedom
The parents of two students at an Encinitas district school near San Diego said the yoga classes, which were taught as
part of the school's physical education curriculum, infringed on their children's constitutional rights.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched Give it Up campaign

The campaign seeks to extort the better off sections of society to forego their liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) subsidy,
which would be utilised in providing subsidised LPG connections to the poor.
Indian-origin nurse Subadhra Devi Rai named for 2015 International Achievement Award
Subadhra Devi Rai became the first Singaporean to get the prestigious biennial prize since its introduction in 1999.
Union Government launched FAME-India scheme to boost electric, hybrid vehicle sales
The scheme was launched with an aim to boost sales of eco-friendly vehicles in the country. It is a part of the National
Mission for Electric Mobility.
Satishchandra Doreswamy resigned as Chief Business Officer of Wipro
As a CBO at Wipro, he had responsibilities for Business Operations Group, Delivery Leadership and Global
Transformation charter.
Sunita Tomar, the face of India's anti-tobacco campaign, died
In 2014, she shot a 30-second video title Sunita highlighting the devastating effect of smokeless tobacco which was
used by the government for its anti-tobacco drive.
Brendon McCullum conferred with Sir Richard Hadlee Medal for 2014-15
The countrys highest cricketing honour was presented to him during the New Zealand Cricket (NZC) Awards
presentation ceremony held in New Zealands capital Auckland.
Union Sports Ministry signed MoU with IIFCL to support TOP Scheme for Badminton
Union Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports (MYAS) on 31 March 2015 signed a Memorandum of Understanding
(MoU) with India Infrastructure Finance Company Limited (IIFCL) to support Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOP)
Scheme for Badminton sport. Under the MOU, IIFCL shall contribute 30 crore rupees to the TOP Scheme under its
initiatives for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). IIFCL have contributed 10 crore rupees so far.
Activities that will be taken as part of the MoU # To provide customized training and coaching to TOP Scheme Athletes at institutes/centers having world class
facilities under the guidance of renowned coaches,
# To provide world class equipment to TOP Scheme Athletes,
# To ensure the availability of high quality support staff for the benefit of TOP Scheme Athletes, including but not
limited to, physiotherapists and sports psychologists; and
# To ensure that appropriate support whatever required, including but not limited to medical, nutrition and
physiological support, is made available to the TOP Scheme Athletes during the Term.
Union Sports Ministry initiated the TOP Scheme under the NSDF. The scheme envisages identification of athletes who
are potential medal winners in Olympics and providing support to them for preparation for Olympics.
The National Sports Development Fund (NSDF) was established by the Union Sports Ministry with the objective of
promotion of sports in general and specific sports disciplines and individual sports persons in particular for achieving
excellence at the National and International level.
Justice Sunil Kumar Sinha appointed as Chief Justice of the Sikkim High Court
He took charge on 30 March 2015 and had been the acting Chief Justice of the Sikkim High Court since October 2014.
Andhra Pradesh Cabinet approved Amaravathi as capital of the State
Amaravathi, located at Tullur between Vijayawada and Guntur on the banks of River Krishna, derives its name from
Lord Amareswara temple in the village and it is known as Dakshina Kashi (Kashi of the south).
Odisha Government launched Aahar Scheme to provide subsidised food to urban poor
Odisha Government on 1 April 2015 launched a cheap meal scheme Aahar for providing subsidised food to urban poor.
The scheme was launched by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on the occasion of States Foundation Day, that is, Utkala
Diwas. In the first phase, the scheme was launched in Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Berhampur, Sambalpur and Rourkela. As

part of the scheme, Aahar outlets will be opened in these five cities. These outlets will serve meal comprising of Rice,
Dalma and Pickle at a subsidised rate of 5 rupees with financial assistance from three State run corporations and Tata
Steel. Further under the scheme, each Aahar outlet will cater to one thousand people daily between 11 am and 3 pm.
The organisations that will support the scheme in different cities include # In Cuttack and Bhubaneshwar - Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC)
# In Rourkela - Odisha Power Generation Corporation (OPGC)
# In Sambalpur - Odisha Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (IDCO)
# In Berhampur Tata Steel
Renowned Hindi poet Kailash Vajpeyi died
Kailash Vajpeyi published 28 books, including 14 volumes of poetry. Some of his works includes Sufinama, Sankrant,
Dehant se Hatkar (Away from Death), Teesra Andhera (Third Darkness), and Rajnadhi.
General Muhammadu Buhari won Presidential Election of Nigeria
His party All Progressives Congress (APC) secured 15424921 votes and Goodluck Jonathan's People's Democratic
Party (PDP) secured 12853162 votes.
Alibaba signed digital distribution deal with German music rights group BMG
The deal will bring more than 2.5 million copyrights to Alibaba, whose music platforms already had many of the songs
from artists including Kylie Minogue, the Rolling Stones and Jean-Michael Jarre.
India launched Operation Raahat to evacuate 4000 Indian nationals from Yemen
Operation Raahat was in news on 1 April 2015 as India launched a massive air and sea operation to evacuate over 4000
Indian nationals from Yemen. The operation will involve total of five ships and four aircraft. The operation started after
India got permission to dock its offshore patrol vessel INS Sumitra at the Aden harbor of Yemen. In the evacuation
exercise, 350 Indian nationals were evacuated from Aden to Djibouti by INS Sumitra. The nationals will be flown to
India in two Air Force C-17 Globemasters. The 350 evacuated people belong to different states of India and they are
Kerala (206), Tamil Nadu (40), Maharashtra (31), West Bengal (23), Delhi (22), Karnataka (15), and Andhra
Pradesh/Telangana (13). The complete rescue operation was overseen by Minister of State for External Affairs General
(retd.) VK Singh. Beside INS Sumitra, two more Indian Navy Ships namely INS Mumbai and INS Tarkash have also
sailed for Yemen to take part in Operation Raahat. Two merchant vessels namely, Kavaratti and Coral will also take
part in the operation along with two 180-seater Airbus A320 planes.
Why Operation Raahat ?
The Operation Raahat was launched to make sure that Indian nationals are not harmed in the military operation that
was started in Yemen in last week of March 2015 by Saudi Arabia and 10 other countries. The military operation was
started against Houthi rebels, who drove out the Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi.
Who are Houthis ?
They are followers of the Shia Zaidi sect and are officially known as Ansarallah (the supporter of God). The group
began as a movement to preach tolerance and peace in the Zaidi stronghold of North Yemen in 1990s.
The group takes its name from Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi, who launched an insurgency in 2004 against the ruler Ali
Abdullah Saleh that lasted till 2010. They participated in the 2011 Arab Spring inspired revolution in Yemen that
replaced Saleh with Abdrahbu Mansour Hadi. Currently the group controls the Yemeni capital Sana'a and the
Parliament.
RBI approved the amalgamation of ING Vysya Bank with Kotak Mahindra Bank
With this approval of RBI, Kotak will come up as the countrys fourth largest private sector lender.
Rajasthan Government opened women milk bank Jeevan Dhara in Jaipur
Rajasthan Government on 31 March 2015 opened women milk bank Jeevan Dhara in Jaipur. It was inaugurated by
Health Minister Rajendra Rathore. The move is aimed at curbing the high infant mortality rate of Rajasthan. The state
Government launched the bank in collaboration with Norwegian government and JK Lon Hospital.
The bank would store milk from donating lactating mothers that can be used for feeding infants who are deprived of it.

The infants will get free of cost milk from lactating mothers who willingly donate it. The process of donation starts
only after the donors are screened and medically tested for HIV, Syphilis, Hepatitis and other diseases. This is followed
by pasteurization of milk that takes around three months. First government owned woman milk bank was opened in
Kolkata and Jaipur is the second in this series. However, the first mothers milk bank in the State was started by a nongovernmental organisation (NGO) in a government hospital in Udaipur. The infant mortality rate in Rajasthan, as per
Sample Registration System (SRS) 2012, stands at 49 per 1000 live births and this is due to high non-availability of
mother's milk on time.
Mustafa Kamal resigned from the post of President of International Cricket Council
Mustafa Kamal sent out the resignation letter to the ICC. He had succeeded Alan Isaac as the 11th President of the ICC
in June 2014 for a period of two years.
IBM announced to invest 3 billion US dollars to build an Internet of Things (IoT) unit
The unit will build industry-specific data services and developer tools and offer them over Cloud-based open platform
to its enterprise customers. These services will help its clients to make business decisions in a better way.
Kyle Mills of New Zealand retired from all forms of International Cricket
In October 2009, he reached his at number 1 position of first on the International Cricket Council's one-day
international bowlers rankings after taking nine wickets in New Zealands series against Australia.
Peru Prime Minister Ana Jara sacked over alleged domestic spying
The Peruvian Prime Minister was forced to step down over alleged spying against the lawmakers, reporters, business
leaders and everyday citizens.
Union Ministry of Finance approved 1500 crore rupees for AP Capital construction
The funds will be utilized to construct essential amenities and administrative buildings in the proposed capital area of
Andhra Pradesh.
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