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10/06/2015

(1) Bor Wildlife Sanctuary is located in which state?
- Maharashtra
(2) International Tiger Day is observed on?
- 29 July
(3) Which film produced by Irani is considered to be the first indigenous Indian colour film?
- 'Kisan Kanya' (1937)
(4) What is the chief official language of Israel?
- Hebrew
(5) Who were the founders of Whatsapp?
- Jan Koum and Brian Acton
(6) Which online encyclopedia was launched by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger in 2001?
- Wikipedia
(7) World Water Day was celebrated on?
- March 22
(8) Gas evolved in Bhopal Gas tragedy was?
- Methyl Isocyanate
(9) Which is the longest railway platform in India?
- Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh
(10) Yakshagana is an art form of which state?
- Karnataka

13/05/2015

What is Vote on Account?
A: A vote-on account is basically a statement ,where the government presents an estimate of a sum required to meet the expenditure that it incurs during the first three to four months of an election financial year until a new government is in place, to keep the machinery running.

30/04/2015

DECEMBER

December 1 -World AIDS Day

December 3 -World Day of the Handicapped

December 4-Indian Navy Day

December 7 -Indian Armed Forces Flag Day

December 10 -Human Rights Day; IntI. Children’s Day of Broadcasting

December 18 -Minorities Rights Day (India)

December 23 -Kisan Divas (Farmer’s Day) (India)

29/04/2015

National Food for Work Programme
When launched? - 14 November 2004
Aim? - Launched in 150 of the most backward districts of India with the objective of generating supplementary wage employment. The programme is open to all rural poor who are prepared to do manual, unskilled labour. It is implemented as a centrally-sponsored scheme.
Important: This program was merged with the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) in February 2006.

29/04/2015

NOVEMBER

November 9 -Legal Services Day

November 14 -Children’s Day; Diabetes Day

November 17 -National Epilepsy Day

November 20 -Africa Industrialisation Day

November 29 -International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People

28/04/2015

Mahila Samriddhi Yojana
When launched? - 2nd October, 1993
Aim? - Empowering rural women through development of thrift habit and building confidence and self-reliance. Under the scheme any adult rural woman could open the MSY account in the post office with a minimum deposit of Rs 4/- or in multiples of Rs.4/- subject to a maximum of Rs.300/-.

27/04/2015

Kudumbasree
When launched? - May 17, 1998 by the then Prime Minister A.B. Vajpayee in Malappuram.
Note: Kudumbashree, a female-oriented, community-based, poverty reduction project of Government of Kerala.
Aim? - Empowerment of women, through forming self-help groups and encouraging their entrepreneurial or other wide range of activities. The purpose of the mission is to ensure that the women should no longer remain as passive recipients of public assistance, but active leaders in women-involved development initiatives.

26/04/2015

Jawahar Rozgar Yojana
When launched? - April, 1, 1989
Note: By merging the two erstwhile wage employment programme – National Rural Employment programme (NREP) and Rural Landless Employment Guarantee Programme (RLEGP). 80:20 cost sharing basis between the centre and the States.
Aim? - The main objective of the yojana was additional gainful employment for the unemployed and under-employed persons in rural areas.
Important: Since April 1, 1999 this Yojna was replaced by Jawahar Gram samridhi Yojna. Later from September 25, 2001, Jawahar Gram Samridhi Yojna was merged with Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojna.

26/04/2015

SEPTEMBER

September 2 -Coconut Day

September 5-Teachers’ Day; Sanskrit Day

September 8 -World Literacy Day (UNESCO)

September 15 -Engineers’ Day

September 16 -World Ozone Day

September 21 -Alzheimer’s Day; Day for Peace & Non-violence (UN)

September 22 -Rose Day (Welfare of cancer patients)

September 26 -Day of the Deaf

September 27 -World Tourism Day

25/04/2015

Integrated Child Development Scheme
When launched? - 1975
Aim? - Provides food, preschool education, and primary healthcare to children under 6 years of age and their mothers. These services are provided from Anganwadi centres established mainly in rural areas and staffed with frontline workers.

25/04/2015

AUGUST

August 3- Internatioal Friendship Day

August 6 -Hiroshima Day

August 8 -World Senior Citizen’s Day

August 9 -Quit India Day, Nagasaki Day

August 15 -Indian Independence Day

August 18- IntI. Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples

August 19- Photography Day

August 29- National Sports Day

24/04/2015

Indira Awaas Yojana
When launched? - 1985
Aim? - Provides financial assistance to rural poor for constructing their houses themselves. Under the scheme, financial assistance worth Rs.70,000/- in plain areas and Rs.75,000/- in difficult areas (high land area) is provided for construction of houses. The houses are allotted in the name of the woman or jointly between husband and wife.
Note: Started in 1985 as part of the Rural Landless Employment Guarantee Programme (RLEGP), Indira Awaas Yojana (IAY) was subsumed in Jawahar rojgar Yojana (JRY) in 1989 and has been operating as an independent scheme since 1996.

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