Important Research Institutes in India

Name of Institute	Head Quarters
Indian Agriculture Research Institute	New Delhi
Indian Institute of Petroleum	Dehradun
Indian Cancer Research Institute	Mumbai
Indian Institute of Natural Resins and Gums	Ranchi
Indian Meteorological Observatory	Pune & New Delhi
Central Forest Research Institute	Dehradun
Central Leprosy Training and Research Institute	Chengalpattu (Tamilnadu)
Central Plantation Crop Research Institute	Kudlu (Kerala)
Central Potato Research Institute	Shimla
Central Road Research Institute	New Delhi
Central Fuel Research Institute	Dhanbad
Central Drug Research Institute	Lucknow
Central Leather Research Institute	Chennai
Sugarcane Breeding Institute	Coimbatore
Central Food Technological Research Institute	Mysore
National Institute of Virology	Pune
Central Jute Technological Research Institute	Kolkata
Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute	Kolkata
Central Rice Research Institute	Cuttack
Central Salt and Marine Chemical Research Institute	Bhavnagar
Central Building Research Institute	Roorkee
Central Mining Research Institute	Dhanbad
Central Tobacco Research Institute	Rajamundry
Central Coconut Research Institute	Kasergod (Kerala)
National Institute of Oceanography	Goa
National Sugar Research Institute	Kanpur
National Institute of Nutrition	Hyderabad
National Botanical Research Institute	Lucknow
National Environmental Engineering Research Institute	Nagpur
National Aeronautical Laboratory	Bengaluru
National Tuberculosis Institute	Bengaluru
National Dairy Research Institute	Karnal
Raman Research centre	Bengaluru
High Altitude Research Laboratory	Gulmarg
Archaeological Survey of India	New Delhi
Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre	Thiruvananthapuram
Uranium Corporation of India	Jadugoda

January 2019 Appointments list

January 2019

Name	Designation
Sanjay Jain & K M Nataraj	Additional Solicitor Generals of India
Ajai Kumar	Interim CEO of Yes Bank till the new CEO Ravneet Gill joins the lender.
Bhagwant Mann	Chief of AAPs Punjab unit
Ravneet Gill	MD & CEO of Private sector lender Yes Bank.
Ronojoy Dutta	Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of IndiGo Airlines
Asif Saeed Khosa	Chief Justice of Pakistan
Raja Krishnamoorthi	New member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI)
Gopal Krishna Dwivedi	Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Andhra Pradesh
Justice Dinesh Maheshwari and Justice Sanjiv Khanna	Judges of Supreme Court
Manu Sawhney	New ICC CEO
Su Tseng-chang	PM of Taiwan
Vikram Misri	India’s new envoy to China
Sudhir Bhargava	New Chief Information Commissioner (CIC)
Vivek Bhatia	Managing Director (MD) & Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of ThyssenKrupp Industries India
Justice Thottathil Bhaskaran Nair Radhakrishnan	1st Chief Justice of Telangana High Court
Amitabh Choudhary	New MD and CEO of Axis Bank
Vinod Kumar Yadav	Railway Board Chairman
PK Singh	New Competition Commission of India (CCI ) secretary
Indu Shekhar Jha	Member of the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC).
Justice AK Sikri	Executive Chairman of NALSA
Saurabh Kumar	Director General of Ordnance Factories (DGOF) and chairman of the Ordnance Factory Board (OFB).
Kumar Rajesh Chandra	Director General of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB)
Pranav R Mehta	President of the Global Solar Council

National Symbols of India: Flag, Emblem, Anthem, Song, Tree

1.National Flag

Adopted on	22 July 1947
Designed by	Pingali venkayya
Description	The national flag consists of three horizontal and parallel strips with kesariya at the top, white in the middle and green color at the bottom with Ashoka Chakra at the centre. The Ashok Chakra has 24 spokes. It was derived from lion capitol of Ashok at Sarnath, Bihar. The width to length ratio of the flag is 2:3. All the rules and regulations regarding flag hosting of the national flag is given in Flag Code of India 2002. It was adopted on 26 January 2002. It emphasizes on the freedom of the flag hosting in educational and private institutions as per Emblems and Names (Prevention of Improper Use) Act, 1950 and Prevention of Insult of Symbols Act, 1971.

 

2. National Emblem

Adopted on	26 January 1950
Adopted from	lion capitol of Ashok at Sarnath, Bihar
Description	It depicts 4 lions facing 4 different directions along with a bull, an elephant and a horse. ‘Satyamev Jayate’ is written in Devnagari script means ‘Truth only Triumphs’. It is taken from Mundak Upnishad.

3.National Anthem:- Jan- Gan -Mana

Adopted on	24 January 1950
Written by	Rabindranath Tagore
Language	Bangla
Playing time	52 sec
Description	First time sung in Kolkata session of Indian National congress in 22 December 1911. It originally have 5 stanzas.

4.National Song:- Vande-Mataram

Adopted on	24 January 1950
Written by	Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
Language	Bangla
Playing time	52 sec
Description	First time sung in Kolkata session of Indian National congress in 22 December 1911. It originally have 5 stanzas.

5. National Calendar

National  Calendar	There are two national calendars  Saka calendar Gregorian calendar
Adopted on	Gregorian calendar was official calendar during British rule Saka calender on 22 March 1957
Description	First month of saka calendar is Chaitra. 22 March is the first day of Chaitra month. 21 March is the first day of a leap year. First month of Gregorian calendar is January.

National flower - lotus

• Indian lotus is the national flower. It is the Representative of purity as it remains flawless despite growing in mud and water.

National Fruit - Mango

• Mango, also known as the 'king of Fruits', is the National Fruit of India.

National River - Ganga

• Ganga is the National River of India. It is also the longest river in the country.

National Tree - Bnayan

• The Indian Bnayan ( Ficus bengalensis) is the national tree.

National Bird - Peacock

•  Indian peacock (pavo cirstatus) is the national bird of India.

National Animal- Lion

• The tiger known as the bird of the jungle is the national animal of India.

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All Over Budget .... Simple Understanding

*Pradhan Mantri KIsan SAmman Nidhi
(PM-KISAN)*

1. • “Direct Income Support Scheme”

2. • Rs. 6,000 per year

3. • having cultivable land UPTO 2 hectares• outlay of Rs.75,000 crore for the FY 2019-20

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*'Pradhan Mantri Shram-Yogi Maandhan'* 

1. • Pension Yojana

2. • For Unorganised sector workers

3. • With monthly income UPTO Rs. 15,000

4. • Monthly Pension of Rs. 3,000 from the Age of 60 years

5. • At the age of 29 years will have to contribute only Rs. 100 per month till the age of 60 years. 

6. • At 18 years, will have to contribute as little as Rs. 55 per month.

7. • Government will deposit equal matching share in the pension account of the worker every month.

8. • A sum of Rs. 500 crore has been allocated

💠 *TAXPAYERS* 

1. • Income UPTO Rs 5 Lakh to get full tax rebate.

2. • Finance Minister Piyush Goyal proposed amending Section 87A of the 

3. Income Tax Act to increase the rebate for taxpayers at the lower end of the 

4. spectrum.

5. • Currently, the Section provides for a rebate of ₹2,500 for all taxpayers with 

6. an income of less than ₹3.5 lakh a year.

7. • This means that those earning up to ₹5 lakh a year will be exempt from tax.

8. • However, those earning more than ₹5 lakh will not be eligible for this and will 

9. have to pay tax according to the normal rates. 

 *💠TAXPAYERS* 

1. • Tax Deduction at Source (TDS) threshold on interest earned on bank/post 

2. office deposits has been proposed to be raised from Rs.10,000 to Rs.40,000. 

3. • TDS threshold for deduction of tax on rent has also been proposed to be increased from Rs.1,80,000 to Rs.2,40,000.

4. • Budget also proposed increasing the standard deduction limit from the 

5. ₹40,000 announced last year to ₹50,000.TAXPAYERS

6. • It has been proposed to exempt the levy of income tax on notional rent on a second self-occupied house.

7. • Currently, income tax on notional rent is payable if one has more than one self-occupied house.

💠 *Defencee Budget 2019-20* 

1. • Rs. 3,18,931.22 crore has been earmarked for Defence (excluding Defence Pension).

2. • For Defence Pension, an amount of Rs. 1,12,079.57 crore has been provided in BE 2019-20. 

• *Health*

1. • 22nd AIIMS to be setup in Haryana *MGNREGA* rs. 60, 000 crore allocation for MGNREGA in BE 2019-20

• *Fiscal Programme* 

1. • Fiscal deficit pegged at 3.4% of GDP for 2019-20

2.  Target of 3% of fiscal deficit to be achieved by 2020-21.

3. Fiscal deficit brought down to 3.4% in 2018-19 RE from almost 6% seven years ago

*Substantial increase in allocation for the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled
Tribes –* 

1.  Allocation for SCs increased by 35.6% - from Rs. 56,619 crore in BE 2018-19 to Rs. 76,801 crore in BE for 2019-20

2.  Allocation for the STs increased by 28% - from 39,135 crore in BE 2018-19 to Rs. 50,086 crore in 2019-20 BE

3. Digital Villages

4.  The Government to make 1 lakh villages into Digital Villages over next five years

5. Other Announcement(s)

6. New National Artificial Intelligence portal to support National Program on Artificial Intelligence

7. Allocation of Rs.750 crore for Rashtriya Gokul Mission has been announced for the current year itself. Setting up of "Rashtriya Kamdhenu Aayog“.

8. The Aayog will also look after effective implementation of laws and welfare schemes for cow

House property income 
1. asas per the current laws if the tax prayer owns more than one house property for personal use the rest of the properties are considered as deemnd let out and income tax levied on a national retnal value it has been proposed to extend the exemption limit to two house properties owning to issues faced by the middle class having to maintain a family at two locations on account of job movements

Railways

1. Capital support of Rs.64,587 crore proposed in 2019-20 (BE) from the budget
2. Overall capital expenditure programme to be of Rs. 1,58,658 crores
3. Operating Ratio expected to improve from 98.4% in 2017-18 to 96.2% in 2018-19 (RE) and to 95% in 2019- 20 (BE)
4. Safest year’ for railways in its history
5. All Unmanned Level Crossings on broad gauge network eliminated.
6. Semi high-speed “Vande Bharat Express” introduced – first indigenously developed and manufactured.

Major Fund Allocations

• 60, 000 crore allocation for MGNREGA in 2019-20 BE(Budget Estimates).
  • For fiscal year 2018-19, NREGS was allocated Rs 55,000 crore.
  • Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) promises unskilled manual work to every adult for at least 100 days in rural parts of the country. It was introduced in 2005.
• PMAY-G, the allocation is less at Rs 19,000 crorefrom Rs 21,000 crore in 2018-19.
• PMGSY stands at Rs 19,000 crore for 2019-20, same as in 2018-19.
• Rs 93,847.64 crore allocated for education sector for 2019-20, an increase of over 10 per cent from Rs 85,010 crore 2018-19
  • Rs 37,461.01 crore has been allocated for higher education, Rs 56,386.63 crore has been earmarked for school education.
• Job and Skill Development from Rs 5,071 crore to Rs 7,511 crore 2019-20.
• Urban Rejuvenation Mission AMRUT and Smart Cities Mission: BE were increased from Rs 12,169 to Rs 13,900 crore for the 2019-20 fiscal year.
• Food subsidy to Food Corporation of India under National Food Security Act: increased from Rs 1,38,123 crore to Rs 1,51,000 crore.
• Space Technology: increased from Rs 6,576 crore to Rs 7,483 crore.
• National Highways Authority of India: increased from Rs 29,663 crore to Rs 36,691 crore.
• Direct Benefit Transfer: increased from Rs 16,478 crore to Rs 29,500 crore.
• Urea subsidiary: raised from Rs 45,000 crore to Rs 50, 164 crores.
• Sports Budget: increased from Rs 2002.72 (2018-2019) crore to Rs 2216.92 crore.
• National Education Mission allocation increased by about 20% to Rs. 38,572 crores in BE 2019-20
• Allocation for Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS) increased by over 18% to Rs. 27,584 crores in BE 2019-20
• Substantial increase in allocation for the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes –
  • Allocation for SCs increased by 35.6% – from Rs. 56,619 crores in BE 2018-19 to Rs. 76,801 crores in BE for 2019-20
  • Allocation for the STs increased by 28% – from 39,135 crore in BE 2018-19 to Rs. 50,086 crores in 2019-20 BE

Digital Villages

• The Government to make 1 lakh villages into Digital Villages over next five years 

Women

• Rs.1330 Crore allocate for the Mission for Protection and Empowerment for Women.
• Maternity leave of 26 weeks and Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana for pregnant women in work.
• More than 70% of the beneficiaries of Pradhan Mantri MUDRA Yojana are women.
• 6 crore free LPG connections under the Ujjawala Yojana.

MSME and Traders

• 2% interest subvention on an incremental loan of Rs 1 crore for GST registered SMEs
• Atleast 3% of the 25% sourcing for the Government undertakings will be from women owned SMEs
• Renewed Focus on Internal trade; DIPP renamed to Department for Promotion of Industries and Internal trade

• New National Artificial Intelligence portal to support National Program on Artificial Intelligence
• A new committee under NITI Ayog to identify all the remaining De-notified nomadic and semi-Nomadic tribes.
• New Welfare development Board under Ministry of social justice and empowerment for development and welfare of De-notified nomadic and semi nomadic tribes

Vision 2030 in Budget

Ten dimensions of Vision for India of 2030:

1. Next Generation Infrastructure – to provide an “ease of living”.
2. Digital India – reached every corner of the economy and every citizen.
3. Clean and Green India – Making India pollution free by leading transport revolution with Electric Vehicles and focus on Renewables.
4. Rural Industrialization – using modern digital technologies to generate massive employment
5. Clean Rivers – safe drinking water to all Indians using micro-irrigation techniques.
6. Oceans and Coastlines – scaling up of Sagarmala
7. Space Programme – India becoming a launchpad of the world by placing an Indian astronaut in space by 2022
8. Self-Sufficient – in food and improving agricultural productivity with emphasis on organic food
9. Healthy India – with a distress-free and comprehensive wellness system for all
10. Minimum Government, Maximum Governance – with proactive, responsible, friendly bureaucracy and electronic governance.

“Union government present a Vote-on-Account along with the interim budget 2019″

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Important Cabinet Approvals: January 2019

 

1. Cabinet had approved MoC between India and Japan in the field of Food Processing Industry

• It will promote understanding of best practices in the food processing in two countries and will help in improving the food processing sector as well as improved market access, leading to equity and inclusiveness. 

2. Cabinet has approved an amendment to the ‘Framework on Currency Swap Arrangement for SAARC Member Countries’ to incorporate ‘Standby Swap’ amounting to USD 400 million operated within the overall size of the facility

• The incorporation of 'Standby Swap' within the approved SAARC Swap Framework would provide necessary flexibility to the Framework and would also enable India to provide a prompt response to the current request from SAARC countries for availing swap amount exceeding the present limit prescribed under the SAARC Swap Framework. 

3. Cabinet has approved an extension of Delhi Metro corridor from Dilshad Garden to New Bus Adda Ghaziabad

• The total distance of the extended line is 9.41 km. 
• The project would provide much needed additional public transport infrastructure to National Capital Region (NCR). 
• It is being implemented by Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (DMRC), the Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) of the Government of India and Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (GNCTD).

4. Cabinet has approved Memorandum of Understanding between India and Kuwait for cooperation on the Recruitment of Domestic Workers

• It provides a structured framework for cooperation on domestic workers related matters and provides strengthened safeguards for the Indian domestic workers which also includes female workers deployed in Kuwait. 
• Initially, it will be valid for a period of five years and incorporates provision for automatic renewal. 

5. Cabinet has approved creation of the National Bench of the Goods and Services Tax Appellate Tribunal (GSTAT)

• The National Bench of the Appellate Tribunal will be situated at New Delhi. 
• It will be presided over by its President and shall consist of one Technical Member (Centre) and one Technical Member (State). 

6. Cabinet has approved MoU between India and France on technical bilateral cooperation in the field of new and renewable energy

• Both the countries aims to establish the basis for a cooperative institutional relationship to encourage and promote technical bilateral cooperation on new and renewable issues on the basis of mutual benefit, equality and reciprocity. 
• The technical cooperation will cover joint research working groups (RWG), pilot projects, capacity building programs, study tour, case studies and the sharing of experience/expertise. 

7. Cabinet has approved Bilateral Swap Arrangement between India and Japan

• The swap arrangement is an agreement between India and Japan to essentially exchange and re-exchange a maximum amount of USD 75 Billion for domestic currency which will be used for the purpose of maintaining an appropriate level of balance of payments (BOP) for meeting short-term deficiency in foreign exchange. 

8. Cabinet has approved creation of the post of Vice Chancellor for National Rail & Transport Institute (Deemed to be University) set up in Vadodara, Gujarat

• The Vice-Chancellor should be the Principal Executive Officer of the institution and shall exercise the general supervision and control over the affairs of the institution and shall be responsible for implementation of the decisions of all the authorities of the Institution deemed to be University. 

9. Cabinet approved setting up of 3 new AIIMS New AIIMS to come up at

1. Vijaynagar, Samba in Jammu 
2. Awantipur, Pulwama, Kashmir 
3. Rajkot, Gujarat 

10. Cabinet has apprised of MoU between India and Morocco on Cooperation in the area of Cyber Security

• The MoU intends to promote closer cooperation for exchange of knowledge & experience in detection, resolution and prevention of security-related incidents between both the countries. 
• The implementation of MoU will result in significant mutual benefits in the Cyber Security sector, through institutional and capacity building with Morocco in the field of Cyber Security. 

11. Cabinet has approved high level committee to implement Clause 6 of Assam Accord Several Longstanding demands of Bodos also approved

• Assam Accord was signed on 15th August, 1985. 
• Clause 6 of the Assam Accord envisaged that appropriate constitutional, legislative and administrative safeguards, shall be provided to protect, preserve and promote the cultural, social, linguistic identity and heritage of the Assamese people. 

12. Cabinet has approved first-ever three-way merger in Indian Banking with amalgamation of Vijaya, Dena and Bank of Baroda

• It will be the first-ever three-way consolidation of banks in India, with the amalgamated bank being India's second largest Public Sector Bank (PSB). 
• It will help create a strong globally competitive bank with economies of scale and enable realisation of wide-ranging synergies. 
• Leveraging of networks, low-cost deposits and subsidiaries of those three banks has the potential of yielding significant synergies for positioning the consolidated entity for substantial rise in customer base, market reach, operational efficiency, wider bouquet of products and services, and improved access for customers. 
• Vijaya and Dena Bank are transferor banks and BoB is transferee bank. 
• The scheme will come into force on 1.4.2019. 

13. Cabinet has approved Amendment to the Trade Unions Act, 1926 to make provisions regarding Recognition of the Trade Unions

The approval will facilitate 

1. Recognition of Trade Unions at both the Central and State level 
2. Ensure true representation of workers in the tripartite bodies 
3. Check on the arbitrary nomination of workers’ representatives by the Government 
4. Reduce litigations and industrial unrest. 
5. Cabinet has given ex post facto approval to India's Approach for COP 24, Katowice, Poland.

14. Cabinet has approved restructuring of National Health Agency as "National Health Authority" for better implementation of Pradhan Mantri - Jan Arogya Yojana

• The existing society "National Health Agency" has been dissolved and will be replaced by National Health Authority as an attached office to the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare. 

15. Cabinet has approved continuation of Rashtriya Yuva Sashaktikaran Karyakram Scheme for the Period 2017-18 to 2019-2020

8 sub schemes under Rashtriya Yuva Sashaktikaran Karyakram are: 

1. Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan(NYKS) 
2. National Youth Corps (NYC) 
3. National Programme for Youth & Adolescent Development (NPYAD) 
4. International Cooperation 
5. Youth Hostels (YH) 
6. Assistance to Scouting & Guiding Organizations 
7. National Discipline Scheme (NDS) 
8. National Young Leaders Programme (NYLP)

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