1) RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan is conferred with Central Banker of the Year Award (Global and Asia Pacific) for the year 2016.
2) Devendra Kumar Sikri is appointed as Chairman of CCI ( Competitive commission of India) for a tenure of two and half years succeeding present Chairman Ashok Chawla.
3) Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs (MOIA) is merged with Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) . This decision is taken to avoid duplication of work and to improve efficiency as announced by Sushma Swaraj.
4) River Information System (RIS) was launched by Government to facilitate safe and accurate inland water way navigation . In first phase it will cover 145 km Haldia to Farakka on Ganges river which is implemented by Inland Waterway Authority of India.
5) India’s economic growth rate is projected at 7.8% by World Bank in its Global Economic prospect report for the year 2016.
6) Jammu&Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed (79) passed away due to multiple organ failure at AIMS in New Delhi. He started second tenure as CM on March 1st , 2015 from Peoples Democratic party (PDP)
7) Sam Pitroda has been appointed as Technology Advisor to Odisha government . Sam Pitroda is famously known as Father of Indian telecommunications revolution.
8) Drug Authentication and Verification Application project of Department of commerce has won 2015 eASIA award under Trade Facilitation category.
9) Indi’s Petronet LNG ink revised contract with RasGas of Qatar to import gas at a significantly lower price than earlier. The new rate would save consumer around 4000 crore.
10) Harpal Singh, an Indian origin cancer expert is honored with KNIGHTOOD from Queen Elizabeth II for his influential work on prevention and treatment of cancer. Harpal singh is the Chairman of Board at national Cancer research Institute and also Chairman of Cancer Outcomes Strategy Advisory Group (COSAG) in England.
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