The ​'Namami Brahmaputra' festival was held in Assam. The festival was held from March 31 to April 4. Brahmaputra is considered to be the country's only male river and the

five-day festival included cultural programmes, traditional sports, Brahmaputra Aarti, exhibition, film shows, seminars and competitions.

In November 2003, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) constituted the Committee on Procedures and Performance Audit of Public Services under the Chairmanship of Shri

S.S.Tarapore (former Deputy Governor) to address the issues relating to availability of adequate banking services to the common person.

Moral Suasion is the advice given by the Reserve Bank of India to the banks and financial institutions regarding lending and other operations. Its objective is to see that the

banks implement their advice.

Reverse Repo rate is a tool used by Reserve Bank of India to absorb liquidity, and know the value of assets in monetary terms.

On the basis of the prevailing currency rate the bank offers the customer the foreign currency in exchange of the domestic currency.

Bank for International Settlement (BIS) situated in Basle, Switzerland.

All the three statements first, Financing Self Help Groups are treated as financing to weaker sections within the Priority Sector. Second, Financing of self Help Groups

promotes the habit of thrift and concept of credit management. Third, financing such activities is cost effective and will facilitate easy flow of credit to rural sector.

It is prepared by Ministry of Finance. A flagship annual document of the Ministry of Finance, Government of India, Economic Survey reviews the developments in the Indian

economy over the previous 12 months, summarizes the performance on major development programmes, and highlights the policy initiatives of the government and the

prospects of the economy in the short to medium term.

Open market operations is a measure used by the central bank of the country to manage money supply. Through OMOs, central bank either purchase or sell government

bonds in the open market. They are primary tool for implementing monetary policy.

The Department of Disinvestment has been renamed as Department of Investment and Public Asset Management or 'Dipam'.

India hosted a meet on nuclear security recently which was attended by delegated from over 100 countries.

Both ii and iii are false.The maternity leave will be 26 weeks.The entitlement will be for only up to first two children. For third child, the entitlement will be for only 12 weeks. A

woman with two or more children will get only 12 weeks of leave and a woman adopting a child will also get 12 weeks of leave from the date the child is handed over to

her. India will take third place in terms of Maternity leaves after Canada and Norway where it is 50 weeks and 44 weeks respectively.

'Hawthan' is written in Konkani language. The 74-year-old writer's novel was shortlisted from 22 regional language books. Published in 2009, 'Hawtha' is a work of fiction

presenting the cultural map of the traditional potter community of Goa.

Mission Fingerling deals with aquaculture. It was launched to achieve Blue Revolution with the holistic development and management of fisheries in the country. The Blue

Revolution programme focuses on creating an environment that envisages integrated and holistic development and management of fisheries for the socio economic  Blue

Revolution development of the fishers and fish farmers. A total of Rs. 52000 lakh have been sanctioned.

In a world-first a New Zealand river has been granted the same legal rights as a human being. The local Māori tribe of Whanganui in the North Island has fought for the

recognition of their river – the third-largest in New Zealand – as an ancestor for 140 years. The new status of the river means if someone abused or harmed it the law now

sees no differentiation between harming the tribe or harming the river because they are one and the same.

Tamil Nadu won the 2016–17 Vijay Hazare Trophy tournament. They beat Bengal.

AIIB approved the membership of 13 countries. The AIIB has approved the applications of Afghanistan, Armenia, Fiji, China’s Hong Kong and Timor Leste from the region

and eight non-regional prospective members including Belgium, Canada, Ethiopia, Hungary, Ireland, Peru, Sudan and Venezuela.

FFS is being managed and operated by SIDBI. The government decided to tweak the Fund of Funds (FFS) of startups to enable greater flow of resources. It had set up the

fund with an initial corpus of Rs 1,000 crore but the tough rules had made disbursals difficult. As a result, the cabinet as now decided to allow Alternate Investment Funds

(AIFs) supported by FFS to invest at least twice the amount of contribution received from FFS in qualified startups.

Bakshi Stadium is located in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir. On March 23 it was announced that a modern football stadium as per the Federation Internationale de Football

Association (FIFA) norms will be built at an estimated cost of Rs 48 crore. The stadium will have floodlights, six entry and exit points, modern pavilion, food court and other

state-of-the-art facilities.

India has marginally improved its position to 87th place on a global energy architecture performance index, but ranks among the worst for pollution, a survey showed

today. Switzerland topped the annual list released by Geneva- based World Economic Forum (WEF) and was followed by Norway, Sweden, Denmark and France in the top

five. Indias rank improved three places from 90th last year.

SEBI barred Reliance Industries(RIL), the country's second most valued firm, and 12 other entities from dealing in equity derivatives futures and options segment for a period

of one year, directly or indirectly, for allegedly indulging in fraudulent trades in Reliance Petroleum in 2007.

Earth Hour is a worldwide movement organized by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). The event is held annually encouraging individuals, communities, households

and businesses to turn off their non-essential lights for one hour, from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. towards the end of March, as a symbol for their commitment to the planet. In 2017 it

will be held on March 25. It was started as a lights-off event in Sydney, Australia, in 2007. Since then, it has grown to engage more than 7000 cities and towns worldwide.

The Atlantic Council has inducted Reliance Group head Anil Ambani into its advisory board. The advispry board included leaders like-Kevin Rudd, Former Prime Minister of

Australia; Thomas Enders, CEO of Airbus Group; Rupert Murdoch, CEO of 21 Century Fox. The Atlantic Council promotes constructive US leadership and engagement in

the world based on the central role of the Atlantic community.

NATO has 28 members. Recently Montengro signed an agreement with NATO, which will make it the 29th member. All 28 NATO members must ratify Montenegro's

accession bid, and USA is among the last to do so. Russia strongly opposes the Western military alliance's expansion in the Balkans.

Union Finance Minister, Arun Jaitley has cleared a major military reforms based on the report by the Lt General (retired) DB Shekatkar committee, which made

recommendations on enhancing the combat potential of India’s three armed forces, rationalising the defence budget, and improving the teeth-to-tail ratio.

Paytm has become member of ASCI. ASCI members include key advertisers from various sectors, such as fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG), media, auto and telecom,

which spend heavily to stay visible in the marketplace. However, No e-commerce company is a member of the body yet.

Veteran actor Anupam Kher will be honoured with the Kala Ratan Award by Vice President Hamid Ansari. He was honoured with the Padma Shri in 2004 and the Padma

Bhushan in 2016 for his contribution in the field of cinema and arts. The actor who has worked mainly in Hindi films has also appeared in acclaimed international films like

Bend It Like Beckham, Bride and Prejudice, The Mistress Of Spices, Lust, Caution, and Silver Linings Playbook.

India’s neutrino observatory will be built in Bodi West Hills of Theni district, Tamil Nadu. Recently the National Green Tribunal directed the INO to seek fresh environmental

clearance. It also requires a nod from the National Board of Wildlife since the Mathikettan Shola National Park in Kerala’s Idukki district is about 4.9km away from the

proposed project site.

S. V. Sunil plays Hockey. He was named the Asian Hockey Federation (AHF) Player of the Year for 2016 with Harmanpreet Singh chosen as the Promising Player of the Year

in the continental body’s annual awards.

India's largest lender State Bank of India has joined the league of top 50 banks globally in terms of assets following the merger of its associate banks and Bharatiya Mahila

Bank effective April 1. The merged entity will have a deposit base of more than Rs 26 lakh crore and advances of Rs 18.50 lakh crore.