Monthly Current Affairs August 2016 “NATIONAL AFFAIRS” key points to Remember.
Anandiben Patel resigned as Gujarat chief minister
NRIs can send funds online for Govt schemes
HRD Minister inaugurates IIT Goa Campus
Norms relaxed for foreign tourists visiting Ladakh
Kudankulam is safest nuclear plant in the world, says Russian official
Agartala gets train to Delhi: Tripura Sundari Express
Odisha to recruit members of transgender community as jail warders
PM to launch ’70 Saal Azadi-Zara Yaad Karo Kurbani’ on Aug 9
MoC launches Twitter Sewa to address the complaints of common man.
Central body approves Rs 400 crore for Ganga rejuvenation projects
Prabhu lays foundation stone of rail project in Nagaland
Resolution for renaming of Madras High Court passed
Govt launches performance, credit rating scheme for MSMEs
Andhra Inks MoU With Japan To Develop Food Value Chain
Four-member panel to interact with Lodha committee
West Bengal may be renamed Bengal
Rajya Sabha passes NEET, NIT bills
Indian art and culture to be on full display during first ever Festival of India in Australia
Over 25 lakh LPG connections released under PM Ujjwala Yojana
Haryana: Monthly honorarium of ASHAs doubled from Rs 500 to 1,000
3,000 Jan Aushadhi Stores to be opened across India
Land transfer for Ambedkar memorial gets nod
Kerala, A.P., Telangana get new acting CJs
All villages will be electrified during current year except few in naxal-hit area: Government
Cabinet approves Motor Vehicle (Amendment) Bill 2016
Gujarat High Court quashes State Government’s notification granting 10 percent reservation for economically backward classes
Finance minister to inaugurate India International Footwear Fair 2016
Cabinet approves signing of Air Services Agreement between India and Lao
PDR
PDR
Cabinet authorized National Highways Authority of India to monetize public
funded national highway projects
funded national highway projects
Rajya Sabha unanimously passes 122nd Constitution Amendment Bill, 2014
Vijay Rupani becomes Gujarat chief minister; Nitin Patel to be his deputy
Telangana signs MoU with ISRO for water resources info system
PM will launch mobile app for PMO developed by six students on August 6
Revised salary under 7th Pay commission from November 1 – Goa CM
States issue bonds worth Rs 1.66 lakh cr under UDAY scheme
Govt approves up gradation of NCDC and its labs
Odisha government launches new website of state Home department
Maharashtra Govt. to provide as many as 1,200 Wi-Fi hotspots in Mumbai
Govt introduces employees’ compensation bill in Lok Sabha
Ravi Shankar Prasad inaugurated town hall to mark two year of citizen engagement portal MyGov.in
Centre directs NDRF to expand its Search and Rescue Operations in Maharashtra’s Raigad District
PM launches ‘Mission Bhagiratha’ phase-1 in Telangana to provide piped drinking water to every household in the state
Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik launches ‘Baristha Bunakar Sahayata Yojana’ pension scheme for weavers
Karnatka ranked first for attracting maximum‘investment intentions’
Tamil Nadu Government launches online service for power consumers
GIPCL signs pact with SECI for solar projects in Gujarat
RajyaSabha passes ‘patient-centric’ Mental Health Care Bill 2013
British Council to promoting education, culture in Bihar
Manipur’s Iron Lady IromSharmila ends 16-year-long hunger strike
4497 New Projects Sanctioned for Rural Electrification under DDUGJY
Odisha government approves two ordinances
Maharashtra government diluting importance of Quit India event: Cong
Parliament passes GST Bill; PM says GST to address problem of
imbalanced development
imbalanced development
Odisha Crime Branch rescues 1051 children in first phase of Operation Muskan-2.
PM launches Yaad Karo Kurbani celebrations at Azad’s birthplace in MP
Government to set up committee to review e-commerce rules
Parliament passes bill for easier debt recovery
First Solar commissions 130 MW of solar power plants in AP, Telangana
Niti ties up with US EIA to set up portal on energy data
Railways decides to set up separate CSR cell for more involvement of corporates
PM Modi, Russian Prez Vladimir Putin to jointly dedicate Kudankulam Nuclear Plant Unit-I
MSAI and Nirbhaya Jyoti Trust launch ‘I Feel Safe’ safety app for women
CCTNS to be operationalised by March 31 next year – Govt.
Cabinet approves Agreement between the India and Croatia on Economic
Cooperation
Cooperation
Cabinet approves amendment to Lokpal and Lokayukta Bill
First Indian channel on skill development launches in Pune
Bihar agrees to implement PradhanMantriFasalBimaYojana
Madhya Pradesh and Puducherry join UDAY power discoms reforms
Jaitley to launch data bank to gather information about MSMEs
Government notifies national ‘Early Childhood Care and Education’ policy.
I&B Minister inaugurates Independence Day Film Festival
Badal inaugurates first ‘Sewa Kendra’ in Punjab
Assam Assembly unanimously passes GST Bill
President nod for six new IITs in country; NIT in AP
Over 37k houses approved for urban poor in Haryana and Karnataka
Shri Kiren Rijiju participates in Counter Terrorism Meeting in Bali
Nagaland govt to grant 33% reservation to women in Urban Local Bodies
Krishna Pushkaralu off to a grand start
Bihar and Gujarat convene assembly sessions to ratify GST Bill
Nasscom begins startup warehouse
Second unit of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant to be synchronized with southern power grid
Rajasthan signs MoUwoth India Trade and Exhibition Centre
Nadda inaugurates AMRIT outlet at Safdarjung Hospital
BARC and Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences & Technology sign MoU for joint development of Deep Brain Stimulator
Relief for diesel luxury car makers as ban goes
Pon Radhakrishnan launches “Colours of Independence” event in Chennai
Rail Budget’s 92-year-old journey set to end
New and uniform education policy to be evolved soon – Javadekar.
Five electronic manufacturing clusters to be set up in Andhra Pradesh –
Ravi Shankar Prasad
Ravi Shankar Prasad
Govt services to be available through mobile app in Maharashtra – CM Fadnavis
Sikkim govt commitment to total literacy by 2019 – CM Chamling
PM announces 20% hike in freedom fighters’ pension
Govt releases commemorative postage stamp on Tourism on 70th I-Day
Bihar becomes 2nd state to ratify GST
Digital Maharashtra drive: Will connect 28,000 gram panchayats by 2017-18, CM Fadnavis
Maharashtra launches Crime Criminal Tracking Network system (CCTNS)
Govt to build museum to glorify tribal freedom fighters
Goa hosting BRICS in October this year
Nod for Rs. 6,554-cr. Anantapur package
Baloch leaders seek support from US, European countries against oppressive Pak regime
Jharkhand Assembly convened to ratify GST Bill.
NHAI collaborates with PFC under adopt a Green Highway Program
UP: SC quashes order to grant 30 % quota in PG courses to doctors
Gujarat govt. to implement 7th Pay Commission recommendations from 1st January
Telangana Assembly to ratify GST Bill
ICHR plans encyclopedia of village folklore from across India
Uttar Pradesh cabinet approves Metro Rail for Allahabad
New steps to enhance transparency in Power Sector: Shri Piyush Goyal launches ‘TARANG’ ‘e-Trans’ & ‘DEEP’
India, Bangladesh to make joint documentary on 1971 war
Centre launches web portal for star rating of mines
Tendulkar adopts village in Osmanabad under Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojna
Nation remembering former PM Rajiv Gandhi on his 72st Birth Anniversary
on August 20
on August 20
PM Modi’s monogrammed suit enters Guinness Records as ‘most expensive suit sold’
Maharashtra seeks Chinese investment in infra
Kerala Cabinet approves new debt relief scheme
Oil minister distributed around 3,000 free LPG stoves under free cooking gas scheme titled Ujjwala Yojana in Mumbai
Uma launches Namami Gange projects in Kanpur
Two-day meeting of BRICS women Parliamentarian’s forum held at Jaipur
Telangana govt starts official process of reorganisation of districts
India pledges Rs 3.9 crore for upgrading Sanskrit school in Nepal
India ranks 39th in Asia Pacific on fixed broadband
OIC expresses concern over Kashmir violence
Uma Bharti launches various projects under Namami Gange in Varanasi
Himachal Pradesh assembly ratifies GST Bill
Gujarat, Chhattisgarh assemblies to hold special sessions tomorrow to ratify GST Bill
Vijay Goel Flags off TirangaYaatra in Delhi
Telangana govt to create 17 new districts in October
Maharashtra becomes first state to draft law for internal security
Chhattisgarh Assembly passes GST Bill, becomes fifth state to do so
President launches Kolkata Akashvani Kendra’s Moitree Service in Bangla
Azadi Sattar saal-Yaad Karo Kurbani to conclude
Mobile app for farmers
Govt launches Accessible E-Library ‘Sugamya Pustakalaya’
Krishna Pushkaram river festival concludes with grand display of Pavitra Harati
President of India inaugurates CII-IIEST conference on “Enabling Make in India through Industry Academia Innovation Platform”
Odisha cabinet approves startup policy
Maharashtra becomes first state to sign an agreement with the Civil Aviation Ministry to develop 10 non-functional regional airports
Suresh Prabhu commissions new rail line in AP
MP Assembly ratifies GST Constitution Amendment Bill
Haryana CM announces Sakshi malik as brand ambassador for Beti Bachao, Beti Padao campaign
Meeting of BRICS ministers of Disaster Management concludes in Udaipur
Centre to provide employment opportunities to 1.4 lakh youths in J&K
Maharashtra, Telangana sign pact for 3 irrigation projects
Cabinet approves draft bill on surrogacy
Odishagovt holds investors’ meet in Bengaluru
MeghalyaDy CM & Health Minister resign from Council of Ministers
Laptops worth Rs. 75 crore distributed to meritorious students in MP
Union Minister Maneka Gandhi launches POCSO e-box
PM to chair meeting of his Council of Ministers
Nagaland Assembly ratifies constitution amendment bill on GST
22nd edition of Delhi Book Fair begins
Odisha attracts Rs 90,490 Cr investment at Bangalore investors’ meet
Nagaland Assembly ratifies GST bill
Life-size statue of Mother Teresa unveiled
Maharashtra Government unveils Mumbai-Nagpur Super Communication Expressway project
Maharashtra to tie up with corporates to transform 1,000 villages
Bombay High Court allows entry of women inside Hazi Ali Dargah.
Himachal Health Minister launches 108 ambulance mobile app by the Health and Family Welfare Minister Kaul Singh Thakur
J&K CM Mehbooba Mufti presents three-point peace plan for Kashmir during her meeting with PM Narendra Modi
Nalanda University, one of the India’s oldest institutes, conducted its first in nearly 800 years on August 27
Drones were used to monitor vehicular traffic on Mumbai-Pune Expressway:
Indian government was looking to engage Power Grid Corp (PGCIL) to electrify 1,000 km of rail tracks on pilot basis
The Anti-Corruption Branch has sent a questionnaire to ex-Delhi CM Sheila Dikshit in connection with the alleged water tanker scam
Education programme for disabled in Delhi govt schools
Sachin presents India’s Rio Olympics medallists BMWs to Sindhu, Sakshi, Dipa and Gopi
Indian Govt to set Rs.1.5k cr fund for solar projects
Due to several incidents of suicides and attempts to suicide, the Delhi Police is planning to conduct stress management classes for its top officers
Ramdev plans world Class University near New Delhi, India in the next five years. The project would cost around Rs.25,000 crore
The Tourism Ministers of BRICS countries will meet in Madhya Pradesh’s temple city Khajuraho for a two-day long conference from September 1.
The Social Justice Ministry is working on proposals to relax the annual income limit of ‘creamy layer’ OBCs to Rs.8 lakh against the present Rs.6 lakh limit, according to reports.
India has been ranked 77th among the 171 countries in the 2016 World Risk Index (WRI).
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti has launched the Centre’s UJALA scheme in the state with the distribution of LED bulbs to the people.
President Pranab Mukherjee to present national sports awards at Rashtrapati Bhawan- 4 Khel Ratnas awarded in a year for the first time.
Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar has inaugurated IIT Dharwad (Karnataka), which had started functioning from August 1 with 120 students from a temporary structure.
The NDA government is in the process of revising the minimum wages of millions of workers in several sectors, including agriculture, construction and mining.
Telangana ratifies GST Bill
2nd US-India Strategic & Commercial Dialogue to be held in New Delhi
Centre will soon launch an ‘AsliTarakki (Real development)’ campaign in the five cities of the National Capital Region to promote awareness about the need for sanitation.
India’s first military heritage website coloursofglory.org was launched by Glory Foundation.
The Madhukar Gupta Committee on border protection has submitted its report to the Home Minister Rajnath Singh.
Odisha government has launched a new cadre for urban local bodies called the Odisha Municipal Cadre.
The urban development ministry has certified 10 towns – five each in Maharashtra and Telangana – as Open Defecation Free (ODF).
PM Modi launches first phase of SAUNI project in Jamnagar, Gujarat; Stresses upon conservation of water
Defence Ministry sanctioned construction of National War Memorial, War Museum in New Delhi
Velankanni Basilica annual festival starts in Tamilnadu
Govt panel clears 16 highway projects across 11 states
Delhi: Najeeb Jung appoints 3-member committee to examine irregularities in files submitted by AAP Govt
Majuli in Assam to become India’s first island district on 8th September
Gujarat becomes the first state to distribute 2 crore LED Bulbs under UJALA
Haryana Assembly passes Sports Council Bill, CM ManoharLalKhattar will head the body
The Health Minister launches “MeraAspataal / My Hospital” initiative
Cabinet approves dissolution of Central Inland Water Transport Corporation Limited
Cabinet approves creation of a Project Development Fund to catalyse Indian economic presence in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam
Cabinet approves grant of Permanent Residency Status for Foreign Investors