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CURRENT AFFAIRS & FINANCIAL AWARENESS March

9th & 10th , 2015

World’s first solar powered aircraft on global journey- Solar Impulse 2

successfully landed in Ahmedabad, Gujarat !he aircraft was piloted by Swiss

pilots "ertrand #iccard and Andre "orschberg from its first halt $uscat, %man

Senior &ongress leader and 'ormer (nion $inister $r $ )eerappa $oily will

recei*e the Saraswati Samman 2+ for his .annada poem /0amayana

$ahan*eshanam’ !he award would ma1e $r $ )eerappa $oily the second

.annada author to recei*e the honour after S "hyrappa 32++4

%n + $arch 2+5, 6th 0aising 7ay of &entral Industrial Security 'orce 3&IS'4

was obser*ed

8th edition of India-9epal &ombined :;ercise Surya .iran )III concluded on 8

$arch 2+5 at Salijhandi in 9epal

$aharashtra go*ernment has launched "hagyashree scheme for girls !he

scheme replaces state go*ernment’s pre*ious Su1anya scheme Actress

"hagyashree is the brand ambassador of the scheme (nder the Su1anya

scheme, the state go*ernment was to earmar1 an amount of 0s 2,2++ for each

girl child born in a "elow the #o*erty ine 3"#4 family While the "hagyashree

scheme aims at pro*iding one la1h rupee on maturity after the girl completes 8

years of age

9orth :ast India’s first .isan &all &entre 3.&&4 was opened in Agartala, !ripura It

was launched by !ripura &hief $inister $ani1 Sar1ar

#rime $inister 9arendra $odi on < $arch 2+5 launched the first indigenously

de*eloped and manufactured 0ota*irus *accine- 0ota*ac !he *accine will boost

India’s efforts to combat infant mortality due to diarrhoe

#a1istan on < $arch 2+5 successfully conducted the first test of surface-to-surface Shaheen-III ballistic missile off the Arabian Sea !he missile, also called

White 'alcon-III in :nglish has been de*eloped by #a1istan’s Space and (pper

Atmosphere 0esearch &ommission 3S(#A0&%4 and 9:S&%$ along with its

subsidiary 97&

.erala !ourism has won sil*er pri=e in the prestigious Golden Gate Award at the


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Internationale !ourismus-">rse "erlin 3I!"-"erlin4 ? 2+5

(nion 0ailway $inister Suresh #rabhu on 26 'ebruary 2+5 presented the

0ailway "udget 2+5-6 in the #arliament

"elow are the highlights of this "udget@

0ailway 'ares 9o new hi1e in passenger fares While, the 'reight fares ha*e been

raised incase of urea by +, iron and steel by +8, 1erosene and coo1ing gas

by +8, coal by 6B and cement by 2C

0ailway 'inances #lan "udget is gone up by 52 percent 0s +++ crore for

financial year 2+5-6 compared to 0s 65C8< crore in 'D 2+-5

'or ne;t fi*e year en*isaged in*estment for railways is 0s 85 la1h crore rupees

'unds for railways will be raised from pension, institutional and multilateral

agencies In order to impro*e passenger amenities, $#s reEuested to use part of

their $#A7 funds

0ailways to set up an infrastructure fund and holding company to raise long-term

debt

#assengers Amenities

2+ days in ad*ance tic1et boo1ing facility for passengers instead of earlier 6+

days

0ailways is aiming to mo*e towards paperless tic1eting

%peration 5 minutes- #assengers can buy railway tic1ets within fi*e minutes

S$S updates to inform passengers about any change in schedule of trains

%pen wi-fi facility at ++ railway stations

$obile charging units will be installed

'or women safety &&!)s to be installed in selected trains and suburban trains

'ood ordering facility food while boo1ing tic1ets through I0&!& website Water-

*ending machines to be set up at stations

B8 will be a nationwide 2FC helpline number for railway-related Eueries While,

82 will be a toll-free number for security-related issues


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%n-board entertainment in Shatabdi :;pres

Infrastructure !rac1 capacity will be increased by + to B8 la1h 1m Speed of

passenger trains on < corridors will increased to 6+-2++ 1mh from +-B+ 1mh

Wagon-ma1ing scheme will be re*iewed in order ease pri*ate in*estment "y

in*iting open bids, station rede*elopment policy will be re*amped + satellite

railway terminals will be de*eloped in major cities in 2+5-5

### cell of Indian 0ailways will be re*amped 'easibility report of high-speed

train between $umbai and Ahmedabad e;pected by mid-2+5

&onnecti*ity to 9orth-:ast India will be impro*ed In H. rail connecti*ity will be

on focus

!ourism 0ailways will promote Gandhi circuit in order to mar1 centenary year of

$ahatma Gandhi’s return from South Africa

Special tra*el scheme .isan Datra for farmers for farming and mar1eting

techniEue centres

(nder Incredible India, Incredible 0ail will be launched

Analysis@ A $odest 0ailway "udget

WISHING YOU ALL

BEST OF LUCK

C RAGHAVA RAM

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