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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