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Union government’s Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) agreed to set
up India’s first defense industrial park at Ottappalam - 231.25 crore
30th Surajkund International Crafts Mela celebrated at Faridabad in Haryana
Theme State - Telangana
Tamil Nadu CM Jayalalitha laying the foundation stone for the state’s first 800-MW supercritical
coal-based power plant at Athipattu in Tiruvallur district
Meghalaya becomes the India’s fastest-growing state with a growth rate of 9.7% in 2013-14 and
MP – 9.5%
Government set up a Tax Policy Research Unit (TPRU) and Tax Policy Council by replacing Tax
Research Unit and Tax Policy and Legislation
2016 National Pension System (NPS) - 11,459,555 subscribers with total corpus of Rs. 90, 327
crore.
India’s first underwater restaurant Real Poseidon(20 feet below ground level) initiated
in Ahmedabad
Union Health Ministry issued detailed guidelines for fighting against Zika virus
Mumbai Metropolitan Metro- highest potential for modern retail in the country at Rs 1.05 lakh
crore - “Think India. Think Retail. 2016” report
President Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated the Counter-Terrorism Conference 2016 at Jaipur
PM Narendra Modi inaugurated the 3rd edition of Global Ayurveda Festival at Kozhikode, Kerala
Instrument of Ratification of the Convention on Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear
Damage, 1997 submitted by India to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) - Rajiva
Misra
Invest Karnataka 2016, the first Global Investors Meet (GIM)
Theme “where the future is made” at Bengaluru.
147 projects with a commitment to invest Rs 1.33 lakh crore.
Ministry of Finance in partnership with SBI Caps is organized an India Investment Summit in New
Delhi
Maharashtra rolled out a deradicalisation programme for the minority community in wake of IS
threat
Odisha government lifted the restrictions on visit of foreign tourists to certain tribal areas in the
State after 3 years
Gov approved highway projects worth Rs 17,000 crore for 9 states.
Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Kerala, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh,
Chhattisgarh and Punjab.
Union Government to set up National Organic Farming Research Institute in Sikkim
PM Narendra Modi dedicated to the nation - Brahmaputra Cracker and Polymer Limited, a
petrochemical complex at Lepetkata.
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj visit to Sri Lanka
9th session of Joint Commission meeting was co-chaired by Sushma Swaraj and Sri Lankan
foreign affair minister Mangala Samaraweera.
Both Nations signed MoUs on education and health sectors
Both Nations agreed to find an innovative and lasting solution to the fishermen issue.
Right of Minority Tamils
India offers succored to Sri Lanka in IT sector
Sushma Swaraj inaugurates Rise of Digital India exhibition - “Sangam” festival of India in
Sri Lanka 2015-2016.
Andhra Pradesh and Telangana,urban development ministry given its stamp of approval to the
projects worth of Rs. 12 crore.
Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare launched Project Sunrise on for prevention of AIDS in
the 8 North-Eastern states
Kerala Literature Festival – Kozhikode, key topics like spirituality, social media, women’s issues,
Dalit issues, freedom of expression, environment issues and media activism
National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER) at Bhubaneswar, Odisha dedicated
to nation by PM Modi.
India has more than 15 lakh registered companies but only 10.7 lakh of them were active
Corporate Affairs Ministry
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Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav launched a new UP Revenue Code - code 39 Acts
India’s first fully solar-powered educational institute by Sri Aurobindo International Centre for
Education Puducherry.
GOI global development agencies launch a programme to eliminate malaria in 11 years
National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) raising a squad of 162 dogs for their specialised Urban
Search and Rescue (USAR) tasks
PM Narendra Modi inaugurated the 15 million tonne per annum Indian Oil Corporation 11th
refinery at Paradip, Odisha.
Under the Pradhan Mantri MUDRA Yojana, PM Narendra Modi approved Rs 1 lakh crore loans to
small entrepreneurs
India will host the first Global Maritime Summit in April announced at the International Fleet
Review 2016 by the president of India.
TRAI issued the Prohibition of Discriminatory Tariffs for Data Services Regulations, 2016.
To ensure that consumers get an unobstructed and non-discriminatory access to the
internet.
Mumbai plans to set up India’s first international arbitration centre
Home minister Rajnath Singh approved new norms on disaster management to take care of all
emergencies arises
Very harsh type of disaster is categorised as Red, moderate type is categorised
as Orange and low type is designated as Yellow.
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Petroleum and Natural Gas minister Dharmendra Pradhan released the North East Hydrocarbon
Vision-2030 in Guwahati.
State covered under Vision – Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram,
Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura.
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5 Pillars of Visioneople,Policy,Partnership,Projects and production
Internet Readiness Index Maharashtra followed by Karnataka, Gujarat, Telengana and Tamil
Nadu
Ministry of External Affairs and Railway will lay the Rail Line to connect Agartala with Akhaura in
that country by 2017
GOI is easing rules for real estate business by giving construction permits around airports and
monuments by developing colour-coded maps.
Indian Railways Launched 3 IT enabled projects
Paperless unreserved ticketing mobile application.
Hand Held Terminals for TTEs.
E-booking of disposable linen on trains.
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change finally notified wild pig as vermin for a year
in Uttarakhand
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi unveiled a draft document Vision Assam 2030.
Theme - ‘Everything for Everyone’
Sikkim gov will construct Mini Sikkim for showcasing the state’s diverse and rich culture - fifteen
ethnic communities
The Tithal beach in Valsad district of Gujarat - India’s first disable friendly beach in the country -
Rs.5 crore
Health Ministry initiated “National Framework for Malaria Elimination” 2016-2030 - J P Nadda
Elephanta Island to get electricity from Independence Day 2016 - Rs 25 crores.
Madhya Pradesh gets its First Mega Food Park promoted by M/s Indus mega Food Part Pvt. Ltd -
Rs. 127.70 crore
Dr Jitendra Singh and Shri Kiren Rijiju inaugurate the festival ‘Destination North-East-2016’ -
Mumbai and Bangalore
Gujarat Gov announced a new IT Policy and Incentive Scheme (2016-21), -Rs. 25 crore
To promote the sector by providing subsidies to investors and create 10 lakh new jobs.
States can clampdown mobile internet access under Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code
(CrPC) as ruled by the Supreme Court.
Vizag port in Hyderabad will be the first major port to run on solar energy - Rs. 60 crore
PM Narendra Modi instigated “Make In India” Week at MMRDA ground in Mumbai on 18 February.
India is blessed with three Ds: Democracy, Demography and Demand
Maharashtra signed MoUs with 3 companies worth Rs.21, 400 crore.
Banaras Hindu University (BHU) has completed its 100 years of foundation –
Established in 1916 by freedom fighter Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya.
The national bird of India Peacock termed as vermin and collected in Goa.
GOI sanctioned Rs 4,100 crore as a disaster relief fund to seven states.
Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Jharkhand, Rajasthan and Tamil
Nadu.
Uttar Pradesh amended the Uttar Pradesh Zamindari Abolition and Land Reform
It replaces Land Revenue Act of 1901, Zamindari Abolition and Land Reform Act 1950
and Land Revenue Act, 2015.
BHEL commissioned a 101 MW gas-based Combined Cycle Power Plant (CCPP) in Tripura.
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur and Indian Council of Medical Research(ICMR) are
collaborating for joint research, exchange of faculty and students
Ravi Shankar Prasad announced to increase number of common service centres in the country to
cover 250,000 gram from 150,000
GOI unveiled the National Capital Goods Policy - first ever policy for the capital goods sector -
230,000 Cr in 2014-15 toRs. 750,000 Cr in 2025
Food Processing Sector in Jharkhand gets its first Mega Food Park in the State - 114.73 crore
Ministry of Culture with Nehru Memorial Museum and Library organized a Special Lecture and a
National Conference as part of “Commemoration of Tatya Tope’s 200th Birth Anniversary”.
Union Cabinet given its stamp of approval to ink a concord in the area of Traditional
Medicine between Ministry of AYUSH, GOI and World Health Organization, Geneva.
Samej village in Kullu district of Himachal Pradesh becomes smokeless by the Indian Oil
Corporation (IOC)
International Cricket Council (ICC) and United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF)
launched the Team Swachh clinics in partnership with BCCI
Cabinet on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved the construction of 6 railway lines and a railway
bridge at an estimated cost of Rs 10,700 crore.
Awas Yojana (Urban) - Ministry of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation accredited construction
of 81,757 houses for Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) in urban areas in 7 states.
West Bengal, Telangana, Bihar, Mizoram, Rajasthan, Jharkhand, Uttarakhand
Indian Railway Project Management Unit (IRPMU) initiated a computer-based signalling system at
Khurja junction, a city famous for pottery in Uttar Pradesh.
Tamilnadu(Venkatamangalam) And West Bengal To Invest 150crores In Waste
Management under the Swachh Bharat mission
Union Cabinet given nod to Election laws (Amendment) Bill 2016
Section 11 of the Delimitation Act, 2002 and Section 9 of the Representation of the
People Act
The first phase of Kerala’s dream project jointly initiated by state’s CM Oommen Chandy and UAE
Minister of Cabinet Affairs Mohammad Al Gergawi - Rs 400 crore
PM Narendra Modi gave its assent to the Amendments of Delimitation Act,2002 -
100thAmendment
Gov gave its approval for clearance of 8 highway projects worth 6000 crores.The total length of
the project is about 350 kms.
Maharastra, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab ,Rajasthan and Himachal Pradesh
Tricolour to fly high at all central universities - Smiriti Zubin Irani - 207 Feet high mast
BHEL commissioned a 270-MW coal-based thermal power project of GVK Power & Infra Ltd in
Tarn Taran District of Punjab
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