Current Affairs : 09 August 1) Indian Parliament on 8 August 2013 passed the Companies Bill, 2012, which replaced the 57 year old legislation with radical changes. What is the name of the old bill which was replaced by this legislation? – Companies Act, 1956 (The new Companies Bill was passed after a wait of almost two decades and it seeks more transparency in corporate functioning in India. The bill is also a lot less bulky than the existing 1956 Act, with 470 sections as against the current 658 sections) 2) Union Cabinet on 8 August 2013 gave approval to Bharatiya Mahila Bank, which will be India’s first women’s bank. With an initial capital of Rs. 1,000 crore, this bank would provide dedicated financial services to women in general and women self-help groups (SHGs). Which was world’s first women’s bank? – Pakistan’s First Women Bank (FWB), which was established in 1987 3) Union Govt. on 7 August 2013 allowed import of steel for major industrial projects without quality certification. The objective behind this exemption is to give a push to the infrastructure sector of the country. The exemption will be available for projects in the field of infrastructure, petroleum, manufacturing products involving high end technologies, nuclear reactors, defence, chemical and petro-chemicals and fertiliser sectors. What is the prescribed investment limit for the projects to get this exemption? – Not less than Rs. 1,000 crore (This announcement was made in a notification made by Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT). The easing import norms came amidst domestic steel manufacturers demanding government to hike duty on imports to prevent steel dumping in the country) 4) A leading enterprise solutions provider on 7 August 2013 announced launch of Rakshak 2.0, TracOHealth and The ‘Milk Co-operative’ Experience, three new applications targeted at helping the government agencies to deliver citizen services in a more effective and faster manner. Which solution provider is this? – SAP (These three new applications have been conceived, designed and developed by SAP Labs India. While SAP Rakshak 2.0 offers real- time information for crime incidents happening across states to all the law enforcement agencies, both state and central, TracOHealth aims to help maintain health- related information for a lifetime of every child across India. The Milk Co-operative Experience app offers dairy cooperatives gain real-time visibility on the procurement to plan its production and distribution) 5) Union Power Ministry is believed to have shelved the plan to set up the Rs 20,000-crore ultra mega power project (UMPP) in Chhattisgarh as the coal blocks for the proposed project fall under dense forest area and could rake-up the environment issue. This UMPP was proposed to be established at which place of Chhattisgarh? – Sarguja (The proposed UMPP had a production capacity of 4,000 MW. Power Finance Corp, the nodal agency for the UMPPs in the country, has so far allotted four such projects. The three have been bagged by Reliance Power — Sasan (Madhya Pradesh), Krishnapatnam (Andhra Pradesh) and Tilaiya (Jharkhand). Tata Power has already commissioned country’s first imported coal-based ultra mega power project won through international competitive bidding) 6) What is the name of the spacecraft which will undertake NASA’s next mission to Mars in November 2013? – MAVEN – Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN is a Lockheed Martin built C-17 cargo plane, which reached Buckley Air Force Base in Aurora, Colorado recently) 7) What is the name of a bill introduced in the Rajya Sabha on 5 August 2013 by Union Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan, which proposes stricter enforcement of laws to protect wildlife? – Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Bill, 2013 (This bill seeks to further amend the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972) plzzz hit LIKE and SHARE....
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