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List of Partnerships, Agreements, Loans, MoUs of December 2020

 

Topic	Source	Purpose/Amount
Partnership	AU Small Finance Bank with ICICI Prudential Insurance Company Ltd.	to offer need and goal-based life insurance solutions
Partnership	Muthootbu Mini Financiers Ltd. with Exide Life Insurance Company Ltd.	to provide life insurance products through its branches
MoU	Flipkart and Uttar Pradesh	- One District, One Product (ODOP) scheme - to bring artisans, weavers and craftsmen into mainstream
MoU	Assam and Small Industries development bank of India (SIDBI)	to boost the MSMEs sector in the state
MoU	Government of Karnataka and British Council	to further bilateral cooperation in higher education
MoU	The Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO) and eGanga, a think-tank of National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG)	for development of sludge management framework in India
MoU	Government and World Bank	- $400 million - to support India's efforts at providing social assistance to the poor and vulnerable households, severely impacted by COVID-19 pandemic
Agreement	Uttar Pradesh Government with Israel	- Plan of Cooperation - to resolve the water crisis in the Bundelkhand region
Agreement	Uttar Pradesh Government and Zurich Airport	to start development of Jewar Airport
Agreement	Gujarat Government and Cerestra Managers Pvt. Ltd.	to set up a spectral education region at Dholera
Agreement	Indian Navy and Indian Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS)	to share ocean services data
Agreement	Asian Development Bank and Government of India	- $4.21million - project readiness financing (PRF) facility for preparation of infrastructure development projects in Tripura
Agreement	Asian Development Bank and Government of India	- $ 300million - to upgrade rural power distribution networks of Uttar Pradesh
Agreement	India and Austria	on technology cooperation in Road Infrastructure Sector
Loan	Asian Development Bank (ADB) to Northern Arc Capital	- $40milllion (Rs.295crore) - for on-lending to Micro Finance and MSME sectors in India
Loan (m.imp)	Centre and World Bank	- USD 500million - to build safe and green national highway corridors in Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh
Loan (imp.)	Asian Development Bank (ADB) to Lower Kopili Hydroelectric Power (LKHEP) in Assam	- $231million
Loan	Government of India and the New Development Bank	- $1000million - to provide support to Aatma Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyan through MGNREGA Scheme
Loan	Government of India provided Line of Credit to Uzbekistan	- export-import bank of India (Exim Bank) extended - $448 million - for various infrastructure projects

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Scheme, Campaigns, Portals, Initiatives, Apps - December 2020

Source	Launched By	Name	Purpose
Scheme	Andhra Pradesh	"Jagananna Jeeva Kranti Scheme"	to distribute 2,49,151 sheep and goats to beneficiaries of  Cheyutha and Aasara Scheme
Scheme	Andhra Pradesh	"YSR Free Crop Insurance"	for purpose
Scheme	- Jammu & Kashmir - launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi	"Sehat"	to empower persons with disabilities
Scheme	Andhra Pradesh	"YSR Jagananna Housing Colonies"
Scheme	Gujarat	"Kisan Suryodaya Yojana"	for farmers
Scheme	Gujarat	"Mukhyamantri Mahila Utkarsh Yojana"	for all of the women in the state who want to get a loan for up to re.1,00,000 on a 0% rate
Scheme		"Mukhya Mantri Kisan Sahay Yojana"	for Kharif season
Scheme	Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy	"Pedalandariki Illu"	housing for the poor
Campaign	Uttar Pradesh	"Varasat"	to curb property & land-related disputes in rural areas
Campaign	Uttar Pradesh	"Mission Shakti"	to raise awareness and tackle crime against women in state
Portal	Uttar Pradesh	"U-Rise"	for the empowerment of youth
Portal	e-launched by Thaawar Chand Gehlot	"National Portal for Transgender Persons"
Portal/App	Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri	"E-Sampada"
Portal/App	Punjab Chief Minister Amrinder Singh	"PR Insight"	to monitor the feedback and subsequently improve the delivery of citizen-centric services
Portal	Karnataka Government	"Farmer Registration and Unified Beneficiary Information System (FRUITS)"	to create a repository of farmland information and farm loan details on a single platform
Portal	Launched by Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik	"Pareshram"	along with 22 online services of labour and employees state insurance department
App	Department of Post and India Post Payments Bank	"DakPay"
App	launched by Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Thaawarchand Gehlot	"Swachhata Abhiyan"
Programme (imp.)	launched by Uttar Pradesh	"Kisan Kalyan Mission"	to double the income of farmers
Initiative	announced by Sonu Sood	"Khud Kamao Ghar Chalao"	providing e-Rickshaws to underprivileged who lost their source of livelihood during the coronavirus
Initiative	launched by Asian Development Bank	"APVAX"	for developing countries

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Important News of November 2020

 

• News Related to Bank
• List of Schemes, Portals, Campaigns, Initiatives 
• List of MoUs, Agreements, Partnerships, Loans
• List of Obituaries
• List of Appointments
• List of Books

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Schemes, Portals, Campaigns, Committee and Initiatives of November Month 2020

Scheme	Chhattisgarh	Swami Atmanand English Medium School Scheme
Scheme	Punjab Chief Minister Amrinder Singh	Mission Shat Pratishat	to achieve 100% results despite the COVID-19 pandemic
Scheme	Punjab Cabinet	Divyangjan Sashaktikaran Yojana	to empower persons with disabilities
Scheme	West Bengal	Duare Duare Paschim Banga Sarkar	for redressing grievances of people at the block level and providing motorbikes to youths to help them run small businesses
Scheme	Andhra Pradesh	Jagananna Thodu	to provide an interest-free loan to small traders and artisans
Campaign	Harsh Vardhan	All India CSR Campaign	against COVID-19
Campaign	Dehradun	Plastic Lao Mask Le Jao	to fight against the menace of plastic waste and contain the spread of COVID-19
Campaign	HDFC Bank	Mooh Band Rakho	to raise awareness on cyber frauds and how to prevent them
Campaign	Himachal Pradesh	Him Suraksha Abhiyan	to sensitize people about COVID-19 pandemic
Portal	Minister of State for Education Sanjay Dhotre	Bandhu	- self-help website - for students of IIT-Bombay
Portal	e-launched by Thaawarchand Gehlot	National Portal for Transgender Persons
Portal	Vadodara	Garima Greh: A Shelter home for Transgender Persons	applying for a certificate and ID digitally from anywhere in the country -
Portal	Minister of Environment, Forest & climate change Prakesh Javedekar	India Climate Change Knowledge Portal	to provide information on the different climate change initiatives taken by various ministers
Programme	Kerala	Parivarthanam	- a pioneering eco-sustainable programme - to help the fishing community
Programme	Narendra Singh Tomar	Sahakar Program	to impart training to primary cooperative societies in rural areas
Project	- Lower Dibang Valley District, Arunachal Pradesh - Launched by Union Minister Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat	Integrated Multi Village Water Supply	India's First Solar-based
Project	Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar	Project Air Care	to combat raising Air Pollution in Gurgaon
Project	Manipur Chief Minister N. Biran Singh	Oil Palm Project
Project	Andhra Pradesh	Abhayam	- Government of India initative - for the safety and security of women and girl passengers during travel by autos and cars
App	Chief Minsiter Naveen Patnaik	Secha Samadhan	bilingual Mobile App
App	Delhi Government	Jeevan Seva	for transportation of COVID-19 patients
App	Google (in India)	Task Mate

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List of Partnerships, Agreements, Loans, MoUs of November 2020

Topic	Source	Purpose/Amount
Partnership	TransUnion CIBIL and Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation (MOSPI)	to launch MSME Credit Health Index
Partnership	Paytm and Credit Card Card company SBI Card	to launch Paytm SBI card co-branded credit cards
Partnership	NSDC and American Indian Foundation, Sell technologies and University of Mumbai	- launched "Project Future Ready" - to impact career skills to 1 lakh students
Partnership	Tata Consultancy Services and Centre of Digital Enterprise (CODE) at University of Auckland Business School	to develop a world 1st APAC Digital Sustainability Index
Partnership	Card Network American Express (Amex) and Mobiwik	issued its 1st prepaid payment card "Mobikwik Blue Card" with flexible credit limit
MoU (imp.)	Government of Bangladesh, Beximco Pharmaceutical Ltd. and Serum Institute of India (SII)	for priority delivery of 3 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses
MoU	Government of Himachal Pradesh and ADB	- to improve the infrastructure in Mandi district of state - estimated cost of construction is re. 15 crore out of which rs 19 cr. is being paid by ADB and rest by government of Himachal Pradesh
MoU	India and Finland	for developing cooperation between two countries in the field of environmental protection and biodiversity conservation
MoU	Union Cabinet and BRICS	on cooperation in the field of physical cultural sports
MoU	United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and Rajasthan Government	for proposed participation to achieve food and nutritional security goals
Agreement	Department of Investment and Public Asset management (DIPAM) with World Bank	to provide advisory services to DIPAM for asset monetization
Agreement	Government of India and West Bengal	- $120million - to improve and modernize the transport sector of state of Meghalaya
Loan	Government of India, National Capital Region Transport Corporation Ltd. and NDB	- $ 500million - for "Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut Regional rapid Transit System Project"
Loan (imp.)		- $ 132.8 million - to improve power distribution network in Meghalaya
Loan		- $ 50million - to improve operational efficient and resource planning and management in West Bengal

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Appointment List of November Month 2020

Post/Organization/Campaign/Brand Name	Appoint Person Name
Chief Information Commissioner	Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha
Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC) Leh	Tashi Gyaltson (6th Chairman)
Mumbai Port Trust (MbPT)	Rajiv Jalota (chairman)
Noard of Global Diary Body International Dairy Federation (IDF)	Dilip Rath
Namami Gange Project	Chacha Chaudhary (Brand Ambassador)
United Nation's Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ)	Vidisha Maitra (imp.)
ONGC Videsh	AK Gupta (MD & CEO)
Syska Group	Rajkumar Rao (Brand Ambassador)
Country's Biggest Gas Importer (Petronel LNG Ltd.)	Akshay Kumar Singh (MD & CEO)
State Icon of Punjab by Election Commission of India (ECI)	Sonu Sood (imp.)
Vize  a healthcare and sanitation product	Virat Kohli (imp.) (Brand Ambassador)
Financeeper Google incubated education fee financing company	Rohit Sharma (Brand Ambassador)
Equitas Small Finance Bank	Smriti Mandhana (woman cricketer) (Brand Ambassador) (imp.)
HDFC Mutual Fund	Navneet Munot (MD & CEO)
Reserve Bank Innovation Hub	Senapathy (Kris) Gopal Krishan (1st Chairperson) (imp.)

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List of Books which are Released in November 2020

 

Book Title	Authored By	Launched By
Bye Bye Corona (world's 1st scientoon book)	Dr Pradeep Srivastava	Governor of Uttar Pradesh Anandi Ben
Pandemonium : The Great Indian Banking Tragedy Hardcover	Tamal Bandyopadhyay
Jugalbandi : The BJP Before Modi	Political Scientist Vinay Sitapati
Grandparents' Bag of Stories	Sudha Murty
Night of the Restless Spirits	Sarbpreet Singh
Rasaathi : The Other Side of a Transgender (novel)	Ex-SPG Officer Sasindran Kallinkeel
The Coward and the Sword (especially for children)	Actor-Director Jugal Hansraj
The Hitman : The Rohit Sharma Story (biography)	Vijay Loka Pally and G. Krishana
Your Best Day is Today	Anupam Kher
How to be a Writer	Ruskin Bond
Majhi Bhint	Former Minister Rajendra Darda	Goa's Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari
I am no Messiah (Autobiography of Sonu Sood)	Co-author Meena K Iyer
Boskiyan (hindi book on Gulzar)	edited & complied by Yashwant Vyas	Radhakrishna Prakshan
The Last Queen (novel)	Chitra Banarjee Divakaruni	release in Jan, 2021
The Archer	Paulo Coelho
"The Republication Ethic Vol. III" and "Loktantra Ke Swar" (collection of selected speeches of president Ram Nath Kovind)	Rajnath Singh

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