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SEPTEMBER-2019
2. RBI sets timelines for reversal of failed electronic transactions.
3. RBI makes it mandatory for banks to link retail loans with external benchmarks from October 1.
4. RBI to launch mobile app for visually impaired to identify banknotes.
5. RBI increases banks' loan exposure limit to single NBFC.
6. RBI cuts risk weight on consumer credit, including personal loan, to 100%.
7. RBI allows payment of all recurring bills through BBPS.
8. RBI increases sanctioned limit for Classification of Exports under priority Sector to Rs 400
million.
9. India & ADB sign $200 million loan to improve rural connectivity in Maharashtra.
10. World Bank to fund pro-poor tourism development projects worth $57 mn.
11. World Bank to sanction Rs 3,000cr for food parks.
12. PNB launches Preventive Vigilance portal.
13. BIS launches green bond fund for central banks.
14. Bank of Baroda launches agri digital platform.
15. Max Bupa and Indian Bank ink bancassurance tie-up to offer health insurance solutions
16. IDBI to launch co-branded credit card with LIC.
17. IPPB rolls out of Aadhaar-enabled payment services (AePS).
18. Edelweiss Group, Central Bank of India partner to co-lend to MSMEs.
19. Irdai sets up panel to revisit 3-yr old trade credit insurance guidelines.
20. ESIC Signs Agreement with SBI for Payments to ESIC Beneficiaries on Real Time Basis.
21. ICICI Bank deploys 'robotic arms' to count currency notes.
22. Sebi sets up panel to suggest norms for social stock exchanges.
23. IMPS rated world’s best in real-time payment service.
24. GST Revenue collection in August stands at Rs 98,202 crore.
25. Cabinet approves Rs 9,300 crore capital infusion in IDBI Bank.
26. Banks start approving retail loan proposals on 'PSB Loans in 59 Minutes' portal.
27. CARE cuts India’s GDP growth to 6.4-6.5% for FY20.
28. Standard Chartered Bank launches DigiSmart Credit Card.
29. NDB to provide Rs 6,000 crore loan to Andhra Pradesh for social infrastructure projects.
30. Centre to infuse Rs 12,000 crore in state general insurance firms.
31. PMC Bank customers can not withdraw more than ₹1,000 from their accounts, says RBI.
32. SBI Life signs corporate agency pact with Repco Home Finance.
33. Pine Labs and Federal Bank join hands to offer EMIs.

34. BANKERS ADDA

35. 1 &2.
36. Higher penalties for violating traffic rules come into force.
37. EC launches Electors Verification Programme.
38. September month to be celebrated as ‘Rashtriya Poshan Maah’.
39. Indonesia to move the capital from Jakarta to East Kalimantan.
40. India’s first garbage cafe to be opened in Ambikapur, Chhattisgarh.
41. IDBI Bank introduces repo-linked home and auto loans.
42. Bangladesh partners with Reliance Power for gas-based power plant.
43. MeitY and Google signed a SoI to roll out “Build for Digital India”.
44. Mumbai at 45th spot and Delhi at 52nd in World Safe Cities Index 2019.
45. India ranks 9th on “Global Happiness Survey” by Ipsos.
46. New Governors Appointed in 5 Indian States.
47. Lt. Gen. Mukund Naravane took charge as Vice Chief of Army Staff.
48. GoI accepts SBI MD Anshula Kant’s resignation.
49. IPS Vivek Kumar Johri takes charge as BSF DG.
50. 4th General Assembly of A-WEB to be held at Bengaluru.
51. “A Short History of Indian Railways” title book penned by Rajendra B Aklekar.
52. Emmy Award-winning actress Valerie Harper passes away.
53. Yashaswini Deswal wins gold at ISSF World Cup.
54. Jasprit Bumrah becomes 3rd Indian to register a hat trick in Test cricket.
55. India lift SAFF Under-15 title in Kolkata.
56. Russia to train Indian astronauts for Gaganyaan mission.
57. 100 cities to be covered under CGHS services by 2022.
58. GoI announces contribution of 22 mn USD to GFTAM
59. 1st ASEAN-US Maritime Exercise (AUMX) begins.
60. UDAN regional connectivity scheme launched in Haryana from Hisar.
61. ESIC Signs an Agreement with SBI.
62. CEC Sunil Arora assumes charge as Chairman of AWEB.
63. Vaishno Devi Shrine tops the list of ‘Swachh Iconic Places’.
64. Army to commission 1st batch of women soldiers in 2021.
65. India, US to carry out joint Military Exercise “Yudh Abhyas 2019”.
66. Joint India-New Development Bank Workshop held in New Delhi.
67. Cabinet approves Rs 4,557 crore capital infusion into IDBI Bank.
68. ECL Finance and Central bank of India ink pact to co-lend to MSMEs.
69. Hamilton Masakadza announces retirement from International Cricket.
70. Mithali Raj retires from T20 International Cricket.
71. NYKS to prepare Disaster Response Teams in collaboration with NDRF.
72. Aadhaar for ITR filing, PAN will be auto-generated.
73. Indian Army Team summit MT Leo Pargyil (6773m).
74. Tourism Minister inaugurates first-ever architectural LED illumination at Qutub Minar.
75. PM Modi inaugurates Garvi Gujarat Bhavan in New Delhi.
76. New Health Insurance Scheme AB-MGRSBY launched in Rajasthan.
77. Haryana govt waives off interest & penalty of Rs 4,750 cr on crop loans.
78. Reliance Power inks pact with JERA for power project in Bangladesh
79. IIT-Kharagpur and Amazon Web Services join hands to develop AI portal.
80. PM Narendra Modi to be honoured with Global Goalkeeper Award.
81. IAF inducts 8 Apache AH-64E attack helicopters.
82. Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu to inaugurate ‘Aqua Aquaria India’.
83. 14th Conference of Parties UNCCD begins.
84. Raksha Mantri co-chairs Japan–India Defence Ministerial Meeting
85. 72nd Session of the WHO Regional Committee for South-East Asia.
86. A new book released on the history of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
87. Shot putter Tejinderpal Singh Toor clinches silver in Czech Republic
88. . KVIC launches ‘Terracotta Grinder’ to reuse wasted pottery.
89. KVIC launches ‘Terracotta Grinder’ to reuse wasted pottery.
90. ‘Namaste Pacific’ Cultural Event held in New Delhi
91. Nadubhagam Chundan Lifts 67th Nehru Trophy in Alappuzha.
92. Delhi’s IGI Airport Gets India’s Tallest ATC Tower
93. US Federal Trade Commission fines YouTube with $170 million.
94. CRISIL revises India’s GDP growth to 6.3% in fiscal 2020
95. RBI orders banks to link lending rate to external interest rate benchmark.
96. Wipro bags $300-million deal from ICICI Bank.
97. Delhi, Mumbai fall in EIU’s Global Liveability Index 2019.
98. India among top 10 nations in gold reserves.
99. Jaideep Sarkar appointed as next High Commissioner of India to Lesotho.
100. Muhammad Yunus conferred ‘Lamp of Peace of Saint Francis’ Award.
101. 1st National Conference on Cyber Crime Investigation and Cyber Forensics.
102. PM to launch a pension scheme for traders.
103. ‘Loktantra Ke Swar’ and ‘The Republican Ethic’ books to be released by V. President.
104. Qatar unveils 2022 FIFA World Cup logo.
105. Pakistan names Misbah-ul-Haq as head coach and chief selector.
106. International Day of Charity: 5 September.
107. Rohit Sharma launches a campaign to save Rhinos in India
108. HRD Ministry awarded Institute of Eminence status to 5 public institutions.
109. Ministry of culture rolls out 25 new mobile science museums buses.
110. Indian army to participate in joint exercise “TSENTR 2019”.
111. WHO South-East Asia Region to eliminate measles & rubella by 2023.
112. Standard Chartered Bank launches “DigiSmart” credit card.
113. Microsoft & CBSE partners to build AI learning for schools.
114. MCX and Zhengzhou Exchange sign MoU for exchange of information.
115. India moves up 6 places to 34th rank on world travel and tourism competitiveness
index
116. Odisha won the IT Excellence Award, 2019 in disaster management
117. 5th Eastern Economic Forum held in Vladivostok, Russia
118. Anupama Swain wins bronze in World Martial Arts Mastership
119. Rashid Khan breaks 15-Year-Old record to become youngest Test Captain
120. Manu-Saurabh won gold medal in ISSF World Cup
121. Former Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe passes away
122. Sahitya Akademi Award-winning writer Kiran Nagarkar passes away.
123. Asia’s first 5th Generation: VR based simulator centre launched at Chennai
124. ISRO loses contact with Moon lander “Vikram”
125. UNESCO ties up with Rajasthan to promote state’s intangible cultural heritage
126. Gujarat Govt, Delaware State of America sign MoU for sister-state
127. India to host 6th India-China Strategic Economic Dialogue
128. B Bala Bhaskar appointed as next Indian Ambassador to Norway
129. “Oscars of science” awarded to Event Horizon Telescope Team
130. 4th Indian Ocean Conference 2019 held in Male
131. Vice president releases a book titled ‘Glorious Diaspora – Pride of India’
132. Pakistan’s master leg-spinner Abdul Qadir passes away
133. India Pavilion inaugurated at 44th TIFF 2019
134. GoI to spend 3.5 lakh crore rupees on Jal Jeevan Mission
135. Vijay Kumar Chopra, Vineet Jain elected PTI chairman & vice-chairman.
136. SLINEX 2019: Indo-Lanka maritime fleet exercise.
137. Code of Conduct introduced for non-official directors at PSBs.
138. Government to recapitalise Public Sector Insurance companies.
139. 68th Plenary session of NEC begins in Guwahati.
140. 1st conference on military medicine for SCO to be held in Delhi.
141. World’s highest marathon “Ladakh Marathon” held in Leh.
142. India Red beat India Green to clinch Duleep Trophy title.
143. Charles Leclerc wins the Italian Grand Prix.
144. S.
145. Category 146. Winner
No.
148. 1. 149. Men’s Singles 150. Rafael Nadal (Spain)
153. Women’s
152. 2. 154. Bianca Andreescu (Canada)
Singles
156. 3. 157. Men’s Doubles 158. J.S. Cabal (Colombia) and R. Farah (Colombia)
161. Women’s 162. E. Mertens(Belgium) and A.
160. 4.
Doubles Sabalenka(Belarus)
164. 5. 165. Mixed Doubles 166. B. Mattek-Sands (USA) and J. Murray (U.K)
168.

169. Brigid Kosgei runs fastest-ever women’s half-marathon.

170. Lasith Malinga becomes first T20I bowler to claim 100 wickets.
171. A book titled ‘Fortune Turners: The Quartet That Spun India To Glory’ launched
172. . International Literacy Day: 08th September.
173. Visakhapatnam railway station sets up ‘fun zone’.
174. 1st Helicopter summit 2019 held in Dehradun
175. RBI to launch a mobile app for visually impaired.
176. IPPB rolls out Aadhaar-enabled payment services.
177. Rajiv Kumar appointed as the new MD of Microsoft India (R&D).
178. Justice Vikram Nath appointed as Chief Justice of Gujarat High Court.
179. H-Energy & KSPL partners for regasification project.
180. Odia Writer Pradeep Dash to receive 40th Sarala Puraskar.
181. 6th India-China Strategic Economic Dialogue held in New Delhi.
182. 22nd Session of UN Committee on CRPD at Geneva.
183. World Suicide Prevention Day: 10 September.
184. Royal Society honour for Dr Yusuf Hamied.
185. Hurricane Dorian: India announces USD 1 million disaster relief aid for Bahamas.
186. PM Modi and Nepalese PM to inaugurate Motihari-Amlekhgunj oil pipeline.
187. PM Modi to inaugurate India’s second Multi-Modal Terminal in Jharkhand
188. Typhoon Faxai hits Tokyo, Japan
189. Kerala to set up India’s first iWTC in Kozhikode
190. PM Narendra Modi launches National Animal Disease Control Programme
191. Gurugram Police ties up with tech giant Google
192. Niti Aayog, McKinsey to Launch First Digital Capability Centre
193. Pawan Munjal to be honoured with Asia Pacific Golf Hall of Fame
194. England greats Boycott & Strauss honoured with knighthoods
195. International conference ‘ANGAN’ organized in New Delhi
196. 24th World Energy Congress commence in Abu Dhabi
197. A book titled “Savarkar: Echoes from a forgotten past, 1883-1924” released
198. Paralympic Committee of India de-recognised for Sports Code violation
199. “CHC Farm Machinery” App launched for farmers
200. .Skill India gets its first Batch of IES officers to the ISDS cadre.
201. IDBI to launch co-branded credit card with LIC

202. Haryana launches two insurance schemes for traders

203. India and ADB signs 200 million dollar loan agreement
204. PK Mishra appointed as the Principal Secretary to PM
205. P K Sinha appointed as the Principal Advisor to PM
206. DRDO successfully tests indigenous anti-tank guided missile (MPATGM)
207. IAF resurrects 17 Squadron ‘Golden Arrows’ for Rafale
208. INS Khanderi to be commissioned into the Indian Navy
209. Navdeep Singh Suri honoured with First Class Order of Zayed II
210. National Conference on “Criminal Activities and Radicalization in Jails”
211. Nepal Infrastructure Summit 2019 held in Kathmandu
212. Cryodrakon boreas is the largest flying animal of all time
213. Thailand 1st in Asia to roll out plain cigarette packaging
214. .MSDE laid the foundation stone of IIS in Mumbai.
215. India joins global antimicrobial resistance research hub
216. Vietnam opens Southeast Asia’s largest solar power farm
217. IFC signs MoU with FIDC for training NBFCs
218. Karnataka Bank chief becomes IBA committee member

219. Times Higher Education released “World University Rankings 2020”

220. DRDO hands over second ‘Netra’ (AEWC) aircraft to IAF
221. Indo-Thailand joint military exercise Maitree 2019
222. Climate change campaigner of the South Pacific Akilisi Pohiva passes away
223. Australian fast bowler Megan Schutt scripted history by becoming the first woman to claim two
hattricks in white-ball cricket.
224. Sri Lanka flags off Pulathisi Express, a ‘Make In India’ train.
225. Water found on potentially habitable super Earth K2-18b
226. World Bank to sanction Rs 3,000 crore for food parks
227. Centre to set up 12,500 Ayush Health and Wellness Centres
228. Rajasthan launches “Jan Soochna Portal-2019”.
229. NGT constitutes committee to cease illegal groundwater extraction
230. Railway ministry signs MoU with CII
231. Kapil Dev appointed as chancellor of Rai Sports University
232. DAC approves Capital Procurement of Rs 2,000 crores
233. 5 Indian women police officers honoured by UN
234. Andrew Strauss becomes chairman of ECB’s cricket committee
235. Hindi Diwas celebrated on 14 September
236. Great Ganga Run 2019 flagged off in New Delhi
237. St. Vincent and Grenadines, 79th country to join India-led ISA
238. MoC Ravi Shankar Prasad launches Maritime Communication Services in India
239. I&B Minister Prakash Javadekar flagged off Jaldoot vehicle in Pune
240. Justice P Lakshmana Reddy appointed as first Lokayukta of Andhra Pradesh
241. UN appoints Indian Army veteran Abhijit Guha as head of Hodeidah mission
242. First-ever ‘arrested landing’ of Naval Tejas successfully executed
243. White Water Rafting Expedition ‘Rudrashila’ Flagged off at Jaisalmer
244. Anurag Kashyap’s ‘Gangs Of Wasseypur’ in the Guardian Best 100 list
245. Pankaj Advani wins IBSF World Billiards Championship
246. Sourabh Verma clinches Vietnam Open Super 100 title
247. Lakshya Sen wins Belgian International Badminton title
248. India’s Kaushal Dharmamer wins Myanmar International Series
249. Spain beats Argentina to win Basketball World Cup
250. International Day of Democracy: 15 September
251. International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer: 16 September
252. UNESCO to publish anthology of Guru Nanak Dev’s writing in world languages

253. INDIAN ECONOMY AFFAIRS

254. 37th GST Council Meeting For 2019 Held in Panaji, Goa.