Current Affairs 2nd February 2017
NATIONAL:
- Union budget 2017-18: All railway coaches to be equipped with bio-toilets by 2019
- Tax for Income ranging Rs.3-5 lakh is halved to 5%
- Senior citizens of the country to get Aadhaar-based smart health cards
- All railway firms to be listed on stock exchange: Budget 2017
- Over next 5 years rail safety fund of Rs.1 lakh crore to be created
- 1 crore houses to be build by government for homeless by 2019
- Govt aims to achieve 100% rural electrification by May 2018: Budget
- Fiscal Deficit target of 3.2% sets by Govt in 2017-18
- Service charge on e-rail tickets booking through IRCTC withdrawn
- Rs.4K cr alloted for youth training on Skill knowledge awareness
- Allocation for infrastructure sector raised to Rs.3.96L cr by Govt
- MGNREGA got highest allocation of fund of Rs.48,000cr for 2017-18
- Defence Budget got hike by 10% to Rs.2,74,000 crore
- To provide high-speed broadband at villages, govt allocates Rs.10,000 crore fund
- Transactions through cash get limited to Rs.3 lakh : Govt
- Water taxi services on Yamuna to start by June
- Target for Agri loan to farmers set about Rs.10 lakh crore
- Donations for political parties got limited to Rs.2,000 per donor in cash mode
- Tax for firms with turnover of up to Rs.50 crore reduced to 25%
- Two new AIIMS to be constructed in Jharkhand & Gujarat
- NEET exam for medial seats in collages CBSE to conduct on 7th May this year
- Basant Panchami bathing ceremony to take place today at sangam
- India to participate in International Economic Forum at St. Petersburg as Guest of Honour
- High-level consultations on counter-terrorism between India and Russia
- 31st Surajkund International Crafts Mela to start today
- All India Radio launched special FM radio station at Sainagar Shirdi, Maharastra
INTERNATIONAL:
- Security checks for passengers abolished in Scotland airports :
- US products boycotted by Mexicans to protest Trump’s wall tax :
- SAARC programming committee meeting starts today in Kathmandu
- UNICEF launches 3.3 bln USD to aid millions of children
BUSINESS AND ECONOMY NEWS:
- Growth of Industrial sector to fall to 5.2% in FY17 from 7.4%
- CPI inflation declined to 4.9% in FY16 from 5.9% in FY15
AWARDS AND HONOURS :
- ISB tops list of B-schools in India: FT Ranking
APPOINTMENTS:
- Anushka becames the ambassador of Swachh Bharat campaign
OBITUARY:
- E Ahamed Member of Parliament passes away at 78
