Current Affairs 29th December 2016 | General Awareness 29th December 2016

Cabinet approves ordinance on demonetisation

Penalty for those holding banned notes.

The Cabinet has cleared promulgation of an ordinance to penalise persons holding banned 500 and 1,000 rupee notes. The penalty for holding old currency in excess of 10 notes may include financial fines and a jail term of up to 4 years in certain cases.

Old notes

Allowed only for the purpose of research and numismatics.

Chief Minister Sunderlal Patwa passes away

PM Modi pays homage to former MP

Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister and senior BJP leader Sunderlal Patwa passed away in Bhopal this morning. He was 92. Mr Patwa, who was also a member of the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government at the Centre, suffered a heart attack.

Positions

• Union Cabinet Minister, Rural Development
• Union Cabinet Minister, Chemicals and Fertilizers
• Union Cabinet Minister, Mines

  Derailed Sealdah Ajmer Express in Kanpur safely evacuated;

   

   

  

  No deaths reported; 66 injured.
  

In Uttar Pradesh, 15 coaches of Sealdah-Ajmer Express derailed near Rura Railway station in Kanpur Dehat district. The accident occurred in early morning.

Akhilesh Yadav

Uttar Pradesh chief Minister.

EC asks states to prepare for announcement of poll schedule

Five poll bound states for poll schedule.

In a letter sent to the Cabinet Secretary and chief secretaries of the poll-bound states of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa, Manipur and Punjab, the Commission has asked them to implement the model code of conduct as soon as the schedule is announced.

Five states

Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa, Manipur and Punjab.

Parrikar inaugurates Digi-Dhan Mela in Goa’s Panaji

Digi-Dhan Mela to implement cashless system

Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has appealed for opting cashless payment mode by using various electronic transaction methods. He said that cashless transactions will help curb tax evasion, and will also bring accountability in the economy.

Laxmikant Parsekar

Goa Chief Minister.

CCEA clears Road Connectivity Project for Left Wing Extremism affected areas.

To improve rural road connectivity

• The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved a centrally-sponsored road connectivity project for Left Wing Extremism affected areas to improve rural road connectivity.
• The project aims to provide connectivity with culverts and cross drainage structures in 44 worst left wing affected and adjoining districts.

Prime Minister Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) ratio 90:10

Eight North Eastern states and Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand.

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