Current Affairs (21 Dec 17)

One Liners (21 Dec 17)

🔹 The Union Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution decided to withdraw stock holding and turnover limits on the dealers of this good- Sugar

🔹 The year by which Union Ministry of Food Processing will set up all the sanctioned 42 Mega Food Parks in the country – 2019

🔹 West Bengal government has decided to beautify this 187 year old ghat -Babughat

🔹 The magnitude of relief package announced by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit to Ockhi cyclone affected states- Rs. 325 crore

🔹 Rajya Sabha passed the Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2017, which seeks to amend the Companies Act of – 2013

🔹 The Lok Sabha passed the Central Road Fund (Amendment) Bill, 2017 to amend the Central Road Fund Act of – 2000

🔹 The name of the five day exercise being conducted by Southern Command of Army in Rajasthan – Hamesha  Vijayee

🔹 This country has the maximum women pilots in the world – India

🔹 National Green Tribunal (NGT) Chairperson retired from the post after completing his five year tenure -Justice Swatanter Kumar

🔹 This person resigned as the Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh – Virbhadra Singh

🔹 Former Brazilian World Cup champion announced his retirement from football - Kaka

🔹 This country is the second largest producer of sugar in the world – India

🔹 This year saw the establishment of National Green Tribunal (NGT) – 2010 (October 18)

🔹 The first chairperson of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) was – Justice Lokeshwar Singh Panta

🔹 The year in which Mega Food Park Scheme was started to set up modern infrastructure facilities for food processing – 2008

🔹 The total numbers of waterways at present in the country are – 111