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wHO is wHO ...............latest.[may,2017]

wHO'S wHO -  Mr. Pranab Mukherjee --------- President of India Mohammad Hamid Ansari --------- Vice President Narendra Damodar Das Modi --------- Prime Minister of India Ms. Sumitra Mahajan--------- Speaker, Lok Sabha Mr. P. J. Kurien--------- Deputy Chairman, Rajya Sabha Dr. M. Thambidurai--------- Deputy Speaker, Lok Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad--------- Leader of Opposition (Rajya Sabha) Arvind Panagariya--------- Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog Dr. Nasim Zaidi --------- Chief Election Commissioner Justice H. L. Dattu Chairperson---------, National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Mr. Shashi Kant Sharma--------- Comptroller and Auditor General of India Justice Vangala Eswaraiah--------- Chairman, National Commission for Backward Classes Prof. David R. Syiemlieh--------- Chairman, UPSC Dr. M.S. Swaminathan Chairman---------, National Commission on Farmers (NCF) R. K. Mathur--------- Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) Shri Ashim Khurana--------- Chairman, SSC Mr. Natarajan

RBI : Key Facts (May 2017)

RBI : Headquarters: Mumbai Current RBI Governor: Urjit Patel Repo Rate 6.25% Reverse Repo Rate 6.00% Bank Rate 6.50% Marginal Standing Facility (MSF) Rate 6.50% Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) 4.00% Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) 20.50% Repo Rate @ 6.25% has been has been unchanged since 4th October 2016 Reverse Repo Rate has been hiked by 25 basis points. Earlier it was 5.75% Marginal Standing Facility (MSF) Rate has been reduced by 25 basis points. Earlier it was 6.75% Bank Rate has been reduced by 25 basis points. Earlier it was 6.75% Banking In India: 1. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) was established in 1935 and Nationalized in 1949. 2. Sir Osborne Smith was the first Governor of the Reserve Bank of India 3. CD Deshmukh was the first Indian Governor of RBI. 4. Savings account system in India was started by Presidency Bank, in 1833. 5. Cheque system was first introduced by Bengal Bank which was established in 1784. 6. Allahabad Bank is the oldest existing public secto