All Important National News of January 2015 for Banking Exams.

If you are going to appear the upcoming SBI PO Prelims or RBI Assistant Exams exams, then you should put a look to all the Important National New of January 2015 for Banking exams. You will definitely get few questions from National News in General Awareness section of SBI and RBI Exams.

All Important National News of January 2015 for Banking Exams.


January 29: Union Government launched Website, Logo, Vision, Mission of NHIDCL

January 29: Union Cabinet approved MoU on Tourism between India and Oman

January 23: Sukanya Samridhi Yojana will enable parents to open bank accounts of girls who are under 10 years of age.

January 28: Maharashtra government has announced that, September 17 (on Vishwakarma Jayanti) will be observed as Industries Day in each district.

January  22:  The  Union  Ministry  of  Urban  Development  on  21  January  2015  launched  the FRIDAY campaign that seeks to preserve and rejuvenate the rich cultural heritage of the country.

January 20: Union Government prohibited imports of all kind of mobile handsets with fake or duplicate Unique Identity Numbers.  The move will help the security agencies to track callers using different SIM cards.

January 17: Union Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment on 16 January 2015 launched two schemes Venture Capital Fund for Scheduled Castes and Green Business scheme.

January  17: Union  government  reconstituted  pollution  control  board  working  group  to simplify procedures to get consent certificates and categorization of industries.

January  14: Union  government  reconstituted  pollution  control  board  working  group  to simplify
procedures to get consent certificates and categorization of industries.

January 14: As part of it, 8 Block Offices & 52 Gram Panchayats of the Idukki district were connected on Optical Fiber and one Gram Panchayat, namely Edamalakudy, was connected through VSAT (Very Small Aperture Terminal).

January  14: The  Union  Ministry  of  Health  proposed  the  Cigarettes  and  Other  Tobacco Products (Prohibition  of  Advertisement  and  Regulation  of  Trade  and  Commerce,  Production, Supply  and Distribution) (Amendment) Bill 2015.

January 13: Union Railway minister Suresh Prabhu inaugurated India’s first compressed natural gas (CNG) powered train.

January 9: Indian Government on 8 January 2015 decided to provide 69 million rupees to Nepal as assistance to launch the Iodine Deficiency Disorder Control Programme (IDDCP)

January 8: Union Government launched National Toll Free Helpline to assist the drug dependent persons

January 6: The Union Petroleum Ministry launched the sale of subsidized 5 kg cooking gas cylinders to benefit Below Poverty Line (BPL) families, students and migrant labourers.

January 5:  Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi on 5 January 2015 launched a National Programme for LED-based Home and Street Lighting in New Delhi to reduce energy consumption.

January 2: To replace the 65 year old Planning Commission, the Union Government has set up the National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog.

January 2: The President signed 121 constitutional Amendment Bill that approves to set up National Judicial Appointments Commission.