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 POLICY RATES OF RBI

  • Repo rate- 8%
  • Reverse Repo Rate-7%
  • CRR-4%
  • SLR-22%
  • Bank Rate-9%
  • Marginal Standing Facility (MSF)- 9%


RBI/ BANKING/ BUSINESS NEWS
  •  RBI amended KYC norms for NBFC’s, as they were facing practical difficulties and constraints in getting KYC documents at frequent intervals. 
  • The Department of Financial Services under the Union Ministry of Finance on 31 December 2014 appointed the Managing Directors (MD) and Chief Executive Officers of four Nationalised Banks. 
  •  Union Cabinet approved the hike of government stake in Industrial Finance Corporation of India (IFCI) ltd to 51 percent. 
  •  The Reserve Bank of India on 29 December 2014 released the Financial Stability Report December 2014. The report also includes the Trend and Progress of Banking in India during 2013-14.
  •  Foreign Exchange Reserves of India reached 320 billion US dollars on the back of a massive jump in foreign currency assets. 
  •  Four PSUs signed joint venture agreements to set up an integrated coal gasification-cum-fertiliser and ammonium nitrate complex in Talcher, Odisha. 
  •  Union Cabinet approved promulgation of an Ordinance to hike FDI cap in the insurance sector to 49 percent. 
  •  Suresh Prabhu Advisory Group on Integrated Development of Power submitted report to Union Government. 
  •  BHEL bagged a 16.96 million Euros contract for a thermal power project from Electricity Generation Company of Turkey. 
  •  The interest rate of 8.75 percent on Provident Fund (PF) deposits for the year 2014-15 was approved by the Union Finance Ministry on 19 December 2014. 
  •  RBI imposed monetary penalty on ICICI bank and Bank of Baroda for violation of its instructions regarding norms on KYC and AML. 
  •  RBI increased RTGS (real time gross settlement) business hours from 7.30 hours to 12 hours. 
  •  The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on 10 December 2014 approved the implementation of the Tea Development and Promotion Scheme of the Tea Board. 
  •  Union Cabinet approved to set up of 500 crore rupees Credit Guarantee Fund for factoring of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises.
  •  The Union Government on 5 December 2014 divested its 5 percent stake in Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL). 
  •  The Reserve Bank notified reviewed Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) policy in railways infrastructure and Defence sectors. 
  •  Air India signed a MoU with NBCC for monetization of surplus land assets of the national carrier.
  •  The Union Cabinet approved Regional Rural Banks (Amendment) Bill, 2013 that seeks amendments in the Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) Act, 1976. 
  •  RBI in its fifth bi-monthly monetary policy statement kept the policy rates unchanged.
  •  International Finance Corp (IFC) arm of World Bank issued 10 billion rupee Masala bond to fund infrastructure development. The so-called masala bonds mark the first rupee bonds listed on the London Stock Exchange. The name masala bond is the Indian counterpart of the Dim Sum bond applied to Chinese offshore issues of IFC. Bonds issued inside India by IFC are known as Maharaja Bonds.
  •  November 11: Reserve Bank of India tightened its norms for Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs) by requiring them to have a much stronger capital base. Failing to which, the NBFCs would lose their CoR (Certificate of Registration). NBFCs have been given time till March 2017 to comply with the norms.
  •  November 19: Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Ltd ( IREDA) and US ExportImport (Exim) Bank signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with respect to cooperation on clean energy investment.
  •  State Bank of India (SBI) Mutual Fund (MF) announced that it will launch Shariah Equity Fund on 1 December 2014. The fund is aimed at attracting investments from Muslim populations of India. The fund has been approved by the All India Muslim Personal Law Board, an authority that oversees the observance of Muslim civil laws in India.
  • The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) directed Foreign Portfolio Investor (FPI) to ensure compliance with all necessary norms of Foreign Portfolio Investment (FPI) Regulations before issuing Offshore Derivative Instruments (ODIs) especially participatory notes (P-notes) with immediate effect. With respect to this SEBI issued the guidelines outlining the details.
  •  Reserve Bank of India (RBI) decided to sell worth 2000 crore rupees government bonds through Open Market Operations (OMOs) to squeeze the liquidity in the market.
  • The Reserve Bank of India on 27 November 2014 issued Guidelines for Licensing of Small Finance Banks in the Private Sector. As per the issued guidelines, the minimum paid-up equity capital for small finance banks shall be 100 crore rupees.
  •  Reserve Bank of India (RBI) released guidelines for Licensing of Payments Banks. These guidelines will allow mobile firms and supermarket chains, among others, to enter the banking arena to cater to individuals and small businesses.
  • The objectives of payments banks will be to further financial inclusion by providing small savings accounts and payments or remittance services to migrant labour workforce, low income households, small businesses, other unorganized sector entities and other users.
  • The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) eased gold imports and scrapped 20:80 scheme. The decision to withdraw the 20:80 scheme will cut smuggling of gold and raise legal shipments into India. In 2013, the 20:80 scheme was introduced to bring down inbound shipments, sliding rupee and to combat a huge current account deficit (CAD) along with a hike in import duty to 10 percent.
  • Union Cabinet approved proposal to amend Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) policy in construction and real estate sectors.
  •  India-Saudi agreed to cooperate in areas of strategic reserves, petrochemical conservation, refineries and
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Selected Computer Awareness Questions for Banking exam: IBPS, RRB and SBI and specialist officer exam

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Questions for Practice:

 Memory unit is a part of ___ -Central Processing Unit
 _______ companies developed MS Office-2000? - Microsoft
 What is the meaning of ‗MICR‘? -Magnetic Ink Character Recognition
 VIRUS stands for______ -Vital Information Resource Under Seize
 The technique that extends storage capacities of main memory beyond the
actual size of the main memory is called ____ - Virtual storage
 ____________Command we can use to close the windows. - Alt+F4
 Algorithm is used ------- -To describe a set of procedure by given result is obtained
 FOXPRO is a ---------. -Language
 Who is considered to the father of computers? -Charles Babbage
 ________ will connect you to the Internet? -An Internet service provider
 What software allows you to view internet sites? - A browser
 When more than one window is open, to switch to the next window—is the key combination. -CTRL+F6
 Where are data and program stored when the processor uses them ? - Main memory
 ________Represents raw facts, where- as.................is a meaningful data. - Data, information
 Saving is a process-To copy the document from memory to storage medium
 PNG stands for____ - Portable Network Graphics
 The maximum Zoom percentage in MS PowerPoint is________. -400%
 The word ‗FTP‘ stands for__ - File Transit Protocol
 A peer-to-peer LAN is an appropriate network architecture for____.- Home network.
 Similar to a hub in an Ethernet network, a ______ helps relay data between wireless network nodes. -Wireless access point wireless adapter
 Cell phones use ____________ to access the Internet. - Micro browser software
 In CSMA/CD, the computer sends a fixed unit of data called a(n)_______ . - Packet.
 The uniform resource locator (URL) is case sensitive in the ____. - Directory
 ASCII is a(n)________. -Encoding standard used to represent letters and characters.
 A global network made up of thousands of privately owned computers and networks is called the: -Internet.
 _____ is NOT a basic function of the operating system?- Provide the word processing system.
 _______ scrambles a message by applying a secret code?-Encryption
 The Internet began with the development of –ARPANET
 Who designed the first electronic computer - ENIAC ? -Van Neuman
 _______ is not a network? -Optical Fiber
 In MICR, C stands for?-Character
 Virtual memory is? Memory on the hard disk that the CPU uses an extended RAM
 ____ is the process of finding errors in software code? -Testing
 What is the shortcut key to "Undo" the last action in a document? -Ctrl + Z
 The programs which are as permanent as hardware and stored in ROM is known as –Firmware
 For creating a document, you use........ Command at File Menu. -New
 Computer uses the____number system to store data and perform calculations. -Binary
 .............. is the process of carrying out commands. -Executing
 In word, when you indent a paragraph, you....-push the text in with respect to the margin
 ASCII stands for ____. American Standard Code for Information Interchange
 ___________ is used by the browser to connect to the location of the Internet resources ? URL
 ______ is the process of dividing the disk into tracks and sectors. Formatting
 What is the permanent memory built into your computer called ? -ROM
 Which computer memory is used for storing programs and data currently being processed by the CPU?
 Changing an existing document is called _____ the document.- Editing
 What is backup?-Protecting data by copying it from the original source to a different
destination
 What is a popular program for creating documents that can be read on both a PC and a Macintosh computer? -Adobe Acrobat
 An image on a computer screen is made up of a matrix of what?-Pixels
 What does dots per inch (DPI) measure? -density of the pixels ona computer screen
 What type of software creates a smaller file that is faster to transfer over the Internet? - Compression
 A unit of computer information that contains data as well as all the procedures or operations is called- An object.
 The world's first truly cross-platform programming language is called ____. –Java
 The most widely used type of database management system is the - Relational database
 What is the newest type of database, which is well suited for multimedia applications, called? – Object oriented database
 What do the circles on a data flow diagram represent? - Transformation processes
 The type of printer that prints by selectively unchanging static electricity from spots on a metal drum is a(n) - Laser printer
 A warm boot in older versions of Windows is caused by - Typing the Ctrl+ Alt+ Delete key combination
 Setting fonts for the text in your document is an example of -Formatting.
 ____________ is the file system used by the operating system to identify the physical locations of files on the hard drive. - FAT
 _______software allows the user to speak into the computer rather than type in text. - Speech recognition
 A server uses _________applications software to support its client computers. - back-end
 What does the XP stand for in Windows XP? –Experience
 Which symbol is used in Excel to denote exponential numbers? - ^



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Selected Important Question for SBI-PO Associates and upcoming IBPS-PO IV~ Banking Awareness and Current affairs

Guys i am uploading some banking awareness and current affairs questions these are very important for your upcoming IBPS-Clerk IV and SBI-PO associates, These questions are uploaded keeping the time diamentions in mind and for quick preparation of exam. Download the word file from the link given below.

GENERAL AWARENESS

@ Government has reconstituted how many cabinet committees? 6

@ How many cabinet committees are headed by the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi? 4

@ Who is appointed as the arbitrator in Vodafone tax disputes case? RC Lahoti

@ 38th session of World Heritage Committee was held in which country? Qatar

@ Mullaperiyar dam is located in which state of India? Kerala

@ Who is M K Narayana? Last Former Governor of West Bengal

@ Who won Australian Open Super Series Title 2014? Saina Nehwal

@ In India, Fergusson College has included the category of third gender in its application forms for academic programs. It is situated in which city? Pune

@ Central Information Commission ruled that the private schools come under the provisions of which act? Right to Information

@ Kudankulam becomes India's first nuclear power plant to generate ………….. 1000 mw

@ India successfully test-fired the 290 km-range ………… supersonic anti-ship cruise missile from the country's largest indigenous warship INS Kolkata. BrahMos

@ Project Seabird phase II started in which state? Karnataka

@ Union Govt gives permission to increase the height of the Sardar Sarovar Dam by ……. 17 meters

@ What is Gauravi? One stop crisis centre 

@ Who is appointed as the new Minister of Rural Development? M Venkaiah Naidu

@ ……….. to become 19th country to adopt Euro as currency from 1 January 2015.Lithuania

@ Which country has published the world's first Modern Slavery Bill? Britain

@ Madhya Pradesh Government appointed which bollywood actress as the brand ambassador of maternal and child health campaign, Mamta Abhiyan? Madhuri Dixit

@ …………….won Airport Service Quality Award by Airport Council International in the category of the best improved airport in Asia Pacific Region. Kolkata Airport

@ Who won French open 2014 Women single ? Maria Sharapova

@ The Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) won the seventh edition of Indian Premier League 2014 by defeating which team? Kings XI Punjab

@ A high-level forum Acting on the Call: Ending Preventable Child and Maternal Deaths was held in ………….Washington

@ Union Ministry of Health & Family Welfare released a video to highlight health and economic impacts of tobacco consumption. What is the title of that video? The Price we pay

@ UNESCO has inscribed the Okavango Delta in its World Heritage Site List. In which country this delta is located? Botswana

@ Panchsheel Awards are announced by which country? China

@ The Uttar Pradesh Government enhanced the retirement age of State Election Commissioner (SEC) from 65 to how many years? 68

@ Salar Jung Museum in Hyderabad, Telangana celebrated its .....……....... anniversary in June 2014. 125th

@ Which state has announced 33% quota for women in police force? Gujarat

@ Name the sand artist who won the People's Choice prize at the World Cup of Sand Sculpting-2014 held in the Atlantic City of the US. Sudarsan Pattnaik

@ Who has recently been appointed as new Chairman of Coal India Limited? A.K. Dubey

@ Who won the IBSF 6-Red World snooker title at Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt? Pankaj Advani

@ Who became the first Indian to win three medals in successive ISSF Shooting World Cup ? Jitu Rai 

@ Who won the 2014 Bailey's Women's Prize for her first novel "AGirl is a Half-Formed Thing"? Eimear McBride

@ Who has been named as the winner of 2014 Pen Pinter Prize for hisoutstanding literary output and support for freedom of expression? Salman Rushdie

@ Who has barred Indian companies from raising the External Commercial Borrowings (ECB) from overseas branches and subsidiaries of Indian banks for refinance or repayment of the Rupee loans raised from domestic banking system? RBI

@ First indigenously developed missile Astra successfully test fired from a Sukhoi-30MKI fighter jet over the Arabian Sea off Goa. It is a ______ missile. air-to-air

@ Which Private Sector Bank in India sets Guinness record in blood collection? HDFC Bank

@ Which Indian actor was selected by the Election Commission as its national icon for the Lok Sabha elections 2014? Amir Khan

@ What is the rank of India out of 132 countries on the Social Progress Index (SPI)? 102

@ Who has been re-elected as Prime Minister of Hungary for the second consecutive four year term? Viktor Orban

@ Who is the Chief Justice of India at present? Justice Rajendra Mal Lodha

@ India became the ______ largest exporter of textiles in the world. This was revealed by the recent data released by UN Comtrade in Global Textiles as well as Apparel Exports. Second

@ 40th G-7 summit 2014 was held at Justus Lipsius building, Brussels.

Who hosted the summit for the first time? European Union
@ Jayalalithaa launched _______, which follows up her government's earlier

initiatives like the subsidised 'Amma' Canteens and 'Amma' Mineral Water 'Amma' Salt
@ What is the rank of Mahendra Singh Dhoni in Forbes' world's highest paid

athletes list? 22nd
@ 6th International Nuclear Energy Forum ATOMEXPO-2014 was held

from 9 to 11 June 2014 in ________. Moscow
@ India's first One Stop Crisis Centre (OSCC) was launched in Bhopal,

Madhya Pradesh on 16 June 2014. What is the name of this One Stop Crisis Centre (OSCC)? Gauravi
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@ Which prize is recognised as an international award for the most original and influential researchers or institutes in the areas of Sustainable Development, Biopharmaceuticals Science, Sinology, and Rule of Law? Tang Prize

@ Who took over as the General Officer Commanding of Army's strategic Chinar Corps ? Lieutenant General Subrata Saha

@ Who is the director-general UNESCO? Irina Bokova

@ From Where PSLV C-23 rocket was launched ? Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh

@ Bor Wildlife Sanctuary is situated in which state ? Maharashtra

@ Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has issued orders prohibiting research and breeding of which animal ? Sheep

@ Dr Mohan Dharia Nation Building Award is given to - Dr Raghunath Mashelkar

@ ………….expedition will bring out the passion for adventure, will, strength and is a tribute to the very essence of indomitable Air Force spirit. Kshitij-Se-Pare

@ DHVANI the target training system for Indian Army is developed by…… CSIR

@ The endeavour of Project named ……… is meant for Maritime Routes and Cultural Landscapes will position itself at macro and micro levels. Mausam

@ Who became the first female four-star admiral in US Navy? Michelle Howard

@ The headquarters of INTERPOL is in - Washington D.C

@ Tamil film director and producer, who died in Kualalampur at the age of 65 - Ramanarayanan

@ The prestigious Jnanpith award for 2013 is given to -Renowned poet Kedarnath Singh

@ Who among the following is a founder-member of Manchester's Hindu Temple? Hari Dutt Seth

@ Who has won the 'Miss Marwadi Nepal 2014 title? Dakshnia Agrawal

@ Who has been named the winner of World Food Prize for his breakthrough achievement in increasing global rice production? Sanjaya Rajaram
@ Who has been appointed as "ethics adviser and ambassador" by the World Citizen Artists (WCA) to raise awareness about global issues through art? Prakash Bal Joshi

@ Who has been appointed as the Goodwill Ambassador for UN Women ? Emma Watson
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@ Who among the following is Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka

@ Which country has emerged as the world's largest consumer of antibiotics followed by China and the US, according to a new study which quantifies the growing alarm surrounding antibiotic -resistance. India

@ William Hague has resigned as part of an anticipated reshuffle of the Conservative-led Government ahead of a general election next year. He is the Foreign Secretary of which country? Britain

@ ___________Nobel Prize-winning writer and anti-apartheid activist Nadine Gordimer passed away. South African

@ The third oldest football tournament in the world, Durand Cup, will be held in

________between October 28 and November 9 this year Goa
@ Which city will become the IT capital of Andhra Pradesh because of its

immense potential? Vijayawada
@ Which country has been allotted the first Presidentship for the first six years

of the newly constituted 100 billion US dollar development bank by the BRICS
nations in the 6th BRICS Summit? India
@ State Government of Delhi decided to set up______ Mahila Suraksha Dals

(MSDs) across the national capital. 320
@ In a bid to assist minor girls saved from child marriages which State Government

announced a cash support of Rs. 1,000 to each of them every month until they attain
18 years of age? Tamil Nadu
@ The 7th BRICS Summit will be held in the Russian city of _______. Ufa

@ At which place the India-Africa Forum will be conducted? New Delhi

@ Which country has the third-highest number of people, living with HIV, in the world? India

@ The Union Agriculture Minister of India ____launched the Rashtriya Gokul Mission Radhamohan Singh

@ Who has sworn in as Gujarat Governor, recently? Om Prakash Kohli

@ Which former Indian cricket captain has been elected as the member of Laureus

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@ J. Sasikumar passed away recently. He was a _______. Malayalam filmmaker

@ Which country has topped the Global Innovation Index rankings for fourth year? Switzerland

@ Former President of the United States of America Bill Clinton visited Jabrouli

village, near Lucknow, on an awareness mission on ________. Diarrhea
@ Football player Philipp Lahm has announced his retirement from international game.

He belongs to which country? Germany
@ The 20th edition of the Commonwealth Games was held at which of the

following places? Glasgow, Scotland
@ Which country passed a law to legalise child labour for kids from age 10? Bolivia
@

Who is Kaptan Singh Solanki? Governor of Haryana
@ What was the theme of the World Hepatitis Day observed on 28th July 2014? Think Again

In the 50m Pistol event, _________has secured Gold whereas his compatriot
Gurpal Singh won the silver. Jitu Rai
@ _________ was appointed as the horticulture ambassador of Maharashtra. Amitabh Bachchan

@ Italian _________won the 101st edition of the Tour de France in cycling. Vincenzo Nibali

@ International Tiger Day was observed on which day? 29 July

@ What is C-17 Globemaster? Aircraft

@ _____________Tim Clark clinched his second PGA Tour title. South African

@ Muhammad Fuad Masum has been elected as the seventh President of ______. Iraq

@ Who is the author of the book 'The Vijay Mallya Story'? K. Giriprakash

@ Dalbir Singh Suhag has taken over as the new Army chief. He succeeded whom? General Bikram Singh

@ Which organization from Pakistan is included in the list of prestigious Ramon

Magsaysay Awards for year 2014? The Citizens Foundation
@ In which year Ramon Magsaysay Awards were established? 1957 


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Guys i am uploading banking current affairs book for october and this book is meant for banking exams like SBI-PO Associates and upcoming IBPS-Clerk IV. Read this book throughly and most of the questions you will do with this help. pdf file is also available below download that for better study.


RBI/BANKING/ECONOMY NEWS

 31 October- Union Cabinet approved proposal to amend Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) policy in construction and real estate sectors.
 29 October- India-Saudi agreed to cooperate in areas of strategic reserves, petrochemical conservation, refineries and energy efficiency programmes. The areas include strategic reserves, petrochemical conservation, research and development, refineries and energy efficiency programmes.
 28 October- Telecom giant SoftBank announced to make an investment of 10 billion US dollars in India's IT and Communications sector in coming years. SoftBank is aiming at telecom space and e-commerce sector in India.
 28 October- The Union Finance Ministry scrapped the current selection process for the posts of Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) and Executive Director (ED) of Public Sector Banks (PSBs).
 28 October- The Kamarajar Port Ltd (KPL) on 28 October 2014 announced to set up a Free Trade and Warehousing Zone (FTWZ) on 100 acres, adjacent to its premises.
 27 October- The Union Finance Ministry on 27 October 2014 cancelled the current selection process for the posts of CMD and Executive Director (ED) of Public Sector Banks (PSBs)
 27 October- World Bank report titled, India Development Update that claims India's GDP to grow by 5.6 percent in Current Fiscal Year.
 27 October- The Union Government launched a dedicated website for Pradhan Mantri Jan-Dhan Yojana available both in English and Hindi versions. The website, www.pmjdy.gov.inwas launched by Secretary, Department of Financial Services (DFS), GS Sandhu in New Delhi.
 17 October- RBI signed a pact with the Central Bank of Kenya for Supervisory Cooperation and Exchange of Supervisory Information.
 16 October- Union Government for the first time decided to import potatoes to augment domestic availability and check rising prices of the kitchen staple.
 15 October- India's exports increased 2.73 percent in September 2014 worth of 28.90 billion US dollar from 28.13 billion US dollar in September2014.
 15 October- Switzerland agreed to examine Indian requests for banking information on a priority basis and provide requested details in a time-bound manner.
 14 October- Union Finance Ministry on 14 October 2014 approved 25 FDI proposals with total investment of 1546 crore rupees.
 12 October- Union Finance Minister on 12 October 2014 gave the green signal for the much awaited reforms in the monetary policy framework.
 13 October- Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation or retail inflation of September 2014 stood at 6.46 percent as compared to the 7.3 percent in August 2014.
 10 October- JP Morgan on 10 October 2014 cut its India GDP growth projection for 2014-15 to 5.1 percent from 5.3 percent.
 8 October- Data released by Railway Ministry said that during April to September 2014, Railways revenue earnings have gone up by over 12 percent.
 7 October- Shipping Corporation of India Limited launched India Myanmar Service (IMS) Container service. The service will link South and East India to Myanmar via Chennai, Krishnapatnam, Yangoon, Colombo port rotation.
 First week- The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) in first week of October 2014 approved 33 defence proposals. Of these 33 proposals, 19 are related to the foreign direct investment that aims to boost the manufacturing in defence sector.
 1 October - The Reserve Bank of India released fourth Bi-Monthly Monetary Policy Statement. Policy rates were kept unchanged in this announcement.

NATIONAL NEWS

 30 October- Union Government on 30 October 2014 announced to amend the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013 and to include the Leader of Opposition.
 30 October- Supreme Court of India said that a minority government can be formed in Delhi with outside support of a political outfit.
 30 October- Union Government announced compensation of 5 lakh rupees for kin of 3325 people who were killed during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
 29 October- Union Government submitted a list of 627 Indians holding black money abroad in a sealed cover.
 28 October- Union Ministry of Tribal Affairs on 28 October 2014 launched Vanbandhu Kalyan Yojana (VKY) for welfare of Tribal people. The scheme was launched on pilot basis in one block each of the States of Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Telangana, Orissa, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Gujarat.
 28 October- Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on 28 October 2014 announced TB-Mission 2020 to eliminate Tuberculosis (TB) from India. The announcement was made at WHO's Global TB Symposium titled Moving out of the box to end global TB epidemic: with post-2015 strategy while addressing the 45th Union World Conference on Lung Health at Barcelona.
 28 October- Supreme Court on 28 October 2014 rapped the Union Government and Lieutenant Governor of Delhi Najeeb Jung over delay in Delhi Government formation.
 27 October- The Union Government on 27 October 2014 disclosed names of black money account holders in an affidavit to Supreme Court. The affidavit was filed after the union government was attacked by political rivals that it was cautious of revealing names.
 25 October- Union Defence Ministry on 25 October 2014 cleared the deal worth 8000 crore rupees to buy anti tank missiles from Israel.
 24 October- Union Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) on 24 October 2014 announced that donations to the Swach Bharat Kosh and the Clean Ganga Fund are now part of corporate social responsibility (CSR) spends by India Inc.
 21 October- Union government de-regulated the price of diesel and hiked in domestically produced natural gas. This is the first reduction in diesel rates from 2009. The diesel price was reduced by 2 rupees a litre to 30.86 rupees in January 2009.After the deregulation of diesel, the rates of diesel will bring down rates by 3.37 rupees per litre.
 20 October- The union cabinet approved an inter-governmental Memorandum of Understanding with Iran to upgrade the Chabahar port Phase-I.
 19 October- Union Government on 19 October 2014 decided to re-launch the modified Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) scheme in an effective manner. The implementation of DBT will be made on a mission mode between 10 November 2014 and 1 January 2015 in 54 districts.
 19 October- The Union Government on 19 October 2014 started a three-day training programme for Ebola caregivers in Delhi.
 18 October- Union Government on 18 October 2014 launched Jammu Kashmir Arogya Gram Yojna in Jammu and Kashmir. The scheme aims to encourage farmers in J&K to cultivate scientifically tested and commercially beneficial aromatic and medicinal plants in the state.
 18 October- The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 18 October 2014 approved the Ahmedabad Metro Rail Project Phase-1.
 17 October- Union Home Ministry on 17 October 2014 drafted a new counter-Naxal dOctoberrine. In the drafted law, the ministry clearly demarcated the role of the state police and central paramilitary forces (CPMFs) in anti-Maoist operations.
 16 October- Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) under the Union Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions on 16 October 2014 amended the selection procedure for the post of Chief of Central Vigilance Commission (CVC).

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