Financial Inclusion Index
Shankar School of Banking
April 12 , 2021
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BUSINESS NEWS
Financial Inclusion Index
- The Reserve Bank of India has decided to publish the Financial Inclusion Index in the month of July for the previous financial year.
- This index will be used to measure the extent of financial inclusion in the country.
IMPORTANT DAYS
World Homoeopathy Day
- World Homeopathy Day is celebrated on April 10.
- The day is observed to mark the importance of homoeopathy and its contribution to the world of medicine.
- The date is the birth anniversary of Dr Christian Friedrich Samuel Hahnemann, who was a German physician and the founder of homoeopathy.
- This year the theme of the day in India is, “Homeopathy- Roadmap for Integrative Medicine”.
AWARDS
AICTE Lilavati Awards 2020
- Union Minister of Education Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' presented the AICTE Lilavati Awards 2020 on to the winners in New Delhi.
- The award was given under the theme “women empowerment” with six sub themes.
- The winners are as follows:
- Legal Awareness - Thiagarajar Polytechnic College, Tamil Nadu.
- Self Defence - St. Joseph’s College of Engineering, Tamil Nadu.
- Sanitation & Hygiene - Smt. Kishoritai Bhoyar College of Pharmacy, Maharashtra.
- Women Health - Walchand Institute of Technology, Maharashtra.
- Women Entrepreneurship - Sona College of Technology, Tamil Nadu.
- Literacy - Bharati Vidyapeeth Institute of Management & Entrepreneurship Development, Pune.
ANNIVERSARY
Mahatma Jyotiba Phule
- The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has paid tribute to the great social reformer, thinker, philosopher and writer Mahatma Jyotiba Phule on his birth anniversary.
- He was born on 11 April 1827 in the Satara district of Maharashtra.
- He worked in eradication of untouchability and the caste system, educating women and exploited caste people.