Monthly Current Affairs (Beepedia) January 2023

RBI, Banking and Economy

• RBI launches Utkarsh 2.0 for the period 2023-2025

• India sells first green bonds at 5-6 basis points below sovereign yields-RBI

• SBI, ICICI, HDFC Bank continue to be systemically important banks

SEBI and FINANCIAL AWARENESS

• SEBI extends relaxation on dispatching hard copies of financial statements

• IRDAI makes KYC details mandatory while purchasing insurance from Jan 1,2023

• IRDAI to allow insurers to auto-renew FRN of cross-border reinsurers

NABARD & AGRICULTURE

• NABARD raises around Rs 5,000 crore through three-year bonds

• Free seeds distributed under 'Mukhyamantri Krishak Sathi Yojana' helping women farmers

• UBI sanctions 150 agri drone loans for Garuda Kisan Drones under Agriculture Infrastructure Fund

NATIONAL

• India's first underwater metro expected to ready by Dec 2023

• U.S. fund to help restore Paigah Tombs in Hyderabad

• India extended USD 40 million for bolstering sports infrastructure in Maldives

INTERNATIONAL

• Croatia adopted euro, enters borderless Europe club

• Sweden took over Presidency of Council of European Union for first six months of 2023

• India announced donation of 12,500 doses of pentavalent vaccines to Cuba

STATES

• India's Second Largest Cable Stayed Bridge Opens On Zuari River In Goa

• Election Commission's 'Mission-929' in Tripura

• Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw launched high-speed 5G telecom services in Odisha

REPORTS AND INDEXES

• Nearly 17% of ECLGS loans have turned into NPAs: RBI report

• NRIs' deposits touch $134 billion in November 2022: RBI bulletin

• India, China likely to drive half of 2023 global growth – IMF

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

• Gujarat got first IVF unit for animals in India

• Silent Valley bird species went up to 175

• White tufted royal butterfly, a rare species, found in Kerala’s Kannur

DEFENCE

• Siachen’s Kumar Post got first woman Army officer

• ICG ship ‘Kamla Devi’, last vessel of FPV series, commissioned

• Inaugural Edition of Indo-Egypt Joint Training Exercise Cyclone - I Commenced in Rajasthan

EVENTS

• CRPF celebrates ‘Jashn-e-Chillai-Kalan’ with students in Srinagar

• Ministry of Culture and Ministry of Education organized the ‘Dhara’ on Sangeet and Natya Parampara

• Tata Power sets up India's 1st solar plant for housing society in Mumbai

AWARDS AND REWARDS

• Odisha Wins World Habitat Awards 2023 For Jaga Mission

• Kerala Govt’s Year of Enterprises project got recognition for ‘best practice model’ to promote MSMEs

• Critics Choice Awards 2023

SPORTS

• Ronaldo signed for Al Nassr in deal worth more than €200m

• Pranesh won Rilton Cup, becomes India’s 79th Grandmaster

• Siraj became the top-ranked bowler in ODIs