Important Organisations World Wide

Heads: Important Organisations World Wide

Following are the changes in Organisations and Heads World Wide.

President, FICCI Naina Lal Kidwai
Chairman, TRAI Rahul Khullar
Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) Pradeep Kumar
Director, CBI Ranjit Sinha
President, ASSOCHAM Rajkumar Dhoot
President, NASSCOM Som Mittal
Chairman, NASSCOM Krishna Kumar Natarajan
Director, BARC Dr.Shekhar Basu
Secretary, Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) R K Sinha
Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) Satyanand Mishra
Chairman, National Film Development Corporation (NFDC) Ramesh Sippy
Chairman, ISRO Dr. K Radhakrishnan
Chairman, SEBI U K Sinha
Chairman, NABARD Dr.Prakash Bakshi
Director, NCERT Prof. P Sinclair

New Appointments

Xi Jinping President of China
Li Keqiang Prime Minister China
Shinzo Abe Prime Minister Japan
Nicos Anastasiades President Cyprus
Park Guen hye President South Korea
Uhuru Kenyatta President Kenya
John Kerry 68th Secretary of State of the US
Mohan Pieris 44th Chief Justice of Sri Lanka
Ved Prakash UGC chairman
Obama US President (Second Term)
Suchitra Ella Founding Chairwoman of CII’s women wing
Mo Yan (writer) and Jackie Chan (Actor) New Members of Chinese Parliament
Subra Suresh President of Carnegie Mellon University
Ratan Tata Member of “National Academy of Engineering“
Rajiv Shah Head of United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
Anil Dev Singh New chief of IOA election panel
Scott Flemming India’s basketball coach
Tony Hall Director General of BBC
Ranjit Sinha CBI Director
Barbosa First non-white President of Brazil’s Supreme Court
Alok Joshi New RAW chief
Rajeev Shahare New High Commissioner to Maldives
Ajit Saran Member Secretary of National Commission for Women
Virbhadra Singh Himachal Pradesh’s Chief Minister
Narendra Modi Gujarat CM (4th time)
Cyrus Mistry Tata Group Chairman
Asif Ibrahim Chief of the Intelligence Bureau
Urjit Patel RBI deputy governor
YV Reddy Head of 14th Finance Commission
Ami Bera and Tulsi Gabbard new members of the US House of Representatives
Srinivasan Federal Judge (Re elected)
Vivek Rae MSME (Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises) Secretary
Anil Kumble Chairman of ICC Cricket Committee
Jaspal Rana Junior pistol chief coach
Neiphiu Rio Chief Minister of Nagaland (3rd Term)
Mukul Manda Sangma Chief Minister of Meghalaya (2nd Term)
Ashwani Kumar Governor of Nagaland
Bobby Ghosh Editor of Time International (first non American)
Khil Raj Regmi New Prime Minister of Nepal
D K Jain Chairman of 20th Law Commission of India
Ashok Tomar India’s ambassador to Brazil
Rakesh Mohan Executive director of IMF board
VK Malhotra Archery Association President (re-elected)
S. Ramakrishnan Director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC)
Luiz Felipe Scolari Brazil Football team coach
Mohan Vice President of IBSF (re-elected)
Sachin Dev Pavithran (Visually Challenged) Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board member
Ajit Pawar Maharashtra Deputy CM
Chautala IOA President
Parthasarathy Shome Adviser to Finance Minister
Ziauddin Yousufzai (Malala’s Father) UN Education Adviser, Education attaché at the Pakistan consulate in Birmingham, England
Vijay Kumar Senior Security Adviser in Home Ministry
Vinod Rai Chair of UN Auditors Panel (Re-elected)
Rita Singh Federation of Indian Associations President
John Brennan CIA director
Halimah Yacob First woman Speaker of Singapore
Kulwant Singh Gill New Commandant of NDA
R.K. Dubey Canara Bank’s new CMD
Rajkumar Goyal Central Bank of India new Executive Director Resources Department
Jack Lew New Treasury Secretary of US
Lord Dolar Popat Minister in the UK cabinet (First Gujarati in UK cabinet)
Subhash Joshi BSF Chief
John Kerry America’s Foreign Minister
Smita Singh Member of Global Development Council

List of Important Committees in India and their Area

Committees in India

List of Important Committees in India and their Area

Butler Committee	Relation between Indian states & paramount power
Hurtog Committee	Growth of British India education -its effects
Muddiman Committee	Working of Diarchy as in Montague Chelmsford reforms
Malhotra Committee	Insurance Reforms
Janaki Ram Committee	Security Scam
Ajay Vikram Singh Committee	Faster promotions in Army
Rajinder Sachar Committee 1	Companies and MRPT Act
Rajindar Sachar Committee 2	Report on the social, economic and educational status of the Muslims of India.
Jyoti Basu Committee	Report on Octroi abolition.
Balwant Rai Mehta Committee	Recommendations on decentralization system
Sawant Committee	Enquiry on corruption, charges against ministers & Anna Hazare
Chelliah Committee	Eradicating black money
Wanchoo Committee	Tax enquiry
Bhanu Pratap Singh Committee	Agriculture
Agarwal Committee	Nepotism in granting petrol pump, LPG connections
Rangarajan Committee	Reforms in private sector
Naresh Chandra Committee	Corporate governance
Chakravarti Committee	Banking sector reforms
Rekhi Committee	Structure of indirect taxation
G.V.Ramakrishna Committee	Disinvestment in PSU shares
Kelkar Committee 1	First committee on backward castes
P.C.Hotha Committee	Restructuring of civil services
Justice B.N.Kirpal Committee	1st chairman National Forest Commission
Godbole Committee	Enron Power Project
J.C.Kumarappa Committee	Congress agrarian Reforms Committee
Swaminathan Committee	Population policy
Rangaraju Committee	Statistics
Wardha Committee	Inquiry on murder of Graham Staines
Vohra Committee	Criminalization of politics
Kelkar Committee 2	Direct - Indirect Taxes
Alagh Committee	Civil Service Examinations
Abid Hussain Committee	Recommendations on Small scale industries
Narasimham Committee	Banking sector reforms
Chelliah Committee	Tax reforms
Mashelkar Committee	National Auto Fuel Policy
Boothalingam Committee	Recommendations on integrated wages, income and price policy.
Omkar Goswami Committee	Industrial sickness
Yashpal Committee	Review of School Education system
Ram Nandan Prasad Committee	Constitution of creamy layers among Backward Castes.
Kelkar Committee 3	Enquiry on Kargil defense deals.
Saharya Committee	Tehelka tapes

Ancient Indian Books

Facts to remember on Ancient Indian Books

Book and its Author	Facts to remember
Mudra Rakshasa by Vishakha Datta.	The book which gives an account of how Chandragupta Maurya overthrew the power of the Nandas with the help of Kautilya.
Padmavat by Malik Mohd Jayasi	The book based on the life of Padmini, Queen of Chittor. Allauddin Khilji, the ruler of Delhi, laid siege to the fort of Chittor in order to take Padmini as his wife. When the soldiers died fighting, Queen Padmini committed Jauhar alongwith other women of the fort.
Malavikagnimitra by Kalidasa	The book which is based on the life of Agnimitra son of Pushyamitra Sunga. The latter founded the Sunga dynasty after killing the last Mauryan King Brihadratha.
Arthashastra by Kautilya	The ancient Indian treatise on Economics as well as politics written by Kautilya (Chanakya) who had helped Chandragupta overthrow the power of the Nandas.
Panchatantra by Vishnu Sharma	A collection of Sanskrit fables which seeks to illustrate the principles of Politics (Rajneeti) through animal stories. It is considered a Nitishastra or a book on conduct of life.
Geet Govinda by Jaidev	The book which deals with the love plays of the Dark Lord Krishna and his fair beloved Radha.
Kalidasa’s Abhigyan Shakuntalam	The play based on the story of King Dushyant and Shakuntala as it appears in the beginning of the Mahabharata. King Dushyant and Shakuntala had a son name Bharat after whose name the country is named.
Kalhana’s Rajtarangini	The book which deals with the history of Kashmir from the earliest times to 1150 A.D.
Ashtadhyayi by Panini	It is highly systemised and complete book of Sanskrit grammar divided into eight chapters consisting of 3,995 sutras or rules.
Mahabhasya by Patanjali	The book is a commentary on Panini's Ashtadhyayi in an effort to make Ashtadhyayi easily accessible to the average reader.
Prashnottar Ratna Malika by Adi Sankaracharya	The book is in the form of questions and answers of eternal values as preached by Sanatana Dharma.
Kathasaritsagar by Somadeva	The book is a collection of folk tales written for the entertainment of Queen Suryamati, wife of King Anantadeva of Kashmir. The famous Betal Pachisi is a part of this book.
Charaka Samhita by Charaka	The book was authored by Charaka, known as the "Father of Indian Medicine". The book contains the fundamentals of Ayurveda including between its covers root causes of diseases, their treatment and also guidelines for a clean and healthy life.
Sushruta Samhita by Sushruta	The book was authored by Sushruta, known as the "Father of Indian Surgery". In the books he explains various types of surgeries and surgical instruments.
Aryabhatiya by Aryabhatta	The book authored by famed Indian astronomer and mathematician is one of the most important ancient Indian books. The book explains the causes of eclipses and also the value of pi equivalent to 3.1416.
Bhrigu Samhita by Maharishi Bhrigu	The book in dialogue form is an ancient treatise on astrology (jyotish shastra).
Buddha-charitam by Ashwaghosha	The first complete biography of the Buddha written by Ashwaghosha who was patronised by Emperor Kanishka. It is considered a masterpiece of Sanskrit literature.

Important commissions of India

Important commissions of India

1. Central Information Commission

Receiving and inquiring into complaints from aggrieved persons.

2. Central Vigilance Commission

Probing offences by Central Government officers, Officers of societies, corporation and local authority under the Central Government.

3. Commission for Centre-State Relations

Review of working of existing arrangements between Union and States i.e. power, functions, and responsibilities in all spheres.

4. Commission of Enquiry (Tehelka Commission)

To enquire into the definite matter of public importance with the power of civil court.

5. Commission of Enquiry into Oil-for-Food Scam

To inquire into the Oil-for-Food Scam.

6. Commission on Criminal Justice

Reformation of criminal justice system, compensation to victims, and effective investment etc.

7. Committee on Reforming Bureaucracy

Best practices of Bureaucracy

8. Competition Commission of India

To curb monopolies, to ensure fair competition in India by prohibiting adverse trade practices and to pass order for granting interim relief and to impose penalties in case of defaults.

9. Delimitation Commission

Readjustment of the allocation of seats in Lok Sabha to several States and total number of seats in the Legislative Assembly of each State.

10. Election Commission

Preparation of the electoral rolls, direction, superintendence, and control of elections to Parliament and State Legislatures, recognition of political parties and allotment of symbols and also conducting elections to offices of Presidents and Vice-Presidents of India.

11. Finance Commission

Distribution of financial resources between Union and States, proceeds from taxes, principles governing grants-in-aid to revenue of States out of consolidated fund of India, etc.

12. Justice Nanavati Commission

To inquire into 1984 Riot case (Indira Gandhi Assassination Riot).

13. Kalelkar Commission

Adhering to Article 340, the First Backward Classes Commission was set up by a presidential order on January 29, 1953

14. Khosla Commission

A one-man commission headed by Justice GD Khosla established July 1970 to re-investigate the circumstances surrounding the supposed death of Subhas Chandra Bose. The commission reached the same conclusions as Shah Nawaz Committee.

15. Law Commission

To suggest for implementation and development in constitutional and legal matters including the human way of death penalty

16. Liberhan Commission

To enquire into demolition of Babri Masjid in Ayodhya.

17. Mandal Commission

Headed by Bindheshwari Prasad Mandal to consider the question of seat reservations and quotas for people to redress caste discrimination, and used eleven social, economic, and educational indicators to determine "backwardness."

18. Mukherjee Commission

A one-man board of Justice Manoj Mukherjee, a retired judge of the Supreme Court of India which was instituted in 1999 to enquire into the controversy surrounding the reported death of Subhas Chandra Bose in 1945.

19. National Commission for Backward Classes

Inclusion of castes as backward class in OBC lists and to deal with the related matters.

20. National Commission for Denotified, Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic Tribes (NCDNSNT)

A national commission set under Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, to study various developmental aspects of denotified and nomadic or semi-nomadic tribes in India.

21. National Commission for Scheduled Castes

To investigate and monitor all matters relating to the safeguards provided for the SCs, to inquire into specific complaints on deprivation of rights of SCs to participate and advice on the planning process of socioeconomic development of SCs.

22. National Commission for Scheduled Tribes

To investigate and monitor the matters relating to safeguards provided for STs, to inquire into specific complaints on deprivation of rights of STs.

23. National Commission for Women

Investigation and examination of all matters relating to safeguards provided for women, take up cases relating to women to other authorities and to look into complaints relating to deprivation of women's rights.

24. National Commission on Labour

To review and suggest improvement of labour standard.

25. National Commission on Minorities

To evaluate the progress of the development of minorities under the Union and States, look into complaints regarding the deprivation of minorities rights.

26. National Commission to Review the Working of Constitution of India

Study of working of Constitution. in key area.

27. National Forest Commission

Review and assessment of existing forest policy, legal frame work on scientific and economic point of examination of current statutes of forest administration and institutions and policy on development and wild life management.

28. National Human Rights Commission

Receiving complaint from victim, directions to Government, etc. and rehabilitation to victims.

29. National Judicial Commission

Appointment of Judges in high judiciary and transfer of High Court Judges.

30. National Knowledge Commission

On 13 June, 2005 , the Prime Minister of India, Dr. Manmohan Singh, constituted the National Knowledge Commission, as a think-tank charged with considering possible policy that might sharpen India's comparative advantage in the knowledge-intensive service sectors. The Commission was to recommend reform of the education sector, research labs, and intellectual property legislation; as well as consider whether the Government could itself upgrade its use of the latest techniques to make its workings more transparent. The NKC website was launched in February 2006.

31. Planning Commission

To oversee the 5 years planning program for the economic development etc. in India.

32. Sahariya Commission

To review the POTA implementation in Centre and various States.

33. Sarkaria Commission

It was set up in June 1983 to examine the relationship and balance of power between state and central governments in the country and suggest changes within the framework of Constitution of India. It was headed by Justice Rajinder Singh Sarkaria, a retired judge of the Supreme Court of India.

34. Shah Commission

inquire into all the excesses committed in the Indian Emergency (1975 - 77). It was headed by Justice J.C. Shah

35. Shah Nawaz

Committee was an enquiry committee established in 1956 to investigate the supposed death of Indian Subhas Chandra Bose in August 1945. The Committee included Shah Nawaz Khan.

36. States Reorganisation Commission

Constituted by the Central Government of India under the States Reorganisation Act and consisted of Hon. Fazal Ali, K.M. Panikker, and H.N. Kunzru. The Report submitted by the Committee in 1955 known as SRC Report went in to the problems of Telangana and Andhra regions, and the arguments for and against the merger of two regions.

INDIAN PRIMEMINISTERS

PRIMEMINISTERS

No	Name	Entered office	Left office	Date of Birth	Date of Death	Political party
1	Jawahar Lal Nehru	15-Aug-1947	27-May-1964	14-Nov-1889	27-May-1964	Indian NationalCongress
2	Gulzarilal Nanda	27-May-1964	9 June 1964 *	4 July 1898	15-Jan-1998	Indian NationalCongress
3	Lal Bahadur Shastri	09-Jun-1964	11-Jan-1966	02-Oct-1904	11-Jan-1966	Indian NationalCongress
4	Gulzarilal Nanda	11-Jan-1966	24 January 1966   *	4-July-1898	15-Jan-1998	Indian NationalCongress
5	Indira Gandhi	24-Jan-1966	24-Mar-1977	19-Nov-1917	31-Oct-1984	Indian NationalCongress
6	Morarji Desai	24-Mar-1977	28-Jul-1979	29-Feb-1896	10-Apr-1995	Janata Party
7	Charan Singh	28-Jul-1979	14-Jan-1980	23-Dec-1902	29-May-1987	Janata Party
8	Indira Gandhi	14-Jan-1980	31-Oct-1984	19-Nov-1917	31-Oct-1984	Indian NationalCongress
9	Rajiv Gandhi	31-Oct-1984	02-Dec-1989	20-Aug-1944	21-May-1991	Indian National Congress(Indira)
10	Vishwanath PratapSingh	02-Dec-1989	10-Nov-1990	25-Jun-1931	27-Nov-2008	Janata Dal
11	Chandra Shekhar	10-Nov-1990	21-Jun-1991	01-Jul-1927	08-Jul-2007	Samajwadi JanataParty
12	P. V. Narasimha Rao	21-Jun-1991	16-May-1996	28-Jun-1921	23-Dec-2004	Indian NationalCongress
13	Atal Bihari Vajpayee	16-May-1996	01-Jun-1996	25-Dec-1924	Alive	Bharatiya JanataParty
14	H. D. Deve Gowda	01-Jun-1996	21-Apr-1997	18-May-1933	Alive	Janata Dal
15	Inder Kumar Gujral	21-Apr-1997	19-Mar-1998	04-Dec-1919	Alive	Janata Dal
16	Atal Bihari Vajpayee	19-Mar-1998	22-May-2004	25-Dec-1924	Alive	Bharatiya JanataParty
17 18	Dr. Manmohan   Singh Narendra modi	22-May-2004 26-MAY-2014	MAY-2014 Incumbent	26-Sep-1932	Alive Alive	Bharatiya JanataParty