Useful - Important Days & Dates for Competitive Exams

Useful - Important Days & Dates for Competitive Exams

Important Days in January

January 1 ——— Global Family Day
January 15 ——— Army Day
January 23 ——— Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose’s birth anniversary
January 26 ——— Republic Day
January 26 ——— International Customs day
January 28 ——— Birth anniversary of Lala Lajpat Rai
January 28 ——— Data Protection Day
January 30 ——— World Leprosy Eradication Day

Important Days and Dates in February

February 4 ——— World Cancer Day
February 5 ——— Kashmir Day
February 6 ——— International Day against Female Genital Mutilation
February 12 ——— Darwin Day
February 12 ——— World Day of the Sick
February 14 ——— Valentine’s Day
February 20 ——— World Day of Social Justice
February 21 ——— International Mother Language Day
February 22 ——— World Scout Day
February 23 ——— World Peaces and Understanding Day

useImportant Days and Dates in March

March 4 ——— World Day of the Fight Against Sexual Exploitation
March 8 ——— International Womens’ Day
March 13 ——— World Kidney Day
March 13 ——— World Rotaract Day
March 15 ——— World Consumer Rights Day
March 20 ——— International Day of the Francophonie
March 20 ——— World Day of Theatre for Children and Young People
March 21 ——— World Sleep Day
March 21 ——— World Forestry Day
March 21 ——— International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
March 22 ——— World Water Day
March 23 ——— World Meteorological Day
March 24 ——— World TB Day
March 24 ——— International Day for Achievers
March 25 ——— International Day of Remembrance – Victims of Slavery and Transatlantic Slave Trade
March 27 ——— World Drama Day

Important Days and Dates in April

April 2 ——— World Autism Awareness Day
April3-----------(-S.Dhilip birthday)
April 7 ——— World Health Day
April 17 ——— World Haemophilia Day
April 18 ——— World heritage Day
April 22 ——— Earth Day
April 23 ——— World Book and Copyright Day
April 25 ——— World Malaria Day
April 29 ——— International Dance Day

Important Days and Dates in May

May 1 ——— International Labour day
May 3 ——— Press Freedom Day
May 4 ——— Coal Miners day
May 8 ——— World Red Cross day
May 9 ——— – Victory Day
May 11 ——— National Technology Day
May 12 ——— International Nurses day
May 14 ——— World Migratory day
May 15 ——— International Day of the Family
May 17 ——— World Information Society Day
May 21 ——— Anti-Terrorism Day
May 31 ——— World No Tobacco Day

Important Days and Dates in June

June 4 ——— International day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression
June 5 ——— World Environment Day
June 7 ——— International Level Crossing Awareness Day
June 8 ——— World oceans Day
June 12 ——— World Day against Child Labour
June 14 ——— World Blood Donor day
June 17 ——— World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
June 20 ——— World Refugee Day
June 23 ——— United Nations Public Service Day
June 23 ——— International widow’s day
June 26 ——— International Day against Drug Abuse and IIlicit Trafficking
June 27 ——— International Diabetes Day

Important Days and Dates in July

July 1 ——— National doctor’s Day
July 11 ——— World Population Day
July 12 ——— Malala Day
July 18 ——— Nelson Mandela International Day
July 28 ——— World Nature Conservation day
July 30 ——— International Day of Friendship

Important Days and Dates in August

August 3 ——— Independence Day of Niger
August 5 ——— Independence Day of Upper Volta
August 9 ——— International day of the World’s Indigenous People
August 12 ——— International Youth Day
August 15 ——— Independence Day (India )
August 23 ——— Internatinal Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition
August 29 ——— National Sports Day ( Birthday of Dhyan Chand )

Important Days and Dates in September

September 5 ——— Teacher’s Day (Dr. Radhakrishnan’s Birth Day)
September 7 ——— Forgiveness Day
September 8 ——— International Literacy Day
September 14 ——— Hindi day,World First Aid Day
September 16 ——— World Ozone Day
September 21 ——— International Day of Peace, World Alzheimer’s day
September 25 ——— Social Justice Day
September 27 ——— World Tourism Day

Important Days and Dates in October

October 1 ——— International Day of Older Persons
October 2 ——— International day of Non-Violence
October 3 ——— World Nature Day, World Habitat Day
October 4 ——— World Animal Day
October 5 ——— World Teacher’s Day
October 8 ——— Indian Airforce Day
October 9 ——— World Post Day
October 11 ——— International Girl Child Day
October 12 ——— World Arthritis Day
October 14 ——— World Standards Day
October 15 ——— World Students Day
October 16 ——— World Food day
October 17 ——— International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
October 20 ——— World Statistics Day
October 24 ——— United Nations Day
October 31 ——— World Thrift Day

Important Days and Dates in November

November 1 ——— world vegan Day
November 5 ——— World Radiography Day
November 9 ——— World Services Day
November 14 ——— Children’s Day ( Birth Anniversary of Jawaharlal Nehru )
November 16 ——— International Day for Endurance
November 17 ——— International students Day
November 17 ——— National Journalism Day
November 18 ——— World Adult Day
November 19 ——— World Citizen Day
November 20 ——— Universal Children’s Day
November 21 ——— World Television Day
November 21 ——— World Fisheries day
November 25 ——— World Non-veg Day
November 26 ——— Law Day
November 30 ——– Flag Day

Important Days and Dates in December

December 1 ——— World AIDS Day
December 2 ——— World Computer Literacy Day
December 2 ——— International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
December 3 ——— International Day of People with Disability
December 3 ——— World Conservation Day
December 4 ——— Navy Day
December 5 ——— International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development
December 7 ——— International Civil Aviation Day
December 9 ——— The International Day Against Corruption
December 10 ——— International Day of Broadcasting
December 10 ——— Human Rights Day
December 11 ——— International Mountain Day
December 14 ——— World Energy Day
December 18 ——— International Migrants Day
December 19 ——— Goa’s Liberation Day
December 20 ——— International Human Solidarity Day
December 29 ——— International Biodiversity Day

Press Communique - Allocation of portfolios among the Union Council of Ministers (As on 06/07/2016 )

Press Communique - Allocation of portfolios among the Union Council of Ministers (As on 06/07/2016 )

Allocation of portfolios among the Union Council of Ministers  (As on 06/07/2016 )

PRESS COMMUNIQUE

The President of India, as advised by the Prime Minister, has directed the allocation of portfolios among the following members of the Union Council of Ministers:-

Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi

Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Department of Atomic Energy Department of Space All important policy issues, and all other portfolios not allocated to any Minister

CABINET MINISTERS

1.	Shri Raj Nath Singh	Home Affairs
2.	Smt. Sushma Swaraj	External Affairs
3.	Shri Arun Jaitley	Finance Corporate Affairs
4.	Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu	Urban Development Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Information  & Broadcasting
5.	Shri Nitin Jairam Gadkari	Road Transport and Highways Shipping
6.	Shri Manohar Parrikar	Defence
7.	Shri Suresh Prabhu	Railways
8.	Shri D.V. Sadananda Gowda	Statistics & Programme Implementation
9.	Sushri Uma Bharati	Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation
10.	Dr. Najma A. Heptulla	Minority Affairs
11.	Shri Ramvilas Paswan	Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
12.	Shri Kalraj Mishra	Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
13.	Smt. Maneka Sanjay Gandhi	Women and Child Development
14.	Shri Ananthkumar	Chemicals and Fertilizers Parliamentary Affairs
15.	Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad	Law & Justice Electronics & Information Technology
16.	Shri Jagat Prakash Nadda	Health & Family Welfare
17.	Shri Ashok Gajapathi Raju Pusapati	Civil Aviation
18.	Shri Anant Geete	Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
19.	Smt. Harsimrat Kaur Badal	Food Processing Industries
20.	Shri Narendra Singh Tomar	Rural Development Panchayati Raj Drinking Water and Sanitation
21.	Shri Chaudhary Birender Singh	Steel
22.	Shri Jual Oram	Tribal Affairs
23.	Shri Radha Mohan Singh	Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
24.	Shri Thaawar Chand Gehlot	Social Justice and Empowerment
25.	Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani	Textiles
26.	Dr. Harsh Vardhan	Science and Technology Earth Sciences
27.	Shri Prakash Javadekar	Human Resource Development

MINISTERS OF STATE

1.	Shri Rao Inderjit Singh	Planning (Independent Charge) Urban Development Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation
2.	Shri Bandaru Dattatreya	Labour and Employment (Independent Charge)
3.	Shri Rajiv Pratap Rudy	Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (Independent Charge)
4.	Shri Vijay Goel	Youth Affairs and Sports (Independent Charge) Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation
5.	Shri Shripad Yesso Naik	AAYUSH (Independent Charge)
6.	Shri Dharmendra Pradhan	Petroleum and Natural Gas (Independent Charge)
7.	Shri Piyush Goyal	Power (Independent Charge) Coal (Independent Charge) New and Renewable Energy (Independent Charge) Mines (Independent Charge)
8.	Dr. Jitendra Singh	Development of North Eastern Region (Independent Charge) Prime Minister’s Office Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions Department of Atomic Energy Department of Space
9.	Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman	Commerce and Industry (Independent Charge)
10.	Dr. Mahesh Sharma	Culture (Independent Charge) Tourism (Independent Charge)
11.	Shri Manoj Sinha	Communications (Independent Charge) Railways
12.	Shri Anil Madhav Dave	Environment, Forest and Climate Change (Independent Charge)
13.	General V.K. Singh	External Affairs
14.	Shri Santosh Kumar Gangwar	Finance
15.	Shri Faggan Singh Kulaste	Health & Family Welfare
16.	Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi	Minority Affairs Parliamentary Affairs
17.	Shri S.S. Ahluwalia	Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Parliamentary Affairs
18.	Shri Ramdas Athawale	Social Justice & Empowerment
19.	Shri Ram Kripal Yadav	Rural Development
20.	Shri Haribhai Parthbhai Chaudhary	Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises
21.	Shri Giriraj Singh	Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises
22.	Shri Hansraj Gangaram Ahir	Home Affairs
23.	Shri G.M. Siddeshwara	Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises
24.	Shri Ramesh Chandappa Jigajinagi	Drinking Water & Sanitation
25.	Shri Rajen Gohain	Railways
26.	Shri Parshottam Rupala	Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Panchayati Raj
27.	Shri M.J. Akbar	External Affairs
28.	Shri Upendra Kushwaha	Human Resources Development
29.	Shri Radhakrishnan P.	Road Transport & Highways Shipping
30.	Shri Kiren Rijiju	Home Affairs
31.	Shri Krishan Pal	Social Justice & Empowerment
32.	Shri Jasvantsinh Sumanbhai Bhabhor	Tribal Affairs
33.	Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Balyan	Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation
34.	Shri Vishnu Deo Sai	Steel
35.	Shri Sudarshan Bhagat	Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
36.	Shri Y.S. Chowdary	Science and Technology Earth Science
37.	Shri Jayant Sinha	Civil Aviation
38.	Col. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore	Information & Broadcasting
39.	Shri Babul Supriyo	Urban Development Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation
40.	Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti	Food Processing Industries
41.	Shri Vijay Sampla	Social Justice & Empowerment
42.	Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal	Finance Corporate Affairs
43.	Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey	Human Resource Development
44.	Shri Ajay Tamta	Textiles
45.	Smt. Krishna Raj	Women & Child Development
46.	Shri Mansukh L. Mandaviya	Road Transport & Highways, Shipping, Chemicals & Fertilizers
47.	Smt. Anupriya Patel	Health & Family Welfare
48.	Shri C.R. Chaudhary	Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution
49.	Shri P.P. Chaudhary	Law & Justice Electronics & Information Technology
50.	Dr. Subhash Ramrao Bhamre	Defence

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(Release ID :146828)

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