Latest National current affairs for West Bengal TET 2012 for Primary Teachers!

# Karnataka to Provide Tamil Nadu
with 12 TMC feet of Cauvery
water: CMC

India Current Affairs November
2012. The Cauvery Monitoring
Committee (CMC) on 7 December
2012 asked Karnataka to provide
Tamil Nadu with 12 TMC feet of
Cauvery water during December
2012

# Top Congress Leader and Former Deputy Chief Minister Narhari Amin Joined BJP:

International/World Current Affairs
2012. Senior party leader and
former Deputy Chief Minister of
Indian National Congress in Gujrat
Narhari Amin on 6 December 2012
switched sides and joined the BJP
with his supporters...

# Union Government of India
cleared Decks for Ambedkar
Memorial:

India Current Affairs 2012. Union
Government of India on 5
December 2012 cleared the decks
for transferring the prime India
12.5 acre United Mill land in
Mumbai to the Maharashtra
government for building a state-of-
the-art memorial to B.R.
Ambedkar...

# Global Terrorism Index Revealed:
India Ranked Among Top Five
Terror-Hit Nations:

India Current Affairs December
2012. New index called Global
Terrorism Index (GTI) prepared by
Australian think tank revealed on 4
December 2012 that India,
Afghanistan and Pakistan were the
most terrorism-hit nations in 2011

# S.A. Ibrahim's Appointment as
Director for Intelligence Bureau
Approved:

India Current Affairs December
2012. The Competent Authority on
3 December 2012 approved
appointment of S. A. Ibrahim the
IPS (MP-77) as officer on Special
Duty in the Intelligence Bureau and
also as the Director for Intelligence
Bureau for a next two years from
the date he acquires his charge or
till the next order that is is further
sent

# Mismatch of signatures on the
cheque would amount to
criminal proceedings: SC

India Current Affairs December
2012. Supreme Court set aside the
verdict of Gujarat High Court in
which it said that the criminal
proceedings for dishonouring
cheque would start off only in case
the cheque is dishonoured because
of insufficient amount in the
account

# Supreme Court Issued Guidelines to Curb Eve Teasing At the Public Places:

India Current Affairs December
2012. Supreme Court on 30
November 2012 issued certain
guidelines in order to put a halt to
eve-teasing

# EPFO (Employees Provident Fund
Organisation) launched its e-
Passbook Portal:

India Current Affairs December
2012. Employees Provident Fund
Organization (EPFO) on 30
November 2012 launched its e-
Passbook portal for its members to
access their accounts online

# Union Government issued New
IT Guidelines to stop its Misuse:

India Current Affairs November
2012. The Union government of
India issued new guidelines to stop
misuse of a particular section of
the Information Technology Act

# 220 FEMA Notices Were Issued
By ED in Past Three Years:

India Current Affairs November
2012. Enforcement Directorate
issued 220 notices under Foreign
Exchange Management Act in past
three years

# Union Government approved an
Anti-Piracy Scheme in Audio-
Visual Sector:

India Current Affairs November
2012. The Union Government of
India on 27 November 2012
approved a scheme under the 12th
Five Year Plan for carrying out an
anti-piracy initiative in the audio-
visual sector

# Costal Chain of Static Sensors
Positioned along the Coast of
Andhra Pradesh:

India Current Affairs November
2012. A coastal chain of static
sensors positioned along the coast
of Andhra Pradesh was inaugurated
by Ministry of Defence in a
ceremony held at Coast Guard
District Headquarters in
Visakhapatnam

# Union Cabinet of India approved
the National Pharmaceutical
Pricing Policy:

India Current Affairs November
2012. The Union Cabinet of India
on 22 November 2012 passed the
National Pharmaceutical Pricing
Policy (NPPA)

# Union Minister of Finance P
Chidambaram Finalised GAAR
Amendment:

India Current Affairs 2012. Union
Finance Minister P. Chidambaram
on 18 November 2012 disclosed
that the Amendments to GAAR, the
controversial law against tax
avoidance through foreign
investments, had been finalised...
The Coal Ministry issued Order
for Deduction of Bank

# Guarantees and de-allocation of
Coal Blocks:

India Current Affairs November
2012. The Coal Ministry of India on
17 November 2012 issued orders
for deduction of bank guarantees
of the D B Power and decided on
de-allocation of some coal blocks
following a decision made by an
Inter Ministerial Group

# Rahul Gandhi Appointed Head of
INC Coordination Panel for 2014
Lok Sabha Elections:

India Current Affairs 2012. Rahul
Gandhi, the General Secretary of
Indian National Congress on 15
November 2012 was made the
head of the Congress Coordination
Committee for 2014 Lok Sabha
polls....

# Controversy over Clean Chit
Given to Rajasthan Atomic Power
Plant by IAEA:

India Current Affairs November
2012. The International Atomic
Energy Agency (IAEA) gave clean
chit to Rajasthan Atomic Power
Plant (RAPP) in Rawatbhata

# The Protection of Children from
Sexual Offences Act, 2012 came
into Force:

India Current Affairs November
2012. The Protection of Children
from Sexual Offences Act, 2012
came into force on 14 November
2012

# President Pranab Mukherjee
Launched Low Cost Aakash
Tablet 2:

India Current Affairs 2012. The
Indian President Pranab Mukherjee
on 11 November 2012 in New
Delhi launched the new tablet
Aakash -2 which is an improved
version of India's super- cheap
tablet...

# Union Cabinet Cleared Setting up of 21 Textile Parks:

India Current Affairs 2012. The
Union Government on 8 November
2012 approved the release of funds
for the establishment of 21
integrated textile parks which was
sanctioned in the 11th Five Year
Plan...

# TRAI issued a CAP of 100 SMSs
on Concession Rates:

India Current Affairs November
2012. The Telecom Regulatory
Authority of India (TRAI) on 5
November 2012 issued a cap of
100 SMSs per day at concession
rate

# SC:Criminal Case can’t be
dismissed because of Delay:

India Current Affairs November
2012. The Supreme Court of India
on 2nd November 2012 ruled that
a criminal case cannot be
dismissed merely because of delay
in lodging a complaint if the delay
has been reasonably explained

# Government Nod to Grant Ex-
Serviceman Status to the Retired
Paramilitary Staffs:

India Current Affairs November
2012. The Union Cabinet of India
on 1 November 2012 gave its nod
to grant retired personnel of
central police and paramilitary
forces the status of ex-Servicemen

# Union Government Body CCEA
lifted Export Ban on Some Milk
Products:

India Current Affairs 2012. The
Union Government body, Cabinet
Committee on Economic Affairs
(CCEA) on 1 November 2012 lifted
the export ban on milk products,
especially on whole milk powder
(WMP), dairy whitener, infant milk
foods and other milk products till
March 2013...

# Cabinet Reshuffle in India:
Salman Khurshid got External
Affairs Ministry:

India Current Affairs October
2012. The Cabinet Reshuffle that
took place on 28 October 2012
witnessed reshuffling of 5 ministers along with 17 new faces, which were inducted to take on the charge.

# Broadband Network Pact Signed
with 16 States and UT Government:

India Current Affairs 2012.- The
central government on 26 October
2012 signed a tripartite pact with
16 state and UT governments for
laying digital highway and also
formed a special purpose vehicle
BBNL for facilitating connection to
every gram Panchayat with
broadband network

# Union Government Constituted a National Committee on Direct
Cash Transfers:

India Current Affairs October
2012. The Union Government on
25 October 2012 constituted a
National Committee on Direct CashTransfers

# IGMRI and CWC Signed MoU for
Post Harvest Management of
Foodgrains:

India Current Affairs 2012. -
Department of Food & Public
Distribution under Ministry of
Consumer Affairs, and Central
Warehousing Corporation (CWC) on
25 October 2012 signed a
Memorandum of Understanding
(MoU) for creating a Centre of
Excellence focusing on capacity
building in the areas of post
harvest management of food grain
by providing training on latest
developments to the aspirants
internationally

# Prime Minister Launched Aadhar
Based Transfer System:

India Current Affairs 2012. Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh on 20
October 2012 launched Aadhaar
Enabled Service Delivery in Dudu
district of Rajasthan to mark the
2nd anniversary of Aadhaar.

# SC Ordered States to have a
Check on Sexual Exploitation of
Women at Workplaces:

India Current Affairs October
2012. The Supreme Court of India
on 19 October 2012 made it
mandatory for every state, union
territory and regulatory bodies to
bring in practice/operations the
legal mechanism for
implementation of the guidelines
issued in Vishaka Case that requires
the employers to observe and
ensure prevention of sexual
harassment of women at
workplaces