Banking GK Questions 2026

On the first two the two sides examined regulatory collaboration, procurement and healthcare services, recognising the scope for much greater engagement between them.

The Joint Trade Committee is the standing bilateral mechanism through which India and Brunei Darussalam review trade and economic cooperation, and this round was convened to take stock of commercial ties and identify ways of strengthening them.

Both were conducted by the National Sample Survey and both cover January to December 2025, and the inclusion of their highlights gives readers a view of the unincorporated enterprise sector and of trends in the labour market.

Through the continued publication of this journal the academy encourages research in official statistics, promotes wider application of statistical data and methodological innovation, and strengthens the analytical foundation of evidence-based policymaking.

It was brought out by the National Statistical Systems Training Academy, which works under the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation.

The Telecommunication Engineering Centre is the national standardisation body for the telecommunications sector and works under the Department of Telecommunications in the Ministry of Communications.

These three grades of fine silver bullion and coins were brought within the scope of the standard after the gazette notification of Amendment No. 1 to IS 2112:2025, which deals with silver and silver alloys, jewellery and artefacts, their fineness and their marking.

This was the theme announced for the national celebration held in New Delhi, and it shaped the day's announcements: the Bureau of Indian Standards released standards on clean energy mobility, including one for electric vehicle charging cables and another for pedal assisted bicycles, and the Union Minister for Consumer Affairs…

Besides being a renowned classical dancer and author, she served as an officer of that service, and this detail is the kind of cross-link a paper setter likes, because it ties a book release to the services list.

While speaking on the spread of cancer care, the Vice-President said that over 700 District Clinics and 500 Day Care Cancer Centres have been established, and that 19 State Cancer Institutes and 20 Tertiary Care Cancer Centres have been approved for operationalisation.

The Vice-President released her inspirational memoir at Uprashtrapathi Bhavan and spoke of it as an account of passion, hard work and resilience, and of her journey through cancer.

Implementation has deliberately been made phased, and the first phase covers larger societies that cross this threshold in the relevant financial parameters, so that smaller institutions have extra time to strengthen their internal systems and processes before the enhanced reporting reaches them.

That amendment gave the Central Government the power to prescribe auditing and accounting standards for these societies, and the new audit reporting order has been formulated in pursuance of the provision.

MSCARO stands for the Multi-State Co-operative Societies (Auditor’s Report) Order, and the version mandated now creates a uniform, structured and risk-based framework in which auditors report on financial, administrative, governance and statutory compliance parameters through a standard format with clear Yes or No answers and remarks.

The committee has been asked to examine the demand for revising this price in the light of the cost of producing sugar, what mills actually realise in the market, and the financial viability of the mills themselves.

The committee was constituted following the decisions taken during a meeting in which representatives of sugarcane farmers from these two States met the Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare together with the Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution.

The Government of India constituted the committee under his chairmanship to examine the issues raised by sugarcane farmers and to recommend suitable measures.

Two independent professional agencies valued the bank, one comparing it against the closing accounts of all public sector banks as on 31 March 2026 under relative valuation, the other weighing tangible and intangible assets, land and property included, against liabilities in the audited accounts of the same date.

This is the aggregate equity block going to the Strategic Buyer, and it is made up of two parts: the Government of India contributes 30.48 per cent and LIC contributes 30.24 per cent, with the sale proceeds divided in that same ratio.

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs picked this company as the Strategic Buyer when it approved the strategic restructuring of the bank, and its parent is M/s Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd.