SBI GK Questions 2026

Section 24 of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 permits banknotes of denominations up to ten thousand rupees, so a note of a higher value would need an amendment of the Act by Parliament.

The one rupee note is issued by the Government of India under the Coinage Act and carries the signature of the Finance Secretary, while every other denomination is a banknote issued by the Reserve Bank under Section 22 of its Act and carries the signature of the Governor.

Section 22 of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 confers on the Reserve Bank the sole right to issue banknotes in India, and the Issue Department of the Bank keeps this function separate from its banking business.

This investment has been grounded across the eight northeastern states following the Rising North East Investors Summit held in May 2025.

Lowering the population floor lets banks open branches in smaller habitations, which matters in a region where settlements are scattered across hills.

Mr Scindia used this figure to argue that financial inclusion in the region has not yet turned into economic inclusion: deposits are being collected, but lending lags behind.

Union Minister for Development of North Eastern Region and Communications Jyotiraditya M. Scindia inaugurated the conclave there, with Mizoram Chief Minister Lalduhoma, State Minister Prof. Lalnilawma, MDoNER Secretary Srinivas Katikithala and NEC Secretary Satinder Kumar Bhalla present.

CAR is the cushion of a bank's own capital against losses from loans that are not repaid, and its minimum is fixed by the regulator, not by each bank.

NPCI runs the National Financial Switch (NFS), the network that connects the ATMs of banks across India. The National Financial Switch lets a customer of one bank withdraw cash or check a balance at another bank's ATM.

The PM GatiShakti Public platform was launched through this interface in September 2025 and extends selected data analytics capabilities to private entities and to the general public, which marked the accessibility phase of the master plan.

The government has decided to set it up so that the full potential of PM GatiShakti can be used for integrated long term transport planning, and the Union Cabinet has approved it.

The NPG evaluates infrastructure projects against PM GatiShakti principles and has appraised over 400 projects worth about 20.23 lakh crore rupees, with the count standing at 421 projects in 2026.

As the PM GatiShakti National Master Plan completed five years, the government stated that the platform integrates more than 1,800 data layers covering 58 Central Ministries and Departments and all 36 States and Union Territories, along with more than 65 software modules and tools and over 100 mobile and web…

Training was delivered along two tracks, through online modules and physically at this academy, for departmental officers and employers alike, while the Exemption Division at the head office ran dedicated hybrid programmes for field officials posted across the country.

That recognition is not waived at all; it is the very qualification a trust must already possess to be eligible, since the scheme is aimed at trusts recognised under the Income Tax Act, 1961 that nevertheless lack a formal exemption order.

Section 17 of this Act is the provision under which a formal exemption order is granted to a Provident Fund Trust; the comparable provision in the newer law is section 143 of the Code on Social Security, 2020.

The amnesty was made available for a period of six months counted from the date on which the Employees' Provident Fund Scheme, 2026 was notified, and that notification was issued on 29 June 2026.

A lower CRR means banks must park less money with the RBI, so they have more to lend, and lending creates more money.

Speaking at the forum, the Prime Minister said India's growth rate in the April-June quarter of this year stood at that level, and he described the growth as resting on a strong base.

Under the Paris Agreement, India committed in 2015 to meeting 40 per cent of its installed electricity capacity from non-fossil sources by 2030, and the Prime Minister told the forum that the country touched that level in November 2021 itself, nine years ahead of the deadline, becoming the first G20…