Current Affairs December, 2015

Pension fund regulatory body PFRDA has started using PAN instead of Aadhaar for validation of new customers who can now be registered online under the National Pension System (NPS) scheme.

• PM Narendra Modi inaugurates top Police Officers’ Conference in Gujarat.
• West Bengal Government approves proposal for formation of 5 new districts.
• India’s biggest wildlife rescue centre commissioned in Nagpur.

The University of South Florida (USF) has announced a postgraduate fellowship in the name of former president Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam to support accomplished and talented Indian students looking to study abroad.

McCullum became the player with most consecutive appearances from debut in Tests. McCullum went past South African A.B. de Villiers̢۪ mark of 98 successive Tests.

Uttar Pradesh government has decided to enforce the ban on the use of polythene across the state to protect the environment and public health.

India̢۪s biggest Wildlife Rescue Centre named as Gorewada Zoo and Wildlife Rescue Centre has been commissioned at Gorewada near Nagpur, Maharashtra.

West Bengal Government has approved proposal for formation of five new districts in the state.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has formally inaugurated the All-India conference of Directors General of Police (AICDGPs) at Dhordo in white Rann of Kutch region near Bhuj, Gujarat.

The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has unanimously adopted a resolution No. 2254 outlining a peace process in Syria.

• R.K. Mathur appointed as Chief Information Commissioner.
• Marginal Cost of funds based Lending Rate (MCLR) to replace the present base rate system: RBI.
• Afghanistan’s WTO membership approved after 11 years of talks.

The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has decided to launch prosecution proceedings against India Cements for non-compliance with certain provisions of companies law in relation to the Indian Premier League (IPL).

Former Defence Secretary R.K. Mathur has been appointed as Chief Information Commissioner (CIC), breaking away from the convention of appointing the head from among the serving Information Commissioners.