Current Affairs August, 2016

• Cabinet approves dissolution of Central Inland Water Transport Corporation Limited
• Union Cabinet approves creation of PDF to catalyse Indian economic presence in CLMV countries
• Madhukar Gupta Committee: Recommendations on border protection

The Union Cabinet has given its approval to create a Project Development Fund (PDF) for catalysing Indian economic presence in the CLMV countries viz. Cambodia, Laos Myanmar and Vietnam.

The Union Cabinet has given its approval to proposal for dissolution of Central Inland Water Transport Corporation Limited (CIWTC).

The Union Cabinet has apprised the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) and CERT-UK.

Ujarat has become the first state in the country to distribute two crore LED bulbs under the Centre̢۪s UJALA (Unnat Jyoti by Affordable LEDs for All) scheme.

The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) has decided to appoint Olympic silver medallist P. V. Sindhu as its honorary commandant and brand ambassador.

The Madhukar Gupta Committee on border protection has submitted its report to the Union Ministry Home Affairs (MHA).

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched the first phase of SAUNI (Saurastra Narmada Avataran Irrigation) Yojana at Sanodara of Jamnagar district of Gujarat.

The second 1,000 MW capacity reactor of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP) was successfully synchronised to the southern power grid.

Eminent Dogri language Poetess and novelist Padma Sachdev was awarded the prestigious Saraswati Samman for the year 2015.

• Yogeshwar Dutt Broneze Medal upgraded to Silver
• Khel Ratna and Arjuna awards presented
• Indian, Myanmar sign pact to build 69 bridges

It was an overwhelming Olympic flavour at the Rashtrapati Bhawan as President Pranab Mukherjee honoured the medallists from Rio — P.V. Sindhu and Sakshi Malik — apart from Olympic finalists, Dipa Karmakar and Jitu Rai, with the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award.