March Current Affairs PDFs for PPSC-PATWARI-PSSSB-PUDA-:

Ans.1.(c)Exp. The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), the Japanese government funding agency, has signed agreements with the Indian government for three rail infrastructure projects, totaling Rs. 15,295 crore.

Ans.2.(a)Exp. India’s gross domestic product (GDP) is likely to contract by 4.5 per cent in the April-June 2020 quarter and will rise by only 2 per cent in 2020-21 on the coronavirus impact, according to domestic rating agency ICRA.

Ans.3.(b)Exp. Punjab National Bank (PNB) has unveiled a new logo as it merges United Bank of India and OBC with it, with effect from April 1. The new logo will bear distinct signages of all the three public sector lenders.

Ans.4.(c)Exp. Headquarters: New Delhi

Ans.5.(b)Exp. The Chennai Port Trust on 27th March acquired about 67 per cent stake held by the Central government in the country’s first corporate port Kamarajar Port Ltd (KPL) for Rs 2,383 crore.

Ans.6.(e)Exp. Currency: Japanese yen

Ans.7.(c)Exp. Country’s first corporate port Kamarajar Port Ltd (KPL), formerly Known as Ennore Port is located at Chennai.

Ans.8.(d)Exp. CEO: S. S. Mallikarjuna Rao

Ans.9.(d)Exp. BP Kanungo was reappointed as the Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of India on 27th March. His reappointment came after the Appointments Committee of Cabinet approved Kanungo’s term extension for a period of one year with effect from March 27. Kanungo’s tenure was to end on April 3.

Ans.10.(a)Exp. Indian shot putter Navin Chikara was, on 28th March, suspended for four years by global athletics body’s (IAAF) Athletics Integrity Unit for failing an out-of-competition dope test in 2018. Chikara, 23, has been banned for use of a prohibited substance and his four-year suspension starts from July 27, 2018.

Ans.11.(a)Exp. The Tokyo Olympics will open next year in the same time slot scheduled for this year’s games. Tokyo organizers said on 30th March the opening ceremony will take place on July 23, 2021 — almost exactly one year after the games were due to start this year.

Ans.1.(a)Exp. The world economy will go into recession this year with a predicted loss of trillions of dollars of global income due to the COVID-19 pandemic, spelling serious trouble for developing countries with the likely exception of India and China, according to a latest UN trade report.

Ans.2.(b)Exp. Tata Power Company’s joint venture with Norway’s Clean Energy Invest (CEI), and International Financial Corporation (IFC) has started commercial operation of a 178 megawatt hydropower project in Georgia. The joint venture company, Adjaristsqali Georgia LLC, is setting up one of the largest projects in Georgia at an overall project cost of approximately $ 500 million. After the 178 mw-Shuakhevi Hydro Power Project, the JV will comission a 9 mw units, namely Skhalta Hydro Power project.

Ans.3.(c)Exp. India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra) recently slashed its gross domestic product (GDP) growth estimate for India for fiscal 2020-21 to 3.6 per cent from 5.5 per cent. The reasons cited are the COVID-19 outbreak and the nationwide lockdown till April 14.

Ans.4.(d)Exp. Capital: Tbilisi

Ans.5.(e)Exp. Fitch Solutions on 30th March slashed its estimate for India’s GDP growth in the fiscal starting April 1 to 4.6 per cent due to weaker private consumption and contraction in investment amid coronavirus outbreak, costing economies around the globe. The growth estimate for 2020-21 fiscal (April 2020 to March 2021) compares with a 4.9 per cent forecast in the current 2019-20.

Ans.6.(a)Exp. Currency: Georgian lari

Ans.7.(b)Exp. Asian Development Bank (ADB) on 30th March announced a USD 100 million funding for the Indian infrastructure sector through the government-promoted NIIF. The ADB will be investing in the National Investment and Infrastructure Fund’s (NIIF) “fund of funds” which will ensure that the actual money invested will be a few times more than the USD 100 million.

Ans.8.(e)Exp. Veteran Japanese comic Ken Shimura, who tested positive for the novel coronavirus last week, has died at the age of 70. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the actor was hospitalised in Tokyo on March 20 after developing a fever and being diagnosed with severe pneumonia. Shimura tested positive for COVID-19 on March 23. The actor was set to star in his first feature film “God of Cinema”, directed by Yoji Yamada.

Ans.9.(d)Exp. Headquarters: New York, United States.

Ans.10.(e)Exp. Secretary general: António Guterres

Ans.11.(a)Exp. President: Masatsugu Asakawa