National Waterways of India

National Waterways of India

The Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) was established on 27th October 1986 for development and regulation of inland waterways for shipping and navigation in Indian water territories which has a length of 14,500 km, out of which about 5200 km of river and 4000 km of canals can be used by mechanized crafts by Indian government. The Authority primarily undertakes projects for development and maintenance of IWT infrastructure on national waterways through grant which are received from Ministry of Shipping. The head office of the Inland Waterways Authority of India is at Noida in Uttar Pradesh. The Authority also has its regional offices at Kolkata,Patna, Guwahati and Kochi and sub-offices at Varanasi, Allahabad, Bhaglapur, Farakka and Kollam,so there are six ( 6) waterways in india at present

National Waterway Serial Number	India Inland Waterway	Length(Km)
National Waterway 1	Allahabad–Haldia stretch of the Ganges–Bhagirathi–Hooghly river system	1620
National Waterway 2	Sadiya — Dhubri stretch of Brahmaputra river	891
National Waterway 3	Kottapuram-Kollam stretch of the West Coast Canal, Champakara Canal and Udyogmandal Canal	205
National Waterway 4	Kakinada–Pondicherry stretch of canals and the Kaluvelly Tank, Bhadrachalam – Rajahmundry stretch of River Godavari and Wazirabad – Vijayawada stretch of River Krishna	1095
National Waterway 5	Talcher–Dhamra stretch of the Brahmani River, the Geonkhali - Charbatia stretch of the East Coast Canal, the Charbatia–Dhamra stretch of Matai river and the Mangalgadi - Paradip stretch of the Mahanadi River Delta	623
National Waterway 6	Lakhipur to Bhanga of river Barak	121

Reserve Bank of India — Present Governor & Deputy Governors.

Reserve Bank of India — Present Governor & Deputy Governors.
Governor — Dr. Raghuram G. Rajan.
Deputy Governor— Dr. K. C. Chakrabarty.
Deputy Governor— Shri Anand Sinha.
Deputy Governor— Shri H.R. Khan.
Deputy Governor— Dr. Urjit R. Patel.
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Dada Saheb Phalke Awards : List of the Winners till date

Dada Saheb Phalke Awards : List of the Winners till date.

Indian cinema popularly knows as bollywood is the second largest film making industry after hollywood in the world and has seen many up and down in this long journey from the year back in 1913 to 2014 and still going on consistent basis.The Dadasaheb Phalke Award is the highest award in Indian cinema given annually at the National film Awards function. 

why this award and for what ?

The government of India started a new National Film Award in the year 1969 knows as the Dadasaheb Phalke Award,in the centenary birth year of Dadasaheb Phalke who is also knows as "the father of Indian cinema" so to honor Dhundiraj Govind Phalke ( 1870--1944) this most prestigious and coveted award is named after him.

Category  

This award is given in the category of "Indian Cinema" as "the life time achievement" and for "the outstanding contribution to the growth and development of Indian cinema."

What is given in Award  

This award if given by a committee of eminent personalities from the Indian film industry who recommend the name of the person to be honored with the award.It comprises of a Swarna Kamal ( Golden Lotus ) medallion,a shawl and a cash prize of  1,000,000.Till 2013 this award has been given to 45 personalities.

1969- Devika Rani, actress.
1970- B. N. Sircar, producer.
1971- Prithviraj Kapoor, actor (posthumous).
1972- Pankaj Mullick, composer (music director).
1973- Ruby Myers (Sulochana), actress.
1974- Bomireddi Narasimha, Reddy director.
1975- Dhirendranath Ganguly, actor, director.
1976- Kanan Devi, actress..
1977- Nitin Bose, cinematographer, director, writer.
1978- Rai Chand Boral, composer, director.
1979- Sohrab Modi, actor, director, producer.
1980- Paidi Jairaj, actor, director.
1981- Naushad Ali, composer (music director).
1982- L. V. Prasad, actor, director, producer.
1983- Durga Khote, actress.
1984- Satyajit Ray, director.
1985- V. Shantaram, actor, director, producer.
1986- B. Nagi Reddy, producer.
1987- Raj Kapoor, actor, director.
1988- Ashok Kumar, actor.
1989- Lata Mangeshkar, singer.
1990- A. Nageswara Rao, actor.
1991- Bhalji Pendharkar, director, producer, writer.
1992- Bhupen Hazarika, composer (music director).
1993- Majrooh Sultanpuri, lyricist.
1994- Dilip Kumar, actor.
1995- Dr. Rajkumar, actor.
1996- Sivaji Ganesan, actor.
1997- Pradeep,lyricist.
1998- B.R. Chopra, director, producer.
1999- Hrishikesh Mukherjee, director.
2000- Asha Bhosle, singer.
2001- Yash Chopra,director, producer.
2002- Dev Anand, actor, director, producer.
2003- Mrinal Sen, director.
2004- Adoor Gopalakrishnan, director.
2005- Shyam Benegal, director.
2006- Tapan Sinha, director.
2007- Manna Dey, singer.
2008- V.K. Murthy, cinematographer.
2009- D.Ramanaidu, producer, director.
2010- K. Balchander, director.
2011- Soumitra Chatterjee, actor.
2012- Pran , popular villain.
2013- Gulzar , lyricist, director ,producer.
2014- Sashi Kapoor , Producer, Actor.
2015- Manoj Kumar ,actor, director, producer.
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State Bank of India & Associate Banks— Head Quarters and Foundation Date

State Bank of India & Associate Banks— Head Quarters and Foundation Date.
Assets wise SBI bank holds a first position in Indian banking industry.Its foundation history is associated through the Imperial Bank of India ,to the founding in 1806 of the Bank of Calcutta.Later the time come when Bank of Madras merged into the other two presidency bank named as Bank of Bombay and Bank of Calcutta to form the Imperial Bank of India ,which is named as State bank of India when government of India owned the Imperial Bank id India in 1955. Today knows as State bank of India.Most of the regions Sbi holds a position of lead bank having a 20% market share in deposit and loans among Indian commercial banks.

( 1 )State Bank of India— Mumbai (1July 1955).

( 2 )State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur— Jaipur (1963).
( 3 )State Bank of Hyderabad— Hyderabad (8 August 1941).
( 4 )State Bank of Mysore— Bangalore (1913).
( 5 )State Bank of Patiala— Patiala ( 17 November 1917).
( 6 )State Bank of Travancore— Thiruvananthapuram, (1945).

IMF-- International Monetary Fund Managing Director

IMF--International Monetary Fund Managing Director.
( 1 ) Camille Gutt ( Belgium)6 May 1946 – 5 May 1951.
( 2 ) Ivar Rooth (Sweden)3 August 1951 – 3 October 1956.
( 3 ) Per Jacobsson ( Sweden)21 November 1956 – 5 May 1963.
( 4 ) Pierre-Paul Schweitzer (France)1 September 1963 – 31 August 1973.
( 5 ) Johan Witteveen (Netherlands)1 September 1973 – 16 June 1978.
( 6 ) Jacques de Larosière (France)17 June 1978 – 15 January 1987.
( 7 ) Michel Camdessus (France)16 January 1987 – 14 February 2000.
( 8 ) Horst Köhler (Germany)1 May 2000 – 4 March 2004.
( 9 ) Rodrigo Rato (Spain)7 June 2004 – 31 October 2007.
( 10 )Dominique Strauss-Kahn (France)1 November 2007 – 18 May 2011.
( 11 )Christine Lagarde (France) 5 July 2011 –till now.
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