Current Affairs Topics For RRB NTPC 2019 – Most Important Topics
- Noble Price/ Flim Fare Award / National & International awards.
- Political Parties Details (BJP/Congress Etc) like founding fathers and dates
- Anything happened for the first time (Especially women related)
- Games(CWG / OLYMPIC / Asian Games)
- Dance Forms
- ISRO (Everything)
- Computer
- Discoveries in the Last 2 years
- Any religious changes
- Pollution (Everything) (National and international)
- Largest, longest, Biggest, etc in the world and India
- Social Media (Basics)
- World Organisation (WHO, UN, etc)
- Officeholders in India (NITI Ayog Chairman etc)
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—–LIST OF OFFICE HOLDERS IN INDIA—–
Constitutional Office-Holders
1. President of India—Ram Nath Kovind
2. Vice President of India / Chairman of the Rajya Sabha—Venkaiah Naidu
3. Chief Justice of India—Ranjan Gogoi
4. Comptroller and Auditor General of India — Rajiv Mehrishi
5. Chairman of Union Public Service Commission — Aravind Saxena
6. Attorney General of India — K. K. Venugopal
7.Chief Election Commissioner — Sunil Arora
Cabinet Ministers:
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Prime Minister |
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| Shri Narendra Modi | Prime Minister and also in-charge of: Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions; Department of Atomic Energy; Department of Space; and All important policy issues; and All other portfolios not allocated to any Minister. |
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Cabinet Ministers |
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| 1 | Shri Raj Nath Singh | Minister of Home Affairs. |
| 2 | Smt. Sushma Swaraj | Minister of External Affairs. |
| 3 | Shri Arun Jaitley | Minister without Portfolio |
| 4 | Shri Nitin Jairam Gadkari | Minister of Road Transport and Highways; Minister of Shipping; and Minister of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation. |
| 5 | Shri Suresh Prabhu | Minister of Commerce and Industry; and Minister of Civil Aviation. |
| 6 | Shri D. V. Sadananda Gowda | Minister of Statistics and Programme Implementation. |
| 7 | Sushri Uma Bharati | Minister of Drinking Water and Sanitation. |
| 8 | Shri Ramvilas Paswan | Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution. |
| 9 | Smt. Maneka Sanjay Gandhi | Minister of Women and Child Development. |
| 10 | Shri. D.V. Sadananda Gowda | Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers; and Minister of Parliamentary Affairs. |
| 11 | Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad | Minister of Law and Justice; and Minister of Electronics and Information Technology. |
| 12 | Shri Jagat Prakash Nadda | Minister of Health and Family Welfare. |
| 13 | Shri Anant Geete | Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises. |
| 14 | Smt. Harsimrat Kaur Badal | Minister of Food Processing Industries. |
| 15 | Shri Narendra Singh Tomar | Minister of Rural Development; Minister of Panchayati Raj; and Minister of Mines. |
| 16 | Shri Chaudhary Birender Singh | Minister of Steel. |
| 17 | Shri Jual Oram | Minister of Tribal Affairs. |
| 18 | Shri Radha Mohan Singh | Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. |
| 19 | Shri Thaawar Chand Gehlot | Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment. |
| 20 | Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani | Minister of Textiles |
| 21 | Dr. Harsh Vardhan | Minister of Science and Technology; Minister of Earth Sciences; and Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. |
| 22 | Shri Prakash Javadekar | Minister of Human Resource Development. |
| 23 | Shri Dharmendra Pradhan | Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas; and Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship. |
| 24 | Shri Piyush Goyal | Minister of Railways; and Minister of Coal. Minister of Finance; and Minister of Corporate Affairs. |
| 25 | Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman | Minister of Defence. |
| 26 | Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi | Minister of Minority Affairs. |
Ministers of State (Independent Charge) :
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Ministers of State (Independent Charge) |
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| 1 | Shri Rao Inderjit Singh | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Planning; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers. |
| 2 | Shri Santosh Kumar Gangwar | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Labour and Employment. |
| 3 | Shri Shripad Yesso Naik | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH). |
| 4 | Dr. Jitendra Singh | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region; Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office; Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions; Minister of State in the Department of Atomic Energy; and Minister of State in the Department of Space. |
| 5 | Dr. Mahesh Sharma | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Culture; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. |
| 6 | Shri Giriraj Singh | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises. |
| 7 | Shri Manoj Sinha | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Communications; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways. |
| 8 | Col. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports; and Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. |
| 9 | Shri Raj Kumar Singh | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Power; and Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy. |
| 10 | Shri Hardeep Singh Puri | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs. |
| 11 | Shri Alphons Kannanthanam | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Tourism |
Ministers of State :
| 1 | Shri Vijay Goel | Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation. |
| 2 | Shri Radhakrishnan P. | Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Shipping. |
| 3 | Shri S.S. Ahluwalia | Minister of State in the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology |
| 4 | Shri Ramesh Chandappa Jigajinagi | Minister of State in the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation. |
| 5 | Shri Ramdas Athawale | Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. |
| 6 | Shri Vishnu Deo Sai | Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel. |
| 7 | Shri Ram Kripal Yadav | Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development. |
| 8 | Shri Hansraj Gangaram Ahir | Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs. |
| 9 | Shri Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary | Minister of State in the Ministry of Mines; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Coal. |
| 10 | Shri Rajen Gohain | Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways. |
| 11 | General (Retd.) V. K. Singh | Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs. |
| 12 | Shri Parshottam Rupala | Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Panchayati Raj. |
| 13 | Shri Krishan Pal | Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. |
| 14 | Shri Jaswantsinh Sumanbhai Bhabhor | Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs. |
| 15 | Shri Shiv Pratap Shukla | Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance. |
| 16 | Shri Ashwini Kumar Choubey | Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. |
| 17 | Shri Sudarshan Bhagat | Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs. |
| 18 | Shri Upendra Kushwaha | Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Development. |
| 19 | Shri Kiren Rijiju | Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs. |
| 20 | Dr. Virendra Kumar | Minister of State in the Ministry of Women and Child Development; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Minority Affairs. |
| 21 | Shri Anantkumar Hegde | Minister of State in the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship. |
| 22 | General (Dr) Vijay Kumar Singh (Retd) | Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs. |
| 23 | Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti | Minister of State in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries. |
| 24 | Shri Jayant Sinha | Minister of State in the Ministry of Civil Aviation. |
| 25 | Shri Babul Supriyo | Minister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises. |
| 26 | Shri Vijay Sampla | Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. |
| 27 | Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal | Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation. |
| 28 | Shri Ajay Tamta | Minister of State in the Ministry of Textiles. |
| 29 | Smt. Krishna Raj | Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. |
| 30 | Shri Mansukh L. Mandaviya | Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways; Minister of State in the Ministry of Shipping; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers. |
| 31 | Smt. Anupriya Patel | Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. |
| 32 | Shri C.R. Chaudhary | Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry. |
| 33 | Shri P.P. Chaudhary | Minister of State in the Ministry of Law and Justice; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs. |
| 34 | Dr. Subhash Ramrao Bhamre | Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence. |
| 35 | Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat | Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. |
| 36 | Dr. Satya Pal Singh | Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Development; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation. |
Bureaucrats:
| Office | Name |
| Cabinet Secretary of India | Pradeep Kumar Sinha |
| Principal Secretary to Prime Minister | Nripendra Misra |
| Additional Principal Secretary to Prime Minister | Pramod Kumar Misra |
| Secretary-General of the Lok Sabha | Snehlata Shrivastava |
| Secretary-General of the Rajya Sabha | Desh Deepak Verma |
| National Security Adviser | Ajit Doval |
| Chairman, Railway Board | VK Yadav |
| Home Secretary | Rajiv Gauba |
| Finance Secretary | Ajay Narayan Jha |
| Defence Secretary | Sanjay Mitra |
| Foreign Secretary | Vijay Keshav Gokhale, IFS |
| Solicitor General of India | Tushar Mehta |
| Principal Scientific Adviser | K Vijay Raghavan |
| Chief Economic Adviser | Krishnamurthy Subramanian |
Permanent Commissions Office-Holders:
| Office | Name |
| Chairman, National Human Rights Commission of India | H. L. Dattu |
| Chairman, National Commission for Minorities | Syed Ghayorul Hasan Rizvi |
| Chairman, National Commission for Scheduled Castes | Ram Shankar Katheria |
| Chairman, National Commission for Scheduled Tribes | Nand Kumar Sai |
| Chairman, National Commission for Backward Classes | V Eshwaraiah |
| Chairman, National Commission for Women | Lalitha Kumaramangalam |
| Chairman, Central Administrative Tribunal | L Narsimha Reddy |
| Chairman, Central Vigilance Commission | K. V. Chowdhary |
| Chairman, Central Information Commission | Radha Krishna Mathur |
| Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission of India | Sekhar Basu |
| Chairman, Department of Space | K Sivan |
| Chairman, University Grants Commission | D. P. Singh |
| Chairman, Central Water Commission | Narendra Kumar |
| Director, Space Applications Centre | Tapan Misra |
| Chairman, National Forest Commission | B. N. Kirpal |
| Chairman, Competition Commission of India | Ashok Kumar Gupta |
Heads of financial bodies:
| Chairman, 15th Finance Commission of India | N.K.Singh |
| Governor, Reserve Bank of India | Shaktikanta Das |
| Chairman, Securities and Exchange Board of India | Ajay Tyagi, IAS |
| Chairman, Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India | Subhash Chandra Khuntia |
| Chairman, 7th Pay Commission | Ashok Kumar Mathur |
| Chairman, Small Industries Development Bank of India | Muhammad Mustafa |
| Chairman, Company Law Board | Mahesh Mittal Kumar |
| Chairman and Managing Director, Export-Import Bank of India | David Rasquinha |
| CEO and Managing Director, National Housing Bank | Sriram Kalyanaraman |
| Chairman, National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development | Harsh Kumar Bhanwala |
| CEO and Managing Director, Industrial Finance Corporation of India | Emandi Sankara Rao |
| Chairman, National Stock Exchange | Ashok Chawla |
| Chairman, Bombay Stock Exchange | Sethuratnam Ravi |
| Chairperson, State Bank of India | Rajnish Kumar (banker) |
| Chairman, Industrial Development Bank of India | B. Sriram |
| Chairman, Life Insurance Corporation of India | V. K. Sharma |
| President, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry | Sandip Somany |
| Chairman, Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority | Hemant G. Contractor |
| President, Confederation of Indian Industry | Rakesh Bharti Mittal |
| President, Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India | Sandeep Jajodia |
| Chairman, National Statistical Commission | Radha Binod Barman |
| Director General, Archaeological Survey of India | Usha Sharma |
| Chairman, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India | Ram Sevak Sharma |
| Director, Enforcement Directorate | Karnal Singh |
| CMD, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation | Shashi Shanker |
| Chairman & MD, Gas Authority of India Limited | B. C. Tripathi |
| Chairman, Indian Oil Corporation Limited | Sanjiv Singh |
| Chairman & MD, Oil India Limited | Utpal Bora |
| Chairperson, Central Board of Secondary Education | Anita Karwal |
Defence and Security:
| Chief of the Army Staff | General Bipin Rawat |
| Chief of the Air Staff |
Air Chief Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa
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| Chief of the Naval Staff |
Admiral Sunil Lanba
(also Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee) |
| Chief of Integrated Defence Staff | Lt General Rajeshwar |
| Director General, Military Intelligence | Lieutenant General K. G. Krishna |
| Director, Intelligence Bureau | Rajiv Jain, IPS |
| Secretary, Research and Analysis Wing | Anil Dhasmana, IPS |
| Director, Central Bureau of Investigation | Mannem Nageswara Rao |
| Director General, Border Security Force | Rajni Kant Mishra, IPS |
| Director General, Central Reserve Police Force | Rajiv Rai Bhatnagar, IPS |
| Director General, Central Industrial Security Force | Rajesh Ranjan, IPS |
| Director General, Indo-Tibetan Border Police | S S Deswal, IPS |
| Director General, Sashastra Seema Bal | S. S. Deswal, IPS |
| Director General, National Security Guard | R C Tayal |
| Director General, National Investigation Agency | Y.C. Modi, IPS |
| Director General, National Disaster Response Force | Sanjay Kumar, IPS |
Important Current Affairs Topics For RRB NTPC 2019
Important Current Affairs Topics For RRB NTPC 2019
Important Current Affairs Topics For RRB NTPC 2019
Important Current Affairs Topics For RRB NTPC 2019
Important Current Affairs Topics For RRB NTPC 2019
Important Current Affairs Topics For RRB NTPC 2019