12 November 2011

• Post Office Savings interest raised
• Post Office Savings Account (POSA) : 4%, up from 3.5%
• Monthly Income Scheme (MIS) : 8.2%
• National Savings Certificate (NSC) : 8.4%
• Maturity period of NSC & MIS reduced to 5years from 6years
• Public Provident Fund (PPF) : 8.6%
• Investment in PPF increased by Rs.30000 to Rs.1 lakh
• Kisan Vikas Patra discontinued
• Margaret Alva : Governor of Uttarakhand
• Hamid Ansari : Vice-President of India
• 75th Anniversary of Temple Entry Proclamation of 12 November 1936
• Dinesh Trivedi : Union Railway Minister
• Train fares to go up with fuel prices
• SS Bajaj : Chairman of Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB)
• Jst Markandey Katju : Chairman of Press Council
• Ellen Johnson Sirleaf : First woman President of Liberia
• Re-elected for the second term
• William Hague : British Foreign Secretary
• Palestine demands UN Security Council membership
• Leon Panetta : US Defence Secretary
• Kaushik Basu : Chief Economic Adviser
• C Rangarajan : Chief of PM's Economic Advisory Council (PMEAC)
• Industrial growth dips to 1.9% in September
• Dilip Modi : President of ASSOCHAM (Associated Chambers of Commerce & Industry)
• Dr Pradip Dutta : new fitness coach of Indian football team
• Sanjay Aggarwal : CEO of Kingfisher Airlines
• Majjhgavan Mines : in Panna, Madhya Pradesh
• Biggest ever diamond unearthed by NMDC (National Mineral Development Corporation)
• 37.68 Carat diamond
• Harsh Mander : Convener of NAC's (National Advisory Council's) Working Group on Urban Poverty recommendations in the Rajiv Awas Yojna (RAY)
• Suggested that 25-40% land in city development plans be reserved for housing the urban poor