India This Week: 11 April-17 April 2016

11 April 2016
• Union Government exempted housing finance companies from XBRL filings
• Sachin Tendulkar to endorse I Support Skill India campaign
• B B Tandon Committee constituted to monitor government advertisements in accordance with SC directions
• Hemant Kumar Ruia appointed CFO of Indus Towers



12 April 2016
• Aishwarya Rai Bachchan won Global Indian of the Year 2016 award
• President Pranab Mukherjee conferred Padma Awards 2016
• Delhi government launched PoochhO Carpool app to help people during odd-even scheme
• Kerala High Court banned noise-making fireworks at night in all places of worship

13 April 2016
• Maharashtra CM Fadnavis launched Mission Drinking Water
• Maharashtra Legislative Assembly approved Social Boycott Bill 2016

14 April 2016
• PM Modi launched Gram Uday Se Bharat Uday Abhiyan on Dr. Ambedkar's birth anniversary
• ONGC took over Tapti gas field infrastructure to boost Daman gas Production
• Union Government reconstituted IGNCA Trust; Ram Bahadur Rai appointed President
• Susmita Pande appointed as chairperson of National Monument Authority
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated Maritime India Summit 2016
• Union Government notified SC and ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Rules, 2016
• PM Narendra Modi launched National Agriculture Market
• Jharkhand Government launched Bhimrao Ambedkar Awas Yojana for widows
• Hero Group co-founder Satyanand Munjal passed away

15 April 2016
• Geeta Johri appointed as first woman DGP of Gujarat
• Delhi government rolled out Phase 2 of odd-even scheme

16 April 2016
• Panagarh airbase renamed after former IAF chief Arjan Singh

17 April 2016
• Google, RailTel launched free WiFi service at Bhubaneswar Railway station
• Indian Railway used drone for the first time to inspect Dedicated Freight Corridor project
• Dipa Karmakar became first Indian woman gymnast to qualify for Olympics
• Supercomputer 'Param Kanchenjunga' unveiled at Sikkim NIT