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Rani Avantika Bai was a Lodhi warrior-queen in princely state of Ramgarh, now in Madhya Pradesh, and had fought against Britishers in 1857 and sacrificed her life. Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal on Monday assured the Rajya Sabha that a chapter on the life of freedom fighter Rani Avantika Bai would be included in school curriculum.

The syllabus of general studies is so vast that even a well prepared student will find it difficult in examination hall to get any question in the format he has read about the topic . This makes the paper a little tricky and needs somewhat intelligent strategy of approaching question .

The Government proposes to roll out Common Mobility Card(CMC) to facilitate commuters to travel by different modes of public transport and other operations in the country. The proposed all India Common Mobility Card (CMC) would be a Smart Card providing for a Common Fare Collection System across different operators (both Government and Private) and different modes of public transport as well as parking etc. as an integrated approach. It is proposed to be extended progressively to all the cities across all the states/Union Territories. 

The eligibility criteria for grant of Maharatna status on a Public Enterprise is as below: a) Having Navratna status. b) Listed on Indian stock exchange, with minimum prescribed public shareholding under SEBI regulations. c) An average annual turnover during the last 3 years of more than Rs.25,000 crore. d) An average annual net worth during the last 3 years of more than Rs.15,000 crore. e) An average annual net profit after tax during the last 3 years of more than Rs.5000 crore. f) Significant global presence or international operations. At present there are 5 maharatna companies - CIL , IOCL , NTPC , ONGC , SAIL.GAIL, BHEL On March 17,2011 the Department of Public Enterprise (DPE)  had relaxed the norms for according the Maharatna status to PSUs. However, easing of norms was denotified within a month as it did not got cabinet approval.

The Government has already launched a Technology Mission on Technical Textiles (TMTT) for a period of five years (from 2010-11 to 2014-15) with a fund outlay of Rs. 200 crore. The Scheme has two Mini-Missions. Mini Mission-I is for standardization, creating common testing facilities, indigenous development of prototypes and Resource Centres with I.T infrastructure in eight Centres of Excellence (COE). Mini Mission-II focuses on support for domestic and export market development of Technical Textiles through assistance for business start-ups; contract research; assistance for buyer seller meets and participation in international exhibitions/seminars for Technical Textiles. In order to increase the share of Indian clothes in the world market and to enhance capacity of man-made fibre , the government has launched various schemes / measures like Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme (TUFS), Scheme for Integrated Textile Parks (SITP) and Common Compliance Code. To encourage Foreign Direct I...