- ‘Green and Sustainable Deposits’: It is the name of fixed deposit launched by HDFC Ltd. It is launched to protect the environment from climate change actions. The period for the ‘Green and Sustainable Deposits’ is 36-120 months and has an interest rate of upto 6.55% per annum. The FD will be utilised to finance green and sustainable housing credit solutions and services.
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- HQ of HDFC Ltd: Mumbai
- The Chief Minister of Haryana, Manohar Lal Khattar announced to rename the Hisar Airport as Maharaja Agrasen International Airport.
- Static Part:
- Governor of Haryana: Bandaru Dattatreya
- Important Days and Themes: 23rd Aug 2021: International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition
- Tokyo 2020 Summer Paralympics Games: It will be held from 24th Aug to 5th Sep 2021. The official mascot for this event is ‘Someity’.
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- HQ of International Paralympic Committee: Bonn, Germany
- Onam Festival: It is celebrated in Kerala. It is a 10-day long festival that observes the beginning of the harvest season. This year it was celebrated from 12th Aug to 23rd Aug 2021.
- ‘Ubharte Sitaare Fund’
- Multiple projects Inaugurated in Somnath, Gujarat
- Hurun Global 500 Most Valuable Companies list 2021
- USAID, DFC partnered with Kotak Mahindra Bank
- ‘Urja’—Chatbot of BPCL
Question:
Q.1 Which financial organisation launched ‘Green and Sustainable Deposits’, a type of FD?
a. ICICI Life Insurance
b. HDFC Ltd
c. LIC Housing Finance
d. HDB Financial Services
a. ICICI Life Insurance
b. HDFC Ltd
c. LIC Housing Finance
d. HDB Financial Services
