CURRENT AFFAIRS - INDIA

1.New Chief of the Naval Staff is Vice Admiral Sunil Lanba 

• Vice Admiral Sunil Lanba has been appointed as next Chief of the Naval Staff. He will be 23rd chief of Indian Navy and 21st as an Indian. 

• He will assume the charge on 31 May 2016 and shall have full three-year-term in office till 31 May 2019. He will succeed incumbent Navy Chief Admiral Robin K. Dhowan, who will superannuate from the post on 31 May 2016.

 2. The Central Government launches Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY)

• The Central Government launched Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) for providing free of cost LPG (Cooking Gas) connections to women from BPL Households. 

• It was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi from Maldepur Morh, Ballia in Uttar Pradesh. 

3. Now RM Lodha to oversee the functions of the Medical Council of India (MCI)

• The Supreme Court has appointed a 3 member high-powered committee headed by former Chief Justice of India (CJI) RM Lodha to oversee the functions of the Medical Council of India (MCI). 

4. The Central Government launches UJALA Scheme

• The Union Government has launched National LED programme. Unnat Jyoti by Affordable LEDs for All (UJALA). 

• It was launched by Union Minister for State (IC) for Power, Coal and Renewable Energy Piyush Goyal in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.

5. Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra top 2015 Road Mishap Chart

• Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra are among five states that recorded the highest number of road mishaps for the second consecutive year but Uttar Pradesh has reported the highest number of fatalities in 2015, provisional data compiled by the Transport Research Wing (TRW) of the Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways indicates.

• TRW’s provisional data for 2015 showed an increase of 4.6% in Nationwide road mishap fatalities, from 1,39,671 in 2014 to 1,46,133 deaths in 2015.

• In 2015, Tamil Nadu reported the highest number of road accidents followed by Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka and Kerala. These states contributed 29.66 per cent of total accidents and also the highest number of injuries at 2,75,873.