Union Government releases Commemorative Coin & Circulation Coin on Maharana Pratap. <br />On 9 May 2016 the Union Government released a commemorative coin of hundred rupees and a circulation coin of ten rupees on Maharana Pratap. The coin was released as a part of 475th Birth Anniversary celebrations of Maharana Pratap. <br /> <br />Ministry of Environment & Forests launches web-based application on Integrated Waste Management System. <br />On 9 May 2016 the Ministry of Environment and Forests launched a web-based application on Integrated Waste Management System (IWMS). The system’s web address is www.iwms.nic.in. <br /> <br />Asia's first Rice Technology Park to be established in Gangavati, Karnataka. <br />In the first week of May 2016 the Karnataka Government decided to establish Asia’s first-ever Rice Technology Park at Gangavati in Koppal district. Besides, a Maize Technology Park will also be established at Ranebennur in Haveri district. <br />The rice park is being established at Navali-Karatagi villages on the outskirts of Gangavati, and the maize park is to be come up in the APMC market yard at Ranebennur. <br /> <br />RBI releases consultation paper on Peer to Peer lending to classify it as NBFC. <br />Peer to peer (P2P) lending is a form of crowd -funding which can be defined as the use of an online platform that matches lenders with borrowers in order to provide unsecured loans. <br />On 28 April 2016 the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) released consultation paper on P2P lending to classify it as Non-Banking Financial Company (NBFC).
