GA Topper Series: Important Days of 1st July

National Doctor’s Day

The theme for this year’s celebration of National Doctors’ Day in India is “Family Doctors on the Front Line.” The theme highlights the contribution of doctors who care for the whole family or a community.

National Doctors’ Day celebrations in India began in 1991 on July 1 to honour Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy or B.C. Roy, whose birth and death anniversary, both fall on July 1. B.C. Roy was a famous physician and freedom fighter from West Bengal. He also became the Chief Minister of West Bengal from 1948 till his death in 1962.

National Doctor’s Day

National CA Day

Chartered Accountants (CA) day is celebrated annually on 1 July with an aim to commemorate the findings of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) by Parliament in 1949.

On July 1st, 1949, an act of Parliament gave birth to the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI). Founded a year before the Constitution of the country was formalized, the ICAI counts itself among the oldest professional institutions in the country. It is the second-largest professional accounting and finance body in the world in terms of members, with a current roster of about 2.5 lakhs members.

GST Day

It is the 5th GST Day. 

It commemorates the implementation of the Goods and Services Tax GST that replaced the old indirect tax regime in the country. It was launched in a special ceremony held in the central hall of Parliament on the intervening night of 30th June and 1st July 2017.

Some facts about GST:

1. Constitutional article related to GST: 279A.
2. Constitutional amendment Act: 101 related to GST.

SBI Foundation Day

In 2022 SBI Foundation Day will be celebrated on 1st July. State Bank of India (SBI) is the oldest commercial bank in the country and was founded pre-independence as the Bank of Calcutta in 1806. SBI Foundation Day celebrates the foundation of the bank in the year 1955. 

Answer the following expected questions in the comment section:

1. National doctor’s day is the birthday of which personality?
2. In which year GST was implemented?