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3rd Jan 2020 
NITI Aayog Releases SDG India Index 2.0 :  towards achieving the 2030 SDG targets.

• launched by NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Dr Rajiv Kumar 
• developed in collaboration with Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI), United Nations in India, and Global Green Growth Institute 
• Three states in the ‘Aspirant’ category (with score in 0–49)—Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Assam—have graduated to the ‘Performer’ category (50–64). 
• Five states—Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, Goa, and Sikkim—moved up from the ‘Performer’ category to the ‘Front Runner’ category (65–99). 
• Kerala achieved first rank in the composite SDG Index with a score of 70, followed by Himachal Pradesh at 69. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana & Tamil Nadu ranked at third position with the score of 67. 
• The biggest improvers since 2018 are Uttar Pradesh (which has moved from the 29th position to the 23rd), Orissa (23rd to 15th), and Sikkim (15th to 7th).

31st Dec 2019
IFSR India state of Forest Report 2019 : Green cover increased by 5,188 square kms in 2 years

• The biannual report was prepared by Forest Survey of India (FSI) and released by Union Minister Prakash Javadekar
• green area covers about 24.56% of the total geographic area of the country.
• forest area has increased by 3976 KMs and the area of trees by 1212 square KMs in 2 years.
• The three states where forest area has grown the most include Karnataka (1025 km), Andhra Pradesh (990 km) and Kerala (823 km).

Top Three States in Forest Cover
1	Karnataka (1025 sq km)
2	Andhra Pradesh (990 sq km)
3	Kerala (823 sq km)
Area wise largest forest covers in country
1	Madhya Pradesh
2	Arunachal Pradesh
3	Chhattisgarh
4	Odisha
5	Maharashtra

• Mangroves have increased in coastal areas. It has increased in Gujarat, Maharashtra & Odisha.

2nd Aug 2019 The ET
ISRO to set up Liasion unit in Moscow for ISRO’s Gaganyaan programme : ISRO Technical Liaison Unit ITLU at Moscow will enable effective technical coordination on diversified matters with Russia and neighbouring countries.

ISRO will be able to collaborate with Space agencies/industries in Russia and neighbouring countries for mutually synergetic outcomes , keeping 15th August, 2022 timeline for realization of the Gaganyaan human space programme.


Ramon Magsaysay Award 2019 :

• NDTV's Ravish Kumar Wins Magsaysay Award For His Journalism i.e. for  "harnessing journalism to give voice to the voiceless" and his "unfaltering commitment to a professional, ethical journalism of the highest standards". 
• The four other winners are 
• Ko Swe Win from Myanmar, 
• Angkhana Neelapaijit from Thailand, 
• Raymundo Pujante Cayabyab from Philippines 
• Kim Jong-Ki from South Korea.

मेघदूत मोबाइल एप और दीप ओसियन मिशन मिनिस्ट्री ऑफ अर्थ साइंस ::::


30th June 2019 The Hindu

NASA's PUNCH Mission : which stands for “Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere” is focused on understanding the transition of particles from the Sun’s outer corona to the solar wind that fills interplanetary space.

PUNCH will consist of a ‘constellation’ of four suitcase­ sized microsats that will orbit the Earth in formation and study how the corona, which is the atmosphere of the Sun, connects with the interplanetary medium. The mission is expected to be launched in 2022.

The mission will image and track the solar wind and also the coronal mass ejections – which are

huge masses of plasma that get thrown out of the Sun’s atmosphere. The coronal mass ejections

can affect and drive space weather events near the Earth.

Facebook’s new digital currency Libra is aimed at a huge potential market for financial services in the developing world, where billions of people don’t use traditional banking accounts. Libra can ‘provide a universal and stable currency’ which is easily transferable.


International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) Act,



6th Feb 2019
AMIF of NABARD :

• CCEA Chaired by PM Modi gave its approval for the creation of a corpus of Rs. 2000 crore for Agri-Market Infrastructure Fund (AMIF) to be created with NABARD for development and up-gradation of agricultural marketing infrastructure in Gramin Agricultural Markets and Regulated Wholesale Markets. 
• AMIF  will provide the State/UT Governments subsidized loan for their proposal for developing marketing infrastructure in 585 Agriculture Produce Market Committees (APMCs) and 10,000 Grameen Agricultural Markets (GrAMs). 

13th June 2019
District magistrates in all States and UTs to set up Foreigners Tribunals : 

• With Assam’s National Register of Citizens as the backdrop, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has laid out specific guidelines to detect, detain and deport foreign nationals staying illegally across the country.
• MHA has amended the Foreigners (Tribunals) Order, 1964 & has empowered district magistrates in all States and Union Territories to set up tribunals to decide whether a person staying illegally in India is a foreigner or not. Earlier, the powers to constitute tribunals were vested only with the Centre.
• The tribunals are quasi-judicial bodies, unique to Assam, to determine if a person staying illegally is a “foreigner” or not. In other parts, once a ‘foreigner’ has been apprehended by the police for staying illegally, he or she is produced before a local court under the Passport Act, 1920, or the Foreigners Act, 1946, 
• MHA sanctioned around 1,000 Tribunals to be set up in Assam in the wake of publication of the final NRC by July 31 , 2019.

13th Jan 2019
To review Economic Capital Framework / Bimal Jalan Committee:

• RBI has constituted a panel on economic capital framework. It will be headed by Ex-RBI governor Bimal Jalan.
• The panel will decide whether RBI is holding provisions, reserves and buffers in surplus of the required levels.
• The six members panel was constituted on Dec 26, 2018 to review ECF for RBI after FinMin wanted the TBI to follow global best practice and transfer more surplus to the Government.
• The RBI has 9.6 lac crore surplus with it.
• FinMin views that buffer of 28% of gross assets maintained by RBI is well above global norms of 14%.
• It would propose a suitable profits distribution policy taking into account all the likely situations of the RBI, including the situations of holding more provisions than required and the RBI holding less provisions than required.
• The ECF committee will also suggest an adequate level of risk provisioning that the RBI needs to maintain. That apart, any other related matter, including treatment of surplus reserves created out of realized gains, will also come within the ambit of this committee.
• In past issue of ideal size of RBI reserves was examined by three committees :
1. V subramanyam in 1997
2. Usha Thorat in 2004
3. YH Malegam in 2013
• The Malegam Committee estimated the excess (in 2013) at Rs 1.49 lakh crore.

FAME 2.0 :

• 5000 e-Charging stations
• for a period of 3 years starting from 1 Apr 2019 with budget support of 10,000 Crore INR.
• for public and shared transport for laying down EV
• one charging station for every 3 Km in Cities and on 25 Kms on Highways.

ASSAM RIFLES

UIGHUR MUSLIMS

IMO’S NEW RULE

UKRAIN RUSSIA SEA DISPUTE

GSLV

NIRBHAY MISSILE

CANDIDA AURIS ( C. Auris ): is deadly, drug-resistant fungus is infecting patients in hospitals and nursing homes around the world. The fungus seems to have emerged in several locations at once, not from a single source. The germ, a fungus called Candida auris, preys on people with weakened immune systems, and it is quietly spreading across the globe.

3-D PRINTED HEART

SOLAR E-WASTE

NANDHAUR WILDLIFE SANCTUARY

BIODIVERSITY MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE

THE STATE OF WORKING INDIA REPORT

INDIA SHIFTS TO NET STEEL IMPORTER IN 2018-19 FISCAL

WEST BENGAL SCHEMES

INDIA FACING SHORTAGE OF DOCTORS AND NURSES


India's first Lokpal : PC Ghose

• Retired Supreme Court Judge Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose, 66, has been recommended to be India’s first Lokpal or anti-corruption ombudsman of India. 
• His name was finalised and recommended by the Selection Committee comprising PM Narendra Modi, Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan, eminent jurist Mukul Rohatgi. 
• Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha and Congress member Mallikarjun Kharge, who is part of the Committee, did not attend the meeting.

Airpocalypse III: assessment of air pollution in Indian cities and National Clean Air Programme (NCAP)

• A Greenpeace India report, which identified 139 cities where air pollution level exceeds national standards, said the NCAP is based on limited data from 2011-2015 and that’s why a large number of highly polluted cities have been kept out of its purview. 
• The Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC) launched the five-year action plan earlier this month to reduce air pollution by 30 per cent by 2024, with 2017 as base year. 
• The report title ‘Airpocalypse III’ analysed air pollution data of 313 cities and towns for the year 2017. It said that of the 313 cities, 241 are on the list of non-attainment cities (highly polluted cities), but the NCAP has included only 102.

India's new 18th Railway Zone in Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh as South Coast zone.

TARA scheme :  

• Technological Advancement for Rural Areas scheme under SEED(Science for Equity Empowerment and Development under DST) programmes is to provide location specific innovative Technologies Solution on specific challenges in rural areas.
• These technologies are developed and scaled up by support group involving local community 
• In rural and other disadvantaged areas to work and provide technological solutions and effective delivery of technologies for livelihood generation & societal benefits

Renke Commission and Idate Commission have done commendable work in studying the various problems faced by Denotified, Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic Communities and recommending measures to address the issues more comprehensively.

INSTEX Instrument in Support of Trade Exchanges 

• is a project of the 3 governments of UK, France and Germany to bypass US sanctions on Iran.
• INSTEX is a payment system which will help to save the Iran nuclear deal by allowing Tehran to keep trading with EU companies despite Washington re-imposing sanctions.

NAHEP National Agricultural Higher Education Project :

• ICAR has recently launched Rs 1100 crore ambitious NAHEP to attract talent and strengthen higher agricultural education in the country. 
• This project will be funded by World Bank and Indian Government on a 50:50 basis. 
• In addition, a 4 year degree in Agriculture, Horticulture, Fisheries and Forestry has been declared a professional degree.

Zearalenone 

• is a fungal toxin infesting cereals such as wheat, maize and barley. 
• It attacks crops while they are growing, but can also develop when cereals are stored without being dried fully.

Satkosia Tiger Reserve 

• is a tiger reserve located in the Angul district of Odisha. 
• It is located where the Mahanadi River passes through a 22 km long gorge in the Eastern Ghats mountains. 
• The tiger reserve is located in the Eastern Highlands moist deciduous forests ecoregion.

Sharm El Sheikh Declaration :

• 14th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 14) was held in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt.
• COP 14 Ministerial High Level Segment (HLS)
• Theme: “Mainstreaming of biodiversity in the energy and mining; processing industry; infrastructure and health sectors”
• Declaration: “Sharm El Sheikh Declaration”.

 
GOVT EASES ANGEL TAX EXEMPTION NORMS :

• Start up will get exemptions for Angel tax
• There will be changes made in Income Tax Act 1961, 56(2) 7b.
• Start up Cos will send their application details to DIPP of MC&I. 
• It will send to CBDT to decide on Angel tax.
• In 45 days, CBDT will decide on it.
• Angel Tax : When unlisted Cos or Start ups issue the shares for investors on more than the original price i.e. fair market value ) to receive the funds (angel funds) for their business , the Income tax dept applies taxes by considering extra price of Share as Income of Start up Cos. It was started in 2012 to prohibiting Money Laundering.

Mission Innovation (MI)

• is a global initiative of 23 countries and the European Commission (on behalf of the European Union) working to reinvigorate and accelerate global clean energy innovation with the objective to make clean energy widely affordable.
• MI was announced at COP21 on November 30, 2015, as world leaders came together in Paris to commit to ambitious efforts to combat climate change.
• These 24 members have committed to seek to double public investment in clean energy RD&D and are engaging with the private sector, fostering international collaboration and celebrating innovators

Reporters Without Borders (RWB) is NGO

: aka Reporters Sans Frontières (RSF), is an international non-profit, non-governmental organization based in Paris, France, that conducts political advocacy on issues relating to freedom of information and freedom of the press.

Program for International Student Assessment (PISA - India will participate in 2021)  by OECD (India is not part) : 

• is an international assessment that measures 15-year-old students’ reading, mathematics, and science literacy every three years. 
• First conducted in 2000, the major domain of study rotates between reading, mathematics, and science in each cycle.
• coordinated by Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), an intergovernmental organization of industrialized countries, and is conducted in USA United States by NCES.
• India’s Participation in Programme for International Student Assessment- PISA 2021.
• Kendriya Vidyalayas, Navodaya Vidyalayas, and all schools, private and government, in Chandigarh will participate in the 2021 test.

IWC International Whaling Commission 

• is an Inter-governmental Organisation whose purpose is the conservation of whales and the management of whaling. 
• The legal framework of the IWC is the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling. 
• This Convention was established in 1946, making it one of the first pieces of international environmental legislation. 
• All member countries of the IWC are signatories to this Convention. 
• The IWC has a current membership of 89 Governments from countries all over the world.
• Membership of the IWC is open to any country in the world that formally adheres to the 1946 Convention. India joined the commission in 1981.
• Japan has announced its decision to withdraw from the International Whaling Commission (IWC). 
• The withdrawal would enable Japan to resume commercial whaling activities. Japan has said that it would undertake commercial whaling from July 2019 limited to Japan’s territorial waters and exclusive economic zones.

CORSIA Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation: 

• is an emission mitigation approach for the global airline industry, developed by the International Civil Aviation Organization. 
• CORSIA addresses emissions from international air travel. 
• It addresses the increase in total CO2 emissions from international aviation above 2020 levels. 
• The aviation industry is committed to technology, operational and infrastructure advances to continue to reduce the sector's carbon emissions.

Exercise Sea Vigil : 

• India's largest-ever Coastal Defence Exercise conducted over an intense 36-hour period from 22-23 Jan 19. 
• Exercise Sea - Vigil conceptualised and led by the Indian Navy and Coast Guard saw the simultaneous activation of India's entire Coastal Security apparatus across all 9 Coastal States and 4 Union Territories. 
• It aims on Nigrani, Nireekshan and Nakabandi.

INS Kohassa : has been named after a White-Bellied Sea Eagle, which is a large bird of prey, endemic to Andaman and Nicobar Islands. This INS has replaced INS shibpur.



PHILIP KOTLER PRESIDENTIAL AWARD :

• PM Modi has received this award this year the Leader of Nation
• is given on Triple Bottom line

1. People  -- Social Responsibility
2. Profit  -- Economical Responsibility
3. Planet  -- Environment Responsibility

• PHILIP KOTLER is known as father of Modern Marketing. 

Sino-Indian Digital Collaboration Plaza (SIDCOP), an initiative to bring Indian IT companies and Chinese enterprises closer to each other on a single AI enabled platform.

Umesh Sinha Committee :

• Election Commission (EC) has constituted 14 member committee headed by Umesh Sinha to suggest changes to Section 126 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 (RP Act) in view of social media expansion. 
• Section 126 of RP Act, 1951 prohibits displaying any election matter by means of television or similar apparatus, during the period of 48 hours before the hour fixed for conclusion of poll in a constituency. 
• It does not include social and new media under its ambit. 
• The committed will study impact of new media and social media during the “silence period” i.e. during 48 hours period prior to elections and its implications.

President of India gives assent to The Constitution (One Hundred and Third Amendment) ACT, 2019 which will provide 10% reservation to Economically Weaker section EWS citizens of India in Educational Institutions and Public Employment.  

Ministry of Women and Child Development is organising the three-day 6th ‘Women of India Organic Festival’ at Chandigarh, to celebrate and promote women farmers and entrepreneurs in the organic sector from the remotest parts of India.
Army Tech Seminar (ARTECH 2019) : organised by Indian Army at New Delhi for modernization through optimum use of emerging technologies, on the theme “Disruptive Impact of Emerging Technologies on Land Warfare”.

ISRO's mission this Year :

• Chandrayaan-2 mission. 
• Small Satellite Launch Vehicle, 
• Reusable Launch Vehicle 
• in-flight connectivity (with launch of GSAT-20)
• India’s first manned mission flight, Gaganyaan,

ULTIMA THULE : is a trans-Neptunian object located in the Kuiper belt. It is a contact binary 31 km long, composed of two joined bodies 19 km and 14 km across that are nicknamed "Ultima" and "Thule", respectively.

Chang’e-4 : China's Lunar Mission on dark side of Moon
FINANCIAL STABILITY REPORT
COASTAL REGULATION ZONE
6th NATIONAL REPORT TO CBD
CINEREOUS VULTURE
INDIA’S SECOND BIENNIAL UPDATE REPORT TO UNFCCC


Dhola-Sadiya Bridge is the longest road bridge on Lohit River connecting the northeast states of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh. 

Bogibeel in Assam is longest rail-road bridge and is a combined road and rail bridge over the Brahmaputra river in the north easternIndian state of Assam between Dhemaji district and Dibrugarh district

SFURTI (Scheme of Fund for Regeneration of Traditional Industries) launched by MSME Ministry of Micro Small and Medium Enterprises GOI in the year 2005 with the view to promote Cluster development. 

In order to overcome issues, to cut short delays and avoid parking of public funds with the Competent Authority for Land Acquisition (CALA), MoRT Ministry has developed a web based Utility –BhoomiRashi to fully digitize and automate the entire process of land acquisition.
3 Islands of A&N on 30th 2018 (75 yrs after Indian Flag unfurled by Netaji ) renamed as 

1. Ross Island : Netaji Subhash chandra bose Island 
2. Neil Island : Shaheed Island
3. Havelock Island : Swaraj Island

Ross, Neil and Havelock Islands in the Andaman and Nicobar archipelago will be renamed as Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Island, Shaheed Dweep and Swaraj Dweep, respectively. According to reports, the government has decided to rename the islands to mark the 75th anniversary of freedom fighter Subhash Chandra Bose hoisting the national flag at Port Blair.

Prithvi -3 created by Sankhya Labs (based out Bengaluru) : 
The chip is launched to be used to directly telecast TV channels on mobile handsets.


2nd Delta ranking by NITI Aayog for 111 Aspirational Districts :
Here Delta ranking means measuring the incremental progress made by districts b/w June and oct. 

• Out 115 , 4 districts of West Bengal (only state) are not participating in the programme.
• Following districts are on top ranks in progress
• Virudhnagar of Tamilnadu
• Nuapada of Odisha
• Sidhharthanagar of UP 
• Following districts are on lowest ranks in progress
• Kafier of Nagaland 
• Giridih of Jharkhand
• Compare to 1st delta ranking , Kupawada of J&K has 1st rank. 
• 5 parameters are used to measure the progress

1. Health and Nutrition
2. Education, 
3. Agriculture and Water Resources, 
4. Financial Inclusion and Skill Development, 
5. Basic Infrastructure

Rat hole mining became dangerous in East Jaintiya Hills of Meghalaya :  In 2014 , NGT has prohibited Rat Hole coal mining in India but It was illegally carried out in various parts in India. Recently 15 Labourers are stuck while carrying out Rat hole mining in the Jaintiya hills of Meghalaya.


Yellow vests movement also referred to as the yellow jacket movement, is a protest movement that started online in May 2018 and led to demonstrations that began in France on 17 November 2018 and rapidly spread to Wallonia, Belgium. Motivated by rising fuel prices, the high cost of living and claims that a disproportionate burden of the government's tax reforms were falling on the working and middle classes, especially in rural and peri-urban areas, protesters have called for reductions in fuel taxes, the reintroduction of the solidarity tax on wealth, the raising of the minimum wage, and the resignation of Emmanuel Macron as President of France.

Import, manufacture and sale of nebulizers, blood pressure monitors, digital thermometers and glucometers to be regulated by Drug Controller-General of India to bring them under the purview of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940.  Total 27 instruments are now under purview under this act.

Health Ministry has proposed expanding the list of devices in 8 new categories, under the definition of ‘drugs’ to bring them under the purview of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940. 

The 8 categories include 

1. implantable medical devices, 
2. MRI equipment, 
3. CT scan equipment, 
4. defibrillators, 
5. dialysis machines, 
6. PET equipment, 
7. X-ray machines and 
8. bone marrow cell separator.

World Bank released 'Migration & Remittance Report 2018' in which It has said that India has increased the amount sent by its onsite professionals to the country. This year Indians sent 15 Million dollar more than that of last year continuing from last 3 yrs.
 India  > China > Mexico > Philippines > Egypt


Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer has been elected leader of Germany's ruling Christian Democrat Union (CDU) party, bringing Angela Merkel's 18 years at the helm to an end.





Salal Dam, also known as Salal Hydroelectric Power Station, is a run-of-the-river power project on the Chenab River in the Reasi district of the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir.


1. 2018 G20 Buenos Aires summit - held at Beunes Eures of Argentina as 13th edition and first time in South America. The 9 points agenda was presented by India against economic offenders.

2. QATAR TO QUIT OPEC  --- from January 2019 and will focus on Gas production as Qatar is biggest producer of LPG and third biggest of CNG.

3. CHANGES IN H1B VISA as Non-Immigrant Visa
4. NJAC  ---

5. WITNESS PROTECTION SCHEME 2018 : 195A of IPC gives protection to witness.

6. DIGITAL SKY PLATEFORM :  Except Nano Drone , all other drones need to be registered on 'Digital Sky' plateform.

7. CENTRE GUIDELINES TO CRETCHES
8. INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES


GSAT 31 on 6th Feb 2019 for Communication

• Manufactured by ISRO but launched by Ariane 5 of Arianspace at  French Guiana.
• Post-separation, ISRO’s Master Control Facility at Hassan, in Karnataka, took over the command and control of GSAT-31
• will be used for communication in coastal areas of India and Mainland , television uplink, digital services in Ku-bands (12-18 GHz)
• was projected in geo-synchronous orbit

GSAT-11 or Big Bird :

• India's biggest and heaviest communication satellite till date
• 5800 Kg having 15 yrs lifetime
• Manufactured by ISRO but launched by Ariane 5 of Arianspace at  French Guiana.
• But GSAT 29 is heaviest satellite manufactured and launched by ISRO at GSLV MK-3 (have 5000 kg capacity) itself.
• GSAT 11 will provide internet connectivity across the country to the most remote areas.
• All GSAT series are part of HTS high throughput comm satellite.
• India’s heaviest satellite GSAT-11, that would boost broadband services in the country, was successfully launched by an Arianespace rocket from the French Guiana in the early hours of 5 December. 
• Blasting off from the Ariane Launch Complex at Kourou, a French territory located along the north-eastern coast of South America 
• Ariane-5 vehicle injected GSAT-11 into the orbit in a flawless flight lasting about 33 minutes. Weighing about 5,854 kg, the GSAT-11 is the “heaviest” satellite built by ISRO. It is a next generation “high output” communication satellite configured around ISRO’s I-6K Bus, and has a designed lifetime of more than 15 years. 
• Post-separation, ISRO’s Master Control Facility at Hassan, in Karnataka, took over the command and control of GSAT-11 and found its health parameters normal, the space agency said in a statement. Calling the satellite a fore-runner in a series of advanced communications satellites with multi-spot beam antenna coverage over Indian mainland and islands, ISRO said GSAT-11 will play a vital role in providing broadband services across the country and also be a platform to demonstrate new generation applications.

10. ANTIBODIES FOR ZIKA
11. COP 24
12. LANCET COUNTDOWN ON HEALTH AND CLIMATE CHANGE
13. PERMANENT CHAIRMAN OF THE CHIEFS OF STAFF COMMITTEE
14. TRAIN-18
15. GLOBAL NUTRITION REPORT 2018
16. FOOD SUSTAINABILITY INDEX
17. WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INDICATORS REPORT
18. SAHITYA AKADMI AWARDS
19. CHINA REFUSED FOR BILATERAL TRADE IN DOMESTIC CURRENCIES
20. GLOBAL WAGE REPORT
21. RELAX IN MINIMUM HOLDING PERIOD FOR NBFC
22. HORNBILL FESTIVAL


BOSE : An Indian Samurai -- written by Gen GD BakshiOxford Economics Report :

• Indian cities will make up most of the fastest-growing cities in the world between 2019 and 2035, considering the year-on-year Gross Domestic Product growth, said a report by Oxford Economics. 
• Over 17 of the 20 top cities on the list will be Indian. The report said that Indian cities including Bengaluru, Hyderabad, and Chennai will be among the strongest performers across the globe. 
• According to a Bloomberg report that cited Richard Holt, Oxford’s head of global cities research, India will dominate the top 10 cities in terms of economic growth over the span of 20 years. 
• Surat, a commercial center for textiles in Gujarat, will witness the fastest GDP growth by an average exceeding 9%. While economic output in many of those Indian cities will remain rather small in comparison to the world’s biggest metropolises, aggregated gross domestic product of all Asian cities will exceed that of all North American and European urban centres combined in 2027. 
• By 2035, it will be 17 % higher, with the largest contribution coming from Chinese cities. 
• Little will change at the top of the list of the world’s biggest cities between now and 2035. 

Mission Raftar :

• The mission aims at doubling average speed of freight trains and increasing average speed of coaching trains by 25 kmph over a five year period. 
• It was launched as part of strategy of Indian Railways to keep pace with growing competition from competing modes viz. road and airlines etc. 
• Under it, specific actions and policy decisions have been initiated on railways for addressing different factors inhibiting average speeds.
• Under it, major constraints to rail mobility such as non-uniform sectional speeds have been identified and multi-pronged strategy has been developed to overcome the existing impediments due to fixed infrastructure, movable infrastructure, operational practices and institutional mechanisms.

New project ----> Shahpur Kandi Dam project on Ravi River in Punjab


Disaster Risk Index 2018 : 

• India’s first Disaster Risk Index was released in June 2018.
• The index prepared by the Home Ministry in association with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) is now in the form of a draft report.
• According to which Maharashtra is the most vulnerable state in India i.e. is at top position.
• The disaster index is currently in form of a draft, which is yet to be officially released by the Centre.
• The list was prepared by the Ministry of Home Affairs in coordination with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
• Maharashtra is followed by West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh respectively.
• While Delhi is at ‘most risk’ among Union Territories.
• The index gauges potential hazards and disasters across the 640 districts of the
• It has been ranked on the basis of the disadvantages of population, animal, agriculture and environment against the disasters.
• According to the index in the recent past, some states like Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Assam, Tripura, and Himachal Pradesh have taken significant steps in Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR).
• Among districts, Maharashtra’s Pune tops the list with a vulnerability factor of 9.48 on a scale of 10.
• Pune is closely followed by Bengal’s North 24 Parganas and South 24 Parganas. Bangalore and Gulbarga in Karnataka also make the list

106th Indian Science Congress perceives the theme of FUTURE INDIA – Science and Technology will be held at LPU Punjab , between 3rd January to 7th January, 2019.

Oct 2nd Week

1. Strategy Policy Group Reconstituted : under chairmanship of National Security Advisor NSA to assist National Security Council (NSC) in strategising on matters dealing with external, internal and economic security of the country.
It will be 16-member body chaired by National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval.Its members will include NITI Aayog Vice Chairman, Cabinet Secretary, Chiefs of the three defence services, RBI governor, foreign secretary, home secretary, finance secretary and defence secretary.

2. Supreme Court on NRC in Tripura 3. SC No to Full Statehood for Delhi 4. Assembly Elections in 5 States 5. First Regional Conference on Women in Detention and Access to Justice 6. Merger of NCVT and NSDA 7. India-Russia Summit 8. India-Russia MoU on Innovation 9. IPCC Special Report on Climate Change 10. Eastern Ghats Forest Cover 11. Gir Lions Death 12. National Dolphin Research Centre 13. CPCB Report on Noise Pollution 14. IORA Delhi Declaration 15. Methanol Cooking Fuel Program 16. IMF Projects India’s Growth 17. Indo-China Trade Report 18. IL & FS Crisis 19. Future of Work in India Report 20. Pictorial Warning on Tobacco Products 21. World Conference on Access to Medical Product 22. World Mental Health Day 23. Bisphenol-A 24. Swachchh Sarvekshan Award 25. Noble Prize

First week Oct 2018

1. Supreme Court Sabarimala Verdict 
2. Supreme Court Decision on Rohingyas
3. 46th Chief Justice of India
4. Lokpal Search Committee
5. Eastern Zonal Council Meeting
6. Karnataka’s Good Samaritan Bill
7. United Nations Sustainable Development Framework
8. NITI Aayog to Fight Fake Drugs
9. Noble Prize 2018
10. Champions of The Earth Award
11. WHO Guidelines on Sanitation 
12. Indian Railways Heritage Destination Project
13. Smart Railway Coaches
14. Human Capital Score
15. Centre of Excellence for Data Analytics

16. SATAT Initiative : Sustainable Alternative Towards Affordable Transportation aimed at providing sustainable alternative like Compressed Bio Gas towards affordable transportation. It was launched with PSU Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs i.e. IOC, BPCL and HPCL).

17. Soil Moisture Mapping
18. Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar Prize
19. Battery Cut Carbon Emission
20. High Level Advisory Group for Trade
21. Competition Law Review Committee
22. Udyam Abhilasha
23. US-Canada-Mexico Free Trade Agreement (USMCA)

LAST WEEK OF SEP 2018


1. Supreme Court Upheld Aadhaar : Constitutional Identity , mandatory for Income Tax filling But NOT mandatory while opening Bank accounts, taking new sim cards, School Admissions etc.
2. Supreme Court Struck Down Section 497 : Adultary is No more Crime in India and Sexual relationship outside the marriage will NOT be punished under the section 497 of IPC and Section 198 of CrPC.
3. Supreme Court Decisions : This week about Sabrimala , Ayodhya Issue etc.
4. Committee on Prison Reforms
5. Live-in Partners can Adopt Now
6. Nutrition Norms for Severe Acute Malnutrition
7. National Digital Communications Policy-2018
8. NDSO and CCPWC Portals for Women Safety
9. PMJAY
10. VP Visit 3 Countries
11. IONS
12. BSNL to Roll Out 5G
13. Miniature Human Oesophagus
14. Battery Cut Carbon Emission
15. GSTN
16. Digital Lending Platform
17. Financial Inclusion Index
18. Unemployment among Educated Youth
19. National Action Plan on Migratory Birds
20. Hornbill Watch
21. Golden Globe Race
22. National Sports Awards
23. Dam Rehab & Improvement Project
24. Multidimensional Poverty Index
25. Best Performing States in Terms of Ease of Living Index

RAMSAR convention 

• on Thursday 27th Sep 2018 issued its first-ever global report on the state of the world’s wetlands as Global Wetland Outlook report.
• around 35% of wetlands were lost between 1970 and 2015.
• Directly or indirectly, wetlands provide almost all of the world’s consumption of freshwater and more than 40% of all species live and breed in wetlands.

1. Triple Talaq Ordinance
2. Supreme Court Modifications 498A
3. Fixed Drug Combination Ban
4. UK High Court on Computer Prescription
5. Draft Charter of Patients’ Right
6. Southern Zonal Council Meet
7. Ethics Committee
8. PMFBY Modifications
9. AI Bot in Regional Languages
10. Bank Merger
11. Human Development Index
12. Future of Jobs Report
13. World Ozone Day
14. Shifting Cultivation
15. CPCB River Pollution Assessment
16. Dive to Restore Coral
17. Cyclone 30
18. EyeROV TUNA
19. Anti-Nuclear Medical Kit
20. SAP Ethics Code for AI
21. India State-level Disease Burden Initiative Report
22. NACO’s HIV Estimation Report 2017
23. South Asia Area Office of ITU
24. UNICEF Report on Child Mortality
25. Smart Fencing on JK Border
26. Exporting Corruption Report

‘Future of Jobs’ report by World Economic Forum (WEF) : by 2025, machines are projected to overtake humans in workplace task hours in 12 key industry sectors.








2nd week of Sep 2018

• India-Iran-Afghanistan First Tripartite Talks :  happened to operate Chabahar port for the countries amid sanctions by USA on Iran.

• India-France on Gaganyaan Project : ISRO and France CNES will work to co operate for Space Medical, Space waste.
• The Gaganyaan project is a three-member crew would be in space for at least seven days and will cost ₹10,000 crore.
• The project was announced by PM on this year and said the mission will be undertaken by 2022.
• India has already inked agreements with Russia and France for assistance in this project.

• India-France Mobilize Your City : 3.5 M Euro assistance is provided to India for Investment and technology. It will be done in Nagpur, Ahmedabad, Kochi to reduce GHG emission.
• SLINEX 2018 : Sri Lanka and India bilateral Navy Exercise as 6th edition 
• Pak-China to Expand CPEC to Afghanistan : Xinxiang to Gwadar port by extending to Afghanistan's eastern part
• Nepal gets Access to All Chinese Ports  
• Comprehensive Nuclear Ban Treaty CTBT : UN SG Antanio Guteris appealed to 8 countries USA, China, India, Pak, Israel, Iran, North Korea, Egypt to adopt CTBT
• Global Mobility Summit in Vigyan Bhavan by NITI Aayog
• The doctrine of Progressive Realisation of Rights
• HIV-AIDS Act Notification
• e-pharmacy Regulation Draft
• Pradhan Mantri Annadata Aay Sanrankshan Abhiyan
• Open-ended Jan-Dhan Yojna
• SRIMAN Policy
• International Centre for Transformative AI
• Apsara-U Commisioned
• Space Elevator
• MERS-CoV
• Hilsa Fish Genome
• Pondicherry Shark
• Avian Species Extinct
• First Tribal Circuit project under Swadesh Darshan
• Sadarmatt Anicut and Pedda Cheruvu Heritage Tag
• Statues Return from America 
• Gatka The Martial Art

RBI advised Banks( excluding RRBs) with over 10 branches to have internal ombudsman.

UN agency study, 'Drinking Water, Sanitation and Hygiene in Schools: 2018 Global Baseline Report,' says that good hygiene facilities in schools provide the basis of a healthy learning environment, and that girls are more likely to attend when they are on their period.



1st week of Sep 2018

• India-US 2+2 Dialogue -- COMCASA signed for transferring the Encrypted Military technology to India from USA.
• President's Europe Visit -- Cyprus , Bulgaria, Czech Republic
• WHO South-East Asia Region Summit - Delhi Declaration for Health Services , Antibiotic R&D
• Exercise Kakadu -- Aus , India (INS Sahyadri) & other 23 countries for every 2 yrs by Royal Australlia Navy
• Supreme Court on Section 377 --- Decriminalises the Homosexuality and big relief to LGBTQ community under Najtej Singh Jauher Vs Union of India
• Law Commission for 'One Nation, One Poll' : 22nd Law commission to be formed for further discussion
• Law Commission Report 277 as Wrongful Prosecution (Miscarriage of Justice), Legal Remedies 
• Consultation Paper on Uniform Civil Code : Same minimum ages , Polygamy criminalisation etc
• Atal Ranking of Institutions : by NIRF as well
• Innovation Cell : by AICTE to promote Innovation in Higher educational Institutions
• Department of Official Language : to promote Hindi Language in Administrative field by using Kanthasth , Leela, Pravah apps 
• National Nutrition Month : Sep month under NNM by MoWCD 
• Census 2021 to Collect OBC Data for first time : 2479 entries
• India Post Payments Bank IPPB *for more 
• Public Credit Registry (PCR)
• National Mission on e-Marketplace
• GDP Growth in Q1
• Tsunami Exercise of Indian Ocean Countries-IOWave18
• UN Begins Talks on Treaty to Protect High Seas
• Niti Aayog Spring Plan Report
• NGT on Western Ghats
• Ocean Mean Temperature
• Nilgiri Tahr
• Brow-antlered Deer
• Rat Fever (Leptospirosis)
• Superbug
• Asian Games

Start week of Sep 2018

1. 4th BIMSTEC meeting at Kathmandu
2. Indus Waters Treaty
3. Regulations for Drones
4. Panel for 5G Services
5. Odisha Cabinet Gives Approval for Legislative Council in State
6. Strategic Partnership Model
7. e-Court Project
8. Courtroom Live Streaming
9. All Party Meet on Election Reforms
10. New Protocol in Swachchh Bharat Mission
11. Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Gramin
12. National Logistics Portal
13. World Bank Launches World-First Blockchain Bond
14. India to Double Export by 2025
15. REDD+
16. O-SMART
17. NITI Aayog Launches 5 Thematic Reports
18. Report on Pollution of 14 Cities
19. Risk of Malnutrition Due to Rise in CO2 Level
20. Cheetah Reintroduction Project in Nauradehi Sanctuary(in Sagar Dist as largest wildlife sanctuary of Madhya Pradesh)

21. NASA Laser Satellite
22. Universal Flu Vaccine
23. ICOMOS
24. Festivals
25. Lakhwar Multipurpose Project




Last Week of Aug 2018 :


1. Kerala Floods
2. Mullaperiyar Dam : on Periyar River ,
3. Kaziranga National Park : to be divided into 2 parts
4. US Space Force : as 6th force of USA against China, Russia
5. Chandryaan-1 & Frozen Water on Moon : M3 of NASA sent via Chandrayaan-1 has discovered water in ice forms on Moon.
6. LIGO Observatory: is established in Hingoli(MH) for detecting Gravitational Waves.
7. Wheat Genome Cracked:
8. Helium turns 150yrs : It was discovered in 1868 at Hyderabad

9. International Nitrogen Initiative : An international program, set up in 2003 under sponsorship of the Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE) and from International Geosphere-Biosphere Program (IGBP).

• The key aims of the INI are to : 

Optimize nitrogen’s beneficial role in sustainable food production.
Minimize nitrogen’s negative effects on human health and the environment resulting from food and energy production.
The last INI conference was held in Melbourne, in December 2016.
The next INI conference will be held in Berlin, Germany, in 2020.

10. Artificial Intelligence in Defence:
11. Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft:
12. NPCI Launches UPI 2.0 :
13. Pitch to Move : Launched by NITI Aayog as a mobility pitch competition that aims to provide budding entrepreneurs of India a unique opportunity to pitch their business ideas to a distinguished jury.

14. Global Liveability Index :
15. National Millet Year : 2019 as 2018 to be included as International year of Millets.
16. International Conference on Food Processing :
17. IIT-PAL (Professor Assisted Learning) :
18. Areca Nut Fruit Rot :
19. Working Women Proportion Dips :
20. Mental Illness as Physical Illness : IRDA (HQ at Hyderabad) has directed the insurance companies to include Mental illness as physical illness.
21. Australia Recommences Adoption :
22. International Buddhist Conclave 2018 :



Third Week of Aug 2018 :


1. Mahadayi River Tribunal
2. IBC Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code
3. NDRF National Disaster Response Force
4. SC Ruling on BCCI
5. SCO Peace Mission Exercise
6. Caspian Sea Agreement
7. Currency War
8. Zero Budget Natural Farming
9. Ease of Living Index
10. 11th World Hindi Conference
11. Digital Document (Digilocker)
12. World Organ Donation Day
13. Cantonment Roads Protocol
14. World Biofuel Day
15. World Elephant Day
16. First Lab for Conservation of Endangered Species
17. Coral Reefs
18. Transparent Aerogel
19. Ischemic Stroke
20. North East Circuit: Imphal & Khongjom
21. Parsi’s New Year





Second Week of Aug 2018 :


• AMENDMENTS TO SC/ST ACT
• CONSTITUTIONAL STATUS FOR OBC COMMISSION
• ARTICLE 35A IN SUPREME COURT
• CRIMINAL LAW AMENDMENT BILL
• REVAMP OF DISTRICT COURTS
• SATHI YOJANA
• STARTUP INDIA ALLIANCE PROGRAMME
• UN E-GOVERNMENT SURVEY
• STATE INVESTMENT POTENTIAL INDEX
• GLOBAL MOBILITY HACKATHON
• WHO PRAISES SWACHH BHARAT-G
• TRAI ON UMANG
• FOREIGNERS ACCESS TO ANDAMANS
• AJAY DATA
• PINGALI VENKAIAH
• KANCHENJUNGA BIOSPHERE IN WORLD NETWORK BIOSPHERE RESERVE
• INDIAN STAR TORTOISE
• INVASIVE SPECIES
• PORTUGESE MAN OF WAR
• NASA SOLAR PROBE
• THERMAL BATTERY
• RISECREEK CHIP OF IIT MADRAS
• ADOPT A HERITAGE










First Week of Aug 2018 :


• ASSAM NRC FINAL DRAFT
• SRIKRISHNA REPORT ON DATA PRIVACY
• FUGITIVE ECONOMIC OFFENDERS BILL

• ETHANOL FROM SUGARCANE


• ASRB: Agricultural Scientists Recruitment Board was established on 1 Nov 1973 as an independent recruitment agency in pursuance of recommendations of Gajendragadkar Committee. The Board will be restructured and works under DARE(Dept. of Agricultural Research and Education.)

• STA 1 : India is now 3rd Asian country after Japan and South Korea to get the Strategic Trade Authorization-1 (STA-1) status by USA equivalent to NATO.
• US SENATE PASSES BILL
• MISSILE SHIELD FROM US
• GOLD COUNCIL ON THE ANVIL
• VODA-IDEA MERGER
• EARTH OVERSHOOT DAY
• GLOBAL TIGER DAY
• MALABAR PIED HORNBILL
• NATIONAL VIRAL HEPATITIS CONTROL PROGRAM
• DEEP OCEAN MISSION
• UNCONVENTIONAL HYDROCARBON POLICY FRAMEWORK
• SHALE GAS
• SUPERCONDUCTIVITY
• NEW CELL SHAPE
• MASS NEAREST TO EARTH
• INDIA NODAL CENTER FOR FLASH FLOOD
• BUSINESS OPTIMISM INDEX
• GLOBAL DISABILITY SUMMIT
• DIGI YATRA
• STATE ENERGY EFFICIENCY INDEX
• PAMBAN BRIDGE
• RAILWAY STATION AUDIT UNDER SUGAMAY BHARAT
• MAGSAYSAY AWARD
• FIELDS MEDAL WINNERS









Last Week of July 2018 :


• ANTI GRAFT Law AMENDMENT
• MOB LYNCHING Committee
• DETAILS OF NAGA AGREEMENT 2015
• GOVERNANCE INDEX IN INDIA by Bengaluru based 'Public Affairs' Think Tank
• SAMAGRA SHIKSHA SCHEME SSS
• WOMEN ENTREPRENEURSHIP PLATFORM by NITI AAYOG
• PANEL FOR TRIBEs
• BRICS SUMMIT 2018
• COW GIFTED TO RWANDA (Girinka)
• INDIA-FRANCE STARTUP
• CHINESE DELEGATION VISIT BHUTAN
• BANK STRESSED ASSETS
• INDIAN WATERWAYS AUTHORITY
• CPPIB INVESTMENT IN INDIA
• FDI CONFIDENCE INDEX
• Red Blood LUNAR ECLIPSE
• NEW AIR QUALITY MONITORING SYSTEM
• FASTEST SPINNING OBJECT
• RESEARCH IN ARCTIC
• PANGOLIN : Critically Endangered in IUCN
• DHOLE Dogs
• G1ANGA VRIKSHAROPAN ABHIYAN
• SALICORNIA
• GLOBAL SLAVERY INDEX
• ICON TOURIST SPOT
• STUDENTS-POLICE CADET PROGRAM
• NATIONAL CULTURE FUND
• JAGANNATH YATRA



Mid Week of July 2018 :


• NO CONFIDENCE MOTION
• ASSAM WITCH HUNTING ACT
• MOB LYNCHING
• RYTHU BANDHU SCHEME
• INDIAN COUNCIL OF WORLD AFFAIRS ICWA
• GLOBAL COMPACT ON MIGRATION
• UNHRC REPORT ON J&K
• INDUS RIVER DIAMER-BHASHA DAM
• INDIA-CHINA WTO
• PAK-CHINA FIBER COMMUNICATION
• INDIA WILL BUY S-400 MISSILE SYSTEM
• WHOLESALE PRICE INFLATION WPI
• DBT IN FOOD SUBSIDY
• IFFCO PORTAL WITH iMANDI
• RBI CONSENT FOR IRANIAN BANK
• FIRST COLOUR XRAY ON HUMAN
• MEGHALAYA AGE
• ISRO VIKAS ENGINE
• JUPITER NEW MOONS
• INDIA’S POSITION IN GM CROPS
• GOLDEN JACKAL
• MASS TURTLE DEATHS
• HARRIER BIRDS
• PREHISTORIC ROCK ART IN ANDHRA PRADESH
• SEED LOW CARBON AWARD
• SOCIAL HUB
• GRAMEEN SWACHH SURVEKSHAN GSS
• GLOBAL INNOVATION INDEX GII
• KONKAN BACKWATER HARBOR Construction

"Dare I Question" book by "Ex Vice-President Hamid Ansari"


Second Week of July 2018 :

•    AP SPECIAL STATUS
•   INDIA APPROVES NET NEUTRALITY
•   STRONGER DEFENCES FOR KEY DATA
•   EAT RIGHT MOVEMENT
•   INSTITUTION OF EMINENCE
•   KASTURIRANGAN COMMITTEE
•   LAW COMMISSION ON LEGALISATION OF BETTING
•   CJI: MASTER OF ROSTER
•   EIGHT SCHEMES FOR MIGRANTS
•   TRADE WAR
•   HAMBANTOTA
•   INDIA:6TH LARGEST ECONOMY
•   DIPP: EASE OF DOING BUSINESS INDEX
•   BITCOIN BANS
•   BREATH INDIA ACTION PLAN
•   INDO-US MONSOON: SAGAR NIDHI
•   NBWL: RECOVERY PROGRAMME
•   CLIMATE CHANGE & NILGIRI TAHR
•   WWF-INDIA: OLIVE RIDLEY TURTLE
•   FORMALIN IN FISH
•   ISRO: CREW MODULE
•   NASSCOM: AI DATA
•   GENERIC MEDICINES
•   MANIPUR: LOKTAK LAKE

First Week of July 2018 :

•   LG & DELHI
•   POLICE REFORMS
•   SVEEP
•   DISHA
•   DIFF B/W UGC AND HECI : HECI (Higher Education Commission of India) will replace the UGC and will play a crucial role as Autonomous Regulator to improve the Higher Education in India by laying down standardised set of rules, regulations and also have power to punish the universities for not adhering the framed rules. HECI will comprise of Eminent Educationists with equal comprehensive representation from every concerned group of society with negligible interference from government or political system. On other hand , the funding part will be managed by MHRD.
•   STARVATION DEATH
•   RIMPEC
•   PAK IN FATF GREY LIST
•   APTA
•   PROJECT SASHAKT
•   MINIMUM SUPPORT PRICE
•   WIPO
•   INDIAN’S SWISS BANK
•   DNA TECHNOLOGY BILL
•   ISRO MOON
•   BAN ON OXYTOCIN
•   CBD TREATY
•   KOALA BEAR
•   CLIMATE CHANGE EFFECT
•   DECREASING GREENESS IN FOREST
•   MUMBAI WORLD HERITAGE
•   RAMANUJACHARYA
•   THANJAVUR PAINTING
•   BEHDIENKHLAM

Last Week of June 2018 :

• INDO US 2+2 DIALOGUE
• CHABAHAR PORT
• US WITHDRAWAL FROM UNHRC
• INDO-SEYCHELLES RELATIONS
• ‘CORPAT’ BETWEEN INDIA & BANGLADESH
• GLOBAL BAN ON CHEMICAL WEAPONS
• MONGOLIA OIL REFINERY
• UN SDG REPORT-2018
• UN MSME DAY
• AIIB
• OFFSHORE WIND POWER
• BENGAL TIGER SHIFTING FROM MP TO ODISHA
• WATER AERODRUM IN CHILIKA
• URANIUM CONTAMINATION
• ‘WOMEN IN PRISON REPORT’
• REPLACING UGC WITH HECI 
• CHIPKO MOVEMENT OF DELHI 
• SPACE JUNK REMOVAL
• TITAN ATMOSPHERE
• FSSAI
• HUNTINGTON DISEASE
• MICHIGAN MICRO MOTE
• 'NUTRITION MONITORING SOFTWARE ‘ICDS-CAS’ FOR POSHAN
• AMBUBACHI MELA 
• KOHITOOR MANGO

• Mumbai’s Victorian Gothic, Art Deco buildings get UNESCO World Heritage tag....

Target 3 Billion :

• A book by the former President of India, A. P. J. Abdul Kalam and Srijan Pal Singh.
• The book highlights the issues prevailing in rural India and suggests measures to improve standards of living. 
• It focuses on the inclusive development project called PURA (Providing Urban Amenities in Rural Areas).
• The book plans to improve the standard of living amongst the poor rural population through voluntary campaigns such as community participation and entrepreneurship.

Women's Rights :
To curb on fraud NRI grooms steps taken by MEA, MoWCD, HM, LM
MoWCD will have its portal "Madad" to register the marriages.
CrPC 498A , Passports Act 2012
Hindu Marriage act 1955 
Special Marriage Act 1954

Birth & Death Law 1969
Lookout Notice

Environment:

• Green Building
• UN ocean conference
• Global Ocean Commission and climate change impact on ocean
• Sunderbans mangroves and climate change
• Aerosols and monsoon
• Types of Traditional water conservation: Nalanda model of water conservation chosen for national award
• Ecosystem Service Improvement Project : Types of ecosystem services
• GEF
• Green India mission
• Places : Vaan Island in gulf of mannar, North koel reservoir project, Koleru lake , Blackbuck meja forest , B4 campaign maujuli island, Chilka lake, Orang  tiger park, Sangai nilgir  tahr, Ameenpur lake,Bosphorous strait, Etunagaram wildlife sanctuary
• National adaptation fund for climate change and NABARD
• National wildlife action plan.
• Secure Himalaya campaign
• Graded response action plan
• PAT scheme
• Zero budget farming
• Global Wildlife Programme 2017
• Permaculture
• SUNREF green housing
• Wetlands
• Hydroponics
• CAMPA
• Blue flag for beaches and  ICZM
• Paris deal
• Indian INDC
• SDGs
• Important bird and biodiversity areas.
• India rhino mission
• Coal bed methane
• International solar alliance
• Green climate Fund
• Environment performance index
• Montreal protocol 30 years,Kigali,HFCs
• Earth overshoot day
• Lidar and air pollution management
• Polymetalic nodules.
• National Year of millet
• RBI green bonds
• Bio fuels : 3 generation
• Jigyasa initiative
• Tribes and location : Jarawa  and other A&N Island tribes ,Bonda Koya,toda ,soliga ,siddi ,reang,Koya ,
• National Year of millet
• Carbon sinks , Sequestration , Carbon , Iron Fertilisation
• Zero Budget farming, Organic agriculture and food.
• Oxytocins
• Biological Carbon Sequestration
• Methanol Economy
• Plastic pollution in Pacific ocean
• BS VI
• Biodiversity basics NCERT geo and biology books

International:

• International comparison program
• Asia Africa Growth Corridor vs OBOR
• ISA
• SCO
• SCO
• BIMSTEC
• Australian group.
• ASEAN
• Nuclear weapon prohibition treaty,ICAN
• World happiness index, happiness ministry in MP
• ICJ
• Vienna convention

Polity:

• Important chapters: Historical background, making of constitution, salient features,Preamble,UT,Citizenship,FR,DPSP,FD,amendment,emergency,Parliament ,SC,Governor,Panchayat raj,Inter state relation,President
• Delimitation
• UT provisions eg Pondicherry and Delhi
• Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)
• Types Human rights and generation
• Consumer rights and National consumer dispute redressal
• FCRA
• Election Commission
• Privileges of parliament.
• Govt e-market place.
• Art 21 and 32 : right to privacy
• Cooperatives art 19
• Special state provisions in constitution
• Whip and anti defection
• President election and vice president
• RS election ,NOTA
• Untouchability : Article 17
• 123rd CAA
• National Citizen Register
• Pondicherry
• UNDOC
• Golden triangle
• EC
• Privileges
• Tele law, legal aid and NALSA
• Panchayati raj
• PAC
• Emergency provision
• Amendment of constitution.
• FSSAI
• Electoral Bonds
• Office of profit
• National Register of Citizen
• National Knowledge network.
• Role of speaker
• Sessions of Parliament
• No Confidence Motion
• Adjournment motion and its differences from Short Duration Discussion.
• Schedule languages

Bodies:

• 15 Finance Commission
• National commission of minorities
• Central water commission
• Law commission
• Article 35A
• Interstate council : Status and Composition
• Interstate water dispute act , art 262
• Judiciary:
• E-court
• Nyay gram
• Commercial courts
• Legal aid, NALSA, Nyaylay act,Nyay mitra
• NGT mandate and Acts under its purview
• Impeachment
• Appointment to High Court

Schemes:

• Umang
• MPLAD
• PMKKKY
• PRAGATI
• National Ayush Mission
• National waterways , JMVP
• Sagarmala and Bharatmala
• National skill development corporation, PMKVY, sankalp and strive
• Cyber Surakshit Bharat and Cyber Swachata Kendra
• PENCIL
• PMurja ganga
• SAMPADA
• Antyodaya
• Public Finanace Management system
• National health protection mission
• National bio pharma mission
• Darpan Project
• Poshan Abhiyan
• Indian Flag

Election:

• EVM ,
• VVPAT, 
• Totalizer ,
• Electoral bonds, 
• MCC

Science and Tech:

• DNA technology
• IOT
• AI
• Stem cell therapy
• Space Tech section of compilation

Map:

• Hambantota
• Gaza/west bank /jerusalam/
• Djibouti
• Middle east and Indian ocean map practice : Qatar, Israel, Raka, Mosul ,Duqm ,Djibouti,
• Cauvery ,alang port, coal mines
• Lisbon
• Nathula , pongong lake
• Catalonia
• Venezuela
• MTCR,NSG , Wassenaar and Australia Group – FAQs

Modern History:

• Kheda satyagraha ,Bardoli satyagraha ,sardar Patel
• Simon commission
• Nehru report
• 1858 act and queen proclamation
• 1773 act,1883 act ,1853 act
• Gandhiji : champara,Sabarmati Ashram
• Raja Ram Mohan Roy , Ramkrishna mission ,Swami Vivekananda
• Quit India Movement
• Tribal Movements, Paika

Art and culture:

• Temple architecture : Dravida style : Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple,Pallava art , Hoysala Architecture
• Buddhist Architecture
• Theatre Forms
• Modern Indian Painting and Painters like Abindranath :
• Islamic architecture:
• Classical dance basics and Sangari dance
• Battle of koregaon : Anglo Maratha
• Medaram Jatara
• GI tags etikoppaka
• Sabrimala temple and periyar tiger reserve.
• SPARSH : Stamp collection
• Indigenous game
• Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat
• Tyagraja and carnatic music trinity, Thumri ,Hindustani music
• Horn Bill Festival
• UNESCO Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity ,Kumbh Mela
• Demetrios Galanos and other Foreign Travellers
• Classical Languages
• Ajanta caves and Rock cut architectute

Ancient:

• Gupta
• Chola kingdom and Navy
• 3 principles of Jainism, Shravanbelgola Mahamastakabhisheka,
• Jain architecture

Medieval:

• Delhi Sultanat , Allauddin Khilji Reforms
• Bhakti movement and saints and their works
• Sufi Movement : Baba farid ,Silsilah
• Sri Ramanujacharya , Venda philosophy ,Types and proponents
• Basavanna and vachana
• Maratha and Anglo Maratha war

Economic survey and Budget:

• Decoupling of Indian economy
• Falling women workforce participation: facts and reasons.
• Cooperative federalism Technology
• Climate change and agriculture : Impact on yield of various crops
• National Health Policy ,Ayushman Bharat
• Energy conservation : Green building codes, LED ,
• Falling sex ratio, Pink colour of ES suggests what?
• Common Risk Mitigation Mechanism (CRMM), International Solar Alliance
• Green gold: bamboo
• Saving rate and investment rate slowdown figures and significance.
• Mission Antyodaya
• PMMVY
• Monetary policy
• Cyber physical system, block chain ,IOT,AI,Bitcoins
• FRDI
• Twin balance sheet
• Ease of doing business steps taken
• Gramin Agri Market
• Sampada scheme,E-shakti
• Special safeguard mechanism
• Operation green.
• National Health protection scheme
• Senior citizen welfare vaya vandana yojna
• Impact of oil prices on FD, Inflation ,CAD
• Higher Education Funding Agency

General Economy 

• Sustainable development solution index, Inclusive development Index, Global competitive Index.
• RBI mandate ,policy rate and impact on money supply and inflation, role of banks , DSIBs
• Indian community welfare fund ,central road fund ,REIT,InvIt
• SWIFT and Basel framework
• HELP, strategic oil reserves
• Mission indradhanush for banks
• Anti dumping duty and countervailing duty
• mandate : NPPA ,SFIO,SFAC and FSSAI 
• Project Insight