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GURUJI’S KIRPA, SNM IAS STUDY GROUP SCO 377, Sector 37-D, Chandigarh.
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IAS PRELIMS: - 2017
LIST OF IMPORTANT CURRENT AFFAIRS TOPICS
I POLITY & GOVERNANCE BILLS
1. Draft for The Rights Of Transgender Persons Bill, 2015
2. The Enemy Property (Amendment and Validation) Second Ordinance, 2016
3. Election Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2016
4. SC & ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Bill
5. The Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2015
6. The Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 2015
7. Aadhar Act, 2016
8. The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 comes into force
9. The Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Bill, 2013
10. Parliament Passes Anti-Hijacking Bill, 2016
11. The Commercial Division and Commercial Appellate Division of High Courts and
Commercial Bill, 2015
12. Amendments to Whistleblowers Protection Act, 2014
13. Disability Bill
14. Arbitration and Conciliation Act
15. Centre drafts Bill to decriminalise beggary
16. Road transport and safety Bill 2014
17. Draft Trafficking of Persons (Prevention, Protection and Rehabilitation) Bill 2016
POLITY
1. Niti Aayog Governing Council formed
2. NJAC declared unconstitutional
3. National People’s Party (NPP) derecognized by election commission of India.
4. Aadhaar enrolments allowed for NRIs, PIOs, OICs
5. Cabinet approves formation of 21st Law Commission of India (LCI).
6. 7th Pay Commission Report
7. President Rule in Uttarakhand and Arunachal Pradesh
8. National Court of Appeal
9. SC revisits Anti Defection Law
10. Amendment proposed to Presidential joint address
11. PM for simultaneous LS, Assembly elections
12. Merger of OCI (Overseas Citizenship of India) and PIO (Person of Indian Origin) card
13. Lok adalats solved 1.25 crore cases in a day
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14. Union government’s Guidelines to protect good Samaritan approved by supreme court.
15. Foreign firms can now fund parties
16. Political parties and RTI
POLITY TERMINOLOGY
1. What is sedition
2. Leader of Opposition
3. Parliamentary Disruptions
4. Money bill
5. Ordinance
6. Parliamentary Privileges
7. Capital punishment
8. Contempt of court provision
9. PIL
10. Criminal defamation
11. Uniform civil code
PROJECTS LAUNCHED
1. Single window portal for medical tourism
2. Neeranchal National Watershed Project
3. Smart Cities mission
4. Digital India
5. Ganga Gram Yojana launched
6. ‘SAMANVAY’ portal for Gram Panchayat
7. MGNREGA : An Overview
8. Surakshit Khadya Abhiyan launched
9. Pro-Active Governance and Timely Implementation (PRAGATI)
10. ‘Anubhav’ – showcasing outstanding work done during service (department of pension)
11. Swachh Sarvekshan Survey
12. Gram Uday Se Bharat UdayAbhiyan
13. E-enabled PMIS app for proper monitoring of projects
14. Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana
15. Merged Rajiv Gandhi Khel Abhiyan (RGKA) with the Khelo India Programme for
development of sports.
16. ISBN portal launched
17. One Rank One Pension Scheme
18. Proposed Open Book Test scheme
19. Nai manzil scheme
20. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Rurban mission for rural development
21. Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana – Gramin
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22. Innovative Entrepreneurship & Skill Development Programme of MANAS
23. Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana
24. Deen Dayal Upadhaya Gram Jyoti Yojana
25. Seema Darshan Programme
WELFARE ISSUES
1. NSSO’s 71st Round of survey on Social Consumption: Education
2. National Institutional Ranking framework
3. India declared Maternal and Neonatal Tetanus Free by WHO
4. Sehat
5. National Health Profile 2015 released
6. National Family Health Survey-4
7. Operation Smile-II
8. Accessible India campaign for disabled
9. Khoya paya web portal launched
10. Scheme for Development of Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups revised
11. Socio-economic caste census
12. Indian government launches longitudinal ageing study
13. NITI Aayog launches Women Transforming India initiative
14. Draft National Policy for Women, 2016 unveiled
15. India, WHO signed agreement for Global promotion of Traditional Systems of Medicine
16. Mahila e-Haat
17. IT-based initiatives for citizen-centric health services
18. Kerala becomes first state to achieve 100% primary education
19. Government’s decision on maternity leave for women
MISCELLANEOUS
1. Krishna River Dispute
2. EPFO wins National Award on e-Governance for UAN
3. Sutlej-Yamuna Link Canal Issue
4. Union Cabinet gives nod to adoption of UN Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics
5. Ceasefire between the Centre and the NSCN-IM (National Socialist Council of Nagaland- Isak
Muivah)
6. B B Tandon Committee to monitor Government Advertisements
7. Union Government unveils Model Building Bye-Laws, 2016
8. Haryana’s Jind, Karnal districts and Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar districts added in National
Capital Region (NCR).
9. Madhukar Gupta Committee on Indo-Pak border
10. New Domicile Policy of Jharkhand
11. Lodha Committee Recommendations
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12. National Disaster Management Plan to make India disaster resilient
13. Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs merged with MEA
14. Reforms in MCI (medical council of India)
15. Shyam Benegal committee submits recommendations on film certification
16. Maharashtra Prohibition of People from Social Boycott (Prevention, Prohibition and
Redressal) Bill, 2016
17. Haryana Municipal (Amendment) Bill, 2016
18. Gujarat became the 1st state to impose compulsory voting In local body elections for a brief
period
19. Right to Service Act in Maharashtra
20. Gujarat anti-terror bill sent back Gujarat Control of Terrorism and Organised Crime
(GCTOC) Bill, 2015
21. Public Affairs Index (PAi) For State Governance Rankings
22. Draft Amendments to FCRA
23. First Mahila Squad commissioned into Indo Tibetan Border Police Force(ITBP)
24. Government has announced 33 per cent reservation for women in paramilitary forces
25. Godavari-Krishna River Interlinking Project
26. Hydrocarbon vision 2030 for North-east
II ECONOMY
President gave nod to Maharashtra factories (Amendment) Bill, 2015
Union Cabinet approves real estate (regulation and development bill),2014
Bureau of Indian standards bill, 2015
Negotiable instruments (Amendment) ordinance, 2015
Arbitration and conciliation bill, 2015
Consumer Protection Bill, 2015
The Payment of Bonus (Amendment) Bill, 2015
Indian Trusts (Amendment), Bill 2015
Labour Laws (Gujarat Amendment) Bill, 2015
The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2015
The Consumer Protection Bill, 2015
The Black Money (Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets) and Imposition of Tax Act, 2015
Real Estate Regulatory Authority bill passed
The Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Amendment Bill, 2015
Rail Development Authority
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UjwalDiscom Assurance Yojana
Cabinet approves amendments in Power Tariff Policy
Draft Amendments to FCRA
IMF reforms: quota increased for India, Brazil and China
Small finance and payments banks
Fertiliser subsidy
Vijay Kelkar committee on PPP reforms
India slips to 89th rank on global talent competitiveness
Cabinet approves Stand Up India Scheme
Cabinet approves creation of a Credit Guarantee Fund for MUDRA loans
India-Australia Social Security Agreement Comes Into Operation
Defence procurement procedure (DPP)
SETU and AIM
Easwar panel suggests friendlier direct tax laws
5/25 scheme
New power tariff policy
Davos meet (4th Industrial Revolution)
National Industrial Corridor Authority
Centre clears new financing model for highway projects (HAM model)
Centre provides list of 20 smart cities for first phase of plan
Bank Board Bureau comes into action
Hydrocarbon Vision 2030 for North-East
Ministry moots National Social Security Authority
Cabinet approval for trade facilitation pact ratification
Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP)
India -US solar dispute case\Govt sets up 2 panels to ensure consistency in tax policies Tax
Policy Council (TPC) Tax Policy Research Unit (TPRU)
PM Modi Launches ‘Rurban Mission’
National Sample Survey Office has released the details of a survey conducted to assess the
unemployment rate – less in urban areas, Christians more unemployed
Government may ask central bank to consider roads as a priority sector + PSL certificates
Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana
Innovative Entrepreneurship & Skill Development Programme of MANAS launched
IFC launches masala bonds
Central bank issues draft norms for NBFC-AA (account aggregator)
Gold bond scheme, gold monetisation scheme, India gold coin and bullion scheme
Krishi kalyan cess
SMILE
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Prime Minister Launches Setu Bharatam Programme
Hydrocarbon Exploration and Licensing Policy (HELP)
e-NAM
Ministry asks RBI to examine Workers’ Bank proposal
Current Good Manufacturing Practise (CGMP) compliant facility within the Central
Government for manufacture of DPT and TT vaccine at the Central Research Institute (CRI),
Kasauli in Himachal Pradesh.
NPS and EPFO reforms- rolling back the new norms
Nauru has become the 189th member of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank
Sagarmala port project
Amendment to the Factories act, 1948
Model Act for farm land lease by NITI Ayog
Centre has launched two new energy efficiency schemes: National Energy Efficient
Agriculture Pumps Programme. National Energy Efficient Fan Programme.
RBI’s monetary policy changes
Centre’s new norms for state fiscal deficit caps
Technology Acquisition and Development Fund under national manufacturing policy
Yuan in IMF for reserve currency
0.5% cess on services to support Swachh Bharat
India climbs 16 places in WEF’s Global Competitiveness Index
Centre launches Green Highways policy
Forward Markets Commission to merge with SEBI
Pradhan Mantri Khanij Kshetra Kalyan Yojana (PMKKKY)
Approval of National Offshore Wind Energy Policy
FDI in e-commerc
Shift from base rate to MCLR
Cabotage norm
India, China led investments in renewable energy in 2015: UN
Rate cut in small savings schemes
Rural Housing under 'Housing for All'
CBDT committee report on taxation of e-commerce
2015 human development index
IDFC and bandhan granted banking licence
Deepak Mohanty panel on financial inclusion
Mission indradhanush
NRIs allowed to subscribe to national pension system
Financial inclusion fund
AP Shah committee : it recommends MAT relief to FIIs
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CBDT signs First APAs with ‘Rollback’ provision.
Double taxation avoidance treaties signed with various countries
Pradhan Mantri Khanij Kshetra Kalyan Yojana (PMKKKY)
Technology Acquisition and Development Fund (TADF) launched
Cabinet approves trade facilitation agreement of WTO
100% FDI allowed under automatic routes for white label ATMs
composite foreign investment cap introduced
UNCTAD’s World Investment Report 2015
India joins the MCAA on Automatic Exchange of Information
Currency swap agreement signed between RBI and Central Bank of Sri Lanka.
India and US sign agreement to implement FATCA
Devaluation of yuan by china
Trans-pacific partnership agreement
150 days employment approved by cabinet under MGNREGA in the drought hit areas.
Bibek debroy committee on restructuring of Indian railways
Deadline for Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) reduced from 2022 to 2019.
Vikalp scheme
Draft aviation policy 2015
Hybrid Annuity Model approved for National Highway Projects.
Gold Monetization Scheme (GMS),
Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme (SGBS)
Intra-state Transmission System (ISTS) approved
Revised Priority sector lender norms for RRB's
Vijay Kelkar Committee on PPP reforms
Mudra bank- credit guarantee fund
National Electric Mobility Mission Plan (NEMMP) 202
Pradhan Mantri Khanij Kshetra Kalyan Yojana (PMKKKY)
Green highways policy 2015
Bank Board Bureau
NITI Aayog
FMC merger with SEBI
IRDA Reform
Tax Heavens
Anil Kausal Committee (Spectrum)
Kirit Parikh Panel (Fuel Pricing) – 2013
M.B. Shah committee - for inspection of illegal mining activities - January 2014
Goods & Service Tax (GST)
NIDHI Project
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Mihir Shan Committee
Demonetisation
Cashless Economy
Unified Payment Inteface
III SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
DEFENCE
1. Indigenous Anti tank Nag Missile test fired
2. India successfully test fired Akash missile at Chandipur
3. Indigenously developed Air-to-Air missile, Astra successfully test fired
4. Light Combat Aircraft
5. Nuclear-capable K-4 ballistic missile successfully tested from INS Arihant
6. Prithvi II tested
7. ASHWIN
8. Project 75 Submarine Development
IT/Telecom
1. Google Loon project
2. 3D printing
3. Net neutrality
4. Li-fi technology and its application
5. Tech Mahindra Launches NFC-Based Digital Wallet MoboMoney
6. Big Data
7. Bharat net project
8. Wi-Fi
9. Fastest supercomputer with a peak computing power of 15 Teraflops ‘PARAM
Kanchenjunga’
10. India Favours Multi-Stakeholder Model for Internet Governance Mechanisms
11. Sakaar : an augmented reality application launched by union government
12. Internet of things
13. Smart city and Grids
14. e-Kranti: NeGP 2.0
15. Meghraj
16. e-sign
17. National Supercomputing Mission
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18. National Intellectual Property Rights Policy
SPACE
1. Long March-5 carrier of China
2. ASTROSAT
3. Lunar rover Yutu
4. NHAI to use spatial technology for monitoring and managing National Highways
5. IRNSS: India's Navigation system
6. LIGO observatory- gravitational waves
7. ExoMars (Europe and Russia Joint mission)
8. NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, to orbit Saturn finds methane
9. Aditya mission
10. ARIES telescope
11. India, NASA join hands for Astrobiology mission
12. Neutrino observatory
13. Space vision 2025
14. GAGAN
15. GIRI radar system
16. Graphene based all-weather solar cell
17. Multi-Application Solar Telescope
18. Reusable launch vehicle
19. BEAM
20. Air Breathing Propulsion System
NANOTECHNOLOGY/ROBOTICS
1. Carbon nanofibres
2. Robotic medicine
3. Nanomedicines
4. biopolymer for water purification
BIOTECHNOLOGY
1. U.K. grants ‘gene editing’ license
2. Compulsory licensing
3. New norms related to patents for CRIs
4. Debate about FDCs, bilsimilar drugs and generic drugs
5. Policy on Promotion of City Compost
6. GM Mustard Hybrid issue
7. GM Mosquito
8. Test Tube baby using Next Generation DNA sequencing
9. National Biotechnology Development Strategy 2015-2020 unveiled
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10. BIRAC
BILLS AND POLICIES
1. Human DNA Profiling Bill, 2015
2. Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Bill
3. 'Technology Vision Document 2035'
1. IMPRINT India initiative
2. National Intellectual Property Rights Policy
3. ICT development Index
4. Global Index of Information Technology Access: Report
5. Internet readiness index
6. Global Connectivity Index
7. Technology Acquisition and Development Fund
8. Intellectual Property Index
HEALTH / SANITATION
1. Hybrid Vacuum Toilets
2. IPV injection
3. Zika virus has been declared as international public health emergency
4. Health geo-mapping project
5. Project Sunrise for AIDS And national deworming initiative
6. National Framework for Elimination of Malaria
7. World’s first mass dengue vaccination- Dengvaxia
8. Union Health Ministry launches India’s first indigenous rotavirus vaccine Rotavac
9. Swine flu under Epidemic Disease Act
MISCELLANEOUS
1. Discovery and assignment of elements with atomic numbers 113, 115, 117 and 118
2. Hydrogen bomb
3. Solar Rooftop System
4. Indian nuclear insurance pool
5. Pentaquarks discovered
6. Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB) gives Geographical Indication (GI) tag for
basmati rice from Indo-gangetic plains
7. Jaitapur reactors
8. Kakrapar leak
9. Magnetic Levitation in transport
10. BSE launches algorithm trading test
11. Silica aerogel
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12. Nobel prize
13. QORA
IV GEOGRAPHICAL ISSUES /PLACES IN NEWS
1. PANAMA
2. TROPICAL CYCLONES
a) Typhoon Kujira
b) Cyclonic storm Ashobaa
c) Cyclone Komen
d) Typhoon Linfa
e) Tropical Cyclone Chapala
f) Typhoon koppu
3. CONAKRY NAMED AS WORLD BOOK CAPITAL FOR 2017 BY UNESCO
4. KUNDUZ- CAPTURED BY TALIBAN
5. MOUNT MCKINLEY RENAMED AS DENALI
6. AMRAVATI : AP’S NEW CAPITAL
7. RAHURI MUNICIPAL COUNCIL LINKED TO DIGILOCKER
8. ASIA’S FIRST RICE TECHNOLOGY PARK AT GANGAVATI
9. KACHHABALI VILLAGE
10. UNESCO’S CREATIVE CITIES NETWORK
11. SECOND ROUTE FOR KAILASH MANSAROVAR
V ENVIRONMENT
NEWS RELATED TO CLIMATE CHANGE
1. Green Climate fund
2. International symposium on Antarctic Earth sciences
3. USA unveils clean power plan
4. Climate change – effect on Antarctic ice – sheet
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5. CoP 21 draft : ‘Paris Agreement
6. International solar alliance (ISA)
7. EI – Nino and warm winter
8. Climate engineering solutions (geo-engineering or climate intervention)
9. India INDC
10. World Bank launches ambitious Climate Change Action Plan
11. CO2 levels hit record high – WMO
12. Earth Hour
13. Blue Carbon
14. Indian model to aid future IPCC reports
15. About Like – Minded Developing Countries (LMDC)
16. Climate special science express
17. Carbon tax
18. Green bond market
19. Meaning of green finance
20. Kigali Agreement
21. Marrachech Agreement
NEWS RELATED TO BIODIVERSITY
1. IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) – Red list
2. ESZ around okhla bird sanctuary notified
3. Thane creek declared as flamingo sanctuary by Maharashtra government
4. Kikiki Huna (A genus of fairyfly, know from Hawaii, Costa Rica, and Trinidad world smallest
insect)
5. Sikkim declared as Organic state: about organic farming
6. Depletion of Kudremukh National Park
7. Kasturiranjan report on western Ghats
8. National mission for a green India
9. Compensatory Afforestation Fund (CAF) Bill 2015
10. Agasthyamala biosphere reserve among 20 UNESCO world biosphere reserve
11. Vulnerability of tea industry with reference to the climate change
12. NGT asks centre & states to protect wetlands
13. Loss of polar bear habitat
14. Artificial breeding of Great Indian Bustard
15. First ever leopard census in India
16. Yellow – throated bulbul under Laboratory for the Conservation of Endangered Species
17. Doyand lake – Nagaland attract amur falcorn
18. Biodiversity database for Urban-India
19. South Indian states to constitute Inter-State Coordination Council to resolve forest-related issue
20. Diclofenac and Vulture extinction
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21. India’s forest & tree cover increased by 5, 081 Sq km: ISFR 2015
22. Wildlife Rescue Centre
23. MoEFCC declares Wild pig as vermin for year in Uttarakhand
24. Asia Ministerial Conference on Tiger Conservation
25. South Asia Wildlife Enforcement Network
26. Global Tiger population increased for the first time in 100 years by 22%: WWF & GT
27. World’s first White Tiger Safari opens in Madhya Pradesh
28. India’s first Dolphin Community Reserve will be established in West Bengal
29. NWAF (National Wildlife Action Plan) Draft unvieled
30. Coconut Tree removed from Goa Preservation of Trees Act
31. Centre for World Natural Heritage Management and Training
32. School Nursery Yojana
33. Increasing no. of migrating birds in coringa sanctuary
34. Constitution on biodiversity finance initiative begins
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION/DEGRADATION
1. Bharat stage VI norms by 2020
2. Policy on promotion of city compost
3. IMD SAMAR
4. Air pollution in Indian cities
5. Flex fuel policy of Government to curb pollution worry automakers
6. New E-waste management Rules 2016
7. New plastic waste management Rules 2016
8. Solid waste management rules
9. Red alert on pollution declared in Beijing
10. National Air Quality Indices
11. Four Colour Classification Scheme for industries based on Pollution Index
12. Union Government notifies stricter standards for Coal Based Thermal Power Plants
13. Paper waste turned into non-toxic green Aerogel
14. Impact of use of firewood for cooking in rural areas
15. About Particulate Matter
16. Environmental impacts of fly-ash
17. Polluters pay model
18. E-vehicles to curb pollution
INDIAN GOVERNMENT INITIATIVES FOR ENVIRONMENT CONSERVATION
1. The Public Liability Insurance (PLI) Act, 1991
2. National off-shore wind energy policy
3. NGT and its different orders for conservation of Environment
4. India and Sendai agreement for disaster reduction
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5. Environmental crime in India
6. Indian long term ecological observatories (I-LTEO)
7. National renewable energy bill 2015
8. "Project Green Ports launched" by Ministry of Shipping
9. TSR Subramanian report
10. Traditional Knowledge Digital Library
11. India to join International Energy Agency – Ocean Energy Systems (IEA-OES)
12. Initiatives under Namami Gange programme
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS
1. Antarctica influencing weather in tropics
2. Deep sea planktons as effective carbon sinks
3. Ballast water bringing invasive species to Indian coasts: Scientists
4. Indian ocean warming and its consequences
5. Revised standards for CETPs to minimize water pollution
6. IPBES Report On Pollinator
VI CULTURE
Kondane cave art depicts myth and daily life
Stone age culture evidences in Kerala
Buddhist inscription found in Gadag district
Ancient temples in Mandya district unearthed
UNESCO ‘Award of Excellence’ 2015 for the remarkable conservation efforts of the majestic
Sree Vadakkunnathan Temple in Kerala.
HRIDAY
PRASAD
Jalikattu
Bodhgaya to be developed as spiritual capital
International yoga day
National Unity Day (Rashtriya Ekta Diwas) was observed on 31 October 2015 to commemorate
the Sardar Vallabhai Patel’s birth anniversary.
Centre for World Natural Heritage Management and Training for Asia-Pacific region to be setup
in Dehradun
IS damages ancient Temple of Bel in Syria’s Palmyra
Haryana government to constitute board to preserve Saraswati Heritage Area
Santhara
Chettinad Cotton Saree gets Indian Handloom tag
Sahapedia
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FESTIVALS IN NEWS:
1. Millennium’s first Nabakalebar Rath Yatra in Puri
2. Sinhastha Kumbh Mela
3. Hundred Drums Wangala Festival at Asanang in West Garo Hills
4. ‘Festival of Flowers’ (Bathukamma) in Telangana
5. Odisha celebrated the agrarian festival of Nuakhai
6. Tendong Lho Rum Faat Festival of ethnic Lepcha tribe of Sikkim celebrated
7. Losar festival beings in Ladakh region of J&K
8. Traditional Chapchar Kut festival celebrated across Mizoram
9. Sajibu Cheiraoba festival celebrated in Manipur with religious fervor
10. Celebration of weeklong Ladakh Festival begins at Leh
11. Medaram Sammakka Sarakka
12. Myoko festival
13. Chinakkathoor Pooram
AWARDS IN NEWS:
1. Noted artist Sayed Haider Raza conferred with France’s de la Lgiond Honneur
2. Kerala Tourism gets PATA Award
3. Ramachandra Guha chosen for Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize 2015
4. Kerala Tourism’s Muziris Heritage Project wins 2015 PATA Award
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LIST OF WELFARE SCHEME WITH RESPECTIVE
MINISTRIES
SNO SCHEMES MINISTRIES
1. PAHAL (DBT) Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas
2 Pradhan Mantri UJJAWALA Yojana
Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas
3 National LED Programme (UJALA) –
UJALA stands for Unnat Jyoti by
Affordable LEDs for All.
Ministry of Power.
4 Green Corridor Project:
Ministry of New & Renewable Energy
5 Green Highway Policy:
Ministry of Road Transport and Highway
6 Namami Gange
Ministry of Water Resources.
Ministries of Environment, Urban
Development, Shipping, Tourism & Rural
Development are coordinating with Water
Resource ministry in it.
7 National Mission of Green India
Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change
8 Crime and Criminal Tracking Network
and Systems (CCTNS)
Ministry of Home Affairs
9 Digital India.
DeitY, Ministry of Communication. Implemented by
entire government machinery in their respective
domains.
10 Digi-Locker
Ministry of Communication and IT
11 e-Biz
Department of Industrial Policy and
Promotion (DIPP), Ministry of Commerce &
Industry
Implemented by Infosys
12 e-Courts Mission Mode Project
Ministry of Law and Justice
The project is being implemented by National
Informatics Centre (NIC), Ministry of IT
13 Jeevan Pramaan
Department of Electronics and IT, Ministry of
Communication and IT
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14 National Optical Fibre Network
(NOFN)
Department of Electronics and IT, Ministry of
Communication and IT
15 Nowcast
Ministry of Agriculture
collaborative effort between mKisan Portal
developed by DAC, weather technologies
adopted by IMD and GIS Portal of NIC
16 PRAGATI – ProActive Governance
and Timely Implementation
Prime Minister’s Office.
17 Startup-India
DIPP, Ministry of Commerce and Industry
18 India Aspiration Fund & SMILE loans
Ministry of Finance.
19 Atal Pension Yojana
Ministry of Finance
Administered by the Pension Fund Regulatory
and Development Authority
20 Mudra Bank and Pradhan Mantri
Mudra Yojana
Ministry of Finance
21 Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana
Ministry of Finance
22 Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima
Yojana (PMSBY)
Ministry of Finance
23 Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima
Yojana (PMJJBY)
Ministry of Finance
24 Stand-up India
Department of Financial Services (DFS), Ministry
of Finance.
25 Sovereign Gold Bonds
Ministry of Finance
In association with RBI
26 Gold Monetization Scheme
Ministry of Finance
27 Rashtriya Arogya Nidhi (RAN)
Ministry of Health & Family Welfare
28 Jan Aushadhi Scheme
Department of Pharmaceuticals, Ministry of
Chemicals and Fertilizers
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29 Janani Shishu Suraksha Karyakram
(JSSK)
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
30 Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY)
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
31 Mission Indradhanush
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
32 National Health Assurance Mission
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
33 National Rural Health Mission
(NHM)
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
34 National Urban Health Mission
(NUHM)
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Implemented by the Ministries of Urban
Development, Housing & Urban Poverty
Alleviation, Human Resource Development
and Women & Child Development
35 National Ayush Mission
Department of Ayush, Ministry of Health & Family
Welfare
36 National Health Protection Scheme
Ministry of Finance
37 Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha
Yojana (PMSSY)
Ministry of Health & Family Welfare
38 Pharma Jan Samadhan Scheme
National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA),
Department of Pharma, Ministry of Chemical &
Fertilisers
39 Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana
(RSBY)
Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (Earlier it was
under Ministry of Labour and Employment)
40 Bharat Mala Project
Ministry of Road, Transport and Highway
41 Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti
Yojana
Ministry of Power
42 Ganga Gram Yojana
Ministry of Water Resources
43 Integrated Power Development
Scheme
Ministry of Power
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44 Mega Food Park Scheme Ministry of Food Processing Industries
45 Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak
Yojana (PMGSY)
Ministry of Rural Development
46 Project Mausam
Ministry of Culture
Implemented by the Archaeological
Survey of India (ASI) as the nodal agency
47 RURBAN – Also called Shyama
Prasad Mukharjee Rurban mission
Ministry of Rural Development
48 Sagarmala scheme
Ministry of Shipping
49 Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana
Ministry of Rural Development
50 Setu Bharatam
Ministry of Road, Transport and Highway
51 Swacchh Bharat Abhiyan
Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation (for
Gramin) and Ministry of Urban Development (for
Urban)
52 UDAY – UDAY stands for Ujwal
DISCOM Assurance Yojana
Ministry of Power
53 Amended Technology Upgradation
Fund Scheme
Ministry of Textile
54 Make in India Programme
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
55 National Investment and
Manufacturing Zones
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
56 Gram Uday se Bharat Uday
Abhiyan
Run jointly by the Ministries of Rural
Development, Agriculture, Social Justice, Labour
and Information and Broadcasting along with the
States.
57 Khelo India
Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
58 Ishan Uday
Ministry of Human Resource Development
59 Ishan Vikas
Ministry of Human Resource Development
60 Ajeevika – National Rural
Livelihoods Mission (NRLM) Ministry of Rural Development
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61 MGNREGA
Ministry of Rural Development
62 National Skill Development
Mission
Ministry of Skill Development and
Entrepreneurship
63 Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas
Yojana
Ministry of Skill Development and
Entrepreneurship
64 Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay
Shramev Jayate Karyakram
Ministry of Labour and Employment
65 USTAAD Scheme
Ministry of Minority Affairs
66 PRASAD – Pilgrimage
Rejuvenation and Spirituality
Augmentation Drive
Ministry of Tourism
67 HRIDAY – National Heritage City
Development and Augmentation
Yojana
Ministry of Urban Development
68 Nai Manzil Scheme
Ministry of Minority Affairs
69 Nai Roshni Scheme
Ministry of Minority Affairs
70 Pradhan Mantri Khanij Kshetra
Kalyan Yojana (PMKKKY)
Ministry of Mines
71 Vanbandhu Kalyan Yojna
Ministry of Tribal Affairs
72 AMRUT – Atal Mission for
Rejuvenation and Urban
Transformation
Ministry of Urban Development
73 Housing for All by 2022 Mission
Ministry of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation
74 Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana
Ministry of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation
75 Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana –
Gramin
Ministry of Rural Development
76 Smart City
Ministry of Urban Development
77 Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao Scheme Ministry of Women and Child Development,
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Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and
Ministry of Human Resource Development
78 Digitial Gudda Guddi Board
Ministry of Women and Child Development
79 Indira Gandhi Matritva Sahayog
Yojana
Ministry of Women and Child Development
80 Integrated Child Development
Services (ICDS)
Ministry of Women and Child Development
81 SABLA – Rajiv Gandhi Scheme
for Empowerment of Adolescent
Girls
Ministry of Women and Child Development
82 Soil Health Card Scheme
Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers
Welfare
83 PM Krishi Sinchai Yojana
Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
84 PM Gram Sinchai Yojana
Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
85 Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojna
Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
86 Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana
Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
87 Price Stabilization Fund
Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
88 KISAN (Crop Insurance)
Department of Agriculture and Cooperation,
Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
89 Integrated Scheme for Agriculture
and Marketing (ISAM)
Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
90 National Mission on Agricultural
Extension and Technology
(NMAET)
Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
91 National Horticulture Mission
Department of Agriculture and Cooperation,
Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
92 National Mission on Sustainable
Agriculture
Department of Agriculture and Cooperation,
Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
93 National Dairy Plan Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and
Fisheries
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94 National Initiative on Climate
Resilient Agriculture (NICRA)
Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
95 Mission for Integrated
Development of Horticulture
Department of Agriculture and Cooperation,
Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
96 National Mission on Oilseeds & Oil
Palm (NMOOP)
Department of Agriculture and Cooperation,
Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
97 National Food Security Mission
Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
98 National Agriculture Market
(NAM)
Department of Agriculture & Cooperation, Ministry
of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
99 Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana
Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
100 ASMITA
Ministry of Human Resource Development
101 GIAN – GIAN stands for Global
Initiative of Academic Networks
Ministry of Human Resource Development
102 Rashtriya Madhyamaik Shiksha
Abhiyan (RMSA)
Department of School Education & Literacy,
Ministry of Human Resource Development
103 Kasturba Gandhi Balika
Vidhyalaya
Department of School Education & Literacy,
Ministry of Human Resource Development
104 Mid-Day Meal Scheme
Department of School Education & Literacy,
Ministry of Human Resource Development
105 Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan(SSA)
Department of School Education & Literacy,
Ministry of Human Resource Development
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LIST OF IMPORTANT SUMMITS
G-20 Summits (1999)
The Group of Twenty Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors is a group of finance
ministers and central bank governors from 20 major economies: 19 countries plus the European
Union, which is represented by the President of the European Council and by the European
Central Bank. Chairperson- Tony Abott, Total Countries- 20
Countries= BRICS + G7 + Argentina, Australia, Indonesia, Mexico, South Korea, Saudi Arabia,
Turkey
• 9th G 20 Meeting 2014 – Brisbane, Australia
• 10th G 20 Meeting 2015 – Antalya, Turkey
• 11th G 20 Meeting 2016 – Hangzhou, China
• 12th G 20 Meeting 2017 – Germany
• 13th G 20 Meeting 2018 – India
BRICS Summits (2008)
Countries (5)- Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa
• 6th BRICS Summit 2014 – Fortaleza, Brazil
• 7th BRICS Summit 2015 – UFA, Russia
• 8th BRICS Summit 2016 – New Delhi, India
G-7 Annual Summits (Earlier it was G8, Now Russia suspended Temporarily) (1975)
Group of Seven Countries – France, Germany, Italy, Japan, United Kingdom, United States of
America, Canada.
• 40th G8 Summit 2014 – Brussels, Belgium
• 41st G8 Summit 2015 – Schloss Elmau, Germany
• 42nd G8 Summit 2016 – Shima, Japan
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• 43rd G8 Summit 2017 – Italy
• 44th G8 Summit 2018 – Canada
• 45th G8 Summit 2019 – France
SAARC Summits (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) (1985)
HQ- Nepal , Secretary General- Arjun Bahadur Thapa and Indian Representative at SAARC-
Lakshmi Savithri
Countries (8)- Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Theme of 18th SAARC Summit – ‘Deeper Integration for Peace, Progress and Prosperity’
• 18th SAARC Summit 2014 – Kathmandu, Nepal
• 19th SAARC Summit 2016 – Islamabad, Pakistan
ASEAN Summits (Association of South East Asian Nation)
HQ- Jakarta, Indonesia, Total Countries- 10 and Secretary General- Le Luong Minh (Vietnam)
INDIA IS NOT IN ASEAN COUNTRIES.
• 24th ASEAN Summit 2014 (May)– Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar
• 25th ASEAN Summit 2014 (November)– Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar
• 26th ASEAN Summit 2015 (April)– Langkawi, Malaysia
• 27th ASEAN Summit 2015 (November)– Manila, Philippines
East Asia Summit (EAS)
EAS meetings are held after annual ASEAN leaders’ meetings.
• 9th East Asia Summit 2014 – Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar
• 10th East Asia Summit 2015 – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
• 11th East Asia Summit 2016 – Vientiane, Laos
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IBSA Summits (2003)
IBSA Dialogue Forum – India, Brazil, South Africa.
• 7th IBSA Summit 2015 – New Delhi, India
BIMSTEC Summits (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multisectoral Technical and Economic
Cooperation(1997)
Total Countries (7)- Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Srilanka, Thailand, Bhutan.
Chairmanship- Nepal
• 3rd BIMSTEC Summit 2014 – Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar
• 4th BIMSTEC Summit 2015 – Nepal
5th
BIMSTEC Summit 2016 – India
APEC Summits (Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation) (1989)
Total Countries- 21 , HQ- Singapore and Executive Director- Alan Bolard
INDIA IS NOT IN APEC COUNTRIES.
• 26th APEC Summit 2014 – Beijing, China
• 27th APEC Summit 2015 – Philippines, Manila
• 28th APEC Summit 2016 – Peru, Lima
• 29th APEC Summit 2017 – Vietnam, Hanoi
Nuclear Security Summit (NSS) (2010)
Total Countries participated in the 2nd NSS 2012 summit was 53 countries.
• 3rd NSS 2014 – Hague, Netherlands
• 4th NSS 2016 – Washington, USA
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NATO Summit (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) (1949)
Total Countries- 28, HQ- Belgium and Secretary General- Jenus Stoltenberg (newly elected from
Norway)
INDIA IS NOT IN NATO SUMMIT COUNTRIES.
• NATO 2014- Cardiff, UK
• NATO 2016- Warsaw, Poland
OTHER SUMMITS:-
1. 16th
International OPEC Summit, 2015– Paris, France
2. 48th
ADB Meeting,2015-Baku,Azerbaijan
3. United Nations Climate Change Meeting,2015-Paris,France
4. 9th
WTO Ministerial Congrence,2013-Bali,Indonesia
5. 18th BASIC Ministerial Meeting, 2014– New Delhi, India (Basic- Brazil, South Africa,
India, China)
6. 6th International Nuclear Energy Forum ATOMEXPO 2014– Moscow, Russia
7. World Economic forum 2014– Abuja, Nigeria (Sunil Bharti Mittal was the CO-
Chairperson this year)
8. Internet Governance Forum 2014– Istanbul, Turkey
9. NAM (Non Aligned Movement) Summit 2015 – Venezuela.
10. 83rd Interpol General Assembly– Monaco
11. Heart of Asia Conference 2016 – Amritsar,India