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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


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


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)


31 Mission Indradhanush


32 National Health Assurance Mission


33 National Rural Health Mission

(NHM)


34 National Urban Health Mission

(NUHM)


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


48 Sagarmala scheme

Ministry of Shipping

49 Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana


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


60 Ajeevika – National Rural

Livelihoods Mission (NRLM) Ministry of Rural Development


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61 MGNREGA


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


69 Nai Roshni Scheme


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


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


76 Smart City


77 Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao Scheme Ministry of Women and Child Development,


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Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and


78 Digitial Gudda Guddi Board

Ministry of Women and Child Development

79 Indira Gandhi Matritva Sahayog

Yojana


80 Integrated Child Development

Services (ICDS)


81 SABLA – Rajiv Gandhi Scheme

for Empowerment of Adolescent

Girls


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


85 Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojna


86 Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana


87 Price Stabilization Fund


88 KISAN (Crop Insurance)

Department of Agriculture and Cooperation,


89 Integrated Scheme for Agriculture

and Marketing (ISAM)


90 National Mission on Agricultural

Extension and Technology

(NMAET)


91 National Horticulture Mission



92 National Mission on Sustainable

Agriculture



93 National Dairy Plan Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and

Fisheries


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94 National Initiative on Climate

Resilient Agriculture (NICRA)


95 Mission for Integrated

Development of Horticulture



96 National Mission on Oilseeds & Oil

Palm (NMOOP)



97 National Food Security Mission


98 National Agriculture Market

(NAM)

Department of Agriculture & Cooperation, Ministry

of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare

99 Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana


100 ASMITA


101 GIAN – GIAN stands for Global

Initiative of Academic Networks


102 Rashtriya Madhyamaik Shiksha

Abhiyan (RMSA)

Department of School Education & Literacy,


103 Kasturba Gandhi Balika

Vidhyalaya



104 Mid-Day Meal Scheme



105 Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan(SSA)




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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

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