Civil Services Chronicle March 2024

1 RBI Report on the ‘Finances of Panchayati Raj Institutions’

2 Nano DAP: Revolutionizing Agriculture with Advanced Technology

3 Rooftop Solar Power : Illuminating India’s Future

4 India-Myanmar: Scrapping ‘Free Movement Regime’

1 Blue Economy: Unlocking Sea of Opportunities

2 Extension of Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund

3 RBI Imposes Restriction on Payment Bank

4 Amendments to Input Service Distributors

5 Tax Buoyancy

6 Dynamic Asset Allocation

7 Constitutional Validity of Anti-profiteering Provisions in GST

8 SEBI Extends FPI Disclosure Norms Deadline

9 RBI Revises Norms for Politically-Exposed Persons

10 RBI’s Guidelines on State ‘Guarantees’ on Borrowing

11 Momentum Investing

12 Cabinet Approves Continuation of RoSCTL Scheme for Export of Apparel

13 India’s first National Highway Steel Slag Road Technology Opened

1 CLEA-Commonwealth Attorneys and Solicitors General Conference

2 ‘Hamara Samvidhan Hamara Samman’ Campaign

3 Vijay Raghavan Committee Report

4 Electricity (Amendment) Rules, 2024

5 Directorate General of GST Intelligence

6 Supreme Court Legal Services Committee

7 Committee for Service Conditions of the District Judiciary

8 Diamond Jubilee Celebration of Supreme Court

9 Apostille Convention

10 ‘Prior Approval’ to Probe Public Officials

11 'Reading Down' the Clause

12 Multidimensional Poverty in India since 2005-06

1 India and UAE Finalize Four Agreements

2 Denmark Unveils Green Fuels Alliance India at GIM 2024

3 India and Saudi Arabia Sign Bilateral Agreement for Haj 2024

4 7th Meeting of India-Nepal Joint Commission

5 ICJ Orders Israel to Take Preventive Measures against Genocidal Acts

6 Sweden's NATO Membership Clears Hurdle

7 Canada Reduces International Student Admissions by 35%

8 Iran and Pakistan Face Strained Relations

9 India Launches Global Alliance for Gender Equality at Davos

10 India Appointed First Vice-Chair of UN FAO Fisheries Committee

1 ISRO's POEM-3 Achieves Payload Objectives

2 China Launches Einstein Probe to Explore Celestial Fireworks

3 NASA Restores Contact with Mars Helicopter Ingenuity

4 India Officially Joins SKA Project

5 ISRO Successfully Tests Fuel Cell Power System in Orbital Platform

6 Indian Navy Unveils Drishti 10 Starliner UAV

7 DRDO Successfully Tests Next-Gen Akash SAM

8 New Alloy Revolutionizing Magnetic Refrigeration

9 Heat-Tolerant COVID-19 Vaccine

10 Tricholime: IISR's Breakthrough in Crop Care

1 Government's Rs 8,500 Crore Boost for Coal Gasification Projects

2 India Aims for 5 MMTPA Green Hydrogen Production by 2030

3 Antarctic Marine Protected Areas Face Severe Acidification Threat

4 Logging and Climate Change Threaten Montane Birds

5 Report on India's Snow Leopard Population Status

6 Odisha Plans World's First Melanistic Tiger Safari

7 'Paramyrothecium indicum': New Phytopathogenic Fungus

8 Himalayan Wolf Classified as 'Vulnerable' on IUCN Red List

9 New Mammalian Species Join Kaziranga National Park Fauna

10 WEF Report: Extreme Weather Tops Global Concerns

11 Global Water Monitor Report 2023

12 ISRO Unveils Second-Generation Distress Alert Transmitter

1 Justice Prasanna Bhalachandra Varale

2 Justice Sanjiv Khanna

3 Vineet McCarty

4 Daljit Singh Chaudhary

5 Anil Kumar Lahoti

6 Jay Shah

7 Senthil Pandian C

8 Tshering Tobgay

9 Indra Mani Pandey

10 Raghuram Iyer

11 Vikas Sheel

12 Vice Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi

13 Rahul Rasgotra

14 Abhinav Bindra

15 Naorem Roshibina Devi

16 Suchetha Satish

17 Rashmi Shukla

18 Randhir Jaiswal

19 Arno Allan Penzias

20 Radha Champakalakshmi

21 Dr. Nitya Anand

22 Mohammad Shamim Jairajpuri

23 Prabha Atre

24 Munawwar Rana

25 Ustad Rashid Khan

26 Professor Ved Prakash Nanda

27 Jitendra Pal Singh Uberoi

28 Jacques Delors

29 Sadhu Meher

30 Gogi Saroj Pal

31 Sukhbir Singh Gill

32 Important Days/Weeks

33 Cabo Verde (Capital: Praia)

34 Jordan (Capital: Amman)

35 Exercise SADA TANSEEQ

36 Desert Knight

37 CYCLONE

38 KHANJAR

39 Ex-Ayutthaya

40 Sahyog Kaijin

41 Sea Dragon 24

42 Desert Cyclone 2024

43 27th National Youth Festival

44 International Purple Fest 2024

45 Republic Day 2024: Parade Awards

46 Some Other Awards

47 Bharat Ratna 2024

48 Padma Vibhushan

49 Padma Bhushan

1 PM’s Visit to Hindu Temples

2 Nagara Style of Temple Architecture

3 Chandubi Festival of Assam

4 Thanjavur Doll

5 Kateel Yakshagana Mela

6 Pakke Paga Hornbill Festival

7 Batadrava Than

8 Kadamba Inscription Discovered in Goa

9 Saqqara

10 India to Host UNESCO's World Heritage Committee

11 12th General Assembly of Asian Buddhist Conference for Peace

1 NHRC Advocates Implementation of Idate Commission Report

2 Kutia Kondh Community Attended Republic Day Parade

3 Delhi High Court reaffirmed the ban on Incestuous ‘Sapinda’ Marriages

4 Deletion of Kuki-Chins Tribe from ST List

5 Radhakrishnan Committee: Reforming Higher Education

6 Central Government Approves New Leprosy Treatment Regimen

7 ICMR to Revise National Essential Diagnostics List

8 Scrub Typhus

9 SVAMITVA Scheme receives Best Innovation Award

10 World Employment and Social Outlook: Trends 2024

11 All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) 2021-2022

Uttar Pradesh

1 Samvid Gurukulam Girls Sainik School

Goa

1 Goa Cess Act, 2000

Andhra Pradesh

1 Caste Census

2 Statue of Social Justice

Jammu & Kashmir

1 Mamani Food Festival

Himachal Pradesh

1 'My School-My Pride' Campaign

Kerala

1 Operation AMRITH

Gujarat

1 Mukhayamantri Gram Sadak Yojana

2 Simmtech to set up Semiconductor Plant in Sanand

Madhya Pradesh

1 63rd Central Geological Programming Board (CGPB) Meeting

Odisha

1 'LABHA' Scheme

1 Info Bytes From Govt. News Services like PIB, AIR, etc

1 The Jan Vishwas Act 2023: Conception and Development

2 Trusting Citizens: Decriminalisation Way

3 Passing of the Landmark Legislation: The Jan Vishwas Act 2023 and the Road Ahead

4 Government E-Marketplace (GeM): Leading the Digital Wave

5 Ease of Filming in India

6 GST and Ease of Doing Business

7 Decriminalisation: India's Continued March toward Ease of Doing Business

8 Delicate Balance: Regulatory Enforcement and Favourable Business Environment

9 Indo-African Relationship: Amidst South-South Cooperation

10 Redefining Rural Landscape: Startups Paving the Way for Inclusive Development

11 Reform, Perform and Transform through Agri-Startups

12 Redefining Food Processing Sector through Startups

13 Startups: Towards Rural Water Security

14 Startups as Engine for Growth for North-East India

15 Drone Revolution: Changing the Face of Rural India

16 Championing Social Startups for Rural Development

17 Supporting Women-Led Startups

18 Startups Laying Strong Foundation for Self-reliant India

19 'Faraday Medal' for MIMO Wireless Technology

20 India International Science Festival Engages Public with Science

21 A Snapshot of the Major Scientific Development in 2023

22 World of Ancient Life: Palaeontology and Fossils

23 Understanding the Intricacies of Living Beings

24 Bioplastics: Can they be a Solution to Plastic Pollution?

1 e-SAKSHI Application

2 National Real Estate Development Council (NAREDCO)

3 Uttar Pradesh leads in Implementing ICJS

4 New Campus of NACIN inaugurated in Andhra Pradesh

5 National Startup Day 2024

6 National Housing Bank (NHB)

7 Punganur Cow

8 Tasar Silk

9 Atal Setu

10 K-Shaped Recovery

11 Farsi included as a Classical Language under NEP

12 Kolam Tribes

13 Anuvadini App

14 Gokturks

15 Gole Mela Festival

16 Chittorgarh Fort

17 Onaivillu

18 Dogri Folk Dance

19 Dark Sky Park

20 Vulture Restaurant

21 Shallow Soda Lakes

22 Wetland City Accreditation

23 Havisure

24 Chameleon Trojan

25 Samavesha

26 ANEEL (Advanced Nuclear Energy for Enriched Life)

27 Smart Lander for Investigating Moon

28 India and Cuba Sign MoU

29 Sahel Exits ECOWAS

30 India-U.K. Defence MoU

1 Armado

2 Qanat System

3 Alpenglow Phenomenon

4 Dragon Babies

1 GPSC Prelims Exam 2024

2 GPSC Prelims Exam 2024

3 GPSC Prelims Exam 2024

4 GPSC Prelims Exam 2024

5 GPSC Prelims Exam 2024

1 Current Affairs based Prelims 2024

1 Drone Manufacturing and Operations

2 National Mission for Manuscripts (NMM)

3 Scheme of Sugar Subsidy for Antyodya Anna Yojana (AAY)

4 Production Linked Incentive Scheme for Food Processing Industry

5 Fast Track Court Scheme

6 Smart Metering

1 India’s Shipping Sector

2 India’s Food Processing Sector

1 Draft Indian Stamp Bill 2023

2 Swachh Survekshan Awards 2023

3 Launch of Voluntary Carbon Market Framework in the Agriculture Sector

4 India Revises Wildlife Trade Rules after 40 Years

5 Union Cabinet Approves “PRITHvi VIgyan” Scheme for Earth System Research

Model Test Questions

Indian Economy

1 ​Indian Economy Practice Set-I

2 Indian Economy Practice Set-II

3 ​Indian Economy Practice Set-III

4 ​Indian Economy Practice Set-IV

5 ​Indian Economy Practice Set-V

6 ​Indian Economy Practice Set-VI

7 Indian Economy ​Practice Set-VII

8 ​Indian Economy Practice Set-VIII

9 ​Indian Economy Practice Set-IX

10 ​Indian Economy Practice Set-X

Geography

1 ​Geography Practice Set-I

2 Geography ​Practice Set-II

3 ​Geography Practice Set-III

4 ​Geography Practice Set-IV

5 ​Geography Practice Set-V

6 Geography Practice Set-VI

7 Geography Practice Set-VII

8 Geography Practice Set-VIII

9 Geography Practice Set-IX

10 Geography Practice Set-X

Budget 2024-25

1 Budget at a Glace (Important Macro-indicators)

2 Social Justice

3 ‘Garib Kalyan, Desh ka Kalyan’

4 Welfare of ‘Annadata’

5 Momentum for Nari Shakti

6 Empowering Youth (Amrit Peedhi)

7 PM Awas Yojana (Grameen)

8 Ayushman Bharat

9 Rooftop Solarization and ‘Muft Bijli’

10 Agriculture and Food Processing

11 Research and Innovation for Catalyzing Growth, Employment and Development

12 Infrastructure

13 Railways

14 Aviation Sector

15 Green Energy

16 Tourism Sector

17 Investments

18 Reforms in the States for ‘Viksit Bharat’

19 Government Revenue and Expenditure

20 Revised Estimates (RE) 2023-24

21 Budget Estimates 2024-25

22 Direct Taxes

23 Indirect Taxes

24 Tax Rationalization Efforts over the Years

25 Achievements in Tax-Payer Services

Indian Economy: Past, Present And Future

1 The Indian Growth Story (1950 to 2014)

2 Lessons from the Growth Experience till 2014

3 2014-2024: Decade of Transformative Growth

4 Drivers of India’s Growth in the Last Decade

5 Challenges Confronting the Indian Economy

6 Track Record of Overcoming Challenges

7 Looking Ahead

What Made The Indian Economy Resilient?

1 Domestic Economy

2 Government Initiatives

3 Reform Push to the Indian Industry

4 Digital Infrastructure and Delivery of Citizen-Centric Services

5 Evolving Financial Markets to Support the Investment Needs of a Growing Economy

6 Safeguarding Macroeconomic Stability

7 Human Resources - Dovetailing Growth with Welfare

8 A New Approach to Welfare

9 How has the New Approach to Welfare Paid Off

10 Women-led development: Tapping the Gender Dividend for India@100

11 Employment Situation in the Past Decade

12 Skill Development and Entrepreneurship

13 India’s External Sector: Safely Navigating through Uncertainties

14 Climate Action

15 India's Climate Action Towards Building Resilience
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