Civil Services Chronicle April 2022

1 World Sustainable Development Summit 2022

2 Crop Diversification

3 Draft India Data Accessibility & Use Policy 2022

4 India-France Roadmap on Blue Economy and Ocean Governance

1 Extension of PM Kisan Sampada Yojana

2 REWARD Project

3 50th Anniversary of ICRISAT

4 Fair and Remunerative Price

5 Four Balance Sheet Challenge

6 Market Infrastructure Institutions

7 Dollar–Rupee Swap Auction

8 Vibrant Village Program

9 Bihar’s First Floating Solar Power Plant

10 Parvatmala Scheme

11 Indian Footwear and Leather Development Programme

1 Central Media Accreditation Guidelines 2022

2 Sealed Cover Jurisprudence

3 Supreme Court Moots Stronger Enforcement Provisions against IPR Infringement

4 Kuki Insurgency in Manipur

5 Border Infrastructure & Management

1 Indo-Pacific Strategy of the US

2 4th Quad Ministerial Meeting

3 India-Australia - Interim Trade Agreement

4 EU Ministerial Forum for Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific

5 India’s Humanitarian Assistance to Afghanistan

6 Minsk Agreement

7 Montreux Convention

1 ISRO Launches EOS-04 and Two Other Satellites

2 HelioSwarm and MUSE: New Sun Missions

3 Study Sheds New Light on Pluto’s Atmospheric Pressure

4 GMRT Reveals Fast Radio Bursts

5 Novel Tool to Understand Long-Term Memory Consolidation

6 AI-based Algorithm to Detect Habitable Planets

7 Scientists Develop Novel Nanoparticles for Crop Protection

8 Technological Breakthrough Achieved in Quantum Key Distribution Test

9 Nuclear Fusion: UK Scientists Reach New Milestone

1 INCOIS Prepares Coastal Vulnerability Index

2 Study Highlights Role of Social System in Determining Climate Change Trajectory

3 Water Vapour Increasingly Warming High Altitude Himalayas

4 Kaziranga National Park is a Net Carbon Emitter

5 Electric Vehicles Can Lower Emissions of Volatile Organic Compounds

6 One Ocean Summit

1 Dr S. Unnikrishnan Nair

2 G Ashok Kumar

3 Madhabi Puri Buch

4 Sukla Mistry

5 Vineet Joshi

6 S Kishore

7 Luc Montagnier

8 S F Rodrigues

9 Rahul Bajaj

10 Shakuntala Choudhary

11 Asavadi Prakasarao

12 Sandhya Mukherjee

13 Praveen Kumar Sobti

14 Shane Warne

15 Exercise MILAN-2022

16 “EX DHARMA GUARDIAN-2022”

17 Exercise Vayu Shakti 2022

18 Eastern Bridge-VI

19 National Dam Safety Authority

20 Boltzmann Medal 2022

1 Lachit Borphukan

2 Dhara: An Ode to Indian Knowledge System

3 ‘Devayatanam’ – An Odyssey of Indian Temple Architecture

4 Reclining Lord Vishnu

5 Attukal Pongala Festival

6 Karakattam Dance

7 Avalokiteshwara Padmapani

8 Nettur Petti

9 Maru Mahotsav

10 Narsinh Mehta

11 Byanjana Dwadashi

12 Khajuraho Dance Festival

1 Misuse of Section 498A of IPC

2 Parliamentary Standing Committee Report on MGNREGA

3 SMILE Scheme

4 SEED Scheme

5 New India Literacy Programme

6 Intensified Mission Indradhanush 4.0

7 Nai Roshni Scheme

8 Anaemia Mukt Bharat

9 Fair Bank Disease

10 Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana

11 National Means Cum-Merit Scholarship Scheme

12 PM CARES for Children Scheme

13 Reimagining Healthcare in India through Blended Finance

Rajasthan

1 Indira Gandhi Urban Employment Guarantee Scheme

Maharashtra

1 Hope Express

2 Water Taxi

3 Konkan Bamboo and Cane Development Center

Madhya Pradesh

1 Central Jail in Madhya Pradesh Gets Own FM Radio Channel

Telangana

1 Telangana Tie-Up with British Council to Expand Higher Education

Kerala

1 Kerala Signs MoU with Social Alpha to Develop Clean Energy Tech

2 Kerala Government Decides to include Christian Nadar Community in OBC List

Assam

1 Assam Launches India’s First Night Navigation Mobile App

West Bengal

1 Paray Shikshalaya Initiative

North-Eastern States

1 35th Foundation Day of Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh

Archery

1 Para Archery World Championships 2022

Cricket

1 ICC U-19 Men’s Cricket World Cup

Athletics

1 2022 Winter Olympics

1 Info Bytes

1 Non-lapsable Modernisation Fund for Defence and Internal Security (MFDIS)

2 System for Pension Administration (Raksha) (SPARSH)

3 Department of Financial Services

4 Angadia System

5 Panruti Cashew

6 National Land Monetisation Corporation

7 T+1 Settlement Cycle

8 Sagar Parikrama Program

9 Indian Neutrino Observatory Project

10 Origami Metamaterials

11 Solar Proton Events

12 Synthetic Biology

13 Marine Heatwaves

14 UNEP Frontiers Report 2022

15 Council of Europe (CoE)

16 Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT)

17 War Crime

1 Second Phase of Inter-Operable Criminal Justice System Approved

2 Centre Extends Police Modernisation Scheme

3 IVFRT Scheme

4 Draft Integrated Plant Nutrition Management Bill 2022

5 National Single Window System

6 Green Hydrogen/Green Ammonia Policy

7 Guidelines on Extended Producers Responsibility on Plastic Packaging

1 Report on Police Training, Modernisation and Reforms

2 EIU’s Democracy Index 2021

Ecology & Environment

Sustainable Development

1 Ecology & Environment - Sustainable Development

Biodiversity

1 Ecology & Environment - Biodiversity

Pollution

1 Ecology & Environment -Pollution

Miscellaneous

1 Ecology & Environment -National Bodies, Acts, Bills, Policies, Provisions

Climate Change

1 Ecology & Environment -Climate Change

Climate Finance Initiatives

1 Ecology & Environment -Climate Finance Initiatives

Major International Organizations/Conventions/Protocols/Declaration

1 Ecology & Environment -Major International Organisations/Conventions/Protocols/Declarations

Science & Technology

Space Technology

1 Science & Technology - Space Technology

Defence

1 Science & Technology -Defence

IT And Other Technologies

1 Science & Technology -IT & Other Technologies

Health & Disease

1 Science & Technology - Health

Miscellaneous

1 Science & Technology - Miscellaneous

Model Test Questions

1 Prelims 2022: General Studies Paper I MCQs

2 Prelims 2022: Current Affairs Based MCQs

Essays

1 Press Freedom in India: Myth or Reality?

General Studies Mains Questions And Answers

1 Soil erosion and soil degradation are threats to food supply. Discuss.

2 What do you understand by welfare state? Is India a welfare state? In this regard, what are challenges faced by Indian health care sector?

3 Critically examine the aims and objectives of SCO. What importance does it hold for India?

4 The new tri-nation partnership AUKUS is aimed at countering China’s ambitions in the Indo-Pacific region. Is it going to supersede the existing partnerships in the region? Discuss the strength and impact of AUKUS in the present scenario.

5 Skill development scheme needs to be strengthened to make vocational education and skill training meaningful. Comment.

6 How and to what extent would micro-irrigation help in solving India’s water crisis?

7 S-400 air defense system is technically superior to its contemporary air defence technologies. Elaborate.

8 Indicating the causes of lightning, describe the threats associated with it.

9 Protected cultivation assists in healthier and larger produce. Justify with examples.

10 Describe the problems of cloud burst in India giving suitable examples.

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