Civil Services Chronicle February 2022

1 Centre Approves Implementation of PMKSY for 2021-26

1 Consumer Protection (Direct Selling) Rules 2021

2 Proposal to Amend Multi-State Cooperative Societies Act 2002

1 Floating Rate Bond

2 Non-Convertible Debentures

3 SEBI Proposes Rules for Retail Algo Trading

4 RBI Introduces PCA Framework for NBFCs

5 Centre Bans Futures Trading in 7 Commodities

6 SEBI's new IPO Norms

7 GST Compensation

1 India Loses WTO Dispute over Sugar Subsidies

2 One Commodity One Exchange

1 CAG Report on Indian Railways

2 Centre Clears Ken-Betwa River Interlinking Project

1 Coal 2021

1 Value at Risk (VaR)

2 Certificate of Origin (CoO)

3 NSE Prime

1 Good Governance Week

2 Biological Diversity (Amendment) Bill 2021

3 Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Bill 2021

4 NIPER Amendment Bill 2021

1 Default Bail

2 Yellow Journalism

1 Beti Bachao & Beti Padhao Scheme

2 NITI Aayog’s Vernacular Innovation Program

1 Joint Committee Report on Data Protection Bill 2019

2 Good Governance Index 2021

3 Geo-relief Enabled Governance for Decision Making

1 Juvenile Justice Board

2 Adjournment Sine Die

3 ESG Fund

1 India-Poland : Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty

2 India’s Humanitarian Support to Myanmar

3 India and Pakistan Exchange Lists of Nuclear Installations

4 8th Edition of Indian Ocean Dialogue

5 OIC’s Humanitarian Trust Fund for Afghanistan

6 RATS SCO Seminar on Securing Cyberspace

1 First Summit for Democracy

2 OECD Releases Pillar Two Model Rules on International Taxation

1 UNSC Adopts Resolution 2615

1 Memorial International

2 Mission SAGAR

3 Asia Power Index 2021

4 Golan Heights

5 Pangong Tso

1 Parker Solar Probe Touches the Sun

1 Study of Distant Magnetar Gives Clues about Exotic Star

2 NASA’s IXPE Mission

3 James Webb Space Telescope Launched

4 NASA’s LCRD Communication System

5 ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter Discovers Water in Mars’ Valles Marineris Canyon

1 DRDO Successfully Flight-tests ‘Pralay’

1 Silver Nanomaterials as Antimicrobial Agents

2 5G Launch in India

3 Earth’s Black Box

1 New Scheme for Semiconductor and Display Manufacturing Ecosystem

2 Army Establishes Quantum Lab and AI Centre

1 Neurocysticercosis (NCC)

2 Pinaka-ER

3 Paxlovid

4 Controlled Aerial Delivery System (CADS)

5 Log4 Shell

1 SOLAW 2021 Synthesis Report: Systems at Breaking Point

1 Himalayan Glaciers Melting at an Exceptional Rate

2 Highest Ever Temperature Recorded in Arctic Region

3 India Votes against UN Draft Resolution on Climate Change

1 India’s 47th Ramsar Site

1 Air Pollution in Some Parts of India Increased During the Pandemic

2 Adverse Impact of Plastic Production on Health and Climate

1 AIM-ICDK Water Innovation Challenge

1 CAG Report on Groundwater Management & Regulation

1 Indravati Tiger Reserve

2 Flex Fuel Vehicles

1 Rani Velu Nachiyar

2 Captain Harpreet Chandi

3 Elon Musk

1 M.M. Naravane

2 Catherine Russell

3 V S Pathania

4 Atul Dinkar Rane

5 Pradeep Kumar Rawat

6 Alka Mittal

7 Anupam Ray

8 G Asok Kumar

9 Vikram Misri

10 Alka Upadhyaya

11 Sanjay Bandopadhyay

12 Sundeep Kumar Nayak

13 Sanjiv Mehta

1 Desmond Tutu

2 General Bipin Laxman Singh Rawat

3 Col Prithipal Singh Gill

4 Sindhutai Sapkal

5 Girish Thakorlal Nanavati

6 M. Sarada Menon

7 Nanda Kishore Prusty

8 Naren Chandra Das

1 Telangana

2 Himachal Pradesh

3 Ganjam

1 Ex Ekuverin 2021

1 Ngadag Pel gi Khorlo: Bhutan’s Highest Civilian Award to Modi

2 56th & 57th Jnanpith Award

3 Damodar Mauzo

4 Nilmani Phookan Jr

5 Sahitya Academy Awards 2021

6 Ciprian Foias Prize

7 Ramanujan Prize 2021

8 Mother Teresa Memorial Award for Social Justice 2021

1 Significance of Raigad Fort in Maratha History

2 Hindi Translation of ‘Tolkappiyam’

3 Chalcolithic Cultures of Central India

1 Kaavi Art of Goa

2 Durga Puja Enters UNESCO's Intangible Heritage List

3 Sri Ramna Kali Mandir

1 Maha Rishi Sri Agathiyar

2 Sri Aurobindo Ghosh

1 Amuktamalyada

2 Nagaswaram

3 Waguw

4 Chillai Kalan

5 Prithvi Raj Chauhan

6 Hornbill Festival

7 Apatani Textile Product

8 Sankalp Smarak

1 Prohibition of Child Marriage (Amendment) Bill 2021

1 The National Anti-Doping Bill 2021

2 Decline in Fertility Rate

1 PM Poshan Shakti Nirman Scheme

2 Hunar Haat

1 NITI Aayog Releases Fourth Edition of State Health Index

2 Report on Emergency Care at Secondary, Tertiary Level Centers

3 World Inequality Report 2022

4 ARIIA Rankings 2021

1 Poverty Trap

2 Atmanirbhar Hastshilpkar Scheme

3 UN Women

1 'Samanya Varg Aayog'

1 First UT to have a District Level Good Governance Index

1 Tamil Nadu State New Policy for Women 2021

1 First Crocodile Trail

2 Askot Wildlife Sanctuary Declared Eco-Sensitive Zone

1 Committee on Withdrawal of AFSPA from Nagaland

1 SAHAY Scheme

1 Vijay Hazare Trophy 2021

2 U-19 Asia Cup 2021

1 SAFF U-19 Women’s Championship

2 Senior Women’s National Football Championship

1 Junior Hockey World Cup 2021

1 National Billiards Championship 2021

1 FIDE World Chess Championship

1 Aanchal Thakur

1 History of India Ancient & Medieval

1 Prelims 2022: General Studies Paper I MCQs

2 Prelims 2022: Current Affairs Based MCQs

1 Jan Bhagidari as a Model of Effective Local Governance