Civil Services Chronicle June 2023

1 Farmer Distress Index

2 GI Tag for Agricultural Produce

3 SATHI Portal

4 Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights Authority

1 Mission 50K-EV4ECO

1 Dabba Trading

2 India's First REITs and InvITs Index

3 ASBA Facility for Secondary Market Trading

4 RBI Framework for Green Deposits

5 Cost Inflation Index

1 UDAN 5.0

2 Draft Sagarmala Innovation and Start-up Policy

1 Revamped CGTMSE Scheme

1 The Status of Women in Agrifood Systems

1 Core Investment Companies (CICs)

2 Front Running

3 Unified Logistics Interface Platform (ULIP)

4 Parvatmala Pariyojana

5 Cellular Agriculture

1 FIR Provisions under Indian Penal Code

2 State Bills and Power of Governor

3 Foreign Exchange Management Act 1999

1 Golden Jubilee of Kesavananda Bharati Judgment

2 Discretionary Powers of Supreme Court under Article 142

1 National Medical Devices Policy 2023

1 Dima Hasao Peace Pact

1 National Manufacturing Innovation Survey

1 Unique Land Parcel Identification Number (ULPIN)

2 Bharat Tap Initiative

3 National Technology Centre for Ports, Waterways & Coasts (NTCPWC)

4 National Generic Document Registration System (NGDRS)

5 Unified Portal of Central Bureau of Narcotics

6 Safe City Project

7 Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO)

8 Food Safety and Compliance System (FOSCOS)

1 Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Defence Ministers' Meeting

2 4th India-CARICOM Ministerial Meeting

3 India-Japan Defence Policy Dialogue

4 Visit of Bhutan’s King to India

5 13th Meeting of India-Thailand Joint Trade Committee

6 Meeting of India-Hungary Joint Working Group on Water Management

1 India Elected to UN Statistical Commission

1 World Development Report 2023

1 Finland joins NATO

2 EU’s Digital Services Act

1 ISRO Tests Reusable Launch Vehicle

2 NASA’s TEMPO Instrument

3 ESA’s Juice Mission

4 Detailed Map of Dark Matter

5 LIGO-India: An Advanced Gravitational-Wave Detector

1 Laser Carbon: A Carbon-based Catalyst

2 Scientists Fabricate Protein to Aid Study of Multiple Sclerosis

1 India Ransomware Report 2022

1 PSLV-C55/TeLEOS-2 Mission

2 India’s 1st 3D Printed Post Office

3 New Uranium Isotope

1 Imbalance in the Earth's Energy Budget

2 Adverse Impact of Sea Level Rise on Salt Marshes

3 Preservation of Ice Records

1 International Big Cat Alliance

1 5th International Conference on Disaster Resilient Infrastructure

1 India’s First Water Bodies Census

1 WMO State of the Global Climate Report 2022

2 State Energy Efficiency Index 2021-22

1 5th Cycle of India’s Tiger Census

2 Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate Change

3 The Coalition of Coastal Cities

4 Piezometers

1 Shivangi Singh

2 Deepika Misra

1 Ajay Banga

2 Ajit Kumar Mohanty

3 Air Marshal Saju Balakrishnan

4 A Madhavarao

5 Hari Hara Mishra

6 Anant Maheshwari

7 Shantanu Roy

8 Arun Sinha

1 Ranajit Guha

2 Kaur Singh

3 Himangshu Mohan Choudhury

4 Kalamandalam Devaki

5 Arun Gandhi

6 Parkash Singh Badal

7 Ajai Singh

1 AIME

2 INIOCHOS

3 Locked Shields

4 Cope India

5 Ajeya Warrior

6 Ex KAVACH

7 Exercise Orion

1 Solar Energy Corporation of India Limited

2 Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL)

1 UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize 2023

2 International Prize in Statistics 2023

3 Lata Deenanath Mangeshkar Award

4 Malcolm Adiseshiah Award 2023

5 Santokbaa Humanitarian Award

6 'Business Leader of the Decade' Award

7 Femina Miss India World 2023

1 Badminton Asia Championships

2 Asian Wrestling Championships

3 World Chess Champion

4 ISSF Shotgun World Cup

1 Uttaramerur Inscription

1 Pushkaralu Festival

2 GI Tag to Basohli Painting

3 Gond Painting Gets GI Tag

4 Yangli Festival

1 Mera Gaon Meri Dharohar Survey

2 Language Friendship Bridge Project

1 First Global Buddhist Summit

1 Jingrwai Lawbei

2 Manamadurai Pottery

3 Bihu Festival

4 Ladakh's Wood Carving

5 Puthandu: Tamil New Year

6 Zemithang

7 Thawe Festival

1 ‘Triple Tests’ for Altruistic Surrogacy

1 Menstrual Hygiene in School

1 Centre Revises Nutritional Criteria for Children’s Food Safety Scheme

1 Svamitva Scheme

2 National Credit Framework

3 PM-SHRI Scheme

1 National Health Accounts Estimates for India

1 PRET Initiative

1 Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS)

2 100 Food Streets in 100 Districts

3 E-Shram Portal

4 Hakki Pikki Tribe

5 Hikikomori

6 United Nations Population Fund

7 United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII)

8 Sangathan Se Samriddhi

1 Country’s First Water Budget

2 One Panchayat, One Playground

3 Kerala tops GI tag list in FY 2022-23

1 ‘TN REACH’ Initiative

2 Bill Banning Online Gambling

1 First Indian State to Develop a DNA Database for Unidentified Bodies

2 Sanjeevani Project

1 World’s First Asian King Vulture Conservation and Breeding Center

2 Plan to be the First Indian State with 100% EVs in Government Departments

1 20 Years of SWAGAT

1 Country’s First State to have 100% Electrified Railway Network

1 4% Reservation for Divyang Employees

2 District’s First Solar Agriculture-feeder Plant in Ahmednagar

1 Mahila Nidhi

1 North-East’s Largest Multipurpose Indoor Stadium

1 First Medical College in North East

2 Repeal of Nagaland Municipal Act of 2001

1 Mulapeta Port

1 Cool Roof Policy

2 125 Feet-tall Ambedkar Statue Unveiled in Hyderabad

1 Mangrove Pitta bird

1 International Yoga Mahotsav in Dibrugarh

1 Best Performer in Northeast in E-Procurement

1 Leading States in the Implementation of the Surrogacy Act

1 High-Powered Committee on Ladakh

2 Corrupt Practices under Representation of People Act, 1951

3 Section 69(A) of Information Technology Act, 2000

4 Article 105 of Constitution: The Limits to Free Speech in Parliament

5 Special Category Status

6 Government sets up Panel on Digital Competition Law

7 Guillotine in Parliament

8 Rule 357 of Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Lok Sabha

9 Delegated Legislation

10 Rule 267 of Rajya Sabha Rule Book

11 Centre Bans Export of Sensitive Maps and Geospatial Data

12 Social Audit of Mid-day Meal Scheme

13 Election Symbols (Reservation and Allotment) Order, 1968

14 Silver Jubilee of Quality Council of India

15 Doctrine of Pleasure

16 First Amendment to the Indian Constitution

17 22nd Law Commission of India

18 Committee to Prepare National Drug Database

19 Ninth Schedule of the Constitution

20 Radhakrishnan Committee for Higher Educational Institutions

21 National Financial Reporting Authority

22 Delimitation Commission Notifies New J&K Assembly Constituencies

23 Grievance Appellate Committee

24 Places of Worship Act, 1991

25 Guidelines for Safety Assessment of Genome Edited Plants 2022

26 New Census Rule Notified

1 Malabar Rebellion

2 Battle of Pollilur

3 Bicentenary Year of Mirat-ul-Akhbar

4 New Archaeological Findings at Rakhigarhi

5 Sannati: Ancient Buddhist Site

6 Ambedkar Circuit

7 Baliyatra: Symbolising the Glorious Past of Odisha-Bali Connection

8 Nyingma Sect of Buddhism

9 Ol Chiki Script

10 Santhali Sohrai Mural

11 Dol Jatra

12 Phool Dei: Uttarakhand's Festival of Flowers

13 Indian National Calendar

14 International Day for Monuments and Sites 2022

15 Gangaur Festival

16 Cultural Significance of India’s Gifts to Quad Partners

17 Bhojshala Dispute

18 Dharohar: National Museum of Customs and GST

19 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage

20 Hoysala Temples

21 Keshava Temple

22 Godna Paintings

23 India’s Diverse Culture showcased at ‘Kartavya Path’

24 Three Indian Cities in UNESCO Network of Learning Cities

25 International Day of Sign Languages

26 Bathukamma Floral Festival

27 Dharamshala Declaration

28 Bhoota Kola Ritual

29 Kati Bihu

30 Navayana Buddhism

31 Geoglyphs: Ratnagiri’s Prehistoric Rock Art

32 Dhokra Craft

33 Dhanu Yatra

34 Palm-Leaf Manuscript Museum

35 Projects Development under PRASHAD Scheme

36 Gaan Ngai Festival

37 Maghi Mela

38 Theyyam Ritual Art Form

39 Toto Language

40 Shyamji Krishna Varma

41 Sree Narayana Guru

42 Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray

43 Bijay Chand Mahtab

44 Pandurang Khankhoje

45 Pingali Venkayya

46 Freedom Fighter Ondiveeran

47 Govind Guru

1 One Health Pilot

2 Project System of Rice Intensification

3 Breed-Wise Report of Livestock and Poultry

4 Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana

5 PM PRANAM Scheme

6 Asian Palm Oil Alliance

7 Agricultural Accelerator Fund

8 Computerization of Primary Agricultural Credit Societies

9 National Mission on Natural Farming

10 India’s First Cloned Gir Calf ‘Ganga’

11 MSME Innovative Scheme

12 Mission Integrated Bio-refineries

13 Cabinet Approves Amendments to the National Policy on Biofuels 2018

14 One Nation One Fertiliser

15 National Logistics Policy

16 India’s First Sovereign Green Bonds Framework

17 ODOP merged with ‘District as Export Hub’ Initiative

18 MAARG Platform

19 National Land Monetisation Corporation

20 Pilot Coal Gasification Projects

21 Infrastructure Investment Trusts

22 North East Special Infrastructure Development Scheme

23 India’s First 100% Landlord Major Port

24 Multi Modal Logistics Park

25 e-FAST - India’s First National Electric Freight Platform

26 India Infrastructure Project Development Fund Scheme

27 National Investment and Infrastructure Fund

28 Amrit Bharat Station Scheme

29 Coastal Economic Zone

30 MSME Sustainable (ZED) Certification Scheme

31 Design Linked Incentive Scheme

32 Pradhan Mantri MUDRA Yojana

33 Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Program

34 National Startup Advisory Council

35 KALYANI FeRRESTA: India’s First Green Steel Brand

36 Second Edition of Export Preparedness Index 2021

37 RBI's Report on Currency and Finance 2021-2022

38 RBI Payment Vision 2025

39 NITI Aayog’s Report on Digital Banks

40 Central Bank Digital Currency

41 Dutch Disease

42 RBI removes Central Bank of India from PCA Framework

43 Kirit Parikh Committee for Reviewing of Gas Price Formula

44 Digital Banking Units

45 Vostro Accounts

46 Municipal Bonds

47 Domestic Systemically Important Banks

48 Bharat Bill Payment System

49 India’s First Municipal Bond Index

50 IREDA gets ‘Infrastructure Finance Company’ Status

51 Surety Bond Insurance

1 Amazon Rainforest Nearing Tipping Point

2 Mass Coral Bleaching of Great Barrier Reef

3 Indian Antarctic Act, 2022

4 Climate Tipping Points

5 Mangrove Alliance for Climate

6 Upcoming Global Treaty on Plastic Pollution

7 National Air Quality Resource Framework of India

8 Green Tug Transition Programme

9 Disaster Management Plan of Ministry of Panchayati Raj

10 Landslide Atlas of India

11 New Study on Forest Fires

12 India’s Arctic Policy

13 Battery Waste Management Rules, 2022

14 Arth Ganga Model: Focusing on Sustainable Development

15 National Centre of Excellence for Green Port & Shipping

16 IQAir’s World Air Quality Report 2022

17 World Water Development Report 2022

18 State Energy and Climate Index

19 Global Wind Report 2022

20 The State of the Global Climate 2021

21 Environmental Performance Index 2022

22 Sustainable Development Report 2022

23 Renewables 2022 Global Status Report

24 Living Planet Report 2022

25 Climate Change Performance Index 2023

26 20th Meeting of National Tiger Conservation Authority

27 The State of the World’s Birds

28 XV World Forestry Congress

29 Fostering Effective Energy Transition 2022

30 India Joins First Movers Coalition

31 ‘Ocean Promise’: UNDP’s Blue Economy Vision

32 75 Ramsar Sites in 75th Year of Independence

33 Mission LiFE

34 Global Offshore Wind Alliance

35 Two Indian Beaches Get Blue Flag Certification

1 Minamata Convention

2 Bucharest Nine (B9)

3 India-EU Trade and Technology Council

4 Raisina Dialogue 2023

5 European Union Digital Services Act

6 World Press Freedom Index

7 West Seti Hydroelectric Project

8 I2U2 Summit

9 International North–South Transport Corridor

10 WHO Report on Accelerating Access to Genomics for Global Health

11 India-Iran Pact on Seafarers

12 Universal Postal Union

13 Abolishing CPEC Authority

14 Porcupine Strategy

15 22nd SCO Summit

16 IOR+ Defence Ministers’ Conclave

17 Special Meeting of UNSC Counter-Terrorism Committee

18 India’s Chairmanship of Wassenaar Arrangement

19 Currency Swap Agreement with MMA

1 Chandrayaan-2 Observes Global Distribution of Argon-40 in Lunar Exosphere

2 Space Bricks

3 iDEX-Prime and DISC 6 Launched during DefConnect 2.0

4 ISRO Successfully Tests HS200 Solid Rocket Booster

5 Project WARDEC

6 Open Radio Access Network (Open RAN)

7 International Liquid-Mirror Telescope

8 Vertical Launch Short Range Surface to Air Missile

9 Psyche Mission

10 Sodium-ion Battery Technology

11 Antimicrobial Coating from Agricultural Waste

12 VFTS 243

13 INS Vikrant: First Indigenous Aircraft Carrier

14 Cervavac: First indigenously developed Human Papillomavirus Vaccine

15 Cyber Security Exercise “Synergy”

16 DART Spacecraft Successfully Crashes into Asteroid Dimorphos

17 KSTAR Achieves Nuclear Fusion Breakthrough

18 Einstein Ring

19 Mission Prarambh

20 Indian Biological Data Centre

21 Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence

22 HAKUTO-R Mission

23 ‘Pralay’ Ballistic Missile

24 iNCOVACC

25 INS Vagir Commissioned into Indian Navy

26 BharOS

27 SSLV-D2/EOS-07 Mission

28 NISAR Mission

29 First Flue Gas Desulphurization Plant in South India

30 LVM3-M3/OneWeb India-2 Mission

31 Bharat 6G Project

1 Model MCQs