Civil Services Chronicle March 2019

1 1st Advance Est. of Area and Production of Horticulture Crops

2 Inter-state Trade Kicks off at e-National Agriculture Market

3 UDAN 3.0 Results Announced

4 Trends of Urban Development

5 Financial Stability Report

6 Constitutional Validity of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code

7 First-ever Three Way Merger in Indian Banking

8 Trends & Progress in Banking 2019

1 The Aadhaar and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2018

2 More Power to Autonomous Councils in Sixth Schedule Areas

3 Three Islands of Andaman Nicobar Renamed

4 Search for a Lokpal

5 Bridge Over River Ravi in J&K

6 Centre Signs Pact with 5 States on Renuka Dam

7 INS Kohassa – a New Bird’s Nest in the Andamans

8 Supreme Court Collegium in the Line of Fire

9 SC Refuses to Modify its Order on DGP Appointment

10 What Does ‘Sedition’ Mean in Our Time?

1 Venezuela Crisis and Impact on India’s Energy Security

2 China Outreach to Bhutan and Challenge to India

3 UNSC Debates Impact of Climate Change on Peace, Security

4 India-France Operationalise Logistics Support Agreement

5 India to Participate in PISA

6 Swap Facility for SAARC Nations

7 FATF Puts Pakistan, Lanka, Nine Others in Deficiencies list

8 Talent Competitiveness Index

9 Corruption Perception Index

1 New Delhi ‘Superbug’ Gene Found In Arctic

2 Chinese Researchers Clone 5 Gene-Edited Monkeys

3 ISRO Developing Reusable Launch Technology

4 Microsat-R Launched Successfully

5 Young Scientist Programme

6 Human Space Flight Centre

7 Ultima Thule Image Revealed

8 Polar Vortex in the Forecast Again

9 Fungal Toxin Found in Cereals

10 Space Fuel Created in Lab

11 Tokenisation of Debir/Credit Card Payments

12 India Ranks Third in Research on Artificial Intelligence

1 National Clean Air Programme

2 New Global Alliance to End Plastic Waste

3 South Asian Nitrogen Hub

4 Global Burden of e-Waste

5 India Warming: 2018 Sixth Warmest Year

6 Oceans are Heating Up

7 3rd International Stock Taking Conference on Tiger Conservation

8 Sustainable Catchment Forest Management (SCATFORM) Project

9 Gharials of Gandak: A Conservation Success Story

10 Pakke Paga Hornbill Festival

11 Vulture Population Ups in Madhya Pradesh

12 Small Woodbrown Butterfly Rediscovered in Sikkim

13 The Largest Habitat of Endangered Estuarine Crocodiles

14 FAST: Real Time Forest Fire Alert System

15 Environmental Rule of Law

16 Global Initiative to Diversify Staples

17 Space Technology to Expand Boro Rice Cultivation

18 Diversion of Forest Land

19 Promoting Energy Efficiency in Buildings

20 UNCCD Releases Land Degradation Assessment Report

1 PERSONS IN THE NEWS

2 ON THE HOT SEATS

3 FACES ONLY IN MEMORY

4 AWARDS

5 CONFERENCES

6 COMMITTEES/PANELS

7 REPORTS/INDICES

8 STATES IN NEWS

9 WORLD OF SPORTS

10 MISCELLANEOUS

1 New Swadesh Darshan Projects

1 Umbrella Scheme for “Family Welfare and Other Health Interventions”

2 Progress towards Malaria Control

3 Poor Living Conditions Responsible for New Leprosy Cases

4 Falling Sex Ratios at Birth

1 India Replaces Japan as 2nd Top Steel Producer

2 Only Indian Port on Top 30 List

3 Jan Shikshan Santhans (JSS)

4 Parliamentary Panel Report Uranium Mines

5 RBI Eases ECB Norms

6 PMRPY Crosses the Milestone

7 Capacity Expansion of Numaligarh Refinery

8 Integrated Check Post at Moreh

9 15th Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas Convention

10 Supreme Court Order on Faculty Quota

11 National Health Authority

12 The RTE (Second Amendment) Bill, 2017

13 India, South Africa Sign 3-year Strategic Plan

14 India-Central Asia Dialogue

15 Two New Species of Moss Rose Discovered

16 Trishna Gas Project of ONGC

17 Biodegradable Water Repellent Material

18 150 years of Chemistry’s Periodic Table

19 New Planet Outside Solar System Discovered

20 India Tests New Anti-Radiation Missile

1 CAG Report on off-Budget Financing

2 Science Channels Launched to Make Science Popular

1 Inter-State Disparities Widens

2 Status Paper on Government Debt

3 Niti-led Panel to Monitor Pricing of Drugs

4 The Drug Price Control Order, 2019

5 National Bench of the GSTAT

6 The Trade Union (Amendment) Bill, 2019

7 Improving the Official Statistical System in the Country

Budget

1 Interim Budget 2019-20

Essays

1 Dishonest Systems Can’t Be Managed Honestly

Geography of the World

General Studies Paper I

1 The Geological Structure of India

2 Archean Group

3 Dharwar System

4 Cuddapah System

5 Vindhyan System

6 Gondwanas

7 Deccan Trap

8 Jurassic Rock System

9 Tertiary Rock System

10 Quaternary System

11 Himalayas

12 Indo-Gangetic Plain

13 Deccan Plateau

14 Malwa Plateau

15 Mewar Plateau

16 Bundelkhand Upland

17 Baghelkhand

18 Chotanagpur Plateau

19 Social Geography

20 Aravallis Range

21 Vindhyan Range

22 Satpura Range

23 Western Ghats

24 Eastern Ghats

25 The Indian Desert

26 Western Coastal Plains

27 Eastern Coastal Plains

28 Social Geography of Western & Eastern Coasts

29 Physical Geography of Western & Eastern Coasts

30 Andaman and Nicobar Islands

31 Lakshadweep

32 Impact of Monsoon on Indian Economy

33 Impact of Monsoon on Indian Society

34 Forests of India

35 Arid and Mountain Type

36 Alluvial Soils

37 Black Soils

38 Red Soil

39 Lateritic Soil

40 Alkaline Soil

41 Effects of Erosion

42 Desertification

43 Impact of Earthquake

44 Impact of Volcanic Eruptions

45 Impact of Tsunami

46 Usefulness of Glaciers

47 Monsoon Climate

48 Savanna Climate (Tropical Wet Dry Climate)

49 Steppes

50 Mediterranean Climate

51 China Type Climate, Gulf Type Climate & Natal Type Climate

52 British Type Climate

53 The Cool Temperature Continental (Siberian) Climate