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

1 UDAN 3.0 Results Announced

2 Trends of Urban Development

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

1 CAG Report on off-Budget Financing

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

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

1 Progress towards Malaria Control

2 Poor Living Conditions Responsible for New Leprosy Cases

3 Falling Sex Ratios at Birth

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

1 More Power to Autonomous Councils in Sixth Schedule Areas

2 Three Islands of Andaman Nicobar Renamed

3 Search for a Lokpal

4 Bridge Over River Ravi in J&K

5 Centre Signs Pact with 5 States on Renuka Dam

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

1 Supreme Court Collegium in the Line of Fire

2 SC Refuses to Modify its Order on DGP Appointment

3 What Does ‘Sedition’ Mean in Our Time?

1 New Swadesh Darshan Projects

1 Integrated Check Post at Moreh

2 15th Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas Convention

3 Supreme Court Order on Faculty Quota

4 National Health Authority

5 The RTE (Second Amendment) Bill, 2017

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 India, South Africa Sign 3-year Strategic Plan

2 India-Central Asia Dialogue

1 Science Channels Launched to Make Science Popular

1 New Delhi ‘Superbug’ Gene Found In Arctic

2 Chinese Researchers Clone 5 Gene-Edited Monkeys

1 ISRO Developing Reusable Launch Technology

2 Microsat-R Launched Successfully

3 Young Scientist Programme

4 Human Space Flight Centre

5 Ultima Thule Image Revealed

1 Polar Vortex in the Forecast Again

1 Fungal Toxin Found in Cereals

1 Space Fuel Created in Lab

1 Tokenisation of Debir/Credit Card Payments

2 India Ranks Third in Research on Artificial Intelligence

1 150 years of Chemistry’s Periodic Table

2 New Planet Outside Solar System Discovered

3 India Tests New Anti-Radiation Missile

1 National Clean Air Programme

2 New Global Alliance to End Plastic Waste

3 South Asian Nitrogen Hub

4 Global Burden of e-Waste

1 India Warming: 2018 Sixth Warmest Year

2 Oceans are Heating Up

1 3rd International Stock Taking Conference on Tiger Conservation

2 Sustainable Catchment Forest Management (SCATFORM) Project

3 Gharials of Gandak: A Conservation Success Story

4 Pakke Paga Hornbill Festival

5 Vulture Population Ups in Madhya Pradesh

6 Small Woodbrown Butterfly Rediscovered in Sikkim

7 The Largest Habitat of Endangered Estuarine Crocodiles

1 FAST: Real Time Forest Fire Alert System

1 Environmental Rule of Law

2 Global Initiative to Diversify Staples

3 Space Technology to Expand Boro Rice Cultivation

4 Diversion of Forest Land

5 Promoting Energy Efficiency in Buildings

6 UNCCD Releases Land Degradation Assessment Report

1 Two New Species of Moss Rose Discovered

2 Trishna Gas Project of ONGC

3 Biodegradable Water Repellent Material

1 Interim Budget 2019-20

1 DISHONEST SYSTEMS CAN’T BE MANAGED HONESTLY

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

1 The Himalayas

2 Himalayas

3 Indo- Gangetic Plain

4 Deccan Plateau

5 Malwa Plateau

6 Mewar Plateau

7 Bundelkhand Upland

8 Baghelkhand

9 Chotanagpur Plateau

10 Social Geography

11 Aravallis Range

12 Vindhyan Range

13 Satpura Range

14 Western Ghats

15 Eastern Ghats

16 The Desert

17 Western Coastal Plains

18 Eastern Coastal Plains

19 Social Geography of Western & Eastern Coasts

20 Physical Geography of Western & Eastern Coasts

21 Andaman and Nicobar Islands

22 Lakshadweep

1 Impact of Monsoon on Indian Economy

2 Impact of Monsoon on Indian Society

1 Forests of India

1 Arid and Mountain Type

2 Alluvial Soils

3 Black Soils

4 Red Soil

5 Lateritic Soil

6 Alkaline Soil

7 Effects of Erosion

8 Desertification

1 Impact of Earthquake

2 Impact of Volcanic Eruptions

3 Impact of Tsunami

1 Usefulness of Glaciers

1 Monsoon Climate

2 Savanna Climate (Tropical Wet Dry Climate)

3 Steppes

4 Mediterranean Climate

5 China Type Climate, Gulf Type Climate & Natal Type Climate

6 British Type Climate

7 The Cool Temperature Continental (Siberian) Climate