Civil Services Chronicle May 2019

1 Pradhan Mantri JI-VAN Yojana

2 Guatemala Files Complaint over India’s Sugar Subsidies

3 Transport & Marketing Assistance (TMA) Scheme to Boost Agriculture Exports

4 Geographical Indication (GI) Tags for Agricultural Products

1 Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maan-dhan (PM-SYM) Yojana

2 USA Plans to Withdraw Trade Concessions for India under GSP Program

1 World Bank signs a Loan Agreement for Dam Rehabilitation & Improvement Project (DRIP)

2 One Nation One Card

1 National Mineral Policy, 2019

2 New Auto Policy: FAME II (Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of (Hybrid) & Electric Vehicles)

3 New Hydroelectricity Policy

4 Cabinet Approves Proposal to Align with Global Trademark System

1 National Rural Economic Transformation Project (NRETP) to Boost Rural Incomes

2 Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS), 2017-18

1 Customs Overseas Intelligence Network (COIN)

2 India & Brunei ink Tax Information Exchange Agreement

3 YONO Cash: India’s First Cardless ATM

4 India, Paraguay Agree to Promote Bilateral Investment

5 Andhra Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh get new National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) Benches

6 First Workshop on India Energy Modelling Forum

7 Khurja Super Thermal Power Project in Uttar Pradesh

8 Buxar Thermal Power Project in Bihar

9 Teesta Stage-VI Hydro Electric Project, Sikkim

10 Kiru Hydro Electric Project, Jammu and Kashmir

1 Monster Salary Index (MSI): Gender Pay Gap still High in India

2 Multidimensional Poverty Index Report

3 Energy Transition Index, 2019

4 India’s Energy Demand outpaces Global Growth: International Energy Agency

1 ​​Survey/Reports/Indices

1 Country’s First Lokpal Appointed

2 Government’s Prerogative to Frame Schemes: Supreme Court

3 Supreme Court calls for Death Penalty as an Exception

1 Electoral Bonds hit Transparency in Political Funding: Election Commission (EC)

1 Expert Panel Okays Acquisition of Land for ISRO

2 Cabinet approves continuation of National AIDS Control Programme-IV (NACP-IV)

1 National Annual Rural Sanitation Survey (NARSS 2018-19)

2 FeFA Girls: Initiative to Tackle Malnutrition

3 Drugs and Clinical Trials Rules, 2019

4 India on the Brink of a Dry Eye Disease Epidemic

1 Lancet Report: India not on Track to Eliminate Tuberculosis (TB) by 2025

1 Mizoram passes Maintenance of Household Registers Bill, 2019

2 Arunachal Pradesh Government says no to Permanent Resident Certificates (PRCs)

3 First Transgender Election Ambassador

4 Polling Stations in Mizoram for Bru Refugees

5 Assam Launches Initiative to Educate Voters

6 Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya Institute of Archaeology

7 Green Audit Launched at Meenachil River

1 Thakurani Jatra Festival, Odisha

2 Jodi Sankha Dance, Odisha

3 Telangana Tribal Paintings go Online

4 Types of Paintings gone online

5 Oppari Song, Tamil Nadu

1 PIB Corner

1 UNSC Designated Outfits Banned by Pakistan

2 UN World Happiness Report 2019

3 India-Sri Lanka joint exercise ‘Mitra Shakti-VI’ to commence from Mar 26

1 SCO’s joint exercise ‘Sary-Arka-Antiterror 2019’ announced

2 Brexit Date Postponed by European Union

3 Italy joins BRI

1 US Officially Recognizes Israel’s Sovereignty over the Disputed ‘Golan Heights’

1 Mueller Report Released in the US

2 India’s Latest Move to Impose Sanctions on Masood Azhar Foiled

3 US-North Korea second summit meeting inconclusive

4 New Zealand Terror Attack

5 India – Maldives Ministerial Meet

6 Importance of Maldives for India

7 Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP)

1 India & Brunei ink Tax Information Exchange Agreement

1 PIB CORNER

1 PIB CORNER

1 NASA Spacecraft Spots Water Molecules on Moon

2 ISRO Launches Electronic Intelligence Satellite ‘Emisat’

1 Solar Tsunami Can Trigger the Sunspot Cycle

2 Ultraviolet Stars Identified in the Globular Cluster NGC 2808

3 Scientists Calculate Mass of Milky Way Galaxy

1 West Nile Virus in Kerala

1 Mission Shakti Accomplished

2 India Successfully Test-Fires “Pinaka”

1 National Policy on Software Products – 2019

2 Google Launches ‘Bolo’ to Tutor Children

1 Supersonic Pulsar Discovered

2 US Mathematician Becomes First Woman to Win Abel Prize

3 DRDO Chairman Wins Missile Systems Award

4 President Inaugurates Festival of Innovation and Entrepreneurship

5 China’s Long March Rocket Series Completes 300 launches

6 Kepler, 1st Exoplanet Spotted By NASA

1 PM-STIAC Identifies Nine Missions

2 China to Complete Artificial Sun Device This Year

1 PIB CORNER

1 New Delhi Declaration on Asian Rhinos 2019

2 Erode Turmeric gets GI Tag

3 First GI Tag for Areca Nut

4 Parrotfish Threatened in Andaman

1 Simplifying “UNNATEE’’

2 UN Report Recognizes Nitrogen Pollution as Threat

3 Green Protocol in Kerala

1 Indian Forest Act Amendment Draft Finalised

2 India Cooling Action Plan

3 Forest-Certification Scheme gets Global Recognition

1 Special Stamp on Ice Stupa

2 Climate Vulnerability Maps for Himalayan States

3 Global Chemical Outlook II

4 Bomb Cyclone

1 ​Honey as a Biomarker for Pollution

2 India Bans Import of Solid Plastic Waste

3 IQAir AirVisual 2018 World Air Quality Report

4 UN Environment Assembly on Sustainable Development Goals

5 Indians in the 100 Most Influential People in Climate Policy List

6 Otter Census in Uttar Pradesh

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1 ON THE HOT SEATS

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1 AWARDS

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1 WORLD OF SPORTS

1 Civil Services Prelims Special

1 Introduction

2 AADHAR

3 Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT)

4 BharatNet

5 Agriculture Sector

6 Infrastructure for Cyber Security

7 Commerce and Industry

8 Corporate Affairs

9 Education

10 Governance

11 Law & Justice

12 Technological development and Digital Awareness

13 Banking & Finance

14 e-Participation

15 Railways

16 Health

17 Law & Order

18 Civil Aviation