Civil Services Chronicle May 2021

1 Agroforestry in Silk Sector

2 PM-KUSUM Scheme

3 Bhartiya Prakritik Krishi Padhati

1 Amendments to the Insurance Act 1938

1 Eastern Rajasthan Canal Project

1 Framework for Non-Ferrous Metal Scrap Recycling 2020

2 Production Linked Incentive Scheme for Food Processing Industry

1 Serious Fraud Investigation Office

2 CSIR Floriculture Mission

3 RBI Announces Committee to Evaluate Applications for Universal and Small Finance Banks

4 Implementation of Kotak Committee Recommendations

5 Sovereign Credit Ratings

6 First Anniversary of Formation of 1000 Farmer Producer Organisations

7 Model State for Van Dhan Vikas Yojana

8 Bombay Plan

1 News Snippets

1 PIB Corner

1 Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Bill, 2020

2 Jharkhand State Employment of Local Candidates Bill, 2021.

1 NITI Aayog Suggests Revision of National Food Security Act 2013

1 Voicing Dissent Against Govt. Does Not Amount to Sedition: Supreme Court

2 Reservation for OBCs in Local Bodies Only Statutory, Can’t Breach 50% Ceiling: Supreme Court

3 Supreme Court Refuses to Stay Sale of Electoral Bonds

4 Permanent Commission for Women Army Officers

1 Ease of Living Index and Municipal Performance Index 2020

2 COVID 19: A Threat to Progress Against Child Marriage

3 Upliftment of Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups

4 Three Umbrella Schemes of Ministry of Women & Child Development

5 Denial of Justice to Victims of Child Sexual Abuse Rampant: A Study

6 World Happiness Report 2021

1 Sattras of Assam

2 St. George’s Orthodox Church to be a Monument of National Importance

3 Food Habits of Harappan People Deciphered

1 Rights of OCI Cardholders

2 Sugamya Bharat App

3 Ayushman Bharat Schemes Reaches Milestone Before Time

4 Dandi March

5 Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order (Amendment) Bill, 2021

1 News Snippets

1 PIB Corner

1 The Heart of Asia-Istanbul Process

2 First Quad Meeting

3 Iran–China 25-Year Cooperation Program

4 South China Sea

5 US President Lifted Ban on H1-B Visa

1 India-South Korea Friendship Park

2 Permanent Indus Commission

3 Maritime India Summit 2021

4 Indian PM’s Bangladesh Visit

1 Subsidy Boxes of WTO

2 17th BIMSTEC Ministerial Meeting

3 International Criminal Court

1 World Development Report, 2021

2 Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific 2021

1 IBSA Women Forum Meeting

1 News Snippets

1 Blockage of Suez Canal

1 PIB Corner

1 Baikal-GVD Underwater Neutrino Telescope Launched

2 Martian ‘blueberries’ Find a Parallel on Earth

3 The Most Distant Known Quasar With A Bright Radio Emission Discovered

1 ISRO Develops Radar for Joint Earth Observation Satellite Mission with NASA

2 ISRO Makes Breakthrough Demonstration of Free-Space Quantum Key Distribution Over 300 Metres

3 First-ever 'Space Hurricane' Detected over the North Pole

1 New Result From Large Hadron Collider Challenges Leading Theory in Physics

2 Bharat Biotech, CSIR look at Bringing mRNA Vaccine Technology to India

3 India Carrying out Uranium Exploration in Arunachal Pradesh

4 Helium Crisis in India

1 Kochi Firm Modifies Traits of Tomato without Modifying Genes Using CRISPR CAS9 Technology

1 Gelatin Sticks

2 India’s Highest Cyber Security Office Finalizes Trusted Gear Vendor List

3 INS Karanj Inducted into Service

4 India’s Arms Imports Drop 33%: SIPRI Report

1 New Bacteria Found on ISS Named After Indian Scientist Ajmal Khan

2 ISRO Launched Sounding Rocket RH-560

3 Health Minister Named Chairman Of ‘Stop TB Partnership Board’

1 News Snippets

1 Genome Mapping in Indian Ocean

1 PIB Corner

1 Similipal Forest Fire

2 Catch the Rain Campaign Launched on World Water Day

1 Draft Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2021

2 MP and UP Government Sign MoA for Ken-Betwa Link Project

3 Draft Coastal Zone Management Plan (CZMP) under Fire in Goa

4 Italy Joins International Solar Alliance under the Amended ISA Framework Agreement

1 Government Prepares to Receive African Cheetah

2 African Elephants Living in Forests Are Now ‘Critically Endangered

1 India’s First Inter-State Tiger Relocation Project Floundered

2 Promotion of Herbal Cultivation in the Country

3 3rd Edition of Annual Conference of Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure

4 International Day of Forests

1 Food Waste Index Report 2021

2 CPCB Report on Contaminated Sites in India

3 Beijing Faces ‘Biggest Sandstorm of the Decade’

4 Flamingos, Pelicans Yet to Leave Chilika, Despite Early Onset of Summer

5 National Plan for Conservation of Aquatic Eco-systems

6 MoU Signed to Implement Action Plan Under National Clean Air Programme

1 News Snippets

1 Water Quality Monitoring Framework Rolled Out by Jal Shakti Ministry

1 PIB Corner

1 Ecology & Environment Class Notes Special- 4

1 Climate Change

1 EIA and Allied Measures to Counter Global Warming

2 Disaster Management

1 Biodiversity

1 Sustainable Development

1 Environmental Pollution and Degradation