Civil Services Chronicle September 2020

1 High Level Group on Agricultural Exports

1 Amendment to General Financial Rules 2017

1 Rewa Solar Project

2 Vallarpadam Terminal

3 Affordable Rental Housing Complexes

4 Government Waives off Waterway Usage Charges

5 NHAI to Rank Roads for Quality Service

1 Zoram Mega Food Park

2 Initiative Under Gramodyog Vikas Yojana

1 Godhan Nyay Yojana

2 Atma Nirbhar Bharat App Innovation Challenge

3 Financial Management Index for Rural Development Programmes

4 Scheme for promotion of Bulk Drug Parks

5 Unified Gas Price System

6 National Fish Farmers Day

7 AIM-iCREST

8 Indian Council of Agricultural Research

9 ASEEM Portal for Skilled Workforces

10 Draft Rules for Code on Wages

1 PIB Corner

1 Consumer Protection Act 2019

2 Governor’s Role in Summoning Legislature

1 Postal Ballot Facility Extended to Senior Citizens & COVID-19 Patients

2 Defence Acquisition Council Approved Deals worth Rs 38900 Crore

1 SC Verdict on Padmanabhaswamy Temple Management Rights

1 Global Multidimensional Poverty Index 2020

2 State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2020

3 PRAGYATA Guidelines For Digital Education

4 MANODARPAN Initiative for Mental Health and Counselling of Students

1 Dharma Chakra Day

2 Tangam: Critically Endangered Language of Arunachal Pradesh

1 India's sex ratio at Birth Improves

2 Draft Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Rules, 2020

3 SC Ruling on Reservations for Divyangjan

4 Committee on Criminal Law Reforms

5 NISHTHA Programme

6 IND-SAT Programme

7 Govt Issues order for Permanent Commission of Women Officers in Army

1 PIB Corner

1 India hands over 10 Railway Locomotives to Bangladesh

2 India-Russia Joint Technology Assessment and Accelerated Commercialization Programme

3 India-Israel Agreements on Cyber Security

4 India-Bhutan Opens a New Trade Route

1 G20 Digital Ministers Meet

2 India-European Union Summit

3 United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (NAFTA 2.0)

1 China Suspends Hong Kong Extradition Treaties with Australia, UK, and Canada

2 US to Withdraw from WHO by July 2021

1 RBI signs $400 million Currency Swap with Sri Lanka

2 WTO Dispute Settlement Body sets up Panel against India’s ICT Duties

3 Maldives, Sri Lanka Eliminate Measles & Rubella

1 Chabahar Rail Project

2 India-UK Free Trade Agreement

1 PIB Corner

1 Production of Lithium in Star

1 Mars Missions and Risk of Interplanetary Contamination

1 Delhi’s Serological Survey

1 Kakrapar Atomic Power Project

1 Accelerate VigyanScheme

1 Guidelines for Evaluation of Nano-based Agri-input and Food Products in India

1 Approval for Winter Diesel

2 CPT and Plasma Bank in New Delhi

3 BLUIS- Bhubaneshwar Land Use Intelligence System

4 NEOWISE Comet: One of the Brightest Comets

1 Covaxin: Indigenous Vaccine for COVID-19

1 PIB Corner

1 Virtual Climate Action Ministerial

1 India Energy Modeling Forum

2 US-India Strategic Energy Partnership

3 Green – Ag Project

1 RAISE Initiative

1 Tiger Census

1 Ground Orchid

2 Globbaandersonii

1 Himalayan Golden Birdwing Butterfly

1 Bhagirathi Eco-Sensitive Zone

2 Dehing Patkai Wildlife Sanctuary

1 Pied Cuckoo

1 KAZI 106-F: Golden Tiger of Assam

2 KURMA App

3 Tiger Orchids

4 Himalayan Viagra: Caterpillar Fungus

5 Reconstitution of Central Zoo Authority

1 India's Second Voluntary National Review

1 Vladimir Putin

1 Ashok Lavasa

1 C.S. Seshadri

1 UP Startup Policy 2020

1 Sustainable Development Report 2020

1 K S Reddy Committee

1 ECOSOC

1 Tuting-Tidding Suture Zone (TTSZ)

1 India’s 1st Cable-stayed Rail Bridge

1 Nelson Mandela Prize 2020

1 IOA’s New Visual Identity to celebrate 100 Years of Participation in Olympic Games

1 PRELIMS Mock Test 2020

1 Vedanta Desikan and Srivaishnava Tradition

1 Parliament and State Legislatures

1 Government Policies & Intervention for Development

1 Centre-State Relations

2 Important Legislations/Bills/ Reports

1 Constitutional/ Non- Constitutional/ Statutory/ Executive Bodies

1 Governance Issues

1 Judiciary

1 ELECTORAL BONDS

1 Indices and Reports

1 Indian Issues

2 World Issues

3 Organisations

1 Bills, Policies and Acts

2 RBI'S 'Vision 2021' Document on Payment Systems

3 Economic Survey

1 Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund

1 Development Banks

1 Infrastructure and Industry

1 Budget 2020-21

1 Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan

1 IUCN lists Hump-backed Mahseer as Critically Endangered

1 National Parks/ Wildlife Sanctuaries

1 State of Global Air 2019

2 Disaster Management

3 Conservation

1 Global Coalition for Clean Cooling Launched

1 National Plan for Polluted Rivers

1 Science and Technology- Developments, their applications and effects in everyday life

1 Achievements of Indians in S&T: Indigenization of Technology and Developing New Technology

1 Awareness in the fields of IT, Space, Computers, Robotics, Nano-technology, Biotechnology &issues relating to Intellectual Property Rights

1 Training Events & Military Exercises

1 Case Study

1 1. Analyse the need for strengtheningthe Civil Rights Act of America in contemporary times.