Civil Services Chronicle March 2022

1 Amendments to IAS Cadre Rules

2 Global Research on Antimicrobial Resistance Report

3 India State of Forest Report 2021

4 Cage Aquaculture in India

5 Inequality Kills

6 First India-Central Asia Summit

1 Front Running

2 External Commercial Borrowings

3 Reverse Repo Normalisation

4 Domestic Systemically Important Banks

5 Airtel Payments Bank Categorised as Scheduled Bank

6 Green Energy Corridor Phase-II

7 Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA)

8 Scheme on Enhancement of Competitiveness in the Indian Capital Goods Sector- Phase-II

9 One District-One Product

10 BIS Completes 75 Years

1 Mekedatu Project: A Twist to Cauvery Water Dispute

2 CVC Revises Rules for Appointing Independent External Monitors

3 50th Statehood Day of Manipur, Meghalaya and Tripura

4 Restraining the Power of Lokayukta

5 Suspension of MLAs

6 Public Finance Management System

7 Supreme Court Issues Notice against Freebies

1 India-Korea - Discussions on Trade and Investment

2 India-Israel 8th Governing Body Meeting of I4F

3 India-ASEAN Digital Work Plan 2022

4 Protocol on Visits to Religious Shrines 1974

5 Collective Security Treaty Organization

6 US Designates Qatar as a Major Non-NATO Ally

7 Eastern Mediterranean Pipeline

8 Nord Stream Pipeline

1 India to Launch SSLV in April 2022

2 Chang’e 5 Finds First On-Site Evidence of Water on Moon

3 Curiosity Rover Detects Carbon Signatures on Mars

4 Webb Space Telescope Reaches Destination

5 Scientists Build DNA Nanoantenna

6 Scientists Develop New Microscopy Technology

7 Major Nuclear Fusion Breakthrough Achieved

1 2021 Sixth Warmest Year Since 1880

2 Climate Hazards and Vulnerability Atlas of India

3 Record Warming of Oceans in 2021

4 4th Asia Ministerial Conference on Tiger Conservation

5 India Gets Two More Ramsar Sites

6 Connecting the Dots: Plastic Pollution and the Planetary Emergency

7 Fly Ash Management and Utilisation Mission

8 Vulnerable Countries Unable to Access Adaptation Fund from GCF

1 Bhimsen Joshi

2 T. S. Tirumurti

3 Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas

4 Roberta Metsola

5 Lt Gen Manoj Pande

6 Urjit Patel

7 S. Somanath

8 Dr. V. Anantha Nageswaran

9 Indu Malhotra

10 Ravi Mittal

11 Raghuvendra Tanwar

12 Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta

13 Thich Nhat Hanh

14 Birju Maharaj

15 David Maria Sassoli

16 R. Nagaswamy

17 Milena Salvini

18 Ibrahim Sutar

19 Major HPS Ahluwalia

20 M.K. Prasad

21 Shanti Devi

22 Iqbal Singh

23 Shaoli Mitra

24 Chandrashekhar Patil

25 Charanjit Singh

26 Subhash Bhowmik

27 Saint Martin's Island

28 Mount Whiton (Wolf Volcano)

29 Murree

30 Hyderabad

31 Chauri Chaura

32 Padma Awards 2022

33 Art: Ms. Prabha Atre

34 Literature and Education: Shri Radheyshyam Khemka (Posthumous)

35 Civil Service: General Bipin Rawat (Posthumous)

36 Public Affairs: Shri Kalyan Singh (Posthumous)

37 Padma Bhushana

38 Awards Honouring Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose

39 Golden Globe Awards 2022

40 Republic Day Parade Awards 2022

41 Sea Dragon-22

42 Paschim Lehar 2022

43 CHIRU-2Q22

44 “Operation Sard Hawa”

1 Statue of Equality

2 Adi Shankaracharya’s Birthplace as a National Monument

3 Sammakka-Sarakka Jatara

4 UNESCO Adds Nordic 'Clinker Boats' On Heritage List

5 Goat Head Yogini

6 ‘Mera Gaon, Meri Dharohar’: First Ever Cultural Survey of India’s Villages

7 National Youth Day: Tribute to Swami Vivekananda

8 Thyagaraja Aradhana

9 Fatima Sheikh: India's first Muslim Woman Teacher

10 Government Pays Tributes to Tamil Poet Thiruvalluvar

11 100th Birth Anniversary of Har Gobind Khorana

1 National Commission for Safai Karamcharis

2 Separate Wards for Transgender Jail Inmates

3 Vulnerable Witnesses: A Broader Definition

4 Supreme Court Judgment on Inherited Property

5 National Commission for Women

6 Guidelines for Universal Accessibility in India 2021

Madhya Pradesh

1 Mukhyamantri Krishak Uparjan Sahayta Yojana

2 India’s First Geological Park

Haryana

1 Haryana State Employment of Local Candidates Act 2020

Assam

1 Project 'Niramay'

Karnataka

1 Draft Active Mobility Bill

Nagaland

1 Shamator: 16th District of Nagaland

2 Kohima War Cemetery

Uttar Pradesh

1 Revenue Villages

Himachal Pradesh

1 Himachal Pradesh: First LPG Enabled & Smoke Free State of India

Rajasthan

1 Amlipara Model

2 Drinking Water Supply Schemes under Jal Jeevan Mission

Tripura

1 Kokborok Day

Punjab

1 Shera: Mascot for Punjab Elections

1 Trade Defence Wing (TDW)

2 Factoring

3 Justice Clock

4 Social Constructivism

5 ‘Sentinel on the qui vive’

6 Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY)

7 Atal Pension Yojana (APY)

8 Aspirational District Program

9 Somnath Temple

10 Harwan Buddhist Monastery

11 Torana

12 Government Capital Expenditure (Capex)

13 Barbell Strategy

14 First Advance Estimates(FAE) of GDP

15 Formosa Bond

16 Gross Value Added (GVA)

17 Disinvestment

18 EU’s Digital Rights and Principle

19 Global Counterterrorism Forum (GCTF)

20 Reciprocal Access Agreement (RAA)

21 Vikas Engine

22 China’s Artificial Moon

23 Red Sanders

24 Septemeranthus

25 Bomb Cyclone

26 Geopark

1 Revised Rural Area Development Plan Formulation and Implementation Guidelines

2 Agile Framework

3 National Startup Day 2022

4 5-Point Reform Agenda for FCI

5 Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme

6 Government to Promote Drone use in Agriculture

1 Corruption Perception Index

2 India’s First District Good Governance Index

3 RBI Releases Annual Report of Ombudsman Schemes

4 Global Risks Report 2022

5 Global Cybersecurity Outlook 2022

6 BiodiverCities by 2030: Transforming Cities’ Relationship with Nature

1 National Educational Alliance for Technology 3.0

Budget

1 Key Highlights of Union Budget 2022-23

Current Affairs

1 An Interdisciplinary Perspective On With Current Affairs Inputs (Climate of India)

2 An Interdisciplinary Perspective On With Current Affairs Inputs (Physiographic Divisions of India)

3 An Interdisciplinary Perspective On With Current Affairs Inputs (Drainage System of India)

4 An Interdisciplinary Perspective On With Current Affairs Inputs (Natural Vegetation of India)

5 An Interdisciplinary Perspective On With Current Affairs Inputs (Transport System and Tourism of India)

6 An Interdisciplinary Perspective On With Current Affairs Inputs (Miscellaneous)

7 An Interdisciplinary Perspective On With Current Affairs Inputs (Major Cities/Places/Cous of the World)

Ecology & Environment

1 An Interdisciplinary Perspective On With Current Affairs Inputs (Mineral and Rocks)

2 An Interdisciplinary Perspective On With Current Affairs Inputs (Atmosphere and Weather)

3 An Interdisciplinary Perspective On With Current Affairs Inputs (Earthquakes)

Model Test Questions

1 Prelims 2022: General Studies Paper I MCQs

2 Prelims 2022: Current Affairs Based MCQs

Essays

1 Role of Judiciary in Promoting Democracy in India

General Studies Mains Questions And Answers

1 Elaborate the policies taken by the government of India to meet the challenges of energy efficiency and conservation in India.

2 Efficient and affordable Mass Rapid Transit system is key to urban sustainability and rapid economic growth. Justify.

3 Afghanistan’s recent political disruption has adverse impact for all its neighboring countries including India. What are the likely security threats for India and what is India’s stand on this?

4 What is right to be forgotten? What is its position in India?

5 The Prohibition of Child Marriage (Amendment) Bill, 2021 seeks to raise the age of legal marriage for women from 18 to 21 years. What are the criticisms associated with the Bill? Justify your answer.

6 What do you understand by good governance? What are the challenges with respect to good governance in India? Suggest some measures.

7 Private consumption is the biggest engine of economic growth in India. If this component remains weak, sustained recovery in GDP will not be possible. Do you agree? Suggest some measures.

8 As per National Strategy on Financial Inclusion 2019-2024, what are the objectives and impediments for financial inclusion in India?

9 What do you understand by Crypto currency? Do you think Crypto currency needs to be regulated in India? Explain by quoting the regulatory methods of other countries.

10 James Webb Space Telescope is considered as an engineering marvel comparable to earth-based Event Horizon Telescope and LIGO. Explain.

Survey

1 Economic Survey 2021-22