Civil Services Chronicle October 2022

1 Competitiveness Roadmap for India@100

2 NFSA: Need for Comprehensive Coverage

3 Ethanol Blending in India: Prospects & Challenges

4 Air Quality and Health in Cities

1 SEBI proposes Blue Bonds for Sustainable Financing

2 Central Bank Digital Currency

3 SEBI enhances Disclosures Requirements for Credit Rating Agencies

4 SEBI Settlement Scheme 2022

5 Pashmina Wool Development Scheme

6 Multi Modal Logistics Park

7 Specialty Steel

1 Government withdraw Personal Data Protection Bill

2 The Criminal Procedure (Identification) Act 2022

3 Energy Conservation (Amendment) Bill 2022

4 Electricity Amendment Bill 2022

5 Creation of New Districts

6 Governing Council Meeting of NITI Aayog

7 Supreme Court strikes down Provision of 1988 Benami Law

8 Constitution Bench of Supreme Court

1 India-Iran Pact on Seafarers

2 Universal Postal Union

3 India-France Transport Sector Pact

4 9th India-Thailand Joint Commission Meeting

5 6th Meeting of Australia-India Education Council

6 Abolishing CPEC Authority

7 Porcupine Strategy

8 Group of Seven (G7)

1 India's First Commercial SSA Observatory

2 INS Vikrant: First Indigenous Aircraft Carrier

3 Tejas Mark-2 Project

4 India’s first Hydrogen Fuel Cell Bus Launched

5 Cervavac: First indigenously developed Human Papillomavirus Vaccine

6 Anti-Radiation Pills

7 Cyber Security Exercise “Synergy”

1 New Project to Accelerate Climate Action in India

2 Conservation of Marine Biodiversity

3 11 Wetlands from India Declared Ramsar Sites

4 Forum for Decarbonizing Transport in India

5 Arth Ganga Model: Focusing on Sustainable Development

1 Commodore Vidhyadhar Harke

2 Nallathamby Kalaiselvi

3 Queen Máxima

4 Shashi Tharoor

5 Uday Umesh Lalit

6 Justice D.Y. Chandrachud

7 Simon Stiell

8 Krishnamurthy Subramanian

9 Mary Elizabeth Truss

10 Rear Admiral Guillermo Pablo Rios

11 Samir V Kamat

12 G Satheesh Reddy

13 Vikram K. Doraiswami

14 Debasisa Mohanty

15 Rajkiran Rai G

16 Piyush Goyal

17 Ranjit Rath

18 Rajesh Kumar Srivastava

19 Mikhail Gorbachev

20 Abhijit Sen

21 J. S. Grewal

22 Narayan

23 Shimoga Subbanna

24 Syed Sibtey Razi

25 Samar Banerjee

26 Rakesh Jhunjhunwala

27 T. V. Sankaranarayanan

28 Mary Roy

29 Rudi Koertzen

30 Padang

31 Kannauj

32 Haridwar

33 Shokhuvi

34 Markham

35 'Udarashakti'

36 ‘Ex Skylight’

37 'Vajra Prahar' 2022

38 ‘Super Garuda Shield’

39 Vostok 2022

40 Other Exercises

41 Important Days/Weeks (August 2022)

42 Magsaysay Awards 2022

43 Winners of 2022

44 UNESCO Peace Prize 2022

45 5th Rashtriya Poshan Maah 2022

1 Manusmriti

2 Godna Paintings

3 Mandala Art

4 Women Freedom Fighters

5 Bijay Chand Mahtab

6 Pandurang Khankhoje

7 Pingali Venkayya

8 Freedom Fighter Ondiveeran

1 Special Marriage Act 1954

2 Tribal TB Initiative

3 Extension of Ayushman Bharat Scheme to Transgenders

4 SMILE-75 Initiative

Madhya Pradesh

1 Mandla: India’s First Fully ‘Functionally Literate’ District

2 World’s Largest Floating Solar Power Plant

Maharashtra

1 Dahi-Handi: Official Sport of Maharashtra

2 Country’s First Electric Double-Decker Bus

Arunachal Pradesh

1 First Steel Slag Road

2 Medicine From The Sky

3 Donyi Polo Airport

Delhi

1 ‘Make India Number 1’ Mission

Meghalaya

1 2nd Edition of North East Olympics

Odisha

1 MoU with NIOT

Assam

1 Vidya Rath- School on Wheels Project

Andhra Pradesh

1 Winner in Utilisation of Agri-Infra Funds

Haryana

1 Chief Minister Equal Education Relief, Assistance and Grant (CHEERAG) Program

2 2G Ethanol Plant

Uttarakhand

1 Sanskrit Gram

Uttar Pradesh

1 Radio Jaighosh

Tamil Nadu

1 Chief Minister’s Breakfast Scheme

Chhattisgarh

1 Rural Industrial Parks

Himachal Pradesh

1 Freedom of Religion (Amendment) Bill 2022

Kerala

1 Kerala Savari

Nagaland

1 Second Railway Station Inaugurated

Football

1 Kalyan Choubey elected as AIFF President

2 UEFA Player of the Year Award

3 AIFF Footballer of the Year

Cricket

1 ICC Player of the Month (July 2022)

Badminton

1 BWF World Championships 2022

Sports Persons In News

1 Neeraj Chopra

2 Linthoi Chanambam

3 Apeksha Fernandes

4 Manoj Prabhakar

5 GM Magnus Carlsen

6 Virat Kohli

1 October 2022 Oneliner Current Affairs From Govt. News Services like PIB, AIR, etc

1 Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser (PSA)

2 Smart India Hackathon (SIH)

3 Floor Test

4 Composite Floor Test

5 Central Universities Endowment Fund (CUEF)

6 National Cancer Grid (NCG)

7 Zonal Councils

8 Hukou System

9 Scheduled Castes and Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989

10 Pradhan Mantri Adi Adarsh Gram Yojna (PMAAGY)

11 Paalan 1000

12 PEN PLUS Strategy

13 Ayush Grid Project

14 Manimahesh Yatra

15 Bharat Rang Mahotsav

16 Menhir

17 Shumang Leela

18 Naukhai

19 Garba Dance

20 Cantillon Effect

21 Median Income

22 Soft Peg and Hard Peg Exchange Rate Policy

23 Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP)

24 Mithila Makhana

25 Silk Mark

26 Central Electricity Regulatory Commission

27 SUMO Protein

28 Bisphenol A (BPA)

29 Forever Chemicals

30 Standalone and Non-standalone 5G Networks

31 Cloud Seeding

32 Facial Recognition Technology

33 CSA6

34 Arctic Amplification

35 Katchal Island

36 Tasmanian Tiger

37 Bent-toed Gecko

38 Greenland Ice Melting

39 United Nations Woman Police Officer of the Year Award

40 Blue Helmets

41 Joint Rivers Commission

42 Supply Chain Ministerial Forum

43 Regional Standardization Forum

1 National Intellectual Property Awareness Mission

2 Grameen Udhyami Project

3 Traditional Knowledge Digital Library

4 One Nation One Fertiliser

5 Restructuring of Commerce Department

6 Battery Waste Management Rules, 2022

1 Global Employment Trends for Youth 2022

2 Globalise to Localise: Exporting at Scale and Deepening the Ecosystem are Vital to Higher Domestic Value Addition

3 Getting India to Net Zero Report

1 National Action for Mechanised Sanitation Ecosystem

Expert Advice

1 Anthropology Optional Strategy - By N.K. Vaid Sir Vaid’s ICS Delhi

2 Science Optionals Strategy - By prof. D.P. Vajpayee, Director DIAS

3 Physics Optional Strategy - By prof. D.P. Vajpayee, Director DIAS

4 Philosophy Optional Strategy - By Dharmendra Sir Director Patanjali IAS

5 Law Optional Strategy - By Alok Kumar Ranjan, Head master, Ambitions Law Institute

6 Geography Optional Strategy - By Chandan Priya, Director, Perfections IAS

7 Public Administration Optional Strategy - By Sunil Gupta, Director, Inspirations IAS Academy

8 Psychology Optional Strategy - By Dr. Neha R. Jain, Founder, Psychology with ease

IAS/PCS Preparation Tips/Tricks

1 The IAS Dream: How to Craft the Vision?

2 How Should You Start CSE Preparation as a Beginner?

3 How Should You Start Preparing for CSE during Graduation?

4 How to Prepare for CSE along with Job?

5 What UPSC Expects from an Aspirant?

6 How to Prepare for the 3 Stages in Conjunction?

7 Online Vs. Offline Dilemma: Which is the Better Option?

8 How to Do Well in the Static Portion of the syllabus?

9 What are the Sources of Reference?

10 Is Reading NCERT Books Essential?

11 What and How to Read?

12 Are the Study Materials of the Coaching Institutes Reliable? Can They Help You Succeed?

13 What are the Standard Books that Need to be Read?

14 How to Study Maps?

15 Reading Habits: What Matters More, Quality or Quantity?

16 How too much Coaching at a time Creates Havoc for Civil Services Aspirants?

17 How to Avoid Getting Trapped by the Wrong Coaching Centres?

18 What are the Benefits of Studying in Group?

19 What is the Importance of Making Notes?

20 How to Prepare Notes?

21 How to Select the Optional Wisely?

22 Is There any Biasness in Optional Scores?

23 Ignoring Optional Subject can be Disastrous. How?

24 Exclusive Prelims Preparation is Crucial. Why?

25 What Strategies should be Adopted in Examination Hall for CSE Prelims?

26 How to Strategize, Prepare, Revise and Practise for CSE Prelims?

27 How much Time to Devote Exclusively for Prelims?

28 How to Start Preparing for CSAT which is Also Seen as a Challenge in Contemporary Times?

29 What is the Importance of GS Paper-IV (Ethics)?

30 How to Utilize Your Time between Prelims and Mains?

31 What is the Ideal Strategy and Study Plan for the IAS Main Exam?

32 How to Prepare for the Compulsory English Language Paper?

33 How to Practice Answer Writing for Civil Services (Main) Exam?

34 Do You Need to Adopt Different Approaches for Answer Writing in GS and Optionals?

35 What is the Importance of Using Diagrams, Facts and Figures?

36 How to Develop a Balanced Approach in Answer Writing?

37 I haven’t Completed My Syllabus Yet. Should I Join a Test Series?

38 Which Test Series is Good?

39 Why a Test Series for Mains will Help You?

40 How Essay is a Game Changer in CSE?

41 What is the Importance of Detailed Application Form (DAF) for Interview?

42 How to Prepare for Interview?

43 What are the Things You should Know before Appearing in the Interview?

44 How to Develop Problem-Solving Attitude?

45 How to Develop Analytical Ability?

46 UPSC Annual Report: Some Facts/Data

47 How to Develop Personality for Interview?

48 How to Develop Life-Changing Habits for CSE Preparation?

General Studies Mains Questions And Answers

1 Prafulla Chandra Ray was a ‘revolutionary in the garb of a scientist.’ Comment

2 ‘Freebies’ can be lifesavers during dire times. In light of this statement, analyze the impact of freebies offered by political parties.

3 Define cooperatives. Critically analyze the role of cooperatives in building a self-reliant India.

4 Enumerate the issues associated with Right to be Forgotten.

5 Model Tenancy Act, 2021 is not apt enough to resolve the issues in rental housing sector. Explain.

6 It is only the people themselves who must utilize law for bringing justice at the doorsteps of the large masses of people of the country. In context of this, highlight the significance of Public Interest Litigation (PIL) and the issues associated with it.

7 Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is both a boon and bane. Comment

8 Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) has released a report titled ‘Sustainable use of Wild Species.’ Highlight the significance of sustainable use of wild species. Also, enumerate the challenges associated with their sustainable use.

9 The Private Sector has the potential to boost the space program of India. Discuss.

10 The formalization of Integrated Theatre Command is necessary for transformation of defense. Analyze.