Civil Services Chronicle February 2023

1 National Geospatial Policy 2022

2 Social Progress Index 2022

3 Regenerative Agriculture

4 World Bank Report on Air Pollution

1 Biofloc Fish Farming Technology

2 GI Tag to Agricultural Products

3 Surety Bond Insurance

4 Share Buyback

5 Domestic Systemically Important Banks

6 Bharat Bill Payment System

7 Amrit Bharat Station Scheme

8 Strengthening Multimodal and Integrated Logistics Ecosystem Program

9 India’s Startup Boom

10 KALYANI FeRRESTA: India’s First Green Steel Brand

1 Triple Test

2 EC proposes Remote Voting for Migrant Workers

3 Delegated Legislation

4 Golden Jubilee of North-Eastern Council

5 Rule 267 of Rajya Sabha Rule Book

6 The Multi-State Co-operative Societies (Amendment) Bill 2022

7 Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill 2022

1 17th Asia Pacific Regional Meeting

2 Currency Swap Agreement with MMA

3 Ukraine’s Peace Formula

4 EU Adopts Global Minimum Tax

5 UNSC Resolution on Myanmar

6 Urban-20 Event

7 United Nations-Water Summit on Groundwater

1 SWOT Mission to Survey Earth’s Water

2 HAKUTO-R Mission

3 ‘Pralay’ Ballistic Missile

4 New Gene Therapy for Cancer Treatment

5 New Artificial Nanostructures for Infrared Absorption Technologies

6 Nuclear Fusion: US Scientists Reach New Milestone

7 Brain-eating Amoeba

1 UN Recognition for Namami Gange Programme

2 Cryomesh Technology to Freeze Corals

3 Tal Chhapar Blackbuck Sanctuary

1 ​Captain Shiva Chouhan

2 Lula da Silva

3 Justice Hemant Gupta

4 Praveen Kumar Srivastava

5 Santosh Kumar Yadav

6 Anil Kumar Lahoti

7 Meghna Chautala

8 Suhail Ejaz Khan

9 Ashwini Vaishnab

10 Meenesh C Shah

11 Ganji Kamala V Rao

12 Maithili Thakur

13 Nityanand Rai

14 Qin Gang

15 Pope Benedict XVI

16 Yoginder K Alagh

17 Manohar Devadoss

18 Kenneth Lawrence Powell

19 H. R. Keshava Murthy

20 Sribhashyam Vijayasarathi

21 Pele

22 Rayaroth Kuttambally Krishna Kumar

23 Sumitra Sen

24 ‘Vagir’ handed over to the Indian Navy

25 INS Arnala: Indian Navy’s First Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft

26 Exercise Surya Kiran

27 Ex Kazind – 2022

28 Bosnia

29 Croatia

30 Cyprus

31 Asian Pacific Postal Union

32 Jamnalal Bajaj Award 2022

1 Geoglyphs: Ratnagiri’s Prehistoric Rock Art

2 Dhokra Craft

3 Dhanu Yatra

4 Three New Cultural Sites added to UNESCO’s Tentative List of World Heritage Sites

5 Palm-Leaf Manuscript Museum

6 Beypore Uru

7 National Archives of India

1 CAG Audit Report on Assam’s NRC

2 Ranganath Mishra Commission

3 Panda Task Force

Uttar Pradesh

1 ‘E-Sushrut’ Hospital Management Information System (HMIS)

Chhattisgarh

1 Nijaat Campaign

Kerala

1 Project Vanikaran

2 First Complete Library Constituency in India

Meghalaya

1 Mental Health and Social Care Policy

2 Asia’s First Drone Delivery Hub

3 Award for Best Practice in Advocacy, Communication and Social Mobilisation (ACSM)

Tamil Nadu

1 ‘Friends of Library’ Program

2 Aadhaar: Mandatory for Schemes

3 Nilgiri Tahr Project

Madhya Pradesh

1 Country’s First Infantry Museum

1 Criteria for National Party Status

2 Dredging Corporation of India (DCI)

3 New Delhi International Arbitration Centre (NDIAC)

4 Higher Education Financing Agency (HEFA)

5 Article 170

6 Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA)

7 National E-Governance Services Limited (NeSL)

8 Right-to-Repair Portal

9 Prahari App

10 Content Regulation in Government Advertising (CCRGA)

11 TULIP Program

12 GHAR (Go Home and Re-Unite) Portal

13 PM Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan

14 Gamaka

15 Indian History Congress (IHC)

16 Bon Religion

17 Sulia Jatra

18 Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR)

19 Dhone Boats

20 Ikki Jathre

21 Sahitya Akademi

22 Kochi-Muziris Biennale

23 Investor Education and Protection Fund (IEPF)

24 Rights Issue

25 Rules of Origin

26 Agriculture Investment Portal

27 Mahila Coir Yojana (MCY)

28 Stress Testing

29 Kasturi Cotton

30 Krishi-Decision Support System (Krishi-DSS)

31 Qualified Institutional Placement (QIP)

32 OpenAI’s ChatGPT

33 Ruthenium−Ferrocene Bimetallic Agent

34 Gelbots

35 Incovacc

36 Deep-tech Startups

37 Widefield ASKAP L-band Legacy All-sky Blind survey (WALLABY)

38 Polar Bears

39 Nilgiri Tahr Project

40 Purse Seine Fishing

41 Orans

42 Restoration Barometer 2022 Report

43 Arctic Report Card 2022

44 UN-Water Summit on Groundwater 2022

45 Group of Friends

46 EAGLE Act

47 Global Pandemic Treaty

48 Paris Club

49 International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC)

50 Asian Pacific Postal Union (APPU)

51 Gaan-Ngai

1 Revision of One Rank One Pension Scheme

2 Draft National Retail Trade Policy

3 ODOP merged with ‘District as Export Hub’ Initiative

4 National Energy Conservation Day

1 World Malaria Report 2022

2 State of Finance for Nature 2022

3 UN-Water GLAAS Report 2022

1 Extension of PM SVANidhi Scheme

2 PM Virasat ka Samvardhan

3 New India Literacy Program

4 PM Adi Adarsh Gram Yojana

5 AYURSWASTHYA Yojana

6 Projects Development under PRASHAD Scheme

IAS/PCS Preparation Tips/Tricks

1 Tips to Prepare DAF Section for CSE Interview

Indian History

1 Pre-Historic Civilization

2 Indus Valley Civilization

3 Vedic Period Society

4 Mahajanapada Era

5 Social Structure

6 Food

7 Dress

8 Marriage System

9 Caste System

10 Death Rituals

11 Status of Women

12 Forced Labour

13 Education System

14 Development of Press

15 Ancient Indian Philosophy

16 Religious System during Harappan Period

17 Religious System during Vedic Period

18 Religious System of Later Vedic Period

19 Jainism

20 Buddhism

21 Religious System of Mauryan Period

22 Religious System of Gupta and post-Gupta Period

23 Medieval Philosophical System

24 Local Administration

25 Judicial Administration

26 Key Officers

27 Land Revenue System

28 Tax System

29 Development of Civil Service

30 Harappan Period

31 Mahajanapada Period

32 Urbanization in Medieval India

33 Urbanization during the British Period

34 Pottery in Ancient India

35 Painting

36 Music

37 Dance

38 Indian Theatre/Drama

39 Indian Puppetry

40 Cave Architecture

41 Rock-cut Buddhist Caves

42 Temple Building Style

43 Delhi Sultanate Architecture

44 Major Regional Kingdoms’ Temple Architecture

45 Mughal Period Architecture

46 European Era Architecture

47 Buddhist Art

48 Surgery & Ayurveda in Ancient Times

49 Mathematics & Geometry

50 Astronomy

51 Major Social Reformers and Movements

52 British Era Customary Laws

53 Religious Reform Movements

54 Bhakti and Sufi Movement

55 Portuguese (1498-1961)

56 Dutch (1602-1825)

57 British (1612-1947)

58 French (1664-1760)

59 Peasant Movements

60 Tribal Movements

61 Major National Movements

62 Revolutionary Activities & Organizations of Freedom Struggle

63 Regulating Act, 1773

64 Pitts Act, 1784

65 Charter Act, 1793

66 Charter Act, 1813

67 Charter Act, 1833

68 Charter Act, 1853

69 Government of India Act, 1858

70 Indian Council Act, 1861

71 Indian Council Act, 1892

72 Morley-Minto Reforms, 1909

73 Montague-Chelmsford Reforms, 1919

74 The Government of India Act, 1935

75 Major Harappan Sites and their Features

76 Major Inscriptions & their Features

77 Major Battles and Treaties

78 Various Organizations and their Leaders in Modern India

79 Major Newspapers and Literary Works

80 Important Sessions of Congress

81 Governor Generals and Viceroys and Major Events their Regime

82 Committee, Commission and Proposals/Recommendations

83 Important Terminologies related to Ancient and Medieval India

84 Rulers of Delhi Sultanate and Mughal Empire: Chronology

Model Test Questions

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