Civil Services Chronicle June 2023

1 The Coastal Aquaculture Authority (Amendment) Bill 2023

2 National Quantum Mission

3 Logistics Performance Index 2023

4 The State of the World’s Children 2023

1 Farmer Distress Index

2 GI Tag for Agricultural Produce

3 SATHI Portal

4 Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights Authority

5 Dabba Trading

6 India's First REITs and InvITs Index

7 ASBA Facility for Secondary Market Trading

8 RBI Framework for Green Deposits

9 Cost Inflation Index

10 UDAN 5.0

11 Draft Sagarmala Innovation and Start-up Policy

12 Revamped CGTMSE Scheme

1 FIR Provisions under Indian Penal Code

2 State Bills and Power of Governor

3 Foreign Exchange Management Act 1999

4 Golden Jubilee of Kesavananda Bharati Judgment

5 Discretionary Powers of Supreme Court under Article 142

6 Dima Hasao Peace Pact

1 Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Defence Ministers' Meeting

2 4th India-CARICOM Ministerial Meeting

3 India-Japan Defence Policy Dialogue

4 Visit of Bhutan’s King to India

5 13th Meeting of India-Thailand Joint Trade Committee

6 Meeting of India-Hungary Joint Working Group on Water Management

7 India Elected to UN Statistical Commission

1 ISRO Tests Reusable Launch Vehicle

2 NASA’s TEMPO Instrument

3 ESA’s Juice Mission

4 Detailed Map of Dark Matter

5 LIGO-India: An Advanced Gravitational-Wave Detector

6 Laser Carbon: A Carbon-based Catalyst

7 Scientists Fabricate Protein to Aid Study of Multiple Sclerosis

1 Imbalance in the Earth's Energy Budget

2 Adverse Impact of Sea Level Rise on Salt Marshes

3 Preservation of Ice Records

4 International Big Cat Alliance

5 5th International Conference on Disaster Resilient Infrastructure

6 India’s First Water Bodies Census

1 First Global Buddhist Summit

2 Shivangi Singh

3 Deepika Misra

4 Ajay Banga

5 Ajit Kumar Mohanty

6 Air Marshal Saju Balakrishnan

7 A Madhavarao

8 Hari Hara Mishra

9 Anant Maheshwari

10 Shantanu Roy

11 Arun Sinha

12 Ranajit Guha

13 Kaur Singh

14 Himangshu Mohan Choudhury

15 Kalamandalam Devaki

16 Arun Gandhi

17 Parkash Singh Badal

18 Ajai Singh

19 AIME

20 INIOCHOS

21 Locked Shields

22 Cope India

23 Ajeya Warrior

24 Ex KAVACH

25 Exercise Orion

26 Solar Energy Corporation of India Limited

27 Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL)

28 UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize 2023

29 International Prize in Statistics 2023

30 Lata Deenanath Mangeshkar Award

31 Malcolm Adiseshiah Award 2023

32 Santokbaa Humanitarian Award

33 'Business Leader of the Decade' Award

34 Femina Miss India World 2023

1 Uttaramerur Inscription

2 Pushkaralu Festival

3 GI Tag to Basohli Painting

4 Gond Painting Gets GI Tag

5 Yangli Festival

1 ‘Triple Tests’ for Altruistic Surrogacy

2 Menstrual Hygiene in School

3 Centre Revises Nutritional Criteria for Children’s Food Safety Scheme

4 PRET Initiative

Kerala

1 Country’s First Water Budget

2 One Panchayat, One Playground

3 Kerala tops GI tag list in FY 2022-23

Tamil Nadu

1 ‘TN REACH’ Initiative

2 Bill Banning Online Gambling

Himachal Pradesh

1 First Indian State to Develop a DNA Database for Unidentified Bodies

2 Sanjeevani Project

Uttar Pradesh

1 World’s First Asian King Vulture Conservation and Breeding Center

2 Plan to be the First Indian State with 100% EVs in Government Departments

Gujarat

1 20 Years of SWAGAT

Haryana

1 Country’s First State to have 100% Electrified Railway Network

Maharashtra

1 4% Reservation for Divyang Employees

2 District’s First Solar Agriculture-feeder Plant in Ahmednagar

Rajasthan

1 Mahila Nidhi

Meghalaya

1 North-East’s Largest Multipurpose Indoor Stadium

Nagaland

1 First Medical College in North East

2 Repeal of Nagaland Municipal Act of 2001

Andhra Pradesh

1 Mulapeta Port

Telangana

1 Cool Roof Policy

2 125 Feet-tall Ambedkar Statue Unveiled in Hyderabad

Odisha

1 Mangrove Pitta bird

Assam

1 International Yoga Mahotsav in Dibrugarh

Tripura

1 Best Performer in Northeast in E-Procurement

Madhya Pradesh

1 Leading States in the Implementation of the Surrogacy Act

Badminton

1 Badminton Asia Championships

Wrestling

1 Asian Wrestling Championships

Chess

1 World Chess Champion

Shooting

1 ISSF Shotgun World Cup

1 June 2023 Oneliner Current Affairs From Govt. News Services like PIB, AIR, etc

1 Unique Land Parcel Identification Number (ULPIN)

2 Bharat Tap Initiative

3 National Technology Centre for Ports, Waterways & Coasts (NTCPWC)

4 National Generic Document Registration System (NGDRS)

5 Unified Portal of Central Bureau of Narcotics

6 Safe City Project

7 Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO)

8 Food Safety and Compliance System (FOSCOS)

9 Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS)

10 100 Food Streets in 100 Districts

11 E-Shram Portal

12 Hakki Pikki Tribe

13 Hikikomori

14 United Nations Population Fund

15 United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII)

16 Sangathan Se Samriddhi

17 Jingrwai Lawbei

18 Manamadurai Pottery

19 Bihu Festival

20 Ladakh's Wood Carving

21 Puthandu: Tamil New Year

22 Zemithang

23 Thawe Festival

24 Core Investment Companies (CICs)

25 Front Running

26 Unified Logistics Interface Platform (ULIP)

27 Parvatmala Pariyojana

28 Cellular Agriculture

29 PSLV-C55/TeLEOS-2 Mission

30 India’s 1st 3D Printed Post Office

31 New Uranium Isotope

32 5th Cycle of India’s Tiger Census

33 Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate Change

34 The Coalition of Coastal Cities

35 Piezometers

36 Finland joins NATO

37 EU’s Digital Services Act

1 National Medical Devices Policy 2023

2 Mission 50K-EV4ECO

1 National Manufacturing Innovation Survey

2 National Health Accounts Estimates for India

3 The Status of Women in Agrifood Systems

4 India Ransomware Report 2022

5 WMO State of the Global Climate Report 2022

6 State Energy Efficiency Index 2021-22

7 World Development Report 2023

1 Svamitva Scheme

2 National Credit Framework

3 PM-SHRI Scheme

4 Mera Gaon Meri Dharohar Survey

5 Language Friendship Bridge Project

Current Affairs

National

1 High-Powered Committee on Ladakh

2 Corrupt Practices under Representation of People Act, 1951

3 Section 69(A) of Information Technology Act, 2000

4 Article 105 of Constitution: The Limits to Free Speech in Parliament

5 Special Category Status

6 Government sets up Panel on Digital Competition Law

7 Guillotine in Parliament

8 Rule 357 of Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Lok Sabha

9 Delegated Legislation

10 Rule 267 of Rajya Sabha Rule Book

11 Centre Bans Export of Sensitive Maps and Geospatial Data

12 Social Audit of Mid-day Meal Scheme

13 Election Symbols (Reservation and Allotment) Order, 1968

14 Silver Jubilee of Quality Council of India

15 Doctrine of Pleasure

16 First Amendment to the Indian Constitution

17 22nd Law Commission of India

18 Committee to Prepare National Drug Database

19 Ninth Schedule of the Constitution

20 Radhakrishnan Committee for Higher Educational Institutions

21 National Financial Reporting Authority

22 Delimitation Commission Notifies New J&K Assembly Constituencies

23 Grievance Appellate Committee

24 Places of Worship Act, 1991

25 Guidelines for Safety Assessment of Genome Edited Plants 2022

26 New Census Rule Notified

Heritage, Art & Culture

1 Malabar Rebellion

2 Battle of Pollilur

3 Bicentenary Year of Mirat-ul-Akhbar

4 New Archaeological Findings at Rakhigarhi

5 Sannati: Ancient Buddhist Site

6 Ambedkar Circuit

7 Baliyatra: Symbolising the Glorious Past of Odisha-Bali Connection

8 Nyingma Sect of Buddhism

9 Ol Chiki Script

10 Santhali Sohrai Mural

11 Dol Jatra

12 Phool Dei: Uttarakhand's Festival of Flowers

13 Indian National Calendar

14 International Day for Monuments and Sites 2022

15 Gangaur Festival

16 Cultural Significance of India’s Gifts to Quad Partners

17 Bhojshala Dispute

18 Dharohar: National Museum of Customs and GST

19 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage

20 Hoysala Temples

21 Keshava Temple

22 Godna Paintings

23 India’s Diverse Culture showcased at ‘Kartavya Path’

24 Three Indian Cities in UNESCO Network of Learning Cities

25 International Day of Sign Languages

26 Bathukamma Floral Festival

27 Dharamshala Declaration

28 Bhoota Kola Ritual

29 Kati Bihu

30 Navayana Buddhism

31 Geoglyphs: Ratnagiri’s Prehistoric Rock Art

32 Dhokra Craft

33 Dhanu Yatra

34 Palm-Leaf Manuscript Museum

35 Projects Development under PRASHAD Scheme

36 Gaan Ngai Festival

37 Maghi Mela

38 Theyyam Ritual Art Form

39 Toto Language

40 Shyamji Krishna Varma

41 Sree Narayana Guru

42 Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray

43 Bijay Chand Mahtab

44 Pandurang Khankhoje

45 Pingali Venkayya

46 Freedom Fighter Ondiveeran

47 Govind Guru

Indian Economy

1 One Health Pilot

2 Project System of Rice Intensification

3 Breed-Wise Report of Livestock and Poultry

4 Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana

5 PM PRANAM Scheme

6 Asian Palm Oil Alliance

7 Agricultural Accelerator Fund

8 Computerization of Primary Agricultural Credit Societies

9 National Mission on Natural Farming

10 India’s First Cloned Gir Calf ‘Ganga’

11 MSME Innovative Scheme

12 Mission Integrated Bio-refineries

13 Cabinet Approves Amendments to the National Policy on Biofuels 2018

14 One Nation One Fertiliser

15 National Logistics Policy

16 India’s First Sovereign Green Bonds Framework

17 ODOP merged with ‘District as Export Hub’ Initiative

18 MAARG Platform

19 National Land Monetisation Corporation

20 Pilot Coal Gasification Projects

21 Infrastructure Investment Trusts

22 North East Special Infrastructure Development Scheme

23 India’s First 100% Landlord Major Port

24 Multi Modal Logistics Park

25 e-FAST - India’s First National Electric Freight Platform

26 India Infrastructure Project Development Fund Scheme

27 National Investment and Infrastructure Fund

28 Amrit Bharat Station Scheme

29 Coastal Economic Zone

30 MSME Sustainable (ZED) Certification Scheme

31 Design Linked Incentive Scheme

32 Pradhan Mantri MUDRA Yojana

33 Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Program

34 National Startup Advisory Council

35 KALYANI FeRRESTA: India’s First Green Steel Brand

36 Second Edition of Export Preparedness Index 2021

37 RBI's Report on Currency and Finance 2021-2022

38 RBI Payment Vision 2025

39 NITI Aayog’s Report on Digital Banks

40 Central Bank Digital Currency

41 Dutch Disease

42 RBI removes Central Bank of India from PCA Framework

43 Kirit Parikh Committee for Reviewing of Gas Price Formula

44 Digital Banking Units

45 Vostro Accounts

46 Municipal Bonds

47 Domestic Systemically Important Banks

48 Bharat Bill Payment System

49 India’s First Municipal Bond Index

50 IREDA gets ‘Infrastructure Finance Company’ Status

51 Surety Bond Insurance

Ecology & Environment

1 Amazon Rainforest Nearing Tipping Point

2 Mass Coral Bleaching of Great Barrier Reef

3 Indian Antarctic Act, 2022

4 Climate Tipping Points

5 Mangrove Alliance for Climate

6 Upcoming Global Treaty on Plastic Pollution

7 National Air Quality Resource Framework of India

8 Green Tug Transition Programme

9 Disaster Management Plan of Ministry of Panchayati Raj

10 Landslide Atlas of India

11 New Study on Forest Fires

12 India’s Arctic Policy

13 Battery Waste Management Rules, 2022

14 Arth Ganga Model: Focusing on Sustainable Development

15 National Centre of Excellence for Green Port & Shipping

16 IQAir’s World Air Quality Report 2022

17 World Water Development Report 2022

18 State Energy and Climate Index

19 Global Wind Report 2022

20 The State of the Global Climate 2021

21 Environmental Performance Index 2022

22 Sustainable Development Report 2022

23 Renewables 2022 Global Status Report

24 Living Planet Report 2022

25 Climate Change Performance Index 2023

26 20th Meeting of National Tiger Conservation Authority

27 The State of the World’s Birds

28 XV World Forestry Congress

29 Fostering Effective Energy Transition 2022

30 India Joins First Movers Coalition

31 ‘Ocean Promise’: UNDP’s Blue Economy Vision

32 75 Ramsar Sites in 75th Year of Independence

33 Mission LiFE

34 Global Offshore Wind Alliance

35 Two Indian Beaches Get Blue Flag Certification

International

1 Minamata Convention

2 Bucharest Nine (B9)

3 India-EU Trade and Technology Council

4 Raisina Dialogue 2023

5 European Union Digital Services Act

6 World Press Freedom Index

7 West Seti Hydroelectric Project

8 I2U2 Summit

9 International North–South Transport Corridor

10 WHO Report on Accelerating Access to Genomics for Global Health

11 India-Iran Pact on Seafarers

12 Universal Postal Union

13 Abolishing CPEC Authority

14 Porcupine Strategy

15 22nd SCO Summit

16 IOR+ Defence Ministers’ Conclave

17 Special Meeting of UNSC Counter-Terrorism Committee

18 India’s Chairmanship of Wassenaar Arrangement

19 Currency Swap Agreement with MMA

Science & Technology

1 Chandrayaan-2 Observes Global Distribution of Argon-40 in Lunar Exosphere

2 Space Bricks

3 iDEX-Prime and DISC 6 Launched during DefConnect 2.0

4 ISRO Successfully Tests HS200 Solid Rocket Booster

5 Project WARDEC

6 Open Radio Access Network (Open RAN)

7 International Liquid-Mirror Telescope

8 Vertical Launch Short Range Surface to Air Missile

9 Psyche Mission

10 Sodium-ion Battery Technology

11 Antimicrobial Coating from Agricultural Waste

12 VFTS 243

13 INS Vikrant: First Indigenous Aircraft Carrier

14 Cervavac: First indigenously developed Human Papillomavirus Vaccine

15 Cyber Security Exercise “Synergy”

16 DART Spacecraft Successfully Crashes into Asteroid Dimorphos

17 KSTAR Achieves Nuclear Fusion Breakthrough

18 Einstein Ring

19 Mission Prarambh

20 Indian Biological Data Centre

21 Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence

22 HAKUTO-R Mission

23 ‘Pralay’ Ballistic Missile

24 iNCOVACC

25 INS Vagir Commissioned into Indian Navy

26 BharOS

27 SSLV-D2/EOS-07 Mission

28 NISAR Mission

29 First Flue Gas Desulphurization Plant in South India

30 LVM3-M3/OneWeb India-2 Mission

31 Bharat 6G Project

Model Test Questions

1 Model MCQs