Civil Services Chronicle May 2021

1 The Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Act, 2021

2 Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill 2021

3 Blockage of Suez Canal

4 Genome Mapping in Indian Ocean

5 Water Quality Monitoring Framework Rolled Out by Jal Shakti Ministry

1 Agroforestry in Silk Sector

2 PM-KUSUM Scheme

3 Bhartiya Prakritik Krishi Padhati

4 National Bank for Financing Infrastructure and Development Bill 2021

5 Sub-Committee of Insolvency Law Committee

6 Business Responsibility and Sustainability Report

7 Eastern Rajasthan Canal Project

8 Framework for Non-Ferrous Metal Scrap Recycling 2020

9 Production Linked Incentive Scheme for Food Processing Industry

1 Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Bill, 2020

2 Jharkhand State Employment of Local Candidates Bill, 2021.

3 NITI Aayog Suggests Revision of National Food Security Act 2013

4 Voicing Dissent Against Govt. Does Not Amount to Sedition: Supreme Court

5 Reservation for OBCs in Local Bodies Only Statutory, Can’t Breach 50% Ceiling: Supreme Court

6 Supreme Court Refuses to Stay Sale of Electoral Bonds

7 Permanent Commission for Women Army Officers

1 The Heart of Asia-Istanbul Process

2 First Quad Meeting

3 Iran–China 25-Year Cooperation Program

4 South China Sea

5 US President Lifted Ban on H1-B Visa

6 India-South Korea Friendship Park

7 Permanent Indus Commission

8 Maritime India Summit 2021

9 Indian PM’s Bangladesh Visit

10 Subsidy Boxes of WTO

11 17th BIMSTEC Ministerial Meeting

12 International Criminal Court

1 Baikal-GVD Underwater Neutrino Telescope Launched

2 Martian ‘blueberries’ Find a Parallel on Earth

3 The Most Distant Known Quasar With A Bright Radio Emission Discovered

4 ISRO Develops Radar for Joint Earth Observation Satellite Mission with NASA

5 ISRO Makes Breakthrough Demonstration of Free-Space Quantum Key Distribution Over 300 Metres

6 First-ever 'Space Hurricane' Detected over the North Pole

7 New Result From Large Hadron Collider Challenges Leading Theory in Physics

8 Bharat Biotech, CSIR look at Bringing mRNA Vaccine Technology to India

9 India Carrying out Uranium Exploration in Arunachal Pradesh

10 Helium Crisis in India

11 Gelatin Sticks

12 India’s Highest Cyber Security Office Finalizes Trusted Gear Vendor List

13 INS Karanj Inducted into Service

14 India’s Arms Imports Drop 33%: SIPRI Report

1 Similipal Forest Fire

2 Catch the Rain Campaign Launched on World Water Day

3 Draft Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2021

4 MP and UP Government Sign MoA for Ken-Betwa Link Project

5 Draft Coastal Zone Management Plan (CZMP) under Fire in Goa

6 Italy Joins International Solar Alliance under the Amended ISA Framework Agreement

7 Government Prepares to Receive African Cheetah

8 African Elephants Living in Forests Are Now ‘Critically Endangered

9 India’s First Inter-State Tiger Relocation Project Floundered

10 Promotion of Herbal Cultivation in the Country

11 3rd Edition of Annual Conference of Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure

12 International Day of Forests

1 Persons in News

2 On the Hot Seat

3 Faces only in Memory

4 States in News

5 Defence

6 Art/Culture/Heritage

7 Survey/Study/Report

8 Miscellaneous

9 World of Awards

10 World of Sports

1 Sattras of Assam

2 St. George’s Orthodox Church to be a Monument of National Importance

3 Food Habits of Harappan People Deciphered

1 Ease of Living Index and Municipal Performance Index 2020

2 COVID 19: A Threat to Progress Against Child Marriage

3 Upliftment of Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups

4 Three Umbrella Schemes of Ministry of Women & Child Development

5 Denial of Justice to Victims of Child Sexual Abuse Rampant: A Study

6 World Happiness Report 2021

1 PIB Corner

2 PIB Corner

3 PIB Corner

4 PIB Corner

5 PIB Corner

1 Rights of OCI Cardholders

2 Sugamya Bharat App

3 Ayushman Bharat Schemes Reaches Milestone Before Time

4 Dandi March

5 Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order (Amendment) Bill, 2021

6 News Snippets

7 Serious Fraud Investigation Office

8 CSIR Floriculture Mission

9 RBI Announces Committee to Evaluate Applications for Universal and Small Finance Banks

10 Implementation of Kotak Committee Recommendations

11 Sovereign Credit Ratings

12 First Anniversary of Formation of 1000 Farmer Producer Organisations

13 Model State for Van Dhan Vikas Yojana

14 Bombay Plan

15 News Snippets

16 IBSA Women Forum Meeting

17 News Snippets

18 New Bacteria Found on ISS Named After Indian Scientist Ajmal Khan

19 ISRO Launched Sounding Rocket RH-560

20 Health Minister Named Chairman Of ‘Stop TB Partnership Board’

21 News Snippets

22 Food Waste Index Report 2021

23 CPCB Report on Contaminated Sites in India

24 Beijing Faces ‘Biggest Sandstorm of the Decade’

25 Flamingos, Pelicans Yet to Leave Chilika, Despite Early Onset of Summer

26 National Plan for Conservation of Aquatic Eco-systems

27 MoU Signed to Implement Action Plan Under National Clean Air Programme

28 News Snippets

1 Amendments to the Insurance Act 1938

2 Kochi Firm Modifies Traits of Tomato without Modifying Genes Using CRISPR CAS9 Technology

1 World Development Report, 2021

2 Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific 2021

Ecology & Environment

1 National Forest Policy

2 National Environment Policy

3 National Water Policy

4 Wildlife protection act 1972

5 Forest Conservation Act 1980

6 Scheduled Tribes And Other Traditional Forest Dwellers Act, 2006

7 National Plan for Conservation of Aquatic Eco-System

8 Wetland (Conservation and Management) Rules 2010

9 Wildlife Crime Control Bureau

10 Central Zoo Authority

11 Regulation of Exotic Animal Trade

12 Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)

13 Bonn Convention

14 National Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority (NCAFMPA)

15 India State of Forests Report, 2019

16 National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan

17 Global Initiatives towards Sustainable Development

Climate Change

1 National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC)

2 FAME India Scheme

3 Atal Mission for Rejuvenation & Urban Transformation (AMRUT)

4 Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana

5 International Solar Alliance (ISA)

6 UJALA Scheme

7 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)

8 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)

9 Vienna Convention for the Protection of Ozone Layer

10 Montreal Protocol

11 Kigali Amendment

12 Global Solar Council

13 Climate Change Performance Index

Miscellaneous

1 Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)

2 National Green Tribunal Act, 2010

3 Energy Conservation Building Code (ECBC), 2017

4 Carbon tax

5 Energy Savings Certificates

6 Green Bonds

7 National Adaptation Fund for Climate Change

8 Carbon Pricing

9 United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)

Biodiversity

1 Biological Diversity Act 2002

2 Convention on Biological Diversity

3 Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

4 Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing

5 UN Biodiversity Summit 2020

6 National Wildlife Action Plan

7 Global Wildlife Program

8 Global Biodiversity Outlook

Sustainable Development

1 Pillars of Sustainability

2 India’s Recent Efforts towards Sustainable Development

3 Different Types of Alternate Energy Sources

Pollution

1 Water Pollution

2 National Measures to Control Water Pollution

3 International Measures to Control Water Pollution

4 Air Pollution

5 Government Initiatives to Control Air Pollution

6 Other Major National and International Initiatives to Control Pollution

Disaster Management

1 Global Level Efforts towards Disaster Management

2 National Level Efforts towards Disaster Management