Civil Services Chronicle May 2022

1 The Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill 2022

2 14th India-Japan Annual Summit

3 River Rejuvenation through Forestry Interventions

4 Oil Shock and Its Impact

5 Artemis I Mission

1 Supreme Court Panel Report on Repealed Farm Laws

2 Carbon-Neutral Agriculture

3 Rupee-Rouble Trade Agreement

4 RBI Removes Pricing Caps for Microfinance Lenders

5 Framework for Geo-tagging of Payment System Touch Points

6 National Land Monetisation Corporation

7 Brahmaputra (NW2) gets connected with Ganga (NW1)

8 Virtual Smart Grid Knowledge Centre

9 Raising and Accelerating MSME Performance

10 Scheme for Strengthening of Pharmaceutical Industry

11 Coastal Economic Zone

12 National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority

1 Chartered Accountants Bill 2021

2 National Commission for Scheduled Tribes

3 New Census Rule Notified

4 WHO Global Centre for Traditional Medicine

5 Principle of Reasonable Accommodation

6 Fast and Secured Transmission of Electronic Records

7 Assam-Meghalaya Border Pact

8 Centre Removes AFSPA from Parts of Nagaland, Assam and Manipur

1 2nd India-Australia Virtual Summit

2 5th India-Canada Ministerial Dialogue on Trade & Investment

3 Programme of Cooperation

4 5th BIMSTEC Summit

5 BBIN Motor Vehicles Agreement

6 Colombo Security Conclave Meeting

7 Minamata Convention

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

2 NASA Confirms 5000 Exoplanets

3 The Science behind Solar Spicules

4 New Method of Hydrogen Production by Urea Electrolysis

5 MES Constructs Houses Using 3D Printing Technology

6 Solid Adsorbents for CO2 Capture and Utilisation

7 NSM Deploys Supercomputer Param Ganga

1 Amazon Rainforest Nearing Tipping Point

2 Mass Coral Bleaching of Great Barrier Reef

3 Upcoming Global Treaty on Plastic Pollution

4 Disaster Management Plan of Ministry of Panchayati Raj

1 Gilbert F. Houngbo

2 Dr Ian Fry

3 Jayati Ghosh

4 T Raja Kumar

5 Dr. S Raju

6 Ajay Bhushan Pandey

7 Debasish Panda

8 Eugene Newman Parker

9 Kirori Singh Bainsla

10 Ramesh Chandra Lahoti

11 Kumudben Joshi

12 BB Gurung

13 IONS Maritime Exercise 2022

14 VARUNA – 2022

15 EX DUSTLIK

16 SLINEX

17 Democratic Republic of Congo

18 Moradabad

19 Stockholm Water Prize 2022

20 Abel Prize 2022

21 GD Birla Award for Scientific Research 2022

22 Pritzker Architecture Prize 2022

23 94th Academy Awards

24 British Academy Film Awards 2022

25 Important Days/Weeks

1 Malabar Rebellion

2 Pal-Dadhav Massacre

3 Battle of Pollilur

4 Ol Chiki Script

5 Santhali Sohrai Mural

6 Narasingapettai Nagaswaram

7 Dol Jatra

8 Pandrethan Temple

9 Phool Dei: Uttarakhand's Festival of Flowers

10 UNESCO’s City of Literature Tag

11 Shyamji Krishna Varma

1 Determination of Minority Status

2 Decline in Maternal Mortality Ratio

3 Ujjwala Effect

4 POSH Act

Karnataka

1 AQVERIUM: India’s First-Ever Digital Water Data Bank

2 Women@Work Programme

3 Dishaank App

Tripura

1 Mukhyamantri Chaa Srami Kalyan Prakalpa Scheme

Madhya Pradesh

1 First Drone School

Haryana

1 India’s First Virtual Smart Grid Knowledge Centre

2 Sushma Swaraj Award

3 Haryana Matrushakti Udyamita Yojana

4 35th Surajkund International Crafts Mela

Rajasthan

1 Camel Protection and Development Policy

Telangana

1 Telangana Topped the Country in Terms of Per Capita Net State 2022

Odisha

1 Mission Indradhanush: Odisha Topped in Full Immunization with 90.5% Coverage

Nagaland

1 Nagaland Assembly First in India to Implement National E-Vidhan Application

Tamil Nadu

1 Tamil Nadu Petroproducts

Meghalaya

1 Meghalaya’s MeghEA Project Shortlisted for UN Awards 2022

Bihar

1 Bihar Diwas

Badminton

1 PV Sindhu

Billiards

1 Pankaj Advani

Cricket

1 Alyssa Healy

2 Mithali Raj

3 Suresh Raina

1 Dies-non

2 National Bee Board (NBB)

3 I-STEM National Portal

4 National Conference on Economics of Competition Law

5 National Pension System (NPS)

6 International Election Visitors Programme (IEVP)

7 Project Udaan

8 Project UNNATI

9 Gender Samwaad

10 National Achievement Survey (NAS)

11 Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana (PMBJP)

12 EatSmart Cities Challenge

13 English Access Micro Scholarship Programme India

14 Bamiyan Buddhas

15 Namma Ooru Thiruvizha

16 Three-headed sculpture of Lord Vishnu

17 Predatory Pricing

18 Tax Loss Harvesting

19 Venture Capital

20 Kalanamak Paddy

21 Padkai Farming

22 Market Intervention Scheme (MIS)

23 Reserve Bank Innovation Hub (RBIH)

24 ‘Meri Policy Mere Haath’ Campaign

25 Kaji Nemu

26 PACER Scheme

27 GSAT-7B Satellite

28 Gallium Nitride (GaN)

29 ExoMars 2022

30 Australia’s Defence Space Command Agency

31 Indigenous Air Traffic Management Systems

32 Minamata Convention on Mercury

33 Boma Technique

34 Pensilungpa Glacier

35 Earth Hour

36 Project Nilgiri Tahr

37 Syllipsimopodi bideni

38 Glycosmis albicarpa

39 International Telecommunication Union (ITU)

40 Bucharest Nine (B9)

41 National College for Policing and Law Enforcement (NCPLE)

42 Hague Convention of 1954

1 Draft National Medical Devices Policy 2022

2 Sujalam 2.0 Campaign

3 Donate a Pension Scheme

4 National Capacity Building Framework for Garbage Free Cities

5 MSME Innovative Scheme

6 Amendment to the Mines and Minerals Act, 1957

7 Dare2eraD TB Launched

8 India’s Arctic Policy

1 Democracy Report 2022

2 India TB Report 2021

3 WHO Releases Abortion Care Guidelines

4 NITI Aayog Releases Second Edition of Export Preparedness Index 2021

5 2021 World Air Quality Report

6 World Water Development Report 2022

1 Kanya Shiksha Pravesh Utsav Abhiyan

2 “Her&Now” Project

3 Start-Up Village Entrepreneurship Programme

4 Extension of National AIDS & STD Control Programme

Indian Economy & Socio-economic Development

1 Minimum Support Price

2 Participatory Notes (P-notes)

3 Index of Eight Core Industries

4 Balance of Payment (BoP) & Balance of Trade

5 Balance of Payment (BoP) – Causes of Disequilibrium and Measures to Rectify

6 Convertibility of Rupee

7 India’s Merchandise Exports and Merchandise Imports

8 Trade-Related Investment Measures (TRIMS)

9 Components of Monetary Policy

10 Reserve Bank of India (RBI): Mandate & Appointment

11 Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of RBI

12 Money Multiplier

13 Public Debt (Government Securities (G-Sec))

14 Rise of Indian Government Bond Yield

15 Determinants of National Income

16 GST- Coverage (Tax Base)

17 GST- Advantages of Implementation

18 Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS)

19 Tax to GDP Ratio

20 Capital Budget

21 Budget Deficit & Measures to Reduce Them

22 Devaluation of a Currency: Effects

23 Inflation

24 Consumer Price Index (CPI) and Wholesale Price Index (WPI)

25 Role of RBI/Govt. in controlling the Inflation

26 Stressed Assets/NPAs

27 Economic Recession

28 Digital Payment System

29 National Payment Corporation of India (NPCI)

30 Social Capital

31 Purchasing Power Parity (PPP)

32 Legal Tender Money

33 Opportunity Cost

34 Human Capital Formation (HCF)

35 IFC Masala Bonds

36 Core Banking Solution

37 Seed Village Concept

38 Global Depository Receipts

Model Test Questions

1 Prelims 2022: General Studies Paper I MCQs

2 Prelims 2022: Current Affairs Based MCQs

Indian Polity And Governance

Miscellaneous

1 75 Years of the Historic First Sitting of Constituent Assembly (CA)

2 Districts Empowered to Grant Citizenship

3 Hate Speech

4 Local Reservation in Private Sector

5 Balance of Rights and Duties

6 Anti-Conversion Laws

7 Institutions’ Right to Government Aid

8 Forest Rights Act, 2006

9 State and Regulation of Temples

10 Right to Information

11 Aadhaar

12 Sedition Law in India

13 Uniform Civil Code

14 Anti-Defection Law

15 Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS)

16 Pardoning Power of President and Governor

17 Public Accounts Committee

18 West Bengal State Legislative Council

19 Special Provisions for Some States

20 All India Mayors’ Conference

21 Panchayats (Extension To The Scheduled Areas) Act, 1996

22 Role of Panchayats in Service Delivery

23 People’s Plan Campaign

24 Urban Local Bodies Reforms

25 One Nation One Election

26 States Oppose Amendment to IAS Cadre Rules

27 CBI vs. States

28 Social Accountability

29 NITI Aayog’s Online Dispute Resolution

30 Freedom of Religion and Attire

31 Online Campaigning

32 Electronic Voting Machines (EVM)

33 The Election Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2021

34 Delimitation Commission (DC) proposes Six Additional Seats for Jammu, One for Kashmir Valley

35 Changing Role of Civil Society in Emerging India

36 Inner Party Democracy

37 Sub-Categorisation of Other Backward Classes

38 Registered Unrecognized Parties

Federal System

1 Seventh Schedule

2 Inter-State River Disputes in India

3 Inter-State Border Dispute

Law Making & Parliament

1 Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha

2 Declining Productivity of Parliament

Judicial System

1 National Judicial Infrastructure Authority of India (NJIAI)

2 Women in Judiciary

3 National Mission for Justice Delivery and Legal Reforms

4 Identification of Minorities

5 Adhoc Judges in High Court

6 Collegium System

Essays

1 Role of Research and Innovation in India’s Economic Growth

General Studies Mains Questions And Answers

1 Landslide is a major problem in the Himalayan region. Discuss its causes and mitigation measures.

2 Discuss the importance of solar energy in the future economic development of India.

3 Examine the significance of ecotourism in relation to socio-economic development and biodiversity conservation in India.

4 Recently, India and South Africa gave a clarion call at the World Trade Organization (WTO) demanding that key provisions of the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) agreement be temporarily waived. What is the issue? What is your opinion on this?

5 What are the reasons of Russia-Ukraine crisis? What are the likely impacts for India?

6 What do you understand by good governance? Has India achieved the objective of good governance? Explain with examples.

7 What do you understand by financial inclusion? Whether the policies regarding financial inclusion implemented in India have yielded positive results? Comment.

8 How did land reforms in some parts of the country help to improve the socio-economic conditions of marginal and small farmers?

9 Nobel Prize in Physics for 2021 has been awarded to climatologists Syukuro Manabe, Klaus Hasselmann for the physical modeling of Earth’s climate, quantifying variability and reliably predicting global warming. How will it improve our understanding of climate change?

10 How do the melting of the Arctic ice and glaciers of the Antarctic differently affect the weather patterns and human activities on the Earth? Explain.