Civil Services Chronicle April 2022

1 World Sustainable Development Summit 2022

2 Crop Diversification

3 Draft India Data Accessibility & Use Policy 2022

4 Reimagining Healthcare in India through Blended Finance

5 National Strategy on Additive Manufacturing

6 India-France Roadmap on Blue Economy and Ocean Governance

1 Extension of PM Kisan Sampada Yojana

2 REWARD Project

3 50th Anniversary of ICRISAT

4 Fair and Remunerative Price

5 Four Balance Sheet Challenge

6 Market Infrastructure Institutions

7 Dollar–Rupee Swap Auction

8 Vibrant Village Program

9 Bihar’s First Floating Solar Power Plant

10 Parvatmala Scheme

11 Indian Footwear and Leather Development Programme

1 Central Media Accreditation Guidelines 2022

2 Sealed Cover Jurisprudence

3 Supreme Court Moots Stronger Enforcement Provisions against IPR Infringement

4 Kuki Insurgency in Manipur

5 Border Infrastructure & Management

1 Indo-Pacific Strategy of the US

2 4th Quad Ministerial Meeting

3 India-Australia - Interim Trade Agreement

4 EU Ministerial Forum for Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific

5 India’s Humanitarian Assistance to Afghanistan

6 Minsk Agreement

7 Montreux Convention

1 ISRO Launches EOS-04 and Two Other Satellites

2 HelioSwarm and MUSE: New Sun Missions

3 Study Sheds New Light on Pluto’s Atmospheric Pressure

4 GMRT Reveals Fast Radio Bursts

5 Novel Tool to Understand Long-Term Memory Consolidation

6 AI-based Algorithm to Detect Habitable Planets

7 Scientists Develop Novel Nanoparticles for Crop Protection

8 Technological Breakthrough Achieved in Quantum Key Distribution Test

9 Nuclear Fusion: UK Scientists Reach New Milestone

1 INCOIS Prepares Coastal Vulnerability Index

2 Study Highlights Role of Social System in Determining Climate Change Trajectory

3 Water Vapour Increasingly Warming High Altitude Himalayas

4 Kaziranga National Park is a Net Carbon Emitter

5 Electric Vehicles Can Lower Emissions of Volatile Organic Compounds

6 One Ocean Summit

1 Dr S. Unnikrishnan Nair

2 G Ashok Kumar

3 Madhabi Puri Buch

4 Sukla Mistry

5 Vineet Joshi

6 S Kishore

7 Luc Montagnier

8 S F Rodrigues

9 Rahul Bajaj

10 Shakuntala Choudhary

11 Asavadi Prakasarao

12 Sandhya Mukherjee

13 Praveen Kumar Sobti

14 Shane Warne

15 Exercise MILAN-2022

16 “EX DHARMA GUARDIAN-2022”

17 Exercise Vayu Shakti 2022

18 Eastern Bridge-VI

19 National Dam Safety Authority

20 Boltzmann Medal 2022

1 Lachit Borphukan

2 Dhara: An Ode to Indian Knowledge System

3 ‘Devayatanam’ – An Odyssey of Indian Temple Architecture

4 Reclining Lord Vishnu

5 Attukal Pongala Festival

6 Karakattam Dance

7 Avalokiteshwara Padmapani

1 Misuse of Section 498A of IPC

2 Parliamentary Standing Committee Report on MGNREGA

3 SMILE Scheme

4 SEED Scheme

5 New India Literacy Programme

Rajasthan

1 Indira Gandhi Urban Employment Guarantee Scheme

Maharashtra

1 Hope Express

2 Water Taxi

3 Konkan Bamboo and Cane Development Center

Madhya Pradesh

1 Central Jail in Madhya Pradesh Gets Own FM Radio Channel

Telangana

1 Telangana Tie-Up with British Council to Expand Higher Education

Kerala

1 Kerala Signs MoU with Social Alpha to Develop Clean Energy Tech

2 Kerala Government Decides to include Christian Nadar Community in OBC List

Assam

1 Assam Launches India’s First Night Navigation Mobile App

West Bengal

1 Paray Shikshalaya Initiative

North-Eastern States

1 35th Foundation Day of Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh

Archery

1 Para Archery World Championships 2022

Cricket

1 ICC U-19 Men’s Cricket World Cup

Athletics

1 2022 Winter Olympics

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

1 Non-lapsable Modernisation Fund for Defence and Internal Security (MFDIS)

2 System for Pension Administration (Raksha) (SPARSH)

3 Fair Bank Disease

4 Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana

5 National Means Cum-Merit Scholarship Scheme

6 PM CARES for Children Scheme

7 Nettur Petti

8 Maru Mahotsav

9 Narsinh Mehta

10 Byanjana Dwadashi

11 Khajuraho Dance Festival

12 Department of Financial Services

13 Angadia System

14 Panruti Cashew

15 National Land Monetisation Corporation

16 T+1 Settlement Cycle

17 Sagar Parikrama Program

18 Indian Neutrino Observatory Project

19 Origami Metamaterials

20 Solar Proton Events

21 Synthetic Biology

22 Marine Heatwaves

23 UNEP Frontiers Report 2022

24 Council of Europe (CoE)

25 Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT)

26 War Crime

1 Second Phase of Inter-Operable Criminal Justice System Approved

2 Centre Extends Police Modernisation Scheme

3 IVFRT Scheme

4 Draft Integrated Plant Nutrition Management Bill 2022

5 National Single Window System

6 Green Hydrogen/Green Ammonia Policy

7 Guidelines on Extended Producers Responsibility on Plastic Packaging

1 Report on Police Training, Modernisation and Reforms

2 EIU’s Democracy Index 2021

1 Intensified Mission Indradhanush 4.0

2 Nai Roshni Scheme

3 Anaemia Mukt Bharat

Ecology & Environment

Climate Finance Initiatives

1 Global Environment Facility (GEF)

Sustainable Development

1 Sustainable Agriculture

2 Sustainable Energy

3 Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance (ESG)

4 SEEA Ecosystem Accounting (SEEA EA)

5 Geothermal Energy

6 Ethanol Blending

7 Earth Hour 2021

8 National River Linking Project (NRLP)

9 Jal Jeevan Mission Urban

10 Jal Shakti Abhiyan: Catch the Rain Campaign

11 Sustainable Food Systems

12 Gross Environment Product

13 Ecosystem Restoration

14 Virtual Water Analysis

15 Different Vegetation Types in India and Key Species

Biodiversity

1 Critically Endangered Bird Species (CR)

2 Protected Areas

3 Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS)

4 New Ramsar Sites

5 Pollinators

6 Aquamation

7 Biological Diversity (Amendment) Bill, 2021

8 National Marine Turtle Action Plan 2021-26

9 African Elephants

10 MAHSEER

11 Indian Rhino Vision 2020

12 Asia Environmental Enforcement Award

Pollution

1 Agri-Emission

2 Marine Heatwaves

3 SAFAR

4 Solar Waste

5 Commission for Air Quality Management

6 New Emission Norms for Coal-Fired Power Plants

7 Marine Litter

8 Second World Ocean Assessment (WOA) Report

9 Illegal Sand Mining

Miscellaneous

1 Wildlife Protection Act, 1972

2 The Environment (Protection) Act, 1986

3 The Biological Diversity Act 2002 and Biological Diversity Rules

4 Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act of 1974 and Amendment, 1988

5 Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act of 1981

6 New Draft National Forest Policy, 2018

7 National Green Tribunal Act, 2010

8 Coastal Regulation Zone Notifications, 2018

Climate Change

1 Indian Environment Service (IES)

2 2021: Sixth Warmest Year

3 Climate-resilient Grains

4 Global Resilience Index Initiative

5 National Climate Vulnerability Assessment Report

6 India’s Third Biennial Report to UNFCCC

7 Forest Carbon Credit Stamps

8 Network for Greening the Financial System

9 AIM-ICDK Water Innovation Challenge

Major International Organizations/Conventions/Protocols/Declaration

1 UNFCCC

2 Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)

3 UNCCD (United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification)

4 CMS (Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species)

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

6 Vienna Convention

7 Minamata Convention

8 Rotterdam Convention

9 Basel Convention

10 Stockholm Convention

11 TRAFFIC

12 IUCN

13 South Asia Cooperative Environment Programme (SACEP)

14 REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation)

15 Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS)

Model Test Questions

1 Prelims 2022: General Studies Paper I MCQs

2 Prelims 2022: Current Affairs Based MCQs

Science & Technology

Space Technology

1 Humans in Space Policy

2 Dark Matter Shapes Galaxies

3 Small Satellite Launch Vehicle

4 Geo Spatial Data

5 NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover Mission

6 Satellite Launch Vehicles by ISRO

7 Space Debris

8 Pink Moon

9 James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)

10 Satellite Launch Vehicles by ISRO

11 Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) Mission

12 Space Hurricane

13 Mission Lucy

14 About the Artemis Accord

15 SUN Halo

Defence

1 Quantum Lab and Artificial Intelligence Centre

2 Arjun Main Battle Tank (MBT) (Mk1a)

3 PYTHON-5

4 ‘Helina’ and ‘Dhruvastra’

5 NanoSniffer

6 Isothermal Forging Technology for Aeroengines

7 Project P-75 (I)

8 Project Seabird

9 Iron Dome Aerial Defence System (ADS)

IT And Other Technologies

1 National Supercomputing Mission

2 National Strategy on Block Chain

3 Artificial Intelligence (AI)

4 6G in India

5 Satellite Based Internet Connectivity

6 New Initiatives by National Internet Exchange of India

7 Global Cyber-security Index (GCI)

Health & Disease

1 Rare Diseases

2 Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children

3 Anti-microbial Resistance

4 AMR in India

5 Neglected Tropical Disease

6 Reducing Risk of Zoonoses in Food Production

7 Immunisation Agenda 2030

8 Intensified Mission Indradhanush

9 Integrated Health Information Platform (IHIP)

10 Global Hub for Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence

11 High-Resolution Computed Tomography (HRCT)

Miscellaneous

1 AIM-PRIME

Essays

1 Press Freedom in India: Myth or Reality?

General Studies Mains Questions And Answers

1 Soil erosion and soil degradation are threats to food supply. Discuss.

2 What do you understand by welfare state? Is India a welfare state? In this regard, what are challenges faced by Indian health care sector?

3 Critically examine the aims and objectives of SCO. What importance does it hold for India?

4 The new tri-nation partnership AUKUS is aimed at countering China’s ambitions in the Indo-Pacific region. Is it going to supersede the existing partnerships in the region? Discuss the strength and impact of AUKUS in the present scenario.

5 Skill development scheme needs to be strengthened to make vocational education and skill training meaningful. Comment.

6 How and to what extent would micro-irrigation help in solving India’s water crisis?

7 S-400 air defense system is technically superior to its contemporary air defence technologies. Elaborate.

8 Indicating the causes of lightning, describe the threats associated with it.

9 Protected cultivation assists in healthier and larger produce. Justify with examples.

10 Describe the problems of cloud burst in India giving suitable examples.