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Telangana Current Affairs 2022
Table of Contents
Telangana Current Affairs - January 2022 .......................................................................................................................... 5
Telangana Current Affairs - February 2022 .................................................................................................................... 21
Telangana Current Affairs - March 2022 .......................................................................................................................... 34
Telangana Current Affairs - April 2022 ............................................................................................................................ 48
Telangana Current Affairs - May 2022 .............................................................................................................................. 64
Telangana Current Affairs - June 2022 ............................................................................................................................. 75
Telangana Current Affairs - July 2022 ............................................................................................................................... 86
Telangana Current Affairs - August 2022...................................................................................................................... 114

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Telangana Current Affairs - January 2022

India’s first Coal-to-Methanol plant launched at BHEL, Hyderabad
The Union Minister for the Ministry of Heavy Industries, Mahendra Nath Pandey dedicated India’s first ‘Coal to
Methanol’ (CTM) pilot plant in the Hyderabad unit of Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL).
• It is the first-of-its-kind technology demonstration in
India, which converts high-ash contain Indian coal to
methanol through the gasification route.
• The Union minister also inaugurated an exhibition on
Products Developed under ‘Atma Nirbhar Bharat’
organised at BHEL Hyderabad unit in Telangana.
Key points:
i.The CTM pilot plant was indigenously designed,
developed and installed by BHEL, has the capacity of 0.25
TPD (tonnes per day).
• It produces methanol with purity of more than 99% from high-ash contain Indian coal.
ii.The Research and Development Centre of BHEL in Hyderabad was tasked to develop the CTM plant in 2016
to make the best use of Indian ash coal.
• The project was supported by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) with a Rs 10 crore grant.
iii.BHEL has achieved in-house design expertise for designing greater capacity coal gasification facilities.
• It will also assist India’s Coal Gasification Mission and Coal to Hydrogen Production for Hydrogen
Mission.
About Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL):
Chairman & MD- Nalin Singhal
Headquarters- New Delhi
Dr Jitendra Singh Inaugurates India’s First ‘Open Rock Museum’ at Hyderabad

On 6th January 2022, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology Dr Jitendra
Singh inaugurated India’s first & unique ‘Open Rock Museum’ at the campus of Council of Scientific & Industrial
Research – National Geophysical Research Institute (CSIR-NGRI), Hyderabad, Telangana & later addressed the
Hyderabad Scientists at CSIR-NGRI.
Key Highlights:
i.The Open Rock Museum displays around 35 different types of rocks from different parts of India with ages
ranging from 3.3 Billion years to around 55 Million years of the Earth’s history.
• The Rock Museum aims at educating the masses about several lesser known facts about the Rocks
ii.These different types of rocks also represent the deepest part of the earth up to 175 kms of distance from the
surface of the earth.
Other Launches:
i.The state-of-the-art technology is being employed by Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR)
for mapping groundwater sources in arid regions to utilize groundwater for drinking purposes.
ii.Dr Jitendra Singh also released Earthquake Risk Maps developed by CSIR-NGRI for Lucknow and Dehradun
Cities, which are vulnerable for future earthquakes in the Indo-Gangetic plains area
• The risk maps were designed for private homes, multi-storied buildings and critical infrastructures such as
bridges or dams and were shared with Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh State Disaster Management
authorities.
Recent Related News:
Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology Dr Jitendra Singh & Union Minister for Jal
Shakti, Gajendra Singh Shekawat has earlier launched State-of-the-art Heli-borne survey technology for
groundwater management, developed by CSIR-NGRI Hyderabad, Telangana.

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About CSIR-NGRI:
Director – V M Tiwari
Established – 1961
Headquarters – Hyderabad, Telangana
Union Minister Amit Shah releases India’s First ‘District Good Governance Index’; J&K 1st Indian
UT with GGI
On January 21, 2022, Union Minister Amit Shah, Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) virtually released the India’s
First ‘District Good Governance Index (DGGI)’ in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) , prepared by Department of
Administrative Reforms & Public Grievances (DARPG) in collaboration with Government of J&K.
• It is prepared for the 20 Districts of UT of J&K.
• The event was organized by DARPG, GOI and J&K Institute of Management, Public Administration & Rural
Development in association with the Centre for Good Governance, Hyderabad.
• With this, J&K became the first Indian UT with a Good Governance Index.
About District Good Governance Index:
It was prepared on the lines of the ‘Behtar e-Hukumat – Kashmir Aelamia’ resolution adopted on July 2, 2021
in the Regional Conference on Replication of Good Governance Practices held at Srinagar, J&K. It represents a
major administrative reform in benchmarking good governance at District level.
• Notably, on December 25, 2021, Amit Shah released the National Good Governance Index indicating
an increase of 3.7% in Good Governance Indicators of J&K over the 2019 to 2021 period.
Key Achievements of J&K’s Districts under different Sectors:
i.Agriculture and Allied Sector – Achievement of Universal coverage in Kisan Credit Card scheme, Soil Health
Card Scheme and Animal Vaccination. Most districts witnessed growth of Food Grain Production, Horticulture
produce, Milk and Meat production, poultry production, agriculture credit.
ii.Commerce and Industry Sector – There is improvement in GST registration, MSME (Ministry of Micro, Small &
Medium Enterprises) registration online, Credit for Self-Employment, and 109% increase in credit to handicrafts
in 2019-2021 period.
iii.Human Resources Development Sector – The percentage of schools with drinking water, separate toilets,
electricity facilities, access to computers and number of children served mid-day meals has improved.
• In 10 districts 100% skill training has been imparted to registered students.
iv.Public Health Sector– Full Immunization, increase in health & wellness centers, proportion of Anganwadis
with their own buildings have shown positive results.
v.Public Infrastructure and Utilities Sector– Ganderbal and Srinagar achieving 100% access to safe drinking
water, 18 districts achieving 100% access to sanitation facilities, improvements in households electrified and
construction of all-weather roads.
vi.Significant achievements were also seen in the sectors of Social Welfare and Development Sector, Financial
Inclusion Sector, Judicial and Public Safety Sector, and Citizen Centric Governance Sector
Other Participants:
Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh, Ministry for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions (MoPP&P) and Manoj
Sinha, Lieutenant Governor of J&K, among others.
The government of J&K has introduced the Karkhandar scheme to support the local artisans and weavers and to
promote the traditional handicrafts of J&K. The scheme also aims to provide training in the field of handicrafts
sector.
About Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA):
Union Minister– Amit Shah (Gandhi Nagar, Gujarat)
Ministers of State (MoS)– Nityanand Rai (Ujiarpur, Bihar); Ajay Kumar Mishra (Kheri, Uttar Pradesh) ; Nisith
Pramanik (Coochbehar, West Bengal)

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DoT sets up Six Task Forces to Explore 6G Development

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) of the Ministry of Communication formed a task force under
the Technology Innovation Group (TIG) on 6G (6th Generation) technology to explore technological
innovations and various commercial uses.
• The task forces will enable research and development, manufacturing, prepare pre-standardisation and
market readiness framework.
Highlights:
i.Under the 6G TIG, the Six task forces will provide research and development support in the form of inputs.
• Task force on Multi-Platform for Next Generation Networks – Bhaskar Ramamurthy, Director, Indian
Institute of Technology (IIT)-Chennai.
• Task force on Spectrum Policy – Abhay Karandikar, Director, IIT-Kanpur.
• Task force on Multi-Disciplinary Innovative Solutions and Devices – Bharadwaj Amrutur, Director,
Indian Institute of Science (Iisc) Bangalore.
• Task force on Devices – Kiran Kumar Kuchi, Director, IIT-Hyderabad.
• Task Force Group for Financing Research And Development – Ashok Kumar Tiwari, Member
(Technology), Digital Communications Commission (DCC)
• Task force on international standards – NG Subramaniam, chairman of the Telecommunications
Standards Development Society, India (TSDSI).
ii.The task forces will target to contribute to the International Mobile Telecommunications
Standard 2030 (IMT) in the development of 6G.
iii.In November 2021, the government formed a 22-member innovation group headed by K Rajaraman to create a
vision for the 6G roadmap development in the country.
About 6G:
i.6G (sixth-generation wireless) is the successor to 5G cellular technology.
ii.It will be able to use higher frequencies than 5G networks and provide substantially higher capacity and much
lower latency (delay).
ii.One of the goals of 6G internet will be to support one microsecond-latency communication (delay of one-
microsecond in communication).
• This is 1,000 times faster – or 1/1000th the latency – than one millisecond throughput.

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Significance:
i.The 6G technology market is expected to facilitate large improvements in imaging, presence technology and
location awareness.
ii.6G’s higher frequencies will enable much faster sampling rates, in addition to providing significantly better
throughput and higher data rates.
Ministry of Communication:
Union minister– Ashwini Vaishnaw (Odisha)
Minister of State– Devusinh Chauhan (Kheda, Gujarat)
Indian Railways renames ‘Kevadiya Station’ as ‘Ekta Nagar Railway Station’

The Ministry of Railways approved the renaming of the Kevadiya railway station under the Vadodara division of
Narmada district (Gujarat) as the Ekta Nagar railway station.
• The new station code of Ekta Nagar railway station will use the station code EKNR and the numerical code of
the station will be 08224620.
Key points:
i.The railway station is the key to reach the World’s tallest ‘Statue of Unity’ (height 182 m) that is located in
Kevadiya, Gujarat.
• In 2018, it was inaugurated on 31st October to mark the 143rd birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai
Patel.
ii.The Vadodara Division of Western Railways under public-private partnership (PPP) initiative awarded first of
its kind contract for the development of an Art Gallery with a Souvenir shop at Gujarat’s Kevadiya Railway
station.
• The Art Gallery will also help in promotion of tribal art and culture.
About Ministry of Railways:
Union Minister- Ashwini Vaishnaw (Rajya Sabha Odisha)
Minister of State- Danve Raosaheb Dadarao (Jalna, Maharashtra), Darshana Vikram Jardosh (Surat, Gujarat)
Syntizen Partners with the Odisha Govt to Provide Life Certificates to Pensioners
Syntizen, a Digital Identity Solutions provider, has partnered with the Odisha government to provide a Video
KYC solution in offering life certificates to 5 lakh pension seekers.
• Odisha is the first State in India to implement a digital process which includes Aadhaar Validation for
simplifying the process of obtaining a life certificate.
Key Points:
i.The digital process is based on Artificial Intelligence (AI) – powered or Machine Learning (ML) based for easy
and fast remedial measures for pensioners.
• Odisha Computer Application Center (OCAC), a PSU under IT Department, Government of Odisha in
partnership with Syntizen Technologies and Dept of Finance is providing the Al/ML based solution to issue
life certificates and ease pension disbursements.
ii.Currently, Syntizen provides Aadhaar solutions to several states, such as the Telangana government, Uttar
Pradesh government, Tamil Nadu government, and Andhra Pradesh government.
About Syntizen:
Co-founder & chief Business Officer (CBO) – Siddharth Kukatlapalli
CEO – Vamsi Kotte
Establishment – 2014
Telangana Cabinet Approved ‘Mana Ooru-Mana Badi’ Programme to Strengthen Government

Schools
The Telangana government will launch ‘Mana Ooru-Mana Badi’ programme soon across Telangana with focus
on improving the existing infrastructure and the quality of education in government schools.

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• The State Cabinet approved the programme during a Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister (CM) K
Chandrashekhar Rao at Pragathi Bhavan with ~Rs 7,289 crore budget allocation which benefits 19.84 lakh
children of 26065 schools.
• The budget amount will be spent on setting up digital classrooms, construction of additional classrooms and
pairing the schools.
Implementation:
i.The programme will be implemented in 3 years and as the first phase in the current academic year, the
programme will be implemented in 9,123 government and local body schools with a high rate of enrolment of
children.
ii.The District Collectors will be responsible for the administrative sanction for all works undertaken in schools
and the execution of work will be handled by school management committees.
Other Approval:
i.The Cabinet will create a new legislation for regulation of fees in private schools, junior and degree colleges and
will also introduce English medium in government schools from next academic year.
ii.A Cabinet sub-committee chaired by Education Minister P Sabitha Indra Reddy has been formed to study and
prepare modalities for the new Act.
• Members – Ministers KT Rama Rao, T Harish Rao, G Jagadish Reddy, Talasani Srinivas Yadav, S Niranjan
Reddy, Vemula Prashanth Reddy, V Srinivas Goud, Koppula Eeshwar, Puvvada Ajay Kumar and Errabelli
Dayakar Rao.
Note – The Cabinet also approved the proposals for establishment of a Women’s University and a Forest
University in the State.
About Telangana:
Governor – Tamilisai Soundararajan
Folk Dances – Gusadi dance, Tribal Dhimsa Dance, Lambadi Dance, Perini Sivatandavam (dance of warriors)
Capital – Hyderabad
India becomes World’s Largest Exporter of ‘Cucumber’ & ‘Gherkins’

In January 2022, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry announced that India has exported $114 million worth
of Cucumber & Gherkins in April-October 2021 to became the World’s largest exporter of Cucumber and
Gherkins.
• In the financial year 2020-21 (FY21), India crossed the export of worth $200 million of agricultural
processed product, pickling gherkins, cucumber or cornichons.
What is Gherkins?
i.Gherkin is also known as pickled cucumber. It is made from younger cucumbers that are seasoned using vinegar
or acetic acid.
• Gherkins are smaller than typical cucumber pickles.
ii.Gherkin cultivation, processing and exports started in India during the early 1990s in Karnataka and later
extended to Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
iii.Currently, India grows around 15% of world’s total gherkins production.
• India currently exports Gherkins to 20 countries, including USA, France, Germany, Australia.
Production of gherkins and development:
i.Gherkins are exported under two categories –
• prepared and preserved by vinegar, acetic acid
• provisionally preserved.
ii.India had shipped over 2,23,515 tonnes of cucumber and gherkins worth $223 million in FY21.
iii.Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) is providing infrastructural
and developmental support in the global market.

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About Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA):
The APEDA succeeded the Processed Food Export Promotion Council (PFEPC).
Commenced operation– 13th February, 1986
Chairman- Dr. M. Angamuthu
Headquarters- New Delhi
NIRDPR & NCGG Signed MoU to Promote Good Governance Across All Programmes and Schemes
The National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj (NIRDPR), Hyderabad has signed a
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the National Centre for Good Governance (NCGG), New Delhi to
promote inclusive good governance, strengthen local institutions and effective implementation of government
programmes.
The MoU was signed in a virtual ceremony in the presence of Dr G Narendra Kumar, Director General of NIRDPR
and V. Srinivas, Secretary, Department of Administrative Reforms & Public Grievances (DAR&PG), Government of
India & Director General of NCGG along with teams of officials from NCGG and NIRDPR.
Purpose:
To focus on various collaborative activities by drawing upon the strengths of NIRDPR & NCGG to bring better
good governance mechanisms into practice across all programmes and schemes.
Features of the MoU:
i.The MoU will help in the application of good governance principles and will also ensure the effective
implementation in terms of transparency and accountability in the utilisation of public funds in an intended
manner for delivering services to benefit rural communities.
ii.Under this MoU, various key mutual areas of interest were identified as actionable points. iii.This includes
leveraging e-governance at the panchayat level, documenting good governance models at the panchayat level,
simplification of forms among others and best practices of rural governance.
iv.NCGG has suggested identifying the benchmark of the indexing of Rural Governance at the panchayat level.
24th NCeG 2020-21: Adopted Hyderabad Declaration on e-Governance; Presented NAeG 2020-21
Awards
The 24th National Conference on e-Governance (NCeG) 2020-21, which was organised by the Department of
Administrative Reforms & Public Grievances (DARPG), Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY),
in association with the State Government of Telangana, was held on 7and 8 January 2022 at Hyderabad,
Telangana.
• Theme – The theme of this Conference is ‘India’s
Techade: Digital Governance in a Post Pandemic
World’.
• The Conference was inaugurated by the Jitendra Singh,
Union Minister of State of Personnel, Public Grievances &
Pensions and presided by K. T. Rama Rao, Cabinet
Minister for Municipal Administration and Urban
Development, Industries, Information Technology
Electronics and Communications, Government of
Telangana.
National Awards for e-Governance (NAeG) 2020-21:
i.The NAeG 2020-21 were conferred during the conference, 26 awards were presented under the 6 categories of
the Award Scheme to Central Ministries/Departments, State/UT Governments, Districts, Local Bodies, Public
Sector Undertakings and Academic & Research Institutions. The awards include 12 Gold, 13 Silver and 1 Jury
Award.
ii.The national award for e-governance golden award was conferred to eCourts Mission Mode Project
of Department of Justice in the Law Ministry under the category of ‘Excellence in governance in government
process re-engineering for digital transformation’.

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iii.Chhattisgarh’s state labour department was conferred with the golden award for e-Shramik Seva under the
‘Universalizing Access including e-Services’. Rs 2lakh has been given as award money.
Note – NAeG are presented every year for exemplary implementation of e-Governance initiatives to recognize
and promote excellence in implementation of e-Governance initiatives.
Hyderabad Declaration:
‘Hyderabad Declaration’ on e-Governance was adopted in the two-day conference for collaboration between
the Government of India and State Governments.
i.Transform citizen services through the use of technology by leveraging the artifacts of India Stack that include
Aadhaar, UPI (Unified Payments Interface), DigiLocker, UMANG (Unified Mobile Application for New-age
Governance), e Sign and consent framework.
ii.Fast track the implementation of the national-level public digital platforms in key social sectors viz. Health,
Education, Agriculture, etc.
iii.Operationalize the data governance framework to facilitate data sharing within Government entities as also
make available all data on data.gov.in except for a negative list.
iv.Adopt NeSDA (National eGovernance Service Delivery Assessment) 2021 in collaboration with MeITY for
improving the e-Governance landscape.
v.Integration of all State/District portals with CPGRAMS (Centralized Public Grievance Redress and Monitoring
System) for seamless Redressal of Public Grievances.
• CPGRAMS helped redress 20 lakh public grievances in 2021.
vi.Replication of awarded projects under National Awards for e-Governance 2020 – 21 and their nomination for
dissemination of best practices through Regional conferences
vii.Adoption of e-office version 7.0 in all ministries and departments.
Other Events: An Exhibition including a Wall of Fame organised to showcase India’s achievements in the field of
e-Governance. Discussions were held on six sub-themes and parallel breakout sessions also held on different
themes to exchange views between the Award winners and Unicorns.
According to the report of 6th edition, Public Affairs Index (PAI 2021) by the Public Affairs Centre (PAC), a
Bengaluru- based non-profit think tank, the top three slots have been taken by Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Telangana
among 18 large states.
About Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY):
Union Minister – Ashwini Vaishnaw (Constituency – Rajya Sabha Odisha)
Minister of State – Rajeev Chandrasekhar (Constituency -Rajya Sabha Karnataka)
Telangana Tops in Highest Number of ODF Villages; Followed by Tamil Nadu, Karnataka
Telangana has stood first among other states in India in the list of the highest number of Open Defecation
Free (ODF) Plus villages under the Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen) Phase-II programme till December 31,
2021.
• Around 13,737 villages out of 14,200 villages in Telangana are on the ODF Plus list, which stands at 96.74
percent.
• Telangana is followed by Tamil Nadu with 4,432 villages, next by Karnataka with 1,511 villages and Gujarat
took the 17th position with only 83 villages (0.45 percent).
Top 5 States with ODF Plus (Aspiring+Rising+Model) Status:
Total ODF Plus Villages Percentage
S No Name of the State Total Villages (as of December 31, 2021) (%)
1 Telangana 14200 13737 96.74
2 Tamil Nadu 12525 4432 35.39
3 Karnataka 27044 1511 5.59
4 Uttarakhand 15473 1394 9.01
5 Madhya Pradesh 50228 1073 2.14

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Key Highlights:
i.The Telangana government has enacted a new Telangana Panchayat Raj Act to ensure holistic development of
villages and Sanitation drives are being carried out through the Palle Pragathi programme in villages.
• The Palle Pragathi program has been launched to improve the quality of life including sanitation, greenery
and hygiene in the rural areas.
ii.A secretary has been posted in every panchayat for smooth execution of welfare programmes to ensure good
governance in villages.
iii.Multi-purpose workers have been appointed to maintain proper sanitation in villages.
Efforts undertaken by Telangana Government:
i.The magic soak pits and drainage facilities have also been arranged in all houses for proper liquid waste
management.
ii.The tractor trolleys with partitions to collect dry and wet waste have been provided with transportation of the
garbage to segregation-cum-compost sheds. There are 12,769 dedicated compost sheds in all gram panchayats.
iii.The tankers have been provided to water the plants along with Vermicompost made out of wet litter is
provided for the manure in green belt regions
About Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen) Phase-II:
i.Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) – Grameen (G) Phase-II was approved in February 2020 by the Ministry of Jal
Shakti to be implemented between 2020-21 and 2024-25 in a mission mode with an outlay of Rs 1,40,881 crores.
ii.The SBM-G Phase – II focuses on ODF Plus, which includes ODF sustainability and provides adequate facilities
for Solid, Liquid & plastic waste management (SLWM) in rural India.
iii.The fund sharing pattern between Centre and States will be 90:10 for North-Eastern States and Himalayan
States and Union Territory (UT) of Jammu & Kashmir; 60:40 for other States; and 100:0 for other UTs.
Telangana became the first state to launch ‘Medicines From The Sky’ (MFTS) in Vikarabad District, Telangana to
send medicines to primary health centres using drones.
About Telangana:
Festivals – Sammakka Saralamma Jathara or Medaram Jatara, Peerla Panduga or Muharram, Nagoba jatara,
Lumbini festival
Bhupender Yadav Releases India State of Forest Report 2021 Prepared by FSI; Forest cover Rose
by 2,261 sq km
On 13th January 2022 Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav released the India State of Forest
Report (ISFR) 2021, the biennial report of the Forest Survey of India (FSI) which showed that the forest and tree
cover in India has risen by 2,261 square Kilometers (sq km) in 2 years (compared to 2019).
• The total rise of 2,261 square Kilometers (sq km) includes an increase of 1,540 sq km of forest
cover and 721 sq km of tree cover compared to the 2019 report.
• Andhra Pradesh has grown the maximum forest cover of 647 sq km.
Major Findings from the Report:
i.India’s total forest and tree cover is now spread across 80.9 million hectares, which is 24.62 percent of India’s
geographical area.
• The five states/ Union Territories (UTs) namely Lakshadweep, Mizoram, Andaman & Nicobar Islands,
Arunachal Pradesh and Meghalaya have more than 75 percent forest cover while 12 states/UTs namely
Manipur, Nagaland, Tripura, Goa, Kerala, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, Chhattisgarh, Dadra & Nagar Haveli and
Daman & Diu, Assam, Odisha, have forest cover between 33 percent to 75 percent.
ii.Total mangrove cover in the country is 4,992 sq km with an increase of 17 sq Km as compared to the previous
2019 report.
iii.The total carbon stock in India’s forest is estimated to be 7,204 million tonnes with an increase of 79.4 million
tonnes in the carbon stock of India as compared to the 2019 report including 39.7 million tonnes of annual
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Top 5 States Rankings:

Increase in Forest Forest cover as Percentage of Total Forest cover
Rank Cover Geographical area (Areawise) Mangrove Cover
Andhra Pradesh
1 (647 sq km) Mizoram (84.53 percent) Madhya Pradesh Odisha (8 sq km)
Telangana (632 sq Maharashtra (4 sq
2 km) Arunachal Pradesh (79.33 percent) Arunachal Pradesh km)
Karnataka (3 sq
3 Odisha (537 sq km) Meghalaya (76 percent) Chhattisgarh km)
Karnataka (155 sq
4 km) Manipur (74.34 percent) Odisha
Jharkhand (110 sq
5 km) Nagaland (73.90 percent) Maharashtra
iv.NorthEast: As per the report, the north-east did not show positive results due to the decrease of forest cover
to the extent of 1,020 sq km.
• Arunachal Pradesh lost the maximum forest cover of 257 sq km, followed by Manipur which lost 249 sq km,
Nagaland 235 sq km, Mizoram 186 sq km and Meghalaya 73 sq km.
About ISFR Report:
i.The ISFR report provides information on forest cover, tree cover, mangrove cover, growing stock, carbon stock
in India’s forests, forest fire monitoring above ground estimates of biomass using Synthetic-aperture radar (SAR)
data & climate change hotspots in Indian forests.
ii.ISFR 2021, includes a new assessment of change in forest cover within Tiger Reserves, Corridors and Lion
conservation area of India during the period between ISFR 2011 (data period 2008 to 2009) and the current cycle
(ISFR 2021, data period 2019-2020).
FSI Collaborations:
i.FSI, in collaboration with Space Application Centre (SAC), Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO),
Ahmedabad, initiated a special study for estimation of Above Ground Biomass (AGB) at pan-India level, using L-
band of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data.
• The results for the States of Assam and Odisha (as well as AGB maps), were presented earlier in ISFR 2019
and the interim results for AGB estimates (and AGB maps) for entire India are being presented as a new
chapter in ISFR 2021.
ii.FSI in collaboration with Birla Institute of Technology & Science (BITS) Pilani, Goa Campus has performed a
study based on ‘Mapping of Climate Change Hotspots in Indian Forests’.
Objective – To map the climatic hotspots over the forest cover in India, using computer model-based projection
of temperature and rainfall data, for the year 2030, 2050 and 2085.
• The report also includes Special thematic information on forest cover such as hill, tribal districts, and north
eastern region.
The Ministry of Tribal Affairs (MoTA) and Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change (MoEFCC) signed a
joint communication in New Delhi to give more powers to the Tribal communities in managing the forest
resources which is related to the effective implementation of the schedule Tribes and other Traditional Forest
Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006.
About Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change (MoEFCC):
Union Minister – Bhupender Yadav (Rajya Sabha Rajasthan)
Minister of State (MoS) – Ashwini Kumar Choubey (Buxar, Bihar)
MHA Announced Padma Awards 2022; Gen Bipin Rawat, Vaccine Makers, Google’s Sundar Pichai
Named for Padma Awards
On January 25, 2022, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has announced the Padma Awards 2022. The Padma
Awards, one of the highest civilian Awards of India are conferred under 3 categories namely, Padma Vibhushan,
Padma Bhushan, and Padma Shri.

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Padma Awardees 2022:

• On the occasion of 73rd Republic Day (on January 26, 2022), the President (Ram Nath Kovind) has approved
the conferment of 128 Padma Awards including 2
duo cases (in a duo case, the award is counted as one).
• The list includes 4 Padma Vibhushan, 17 Padma
Bhushan and 107 Padma Shri Awards.
• 34 of the awardees are women and also includes 10
persons from the category of Foreigners/NRI (Non-
resident Indian)/PIO (Person of Indian Origin)/OCI
(Overseas Citizen of India) and 13 Posthumous
awardees.
About Padma Awards:
a.Background:
i.The Government of India instituted two civilian awards-Bharat Ratna & Padma Vibhushan in 1954.
ii.The Padma Vibhushan had 3 classes namely Pahela Varg, Dusra Varg and Tisra Varg. These were subsequently
renamed Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri on January 8, 1955.
b.Awards announcement:
i.Padma Awards are announced every year on the occasion of Republic Day except during the years 1978, 1979
and 1993 to 1997.
ii.The awards are conferred on the recommendation of the Padma Awards Committee which is constituted by the
Prime Minister annually.
• The Padma Awards Committee is headed by the Cabinet Secretary and includes Home Secretary, Secretary to
the President and four to six eminent persons as members. (Current Cabinet Secretary – Rajiv Gauba)
iii.Usually, the President will confer the awards around March/ April every year, where the awardees are
presented a Sanad (certificate) signed by the President and a medallion.
c.Categories:
The Awards are given in various disciplines/ fields of activities, viz.- art, social work, public affairs, science and
engineering, trade and industry, medicine, literature and education, sports, civil service, etc.
• Padma Vibhushan – It is the second-highest civilian award of India, (after the Bharat Ratna) and is conferred
for exceptional and distinguished service.
• Padma Bhushan – It is the third-highest civilian award and is conferred for distinguished service of a high
order.
• Padma Shri – It is the fourth-highest civilian award and is conferred for distinguished service.
d.Number of Awards: The total number of awards to be given in a year (excluding posthumous awards and to
NRI/foreigners/OCIs) should not be more than 120.
e.Eligibility: All persons without distinction of race, occupation, position or sex are eligible for the awards.
However, Government servants including those working with PSUs (Public Sector Undertaking), except doctors
and scientists, are not eligible for the Awards.
List of Padma Awardees 2022:
Padma Vibhushan (4):
Name Field State/Country
S.no
1 Prabha Atre Art Maharashtra
2 Radheyshyam Khemka (Posthumous) Literature and Education Uttar Pradesh
3 General Bipin Rawat (Posthumous) Civil Service Uttarakhand
4 Kalyan Singh (Posthumous) Public Affairs Uttar Pradesh

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Key Personalities: Kalyan Singh (the former Uttar Pradesh chief minister) and General Bipin Rawat, India’s 1st
Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) of Indian Armed Force, who died in a helicopter crash in December 2021, were
conferred with Padma Vibhushan.
Padma Bhushan (17):
Name Field State/Country
S.no
5 Ghulam Nabi Azad Public Affairs Jammu and Kashmir
6 Victor Banerjee Art West Bengal
7 Gurmeet Bawa (Posthumous) Art Punjab
8 Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee Public Affairs West Bengal
9 Natarajan Chandrasekaran Trade and Industry Maharashtra
Krishna Ella and Suchitra Ella (Duo case so counted as

10 one) Trade and Industry Telangana
United States of
11 Madhur Jaffery Others-Culinary America
12 Devendra Jhajharia Sports Rajasthan
13 Rashid Khan Art Uttar Pradesh
14 Rajiv Mehrishi Civil Service Rajasthan
United States of
15 Satya Narayana Nadella Trade and Industry America
United States of
16 Sundararajan Pichai Trade and Industry America
17 Cyrus Poonawalla Trade and Industry Maharashtra

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Sanjaya Rajaram Science and

18 (Posthumous) Engineering Mexico
Literature and
19 Pratibha Ray Education Odisha
Literature and
20 Swami Sachidanand Education Gujarat
Literature and
21 Vashishth Tripathi Education Uttar Pradesh
Key Personalities who were conferred with Padma Bhushan:

i.Microsoft’s CEO Satya Nadella, Google’s CEO Sundar Pichai, Chairperson of Tata Group Natarajan
Chandrasekaran.
ii.Covid-19 Vaccine makers: Cyrus Poonawalla of the Serum Institute of India, which manufactured COVID-19
vaccine Covishield, and Krishna Ella and Suchitra Ella of Bharat Biotech, which produced India’s indigenous
coronavirus vaccine Covaxin.
iii.Former Union Home Secretary Rajiv Mehrishi, Late Punjabi folk singer Gurmeet Bawa, and Bengali actor Victor
Banerjee were also named for the award.
iv.The other awardees include Paralympic javelin thrower Devendra Jhajharia, US-based culinary expert Madhur
Jaffrey, and a religious teacher from Gujarat Swami Sachidanand.
Padma Shri (107):
Field Name State/Country
S.no
Kamalini Asthana and Nalini Asthana (Duo case
22 so counted as one) Uttar Pradesh
23 Madhuri Barthwal Uttarakhand
24 S Ballesh Bhajantri Tamil Nadu
25 Khandu Wangchuk Bhutia Sikkim
26 Sulochana Chavan Maharashtra
27 Lourembam Bino Devi Manipur
28 Shyamamani Devi Odisha
29 Arjun Singh Dhurve Madhya Pradesh
30 Chandraprakash Dwivedi Rajasthan
Gosaveedu Shaik Hassan

31 (Posthumous) Andhra Pradesh
32 Sowcar Janaki Tamil Nadu
33 H R Keshavamurthy Karnataka
34 Shivnath Mishra Uttar Pradesh
35 Art Darshanam Mogilaiah Telangana

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Thavil Kongampattu A V
36 Murugaiyan Puducherry
37 R Muthukannammal Tamil Nadu
38 Tsering Namgyal Ladakh
39 A K C Natarajan Tamil Nadu
40 Sonu Nigam Maharashtra
41 Ram Sahay Panday Madhya Pradesh
42 Sheesh Ram Uttar Pradesh
43 Ramachandraiah Telangana
44 Padmaja Reddy Telangana
45 Ram Dayal Sharma Rajasthan
46 Kaajee Singh West Bengal
47 Konsam Ibomcha Singh Manipur
48 Ajita Srivastava Uttar Pradesh
49 Lalita Vakil Himachal Pradesh
50 Durga Bai Vyam Madhya Pradesh
51 Prahlad Rai Agarwala West Bengal
52 Jagjit Singh Dardi Chandigarh
53 Muktamani Devi Manipur
54 Trade and Industry Ryuko Hira Japan
55 Najma Akhtar Delhi
56 T Senka Ao Nagaland
57 J K Bajaj Delhi
58 Sirpi Balasubramaniam Tamil Nadu
59 Akhone Asgar Ali Basharat Ladakh
60 Harmohinder Singh Bedi Punjab
61 Maria Christopher Byrski Poland
Literature and Khalil Dhantejvi

62 Education (Posthumous) Gujarat

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63 Dhaneswar Engti Assam
64 Narasimha Rao Garikapati Andhra Pradesh
Girdhari Ram Ghonju

65 (Posthumous) Jharkhand
Shaibal Gupta
66 (Posthumous) Bihar
67 Narasingha Prasad Guru Odisha
68 Avadh Kishore Jadia Madhya Pradesh
69 Tara Jauhar Delhi
70 Rutger Kortenhorst Ireland
71 P Narayana Kurup Kerala
72 V L Nghaka Mizoram
73 Chirapat Prapandavidya Thailand
74 Vidyanand Sarek Himachal Pradesh
75 Kali Pada Saren West Bengal
76 Dilip Shahani Delhi
77 Vishwamurti Shastri Jammu and Kashmir
78 Tatiana Lvovna Shaumyan Russia
79 Siddhalingaiah (Posthumous) Karnataka
80 Vidya Vindu Singh Uttar Pradesh
81 Raghuvendra Tanwar Haryana
82 Badaplin War Meghalaya
83 Sumit Antil Haryana
84 Pramod Bhagat Odisha
85 Neeraj Chopra Haryana
86 Sankaranarayana Menon Chundayil Kerala
87 Faisal Ali Dar Jammu and Kashmir
88 Vandana Kataria Uttarakhand
89 Sports Avani Lekhara Rajasthan

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90 Brahmanand Sankhwalkar Goa
91 Subbanna Ayyappan Karnataka
92 Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay West Bengal
93 Aditya Prasad Dash Odisha
94 Moti Lal Madan Haryana
95 Anil Kumar Rajvanshi Maharashtra
96 Ajay Kumar Sonkar Uttar Pradesh

Science and
97 Engineering Jyantkumar Maganlal Vyas Gujarat
98 Acharya Chandanaji Bihar
99 Shakuntala Choudhary Assam
100 S Damodaran Tamil Nadu
101 Basanti Devi Uttarakhand
102 Savaji Bhai Dholakia Gujarat
103 Om Prakash Gandhi Haryana
104 K V Rabiya Kerala
105 Gamit Ramilaben Raysingbhai Gujarat
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and

106 Prabhaben Shah Damanand Diu
107 Prem Singh Punjab
108 Baba Iqbal Singh Ji Punjab
109 Social Work Srimad Baba Balia Odisha
110 Dr. Himmatrao Bawaskar Maharashtra
111 Dr. Prokar Dasgupta United Kingdom
112 Dr. Lata Desai Gujarat
113 Dr. Vijaykumar Vinayak Dongre Maharashtra
Dr. Narendra Prasad Misra

114 (Posthumous) Madhya Pradesh
Dr. Sunkara Venkata Adinarayana

115 Rao Andhra Pradesh
116 Medicine Dr. Veeraswamy Seshiah Tamil Nadu

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117 Dr. Bhimsen Singhal Maharashtra
Dr. Balaji Tambe

118 (Posthumous) Maharashtra
119 Dr. Kamlakar Tripathi Uttar Pradesh
120 Public Affairs Malji bhai Desai Gujarat
121 Civil Service Guruprasad Mohapatra (Posthumous) Delhi
Others -
Grassroots
122 Innovation Abdul Khader Nadakattin Karnataka
123 Amai Mahalinga Naik Karnataka
124 Others – Agriculture Shri Seth Pal Singh Uttar Pradesh
125 Guru Tulku Rinpoche Arunachal Pradesh
Others – Sadguru Brahmeshanand Acharya

126 Spiritualism Swami Goa
Others – Animal
127 Husbandry Sosamma Iype Kerala
128 Others – Yoga Sivananda Uttar Pradesh
Key Personalities who were conferred with Padma Shri:

i.Olympians Neeraj Chopra, who won India’s first-ever track-and-field gold in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Pramod
Bhagat, and Vandana Kataria, and singer Sonu Nigam were named for the award Padma Shri.
ii.Prominent athlete Sumit Antil, who won gold medal with a world record throw of 68.55m in the javelin F64
event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics also comes under the list.
Additional info – No names were announced for the highest civilian award, Bharat Ratna, which was last awarded
in 2019 to former President Pranab Mukherjee, social reformer Nanaji Deshmukh, and singer Bhupen Hazarika.
Note –Former West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee and playback singer Sandhya Mukherjee
have refused the Padma awards.
In November 2021, the President of India, Ram Nath Kovind, felicitated the awardees of the cleanest cities of India
at the ‘Swachh Amrit Mahotsav’ hosted as part of Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban 2.0 (SBM-U 2.0) by the Ministry
of Housing & Urban Affairs (MoHUA) at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi.
Nizamuddin Revival Project, India’s project on the holistic urban revitalisation of the historic Nizamuddin Basti
community, in New Delhi, Delhi has won the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation
2021 under 2 categories: Award of Excellence and Special Recognition for Sustainable Development.
About Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA):
Union Minister – Amit Shah (Gandhi Nagar, Gujarat)
Minister of State – Nityanand Rai (Ujiarpur, Bihar); Ajay Kumar Mishra (Kheri, Uttar Pradesh) ; Nisith Pramanik
(Coochbehar, West Bengal)
Ladakh women’s team Won the 9th National Women’s Ice Hockey Championship 2022
The Ladakh women’s ice hockey team has won the 9th National women’s ice hockey championship in 2022.
The championship organised by the Ice Hockey Association of India was held in the Kaza in tribal districts Lahaul
and Spiti in Himachal Pradesh from 15th to 21st January 2022.

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• Chandigarh has been adjudged as the runner of the 2022 championship.

• Participants: Delhi, Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh, Chandigarh, Telangana and the Indo-Tibetan Border Police.
Telangana forest Minister launches 1st of its Kind Mobile App ‘Urban Forest Park’
The Forest Department of Telangana launched 1st of its Kind mobile app namely ‘Urban Forest Parks’ that gives
all information about theme based Urban Forest Parks and facilitates the visitors to plan their visits and journey.
• It was launched by the state’s Forest Minister Allola Indrakaran Reddy.
• It is developed by PamTen Software Solutions Private Limited.
Key Points:
i.The app provides all the information about the parks, including entry ticket fee, special features of the park,
distance from the app user, route app etc.
ii.In the first phase, the app discloses information for 39 parks developed under HMDA (Hyderabad Metropolitan
Development Authority), Medchal, Ranga Reddy and Hyderabad limits.
• In the second phase, information of all other parks across the State will be covered.
About Telangana:
Chief Minister (CM)– Kalvakuntla Chandrashekhar Rao
Wildlife sanctuaries– Pranahita wildlife sanctuary, Shivaram wildlife Sanctuary, Manjira Wildlife Sanctuary
Heritage Spots– Charminar, Mecca Masjid, Golconda Fort
Telangana Current Affairs - February 2022

PM Modi Unveils “Statue of Equality”, World 2nd Tallest Statue in Sitting Posture, Honouring
Saint Ramanujacharya in Hyderabad
Prime Minister(PM) Narendra Modi unveiled the “Statue of Equality”, 216-foot tall statue of Ramanujacharya, an
11th-century Bhakti Saint, at Jeeyar Integrated Vedic Academy (JIVA), in Muchintal, Hyderabad, Telangana.
This is the world’s 2nd tallest statue in a sitting posture, after the Great Buddha of Thailand statue (302 feet)
in Ang Thong, Thailand.
• The inauguration of the Statue of Equality, is a part of
the 12-day Ramanuja Sahasrabdi Samaroham, the
ongoing 1000th birth anniversary celebrations of
Ramanujacharya.
Note:
i.This is one of the tallest metallic statues in a sitting
position.
ii.The statue is mounted on a 54-feet high lotus built base
building named ‘Bhadra Vedi’, which features 3 floors
devoted to a Vedic digital library and research centre,
ancient Indian texts, a theatre, an educational gallery detailing many works of Sri Ramanujacharya.
Key People:
Tamilisai Soundararajan, Governor of Telangana; G Kishan Reddy, Union Minister of Tourism; religious guru
Tridandi Srimannarayana Chinna Jeeyar Swami were present during the event.
About the Statue of Equality:
i.The statue has been conceptualised by Sri Chinna Jeeyar Swamy of Sri Ramanujacharya Ashram.
ii.The statue was built by Aerosun Corporation, China at a cost of Rs 135 crore and shipped to India in 1600
pieces and installed in 2017-2018.
Features:
i.The “statue of equality” is made up of Panchaloha, a combination of 5 metals: gold, silver, copper, brass and
zinc
ii.The temple of Ramanujacharya covers an area of around 300000 square feet also features a 120 Kg gold idol.
About Ramanujacharya:
i.Ramanujacharya, a Vedic philosopher and social reformer, was born in 1017 in Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu.

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ii.He fought against social, cultural, gender, educational, and economic discrimination.
iii.He came up with the concept of Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam, to offer education for the deprived.
Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya Launches IMI 4.0 for Children, Pregnant Women
On February 07, 2022, the Union Health Minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya launched Intensified Mission
Indradhanush (IMI) 4.0 in New Delhi to protect children and pregnant women from severe diseases.
• While launching IMI 4.0, the Health Minister stated that India operates the largest immunization program
globally, covering over 30 million pregnant women and 26 million children every year under the Universal
Immunization Program (UIP).
Key Points:
i.The IMI 4.0 will give impetus to the vaccination coverage. As of now the immunization coverage among children
have increased to 76.4 percent as per National Family Health Survey(NFHS)-4.
ii.The IMI 4.0 will cover 416 districts across 33 states/UTs. It will focus more on those districts where the
vaccination coverage is comparatively low.
iii.2 Phases: The mission will be run in two phases, the 1st phase will be run in 11 states from February to April,
2022 and the second phase will be held from April to May, 2022.
• In the first round (Feb-April 2022), 11 states will conduct IMI 4.0. These are Assam, Uttarakhand, Gujarat,
Jammu & Kashmir, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tripura and Chhattisgarh. The others
(22 states/UTs) will conduct the rounds from April to May 2022. These states/UTs include Himachal
Pradesh, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, Odisha, Bihar, Puducherry, Delhi,
Punjab, Goa, Tamil Nadu, Haryana, Telangana, Jharkhand, Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu,
Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Kerala, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
iv.Under the IMI 4.0, 12 vaccines will be administered to the children.
v.Participants: Keshab Mahanta, Health Minister of Assam and Rushikesh Patel, Health Minister of Gujarat also
virtually participated in the launch.
vi.The Union Health Minister virtually launched the IMI 4.0 portal and released the “Operational Guidelines for
IMI 4.0”, “Strengthening Immunization in Urban Areas-A framework for Action” and a handbook for “Mahila
Arogya Samiti on Urban Immunization” and awareness material/IEC package developed as part of the campaign.
Note – Three rounds of IMI 4.0 have been planned to catch up on the gaps that might have emerged due to the
COVID-19 pandemic.Considering the recent upsurge of COVID-19 cases, states have been given the flexibility of
carrying out the activity either from February 2022- April 2022 or from March to May 2022. The first round will
start from 7th February 2022 onwards, the second will be from 7th March 2022, and the third round will be from
4th April 2022.
About UIP:
i.Immunization Programme was introduced in India in 1978 as ‘Expanded Programme of Immunization’ (EPI) by
the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
ii.In 1985, the programme was modified as UIP to be implemented in phased manner to cover all districts in the
country by 1989-90 with the one of largest health programme in the world.
iii.What is Immunization?
It is the process whereby a person is made immune or resistant to an infectious disease, typically by the
administration of a vaccine. Vaccines are substances that stimulate the body’s own immune system to protect the
person against subsequent infection or disease.
About Intensified Mission Indradhanush (IMI):
i.To strengthen and re-energize the UIP programme, and achieve full immunization coverage for all children and
pregnant women at a rapid pace, the Government of India launched ‘Mission Indradhanush (MI)’ in December
2014.
• Mission Indradhanush was also identified as one of the flagship schemes under Gram Swaraj Abhiyan
(16,850 villages across 541 districts) and Extended Gram Swaraj Abhiyan (48,929 villages across 112
aspirational districts).
ii.Objective: To ensure full immunization with all available vaccines for children up to 2 years of age and
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iii.To further intensify the immunization programme, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the IMI on October
8, 2017 to reach child and pregnant women who have been left uncovered under the UIP.
iv.To boost the routine immunization coverage in the country, Government of India has introduced IMI 2.0 from
to ensure reaching the unreached with all available vaccines from December 2019-March 2020.
v.IMI 3.0 scheme has been launched in February 2021 to cover children and pregnant women who missed routine
immunisation during the COVID-19.
FM Nirmala Sitharaman launches first Colour Souvenir coin on ‘Panchatantra’

On 11 February 2022, the Finance Minister (FM) Nirmala Sitharaman launched the first colour souvenir coin
on ‘Panchatantra’ on the occasion of 17th foundation day of Security Printing and Minting Corporation of India
Limited (SPMCIL).
• The event was virtually chaired by FM in the presence of the Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs
(DEA), Ajay Seth in New Delhi.
Key points:
i.During the event, Chief General Managers of the respective 09 Units of SPMCIL, awarded the meritorious
employees for their outstanding achievements.
ii.The Panchatantra, authored by Vishnu Sharma during 200 BC. It is an ancient Indian collection of interrelated
animal fables in Sanskrit verse and prose.
iii.The SPMCIL is involved in the manufacture/ production of Currency and Bank Notes, Security Paper, Non-
Judicial Stamp Papers, Postal Stamps & Stationary, Travel Documents, Cheques, Bonds, Warrant, Special
Certificates with security features etc.
Note – The highest denomination note ever printed by the Reserve Bank of India was the ₹ 10000 note in 1938
and again in 1954.
• The government owned presses are at Nasik (Western India),Dewas (Central India), Mysore (Southern
India) and Salboni (Eastern India).
• Coins are minted in four mints owned by the Government of India. The mints are located at Mumbai,
Hyderabad, Calcutta and Noida.
About Security Printing and Minting Corporation of India Limited (SPMCIL):
The SPMCIL is a wholly owned Schedule ‘A’ Miniratna Category-I company of Government of India.
Chairman & Managing Director– Tripti Patra Ghosh
Incorporated – 13th January, 2006
PM Modi Kickstarts 50th Anniversary Celebrations of ICRISAT; Inaugurates 2 Research Facilities

Prime Minister(PM) Narendra Modi visited the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
(ICRISAT) in Patancheru, Hyderabad and kickstarted the 50th Anniversary celebrations of ICRISAT.
ICRISAT is an international organisation that conducts agricultural research for development in Asia & sub-
Saharan Africa, established in 1972.
• He also inaugurated 2 ICRISAT research facilities: Climate Change Research Facility on Plant Protection and
Rapid Generation Advancement Facility, dedicated to the smallholder farmers of Asia and sub-Saharan
Africa.
• He also unveiled a specially designed ICRISAT logo and launched a commemorative stamp issued on the
occasion.
MoTA sanctions Rs 2.26cr for festival of Medaram Jathara 2022 in Telangana

The Ministry of Tribal Affairs (MoTA) has sanctioned Rs 2.26 crore for various activities related to the tribal
festival of Medaram Jathara 2022, the second-largest fair of India, after the Kumbh Mela.
• It is celebrated by the second-largest Tribal Community of Telangana, the Koya tribe for four days.
• For 2022, it is being celebrated from February 16-19.
Objective:
The festival aims to generate awareness and a harmonious bond between the visitors and the Tribal communities
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Key Points:
i.The Medaram Jathara is celebrated biennially (once in two
years) in the month of February in honour of the
Goddesses Sammakka and Saralamma, mother and
daughter duo. The Jatara begins at Medaram (a remote place
in the Eturnagaram Wildlife Sanctuary) in Tadvai Mandal
in Mulugu District, Telangana.
• It commemorates the valiant fight of these Goddesses
against the then Kakatiya dynasty rulers protesting
exaction of land tribute even at the time of severe
drought.
• It was declared as State Festival during 1998.
ii.It should be noted that the tribal culture and heritage will be the cynosure for 2022, under the Azadi Ka Amrit
Mahotsav.
iii.Further, the Ministry also sanctioned ₹ 7.00 Cr in 2019-20 and ₹ 5.00 Cr in 2021-22, under Article 271(1) for
establishing infrastructure like multi-purpose buildings in and surroundings of Medaram for utilising those as
community shelters during the Jathara period and as agriculture godowns in other seasons by local Tribals.
Tamil Nadu Surpasses Karnataka Became Top State in Overall Installed Renewable Capacity
According to the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MoNRE), Tamil Nadu (TN) has achieved
the first position in overall installed renewable energy capacity in India surpassing Karnataka.
• As of 31st January 2022, TN’s total installed renewable capacity stood at 15,914 MegaWatt (MW) as
compared to Karnataka’s total clean energy capacity of 15,795 MW.
• In recent years, Tamil Nadu has increased its capacity across solar and wind segments to regain its top
position against Karnataka.
Background:
i.In 2018, Karnataka achieved top position, to become the leader in total installed capacity in the clean energy
sector, supported by huge capacity addition in the solar segment and good progress in the wind power capacity.
ii.In January 2019, Karnataka’s total renewable capacity was 13,402 MW, while TN’s total capacity was 12,125
MW.
Solar Energy Capacity:
TN’s energy capacity:
i.TN being the early proponents of clean energy, it has the opportunity to increase the energy capacity in different
segments of solar energy generation like rooftop, large-scale solar parks, and wind-solar hybrid projects.
ii.As of 31st January 2022 TN’s total solar capacity increased to 4,894 MW (includes ground-mounted, rooftop
and off-grid capacity) from 2,575 MW as of 31st March 2019, while wind capacity increased to 9,857 MW from
8,969 MW during the same period.
Karnataka’s energy capacity:
Karnataka’s solar capacity increased to 7,535 MW as of January 31, 2022, from 6,096 MW as of March 31, 2019,
while its wind capacity grew to 5,077 MW from 4,695MW.
Other states:
i.Rajasthan and Gujarat added the highest renewable capacity (4.8 GW and 2.4 GW respectively) in the current
fiscal year till 31st January 2022.
ii.Gujarat – As of 31st January 2022, Gujarat’s total renewable capacity was 15,518 MW. Gujarat
attains 1st position in total rooftop solar installations.
• In India, out of a total 6,405 MW of rooftop capacity, Gujarat accounted for 1,679 MW.
• Gujarat has identified 1,00,000 hectares of wasteland in the Kutch district, Gujarat to build the world’s
largest renewable energy park that may generate an energy of 30,000 MW and accommodate 24,800
MW capacity of wind and solar power plants.

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iii.Rajasthan – As of 31st January 2022, Rajasthan’s overall renewable energy capacity was 14,983 MW and
also the 1st state in India to cross 10,000 MW of total solar capacity and stood at 10,507 MW, followed by
Karnataka (7,535 MW) and Gujarat (6,310 MW) and Tamil Nadu (4,894 MW).
iv.Other renewable resource rich states such as TN, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh(AP), Karnataka, Telangana and
Madhya Pradesh(MP) added a combined 2.2 GigaWatt (GW) of capacity during the same period.
Recent related news:
On October 25, 2021, the Union Minister of New and Renewable Energy (MoNRE) & Ministry of Power, R K
Singh launched India’s 1st ‘Green Day Ahead Market’ (GDAM) for the renewable energy (RE) to enable the
electricity generation and distribution companies (Discoms) to trade (i.e. buy or sell) RE in the day-ahead market.
About Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MoNRE):
Union Minister – Raj Kumar Singh (Constituency – Arrah, Bihar)
Minister of state – Bhagwanth Khuba (Constituency – Bidar, Karnataka)
J&K Becomes the 1st Union Territory to be integrated with NSWS

Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) became the 1st Union Territory (UT) to integrate with the National Single Window
System (NSWS) which marks a major leap in Ease of Doing Business (EoDB) in the UT.
• Lieutenant Governor of J&K Manoj Sinha launched the J&K Single Window Clearance System integrated with
NSWS in the presence of Arun Kumar Mehta, Chief Secretary, Government of J&K, Sumita Dawra, Additional
Secretary, Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Ranjan Thakur, Principal
Secretary Industries & Commerce, Government of J&K.
About NSWS:
i.NSWS is linked with India Industrial Land Bank (IILB) which hosts 45 industrial parks of J&K that will help
Investors to discover available land parcels in J&K.
• Currently, the portal hosts applications for 142 central approvals.
ii.NSWS will eliminate the need for investors to visit multiple platforms/offices to gather information and obtain
clearances from different stakeholders.
iii.20 Ministries / Departments and 14 States/UTs are on board on NSWS that includes Andhra Pradesh, Goa,
Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Punjab, Tamil
Nadu, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, and Uttarakhand.
NSWS Access:
i.The NSWS is a digital platform that serves as a guide for investors to identify and to apply for approvals as per
their business requirements which was announced in the 2020 budget.
ii.The Know Your Approval (KYA) module on NSWS guides investors to identify approvals required for their
business based on a dynamic intuitive questionnaire.
• Currently, the module hosts more than 3,000 approvals across Centre & States.
Background:
i.The NSWS platform was soft launched in September 2021 by the Union Minister for Commerce and Industry,
Textiles and Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Piyush Goyal.
ii.The NSWS portal has over 16,800 visitors, out of which 7,500 KYA queries have been serviced and over 1,250
investors have registered on the portal.
About Jammu & Kashmir:
Lieutenant Governor – Manoj Sinha
Lakes – Wular Lake, Surinsar Lake
Dams – Pakal Dul Dam, Salal Dam, Sewa St II Dam, Uri-II Dam
CMIE: India’s Unemployment Rate in January 2022 Falls to 6.57%; Lowest since March 2021
According to the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy Pvt. Ltd.(CMIE), the unemployment rate of India has
declined to 6.57% in January 2022, the lowest since March 2021(6.50%). In January 2022, the unemployment
rate in urban India is at 8.16% and the unemployment rate in rural India is at 5.84%.
• Telangana has reported the lowest unemployment rate with 0.7% followed by Gujarat (1.2 per cent),
Meghalaya (1.5 per cent) and Odisha (1.8 per cent).

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• Haryana has reported the highest unemployment rate with 23.4% followed by Rajasthan (18.9%) and
Tripura (17.1%).
CMIE estimated that as of December 2021, the number of unemployed in India were at 53 million. In December
2021, 35 million people in India were actively looking for work (23%or 8 million were women).
Telangana & British Council Signed MoU to Expand Higher Education Globally
The Government of Telangana and the British Council, an international organisation for educational
opportunities and cultural exchange, have signed a 3-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to renew the
partnership in education, English and arts.
Objective:
To facilitate research between institutions and assist to expand higher education globally, to offer global
opportunities for the youth of Telangana.
i.Under the extended 3 year MoU, the British Council has also signed an agreement with the Research and
Innovation Circle of Hyderabad (RICH) to work closely to engineer new partnerships between universities,
research institutions and centres of excellence in the UK and in Telangana.
• The British Council will be the key knowledge partner of RICH, to facilitate partnerships between RICH and
UK higher education institutions (HEIs) in aerospace, defence, life sciences and pharmaceuticals, food and
agriculture.
ii.Under this MoU, the British Council and the Telangana Government will take part in the joint innovation or
entrepreneurship initiatives such as sharing of best practices and/or development of bespoke courses to develop
relevant skills among the youths of Telangana.
Note:
The MoU and the agreement were signed in the presence of Jayesh Ranjan, Principal Secretary (IT & Industries),
Government of Telangana; Ajit Rangnekar, Director General of RICH and Andrew Fleming, British Deputy High
Commissioner to Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
About Telangana:
Chief Minister– K Chandrashekar Rao
Rivers- Godavari River; Krishna River
Lakes– Hussain Sagar; Osman Sagar
Ayana Renewable Power & Greenko Group Partners for Power Storage business
Ayana Renewable Power Private Ltd (Ayana) owned by National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) have
signed an agreement with Greenko Group, Hyderabad, Telangana to provide standalone storage capacity to
develop firm and dispatchable Renewable Energy solutions, including round-the-clock power supply of up to
1GW.
This is India’s first of its kind partnership between two independent power producers (IPP)(ie. Ayana & Greenko
Group).
About the partnership:
i.Under this partnership, Ayana and Greenko will collaborate to store 6-gigawatt hour (GWh) of power in hydro
pump storage plants, which is being built by the Greenko group at Pinnapuram, Andhra Pradesh(AP).
ii.This will support in providing round-the-clock green energy to user industries and electricity distribution
companies (discoms).
Idea of the partnership:
To use cheap green power during off-peak hours to raise water to a height and when the demand for electricity
goes up, the water will be released into a lower reservoir to generate electricity.
Key points:
i.The partnership against the backdrop of the Union budget including the energy storage systems such as dense
charging infrastructure and grid-scale battery systems in the harmonized list of infrastructure, which makes it
easier for projects like this to raise funds.
ii.Greenko Group has offered a total of 6,000 MWhr of storage capacity including 1,500 MWhr of storage capacity
in the first tranche from its Off Stream Closed-Loop Pumped Storage Project (OCPSP).

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About Ayana Renewable Power Private Ltd:

Chairman– S S Mundra
MD & CEO– Shivanand Nimbargi
Headquarters– Bengaluru, Karnataka
G Kishan Reddy Inaugurates 1st Global Summit on ‘Reimagining Museums In India’ in Hyderabad
The Minister for Culture, Minister of Tourism and Minister of Development of the North- Eastern Region, G.
Kishan Reddy inaugurated the first of its kind, a 2 – Day Global Summit on ‘Reimagining Museums in
India‘ virtually on 15th-16th February 2022 in Hyderabad, Telangana.
• Participants – Over 3000 participants from India, Australia, France, Italy, Singapore, United Arab
Emirates, United Kingdom and the United States are participating in the summit and participation is
open to the public.
About the summit:
i.The summit has been organised under the aegis of ‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’, the flagship program on
preserving, protecting, and perpetuating our cultural heritage to mark the 75th anniversary of India’s
independence.
ii.Four themes of the online summit – Architecture and Functional Needs; Management; Collections
(including Curation & Conservation practises); and, Education and Audience Engagement.
Efforts by GoI:
i.The Government of India (GoI) is developing 10 museums on tribal freedom fighters to recognise their
contribution in our freedom struggle and also delivers continued support towards specialised museums such
as Textiles and Crafts museums, Defence Museums and Railway Museums.
ii.Since 2014 the Ministry of culture has also been funding 110 museums across India and 18 science
museums are being developed to promote scientific temper.
iii.The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) which is functioning under the Ministry of culture also runs 52
museums across India.
Efforts by states:
i.Telangana has initiated a proposal for a Science City in Hyderabad, the support for 10 Museums including
the Salar Jung museum and the Tribal Museum for which allotment of land is being awaited from the state
government of Telangana.
ii.Further, 6 museums are being supported in Andhra Pradesh including a Tribal Museum in Lambasingi.
Preserving Rich heritage & culture:
Around 95% of the heritage object that was stolen or taken away has been returned during the tenure of
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi.
• Out of the 212 antiques that have been returned since 1976, 199 were returned after 2014, among
which 157 antiques have been returned from the United States of America (USA) recently.
Participants:
The Summit inauguration event was also attended and addressed by Alberto Garlindini, President of
International Council of Museums; Weber Nodoro, Director General of International Centre for the Study of
the Preservation and Restoration of the Cultural Property and Smt. Lily Pandeya, Joint Secretary Ministry of
Culture.
The Ministry of Tourism signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Indian Railway Catering and
Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) to strengthen the hospitality and tourism industry and to provide visibility to
accommodation units self-certified under System for Assessment, Awareness & Training for the Hospitality
Industry (SAATHI) on the Online Travel Aggregator (OTA) platform.
About Minister for Culture:
Union Minister – G. Kishan Reddy (Secunderabad, Telangana)
Minister of state – Meenakashi Lekhi (New Delhi, NCT of Delhi) ; Arjun Ram Meghwal (Bikaner, Rajasthan)

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NITI Aayog Report: Around 65% Hospital Beds Cater to 50% India’s Population
A NITI (National Institution for Transforming India) Aayog report titled ‘Reimagining Healthcare in India
through Blended Finance’ revealed that about 65 percent of hospital beds in India cater to almost 50
percent of India’s population.
From the report:
i.In India around 65 percent of hospital beds cater to almost 50 percent of the population concentrated in Uttar
Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, West Bengal and Kerala.
• The remaining 21 states and 8 Union Territories (UTs) have access to only 35 percent of hospital beds.
• The number of beds must be increased by at least 30 percent to ensure equitable access to healthcare
facilities for people.
ii.The report pointed out that India’s healthcare spending is 3.6 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP),
including out-of-pocket and public expenditure and the combined total government expenditure of both central
and state is 1.29 percent of GDP.
iii.India’s healthcare spending is least among BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) countries,
where Brazil spends the most (9.2 percent), followed by South Africa (8.1 percent), Russia (5.3 percent)
and China (5 percent).
iv.This informative and compelling white paper offers an overview of blended finance and its role in promoting
healthcare access in India while providing case studies on how to apply blended finance approaches and
examines the current challenges to achieving blended financing at scale.
About Healthcare sector:
i.According to the report, the hospital sector in India accounts for 80 percent of the total healthcare market.
• It was valued at USD 61.79 billion in FY17 and is expected to reach USD 132 billion by 2023, growing at
Compound Annual Growth (CAGR) of 16-17 percent.
ii.The primary care industry is currently valued at USD 13 billion. The preventive healthcare market in India was
valued at USD 49 billion in 2019 and is expected to reach USD 194 by 2025, expanding at a CAGR of
approximately27.30% during 2020-2025.
iii.Health insurance becomes the 2nd largest portfolio with a contribution of about 20 percent of non-life
insurance business.
• Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY) could increase the penetration of health insurance in India
from 34 – 50 percent.
iv.The market size for telemedicine in India is around USD 830 million as of 2019 is projected to increase to USD
5.5 billion by 2025, growing at a CAGR of 31 percent during 2020-25.
• India’s pharmaceutical sector is the 3rd-largest by volume globally and their cost of production is around
33% lower than that of the United States.
v.The size of the Indian medical devices market is estimated at USD 11 billion, and expected to grow to USD 50
billion by 2025.
Fund for SDG:
i.As per the latest estimates by the United Nations (UN), nearly USD 3.9 trillion is needed to achieve the
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030.
ii.In order to address access, affordability, and quality healthcare, USD 256 billion would be needed by 2034 to
achieve SDG related to health (SDG 3 – ‘Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages’).
• The funding requirement can be estimated at USD 156 billion with the adoption of new technologies and a
focus on prevention and wellness.
About Ministry of Health and Family welfare (MoHFW):
Union Minister – Mansukh Mandaviya (Rajya Sabha Gujarat)
Minister of state – Dr. Bharati Pravin Pawar (Dindori, Maharashtra)
18 Indian Airports including Chennai, Goa & Mangaluru Airport were named for 2021 ‘Voice of
the Customer’ award by ACI
The Airports Council International (ACI), an international organization for policy development in the Aviation
sector, has awarded 18 Indian Airports with the ‘Voice of the Customer’ award for 2021. ACI is also known as

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the trade association of the world’s airports.

The 18 recognized Indian Airports includes some of India’s
famous International Airports, including:
• Mangaluru International Airport of Karnataka
• Chennai International Airport from Tamil Nadu
• Cochin International Airport of Kerala
• Goa International Airport
• Biju Patnaik International Airport of Bhubaneswar,
Odisha
• Indira Gandhi International Airport of New Delhi
• Rajiv Gandhi International Airport of Hyderabad, Telangana
Click here to read more
Note – Mangaluru International Airport is one of the 6 airports that are under the Operational control of Adani
Airports for a period of 50 years, starting from 2020.
Over 200 airports have been recognized with the ‘Voice of the Customer’ award for 2021 around the world.
Highlights:
i.The award acknowledges the continued efforts of the airports that remain committed to giving priority to its
passenger’s safety during COVID-19 pandemic.
ii.The Airports were awarded for delivering most efficient services to the passenger and gathering passenger
feedback on customer needs in 2021.
About Airports Council International (ACI):
Director General- Luis Felipe de Oliveira
Headquarters– Montréal, Québec, Canada
Founded- 1991
Vijay Raghavan launched Beta Version of Swarajability, India’s 1st AI-based platform for
specially-abled jobseeker
A beta version of Swarajability, India’s 1st job portal powered by artificial intelligence (AI) for specially-abled
jobseekers has been launched by Vijay Raghavan, Principal Scientific Advisor to the Union Government.
• The portal is developed by Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Hyderabad, Telangana in association
with Youth4Jobs, Visual Quest and Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd.
• Swarajability helps people/ job seekers with disabilities acquire relevant skills and find jobs after analyzing
their profiles.
Key Points:
i.As a part of quadruple partnership, IIT-H offers its expertise in AI, Visual Quest India has developed the
platform. Youth4Jobs provides skilling services to the jobseekers while Kotak Mahindra Bank project is funding
this project.
ii.Notably, there are 21 million persons with disabilities in India, out of which about 70% are either unemployed
or underemployed. This project will aid them in getting employment opportunities.
Note – Right to PwD Act 2016 for the first time highlights the right of a person with a disability (PwD) to
education and employment.
Navars Edutech Launches 100 Satellite Constellations in Collaboration with Skyroot Aerospace
Navars Edutech Pvt Ltd, a hyderabad-based space startup in collaboration with Skyroot Aerospace will
launch 100 student-developed satellites constellations in the next 5 years.
Highlights:
i.After the partnership, Navars Edutech will be India’s first Space Education startup for K12 students to design
and launch satellites to space, using an indigenously developed private launch vehicle of Skyroot Aerospace.
ii.The first set of Satellites will be launched to Low Earth Orbit (LEO) with Skyroot’s maiden launch Vikram-
I in December-2022.

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• The students will develop the intended satellite constellations for astronomical observations.
• Navars will lead this exciting EdTech transformation for the first time in the country at the school level.
About Navars Edutech Pvt Ltd:
Navars Edutech is a leading Astronomy & Space education company with a primary focus to drive awareness and
education through engagement and innovation by offering real-life experience through live content, software
tools, hardware kits, and experiences among K12 students.
Co-Founder & CEO – Sravan Varma
About Skyroot Aerospace:
Skyroot Aerospace is a national award-winning Indian Start-up developing small satellite launch vehicles (Vikram
Series).
Co-Founder , CEO & chief Technology Officer (CTO) – Pawan Kumar Chandana.
DRDO Successfully Tests India’s 1st QKD Technology in 2 cities of Uttar Pradesh
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), in collaboration with Indian Institute of
Technology (IIT), Delhi for the 1st time successfully demonstrated India’s indegenious technology, Quantum Key
Distribution (QKD) link between Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh (UP) and Vindhyachal, UP, a distance of more
than 100 kilometres (km).
• It is developed by the Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics (CAIR), Bengaluru, and Mumbai-based
DRDO Young Scientists’ Laboratory– Quantum Technology (DYSL-QT).
Key Points:
i.With this success, the country has demonstrated indigenous technology of secure key transfer for bootstrapping
military grade communication security key hierarchy.
ii.The performance parameters have been measured and have been found to be repetitively within the reported
international standards at sifted key rates of up to 10 KHz.
Background:
In December 2020 DRDO first tested the QKD technology between two DRDO facilities in Hyderabad – the
Defence Research and Development Laboratory (DRDL) and Research Centre Imarat (RCI) for over a distance
of 12 km.
About QKD technology:
QKD is a secure communication method between defence and strategic agencies using cryptography that can be
achieved over a commercial grade optical fibre.
• It enables two parties to produce a shared random secret key known only to them, which can then be used
to encrypt and decrypt messages.
• The QKD technology also serves in a unified Cipher Policy Committee (CPC) framework for secured
management for current and future military cryptographic systems.
About Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO):
Parent Ministry – Ministry of Defence (MoD)
Headquarters – New Delhi, Delhi
Chairman – G Satheesh Reddy
World Unani Day 2022 – February 11

World Unani Day is annually observed across the globe on 11th February to commemorate the birth anniversary
of Mohammad Ajmal Khan, better known as “Hakim Ajmal Khan”, a great Indian Unani Scholar and social
reformer.
• The day also aims to spread awareness about healthcare delivery through the Unani system of medicine.
• The Unani Medicinal system originated in Greece. Later the Arabs saved much of the Greek Unani Literature
and rendered it into Arabic.

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Background:
i.The Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga, Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha, Sowa-Rigpa and Homoeopathy (AYUSH),
Government of India has declared the birth anniversary of Hakim Ajmal Khan, 11th February of every year as the
World Unani Day to recognise his contribution towards the development of Unani medicine in India and across
the world.
ii.The first ever World Unani Day was observed in 2017 at Central Research Institute of Unani Medicine
(CRIUM), an autonomous organization under the Ministry of AYUSH, in Hyderabad, Telangana.
International Conference on Unani Medicine:
The Central Council for Research in Unani Medicine (CCRUM), Ministry of Ayush, has organised an International
Conference on Unani Medicine on 10th & 11th February 2022 in hybrid virtual mode.
• The theme of this international conference is “Diet and Nutrition in Unani Medicine for Good Health and
Well-Being”.
About Hakim Ajmal Khan:
i.Hakim Ajmal Khan, born on 11th February 1868 in Delhi, British India, is an Indian Unani physician, an
educationist, and the founder of scientific research in the Unani System of Medicine.
ii.He was one of the founders of the Jamia Millia Islamia University, New Delhi. He was appointed as the first
chancellor of the university in 1920 and remained in office until his death in 1927.
iii.He took great interest in the expansion and development of Unani sytem of medicine and built three important
institutions, the Central College in Delhi, the Hindustani Dawakhana and the Ayurvedic and Unani Tibbiya
College better known as Tibbia College, Karol Bagh, Delhi, which expanded research and practice in the field and
saved the Unani System of Medicine from extinction in India.
iii.He was the founding member and President All-India Muslim League and he has also served as the President of
the Indian Congress.
About Unani System:
i.Unani System of Medicine is the science in which we learn various states of body, in health and when not in
health, and means by which health is likely to be lost and, when lost, is likely to be restored.
ii.Unani-Tibb or Unani Medicine is a form of traditional medicine practised in Middle- East and South- Asian
countries which originated in Greece almost 2500 years back.
iii.The Unani system discusses the health and diseased condition of the human body in all preventive, promotive
and curative aspects.
Central Council for Research in Unani Medicine (CCRUM):
Central Council for Research in Unani Medicine (CCRUM), established in 1978, is an autonomous organization
under the Ministry of AYUSH.
It is an organisation for research in Unani Medicine, engaged in conducting scientific research on the applied as
well as fundamental aspects of the Unani system of medicine.
Director-General– Prof. Asim Ali Khan
Headquarters– New Delhi, Delhi
APEDA’s 36th Foundation Day – 13th February 2022

Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) under the Ministry of
Commerce and Industry (MoCI), celebrated its 36th Foundation Day on 13th February 2022.
Background:
i.The Government of India established the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development
Authority (APEDA) under the APEDA Act passed by the Parliament in December 1985.
ii.The Act came into effect on 13th February 1986.
Events:
On the occasion of the 36th Foundation Day, APEDA has organised a series of events such as capacity building
programmes for farmers and exporters and trade meets with Farmer Producer Organizations (FPO) / Farmer
Producer Company (FPC), cooperatives & exporters.

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Important Initiatives and Measures of APEDA:

i.Exports of APEDA:
• APEDA supports the government in taking the export of agricultural products to USD 20.67 billion in 2020-
21 from USD 0.6 billion in 1986.
• APEDA constitutes around 49% of the overall agri-product exports in 2020-21. APEDA’s exports consist of
Cereals and fresh horticulture (59%), cereal preparations and miscellaneous processed items (23%), and
animal products (18%).
• The organisation has also supported the expansion of the export basket across 205 countries.
• APEDA’s target for 2021-22 is USD 23.7 billion, more than 70%, i.e., USD 17.20 billion has been achieved till
January 2022
ii.Target: APEDA in collaboration with farmers, exporters, processors & state governments contributes to
achieving the target of achieving USD 400 billion mercantile exports in FY 2021-22.
iii.Focus on GI tagged products:
• At present, there are 417 registered Geographical Indications (GI) products and around 150 GI tagged
products are agricultural and food GI of which more than 100 are listed under the category of APEDA
scheduled products (Fruits & Vegetables, Cereal, Confectionery, Herbal, Beverages etc.)
• Basmati Rice has been included in the Second Schedule of the APEDA Act.
• APEDA has been focusing on the promotion of exports of locally sourced Geographical Indications tagged as
well as indigenous, ethnic agricultural products.
iv.APEDA has constituted a Market Intelligence Cell and the activity of circulation of the E-market intelligence
reports comprising detailed market analysis has started.
v.APEDA has set up a Farmer Connect Portal on its website to offer a platform for FPOs/FPCs, and cooperatives to
interact with exporters.
vi.APEDA integrated a blockchain solution into its GrapeNet traceability platform to promote the use of hybrid
technology.
vii.GrapeNet, a web-based certification and traceability software system, is used to monitor fresh grapes exported
from India to the European Union.
• APEDA Trust Chain, a blockchain solution, tracks all the details of the export consignment, like the location of
the vineyards.
viii.In collaboration with the MoCI, APEDA has developed the Varanasi Agri-Export Hub and made landlocked
Purvanchal a new destination for Agri export activities.
xi.Agri Export Policy:
• The implementation of revamped Agri Export Policy is also in the final stage as 21 states and two union
territories (UTs) – Ladakh and The Andaman and Nicobar Islands, have already finalised the state-specific
action plan.
• States with specific action plans are Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Kerala, Nagaland, Tamil Nadu, Assam,
Punjab, Karnataka, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Manipur, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, Madhya
Pradesh, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh (The action plans of the
remaining 7 states are at different stages of finalisation).
• In consultation with the Indian Embassies and High Commissions of various countries, the country-specific
agri-export strategy reports have been prepared for 60 countries to utilise the opportunities emerging
during COVID-19 pandemic and the potential for Agri exports to countries.
To enhance the export of agricultural products APEDA promoted Information Technology (IT)-enabled activities
for ease of doing business in the promotion and development of exports from India.
Initiatives like paperless office, APEDA Mobile App, phase-wise delivery of online services, monitoring and
evaluation, uniform access, and virtual trade fair has been taken to ensure efficient and effective governance.
About APEDA:
Chairman– Dr. M. Angamuthu, IAS
Headquarter– New Delhi, Delhi

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Telangana Current Affairs - March 2022

India’s First 100 % Women-Owned Industrial Park Inaugurated in Hyderabad
On 9th March 2022 India’s first 100 percent women-owned ‘FLO (FICCI Ladies Organisation) Industrial
Park (FIP)’ in Hyderabad, Telangana powered by Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce &
Industry (FICCI) Ladies Organisation (FLO) in partnership with Telangana government was inaugurated with
the commencement of operations by 25 women-owned and operated units represent 16 diverse Green
Category Industries at the Park.
• It is the flagship project at a national level with participation open to Chapter Members, and the national
members of FLO.
• Objective – To propagate and encourage sustainable development and growth
About FIP:
i.FIP in Hyderabad, Telangana is around 50 acres and was established by FLO in association with Telangana
State Industrial Infrastructure Corporation (TSIIC) with an investment of Rs.250 crore. The FIP began
operations with 25 Green Projects in Hyderabad.
ii.The FIP includes amenities from the electronic sector to packaging, medical services, wellness, engineering
and food processing to demonstrate the power of women entrepreneurs.
• The park will also offer a home environment for women entrepreneurs including crèches and playschools.
Key Points:
i.During the inauguration ceremony of the industrial park, Minister for Municipal Administration & Urban
Development, Industries & Commerce, and Information Technology of Telangana K T Rama Rao has also
promised another 100 acres for the expansion of the FLO women industrial park and offered an additional 10
percent subsidy for women entrepreneurs.
• This paves way for female entrepreneurs to run and operate their business from this park.
About FICCI Ladies Organisation (FLO):
Establishment – 1983 (a division of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and industry (FICCI))
President – Ujjwala Singhania
Telangana tops country in terms of Per Capita Net State Domestic Product at Current Prices
Telangana became the top performing state in India with a population over one crore in terms of growth rate
of Per Capita Net State Domestic Product at Current Prices by Ministry of Statistics and Programme
Implementation (MoSPI).
• It succeeded other states like Maharashtra, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.
Highlights:
i.The Gross State Domestic Price (GSDP) of Telangana increased from Rs 359434 crores in 2011-12 to Rs
1,154,860 crores in 2021-22.
• It recorded GSDP growth by 31.12 per cent from 2011-12. It is one of the highest growth rates for any state
in the country.
ii.In terms of the percentage growth in GSDP, Telangana has shown the most rapid increase in its growth rate
by around 17% from 2020 to the present.
iii.Telangana provided more impetus to policies to transform the agricultural sector and simultaneously boost
the growth for the IT (Information Technology) and the pharma sectors.
• Major projects including Rythu Bandhu scheme for farmers, world’s largest lift irrigation Kaleshwaram
project to provide water to the fields and Arogya Laxmi scheme for pregnant and lactating women.
About Telangana:
Chief Minister- K Chandrashekar Rao
Rivers- Bhima River, Tungabhadra river

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ISRO will select 150 students for its YUVIKA Programme

A special programme for school students “YUva VIgyani KAryakram” (YUVIKA) or “Young Scientist
Programme” is organized by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). It will provide basic
knowledge related to space technology, space science and space applications to young students, especially rural
areas students.
Objective-
To create awareness about the emerging trends in science and technology amongst the young minds.
Highlights:
i.Under the YUVIKA-2022 residential programme, 150 students who are studying in Class IX as on March 1,
2022 will get selected across India from different schools. ISRO outlined the programme to “catch them
young”.
ii.It will start from May 16 2022 to May 28 2022 (two weeks) and the program include talks, experience-
sharing by eminent scientists, experimental demonstration, facility and lab visits etc.
iii.It will also encourage more students to pursue Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)
based research /career.
The programme will be held at five ISRO centres —
• Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), Thiruvananthapuram
• U R Rao Satellite Centre (URSC), Bengaluru
• Space Application Centre (SAC), Ahmedabad
• National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC), Hyderabad
• North-East Space Application Centre (NE-SAC), Shillong. PTI RS HDA HDA
About Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO):
Headquarters-Bengaluru, Karnataka
Founded- 1969
Chairman- S. Somanath
Progressive Reduction of MMR in India: Kerala Outperforms India’s Achievement in Reducing

MMR
The Registrar General of India has released a Sample Registration System (SRS) special bulletin on Maternal
Mortality Rate (MMR) for 2017–2019. India’s MMR has reduced to 103, a decrease of 10 points, when
compared to the previous data of 113 in 2016–2018, a decline of about 8.8%.
i.Since India is showing a persistent decline in MMR from 130 in 2014–2016, 122 in 2015–17, 113 in 2016–18,
and 103 in 2017–19, it will soon achieve below
• National Health Policy (NHP) target for MMR of 100/lakh live births by 2020.
• United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) target for MMR of 70/lakh live births by 2030.
ii.Kerala had recorded the lowest MMR of 30/lakh live births when compared to India’s MMR of 103, putting it
far ahead of the nation.
Key Highlights of the report:
i.Seven states have achieved SDG’s MMR target (70/lakh live births by 2030): Kerala (30), Maharashtra (38),
Telangana (56), Tamil Nadu (58), Andhra Pradesh (58), Jharkhand (61), and Gujarat (70).
ii.Nine states have achieved NHP’s MMR target (100/lakh live births by 2020): the above seven and the states
of Karnataka (83) and Haryana (96).
iii. Five states have MMR in between 100-150: Uttarakhand (101), West Bengal (109), Punjab (114), Bihar
(130), Odisha (136) and Rajasthan (141).
iv.Four states have MMR above 150: Chhattisgarh (160), Madhya Pradesh (163), Uttar Pradesh (167), also
showed an encouraging decline of 30 points and Assam (205).
Decline & Increase Ratio Status
• Three states such as Kerala, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh have shown a remarkable decline of more than
15% in their MMR.
• Six states namely, Jharkhand, Rajasthan, Bihar, Punjab, Telangana, and Andhra Pradesh have shown a
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• Besides, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Odisha and Karnataka showcased a decline between 5-10% in their
MMR.
• Four states namely West Bengal, Haryana, Uttarakhand and Chhattisgarh have shown an increase in MMR.
Some of the remarkable Government intervention to improve MMR:
Below are some of of the initiative/scheme launched for Pregnant women:-
• Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan (PMSMA) launched in 2016 for pregnant women.
• Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY) from 2017- a Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) scheme
under which cash benefits are provided to pregnant women.
• Labour Room Quality Improvement Initiative (LaQshya) in 2017 , Surakshit Matratva Ashwasan (SUMAN)
from 2019 and Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) are launched in the motive of preventing Maternal Mortality
Rate.
• Janani Shishu Suraksha Karyakram (JSSK), free and cashless services including normal deliveries and
caesarean operations and sick new born(up to 30 days after birth).
• Anemia Mukt Bharat (AMB) introduced in 2018 to reduce anemia prevalence.
NTPC Commissions Additional Capacity at Ramagundam Floating Solar Project

NTPC Limited, formerly known as National Thermal Power Corporation Limited, has made commercially
operational an additional 42.5 MW of power generation capacity at Ramagundam floating solar
project (largest floating solar plant in the country in a single location) in Telangana.
• With the successful commissioning of the 3rd part capacity of the Ramagundam project (100 MW capacity),
the total capacity of the project has reached 80 MW.
• Previously NTPC had commissioned 17.5 MW (Part-I) and 20 MW (Part-II) of the project.
• The total installed capacity of NTPC is 68,609.68 MW.
NSE Partners with Telangana Government to Fuel Growth of MSMEs

On 4th March 2022 National Stock Exchange(NSE) of India Limited, a leading stock exchange collaborated with
the Telangana government to encourage and support the MSMEs (Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises) of the
state for listing.
• Listing facilitates better access to capital for their future growth story, enhances credibility and visibility at
national level and supports unlocking valuation.
About the collaboration:
i.NSE with the support of the Telangana government will conduct awareness drives through seminars, camps,
knowledge sessions, road shows and workshops to guide corporates in fundraising on NSE Emerge platform.
• On its part, the state government (Telangana) will facilitate MSMEs to get listed on NSE Emerge by
considering ways to reimburse certain expenses incurred on fund raising with a predefined upper limit.
• The state will also set up a government-sponsored equity participation fund to invest in the fast-growing
Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) on the exchange platform.
Telangana’s effort towards ease of doing business:
i.The Government of Telangana has been a forerunner in providing ease of business for MSMEs.
• It has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the NSE to enable SMEs to list on the NSE
Emerge platform to raise capital and scale up their business globally.
ii.At present, 241 companies from various sectors are listed on SME Emerge with over Rs 3,683 crore total
funds raised on the platform.
• The platform has 10 companies from Telangana.
About Telangana:
Lakes – Himayat sagar, Durgam Cheruvu
Dams – Dindi Reservoir, Kaddam Narayana Reddy reservoir

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Finance Minister Of Telangana Proposed Budget For The Year 2022-23

The Finance Minister (FM) of Telangana Harish Rao presented the budget of Rs 2.56 lakh crore for the
financial year 2022-23. The budget focused on infrastructural development of the state, healthcare, security
and agriculture.
i.The budget includes revenue expenditure of Rs 1,89,274.82 crore and capital expenditure of Rs 29,728.44
crore.
ii.FM described the budget as `KCR Mark Budget’.
Flagship Programmes Of The Budget:
i.The budget introduced new flagship Dalit Bandhu scheme of Rs 17,700 crore.
• For the welfare of STs, BCs, Brahmins, the government allotted a budget of Rs. 12,565 crores, Rs. 5698
crores, Rs. 177 crores respectively.
ii.Agriculture has been allocated with Rs 24,254 crore, Rs 22,675 crore has been allocated for irrigation.
• Agricultural loans of farmers up to Rs 50,000 will be waived before the end of March 2022. while loans up
to Rs 75,000 will be waived during the next FY-23.
iii..Rs 1000 crore will be spent to strengthen the public health infrastructure, medical education and
government medical colleges.
Proposals Of The Budget For The Financial Year 2022-23:
i.Infrastructure:
• Rs 3,330 crore allocated to Palle Pragathi, or transformation of villages and Rs 1,394 crore allocated to
Pattana Pragathi or development of towns.
• Rs 7,289 crore allocated to Mana Ooru, Mana Badi programme to strengthen infrastructure in schools and
for rural areas, Rs 3,497 crore allocated to 9,123 schools.
• The government has decided to finance the construction of houses for the poor at Rs 3 lakh per beneficiary.
ii.Agriculture:
• The total cultivated area in Telangana has been increased from 1.31 crore acres in 2014-15 to 2.09 crore
acres in 2020-21 with the help of Mission Kakatiya, irrigation projects and Rythu Bandhu with the total of
Rs 50,448 crore.
• Rs 3,000 crore will be spent through Telangana Urban Finance Infrastructure Development Corporation
Limited (TUFIDC) for the construction of Vaikunta Dhamams in all villages with an outlay of Rs 1,547 crore,
Rs 276 crore will be spent on Bio mining Programme.
• Rs 1,000 crore allocated for the promotion of oil palm cultivation during 2022-23.
Other Schemes:
i.Reduction in the age limit for social security (Aasara) pensions from 65 years to 57 years.
ii.Rs 2,750 crore allocated to Kalyana Lakshmi and Shaadi Mubarak schemes.
iii.Irrespective of the pandemic situation, the Information Technology (IT) exports from Telangana valued at Rs
1,45,522 crore in 2021 with a growth rate of 12.98%.
iv.Providing KCR Nutrition Kits to 1.25 lakh malnourished/under-nourished pregnant women and lactating
mothers every year in Adilabad, Kumram Bheem, Bhadradri, Bhupalapally, Kamareddy, Vikarabad, Mulugu,
Gadwal in Kurnool districts.
Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) And Per Capita Income:
i.The Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) for the year 2021-22 shows a growth rate of 19.1% at Rs 11,54,860
crore against Gross domestic product (GDP) (national) growth rate of 8.9%.
ii.With the outlay of Rs 24,254 crore for the year 2022-23, the agriculture sector has contributed over 20% to
GSDP.
iii.Per capita income of Telangana was Rs 2,78,833 in 2021-22 with an 18.8% growth rate against the national
average of ₹1,49,848, which has 18.1% growth.
Recently Related News:
i.India’s first Coal-to-Methanol plant launched at BHEL, Hyderabad
• The Union Minister for the Ministry of Heavy Industries, Mahendra Nath Pandey dedicated India’s first
‘Coal to Methanol’ (CTM) pilot plant in the Hyderabad unit of Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL).

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• It is the first-of-its-kind technology demonstration in India, which converts high-ash contain Indian coal to
methanol through the gasification route.
ii.Dr Jitendra Singh Inaugurates India’s First ‘Open Rock Museum’ at Hyderabad
• On 6th January 2022, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology Dr Jitendra Singh
inaugurated India’s first & unique ‘Open Rock Museum’ at the campus of Council of Scientific & Industrial
Research – National Geophysical Research Institute (CSIR-NGRI), Hyderabad, Telangana & later addressed
the Hyderabad Scientists at CSIR-NGRI.
About Telangana:
Chief Minister – K. Chandrashekar Rao
Formation Of Telangana – The 29th State of India, formed in June 2014.
Microsoft to Set up its Datacentre in the Region in Hyderabad, Telangana; 4th Data centre in
India
Microsoft Corporation(Microsoft) announced its intent to establish its latest datacenter region in Hyderabad,
Telangana. This will be Microsoft’s largest datacenter investment in India. The Hyderabad datacenter region,
the 4th datacentre in India, will be an addition to the existing network of three regions in India across Pune,
Mumbai, and Chennai.
• This investment is in line with Microsoft’s commitment to supporting customers thrive in a cloud and
Artificial intelligence (AI) -enabled digital economy and become part of the world’s largest cloud
infrastructure.
• This will also be one of the largest foreign direct investments (FDIs), that the state of Telangana has
attracted.
About the Hyderabad Datacentre:
i.The new data centre region in Hyderabad will spread across three sites: Chandanvelly, Ellikatta, and Kottur.
ii.Over the next 15 years, Microsoft will spend over Rs 15,000 crore on the project.
iii.A data centre region essentially means a set of data centres spread across a wide expanse of land.
iv.The datacentre will deliver advanced data security and cloud solutions that will help enterprises, start-ups,
developers, education, and government institutions.
v.This will offer the entire Microsoft portfolio across the cloud, data solutions, AI, productivity tools, and
customer relationship management (CRM) with advanced data security, for enterprises, start-ups, developers,
education, and government institutions.
Key Points:
i.This is in line with Microsoft’s commitment to strengthen India’s economic resurgence and evolution as an
important innovation hub.
ii.This will also be one of the largest foreign direct investments (FDIs) the state has attracted.
Note: Hyderabad hosts one of the largest Microsoft offices in the world.
About Microsoft Corporation(Microsoft):
Chairman& CEO– Satya Nadella
Headquarters– Redmond, Washington, United States of America
MoMA Extends The Deadline of Qaumi Waqf Boards Taraqqiati Scheme

The Ministry of Minority Affairs (MoMA) has extended the deadline for the Qaumi Waqf Boards Taraqqiati
Scheme(QWBTS) (Former Scheme of Computerization of Records & Strengthening of State Waqf Boards)
(geotagging the Waqf properties) from March 2022 to November 2023. The Central Waqf Council, New Delhi
is the Nodal Agency for implementation of the Scheme.
Aim of Qaumi Waqf Boards Taraqqiati Scheme (QWBTS):
i.To map the immovable assets under the Waqf boards, to ensure its proper utilisation and monetisation.
ii.It also aims to ensure that the properties are not lost to encroachments and other counter ownership claims.
Geotagging of Waqf properties:
i.Out of six lakh Waqf properties, 2 lakh properties have been geotagged in the past 5 years.
ii.To speed up the survey nearly 29 agencies were formed to carry out the Geographic Information Systems

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(GIS)/ Global Positioning Systems (GPS) survey.

iii.The agencies include IITs in Hyderabad, Jodhpur, and Kanpur as also the Jamia Millia Islamia in Delhi.
Delayal In The Geotagging:
i.The estimation was to geotag at least 50 percent of the properties by March 2020, But by February 2021, the
exercise had been undertaken only for 96,000 properties, as per the standing committee report.
ii.Over 6 Lakh Waqf registered properties, survey showed nearly 2 lakh properties were newly registered.
iii.Chhattisgarh alone has reported 36,000 new properties, which needs to be verified.
Note
Geotagging is the process of appending geographic coordinates to media based on the location of a mobile
device.
About Central Waqf Council:
Chairman – Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi (Current Union Minister of Minority Affairs)
SBI to set up Innovation, Incubation and Acceleration Centre at Hyderabad, Telangana

The State Bank of India (SBI) will set up an Innovation, Incubation and Acceleration Centre (IIAC) at
Hyderabad, Telangana which will be operational in six to nine months of on-boarding a consultant.
• This Centre will be the bank’s in-house capability to enhance its current performance and drive higher top-
line growth through innovation.
Features of IIAC:
i.It will help the bank to develop a set of technologies, knowledge, and skills for the introduction of new
products and services.
ii.It will act as a central body to govern and drive fin-tech partnerships and implement change across the bank.
iii.It will explore emerging innovations, market shifts or technologies that could impact the bank’s status quo;
pursue large-scale initiatives, will redefine the existing business or create a new business unit or division for
the bank; and transfer innovation from prototype to project/product that can be monetised by the bank.
About State Bank of India (SBI):
Chairman – Dinesh Kumar Khara
Establishment – 1st July 1955
Headquarters – Mumbai, Maharashtra
TDB & Skyshade Daylights Pvt. Ltd. Signs MoU to Promote Start-up in Daylight Harvesting
Technology
On 3rd March 2022 Technology Development Board (TDB) , a statutory body under the Department of Science
& Technology (DoS&T) in presence of Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology Dr
Jitendra Singh signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Skyshade Daylights Private
Limited, Hyderabad, the only Start-up company in India for Daylight Harvesting Technologies.
• The MoU was signed to promote possibly India’s first Start-up in indigenously built latest Daylight
Harvesting Technology to reduce carbon footprint and improve the building energy efficiency.
• Skyshade Daylights Private Limited aims to create Green & Net zero buildings and to participate and
contribute in national missions under the National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC).
About MoU:
i.The Technology Development Board (TDB) will give Rs 5 Crore of the 10 Crore project to Skyshade company
for developing new technologies for basement illumination on a 24×7 basis.
ii.The company will design & build operations of large skylight domes for building atriums and solar thermal
technologies.
• The company also has 2 more innovative solutions named Human centric-climate adaptive building
facades and Central integrated daylighting system that are easily affordable, adaptable and economically
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Why Daylight Technology?

i.Daylighting is basically bringing natural sunlight inside the rooms and also the solar energy spectrum
has 45% energy as visible light that can be used to harvest building illumination for about 9-11 hours a day.
ii.This technology reduces electrical lighting energy consumption by 70-80% with the help of natural daylight,
besides reducing air-conditioning (cooling load) consumption.
Commitment towards climate change:
i.India has set an ambitious target at the COP26 summit in Glasgow to achieve a capacity of 175 GigaWatt
(GW) of its energy requirement from renewable energy sources by the end of 2022, and committed to
achieve 500 GW by 2030.
ii.At COP 26, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on behalf of India, presented to the world the five nectar
elements ‘PANCHAMRIT’, as India’s commitment, to deal with the issue of climate change.
• The daylight harvesting technology will contribute to meet one of the commitments of the five nectars of
‘PANCHAMRIT’ (i.e.), to make India as Net Zero emission country by 2070.
About Department of Science and Technology (DoS&T):
Parent Ministry – Ministry of Science and Technology
Secretary – Dr. Srivari Chandrasekhar
Highlights of Wings India 2022: Asia’s Largest Event on Civil Aviation held in Hyderabad,
Telangana
On March 24-27, 2022, the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA), Airports Authority of India (AAI) and Federation
of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) jointly organized Wings India 2022 on the
theme ‘India@75: New Horizon for Aviation Industry’ at Begumpet Airport, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
Telangana is the host state of the event.
• Wings India is a forum connecting buyers, sellers, investors, and other stakeholders for new business
acquisition, investments, policy formation and regional connectivity.
• It is Asia’s largest event on Civil Aviation (Commercial, General and Business Aviation)
CSIR-NAL showcases civil aircraft initiatives at Wings India 2022
CSIR (Council of Scientific & Industrial Research)-National Aerospace Laboratories (CSIR-NAL), Bengaluru,
Karnataka participated in the event to showcase its indigenous initiatives of civil aircrafts.
HANSA–NG:
The major attraction of CSIR-NAL is its HANSA–NG (New Generation) Aircraft which was piloted by Wg. Cdr.
Dilip Reddy, an Experimental Test Pilot of IAF (Indian Air Force). Notably, during Wings India 2022, CSIR-NAL
received firm commitments for 10 Nos of HANSA-NG from M/s Belagavi Aviation Pvt Ltd; M/s Blue ray aviation
has also shown interest in acquiring 3 nos of the aircraft.
• HANSA–NG Aircraft designed and developed by CSIR-NAL.
• HANSA-NG is one of the most advanced two seat flying trainer aircraft powered by Rotax Digital Control
Engine with unique features like Just-In-Time Prepreg (JIPREG) Composite lightweight Airframe, among
others. It is capable offlying upto an altitude of 10000ft with max speed of 200 kmph with more than 5 hrs
endurance.
• Click Here to Read more about HANSA-NG
Multi-copter Drones:
NAL also showcased their multi-copter drone. Their unique feature is fully autonomous BVLOS (Beyond Visual
Line of sight) operation capability with max payload capability of 20kg with endurance of about 30 mins.
• Agreements / Technology Transfer of these multi-copters (Quad, Hexa, Octa) were signed with M/s
Scientech Industries Pvt Ltd, Indore, M/s Magic Myna, Coimbatore and M/s C I Network Technologies Pvt
Ltd, Ahmedabad during Wings India.
• They will start production in next three months’ time @ rate of 100 – 200 drones per month.
SARASMK2:
NAL showcased the fully loaded 1:1 mockup of SARASMK2/SARAS-Mk II which is a 19 Seat Light Transport
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(AirAmbulance). It is exclusively designed for operations from short runways, hot and high airfields, and semi-
prepared runways for connecting Tier 1 & Tier 2 cities / towns.
• It has capability to fly upto 29000 ft at max speed of 500 kmph with range of 778 km and will be ideal
candidate for promoting regional air connectivity under UDAN (UdeDesh ka Nagrik) scheme.
High Altitude Platforms (HAP):
It is a solar-powered UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) capable of day & night operation at a height of 20 km for
more than 90 days.
Others:
NAL also showcased their other innovations like intermediate modulus grade carbon fiber, carbon prepreg,
special coatings for aerospace applications, Cf-SiC composites, Just-In-time Pre-preg, thermoplastic composites,
ARINC 818 IP core, etc., for various aerospace applications towards self-reliance are demonstrated.
AAI and BEL join hands to develop indigenous Air Traffic Management Systems:
The Airports Authority of India (AAI), under its R & D (Research & Development) initiative has signed an
agreement with Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) for the joint, indigenous development of Air Traffic
Management Systems (ATMS) and surface movement of aircraft at airports in the country which were hitherto
being imported.
Signatories:
It was signed by B K Sarkar, Executive Director (ATM) from AAI and M V Raja Sekhar, Director (R & D) from
BEL in presence of Sanjeev Kumar, Chairman AAI, and other senior officials of AAI & BEL at Wings India 2022.
What will be done under the agreement?
Under this Agreement, BEL and AAI will jointly develop Civil ATMS with Advanced-Surface Movement
Guidance and Control System (ASMGCS) which is a complex ground surveillance system that manages air
traffic at airports and in Indian Civil Airspace for safe operation of flights from take-off to landing.
• Air traffic control ensures safety, maintaining separation between multiple aircraft, and efficient
management of operations at the airport and Indian airspace.
• ASMGCS provides routing, guidance and surveillance services to aircraft and vehicles, on the ground, in
order to maintain safe surface movement in all weather conditions at the airport.
Wings India Awards 2022:
The Award Ceremony was co-organized by the Ministry of Civil Aviation and FICCI on March 25, 2022 at Hotel
Taj Krishna, Hyderabad, on the side-lines of Wings India 2022. The awards were presented by Union
Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia, MoCA.
• Wings India Awards are conferred upon the Aviation-related Companies/Institutions/Organizations that
have created benchmarks in the area of Civil Aviation in India.
Bengaluru Airport awarded ‘Best Airport’ & ‘Aviation Innovation’
The Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru (BLR Airport), has won two major awards for its customer-
centric approach, smart innovations, and adoption of cutting-edge technology.
• It has been named the ‘Best Airport’ in the General Category, as well as the winner of the ‘Aviation
Innovation’ Award.
Mumbai airport awarded the Aviation Sustainability &Environment Award
Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) has been conferred the ‘Aviation
Sustainability & Environment’ award for its efficient green practices.
• It is the first airport in the Asia Pacific to have published a Sustainability report as per the Global
Reporting Initiative (GRI) standards.
Cochin International Airport Ltd bags Covid Champion Award
Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL) bagged the ‘Covid Champion Award’ at Wings India 2022 for the
successful implementation of a meticulous project named ‘Mission Safeguarding’ during the pandemic to
ensure safe travel at Kochi Airport.
• It followed the 5R rule; Recognise, Respond, Repeat, Record, and Refer for this project.
• Delhi Intl Airport Ltd (DIAL) also received the Covid champions award.

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Vistara bags 3 Awards:

Vistara won three prestigious awards – Best Domestic Airline, Aviation Sustainability & Environment and Covid
Champions.
• It won the Best Domestic Airline award for the second time in a row.
Other Awards: The states of Kerala, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, and Karnataka have been
named the Most Dynamic States in Aviation.
i.MoCA provided the exceptions to import drones for Government & Educational institutes for R&D, defence
and security with proper “due clearances” from DGFT.
ii.The government of Haryana in collaboration with MoCA to establish India’s first-ever
Heli Hub in Gurugram. The first of its kind heli-hub in Gurugram is designed to all the facilities in one place for
Helicopters.
About Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA):
Union Minister – Jyotiraditya Scindia (Rajya Sabha- Madhya Pradesh)
Minister of State – Vijay Kumar Singh (Constituency – Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh)
16th Edition of The Wealth Report 2022: India ranks 3rd in billionaire population globally; US
Tops
According to Knight Frank’s 16th edition of The Wealth Report 2022, the number of ultra-high-net-worth-
individuals (UHNWIs) globally increased by 9.3 percent in 2021 to 6,10,569, from 5,58,828 in 2020. India
ranked 3rd in billionaire population globally. United States (US) Tops with most billionaire.
• In India, the number of UHNWIs (net assets with US$ 30m or more) has grown by 11% year-on-year (YoY)
in 2021, the highest percentage growth in Asia-Pacific (APAC).
• Objective of World Wealth Report 2022 – To provide an annual assessment of how wealth creation is
shaping investment markets, and to highlight opportunities and risks.
The Wealth Report 2022:
i.India – India ranked 3rd in billionaire population globally in 2021with equity markets and digital adoption
as the key factors driving the growth in India.
• Around 69 percent of the super wealthy individuals in India are expected to witness an increase of over 10
percent in their net worth in 2022.
• Amongst the Indian cities, Bengaluru witnessed the
highest growth in the number of UHNWIs with 17.1
percent to 352 followed by Delhi with 12.4 percent to
210 and Mumbai with 9 percent to 1596 in 2021.
ii.Globally – Every region across the world saw an increase in
the number of UHNWIs between 2020 and 2021 – Americas
(+12.2%), Russia & CIS (+11.2%), Australasia (+9.8%), Middle
East (+8.8%), Latin America (+7.6%), Europe (+7.4%) and
Asia (+7.2%) – except for Africa, where the UHNWI population declined by 0.8%.
• Asia continues to be ahead of other regions of the world, the billionaires’ club contributing to 36 percent of
the total billionaires in the world in 2021.
From the Report:
Countries with most number of billionaires:
Countries 2021 (actual numbers) 2020-2021 (percentage)
United States (US) 748 15%
Chinese Mainland 554 32%
India 145 24%

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Germany 136 14%

Russia 121 20 %
Growth & Decline in UHNWI population:
(Growth):
Country 2020-2021 (percentage Growth)
United States 12.6 %
United Kingdom 11.30%
France 9.90%
Japan 8.40%
Chinese Mainland 6.20%
(Decline):
Country 2020-2021 (percentage decline)
Malaysia -0.40%
Vietnam -1.00%
Tanzania -1.60%
Kenya -2.00%
South Africa -7.10%
Top 3 Indian Cities With Highest UNHWIs:
Indian Cities No.of UNHWIs in 2021
Mumbai 1596
Hyderabad 467
Pune 360
New category of The Wealth Report 2022:
i.For the 1st time, Knight Frank has examined the size of the ‘next generation’ of the world’s UHNWI
population which is estimated that 135,192 UHNWIs are self-made and under the age of 40, accounting for
around a fifth of the total UHNWI population.
ii.With the increase in population over the next 5 years, the global UHNWIs population will grow by 28 %, with
Asia and Australasia (+33% each) North America (+28%) and Latin America (+26%).
• India has ranked 6th in percentage growth of the UHNWI population that is self-made and under the age of
40 years.
Size of next generation in India:
i.In India, the UHNWI population is expected to grow by 39 percent between 2021 and 2026, with 19,006
people expecting to have net assets of USD 30 million or more by 2026.
• Bengaluru is projected to witness an increase of 89 percent of the UHNWI population and become home
to 665 ultra-wealthy individuals by 2026.
ii.Previous estimates – In the last 5 years, Delhi has witnessed an increase of 101.2% followed by Mumbai
(+42.6%) and Bengaluru (+22.7%).
According to the Interim Edition of Global Wealth Report 2020 released by Credit Suisse – the overall
wealth of India’s super-rich decreased by 4.4% to USD 12.83 trillion in 2020 due to the fall in Rupee value.

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About Knight Frank:

Senior Partner & Group Chairman- Alistair Elliott
Managing Director (MD), Asia Pacific – Kevin Coppel
Headquarters- London, United Kingdom.
Skoch State of Governance Ranking in 2021: Andhra Pradesh Retains Top Rank for the 2nd
Consecutive Year
On 10th March 2022 The SKOCH Group, a delhi-based think tank released the SKOCH Governance Report
Card for 2021, in New Delhi ranking the states according to their performance in various projects at state,
district and municipal level.
• Andhra Pradesh has retained its top position for the 2nd consecutive year and secured 1st in star
state category whereas Telangana has showed good
improvement by securing 6th position and entered
into performer state category.
• Andhra Pradesh also bagged top position in police and safety,
agriculture, district administration and rural development.
• The states or Union Territories that have slipped from their
ranking in the previous year are Tamil Nadu, Karnataka,
Kerala, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Delhi, Jharkhand, Arunachal
Pradesh, Tripura and Sikkim.
About SKOCH State of Governance report 2021:
i.The SKOCH State of Governance report is an annual report that studies project-level outcomes across various
states of India.
ii.The SKOCH State of Governance report also maps the shifting interests of different state governments and
provides valuable insights into governance trends and opportunities.
• In 2021, focus has been shifted towards Agriculture, Ease of Doing Business, Finance & Revenue, Power &
Energy, Social Justice & Security, Urban Development and Water.
• In 2022, the focus might be shifted towards education because of increasing educational institutes after a
substantial period.
Ranking Categories:
According to the ranking, the states are divided in 4 categories, namely, Star states, Performer states, Catching-
up states and Other States.
i.Top five best ranked states are categorised as Star states
2020 (previous year rank) State 2021 (current year rank)
1 Andhra pradesh 1
3 West Bengal 2
8 Odisha 3
2 Gujarat 4
7 Maharashtra 5
ii.The next five best ranked states are categorised as Performer states
9 Telangana 6
6 Uttar Pradesh 7
5 Madhya Pradesh 8
23 Assam 9
16 Himachal pradesh 10

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iii.Top five states that are below the rank of Performers are categorised as CATCHING-UP
11 Bihar 11
14 Haryana 12
25 Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) 13
28 Chhattisgarh 14
14 Rajasthan 15
In December 2021, on the occasion of Good Governance day (December 25), Union Minister of Home Affairs
and Minister of Cooperation, Amit Shah released the Good Governance Index 2020-21 (GGI 2021) which was
a biannual exercise prepared by Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances
(DARPG).Gujarat has topped the composite ranking followed by Maharashtra and Goa.
About SKOCH Group:
The SKOCH Group companies include SKOCH Consultancy Services Private Limited, SKOCH Media and SKOCH
Development Foundation.
Chairman – Sameer Kochhar
Telangana Becomes First State in India to Implement Crop Diversification Index

Telangana turned out to be the first state in India to adopt the Crop Diversification Index (CDI) by way of
recording their crop diversification pattern in the form of an index.
According to the CDI, Telangana grows 77 varieties of crops, out of which only 10 crops (mostly grains) are
chosen for crop diversification.
• The districts of Nirmal, Vikarabad, and Sangareddy emerge as the most diverse, ranking in the top 3 in the
state.
• The least diversified districts (bottom 3) in the state in terms of crop diversification would be Peddapalli,
Karimnagar, and Suryapet, where paddy is the most cultivated crop, showing a decrease in the cropping
areas of maize and an increase in the cropping areas of cotton.
About Crop Diversification Index (CDI):
i.All the areas under the 77 different crops, which include food, non-food, and cash crops, as well as the areas
under floriculture practices, have been considered to calculate the index.
ii.The index has a starting value of ONE representing the percentage of total cultivated area devoted to a single
crop.
iii. Many districts in the state have index values ranging from 0 to 5, and the higher the value, the greater the
agricultural diversification.
iv.The index would serve as the baseline for future crop diversification in the state.
v. Next to paddy and maize, which are the traditionally grown crops in the state, pulses were the most
preferred crops by the farmers.
About Telangana:
Forts – Golkonda Fort, Warangal Fort, Gadwal Fort
CtrlS bags ASSOCHAM Sustainability Award

On March 4th 2022 , The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry (ASSOCHAM) awarded its Award
for Sustainability Excellence in Energy Management to CtrlS, a DataCenter Company in Hyderabad,
Telangana.
• CtrlS bagged the award for its excellence in energy management as it made a positive impact during the
Covid-19 pandemic, thanks to the innovative and sustainability initiatives in its data center operations.

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• This award is generally presented to those companies that make efforts to integrate economic,
environmental, and social objectives alongside its
operations and growth.
The current and past winners of ASSOCHAM awards:
• SAP, Tata Consultancy Services, L&T, Cognizant, Ashok
Leyland, ONGC, SBI Life Insurance, JK Tyre, Tata Capital,
ICICI Foundation, NTPC, PayTM and others.
About CtrlS Datacenter (DC):
i.Asia’s largest and India’s only Rated 4 Hyperscale
Datacenter(DC) which is at the forefront of innovation and
sustainability. CtrlS became world’s 1st DC to Win Golden Peacock Eco-Innovation Award.
ii.It embraces the path to a Greener Datacenter Future by committing itself to sustainable growth with
healthy, highly efficient and cost-optimized green infrastructure.
Founder and CEO: Sridhar Pinnapureddy, The Green Man of Indian Data Centers.
Founded: 2008
About ASSOCHAM:
• It is India’s oldest and leading Non-governmental trading association that works as a bridge between the
industry and the Government.
• ASSOCHAM leads various initiatives to enhance the global competitiveness of the Indian industry, while
strengthening the domestic ecosystem.
Chairman of ASSOCHAM Southern Region: B.V. Naidu
President: Vineet Agarwal
Headquarters: New Delhi
6 Indian Airports Won the ACI World’s ASQ Awards 2021 – Best Airports by Size & Region
Airports Council International(ACI) World has honoured Six Indian Airports with the Airport Service
Quality (ASQ) Awards 2021 under the Asia Pacific
Category. The 6 airports were adjudged as the Best Airports
by Size and Region based on data from ASQ’s Departures and
Arrivals Surveys.
• The Chandigarh Airport (Chandigarh) has been adjudged
as the Best Hygiene Measures by Region under the Asia
Pacific Category.
• The ASQ Awards were presented by ACI World in
partnership with global travel technology
company Amadeus.
The 6 Indian Ariports that won the award under the Asia Pacific region category are
Category (Size) Airport City& State
2 to 5 million passengers per year Chandigarh Airport Chandigarh
Cochin International Airport Cochin, Kerala
5 to 15 million passengers per year Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport Ahmedabad, Gujarat
15 to 25 million passengers per year Rajiv Gandhi International Airport Hyderabad, Telangana
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport Mumbai, Maharashtra
Over 40 million passengers per year Indira Gandhi International Airport Delhi
About ASQ Awards:
The ASQ Awards, launched in 2006, are an annual award of ACI World that recognizes airport excellence in
customer experience worldwide based on data from ASQ’s renowned Departures and Arrivals Surveys.

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ASQ Awards 2021:

i.The ASQ Awards 2021 are presented in 2 categories: Best Airports by Size and Region and Best Hygiene
Measures by Region.
ii.A total of 110 awards have been won by 87 individual airports around the world.
iii.The ASQ Awards 2021 have recognised the airports based on the data collected in 2021 from over 370,000
surveys.
iv.The new hygiene category award complements ACI’s Airport Health Accreditation program, which helps
airports align their health measures with global standards.
v.The winners of the ASQ 2021 will be honoured at the award ceremony on 14th September 2022 in Karakow,
Poland during the ASQ Forum & ACI Customer Experience Global Summit.
Click here for all the winners of ASQ 2021 awards
The Airports Council International (ACI), an international organization for policy development in the Aviation
sector, has awarded 18 Indian Airports with the ‘Voice of the Customer’ award for 2021. ACI is also known as
the trade association of the world’s airports.
About Airports Council International (ACI) World:
Director General– Luis Felipe de Oliveira
Headquarters– Montréal, Québec, Canada
MoD & BEL Signs Contracts Worth Rs 3,102 Crore For Procurement of Advanced Electronic
Warfare suite & IEWR
On March 29, 2022, Ministry of Defence (MoD) Signed a Contract with Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL)
Bengaluru, Karnataka and BEL Hyderabad, Telangana for
supply of Advanced Electronic Warfare (EW) suite for
Fighter aircraft & for Instrumented Electronic Warfare
Range (IEWR) for the Indian Air Force (IAF) respectively
with a total outlay of Rs.3,102 Crore.
MoD & BEL Bengaluru:
i.MoD and BEL, Bengaluru, Karnataka signed a Contract
worth Rs.1993 Crore for supply of Advanced Electronic
Warfare (EW) suite for Fighter aircraft of Indian Air Force.
ii.The EW suite has been indigenously designed &
developed by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).
iii.Benefit: The supply of advanced EW systems will significantly enhance the battle-survivability of IAF fighter
aircraft while undertaking operational missions against adversaries’ ground-based as well as airborne fire
control and surveillance radars.
MoD & BEL Hyderabad:
i.A contract has been signed between the MoD and BEL, Hyderabad, Telangana for the development of
an Instrumented Electronic Warfare Range (IEWR) for the Indian Air Force (IAF) at a cost of ~Rs 1,109
crore.
ii.IEWR will be used to test and evaluate airborne electronic warfare (EW) equipment and validate their
deployment in an operational scenario.
iii.The contract is a significant step towards enhancing the capabilities of the IAF to prepare for future warfare
and also caters towards the initiatives of Atmanirbhar Bharat.
World Puppetry Day 2022: 21 March

World Puppetry Day was observed on 21 March 2022. It aims to recognize puppetry as a global art form and
to pay tribute to and honor puppeteers from around the world.
• It is celebrated on March 21 every year.
• The World Puppetry Day was established in 2003 by the Union Internationale de la
Marionnette (UNIMA) also known as the International Puppetry Association.

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Highlights:
i.On this day, Sangeet Natak Akademi under the Ministry of Culture (MoC) is organizing a puppet festival ‘Putul
Utsav’ in five cities in India, which include Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh), Hyderabad (Telangana), Angul (Odisha),
New Delhi (Delhi) and Agartala (Tripura).
• Theme of the festival- ‘Azadi ke Rang, Putul Ke Sang’.
ii.The festival will retold the stories of freedom struggles of India through the medium of puppets.
iii.Various forms of puppetry art such as String, Shadow, Rod and Hand puppets will be showcased.
• Puppetry in India was traditionally a temple-based art, whose themes were borrowed from puranic
literature, mythology, epics and local legends.
About Union Internationale de la Marionnette (UNIMA):
UNIMA is a non-governmental organization affiliated with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
Founded- 1929
Headquarters– France
Telangana Current Affairs - April 2022

Union Cabinet Approval on April 8, 2022
On April 8, 2022, the Union Cabinet Prime Minister (PM) of India Narendra Modi has approved the following
proposals:
• Extension of Atal Innovation Mission till March 2023
• Providing 1-time window of 3-month to PSUs to Surrender Non-Operational Coal Mines without
Penalty
• Distribution of Fortified Rice across Government Schemes upto June 2024
• Signing of Bilateral MoU between SEBI and FRC, Mongolia
Cabinet approves extension of Atal Innovation Mission
The Union Cabinet approved the continuation of Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), till March 2023 to work
towards its following intended target of culture of innovation and entrepreneurship using digital tools:
• Establishing 10000 Atal Tinkering Labs (ATLs)
• Establishing 101 Atal Incubation Centers (AICs)
• Establishing 50 Atal Community Innovation Centers (ACICs) and
• Supporting 200 startups via the Atal New India Challenges.
The total budgeted expenditure of over Rs 2000 crore will be incurred for these establishments and support.
About Atal Innovation Mission (AIM):
It has been launched under the aegis of National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog to develop
programs and policies for fostering innovation in different sectors of the economy. In this regard, it has
collaborated with various international agencies such as the AIM – SIRIUS Student Innovation exchange
program with Russia, AIM – ICDK (Innovation Centre Denmark) Water Challenge with Denmark, and IACE
(India Australian Circular Economy Hackathon) with Australia.
• The programs of AIM cover 34 states and Union Territories (UTs).
• Mission Director– Dr Chintan Vaishnav
• Headquarters- New Delhi, Delhi
Cabinet approves 1-time window of 3-month to PSUs to Surrender Non-Operational Coal Mines without
Penalty
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) chaired by PM Narendra Modi approved the proposal to
provide a one-time window to Central and State Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) to surrender coal mines
that are not in operations, without any penalty (forfeiture of bank guarantee) and without citing any reason.
• For this, 3-month time will be given to these PSUs from the date of publication of the approved
surrender policy.

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Reason behind this:

The inoperative coal mines with PSUs can be put for sale as per the present auction policy of the government
because their early operationalization will provide employment, boost investment, contribute to economic
development of backward, reduce litigation and promote ease of doing business, and reduce import of coal.
Background:
These mines were allocated to PSUs on the allotment route after the Supreme Court cancelled them on various
charges in 2014. These were allocated to prevent immediate disruption of coal supplies to thermal power
plants.
• Till December 2021, 45 mines out of 73 coal mines allotted to government companies, remained non-
operational and the due date of commencement of mining operations in case of 19 coal mines has
already passed.
Cabinet approves Distribution of Fortified Rice across Government Schemes upto June 2024
CCEA also approved the supply of fortified rice, worth approx. Rs. 2,700 crore per annum, throughout the
Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS) by June 2024 in a phased manner. The entire cost of rice
fortification will be borne by the Central Government as part of food subsidy till its full implementation.
• This rice fortification will be done under the National Food Security Act (NFSA), Integrated Child
Development Services (ICDS), Pradhan Mantri Poshan Shakti Nirman-PM POSHAN [erstwhile Mid-
Day Meal Scheme (MDM)] and Other Welfare Schemes (OWS) of Government of India in all States and
Union Territories (UTs).
Three phases for full implementation of Rice Fortification Initiative:
i.Phase-I: Covering ICDS and PM POSHAN in India all over by March, 2022 which is under implementation.
ii.Phase-II: Phase I above plus TPDS and OWS in all Aspirational and High Burden Districts on stunting (total
291 districts) by March 2023.
Phase-Ill: Phase II above plus covering the remaining districts of the country by March 2024.
Key Points:
i.The FCI (Food Corporation of India) and State Agencies are already engaged in procurement of fortified rice
and so far nearly 88.65 LMT (Lakh Metric Tonnes) of fortified rice has been procured for the supply and
distribution.
ii.The announcement on Fortification of Rice on August 15, 2021 for providing nutrition to every poor Indian
person to overcome malnutrition and lack of essential nutrients in women, children, lactating mothers etc.
iii.Earlier, the Centrally Sponsored Pilot Scheme on “Fortification of Rice and its Distribution under Public
Distribution System” was implemented for a period of 3 years from 2019-20 in 11 states viz. Andhra Pradesh,
Gujarat, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh, Odisha, Telangana, Madhya Pradesh,
Uttarakhand and Jharkhand.
• These states successfully distributed the fortified rice in their identified districts (one district per
State).
Cabinet Approval with other countries:
Cabinet approves signing of Bilateral MoU between SEBI and FRC, Mongolia
The Cabinet has approved the proposal for signing a bilateral Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between
Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) and Financial Regulatory Commission, Mongolia (FRC).
What is in the MoU?
i.Strengthening the information sharing framework leading for effective enforcement of securities laws
ii.Establishing a technical assistance programme that will benefit the Authorities through consultations on
matters relating to capital markets, capacity building activities and training programs for the staff.
Reason behind this MoU:
SEBI and FRC are co-signatory to International Organization of Securities Commissions’ Multilateral MoU
(IOSCO MMoU). However, the IOSCO MMoU does not have under its scope the provision for technical
assistance. For its addition, FRC has requested SEBI to sign a bilateral MoU.

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• Financial Regulatory Commission (FRC) is a parliamentary authority of Mongolia to supervise and

regulate the non-bank sector; including the insurance and securities markets, and participants of the
microfinance sector.
What empowers SEBI for Agreements?
A Clause (ib) under sub-section (2) of Section 11 of SEBI Act, 2002 empowers SEBI to call for information from,
or furnishing information to, other authorities, whether in India or outside India, having functions similar to
those of the Board, in the matters relating to the prevention or detection of violations in respect of securities
laws, subject to the provisions of other laws.
• For furnishing any information to any authority outside India, SEBI can sign a pact with the prior
approval of the Central Government.
• Until now, SEBI has signed 27 bilateral MoUs with capital market regulators of other countries.
About Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI):
Chairperson– Madhabi Puri Buch
Headquarters– Mumbai, Maharashtra
About Mongolia:
Capital– Ulaanbaatar
Currency– Tugrik
i.CCEA has approved the offering of coal (dry fuel) by coal companies via a common e-auction window of CIL
(Coal India Limited)/Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) which will replace the sector specific
auctions.
ii.CCEA also approved the national roll-out of Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) which was launched by
the PM Narendra Modi in September 2021. It is the mission of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
(MoH&FW) with a budget of Rs 1600 crore for five years. It will be implemented by the National Health
Authority (NHA).
Giriraj Singh launches 90-day campaign ‘Azadi Se Antyodaya Tak’

On April 28, 2022, Giriraj Singh, Union Minister for Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) and Ministry of
Panchayati Raj (MoPR), launched ‘Azadi Se Antyodaya Tak’, a 90-day campaign with a mission to saturate 75
Districts across 28 States and Union Territories (UTs) with 17 select beneficiary schemes of 9 Central
Ministries.
• Celebrating India@75 Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav (AKAM), the identified 75 districts are aligned with
the birthplace of 99 Unsung Freedom Fighters, who made the Ultimate Sacrifice for the nation during
India’s Freedom Struggle.
• The list of 75 Districts along with corresponding Freedom Fighters Click Here.
• Nodal Ministry – The Implementation, Monitoring and Outcome of the campaign will be under the
Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD).
Key Points:
i.Goal – To take up the 17 select Schemes with direct assistance to the beneficiaries, reaching out to the person
at the bottom of the pyramid in rural areas by each of the participating Ministries or Departments.
ii.Implementation – The Campaign will be implemented in a celebratory mode involving all rural stakeholders
including families of identified freedom fighters (FF), Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs), women networks,
youth groups and students highlighting the achievements of the schemes.
iii.The 75 districts that are marginally lagging behind in the development parameters, have been shortlisted
through Monthly per Capita Indicators (MPCI) and D5/D7 SECC-2011 data (Socio-Economic Caste Census).
For more details regarding the event Click Here.
Other Information:
i.The list of 9 Central Ministries or Departments are –
1.Ministry of Rural Development

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2.Department of Social Justice & Empowerment-Divyangjan

3.Ministry of Women & Child Development
4.Department of Financial Services
5.Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship
6.Department of Agriculture & farmers Welfare
7.Department of Health & Family Welfare
8.Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying
9.Ministry of Labour & Employment
ii.The List of 28 State and Union Territories are – Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar,
Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Manipur,
Meghalaya, Mizoram, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Puducherry, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Telangana, Tamil Nadu,
Tripura, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal.
Ministry of I&B Constitutes AVGC Promotion Task Force

The Ministry of Information & Broadcasting (I&B) has constituted an Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming and
Comics (AVGC) Promotion Task Force headed by Apoorva Chandra IAS, Secretary I&B among other
representatives form Union Government, State Government and key Industry players.
• The Task Force has to submit its first action plan within 90 days and will also be responsible for
framing a National AVGC policy.
i.Creation of AVGC Promotion Task Force was announced in the Union Budget 2022-23 by the Hon’ble Finance
Minister, to recommend the ways to realise and build domestic capacity for serving our markets and the global
demand.
ii.The AVGC sector in India has the potential to become the torch bearer of “Create in India” and “Brand India”.
iii.India has the potential to capture 5% (approx. USD 40 billion) of the global market share by the year 2025,
with an annual growth of around 25-30% and creating over 1,60,000 new jobs annually.
iv. AVGC Promotion Task Force also includes State Governments of Karnataka, Maharashtra, Telangana and
also the heads of education bodies such as All India Council of Technical Education, National Council of
Educational Research and Training and representatives of industry bodies such as Media and Entertainment
Skills Council(MESC), Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry(FICCI) and Confederation of
Indian Industry (CII) .
iv.The Terms of Reference of the Task Force include the following:
• Framing of a national AVGC policy,
• Recommend national curriculum framework for Graduation, Post-Graduation and Doctoral courses in
AVGC related sectors,
• Facilitate skilling initiatives in collaboration with academic institutions, vocational training centres &
Industry,
• Boost employment opportunities,
• Facilitate promotion and market development activities to extend global reach of Indian AVGC
Industry,
• Enhance exports and recommend incentives to attract FDI in the AVGC sector.
About Ministry of Information and Broadcasting:
Union Minister – Anurag Thakur (Lok Sabha MP; Hamirpur constituency, Himachal Pradesh )
Minister of State – Loganathan (L) Murugan (Rajya Sabha MP; Representing Madhya Pradesh )
NITI Aayog’s 1st SECI Round -I April 2022: Gujarat, Kerala, Punjab top among Larger States
On April 11, 2022, NITI (National Institution for Transforming India) Aayog has launched the 1st State Energy
& Climate Index (SECI)-Round I April 2022 at an event chaired by Dr. Rajiv Kumar, Vice Chairman, NITI
Aayog. It is based on 2019-20 data.

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• SECI is the first index that aims to track the efforts made by States and Union Territories (UTs) in the
climate and energy sector.
• The states of Gujarat, Kerala, and Punjab are the top 3 among larger states while Goa, Tripura, and
Manipur are top 3 among smaller states.
• Among UTs, Chandigarh, Delhi, and Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli ranked 1st, 2nd, and 3rd
respectively.
What is in the SECI Round I?
It ranks the states’ performance on 6 parameters, namely viz. DISCOM’s Performance; Access, Affordability
and Reliability of Energy; Clean Energy Initiatives; Energy Efficiency; Environmental Sustainability; and New
Initiatives. The parameters are further divided into 27 indicators.
• Based on the composite SECI Round I score, the states and UTs are categorized into three groups:
Front Runners, Achievers, and Aspirants.
• The states have been categorized based on size and geographical differences as 20 larger states, 8
smaller states, and 8 UTs.
• The data of Ladakh is shared with Jammu & Kashmir (J&K).
Index Toppers: Scores and Rankings
Rank State Score
Larger States
1 Gujarat 50.1
2 Kerala 49.1
3 Punjab 48.6
20 (Lowest) Chhattisgarh 31.7
Smaller States
1 Goa 51.4
2 Tripura 45
3 Manipur 36
8 (Lowest) Arunachal Pradesh 27
Union Territories (UTs)
1 Chandigarh 55.7
2 Delhi 55.6
3 Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli 53.2
7 (Lowest) Lakshadweep 26.9
6 Parameters wise topper:
Category Highest Score Achiever Lowest Score Achiever
SECI score Chandigarh Lakshadweep
DISCOM’s Performance Punjab Arunachal Pradesh
Access, Affordability & Reliability Kerala Lakshadweep
Clean Energy Initiatives Chandigarh (Meghalaya
Energy Efficiency Tamil Nadu Lakshadweep
Environmental Sustainability Chandigarh Chhattisgarh
New Initiatives New Initiative Andhra Pradesh, A&N

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Table showing Front Runners, Achievers, Aspirants:

i.The front runners are top one-third states/UTs whose Composite SECI score>=46.
ii.The Achievers are Middle one-third states/UTs whose Composite SECI score between 36 and 46.
iii.The Aspirants Lowest one-third states/UTs whose Composite SECI score<=36.
In SECI Round I there 11 Front Runners, 11 Achievers, and 13 Aspirants
Category States/UTs
Front Gujarat, Kerala, Punjab, Haryana, Uttarakhand, Maharashtra, Goa, Chandigarh, Daman & Diu
Runners (11) And Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Delhi, Puducherry
Achievers Andhra Pradesh (AP), Assam, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh (HP), Karnataka, Odisha, Tamil Nadu
(11) (TN), Telangana, Uttar Pradesh (UP), West Bengal (WB), Tripura
Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh (MP), Arunachal Pradesh (AR), Manipur,
Aspirants Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Andaman & Nicobar (A&N), Jammu & Kashmir (J&K),
(13) Lakshadweep
Click Here for Official Index
Benefit of SECI:
The index can be used by the states and UTs to benchmark their performance against their peers, analyse the
potential challenges to develop better policy mechanisms, and efficiently manage their energy resources.
• It encourages healthy competition among the states on the agenda of affordable, accessible, efficient
and clean energy transition at the State level.
Points to be noted:
i.Our Central Government notified following five nectar elements, Panchamrit, to deal with climate change at
the COP26 UN Climate Change Conference held in Glasgow, United Kingdom (UK) in 2021 :
• India will reach its non-fossil installed electricity capacity to 500 GW by 2030.
• India will meet 50 percent of its electricity requirements from renewable energy by 2030.
• India will reduce the total projected carbon emissions by one billion tonnes from now onwards till
2030.
• By 2030, India will reduce the carbon intensity of its economy by less than 45%.
• By the year 2070, India will achieve the target of Net-zero.
ii.Recently, India ranked 10th, 2nd time in a row, as per the Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI 2022), as
a high-performing country.
i.On 8th March 2022, during International Women’s Day NITI Aayog’s, Atal Innovation Mission (AIM),
partnered with Snap Inc. to drive Augmented Reality (AR) skilling among the Indian youth along with the
launch of a nationwide Lensathon (AR making hackathon), throughout the month of March.
ii.NITI Aayog, in partnership with the Institute of Competitiveness, released the 2nd edition of the Export
Preparedness Index (EPI) 2021. Gujarat has retained the top position in the overall ranking with its total share
in exports accounting for 20.83% as of 2020-2021.
About NITI Aayog (National Institution for Transforming India):
Establishment– 2015
CEO-Amitabh Kant
Telangana IT Minister Rama Rao launched Telangana’s SpaceTech Framework on a Metaverse

Platform
The Telangana Government in order to promote Private participation in the space technology sector has
launched ‘Space Tech Framework’ with the vision to establish the state as a ‘globally recognised one-step
destination’ in Space technology.
i.In a first of its kind initiative, the official event was held on a Spaceship walk through event in a Metaverse
platform PartyNite, developed by a Hyderabad based Tech company Gamitronics.

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ii.The event saw the participation of NITI Aayog Chief Executive Officer Amitabh Kant, Indian Space Research
Organisation (ISRO) Chairman S Somanath, Telangana Information and Technology Minister K T Rama Rao
among others.
iii.The Space Industry sector is expected to grow at USD 558 billion by 2026.
iv.The Telangana Government also launched the Government’s Space Tech NFT (Non-Fungible Token)
collection. The proceeds from the NFT sale will be used to support the technology enabled social impact
projects.
Note:
• Hyderabad based Small and Medium Enterprises have contributed over 30 percent parts for ISRO’s
Mars Orbiter Mission.
About Metaverse:-
i.The Metaverse is a virtual-reality space in which users can interact with a computer-generated environment
and other users.
ii.The term “metaverse” was first used in Neil Stevenson’s 1982 novel, Snow Crash.
About Telangana:-
Capital – Hyderabad
Chief minister – Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao
Telangana to Get World’s Largest Electric 3-Wheeler Making Plant

Biliti Electric Inc (Biliti), based in California, United States of America(USA), has announced its intention to
establish the world’s largest electric three-wheeler manufacturing facility in Telangana. The plant will be built
in 2 phases over an area of 200 acres.
Phase I of 13.5 acres with a capacity to produce 18000 Electric Vehicles(EV) per year will become operational
in 2023 and the larger facility of 200 acres with a production capacity of 240000 EV per year will become
operational in 2024.
The facility will produce all the products of Biliti including the cargo model TaskmanTM and the passenger
version UrbanTM.
• The facility is estimated to drive private investment of USD 150 million (around Rs 1,144 crore) and
is expected to create more than 3000 jobs in Telangana.
• At present, Biliti operates through a manufacturing partnership with Hyderabad based Gayam Motor
Works(GMW) for manufacturing 3 wheelers.
NHA launched HBP under AB-PMJAY Adding 365 New Procedures

During the 3rd edition of two day ‘Ayushman Sangam’ ,a meeting held in Tamil Nadu, the National Health
Authority (NHA) has launched a new version of the Health Benefit Package (HBP), 2022, under the
Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY), by adding 365 new procedures and making
the total of about 1,949 procedures.
• In HBP 2022, differential pricing is introduced for the first time based upon the type of city and level
of care.
• Ayushman Sangam is to review the AB-PMJAY and Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission Southern
Southern States and Union Territories in Mahabalipuram.
• Third edition is covering the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala,
Lakshadweep, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu and Telangana.
• NHA has announced the roll out of patient classification systems through ICD-11 (International
classification of disease) and ICHI (International Classification of Health Intervention).
Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY)
AB-PMJAY is the first national public health insurance fund, that aims to provide free access to health
insurance coverage for low income earners in the country.
i.The new initiative of Diagnosis Related Grouping (DRG) was launched in Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Kerala,

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Maharashtra and Meghalaya.

ii.AB-PMJAY will be the first insurance scheme in India to provide a payment mechanism through DRG, the
statement noted.
Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM)
The Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) aims to develop the backbone necessary to support the
integrated digital health infrastructure of the country.
• Eg: creating Digital ID, free of cost.
• By booking slot for vaccination.
About Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY)
CEO – R S Sharma
Launched – 2018
Highlights of EAM S. Jaishankar visit to Maldives and Sri Lanka

On March 26-30, 2022, Union Minister Subrahmanyam (S.) Jaishankar, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA)
visited Maldives and Sri Lanka which are India’s key maritime neighbours in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR),
and also a part of a Indian initiatives of Security and Growth for All in the Region (SAGAR), and Neighbourhood
First.
• His visit follows the invitation of Minister of Foreign Affairs of Maldives, Abdulla Shahid, and
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka, Prof. Gamini Lakshman Peiris.
Visit to Maldives:
Union Minister S. Jaishankar was on a two-day visit to Addu city in Maldives on March 26-27. During this he
called on President of Maldives Ibrahim Mohamed Solih and held discussions regarding economic recovery,
development partnership, mutual security, fishermen’s issues and international coordination with Foreign
Minister Abdulla Shahid.
The visit also saw the signing of pacts on health and education along with inaugurations which are given as
below:
Inaugurations/Handover by EAM S. Jaishankar and President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih:
i.Inauguration of National College for Policing & Law Enforcement (NCPLE) at Addu City to help the Maldives
Police Service (MPS) to train its officers and enhance its crime-fighting capacities
• It is India’s largest grant-funded project in Maldives.
• It is constructed by NBCC (India) Limited (formerly National Buildings Construction Corporation).
ii.Inauguration of Meedhoo eco-tourism zone, the first of the 20 High Impact Community Development Projects
(HICDP) being implemented with the Indian assistance in areas such as healthcare, education, fisheries,
tourism, sports and culture.
iii.Inauguration of Vilunu Drug Detoxification and Rehabilitation Centre in the Addu. It is funded jointly by
India and the Maldivian government.
iv.Union Minister S. Jaishankar formally handed over the Coastal Radar System to the Maldives Chief of Defence
Force (CDF) Major General Abdulla Shamaal. It comprises 10 radar stations which will contribute in
enhancing maritime security for the Maldives and for the entire region.
Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) signed between India and Maldives:
i.MoU in Capacity building between SVPNPA, Hyderabad, and MPS
A MoU was signed between Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy (SVPNPA) in Hyderabad,
Telangana and MPS to enhance the capacities of latter or Human Resource Development (HRD) through
training and the development of its curriculum. India also increased the number of training slots for the
Maldives at SVPNPA to 8.
ii.Peering agreement on extension of National Knowledge Network to Maldives
This MoU was signed between the National Centre for Information Technology (NCIT) of Maldives and
the National Informatics Centre of India (NIC) to strengthen cooperation in the field of information
communication technology.
• Under this MoU there will be formal establishment of relations between the Higher Education
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digital libraries and networking sources for students and professionals of Maldivian educational
institutes.
Key Points:
i.NKN is a multi-gigabit national research and education network, whose purpose is to provide a unified high
speed network for educational and research institutions in India. It is managed by the National Informatics
Centre (NIC).
ii.With signing of peering agreement, 1500 Indian Institutes, Universities and centres of learning from
Singapore, Europe and the US (United States) are connected to Maldives via India’s NKN.
iii.A peering agreement is an agreement between two network administrators to share data routing
responsibilities across multiple networks.
iii.MoU on reciprocal recognition of COVID-19 certificates
A MoU signed for reciprocal recognition of COVID-19 Vaccination Certificates signed between the Maldives
Ministry of Health and India’s Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoH&FW).
• This agreement will facilitate easier travel between India and Maldives as digital vaccine certificates
issued through the COVID-19 safe website of the Maldives and certificates issued through India’s
Covin platform will be accepted by both sides
Signatories:
India: Munu Mahawar, Indian High Commissioner to the Maldives
Maldives: Ahmed Naseem, Minister of Health
iv.Signing of contract for Addu Reclamation and Shore Protection Project
A contract for an $80-million Addu reclamation and shore protection project was also inked between India
and Maldives.
Visit to Sri Lanka:
The Indian EAM visited Sri Lanka on March 28-30 for interactions, bilateral meetings and to participate in
the 18th BIMSTEC Ministerial Meeting on March 29 which was hosted by Sri Lanka in Colombo.
• BIMSTEC is an acronym for Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic
Cooperation, and comprises India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Nepal and Bhutan.
• He also visited the 1990 Suwa Seriya Ambulance service in Colombo.
About 18th BIMSTEC Ministerial meeting:
i.S Jaishankar met his counterparts from Nepal (Narayan Khadka), Bhutan (Tandi Dorji), and Bangladesh
(Abul Kalam Abdul Momen) on the sidelines of this meeting, and discussed cooperation in connectivity,
energy and hydropower projects.
ii.Indian side emphasized on the expansion of cooperation in areas, especially connectivity, energy and
maritime, and jointly combat terrorism, violent extremism, transnational crime, cyber-attacks and narco-
trafficking.
MoUs signed between India and Sri Lanka:
i.MoU on setting up of MRCC in Colombo
Both nations have signed a MoU for the Bengaluru (Karnataka)-based Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL) to set up a
state of the art Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre (MRCC) at the headquarters of the Sri Lankan Navy in
Colombo, with a sub-centre in Hambantota. It will be established with a grant of $6 million from India.
• This will enhance co-operation on maritime security between the two countries.
• As a part of MRCC, BEL will set up advanced software systems that will increase Sri Lanka’s capacities
for communication and co-ordination
What is MRCC?
MRCCs are part of an international network under the United Nations’ (UN) International Maritime
Organisation to monitor the sea lanes for quick response to emergencies.
ii.MoU on the implementation of SL-UDI programme with India’s Grant Assistance
An agreement was signed for the implementation of Sri Lanka’s Unique Digital Identity program, dubbed SL-
UDI. India will fund Rs 300 million (approximately US$3.9 million) for this program.
MoU for the establishment of modern computer labs and smart boards with customized curriculum software in
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MoU between the Sushma Swaraj Institute of Foreign Services (SSIFS), India, and the Bandaranaike
International Diplomatic Training Institute (BIDTI).
MoU for providing Marine Rescue Coordinating Center (MRCC).
MoU on the implementation of Hybrid Power Projects in three islands in Jaffna.
MoU on Cooperation in Development of Fisheries Harbours in Sri Lanka.
India to build Sri Lanka wind farms after China pushed aside
India has agreed to develop three Sri Lankan wind farms on the three islets in the Palk Strait between southern
India and Sri Lanka viz. Nainativu, Analaitivu and Delft after the project was taken away from a Chinese firm.
• A $12m project to build wind turbines on three islets was awarded to a Chinese firm in 2019 with
funding lined up from the Asian Development Bank (ADB), but was later scrapped.
• A MoU had been signed by India and Sri Lanka to build the installations.
i.The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) extended over US$ 900 million loan facilities to Sri Lanka, comprising Asian
Clearing Union (ACU) settlement of over USD 500 million and currency Swap of USD 400 million. This funding
will aid Sri Lanka to overcome forex crisis and shortage of almost all essential commodities due to a shortage of
dollars to pay for the imports.
ii.On 14th February 2022, Dr Ajay Kumar, Defence Secretary of India co-chaired the 3rd India –Maldives
Defence Cooperation Dialogue(DCD) 2022 in Maldives with Major General Abdulla Shamaal Chief of Defence
Force (CDF) of Maldives National Defence Force (MNDF).
About Maldives:
Capital– Male
Currency– Maldivian Rufiyaa
About Sri Lanka:
Capital– Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte (legislative capital), Colombo (executive and judicial capital)
Currency– Sri Lankan Rupee
Banks Report Frauds worth Rs 34,097 Crore in April-December 2021: RBI Data
In accordance with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) data, a total of 27 Scheduled Commercial Banks (SCBs) and
Financial Institutions (FIs) have reported 96 cases of fraud, worth Rs 34,097 crore in the first nine months of
FY22 (April-December 2021).
• Punjab National Bank (PNB) recorded 10 frauds with the highest value worth Rs 4,820 crore.
• Bank of India (BoI) reported the highest number of frauds at 13, the cumulative value of those was
Rs 3,925.
The bank-wise details of frauds were provided in response to a question in the Rajya Sabha during the budget
session of parliament by Minister of State (MoS) Bhagwat Karad, Ministry of Finance. Click here for Official
Notice.
Table showing Banks ranked by the highest fraud amount in April-December 2021
Bank name No of frauds Amount involved (In Rs.Crore)
Punjab National Bank 10 4,820
Bank of India 13 3,925
Yes Bank 11 3,869
State Bank of India (SBI) 8 3,902
Canara Bank 5 2,658
Key Points:
i.India lost at least Rs 100 crore every day to bank fraud over the last seven years. Between April 1, 2015 and
December 31, 2021, banking fraud worth Rs 2.5 lakh crore was detected across states.
• In this, Maharashtra topped the charts accounting for 50% of the money involved. It is followed by
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• These five states together accounted for more than Rs 2 lakh crore, or 83%, of the quantum of money
lost to financial fraud.
ii.However, there is a sharp decline in fraud occurrences due to structural and procedural reforms. From Rs
67,760 crore in 2015-16, the quantum of money lost to fraud dipped to Rs 59,966.4 crore in 2016-17.
• In 2019-20, the number further dropped to Rs 27,698.4 crore and then to Rs 10,699.9 crore in 2020-
21.
• The amount in April-December 2021 stands at Rs 647.9 crore.
iii.According to the Ministry’s data, until December 2021, the scheduled commercial banks in the country have
reported as many as 2,731 instances of bank frauds. Kotak Mahindra Bank saw the maximum number of these
incidents — 642, followed by IDBI Bank (518) and IndusInd Bank (377).
Categories of Fraud:
RBI classifies frauds under 8 categories:
i.Misappropriation and criminal breach of trust
ii.Fraudulent encashment through forged instruments
iii.Manipulation of books of account or through fictitious accounts and conversion of property
iv.Unauthorised credit facilities extended for reward or for illegal gratification
v.Negligence and cash shortages
vi.Cheating and forgery
vii.Irregularities in foreign exchange transactions
viii.Any other type of fraud not coming under the specific heads as above.
Measures taken by RBI to prevent Frauds:
In addition to the master directions, several measures have been taken to deter fraudsters and defaulters which
includes the following:
i.The Fugitive Economic Offenders Act, 2018 allows for attachment of property of a fugitive economic
offender. Such properties can also be confiscated and the offender can be disentitled, barring them from
defending any civil claim.
ii.Heads of Public Sector Banks (PSBs) have been empowered to issue requests for issuance of look out
circulars. They can also decide on publishing photographs of wilful defaulters, as per RBI norms.
iii.PSBs can obtain certified copies of the passport of the promoters or directors and other authorised
signatories of companies availing loan facilities of more than Rs 50 crore.
On December 14, 2021, RBI issued the Prompt Corrective Action (PCA) Framework for Non-Banking Financial
Companies (NBFCs) to further strengthen the supervisory tools applicable to NBFCs. The provisions of the PCA
framework will be effective from October 2022 based on the financial position of NBFCs on or after March 31,
2022. Until now, the RBI had imposed PCA only on banks.
About Reserve Bank of India (RBI):
Established– 1st April 1935
Headquarters– Mumbai, Maharashtra
Governor– Shaktikanta Das
Deputy Governors– Mahesh Kumar Jain, Michael Debabrata Patra, M. Rajeshwar Rao, T. Rabi Sankar
IFSCA signs Information Exchange Pact with IRDAI

On April 1, 2022, International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA) signed a Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) with the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) for
strengthening of inter-regulatory exchange of information, technical cooperation and supervisory collaboration.
Signatories:
It was signed by Injeti Srinivas, Chairperson, IFSCA; and Debasish Panda, Chairperson, IRDAI at IRDAI’s head
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Key Points:
i.The MoU enables Indian insurtech (insurance industry) startups to explore foreign jurisdiction and vice versa
as it contains a mechanism for Inter Operable Regulatory Sandbox.
ii.Both regulators will attract global insurance industry players to develop innovative insurance solutions for
India and the world.
iii.The IFSCA is responsible for development and regulation of international financial services, including that of
insurance sector.
iv.The IRDAI is entrusted with all-round development and regulation of the insurance sector across India.
Click Here for Official Notification
About International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA):
Establishment– 2020, under the International Financial Services Centres Authority Act, 2019
Headquarter– GIFT (Gujarat International Finance Tec-City), Gandhinagar in Gujarat.
India’s Agriculture Exports Cross USD 50 Billion Mark for First Time
Exports of agricultural products from India surpassed the USD 50 billion mark for the first time during the
financial year 2021-22 (FY22), owing to significant growth in sugar, rice, wheat, and other cereals exports.
• The Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics (DGCI&S), Ministry of Commerce &
Industry, has released the provisional figures stating that agricultural exports rose to USD 50.21
billion in 2021-22, which is 19.92%.
The growth rate is significant since it exceeds the 17.66% growth rate of USD 41.87 billion obtained in 2020–
21, and it was achieved despite unprecedented logistical obstacles such as high freight prices, container
shortages, and so on.
Key Points:
i.The highest ever exports have been achieved for staples like Rice (USD 9.65 billion), wheat (USD 2.19 billion),
Sugar (USD (4.6 billion) and other cereals (USD 1.08 billion).
• Wheat has experienced remarkable increase of more than 273%, nearly quadrupling in value from
USD 568 million in 2020-21 to USD 2119 million in 2021-22.
ii.The increase in exports of these products has benefitted farmers in states like Punjab, Haryana, Uttar
Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra.
• India has captured nearly 50% of the world market for rice.
iii. The export of marine products is also at an all-time high, with USD 7.71 billion benefitting to farmers in
West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Maharashtra, and Gujarat.
iv.For the second year in a row, spice exports have surpassed USD 4 billion.
v.Despite serious supply-side challenges, coffee exports have surpassed USD 1 billion for the first time, boosting
revenue for coffee growers in Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu.
UIDAI & NRSC Signs MoU to Develop Bhuvan-Aadhaar Portal

An Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between Unique Identification Authority of
India (UIDAI) under the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY), New Delhi (Delhi), and the
National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC) of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), Hyderabad, Telangana
for technical collaboration.
• As part of the new arrangement, NRSC will develop the Bhuvan-Aadhaar portal, which will provide
information and locations of Aadhaar centres across India.
• The Bhuvan-Aadhaar portal will also allow residents to look for appropriate Aadhaar centres by
location, according to their needs.
The MoU was signed by Shailendra Singh IFS, Deputy Director-General of UIDAI, and Dr. Prakash Chauhan,
Director of NRSC in the presence of Dr. Saurabh Garg, CEO of UIDAI, and other senior officers of UIDAI and
NRSC.
Key Points:
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centres to improve citizen-centric services by carrying out regular statutory inspections.

ii.The collected data will be verified for quality by regionally designated authorities to ensure that residents
have accurate information on the centres, along with an online visualization facility.
iii. Bhuvan will provide complete geographic information storage, retrieval, analysis, and reporting for Aadhaar
centres, with a high-resolution backdrop of natural-colour satellite images.
iv.UIDAI and NRSC are collaborating closely to establish design, integration, and rollout modalities as a top
priority.
About Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI)
CEO – Dr. Saurabh Garg
Established In– 2016
Telangana and Thailand Signs MoU to Promote Trade, Investment Promotion

The Industries & Commerce Department of the Government of Telangana and the Ministry of Commerce, the
Royal Thai government have signed a Memorandum of Understanding(MoU) to promote trade and investments
between Telangana and Thailand.
• KT Rama Rao, Telangana’s Minister for Information Technology and Jurin Laksanawisit, Thailand’s
Minister of Commerce were virtually present to sign the MoU.
i.The MoU will kickstart the cooperation between Telangana and Thailand in Small and medium-sized
enterprises (SMEs) and Startups through the business incubator and innovation ecosystem “T-Hub” and
“Thaitrade.com” of Thailand with the “GlobalLinker” of Telangana.
ii.Under this MoU both the government will explore the possibility of potential trade & investments in various
key focus sectors, like agro-based food processing, wood processing and wood-based industry.
Note:
This MoU signing ceremony is a part of the events to celebrate the 75th anniversary of diplomatic relations
between India and Thailand.
About Thailand:
Prime Minister– Prayut Chan-o-cha.
Capital– Bangkok
Currency– Thai Baht
About Telangana:
Chief Minister– K. Chandrashekar Rao
Lakes– Pakhal Lake; Laknavaram Lake
Dams– Nagarjunasagar Dam; Indira Priyadarshini Jurala dam; Lower Manair Dam
Google Signed MoU With Telangana Govt For The Benefits of Digital Economy
Google signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Telangana government to develop
the digital economy and it has been focused on the change in youth, students, citizen services and women
entrepreneurs. Also Google has started the development of its three million square foot building in Gachibowli,
Hyderabad, Telangana.
• The MoU was signed under the presence of Telangana’s Information Technology (IT) and Industries
Minister K T Rama Rao.
Under The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU):
i.Google will collaborate with the government to extend the scholarships for Google Career Certificates to,
• Telangana’s youth.
• Support women entrepreneurs through digital, Business and Financial skills training.
ii.It also strengthens the government’s school modernisation efforts with digital teaching and learning tools
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iii.To promote joint effort, Google will also support the government’s efforts to improve
public transportation and use digital technologies in agriculture.
iv.Google had also unveiled the design of its building in 2019 and it prioritises sustainability and energy
efficiency throughout its design
v.It also focuses on enabling more affordable access to the internet for every Indian, building safer and new
helpful experiences that answer India’s distinct needs and also using the power of Artificial intelligence (AI).
Additional Info:
Google has been working with the Government of Telangana since 2017, using its solutions to support the
vision of a ‘Digital Telangana’.
About Telangana:
Chief Minister – K. Chandrashekar Rao
National Park – KBR National Park, Mahavir Harina Vanasthali National Park, Mrugavani National Park
Hyderabad And Mumbai Were Recognised As “Tree City Of The World – 2021”
Mumbai and Hyderabad have been recognised as the ‘2021 Tree City of the World’ by Arbor Day Foundation in
association with Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of United Nations, for maintaining urban greenery,
while Hyderabad wins ‘Tree City of the World’ for the second consecutive time (2020, 2021).
• There are nearly 138 recognised cities from 21 countries, which have planted 38,787,795 trees in
2020.
Trees Planted:
• Hyderabad has planted 3,50,56,635 trees over the last two years in 500 volunteer hours.
• While Mumbai planted 4,25,000 Trees in 25,000 volunteer hours.
Tree City:
• Mumbai, which is known as ‘Dream City‘, becomes the second city to receive ‘Tree City’ recognition,
while Hyderabad stands first.
• Mumbai becomes the leading global network in urban and community forestry.
• At first the total of 68 cities from 17 countries was recognised under the ‘Tree City’ for planting and
fostering trees. Later in 2020, it grew to 120 cities from 23 countries.
Standard of recognition:
• The city should have established responsibility, a tree board responsible for the care of trees within
the municipal boundary.
• The city should have a law and official policy that governs the management of forest and trees.
• The city should have updated inventory of the local tress resources which will support the effective
long term plans.
• The city should have a dedicated budget for the implementation of tree management.
• The city should hold an annual celebration of trees.
About Arbor Day Foundation:
National Arbor Day is April 29, 2022. This year marks the 150th anniversary of the tree planter’s
holiday.National Arbor Day is always celebrated on the last Friday in April, but many states observe Arbor Day
on different dates throughout the year based on best tree planting times in their area.
Chief Executive – Dan Lambe
Founded – 1972
Headquarters – Nebraska, United States.
NMDC Ltd won 4 Public Relations Awards 2022 Conferred by PRSI

The NMDC Limited (formerly known as National Mineral Development Corporation), owned by the Ministry of
Steel, has won 1st position in 4 categories at the Public Relations Awards 2022 conferred by Public Relations
Society of India (PRSI), the national association of Public Relations(PR) practitioners.

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• NMDC has been honoured with the awards for their Corporate Website, Annual Report, Layout and
Design of Newsletter, and CSR Corporate Video.
• Praveen Kumar, ED (Personnel) and Ch. Srinivasa Rao, DGM (Corporate Communications) of NMDC
received the award on behalf of NMDC Ltd from V Srinivas Goud Minister of Prohibition & Excise,
Sports & Youth Services, Tourism & Culture, Government of Telangana.
About Public Relations Society of India (PRSI):
National President– Dr Ajit Pathak
Established in 1958
Headquarter– Mumbai, Maharashtra
About National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) Limited:
Chairman-Cum-Managing Director- Sumit Deb
Headquarters– Hyderabad, Telangana
Incorporated in 1958
DRDO Successfully Flight Tested SFDR Booster At ITR Off The Coast Of Odisha
The Defence Research and Development
Organisation (DRDO) successfully flight tested Solid Fuel
Ducted Ramjet (SFDR) booster missile system at the
Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur off the coast of
Odisha. The SFDR is a air-to-air missile.
i.The SFDR has been developed by Defence Research and
Development Laboratory (DRDL), Hyderabad in
collaboration with DRDO laboratories such as Research
Centre Imarat, Hyderabad and High Energy Materials
Research Laboratory, Pune.
Objective:
• The SFDR propulsion enables the missile to intercept aerial threats at very long range at supersonic
speeds.
• The SFDR demonstrated reliable functioning of all critical components involved in the complex
missile system.
• It has the operational range of 350km and maximum speed of Mach 4.5
• The Indian Air Force (IAF) to use SFDR booster on its Rafale jets.
Systems Used To Capture The performance:
The performance of SFDR missile system is captured by range instruments like Telemetry, Radar and Electro
Optical Tracking Systems (EOTS) by ITR.
About The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO):
Chairman – G Satheesh Reddy
Headquarters – New Delhi
Anti-Tank Guided Missile Helina successfully Flight Tested at Pokhran, Rajasthan

On April 11, 2022, an Anti-Tank Guided Missile (ATGM) ‘Helina (Helicopter based NAG)’ was successfully
flight tested from an indigenously-developed Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) at high-altitude ranges in
Pokhran, Rajasthan. Guided by an Infrared Imaging Seeker (IIR) operating in the Lock on Before Launch mode,
it successfully engaged a simulated tank target.
• The test was jointly conducted by the scientists of the Defence Research and Development
Organisation (DRDO), Indian Army and Indian Air Force (IAF).
• It was a part of user validation trials of the third generation ‘fire and forget’ class missiles developed
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• Helina is Launched from the Dhruv Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH).

About Helina:
The Helina (the Army version) is the helicopter-launched
versions of third-generation anti-tank guided missiles (the
Nag missile system).A Helina missile weighs around 45 kg,
is 6 feet in length and 7.9 inches in diameter.
i.It is developed by Defence Research and Development
Laboratory (DRDL), Hyderabad (Telangana) under the
Missiles and Strategic Systems (MSS) cluster of the DRDO,
it is one of the most advanced ATGM in the world with
maximum range of 7Kms.
• The Air Force variant of Helina is named Dhruvastra.
ii.It has been designed and developed for integration on weaponized version of the ALH in both the Army and
the Air Force.
• Successful user trials of the missile have been conducted since 2018.
iii.Helina missile system has all-weather, day and night capability and can defeat battle tanks with conventional
armour as well as explosive reactive armour. It can engage targets both in direct hit mode as well as top attack
mode.
Point to be noted:
i.DRDO has designed and developed a range of anti-tank missile technologies including the Nag, MPATGM
(Man-Portable Anti-Tank Guided Missile), SANT (Stand-off Anti-Tank Missile), and Laser Guided ATGM for MBT
(Main Battle Tank)Arjun.
Tamil Nadu: Birth Anniversary of Dr B.R. Ambedkar to be celebrated as ‘Day of Equality’

Ambedkar Jayanti or Bhim Jayanti is celebrated across the country on April 14. In honour of this, Tamil Nadu
Chief Minister MK Stalin declared that the birth anniversary of Dr B.R. Ambedkar on April 14 will be celebrated
as the ‘Day of Equality’ in the state. Tamil Nadu also observed Tamil New year also known as ‘Varsha
Pirappu’ on April 14 every year.
• Also, the Tamilnadu government announced to set up a full-sized bronze statue of Ambedkar in the
Ambedkar memorial in Chennai and certain selected books about Ambedkar will be published after
being translated into Tamil.
Note :- The 125-feet tall statue of Dr B. R. Ambedkar will be unveiled in Hyderabad of Telengana by the end of
the 2022 This will be the tallest statue of the Father of Indian Constitution anywhere in the world and it is
coming up near Hussain Sagar lake.
About Babasaheb Ambedkar
i.Birth Detail –14 April 1891 in the town and military cantonment of Mhow (now officially known as Dr
Ambedkar Nagar, now in Madhya Pradesh).
ii.He belongs to Marathi Family background from the town of Ambadawe (Mandangad taluka) in Ratnagiri
district of modern-day Maharashtra.
iii.He was an Indian jurist, economist, politician and social reformer who campaigned against social
discrimination towards the untouchables and supported the rights of women and workers.He died on 6
December 1956.
vi.Award – In 1990, the Bharat Ratna, India’s highest civilian award, was posthumously conferred on
Ambedkar.
Tamil New Year
Tamil Nadu also observed Tamil New year also known as Varsha Pirappu on April 14 every year. Tamil year
starts on April 14th in the Gregorian calendar. Tamil New Year’s Day is celebrated on the first day of Chithirai –
the first month in the Tamil Calendar and is also known as Varusha Pirappu.

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International Day for Monuments and Sites 2022 – April 18

The International Day for Monuments and Sites, also known as World Heritage Day, is annually observed
across the globe on 18th April to celebrate and spread awareness about the cultural heritage and diversity on
the planet.
• The day aims to encourage local communities and individuals throughout the world to consider the
importance of cultural heritage to their lives, identities and communities.
• The day also promotes awareness of the diversity and vulnerability of the heritage sites and the
efforts required to protect and conserve them.
The theme of International Day for Monuments and Sites 2022 is “Heritage and Climate”. The theme for
activities to be organized is annually proposed by the International Council on Monuments and Sites
(ICOMOS).
Significance of the theme:
The 2022 theme “Heritage and Climate” offers a platform to respond to questions like how to employ climate
justice and equity to protect heritage and the ways to achieve equitable protection of vulnerable communities
through climate action while responding to the United Nations (UN)’s Decade of Action.
Background:
i.ICOMOS, a non-governmental international organisation dedicated to the conservation of the world’s
monuments and sites established 18th April as the International Day for Monuments and Sites
in 1982 followed by United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) adoption
during its 22nd General Conference.
ii.The day was first observed first in 1983 by United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
(UNESCO).
Heritage sites of India:
i.The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) under the Ministry of Culture is the premier organization for
archaeological research and protection of the cultural heritage of India.
ii.At present, 3,691 monuments across India are protected by the ASI, with the highest number, 745, in Uttar
Pradesh(UP).
iii.At present, 40 properties of India are inscribed in the UNESCO World Heritage sites, which include the
recently added Dholavira: A Harappan City (Gujarat) (2021) and Kakatiya Rudreshwara (Ramappa) Temple
(Telangana) (2021).
iv.The 40 sites include 1 mixed site, 7 Natural sites and 32 cultural sites.
About International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS):
President– Teresa Patricio (Belgium)
Secretary General– Mario Santana (Canada)
Headquarters– Paris, France
Telangana Current Affairs - May 2022

PM dedicates and Lays Foundation Stone of 11 projects worth over Rs 31,500 cr in TN
The Prime Minister (PM) of India, Narendra Modi dedicated to the nation and laid the foundation stone of 11
projects worth over Rs 31,500 crore in Chennai, Tamil Nadu (TN).
The PM dedicated to the nation five projects worth over Rs 2960 crore. These are as follows:
i.The 75 km long Madurai-Teni (Railway Gauge Conversion Project) to facilitate access and give a boost to
tourism in the region.
• Project cost: Over Rs 500 crore
ii.The 30 km long third railway line between Tambaram – Chengalpattu to facilitate running of more Suburban
services for enhancing comfort of the travellers.
• Project cost: Over Rs 590 crore

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iii.The 115 km long Ennore-Chengalpattu section and 271 km long Thiruvallur-Bengaluru section of ETB PNMT
natural gas pipeline, built at a project cost of around Rs 850 crore and Rs 910 crore respectively to facilitate
supply of natural gas to consumers as well industries in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh.
iv.Inauguration of 1152 houses constructed as part of the LightHouse Project – Chennai, built at a cost of Rs
116 crore under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban.
The PM laid the foundation stone of six projects built at a cost of over Rs 28,540 crore. These are as follows:
i.The 262 Km long Bengaluru – Chennai Expressway which will pass-through the states of Karnataka, Andhra
Pradesh and Tamil Nadu and help reduce travel time between Bengaluru and Chennai by 2-3 hours.
• Project Cost: Over Rs 14,870 crore
ii.The 4 Lane double decker elevated road connecting Chennai Port to Maduravoyal (NH-4), of about 21 Km in
length to facilitate round the clock approach of goods vehicles to Chennai port.
• Project Cost: Over Rs 5850 crore
iii.The 94 km long 4 lane Neraluru to Dharmapuri section of NH-844 to provide seamless connectivity in the
region.
• Project Cost: Around Rs 3870 crore
iv.The 31 km long 2 lane with paved shoulders of Meensurutti to Chidambaram section of NH-227 to provide
seamless connectivity in the region.
• Project Cost: Around Rs 720 crore
v.The foundation stones for redevelopment of five Railway stations: Chennai Egmore, Rameswaram, Madurai,
Katpadi and Kanyakumari, were also laid to enhance convenience and comfort of the passengers through
provision of modern amenities.
• Project cost: Over Rs. 1800 crore
vi.The foundation stone of a Multi Modal Logistic Park was also laid at Chennai to provide seamless intermodal
freight movement and also offer multiple functionalities.
• Project cost: Around Rs. 1430 crore
Other Participants:
Ravindra Narayana Ravi, Governor of Tamil Nadu; Chief Minister (CM) Muthuvel Karunanidhi Stalin; Minister
of State (MoS) Loganathan Murugan, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB), among others.
PM addresses the graduation ceremony of the PGP Class of 2022 in ISB, Hyderabad
The PM Narendra Modi also addressed the joint graduation and Convocation ceremony of Indian School of
Business (ISB) Hyderabad (Telangana ) and Mohali (Punjab) of the PGP class 2022 in Hyderabad.
• He also addresses ISB Hyderabad on the occasion of its 20th Anniversary celebrations.
• The PM awarded the Gold Medals to the top students of ISB PGP 2022.
i.The Narasingapettai Nagaswaram, a classical wind music instrument, hand crafted in Narasingapettai Village
in Thanjavur, TN got the Geographical Indication (GI) Tag under the category of musical instruments of class 15
from Geographical Indications Registry.
ii.The Blue Cross of India, a Chennai-based animal welfare charity, has launched a “first-of its-kind” mobile
ambulance for street animals in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, in collaboration with the international animal welfare
organisation Four Paw.
About Tamil Nadu (TN):
Capital– Chennai
UNESCO heritage site– Great Living Chola Temples; Mountain Railways of India(Nilgiri, Tamil Nadu)
Birds Sanctuary– Kanjirankulam Birds Sanctuary; Chitrangudi Birds Sanctuary; Koonthankulam-Kadankulam
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PM Modi Addresses Programme Marking Silver Jubilee Celebrations Of TRAI; Country’s 1st 5G
Testbed inaugurated
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi addressed a programme marking the silver jubilee celebrations of the
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) via video conferencing. He also released a postal stamp to
commemorate the occasion. Union Ministers Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw, Shri Devusinh Chauhan and Shri L.
Murugan and the leaders of telecom and broadcasting sectors were among those present on the occasion.
Country’s First 5G Testbed
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the country’s first 5G testbed to enable startups and industry
players to test and validate their products locally and reduce dependence on foreign facilities.
• This 5G testbed was set up at a cost of around ₹ 220 crore and will be available at 5 different locations.
• It was developed as a multi-institute collaborative project by eight institutes led by IIT Madras.
• The other institutes, which are involved in the project are IIT Delhi, IIT Hyderabad, IIT Bombay, IIT Kanpur,
IISc Bangalore, Society for Applied Microwave Electronics Engineering & Research (SAMEER) and Centre of
Excellence in Wireless Technology (CEWiT).
Key Remarks for 5G Techs
i.Connectivity would determine the pace of progress in 21st century India. Therefore connectivity has to be
modernized at every level. 5G technology is also going to bring positive changes in the governance of the
country, ease of living and ease of doing business.
• This will boost growth in every sector like agriculture, health, education, infrastructure and logistics. This
will also increase convenience and create many employment opportunities.
ii. In the last 8 years, new energy was infused into the telecom sector with the ‘Panchamrita’ of Reach, Reform,
Regulate, Respond and Revolutionise.
iii.To make the mobile accessible to the poorest of the poor families, emphasis was placed on the
manufacturing of mobile phones in the country itself. The result was that the mobile manufacturing units
increased from 2 to more than 200.
iv.India is connecting every village in the country with optical fiber. Before 2014, not even 100 village
panchayats in India were provided with optical fiber connectivity. Now, we have made broadband connectivity
reach about 1.75 lakh gram panchayats. Hundreds of government services are reaching the villages.
India’s First-of-its-kind Flow Chemistry Technology Hub Set up at Hyderabad

On May 4, 2022, The Government of Telangana in collaboration with the pharmaceuticals majors Dr. Reddy’s
Laboratory and Laurus Labs along with academia has set up India’s first-of-its-kind Flow Chemistry
Technology Hub (FCT Hub) at Dr. Reddy’s Institute of Life Sciences (DRILS) Hyderabad, Telangana, facilitating
the pharmaceutical research and development (R&D) and adoption of continuous synthesis for making Active
Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs).
• The facility was inaugurated by Jayesh Ranjan, Principal Secretary, Department of Industries and
Commerce (I&C) and Department of Information Technology (IT), Government of Telangana.
Objective: To incorporate and promote efficient and sustainable technologies in the pharmaceutical sector.
Key Points:
i.The State-of-the-art flow chemistry equipment at the hub will provide hands-on training and promote
scientific capability building to ensure greater incorporation of FCT during pharma Research
&Development(R&D) and greater adoption of continuous synthesis for manufacturing of APIs.
ii.The Lab will provide hands-on training and promote scientific capability building to ensure greater
incorporation of flow chemistry techniques in the pharmaceutical sector.
iii.The FCT Hub provides a roadmap for a stronger alignment of the chemicals industry towards the United
Nations Sustainable Development Goals 2030 (UN-SDG).
Note:
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over 800 pharmaceutical companies and hosts the highest number of the United States Food and Drug
Administration (USFDA) approved facilities globally.
IRCTC’s Bharat Gaurav Tourist Train Covering Ramayana Circuit will Include a Stop at Nepal’s
Janakpur
The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) is set to run its First ‘Bharat Gaurav Tourist
Train’ on June 21, 2022. The proposed 17 Nights/18 Days pilgrimage will run on Ramayana
Circuit identified under the Swadesh Darshan Scheme, covering prominent places associated with the life of
Lord Shri Rama, including Ram Janaki temple in Janakpur located in Nepal.
• The Bharat Gaurav Tourist Train is the Government of India’s initiative of Dekho Apna Desh, to promote
domestic tourism.
Key Points:
i.The train with ten 3AC class coaches, can accommodate a total of around 600 tourists and is fitted with a well
equipped pantry for dishing out freshly-cooked vegetarian meals.
ii.The train will also be fitted with security cameras, along with security guard services for each coach.
iii.The all inclusive package for the pilgrimage starts from Rs 62,370/- per person. IRCTC also offers a 10%
discount for early 100 bookings as special promotions.
iv.IRCTC also tied up with Paytm and Razorpay payment gateways for providing EMI (Equated Monthly
Instalments) payment options to the customers.
v.Also the Government and Public Sector Undertaking employees can avail for LTC (Leave Travel Concession)
facility on this tour as per eligibility based on the guidelines issued by the Ministry of Finance.
Itinerary:
i.The train starts its 18 days journey from Safdarjung Railway Station, Delhi with stops at Uttar Pradesh
(UP)(Ayodhya, Varanasi); Janakpur, Nepal; Bihar; Madhya Pradesh(MP); Karnataka(Hampi); Tamil Nadu’s
(Rameshwaram, Dhanushkodi, Kanchipuram); Telangana (Bhadrachalam).
ii.The journey will culminate in Delhi on the 18th Day after covering over 8000 kms.
About Swadesh Darshan Scheme:
i.The Swadesh Darshan Scheme is a Central Sector Scheme launched by the Ministry of Tourism and Culture in
2014-15.
ii.The aim of the scheme is to develop theme-based tourist circuits and harness the tourism potential of India.
IIFL Home Loan Partners with ADB To Provide Green Affordable Home Loans in Telangana,
Andhra Pradesh By 2025
IIFL Home Finance Limited (IIFL HFL) organized the 9th chapter of its flagship event ‘Kutumb’, with the theme
‘Andhra Pradesh and Telangana – Urgent Need for Green Affordable Housing’—the 3rd event in collaboration
with the Asian Development Bank (ADB).
• This initiative would promote green affordable housing in Andhra Pradesh (AP) and Telangana (TS), with a
goal of Rs. 7,200 crores in home loans by 2025.
• It aims to raise awareness about the importance of building climate-resilient housing that is also cost-
effective and energy efficient.
The event was held in a hybrid format at Hyderabad (TS), Vijayawada (AP), Visakhapatnam (AP),
Rajamahendravaram (Rajahmundry) in AP, and Nellore (AP).
What is Kutumb?
Kutumb is a knowledge ecosystem developed by IIFL Home Loan to promote green affordable housing in India
and provide a better understanding of the available green design, rating, and financing options.
Key Points:
i.IIFL HFL has disbursed a total loan of over Rs. 2,448 crores in both Andhra Pradesh and Telangana (over Rs.
1,491 crores in TS and Rs. 956 crores in AP) until March 31, 2022, with over 85 branches in both states.

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• By 2025, IIFL HFL aims to disburse more than Rs. 7,200 crores in home loans in Andhra Pradesh &
Telangana (over Rs. 4,320 crores in AP & Rs. 2,880 crores in TS).
ii.It has funded over 645 Beneficiary-Led Construction (BLC) units in AP with a loan disbursement of more than
Rs. 12 crores.
• BLC is a centrally-sponsored scheme that provides up to Rs 1.5 lakh per house in assistance to eligible
families from the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) to either build new houses or improve existing
ones.
About IIFL Home Finance Limited (IIFL HFL):
It is a wholly owned subsidiary of IIFL Finance Limited, one of India’s largest non-banking financial companies
(NBFCs), and a National Housing Bank (NHB) registered housing finance company.
Executive Director (ED) & CEO – Monu Ratra
Commenced Operation – 2009
Headquarters – Gurugram, Haryana
NGSL signed MoE with LREB & PEPL for solar PV Projects in Kenya
NTPC GE Power Services Private Limited (NGSL), a 50:50 Joint Venture(JV) between NTPC Limited and GE
Power India Limited, has signed a tripartite Memorandum of Engagement (MoE) with The Lake Region
Economic Bloc (LREB), Kenya and Procorp Enertech Private Limited (PEPL) to work towards the development
of ground-mounted and floating solar PV projects in the Lake region of Kenya.
• The MoE aims to extend support for the adoption of affordable housing, efficient lighting,
development of Mini-grid solutions and capacity building of Kenyan power sector professionals.
Additional info:
Previously LREB and NGSL have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore business
opportunities in Kenya and other African countries.
Signatories:
Sanjeev Duggal, MD, NGSL; Victor Joash Oginga Nyagaya, CEO, LREB and Raju S Gannavarapu of PEPL signed the
MoE in the presence of governors and other senior delegates from LREB, Kenya.
Key Points:
i.The MoE was signed during the visit of a 20-member high-level delegation from LREB, Kenya.
ii.The delegations also visited the 100 MW floating Solar plant at NTPC Ramagundam (Telangana) India’s
largest floating solar plant and the 250 MW NTPC Ananthapuram ground mounted Solar PV Plant in Andhra
Pradesh(AP).
About NTPC GE Power Services Pvt. Limited:
NTPC GE Power Services Pvt. Ltd. was Formerly known as NTPC ALSTOM Power Services Pvt. Ltd.
Managing Director– Sanjeev Duggal
Headquarters– Noida, Gautam Buddha Nagar, Uttar Pradesh(UP)
Formed in September 1999
NHAI Signs Two MOUs in Lucknow Contributing Enhanced National Highway Infrastructure
On May 6, 2022, The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) organised a two-day regional conference in
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh (UP) as part of ‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’. During the event, two significant
Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) were signed contributing to enhanced National Highway Infrastructure
and contributing to a sustainable environment in UP and other states.
• NHAI and the Uttar Pradesh State Rural Livelihood Mission (UPSRLM) have signed a first-of-its-kind MoU to
involve the Self Help Groups (SHGs) in taking up the plantation drive along the National Highways. This will
eventually expand to other states like Madhya Pradesh, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Assam, Rajasthan,
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• The second MoU was signed between NHAI and Ammann Apollo India Private Limited for creating a talent
pool of a highly skilled workforce, fully trained on advanced technologies in Highway construction,
rehabilitation and maintenance.
Dignitaries Present:
i.The Signing of the MoU was done in the presence of General Vijay Kumar Singh (Retd.) Minister of State for
Road Transport and Highway and Minister of State for Civil Aviation, Alka Upadhyaya, Chairperson NHAI,
Manoj Kumar Singh, Additional Chief Secretary, Government of UP.
Note:
i.In the Financial Year (FY) 2021-22, NHAI has awarded projects for a total length of 6,306 km with a total
project cost of Rs. 2.47 Lakh Crore, which is the highest length of the award by the authority in the last three
years.
About National Highways Authority of India (NHAI):
i.NHAI under the administrative control of the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) was
constituted by an Act of Parliament in 1988.
Headquarters – New Delhi, Delhi.
Chairman – Alka Upadhyaya
IIT-Kanpur & CSIS, USA Signs To Create A Global Just Transition Network
The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur’s Just Transition Research Centre (JTRC) has partnered with
the Energy Security and Climate Change Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in
Washington D.C., United States of America(USA) to work on just energy transition globally, including in India
under Global Just Transition Network (GJTN).
Utility of the Joint Agreement
i.IIT Kanpur and CSIS will co-arrange a sequence of workshops and bilateral conferences between senior
officers and different key stakeholders from coal-dependent states/provinces in India, the United States, and
South Africa.
ii.Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, and Telangana are among the Indian states
with which the IIT-CSIS collaboration will interact, allowing them to access assets and connect with senior
officers working on simple transition in other countries.
iii. In addition, IIT Kanpur and CSIS may also host a number of workshops and interact extensively with the
coal business in India together with with main coal business unions.
Objective of the Joint Agreement
i.To institutionalise the idea of just transition in key coal-dependent states in India and among coal companies
by engaging extensively and working together with key sectoral stakeholders in India.
ii.The collaboration between CSIS, a globally famend worldwide suppose tank, and JTRC, IIT Kanpur, is a step
towards constructing a dialogue with a number of stakeholders by reaching out to commerce unions,
bureaucrats, regulators, and coal firms.
Overview of World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2022 held in Davos, Switzerland
On 22-26, May 2022, the 52nd Annual World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting was held in Davos-
Klosters, Graubunden, Switzerland on the theme ‘Working Together, Restoring Trust’. Originally, it was
scheduled on January 17-21, 2022, but due to uncertainty over the outbreak of the Omicron variant, it was
postponed.
• It brought together the foremost business, government and civil society leaders in nearly 450 sessions.
• Now, this Annual Meeting 2022 is the first global in-person leadership event since the start of the
pandemic.
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Aim:
To address economic, environmental, political and social fault-lines exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Focus Areas:
i.Progressing cooperation on tackling climate change
ii.Building a better future for work; accelerating
stakeholder capitalism
iii.Harnessing the technologies of the Fourth Industrial
Revolution
iv.Ensuring a more inclusive future of work
India’s Participation:
Union Minister Piyush Goyal led team India at WEF
2022
Union Minister Piyush Goyal, Ministry of Commerce &
Industry, led the delegation of Ministers, Chief Ministers (CMs) and business leaders at the WEF from May 23-
25, 2022.
• It included Union Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoH&FW),
Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MoPNG) besides CMs and
other senior ministers of six states including Madhya Pradesh (MP), Tamil Nadu (TN), Andhra Pradesh
(AP), Maharashtra, Karnataka and Telangana along with senior officials.
• The sessions focusing on India at WEF included ‘Strategic Outlook on India’; and ‘India’s energy
transition’.
Key Points:
i.The year 2022 coincides with the WEF’s 50th anniversary and 35 years of the Forum’s collaboration with
India.
ii.The platform provided opportunity to project India as an attractive investment destination amid its robust
economic growth and stable macroeconomic indicators.
iii.To mark 75 years of Independence and ‘Azaadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’, Department for Promotion of
Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) set up consolidated marquee India presence at WEF. Alongside the India
Lounge, a state lounge has also been set up.
iv.Sessions are being organised at the India lounge which includes the key topics viz. policy and ease of doing
business reforms, energy transition, digital economy, opportunities in National Monetization Pipeline, startups,
growing talents in the digital space, emphasis on innovation and research in the healthcare ecosystem.
v.India assumes the presidency of the G-20 in 2023.
India on top for trust in domestic companies: Study
In accordance with the ‘Edelman Trust Barometer Special Report: The Geopolitical Business’, Indian
companies (89%, with a gain of 4% since January 2022) have emerged as the most trusted by the domestic
population, followed by China, Canada, the United States (US) and the United Kingdom (UK).
• The report was released on the sidelines of the WEF Meeting.
Key Points:
i.On the overall trust index, taking into account trust in NGOs (Non-Governmental Organizations), business,
government and media, India is now placed at the 2nd place after China, as against 3rd in January 2022.
ii.Globally, scientists have emerged the most trusted category, while the United Nations (UN) is the only
trusted global institution.
iii.The survey was conducted in 14 countries with 14,000 respondents between April and May.
India joins US-led coalition to clean up carbon-intensive industry
India has joined the US-led First Movers Coalition, a flagship Public-Private Partnership (PPP) to clean up the
most carbon-intensive industry sectors, from heavy industry to long distance transport.
• Boston Consulting Group (also the First Movers Coalition Knowledge Partner) committed to removing
100,000 tonnes of carbon.

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• The coalition announced a major expansion to more than 50 corporate members worth about $8.5
trillion and a total of 9 leading governments, covering over 40% of global GDP (Gross Domestic Product)
viz. US, India, Japan, Sweden, Denmark, Italy, Norway, Singapore and the UK.
• The coalition also announced two new target sectors: carbon dioxide removal and aluminium, which join
the four existing sectoral pledges (aviation, shipping, steel and trucking) launched at COP26.
• These government partners will invite companies from their countries to join the coalition and will
pursue public policies to commercialize the green technologies corporate members commit to purchasing.
• The announcement for the same was made by US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry,
alongside Bill Gates, founder of Breakthrough Energy.
About First Movers Coalition:
Led by the WEF and the US government, the First Movers Coalition targets sectors including aluminium,
aviation, chemicals, concrete, shipping, steel and trucking, which are responsible for 30% of global emissions.
• This proportion expected to rise to over 50% by mid-century without urgent progress on clean
technology innovations.
Investing in skills of future can add $8.3 trillion to global economy: WEF
As per the WEF, increasing investments in the future skills for the next-generation workforce can add USD 8.3
trillion in increased productivity to the global economy by 2030.
• The Reskilling Revolution initiative, a coalition of 50 CEOs, 25 ministers and 350 organizations are
committed for the same for their economies, societies and organizations.
Key points:
i.The Reskilling Revolution initiative, launched at the WEF’s 50th Annual Meeting in January 2020, is working
to provide 1 billion people with better education, skills and economic opportunity by 2030.
ii.It works together with 12 countries — Bahrain, Bangladesh, Brazil, Cambodia, Georgia, Greece, India, Oman,
Pakistan, South Africa, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), with knowledge support from Denmark,
Finland, Singapore and Switzerland.
iii.These efforts are being taken forward by a new Education 4.0 Alliance, bringing together 20 leading
education organisations at the Forum’s Annual Meeting 2022,
iv.A new report prepared under this project showed that investment in the skills of the future for primary and
secondary school learners would create an additional USD 489 billion in Europe, USD 458 billion in South Asia,
USD 333 billion in East Asia, USD 332 billion in Latin America, USD 266 billion in the Middle East, USD 235
billion in North America, USD 179 billion in sub-Saharan Africa, and USD 163 billion in Central Asia.
4 new Industrial Clusters join WEF’s Net-Zero Transition Initiative
WEF’s ‘Transitioning Industrial Clusters towards Net-Zero’ initiative will be joined by four more industrial
clusters the Netherlands, Belgium and the US viz. Brightlands Circular Space (Geleen, Netherlands); H2Houston
Hub (Houston, US); Ohio Clean Hydrogen Hub Alliance (Ohio, US); Port of Antwerp-Bruges (Belgium, Europe)
Key Points:
i.The initiative will enable these hubs to accelerate industrial decarbonization, boost job creation and improve
competitiveness.
ii.Launched at COP26 in November 2021, the initiative aims to accelerate the decarbonization of hard-to-abate
industrial sectors, while maximizing job creation and economic competitiveness.
iii.Under this initiative, WEF works closely with Accenture and the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) as
knowledge partners, c
WEF launches alliance to Supercharge India’s climate action
WEF has launched the India chapter of the Alliance of CEO Climate Action Leaders to supercharge India’s
climate action and decarbonization efforts, as a part of WEF’s Climate Action Platform.
• The alliance is the collaboration between management consultancy Kearney and the Indian think-tank
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Key Points:
i.The alliance will continue efforts to achieve the vision outlined in the white paper released in 2021, ‘Mission
2070: A Green New Deal for a Net Zero India’, on India’s low-carbon transition by 2070.
ii.It will serve as a high-level platform to bring together the government, businesses, and other key
stakeholders to achieve Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ambitious ‘Panchamrit’ pledge, which includes the
country’s net-zero target by 2070.
DCO, WEF launch initiative to boost global digital FDI flows
The Digital Cooperation Organization (DCO) and WEF signed an agreement to launch a new initiative to boost
flows of digital foreign direct investments globally. Both entities will work together to identify methods to
increase digital adoption, investment in new digital activities, and investment in digital infrastructure.
• They will also launch Digital FDI (Foreign Direct Investment) Enabling Projects in countries around the
world, helping them identify and support implementation of policies and measures to increase investment
in the digital economy.
• The DCO, which focuses on digital economy initiatives supporting youth, startup entrepreneurs and
women, has nine member states with a combined GDP of nearly USD 2 trillion and a population of nearly
600 million.
Swiss Digital Initiative takes Digital Trust Label global
The Swiss Digital Initiative launched in January 2022 has taken WEF’s Digital Trust Label to the international
level. The Label has been awarded to five Swiss companies and their digital services and 14 more have
committed to get the Label in 2022.
• UNICEF Switzerland and Liechtenstein has become the first non-profit organisation, for online donation
process with the Label.
• With the customer app of the German company wefox, the Digital Trust Label will – for the first time – be
awarded outside of Switzerland, Swiss Digital Initiative (SDI).
WEF launches Global Collaboration Village for strong public-private cooperation
WEF is building a ‘Global Collaboration Village’ as the virtual future of public-private cooperation, in
collaboration with Accenture and Microsoft.
• The Global Collaboration Village will be an extension of the WEF’s public private platforms and in-person
meetings and will provide a more open, more sustained and more comprehensive process for coming
together.
Key aims of the Global Collaboration Village
i.Global cooperation: To create a new virtual space where global interaction can be enhanced.
ii.Interactivity: To provide immersive experiences to foster a better understanding of key global challenges.
iii.Inclusivity: To offer a collaborative public space for discussions about pressing global issues.
iv.Impact: The platform and all of its goals are geared towards catalysing more effective individual and
collective action
Initiative: Defining and Building the Metaverse
WEF also launches a new initiative on Defining and Building the Metaverse, which convenes more than 60
leading companies from technology and other sectors alongside experts from governments, academia and civil
society.
About World Economic Forum (WEF):
Founder and Executive Chairman– Klaus Schwab
Headquarter – Geneva, Switzerland
IIT Hyderabad Demonstrates Extreme Massive MIMO technology

On 2nd May 2022, the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Hyderabad announced the demonstration of
the Extreme Massive (Multiple-Input Multiple-Output) MIMO, a vital technology which is being considered
for 5G advanced and 6G deployment.
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• Massive MIMO involves deployment of MIMO on larger scale in the interest of greater network coverage
and data carrying capacity.
• IIT Hyderabad has developed an experimental research prototype with the aim to discover achievable
performance limits.
Key Points:
i.The first set of pilots which was conducted using 192 antennas and 48 radio frequency chains showed that up
to 24 to 36 users could be served in the same spectrum.
ii.This is a 3-time improvement over the state of the art 5G massive MIMO technology designed to support 12
simultaneous users.
iii.The antennas for MIMO technology are comparatively smaller than the conventional telecom equipments,
reducing the physical footprint of telecom infrastructure.
Benefits of MIMO:
i.MIMO will increase the coverage and capacity of cellular networks using multiple antennas at the base
station.
ii.This technique can be used to send multiple data signals simultaneously on the same channels, making
optimum use of spectrum, which is becoming an increasingly scarce resource.
iii.This technology has become the mainstream and an integral part of 5G.
for cellular operators and users, this technology will offer several benefits like high-quality voice and video
delivery in crowded areas like airports.
iv.This technology will play a major role in supporting proliferation of IoT devices and converting cities into
smart cities.
Note: In this technology the infrastructure management is complicated since it requires a large number of
antennas
Additional info:
i.IIT Hyderabad has made remarkable work on Narrowband – Internet of Things (NB-IoT) and other areas as
part of the 5G Testbed.
ii.IIT Hyderabad is set to play a major role in the government of India’s 5G advanced and 6G Efforts.
Indian Startup Skyroot Successfully Tests Kalam-100 Engine On Vikram-1 Launch Vehicle
Hyderabad-based space startup Skyroot Aerospace successfully tested a solid fuel-based engine, Kalam-100
Engine that would be used in the third stage of the launch vehicle called Vikram 1.The company is developing a
series of three small satellite launch vehicles called Vikram 1, Vikram 2, and Vikram 3.The Vikram 1 rocket will
use four fuel-based stages which includes 3 solid fuel and one 1 liquid fuel stages for the launch.
About Vikram-1 Launch Vehicle, Kalam-100 Engine, and
Test
i.A small-lift launch vehicle will be capable of putting 225 kg
payloads into sun-synchronous polar orbit whose payload
capacity is very small when compared with ISRO’s Polar
Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) which can carry up to 1,750
kg.
ii.Launch vehicle contains four stages, in which the third
stage contains a solid fuel-based engine called Kalam-100
Engine, named after scientist and India’s former president
Dr APJ Abdul Kalam.
• About Testing: Test firing ran for 108 seconds and the engine produces a peak vacuum thrust of
100kilonewton(kN) or 10Tons .
iii.Kalam-100 engine is the largest rocket stage ever designed, manufactured, and tested completely in the
Indian private sector.
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Ethylene-Propylene-Diene terpolymers (EPDM) thermal protection system, and carbon ablative nozzle.
v.The test was conducted at a facility of one of the company’s investors Solar Industries India at
Nagpur,Maharashtra.
Note – In 2021, Skyroot successfully demonstrated the country’s first privately developed cryogenic engine,
Dhawan-1 ,which will be the upper stage in the Vikram-2 rocket, was completely 3D printed using a superalloy,
with the process reducing the manufacturing time by 95 per cent.
2022 IBA Women’s World Boxing Championships held at Istanbul; Turkey Tops Medal Tally
The 12th edition of 2022 International Boxing Association (IBA) Women’s World Boxing
Championship(WWBC) was held at Başakşehir Youth and Sports Facility, Istanbul, Turkey from May 8 to May
20, 2022.
• The event saw the participation of 310 Boxers from
73 nations.
Prize Reward:
The Medal winners were awarded with overall prize money of
United States Dollar(USD) 2.4 million.
• Gold medallists won USD 100,000
• Silver medallists won USD 50,000
• Bronze medallists won USD 25,000
Key points:
i.India for the first time in the past four years, had won a total medal tally of 3, which includes one Gold and two
Bronze.
ii.The India Boxer Nikhat Zareen (from Nizamabad, Telangana) won the gold in flyweight (52kg) division with
5-0 points against Thailand’s Jitpong Jutamas. With this win she became the fifth Indian women boxer to win
the World Championship.
iii.Other Four Indian boxers who have won the world title for India are – Six-time champion Mary Kom (2002,
2005, 2006, 2008, 2010 and 2018), Sarita Devi (2006), Jenny RL (2006) and Lekha KC (2006)
iv.Zareen is also the first Indian woman boxer to claim two gold medals at the prestigious 73rd Strandja
Memorial Boxing Tournament 2022 held at Sofia, Bulgaria.
v.The other two Indian women boxers Manisha Moun (from Haryana) and Parveen Hooda(from
Haryana) had won the bronze medals in 57kg and 63kg categories respectively.
Overall Medal Tally:
Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Turkey 5 0 2 7
2 Ireland 2 0 0 2
3 Canada 1 1 0 2
4 India 1 0 2 3
Note:
i.In the 2022 IBA Women’s World Boxing Championships the weight categories were extended from 10 to 12.
ii.Algeria, Kosovo, Lithuania, Mozambique, Spain and Uzbekistan won their first medals at the Women’s World
Boxing Championships 2022.
iii.Belarusian and Russian boxers were not allowed to compete at the event after a ban as a result of the
Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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Telangana Current Affairs - June 2022

IIM Ahmedabad Launches India’s First Agri Land Price Index : ISALPI
The Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIMA),Gujarat, in association with Indian agri-land
marketplace SFarmsIndia has launched the IIMA-SFarmsIndia Agri Land Price Index (ISALPI), a first-of-its-
kind land price index.
• This will record and present ‘quality controlled’ data of prices of agricultural land across India.
• The Misra Centre for Financial Markets and Economy at IIM-A will host this index on its official
website.
Key Points:
i.Currently, ISALPI is based on land listing data from states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil
Nadu, Telangana, and Uttar Pradesh.
ii.In addition, the index benefits policymakers, local governments, environmentalists, investors, real estate
developers and financiers and is important in terms of benchmarking land prices in rural and semi-urban areas.
Note – Out of 200 million hectares, India houses just 2% of the world’s cropped land; but feeds over 15% of
the world’s population.
About SFarmsIndia:
SFarmsIndia has a strong focus on data warehousing and mining aimed at bringing cutting-edge agri-realty
domain-specific Artificial Intelligence (AI) capabilities to the market.
CEO of SFarmsIndia – Kamesh Mupparaju
PM Narendra Modi Inaugurated Iconic Week Celebrations of FinMin & MCA- June 6-12, 2022
As a part of the ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav (AKAM)’, an Iconic Week Celebrations of the Ministry of Finance
(FinMin) and Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) were held from June 6-12, 2022, at Vigyan Bhawan, New
Delhi, Delhi. It was inaugurated by Prime Minister (PM) of India Narendra Modi.
• Iconic Week Celebrations of the Ministry of Finance
(FinMin) and Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) was
held under the theme of “Transforming Lives”.
• It was attended by the Union Minister for Finance &
Corporate Affairs Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman, Union
Minister of State for Corporate Affairs Shri Rao Inderjit
Sigh, among others.
• Note- Chairman of organizing Committee of Azadi Ka
Amrut Mahotsav event is Amitabh Banerjee
PM launched 1st-of-its-kind Jan Samarth Portal–National Portal for Credit Linked Government schemes
The PM Narendra Modi launched National portal for credit linked government schemes – Jan Samarth Portal, a
first of its kind platform to directly connect beneficiaries to lenders. It provides single window facility for 13
Government Schemes application submission and 125+ Member Lending Institutions-MLIs (including all
Public Sector Banks) to choose from.
• The portal will facilitate credit under the categories of Agriculture, Livelihood, and Education
categories.
• It is a one-stop digital portal linking Government credit schemes.
Key Points:
i.The portal will check eligibility, give in principle sanction and send the application to the selected Bank.
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iii.This portal is part of the PM’s Seva of the common people, and to encourage inclusive growth and
development of various sectors by guiding and providing them
with the right type of government benefits through simple and
easy digital processes.
iv.Real time checks with Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT),
Goods and Services Tax (GST), UDYAM, National E-Governance
Services Limited (NeSL), UIDAI (Unique Identification Authority
of India), Credit Information Bureau (India) Limited (CIBIL) etc
ensures faster loan processing.
PM Narendra Modi launched new Re 1, Rs 2, 5, 10 and 20
coins
The PM also launched a special series of coins of Re 1, Rs 2, 5, 10 and 20 denominations having AKAM design.
They are not commemorative coins and will be part of circulation.These special series of coins will have the
theme of the logo of AKAM.
• They are also visually impaired friendly
• This new series motivate people to work towards the development of the country.
Finance Minister launches a Special Window Facility for Senior Citizens above 75 years
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman launched a special window facility for senior citizens above 75
years seeking refund from the Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority (IEPFA). It is an initiative by
IEPFA.
• As a part of this facility, the claim filed by these claimants will be auto-prioritized in MCA 21 system,
an e-Governance initiative of MCA, after receipt of e-verification report from the companies.
• For facilitation of these claimants, a dedicated telephone number 011-23441727 and email
id seniorcitizen.iepfa@mca.gov.in has been established.
• As a part of this initiative, Companies are requested to facilitate all such claimants in filing IEPF – 5
as well as file their e-verification report on priority in MCA 21.
About Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority(IEPFA):
Parent Ministry– Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA)
Chief Executive Officer (CEO)– Manoj Pandey
Finance Minister launched NETRA Portal and Mobile Application for IDEAS
The Union Finance Minister also launched NETRA (New e-
Tracking and Remote Administration) portal, and Mobile
Application for India Development and Economic Assistance
Scheme (IDEAS).
About NETRA:
NETRA has been developed for the efficient management and
monitoring of the LOC (Line of Credit) and Concessional Finance
Projects extended by Export-Import Bank of India (EXIM).
• The platform will facilitate in the implementation
cycle, project monitoring and reporting by providing
all relevant information to the key Indian stakeholders in an automated environment.
• It will further enhance the speed of delivery of the LOCs
About IDEAS:
Under IDEAS, EXIM Bank extends concessional finance to low and middle-income countries for sharing India’s
development experience by way of infrastructure development, capacity building, trade and skill transfer.
• Till date, India has offered concessional financing aggregating $34.56 billion to 66 countries in
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Finance Minister launches Single Nodal Agency Dashboard

The Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman also launched the Single Nodal Agency (SNA) Dashboard
of Public Financial Management System (PFMS) to ensure effective utilization of technology in public
finance.
• The SNA dashboard will provide a platform for ministries and departments to monitor the transfer
of funds for Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS) to states and their utilization.
• The SNA Dashboard requires each State to identify and designate a SNA for every scheme.
SPMCIL sets up Saifabad Mint Museum in Hyderabad
A coin exhibition, showcasing the history of coin-making and collection at the Saifabad Mint Museum in
Hyderabad, Telangana was inaugurated as part of ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’ celebrations.The exhibition
reflects about 120 years of the history of the region as well as the nation.
The Saifabad Mint Museum has been set up by the Security Printing and Minting Corporation of India Ltd
(SPMCIL) as part of ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mohostav’ in a mint facility which was abandoned in 1990s.
Dr Jitendra Singh, Ministry of Science & Technology (MoST) released Aarohan
i.Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Dr Jitendra Singh, Ministry of Science & Technology (MoST)
released Aarohan, a Coffee Table Book and e-book on the progressive contribution of the Income Tax (IT)
Department over the decades.
• Aarohan means Ascent.
Dr. Bhagwat Kishanrao Karad, Ministry of Finance released an e-book titled Pratidhwani
ii.Union Minister of State (MoS) Dr. Bhagwat Kishanrao Karad, Ministry of Finance released an e-book
titled Pratidhwani that highlights policy initiatives and changes in IT Department during the period 2000 to
2022. It is divided into 4 chapters.
• Pratidhwani means resonance.
iii.On June 8, 2022, Indian Customs under the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC)
observed ‘Drug Destruction Day’ across India as a part of AKAM during which 42054.104 kgs kilograms of
narcotics were destroyed which includes 17,108,45 tablets, 72757 bottles of cough syrup, and 16,336 vials of
injections.
iv.The Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs (CBIC) launched ‘E-Lecture Series by Eminent Personalities’.
• The event is being hosted by the CBIC Chairman and organised by Mumbai Customs Zone-I.
v.A video ‘Rupaya Ka Rochak Safar’ was also launched at the inaugural function depicting the journey of the
India’s financial services sector over the last 75 years. It is narrated by Veteran Bollywood Actor Amitabh
Bachchan.
vi.The training modules of the Department of Expenditure were also launched as part of Mission Karmayogi.
• Mission Karmayogi has been tasked with capacity building commission. It will come up with training
modules in order to empower, train and skill the civil servants.
vii.A short Film ‘Journey of Corporate Governance in India: A Panorama’ was also released that include
evolution of Corporate Governance in India.
viii.There was also a release of Commemorative Postal Stamp on Investor Awareness – A unique postal
stamp carrying the message of inclusive financial literacy & investor awareness with the mandate of Investor
Education & Protection Fund Authority.
ix.There is also a launch of National CSR Exchange Portal– a digital initiative on CSR (Corporate Social
Responsibility) which will enable stakeholders to list, search, interact, engage and manage their CSR projects on
a voluntary basis.
x.Other special attractions include the replicas of the world’s largest 1,000 tolas Mughal gold coin Muhr issued
by Emperor Jahangir in the 17th Century and the famed silver Rupee issued by the ruler of Delhi Sher Shah Suri
in the 16th century.
• Types of coins from the Nizam era— Gold coins, Ashrafis, community coins and circulation coins.
xi.On June 11, 2022, Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman dedicated to the
nation, Dharohar – the National Museum of Customs and GST in Panaji, Goa.

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• xii.Dharohar is one of its kind museums in the country that showcases not only the artifacts seized
by Indian Customs but also depicts various aspects of work performed by the Customs Department.
• ‘Dharohar’ has eight galleries. GST Gallery is a brand new addition to the Dharohar Museum. A first-
of-its-kind initiative in the country, this GST Gallery takes one through the long and arduous journey
of GST spanning two decades.
xii.On June 9, 2022, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman inaugurated a Mega exhibition- on Nation
Building and Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) at Mahatma Mandir in Gandhinagar Gujarat.
About Ministry of Finance:
Union Minister– Nirmala Sitharaman (Constituency – RajyaSabha, Karnataka)
Ministers of State– Pankaj Chaudhary (Constituency – Maharajganj, Uttar Pradesh); Dr.
Bhagwat Kishanrao Karad (Constituency – Rajya sabha Maharashtra)
SRS Data: India’s Life Expectancy at Birth Increases to 69.7; Still Below Global Average of 72.6
According to the data from Sample Registration System (SRS)-Abridged Life Tables 2015-2019,
released by the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India, India’s life expectancy at birth has
increased up to 69.7 from 2015-2019 period and is still lower than the global average of 72.6.
• In 2015-19, the highest life expectancy at birth has been estimated for NCT of Delhi with 75.9
years followed by, while Chhattisgarh with 65.3 years, has the lowest life expectancy at birth.
• India has increased its life expectancy at birth by 20 years, from 49.7 in 1970-75 to 69.7 in
2015-2019.
• The life expectancy has increased by 0.3 years and 0.4 years respectively for rural and urban
areas as compared to 2014-18.
• The top 5 performer in state wise for the period 2015-19 are
1. Delhi
2. Kerala,
3. Jammu & Kashmir
4. Himachal Pradesh and
5. Punjab
Salient Features of the Report:
i.At the national level, the life expectancy at birth for males has been estimated at 68.4 years and that for
females, at 71.1 years.
• Expectation of life at birth is highest in Delhi (74.3 years) for males and in Kerala (78.0
years) for females, whereas it is lowest in Chhattisgarh (63.7 years) for males and Uttar
Pradesh (66.2 years) for females.
ii.Odisha has had the highest increase, of over 24 years, from 45.7 to 69.8 years followed by Tamil
Nadu.Uttar Pradesh, with lowest life expectancy at birth of just 43 years in 1970-75 has increased to 65.6
in 2015-2019.
iii.In case of birth (age-0), life expectancy is higher in urban areas than in rural areas for most of the
States/UTs; except for Kerala which has reported higher rural life expectancy at birth.
Data related to urban, rural divide:
i.Urban women in Himachal Pradesh had the highest life expectancy at birth of 82.3 years while the rural
men in Chhattisgarh had the lowest, 62.8 years which shows a gap of 15.8 years.
ii.In Assam, the gap in life expectancy between rural and urban areas is nearly 8 years, followed by
Himachal Pradesh with a gap of 5-years.
iii.Kerala is the only state where the rural life expectancy at birth was higher than urban for both women
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iv.In Bihar and Jharkhand, the male life expectancy stood higher compared to women in both urban and
rural areas.
Gist About Life Table
• A life table summarizes the mortality experience of a population during
the period of study. The life table is a mathematical table which gives the life history of a
hypothetical group or cohort as it is gradually diminished by deaths. It gives the probabilities of
death and survival at various age groups.
• It presents the scenario of life expectancy at birth and at various quinquennial age groups.
• The life expectancy at birth usually denoted by (e00), measures the average number of years
a person is expected to live under prevailing mortality conditions.
• The present report contains the abridged life tables for the period 2015-19 by sex
and residence for India and bigger States/UTs (with population 10 million and
above viz. Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Gujarat, Haryana,
Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra,
Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand
and West Bengal) along with Himachal Pradesh.
Key Highlights:
i.The reason for the below global average level is mainly due to high infant mortality and under-five
mortality.
ii.The gap between life expectancy at birth and life expectancy at age one or age five is biggest in states
with the highest infant mortality rate (IMR) such as Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh including other
states like Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Assam and Odisha.
• In Madhya Pradesh, which has the highest IMR of 43, the life expectancy on completion of 1 year
reaches upto 2.7 years.
• In Uttar Pradesh, with an IMR of 38, life expectancy is about 3.4 years, on completion of 1st year.
About Sample Registration System (SRS):
i.The Sample Registration System (SRS) provides reliable annual estimates of Infant mortality rate, birth
rate, death rate and other fertility & mortality indicators at the national and subnational levels.
ii.This was initiated on a pilot basis by the Registrar General of India in a few states in 1964-65 and
became fully operational during 1969-70.
About Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA):
Union Minister – Amit Shah (Constituency- Gandhinagar, Gujarat)
Minister of state – Nityanand Rai, Ajay Kumar Mishra, Nisith Pramanik
President Appoints New Chief Justices to Six High Courts

The President of India, Ram Nath Kovind, has appointed new Chief Justices for six High Courts: Uttarakhand,
Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gauhati, and Telangana in exercise of the power conferred under clause
(1) of Article 217 of the Constitution of India, after consultation with the Chief Justice of India (CJI)
Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana (N V Ramana).
• Chief Justice of the Telangana High Court Satish Chandra Sharma has been transferred to the
Delhi High Court in the same capacity as the Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court. Madhya Pradesh
is his parent High Court.
• The other five High Court Judges have been elevated to the position of Chief Justice.
Note: The Gauhati High Court in Assam is the High Court of Assam, Nagaland, Mizoram & Arunachal Pradesh
Five Judges Elevated as Chief Justices of Various High Courts
i.Justice Vipin Sanghi, Judge, Delhi High Court, was appointed as the Chief Justice of the Uttarakhand High
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Sanghi will be taking over from Uttarakhand HC’s current acting chief justice Sanjay Kumar Mishra.
ii.Justice Amjad A. Sayed, Judge, Bombay High Court, was made Chief Justice of the Himachal Pradesh High
Court.
He will be taking over from Justice Mohammad Rafiq, the present chief justice of the Himachal Pradesh High
Court, is likely to retire on May 24.
iii. Justice Sambhaji Shivaji Shinde (S S Shinde), Judge, Bombay High Court, was appointed as the Chief Justice
of the Rajasthan High Court.
He will be replacing Chief Justice Manindra Mohan Shrivastava.
iv.Justice Rashmin Manharbhai Chhaya, Judge, Gujarat High Court, was elevated as the Chief Justice of
the Gauhati High Court.
Justice Chhaya will replace Justice N Kotiswar Singh who is the Acting Chief Justice of the Gauhati High Court.
v.Justice Ujjal Bhuyan, who is currently a judge in Telangana High Court, was elevated as Chief Justice
of Telangana High Court. His parent high court is Gauhati.
Justice Ujjal Bhuyan will replace Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma of the Telangana High Court
Key Information:
i.Four of these high courts – Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan and Gauhati – were headed by Acting Chief
Justices.
• Since Justice D N Patel retired, the Delhi High Court has been without a regular Chief Justice, and
Justice Sanghi has served as Acting Chief Justice since March 13, 2022.
ii.The names of new Chief Justices were recommended by the Supreme Court Collegium led by CJI N V Ramana
on May 17, 2022.
iii. The new Chief Justices will assume their new charge in the following days, and their appointments will take
effect from the day they assume office.
iv.Judicial vacancies: The number of judicial vacancies in the High Courts remained at 400 as of June 1, 2022,
while the working strength of judges is 708. The sanctioned number of judges in the 25 High Courts is 1,108.
Note: clause (1) of Article 217: – Every Judge of a High Court shall be appointed by the President by warrant
under his hand and seal after consultation with the Chief Justice of India, the Governor of the State, and, in the
case of appointment of a Judge other than the Chief Justice, the Chief Justice of the High Court, and shall hold
office, in the case of an additional or acting Judge, as provided in article 224, and in any other case, until he
attains the age of sixty-two years.
Justice Ujjal Bhuyan takes oath as HC Chief Justice of Telangana

On 28th June 2022, Justice Ujjal Bhuyan was sworn in as the Chief Justice of Telangana High Court in a
ceremony held at Raj Bhavan. Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan administered the oath of office to Justice
Bhuyan. Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao also attended the swearing-in ceremony held at Raj Bhavan.
i.On June 19 2022, the Union government appointed Justice Ujjal Bhuyan as the new Chief Justice. He succeeded
Justice Satish Chandra Sharma, who was transferred to the Delhi High Court.
ii.Previously, Justice Bhuyan took oath as judge of Telangana High Court in October, 2021 He is also the
Executive Chairman of Telangana State Legal Services Authority.
World Bank Approves USD 250 million for India’s Road Safety Program
The Board of Executive Directors of the World Bank has approved the financing of USD 250 million to
support the “India State Support Program for Road Safety”, a project by the Indian government to improve
road safety.
• The project will be implemented in seven States: Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Odisha, Tamil Nadu,
Telangana, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal.
The USD 250 million variable spread loan from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
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Features of the India State Support Program for Road Safety:

i.A nationwide harmonised crash database system will be created as part of the project, and its analysis will be
utilised to build better and safer roads in an effort to decrease the frequency of traffic accidents.
ii. The project will contribute to the improvement of pre-hospital emergency care for victims of traffic
accidents, to better manage post-crash events.
• It includes setting up of a single accident
reporting number, increasing the network of
basic and advanced life support ambulances
and training first responder caregivers to
road crash victims on the spot.
iv.Additionally, the project would give incentives to
states to use public-private partnership (PPP)
concessions and pilot initiatives to attract private
funding.
Key Statistics on Road Accidents in India
i.India accounts for over 10% of all crash-related deaths while having only 1% of the world’s vehicles. Poor
households account for over 70% of crash victims.
ii.According to a World Bank study, road accidents cost the Indian economy between 5% and 7% of its GDP
(Gross Domestic product) every year.
iii.More than half of the victims are motorcyclists, cyclists, or pedestrians, while road users between the ages of
18 and 60 years make up over 84 % of all fatalities.
About World Bank:
Together, The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and The International
Development Association (IDA) make up the World Bank.
President of World Bank Group – David Malpass
Headquarters – Washington, DC, United States of America (USA)
Ministry Of Defence & Bharat Dynamics Limited Signs Defence Contract for Supply of ASTRA
MK-I BVR AAM
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has inked a contract with Hyderabad-based public-sector Bharat Dynamics
Limited (BDL) for the supply of ASTRA MARK (MK)-I Beyond Visual Range (BVR) Air-to-Air Missile
(AAM) and related equipment to the Indian Air Force (IAF) and Indian Navy.
• The contract was signed under the Buy (Indian-Indian Designed, Developed, and Manufactured (IDDM))
category and is worth Rs. 2,971 crores.
The project represents the spirit of ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat,’ and will accelerate India’s transition towards self-
sufficiency in Air-to-Air Missile (AAM).
The Defence Contract:
i.The purchase under the ‘Buy (Indian-IDDM)’ category refers to the purchase of products from an Indian
vendor that have been indigenously designed, developed, and produced with a minimum of 50% Indigenous
Content (IC) on a cost basis of the overall contract value.
ii.The technology to produce missiles of this class indigenously was not available until recently, but the ASTRA
MK-I BVR AAM was designed and developed indigenously by the MoD’s Defence Research and Development
Organisation (DRDO).
• The technology transfer from DRDO to BDL for the production of the ASTRA MK-I missile and all
associated systems has been completed, and production at BDL is currently in progress
• The ASTRA MK-I missile and all associated systems for launch, ground handling, and testing were
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iii. The project will provide opportunities in aerospace technology for at least 25 years for various Micro, Small,
and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs).
Strategic Significance:
i.The ASTRA MK-I BVR AAM missile was developed in response to IAF requirements for BVR as well as close-
combat engagement, reducing dependence on foreign sources
• Own fighter aircraft can neutralise adversary aircrafts without exposing themselves to adversary air
defence measures using stand-off ranges provided by AAMs with BVR capabilities.
ii.This missile outperforms several foreign missile systems in terms of technology and cost.
• It has a top speed of more than four times the speed of sound and a maximum altitude of 20 kilometres
(km), making it extremely flexible for air combat. It can combat enemy fighter aircraft at ranges of up to
75 km.
iii. The missile has been successfully trial tested by the IAF and is fully integrated into the Sukhoi 30 MK-I. It
will be integrated with other fighter aircraft, such as the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas in a phased manner.
iv.The missile will be integrated into the Indian Navy’s MiG-29K fighter aircraft, which are stationed aboard the
Navy’s aircraft carriers, enhancing the carriers’ lethality.
NOTE:
• Only a few missile manufacturers in the United States, Russia, Europe, and China have mastered the
technologies used in BVR AAMs. India has now become a member of this exclusive club.
• A longer-range Astra Mark II is in the pipeline, capable of shooting down enemy fighters from a range of
up to 100 km.
About Ministry of Defence (MoD):
Union Minister – Raj Nath Singh (Lucknow Constituency, Uttar Pradesh)
Minister of State (MoS) – Ajay Bhatt (Nainital-Udhamsingh Nagar Constituency, Uttarakhand)
Elest To Set Up India’s 1st Display Fab worth Rs 24,000cr in Hyderabad, Telangana
On June 12, 2022, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) is inked between the State Government of
Telangana, and Karnataka-based Elest, a subsidiary of gold retailer Rajesh Exports, for India’s first Display
Fabrication (fab) Unit that will be set up in Hyderabad, Telangana with investments worth Rs 24,000 crore.
• Under this, a display fab facility i.e. ‘Generation 6
AMOLED Display FAB’ will be set up by Elest, with
investments worth Rs 24,000 crore.
• AMOLED is an acronym for Active Matrix Organic
Light Emitting Diodes.
• It is one of the largest investments in India’s
electronics sector and the largest ever investment
by size in Telangana.
Signatories:
The MoU was signed by chairman of Rajesh Exports Rajesh Mehta; and Telangana’s Information Technology
(IT) Principal Secretary Jayesh Ranjan in the presence of state’s Industries and Commerce Minister
Kalvakuntla Taraka Rama Rao, and Elest CEO Shyam Raghupathy in Bengaluru.
What is in the MoU?
i.The Display FAB would be set up under the India Semiconductor Mission (ISM) programme of the Ministry
of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India.
ii.This proposed fab unit will manufacture, and supply most advanced AMOLED displays to smartphone, tablet
computers, laptops, and TV makers globally.
iii.It will also manufacture lithium-ion cells, batteries, and EVs (Electric Vehicle).
iv.The unit will be set up in technological association with the most advanced and finest research centres
across the world.
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Korea, and Taiwan, but also generate direct opportunity for more than 3,000 people, including scientists and
advanced technology professionals.
Point to be noted:
Elest, a Fortune-500 company, will also set up a research and development centre for research in the next
generation areas of advanced display technology.
Startup Genome launched GSER 2022 at London Tech Week 2022

On 14th June 2022, Startup Genome, a world-leading innovation policy advisory and research firm, released
the Global Startup Ecosystem Report 2022(GSER 2022), the 10th-anniversary edition of GSER, at the Elevating
Founders event of London Tech Week 2022 (13th to 17th June 2022).
Various Indian ecosystems have risen in the ranking compared
to 2021 ranking.
Bengaluru, Karnataka has ranked 22nd on the global ranking,
up one place from the 2021 ranking, while Delhi has moved up
11 places and ranked 26th and Mumbai is ranked at 36.
• The report was introduced by JF Gauthier, Founder
and CEO of Startup Genome.
• The report was created by Startup Genome in
partnership with the Global Entrepreneurship
Network (GEN) and Crunchbase.
Rankings of Indian Cities:
i.India has witnessed an increase in the number of large exits and early-stage rounds and a substantial increase
in ecosystem value.
ii.India has produced around 44 unicorns in 2021 and the exits increased to USD 14 billion, 10 times higher
over 2020.
Bengaluru:
i.According to the report, Bengaluru has ranked number 1 in Asia and 5th on the global stage for tech venture
capital (VC) investment in 2022.
ii.Bengaluru is among the top 20 in the Global ecosystem in Bang for Buck, among the top 15 in the Global
Ecosystem in Funding and among the top 25 in Global Ecosystem in Performance.
iii.According to the report, the ecosystem value of Bengaluru is USD 105 billion which is higher than
Singapore(USD 89 billion) and Tokyo (USD 62 billion).
Note: Further research by data intelligence platform Dealroom.co for London & Partners showed that in the
first five months of this year Bengaluru’s tech firms raised.
Kerala and Telangana:
Kerala and Telangana are among the top 10 in the Global Ecosystem in Affordable talents.
• Kerala has ranked 4th in the Global Ecosystem in Affordable talents and the state has ranked first in
Asian Ecosystem in Affordable Talent. Kerala is ranked among the top 10 in the Global ecosystem in
Bang for Buck and among the top 30 in Asian Ecosystem in Funding.
• Telangana has ranked 4th largest in the Asian Ecosystem in Affordable Talent and ranked among top
10 in Global Ecosystem in Affordable talent. Telangana is ranked among the top 15 in the global
ecosystem in Bang for Buck and Asian Ecosystem in Funding.
Top 100 emerging ecosystems:
• Chennai (tied #31–40) and Pune (tied #51–60) and Telangana(tied #61-70) are featured among the
top 100 emerging startup ecosystems globally.
• Chennai saw a USD 1 billion exit in business software startup Freshworks, which moved to Silicon
Valley after founding in India.
• Mumbai’s has moved out of the Emerging Ecosystems ranking and into the global overall rankings.

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• Even though Telangana scored higher than Chennai and Pune in terms of funding and market reach,
the ecosystem lagged in performance and talent & experience.
Top 3 in the ranking (global):
Rank Ecosystem Country
1 Detroit United States of America
2 Hong Kong Hong Kong
3 Dublin Ireland
About the GSER 2022:
i.The 2022 edition ranks the top 30 and 10 runner-up global ecosystems and includes a top 100 ranking of
emerging ecosystems.
ii.It also explores the startup communities from a regional perspective and separately ranked the ecosystems in
Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, MENA, North America, and Oceania.
iii.The GSER 2022 includes a ranking of the leading 140 ecosystems, continental insights, and exclusive
founder-focused articles from thought leaders and experts around the world.
Note:
• Startup Genome published the 1st edition of GSER in 2012.
• Ranking is based on 5 factors, viz, Performance, Funding, Connectedness, Market Reach, Knowledge,
Talent & Experience
Key Points:
i.Silicon Valley has ranked 1 in the global startup ecosystem ranking followed by New York City and London in
2nd position followed by Boston in 4th and Beijing in 5th position.
ii.North America dominates the global ranking with around 47% of the top 30 ecosystems in the region.
iii.Asia experienced a 312% increase in the dollar amount of exits over $50 million from 2020 to 2021.
iv.A record 540 companies achieved unicorn status in 2021, up from 150 in 2020.
About London Tech Week 2022:
i.London tech week 2022 (from 13th to 17th June 2022), is a flagship tech event of the United Kingdom(UK).
ii.The tech week unites the global government and corporate leaders and other stakeholders to discuss the
power of technology for societies.
iii.The events of the London Tech Week are held at the Queen Elizabeth II Centre, Westminster, London, UK.
Main themes of 2022 are:
• Exploring the next tech frontiers.
• Delivering impactful innovation at scale.
Building a thriving UK tech industry.
Ship-borne weapon system VL-SRSAM successfully flight-tested off Odisha coast

On June 24, 2022, an indigenously developed Vertical Launch Short Range Surface to Air Missile (VL-SRSAM)
was successfully flight-tested by the Defence Research and
Development Organisation (DRDO) and the Indian Navy (IN)
from a warship at Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur
off the coast of Odisha.
• The launch of the system was conducted against
a high speed aerial target mimicking aircraft,
which was successfully engaged.
Features of VL-SRSAM:
i.It is a ship-borne weapon system to neutralize various
aerial high-speed airborne targets at the range of 40km to 50km and at an altitude of around 15km including
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ii.Its design is based on Astra Mark-1 missile which is a Beyond Visual Range Missile (BVR) Air-To-Air Missile
(BVRAAM)
iii.Its two key features of the VL-SRSAM are cruciform wings and thrust vectoring.
iv.It is a canisterised system, which means it is stored and operated from specially designed compartments.
Development of VL-SRSAM:
It is developed by DRDO facilities of Defence Research and Development Laboratory (DRDL) and Research
Centre Imarat (RCI), both from Hyderabad (Telangana), and Research & Development Establishment
(Engineers) based in Pune (Maharashtra).
Indian Navy inks pact with DG Shipping:
A Memorandum of Understanding has been inked between IN and the Directorate General (DG) of Shipping to
facilitate transition of Indian Navy personnel into the merchant navy’s various designations, both in India as
well as in shipping companies across the globe.
• Under this, the DG Shipping has envisioned certification of Indian Navy personnel in accordance
with the International STCW (Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers)
conventions.
• The STCW sets qualification standards for personnel on seagoing merchant ships.
IN-SPACe Authorises India’s First Set of Space Start-Ups to Launch Payloads

The Indian Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACe) headquartered at Ahmedabad in
Gujarat, has authorised two Indian private firms, Dhruva Space Private Limited in Hyderabad (Telangana) and
Digantara Research and Technologies Private Limited in Bengaluru (Karnataka), to launch their payloads into
space.
• They are the first set of space start-ups to receive
the authorization, signalling the commencement
of private space sector launches in India.
• The payloads would be launched by the PSLV
Orbital Experimental Module (POEM) of Polar
Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV)-C53 (PSLV-
C53) on June 30, 2022.
The first two authorized payloads for launch are:
i.Dhruva Space Satellite Orbital Deployer (DSOD 1U), a
technology demonstration payload from Dhruva Space.
ii.ROBust Integrating Proton Fluence Meter (ROBI), a proton dosimeter payload from Digantara.
Mission PSLV-C53
i.The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) will launch PSLV-C53, its 55th mission, from the Satish
Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, at 18:00 IST (Indian Standard Time) on June 30, 2022.
• The PSLV-C53 mission will demonstrate the indigenously designed CubeSat Deployers ahead of the
launch of our satellite missions, Thybolt-1 and Thybolt-2, onboard the PSLV-C54 mission.
ii.Dhruva Space will demonstrate its satellite deployer technology, which in the future can be deployed for
international customers.
• This will also allow Dhruva Space to support international clients with CubeSat Deployers,
Integration, and Launch Services.
• Dhruva Space is a start-up in the space technology industry that develops application-neutral
satellite platforms and full-stack space engineering solutions.
• CEO of Dhruva Space – Sanjay Nekkanti.
iii. Digantara will launch a weather satellite with its patented technology that will be used for weather
monitoring from space.
• It also intends to deliver accurate orbital insights to ensure continued safe space operations.

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• Digantara develops end-to-end solutions for safe and sustainable space operations using its Space
Situational Awareness sensor network, platform, and data products.
• CEO and Co-founder of Digantara – Anirudha N Sharma.
NRSC Organizes 3-Day Training Course On ‘Bhuvan’ Portal Utilisation
The National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC), an ISRO organisation, has organized a free three-day training
course on the utilization of “Bhuvan” portal scheduled on July 12–14, 2022.
• It targets to empower undergraduate and postgraduate students, professionals in government
organisations, start-ups, private firms etc.
Bhuvan: ISRO’s Geoportal
The national Geoportal of ISRO, Bhuvan (meaning Earth in Sanskrit), showcases Indian Earth Observation
capabilities from the Indian Remote Sensing (IRS) series of satellites.
• It offers a wide range of services, including satellite data visualisation, thematic maps, query and
analysis, free data downloads and products, near real-time disaster services, crowdsourcing apps,
and a variety of geospatial applications. Additionally, it helps the ministries that use ‘G-Governance’
applications.
Indian Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACe):
IN-SPACe is an autonomous, single-window nodal agency under the Department of Space (DOS). It was
established to promote, authorize, monitor, and supervise space activities and the use of DOS-owned facilities
by Non-Governmental Private Entities (NGPEs) in India, as well as to prioritise the launch manifest.
• Chairman – Pawan Kumar Goenka
• Headquarters – Ahmedabad, Gujarat
Telangana Current Affairs - July 2022

Telangana Chief Minister opens world’s biggest innovation campus T-Hub 2.0
Telangana Chief Minister(CM) K Chandrashekar Rao has inaugurated (Technology Hub) T-Hub 2.0, the
world’s largest innovation campus in Hyderabad,the capital of Telangana.It was launched in the year 2015 to
promote the entrepreneurship and innovation. In 2021, the startup ecosystem of Telangana was valued at USD
4.8 billion.
Key Points:-
i.It has attracted over 2000 entrepreneurs and raised USD 1.19 billion in funding by T-Hub startups.T-shaped
structure has a built space of 5.82 lakh sq ft with the capacity of 1000 seats,the hub allocates 18,000 for the
Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and AIC T-Hub Foundation.
ii.The seventh floor is assigned to the Department of Science and Technology’s (DST) Centre of Excellence to
promote artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML).
iii.The eighth and ninth floors are proposed for the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) project,
along with social impact start-ups and young entrepreneurs (Y-Hub).
iv.T-Hub will further empower the startup ecosystem and support the entrepreneurs in their growth by
providing them with access to 6Ms – Mentors, Market, Motivation, Manpower, Money, Methodologies and
2Ps.
• Chief Executive Officer of T-Hub is Srinivas Rao Mahankali.
Bonalu Festival Celebrated in Telangana

The Bonalu Festival is a Hindu Festival worshipping the goddess Mahakali. This annual month-long festival is
usually celebrated during the Ashada Masam which falls in July or August. The festival is predominantly
celebrated in Telangana’s twin cities Hyderabad and Secunderabad and other parts of Telangana. The festival
involves the worship of Kali in her various forms.
In 2022 the festival is celebrated in the month of July.

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• As a part of the celebration, People offer Bonam, including Bangles and Saree to the Mother Goddess
at Temples.
• Bonam literally means Meal in Telugu, which is an offering to the Mother Goddess.
School in Hyderabad introduced India’s 1st Teaching Robot – Eagle

The Indus International School in Hyderabad, Telangana introduced India’s first Teaching robot
named “Eagle” to teach students. These humanoid robots developed by the school will assist teachers in
teaching.
• It was introduced by the Indus Trust, which
runs a network of Indus International Schools
in Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Pune, and Belagavi.
i.The school deployed a total of 21 teaching robots in its
branches located in Hyderabad, Bengaluru, and Pune.
ii.Children can connect with the assessment and content of
the robot through devices like mobiles and laptops.
About Eagle Robots:
i.The robots are capable of teaching students from classes
V to XI. These robots will assist the teachers and also teach
students in standalone mode.
• These robots were introduced as teacher assistants for physics, chemistry, biology, geography, and
history and will work along with teachers in delivering lessons.
ii.They are capable of teaching students in 30 different languages and accessing them at the end of the class
using analytics.
iii.They are also programmed to clear doubts of the students and provide content on mobile phones or laptops.
iv.The robots are developed by an in-house team comprising engineers from IIT, content developers, and
experienced teachers over a period of two years.
What are robots?
Robots are machines that can be programmed to carry out complex series of tasks automatically.
Madhya Pradesh’s Burhanpur becomes India’s First ‘Har Ghar Jal’ Certified District
Burhanpur district of Madhya Pradesh (MP) became India’s first ‘Har Ghar Jal’ (Water To Every
Household) certified district, with all the 254 villages in the
district having access to safe drinking water under Jal
Jeevan Mission (JJM). It was announced by the Ministry
of Jal Shakti.
Note-
Burhanpur, also known as the ‘Darwaza of Dakhin’ or
‘Gateway of Deccan’.
Highlights:
i.When JJM was launched on 15 August 2019, only 37,241
rural households (36.54 per cent) out of a total of 1,01,905
households in Burhanpur had potable drinking water through tap connections.
• As of July 2022, all the houses in the district – 1,01,905 have access to tap water in 254 villages,
including in 43,701 tribal households.
• In MP, 42.71% of the households have been provided with a tap water supply as of July 22.
ii.Under the ‘Har Ghar Jal programme, Village Water and Sanitation Committee (VWSC) was formed in all the
254 villages of Burhanpur. It is responsible for the operation, maintenance, and repair of water supply
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iii.As of now, three States – Goa, Telangana and Haryana and three UTs – Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Dadra
and Nagar Haveli & Daman and Diu, and Puducherry have provided 100% tap water coverage.
About Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM):
i.It was launched in 2019 under the Jal Shakti Ministry.
ii.It envisages supply of safe drinking water to every rural household through Functional Household Tap
Connections (FHTC) by 2024.
• Goa became the first state to reach the target.
About Madhya Pradesh:
Governor- Mangubhai Patel
Festival – Ujjain Kumbh Mela , Malwa Utsav
Dance Form – Jawar , Tertali
India’s Largest Floating Solar Plant Commissioned at NTPC Ramagundam, Telangana

NTPC Limited, India’s largest state-run energy conglomerate, has announced the commercial operation of
the Ramagundam Floating Solar photovoltaic (PV) Project in Ramagundam, Telangana, which is India’s
largest floating solar power plant with a total capacity of 100 MW (megawatts).
• It commenced operation on July 1, 2022, and made the final final operation of 20 MW of the 100 MW
Ramagundam Floating Solar PV Project.
In March 2022, an additional 42.5 MW of power generation capacity was made operational by NTPC at the
Ramagundam Floating Solar PV Project.
Ramagundam Floating Solar PV Project
i.The Ramagundam Floating Solar PV Project, which has 4.48 lakh photovoltaic (PV) panels floating across 500
acres of the NTPC-Ramagundam reservoir, was built at a cost of Rs. 423 crore.
• Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) is the project’s EPC (engineering, procurement, and
construction) contractor.
ii.The project is divided into 40 2.5MW blocks, with each block consisting of one floating platform and an array
of 11,200 solar modules.
iii. The solar modules are mounted on floaters made of HDPE (High Density Polyethylene), and each floating
platform consist of one inverter, a transformer, and an HT breaker.
• All of the electrical equipment, including SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition), is
floating on ferro-cement platforms, making this project unique.
iv.The floating system is anchored to dead weights in the balancing reservoir bed by special HMPE (High
Modulus Polyethylene) ropes.
v.The total commercial operation of Floating Solar Capacity in the Southern Region increased to 217
MW with the operationalization of the 100-MW Solar PV Project at Ramagundam with addtion to the NTPC’s 92
MW Floating Solar Power Project at Kayamkulam (Kerala) and a 25 MW Floating Solar PV Project at Simhadri
(Andhra Pradesh).
Total Installed Capacity of NTPC
i.NTPC’s total installed capacity has now reached 69,134.20 MW, with 23 coal-based, seven gas-based, one
hydro, and 19 renewable energy projects.
ii.Under joint venture, NTPC has nine coal-based, four gas-based, eight hydro, and five renewable energy
projects (JV).
Note – On June 28th 2022, Tata Power Solar Systems has commissioned India’s largest floating solar power
project of 101.6 Megawatt Peak (MWp) on a 350-acre water body in Kayamkulam, Kerala.
FDI in R&D Sector in India Rises to USD 343.64 Million in 2021: MoCI
According to the Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MoCI), Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflows into
India’s Research and Development (R & D) sector hiked to USD 343.64 million in Calendar Year (C.Y.)
2021, rising 516% from USD 55.77 million in C.Y. 2020.

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• FDI is permitted in the R&D sector through a 100% automatic route, subject to applicable
laws/regulations, security and other conditionalities.
The Indian government has made significant efforts to attract and promote R&D-intensive FDI to supplement
domestic capital, technology, and skills for faster economic growth and development.
Key Statistics:
i. Karnataka is the Top FDI Equity recipient state in R&D during Y. 2021, followed by Telangana and
Haryana.
• Telangana, Karnataka, Haryana, Andhra Pradesh, and Tamil Nadu showed growth of more
than 250% in C.Y. 2021 compared to C.Y. 2020.
ii.Singapore is the Top investing country in R&D during C.Y. 2021, accounting for 40% of total FDI equity in
R&D, followed by Germany (35%), and the United States of America (U.S.A) (11%).
• Furthermore, FDI Equity inflows from countries like Germany, Mauritius, France, Singapore, Oman,
and the USA, increased by more than 200% compared to C.Y. 2020.
iii. Daimler Truck Innovation Center is the Top FDI Equity inflow recipient company in
R&D during C.Y. 2021, accounting for 35% of total FDI Equity in R&D, followed by Aragen Life
Sciences Private Limited (34%), and Stelis Biopharma Private Limited (21%).
Inferences
i. These trends represent a robust and growing R&D sector that will assist the economy by stimulating
innovation and boosting productivity, resulting in higher economic growth.
ii.R&D is crucial to the development of a knowledge-based economy, which can lead the path for
increased economic growth.
iii. FDI infuses long-term sustainable capital into the economy and, among other things, helps with
technology transfer, the development of strategic sectors, greater innovation, competition, and
employment generation.
Rajasthan & Telangana Signs MoU to Set up First Women Run Bank in Rajasthan
On 26th July 2022 Rajasthan Grameen Aajeevika Vikas Parishad (RGAVP) – Rajeevika of the Rajasthan
government and Telangana government's Stree Nidhi Credit Cooperative Federation (Stree Nidhi) signed a
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish ‘Rajasthan Mahila Nidhi (RMN)’, Rajasthan’s
first and India’s third women’s financial institution (bank).
• The MoU was signed by Rajeevika mission director Manju Rajgopal and Stree Nidhi Managing Director
(MD), G Vidyasagar Reddy in the presence of rural development and panchayat raj minister
Ramesh Chand Meena at Indira Gandhi Panchayati Raj Institute.
• This was announced by Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot in the 2022-2023 budget.
Highlights:
i.Establishment – RMN will be established as a state-run financial institution through Rajeevika with a total
grant of Rs. 50 crore from the Rajasthan government in 2 years (Rs. 25 Crore in the 1st year).
• The Rajasthan government has sent a proposal worth Rs.110 crore to the central government in
support of the project.
• Rajeevika will contribute around Rs. 10 lakh per cluster-level union as share capital from 561 promoted
cluster-level federations in a phased manner for the operations.
ii.RMN will be started in 15 districts including Karauli, Alwar, Kota, Dungarpur, Rajsamand and Jodhpur during
the 1st year of the project implementation and its members will be from the cluster level federation of
Rajeevika.
iii.Through RMN, loans up to Rs. 40,000 will be disbursed in 48 hours and above Rs. 40,000 will be disbursed
in 15 days.

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About Rajasthan:
Governor – Kalraj Mishra
Stadium – Sawai Mansingh Indoor Stadium, Barkatullah Khan Stadium
Dance – Ghoomar, Gair
Six Indian States Sign First-Of-Its-Kind Declaration of Intent to Combat Human Trafficking
A first-of-its-kind Inter-State Declaration of Intent to Work in Collaboration to Combat Human
Trafficking was signed by women and child welfare representatives from six Indian states — Andhra Pradesh,
Karnataka, Kerala, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, and Telangana — on July 1-2, 2022, during a two-day Regional
Consultation on Working Together to Combat Human Trafficking.
• This declaration will be called as ‘Hyderabad Declaration’
• The Telangana government hosted the event in partnership with the Non-Profit Organizations
(NGOs) Prajwala and Shakti Vahini. The conference was supported by the United States (US)
Consulates General in Hyderabad (Telangana) and Kolkata (West Bengal).
The agreement emphasises collaborating on intelligence gathering and sharing, witness and legal protection, as
well as rehabilitation and care for survivors.
Regional Consultation to Combat Human Trafficking
i.The consultation included 36 senior officials from the Departments of Women and Child Welfare/Social
Welfare, the Home Department, the State Women’s Commission, the State Children’s Commission, and the State
Legal Services Authority.
• It was also attended by State Ministers from Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Odisha,
and Tamil Nadu.
ii.The consultation featured presentations and panel discussions from senior police officers, prosecutors,
judges, cybercrime experts, and survivor advocates.
iii. To ensure convergence in response process and enhance interstate collaboration between source and
destination agencies, the US government collaborated with state governments to organise a series of
consultations to bring together state-level parties, including government departments, legal services, law
enforcement, child protection, and prosecution agencies.
Significance of A Regional Consultation
i.A regional consultation will provide a forum for exchanging best practices that can then be adopted by each
state.
• Through this cooperation, the States will be able to interact with each other more effectively, leading
to cooperation with a focus on combating human trafficking.
ii.A Real Time Example: A delegation from Telangana had previously visited Tamil Nadu to research the
Amma Maternity Nutrition Kit and Amma Baby Care Kit schemes.
• It was then adopted in Telangana as the KCR Kit Scheme for pregnant women, resulting in
significant reductions in the Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) and Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR).
Note:
Founder of Prajwala – Sunitha Krishnan
Co-founder of Shakti Vahini – Rishi Kant
Greenko & IIT-H sign MoU to set up India’s 1st School for Sustainable S&T
Greenko Group signed an MoU with the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Hyderabad to launch ‘Greenko
School of Sustainable Science and Technology’ (GSSST), India’s first dedicated School for Sustainable Science
and Technology.
• It aims to enhance sustainable research, quality of education and skill.
About Greenko School of Sustainable Science and Technology’ (GSSST):
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ii.By June 2023, it will induct students for different courses including M.Tech and Ph.D. programmes in
sustainable science and technology, followed by BTech programs.
iii.The niche school will promote studies in various fields such as climate change mitigation, artificial
intelligence (AI) and space technology, energy transition and industrial transformation, circular and
regenerative economy, etc.
About Greenko Group:
CEO and MD– Anil Chalamalasetty
Headquarters -Hyderabad, Telangana
Founded- 2004
University of Hyderabad inks MoU with National Institute of Animal Biotechnology

The University of Hyderabad (UoH) has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the National
Institute of Animal Biotechnology (NIAB), Hyderabad, Telangana, in fundamental areas of biological sciences.
i.The MoU was signed by UoH Registrar Dr. Devesh Nigam and NIAB Director Dr. G. Taru Sharma, in the
presence of UoH Vice-chancellor Prof. B J Rao, School of Life Sciences Dean Prof. N. Siva Kumar and Dr. Anand
Srivastava, Scientist D is the Coordinator from NIAB.
ii.Under the agreement, the NIAB scientists would actively participate in teaching Master’s programmes at UoH
in specialized areas of Animal Biology & Biotechnology and offer students the chance to undertake project work
in their labs.
Telangana govt announces DiCRA in partnership with UNDP

The government of Telangana and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) collaborated to
add Data in Climate Resilient Agriculture (DiCRA) as the latest addition to the Digital Public Goods Registry.
• This is the first-of-its-kind digital initiative to drive climate action.
Objective:
It aims to equip farmers with information on the impact of climate change.
About DiCRA:
i.The platform is facilitated by the Government of Telangana and UNDP, in collaboration with Zero Huger Lab
(Netherlands), JADS (Netherlands), ICRISAT (International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics),
PJTSAU (Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University is a state agriculture university), and
RICH (Research and Innovation Circle of Hyderabad).
• It is part of UNDP’s ‘Data for Policy’ initiative supported by Rockefeller Foundation.
Key points:
i.DiCRA provides open access to both data as well as analytics derived through open software based on
Artificial Intelligence (AI). It will help in strengthening food systems, food security and Industries in India.
ii.DiCRA will use its remote sensing and pattern detection algorithms to help in identifying farms that are
resilient to climate change and those highly vulnerable. iii.It will also facilitate analysis and insight sharing on
climate resilience, based on empirical inputs from data scientists and citizen scientists on best-performing
farms.
• It will enable farmers to mitigate the adverse effects of climate change on their crops and livestock.
About Telangana:
Governor –Tamilisai Soundararajan
Festival – Sammakka Saralamma Jatara or Medaram Jatara , Peerla Panduga and Muharram , Nagoba jatara ,
Lumbini festival

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NIRF 2022: Ministry of Education announces India Ranking 2022, IIT Madras tops in Overall
On July 15, 2022, the Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, Ministry of Education (MoE) released the ‘India
Rankings 2022- Ranking of Higher Educational Institutions on Performance’. It was prepared by National
Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF), MoE.
• The ‘India Rankings 2022: Overall’ was topped by Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras of
Chennai, Tamil Nadu with a score of 87.59. It retains its 1st position in Overall Category
for 4th consecutive year and in Engineering for 7th consecutive year.
• It was followed by Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bengaluru (Karnataka) with a score of 83.57
at 2nd place, and IIT Bombay in Mumbai (Maharashtra) with 82.35 score.
• IIT Madras also ranked top in Engineering College Category.
Basis of Assessment:
The overall assessment is premised upon the 5 parameters of Teaching, Learning & Resources (TLR);
Research and Professional Practice (RP); Graduation Outcomes (GO); Outreach and Inclusivity (OI); and Peer
Perception. These are further divided into 18-21 sub-parameters.
Table showing the top 5 Rankers in Overall Category:
Rank Institute Score
1 Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras, Chennai 87.59
2 Indian Institute of Science (IIsc), Bengaluru,Karnataka 83.57
3 IIT, Bombay (Mumbai) 82.35
4 IIT Delhi, New Delhi, Delhi 82.22
5 IIT Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh) 77.83
Click Here for Official Overall list
Table showing top 5 rankers India Rankings 2022: University
1 IISc 83.57
2 Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU),New Delhi 68.47
3 Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi 65.91
4 Jadavpur University, Kolkata (West Bengal) 65.37
5 Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu) 63.4
• IISC tops the Universities Category for 7th consecutive year.
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Table showing top 5 rankers India Rankings 2022: College
1 Miranda House, Delhi 78
2 Hindu College, Delhi 71.86
3 Presidency College, Chennai,Tamil Nadu 71.67
4 Loyola College, Chennai 71
5 Lady Shri Ram College For Women, New Delhi 70.83
• Miranda House retains the 1st position amongst Colleges for the 6th consecutive year.
• Colleges in Delhi dominate ranking of colleges with five colleges out of first 10 colleges from Delhi.
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Table showing top 5 rankers India Rankings 2022: Research Institutions

1 IISc (Karantaka) 88.62
2 IIT Madras (Tamilnadu) 86.38
3 IIT Delhi (Delhi) 82.16
4 IIT Bombay (Maharashtra) 80.21
5 IIT Kharagpur (West Bengal) 74.05
• IISc stood first in this Category for 2nd consecutive year.
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Table showing top 5 rankers India Rankings 2022: Engineering
1 IIT Madras 90.04
2 IIT Delhi 88.12
3 IIT Bombay 83.96
4 IIT Kanpur 82.56
5 IIT Kharagpur 78.89
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Table showing top 5 rankers India Rankings 2022: Management
1 Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Ahmedabad, Gujarat 83.35
2 IIM Bengaluru, Karnataka 82.62
3 IIM Calcutta, West Bengal 78.64
4 IIT Delhi 75.1
5 IIM Kozhikode, Kerala 74.74
• IIM Ahmedabad tops the Management category for 3rd consecutive year.
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Table showing top 5 rankers India Rankings 2022: Pharmacy
1 Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi 79.5
2 National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research Hyderabad, Telangana 79.46
3 Panjab University, Chandigarh 76.29
4 National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Mohali (Punjab) 75.78
5 Birla Institute of Technology & Science (BITS) Pilani , Rajasthan 74.99
• Jamia Hamdard tops the ranking in Pharmacy for the 4th consecutive year.
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Table showing top 5 rankers India Rankings 2022: Medical
1 All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi 91.6
2 Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh 79
3 Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu 72.84

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4 National Institute of Mental Health & Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore 71.56
5 Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi, UP 68.12
• AIIMS, New Delhi tops the Medical category for the 5th consecutive year. It ranked at 9th
position in Overall category for the first time.
Click Here for Official list of Medical Institutions
Table showing top 5 rankers India Rankings 2022: Dental
1 Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences (SIMATS), Chennai 82.3
Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Udupi, Karnataka 77.28
3 Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, Pune (Maharashtra) 76.67
4 Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences (MAIDS), Delhi 70.48
5 King George`s Medical University, Lucknow,Uttar Pradesh 69.13
• SIMATS takes the top slot for the first time in Dental Subject displacing Manipal College of Dental
Sciences, Manipal.
Click Here for Official list of Dental Institutions
Table showing top 5 rankers India Rankings 2022: Law
1 National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bengaluru 78
2 National Law University (NLU), New Delhi 73.96
3 Symbiosis Law School (SLS), Pune, Maharashtra 73.73
4 Nalsar University of Law, Hyderabad 73.05
5 The West Bengal National University of Juridicial Sciences (WBNUJS or NUJS), Kolkata 70.72
• NLSIU retains its first position in Law for the 5th consecutive year.
Click Here for Official list of Law Institutions
Table showing top 5 rankers India Rankings 2022: Architecture
1 IIT Roorkee, Uttarakhand 83.46
2 IIT Calicut 77.35
3 IIT Kharagpur 75.42
4 School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi 66.37
5 National Institute of Technology (NIT), Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu 65.19
• IIT Roorkee stands at 1st position in Architecture subject for 2nd consecutive year.
Click Here for Official list of Architect Institutions
Other Highlights:
i.A total number of 4,786 unique institutions offered themselves for ranking under Overall, category-specific
and / or domain-specific rankings for India Rankings 2022. In all, 7,254 applications for ranking were made by
these 4,786 unique institutions under various categories / domains including 1,876 in Overall Category, 1,249
in Engineering, and 2,270 in General Degree Colleges.
ii.Number of unique applicants to India Rankings have increased from 2,426 in 2016 to 4,786 in 2022 whereas
total number of applications for ranking in various categories have increased from 3,565 in 2016, to 7,254 in
2022 i.e. total increase of 2,360 (97.28% increase) in unique institutions and 3,689 (103.48% increase) in total
applicants.

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iii.100 institutions are ranked in Overall, Universities and Colleges categories.

iv.Number of institutions that are being ranked in Engineering has been increased to 200 from 2019 onwards.
v.The number of institutions ranked in Management and Pharmacy are being increased from 75 to100 each
from 2022 onwards.
vi.Number of institutions ranked are restricted between 30 and 50 in subject domains namely Architecture,
Law, Medical, Dental as well as in Research Institutions.
i.The Unnat Bharat Abhiyan (UBA) 2.0 on April 25, 2022 has completed four years since its launch on the
sameday in the year 2018. The UBA 2.0 was launched with the vision of transformational change in the
rural development processes by MoE. IIT Delhi has been designated to function as the National Coordinating
Institute for this program.
ii.The Department of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of Education has released the National
Achievement Survey (NAS) 2021 report which was conducted on November 12 2021, assessing the state of the
School education system in India. According to NAS 2021, majority of the states performed below the overall
national score, but states like
Kerala, Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Punjab performed better than the national average.
About National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF):
Approved by approved by the Ministry of Education(then Ministry of Human Resource
Development(MHRD)) in 2015, it released the first India Rankings based on this framework in 2016.
Asia Pacific Sustainability Index 2021: Bengaluru Tops in India, Ranks 14th In the APAC Region
According to the ‘Asia Pacific Sustainability Index 2021’ released by Knight Frank, an international property
consultant based in London, United Kingdom (UK), four Indian cities made it to the top 20 of the Asia Pacific
(APAC) Sustainably Led Cities Index Ranking.
• Bengaluru, Karnataka, was ranked 14th in the
APAC region in the Gold standard category. It
topped among the Indian cities.
• The other 3 Indian cities, Delhi (New Delhi),
Hyderabad (Telangana), and Mumbai
(Maharashtra), came in 17th, 18th, and 20th,
respectively, attaining the Silver standard
category.
The top five green-rated cities in the APAC region are
Singapore, Sydney (Australia), Wellington (New Zealand),
Perth (Australia), and Melbourne (Australia). These five cities earned the Platinum category, the
highest category of the index.
Key Facts:
i.The APAC Sustainably-led Cities Index includes 36 cities ranked according to urbanisation pressure, climate
risk, carbon emissions, and government initiatives.
ii.The index standard refers to the willingness of the cities in accepting and adapting to Environmental, Social
and Governance (ESG)metrics.
• Platinum signifies that the city is well advanced and extremely open to accepting and adapting to
ESG metrics from all stakeholders to a high degree.
• Gold implies that the city is slightly advanced and somewhat open to accepting and adapting to ESG
metrics from all stakeholders to a certain degree.
• Silver denotes that the city is advanced and open to accepting and adapting to ESG metrics from all
stakeholders to a limited degree.

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Reason Behind India’s performance:

• India’s growth in sustainable development has been driven by the new market dynamics.
• Indian developers have enhanced their products to suit the standards as a result of the global
commitment to carbon neutrality and Net Zero, focused on building environmentally-friendly
premises.
India Green Bonds’ Issuance 6th Largest in APAC Region
According to the Knight Frank report “Raising Capital in Uncertain Times-Active Capital APAC Perspective
June/July 2022”, India’s green bond issuance surged by 523 % year-over-year (YoY), from USD 1.1 billion in
2020 to USD 6.8 billion in 2021.
• India now ranks the sixth-largest country in APAC in terms of the total amount of green bonds
issued in 2021.
Green Bonds: These are fixed-income financial instruments meant to finance projects that have positive
environmental and or climate benefits.
Raising Capital in Uncertain Times: Overview
The report serves as a guide for investors by giving an insight of how the Asia-Pacific real estate market has
performed historically and how it is predicted to develop in 2022.
• The report also emphasises the theme – Environmental, Social, And Governance (ESG) for investors
aiming to expand their ESG footprint in their portfolios.
Key Facts:
i.In 2020, the pandemic had a negative effect on the issuance of green bonds. However, it bounced back in 2021,
surpassing pre-pandemic levels and increasing by 116.9% from the USD 3.1 billion raised in 2019.
ii.According to statistics provided by the Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI), APAC issued USD 126 billion in green
bonds in 2021, with China issuing the largest amount, USD 68 billion, exceedingthe combined value of the other
APAC nations.
About Knight Frank:
MD (Asia Pacific) – Kevin Coppel
Chairman & MD of Knight Frank India – Shishir Baijal
Founded – 1896
Headquarters – London, United Kingdom (UK)
Global Startup Ecosystem Index 2022: Bengaluru Boasts Strongest Startup Ecosystem in India
& 8th Globally
According to the Israel-based StartupBlink’s ‘Global Startup Ecosystem Index (GSEI) 2022’, Bengaluru, the
capital city of Karnataka, has the “strongest startup ecosystem in India” and ranks 8th among the world’s top 10
cities.
• Bengaluru was ranked first among Indian cities in the 2022 rankings. Furthermore, it is
ranked first in South Asia.
Globally, New Delhi (Delhi) is ranked 13, Mumbai (Maharashtra) is ranked 17, Pune (Maharashtra) is ranked
90, while Hyderabad (Telangana) is ranked 97.
• The other cities in the index are Chennai (Tamil Nadu), Jaipur (Rajasthan), and Ahmedabad
(Gujarat).
Key Report Findings:
i. India is among the top-20 startup ecosystems globally and has been ranked 19th in the country-
wise rankings for 2022.
ii.In the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region, India is ranked 4th after Singapore, Australia, and China.
iii. Bengaluru’s startup ecosystem has been ranked the 3rd best at the city level in the APAC region, moving up
two spots in 2022. The top 2 cities are: China’s Beijing (1) and Shanghai (2).
Top 3 in Global Ranking Cities:

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Rank City Country

1 San Francisco Bay United States
2 New York United States
3 London United Kingdom
Top 3 in Global Ranking Countries:
Rank City
1 The United States of America (USA)
2 The United Kingdom (UK)
3 Israel
19 India
Accomplishment of Bengaluru
i. With rankings of 10 in 2021 and 14 in 2020, Bengaluru’s position in the global startup ecosystem has
improved since 2020.
ii.Bengaluru is home to 364 education startups, 128 transportation startups, and 126 ecommerce and retail
startups.
• It outperforms in Education Technology (Edtech) and Transportation with a global rank of 5 in both
sector-wise startup rankings.
• The city is ranked 12th in the categories of Ecommerce & Retail and Software & Data, ranked 14th in
Food Technology (Foodtech), ranked 19th in Hardware & Internet of Things (IoT), and ranked 20th
in Financial Technology (Fintech).
An Overview of India’s Startup Ecosystem
i. Considering its size, population, and cost effectiveness in business operation, India has immense potential.
ii.In the last few years, it has witnessed a boom in unicorns and became a global leader in technological
services.
iii. Its growth trajectory in the startup ecosystem is attributed mainly to its domestic market size and a huge
Information technology (IT) industry.
iv.It drives economic growth in India, increases productivity, and completely transforms the nation.
Global Startup Ecosystem Index 2022
The Global Startup Ecosystem Index (GSEI) has been updated annually since 2017 and is the world’s most
comprehensive startup ecosystem ranking of 100 countries and 1,000 cities.
• The GSEI is created using data points that have been analysed by an algorithm that considers dozens
of parameters.
About Karnataka:
Chief Minister – Basavaraj Bommai
Festivals – Ugadi (New Year for Kannadigas); Sankranti (Pongal of Kannadigas); Vairamudi Festival Celebrated
on the third day of Brahmotsavam in the temple of Cheluvanarayana, Melkote)
Stadium – Karnataka State Hockey Association (KSHA) Hockey Stadium, Bengaluru; Hosamani Siddappa District
Stadium, Haveri
First Edition Of ‘State Ranking Index For NFSA’ 2022: Odisha, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh
Emerge as Top 3 States Among General Category States
The first edition of the “State Ranking Index for NFSA: Creating resilient food systems to optimize the
delivery of benefits – June 2022“ was released by Union Minister Piyush Goyal, Ministry of Consumer Affairs,
Food & Public Distribution (MoCA,F&PD), on July 5, 2022, during the Conference of Food Ministers of States
and Union Territories(UTs) on “Food Nutrition and Security in India,” which was hosted by the Department of
Food and Public Distribution (DFPD), MoCA,F&PD.

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• The National Food Security Act (NFSA) was enacted on July 5, 2013, and the conference was
organized to commemorate the occasion on July
5, 2022.
Objective of NFSA: To deliberate and discuss nutritional
security, food security, best practices followed in Public
Distribution System (PDS), crop diversification, reforms in
PDS and storage sector.
Dignitaries Present at The Conference
The conference was attended by Ms. Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti,
Minister of State (MoS) for Consumer Affairs, Food & Public
Distribution, and Rural Development; Sudhanshu Pandey,
Secretary, DFPD; and food ministers and senior officials from eight states.
State Ranking Index for NFSA 2022
i. The State Ranking Index for NFSA 2022 aims to document the status and progress of NFSA and other reform
initiatives across India, following consultation with states.
• It emphasises reforms made by States/UTs, fosters cross-learning, and scales up reform actions
implemented by all States/UTs.
ii.The 2022 Index is mainly focused on NFSA Distribution and will eventually incorporate procurement
and Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY)Distribution in future.
iii. The Index for ranking States/UTs is based on 3 main pillars that cover the end-to-end implementation of
NFSA via the Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS). The 3 pillars are:
• NFSA— Coverage, targeting and provisions of the Act
• Delivery platform, and
• Nutrition initiatives
Key Facts:
i. India has now become 100% connected under One Nation One Ration Card (ONORC).
• So far, approximately 45 crore transitions have taken place, allowing beneficiaries to collect rations
from any State/UT in India.
ii.The Ayushman Bharat Card will be distributed using a digital, Aadhaar-linkedPublic Distribution system. The
technique is being used by Uttar Pradesh to distribute Ayushman Bharat cards.
• The immunisation of immigrant children can also be linked with the system to guarantee that they
have access to medical facilities.
iii. With respect to the food subsidy to states, the deadline to submit claims for pending dues for the year 2019–
20 is August 15, 2022.
• The subsidy claims remain pending as the States/UTs fail to provide relevant data even if the Centre
has available funds.
• The non-participating states include Telangana, Odisha, Jharkhand, Delhi, Andhra Pradesh, West
Bengal, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, and Nagaland.
Performance of States/UTs
Ranks & Scores Obtained by General Category States/UTs
Rank State/UT Index Score
1 Odisha 0.836
2 Uttar Pradesh 0.797
3 Andhra Pradesh 0.794
20 Goa 0.631
• The UT of Dadra & Nagar Haveli(NH) and Daman & Diu is covered under both categories—for urban
areas under DBT category and for other areas under non DBT category.

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Ranks & Scores Obtained by States/UTs Belonging to Special Categories (North

Eastern States, Himalayan States, & the Island Regions)
These states are based on challenges in providing services due to geographical constraints.
1 Tripura 0.788
2 Himachal Pradesh 0.758
3 Sikkim 0.71
14 Ladakh 0.412
Ranks & Scores Obtained by UTs Operating in DBT (Cash Transfer) Mode
Rank Union Territory (UT) Index Score
1 Dadra & NH and Daman Diu 0.802
2 Puducherry 0.709
3 Chandigarh 0.68
Comprehensive Country Level Index
1 Odisha 0.836
2 Uttar Pradesh 0.797
3 Andhra Pradesh 0.794
34 Ladakh 0.412
• Due to differences in the scoring criteria, the DBT cash UTs of Chandigarh and Puducherry have not
been included in the country level index, instead separate ranks and scores have been computed for
these UTs in each category.
• Click here to see the full list of rankings
The National Food Security Act (NFSA), 2013
It is an act to provide for food and nutritional security in the human life cycle approach, by ensuring access to
adequate quantities of quality food at affordable prices to people to live a life with dignity. The Act is being
implemented in all the States/UTs, and on an all-India basis.
• According to the Act, up to 75% of the rural population and 50% of the urban population are legally
entitled to subsidized food grains under TPDS.
• Therefore, the Act covers around two thirds of the population to get highly subsidized food grains.
As a step toward women’s empowerment, the Act requires the eldest woman (18 years or above) in the
household to be the head of the household for the purpose of issuing ration cards.
Significance Of an Act Like NFSA
Global food security, which is defined by the availability, accessibility, usage, and stability of food, aims to
ensure that everyone has access to the basic foods they need for an active and healthy life.
• The fundamental right to life guaranteed by Article 21 of the Indian Constitution may be
interpreted to include the right to live with human dignity, which may include the right to food and
other basic necessities.
Article 21: Protection of Life and Personal Liberty
No person shall be deprived of his life or personal liberty except according to procedure established by law.
Responsibilities Under NFSA
i. NFSA outlines a joint responsibility for the Centre and State/UT Government.
ii.The Centre is given the charge of allocating the necessary food grains to the States/UTs, transporting the food
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the food grains from designated FCI (Food Corporation of India) godowns to the doorstep of the fair price
shops (FPS).
• The States/UTs are in charge of effectively implementing the Act.
iii. It entails identifying eligible households, providing them with ration cards, providing eligible households
with food grain entitlements through FPS, granting licences to Fair Price Shop dealers and monitoring them,
establishing an efficient grievance redressal mechanism, and necessary strengthening of the TPDS.
Coverage And Entitlement Under NFSA
• In accordance with the Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) and priority households, NFSA provides
coverage of up to 75% of the rural population and 50% of the urban population.
• Since AAY households are the poorest of the poor, they are entitled to 35 kg of food per family per
month, while priority households are entitled to 5 kg per person per month.
Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT)
i. The National Food Security Act of 2013 provides for reforms to the TPDS, including schemes like cash
transfers for the distribution of food benefits.
ii.The DBT experiment intends to(i) reduce the need for huge physical movement of foodgrains, (ii) provide
greater autonomy to beneficiaries to choose their consumption basket, (iii) enhance dietary
diversity, (iv) reduce leakages, (v) facilitate better targeting, (vi) promote financial inclusion.
iii. Direct Cash Transfer in food was introduced in September 2015 in the UTs of Chandigarh and Puducherry,
and in March 2016 in a section of Dadra and Nagar Haveli.
• The NFSA is being implemented in these UTs via a cash transfer model, in which eligible households
get a direct bank deposit of the subsidy’s cash equivalent, enabling them to buy food grains on the
open market.
Click here to know more about NFSA
About Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution:
Union Minister – Piyush Goyal (Rajya Sabha – Maharashtra)
Minister of State (MoS) – Ashwini Kumar Choubey (Buxar Constituency, Bihar); Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti
(Fatehpur Constituency, Uttar Pradesh)”
3rd States’ Startup Ranking 2021: Gujarat, Karnataka emerged as Best States
On July 4, 2022, the result of the 3rd edition of the States’ Startup Ranking 2021 was announced by the Union
Minister Piyush Goyal, Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MoCI) during an event held at The Ashok, New
Delhi (Delhi). It was organized by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), MoCI.
• The Best Performer States are Gujarat and Karnataka in Category A, and Meghalaya in Category B.
• Gujarat has been judged as the Best Performer State for the third time in a row. There was special
mention of the initiative taken by the Student Startup and Innovation Policy Cell (SSIP) of
Gujarat’s education department.
Performance Categorization of States’ Startup Ranking 2021:
i.It is based upon States’ Startup Ranking Framework (SRF) 2020 which involves five grading groups viz. Best
performers (Percentile: 100), Top Performers (Percentile: 60-99), Leaders (Percentile: 30-59), Aspiring
Leaders (Percentile: 11-29), and Emerging Startups Ecosystems (Percentile: Up To 10).
ii.According to each States’ and UTs’ performance, they have been grouped in Category A and Category B.
• Category A includes States and UTs with a population of more than 1 crore (data from Census 2011).
• Category B includes States and UTs satisfying the criteria of: (a) All States/UTs with a population of
less than 1 crore (b) All UTs except Delhi; and (c) All North-eastern States except Assam.
Table showing the Performance of the States/UTs as per above mentioned Categorization:
Grading group Category A Category B
Best performers Gujarat, Karnataka Meghalaya

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Kerala, Maharashtra, Odisha,

Top performers Telangana Jammu & Kashmir
Assam, Punjab, Tamil Nadu,
Leaders Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand Arunachal Pradesh, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Goa
Chandigarh, Dadra & Nagar Haveli & Daman And Diu,
Delhi, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Himachal Pradesh, Manipur, Nagaland, Puducherry,
Aspiring leaders Pradesh, Rajasthan Tripura
Emerging startup
ecosystems Andhra Pradesh, Bihar Ladakh, Mizoram
A National Report titled ‘States’ Startup Ranking 2021: On Support to Startup Ecosystems’ was also
released which can be accessed here. It is published by DPIIT.
Basis of Assessment:
The exercise for the States’ Startup Ranking 2021 was made by evaluating the measures undertaken during the
period of 1st October 2019 to 31st July 2021 and witnessed highest ever participation of 31 states and
UT’s i.e24 States and 7 UTs. It assessed the States’ performance across following 7 Reform Areas divided into
26 Action Points:
i.Institutional Support
ii.Access to Market
iii.Incubation Support
iv.Funding Support
v.Mentorship Support
vi.Capacity Development of Enablers
vii.Fostering Entrepreneurship and Innovation
v,vi,vii are the 3 new Reform Areas were introduced to the States’ Startup Ranking Framework
Key Points:
i.This 2021 ranking showed a significant improvement in startup culture across India, especially in UTs and
smaller states.
ii.According to the Startup India website, there are more than 14,200 registered startups in Gujarat i.e. 6.70%
of the startups in India.
iii.An important element of the startup ranking is the participation of women in the startup ecosystem. More
than 1,500 startups led by women have been incubated across the country. Uttar Pradesh reported that over
200 startups in the state were led by women. Kerala has supported over 20 startups led by women
iv.India has become the 3rd largest start-up ecosystem in the world after United States and China, with 70,809
startups recognized by the government, and over 100 unicorns.
v.India observes January 16 as National Startup Day.
vi.DPIIT launched the State Startup Ranking Framework in 2018 to support innovation and entrepreneurship
and strengthen the ecosystem in the states.
i.To promote private industry, Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME) and start-ups in
defence production,Union Defence Ministry has allocated 25% of the Domestic Capital
Procurement/Acquisition Budget, amounting to Rs 21,149.47 Cr has allocated for domestic private industry in
Financial Year (FY)2022- 23.
ii.MoCI has extended the Foreign Trade Policy 2015-20 which was valid upto March 31, 2022 by another six
months upto September 30, 2022 for boosting external commerce in goods and services. The Extension was
issued by the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT).
About Startup Ecosystem in India:
• A startup defined as an entity that is headquartered in India, which was opened less than 10 years
ago, and has an annual turnover less than ₹100 crore

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• Startup Ranking Exercise was Initiated by Startup India, The Startup India initiative was launched in
2016 with a vision of ‘Startup India, Standup India’.
• The States’ Startup Ranking Exercise is one of its kind in the world was launched by DPIIT to create
awareness of the Startup ecosystem and its associated activities.
• Government of India as part of Startup India initiative has implemented Fund of Funds for Startups
(FFS) Scheme and Startup India Seed Fund Scheme (SISFS) across all States/UTs to promote private
investment in the Startups through Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs) and incubators
DPIIT launched FFS in 2016, a corpus of Rs. 10,000 crore and Small Industries Development Bank of India
(SIDBI) is the implementing agency for the Scheme
NITI Aayog Releases India Innovation Index 2021 – 3rd Edition: Karnataka, Telangana &
Haryana Grabs Top 3 Position
On July 21, 2022, Suman Bery, Vice Chairman of NITI Aayog (National Institution for Transforming India),
released the third edition of the India Innovation Index 2021 at NITI Bhawan in New Delhi, Delhi.
• The India Innovation Index 2021 analyses subnational innovation ecosystems and capacities,
emphasizing recent factors and catalysts for crisis-driven innovation.
• Karnataka has topped the Major States’ category in the current edition, followed by Telangana and
Haryana. Among the North-Eastern India Innovation Index 2021 and Hilly States, Manipur is the
best performer, followed by Uttarakhand and Meghalaya. For the Union Territories and City-
States, Chandigarh is the top performer, followed by Delhi.
Every year, the NITI Aayog and its knowledge partner, the Institute for Competitiveness, India, publish the
India Innovation Index.
• It is a comprehensive tool for the assessment and development of India’s innovation ecosystem.
Dignitaries
Parameswaran Iyer, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), NITI Aayog, Dr. V K Saraswat, Member, NITI Aayog; Neeraj
Sinha, Senior Adviser, and Dr. Amit Kapoor, Chairman, Institute for Competitiveness, and others.
India Innovation Index 2021: 3rd edition
i. The third edition of the index enhances the scope of innovation analysis in India by leveraging the framework
of the Global Innovation Index (GII), which is released by WIPO(World Intellectual Property Organization) on a
yearly basis.
• The India Innovation Index’s first and second editions were released in October 2019 and January
2021, respectively.
• In Global Innovation Index (GII) India reached the 46th spot in 2021 from the 60th position in 2017.
India was ranked 1st among the Central and South Asian nations and 2nd among the lower-middle-
income countries.
ii.In comparison to the 36 indicators utilized in the previous edition i.e., India Innovation Index 2020, the third
edition of India Innovation Index 2021 features 66 new unique indicators.
• The innovation index is based on 7 pillars: human capital, investment, knowledge workers, business
environment, safety and legal environment, knowledge output, and knowledge diffusion. These
pillars were divided across 66 indicators to determine the innovation capacity of states/UTs.
• The indications are now distributed across 16 sub-pillars, which together make up the seven key
pillars.
iii. Using this comprehensive framework, the index offers a performance score for each States/Union
Territories (UTs) in India.
• It identifies the strengths and weaknesses of States/UTs, which in turn will help policymakers to
include and frame relevant measures to foster innovation-led growth at the sub-national level.
iv.The States/UTs have been divided into 17 ‘Major States’, 10 ‘North-East and Hill States’, and 9 ‘Union
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v.The India Innovation Index 2021 also includes a special section that highlights the detailed analysis of the
drivers of innovation, by evaluating the improvement in the indicators.
Performance of States/UTs:
i.Among the 17 Major States, Karnataka topped the India Innovation Index 2021 and also held its top spot in
the India Innovation Index in the ‘Major States’ category for the third year in a row. It is followed by Telangana
and Haryana.Chhattisgarh has scored the
least, 10.97.
ii.The North-Eastern and Hill States’ category comprises 10 states.In the North-Eastern and hilly states,
Manipur has emerged as the best performer, followed by Meghalaya and Uttarakhand.Nagaland is at the
bottom.
iii. Amongst the 9 Union Territories and City-States,Chandigarh is the top performer among UTs and City-
States, followed by Delhi.Ladakh was at the bottom.
India Innovation Index 2021: Category Wise Rankings of States
Major States
Rank States India Innovation Index 2021 Score
1 Karnataka 18.01
2 Telangana 17.66
3 Haryana 16.35
4 Maharashtra 16.06
5 Tamil Nadu 15.69
North East and Hill States
1 Manipur 19.37
2 Uttarakhand 17.67
3 Meghalaya 16.00
4 Arunachal Pradesh 15.46
5 Himachal Pradesh 14.62
UT and City States
1 Chandigarh 27.88

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2 Delhi 27.00
3 Andaman and Nicobar Islands 17.29
4 Puducherry 15.88
5 Goa 14.93
On June 27, 2022, NITI Aayog’s report titled ‘India’s Booming Gig and Platform Economy- Perspectives and
Recommendations on the Future of Work’ was launched by its Vice Chairman Suman Bery.
• It is a first-of-its-kind study that presents comprehensive perspectives and recommendations on the
Indian gig–platform economy.
Gig Economy /Sector is a labour market in which instead of a traditional, in-office, full-time job with a single
company, gig workers work as short-term, temporary/freelance, or independent contractors for one or a
variety of employers.
About NITI Aayog (National Institution for Transforming India):
CEO – Parameswaran Iyer
Take Home Ration: Good Practices Across the State/UTs: Report by NITI Aayog & World Food
Program
The National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog and the United Nations World Food Programme
(WFP) have released a report titled “Take Home Ration: Good Practices-Across the States/UTs”. The report
was released by Suman K. Bery, Vice Chairman of NITI Aayog.
• It highlights a collection of good and innovative practices used by the States and Union
Territories (UTs) to implement the Take Home Ration (THR) value chain.
The report is based on secondary data sources and data obtained from the Department of Women and Child
Development of various states/UTs.
Other Dignitaries
Dr. Vinod K. Paul, NITI Aayog Member (Health), Amitabh Kant, CEO of NITI Aayog, Indevar Pandey, Secretary,
Ministry of Women and Child Development, Senior Advisor Rajib Sen, & Eric Kenefick, Deputy Country Director,
United Nations WFP.
Background
The Government of India (GoI) launched the National Nutrition Mission (NNM), also known as the Prime
Minister’s Overarching Scheme for Holistic Nourishment (POSHAN Abhiyaan), with the purpose of reducing
undernutrition by 2% annually.
i. Recently, it has given the Supplementary Nutrition Programme (SNP) offered through the Integrated Child
Development Services (ICDS) programme significant attention.
• ICDS is one of the largest child nutrition programmes in the world.
The SNP was created to bridge the nutritional gap among children under the age of six as well as pregnant and
lactating women (PLW).
• It is distributed to over 9 crore beneficiaries registered at Anganwadi Centres (AWCs) in two ways:
Hot-Cooked Meal (HCM) and Take-Home Ration (THR).
Note:
• To promote food and nutrition security and lower malnutrition levels, the GoI has various significant
policy initiatives, schemes, and programmes in place, including the world’s largest food safety net
under the National Food Security Act of 2013.

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• The United Nations WFP in India mapped THR across India in 2019 and is currently supporting the
state governments of Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Odisha in enhancing the composition and
establishing decentralised production of fortified nutritious THR.
Take Home Ration (THR)
It offers fortified rations for use at home for pregnant and lactating women (PLW), and children between the
ages of 6 and 36 months.
• The ‘first 1000 days’ window is of critical importance for ensuring full growth and development of
children.
iii. The THR programme consumes a significant portion of the ICDS budget, with annual spending by the
Central and State Governments exceeding Rs. 13,500 crore (about USD 2 billion).
This report is an effort to present the various steps taken to adopt in the implementation of the THR value
chain, from formulations to last-mile delivery, by the States and UTs.Some of the improvisations are below
Procurement: This section highlights various good practices related to procurement adopted by various States
and UTs. For instance, Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Chandigarh, and Mizoram are procuring THR products
through e-tendering for maintaining fair play and transparency.
Production model: Decentralized production model increases efficiency for lastmile delivery of THR to
beneficiaries.
• In Kerala, Amrutham-Nutrimix THR is produced by WSHGs through a decentralized approach.
• In Karnataka, THR is produced by Mahila Supplementary Food Production Centers (MSPCs) led by
Women Self-help groups.
Product formulation: The THR product must be healthful and nutritional ingredients.
• The YSR Sampoorna Poshana scheme in Andhra Pradesh provides milk and eggs. Beneficiaries in
Haryana receive fortified sweetened flavored milk.
• The Andhra Pradesh, Chandigarh, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Manipur,
Mizoram, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, and Uttarakhand are providing varied THR menu options
to boost acceptability and provide additional choices among recipients.
Quality assurance and quality control: Gujarat has implemented inspections throughout the production
process at the Amul THR factory to improve the quality of THR.
• Telangana has a quality control department that inspects the food. In Odisha, payments to WSHGs
are withheld in the event of non-compliance with quality requirements, while in Rajasthan, the
contract with the SHG is annulled.
Packaging and labelling: The THR packaging provides a good opportunity to share all information related to
the THR product.
• In Odisha, color-coded packets are distributed, capturing key messages on the importance of
breastfeeding.
• THR packets in Arunachal Pradesh, Gujarat, and Madhya Pradesh include instructions on product
preparation.
Monitoring: It is critical to monitor its effectiveness of the programme. Jharkhand has adopted a real-time
monitoring approach using call centres. In Odisha, community-level monitoring is institutionalized through the
formation of Mothers Committees (MC) .
• In Himachal Pradesh, an Anganwadi-level Monitoring and Support Committee is formed comprising
of members of Pachayati Raj Institution, SHGs, local teachers, and health workers for the purpose of
monitoring.
Supply chain management: Supply chain management is an important component of the THR value chain.
Odisha has adopted the Mo-Chhatua software application and management information system to streamline
supply chain management.
Social and Behavior Change Communication (SBCC): For any initiative to have an impact, information,
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showcasing the importance of THR. It includes flyers, flip-books, folk media campaigns, and digital platforms of
IVR, and whats app chatbot
About National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog:
Chairperson – Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India
CEO – Parameswaran Iyer
5th Edition of Business Reforms Action Plan: BRAP 2020 – An Assessment of States/UTs To
Enhance Ease of Doing Business
The assessment of States/Union Territories (UTs) under the Business Reforms Action Plan (BRAP) 2020,
the 5th edition of the BRAP exercise, was announced by Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Ministry of
Finance (MoF), and Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MoCA) on June 30, 2022, in New Delhi, Delhi.
Aim: To promote investor confidence, develop a business-friendly environment, and improve the ease of doing
business across India by creating a healthy competitive aspect through a system of assessing states based on
their performance in implementing BRAP.
Since 2014, the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), MoF, has been assessing
States/UTs based on their performance in implementing prescribed reforms in the BRAP exercise.
• Assessments of States/UTs have so far been made for the years 2015, 2016, 2017–18, and 2019.
Other Dignitaries
The BRAP 2020 assessment was announced in the presence of Union Minister Piyush Goyal, Ministry of
Commerce & Industry (MoCI); Ministry of Consumer Affairs; Ministry of Food & Public Distribution & Ministry
of Textiles; Anurag Jain, Secretary (DPIIT), MoCI; and senior government officials from the States/UTs.
Business Reforms Action Plan (BRAP) 2020
i. The BRAP 2020 covers 301 reform points spanning 15 business regulation areas such as Access to
Information, Single Window System, Labour, Environment, Land Administration & Transfer of Land and
Property, Utility Permits, and others.
• To further strengthen the reform process, 118 more reforms were also included.
ii.To broaden the scope of the reform agenda, sectoral reforms with 72 action points were introduced for the
first time in the following 9 sectors: Trade License, Healthcare, Legal Metrology, Cinema Halls, Hospitality, Fire
No Objection Certificate(NOC), Telecom, Movie Shooting, and Tourism.
Assessment of States/UTs Under BRAP 2020
In order to recognise and identify the outstanding reform measures adopted by the States/UTs to improve the
business ecosystem, the DPIIT assessed and sorted States/UTs into broad category-wise segmentation.
• As compared to the conventional practice of announcing ranks, the MoCI has changed the system of
ranking States/UTs in BRAP 2020 to be category-based, namely:
• Top Achievers,
• Achievers,
• Aspirers, and
• Emerging Business Ecosystems.
Objective: The assessment of the States/UTs is not intended to establish a hierarchy among them, but rather to
establish an environment that enables for the exchange of knowledge among the States/UTs, which would
further result in the spread of effective practises across India.
Significance: The assessment fully considers the feedback from actual users/respondents at the ground level,
who contributed their perspectives about the effective implementation of reforms.

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The 7 States/UTs under the Top Achievers category in BRAP 2020:

S.No States/UTs
1 Andhra Pradesh
2 Gujarat
3 Haryana
4 Karnataka
5 Punjab
6 Tamil Nadu
7 Telangana
The 6 States/UTs under the Achievers category in BRAP 2020:

S.No States/UTs
1 Himachal Pradesh
2 Madhya Pradesh
3 Maharashtra
4 Odisha
5 Uttarakhand
6 Uttar Pradesh
The 7 States under the Aspirers category in BRAP 2020:

S.No States/UTs
1 Assam
2 Chhattisgarh
3 Goa
4 Jharkhand
5 Kerala
6 Rajasthan
7 West Bengal
The 11 States/UTs under the Emerging Business Ecosystems category in BRAP 2020:
S.No States/UTs
1 Andaman & Nicobar
2 Bihar

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3 Chandigarh
4 Daman & Diu, Dadra & Nagar Haveli
5 Delhi
6 Jammu & Kashmir
7 Manipur
8 Meghalaya
9 Nagaland
10 Puducherry
11 Tripura
Note: Feedback could not be obtained for Sikkim, Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh, Lakshadweep and Ladakh due
to insufficient User Data
Other Facts:
i. The second band of states with 80-90% score are Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha,
Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh while the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, Bihar, and all the UTs
scored less than 50%.
ii. Furthermore, 30 States/UTs have developed their state single window clearance systems, while six are
developing them.
iii. 14 States have adopted the national single window.
iv.20 States/UTS have developed a central inspection system.
About Ministry of Commerce & Industry (MoCI):
Union Minister – Piyush Goyal (Rajya Sabha – Maharashtra)
Minister of State (MoS) – Anupriya Singh Patel (Mirzapur Constituency, Uttar Pradesh); Som Parkash
(Hoshiarpur Constituency, Punjab)
Kotak Private Banking Hurun: Roshni Nadar India’s richest woman 2nd year in a row
According to the third edition of ‘Kotak Private Banking Hurun – Leading Wealthy Women List 2021, Roshni
Nadar Malhotra, the chairperson of HCL Technologies has retained her title as the Richest woman in India for
the 2nd year in a row. She is the only Indian woman to lead a listed IT company.
The list was published Hurun Report in collaboration with Kotak Private Banking.
• As on 31 December 2021, the total net worth of Roshni Nadar Malhotra is Rs 84,330 crore.
• Roshni Nadar is followed by Falguni Nayar of Nykaa, overtaking Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw of Biocon
with a total wealth of Rs.57,520 crore.
• According to the list, Falguni Nayar is the richest self made women in India.
Note:
This is the third annual list of India’s wealthiest women, entrepreneurs, and professional managers.
Top 5 Richest women in India:
Rank Name Net worth (in crore) Company
1 Roshni Nadar Malhotra 84330 HCL Technologies
Falguni Nayar & family
2 Malhotra Falguni 57520 Nykaa
3 Kiran Mazumdar – Shaw 29030 Biocon

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4 Nilima Motaparti 28180 Div’s Laboratories

5 Radha Vembu 26260 Zoho
Highlights of the List:
i.The 2021 edition list focused exclusively on women who
have established themselves in the higher echelons of the
corporate world.
• 25 new faces have made it to the list, which took
Rs. 300 crore as cut-off for 2021, as against
Rs.100 crore in 2020.
• The average wealth of women in 2021 went up
to Rs. 4,170 crore as against Rs.2,725 crore in
2020 list.
• Self-made women make up 31% of the list.
ii.Kanika Tekriwal, a 33-year-old owner of Jetsetgo became the youngest self-made woman on the list. Nine out
of twenty women under the age of 40 years or younger category are self-made.
iii.The pharmaceuticals sector has maximum women entrants (12 entrants), which is followed by healthcare
(11 entrants) and consumer goods (9 entrants).
• Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw and Suchitra Ella are the only self-made women on the List from the
Pharmaceuticals industry.
iv.With 25 women entrepreneur-residents, Delhi National Capital Region (NCR) has surpassed Mumbai as the
preferred city of residence.
• Delhi NCR is followed by Mumbai (21), and Hyderabad (12) as the preferred city of residence.
v.Almost one-fourth of the list constitutes new entrants. The cumulative wealth of the women wealth creators
contributes to 2% of India’s nominal GDP.
About Kotak Mahindra Bank:
CEO- Uday Kotak
Headquarters- Mumbai, Maharashtra
Founded– 2003
GODI becomes India’s first company to get BIS certification for made-in-India Li-ion cells
Hyderabad-based GODI India Private Limited has become India’s first company to receive Bureau of Indian
Standards (BIS) certification for its 21700 cylindrical NMC811 lithium-ion cells made using its home-grown
technology. As per BIS requirements, the Godi-designed cells were tested and qualified by a third-party testing
agency (TUV).
i.The company will set up a giga-factory for lithium-ion cell manufacturing in India by 2024, referring to a
facility used for producing electric batteries at a huge scale, primarily for use in electric vehicles (EV).
ii.For the first time in Indian history, NMC811 21700, 3.65V-4.5Ah cylindrical cells were made-in-India & Made-
for-India.”
ICAR’s 94th Foundation Day & Award Ceremony 2022

The National Academy of Agriculture Research Management (NAARM), established by the Indian Council of
Agriculture Research (ICAR) has been awarded with the Sardar Patel Outstanding ICAR Institute Award
2021 (Large Institute category) for its overall performance.
• The award was received by NAARM director Srinivasa Rao from the Minister of Agriculture and
Farmers Welfare, Narendra Singh Tomar.
• NAARM was set up in 1976 in Hyderabad for capacity building in agriculture research, education
and extended education system.

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• This Year, the ICAR selected 92 Awardees under 15 different Awards including 4 Institutions, 1 All
India Coordinated Research Project, 4 Krishi Vigyan
Kendras, 67 Scientists and 11 Farmers of whom 8
were Women Scientists and Farmers.
About Sardar Patel Outstanding ICAR Institute Award:
i.It is awarded to recognize outstanding performance by the
ICAR institutes, DUs of ICAR, CAU and State Agriculture
Universities.
ii.The award consists of Rs. 10,00,000 In cash, a citation and a
plaque for SAUs, DUs and for other ICAR institutes.
CMFRI Bags Two ICAR Awards
Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) has won two ICAR national awards.
• CMFRI has won the best annual report award (2020) in the category of ICAR large institutes.
• Anusree M, a PhD scholar at CMFRI has bagged the Jawaharlal Nehru Award for PG Outstanding
doctoral thesis in research in agricultural and allied sciences for 2021.
About the award:
i.The Jawaharlal Nehru Award for PG Outstanding doctoral thesis in research in agricultural and allied sciences
award is to provide incentives for enhancing the quality of doctoral thesis related to agricultural sciences from
any Indian Universities.
ii.The award consists of Rs. 50,000 in cash, a citation and a silver medal (gold polished).
ICAR celebrates its 94th Foundation Day and Awards Ceremony 2022
94th ICAR National Agricultural Science Centre and Awards ceremony 2022 was inaugurated by Narendra
Singh Tomar, Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Parshottam Rupala, Union cabinet minister of
Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Kailash Chaudhary, Tricholan Mohapatra, Director General (DG)
ICAR at ICAR Pusa campus, New Delhi.
Key point:
i.During the ceremony, Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar released the state-wise success stories of 75,000
farmers whose income has doubled or more than doubled.
ii.This Year, the ICAR selected 92 Awardees under 15 different Awards including 4 Institutions, 1 All India
Coordinated Research Project, 4 Krishi Vigyan Kendras, 67 Scientists and 11 Farmers of whom 8 were Women
Scientists and Farmers. Click here to know more
About Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR):
Director General – Trilochan Mohapatra
Establishment – 16 July 1929
ISRO Successfully Launches PSLV C-53 Rocket Carrying 3 Singaporean Satellites

On June 30, 2022, the Indian Space Research
Organisation (ISRO), India’s national space agency,
successfully launched Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle
(PSLV)-C53 (PSLV-C53), carrying 3 Singaporean
satellites: DS-EO, NeuSAR, and SCOOB-1, into an intended
orbit at an altitude of 570 kilometres (km) measured from
the equator, with a low inclination of 10 degrees.
PSLV-C53/DS-EO is the second dedicated commercial
mission of NewSpace India Limited (NSIL), the commercial
branch of the Department of Space (DOS), ISRO, and is
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Backdrop
Earlier on June 23, 2022, NSIL has launched Geosynchronous Satellite (GSAT)-24 (GSAT-24), the first dedicated
mission, in its first “demand-driven” communication satellite mission onboard the Arinave-V rocket from
French Guiana.
• Following space sector reforms, it was launched, with the whole capacity on board leased to Direct-
to-Home (DTH) service provider Tata Play.
Note: PSLV is called the workhorse of ISRO. It had successfully launched two spacecraft – Chandrayaan-1 in
2008 and Mars Orbiter Spacecraft in 2013 – that later travelled to Moon and Mars respectively.
PSLV-C53/DS-EO Mission
i. PSLV-C53/DS-EO Missionis designed to orbit DS-EO satellite along withtwo other co-passenger satellites
from ST Electronics,
• This is the 55th PSLV mission and the 15th mission using the PSLV-Core Alone variant.
• It is the 16th PSLV launch from the second launch pad.
ii.The mission intends to demonstrate the use of the spent upper stage of the launch vehicle as a stabilised
platform for scientific payloads following satellite separation.
iii. PSLV-C53 is a four-stage launch vehicle which is 44.4 m tall and has a lift-off mass of 228.433 tonnes.
iv.After the 3 Singaporean satellites were launched, the PS4, or fourth stage of the PSLV, was converted into the
PSLV Orbital Experimental Module (POEM), an orbital platform for conducting in-orbit scientific experiments.
• The PS4 stage was orbiting the Earth for the first time as a stabilised platform, demonstrating the
viability of ISRO’s proposal to employ the rocket engine’s fourth and final stage further into space.
v.POEM was carrying six payloads, including those from two Indian space start-ups — Dhruva Space Private
Limited in Hyderabad (Telangana) and Digantara Research and Technologies Private Limited in Bengaluru
(Karnataka)– enabled through Indian Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACe)and NSIL.
• Dhruva Space & Digantara are the first set of space start-ups to receive the authorization, signalling
the commencement of private space sector launches in India.
The 3 Singaporean Satellites
i. DS-EO, a 365 (kilogram) kg satellite, and NeuSAR, a 155 kg satellite, both belonged to Singapore and were
built by Starec Initiative of the Republic of Korea.
• It carries an Electro-Optic, multi-spectral payload that will provide full colour images for land
classification, and serve Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) needs.
ii.NeuSAR is the first small commercial satellite from Singapore with a Synthetic-Aperture Radar (SAR)payload
that can capture imagesin day and night and under all weather conditions.
iii. Scoob-1, a 2.8 kg satellite of Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore.
• It is the first satellite in the Student Satellite Series (S3-I), a hands-on student training program from
the Satellite Research Centre (SaRC) at Singapore’s NTU School of Electrical and Electronic
Engineering.
About Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO):
Chairman – S. Somanath
Headquarters – Bengaluru, Karnataka
Jitendra Singh Launches India’s First Autonomous Navigation Facility – TiHAN

On 4th July 2022, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology Jitendra Singh launched
India’s first Autonomous Navigation facility, TiHAN (Technology Innovation Hub on Autonomous Navigation)
for Aerial and Terrestrial with a budget layout of Rs. 130 crores at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)
Hyderabad campus.
About TiHAN:
i.National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems (NM-ICPS), TiHAN is a multi-disciplinary
initiative of IIT Hyderabad.

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• It includes researchers from Electrical Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering, Mechanical
and Aerospace Engineering, Civil Engineering, Mathematics, Design, Liberal Arts and
Entrepreneurship at IIT Hyderabad.
ii.TiHAN is recognized as a Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (SIRO) by the Department of
Scientific and Industrial Research.
Note – IIT Hyderabad has established a first-of-its-kind, new Post-Graduation course of M.Tech in ‘Smart
Mobility’.
Highlights:
i.TiHAN is developing and deploying a real-time CPS system by utilising autonomous UAVs and ground or
surface vehicles for many application sectors of national importance.
ii.The testbed will provide a platform for high-quality research between academia, industry and Research &
Development (R&D) labs both at the national and international level.
• The testing facility includes an airstrip, soft landing area, hangar for keeping drones, a Ground
control station (GCS), Telemetry Station for Performance Evaluation.
iii.It has a simulation platform that allows for non-destructive testing of algorithms and prototypes that
includes real time scenarios such as Smart Cities, Signalised Intersections, Autonomous Vehicle Interactions
with Cyclists and Pedestrians, Wireless Networking among vehicles and Road-Side Units.
• It also provides dummy signboards, pedestrians, overpasses, and bikers to test all real-world
conditions.
Keynote:
i.Under this national mission, IIT Hyderabad has been awarded the Technology Innovation Hub for
Autonomous Navigation and Data Acquisition Systems (UAVs, ROVs. etc.).
ii.In the field of technology, around 25 technology innovation hubs have already been set up by the
Department of Science and Technology (DST) under NM-ICPS.
Agnikul Inaugurates India’s First Facility for 3D Printed Rocket Engines

Agnikul Cosmos, a Chennai-based Indian space tech start-up, opened its first rocket Making Facility – Rocket
Factory-1, India’s first-ever rocket facility for 3D printed rocket engines at the Indian Institute of
Technology (IIT) – Madras research park, Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
• The 10,000-square feet facility was formally
inaugurated by N. Chandrasekaran, Chairman of
Tata Sons and S. Somanath, Chairman, Indian
Space Research Organisation (ISRO).
• Pawan Goenka, chairman of the Indian National
Space Promotion and Authorization Centre (IN-
SPACe) was present during the event.
Note: IIT Madras Research Park is India’s 1st university-
based research park and a non-profit organisation
sponsored by IIT Madras.
About Rocket Factory-1:
i.Rocket Factory-1 houses EOS M400-4 metal 3D printer and other equipment required for the end-to-end
production of a rocket engine.
ii.The factory is capable of producing 2 rocket engines per week.
iii.The Rocket Factory-1 encourages businesses to establish Research & Development (R&D) facilities in the
Research Park.
Key Points:
i.3D printed rocket engines created by Agnikul will be used for its Agnite and Agnilet rocket engines.
ii.Agnikul is building India’s first private small satellite launch vehicle – Agnibaan, a customisable, two-stage
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launched in 2022.
iii.Agnilet is the world’s 1st single-piece 3D printed rocket engine, which is indigenous to India. It was
successfully test-fired in 2021.
BITS-Pilani Hyderabad to support Abyom to build India’s 1st reusable sounding rocket
Technology Business Incubator (TBI) of Birla Institute of Technology and
Science(BITS), Pilani – Hyderabad campus(Telangana) will support Abyom SpaceTech and Defence Pvt.
Ltd(Abyom), an Aerospace Startup based in Uttar Pradesh(UP), looking to develop ‘Reignition Liquid Engine’
for building India’s first reusable sounding rocket.
Key highlights:
i.Abyom, recognized by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), is working on
the development of a liquid propulsion rocket engine and testing system for use on space launch vehicles.
ii.This technology will be used to create India’s first reusable sounding rocket, which will benefit meteorology,
agri-tech data sectors. It can also be used to conduct experiments in the atmosphere.
iii.BITS-Pilani’s state-of-art infrastructures like high-performance computing for simulation, petrochemical
labs and remote engineering labs can assist in Abyom’s design and development.
iv.Use of rockets like any other reusable aircraft is going to reduce space debris and also factor in the cost of the
space mission
Google Maps launches Street View in 10 Cities of India

Google Maps has launched its “Street View” service across 10 cities in India which will offer a 360-degree view
of landmarks, streets, residential areas, or any location.Google has partnered with Genesys International, an
advanced mapping solutions company, and Tech Mahindra to offer a detailed look at any street or location.
• The Street View will be available on Google Maps covering over 1,50,000 km across ten cities in
India, including Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Pune, Nashik, Vadodara,
Ahmednagar, and Amritsar.
• This is the first time that Google is working with local partners to enable the “Google Street View”
feature.
• Google Street View is powered by images from third parties as per the National Geospatial Policy,
2021.The National Geospatial Policy, 2021 lets Indian companies collect map data and license it to
others.
Key points:
i.The new feature offers 360-degree views of streets around the world using photos taken by cruising vehicles.
• MapmyIndia, indian rival of Google Maps, has launched its own 360-degree panoramic street view
offering called “Mappls RealView”.
ii.Street View imagery will blur out the faces of individuals and license plates due to safety of privacy.
iii.Data collection was entirely done by Tech Mahindra and Genesys International.
Background:
• The Google Street View was first launched in 2007.
• In 2011, the Government of India stopped the vehicles capturing images for Google Street View.
Back in 2011, the feature was banned in India due to privacy issues.
NMDC & Hyderabad Runners launched logo & T-shirt of NMDC Hyderabad Marathon 2022
The NMDC Limited (formerly National Mineral Development Corporation) and Hyderabad Runners Society
along with IDFC First Bank and Government of Telangana launched the logo and race t-shirt for the 2022
edition of the NMDC Hyderabad Marathon. This is the 11th edition of NMDC Hyderabad Marathon supported
by Hyderabad Runners.
i.NMDC has taken up the Title Sponsorship of the Hyderabad Marathon to be held on 27th and 28th August
2022.

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ii.The Face of NMDC Hyderabad Marathon 2022, Indian Boxer Nikhat Zareen, who won the gold medal at the
2022 International Boxing Association (IBA) Women’s World Boxing Championships, virtually connected to the
event.
iii.The NMDC Hyderabad Marathon 2022 and curtain-raiser will run with 15,000 runners, health and fitness
enthusiasts taking part, and will engage 3500 volunteers, 250 medical personnel, city officials and the police
force.
Telangana Current Affairs - August 2022

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Announces “Millet Challenge” With Rs. 1 Crore
Prize Each For 3 Startups
Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Ministry of Finance (MoF), attended the two-day Millet Conclave 2022 on
the theme of “Making Many Millet Magnets-Making Many Millet Entrepreneurs” on the August 26 -27, 2022,
jointly organised by the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) and the University of
Agricultural Sciences (UAS), Raichur, Karnataka.
• The Finance Minister (FM) made announcements about the “Millet Challenge” and a funding of Rs.
25 crore by NABARD to UAS, Raichur, during the ceremony.
A millet exhibition with 50 stalls was also displayed during the event to demonstrate various products by
farmers, Farmer Producers Organizations (FPOs), millet processors, millet start-ups, and others to raise
awareness and interest in millets.
Dignitaries
Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (MoA&FW); Union
Minister of State (MoS), Sushri Shobha Karandlaje, MoA&FW; Chief Minister (CM) of Karnataka Basavaraj
Bommai; B.C. Patil, Minister of Agriculture, Government of Karnataka.
Background
The conclave served as a prelude to the International Year of Millets (IYoM)-2023 by encouraging participants
to take initiatives in accordance with the FM’s announcement in her Budget 2022–2023 speech
• It was focused to enhance post-harvest value addition, increase domestic consumption, brand millet
products on a national and international scale, and place Karnataka at the forefront of millet
production and processing.
The Millet Challenge
i.The Millet Challenge will be administered by the Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) of the NITI Aayog (National
Institution for Transforming India), with UAS, Raichur as its field partner.
Aim: To create a platform for research and innovation, promote overall innovation, boost the competitiveness
of Indian start-ups and SMEs, and improve millet farming profitability.
ii.The Millet Challenge will award seed grant of –
• Rs. 1 crore each to three winners
• Rs. 20 lakhs to 15 selected candidates
• Rs. 10 lakhs to 15 other selected candidates
iii.Startups are encouraged by the “Millet Challenge” to develop products that address problems along the
millet value chain.
• It urges startups to collaborate with the kind of companies that can enable brand millets from India
to reach all countries across the world.
iv.The FM has insisted on focusing on the backward Kalyana Karnataka region, which is known for millets, and
on developing a brand for this region of the state.
Note: Karnataka’s Kodagu and Araku regions are well-known for their coffee.
A Funding of Rs 25 Crore by NABARD To UAS, Raichur, Karnataka
Sitharaman also announced a Rs. 25 crore funding from NABARD under the Rural Infrastructure Development
Fund (RIDF) to the University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS) at Raichur, Karnataka.

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• The funding is intended to support the government of Karnataka’s initiatives for the creation of the
Millet Value Chain Park, incubation centre for processing, value addition, and capacity building to
support crop promotion and nutritional security.
Significance of Millets in India
i.India took the lead in pushing for the United Nations General Assembly’s (UNGA) resolution designating 2023
as the International Year of Millets (IYoM) in order to boost domestic and international demand and give
people nutritional meals. A total of 72 nations endorsed the Indian proposal.
ii.In April 2018, the Government of India (GoI) announced millets as nutri-cereals.
iii.The production of millets climbed by 16% to 17.26 million tonne (MT) in the 2019–20 crop year (July–June)
from 14.5 MT in 2015–16, according to a report from the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.
iv.There are about 21 states where millets are grown in India, including Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil
Nadu, Kerala, Telangana, Uttarakhand, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, and Haryana.
• According to 2020 data, India is the world leader in millet production, accounting for approximately
41% of total global production & the 5th largest exporter.
• Following Rajasthan, Karnataka is India’s second-largest producer of millets.
Health Benefits of Millets
• The millets have a low glycemic index and are a good source of protein, fibre, minerals, iron, and
calcium.
• There are 11 main types of millet that are produced and exported from India and are regarded as
nutri-cereals, including Sorghum (Jowar), Pearl Millet (Bajra), Finger Millet (Ragi) and Minor Millets
(Kangani).
Union Minister Piyush Goyal virtually launched the 3-day ‘Grand Hackathon’, a hybrid event with the physical
event held at the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) in Fort, Mumbai, Maharashtra. It was organised by the Open
Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC), a project initiated by the Department for Promotion of Industry and
Internal Trade (DPIIT) in collaboration with National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD).
About National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD):
Chairperson – Dr. G.R. Chintala
Founded – 1982
Headquarters – Mumbai, Maharashtra
Telangana Introduces First-Of-Its-Kind Insurance Scheme “Nethanna Ku Bima” For Weavers

For the first time in India, the Government of Telangana has introduced the “Nethanna Ku Bima” Scheme,
which offers insurance coverage to handloom and powerloom weavers in the State.
• This first-of-its-kind scheme was virtually launched by Telangana’s Handloom Minister, K.T. Rama
Rao, on the occasion of National Handloom Day 2022 i.e., August 7, 2022.
Nethanna Ku Bima’ Scheme
i. The ‘NethannaBima’ scheme, modelled after the Rythu Beema scheme, is designed to provide financial
assistance to bereaved families of handloom and powerloom weavers.
• More than 80,000 weavers across the state will benefit from this insurance coverage scheme.
• In the instance of a natural or accidental death, Rs. 5 lakh would be deposited into the nominee’s
account within 10 days.
ii.The Department of Handlooms and Textiles has been designated by the Government of Telangana as the
nodal agency for its implementation.
• For this scheme, Telangana Government has partnered with the Life Insurance Corporation of India
(LIC).
• The annual premium of the beneficiaries will be paid by the government on their behalf to the LIC.
iii. The Telangana Department of Handlooms and Textiles will soon launch Ramappa saris, featuring the
exquisite sculptures of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Ramappa Temple.

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iv.Special teams from Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, and Odisha visited Telangana to review the execution of
Telangana’s schemes such as ChenetaMitra, NethannakuCheyuta, Pavala Vaddi, and 20% Yarn Subsidy.
Note: Telangana’s Chintakindi Mallesham won the Padma Shri award for Science and Engineering in 2017, for
his invention of the Laxmi ASU machine to reduce the time and labour necessary to weave Pochampalli silk
sarees.
About Telangana:
Chief Minister (CM) – Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao (KCR)
Wild Life Sanctuary (WLS) – Eturnagaram WLS, Warangal; Shivaram WLS, Mancherial
Tiger Reserve (TR) – Nagarjunsagar Srisailam TR; Kawal TR; Amrabad TR
Central Government’s ‘One Nation, One Ration Card’ completes 3 years

The Central Government’s scheme of One Nation, One Ration Card (ONORC) completed 3 years of its operation
on August 9, 2019. It is implemented all over the country with Assam being the last state (36th) to join the
initiative in June 2022.
• It is implemented by the Department of Food & Public Distribution, Ministry of Consumer Affairs,
Food and Public Distribution under the National Food Security Act (NFSA), 2013.
• The scheme empowers all NFSA beneficiaries to become AtmaNirbhar for their food security anywhere
in India.
What is the ONORC scheme?
i.It was launched on August 9, 2019 as a pilot project in four states of Gujarat, Maharashtra, Telangana and
Andhra Pradesh.
ii.It enables NFSA beneficiaries, particularly migrant beneficiaries, to get access to highly subsidized foodgrains
under public distribution system, from any Fair Price Shop (FPS) in India.
• It ensures portability of around 240 million ration cards.
iii.The migrant ration-card-holders can get grain entitlement by using the ration card issued in their home
states or Union Territory (UT) after biometric authentication on electronic Point of Sale (ePoS) devices
installed at the FPS.
• This system allows all NFSA beneficiaries to claim either full or part of their entitled food grains.
• The system also allows their family members back home, if any, to claim the balance food grains on the
same ration card.
iv.The Central government also rolled out the ‘MERA RATION’ mobile application which provides a host of
useful real-time information to the beneficiaries and is available in 13 languages.
Ration Card:
It is a 10 digit number wherein the first two digits denote the state code. Along with 10 digits, a set of another
two digits was appended with the ration card number to create unique member IDs for each beneficiary in a
ration card.
Eligibility:
i.The applicant must be a bonafide citizen of any of the present federal states of India.
ii.The minimum age to apply for the ONORC ration card is 18 years.
iii.Applicant must belong to the underprivileged section of the society i,e. Economically weaker section, Migrant
laborers, Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe, Disabled person, etc.
Key Data:
i.Since the launch of ONORC in 2019, 710 million portable transactions; 436 million under NFSA; and 278
million under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyana Anna (PMGKAY) transactions have taken place.
ii.Subsidized food grains worth Rs 40,000 crore is delivered to beneficiaries through portability.
iii.A monthly average of about 3 crore portable transactions are being recorded under this scheme.
iv.As per estimates, 60 million people migrate seasonally to various states in search of livelihoods.
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vi.Under the NFSA, the Centre is providing 5 kilograms of food grains per person every month to nearly 80
crore eligible beneficiaries at a highly subsidized rate of Rs 2-3 per kilogram.
vii.To provide relief to poor, the Centre is also providing an additional 5 kilograms of food grains per person
each month ‘free of cost’ to 80 crore people.
i.Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan (GKRA), a scheme for migrant workers who were affected during COVID-19
has completed two years.The scheme was launched by the Government to provide immediate employment
and livelihood opportunities for migrant workers in India. It was launched on 20th June in 2020.
ii.The Foreign Investment Facilitation Portal (FIF Portal), under the Department for Promotion of Industry and
Internal Trade (DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce and Industry, has turned five years since its inception
by abolishing the erstwhile Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) on 24th May 2017.
About Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution:
Union Minister– Piyush Goyal (Constituency- Maharashtra)
Ministers of State– Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti (Constituency- Fatehpur, Uttar Pradesh); and Ashwini Kumar
Choubey (Constituency- Buxar, Bihar)
RBI imposes Rs 2.33 crore Monetary Penalty on Spandana Sphoorty Financial Limited
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed a Monetary Penalty of Rs 2.33 crore on Spandana Sphoorty
Financial Limited, Hyderabad-based finance firm for non-compliance with certain provisions and failed to
attach to credit pricing guidelines for Non-Banking Financial Company- Micro Finance Institutions (NBFC-
MFIs).
• The penalty has been imposed under the provisions of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934.
On 8th August 2022, RBI imposed monetary penalties on 9 entities which include 8 cooperative banks
and one NBFC(Spandana Sphoorty Financial Limited).
The 8 banks are: Goa State Co-operative Bank Ltd.(Panaji, Goa); Chhattisgarh Rajya Sahakari Bank
Maryadit (Raipur, Chhattisgarh); Mehsana Urban Co-operative Bank Ltd.(Mehsana, Gujarat); Indapur
Urban Cooperative Bank Ltd. (Indapur, Maharashtra); Warud Urban Co-operative Bank Ltd. (Warud,
Maharashtra); Jila Sahakari Kendriya Bank Maryadit, Chhindwara, Madhya Pradesh(MP)); Yavatmal Urban
Co-operative Bank Limited (Yavatmal, Maharashtra); and Garha Co-operative Bank Limited(Guna, MP).
SIDBI & ONDC Ink MoU to Accelerate E-Commerce for Small Industries; Microsoft Joins ONDC to
Launch E-Commerce App for India
Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI)and Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC), a
pioneering initiative to democratize India’s e-commerce ecosystem, have signed a Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) to coordinate the operations of institutions involved in related endeavours.
• The collaboration aims to transform the landscape of Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises
(MSMEs) by integrating them into the ONDC network and accelerating their participation in e-
commerce.
The agreement was signed by Sivasubramanian Ramann, Chairman & Managing Director (CMD), SIDBI, and T
Koshy, MD & CEO, ONDC.
What is ONDC?
i.ONDC is an open protocol network that will allow any network-enabled application to identify and engage in
local commerce across categories such as mobility, grocery, food ordering and delivery, hotel booking, and
travel, among others.
• The platform intends to offer new opportunities, eliminate digital monopolies, and assist MSMEs
and small traders in getting on online platforms.
• It is an initiative of the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) under the
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ii.The pilot phase of India’s own ONDC, a UPI-type protocol, was introduced in five cities in April 2022: Delhi
National Capital Region (NCR), Bengaluru (Karnataka), Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh), Shillong (Meghalaya), and
Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu).
iii. A nine-member advisory council, including of Nandan Nilekani from Infosys and RS Sharma, CEO of the
National Health Authority, has been established by the government to advise on the mechanisms needed to
design and hasten the adoption of ONDC.
Key Points:
i.The collaboration between ONDC and SIDBI will provide a programmatic approach for MSMEs, wherein
sessions will be arranged to educate them about ONDC, masterclass sessions on ONDC protocol and MVP
definition.
• It will be followed by incentive acceleration programmes before participants and their ecosystems
go live and may transact.
ii.SIDBI will harness its ties with leading MSME industrial clusters in India to ensure the success of this national
initiative, beginning with Morbi in Gujarat, Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu, and Ludhiana in Punjab for engagement
with ONDC.
• Three partners are being introduced to ONDC: Annapurna Finance Pvt. Ltd. in Bhubaneswar
(Odisha), Access Livelihoods Group in Hyderabad (Telangana), and the women’s cooperative
“Looms of Ladakh.”
Microsoft Joins ONDC to Launch E-Commerce App for India
Microsoft has joined the ONDC platform as the first significant technology company, with the intention of
introducing social e-commerce to the Indian market.
• Further, it will launch a shopping app in India that would be accessible via the ONDC network and
enable customers to discover the best price offered by retailers and sellers.
India’s E-Commerce Market:
i.India’s e-commerce market has experienced exceptional growth, specifically after the COVID-19 pandemic
compelled firms and customers to transact online.
ii.According to a survey released in August 2022 by the Indian Brand Equity Foundation (IBEF), India’s e-
commerce market is projected to grow from USD 46.20 billion in 2020 to USD 111.40 billion by 2025, growing
at a Compound Annual Growth (CAGR) of 19.24%.
iii. The Indian e-commerce sector is projected to reach USD 400 billion by 2030, growing at a rate of 19%
CAGR.
Key Points:
i.ONDC’s UPI-like digital commerce network will help both buyers and sellers by empowering them to connect
without relying on any e-commerce solution.
ii.Smaller merchants and enterprises have benefited from large e-commerce firms’ assistance in digitizing their
inventory and selling online.
• Amazon announced in May 2022 that in the last nine years, it had digitised over 40 lakh MSMEs and
created over 11.6 lakh direct and indirect jobs.
About Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI):
CMD – Sivasubramanian Ramann
Headquarters – Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
SBI Launches India’s 1st start-up Dedicated Branch in Bengaluru

On 17th August 2022, the State Bank of India (SBI) launched India’s first state-of-the-art start-up dedicated
branch in Koramangala in Bengaluru, Karnataka. This will serve as a one-stop shop for all start-ups and
corporates in Karnataka.

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• The branch was opened by SBI Chairman Dinesh Khara and is located alongside neighbouring HSR
Layout and Indiranagar, which are the biggest start-up hubs in Bengaluru, Karnataka.
Note – Two more branches will be opened in Gurgaon, Haryana and in Hyderabad, Telangana.
Key highlights:
i.The branch would act as a hub with various stakeholders offering a one-stop solution to the corporates and
start-ups starting from the formation of the entity till the Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) and Follow on Public
Offers (FPOs) of the companies.
• The branch will also cater to the requirements of the private equity (PE) and venture capital (VC)
funds and the Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs).
ii.The branch will acquire a number of specialist officers for the forex, treasury solutions, wealth management
and credit needs of the start-ups.
iii.The branch would provide access to banking facilities, funding, and credit facilities. Rs 2 crore in collateral-
free financial assistance will be given to start-up entrepreneurs.
iv.The branch has also entered into a Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) with the government of
Karnataka initiatives like Karnataka Innovation and Technology Society (KITS) and Karnataka Digital Economy
Mission (KDEM) to support the entire start-up ecosystem in Karnataka.
India Surpasses China, UK To Become 10th Largest Life Insurer Globally

According to the latest report tracking the performance of the industry by Benori Knowledge, a new-age
provider of specialised research and analytics solutions, the life insurance penetration rate in India has
increased to 3.2% in December 2021 from 2.8% in December 2019.
• India is now the 10th largest Life Insurance market in the world almost at par with the global
average of 3.3%. and is ahead of China (at 2.4%) and the United Kingdom (UK) (at 3%).
• From 2017 to 2022, the life insurance sector grew at a CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate) of
11%, and it is expected to grow at a CAGR of 9% during the next five years (2022-2027).
The instability of the COVID-19 pandemic underlined the need for consumers to invest in financial security
products, one of which is life insurance.
Important Conclusions from The Report
i.The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) has relaxed its regulations for product
approval and distribution, which is projected to result in increased penetration.
• Other contributing factors include the customization of products, a balanced channel mix, and
company-level digitization initiatives.
ii.In a Benori survey, 70% of respondents claimed their main reason for buying insurance was to ensure their
family’s financial security.
• While 91% of those surveyed claim that they no longer consider life insurance as an investment but
rather as a form of protection.
5 Major Trends That Will Define the Next 5 Years
Benori identifies five major trends that will define the next five years, with the life insurance sector projected to
rise by 9% between 2022 and 2027.
i.Despite the price increase, pure protection solutions will remain popular across all age groups and
demographics. The Unit Linked Insurance Plan (ULIP) will also witness an uptrend.
ii.Companies will be inspired to look for novel methods to improve consumer engagement and experience by
engaging with customers in more personal digital sales interactions and through hyper-personalization.
iii.Businesses will engage in Data Science and Analytics to better understand customer identities and demands.
iv.Ease of access and On-the-go Insurance will be crucial business goals for life insurers, and speed will become
a differentiator.
v.The IRDAI’s relaxation of regulations is also likely to result in an increase in cooperation with market-specific
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Distribution Mix
i.Bancassurance is the principal channel through which consumers discover and get life insurance, accounting
for 55% of the distribution share in 2022.
• The popularity of the bancassurance channel is related to customer confidence and existing
relationships with banking institutions.
ii.Although the survey emphasises the importance of the agent, insurance companies come in second among
the distribution channels.
iii.The distribution mix’s percentage of insurance agencies has been dropping, from 30% in 2017 to 23% in
2022.
iv.Direct-to-consumer (D2C) channels are outpacing the bancassurance market in terms of premium purchase
growth.
Direct-To-Consumer (D2C) Channels
i.Although Direct-To-Consumer (D2C) life insurance distribution is still in its early stages (3%) in India, players
like TATA AIA, SBI Life, and HDFC Life witnessed significant business growth as a result of D2C online
distribution.
• Within this channel, TATA AIA, Kotak, and SBI Life have demonstrated impressive business growth
of more than 45% from 2021.
ii.In comparison to 2021, ICICI Prudential Life Insurance reported a 7% growth, and HDFC Life had a 24%
growth (including both HDFC direct online and PolicyBazaar).
iii.HDFC Life is the market leader in online distribution, with this channel accounting for 11% of its company’s
revenues.
Rajasthan Tops in Health Insurance With 88% Cover
According to the most recent statistics on health insurance coverage collected by the National Family Health
Survey (NFHS) in 2019-21, around 88% of Rajasthan households have at least one person covered by a health
scheme or health insurance.
• Rajasthan claims to have the highest proportion of Indian households with health insurance or other
financial schemes.
• Andhra Pradesh comes in second with 80%, followed by Goa (73%), Chhattisgarh (71%), and
Telangana (69%).
Key Inferences from The Survey
i.According to the survey, India’s health insurance coverage is far from satisfactory.
ii.Over two-fifths (41%) of households have at least one member covered by a health insurance or finance
scheme.
iii.When family members become ill, they are slightly more likely to go to the public sector for care (50%) than
the private sector (48%).
iv.However, the percentage of households in Rajasthan that use government health facilities is pretty high.
• Only 26.4% of households in the state do not use a government health facility.
v.Government hospitals have seen an increase in patient traffic as a result of the health department’s free
medical care and diagnostic tests programme.
vi.Some of the reasons people don’t use government healthcare services include: a lack of nearby facilities,
inconvenient facility timings, and absence of health personnel.
vii.The percentage of households who do not use government health services is highest in Bihar (80%) and UP
(75%), and the lowest (less than 5%) in Ladakh, Lakshadweep, and the Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
On 11th July 2022 Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) set up two task forces to
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About Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI):

Chairman – Debasish Panda
GoI to Collaborate with Arunachal Govt. to Develop ‘District Good Governance Portal’
The Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG), Ministry of Personnel, Public
Grievances & Pensions, the Government of India (GoI), has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)
with the Arunachal Pradesh Government (Govt.) to create a “District Good Governance Portal” to track
and assess the performance of each district in the state on a monthly basis.
• Union Minister Jitendra Singh, Minister of State (MoS), Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances &
Pensions, made the announcement during the two-day Regional Conference on “Bringing Citizens
and Government Closer Through Administrative Reforms” in Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh.
• The conference aims to help and equip government officials to bridge the gap between the
government and the public.
Background
The Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG), Ministry of Personnel, Public
Grievances & Pensions, organized a 2-day regional conference on ‘Bringing Citizens and Government Closer
Through Administrative Reforms’ on August 18-19, 2022 in Itanagar, in partnership with the Arunachal
Pradesh Govt.
• 5 Technical Sessions of the Conference: Reforms in Governance; Public Grievances Redressal and
e-Office in North Eastern (NE) States; Good Governance Practices in North Eastern States; District
Good Governance Index and Good Governance Practices.
The Itanagar Conference follows the National Conference on e-Governance held in Meghalaya in August 2019,
where the ‘Shillong Declaration’ on e-Governance was adopted.
• The declaration aimed to share best practices and current technological breakthroughs and utilize
them for better governance and public service delivery.
Highlights
i. The DARPG has established a District Good Governance Index, a first for NE States, in partnership with the
of Arunachal Pradesh & the Centre for Good Governance, Hyderabad (Telangana), to improve the efficiency of
governance across districts.
• DARPG will support the state in gradually upgrading from e-office version 5.6 to e-office version 7.0.
ii.In addition, the DARPG’s National Centre for Good Governance would organize governance mid-career
development programmes for 500 Arunachal Pradesh Administrative Services officials over the next 5 years.
Accomplishment of Arunachal Pradesh in Enhancing Governance
i. Arunachal Pradesh has designated 2022-23 the year of e-governance and has already deployed a 100 % e-
office, as well as e-assembly and e-cabinet modules, in the state civil secretariat.
• The Arunachal Pradesh Govt. has held 17 e-pragati review meetings so far, during which it has
reviewed and expedited more than 200 projects and schemes.
ii.Till date, it has electronically transferred 8,10,350 data using e-offices.
iii. It has designated 22 sectors for onboarding on the e-office platform, with the rest of the offices, including
those in districts, expected to join by October 2022.
Note:
The GoI is developing Vision India@2047. The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT), Ministry of
Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions and DARPG have partnered with the Indian Institute of Public
Administration (IIPA), Delhi, to prepare the Vision @2047 document.

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Chief Minister (CM) of Assam Himanta Biswa Sarma and CM of Arunachal Pradesh Pema Khandu signed
an agreement to end the decade-old border disputes between the two states. The agreement was signed at
Namsai in Arunachal Pradesh. Therefore, it is also known as the “Namsai Declaration’’.
About Arunachal Pradesh:
Governor – Brigadier (Dr.) B. D. Mishra (Retd)
Festivals – Chalo-Loku Festival; Longte Yullo Festival; Oijale/Oriah
Folk Dance – Popir; Ponung; Pasi Kongki
Godrej Agrovet signs MoUs with Assam, Manipur and Tripura to promote oil palm cultivation
Under the NMEO-OP scheme
Godrej Agrovet signed three Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Assam, Manipur and Tripura state
governments for the development and promotion of oil palm cultivation in the region under the National
Mission on Edible Oils-Oil Palm (NMEO-OP) scheme.
What is in the MoU?
i.Under the agreement Godrej Agrovet will be allotted land across Assam, Manipur and Tripura for promotion
and development of sustainable palm oil plantations in the region to support the farmers.
ii.The MoUs are in line with Godrej Agrovet’s long-term strategy to be the catalyst of India’s oil mission through
sustainable growth of oil palm production and doubling of farmers’ income.
Key Points:
Godrej Agrovet’s palm oil is currently present in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Orissa, Goa,
Maharashtra, and Mizoram.
• It is the largest oil palm processor in India and works directly with farmers for the entire lifecycle of
their crop.
• Its range of products, including crude palm oil, crude palm kernel oil and palm kernel cake, are
produced at its six oil palm mills spread in India.
About National Mission on Edible Oils – Oil Palm (NMEO-OP):
i.In August 2021, the Government of India (GoI) launched the National Mission on Edible Oils – Oil Palm
(NMEO-OP) with a planned outlay of Rs. 11,040 Crore.
ii.Under the mission, the Government envisaged to raise the area under cultivation of oil palm to 10 Lakh
hectares by 2025-26 and 16.7 Lakh hectares by 2029-30 with special focus on the North East region and the
Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
Note-
• Indonesia is the world’s biggest producer, exporter, and consumer of palm oil.
• Together Indonesia and Malaysia account for almost 90% of the global palm oil production.
• India is a net importer of palm oil.
About Godrej Agrovet:
Chairman-Nadir Godrej
Headquarters- Mumbai, Maharashtra
Founded- 1991
Nutrihub & Akshaya Patra Foundation ink an MoU under PM POSHAN Scheme
Akshaya Patra Foundation (APF) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Nutrihub, a technology
Business Incubator hosted by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)-Indian Institute of Millets
Research (IIMR) to promote balanced and healthy diets through the sustainable production and consumption
of climate-resilient and nutritious millet in various feeding programme and integration of millets under
Pradhan Mantri Poshan Shakti Nirman (PM POSHAN).
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• The collaboration of APF and Nutrihub is an initiative as part of the run-up for 2023 as the
International year of Millets by the Government of India (GoI).
Key Points:
i.The partnership Akshaya Patra and Nutrihub is to collaborate on millet products or grains to provide
mid-day meals in various states.
ii.The test project is set to be launched in some schools in Bengaluru and Hyderabad.
iii. In order to focus on micronutrient deficiencies, improve schooling effectiveness, and inter-
generational opportunity, particularly for girl children, PM POSHAN provides a huge opportunity.
iv.APF reaches 1.8 million children every day in its 65 kitchens across 14 states and Union
Territories (UT).
v.Millet’s lunch menu is jowar, bajra and ragi to ensure child nutrients under POSHAN Abhiyan.
Akshaya Patra Foundation:
APF is the Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) headquartered in Bengaluru, Karnataka. This
foundation tends to implement the Mid-Day Meal scheme to promote healthy and balanced diets
among children.
About Indian Institute of Millets Research (IIMR):
It is a premier agricultural research institute engaged in basic and strategic research under the Indian
Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR).
Director- Dr C. V. Ratnavathi
Established in- 1958
Location- Hyderabad, Telangana
Union Minister Parshottam Rupala Chaired 9th Governing Body Meeting of NFDB
Union Minister Parshottam Rupala, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying, presided over the 9th
governing body meeting of the National Fisheries Development Board (NFDB), which was held in New Delhi,
Delhi.
The meeting was attended by Dr L. Murugan, Minister of State (MoS), Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry
& Dairying and Vice Chairman of the governing and Dr Sanjeev Kumar Balyan, MoS, Ministry of Fisheries,
Animal Husbandry & Dairying.
Highlights
i. During the event, Parshottam Rupala released a book titled “Super Success Stories from Indian
Fisheries” published by NFDB.
ii. He also unveiled the online marketplace feature “Aqua Bazar” in the “MatsyaSetu” mobile app developed by
ICAR-Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture (ICAR-CIFA), Bhubaneswar (Odisha) with funding from
NFDB under the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY). [ICAR stands for Indian Council of
Agricultural Research].
• The app will assist fish farmers and other stakeholders in discovering the inputs needed for fish
culture, such as fish seed, feed, medications, and services. It will connect various stakeholders
involved in the aquaculture sector.
National Fisheries Development Board (NFDB)
The National Fisheries Development Board (NFDB) was established in 2006 as an autonomous body under the
administrative supervision of the Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying.
Objective: To increase fish production and productivity in India, as well as to coordinate fishery development
in a holistic and integrated manner.
This will be accomplished by utilizing cutting-edge research and development technologies to explore the
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hence accelerating the sector’s overall development.

NFDB is headquartered in Hyderabad, Telangana
Organizational Structure of NFDB
i. The NFDB is headed by the Chief Executive.
ii.The Board is divided into two committees: The Governing Body and the Executive Committee. Meetings of the
Executive Committee are held on a quarterly basis, while the Governing Body convenes once a year.
iii. Chairman of the Governing Body – The Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying. Under the
chairmanship of the Cabinet Minister, the NFDB has held 8 Governing Body meetings till date.
iv.Chairman of Executive Committee – Secretary in charge of the Department of Fisheries
Note:
• The states of Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, and Punjab have immense potential for shrimp
cultivation.
Andhra Pradesh accounts for over 52% of inland fish production.
PM Narendra Modi Participates in Grand Finale of ‘Ujjwal Bharat Ujjwal Bhavishya – Power
@2047’ Program
On July 30, 2022, the Prime Minister Narendra Modi participated in the Grand Finale of ‘Ujjwal Bharat Ujjwal
Bhavishya- Power @2047’ via video conferencing.
What is Ujjwal Bharat, Ujjwal Bhavishya -Power
@2047?
i.As a part of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, it was organized
from July 25-31, 2022 in all districts of India by the
Electricity Department. It was initiated by the Ministry of
Power, and Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
(MNRE), to showcase the transformation, and
achievements in the power sector in the last 8 years.
ii.It also highlights the vision ahead on Power @ 2047.
iii.Under this program, the Ministry of Power and MNRE
also organized ‘Bijli Mahotsav’ across all districts of
India from July 25-31, 2022 through active public participation, and through the collaboration of the state and
the Central Governments.
iv.More than 1500+ events/ activities were organized at district level in coordination with District
administration.
PM launches Power Sector’s Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme
PM digitally launched the Ministry of Power’s flagship Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme (RDSS) with an
outlay of Rs 3,03,758 crore over a period of five years from FY 2021-22 to FY 2025-26.
Aim of Scheme:
i.To improve the operational efficiencies and financial sustainability of Distribution Companies (DISCOMs)
ii.To provide financial assistance to DISCOMs for modernization and strengthening of distribution
infrastructure
iii.To improve the reliability and quality of supply to end consumers.
iv.To provide 25 crore Smart Prepaid meters to all Indian consumers
PM Launches the National Solar Rooftop Portal
The PM also launched the National Portal for Rooftop solar (https://solarrooftop.gov.in/) at Kandukur village
which will enable online tracking of the process of installation of rooftop solar plants, registering the
applications, release of subsidy in residential consumers’ bank account, among others.
• The portal is designed, developed and hosted by National Informatics Centre (NIC) under the
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Key Points:
i.The estimated capacity under the national solar rooftop program is 4000 MW.
ii.The subsidy will be released directly into the bank account of the consumer within 30 days. The rate of
subsidy will be common for all the consumers in the country.
iii.To protect the interest of consumers, vendors are mandated to get registered at the DISCOM, and also have
to maintain the rooftop solar system for at least 5 years.
iv.With the installation of rooftop solar, a household consumer will not only save electricity bill but will also be
able to contribute towards the addition of green energy.
• It will benefit more than 10 lakh households.
PM Dedicates and lays Foundation Stone of Green Energy Projects of NTPC worth over Rs 5200cr
The PM also dedicated and laid the foundation stone of the following various green energy projects of NTPC
(formerly National thermal power corporation) worth over Rs 5200 crore:
Inaugurations:
i.100 MW (Mega Watt) Ramagundam Floating Solar Project in Telangana: It is India’s largest floating solar PV
(photovoltaic) project with 4.5 lakh ‘Made in India’ solar PV modules.
• Constructed at a cost of Rs 423 crore through BHEL (Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited) as EPC
(Engineering , Procurement and Construction) contract, the project is spread over 500 acres of
NTPC-Ramagundam reservoir.
• It can save coal consumption of 1.65 lakh tonnes a year and carbon dioxide emission of 2.1 lakh
tonnes a year.
ii.92 MW Kayamkulam Floating Solar Project in Kerala: It is the second largest floating solar PV project
consisting of 3 lakh Made in India solar PV panels floating on water. The project is Rs 465 crores.
• It was built on a 450-acre lake area adjacent to the NTPC’s Rajiv Gandhi Combined Cycle Power
Project (RGCCPP).
• The power generated from the plant can light up around 26,000 households every day, and
reduce carbon emissions by 1.73 lakh tonnes every year.
Foundation Stone:
i.735 MW Nokh Solar Project at Nokh, in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan: It is India’s largest Domestic Content
Requirement based Solar project with 1000 MWp (Mega-Watt peak) at a single location, deploying high-
wattage bifacial PV Modules with a tracker system.
• The production will start till September 2023.
ii.Green Hydrogen Mobility Project in Leh, Ladakh: It is a pilot project and aims for five Fuel Cell Buses to be
run in and around Leh. This pilot project would be the first deployment of Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles for public
use in India.
iii.Kawas Green Hydrogen Blending with Natural Gas project in Gujarat: The Green Hydrogen Blending Pilot
Project at NTPC Kawas Township will be India’s first Green Hydrogen Blending Project helping in reducing the
usage of natural gas.
Achievements of Power Sector:
i.Power generation capacity has increased to over 4,00,000 MW which is 1,85,000 MW more than our demand.
ii.Distribution infrastructure has been augmented with addition of over 6 lakh ckm (Circuit Kilo Meters) LT
(Low Tension) lines, 2,68,838 11 KV (Kilovolt) HT (High Tension) lines and Feeder segregation of 1,22,123 ckm
agricultural feeders.
iii.In 2015 the average hours of supply in rural areas was 12.5 Hrs (Hours) which has now increased to an
average 22.5 Hrs.
iv.Gujarat, Rajasthan, Kerala, and Telangana’s renewable energy initiatives will help all of India.
v.Ladakh will become India’s first region to receive Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles (FCVs) and work towards being
carbon neutral.
vi.India aims to create 175 GW (Giga Watt) of renewable energy capacity by 2022.

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PM addresses inaugural session of First All India District Legal Services Authorities Meet
The first-ever national-level meeting of All India District Legal Services Authorities (DLSAs) was organised
from July 30-31 at Vigyan Bhawan by National Legal Services Authority (NALSA).
• Its inaugural session was addressed by PM Narendra Modi.
• The PM also released a commemorative postal stamp on the ‘Right to free legal aid’.
Key Points:
i.The focus of the meeting was on the creation of an integrated procedure in order to bring homogeneity and
synchronisation across DLSAs.
ii.There are a total of 676 DLSAs in India which are headed by the District Judge who acts as Chairman of the
authority.
iii.Through DLSAs and State Legal Services Authorities (SLSAs), various legal aid and awareness programmes
are implemented by NALSA.
iv.The DLSAs also contribute towards reducing the burden on courts by regulating the Lok Adalats conducted
by NALSA.
Other Participants:
Chief Justice of India Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana; Union Minister Kiren Rijiju, Ministry of Law and Justice;
Supreme Court Judges Justice Uday Umesh Lalit; and Justice Dhananjaya Yeshwant Chandrachud, among others.
i.PM Narendra Modi inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of various development projects worth Rs 3,050
crores during the ‘Gujarat Gaurav Abhiyan’ at Khudvel, a tribal region in Navsari district of Gujarat.
ii.Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid a two-day visit to Bengaluru, Karnataka to lay the foundation stone of
multiple rail and road infrastructure projects worth over Rs 28000 crore.
About Ministry of Power:
Union Minister – Raj Kumar Singh (Arrah Constituency, Bihar)
Minister of State (MoS)– Krishan Pal (Faridabad Constituency, Haryana)
Telangana’s Industries Minister KTR unveils theme of 20th Edition of BioAsia 2023, Hyderabad
Kalvakuntla Taraka Rama Rao(KTR) Telangana’s Cabinet Minister for Industries & Commerce unveiled the
theme of 20th edition of BioAsia 2023 “Advancing for ONE: Shaping the next generation of humanized
healthcare”.
• The BioAsia 2023, a life sciences and health technology event, hosted by the Government of
Telangana will be held from February 24-26, 2023 in Hyderabad (Telangana).
The BioAsia 2023 event will feature a start-up showcase where more than 100 selected health-tech
entrepreneurs across the world will present their solutions to urgent medical problems.
2022 Nature Index Rankings for Research Output : University of Hyderabad First Among Indian
Universities ; IISc tops among Overall Indian Institutions
The University of Hyderabad (UoH) in Telangana, an Institution of Eminence (IoE), was placed first among
Indian universities and 16th among all academic institutions in India under the institutions ordered by
research outputs in the academic sector in the Nature Index 2022 ranking.
• The rankings are based on Nature Index data from May 1, 2021 to April 31, 2022.
• The University of Hyderabad (UoH) is a prominent higher education institution in India that was
established as a Central University in 1974 by an Act of Parliament.
The Nature Index is an indicator of high quality research in natural and physical sciences including subjects
such as chemistry, life sciences, earth & environmental sciences, and physical sciences.
The Top 3 Among the Indian Institutions under research Output
Rank Institution Count Share
1 Indian Institute of Science (IISc) ,Bengaluru in Karnataka 194 94.44

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2 Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI), Mumbai in Maharashtra 215 70.92

3 Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay) ,Mumbai in Maharashtra 166 63.89
The Top 3 in Global wise academic institutions under research Output
Rank Name of Institutions
1 Harvard University, United States of America (USA)
2 Stanford University, USA
3 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS),China
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15th International Olympiad On Astronomy and Astrophysics 2022: India Ranks Third, With 3
Gold Medals & 2 Silver Medals
India came in third at the 15th International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics (IOAA) 2022, which
took place from August 14 – 21, 2022 in Kutaisi, Georgia.
• The IOAA is an annual contest for students in higher secondary education.
• India and Singapore were tied for third place in the medal count. Iran’s official team (5 Golds) won
the top spot followed by Iran’s Guest team (4 Golds, 1 Silver).
Note: The 15th IOAA 2022 competition was initially scheduled to take place in Kyiv, Ukraine. It was
rescheduled in March 2022 to take place in Kutaisi, Georgia owing to the conflict in Ukraine.
Major Highlights:
i. At IOAA-2022, all five students from the Indian contingent won five medals, comprising 3 gold & 2 silver.
• At the 15th IOAA 2022, 28 gold, 38 silver, and 55 bronze medals were presented altogether.
Details of The Individual Performance
# Name of the Contestant Medal Won Place From
1 Ragav Goyal GOLD Chandigarh
2 Md Sahil Akhtar GOLD Kolkata, West Bengal
3 Mehul Borad GOLD Hyderabad, Telangana
4 Malay Kedia SILVER Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh
5 Atharva Nilesh Mahajan SILVER Indore, Madhya Pradesh
• Raghav Goyal won a special prize for the best solution to the most challenging theoretical question.
Indian Contingent was accompanied by:
• 2 Leaders: Professor Sarita Vig (Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology,
Thiruvananthapuram [Kerala]), Professor Ajit Mohan Srivastava (Institute of Physics, Bhubaneswar
[Odisha])
• 2 Scientific Observers: Shriharsh
Tendulkar (Tata Institute of Fundamental
Research, Mumbai [Maharashtra]) & Tejas
Shah (Fr. Agnel Multipurpose School & Jr.
College, Navi Mumbai [Maharashtra]).
• In 2002 and 2003, Tendulkar won gold at
the International Astronomy Olympiad.
iii. During the event, Professor Aniket Sule, faculty at
the Homi Bhabha Center for Science Education
(HBCSE) in Mumbai (Maharashtra), was elected as
President of the international body of IOAA for a 5-
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Aniket Sule has been the IOAA’s General Secretary for the past 5 years.
India saw 9.36 billion transactions worth Rs 10.25tn in Q1 2022, UPI leads: Worldline Report
According to the Worldline India Digital Payments Report Q1 2022, India saw 9.36 billion transactions
amounting to Rs 10.25 trillion in the first quarter (January-March period) via various payment modes led by
Unified Payment Interface (UPI).
Other Highlights w.r.t. India:
i.The UPI P2M (person to merchant) transactions emerged as the most preferred payment mode among
consumers with a market share of 64% in volume and 50% in terms of value.
ii.In Q12022, UPI increased over 14.55 billion transactions in volume and Rs 26.19 trillion in terms of value.
iii.The transactions volume and value has almost doubled since Q12021 recording about a 99% increase in
volume and over 90% increase in value.
Note – The Average Ticket Size (ATS) for UPI P2P (peer-to-peer) transactions was Rs 2,455 and Rs 860 for
P2M transactions (as of March 2022).
Top 5 Positions in Q1 2022:-
i.The top UPI apps in terms of volume were PhonePe, Google Pay, Paytm Payments Bank App, Amazon Pay,
Axis banks App.
• Phone Pe, Google Pay and Paytm accounted for 94.8% of UPI transactions volume and 93% of UPI
transactions value as of March 2022.
ii.In Q1 2022, the top remitter banks were State Bank of India, HDFC Bank, Bank of
Baroda, Union Bank and Paytm Payments Bank while the top Beneficiary Banks were
Paytm Payments Bank, State Bank of India, YES Bank, Axis Bank and ICICI Bank.
ii.The top Payment Service Provider (PSP) UPI Players were YES Bank, Axis Bank, State Bank of (SBI) , HDFC
Bank, and Paytm Payments Bank.
iii.States and cities with the highest number of transactions at physical touch points in Q1 2022 for
Worldline India
• Top 10 States: 1. Maharashtra 2. Tamil Nadu 3. Karnataka 4. Andhra Pradesh 5. Kerala 6. Gujarat 7.
Delhi 8. Uttar Pradesh 9. Telangana 10. West Bengal.
• Top 10 Cities: 1. Hyderabad 2. Bengaluru 3. Chennai 4. Mumbai 5. Pune 6. Delhi 7. Kolkata 8.
Coimbatore 9. Ahmedabad 10. Vadodara.
iv.Card Issuance – The total number of credit and debit cards in circulation by the end of Q1 2022 was 991.28
million.On June 16, 2022, the RBI lifted business restrictions imposed on Mastercard Asia /Pacific Pte. Ltd.
• As of March 2022, the top credit card issuing banks were HDFC Bank, SBI, ICICI
Bank, Axis Bank and RBL Bank. Credit cards accounted for 7% of transactions, but 26% of value.
• the top debit card issuing banks were SBI, BOB, Union Bank, Canara Bank and Punjab National Bank.
Debit cards account for 10% of transactions, but 18% in value.
v.Top Point of Sales (POS) deployers: HDFC Bank, Axis Bank, ICICI Bank, State Bank of India, RBL Bank,
Paytm Payments Bank, IndusInd Bank, Union Bank of India are the top acquiring banks with significant market
share in terms of POS deployment.
• As of March 2022, the total number of POS (Point of Sale) terminals deployed by merchant acquiring
banks were 6.07 million. The POS deployment witnessed over 28% growth in Q1 2022 compared to Q1
2021.
vi.As of March 2022, the total number of Bharat QRs were 4.97 million, a 39% rise as compared to March 2021
while UPI QRs stood at 172.73 million, registering an increase of 87% as compared to March 2021.
Dr Samir V Kamat appointed as DRDO Chairman & Secretary Department of Defence R&D
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) appointed Dr Samir V Kamat as the new Chairman of the Defence
Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Secretary of the Department of Defence Research
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The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the appointment of Kamat from the date
of his assumption of charge till he attains 60 years of age or until further notice.
• He succeeded Dr G Satheesh Reddy who will take charge as Scientific Advisor to Raksha Mantri
(Defence Minister).
• Prior to this appointment, Dr Samir V Kamat was serving as the Director General – Naval
Systems & Materials (NS&M) at DRDO with effect from 1st July 2017.
About Dr. Samir V Kamat:
i.He joined DRDO at Defence Metallurgical Research
Laboratory (DMRL), Hyderabad, as Scientist ‘C’ in 1989.
ii.He also served as Chairman of Defence Technology
Vision-2050 Materials Committee and Member of
Aeronautics Research and Development Board
(AR&DB) Structures Panel, Department of Science and
Technology’s, SERB (Science and Engineering Research
Board) Materials and Mining Panel; Committee on
National Strategy for Rare Earths, National Security
Council and National Task Force on Wind Energy, Planning Commission. He is currently, a member of the
Editorial Board of Defence Science Journal.
iii.He is a Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) and Institution of Engineers India
(IEI), a Life member of the Indian Institute of Metals, Materials Research Society of India, Magnetics
Society of India, Society for Failure Analysis (and Chairman of the Hyderabad Chapter) and Indian Society
for Structural Integrity.
About Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO):
Chairman- Dr Samir V Kamat
Headquarters-New Delhi, Delhi
Founded-1958
India’s first 3-D printed cornea developed by scientists from Hyderabad

A team of clinicians and scientists from the LV Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI), Hyderabad, Indian Institute of
Technology (IIT) Hyderabad, and Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), has developed India’s first
3D-printed artificial cornea and transplanted it into a rabbit’s eye.
• This development in animal models provided hope to those who lost vision due to corneal damage.
• It is also optically and physically suitable for transplantation.
Key people:
Dr Sayan Basu and Dr Vivek Singh, lead researchers from L V Prasad Eye Institute.
• Other members of the team are Dr Bokara Kiran Kumar, senior scientist, CCMB, Dr Falguni Pati,
associate professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, IIT Hyderabad. Research students- Shibu
Chameettachal, Deeksha Prasad, Yash Parekh and others from LVPEI, CCMB and IIT-H.
About 3D Printed Artificial Cornea:
i.The printed corneas need to undergo further clinical testing and development before they can be used in
patients, which could take several years.
ii.The researchers used decellularized corneal tissue matrix and stem cells derived from the human eye to
develop a unique biomimetic hydrogel (patent pending) that was used as the background material for the 3D-
printed cornea.
• Since the 3D-printed cornea is composed of materials deriving from human corneal tissue, it is
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iii.It is developed indigenously through government and philanthropic funding.

Uses:
i.The development will be an alternative solution to corneal blindness.
• Corneal damage is the leading cause of blindness worldwide with more than 1.5 million new cases of
corneal blindness reported every year.
ii.The bio-ink (raw material) for 3D printing was derived from human donor corneal tissue, it can be sight-
saving for army personnel at the site of injury to seal the corneal perforation and prevent infection during war-
related injuries with no tertiary eye care facility.
iii.The cornea can be printed in various diameters from 3 mm to 13 mm., and can be customized based on the
specifications of the patient.
• The development can treat diseases like corneal scarring (where the cornea becomes opaque)
or Keratoconus (where the cornea gradually becomes thin with time).
iv.The bio-ink (raw material) for 3D printing was derived from human donor corneal tissue.
It can be sight-saving for army personnel at the site of injury to seal the corneal perforation and prevent
infection during war-related injuries with no tertiary eye care facility.
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Dr Jitendra Singh Inaugurates India’s First ‘Open Rock Museum’ at Hyderabad

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DoT sets up Six Task Forces to Explore 6G Development

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Indian Railways renames ‘Kevadiya Station’ as ‘Ekta Nagar Railway Station’

Telangana Cabinet Approved ‘Mana Ooru-Mana Badi’ Programme to Strengthen Government

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India becomes World’s Largest Exporter of ‘Cucumber’ & ‘Gherkins’

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Padma Awardees 2022:

2 Radheyshyam Khemka (Posthumous) Literature and Education Uttar Pradesh

3 General Bipin Rawat (Posthumous) Civil Service Uttarakhand

4 Kalyan Singh (Posthumous) Public Affairs Uttar Pradesh

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6 Victor Banerjee Art West Bengal

7 Gurmeet Bawa (Posthumous) Art Punjab

8 Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee Public Affairs West Bengal

9 Natarajan Chandrasekaran Trade and Industry Maharashtra

Krishna Ella and Suchitra Ella (Duo case so counted as

12 Devendra Jhajharia Sports Rajasthan

13 Rashid Khan Art Uttar Pradesh

14 Rajiv Mehrishi Civil Service Rajasthan

17 Cyrus Poonawalla Trade and Industry Maharashtra

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Sanjaya Rajaram Science and

Key Personalities who were conferred with Padma Bhushan:

23 Madhuri Barthwal Uttarakhand

24 S Ballesh Bhajantri Tamil Nadu

25 Khandu Wangchuk Bhutia Sikkim

26 Sulochana Chavan Maharashtra

27 Lourembam Bino Devi Manipur

28 Shyamamani Devi Odisha

29 Arjun Singh Dhurve Madhya Pradesh

30 Chandraprakash Dwivedi Rajasthan

Gosaveedu Shaik Hassan

32 Sowcar Janaki Tamil Nadu

34 Shivnath Mishra Uttar Pradesh

35 Art Darshanam Mogilaiah Telangana

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37 R Muthukannammal Tamil Nadu