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TABLE OF CONTENT
BANKING & FINANCIAL AWARENESS ........................................................................................................................ 8
CURRENT RATES ........................................................................................................................................................ 8
SMALL SAVING SCHEMES INTEREST RATE ........................................................................................................... 8
INDIA’S GROWTH PREDICTION .............................................................................................................................. 8
FIRST IN FINANCIAL SERVICE IN INDIA/WORLD .............................................................................................. 12
RESERVE BANK OF INDIA(RBI) IN NEWS ............................................................................................................ 14
CABINET APPROVAL / BILL /ACTS PASSED FOR BANKS/FINANCIAL SERVICE ........................................... 25
SBI IN NEWS .............................................................................................................................................................. 26
OTHER BANK/FINANCIAL SERVICES IN NEWS ................................................................................................... 27
INSURANCE NEWS ................................................................................................................................................... 41
APP’s/PORTAL LAUNCHED .................................................................................................................................... 44
MOU’S/AGREEMENTS SIGNED BY BANKS/FINANCIAL SERVICE ..................................................................... 45
LOANS/FUNDS SANCTIONED BY BANKS/FINANCIAL SERVICE ....................................................................... 52
APPOINTMENTS IN BANKING/INSURANCE ........................................................................................................ 57
FIRST IN INDIA & WORLD .......................................................................................................................................... 60
FIRST IN INDIA ......................................................................................................................................................... 60
FIRST IN WORLD...................................................................................................................................................... 65
TARGET ......................................................................................................................................................................... 66
NATIONAL AFFAIRS .................................................................................................................................................... 68
CABINET APPROVALS ............................................................................................................................................. 68
BILL /Acts/Policy/Rules ........................................................................................................................................ 77
LONGEST,LARGEST,HIGHEST ................................................................................................................................ 79
BUDGET AND ECONOMIC SURVEY ........................................................................................................................ 80
STATE GOVERNMENT SCHEMES ........................................................................................................................... 84
LAUNCHES/INAUGURATIONS ............................................................................................................................... 86
CENTRAL GOVERNMENT INITIATIVE/ANNOUNCEMENT ................................................................................ 92
STATEWISE NEWS ................................................................................................................................................... 97
SUPREME COURT VERDICT.................................................................................................................................. 100
RAILWAY NEWS ..................................................................................................................................................... 100
CAMPAIGN............................................................................................................................................................... 101
COMMEMORATIVE NAME .................................................................................................................................... 102
FESTIVAL ................................................................................................................................................................. 103
STATIC GK ............................................................................................................................................................... 105
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS ....................................................................................................................................... 105

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LONGEST, LARGEST, HIGHEST ............................................................................................................................ 105
OTHER INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS ..................................................................................................................... 106
VISIT............................................................................................................................................................................. 109
VISIT TO INDIA....................................................................................................................................................... 109
OCTOBER 2021 ...................................................................................................................................................... 109
FOREIGN VISIT ....................................................................................................................................................... 113
SUMMITS, EVENTS & CONFERENCE........................................................................................................................ 120
SUMMITS ................................................................................................................................................................. 120
CONFERENCE .......................................................................................................................................................... 126
EVENTS .................................................................................................................................................................... 129
COMMITTEES & MEETING ........................................................................................................................................ 133
COMMITTEES FORMED......................................................................................................................................... 133
MEETINGS/DIALOGUE/COUNCIL/FORUM ........................................................................................................ 138
MOU’s & AGREEMENTS ............................................................................................................................................. 149
MOU'S WITH OTHER COUNTRY .......................................................................................................................... 149
MOU’S WITH STATE ............................................................................................................................................. 150
MOU’S BETWEEN ORGANIZATIONS ................................................................................................................... 152
INDEX ........................................................................................................................................................................... 162
RANKING ................................................................................................................................................................. 162
INDIA’S RANK ..................................................................................................................................................... 162
STATE/CITY WISE RANKING .......................................................................................................................... 167
ORGANIZATION RANKING ............................................................................................................................... 169
INDIVIDUAL RANKING ...................................................................................................................................... 172
REPORT ................................................................................................................................................................... 173
APPOINTMENTS & RESIGNS .................................................................................................................................... 186
APPOINTMENTS..................................................................................................................................................... 186
NATIONAL ........................................................................................................................................................... 189
INTERNATIONAL ............................................................................................................................................... 197
BRAND AMBASSADOR ...................................................................................................................................... 204
RESIGNATION ......................................................................................................................................................... 206
AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS ..................................................................................................................................... 207
AWARDS .................................................................................................................................................................. 207
AWARDS GIVEN TO THE SPORTS ................................................................................................................... 211
AWARDS FOR LITERATURE/JOURNALISM/ACADEMIC ............................................................................. 216
AWARDS GIVEN TO ORGANIZATIONS/BANKS/MINISTRIES/STATE/CITY ............................................ 218
AWARDS GIVEN FOR SOCIAL SERVICE, SCIENCE & BRAVERY ................................................................... 223
AWARDS GIVEN TO FILM/MUSIC INDUSTRY/ART ...................................................................................... 228

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OTHER AWARDS CONFERRED ........................................................................................................................ 230
RECOGNITIONS ...................................................................................................................................................... 233
WORD OF THE YEAR ......................................................................................................................................... 237
GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATION(GI) TAG .............................................................................................................. 237
ECONOMY &BUSINESS .............................................................................................................................................. 238
ACQUISITIONS & MERGERS ..................................................................................................................................... 242
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY ......................................................................................................................................... 247
APP & WEB PORTAL ............................................................................................................................................. 247
SATELLITES ............................................................................................................................................................ 254
MOUs IN RELATED TO SCIENCE .......................................................................................................................... 258
NEW INITIATIVE/INNOVATION .......................................................................................................................... 259
OTHERS ................................................................................................................................................................... 261
ENVIRONMENT .......................................................................................................................................................... 263
DEFENCE...................................................................................................................................................................... 264
EXERCISES ............................................................................................................................................................... 264
MISSILES .................................................................................................................................................................. 272
COMMISSION/DECOMMISSION ........................................................................................................................... 274
IMPORTANT DEALS & MoU’s ............................................................................................................................... 276
IMPORTANT DEFENCE EVENTS .......................................................................................................................... 278
SPORTS ........................................................................................................................................................................ 281
TOKYO 2020 OLYMPICS UPDATES ..................................................................................................................... 281
RETIREMENT .......................................................................................................................................................... 285
TENNIS ..................................................................................................................................................................... 288
CRICKET .................................................................................................................................................................. 291
FOOTBALL ............................................................................................................................................................... 293
BADMINTON ........................................................................................................................................................... 294
SHOOTING ............................................................................................................................................................... 295
BOXING .................................................................................................................................................................... 298
OTHER SPORTS ...................................................................................................................................................... 302
SPORTS PERSON IN NEWS ................................................................................................................................... 305
UPCOMING SPORTS EVENTS................................................................................................................................ 306
BOOKS & AUTHORS ................................................................................................................................................... 309
OBITUARY ................................................................................................................................................................... 315
NATIONAL ............................................................................................................................................................... 315
INTERNATIONAL ................................................................................................................................................... 321
IMPORTANT DAYS ..................................................................................................................................................... 324

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BANKING & FINANCIAL AWARENESS
CURRENT RATES
Policy rates Bi-monthly Bi-monthly Bi-monthly Bi-monthly Bi-monthly
Monetary Policy Monetary Policy Monetary Policy Monetary Monetary
February 2021 April 2021(First June Policy Policy
for FY22) 2021(FY22) August October
2021(FY22) 2021(FY22)
Repo Rate 4.0% 4.0% 4.0% 4.0% 4.0%
Reverse Repo 3.35% 3.35% 3.35% 3.35% 3.35%
Rate
Marginal 4.25% 4.25% 4.25% 4.25% 4.25%
Standing
Facility (MSF)
Bank Rate 4.25% 4.25% 4.25% 4.25% 4.25%
Cash Reserve 3% 3.50% 4.00% 4.00% 4.00%
Ratio (CRR)
Statutory 18.00% 18.00% 18.00% 18.00% 18.00%
Liquidity Ratio
(SLR)
* Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) will be held 6 times for a financial year as per RBI rules
SMALL SAVING SCHEMES INTEREST RATE

Minister of Finance under GOI revised the interest rate for the fourth quarter (January 2021-March 2021) of
the FY20-21 on smallsaving saving schemes. It will be revised three months once.
Instruments Rate of interest Rate of interest Compounding
(January 1 to (October 1 to Frequency*
March 31, 2021) December
31,2021)
Post Office Savings Account 4.0% 4.0% Annually
1 Year Time Deposit 5.5% 5.5% Quarterly
5 Year Recurring Deposit Scheme 5.8 % 5.8 % Quarterly
Senior Citizen Savings Scheme 7.4% 7.4% Quarterly and
Paid
Monthly Income Account 6.6% 6.6% Monthly and paid
National Savings Certificate (VIII 6.8% 6.8% Annually
Issue)
Public Provident Fund Scheme 7.1% 7.1% Annually
Kisan Vikas Patra 6.9 %(will mature 6.9 %(will mature Annually
in 124 months) in 124 months)
Sukanya Samriddhi Account 7.6% 7.6% Annually
Scheme
INDIA’S GROWTH PREDICTION

Organization Year Predictions& Points to be Noted
NOVEMBER 2021
National Statistical Office (NSO) FY21 CPI Based Inflation Rate for October 2021 at
4.48%;
OCTOBER 2021
International Monetary Fund FY21& FY22 India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth

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forecast for 2021 unchanged at 9.5 percent
and 2022 was also unchanged at 8.5 percent.
International Monetary Fund (IMF) FY21 India’s potential GDP (Gross Domestic
Product) growth forecast in the medium
term by 25 basis points (bps) to 6
percent from 6.25 percent due to the impact
of COVID-19 on investments and labour
markets.
World Bank FY22 India’s GDP growth forecast for FY22 to 8.3
percent from its earlier estimate in June 2021.
Fitch Ratings FY22& FY23 India’s GDP (Gross Domestic Product) growth
forecast for FY22 to 8.7 percent from 10
percent and FY23 to 10 percent from an earlier
estimation of 8.5 percent.
SEPTEMBER 2021
S&P Global Ratings FY22 S Retained India’s Economic Growth Projection
in FY22 to 9.5 percent
ICRA (formerly known as Investment FY22 Revised India’s GDP growth projection
Information and Credit Rating Agency in FY22 from 8.5 percent (June 2021) to 9
of India Limited) percent.
Morgan Stanley FY22 Estimated, India GDP growth at 10.5% for
FY22
Organisation for Economic Co- FY22& FY23 India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth
operation and Development (OECD) forecast in FY22 to 9.7 percent and
for FY23 the GDP growth forecast to 7.9
percent.
Asian Development Bank (ADB) FY22& FY23 India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth
forecast for FY2021-22 was reduced to 10
percent andf for FY2022-23 was increased
from 7 percent to 7.5 percent.
The inflation forecast for FY2021-22 was
increased to 5.5 percent
United Nations Conference on Trade FY21 & FY22 India GDP growth at 7.2 percent in 2021
and Development (UNCTAD) and 6.7 percent in 2022
Moody FY21 & FY22 Global Macro Outlook 2021-22’ projected
India’s growth for calendar year (CY) 2021 at
9.6% and 7% for 2022.
20 advanced economies will grow by 5.6% in
2021 while emerging economies will
collectively expand by 7.2% in 2021.
National Statistical Office (NSO) FY22 India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the
first quarter of financial year 2021-22
(Q1 FY22) (i.e. April to June 2021) grew
by 20.1 percent as compared to a contraction
of 24.4 (-24.4) percent in Q1 FY21.
AUGUST 2021
India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra) FY22 Ind-Ra downgraded the economic growth
forecast or Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for
India to 9.4% for FY22
JULY 2021
Fitch Ratings FY22 India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth
forecast for FY22 by 280bp to 10
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Asian Development Bank FY22 & FY23 India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth
forecast in 2022 to `0percent and 7.5 per cent
in FY23
International Monetary Fund (IMF) FY22 & FY23 India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth
forecast in FY22 to 9.5 percent from 12.5
percent and raised the growth forecast
for FY23 to 8.5 percent from 6.9 percent.
Care Ratings FY21 & FY22 India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth
forecast in FY22 at the range of 8.8 to 9
percent. Indian economy contracted by 7.3
percent (-7.3) in FY21.
JUNE 2021
RBI’s 6-members Monetary Policy FY22 The MPC has projected India’s real gross
Committee (MPC) domestic product (GDP) growth for FY22
at 9.5 percent
National Statistical Office (NSO), FY21 India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth
for Q4 FY21 at 1.6 percent with a contraction
of 7.3(-7.3) percent for FY21
Organisation for Economic Co- FY21 & FY22 India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth
operation and Development (OECD) forecast in 2021 to 9.9 percent and 5.8 per
cent in FY22
Controller General of Accounts’ (CGA) FY21 India’s fiscal deficit for FY21 at 9.3 percent /
revenue-expenditure data Rs 18.21 lakh crore of the gross domestic
product (GDP),
State Bank of India (SBI) FY22 India’s FY22 GDP growth estimates to 7.9
percent from 10.4 percent.
Moody’s FY22 & FY23 GDP growth of 9.3 percent in FY22 and 7.9
percent in FY23.
World Bank FY22 & FY23 India’s GDP growth forecast for FY22 to 8.3
percent and 7.5 percent in FY23 .
Information and Credit Rating Agency FY22 India’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth
of India Limited (ICRA) in FY22 at 8.5 percent
Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) FY22 9.5% in the current financial year 2021-
2022(FY22) which will be higher than the
GDP of FY20.
Moody’s Investors Service FY21& FY22 India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth
reduced to 9.6 percent in 2021 and 7
percent growth in 2022.
S&P Global Ratings FY22& FY23 India’s economic growth projection
in FY22 to 9.5 percent and 7.8 percent in
FY23.
National Council of Applied Economic FY21& FY22 India’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth
Research (NCAER) for FY22 in the range of 8.4-10.1 percent . It
estimated a contraction of 7.3(-7.3) percent
in FY21.
MAY 2021
CRISIL (Credit Rating Information FY22 9.8-8.2%
Services of India Limited)
Nomura FY22 10.8 %
S&P Global Ratings FY22 9.8 %
Fitch Ratings FY22 9.5 %
APRIL 2021
S&P Global Ratings FY22 Projected Indian economy growth for FY22 at
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SBI Research FY22 India’s growth forecast for FY22 to 10.4 per
cent from 11 per cent of the earlier
predictions and it forecasted 14.3 per cent of
nominal GDP.
India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra) FY22 Ind-Ra have reduced India’s GDP growth
forecast of FY22 to 10.1 per cent, from its
earlier projection of 10.4 per cent.
Care Ratings FY22 India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth
forecast for FY22 to 10.2 per cent from its
earlier projection of 10.7-10.9 per cent.
MARCH 2021
Fitch Ratings FY22 India’s Gross Domestic Product(GDP) growth
estimate to 12.8% for FY22 from earlier 11%
United Nations Conference on Trade 2021 India’s GDP to have contracted 6.9%(-6.9%)
and Development(UNCTAD) in 2020 and grow 5% in 2021.
Organisation for Economic Co- FY 22 GDP of India to 12.6% for FY 22, the highest
operation and Development (OECD) among G20 countries.OECD has projected the
India’s GDP to contract 7.4 per cent (-7.4%) in
FY21.
National Statistical Office (NSO) FY21 Growth of India’s GDP is estimated at 0.4% in
Q3FY21 (October-December, 2020) For full
FY21, a contraction of 8% (-8%) was
projected.
FEBRUARY 2021
S&P (Standard &Poors) Global Ratings FY22 India’s economic recovery at 10% in FY22, on
a lower base. Earlier, it had revised India’s
Real GDP Forecast for FY21 to -7.7%(contract
by 7%) from -9%
Nomura FY22 India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) will
grow at 13.5% in FY22 as Nomura India
Business Resumption Index (NIBRI)
India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra)Ltd FY22 10.4% in FY22, primarily based on the base
effect.Earlier, Ind-Ra had projected the GDP
for FY 21 as -7.8%.
State Bank of India (SBI) FY 21 India’s Gross domestic Product(GDP) for FY
21 will contract by 7%(-7%) from -7.4%
projected earlier.GDP growth in FY22 will
remain at 11%.
Moody FY22(FY21-22) ~17% for FY 22 from its earlier 14.3%.
JANUARY 2021
National Statistical Office (NSO) FY20(FY2019-20) growth rate of Indian economy was 4%.This
growth estimate is lower than the provisional
estimates (PE) of FY20 growth at 4.2%
released in May 2020.
Federation of Indian Chambers of FY21(FY20-21) India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is
Commerce & Industry (FICCI) expected to contract by 8 in (-8%) in 2020-
21.The survey projected the Fiscal deficit for
2020-21 at 3.5%.
International Monetary Fund (IMF) FY21 projected India’s Gross Domestic Product
(GDP) to contract by 8%(-8%) in FY20-21.It
also projected India’s GDP growth at 11.5% in
FY 21-22
Japanese brokerage Nomura FY21 upgraded the GDP forecast for India in 2020-
21 to -6.7% from earlier -7.7%. It further
projected the GDP of India to rise to 13.5% in
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Fitch FY22(FY21-22) India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) will
expand by 11% in 2021-22 in contrary to the
down gradation by 9.4%(-9.4%) in the FY21
fiscal (April 2020 – March 2021).
National Statistical Office (NSO) FY 21 -7.7%
Global Economic Prospects (GEP- FY22&FY23 India is expected to grow at 5.4% in the FY
January 2021) by WorldBank 2021-22 & 5.2% in FY 2022-23
ICRA (formerly Investment Information FY22 India’s real GDP (Gross Domestic Product)
and Credit Rating Agency of India will expand by 10.1% in FY2022
Limited)
CARE Ratings FY21 downgraded its projection of the Centre’s
fiscal deficit to 7.8% of GDP against its earlier
estimate of 9-9.5%.
FIRST IN FINANCIAL SERVICE IN INDIA/WORLD

NOVEMBER 2021
 Geojit Financial has announced India’s first online platform to open online trading and demat accounts
through Central Depository Services Ltd (CDSL) for Non-Resident External (NRE) and Non-Resident
Ordinary (NRO).
 SEBI has given nod to the scheme named ‘Invesco India – Invesco CoinShares Global Blockchain Exchange
Traded Fund (ETF) Fund of Fund’ (FoF), which will be India’s first scheme that offers exposure to global
companies participating in the blockchain ecosystem.
OCTOBER 2021
 REC Limited successfully raised a USD 75 million, 5-year Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”)
linked Syndicated Term Loan. With this REC Limited became the first NBFC (Non-Banking Financial
Company) to raise SOFR linked Term Loan.
 Payback India launched the ‘PAY feature’ on its mobile app that provides the integrated facility
of QR (Quick Response) code-based payment and loyalty points in a single app. This initiative is a 1stof its
kind in Industry.
 Acuite Ratings & Research became the 1stIndian credit rating agency (CRA) to sign an UN-supported
initiative for the integration of ESG factors with credit risk and rating criteria.
 Visa in partnership with Juspay launched India’s 1st Card-on-File tokenization (CoFT) services for e-
commerce players such as Grofers, BigBasket, and MakeMyTrip.
SEPTEMBER 2021
 DBS partnership with Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications (SWIFT)
Global Payments Innovation(gpi) launched real-time online tracking for cross-border collections for
businesses in India.DBS became the first bank in India and Asia-Pacific to offer this service to its clients.
 El Salvador becomes the first country to adopt bitcoin as a national currency and launched the digital
wallet called “Chivo” or “Cool” which offered $30 of free Bitcoin for the adaption.
 Paytm Payments Bank Ltd (PPBL) enables India’s first FASTag based metro parking facility in
partnership with the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC).
 Power Finance Corporation Ltd (PFC) launched its first €300 million 7-year Euro Bond issuance on
September 13 pricing 1.841%. It is the first ever Euro denominated green bond issuance from India.
 Tata Capitallaunched a 1st of its kind digital banking scheme called ‘Loan Against Mutual Funds’
(LAMF). It offers instant loans from ₹5 lakhs to ₹2 crores to customers .
AUGUST 2021
 GyanDhan, India’s 1st education financing platform, has received a Non-Banking Financial Company
(NBFC) license from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).
 ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company Ltd became the 1st life insurance company in India to provide
a UPI AutoPay facility to its customers. For this it has partnered with the National Payments
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 International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved a general allocation of Special Drawing Rights (SDRs)
equivalent to US$650 billion( SDR 456 billion). It is the largest SDR allocation in the history of the IMF.
 CoinDCXbecome the first Indian cryptocurrency exchange to grab the title of ‘unicorn’ with valuation
to $1.1 billion (Rs 8,150 crore).
 Karnataka Vikas Grameena Bank (KVGB) launched the ‘Farmer Registration and Unified Beneficiary
Information System’ (FRUITS) portal to store the farmers’ land details. The portal is the first-of-its-
kind initiative in India by the Karnataka government to gather the land details of the farmers.
 PayNearby collaborated with Visa and RBL Bank to launch SoftPoS and mPoS. With this, as per
PayNearby, it becomes the first company to launch an all-inclusive digital package for retailers
JULY 2021
 India's First Omni-channel Pre-paid Card ,’OmniCard – a prepaid card for youngsters’ aged between
15-24 years’,waslaunched by Eroute Technologies in India after the RBI allowed them to include more
features into prepaid cards, bringing them on a par with payment banks.
 National Research Centre on Yak (NRCY) at Dirang in Arunachal Pradeshhas tied up with National
Insurance Company Ltd (NICL) to provide an insurance policy for the 1st time to insure the highly
valuable High-Altitude Yaks against the risks.
 Bhutan became the 1st country to adopt India’s UPI standards for its QR deployment and the only
country to issue and accept RuPay cards and accept BHIM UPI.
 Paytm Payments Bank (PPB) become first in India to make instant payments across online platforms
through its all-in-one payment gateway using balances available in their Fixed Deposit (FD) account,
through IndusInd Bank.
 Biteeubecome the 1st cryptocurrency exchange in the world to leverage the high security of space-
grade infrastructure for ultra-secure Bitcoin cryptocurrency transactions.
JUNE 2021
 India’s largest crypto exchange, WazirX has announced its own Non-Fungible Token
(NFT) marketplace, a first of its kind for India and South Asia.
 ICICI (Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India) Bank became the 1st bank in Asia-Pacific
and the 2nd globally to offer the facility called ‘SWIFT gpi (Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial
Telecommunication Global Payments Innovation) Instant’, the facility for cross border inward payments.
 Satin Creditcare Network Limited (SCNL) become India’s first Microfinance Institute(MFI)to
Integrate NPCI’s UPI AutoPay platform into their system, to enable fully automated loan EMI payments
(Recurring Payments) by its customers.
 El Salvador become the first country in the world to grant legal tender status to bitcoin. The use of
bitcoin as a legal tender will become law in 90 days.
 PhonePelaunched India’s first Wallet Auto Top-up feature using UPI (Unified Payments Interface) e-
mandates for its customers. The amount for Auto top-up ranges from Rs 1,000 to Rs 5,000.
 ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel (AM/NS) India, in partnership with ICICI Bank, executed India’s 1st
digitised bill discounting transaction.
MAY 2021
 Airtel Payments Bank become the first payments bank in India to enable ₹2 lakh of day-end balance
account limit.
 ZebPay launched India’s 1st lending platform under the cryptocurrency exchange for the investors
to invest their coins and earn returns (interest).
APRIL 2021
 India’s first video-based wealth community for the users to interact with subject-matter experts in
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MARCH 2021
 India’s First Municipal Green Bond was Issued by Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh.
 World’s first Catastrophe Bond (cat bond) was launched by Danish Red Cross, Denmark’s branch of
the Red Cross for Volcano-related disasters with the support of several financial firms.
 World’s first green hedging transaction was executed by Deutsche Bank and Continuum Energy
Levanter Pte Ltd, a subsidiary of Continuum Green Energy (Continuum).
 India’s First SOFR (Secured Overnight Financing Rate) linked External Commercial Borrowing
(ECB) deal was signed between State Bank of India (SBI) and Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL).
 Telangana Grameena Bank (TGB) & Andhra Pradesh Grameena Vikas Bank (APGVB) became
India’s 1st RRBs to launch Digital Savings Account opening facility through Video-Know Your Customer
(KYC) facility.
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RESERVE BANK OF INDIA(RBI) IN NEWS

NOVEMBER 2021
 RBI eased the Current Account (CA) rules for bank exposures less than Rs 5 crore and allowed
borrowers to open CAs, Cash Credit (CC) and OverDraft (OD) from the banking system under certain
provisions.
 RBI extended the validity of its Directions under Section 35 A read with Section 56 of the Banking
Regulation Act, 1949 (AACS) for Mumbai-based Kapol Co-operative Bank by six months up to April 30,
2022.
 Government of India (GoI) in consultation with the RBI, has announced the Sovereign Gold Bond (SGB)
Scheme 2021-22. The SGBs will be issued in 4 tranches of Series VII, VIII, IX and X from October 2021 to
March 2022.The Ministry of Finance has fixed the nominal value for SGB at Rs 4,761 per gram of gold
 RBI reviewed and revised the existing PCA (Prompt Corrective Action) framework for all Scheduled
Commercial Banks (SCBs) excluding Small Finance Banks, Payment Banks and Regional Rural Banks.
Risk
Parameter Indicator Risk Threshold 1 Threshold 2 Risk Threshold 3
CRAR – Minimum Up to 250 bps
regulatory prescription (basis points) More than 250 bps but In excess of 400
for CRAR + applicable CCB below the not exceeding 400 bps bps below the
prescribed below the prescribed prescribed
and/or Indicator Indicator Indicator
Capital
(Breach of either Regulatory Pre-Specified Up to 162.50 bps More than 162.50 bps In excess of
CRAR or Common Trigger of Common Equity below the below but not exceeding 312.50 bps below
Equity Tier 1 Tier 1 Ratio (CET 1 PST) + prescribed 312.50 bps below the the prescribed
ratio) applicable CCB Indicator prescribed Indicator Indicator
Net Non-Performing
Asset Quality Advances (NNPA) ratio >=6.0% but <9.0% >=9.0% but < 12.0% >=12.0%
More than 50 bps but More than 100
Upto 50 bps below not exceeding 100 bps bps below the
Regulatory minimum Tier the regulatory below the regulatory regulatory
Leverage 1 Leverage Ratio minimum minimum minimum
 As per the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) circular, Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) are permitted to
invest in debt securities issued by Infrastructure Investment Trusts (InvITs) and Real Estate Investment
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 RBI organises its 1st global hackathon named ‘HARBINGER 2021 – Innovation for Transformation’ with
the theme ‘Smarter Digital Payments’.
 RBI lifted restrictions imposed on 23rd April,2021 with immediate effect on credit card issuer Diners
Club International Ltd to onboard new customers.
 Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually launched 2 customer-centric initiatives of the Reserve Bank of
India (RBI) such as the RBI Retail Direct (RBI-RD) scheme & Reserve Bank – Integrated
Ombudsman Scheme (RB-IOS).
 RBI issued certain Directions to The Laxmi Cooperative Bank Limited, Solapur, Maharashtra, and
capped the withdrawal for customers at Rs 1,000.
 RBI introduced an Internal Ombudsman (IO) mechanism for certain categories of Non-Banking Financial
Companies (NBFCs) that have a higher customer interface.
 RBI withdrew more than 100 redundant circulars relate to certain norms concerning Foreign
Investment in India by Foreign Portfolio Investors, RTGS (Real-Time Gross Settlement), Know Your
Customer (KYC), and Anti-Money Laundering (AML)/Combating of Financing of Terrorism (CFT) –
Standards.
 The Working Group (WG) on Digital Lending including Lending through Online Platforms and Mobile
Apps, which was constituted by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), has submitted its report The report is
aimed at enhancing customer protection and making the digital lending ecosystem safe while
encouraging innovation.
• As per the findings of the WG, there were ~1,100 lending apps available for Indian Android users
across ~81 application stores (from January 01 to February 28, 2021).
• The WG suggested measures on a near to medium term basis, which can be implemented in a
period of up to one year to over one year.
OCTOBER 2021
 RBI released its 37th half yearly report namely ‘Management of Foreign Exchange Reserves: April-
September 2021’ stating an increase in apex bank’s holding of gold in foreign exchange reserves by
about 11% (year-on-year) to 743.84 metric tonnes as on September-end 2021. It was 668.25 metric
tonnes in September 2020.
 Fourth Bi-Monthly Monetary Policy of FY21-22: The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) released
its fourth bi-monthly monetary policy statement for FY22 (April 2021 – March 2022). RBI kept the rates
unchanged for the 8th consecutive time.
• The MPC has retained India’s real gross domestic product (GDP) growth projection for FY22 at 9.5
percent with 7.9 percent in Q2; 6.8 percent in Q3; and 6.1 percent in Q4 of 2021-22.Real GDP
growth for Q1 FY23 is projected at 17.2 per cent.
• Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation was projected at 5.3 percent in FY22, with 5.1 percent in Q2;
4.5 percent in Q3; and 5.8 percent in Q4.CPI inflation for Q1 FY23 was projected at 5.2 percent.
• RBI decided to extend the on tap Special Long-Term Repo Operations (SLTRO) facility for small
finance banks (SFBs) till December 31, 2021.
• RBI proposed to increase the per-transaction limit in Immediate Payment Service (IMPS)
from Rs 2 lakh (effective from January 2014) to Rs 5 lakh for channels other than SMS (short
message service) and Interactive Voice Response System (IVRS).
• RBI proposed to introduce a framework for carrying out retail digital payments using mobile
phones, cards, wallets, etc. in offline mode across India, especially in remote areas.
• RBI has announced the 4th sandbox cohort with the theme of ‘prevention and
mitigation of financial frauds’ to provide a further boost to the fintech ecosystem
• RBI has extended the interim enhancement of Ways and Means Advance (WMA) limits of Rs
51,560 Crore up to March 31, 2022.
• RBI decided to extend lending of Banks to NBFCs for on-lending under the Priority Sector Lending
(PSL) facility till March 31, 2022.
• RBI proposed setting up of a framework for geo-tagging (capturing geographical coordinates –
viz., latitude and longitude) of physical payment acceptance infrastructure such as Point of Sale
(PoS) terminals, Quick Response (QR) codes, etc., used by merchants to find out location information
of existing payment acceptance infrastructure.

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 RBI introduced a revised regulatory framework for Non-Banking Finance Companies (NBFCs)
named ‘Scale Based Regulation’ (SBR) to regulate the NBFCs based on their size, activity, complexity,
and interconnectedness within the financial sector.It will effect from October 01, 2022,
 RBI issued draft directions for implementing the Basel III capital adequacy norms for All India Financial
Institutions (AIFIs) that are regulated by RBI viz, Exim Bank, NABARD (National Bank for Agriculture
and Rural Development), National Housing Bank (NHB), and SIDBI (Small Industries Development Bank
of India). Draft Basel III Capital Regulations for AIFIs:
Minimum capital ratios April 1, 2022
Minimum Common Equity Tier
1 (CET1) 5.50%
Capital conservation buffer
(CCB) 2.50%
Minimum CET1+ CCB 8%
Minimum Tier 1 capital 7%
Minimum Total Capital 9%
Minimum Total Capital + CCB 11.50%
 India Infrastructure Finance Co. Ltd. (IIFCL) has received approval from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
to finance through Infrastructure Investment Trusts (InvITs) instruments.
 RBI withdrew all restrictions imposed on Hindu Cooperative Bank Limited, Pathankot, Punjab.
 RBI issued the ‘Small Finance Bank’ (SFB) licence to Centrum-BharatPe’s ‘Unity Small Finance Bank
Ltd (USFBL)’ to carry on an SFB business in India.
 RBI removed Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) from the Prompt Corrective Action Framework (PCAF) as
the performance of bank is compliant with the PCA parameters.
 RBI superseded (replaced) the Board of Directors of two Non-Banking Finance Companies (NBFCs)
viz, Srei Infrastructure Finance Limited (SIFL) and Srei Equipment Finance Limited (SEFL), due to
governance issues and defaults in meeting their various payment obligations.
 RBI gave a licence to the Rs 6,000 crore National Asset Reconstruction Company Ltd (NARCL) to start
operations as the bad bank.
 RBI released the report titled ‘Quarterly Basic Statistical Returns (BSR)-1: Outstanding Credit of
Scheduled Commercial Banks (SCBs), June 2021’. As per the report, the bank credit has registered
a 5.8 percent growth in the first quarter of the financial year 2021-22 (Q1 FY22) compared to 5.1 percent
in Q4 of FY21.
 BSE Technologies Private Limited (BSE Tech), received an in-principle approval from the Reserve Bank
of India (RBI) for setting up and operating Trade Receivables Discounting System (TReDS)
SEPTEMBER 2021
 The Government of India (GoI), in consultation with RBI has decided to borrow Rs 5.03 lakh crore for
the second half (H2) of FY22 i.e (October 2021 to March 2022) to fund the revenue gap for reviving the
economy (which is affected by COVID-19).
 RBI issued the master directions of RBI (Securitisation of Standard Assets) Directions, 2021, and
RBI (Transfer of Loan Exposures) Directions, 2021.
• Master Directions on Securitisation of Standard Assets 2021: Loans with tenor up to 24
months extended to individuals for agricultural activities and Trade receivables with tenor up
to 12 months will be eligible for securitisation.
• Master Directions on Transfer of Loan Exposures 2021:The 2021 Directions on Transfer of
Loan Exposures will boost liquidity in the system further and improve transparency and
corporate governance.RBI has allowed the transferring of loan exposures classified as fraud (i.e.
the stressed loans) to Asset Reconstruction Companies (ARCs).
 RBI publication of ‘Deposits with Scheduled Commercial Banks – March 2021’, Scheduled
Commercial Banks (SCBs) deposits in FY21 grew by 11.9 percent year-on-year compared to 8.8 percent
in FY20.
• The share of term deposits carrying less than 6 percent interest rate increased to 69.0 percent in
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• In FY21, the Bank deposits of non-financial corporations increased by 18.8 percent and their
share in total deposits also increased to 16.2 percent.
• The share of private sector banks in total bank deposits in FY21 increased to 30.5 percent from
29.5 percent in FY20.
 RBI delisted UCO Bankfrom its Prompt Corrective Action (PCA) framework, as the bank’s earning in the
last 1-year till 31st March 2021 has satisfied the necessary conditions for its removal.
 RBI extended the scope of tokenization from device-based tokenization to card-on-file tokenization
(CoFT) services. This enhancement will bar merchants from storing actual card data while online
transactions. RBI also permitted card issuers (such as Rupay, Visa, and Mastercard) to act as token
service providers (TSP).
 RBI announced the opening of the 3 cohort under the Regulatory Sandbox (RS) on the theme ‘MSME
rd
Lending.The theme for 1 cohort (November 2020) was ‘Retail Payments ‘while for 2 cohort (December
st nd
2020) it was ‘Cross Border Payments ‘.

 RBI and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) are all set for linkage project under which their
respective fast payment systems viz. Unified Payments Interface (UPI) and PayNow will be linked by
July 2022.
AUGUST 2021
 RBI released the recommendation report of the Expert Committee on Primary (Urban) Co-operative
Banks (UCBs) under the chairmanship of N. S. Vishwanathan, which was constituted by RBI to review
the issues of UCBs and to provide a road map for strengthening the sector…Click here to read more..
 RBI issued Master Directions on Prepaid Payment Instruments, 2021 (MD-PPIs, 2021), which are
applicable to all Prepaid Payment Instrument (PPI) Issuers and System Participants.
Current Classification:
Small PPIs Full-KYC PPIs
These PPIs are issued by banks and non-banks after Issued by banks and non-banks after completing Know
obtaining minimum details of the PPI holder Your Customer (KYC) of the PPI holder
Could be used for the purchase of goods and services Could be used for the purchase of goods and services
Funds transfer or cash withdrawal is not permitted Funds transfer or cash withdrawal is permitted
Outstanding Amount – Upto Rs 10,000/ month, not Outstanding Amount – Not exceeding Rs 2 lakh (earlier
exceeding Rs 1.2 lakh/year it was Rs 1 lakh)
 RBI has increased the ceiling on remittances per transaction from India to Nepal from Rs 50,000 to Rs 2
lakh. RBI has also removed the limit of 12 remittances/year per remitter.
 RBI included street vendors part of the PM Street Vendor’s AtmaNirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi
Scheme) in tier-1 and tier-2 centres as beneficiaries under the Payments Infrastructure Development
Fund (PIDF) Scheme
 RBI introduced a web-based and end-to-end workflow automation system named ‘Platform for
Regulated Entities for Integrated Supervision and Monitoring’ (PRISM) to strengthen the compliance of
the entities that are supervised by RBI.
 Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has issued two draft documents viz, Foreign Exchange Management (FEM)
(Non-debt Instruments – Overseas Investment (OI)) Rules, 2021 and FEM (OI) Regulations, 2021 by
rationalizing the existing provisions that are governing overseas investment.
 RBI released its third bi-monthly monetary policy statement for FY22 (April 2021 – March 2022). RBI
decided to keep the rates unchanged for the 7th consecutive timeThe MPC has retained India’s real
gross domestic product (GDP) growth projection for FY22 at 9.5 percent and Real GDP growth for Q1
FY23 is projected at 17.2 percent.
• Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation was projected at 5.7 percent in FY22.
• RBI has extended the Targeted Long Term Repo Operations (TLTRO) on Tap Scheme by a period of
three months, i.e., till December 31, 2021……Click here for full detail…
 In accordance with the information provided by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), the total amount of
unclaimed deposits of Scheduled Commercial Banks (SCBs) was Rs. 24,356 crore, as on July 31, 2020.
 RBIempanelled the IndusInd Bank, the private sector lender, as an ‘Agency Bank’ to facilitate
transactions related to government (govt) businesses.

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 RBI hasempanelled South Indian Bank, the Kerala based private sector lender, as an ‘Agency Bank’
 RBI introduced a scheme named ‘Scheme of Penalty for non-replenishment of ATMs’ to levy
monetary charges/Penalty on Banks & White Label ATM Operators (WLAOs) for cash-out (i.e. the non-
availability of cash) in Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) due to non-replenishment of cash.
• RBI will issue a penalty of Rs 10,000 per ATM/ WLAs for banks for Cash-out for more than 10
hours in a month
 RBI issued the framework to non-bank Payment System Operators’ (PSOs) Outsourcing of Payment
and Settlement-related Activities (including onboarding customers, IT-based services, etc) to service
providers.
• RBI has restricted the PSO’s from outsourcing Core management functions
• The PSO’s are directed to evaluate the need for outsourcing its critical processes and activities, and
the selection of service providers based on comprehensive risk assessment.
 RBI introduced the ‘Financial Inclusion Index’ (FI-Index) to measure the extent of financial inclusion
across India. It will be published annually in July month (for the financial year (FY) ending previous
March).The annual FI-Index for the FY21 (period ending March 2021) is 53.9 as against 43.4 of FY17
 RBI issued revised guidelines for both new and existing Safe Deposit Locker and Safe Custody Article
Facility with the banks. The guidelines would come into effect from January 1, 2022…Click here for
more detail…
 RBI imposed a monetary penalty of Rs 1 crore on Cooperatieve Rabobank UA, Mumbai, Maharashtra, for
contravention of certain provisions of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 and directions related to
transfer to reserve funds.
 RBI cancelled the license of Karnala Nagari Sahakari Bank Ltd., Panvel, Maharashtra, due to the bank
not having adequate capital and earning prospects to pay its present depositors in full.
 RBI imposed a monetary penalty of on Hewlett-Packard Financial Services (India) Private Ltd,
Bengaluru, Karnataka, for non-compliance with the statutory directions issued by RBI.
 RBI has also imposed a penalty of Rs 5 lakh on Village Financial Services Ltd, Kolkata, for non-compliance
with certain provisions of the Know Your Customer (KYC) Directions, 2016.
 RBI also recently imposed a penalty of ₹13 lakh on Ahmednagar Merchant’s Cooperative Bank,
Ahmednagar, Maharashtra, and ₹2 lakh on The Mahila Vikas Co-operative Bank, Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
JULY 2021
 RBI released the 23rd issue of its bi-annual Financial Stability Report (FSR) 2021. It estimated the
Scheduled Commercial Banks (SCBs) Gross Non-Performing Assets (GNPAs) to rise by 9.8 percent in
March 2022 (as per the baseline scenario), from 7.48 percent in March 2021.
• As per the severe stress scenario, the GNPAs in March 2022 was estimated to be 11.22 percent.
The report stated economic recovery in May and early June 2021.
• The CRAR of SCBs increased by 130 bps from 14.7 percent in March 2020 to 16.0 percent in
March 2021
• Bank credit increased by 5.4 percent (y-o-y), which was the lowest in the last 4 financial years.
• Credit extended by PSBs, PVBs and NBFCs increased by 3.2 percent, 9.9 percent, and 8.8 percent
(y-o-y), respectively.
Type GNPA Ratio Net Non-Performing Assets (NNPA) Ratio
All SCBs 7.50% 2.40%
Public Sector Banks (PSBs) 9.50% 3.10%
Private Banks (PVBs) 4.80% 1.50%
Foreign Banks (FBs) 2.40% 0.60%
 RBI reported the Government of India’s (GoI) approval for the extension of the ‘Interest
Equalization Scheme for Pre and Post Shipment Rupee Export Credit’ for 3 months, i.e., up to September
30, 2021.
 The publication of the RBI, ‘Quarterly Basic Statistical Returns (BSR)-1: Outstanding Credit of
Scheduled Commercial Banks (SCBs), March 2021’, reported a ‘negative credit (loan) growth in
industrial sector’ in FY21 due to COVID-19.
• It reported continuous growth in personal loans which recorded 13.5 percent growth (Y-o-Y) in
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• The credit to the Household sector rose by 10.9 percent (Y-o-Y) and its share in total credit
increased to 52.6 percent in March 2021 from 49.8 percent in March 2020.
• Weighted Average Lending Rate (WALR) on outstanding credit was declined by 21 basis points in
Q4 FY21 and it has moderated by 91 basis points in FY21.
 RBI released the ‘Sources of Variation in Foreign Exchange (Forex) Reserves in India during 2020-
21’ and reported an increase in the forex reserves in nominal terms, including the valuation effects,
by USD 99.2 billion in FY21, compared to USD 64.9 billion of FY20.
Variation in Forex Reserves:
FY21 (US$ FY20 (US$
Item Billion) Billion)
Forex reserves on a balance of payments basis (i.e., excluding valuation
effects) 87.3 59.5
Forex reserves in nominal terms (including the valuation effects) 99.2 64.9
current account balance 23.9 -24.7
Capital account 63.4 84.2
Foreign investment 80.1 44.4
 RBI) has issued directions relating to ‘Appointment of Managing Director (MD) / Whole-Time
Director (WTD)’ in all Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks (UCBs).
i.Educational Qualifications: He should be a graduate, preferably, with Qualification in banking (such as
Diploma in Banking and Finance/ Chartered /MBA (Finance)) or Post-graduation in any discipline.
ii.Age Limit: From 35 years to 70 years. (the bank’s Boards are allowed to prescribe a lower retirement
age).
iii.Experience Requirement: At least 8 years of experience at the middle/senior management level in
the banking sector (including UCBs/ Non-banking finance companies (NBFCs)).
iv.Ineligible Persons: Member of Parliament (MP), Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA), Member
of Municipal Corporation or Municipality or other local bodies, persons engaged in business, trade or
having substantial interest in any company.
v.Tenure of MD/ WTD:
Criteria Tenure
Minimum period to hold the post
after 1st appointment 3 years
Maximum period to hold the post
at a time 5 years
Re-appointment After a minimum gap of 3 years (In that 3 years they should not be
(in the same bank) appointed or associated with a bank (directly/indirectly))
Maximum Tenure to hold the post
in the same bank 15 years.
 RBI launched the 54th round of quarterly ‘Order Books, Inventories and Capacity Utilization
Survey’ (OBICUS) of the manufacturing sector. The reference period for the survey is Q1 FY22 (April –
June 2021).
 RBI issued an advisory to banks and other RBI-regulated entities to prepare for the transition from
the international benchmark reference rate, ‘London Interbank Offered Rate’ (LIBOR), to any other
widely accepted Alternate Reference Rates (ARR) by December 31, 2021.
 RBI issued the new 10-year Government Security (G-Sec) (that would mature in 2031), at a cut-off
yield of 6.10 percent per annum, higher than the earlier cut-off yield of 5.85 percent.
 RBI approved the Equitas Small Finance Bank (SFB) to apply for the amalgamation of its
promoter ‘Equitas Holdings’ into itself. Equitas SFB is the subsidiary of Equitas Holdings.
 RBI introduced a scheme named ‘RBI Retail Direct’ to facilitate investment in Government
Securities(G-Sec) by retail investors (individuals).
 RBI extended the implementation deadline for banks to use only lockable cassettes, which could be
swapped at the time of cash replenishment (filling up cash) in ATMs (Automated Teller Machines)
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 RBI restricted Mastercard onto their card networks from July 22, 2021, due to the non-compliance
with the directions on Storage of Payment System Data.
 RBI cancelled the license of Dr Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar Urban Co-operative Bank Limited in
Nilanga, Latur district of Maharashtra with effect from the close of business on 14th July 2021.
 RBI launched the 95th round of the Quarterly ‘Industrial Outlook Survey’ (IOS) which assesses the
performance of the Indian manufacturing sector. The reference period for the survey is Q2 FY22 (July-
September 2021).
Performance in Q4 FY21
Information Technology (IT) Non-IT
Indicators Listed Private manufacturing companies Sector Companies Sector
Increased by 31% (Y-o-Y) from 7.4% in Q3 Marginal
Sales FY21. Increased by 6.4% (Y-o-Y) growth
Expenditure on raw materials Increased;
Expenditure Staff growth also increased –
Increased (Y-o-Y) due to rise in sales than
Operating profit expenditure Increased
Interest Coverage
Ratio (ICR) Increased to 7.3% from 6.6% in Q3 FY21 Remained below 1
 RBI has clarified that IDFC Limited can exit as the promoter of IDFC First Bank Limited after the expiry
of lock‐in period of 5 years which already ended on September 30, 2020.
 RBI planned for the phased introduction of a ‘Central Bank Digital Currency’ (CBDC) at the webinar
organised by the Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy.
 RBI released the RBI – Digital Payments Index (RBI-DPI) in March 2021 at 270.59, increased from
207.84 in March 2020.The digital payments of the country have recorded a growth of 30.19
percent in FY21 due to COVID-19.
 RBI allowed non-banks to participate in its Centralised Payment Systems (CPS) viz, Real Time
Gross Settlement (RTGS) and National Electronic Fund Transfer (NEFT) systems, in a phased manner.
JUNE 2021
 Under sections 10(4) and 11(1) of the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 (42 of 1999),RBI
had fixed the limits for Foreign Portfolio Investors’ (FPI) investment in Government securities (G-secs)
and State Development Loans (SDLs) unchanged at 6 percent and 2 percent respectively, of outstanding
stocks of securities for FY22.
 RBI has cancelled the licence of Pune-based Shivajirao Bhosale Sahakari Bank as the bank does
not have adequate capital and earning prospects.
 RBI increased the interchange fee that banks could charge on ATM per transaction from Rs 15 to Rs
17 for financial transactions, and from Rs 5 to Rs 6 for non-financial transactions in all centres. This
could be effective from August 1, 2021. RBI enabled the customers eligible to make 5 free transactions
(inclusive of financial and non-financial transactions) every month.
 RBI has increased the customer chargesfrom Rs 20 to Rs 21 per transactionthat are applicable to the
customers beyond the free transactions. It shall be effective from January 1, 2022.
 RBI extended the Risk-Based Internal Audit (RBIA) system for all deposit-taking Housing Finance
Companies (HFCs), irrespective of their size, and for non-deposit taking HFCs with asset size of Rs
5,000 crore and above to enhance the quality and effectiveness of their internal audit system.
 RBI issued regulations for investments in Payment Systems Operators (PSOs) by new entities
from Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Non-compliant Jurisdictions (Countries).Fresh investments
(directly or indirectlyshould account for less than 20 percent of the voting power (including potential
voting power) of the PSO.
 RBI expanded the scope of the Bharat Bill Payment System (BBPS) by permitting the addition
of ‘mobile prepaid recharges’ as an additional biller category in BBPS on a voluntary basis.
 RBI revoked the deposit-taking status of Dewan Housing Finance Limited (DHFL) and reclassified it
as a non-deposit taking housing finance company (HFC), before approving the Piramal group‘s bid to
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 RBI granted in-principle approval to Centrum Financial Services Limited (CFSL)to set up a small finance
bank (SFB).
 RBI launched the FY21 round of its annual Survey on ‘Computer Software and Information Technology
Enabled Services (ITES) Exports’.
 RBI linked the declaration of dividend by non-banking finance companies (NBFCs) to their minimum
prudential norms on Capital to Risk-Weighted Assets Ratio (CRAR) and Non-Performing Assets (NPAs).
Parameter Requirements
Deposit-taking NBFCs (other than standalone primary dealers(SPDs)) should have a CRAR
(consisting of Tier-I and Tier-II capital) of at least 15 percent for the last 3 years, including the
accounting year for which it proposes to declare a dividend.
Housing Finance Companies(HFCs) should maintain CRAR consisting of Tier-I and Tier-II capital
which shall not be less than 13 percent (as of March 31, 2020), 14 percent (on or before March 31,
2021), and 15 percent (on or before March 31, 2022, and thereafter).
SPDs should have maintained a minimum CRAR of 20 percent for the FY for which a dividend is
CRAR proposed.
Net NPAs It should be less than 6 percent in each of the last 3 years, including the accounting year for which it
Ratio proposes to declare a dividend.
NBFCs should comply with the provisions of Section 45 IC of the RBI Act, 1934 and the HFCs need to
Other comply with the provisions of Section 29 C of the National Housing Bank (NHB) Act, 1987.
Criteria Note – RBI/ NHB has not placed any explicit restrictions on the declaration of dividend.
MAY 2021
 Reserve Bank of India (RBI) joined as a member of Central Banks and Supervisors’ Network for
Greening the Financial System (NGFS).
 RBI imposed a monetary penalty of Rs 10 crore on HDFC Bank Limited for contravention of provisions
of section 6(2) and section 8 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (the Act).
 Reserve Bank of India (RBI) released its Annual Report for 2020-21, a statutory report of its Central
Board of Directors.
• The balance sheet of RBI increased by 6.99 percent /Rs 3,72,876.43 crore, from Rs 53,34,792.70
crore (June 30, 2020) to Rs 57,07,669.13 crore (March 31, 2021).
• RBI’s gains from foreign exchange transactions rose by 69 percent from Rs 29,993 crore to Rs
50,629 crore in 2020-21.
• Bank Fraud in terms of value (Rs 1 lakh and more) decreased by 25 percent to Rs 1.38 trillion and
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 RBI notified the guidelines for the Amalgamation of one or more District Central Co-operative
Banks (DCCBs) in a State with State Co-operative Bank (StCB) or amalgamation of one DCCB with
another.
 RBI notified the guidelines for the Amalgamation of one or more District Central Co-operative Banks
(DCCBs) in a State with State Co-operative Bank (StCB) or amalgamation of one DCCB with another.
 RBI has imposed a monetary penalty of Rs 1 crore on City Union Bank Limited and Tamilnad Mercantile
Bank for non-compliance with certain provisions of RBI.
 RBI approved the transfer of Rs 99,122 crore as surplus to the Central government for the accounting
period of 9 months
 Under Section 18 read with Section 10(2) of the Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2007, RBI
has mandated that all prepaid payment instruments (PPIs) or mobile wallets that are fully KYC-
compliant be made interoperable by March 31, 2022.
 RBIhas excluded Lakshmi Vilas Bank Ltd.(LVB) from the Second Schedule of the RBI Act, 1934 after it
was merged with DBS Bank India Ltd (DBIL) in 2020.
 RBI has cancelled the license of United Co-operative Bank Ltd., Bagnan, West Bengal in May 2021, as the
bank does not have adequate capital and earning prospects to pay its present depositors in full.

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 RBI in exercise of the powers conferred on it under the Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2007,
grants authorization to Eroute Technologies Private Limited with perpetual validity for issuance and
operation of semi-closed Prepaid Payment Instruments (PPIs) in the country.
 Government of India in consultation with the RBI has decided to issue Sovereign Gold Bonds for FY22.
The Sovereign Gold Bonds will be issued in 6 tranches from May 2021 to September 2021.
 RBI revised the existing guidelines on “Appointment of Scheduled Private Sector Banks as Agency Banks
of RBI” for authorising Scheduled Private Sector Banks as agency banks of RBI for conducting
government (Central and/or State) business.
 RBI second Regulations Review Authority (RRA 2.0) has constituted a 6-member Advisory Group
headed by S Janakiraman, Managing Director of State Bank of India to streamline the RBI’s regulations
and compliance procedures.
 RBI has imposed a penalty of Rs 40 lakh on Himachal Pradesh State Cooperative Bank, Shimla, for non-
compliance with certain regulatory directions issued by NABARD.
 Reserve Bank of India (RBI) imposed a Rs 3 crore monetary penalty on ICICI Bank for contravention of
certain directions issued by the RBI on ‘Prudential Norms for Classification, Valuation and Operation of
Investment Portfolio by Banks in July 2015.
 Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced a series of measures and Comprehensive strategies to support
all stakeholders from the second wave of COVID-19 led economic difficulties.
• RBI announced an on-tap liquidity window of Rs 50,000 crore with 3 years of maturity and at repo
rate till March 31, 2022(End of FY22).
• To support small business, Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME), and unorganised sectors RBI
introduced special three-year long-term repo operations (SLTRO) of Rs 10,000 crore.
• RBI allowed banks and non-banks to extend the restructuring loan benefits to individual customers,
small businesses, and MSMEs through Resolution Framework 2.0.
• RBI allowed the utilisation of 100% floating provisions for non-performing assets…Click here for full
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 RBI has informed the continuation of the existing interim Ways and Means Advances (WMA)
limit of Rs 51,560 crore for all states and Union Territories(UTs) for 6 months i.e., up to September 30,
2021.
 RBI Issued Guidelines for Appointment of Statutory Central Auditors (SCAs)/Statutory Auditors
(SAs) with Continuous 3 Years Tenure.
 RBI has fixed 15 years as the tenure for the MD & CEOs or whole-time directors(WTDs) to hold their
post in a bank through“Corporate Governance in Banks – Appointment of Directors and Constitution of
Committees of the Board”.
 RBI has restricted American Express Banking Corp and Diners Club International Ltd, from on-
boarding new domestic customers onto their card networks from May 1, 2021, due to the non-
compliance with the directions on Storage of Payment System Data.
 RBI set up a 6 member committee under Sudarshan Sen, former executive director, RBI
chairmanship to evaluate the role of Asset Reconstruction Companies (ARCs) in stressed debt
resolution and review their business model.
 RBI has cancelled the license of Bhagyodaya Friends Urban Co-operative Bank Limited,
Maharashtra in April 2021, as the bank doesn’t have adequate capital to fund its depositors in full and
as it did not comply with the various provisions of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949.
 In April 2021, Based on the empirical testing and review of Counter-Cyclical Capital Buffer (CCyB)
indicators by RBI, it has decided not to activate CCyB due to lack of necessity.
 RBI has formed the second Regulations Review Authority (RRA) named RRA 2.0 to Streamline its
Regulations and Reduce Compliance.

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 RBI announced its first purchase of government securities for an amount of Rs 25,000 crore under
the G-sec Acquisition Programme (G-SAP 1.0), the purchase was planned to be held on April 15, 2021.
 RBI has revised the Quarterly Projection Model as QPM 2.0 to enrich the model’s analytics and to
capture the interactions between the fiscal and monetary policy with real-economy elements.
 RBI has decided to extend the Targeted Long Term Repo Operations (TLTRO) on Tap Scheme by a
period of six months, i.e., till September 30, 2021.
 RBI planned to extend fresh lending of Special Liquid Facility(SLF) of Rs 50,000 crore for FY22 to
All India Financial Institutions (AIFIs).
 RBI extended the classified lending of Banks to NBFCs for on-lending under the Priority Sector
Lending (PSL) for 6 months i.e. up to September 30, 2021.
 RBI announced the construction and periodic publishing of the “Financial Inclusion Index” (FI
Index) annually in July month.
 RBI accepted the WMA recommendation to advance the Ways and Means Advances (WMA) limits
for states by 46%
 RBI extended the membership of Centralised Payment Systems (CPSs) facilities such as National
Electronic Funds Transfer (NEFT) and Real-Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) to non-bank payment
system operators.
 RBI has doubled the Payments bank’s deposit limit to ₹2 lakhs to support MSMEs and to improve
the Interoperability of PPIs to full-KYC.
 RBIextended the classified lending of Banks to NBFCs for on-lending under the Priority Sector
Lending (PSL) for 6 months i.e., up to September 30, 2021.
 RBI has enhanced the loan limits under Priority Sector Lending(PSL) for banks’ lending against
Negotiable Warehouse Receipts (NWRs) / electronic Negotiable Warehouse Receipts (eNWRs) from
₹50 lakhs to ₹75 lakhs per borrower.
 RBI has informed 7.81% as the applicable average base rate to be charged for the loans that are
borrowed from Non-Banking Financial Company – Micro Finance Institutions (NBFC-MFIs) for the first
quarter of Financial Year 2022 (Q1FY22).
 Government of India has informed RBI to continue the existing inflation-targeting framework 4%
with a +/- 2% tolerance band (in the range of 2% – 6%) for the next 5 fiscal years i.e., FY22 to FY26.
 As per the RBI’s report “Developments in India’s Balance of Payments India recorded Current account
deficit of $1.7 billion in Q3FY21 (i.e. 0.2% of Gross Domestic Product(GDP)) due to the COVID-19’s
impact on trade.
 RBI in consultation with the Government, decided the limits for Ways and Means Advances (WMA)
for the centre to Rs 1.2 lakh crore for the first half of the FY22 i.e. April 2021 to September 2021.
 RBI extended the timeline for banks to process the recurring payments through online
transactions with Additional Factor Authentication (AFA) on e-mandate by 6 months i.e. till September
30,2021.
 RBI has tightened its supervision norms over Payment companies that are storing customer data.As
per RBI’s norms, from April 1, 2021, all licensed payment system operators (PSOs) have to submit
detailed “compliance certificates” to the RBI twice a year.
MARCH 2021
 RBI issued RBI (Amalgamation of Urban Cooperative Banks) Directions, 2020, guidelines for
merger/amalgamation to all Primary/Urban Co-operative Banks(UCBs) to place them in the public
domain.
 RBI) has imposed a monetary penalty of ₹15 lakh on Fedbank Financial Services Ltd (Fedfina), Mumbai,
for non-compliance with certain provisions of the central bank’s directions on monitoring of frauds.
 RBI extended the restrictions on withdrawals and deposits in the Punjab and Maharashtra Cooperative
(PMC)Bank till 30 June 2021 due to the delay in finalizing a prospective investor for the bank.
 As per RBI recent report, Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) pumped inflows into equities in India have
made the highest record of $36 billion in FY21 up to March 10, which is the highest one since FY13.

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 Reserve Bank of India (RBI) asked all banks in India to implement the image-based Cheque Truncation
System (CTS) in all its branches by September 30, 2021, to faster the settlement of cheques.
 As per the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)’s internal report ‘Report on Currency and Finance (RCF)
for the year 2020-21″ on the theme “Reviewing the Monetary Policy Framework”, India’s medium-
term inflation target of 4% with a +/-2 % tolerance band is appropriate for the country.
 Reserve Bank of India (RBI) removed LIC – owned Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI)
from its enhanced regulatory supervision, the Prompt Corrective Action (PCA) framework, after almost
4 years.
FEBRUARY 2021
 Reserve Bank of India on considering the present liquidity position of Deccan Urban Co-
operative Bank Ltd., has imposed a withdrawal cap of Rs 1,000 on the customers of the bank. But
customers are allowed to set off loans against deposits subject to conditions.
 RBI has brought the State Bank of Sikkim under its regulatory purview,the ownership structure of
the bank will not be changed and will be regulated by the RBI on a par with other banks.. The bank only
operates within Sikkim and is wholly-owned by the state government.
 Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has released the Draft Reserve Bank of India (Credit Derivatives)
Directions, 2021 in exercise of the powers conferred under section 45W of the RBI Act 1934 read with
section 45U.
 “Master Direction – Non-Banking Financial Company – Housing Finance Company (Reserve
Bank) Directions, 2021” issued byRBI in exercise of the powers conferred under sections 45L and
45MA of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 and Sections 30, 30A, 32 and 33 of the National Housing
Bank Act, 1987.
 Resident individuals to make remittances under Liberalised Remittance Scheme (LRS) to International
Financial Services Centres (IFSCs) set up in India under the Special Economic Zone Act, 2005.
 Reserve Bank of India (RBI) data on Scheduled Banks’ Statement of Position in India, bank credit
growth in FY21 up to January 29, 2021 has reached about 90% of the same period of FY20.
 RBI observes Financial Literacy Week (FLW) annually since 2016 to promote & spread awareness
about financial education messages on a particular theme through a focused campaign across India.
 RBI has appointed an external professional IT firm to carry out a special audit of the entire IT
infrastructure of HDFC bank under Section 30 (1-B) of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949.
 RBI issued guidelines on Risk-Based Internal Audit (RBIA) for selected Non-Banking Financial
Companies (NBFCs) and Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks (UCBs).
 “Ombudsman Schemes of the Reserve Bank for the year 2019-20”i.e. the period covering July 1,
2019 to June 30, 2020 the Annual Report released by RBI
• In accordance to the report, the complaints received at Office of Banking Ombudsman (OBOs)
recorded an increase of 57.54% Year-on-Year (Y-o-Y) in FY19-20. There were a total of 308,630
complaints in the FY20 as against 195,901 in FY19…Click here for more detail..
JANUARY2021
 Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced a comprehensive framework to strengthen the grievance
redress mechanism in banks. This newly introduced framework is on the lines of ‘Statement on
Developmental and Regulatory Policies’ issued as part of the Monetary Policy statement on December 4,
2020. Click here to Read monetary policy
 Reserve Bank of India (RBI) data, overseas investment by domestic firms fell by over 42% to USD 1.45
billion in December 2020 in comparison to USD 2.51 billion in December 2019.
 On January 25, 2021, RBI released the 3rd booklet on Payment Systems titled “Payment and Settlement
Systems in India- Journey in the Second Decade of the Millennium 2010-20” described the possibility of
a digital version of fiat currency.

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 RBI released a Discussion Paper on “Revised Regulatory Framework for NBFCs- A Scale-Based
Approach” on the lines of the announcement made in the Statement on Developmental and Regulatory
Policies on December 4, 2020.
 An article ‘Small Finance Banks: Balancing Financial Inclusion and Viability’ published in Reserve
Bank of India’s (RBI) monthly bulletin on January 21, 2021.The article prepared by Richa Saraf and
Pallavi Chavan.
 RBI has formulated a 6-member Working Group (WG) to study all aspects of digital lending activities in
the regulated unregulated financial sector.The group will be chaired by Jayant Kumar Dash, Executive
Director, RBI.
 As per the 2020 list of Domestic Systemically Important Banks (D-SIBs) released by Reserve Bank of
India (RBI) , SBI ,ICICI , and HDFC continue to be D-SIBs or institutions which are ‘too big to fail (TBTF)’.
 Reserve Bank of India (RBI) released the 22nd issue of its bi-annual Financial Stability Report (FSR)
2021. It stated that gross non-performing assets (GNPAs) may rise to 13.5% by September 2021, from
7.5% in September 2020 under the baseline scenario.
 Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has released “Report on Trend and Progress of Banking in India 2019-20”
under broad theme of impact of COVID-19 on banking and non-banking sectors, and the way forward.
 Reserve Bank of India (RBI) introduced the RBI-Digital Payments Index (DPI) to measure a growth in
digital or cashless transactions across the country.
 Reserve Bank of India (RBI) launched the January 2021 round of household surveys namely “Inflation
Expectations Survey of Households (IESH)” and “Consumer Confidence Survey (CCS)” to represent
inflation expectations and consumer confidence.
 RBI introduced Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) ,a unique 20-digit global reference number for all payment
transactions such as RTGS and NEFT of Rs 50 crore and above.
 RBI announced Payments Infrastructure Development Fund (PIDF) Scheme with an initial corpus of
INR 345 crores for next three years under the chairmanship of RBI Deputy Governor BP Kanungo to
create payment acceptance infrastructure in Tier-3 to Tier-6 Centres with special focus on North East
states.
Bank License Cancellation
 Reserve Bank of India (RBI) cancelled the licence of Osmanabad (Maharashtra)-based Vasantdada
Nagari Sahakari Bank Ltd.
 Reserve Bank of India (RBI)cancelled the licence of ShivamSahakari Bank Ltd, a co-operative bank in
Ichalkaranji, Kolhapur, Maharashtra.
 Reserve Bank of India (RBI) issued certain Directions to Babaji Date Mahila Sahakari Bank Ltd.,
Yavatmal, Mumbai, Maharashtra and capped the withdrawal for customers at Rs 5000.
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JULY 2021
 Government (govt) amended the LIC of India (Staff) Regulations, 1960 to extend the
superannuation (retirement) age of Initial Public Offer (IPO)-bound LIC Chairman to 62 years from 60
years.
 Department of Financial Services (DFS), removed the position of chairman from the IPO (Initial Public
Offer) bound – Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) and it will have Managing Director (MD) and
Chief Executive Officer (CEO), by making amendments over the LIC Act 1956.
 Cabinet approves Deposit Insurance & Credit Guarantee Corporation (Amendment) Bill 2021 to
provides account holders access to their deposits of up to INR 5 lakh funds within 90 days of a bank
coming under Moratorium imposed by RBI.
 Cabinet approved the amendment in the General Insurance Business Nationalisation Act (GIBNA), 1972
to facilitate the privatisation of 1 General Insurance Company in the public sector.

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MAY 2021
 Under section 30 of the Securities and Exchange Board of India(SEBI) Act, 1992 (15 of 1992), SEBI
amended the SEBI (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2018, called SEBI (Issue
of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) (Second Amendment) Regulations, 2021.
 Indian Insurance Companies (Foreign Investment) Amendment Rules, 2021 which increases the
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) limit in the Insurance sector to 74% from the existing 49%.
 Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has amended the alternative investment funds
(AIF) norms called SEBI (AIFs) (Second Amendment) Regulations, 2021 on May 2021 to add –
definition of Start-up for the investment by Angel Funds and regulations over the AIFs.
SBI IN NEWS
NOVEMBER 2021
 State Bank of India (SBI) launched a pre-approved 2-wheeler loan scheme ‘SBI Easy Ride’ through
its YONO platform.
 According to SBI report, Almost 80 % of the Economy is now Formal after COVID Digitisation Drive.The
share of the informal sectors has shrunk dramatically to 15-20 percent of the Gross Value Added (GVA) or
formal Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in FY21.Compared to 2017-2018 the share of the informal sector
shrunk from 52.4 per cent to just 15-20 per cent in 2020 – 21.
OCTOBER 2021
 SBI partnered with Sunfresh Agro Industries Private Limited (SAIPL) in Maharashtra to extend
financial support to the dairy farmers in the state.
 SBI signed a Master Agreement with three non-banking finance company-microfinance institutions
(NBFC-MFIs) for co-lending to Joint Liability Groups (JLGs). The entities are Vedika Credit Capital
Ltd (VCCL), Save Microfinance Pvt Ltd (SMPL) and Paisalo Digital Ltd (PDL).
 Indian Navy and State Bank of India (SBI) launched SBI’s NAV-eCash Card onboard India’s largest Naval
Aircraft Carrier INS (Indian Naval Ship) Vikramaditya.
 SBI extended its partnership with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS BaNCS ) for another five years.
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 SBI has launched a ‘SIM Binding’ feature in its digital banking platform YONO (You Only Need One),
YONO Lite.
 SBI Payments partnered with Hitachi Payment Services to introduce e-RUPI transactions on
the Yono SBI Merchant app.
JULY 2021
 SBI selected Paisalo Digital as National Corporate Business Correspondent of the Bank. It has been
selected to ensure greater financial inclusion
 SBI topped the list of Public Sector Banks (PSB) writing off loans Rs 34,402 crore in FY21 followed by
Union Bank of India (UBI).
JUNE 2021
 SBI introduced a scheme ‘Kavach Personal Loan’ to provide financial assistance to its customers to
manage the COVID-19 treatment-related expenses.Personal loan ranging from Rs 25,000 to Rs 5 lakh at
an interest rate of 8.5 percent per annum for 60 months.

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 SBI Cards & Payment Services, in partnership with Fabindia, launched co-branded contactless credit
cards named ‘Fabindia SBI Card’ and ‘Fabindia SBI Card SELECT’ to offer a rewarding shopping
experience to its premium customers.
 SBI launched “Aarogyam Healthcare Business Loan” up to Rs.100 crore, for the healthcare sector to
extend loan support in view of the novel coronavirus pandemic.
MAY 2021
 SBI made a partnership with HyperVerge to obtain its technology called ‘Video KYC solution’ for
onboarding customers online under COVID-19.
 SBI’s research report ‘Ecowrap’ stated India’s Real gross domestic product (GDP) growth for Q1 FY22
to be in the range of 10-15 percent as against RBI’s forecast of 26.2 percent.
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MARCH 2021
 SBI topped the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology(MeitY) Digital Payment Scorecard for
3 consecutive months.
 SBI Mutual Funds has launched its first overseas offering namely “SBI International Access-US Equity
FoF” which is an open-ended Fund of Fund (FoF) scheme.
 SBI joined ‘Liink’, a peer-to-peer Blockchain-based data network of US based Investment Banking
Company JPMorgan chase.
 Yono-State Bank of India and Titan’s youth brand Fastrack joined to introduce a new smart
wearable fitness band with digital payment components under its sub-brand Reflex.
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JANUARY 2021
 SBI Mutual Fund has acquired an additional 86,993 shares in CSB Bank Ltd (formerly The Catholic
Syrian Bank Ltd), which consequently raised its stake in the bank to 5.01% from 4.96% earlier.
 State Bank of India (SBI) in partnership with Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) launched ‘IndianOil
– SBI co-branded RuPay Debit Card’.
 State Bank of India (SBI) has executed two inter-bank short term money market deals with pricing
linked to SOFR (Secured Overnight Financing Rate) through its Hong Kong (China) branch.
OTHER BANK/FINANCIAL SERVICES IN NEWS

NOVEMBER 2021
 BOB Financial Solutions Limited (BFSL)has partnered with National Payments Corporation of India
(NPCI) to launch BoB Credit Cards (in two variants of Easy and Premier) on the RuPay platform.
 BharatPe launches the World’s 1st Merchant Shareholding Program (MSP) for its merchant partners.
 ESAF Small Finance Bank made a partnership with NABARDfor local economic development.
 HDFC Bank launched a micro-credit facility for the street vendors under PM Street vendor’s Atma
Nirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi), with common service centers (CSC).
 HDFC Bank integrated with the Central Government’s National Agriculture Market (eNAM) to enable
digital collections and settlement of funds to various agricultural transactions carried out through eNAM
by farmers, traders, Farmer Producer Organisation (FPOs).
 Jana Small Finance Bank (SFB) made tie-up with all the 3 existing Trade Receivables Discounting
System (TReDS) platforms, namely M1xchange, RXIL(Receivables Exchange of India Ltd), and
A.TReDS to ease the flow of liquidity to its MSMEs (Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises) customers

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 Karnataka Bank has launched a nationwide CASA (Current Account/Savings Account) campaign and a
new value-added current account scheme named ‘KBL Current Account–Premium’ for small and
medium entrepreneurs.
 Kotak Mahindra Bank and Multichain operator PVR Ltd. launched India’s 1st Co-branded movie Debit
card named ‘Kotak PVR Movie Debit Card’
 Mswipe announced the partnership agreement with OneCard to provide no-cost or low-cost
EMIs (Equated Monthly Installments) to its retail customers while purchasing at Mswipe POS (Point of
Sale) terminals
 Mobikwik has launched ‘MobiKwik RuPay Card’ in collaboration with National Payments Corporation of
India (NPCI) and Axis Bank which is free of charge and purely digital.
 NITI Aayog and World Bank are setting up a $300-million ‘first loss risk sharing instrument’, with the
State Bank of India (SBI) as its program manager.
 National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI) launched ‘Digital Payment Gateway’ in partnership
with PayU and National Securities Depositories Limited (NSDL).
 NSDL e-Governance Infrastructure Ltd, IT enabled services provider, has received in-principle
approval from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to set up an Account Aggregator (AA) business.
 Fintech company ‘Niyo’, in association with SBM Bank India and Visa offers a digital savings account for
the customers of Niyo Global.
 Paytm Money launched Paytm launched AI (Artificial Intelligence) powered ‘Voice Trading’ which will
enable users to do trade or get information about stocks via single voice command.
 PGIM India Mutual Fund announced the launch of PGIM India Global Select Real Estate Securities
Fund of Fund, an open-ended equity fund of fund scheme investing in PGIM Global Select Real Estate
Securities Fund.
 Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) collaborated with Google India Pvt Ltd (GIPL) for
piloting a social impact lending programme with financial assistance up to Rs 1 crore at subsidised
interest rates to MSMEs.
 The board of Ujjivan Financial Services has approved the amalgamation of the company with its
subsidiary, Ujjivan Small Finance Bank (USFB).
OCTOBER 2021
 Asian Development Bank (ADB) increased its ambition to deliver climate financing to its Developing
Member Countries (DMCs) from 2019–2030 by $20 billion to $100 billion.
 AU Small Finance Bank has launched QR (Quick Response) Code Sound Box to boost its digital
payments, while making it the first bank to launch such a product.
 Dvara E-Dairy Solutions Private Limited collaboration with Jana Small Finance Bank (Jana SFB) to
service small dairy farmers by empowering small and medium dairy farmers with financial and cattle
management solutions using digital technologies.
 ESAF Small Finance Bank (SFB) has launched ‘Supreme’, a Current account for Non-Resident Indians
(NRIs).
 Ezetap has collaborated with Axis Bank to offer a new service app ‘My Vyappar’ to retail businesses in
India.
 Federal Bank has partnered with CredAvenue for Portfolio management of their Securitization Book
and implemented CredPool, an institutional debt platform of CredAvenue.
 HDFC Ltd and India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) made a strategic partnership to offer HDFC Ltd’s home
loans to ~4.7 crore customers of IPPB .
 Indian Bankannounced that it has become the official partner bank of the Integrated Financial and
Human Resource Management System (IFHRMS) for the collection of offline and online treasury.
 International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA) and GIFT (Gujarat International Finance Tec)
City launched I-Sprint’21. It is a global FinTech Hackathon Series of IFSCA to be conducted virtually.
 ICICI Bank(2nd bank after HDFC) has overtaken Hindustan Unilever Limited(HUL) to become the 5th
most valued company in India following the 10.8% increase in the share price boosted by the September
quarter result.
 IndiGo and Kotak Mahindra Bank (KMB) entered into a strategic partnership for the launch of a co-
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 ITILITE has joined hands with ICICI (Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India) Bank to
issue commercial credit cards for travel expenses to businesses in India.
 IIFL (India Infoline Limited) Finance became the first NBFC Indian NBFC (non-banking financial
company) that has launched instant business loans on WhatsApp up to Rs 10 lakh (Rs 1 million).
 Kotak Mahindra Bank (KMB) partnered with the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) to
launch Kotak credit cards on the RuPay network named ‘Veer’ for Indian armed forces i.e the Army,
Navy, and Air Force personnel.
 Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited (KMBL) partnered with Pine Labs to expand its merchant acquiring and
Point of Sale (PoS) services to more merchants and retailers.
 A first-of-its-kind conventional gold loan co-lending partnership has been generated between a Non-
Banking Financial Company (NBFC), Indel Money, and a commercial bank i.e. IndusInd Bank.
 Mastercard partnered with Lawrencedale Agro Processing India (LEAF) and launched a digital platform
LEAF Farmer Network (LFN) to improve financial access and inclusion among the farmers in India.
 National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) launched the NPCI Tokenization system (NTS) to
support tokenization of RuPay cards to secure the financial data of cardholders.
 Pay U launched a unique tokenization solution service called ‘PayU Token Hub’.
 PayPal signed a MoU with the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) to increase the knowledge base of
Indian micro, small & medium enterprises (MSMEs).
 PhonePe partnered with National Payments Corporation of India’s (NPCI) Bharat BillPay Ltd (NBBL)
and launched a unique payment link named ‘ClickPay’ to enable customers to make recurring online bill
payments.
 Punjab National Bank (PNB) launched the “6S Campaign”(Swabhiman, Samruddhi, Sampark and
Shikhar, Sankalp and Swagat) under customer outreach programme to offer financial services at a
concessional rate during festival season.
 Razorpay launched a tokenization solution namely ‘Razorpay TokenHQ’. It will work across all major
card networks including Mastercard, RuPay and Visa.
 Rupifi made a partnership with Muthoot Finance to facilitate 15 million SMEs to access instant credit
over the next few years.
 Stellapps and Airtel Payments Bank have joined hands to enable cashless payment transfers to small
dairy farmers.
 Saraswat Cooperative Bank Ltd.(Saraswat Bank) has partnered with Axis Securities to offer its
customers investing services through a 3-in-1 account
 SEBI revised the norms pertaining to minimum percentages of monthly trades to be carried out by
mutual funds (MFs) on the Request For Quote (RFQ) platform of stock exchanges.
• SEBI has directed MF to undertake (on monthly basis) at least 25 percent of their total
secondary market trades by value in corporate bonds and 10 percent of their total secondary
market trades by value in commercial papers by placing/seeking quotes through one-to-many
mode on the RFQ platform of stock exchanges.
• The percentages will be calculated on the average of secondary trades by value in the
immediately preceding 3 months on a rolling basis.
 SEBI has decided to introduce swing pricing for open-ended debt mutual fund (MF) schemes (except
overnight funds, Gilt funds and Gilt with 10-year maturity funds).
Max Credit Risk of scheme
Class A (CRV Class B (CRV Class C (CRV
>=12) >=10) <10)
Class I: (MD<=1 year) Optional Optional 1.50%
Class II: (MD<=3 years) Optional 1.25% 1.75%
Max Interest
Rate Risk of the Class III: Any Macaulay
scheme duration 1% 1.50% 2%
 SEBI Board Approved List of Key Amendments, Initiatives

• Gold Exchange includes the entire ecosystem of trading Electronic Gold Receipt (EGR) and the
physical delivery of gold and it would be a national platform for buying and selling EGRs with
underlying standardized gold in India.

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• The board approved the creation of the Social Stock Exchange (SSE) for fund raising by Social
Enterprises (SE). Social Enterprises eligible to participate in SSE, shall be entities (Non-Profit
Organization -NPO and For-Profit Social Enterprise -FPE) having social intent and impact as their
primary goals.
• The board approved amending the existing regulatory framework for delisting of equity shares
pursuant to open offer as provided under the extant Regulation 5A of the SEBI (Substantial
Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) Regulations, 2011 (Takeover Regulations).
• The board has approved the amendments to SEBI (Listing Obligations and
Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, in relation to regulatory provisions on RPTs.
• SEBI has relaxed the eligibility requirements related to the Superior Voting Rights (SR) Shares
framework to allow the founders of unlisted technology companies more freedom to retain the
control of their firms by raising capital.
 Suryoday Small Finance Bank (SFB) is set to shut down its Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) and
discontinue its ATM services from 1st October 2021
 U GRO Capital and Kinara Capital have made a strategic co-origination partnership to offer collateral-
free business loans to small business entrepreneurs in India.
 Vested Finance partnered with SBM Bank, the Indian subsidiary of State Bank of Mauritius and
launched a new solution named ‘Vested Direct’ for facilitating forex transfers at low costs.
 YES Bank launched family savings accounts named YES Family proposition to enable customers of
varying income levels to collaborate and coordinate their spending together with their families.
 Yes Bank and BankBazaar.com together launched a Co-Branded credit card named FinBooster to
measure the Creditworthiness of the customers
SEPTEMBER 2021
 The government has set up the India Debt Resolution Company Ltd (IDRCL)that will work with the
National Asset Reconstruction Company Ltd (NARCL)/Bad Bank to clean up bad loans (i.e Non-
Performing Assets (NPAs)).It was set up with a paid-up capital of Rs 80.5 lakh on an authorized capital
of Rs 50 crore.Canara Bank is the sponsor bank.
 BharatPe, and Axis Bank entered into a strategic partnership to act as the acquiring bank for BharatPe’s
point of sale (PoS) business ‘BharatSwipe’ and provide acceptance of debit and credit cards for
merchants associated with BharatPe.
 The Central Banks of Australia, Singapore, Malaysia and South Africa have launched ‘Project Dunbar’
under which these quad banks will test the use of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) for
international settlements. This project will be led by the Singapore Centre of Bank of International
Settlements Innovation Hub.
 Bank of Baroda (BoB) collaborated with PayPoint India under which the financial service provider
will provide Banking Service through business correspondent (BC) model.This partnership is a part of
BoB’s new initiative ‘BOB NOWW—New Operating model and Ways of Working’ .
 Bank of Baroda (BoB) and Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) jointly launched a
personalised co-branded RuPay NCMC (National Common Mobility Card) platinum international
contactless debit card. It Provides Contactless transactions up to Rs. 5,000.
 BLS International Services Ltd was selected as the National Business Correspondent (BC) for the
State Bank of India (SBI) to deliver banking services in urban, semi-urban and rural areas across India.
 Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) and SBI card launched the ‘BPCL SBI Card co-branded
RuPay Contactless Credit Card’, to enhance the savings of the customers and provide a boost to cashless
transactions .
 EarlySalary partnered with HDB Financial Services Ltd (HDBFS) to improve Digital Lending.
 Federal Bank launched different variants of credit cards in association with VISA .Celesta (Targeted at
HNIs (High Net Worth Individuals)), Imperio (for Family oriented customers), and Signet (for young
professionals).
 Federal Bank joined hands with fintech company OneCard to launch a mobile-first credit card to cater
the individual’s credit demand for the upcoming festive season. The cards will be powered by Visa.
 Federal Bank launched the Federal Bank RuPay Signet Contactless Credit Card in partnership with the
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 HDFC Bank announced partnership with Paytm to launch a range of co-branded credit cards powered
by Visa
 Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) collaborated with ICICI Bank, to enable the ICICI
bank customers to use their ICICI Bank FastTag to pay for fuel .
 ICICI Bank partnered with Amazon India to offer an overdraft (OD) facility up to Rs 25 lakh to
individual sellers and small businesses registered on the e-commerce marketplace amazon.in.
 IDBI Intech Limited implemented its iAML (Anti Money Laundering) solution at Life Insurance
Corporation of India(LIC), an Indian statutory insurance and investment corporation.
 International Monetary Fund (IMF) allocated a Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) 12.57 billion (equivalent
to around USD 17.86 billion at the latest exchange rate) to India in August 2021
 iSPIRT Foundation launched Account Aggregator (AA) ecosystem Go-Live’ and announced the joining
of 8 Major Banks viz, State Bank of India, ICICI Bank, Axis Bank, IDFC First Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank,
HDFC Bank, IndusInd Bank, and Federal Bank, under AA Network as financial information providers
(FIP).
 Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) Bank received Rs 500 Cr as capital from the Government of Union Territory
(UT) of J&K, through which the UT will acquire over 16.76 crore shares (6.06 percent) in the Bank.
 Jana Small Finance Bank made tie up with Karnataka Government to provide the payment gateway
service for NammaShaale Nanna Koduge (My School, My Contribution) programme .
 Karnataka Bank, collaborating with Mswipe Technologies Private Limited launched ‘WisePOSGo’. It’s a
Point of Sale(PoS) device that helps in processing of business payments and cashless transactions for
merchants of the bank.
 Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited (KMBL) and Indian Institute of Science (IISc) are collaborating to set up
an Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI-ML) ‘’Kotak-IISc AI-ML Centre’’at IISc campus in
Bengaluru, Karnataka.
 Lendingkart’ partnered with SBM Bank India to offer customised overdraft facilities to over 1 lakh
MSME customers through the Lendingkart platform.
 NPCI International Payments Ltd (NIPL)partnered with Liquid Group Pte. Ltd. (Liquid Group), to enable
Unified Payments Interface (UPI) QR-based payments acceptance in 10 markets across North Asia and
Southeast Asia.
 National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) approved a credit plan for yak
husbandry in Arunachal Pradesh to support the herders to secure loans and strengthen their
livelihoods.
 National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) partnered with ‘Fiserv’ to launch “nFiNi”, a RuPay based
Application Programming Interface (API) platform to boost Credit card-based products in India.
 Nigeria’s Central Bank announced the partnership with Bitt Inc, the global fintech company, as a
technical partner for the launch of its own cryptocurrency ‘eNaira’ by the end of 2021.
 New Development Bank(NDB) or ‘BRICS Development Bank’ admitted that Uruguay, United Arab
Emirates(UAE) and Bangladesh joined as the 1st batch of new members of NDB.
 PayNearby has partnered with Retailers Association’s Skill Council of India (RASCI) to launch
‘PayNearbyNeoDukaan’, first-of-its-kind holistic store management tool, for the digital empowerment
of its retail partners and retail stores.
 Paytm Payments Bank has partnered with Ria Money Transfer to facilitate users to receive money
from their relatives abroad.
 Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) increased the maximum age for joining
the National Pension System (NPS) from 65 years to 70 years of age.
• The customers could exercise the choice of Pension Fund (PF) and Asset Allocation with the
maximum equity exposure of 15 percent and 50 percent under Auto and Active Choice
respectively.
 PhonePe Account Aggregator Pvt Ltd, received in-principle approval from the Reserve Bank of India
(RBI) to operate as an Account Aggregator (AA) to share financial information.
 RBL Bank launched ‘#UseBefikar’, a new campaign with Mastercard to provide shopping offers and
rewards for the existing cardholders.
 SBM Bank-India (State Bank of Mauritius), partnered with OneCard to launch a mobile-based credit
card namely ‘mobile-first’ which will be offered through an app.

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 SEBI initiate the T+1 (today plus one) settlement cycle for equity transactions from January 1, 2022
under which Indian stock markets can transfer shares and money into client accounts in under 24
hours.
 South Indian Bank (SIB) collaborated with Pune (Maharashtra)-based OneCard to launch an app based
‘SIB – OneCard Credit Card’.
 TATA SIA Airlines Limited joined hands with IndusInd Bank to launch co-branded ‘Club Vistara
IndusInd Bank Explorer’ credit card to enhance the travel experience of customers.
 UCO Bank partnered with ‘Fisdom’, a financial sector company that specializes in fund management, to
offer wealth management services & products to its customers.
 United States (US) International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) in collaboration with United
States Agency for International Development (USAID) announced an 8-year sponsor programme with a
credit guarantee of USD 55 million (~ Rs 400 crores) named ‘India Covid Response Programme for
Agriculture Transition’ to address the economic impact of COVID-19 in India.
 Visa partnered with payment solutions firm Innoviti to enable the service of storing money in the cards
upto Rs 2,000. It will enable transactions without connectivity.
 Yes Bank joined hands with Visa to offer a suite of credit cards to its customers. It consists of nine
credit card variants on the Visa platform covering all segments viz. consumer cards, business cards, and
corporate cards across YES First, YES Premia and YES Prosperity.
AUGUST 2021
 State Bank of India (SBI), ICICI Bank, Canara Bank, Standard Chartered Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank,
Deutsche Bank, Bank of Baroda, Punjab National Bank, Axis Bank, and HDFC Bank formed a Secondary
Loan Market Association (SLMA) with an online platform for trading corporate loans in the secondary
market. Sanjay Srivastava is the Chairman of SLMA.
 AU Small Finance Bank unveiled its first integrated marketing communication Campaign, titled
‘BADLAAV Humse Hai’.
 Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA) has partnered with Bank of America to launch a
Centre for Digital Transformation (CDT).
 Central Bank of India (CBoI) and DhanvarshaFinvest Ltd (DFL) entered into a strategic co-lending
partnership to offer loans against gold ornaments under priority sector lending to MSME borrowers.
 DBS Bank India partnership with ODeX India Solutions Pvt. Ltd to introduce ‘ODeX Pay Later
Solutions’ powered by DBS to provide credit solutions to Freight forwarders.
 Equitas Small Finance Bank (SFB) launched ‘Equitech’, a fintech accelerator programme for the start-
up entrepreneurs ecosystem.
 Google partnered with SETU, a fintech company, to enable its users to open fixed deposits (FDs)
through Google Pay.
 Housing Development Finance Corporation (HDFC) Ltd introduced a fixed deposit (FD) named ‘Green &
Sustainable Deposits’ to safeguard the environment from climate change. The Fixed deposit period
ranges from 36-120 months. Both residents and Non-resident Indians (NRIs) are eligible to invest. The
deposits would carry interest rates up to 6.55 percent per annum.
 HDFC Bank and Paytm, made a partnership to share their network and provide digital lending and
payment solutions for consumers and merchants across India.
 ICICI Bank Germany launched a digital and instant ‘Blocked Account’ named ‘ICICI Bank Germany
Student Blocked Account’ for the Indian students who are aspiring to study in Germany.
 International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA), launched the pilot run/soft
of ‘International Bullion Exchange’. It was planned to go live on the Foundation Day of IFSCA.
 Indifipartnered with Facebook India to launch 1st of its Kind Small Business Loans Programme. It will
provide loans worth INR 5 lakh to 50 lakh for Small Businesses advertising in Facebook’s Platform.
 Karnataka Bank launched its KBL FASTag in association with the National Payment Corporation of
India(NPCI) and M/s Worldline, the FASTag processor.
 Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited (KMBL) in partnership with Creditas Solutions launched a
secure Digital Repayment ‘Neo Collections’ Platform for missed loan repayments named ‘Do It Yourself
(DIY)’.
 LoanTap launched its 1st LIMITLESS Credit line backed Prepaid Card inpartnership with SBM
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 National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) announced the launch of a strategiccampaign named
#FollowPayment Distancing by RuPay to promote and encourage contactless payments among
customers.
 NABARD partnered with the Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC) through the NABFoundation, to
offer storage facilities for the Farmers Producer Organisation (FPOs) at lower rates for the next 5 years
 NPCI International Payments Ltd (NIPL)partnered with the UAE (United Arab Emirates)-
based Mashreq Bank to provide the Unified Payments Interface (UPI), the mobile-based real-time
payment system, in the UAE.
 As per the report of SIDBI and Transunion-Cibil, MSME Pulse – Edition XII, the value of new loans
disbursed to the MSME sectorin FY21 (COVID-19 period) was Rs.9.5 lakh crore, 40% higher than Rs.6.8
lakh crore in FY20 (pre-COVID-19 period).
 NSE International Exchange (NSE IFSC) appointed BSOas its 1st official international approved
connectivity partner i.e. International Network Carrier (INC).
 SEBI merged 2 debt securities regulations viz, SEBI (Issue and Listing of Debt Securities) Regulations,
2008 and SEBI (Non-Convertible Redeemable Preference Shares) Regulations, 2013 into a single
Regulation called – SEBI (Issue and Listing of Non-Convertible Securities) Regulations, 2021.
 SEBIreduced the minimum application value of real estate investment trusts (REITs) and infrastructure
investment trusts (InvITs) to the range of Rs 10,000-15,000 from Rs 50,000 for REITs and Rs 1 lakh for
InvITs.
 SEBIamended the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements (LODR)) Regulations, 2015
named LODR (Third Amendment) Regulations, 2021 which related to the process of
appointment/removal of Independent directors (IDs).
 SEBIset up a panel of experts to analyse the process of shifting India’s trade settlement cycle from the
current T+2 (Trade plus 2 days) to T+1 (Trade plus 1 day).
 SEBI allowed payments banks to carry out the activities of investment. Non-scheduled payments banks,
which have prior approval from RBI, will be eligible to act as Bankers to an Issue (BTI) .
 SEBI Board Approved List of Key Amendments, Initiatives
List of Approved Amendments and frameworks:
• Introduced Framework for Accredited Investors
• Amendment to SEBI (Mutual Funds) Regulations, 1996
• Relaxed the Limit of Sweat Equity Norms on New-age Tech Companies
• A shift from ‘Promoter’ to ‘controlling shareholders’
• Amendment to SAST Regulations
• Amendment to SEBI (AIF) Regulations, 2012
• Relaxed the lock-in period for promoters’ investments
 SIDBI in collaboration with Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, United Kingdom (FCDO UK)
has launched the Swavalamban Challenge Fund (SCF) to promote entrepreneurship.
 Suryoday Small Finance Bank (SSFB)launched a Savings Account named ‘Health and Wellness
Savings Account’ to support under medical emergencies.
 United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the US International Development
Finance Corporation (DFC) partnered with Kotak Mahindra bank (KMB) for USD 50 MIllion (≅ INR 372
crore) loan Guarantee for Women Entrepreneurs and Micro, Small & Medium
Enterprises (MSMEs) across India
 World Bank and partners announce a New Global Fund for Cybersecurity named Cybersecurity Multi-
Donor Trust Fund under the broader Digital Development Partnership (DDP) umbrella program.
 Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman unveiled the 4th edition of the Public Sector Bank (PSB)
Reforms Agenda ‘EASE 4.0’ (Enhanced Access and Service Excellence) for 2021-22 – tech-enabled,
simplified, and collaborative banking. She also unveiled the annual report for the PSB Reforms Agenda
‘EASE 3.0’ for 2020-21 and gave awards for best performing banks on the EASE 3.0 Banking Reforms
Index.
i.Award-Winning PSB on EASE 3.0 Banking Reforms Index:
Rank EASE Reforms Index Award 2021 Award for Best Improvement from The March Baseline Performance
1 State Bank of India (SBI) Indian Bank
2 Bank of Baroda (BOB) Union Bank of India
3 Union Bank of India (UBI) Punjab National Bank

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ii.Theme wise Top 3 Award-winning PSBs under EASE 3.0
Theme 1 Theme 2 Theme 3 Theme 4 Theme 5
Smart Lending Tech-enabled Institutionalizing Governance and Deepening FI and
Rank for Aspiring India ease of banking Prudent Banking outcome centric HR customer protection
1 BOB SBI BOB UBI UBI
Punjab National Bank
2 SBI BOB (PNB) PNB SBI
3 UBI UBI Canara Bank SBI BOB
The government’s 4R strategy of Recognition, Resolution, Recapitalization and Reform has improved the
performance of PSBs in FY21.
Indicators FY21
Net Profit Rs 31,820 crore
Gross NPAs 9.1% (14.58% – March 2018)
Net NPA 3.1% (7.97% – March 2018)
Provision Coverage Ratio 84% (62.7% – March 2018)
Capital Adequacy 14.04%
Amount raised as debt and equity Rs 58,697 crore (in which Rs 10,543 crore as equity alone)
JULY 2021
 Aeldra Financial Inc., a ‘digital neo bank’ proposed a United States (US) bank account with
a Mastercard Global Debit Card for the Indian students who are preparing to get admission in the US.
 Drip Capital collaborated with SBM Bank India to offer customised trade financing solutions to
empower Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME) exporters in India.
 Easiloan Techno Solutions Pvt. Ltd. launched ‘Easiloan Instant Match’ application for home loans. and
is the housing finance industry’s first Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology-based selection and
recommendation engine for home buyers.
 FlexiLoans.com collaborated with Google Pay, Google’s payment app, to offer digital and feasible loans
to Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
 FREOmade a partnership with HDB Financial Services (HDBFS)to provide 2 credit products such as
a ‘credit line’ and a ‘high-ticket personal loan’ up to Rs 10 lakh for its customers.
 HDFC Bank, in collaboration with Common Services Centres (CSC) e-Governance India Ltd launched
a‘Dukandar Overdraft Scheme’ to provide financial assistance up to Rs 10 lakh to small retailers.
• HDFC Bank partnered with Creditas Solutions to offer a guided and customised digital debt
management solution with a self-service credit portal for its loan and credit card customers under
COVID-19.
 International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA) issued a framework for setting up and
operating an ‘International Trade Finance Services’ (ITFS) platform to provide trade finance services at
International Financial Services Centres (IFSCs).
 BUSY, a business accounting software has collaborated with ICICI ((Industrial Credit and Investment
Corporation of India) Bank for banking solutions.
 ICICI Bank launched a co-branded credit card with Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL)
named ‘ICICI Bank HPCL Super Saver Credit Card’ . The card is powered by VISA.
 IndusInd Bank partnered with the TP Central Odisha Distribution Limited (TPCODL), to introduce a
fully digital network to enable digital payment of electricity bills across 300 semi-urban and rural
regions of Odisha.
 International Finance Corporation (IFC)invested $16.5 million (~Rs 123 crore) in MedGenome, to
increase the access to COVID-19 testing, support research (to better help understand the virus), and
manage future outbreaks.
 Kotak Mahindra Bank(KMB) has automated its partner payments process with the end to end payout
solution ‘Hyperform’ of Act21 Software.
 Mastercardand Axis Bank launched ‘One Mumbai Metro Card’ for Mumbai People (Mumbaikars) to
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 Network People Services Technology (NPST) received a Third-Party Application Provider (TPAP)
registration from the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) for its TimePay solution.
 NIIT Institute of Finance Banking and Insurance (NIIT IFBI) and Axis Bank made a partnership and
launched an 18-week fintech professional programme under the ‘Axis Bank – NIIT Digital Banking
Academy’.
 NSDL Payments Bank has partnered with Multilinkto build agent points across India to boost the
banking facilities in rural and semi-urban areas of India through the Neo banking system.
 Paytm, in partnership with Aditya Birla Finance Ltd., launched a small-ticket instant loans service
named ‘Postpaid Mini’.
 PayU, partnered with WooCommerceto enable the WooCommerce merchants with the digital
payment’s infrastructure, and end-to-end digitized business process.
 PhonePepartnered with Flipkart, the e-commerce major, and launched a contactless ‘Scan and
Pay’ feature to digitise Flipkart’s pay-on-delivery (cash-on-delivery) orders payment.
 Razorpay in partnership with Mastercard launched a recurring payment interface named
‘MandateHQ’, to support card-issuing banks that wish to enable recurring payments for its customers.
 SEBI approved the amendments and frameworks that are made relating to independent directors (IDs),
mutual fund (MF) regulations, and others at its board meeting.
• Amendment to SEBI (Mutual Funds) Regulations, 1996
• Framework for Accredited Investors in securities market
• Amendment over the norms on IDs
• Amendments to SEBI (Infrastructure Investment Trusts) Regulations
• Amendments to SEBI (InVITs and REITs) Regulations
• Permitting Resident Indian fund managers to be constituents of FPIs
• Merging of ‘Debt securities Listing’ Regulations…Click here for more detail..
 SEBI introduced Expected Loss (EL) based RatingScale for the Credit Rating Agencies (CRAs). The EL-
based rating symbols were divided into a scale of 7 levels, spanning from lowest to highest expected loss.
 SIDBI has rolled out multiple measures to support COVID-19 hit MSMEs. ‘Timely Working
Capital Assistance to Revitalise Industries in Times of Corona Crisis’ (TWARIT) and PRAYAAS Scheme
are said to be the major initiaives of SIDBI…..Click here for more detail..
• SIDBI has entered into an MoU with the ‘Global Alliance for Mass Entrepreneurship’ (GAME)
to help MSMEs. Click here to know more.
 Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications (SWIFT) launched ‘SWIFT Go’ to
enable seamless Low-Value Cross-Border Payments anywhere in the world from their bank accounts.
 U GRO Capitalmade a Co-lending partnership with Bank of Baroda to lend Micro, Small and Medium
Enterprises (MSMEs) at a competitive rate of interest with reduced turn-around time.
 Ujjivan Small Finance Bank (SFB) partnered with LoanTap Financial Technologies Pvt. Ltd., a digital
lender, to provide personal loans to salaried professionals.
 World Bankenhanced its available funding by $8 billion for COVID-19 vaccine purchases and
deployment to $20 billion over next 18 months i.e., through 2022 from a previous target of $12 billion.
JUNE 2021
 Federal Banklaunched an exclusive NR (Non-Resident) savings account scheme for the seafarer
segment.
• Federal Bank expanded its collaboration with Oracle and Infosys to provide improved customer
experience through the Oracle CX (Customer Experience) platform.
 Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) enhanced the overseas investment limit for a mutual
fund (MF) house to USD 1 billion from the existing USD 600 million. The overall MF industry limit for
investing overseas remained unchanged at USD 7 billion.
 World Bank approved a $500 million programme ‘Raising and Accelerating Micro, Small and Medium
Enterprise (MSME) Performance’ (RAMP), to strengthen the MSME sector.
• World Bank approved a $125 million program under the ‘Resilient Kerala Program’ to support
Kerala’s preparedness against natural disasters, climate change impacts, and COVID-19.
 Indian Bank partnered with Fisdom to offer its customers comprehensive wealth management
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• Indian Bank launched its kind flagship Business Mentoring Program named ‘MSME Prerana’ in
Maharashtra.
 Housing Development Finance Corporation Limited Mutual Fund (HDFC MF) launched the New
Fund Offer(NFO) of HDFC Banking and Financial Services Fund for retail investors.
 National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) joined with Ambuja Cements Ltd
joins hands with for the implementation of its ‘Employability through Skill Initiative Project
(ESIP) Phase II.
 Ujjivan Small Finance Bank (SFB) collaborated with MoEngage to drive digital banking experiences in
the unserved and underserved regions of the country.
 ICICI Bank launched a first-of-its-kind initiative, a comprehensive set of digital banking solutions
named – ICICI STACK for corporate.
• ICICI Bank extended the instant ‘Cardless EMI’ facility for its pre-approved customers to
make online purchases across 2,500 e-commerce platforms without using their card.
 The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has issued guidelines for the participation of
Mutual Fund (MF) schemes in Interest Rate Swaps (IRS).
1. SEBI allowed MFs to enter into plain vanilla IRS for hedging purposes.
2. The 10 percent limit for a single counterparty is not applicable for the IRS by MF through an
electronic trading platform.
 IDFC First Bank has launched an Employee-funded relief program named ‘GharGhar Ration’, for its
low-income customers whose livelihoods are affected due to COVID-19.
 FlexiLoans.com partnered with Retailio to provide working capital loans to more than 1,00,000
retailers and distributors across the country.
 Paisabazaar.com launched the ‘Step Up Credit Card’, a credit-builder product, to meet the credit needs
of underserved segments.
 YES Bank &Afthonia Lab private Limited became strategic partners with the to support the fintech
companies in India.
 As per the data of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), the bank credit-to-GDP ratio of India
in 2020 rose to a 5-year high of about 56.075 percent (whereas in 2016 the ratio was at 59 percent).
 Mastercard made a strategic equity investment in Instamojo to digitize and empower Micro, Small and
Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) and gig workers by providing ‘easy to use solutions.
 IndusInd Bank launched the “IndusEasyCredit”, a comprehensive digital lending platform to enable
the customers to meet their financial needs from their home.
 HSBC has announced that it is withdrawing from the retail and small business banking market in the
United States (US).
 Commercial Bank of Kuwait (CBK) selected Tata Consultancy Services’(TCS) ‘TCS BaNCS’ Treasury
solution to transform its operations, enhance risk management, offer a new generation of asset class
coverage, and ensure regulatory compliance.
MAY 2021
 Asian Development Bank (ADB) has committed $3.92 billion in sovereign loans for 13 projects to
India in 2020.
• Asian Development Bank (ADB) has launched the ‘Asia Pacific Tax Hub’ to enhance
International Tax Cooperation.
 ZebPay launched India’s 1st lending platform under the cryptocurrency exchange for the investors to
invest their coins and earn returns (interest).
 Canara Bank launched 3 loan schemes such as Canara Chikitsa healthcare credit facility, Canara
Jeevanrekha healthcare business loan, and Canara Suraksha personal loan scheme against COVID-19.
 UCO BankAlloted Preferential Shares to Govt for Rs 2,600 crore Capital Infusion.
 Kotak Mahindra Bank became the 1st bank to issue Foreign Portfolio Investments (FPI) license to an
Alternate Investment Fund (AIF) incorporated in Gujarat International Finance Tec (GIFT)
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 IDBI Bank Limited announced the launch of its fully digitised, end-to-end, Loan Processing System
(LPS) for its Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME) and Agri products.
 HSBC India has launched first-of-its-kind Digital Banking Solution (DBS) called HSBC SmartServe and
HSBC IntelliSign.
 HDFC Bank has announced that it will raise up to Rs 7,000 crore by issuing bonds on private placement
basis.
 Punjab National Bank (PNB) and PNB Housing Finance Limited (PNB Housing) made a fresh brand
agreement, to provide PNB with the right to withdraw its brand name from PNB Housing.
 Airtel Payments Bank in partnership with SafeGold, a digital gold provider, launched a digital platform
called ‘DigiGold’ – for its customers to make an investment in gold.
 National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) provided a record high amount of
Rs 1,236 crore from its Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF) of FY2 for the Rural Connectivity
Projects (Roads & Bridges) in Assam.
• NABARD gave financial support of Rs. 9,162 crores to West Bengal for the development of
agriculture and allied sectors under Covid-19.
 Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has mandated Key employees of AMCs to pay 20
percent of their salary in units of mutual fund schemes in which they have a role/oversight.
• SEBI issued a Consultation Paper detailing the Proposed framework for the Gold Exchange in India
and the draft SEBI (Vault Managers) Regulations, 2021 for regulating the gold exchange-related
business of the Vault Managers.
• SEBI reviewed the regulatory framework of the promoter, promoter group and group companies
as per SEBI (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements (ICDR)) Regulations, 2018.
• A technical group (TG) under the chairmanship of Harsh Bhanwala on Social Stock Exchanges
(SSEs), constituted by SEBI not Allowed Political, religious firms for SSE.
• SEBI has imposed a penalty of Rs 5.25 crore on Cairn India for making a misleading announcement
regarding the buyback of shares on January 14, 2014.
• SEBI Doubled the Overall limit for Overseas Investment by Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs),
Venture Capital Funds(VCFs)from $750 million to $1,500 million.
 Google Pay has launched International Money Transfers for its United States (US) users, it has
launched the initiative in partnership with remittance firms – Wise, and Western Union Co.
 National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI)has onboarded PayCore, Turkey’s global payment
company as one of the certified partners for ‘RuPaySoftPOS’ to drive cashless payments across the
country.
 National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), ICICI Bank has launched a facility for linking a
Unified Payments Interface (UPI) ID with its digital wallet, ‘Pockets’.
 Institute for Development and Research in Banking Technology (IDRBT), an arm of RBI, is building
a next-generation Digital Financial Infrastructure,” National Digital Financial Infrastructure (NADI)”.
 PayPal introduced an automated process to receive monthly Foreign Inward Remittance Advice
(FIRA), allowing Indian merchants to download their monthly digital FIRA issued by banks.
 Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) has launched SHWAS & AROG, two new quick
credit delivery schemes to help Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs).
 Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services (MMFS) has extended the date of investment of the third
and final tranche for the acquisition of shares of Ideal Finance Ltd
 Muthoot Finance Limited collaborated with NIRA, a Bangalore-based fintech start-up to strengthen its
digital footprint and enhance the personal loans growth.
 Federal Bank has entered into a strategic tie-up with Mashreq Bank of UAE, to facilitate money
transfers from the UAE to India.
 Bajaj Finance got authorization from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for the issuance and operation of
semi-closed Prepaid Payment Instruments (PPIs) with perpetual validity.

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 HDFC Bank and Common Services Centers (CSCs) announced the launch of a chatbot called ‘Eva’ on
CSC’s Digital Seva Portal to support Village Level Entrepreneurs (VLEs).
 Bajaj Finserv launched ‘SavdhanRahein, Safe Rahein’, a public awareness campaign on financial fraud
risks to educate customers and public at large on financial fraud risks across digital platforms.
 Labour Ministry notified the changes in the investment pattern of the Employees Provident Fund
Organisation (EPFO), which allowed it to make an investment of up to 5% of its investible surplus in
Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs).
 Mastercard and ‘Gemini’, a cryptocurrency exchange made partnership along with ‘WebBank’, a
leading digital lender launches a first of its kind cryptocurrency rewards credit card.
 CtrlS Partners with Canara HSBC Oriental Bank of Commerce Life Insurance as Strategic
Technology Partner to Provide Technology Solutions.
 Kotak Mahindra Bank was selected as a digital payments partner by the National Agriculture
Market (eNAM) to facilitate online transactions for all stakeholders.
 Equitas Small Finance Bank Ltd (ESFBL) became the first Small Finance Bank (SFB) to offer the
online process of account opening for Non-Resident Indians (NRIs).
 Yes Bankdigitises onboarding of credit card customers by implementing TransUnion’s Onboarding
Solution.
 Axis Mutual Fund launched a mutual fund scheme called Axis Global Innovation Fund of Fund for
investors to invest in Schroder International Selection Fund (SISF) Global Disruption.
APRIL 2021
 Axis Bank approved the reclassification of New India Assurance Co Ltd (NIACL) from promoter
category to public category investor.
 Asian Development Bank (ADB)had provided $1.5 billion(~Rs 1.11 lakh crore) to India in supporting
the response to tackle covid-19.
 ICICI Bank and SBI Cards have a strong growth in new Credit card issuance from Dec. 2020 to Feb.
2021, after the temporary halt of HDFC Bank Ltd from issuing new cards from December 2020.
 ICICI Bank launched ‘Merchant Stack’, a digital banking services as a continuation of its ‘ICICI Stack’, for
retail merchants especially for the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) and Entrepreneurs.
 SBI Mutual Fund launched SBI Nifty Next 50 Index Fund an open-ended index scheme.
 International Financial Services Centre Authority (IFSCA) allowed the Non-Banking Finance
Companies(NBFCs) to start their operations in Gujarat International Finance Tec-City(GIFT City).
 Indian Bank made an agreement with The Chennai Angels, an angel investment group to support the
Start-ups under the program ‘IND Spring Board’.
 Mastercard and Bank of Baroda Financial Solutions (BFSL) jointly to launch World’s 1st QR on Card
Program, ‘ConQR’ – a Mastercard QR on Card solution to simplify digital payments of Small and
medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
 FirstRand Bank , the second largest bank in South Africa has decided to withdraw its banking services
from India just within a week of Citi banks exit.
 Tata Steel Ltd and HSBC, a banking and financial services organisation, executed the global first
blockchain-enabled paperless transaction in steel industry.
 Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) appointed Ernst & Young Global Limited, a multinational professional
services network as its digital consultant.
 Bitex, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) based Cryptocurrency exchange became the
FirstCryptocurrency Exchange in India to Provide Investment Declaration Reports.
 Fi,aNeoBankwill be launched for salaried millennials by Google pay creators partners along with
Federal Bank.
 Citi bank headquartered in New York has announced to exit its consumer banking operations in India.
 ETMONEY launched India’s first Aadhaar-based Systematic Investment Plan(SIP) payments feature.

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 As per the National Housing Bank’s (NHB) report “The Trend and Progress of Housing in India”
April 2021. The market share of banks in individual housing loans(IHLs) has gone up to 67% in 2019-
20 from 62% in 2017-18 and housing finance companies (HFCs) has come down to 33%( 2019-20)
from 38% (2017-18).
 National Housing Bank (NHB) has launched Rs.10,000 crore ‘Special Refinance Facility-2021’ (SRF-
2021) Scheme for Housing Finance Companies (HFC) and Primary Lending Institutions (PLI) .
 YES Bank executed its first Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) linked trade borrowing
transaction from an American Lender Wells Fargo Bank.
 Airtel Payments Bank announced its new savings account ‘Rewards123’ which offers benefits and
value to customers when they transact digitally using the bank account.
 International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) Policy Panel has authorized a USD 650 billion expansion of its
International Reserve Asset (known as Special Drawing Rights (SDR)).
• IMF reported an increase in India’s debt to GDP ratio from 74 percent (at the end of 2019) to 90
percent (at the end of 2020) during the COVID-19 period.
 ‘Mobisafar Virtual RuPay Prepaid card’- Mobisafar Services Private Limited, a Fintech start-up made
a partnership with YES BANK & with National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) for Rupay to
launch thid card.
 Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) modified its framework on contribution to set up
Limited Purpose Clearing Corporation (LPCC) by Asset Management Companies (AMCs) of Mutual
Funds(MFs).
• Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has revised the reporting formats for mutual
funds with new guidelines based on the consultation from the industry.
• SEBI Imposed Rs 25 crore penalty to YES Bank for AT-1 Bonds Misselling.
 U GRO Capital & SBM Bank India jointly launched “GRO Smart Business” credit card for Micro, Small
and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs).
 National Payments Corporation of India(NPCI) has framed a new rule that 30% market cap on
Unified Payments Interface (UPI) transactions for third-party app providers (TPAPs).
• NPCI formed its wholly-owned subsidiary firm called NPCI Bharat BillPay Limited (NBBL) to
offer recurring payment services.
MARCH 2021
 Union Bank of India launched first of its kind ‘UNI-CARBON CARD’, a credit card that is co-branded by
HPCL.
 BharatPe, a fintech company for merchants launched its lending product- Distributor to Retailer
(D2R) Finance, to provide instant liquidity to empower Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs).
 Yes Bank in partnership with SHEROES, a women led social network launched “YES Essence Plus” a
unique accelerator program to support the women entrepreneurs and women led startups.
 Niyo, a digital banking fintech, has partnered Equitas Small Finance Bank (ESFBL) and Visa launched
NiyoX, a mobile banking solution for millennials.
 Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) launched a savings account named ‘IOB Trendy’ which is customised for
the millennial population of the country to meet their banking preferences.
 NABSanrakshan Trustee Pvt Ltd (NTPL), the wholly-owned subsidiary of National Bank for
Agriculture and Rural Development(NABARD) has been appointed by the Government as a trustee for
Rs 750 crore Credit Guarantee Fund under Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund
(AHIDF).
 Asian Development Bank (ADB) has raised over USD 307 Million (~ INR 2232 Crore or Chinese Yuan
Renminbi (CNY) 2 billion) from the 1st Panda bond issue in more than a decade.
 Paytm, launched “Smart PoS” a new application for accepting contactless payments through
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• Paytm also launched the second version of its Internet of Things (IoT) based instant voice
conformation device, “Soundbox 2.0”.
 Ujjivan Small Finance Bank (Ujjivan SFB) launched “Garima Saving Accounts”, a women Saving
Account to provide the financial needs of women.
 Axis Bank launched a wearable program named ‘Wear ‘N’ Pay’, to make contactless transactions.
 HDFC Bank has launched “SmartUp Unnati”, a mentoring program by women for women
entrepreneurs.
 National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI):-
• NPCI launched ‘UPI-Help’ on BHIM UPI, a part of its Digi-Help stack.
• NPCI partnered with SBI Payments to launch the ‘RuPaySoftPoS’ solution.
 World Bank (WB) is planning to launch a $100-million (~727 Crore Indian Rupees) credit guarantee
scheme along with the State Bank of India (SBI) and the MSME ministry.
 Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI):-
• It eased norms for large companies by enabling to divest minimum 5% in the IPO (Initial public
offering), instead of 10%. Also, for raising the public float to 25%, the term has increased to 5
years instead of 3 years.
• SEBI had formed the Group of Experts under its Primary Market Advisory Committee (PMAC) to
check the feasibility to implement Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs) like
structures in India.
• SEBI in its circular set a limit for Mutual Funds (MF’s) investment to 10% in debt instruments
and 5% for single issuers and stated the maturity for perpetual bonds as 100 years.
• SEBI has approved ‘Paytm UPI’ handle to enable fast and seamless payment mandates for IPO
applications to benefit millions of users to invest in capital markets.
• SEBI amended the valuation rule of Perpetual Bonds (Additional Tier-1(AT-1) and Tier-2
Bonds). As per the amendments, the deemed residual maturity of Basel III additional tier-1(AT-
1) bonds are to be 10 years until March 31, 2022, and would be increased to 20 and 30 years
over the subsequent six-month period.
• SEBI along with the Clearing Corporation of India Ltd. (CCIL) framed a new penal structure for
the commodity derivatives segment in the event of delivery default.
 In agricultural and non-agricultural commodities, the penalty for delivery default by the
seller will now be 4% and 3% of the settlement price plus replacement cost,
respectively.
• SEBI introduce relaxations to the framework of Innovators Growth Platform (IGP) and made
amendments to SEBI regulations such as Delisting of Equity Shares and Alternative Investment
Funds.
 Rupee Co-operative Bank Ltd., Pune, Maharashtra received 3 months extension for its banking license
from RBI till May 31, 2021.
 Fino Payments Bank Limited has been included by Reserve Bank of India in the Second Schedule to
the RBI Act, 1934. With this inclusion, Fino Payments bank gets the status of scheduled commercial
bank.
FEBRUARY 2021
 Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd launched its outward forex remittance service, Kotak Remit. In an industry-
first move, Kotak Remit is live on the Kotak Mobile Banking App.
 Mastercard launched its Flagship ‘Priceless’ program – “Priceless India”.
 Equitas Small Finance Bank Ltd (ESFBL) has partnered with Maharashtra State Road Development
Corporation Limited (MSRDC) and Ocean Highway Facilities and Solutions Pvt Ltd. to launch India’s
first FASTag powered truck terminal at Khalapur, Maharashtra.
 Federal Bank Ltd launchedFedFirst, a special savings account for children up to age of 18 years (both
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 National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) launched a Global level Hackathon ‘NPCI PayAuth
Challenge’, to find out the alternatives for the authentication of UPI (Unified Payments Interface)
transaction.
JANUARY 2021
 SBM Bank (India) Ltd and StashFin entered into partnership to launch their co-branded prepaid card,
‘StashFin SBM card’.
 Airtel Payments Bank has launched ‘Airtel Safe Pay’ to protect the customers when they make digital
transactions through Unified Payment Interface (UPI) or net-banking using the Airtel Payments Bank.
 HDFC Bank and CSC e-Governance Services India Ltd, a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) under the
Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY) has entered into partnership to launch
Equated Monthly Installment (EMI) service that allows Business Correspondents (BCs) to collect HDFC
Bank’s EMIs at CSCs across India.
 IDFC First Bank has entered the credit card business and will charge interest between 9% and 36% on
revolving credit, based on the customer’s track record, credit score, relationship with the bank and
internal scoring.
 Punjab & Sind bank ‘s authorised share capital has increased by Government of India to Rs 10,000
crore from Rs 3,000 crore.
 Paytm Payments Bank Ltd (PPBL) partnered with Suryoday Small Finance Bank(SFB) Ltd to enable its
account holders to avail Fixed Deposit(FD) services.
 Axis Bank launched ‘AURA’, a credit card with health and wellness benefits at an affordable price for its
individual users.
 IIFL Home Finance Ltd and Standard Chartered Bank entered into a co-lending arrangement to
extend credit to MSME loans (loan against property).
 Mastercard launched Digital Acceleration for Small Businesses Microsite across most of its Asia Pacific
websites.
 YES Bank -
• YESBankpartnered with Aditya Birla Wellness Private Limited to launch ‘to promote physical and
mental wellness for its customers.
• YES MSME - Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises(MSMEs)
virtually launched YES Bank’s YES MSME.
 Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India (ICICI) Bank collaborated with Niyo, a
fintech to issue” ICICI Bank Niyo Bharat Payroll Card” to the blue-collar workers of MSMEs.
 Kotak Mahindra Asset Management Company (KMAMC) has become a signatory to Climate Action
100+, which focuses on clean energy transition.
 Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the European Investment Bank (EIB) initiated a Clean and
Sustainable Ocean Partnership to achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the climate goals
as advised in the Paris Agreement.
 International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA) became an associate member of the
International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO).
INSURANCE NEWS
NOVEMBER 2021
 Liberty General Insurance Limited has collaborated with PhonePe to provide motor insurance
services digitally.
 NPCI Bharat BillPay Ltd tied up with ICICI Prudential Life Insurance to provide ClickPay facilities
which offer easy payments.
 India Post Payments Bank (IPPB), Department of Posts (DoP) and Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance
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OCTOBER 2021
 Aditya Birla Health Insurance Co. Limited (ABHICL) entered into a Bancassurance Partnership with
Federal Bank to provide health insurance solutions.
Bharti AXA Life Insurance Company Limited (Bharti AXA Life)has entered into a bancassurance
partnership with Utkarsh Small Finance Bank to ensure distribution of life insurance products
through the bank’s network across India.
 Bharti AXA Life Insurancelaunched a new participating savings product named ‘Bharti AXA Life
Unnati’ to provide long term financial stability to individuals with the dual benefits of savings and
protection in a single product.
 The Department of Posts launched a digital version of the postal life insurance policy – ePLI bond,
which can be accessed through Digilocker.
 Future Generali India Insurance(FGII) Company Limited has entered into a bancassurance partnership
with the Bank of India(BoI) to increase the reach of its insurance products.
 ICICI Lombard General Insurance has launched a solution named ‘BeFit’ to provide benefits
of OPD (Outpatient Department ) services to its customers in a cashless manner.
 IndiaFirst Life Insurance Company Limited (IndiaFirst Life) introduced ‘’IndiaFirst Life Saral Bachat
Bima Plan’’. It is a savings and protection cover plan for the entire family.
 Max Life Insurance Co. Ltd became the 1st life insurer to join the Account Aggregator
(AA) framework, which was introduced by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in September 2021.
 SBI General Insurance made a technological partnership with Google Pay to enable the users to buy
SBI General’s health insurance on the Google Pay app.
 Tata AIG General Insurance Co. Ltd. launched a ‘Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS)’ Insurance
for drone owners & operators. It also announced TropoGo, a deep tech startup on the drone ecosystem,
as its distribution partner for the RPAS insurance scheme.
 Shivalik Small Finance Bank (SFB) partnered with Go Digit General Insurance to offer instant, easy-
to-understand insurance products through the bank’s network of branches across India digitally.
SEPTEMBER 2021
 Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) of India made an agreement with the Department of Posts (DoP) for
availing of the ‘Print to Post’ solution.
 Government of India has appointed 10 merchant bankers for managing Initial Public Offering (IPO) of
Life Insurance Corporation (LIC). 10 merchant bankers are: Goldman Sachs (India) Securities; Citigroup
Global Markets India; Nomura Financial Advisory and Securities India; SBI Capital Market; JM Financial;
Axis Capital; BofA Securities; JP Morgan India; ICICI Securities; Kotak Mahindra Capital Co Ltd.
 A Composite Broking Licence from the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of
India (IRDAI) is being provided to Hero Insurance Broking India Pvt. Ltd. (HIBIPL).
 India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) partnered with Tata AIG General Insurance Co. Ltd. and Bajaj
Allianz General Insurance for the distribution of non-life insurance products across India.
AUGUST 2021
 SBI General Insurance collaborated with Manipal Business Solutions, the promoter of SahiPay to
expand its non-life penetration in rural areas.
 SBI Life Insurance launched a new Individual, Non-Linked, Non-Participating Life Insurance solution
named ‘SBI Life eShield Next’.
JULY 2021
 Max Bupa Health Insurance and Axis Bankentered into a bancassurance partnership to provide
comprehensive health insurance solutions to its customers and employees.
 HDFC ERGO General Insurance launched a policy named ‘Optima Secure’ to redefine the values of
insurance plans that would be obtained by customers. The plan offers broad coverage from 5 Lacs to 2
Crores.
 LIC of India launched a non-linked, non-participating, single premium, individual ‘immediate annuity
plan’ named ‘Saral pension plan’ as per the guidelines of the Insurance Regulatory and Development
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 LIC Cards Services Ltd (LIC CSL) in partnership with IDBI Bank launched LIC CSL ‘Lumine’ Platinum
Credit Card & LIC CSL ‘Eclat’ Select Credit Card, powered by RuPay Credit Cards.
 Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) launched a non-linked, non-participating, regular premium,
individual, health insurance plan named – ‘Arogya Rakshak’ to provide fixed benefit health insurance
cover against certain specified health risks.
 Max Bupa Health Insurance company limited which was renamed as Niva Bupa Health Insurance
Company Limited has rebranded itself as ‘Niva Bupa’.
 SBI General Insurance launched a comprehensive health insurance plan named ‘Arogya Supreme’
where the insured persons will get a wide range of sum insured options up to Rs 5 crore.
JUNE 2021
 Central Government has extended the COVID-19 Warriors Insurance scheme under the Pradhan
Mantri Garib Kalyan Package (PMGKP) for Health workers fighting COVID-19 for a period of one year.
 IndiaFirst Life Insurance Company Limited has collaboration with PayNearby and launched
‘Poorna Suraksha’ to safeguard its 15+ lakh Retail Partners. It offers a life cover of Rs 2 lakhs, disability
cover of Rs 1 lakh and hospital cash of Rs 15,000.
 Policybazaar has got approval from regulator Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India
(IRDAI) to function as an insurance broker.
 LIC Cards Services Limited (LIC CSL) partnered with IDBI Bank to launch “Shagun”, a contactless
prepaid LIC gift card powered by the IDBI Bank on the RuPay platform.
 Navi General Insurance Limited introduced an Equated Monthly Installments (EMI) subscription-
based health insurance in Kerala.
 Clovia, in partnership with Alliance Insurance, launched a 1st of its kind tailor-made insurance policy,
named ‘Women’s cancer shield’ for breast cancer female patients.
 Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) has launched a centralized web-enabled workflow-based IT
platform for its group business operations named ‘e-PGS’.
MAY 2021
 Edelweiss General Insurance(EGI), an InsurTech start-up has launched, Integrated Partner
Onboarding Solution (IPOS) an industry-first digital end to end partner onboarding solution.
 Aditya Birla Sun Life Insurance (ABSLI), the life insurance subsidiary of Aditya Birla Capital Limited
(ABCL), launched a flexible savings plan named ‘Vision LifeIncome Plus Plan’.
 Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) has issued guidelines on Bharat
Yatra Suraksha, the Standard Domestic Travel Insurance Product (SDTIP) of india.
APRIL 2021
Mantri Garib Kalyan Package (PMGKP) for Health workers fighting COVID-19 for a period of one year.
 Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) has amended rules for the local
insurers to make investments in the fund of funds(FoFs) in Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs).
• IRDAI has extended the validity of Regulatory Sandbox for 2 years as per the IRDAI (Regulatory
Sandbox) (Amendment) Regulations, 2021.
• IRDAIallowed insurers to invest in debt securities issued by infrastructure investment trusts
(InvITs) and real estate investment trusts (REITs).
MARCH 2021
 Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) has hiked the maximum cover
under the standard health insurance plan – Arogya Sanjeevani Policy – from Rs 5 lakh to Rs 10 lakh.
 Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) of India has launched Bachat Plus, a Non-Linked, Participating,
Individual Savings Plan.
 Aditya Birla Health Insurance Company Limited (ABHICL) has announced India’s first initiatives of
upto 100% health insurance premium returns under its Flagship product ‘Activ Health Policy’.

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 Central Government amended Insurance Ombudsman Rules, 2017 under section 24 of the
Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority Act, 1999. The amended rules are called as
‘Insurance Ombudsman (Amendment) Rules, 2021‘.
 HDFC ERGO General Insurance, a non-life insurance company in the private sector, launched a
Business Kisht Suraksha.
FEBRUARY 2021
 Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) of India launched ‘Bima Jyoti’ Plan (Plan No. 860) a Non-linked,
Non-Participating, Individual, Limited Premium Payment, Life Insurance Savings Plan.
 Bharti AXA General Insurance has launched ‘Salute to Caregivers – Ek Naya Nazariya Campaign’ to
support the cancer survivors in the battle against cancer.
 ICICI Prudential Life Insurance launched a new goal-based savings product ‘ICICI Pru Guaranteed
Income for Tomorrow’ (GIFT).
 ICICI Lombard General Insurance Co. Ltd launched its 1st ‘Corporate India Risk Index 2020’ to enable
companies to understand the level of risk and current readiness their business is facing. India’s
Corporate India Risk Index stands at 57.
• ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company Ltd partnered with Flipkart to offer Group SafeGuard
insurance, a group insurance policy to its consumers and their families.
 Star Health & Allied Insurance Co. Ltd launched its Arogya Sanjeevani policy on PhonePe to cover the
most necessary aspects of any kind of hospitalization in the family for Phone pe users.
 Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) issued guidelines on Standard
Vector Borne Disease Health Policy to encourage all general and health insurers to offer this product.
• Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India’s (IRDAI) annual report 2019-
20, the claim settlement ratio of Life Insurance Corp. of India (LIC) declined in FY20 to 96.6%
from 97.7% in FY19.
• Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) issued guidelines on
Standard Personal Accident Insurance Product named ‘Saral Suraksha Bima’, succeeded by
name of insurance company under the provisions of Section 34 (1) (a) of Insurance Act, 1938.
JANUARY 2021
 Bajaj Allianz General Insurance in association with Jammu & Kashmir Government launches health
insurance coverage under Ayushman Bharat – Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) Social,
Endeavour for Health, and Telemedicine (SEHAT).
 Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) has mandated General
Insurance Companies to offer 3 Insurance Products namely – Bharat Griha Raksha, Bharat
SookshmaUdyam Suraksha & Bharat LaghuUdyam Suraksha to cover risk of fire & allied perils.
 Universal Sompo General Insurance Company Limited has joined hands with Jammu & Kashmir and
Ladakh Finance Corporation (JKIDFC) to initiate insurance covers for Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh
customers.
 IRDAI formulated a 10-member advisory committee to improve the product quality and coverage of the
health insurance in the country. The committee will be chaired by IRDAI chairman (Presently Dr.
Subhash Chandra Khuntia).
APP’s/PORTAL LAUNCHED
APP Name Launched by Key Points
NOVEMBER 2021
Indus Merchant Solutions IndusInd Bank To enable merchants, retailers, and
professionals to carry out banking
transactions digitally, on a single platform.
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Bob World Bank of Baroda(BoB) To offer all banking services on a single
platform. It is the revamped Mobile
Banking application of BOB, was previously
known as M-Connect Plus.
‘PRAGATI’ (Performance Review Life Insurance For exclusive performance analysis of the
Application, Growth And Trend Corporation of India (LIC) company by development officers.
Indicator)
AUGUST 2021
Digital Prayaas app Small Industries It is an App based end to end digital lending
Development Bank of tool platform to sanction loans to
India (SIDBI) entrepreneurs from low income group
(especially the people at the bottom of the
pyramid) by the end of the day.
Ananda (AtmaNirbhar Agents New Life Insurance It works as a tool for the on-boarding
Business Digital Corporation (LIC) of India process to get the life insurance policy via
Application) mobile app paperless format.
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MARCH 2021
SMEInsure Alliance Insurance It is a portal to insure 5 crore Small and
Medium Enterprises (SMEs) under the
insurance category.
FEBRUARY 2021
India’s BRICS 2021 website External Affairs Minister He launched at the BRICS Secretariat at
(https://brics2021.gov.in/about- Dr. S. Jaishankar Sushma Swaraj Bhawan, Delhi.India
brics.html) assumed the presidency of BRICS for 2021.
Russia was the chair of BRICS for
2020.BRICS celebrates its 15th anniversary
under the theme ‘Intra-BRICS Cooperation’.
YONO Merchant App SBI Payment Services Pvt. to expand the digitization of merchant
Ltd payments in India.Through the app,
merchants can turn their Near Field
Communication (NFC)-enabled Android
smartphones into payment acceptance
devices.
JANUARY 2021
InstaFX ICICI Bank allows authorised money changers, who
are the partners of the bank to help
customers of any bank to obtain ‘ICICI Bank
Forex Prepaid Card’ quickly.
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NOVEMBER 2021
Axis Bank Indian Navy To offer a defence service salary package
under ‘’Power Salute’’ at New Delhi
Network International NPCI International To facilitate UPI transactions in the UAE.
Payments Ltd (NIPL)
Axis Bank Army Insurance Group To offer retail mortgage loans to the Indian
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Bank of Baroda (BoB) NCDEX eMarkets Limited BoB will work as a ‘Clearing Bank’ and It will
(NeML) handle financial transactions in the NeML
marketplace and auction platform.
HDFC Bank Bombay stock exchange To promote and encourage the Small and
(BSE) Medium Enterprises (SME) and also listing of
Start-ups.
UCO Bank Aadhar Housing Finance To provide convenient home finance solutions
or home loans to customers
State Bank of India (SBI) Jamshedpur Football To promote and support football in India.
Club (JFB)
State Bank of India (SBI) U GRO Capital Co-lending agreement to disburse up to Rs
500 crore loans to MSME sector by March
2022.
OCTOBER 2021
Union Bank of India (UBI) Centre for Development of To launch a 1st of its kind initiative on Cyber
Advanced Computing (C- Security awareness.
DAC), Hyderabad
NABSanrakshan Trustee Private Credit Guarantee Fund Signed a trust deed to the setting up of a
Limited (NTPL) Trust for Farmer Producer dedicated credit guarantee fund of Rs 1, 000
Organisations (CGFTFPO) crore for 10,000 FPOs.
Bank of India NTPC Renewable Energy Signed First Green Term Loan (GTL)
Ltd. (REL) agreement of Rs 500 crores for a period of 15
years. The loan will be used for the
development of 470 MW (Mega Watt) solar
project in Rajasthan and 200 MW solar
project in Gujarat.
AU Small Finance Bank (SFB) NABARD To boost ongoing rural development
initiatives in Rajasthan.
U GRO Capital IDBI (Industrial To provide credit support to MSMEs (Micro
Development Bank of Small Medium Enterprises) at affordable
India) Bank interest rates.
SEPTEMBER 2021
EXIM (Export Import) Bank of FahiDhiriulhun To provide a Buyers Credit of ∼$228 million
India Corporation Limited (FDC) for the construction of 4000 Social Housing
of Maldives Units in Hulhumale’ Phase II.
IIFL Home Finance Limited (IIFL Punjab National To increase the penetration of affordable
HFL) Bank (PNB). housing loans and secured MSME (Micro
Small and Medium Enterprises) loans.
HDFC Bank National Small Industries To offer credit support to Micro, Small and
Corporation (NSIC) Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) across the
country
Bank of India (BOI) MAS Financial Services For MSME to offer Micro, Small & Medium
Limited Enterprises(MSME) loan
India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) LIC Housing Finance To provide home loans to over 4.5 crore
Ltd (Life Insurance customers of the former.
Corporation of India-HFL)
HDFC Bank United Nations To provide facilities to manage up to 300
Development metric tonnes of dry waste in Noida, Uttar
Programme (UNDP) and Pradesh.
the Greater Noida
Industrial Development
Authority (GNIDA)
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make its range of tractors and farm
equipment more accessible.
Small Industries Development Assam Launched an innovation fund to promote

Bank of India (SIDBI) start-ups. Under the Cluster Development
Fund(CDF) an agreement of Rs 350 crore
was signed to promote ‘One district- One-
product initiative.
AUGUST 2021
Indian Bank Society for Innovation and To provide a credit facility to the startups
Entrepreneurship and small businesses through its loan
(SINE), IIT (Indian product ‘IND Spring Board’.
Institute of
Technology) Bombay
Jana Small Finance Bank (Jana SFB) HCBL Co-operative Under the bank sponsorship
Bank and Mysore programme of the Reserve Bank of India
Merchants Co-operative (RBI).
Bank
Afcons Infrastructure Ltd, Republic of Maldives For a $530 million infrastructure project
named ‘Greater Male Connectivity Project’
(GMCP)
MeitYStartup Hub (MSH), under Paytm To support deep tech startups.
the aegis of Ministry of
Electronics and Information
Technology(MeitY)
Indian Bank Paralympic Committee of To become one of the Banking Partners ahead
India (PCI) of the Paralympic Games 2020 in Tokyo,
Japan.
NABARD State Bank of India (SBI) To finance 1000 Joint Liability Groups
and Jammu and Kashmir (JLGs) and to enhance the flow of credit to
Gramin Bank (JKGB) tenant farmers, oral lessees,
sharecroppers, Small and Marginal
farmers (SF/MF), etc in the Union
Territory (UT) of Jammu and Kashmir
(J&K) and the UT of Ladakh.
International Financial Services India Insurtech To promote fintech for Indian and foreign
Centre (IFSC) Association (IIA) insurance companies.
Asian Development Bank IIFL (India Infoline) Home To reduce carbon emissions and preserve
Finance Ltd water and vitality in India.IIFL is the
technical assistance of the program
IDFC FIRST Bank Indian Navy To offer the special defence savings account
named ‘Honour FIRST’ for the serving
personnel and veterans of the Indian Navy.
Bank of Baroda (BoB) Andhra Pradesh (AP) To assist & finance the entire 14,000
beneficiaries for setting up Aqua Units
under AP Government’s ‘Fish Andhra’
scheme
Punjab National Bank National Fisheries To extend financial assistance to the
Development Board fisheries sector through the bank
(NFDB)
Indian Bank NSRCEL (N S Raghavan To provide funding for identified
Centre for Entrepreneurial startups under Indian Bank’s ‘Ind Spring
Learning) Board’ Scheme.
National Stock Exchange (NSE) Insolvency and Bankruptcy Fo enhance research efforts in the area of

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Board of India (IBBI) insolvency and bankruptcy.
North Eastern Development Federation of Industries of To promote entrepreneurship, generate

Finance Corporation Ltd (NEDFi) North Eastern Region employment and create empowerment of
(FINER) weaker sections.
JULY 2021
Axis Bank Indian Army To offer a defence service salary package
to the latter under its ‘Power Salute’
initiative.
Bank of Baroda & Yes Bank Software Technology Parks To build a robust startup ecosystem in
of India (STPI), India.
Mathworks, Yourstory,
Freshworks and Pontaq
Bank of Maharashtra (BoM) National Bank for To foster the existing developmental
Agriculture & Rural initiatives that are linked to Priority
Development’ (NABARD) Sector Lending (PSL) in Maharashtra.
Kotak Mahindra Bank (KMB) Indian Navy To offer a salary account to all the personnel
of the Indian Navy including both serving
and retired personnel.
Indian Bank IIT Guwahati Technology For the bank’s loan product ‘IND Spring
Incubation Centre (TIC) for Board’.
financing Start-ups
Yes Bank Indiabulls Housing Finance This collaboration aimed to enhance
capabilities of providing seamless experience
to retail home loan customers.
NBFC (Non-Banking Financial U GRO Capital Signed a strategic alliance agreement with to
Company) Prest Loans provide secured business loans to Micro,
Small & Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) units.
JUNE 2021
Shivalik Small Finance Bank Bharti AXA Life Insurance Distribution of its life insurance products
(SFB) for through the bank’s pan-India network of
branches.
Central Bank of India Edelweiss Retail Finance For priority sector lending to Micro, Small
Ltd (ERFL) And Medium Enterprises (MSMEs).
HDFC ERGO General Insurance Visa To provide curated insurance covers for
Visa’s business cardholders especially the
MSMEs
Securities and Exchange Board of Luxembourg Commission For mutual co-operation and technical
India (SEBI) de Surveillance du assistance.
SecteurFinancier (CSSF)
Bombay Stock Exchange’s (BSE) Godavari Urban Multi State To deepen its network of over 70,000
Mutual Funds(MF) Platform, BSE Credit Co-Op Society Ltd registered distributors.
StAR MF (GUMCCSL)
Central Bank of India Indiabulls Housing Finance To offer housing loans under priority sector to
Limited (Indiabulls homebuyers.
HFL) and IIFL Home
Finance Limited (IIFL
HFL)
HDFC Bank Karnataka Industrial Area For 3 years with to provide a wide range of
Development Board financial products and services to its
(KIADB) customers.
PayPoint India 12 financial institutions To help the financial institutions to get access
viz, Punjab National Bank, to the remote locations where they are
ICICI Bank, Deutsche Bank, unable to reach on their own, and provide
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as Bajaj Housing, Piramal
Housing, and Hero Fincorp,
among others.
Union Bank of India National Small Industries To support Micro, Small and Medium
Corporation Ltd (NSIC) Enterprises (MSMEs) with credit
requirements.
SBI (State Bank of India) General IDFC (Infrastructure For selling its non-life insurance products. In
Insurance Development Finance this regard, a corporate agency
Company) FIRST Bank agreement was signed between both the
entities.
Small Industries Development Global Alliance for Mass To address the challenges faced by micro,
Bank of India (SIDBI) Entrepreneurship (GAME) small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) amid
COVID-19
MAY 2021
PayNearby Centrum Microcredit The partnership made to offer unsecured
Small Medium Business (SMB) loans to its
retailers.
Vivriti Capital FlexiLoans.com Agreement made to provide working capital
financing to micro, small and medium
enterprises (MSMEs) by disbursing loans
worth Rs 300 crore.
India Post Payments Bank(IPPB) Mahindra Rural Housing Both organisation was entered into a
Finance Limited(MRHFL) partnership for cash management solution.
PayPoint India Digit General Insurance Aims to provide affordable COVID-19 Health
Insurance policy to its customers in India’s
underserved regions to improve the
insurance access financial losses due to the
COVID-19.
SoftBank Group Corp OneWeb (a venture backed They made agreement to promote its
by Sunil Mittal) satellite communication services in the
Global and Japan markets.
Punjab National Bank Geojit Financial Services The agreement aims to provide the
advantage of a three-in-one account to the
customers of PNB. (The Three Accounts are,
Savings Account, a Demat Account and a
Trading Account).
International Finance Corporation Upgrad, an online up- IFC plan to invest USD 40 million (about Rs
(IFC) skilling platform 290 crore) in Upgrad.Now, the promoters’
holding in the firm came to 75 per cent after
the investments of USD 160 million in April
2021
ICICI Bank Decentro Tech Private Ltd It aims to offer customized business banking
APIs to fintechs, startups, and corporates
and e-commerce companies.
APRIL 2021
Indian Bank Bharat Sanchar Nigam to provide telecom services to the bank at a
Limited(BSNL) competitive rate.
HSBC India Google Pay(GPay) and Visa to provide a secured tokenization on its
credit cards.Contactless payments can be
done by linking HSBC credit cards in Google
Pay and it will help to avoid physical contact
for payment.
Housing Development Finance Indiabulls Housing Finance Both companies entered into a strategic co-
Corporation (HDFC) Ltd Limited (Indiabulls HFL) lending partnership to offer housing loans to
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80:20 in which 80% to HDFC and 20% with
Indiabulls HFL.
Asian Development Bank(ADB) Habitat for Humanity to help Microfinance Institutions(MFI) in

International providing housing loans to low income
families in rural and semi urban areas of
Bangladesh,India,Indonesia and Philippines.
Gramcovers,ruralinsurtechstartup Agriculture Insurance to identify and develop useful rural
Company of India insurance products that could help farmers.
Limited(AICIL)
Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) Paytm to carry out its digital transactions.The
partnership aims to hope with the increasing
demand of digital payment.
RBL Bank Mastercard to provide first of its kind payment solution
in India through the Pay by bank app.It is a
mobile based consumer friendly payment
solution.
Ujjivan Small Finance Bank NIRA to strengthen its digital footprint and
(USFB) onboard its customers for Personal Loans.
This was USFB’s first Digital Lending
Partnership.
Bill Desk J.P. Morgan ,Global to provide online payments solutions to
Financial Institution corporate clients of J.P. Morgan.
Punjab National Bank(PNB) SwitchON Foundation to offer finance to the marginal farmers for
buying solar pumps.PNB will be financing
solar pumps through the SwitchON
Foundation’s – First Loss Default Guarantee
Fund.
Bharti Axa life insurance Fincare Small Finance Joined hands for a bancassurance
Bank(SFB) Limited partnership under which the bank will sell
insurance policies to its customers.
FlexiLoans.com PayPal to offer collateral-free business loans to
MSMEs, freelancers, women entrepreneurs
and sole proprietors.
Jana Small Finance Bank (Jana Axis Securities, a wholly- To offer banking and investment services to
SFB) owned subsidiary of Axis its customers through a 3-in-1 account.It
Bank, integrates the Savings Bank Account
maintained by Jana Small Finance Bank
&Demat and Trading Accounts maintained
by Axis Securities
Northern Arc Capital CDC Group, the UK CDC Group, the UK government’s
Limited(NACL),India, government’s development finance institution, has made a
development finance partnership with NACL ,leading digital debt
institution platform in India for investing a total of Rs
320 crore under pooled bond issuance (PBI).
ICICI Bank Axis Bank Both tie up to launch a New Umbrella
Entity(NUE) for retail payments along with
Amazon and Visa as their partners.
Ujjivan Small Finance nStore To digitise offline retailers and small
Bank(Ujjivan SFB) businesses in India.Ujjivan SFB will offer the
mobile application ‘nLincs’ to its current
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RBL Bank Tide , UK based business to provide bank account infrastructure to
banking fintech Tide’s India platform, which is focused to
serve mainly small and medium
enterprises(SMEs).
MARCH 2021
International Financial Services Federation of Indian to establish a framework for collaboration
Centres Authority (IFSCA) Chambers of Commerce and co-operation for the development of
and Industry(FICCI) Gujarat International Finance Tec-City
(‘GIFT’) IFSC.
Japan International Cooperation Tata Cleantech Capital Ltd signed a Loan agreement for a maximum
Agency (JICA) (TCCL) amount of 10 Billion Japanese Yen (~ INR
660 Crore) for offering loans to Indian firms
focussing on Clean Energy Projects.
Standard Chartered Bank International Air To provide ‘EasyPay’ services to Travel
Transport Association Agents in India
(IATA)
Yes Bank PNB Housing Finance signed a strategic co-lending service to
provide convenient and customized retail
loans to homebuyers
Kotak Mahindra Bank Indian Army for providing salary accounts to all the active
and retired army personnel.
Small Industries Development National Stock Exchange of for the cooperation in the various Micro,
Bank of India (SIDBI) India Limited (NSE India) Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs)
initiatives of NSE and SIDBI and to explore
the feasibility of debt Capital Platform for the
MSMEs.
Indian Overseas Bank(IOB) SBI General Insurance IOB has signed a Bancassurance for the
distribution of the non-life offerings with SBI
General Insurance to offer a wide range of
general insurance solutions and innovative
products to the customers of the bank.
FEBRUARY 2021
Small Industries Development Government of Andhra to develop the micro, small and medium
Bank of India(SIDBI) Pradesh(AP) enterprises (MSME) ecosystem in AP.
World Bank Government of for improving the governance of schools
Nagaland,India across Nagaland. The program is called
‘Nagaland: Enhancing Classroom Teaching
and Resources Project’.
Indian Bank Society for Innovation and to provide exclusive credit facility to start-
Development (SID), an ups and Micro, Small and Medium
initiative of Indian Enterprises(MSMEs).
Institute of Science(IISc),
Bengaluru
Bank of Maharashtra(BoM) Vayana Network launched its Mahabank Channel Financing
Scheme, a Channel Financing solution for
Micro, Small and Medium
Enterprises(MSMEs).
Small Industries Development PHD Chamber of to offer various credit & other schemes of
Bank of India (SIDBI) Commerce and SIDBI to Micro, Small and Medium
Industry(PHDCCI) Enterprises (MSMEs), which is member of
PHDCCI in India.
Indian Payments and Postal Bank Confederation of Real to facilitate opening of bank accounts for
(IPPB) Estate Developers’ construction workers and ensure accessible
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(CREDAI) along with financial literacy and digital
inclusion.
ICICI Bank MUFG Bank Ltd, Japan with to jointly cater the banking
requirements of Japanese corporates present
in India.
Bank of Maharashtra(BoM) LoanTap Credit to extend credit to Micro, Small and Medium
Enterprise(MSME) loans.Under this
agreement, 80% of the loan will be braced
by the bank and the remaining 20% by the
Loan Tap.
Axis Bank PhonePe will enable the PhonePe users to create and
use multiple UPI IDs with Axis Bank’s “@axl”
handle.
JANUARY 2021
Ministry of Education (MoE), World Bank (WB) for the implementation of Rs 5718 crore
Department of Economic Affairs STARS project.Under the agreement, WB will
(DEA) provide US$ 500 million (approximately Rs.
3700 crore) and the rest will be shared by
participating states for a period of 5 years.
India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) Financial Software and to promote Financial Inclusion in
Systems (FSS) underserved and unbanked segments of
India.To attain this purpose, IPPB will use
FSS’ Aadhaar Enabled Payment
System(AePS).
Central Bank of India (CBoI) NABFOUNDATION to provide working capital for Self-Help
Groups (SHGs) to undertake ‘My Pad My
Right’ project, sponsored by NABARD.
Bank of Baroda (BoB) Small Industries to enable micro, small and medium
Development Bank of India enterprises (MSMEs) customers of the
(SIDBI) former to apply online for one-time
restructuring (OTR).
Bandhan Bank Ltd Indian Army The personnel of Indian Army will be
provided the services through the banking
outlets under Bandhan Bank Shaurya Salary
Account.
Small Industrial Development Tata Power to provide a finance scheme to Micro, Small
Bank of India (SIDBI) & Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) engaged in
rooftop solar segment.
LOANS/FUNDS SANCTIONED BY BANKS/FINANCIAL SERVICE

Loan issued by Received by Amount Points to be noted
NOVEMBER 2021
Asian Infrastructure India USD 150 million The loan amount will be used for the
Investment Bank implementation of the Sustainable Urban
(AIIB) Services Program (SUSP) for the Chennai
Metropolitan Area (CMA).
Asian Development India 250 million To support the National Industrial Corridor
Bank (ADB) USD (~Rs 1873 Development Program (NICDP) of India.
crore) loan This is the first subprogram of the programmatic
USD 500 million loan to develop 11 industrial
corridors across 17 states.
Asian Development Tripura $61 million(~INR For ‘Agartala City Urban Development Project’ to
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Bank (ADB) improve livability, harness technology, and
promote new developments to accommodate the
expanding population in the city of Agartala,
Tripura.
Asian Infrastructure India USD 2 billion For India to purchase COVID-19 vaccines under
Investment Bank loan ADB’s Asia Pacific Vaccine Access Facility
(AIIB) along with (APVAX).
the Asian
Development Bank
(ADB)
World Bank Assam Rs 770 To promote river transportation of the state.
crore loan
OCTOBER 2021
Asian Development Maharashtra US$100 million For Maharashtra Agribusiness Network
Bank (ADB) (MAGNET) Project.
Asian Development India $4.5 million A Project Readiness Financing (PRF) loan
Bank (ADB) agreement to support Aizawl Sustainable Urban
Transport Project.
National Bank for Assam Rs 608 crore For different infrastructure projects in rural
Agriculture and areas of Assam.
Rural Development
(NABARD)
Asian Infrastructure Tamil Nadu USD 356.67 For the expansion of Chennai Metro Rail system,
Investment million(~Rs.2.65 Tamil Nadu (TN), India.
Bank (AIIB) lakh Crore)
World Bank (WB) Tamil Nadu US$ 150 For the program titled ‘Chennai City Partnership:
million (~ Rs Sustainable Urban Services Program’
1,112 crore)
NABARD Odisha Rs 303 crore For the construction of 24 bridges in the state.
SEPTEMBER 2021
Asian Development Tamil Nadu $251 million For urban flood protection and management in
Bank (ADB) the Chennai–Kosasthalaiyar river basin in India.
Japan International Northern Arc $50 million (~ Rs To support the funding of Non-Banking
Cooperation Agency Capital (NAC) 368 crore) Finance Companies (NBFCs) in India, that
(JICA) provide financial services to women.
Asian Development Tamil Nadu USD 150 million For building sustainable housing projects for
Bank (ADB) loan Urban Poor in
Export-Import Bank Africa Finance USD 100 million This credit line will be utilized to develop
of India (Exim Bank) Corporation (A (Rs 730 crore) infrastructure in the continent and boost
FC) economic betterment.Its tenure will be 10
years.
Exim Bank (Export- Maldives USD 40 For the development of sports
Import Bank of million (~ Rs 292 infrastructure.
India) crores)
AUGUST 2021
Asian Development Jharkhand USD 112 To finance Urban Water Supply
Bank (ADB) million (INR 831 Infrastructure Projects in 4 towns (Ranchi,
Crore) Hussainabad, JhumriTelaiya and
Medininagar) of Jharkhand.
Asian Development Government of USD 500 million To expand the metro rail network in Bengaluru,
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Bank(ADB) metro lines totaling 56 kilometers Outer Ring
Road- Kempegowda International Airport
corridor with 30 stations.
Asian Development Maharashtra $300 million For the ongoing Maharashtra Rural
Bank (~INR 2227 Connectivity Improvement Project that is
Crore) loan upgrading rural roads to all-weather
conditions and connecting rural areas with
markets and services in Maharashtra
World Bank India US $250 million For the Second Dam Rehabilitation and
(Rs 1,855 crore) Improvement Project (DRIP-2) Phase II, the
world’s largest dam management program.
Export and Import Government of USD 210.73 To the for drinking water projects, hospital
Bank (EXIM) of India Guinea million (≅INR building and solar projects in the country.
1567 crore)
Export and Import Government of USD 100 To provide Line of Credit (LoC) of USD 100
bank (EXIM) of India Mauritius Million(~ INR Million for procurement of Defense items
742.6 Crore)
International India $75 million (~Rs To Indospace Logistics Parks III, a $580-
Finance 557 crore) million vintage fund for developing logistics
Corporation (IFC) and industrial parks across India
JULY 2021
World Bank India USD 500 To support India’s informal working class to
million (~ Rs overcome the COVID-19 distress and to support
3,726.30 crore) the states to manage the current pandemic,
future climate and disaster shock.
National Bank for Odisha Rs 388 crore To set up 4 mega piped drinking water supply
Agriculture and projects and 20 rural road projects across 15
Rural Development districts of the state.
(NABARD)
National Bank for Goa Rs 2891.15 lakh For the Construction of Phase II Building of
Agriculture and Goa Dental College and Hospital in Bambolim,
Rural Development Goa.
(NABARD)
Export-Import Kalpataru USD 35.26 To execute a power transmission project
(Exim) Bank of Power million in Senegal
India Transmission
Ltd (KPTL)
International HDFC (Housing USD 250 million To enhance inexpensive housing finance in India
Finance Corporation Development (~Rs. 1858 under the themes Affordable & Green housing.
(IFC) Finance Crore) to
Corporation)
Ltd
National Bank for Punjab Rs.446 Crore (i.e. For five large surface-based drinking water
Agriculture and Rs 445.89 Crore) projects in Ferozpur, Fazilka, Hoshiarpur and
Rural Development Rupanagar districts of Punjab.
(NABARD)
JUNE 2021
National Bank for Odisha Rs 254 crore For setting up two mega piped drinking water
Agriculture and supply projects in Odisha.
Rural Development
(NABARD)
Asian Development Sikkim $2.5 million(~Rs To support preparation and design activities to
Bank (ADB) 18.28 crore) upgrade major district roads in Sikkim.
Japan India US$9.3 million From its Emergency Grant Aid scheme to India
(~INR 69.15 for the building of cold chain facilities for safe
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India Sri Lanka 100 million USD Extend a 100 million USD Line of Credit (LOC) to
Line of Credit Sri Lanka for projects in the Solar Energy Sector.
(LOC)
World Bank Andhra Rs 1,860 For supporting the implementation of the

Pradesh ‘Supporting Andhra’s Learning Transformation’
(SALT) programme.
Government of India Eswatini USD 108.28 Extended its 4 Line of Credit (LOC) worth for
th
(GoI) (formerly million construction of their new Parliament building.

Swaziland)
Asian Development Government of $484 million (Rs To improve transport connectivity and facilitate
Bank India (GoI) 3,616 cr) industrial development in the Chennai–
Kanyakumari Industrial Corridor (CKIC) in Tamil
Nadu (TN).
MAY 2021
International Bajaj Finance $150 million Loan is for up to five years to enable the
Finance Corporation Ltd company to expand its lending to micro, small
(IFC) and medium enterprises (MSME) and women
owned MSMEs.
APRIL 2021
Google and Alphabet India Rs 135 crore aid to India to tackle the COVID-19 crisis in India.
International J.C. Flowers USD 100 million It will help the domestic lenders(Lenders in
Finance Corporation India India) to resolve their distressed assets and free
(IFC) Opportunities up the capital for new lending.
Fund
Deutsche Bank AG, a National €68.87 million to finance the development work of cooperatives
German investment Cooperative (around Rs 600 across India.It will lead the Farmers and FPOs to
bank Development crore) obtain easier credit and market.
Corporation
(NCDC)
Asian Development Chennai- USD 484-Million to improve transport connectivity and road
Bank (ADB) Kanyakumari (~INR 3616 maintenance in Chennai-Kanyakumari Industrial
Industrial Crore) Corridor(CKIC) in Tamil Nadu.
Corridor(CKIC)
in Tamil Nadu.
Dutch India’s Green $137 million (~ to invest in India’ green energy space such as
entrepreneurial Growth Equity Rs 1000 crore) clean energy, transportation, resource efficiency
development bank Fund and energy services.
(FMO) (GGEF),manage
d by
EverSource
Capital
National Investment Manipal ₹2,100 crores NIIFL made its first investment in the Indian
& Infrastructure healthcare sector by its investment of in Manipal
Fund Ltd (NIIFL) Hospitals through its direct private equity fund,
Strategic Opportunities Fund(SOF).
World Bank(WB) Punjab 300 Million USD Approved for the canal-based drinking water
and Asian (around Rs.2190 project in Punjab.The entire project will be co-
Infrastructure crore) financed by International Bank for
Investment Bank Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) of
(AIIB) World Bank(USD 105 million), AIIB (USD 105
million) and the Government of Punjab(USD 90
million).
World Bank Mizoram USD 32 Million Loan approved for a Project titled ‘Mizoram
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Crores) improving management capacity and quality of
health services in Mizoram.
Japan Bank for State Bank of $1 billion Loan will be issued for the whole range of
International India (SBI) business operations of the Japanese automobile
Cooperation (JBIC) manufacturers in India.From the $1 billion, $600
million will be financed by JBIC and $400 million
by other participating banks (Sumitomo Mitsui
Banking Corporation(SMBC), MUFG Bank,
Mizuho Bank, Shizuoka Bank and Bank of
Yokahama).
MARCH 2021
Japan International Tata Cleantech 10 Billion signed a Loan agreement to help Indian firms
Cooperation Agency Capital Ltd Japanese Yen (~ focussing on Clean Energy Projects.
(JICA) (TCCL),India INR 660 Crore)
Japan International India 232.86(~233) for development of several key infrastructure
Cooperation Agency Billion Japanese projects in India.
(JICA). Yen (~ INR
15433 Crores)
United States India USD 41 Million for financing investments in renewable energy
Agency for (~ INR 297 solutions including rooftop solar installations by
International Crore) Indian Small and medium-sized enterprises
Development (SMEs).
(USAID) & US
International
Development
Finance Corporation
(DFC)
Export-Import Bank Eswatini 10.40 million Loan covers the Eswatini projects in various
of India (Exim Bank) (former USD (around sectors like information technology, disaster
Swaziland) Rs.75.99 crore) management and agriculture.
FEBRUARY 2021
Export-Import Bank Maldives USD 130 million Indian Exim Bank is set to support the
of India (India Exim construction of social housing units in Maldives,
Bank) through its USD 130 million loan to
FahiDhiriulhan Corporation Limited.
Asian Infrastructure Government of $304 million For Assam Intra-State Transmission System
Investment Bank India (GoI) (mn) Enhancement Project to strengthen the quality,
(AIIB) capacity and security of the power supply in
Assam along with reducing greenhouse gas
emissions.
Export-Import Government of 15 million USD Export-Import (Exim) Bank, government of
(Exim) Bank the Republic of (around Rs. India, extended a Line of Credit(LOC). With this
Sierra Leone 109.11 crore) LOC the Exim bank has signed a total of 5 LOC’s
worth 168 million USD to the Republic of Sierra
Leone for the expansion of the rehabilitation of
existing potable water facilities projects in 4
communities of Sierra Leone.
Asian Development Medanta ,Multi- Rs 100 to provide essential health care services and
Bank (ADB) Specialty crore(USD 13.7 medical equipment to India.
medical million)
institute
Export-Import Bank Greater Male $400 million 6.7 km Greater Male Connectivity Project
of India (EXIM Bank) Connectivity (GMCP) will be the largest civilian infrastructure
Project (GMCP) project in Maldives, connecting Male with three
of Maldives neighbouring islands of Villingili, Gulhifahu and
Thilafushi.
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Bank (NDB) Funds (FoF) (~ INR 727 India & the 1st ever Investment in an FoF.With
(formerly known as Crore) this investment, FoF has secured USD 800
BRICS Development Million in commitments.
Bank)
Punjab National Indian Oil INR 2 Crore Loan for providing up to INR 2 Crore Loan to IndianOil
Bank (PNB) Corporation dealers through the PNB e-Dealer scheme (PNB
Ltd (IOCL) electronic dealer finance scheme).
JANUARY 2021
New Development Andhra USD 646 Loan amount of USD 323 million(about Rs 2,368
Bank Pradesh,India million(about Rs crore) for 2 projects Andhra Pradesh Roads and
4,736 crore) Bridges Reconstruction Project and Andhra
Pradesh Mandal Connectivity and Rural
Connectivity Improvement Project will be
provided by NDB.
World Bank West Bengal, USD 105 Million Loan sanctioned for the West Bengal Inland
India Project ( INR 767 Water Transport, Logistics and Spatial
Crores) Development Project.The Loan is provided by
International Bank for Reconstruction and
Development (IBRD).
Asian Development India USD 10 Million For Project Readiness Financing (PRF) to help
Bank (ADB finance piloting activities, project for expanding
horticulture production& farm household
income in Himachal Pradesh.
Asian Development India USD 231 Million Loan Agreement for the Assam Power Sector
Bank (ADB (~ Around INR Investment Program (APSIP) for the
1688.5 Crores) construction of Lower Kopili Hydroelectric
Power (LKHEP) plant.
APPOINTMENTS IN BANKING/INSURANCE
NATIONAL
Name Appointed As Entity/Place Points To Be Noted
OCTOBER 2021
Shaktikanta Das Governor Reserve Bank of India Reappointed by another 3 years i.e. up
(RBI) to December 2024.
Subhash Chandra Part-time Jana Small Finance He has served as the Chairman of the
Khuntia Chairman Bank(SFB) Insurance Regulatory and Development
Authority of India(IRDAI) from 2018 to May
2021.
Baldev Prakash Managing Jammu & Kashmir Presently, RK Chhibber is the Chairman and
Director and (J&K) Bank Managing Director of J&K Bank.
Chief Executive
Officer (CEO)
K V Kamath chairperson National Bank for Newly set up Rs 20,000 crore , NaBFID
Financing under the finance ministry.
Infrastructure and
Development (NaBFID)
A. Balasubramanian Chairman Association of Mutual Balasubramanian has succeeded Nilesh
Funds in India (AMFI) Shah, Managing Director of Kotak Mutual
Fund
Pradeep Kumar Panja part-time non- Karnataka Bank He will succeed P Jayarama Bhat, whose
executive tenure as Part Time (Non-Executive)
Chairman Chairman of Karnataka Bank ends on 13th
November 2021.
Navrang Saini Chairperson Insolvency and He will succeed S. Sahoo who retired on
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September 30, 2021 after a five-year tenure
Amitabh Chaudhry MD & CEO Axis Bank Reappointment for a period of three years
with effect from 1st January
2022 till December 31, 2024.
Atul Kumar Goel (A K Chairman Indian Banks’ He replaces Rajkiran Rai G, MD & CEO of
Goel) Association (IBA) Union Bank.
Rajnish Kumar Chairman of the BharatPe He will mentor the BharatPe team during its
board transition into a small finance bank.
BC Patnaik Managing Life Insurance Currently, LIC has one chairman and four
Director Corporation of India Managing Directors.
(LIC)
Wendy Werner Country Head International Finance She will succeed Jun Zhang, who retired
for India Corporation (IFC) recently.
SEPTEMBER 2021
Sanjeeb Chaudhuri Part-time IDFC(Infrastructure He would continue to hold the office of the
chairman Development Finance director owing to SEBI (Security and
Company) FIRST Bank Exchange Board of India) order or any such
authority
Limited
V. Vaidyanathan MD & CEO IDFC FIRST Bank Reappointedfor a period of 3-years, with
effect from 19th December 2021 till
December 18, 2024.
Harsha Bhupendra Managing Export-Import Bank of She succeeds David Rasquinha, whose tenure
Bangari Director(MD) India (India EXIM as MD of Exim Bank ended in May 2021
Bank)
Carol Furtado officer on Ujjivan Small Finance She will take charge as the interim Chief
special duty Bank (SFB) Executive Officer (CEO) of the bank, subject
(OSD) to the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI)
approval.
Ashish Singhal Managing SVC Bank He succeeded AjitVenugopalan, who retired
Director(MD) on August 31.
Uday Kotak Non-executive Infrastructure Leasing Tenure extended by another six months. His
chairman and Financial Services tenure was supposed to expire on October 2,
(IL&FS) 2021.
AUGUST 2021
Ajay Kumar, A.K. Executive Reserve Bank of At present RBI has 12 executive directors and
Choudhary and Deepak directors for the India(RBI) 30 chief General Managers, under the 4
Kumar year 2021-2022 deputy governors.
Mini Ipe MD and CEO Life Insurance She has taken charge as the MD of the LIC of
Corporation(LIC) of India succeeding Vipin Anand, who has
India retired in July 2021
Shanti Lal Jain MD and CEO Indian Bank He will replace Padmaja Chunduru whose
term as MD & CEO of Indian bank will end on
31st August 2021.
SS Mallikarjuna Rao MD and CEO of PNB Extended until 31st January 2022, the date of
his superannuation
Atul Kumar Goel MD and CEO of UCO Bank Extended for a period of 2 years.
A S Rajeev MD and CEO of Bank of Maharashtra Extended for a period of 2 years.

Olympic gold medalist, RBI For its new public awareness campaign
Athlete against digital banking frauds.
(Javelin) Neeraj
Chopra

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Aamir Ambassadors AU Small Finance Bank
Khan and Kiara Advani
Sandeep Bakhshi MD and CEO ICICI Bank He was reappointed with effect from 15th
October 2021 to 3rd October 2023.
He was appointed as the MD & CEO of ICICI
Bank in 2018 .
JULY 2021
Shyam Srinivasan MD and CEO Federal Bank Reappointed for 3 years i.e. from September
23, 2021, to September 22, 2024.
Noopur Chaturvedi CEO Bharat Bill Payment She succeeds the outgoing CEO AR Ramesh.
System (BBPS)
JUNE 2021
Vishwavir Ahuja MD and CEO RBLbank Ahuja was reappointed for a period of one
year with effect from June 30, 2021.
Hitendra Dave Interim (CEO) of Hongkong and Hitendra Dave succeeds Surendra Rosha
HSBC India. Shanghai Banking
Corporation Ltd.
(HSBC)
Mahesh Kumar Deputy RBI Extended for a period of two years with effect
Jain(MK Jain) Governor from 22.06.2021, or until further orders,
whichever is earlier.
Chandra Shekhar MD and CEO Bandhan bank Re-appointed for a period of three years, with
Ghosh effect from July 10, 2021.
M R Kumar Chairman Life Insurance Government has given a nine-month
Corporation of India extension till March,2022 in view of the
(LIC) ongoing preparation for the initial public
offer(IPO).
Girish Chandra Chairman ICICI Bank Re-appointment for a period of three
Chaturvedi(GC years starting July 1, 2021.
Chaturvedi)
MAY 2021
T Rabi Sankar 4thDeputy Reserve Bank of India He succeeds B P Kanungo, who retired on
Governor 2nd April 2021 after serving one year
extension period.
Mahesh MD Kotak Mahindra Life He was appointed following the retirement
Balasubramanian Insurance Company of G Murlidhar.
Limited (KLI)
APRIL 2021
Amitabh Chaudhry MD and CEO Axis Bank Axis Bank approved the re-appointment of
Amitabh Chaudhry as the Managing
Director(MD) and Chief Executive
Officer(CEO) of Axis Bank for a period of 3
years.
Ajay Seth non-official Central Board of He is Economic Affairs Secretary in the
director Reserve Bank of Ministry of Finance.He succeeds Tarun
India(RBI) Bajaj, who was appointed as revenue
secretary.
Atanu Chakraborty part-time HDFC bank He has been appointed for a period of 3
Chairman years with effect from May 5 ,2021 or the
date of his taking charge ,whichever is
later.He was a retired secretary of the
Department of Economic Affairs Ministry in
April 2020.
S Ramann Chairman and Small Industries S Ramann was the Chief Executive
Managing Development Bank of officer(CEO) of National e-Governance
Director (CMD) India (SIDBI). Services Ltd (NeSL).

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Murali Natrajan MD and CEO DCB Bank Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has approved
the re-appointment of Murali Natrajan as
the Managing Director (MD) and Chief
Executive Officer (CEO) of DCB Bank for one
year from April 29, 2021.
Kalpana Sampat Managing Pramerica Life She succeeds AnnopPabby as the new MD &
Director(MD) Insurance Limited CEO.
and Chief (PLIL)
Executive
Officer(CEO)
Mukhmeet S Bhatia Director Employees’ State ESIC is working under the Ministry of
General(DG) Insurance Corporation Labour and Employment, Government of
(ESIC) India.
MARCH 2021
Satishwar MD and CEO Aegon Life Insurance Aegon Life Insurance Limited, transforming
Balakrishnan Limited to become India’s first digital-only life
insurance company
FEBRUARY 2021
Matam Venkata Rao MD & CEO Central Bank of India He replaces PallavMahaparta, the MD & CEO
of Central Bank of India who retires on 28th
February 2021.
Rama Mohan Rao MD & CEO SBI Cards and Payment He succeeds Ashwini Kumar Tewari, who
Amara Services Ltd was appointed as one of the 4 Managing
Directors(MDs) of State Bank of India (SBI).
JANUARY 2021
JK Shivan Managing Dhanlaxmi Bank The bank has its headquarters at Thrissur,
director(MD) Kerala.
and Chief
Executive
Officer(CEO)
Swaminathan Managing State Bank of India Swaminathan Janakiraman was serving as
Janakiraman and Directors(MDs) (SBI) the deputy MD(finance) of SBI.
Ashwini Kumar Tewari Ashwini Kumar Tewari was serving as MD
and Chief Executive Officer(CEO)of SBI Card,
a subsidiary of SBI.
Vishwavir Ahuja MD & CEO RBL Bank The bank has recommended this re-
appointment to the Reserve Bank of
India(RBI) for approval.
RESIGNATION:
Name Resigned as Entity/Place Reason
APRIL 2021
B P Kanungo Deputy Governor Reserve Bank of Retired after serving as Deputy governor
India(RBI) for 4 years.
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 Rebecca Vanessa Suchiang, IAS officer of the 1989 batch of Assam-Meghalaya cadre, became the first
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 Baljeet Kaur of Himachal Pradesh and Gunbala Sharma of Rajasthan have become The First Indian
Women Mountaineers to Summit Mount Pumori in Nepal.
 Priyanka Mohite from Maharashtra becomes the first Indian woman to scale Mt Annapurna(8,091
metres), the 10th highest mountain peak in the world.
 Captain Tania Shergill, a first woman army officer parade adjutant for Republic Day&also lead all men
contingent on Army Day.
 CISF official Geeta Samota became the ‘Fastest Indian to do Dual Summit’ after she completed the
summit of two peaks of Mt Elbrus (5,642 mts) in Russia and Kilimanjaro peak (5,895 mts)
in Tanzania (Africa).
Statewise/Organisation/Project/Others
NOVEMBER 2021
 Ministry of Earth Science, launched India’s 1st Manned Ocean Mission ‘Samudrayan’ from the National
Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
 West Bengal, has launched India’s first of its kind Whatsapp chat bot dedicated to facilitate the citizens
of West Bengal to apply for a ration card, lodge grievances and get access to other critical resources.
 The Indian Oil Corp (IOC) will set up India’s first mega-scale Maleic Anhydride Plant with an outlay
of Rs 3,681 crore to manufacture value-added chemical products at its Panipat refinery and petroleum
complex (PRPC) in Haryana.
 India’s 1st Centre for Excellence in Research on Drone/UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) technology
and Artificial Intelligence launched at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati, Assam.
 India’s first ‘grass conservatory’ or ‘germplasm conservation centre’ spread over an area of 2 acres was
inaugurated at Ranikhet in Almora district of Uttarakhand.
 India’s first Digital Food Museum inaugurated in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu (TN). It is 1,860-sqft museum
co-developed by Food Corporation of India (FCI) and Visvesvaraya Industrial and Technological
Museums, Bengaluru (Karnataka) with an estimated outlay of Rs 1.1 crore.
 India’s first-of-its kind, dedicated business incubator known as LINAC-NCDC Fisheries Business
Incubation Centre (LlFlC) launched in Gurugram, Haryana. The LlFlC is built at a cost of 3.23 crore to
nurture fisheries start-ups under real market-led conditions.
 Maharashtra’s Hingoli revenue department allotted 225 hectares of land at Dudhala in Aundha Nagnath
town for setting-up India’s 1st Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) project.
OCTOBER 2021
 British satellite operator Inmarsat Holdings Ltd is the first foreign operator to get India’s approval to
sell high-speed broadband to planes and shipping vessels.
 Radio over Internet Protocol (ROIP) System at Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port, Kolkata (SMP, Kolkata),
West Bengal (WB) was inaugurated for the first time in any Major Indian Port.
 Maharashtra became India’s first state to pass its own Wildlife Action Plan(2021-2030), which will be
implemented over the next 10 years.
 Union Minister of Power & New and Renewable Energy, 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.
 India’s 1st State government owned Wildlife DNA testing analysis laboratory at Regional Forensic
Science Laboratory (RFSL) in Nagpur, Maharashtra.
 For the first time, Government brought Potash Derived from Molasses (PDM) under the Nutrient
Based Subsidy (NBS) scheme to reduce India’s dependence on mineral-based potash. This Fertilizer is
known as PDM-0:0:14.5:0.
 India’s 1st ‘One Health’ consortium launched to carry out surveillance of important bacterial, viral and
parasitic infections of zoonotic as well as transboundary pathogens.
 Telangana has developed the country’s first smartphone-based e-voting solution‘TSEC eVote’. It will
be tested in a dummy election also, and a dry run will be held in the Khammam district of Telangana.
 India’s 1st Atal Community Innovation Center (ACIC) launched at Vivekananda Global University
(VGU), Jaipur, Jagatpura, Rajasthan.
 The Ministry of Railways announced that the new 2.05 km Pamban railway bridge in Mandapam will
be completed by March 2022.It will be India’s first vertical lift railway bridge over the sea.
 India’s 1 and world’s 3 ropeway for public transport (~5 km) was proposed to be constructed in the
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 India’s 1st ‘Sports Arbitration Centre of India’ (SACI) in Gujarat. The SACI will serve as an independent
body to redress the disputes in the sports sector and expand the country’s sports sector.
 Goa gov launched ‘Save Water to Get Free Water’ scheme under which state households will not be
charged for water consumption up to 16,000 litres.
 Haryana become the first state in the country to install off-grid solar pumps under the Pradhan
Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha Evam UttanMahabhiyan (PM KUSUM).So far,
 Tamil Nadu announced the plan to establish India’s first-ever Dugong (also known as Sea
cows) Conservation Reserve in the marine region of Palk Bay, in the southern coastal region of Tamil
Nadu.
 India’s 1 Indigenously Designed High Ash Coal Gasification Based Methanol Production Plant was
st
inaugurated in Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL), R&D centre at Hyderabad, Telangana.
 Union Minister JyotiradityaScindia, Ministry of Civil Aviation launched ‘Medicines from the Sky
(MFTS)’ in Vikarabad district of Telangana to send medicines to primary healthcare centres using
drones.
 Vodafone Idea Limited(VIL) partnered with the Andhra Pradesh State Disaster Management
Agency(APSDMA) and Celltick, to launch India’s 1st cell broadcasting Public Warning System (PWS).
 Tata Steel Limited becomes India’s first steel company to commission a 5 tonnes per day (TPD)
Carbon Capture and Utilisation (CCU) plant at its Jamshedpur (Jharkhand) Works with the
technological support from Carbon Clean.
AUGUST 2021
 India’s first smog tower launched in Delhi as a pilot project by the Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal at
Baba Kharak Marg, Connaught Place.It was developed by IIT-Delhi and IIT- Bombay.
 Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel recognized Community Forest Resource Rights in an urban area,
making it the first state in India to do so.
 Karnataka government become the 1st state in India to issue an order on the
implementationof National Education Policy (NEP) – 2020 from the current academic year 2021-2022.
• Karnataka become the first state in the country to provide 1% horizontal reservation for the
transgender in each category of general, Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST) and
Other Backward Classes (OBC) for all government services.
 Titagarh Wagons Ltd displayed its first train for Pune Metro (Maharashtra) which was manufactured by
its subsidiary in Italy (Europe), TitagarhFiremaSpA Plant. It will be India’s first lightest metro trainset
as it is being manufactured with Aluminium for the first time in our country.
 The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) has declared Indore, Madhya Pradesh ,as the 1st
‘water plus’ city of India.
 Odisha is all set to launch India’s first ‘Smart Health Cards scheme’ covering its 3.5 crore people of 96
lakh families under the Biju Swasthya Kalyan Yojana. This Cards is to provide hassle-free quality
treatment at the best available health care facilities.
 Uttarakhand launched India’s 1st Earthquake Early Warning (EEW) Mobile App ‘Uttarakhand
Bhookamp Alert’ for alerting its people about the onset of earthquakes. The app has been developed
by IIT-Roorkee (IITR).
 IIT (Indian Institute of Technology) Madras developed India’s 1st indigenous motorised wheelchair
vehicle, NeoBolt, which could be used even on uneven terrains (land). The maximum speed of NeoBolt is
about 25 kmph and it travels up to 25 km per charge.
 ReNewPowerbecome the first Indian renewable energy company to get listed on the NASDAQ, an
American stock exchange based in New York, USA.
 Ohmium India Private Limited sets up Green Hydrogen Electrolyser manufacturing Gigafactory in
Bengaluru, Karnataka. This is India’s 1st Green Hydrogen (H2) Electrolyser unit.
JULY 2021
 Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) in partnership with Intel India launched the 1st of its
kind research initiative called ‘Fund for Industrial Research Engagement (FIRE)’ to advance deep
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 India’s 1st Grain ATM called ‘Automated, Multi Commodity, Grain Dispensing Machine’ has been
installed in Farrukhnagar, Gurugram district, Haryana.
 India’s 1st Cryptogamic Garden which has nearly 50 species of Lichens, Ferns and Fungi was
inaugurated at Deoban area of Dehradun district, Uttarakhand.
 India’s first indigenous Autonomous Drone Defence Dome (AD3) namely ‘Indrajaal’ developed by
Grene Robotics, a Hyderabad (Telangana) based company into building autonomous technologies.
 A first fintech cohort of AIM-iLEAP (Innovative leadership for entrepreneurial agility and profitability)
was concluded and organized by Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) of NITI Aayog in collaboration with
Startup Réseau and Visa through a series of thematic virtual demo.
 India’s first FASTag/UPI based cashless parking facilitywas launched by Delhi Metro Rail
Corporation (DMRC) at the Kashmere Gate Metro Station, the only triple-interchange station of DMRC.
 Google India became the 1st technology company to publish a transparency report under the new
‘Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules.
 India’s 1st Private LNG Facility plantwas inaugurated by Union Minister for Road Transport &
Highways Nitin Gadkari at Nagpur, Maharashtra.
 India’s 1st Green Hydrogen Mobility project to set up in Ladakh by NTPC Renewable Energy Ltd
(NTPC REL) along with Union Territory of Ladakh.
 NTPC Renewable Energy Ltd (NTPC REL) received an approval to set up India’s single largest Solar
Park, 4750 MW (megawatt) renewable energy park at Rann of Kutch in Khavada, Gujarat
 India’s 1st Pod taxi service to be launched in Uttar Pradesh (UP) between the upcoming ‘Noida
International Airport’(NIA) (Jewar airport) and the proposed ‘Film city’ in Uttar Pradesh (UP).
 India’s 1st ‘Green Hydrogen’ plantat Mathura refinery, Uttar Pradesh (UP)by Indian Oil Corporation
(IOC) .
 Maharashtra became the 1st state in India to implement a blockchain-based educational document
registry, and around the globe, India (Maharashtra Government) became the 4th country to achieve such
registry after Malta, Singapore, and Bahrain.
 Punjab became the 1st State in India to launch SOHUM – Automated Auditory Brainstem Response
System (AABR) under Universal Newborn Hearing Screening Programme.
 The High Court (HC) of Gujarat became the first court of India to formally start live streaming of
proceedings on its YouTube channel to ensure transparency and openness in the Indian judiciary.
 Odisha laumched the ‘Sujal -Drink-from-Tap’ project in Puri, the coastal city in Odisha to
provide 24×7 piped pure drinking water.
JUNE 2021
 Research Designs & Standards Organization (RDSO) became the 1st Indian Institution to be
recognised as a Standard Developing Organization (SDO), under Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) SDO
Recognition Scheme. SDO recognition is a key part of India’s “One Nation One Standard” mission.
 Gujarat Maritime Board (GMB) set up India’s 1st international maritime services cluster at GIFT City
in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
 Punjab becomes the first state in India to initiate the usage of Electronic Identity Cards
(eIDs) equipped with Near Field Communication (NFC) technology for Government employees.
 India’s 1st Voltage Source Convertor (VSC) basedHigh Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) electricity
transmission system Monopole-I of the ± 320 kV, 2000 MW, Pugalur (Tamil Nadu) – Thrissur (Kerala)
commissioned by Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (PGCIL)
 Tata Motors and Tata Power jointly inaugurated India’s solar carport at the Tata Motors car plant in
Chikhali, Pune, Maharashtra
 Goa became the First Rabies-Free State in India as it has not reported a single rabies case in the last
three years.
 Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) Prakash Javadekar released the
Detailed Project Reports (DPRs) of Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) based survey of forest areas
for 10 states. The survey is the 1st of its kind in India which uses LiDAR technology.
MAY 2021
 India’s 1st City-wide Environmental Surveillance Platform named ‘Precision Health Platform’
launched by Karnataka in Bengaluru.
 India’s 1st Agriculture Export Facilitation Center (AEFC)has launchedbyMahratta Chamber of
Commerce Industries & Agriculture (MCCIA) along with National Bank for Agriculture and Rural
Development (NABARD) in Pune, Maharashtra.

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 Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) stated that India’s 1st Radioisotope Production (reactor) and
processing facility complex will be built on Public Private Partnership (PPP) Model.
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MARCH 2021
 India’s first company to buy cargo from the oil producers of Guyana said to be HPCL-Mittal Energy
Limited (HMEL), a joint venture between state-run Hindustan Petroleum Corp and steel tycoon L.N.
Mittal.
 Bihar is set to become India’s 1st State to have 2 Green Energy Efficient
townsnamelyRajgir&BodhGaya.
 Bihar Becomes 1st State in India to implement ‘Ethanol Production Promotion Policy 2021’.
 India’s 1st Govt. run Ambulance Veterinary Clinic network set-up in Andhra Pradesh
 India’s 1st portal for Farmers- Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath launched India’s first UPFPO (Uttar
Pradesh Farmer Producer Organization) Shakti Portal as part of the Kisan Kalyan Mission in Gorakhpur,
UP.
 India’s 1st ‘Transgender Community Desk’ launched in Gachibowli Police Station, Hyderabad,
Telangana by Cyberabad Police chief VC Sajjanar.
 India’s 1st World Skill Center(WSC) inaugurated in Odisha by its state Chief Minister, Naveen
Patnaik at Mancheswar, Bhubaneswar with the cost of Rs 1342.2crore.
 India’s 1st Grade Separated Urban Expressway ‘Dwarka Expressway’ will be expected to complete
before 2022 Independence Day of India.Itconnects Dwarka in Delhi to Gurugram,Haryana.
FEBRUARY 2021
 India’s First Fisheries Hub will be set up in Goa an investment of INR 400 Crore.
 India’s 1st Undersea Tunnel ,Two undersea tunnels are under construction in Mumbai city, as a part
Mumbai’s Coastal Road Project which will come to operation by 2023.
 “Carbon Watch”- Union Territory of Chandigarh and the joint capital of Punjab and Haryana became
the first state/UT to launch “Carbon Watch”, a mobile application to assess the carbon footprint of
individual users.
 Asia’s biggest cattle park inaugurated byTamil Nadu Chief Minister(CM) Edappadi K Palaniswami,a
Advanced Institute for Integrated Research on Livestock and Animal Sciences (AIIRLAS) in Thalaivasal,
Salem district.
 India’s first Digital University, Kerala University of Digital Sciences, Innovation and Technology
(KUDSIT) was launched by Government of Kerala in Thiruvananthapuram by upgrading its two-decade
old Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management Kerala (IIITM-K).
 India’s first highway 210 kilometres long Delhi-Dehradun Expressway is all set to become India’s first
highway with 12 km long elevated corridor for the protection of wildlife as it will pass through pristine
forest areas. It will also be Asia’s largest wildlife corridor.
 India’s 1st ever Geothermal Field Development Project is set to be established by Union Territory
(UT) Administration of Ladakh, Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC)-Leh and Oil
and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) Energy Centre.
 India’s 1st Centre for Wetland Conservation and Management (CWCM) will be established by
Minister of State for Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change (MoEFCC), Babul Supriyoat
Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
 India’s first Amputee Clinic, “PGI Amputee Clinic” in Chandigarh was launched by Postgraduate
Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER).
 First e-cabinet Jai Ram Thakur, Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh inaugurated this e-cabinet at
Shimla. Himachal Pradesh became the first state to implement e-cabinet and make the end-to-end
processing of cabinets paperless.
 India’s first thunderstorm research testbeds is set to established by India Meteorological
Department (IMD) at Balasore, Odisha.

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JANUARY 2021
 India’s Longest Steel Arch Bridge ‘Wahrew Bridge’ inaugurated by Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad
Sangma at Tharia Village in Meghalaya.
 India’s 1st Air Taxi Service inaugurated byHaryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar from Chandigarh to Hisar
airport in Haryana under Regional Connectivity Scheme – UdeDesh Ka Aam Nagrik (RCS-UDAN).
 India’s First Labour Movement Museum which showcases the history of the World Labour
Movement is set to be launched in Kerala’s houseboat tourism hub, Alappuzha, Kerala with a budget of
INR 9.95 crores.
 India’s first ‘Fire Park’ - Chief Minister of Odisha, Naveen Patnaik virtually inaugurated at
Bhubaneshwar, Odisha.
 India’s first ‘Driverless Metro Car’ - Rajnath Singh, MoD unveiled India’s first indigenously designed
India’s first ‘Driverless Metro Car at BEML manufacturing facility in Bengaluru, Karnataka.
 Migrant Worker Cell- Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan Inaugurated India’s 1st of its kind Migrant
Worker Cell at Surat, Gujarat.
 Union Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan released India’s first and the world’s largest Longitudinal Ageing
Study in India (LASI) Wave-1 Report 2020 for designing national and state level programmes and
policies for ageing population in India.
♦ Covered elderly persons aged 60 and above and oldest-old persons aged 75 and above from all
States and Union Territories (UTs) of India.
♦ The state of Sikkim has not been covered under this survey.
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OCTOBER 2021
 Mansukh LaxmanbhaiMandaviya, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoH&FW) launched a
delivery model namely ‘ICMR’s Drone Response and Outreach in North East (i-Drone)’. This is for
the first time that a ‘Make in India’ drone has been used in South Asia to transport COVID-19 vaccine
 AirAsia India has become the first Airbus operator in the world to start Taxibot services with
passengers on board with a modified Airbus fleet.
SEPTEMBER 2021
Maharashtra launched the first ever Climate Action Plan (CAP) for Mumbai which become the first South
Asian city to launch CAP to ensure better planning and growth for climate resilient infrastructure and
mitigation efforts.
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Union Minister Prakash Kehav Javadekar, Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises (MoHI&PE)
virtually inaugurated Asia’s longest and world’s 5th largest 11.3 km NATRAX (National Automotive Test
Tracks) High-Speed Track (HST) in India’s Pithampur district of Indore, Madhya Pradesh.
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MAY 2021
‘Jupitice Justice Technologies’ from Chandigarh has developed World’s 1st Private Digital Court (with
Blockchain & Artificial Intelligence) to resolve disputes under the Private Justice System through Alternative
Dispute Resolution Mechanisms (ADR).
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 India has become the first country in the world to identify the need for action for NAFLD (Non-Alcoholic
Fatty Liver Disease).
 Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) is developing a first of its kind in the world, futuristic high
altitude unmanned pseudo satellite namely Combined Air Teaming System (CATS) with a start-up
company.
JANUARY 2021
 World’s 1st Quantum Computing Applications Labtobe set up byMinistry of Electronics &
Information Technology (MeitY) has partnered with Amazon Web Services (AWS).
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NOVEMBER 2021
 Barbados, a Caribbean island nation, is set to become the first sovereign nation to host its Embassy,
the world’s first virtual-reality embassy, on the Metaverse.
OCTOBER 2021
 German rail operator Deutsche Bahn and industrial group Siemens unveiled the world’s first
automated, driverless train in the city of Hamburg, Germany
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JUNE 2021
 Google announced its plan of connecting the United States of America (USA) with South American
countries by constructing World’s longest subsea cable named as “Firmina” honouring Brazil’s 1st poet
‘Maria Firmina dos Reis’.
MAY 2021
 China issued a total ban on synthetic cannabinoids, thus becoming the world’s first country to ban all
synthetic cannabinoid substances.
APRIL 2021
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MARCH 2021
 In a World-first trial, a Japan-Australia venture has started to produce Hydrogen from Brown Coal in
the state of Victoria, Australia.
FEBRUARY 2021
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JANUARY 2021
 Japan’s Sumitomo Forestry company and Kyoto University of Japan is all set to launch the world’s first
wood-based space satellite by 2023 to combat the problem of space junk.
TARGET
2022
 Target – Housing for all by Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Grameen (PMAY-G) scheme by 2022.
 Government set target to achieve 75 lakh SHGs by the year 2022.
 MoTA: The Nine ‘Tribal Freedom Fighters’ Museums to Recognise the Tribal Freedom Fighters will be
Completed by 2022.
 India’s Renewable Energy capacity in India is 136 GigaWatts (GW) & by 2022, the share is expected to
further increase to over 220 GW.
 NHPC to commission 2, 000 MW Hydropower project on Subansiri River by March 2022.

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2023
 1st-of-its-kind Katra-Delhi Express Road Corridor to be completed by 2023.
 Indian Railways- to electrify all broad-gauge routes by December 2023.
 Maldives & Sri Lanka - 1st two countries in South-East Asia to eliminate Rubella and measles ahead of
2023 target: WHO.
 Total Installed Wind and Solar PV capacity will surpass natural gas in 2023 and coal in 2024.
2024
 The Government of India has set a target to increase the number of Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya
Janaushadhi Kendras (PMBJKs) to 10,000 across the country by March 2024.
 MoTA: The Nine ‘Tribal Freedom Fighters’ Museums to Recognise the Tribal Freedom Fighters will be
Completed by 2022.
 Indian Railways- set a target to run entire railway network with 100% of electricity by 2024.
 Ministry of Road Transport & Highways (MoRTH)sets a target to reduce road accident deaths by 50%
by 2024.
 The government of India has set a target to increase the number of Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya
JanaushadhiKendras(PMBJKs) to 10000 by March 2024.
2025
 Government has brought forward the target year for achieving 20 percent ethanol-blending with
petrol by 2 years to April 2023 from 2025
 Government targets 17 MillionTonnes of Mustard Production by 2025-26
 Govt will achieve goal of a tuberculosis free India by 2025.India has set an ambitious goal to achieve
“End Tuberculosis” by reducing the incidence of new TB cases by 80% by 2025.
 India comprises only 12% of digitally skilled employees and the Digitally skilled workforce of India
has to increase to 9 fold by 2025.
 5% blending of biodiesel in diesel by 2025 & Talcher coal gasification-based plant will be India’s first
coal gasification-based fertilizer plant with pet coke blending.
 Government aims to increase the public health expenditure to 2.5% of GDP by 2025.
 Govt plans to double Milk processing capacity to 108 million MT by 2025.
 According to the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) report, Renewables 2020 – Analysis and
Forecast to 2025,Renewable will overtake coal to become the largest source of electricity generation
worldwide in 2025 (one-third of world’s electricity supply).
 The debt platform is expected to raise enough resources to extend debt support of Rs.1,10,000 crore
to projects by 2025.
2027
 Indian Railways to launch 1st set of private trains by 2023, all 151 by 2027.
2030
 India has launched a National Action Plan for dog Mediated Rabies Elimination by 2030 (NAPRE) for
the elimination of dog mediated rabies by 2030.
 India aims to Achieve Zero Road Fatalities by 2030.
 India to have 60% Renewable Energy by 2030.
 Indian Railways Set to Meet All its Energy Need of Over 33 Billion Units by 2030.
 1 trillion trees will be conserved by 2030 by World Economic Forum (WEF) to combat climate change
through 1t.org.
 India’s Target – 450 GW of Renewable Energy capacity by 2030.
 According to the International Labour Organization (ILO), India is staring at 29 million skill deficit by
2030.
 India needs an Investment of USD 500 Billion to reach its target of 450 Gigawatts (GW) of Renewable
Energy (RE) by 2030.
 Ending the TB epidemic by 2030 is among the health targets of the United Nations Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs).
 United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) High-Level Meeting (HLM) approved a declaration to end
AIDS by 2030.
 The World Health Organisation (WHO) targets to end TB globally by 2030.
2032
 NTPC Ltd target to install 60 GW (or 60,000 MW) of renewable energy capacity (wind and solar)
by 2032

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2050
 ReNew Power, a Clean Energy firm of India has pledged to achieve net-zero emission by 2050.
NATIONAL AFFAIRS
CABINET APPROVALS
NOVEMBER 2021
 The Ministry of Finance approved an 8.5% interest rate on Provident Fund (PF) deposits for 2020-21
(FY21).
 The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) approved the establishment of Rajya Sainik Board for the Union
Territory (UT) of Ladakh responsible for welfare and resettlement of 60,000 ex-servicemen, war widows,
widows, non-combatants, serving personnel, including their dependents.
 Cabinet Approvals on November 17, 2021

On November 17, 2021, the Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved several
initiatives. They are
 Cabinet has approved a project to provide 4G based mobile services in the 7,287 uncovered villages
of 44 Aspirational Districts across 5 States of Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Maharashtra,
and Odisha at an estimated cost of implementation about Rs 6,466 crore including operational expenses
for 5 years.
 Cabinet approved the proposals by the Union Rural Development Ministry for continuation of
the PMGSY-I and PMGSY-II up to September 2022 to complete road and bridge works. .….Click here
for more detail..
 Cabinet Approvals on November 10, 2021

On November 10, 2021, the Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved several
 Cabinet approved the declaration of November 15 as ‘Janjatiya Gaurav Divas’ to mark the birth
anniversary of tribal leader and freedom fighter Sri Birsa Munda.
 Cabinet approved restoration and continuation of the Member of Parliament Local Area Development
Scheme (MPLADS), the remaining part of Financial Year 2021-22 and up to Financial Year 2025-26 co-
terminus with the period of 15th Finance Commission which was suspended in April 2020 due to COVID-19.
 Cabinet approved for fixing higher ethanol prices derived from different sugarcane-based raw materials
under the EBP (Ethanol Blended Petrol) Programme for the forthcoming sugar season 2021-22 during
Ethanol Supply Year (ESY) 2021-22 from 1st December 2021 to 30th November 2022.
 The CCEA approved the committed price support of Rs 17,408.85 crore to the Cotton Corporation of
India (CCI) for 7 cotton seasons from 2014-15 to 2020-21 (i.e. up to September 30, 2021).
 Cabinet has approved reservation norms under the Jute Packaging Material Act (JPM Act) for
making mandatory use of jute in packaging for the Jute Year 2021-22 (1st July 2021 to 30th
June, 2022). .….Click here for more detail..
OCTOBER 2021
 Union Minister of Power and Ministry of New & Renewable Energy R K Singh approved certain guidelines
over the provisions of National Tariff Policy, 2016 and enabled imported coal-based plants (having
sufficient coal) to operate and sell the un-requisitioned power in the power exchange.
 Union government approves Oil and Gas Projects worth Rs 1 lakh Crore for Northeast India and are
expected to be completed by 2025.
 Cabinet Approvals on October 21, 2021

On October 21, 2021, the Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved several

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 Cabinet cleared the ‘PM GatiShakti – National Master Plan (NMP) for Multi-Modal Connectivity’ to
economic zones. This approval comes after a week when the PM launched Rs 100 Lakh cr Gati Shakti
NMP for Infrastructure Development from New Delhi.
 Cabinet also approved a proposal to hike Dearness Allowance (DA) of the central government
employees and pensioners by 3%.….Click here for more detail..

On October 12, 2021, the Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved several
 Cabinet approved the continuation of Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban) till 2025-26 with an outlay of Rs
1,41,600 crores w.e.f October 1, 2021. It will be regarded as SBM-Urban 2.0 with aim of ‘Garbage Free’
Urban India.
 Cabinet also approved the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation 2.0 (AMRUT 2.0) till
2025-26 with an outlay of Rs 2,77,000 crore. It aims to make cities ‘water secure’ and ‘self-sustainable’
through circular economy of water.
 Cabinet cleared the proposal of affiliation of 100 schools, including both private and public, with the
Sainik School Society, under the Ministry of Defence (MoD).
 Cabinet approved the proposal of the Department of Fertilizers for fixation of Nutrient Based Subsidy
(NBS) Rates for P&K Fertilizers for the year 2021-22(from 1st October, 2021 to 31st March, 2022)with
an outlay of 28,602 crore. ….Click here for more detail..

On October 6, 2021, the Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved several initiatives.
They are
 Cabinet approved the Productivity Linked Bonus (PLB) for FY2020-21 that is equivalent to 78 days’
wages. The maximum amount payable per eligible railway employee is 17,951 for 78 days.
 Union Cabinet approved the setting up of 7 Mega Integrated Textile Region and Apparel (PM MITRA)
parks with a total outlay of Rs 4,445 crore for five years period. .….Click here for more detail..
 Cabinet Approvals on September 29, 2021

On September 29, 2021, the Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved several
 The government approved the continuation of the National Export Insurance Account (NEIA) scheme
with the contribution of Grant-in-aid of Rs 1,650 Crore over a period of 5 years, i.e. from FY22 to FY26.
 The cabinet approved the doubling of the Nimach-Ratlam railway line in Madhya Pradesh at a total
estimated cost of Rs 1,095.88 crore and completion cost is Rs.1,184.67 crore.
 The Union Cabinet approved the doubling of the Rajkot-Kanalus railway line in Gujarat at a total
estimated cost of Rs 1,080.58 crore and its escalated / completion cost is Rs.1,168.13 crore
 The Cabinet approved the listing of ECGC (Export Credit Guarantee Corporation Ltd.), an unlisted
Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSE) through the Initial Public Offer (IPO) on the Stock Exchange
under the SEBI’s (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2018.
 The Government approved capital infusion of Rs 4,400 crore to ECGC Ltd. (formerly known as Export
Credit Guarantee Corporation of India Ltd.) over a period of 5 years, i.e. from FY22 to FY26.
 Cabinet has approved renaming the Mid-Day Meal Scheme into PM POSHAN (Pradhan Mantri
POshanSHAktiNirman).The scheme was approved with a financial outlay of Rs 54,062 crore from the
Central Government and Rs 31,733 crore from State Governments and Union Territory
administrations.….Click here for more detail..
SEPTEMBER 2021
 Cabinet approved a government guarantee of up to Rs 30600 crore to back Security Receipts (SRs) for 5
years that will be issued by National Asset Reconstruction Company (NARCL).

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 Cabinet approved 9 structural reforms and 5 procedural reforms along with relief measures for the
Telecom Service Providers to escalate the penetration of broadband and telecom connectivity in India.
 Cabinet approved Production-linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme for Automobile Industry and Drone
Industry with a budgetary outlay of Rs 26,058 crore.
 Cabinet approved the MoU between the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) and the
Department of Civil Protection of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers of Italy on Cooperation in
the field of Disaster Risk Reduction and Management….Click here for more detail..

 Cabinet extended the production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme to the textiles sector to cover and
promote textiles for MMF (man-made fibre) apparel, MMF fabrics and ten segments of technical textiles
with an outlay of Rs 10,683 crore over a span for 5 years
 Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved the increase in the Minimum Support
Prices (MSP) for all mandated Rabi crops for Rabi Marketing Season (RMS) 2022-23.
 MSPs for all Rabi crops for marketing season 2022-23 (In Rs./quintal)
Increase in
MSP for RMS MSP for RMS Cost* of production MSP Return over cost (in
Crops 2021-22 2022-23 2022-23 (Absolute) per cent)
Wheat 1975 2015 1008 40 100
Barley 1600 1635 1019 35 60
Gram 5100 5230 3004 130 74
Lentil
(Masur) 5100 5500 3079 400 79
Rapeseed &
Mustard 4650 5050 2523 400 100
Safflower 5327 5441 3627 114 50
 Cabinet approved the procurement of 56 C-295MW transport aircraft from Airbus Defence and Space
S.A., Spain for the Indian Air Force (IAF) which will replace its ageing Avro aircraft with it.
Cabinet Approval with Other Countries:
 Cabinet has approved the signing of an agreement between India and Portugal on the recruitment of
Indian citizens to work in Portugal.
 Cabinet has approved the signing of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Institute of
Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) & The Chamber of Auditors of the Republic of Azerbaijan (CAAR).
 Cabinet has approved the signing of MoU on cooperation in the field of Geosciences between the Joint
Stock Company Rosgeologia and the Geological Survey of India (GSI), Ministry of Mines, Government
of India…………………….Click here for more detail..
AUGUST 2021
 Cabinet Approvals on August25, 2021
On August 25, 2021, the Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved several initiatives.
They are
 Cabinet approved the highest ever fair and remunerative price (FRP) of Rs 290 per quintal (qtl) at
a recovery rate of 10% for sugarcane farmers for sugar season 2021-22 (October – September).
 CCEA approved Rs 15,000-crore foreign direct investment (FDI) proposal of Anchorage Infrastructure
Investment Holding Ltd for the investment in the infrastructure and the construction-development
sectors.

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 Cabinet also approved the MoU between Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI)
and Institute of Professional Accountants of Russia (IPAR).Click here for more detail..

They are
 Cabinet approved the ratification of the Kigali Amendment for phase-down of
Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) by India under the Montreal Protocol to prevent greenhouse gas emission.
 Cabinet approved the launch of the ‘National Mission on Edible Oils – Oil Palm’ (NMEO-OP) as a
new Centrally Sponsored Scheme with a financial outlay of Rs 11,040 crore .
 Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved a revival package of Rs 77.45 crore for the
revival of North Eastern Regional Agricultural Marketing Corporation (NERAMAC) Limited.
 Cabinet approved the signing of a MoU between Permanent Mission of India (PMI) to the WTO (World
Trade Organization), Centre for Trade and Investment Law (CTIL) of the Indian Institute of Foreign
Trade, and Centre for Trade and Economic Integration (CTEI) within The Graduate Institute of
International and Development Studies, Geneva.
 Cabinet approved the MoU between the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), India and
the GARDP (Global Antibiotic Research and Development Partnership) Foundation on Antimicrobial
Resistance Research and Innovation, Switzerland.
 Cabinet notified the MoU signed between the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and Foundation
for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND), Switzerland in February 2021 to strengthen the scientific and
technological collaboration.Click here for more detail..

They are
 Cabinet approved the continuation of 1023 FTSCs including 389 exclusive POCSO (Protection of Children
from Sexual Offences) Courts as a Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) for 2 years from April 2021 to
March 2023. A Financial outlay of Rs 1572.86 crore has been allocated.
 Cabinet approved the extension of the revised Samagra Shiksha Scheme for 5 years i.e., from FY22 to
FY26 (2021-22 to 2025-26). A total of Rs 2,94,283.04 crore has been allocated for the scheme.
 Cabinet approved MoU between the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST) and The Delft
University of Technology (TU Delft), the Netherlands for academic programmes and research in Science
and Technology.Click here for more detail..
JULY 2021
 Union cabinetgivenapproval for the formation of a Central University in the Union Territory (UT)
of Ladakh with a project cost of Rs 750 crore.
 Cabinet Approvals on July 28, 2021

On July 28, 2021, the Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved several initiatives.
They are
 Cabinet approved a multilateral MoU signed between the International Financial Services Centres
Authority (IFSCA), International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO), and International
Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS).
 Government approved the Limited Liability Partnership (Amendment) Bill, 2021 which amends the
Limited Liability Partnership Act (LLP), 2008.
 Cabinet approved the Creation of 2 New Posts – One judicial member and one administrative for Jammu
and Srinagar benches of Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT)
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They are

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 Cabinet approved the establishment of the 1st ‘Integrated Multi-purpose infrastructure Development
Corporation’ for the Union Territory (UT) of Ladakh.
 To increase the production and minimise the imports of ‘value-added steel/Speciality Steel’, the cabinet
has approved the PLI Scheme.
 Cabinet has approved a proposal to allow 100 percent FDI under automatic route in oil and gas public
sector unit (PSU).

They are
 Cabinet approved the 11th Extension of term of the Commission constituted under Article 340 by 6
months beyond 31st July 2021 and up to 31st January 2022.
 The Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) extended for 5 years from April 1, 2021 – March 31, 2026 at a total
cost of INR 9000 crore (Central’s Share – INR 5357 crore).
 Cabinet approved the increase of Dearness Allowance (DA) to Central Government employees and
Dearness Relief (DR) to Pensions to 28%, which is an increase of 11% compared to existing rate of 17% of
the Basic Pay/Pension.
 Cabinet approved an INR 1624 crore subsidy scheme for a period of 5 years to Indian shipping companies
in global tenders floated by Ministries & Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) for import of
Government Cargo.
 Cabinet approved the continuation of National AYUSH Mission (NAM) as a Centrally Sponsored Scheme
from April 1, 2021 to March 31, 2026 with a financial implication of INR 4607.30 crore
 The nomenclature & mandate of North Eastern Institute of Folk Medicine (NEIFM) has been changed as
North Eastern Institute of Ayurveda & Folk Medicine Research (NEIAFMR).
 Cabinet approved the continuation of the Rebate of State and Central Taxes and Levies (RoSCTL) on
exports of Apparel/Garment and Made-ups with the same rates as notified by the Ministry of Textiles. It
has been extended till 31st March 2024.
 Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved the implementation of the Livestock sector
package worth INR 54,618 crore.
Cabinet Approvals on Foreign Countries:

 Cabinet has approved the MoU signed between the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, India & Ministry
of Health of Denmark on Cooperation in the field of Health and Medicine.
 Cabinet has approved the MoU between the Ministry of Steel, India & Ministry of Energy, Russia
on cooperation regarding coking coal, which is used for Steel making.
 Cabinet Approvals on July8, 2021

On July 8, 2021, the Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved several initiatives. They
are
 The newly approved scheme ‘India COVID-19 Emergency Response & Health System Preparedness
Package: Phase-II (ECRP-II)’ will be implemented at a total cost of INR 23,123 crore from July 1,2021 to
March 31, 2022.
 The MoC signed between the Competition Commission of India (CCI) & Japan Fair Trade Commission
(JFTC) was approved by the Cabinet.
 The MoU between Institute of Cost Accountants of India (ICoAI) and the Association of Chartered
Certified Accountants (ACCA), UK was approved by the union cabinet.
 The Union Cabinet had approved the modifications in the Central Sector Scheme of Financing Facility of
the 1 Lakh crore worth ‘Agriculture Infrastructure Fund (AIF)’.
 Cabinet Approvals on June30, 2021

On June 30, 2021, the Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved several initiatives.
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 The last date for registration of beneficiaries for availing the benefit under AtmaNirbharRojgar Yojana
(ABRY) has been extended from 30th June, 2021 to 31st March, 2022.
 Approved the Loan Guarantee Scheme for COVID-19 Affected Sectors (LGSCAS), which enables funding of
up to INR 50,000 crore for providing financial guarantee cover for brownfield expansion and greenfield
projects related to health/medical infrastructure.
 Approved the Reforms-based and Results-Linked ‘Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme’, which aims to
improve the operational efficiencies and financial sustainability of DISCOM (Distribution Company
(India)) in the Power sector (not applicable to private DISCOMS).The scheme will be available till 2025-
26 and is worth INR 3.03 Lakh crore (Central Fund – 97,000 crore).
 Approved to a MoU signed between Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), India and the Nepal
Health Research Council (NHRC), Nepal.
 Approved the MoU between Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), India and the Department of
Medical Research (DMR), Ministry of Health and Sports, Myanmar.
 Approved the signing of an MoU between the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public
Grievances, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Government of India and the Public
Service Commission, Office of the President of the Gambia on Refurbishing Personnel Administration and
Governance Reforms.
JUNE 2021
 Cabinet Approvals on June 2, 2021
On May 12, 2021, the Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved several initiatives.
They are
 Approves the Model Tenancy Act.It will provide the much-required boost to Rental Housing in India.
 Union Cabinet had Signed & Ratified Agreement on “Cooperation in the field of Mass Media” between all
the Member States of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO).
 Approved Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) between Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs,
Government of India and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Government
of Japan in the field of Sustainable Urban Development inline with the existing MoU of 2007 on Urban
Development.
 Approves the MoU signed between the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA), Government
of India and Ministry of National Planning, Housing and Infrastructure, Government
of Maldives on cooperation in the field of Sustainable Urban Development.
 Approves the MoU to be signed between the Ministry of Mines, Government of India and the Secretariat
of Mining Policy of the Ministry of Productive Development of the Argentine Republic in the field of
Mineral Resource Cooperation….Click here for full detail…

On June 9, 2021, the Union Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi granted approval to several new
 Cabinet approved the allotment of 5 MHz (Megahertz) Spectrum in 700 MHz frequency band to Indian
Railways (IR) under the ‘AtmaNirbhar Bharat’ mission.
 Cabinet approved the proposal of the Department of Fertilizers for extension of applicability of New
Investment Policy (NIP)-2012 for the Ramagundam Fertilizers and Chemicals Limited (RFCL).
 Cabinet approved the increase in Minimum Support Prices (MSPs) for all mandated Kharif crops for
marketing season 2021-22….Click here for more detail…
 Union Cabinet approved a plan for the restructuring of the 246-year-old Ordnance Factory Board
(OFB) which has 41 factories, into 7 fully government owned corporate entities on the lines of Defence
Public Sector Undertakings (DPSU).

 The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approvals to the proposals of Ministry of Earth
Sciences (MoES) & Department of Fertilizers. They are,
 1.Proposal of the MoES for Deep Ocean Mission.

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Proposal of the Department of Fertilizers for fixation of Nutrient Based Subsidy Rates (NBS) for P&K
Fertilizers for the year 2021-22.
 CCEA chaired by PM Modi has approved the proposal of the Department of Fertilizers for fixation of
Nutrient Based Subsidy Rates (NBS) for P&K Fertilizers for the year 2021-22.

 The cabinet approved the allocation of additional foodgrains under PM-GKAY 2021 (Phase-IV) for
another 5 months i.e July to November, 2021.
 Cabinet given approval to merge and transfer all assets, liabilities, rights and obligations of ‘Central
Railside Warehouse Company Limited (CRWC)’ with its holding enterprise ‘Central Warehousing
Corporation (CWC)’.
 Cabinet has approved the agreement signed between India and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines for the
Exchange of Information and Assistance in Collection with respect to Taxes…Click here for more detail..
MAY 2021
 Cabinet Approvals on May 25, 2021
Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi granted approval to several key initiatives.
 Two Institutes namely Institute of Cost Accountants of India (ICoAI) & Institute of Company
Secretaries of India (ICSI) had signed MoUs with various Foreign Countries/Organisations.
 Creation of the post of Director in Senior Administrative Grade (SAG), at National Disaster Response
Force (NDRF) Academy in Nagpur, Maharashtra.
 Opening of a New Consulate General of India in Addu City, Maldives in 2021. It is India’s 1st
Consulate in Maldives…Click here for full detail…

On May 12, 2021, the Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved several
 Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme – ‘National Programme on Advanced Chemistry Cell (ACC)
Battery Storage’ with a Total Outlay of INR 18, 100 Crore.
 Transfer of Land of ITBP (Indo Tibetan Border Police) at Mussoorie to Government of Uttarakhand
for Aerial Passenger Ropeway System.
 Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) &
Qatar Financial Centre Authority(QFCA)…Click here for full detail..
 Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs gave approval for strategic disinvestment and transfer of
management control in Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI).

Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave approval for several initiatives. They are
 Approval for Additional foodgrain under Phase-III of Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PM-
GKAY).
 Approval to MoU between India & United Kingdom (UK) on Global Innovation Partnership (GIP).
 Approval to MoU between India & UK on Migration and Mobility Partnership (MMP)…Click her for
full detail…
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 Union Cabinet approved the Scheme ‘Production Linked Incentive Scheme for Food Processing Industry
(PLISFPI)’ with a total outlay of INR 10, 900 Crores.The objectives of the Scheme are – Creation of global
food manufacturing champions & supporting Indian brands of food products in the International
markets.

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 Union Cabinet approved the signing and ratification of an Agreement between India & the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Island (commonly known as the UK or Britain) on Customs
Cooperation and Mutual Administrative Assistance in Customs Matters.
 Cabinet Approvals of MoUs with Foreign Countries on April 20, 2021

Union Cabinet has granted approval to several key initiatives. They are
 Approved the MoU between the Competition Commission of India (CCI) & the Administrative
Council for Economic Defense of Brazil (CADE).
 Approval of Mutual Recognition Agreement (MRA) between ICAI & CPA, Australia.
 Approval for MoU between ICAI & Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CAANZ)
 MoU between the Director-General of Trade Remedies, India and the Bangladesh Trade and
Tariff Commission in March 2021. Click here for full article..
 Cabinet approvals on April 20, 2021

Union Cabinet approval to several key initiatives. They are
 Approval to Bangalore Metro Rail Project Phase 2A & Phase 2B.
 Approved ex-post facto approval for Government amendments to the Finance Bill, 2021.
 Approval for Exclusive subsidy policy for Urea produced through coal gasification by Talcher
Fertilizers Limited (TFL)…Click here for full article..
 Cabinet approvals on April 7, 2021

On April 7, 2021, the Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved several key
 Approval of Ministry of New & Renewable Energy’s proposal for the implementation of INR 4,
500 Crore PLI Scheme ‘National Programme on High-Efficiency Solar PV (Photovoltaic)
Modules’.
 Approval for PLI Scheme for White Goods (Air Conditioners & LED Lights) with a budgetary
outlay of INR 6, 238 Crore.
 MoU between India & Japan for Academic Research Cooperation & Exchange…Click here for full
article..
MARCH 2021
 Cabinet Approvals on March 23, 2021
On March 23, 2021, the Union Cabinet headed by Prime Minister, Narendra Modi approved several
important proposals.
 Cabinet was appraised on the progress under the National Health Mission (NHM) during FY 2019-20.
 Approval of signing of MoU between UPSC, India & Independent Administrative Reforms & Civil
Services Commission (IARCSC), Afghanistan.
 Union Cabinet approved an MoC signed between the Department of Water Resources, River
Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, Ministry of Jal Shakti, Government of India & Water and
Disaster Management bureau, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of Japan in the
field of Water resources...Click here for more detail..

On March 16, 2021, the Union Cabinet headed by Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi gave approval to
several important proposals. They are
 Approval for the closure of Handicrafts and Handlooms Export Corporation of India Limited (HHEC).
 Approval for Revised Cost Estimate (RCE) of ‘Comprehensive Scheme for Strengthening of
Transmission & Distribution in Arunachal Pradesh & Sikkim’.
 Clearance for Development Finance Institution (DFI) with Capital Infusion of INR 20, 000 Crore.

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 MoU between India & Maldives on Cooperation in Sports and Youth Affairs..Click here for more
detail..

On March 10, 2021, The Union Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave its approval for
 Creation of Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Nidhi as a single non-lapsable reserve fund for health
from Health & Education Cess.
 Amendment for Insurance Act, 1938 to increase Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) limit in the sector to
74% from 49%...Click here for complete detail

Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi approved the following Memorandum of
Understandings (MoUs).
 MoU between India & France in the field of Renewable Energy cooperation
 MoU between India & Fiji for cooperation in the field of Agriculture and Allied Sectors.Click here for
complete detial
FEBRUARY 2021
• Cabinet Approvals on Feb 24, 2021
 Cabinet approves Production Linked Incentive Scheme (PLI) with an outlay of Rs 15,000 crore for
the pharmaceuticals and with Rs 7,350 crore for IT (Information Technology) hardware.
 Union Cabinet also approved the proposal of the Home Ministry to dissolve the Puducherry
Assembly and impose President’s rule in the Union Territory following the resignation of the Chief
Minister, VeluNarayanasamy…Click here for complete detail
• Cabinet approval on Feb 17, 2021

 Approved the proposal of Ministry of Women and Child Development (MoWCD) to make
amendments in the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 or JJ Act by
introducing measures for the strengthening of Child Protection.
 Approved Comprehensive Economic cooperation and Partnership Agreement between India and
Mauritius
 Approved enhanced delegation of Financial Powers under Capital Procurement to levels below
Vice-Chief of Armed Forces for items of Capital nature such as overhauls, refits, upgrades etc.
…….Click here to know more detail…..
• Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) gave in-principal approval for 100% strategic
divestment of Indian Government’s shareholding in RashtriyaIspat Nigam Limited (RINL).
• Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) chaired by Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi has
approved Grant-in-aid of Rs.100 crore to Brahmaputra Valley Fertilizers Corporation Limited (BVFCL),
Namrup (Assam) for the strengthening of it’s urea manufacturing units.
JANAUARY 2021
Cabinet approvals on January 20, 2021
• Cabinet approves the Investment Proposal of Rs. 5281.94 crore for 850 MW Ratle Hydro Power Project
on river Chenab, in Kishtwar district of Union Territory (UT) of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K).
• Union Cabinet approved the signing of MoU between India and Uzbekistan for cooperation in the Solar
Energy sector.
• In June 2020, India and Denmark had signed MoU on Indo-Denmark Energy Cooperation in the power
sector.
• In January 2020, the Cabinet had approved the MoU between India and France on technical bilateral
cooperation in new and renewable energy.

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• In April 2019, India and Denmark signed a Cooperation Agreement in the field of Renewable Energy
with a focus on Offshore Wind Energy....Click here for more detail….
• Setting up of Mega Mineral Reforms receivedUnion Cabinet approval by amending the Mines and
Mineral (Development and Regulation) Act 1957 or MMDR Act, 1957 to generate huge employment
opportunities, reduce imports and increase production.
• Minimum Support Price (MSP) of copra for 2021 season has been approved by Cabinet Committee
on Economic Affairs (CCEA) based on the recommendations of the Commission for Agricultural Costs
and Prices (CACP).
BILL /Acts/Policy/Rules
NOVEMBER 2021
 Department of Consumer Affairs, under the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution,
amended the Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities), Rules 2011 called the Legal Metrology
(Packaged Commodities) Amendment Rules, 2021, to enhance the protection of Consumer Rights.
 The Ministry of Mines has notified the Minerals (Other than Atomic and Hydro Carbons Energy
Mineral) Concession (Fourth Amendment) Rules, 2021 to amend The Minerals (Other than Atomic
and Hydro Carbons Energy Mineral) Concession Rules, 2016 (MCR, 2016).
 President Ram Nath Kovind signed two ordinances promulgated by the Ministry of Law and Justice
amending the Delhi Special Police Establishment (DSPE) Act, 1946 with Delhi Special Police
Establishment (Amendment) Ordinance 2021; and Central Vigilance Commission Act, 2003
with Central Vigilance Commission (Amendment) Ordinance, 2021 to extend the tenure of Directors
of probe agencies Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and Enforcement Directorate (ED) up to five
years from current 2 years. Both ordinances will come into effect immediately.
OCTOBER 2021
 The Department of Telecom, Ministry of Communication has notified Indian Telegraph Right of Way
(Amendment) Rules, 2021 by amending Indian Telegraph Right of Way (RoW) Rules, 2016. This
amendment was made to ease the rollout of communications networks by fixing nominal one-time fee
at Rs 1,000 per kilometer and uniform procedure for establishment of Overground Telegraph Line.
 The Ministry of Power promulgated the Electricity (Transmission System Planning, Development
and Recovery of Inter-State Transmission Charges) Rules 2021. These rules saw the introduction
of General Network Access (GNA), to ease the inter state transmission system. Also, for the first time,
these rules have enabled the transmission capacity to be sold, shared or purchased by the states and
generators as per their requirements.
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AUGUST 2021
 Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment Bill), 2021 presented by Minister of State for
Corporate Affairs, Rao Inderjit Singh was passed in the Parliament.It will replace the Insolvency
Amendment Ordinance 2021 promulgated by the President Ram Nath Kovind on April 4, 2021.
 Union Cabinet approved the Constitution (127th) Amendment Bill, which will restore the
power of States and Union Territories (UTs) to make their own Other Backward Class (OBC) lists.
 Government amended the Plastic Waste Management (PWM) Rules, 2016 with Plastic Waste
Management (Amendment) Rules, 2021. It will prohibiting the identified single use plastic items with
low utility and high littering potential w.e.f. July 1, 2022
 President Ram Nath Kovind has given assent to the ‘The Taxation Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2021‘
which amends the Income Tax Act, 1961 (IT Act) and the Finance Act, 2012.
 PresidentRamNath Kovind approved the Constitution (127th Amendment) Bill, 2021,which
will restore the power of states and Union Territories (UTs) to identify and specify Socially and
Educationally backward Classes (SEBCs).
 General Insurance Business(Nationalisation) Amendment 2021 got assent of the President
Ramnath Kovind.This bill will amend the General Insurance Business (Nationalisation) Act of 1972.

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 Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) has notified the Drone Rules, 2021 replacing the Unmanned Aircraft
Systems (UAS) rules, 2021.
♦ Total number of forms to be filled has been reduced from 25 to 5.
♦ For instance, the fee for a remote pilot license fee has been reduced from INR 3000 (for large
drones) to INR 100 for all categories of drones; and is valid for 10 years.
♦ Interactive airspace map with green, yellow and red zones shall be displayed on the digital sky
platform
• Green Zone – No permission is required for operating drones
• Yellow Zone – Permission required
• Red Zone – Flying not permitted
♦ Yellow zone reduced from 45 km to 12 km from the airport perimeter.The coverage of these
rules has been increased to cover drones up to 500 kg in weight from 300 kg earlier, thereby
bringing drone taxis.
JULY 2021
 Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) amended the IBBI (Insolvency Resolution Process
for Corporate Persons) Regulations, 2016 to enhance the discipline, transparency, and accountability in
corporate insolvency proceedings.
JUNE 2021
 The Ministry of Information & Broadcasting (I&B Ministry) notified the Cable Television Networks
(Amendment) Rules, 2021 (CTN ‘Amendment’ Rules 2021).
 Union Cabinet approved the Inland Vessels Bill, 2021 to streamline vessels/ships which run on the
4,000 Kilometres of operational Inland Waterways in India. It will replace the Inland Vessels Act, 1917.
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 Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) notified the ‘Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi
(GNCTD) (Amendment) Act, 2021’ which amends the ‘Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi
Act, 1991’.
 GoI has promulgated an Ordinance titled ‘The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment)
Ordinance, 2021’ to allow ‘pre-packaged insolvency resolution process (PIRP)’ to Micro, Small &
Medium Enterprises (MSME). It amends the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016.
 President Ram Nath Kovind promulgated ‘The Tribunals Reforms (Rationalisation and Conditions of
Service) Ordinance, 2021’. The ordinance dissolves existing appellate authorities under 9 acts and
transfers their functions (hearing appeals) to High Courts.
MARCH 2021
 President Ram Nath Kovind gave his Assent to 3 Major Bills passed by the Indian Parliament. They are
• National Bank for Financing Infrastructure and Development (NaBFID) Bill, 2021
• The Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill, 2021. It amends the
Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi Act, 1991.
• The Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2021. It amends the
Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 (which regulates the mining
sector in India).
FEBRUARY 2021
 Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has amended the ‘Companies (Incorporation) Rules, 2014’ to make
changes in the definition of One Person Companies (OPCs) Rules.The new changes will be called as
‘Companies (Incorporation) Second Amendment Rules, 2021’.

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 Government of India (GoI) has brought Ropeways and Alternate Mobility Solutions (such as Ropeway,
Cable Car, Funicular Railway & Electric Public transport) under the ambit of Ministry of Road Transport
and Highways (MoRTH) by amending the Government of India (Allocation of Business) Rules, 1961.
JANUARY 2021
 New Foreign Trade Policy 2021-26’ of India will come into effect from April 1, 2021. The main mission
of the policy would be to make India a leader in International Trade in the next 5 years.
 GOI promulgated a Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Ordinance 2021 by amending
the J&K Reorganisation Act, 2019 to merge the J&K cadre of All India Services Officers with the
Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Mizoram Union Territory (AGMUT) cadre.
LONGEST,LARGEST,HIGHEST
NOVEMBER 2021
 Ramky Enviro Engineers Limited (REEL) has inaugurated one of the world’s first and India’s
largest landfill gas-to-compressed biogas plant at the Hyderabad Integrated Municipal Solid
Waste (HiMSW) site in Telangana.
OCTOBER 2021
 GAIL (Gas Authority of India Limited) is all set to build India’s largest green hydrogen-making plant of
10MW (Mega Watt) capacity in 12-14 month.This plant will supplement GAIL’s natural gas business
with carbon-free fuel.
SEPTEMBER 2021
 India’s largest Floating Solar PV plant at NTPC Simhadri, Andhra Pradesh (AP), executed by Bharat Heavy
Electricals Limited (BHEL), has become commercially operationalized by NTPC Limited.
AUGUST 2021
 NTPC Ltd launched India’s largest Floating Solar PV (Photovoltaic) project with the capacity
of 25MW on the reservoir of its Simhadri thermal power station in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.
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MARCH 2021
 India’s Largest Floating Solar Power Plant of 100-MegaWatt (MW) capacity being constructed at
Ramagundam in Telangana is set to be commissioned by May-June, 2021.
FEBRUARY 2021
 Chenab Bridge, World’s Highest Rail Bridge is expected to be completed by the end of 2021.It is
being constructed over the River Chenab which is 35 metres higher than the Eiffel Tower in Paris,
France.
JANUARY 2021
 Karnataka’s Hubballi Railway station officially Shree Siddharoodha Swamiji railway station is set to get
the “world’s longest railway platform”.
 World’s Largest Floating 600 Megawatt (MW) Solar Energy Project which is under construction at
Omkareshwar dam on Narmada river in Madhya Pradesh is set to begin power generation by the year
2022-23.

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BUDGET AND ECONOMIC SURVEY
91st Union Budget 2021-2022: India’s First Digital Budget Complete Overview
We urge you to read each and every point of the 3rd budget of Narendra Modi led National Democratic Alliance
(NDA) government’s second term.
India’s First Digital Budget:- India’s first paperless budget which replaced the traditional ‘Bahi-Khata’ with
Made-in-India tablet amid COVID-19 wrapped in a red-coloured cover with national emblem emblazoned on it.
• GDP growth: Nominal GDP is expected to grow at of 14.4% (i.e., real growth plus inflation) in 2021-22.
• GDP growth estimate: In Budget 2020-21 GDP was estimated to grow at 10%, which was revised at -
13%.
The budget is divided into two parts viz. Part-A & Part-B.
• Part-A : Consisted of six pillars with emphasis on AtmaNirbhar Bharat.
• Part-B : Related to the Tax Proposals…Click here to read entire budget…
Economic Survey 2020-21: Complete Overview

January 31, 2020, Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Ministry of Finance has presented the Economic Survey
2020-21 in the parliament.It was authored by Chief Economic Adviser Krishnamurthy Venkata Subramanian,
Ministry of finance.
India’s economy to contract by 7.7% ( -7.7%) in FY2020-2021. Meanwhile, it is also forecasted that India’s real
GDP 11% and nominal GDP at 15.4% will grow highest since independence in FY21-22…Click here to read
more about the Economic Survey 2020-21
CENTRAL GOVERNMENT SCHEMES

NOVEMBER 2021
Launches: -
 Amit Anil Chandra Shah, Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) launched the Dairy Sahakar scheme during the
AMUL (Anand Milk Union Limited) 75th foundation year celebrations.. With an outlay of Rs 5000 crore,
it will be implemented by National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC), under the Ministry of
Cooperation.
 Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation, Amit Shah launched the health cards scheme
for CAPF (Central Armed Police Forces) personnel and their dependents, named ‘Ayushmaan CAPF’ at
the national level
 The Union Minister Amit Shah, Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) launched the Mukhyamantri Ghasiyari
Kalyan Yojana in Dehradun, Uttarakhand. Under the scheme nutritious fodder or cattle feed (Silage)
would be provided in the vacuum pack bags of 25-30 kg to the cattle owners at the rate of Rs 2 per
kg on 30% subsidy.
 Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi launched a welfare scheme named ‘Ration Aapke Gram’ scheme
& ‘Sickle Cell Mission’ of Madhya Pradesh. He also laid the foundation stone for construction of 50 new
Eklavya Model Residential Schools across India. He also inaugurated the 341 km long Purvanchal
Expressway in Uttar Pradesh, it is a 6-lane expressway constructed at a cost of ₹22500 crore.
• Ration Aapke Gram’ scheme:It is aimed at delivering the monthly PDS Ration to the beneficiaries
from janjatiya community in their own villages every month
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OCTOBER 2021
Launches: -
 Prime Minister (PM) of India Narendra Damodardas Modi launched a pan-India scheme namely PM
Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission from Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh (UP) to strengthen the
critical healthcare network from village to national level in the next 4-5 years.
 Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia launched Krishi Udan 2.0 scheme to implement in 53
airports under which cargo-related infrastructure will be built mainly focusing on north-east, hilly and
tribal regions and likely benefits farmers.
 The Ministry of Textile has approved to continue its Comprehensive Handicrafts Cluster Development
Scheme (CHCDS) up to March 2026 with a total outlay of Rs 160 crore.
 Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) announced ‘Good Samaritans’ scheme to award &
appreciate citizens who save the lives of road accident victims by admitting them to hospital with the

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‘Golden Hour’. The lifesavers will be provided with a cash reward of Rs 5,000 per incident per
individual along with an appreciation certificate.
 Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Damodardas Modi launched ‘PM GatiShakti – National Master Plan for
Multi-Modal Connectivity’ a Rs. 100 lakh-crore project at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi.
• Gati Shakti is a digital platform collaborating 16 Central Ministries and Departments for
integrated planning and coordination to implement infrastructure connectivity projects of more
than 1,200 industrial clusters.
 The Central government extended the duration of “Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package (PMGKP)”,
an insurance scheme for health care workers fighting COVID-19, for a further period of 180 days 180
days from 21.10.2021.
 Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship(MSDE),
launched the second phase of the Mahatma Gandhi National Fellowship (MGNF) for 2 years, 2021-
2023 on October 25,2021.
 The Central Government of India (GoI) extended the ‘Credit Guarantee Scheme for Subordinate Debt’ by
another 6 months till March 31, 2022 from September 30, 2021.
 Gov revised the Health Benefit Package (HBP 2.2) of Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya
Yojana (AB PM-JAY) under which the rate of around 400 procedures increased by 20% to 400%.
• Under medical management procedures, the rates for ICU with ventilator support has been
revised by 100% and without ventilator by 136% , while the rates for HDU (High Dependency
Unit) has been revised by 22% and the prices for routine ward has been revised by 17 percent.
SEPTEMBER 2021
Launches: -
 Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs (MoHUA) organised the launch event of the convergence between
Prime Minister Formalisation of Micro-food processing Enterprises (PMFME) and Deendayal
Antyodaya Yojana-National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM) scheme.
• To support and groom urban SHG (Self Help Group) members involved in micro-
entrepreneurship activities in the food processing sector by making them financially empowered.
 Government of India has enhanced the scope of the Transport and Marketing Assistance (TMA) for
specified agriculture products schemes.The rates of assistance have been increased by 50% for exports
by sea and 100% through the air.
 The Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan ArogyaYojana(AB-PM-JAY) has completed 3 years.National
Health Authority (NHA) has organised a 4 days hybrid event, ArogyaManthan 3.0 from 23rd – 25th
September and 27th September 2021.
 Saubhagya – Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojanacompleted 4 years of successful
implementation.As of March 2021, 2.82 crore households across India have been electrified under the
SAUBHAGYA since its launch.
AUGUST 2021
Launches: -
 Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana 2.0 (PMUY 2.0) Schemelaunchedby PM Narendra Modi from Mahoba
district of Uttar Pradesh. An additional 10 million LPG connections will be provided .
 Ministry of New and Renewable Energy launched a loan interest subvention scheme in collaboration
with UNIDO and GEF to provide financial assistance for innovative waste to energy biomethanation
projects and business models
 Ministry of Mines (MoM) adopted the scheme for accreditation of private exploration agencies
developed by the National Accreditation Board for Education and Training of the Quality Council of
India (QCI-NABET).
 Government set the Loan Disbursement Target under Pradhan Mantri MUDRA Yojana (PMMY) at INR 3
trillion for the current Financial Year (FY) 2021-22.
 The collateral free loans to self-help groups (SHGs) provided under Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana –
National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM) enhanced to Rs 20 lakh from Rs 10 lakh by RBI.
 Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (National Mission of Financial Inclusion) completed its 7th
Anniversary on 15th August, 2021

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 The Pradhan Mantri Formalisation of Micro Food processing Enterprises (PMFME) scheme, which was
launched under the Aatmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan completed one year of its launch on 29th June,
2021.
JUNE 2021
Launches: -
 Author Mentorship programme ‘YUVA (Young, Upcoming and Versatile Authors) – Prime
Minister’s Scheme for Mentoring Young Authors’ launchedto Train Young and Budding Authors
(Below 30 Years of age).It is a part of the New India@75 Project (Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav).
 Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a new scheme under ‘Prime Minister’s Citizen
Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations Fund (PM CARES Fund)’ for children who have lost
both parents or surviving parent or legal guardian/adoptive parents due to Covid 19.Child will get a
fund of Rs 10 lakh when theThe premium amount till the age of 18 years will be paid by PM CARES.
 Ministry of heavy industries and public enterprises (MoHI&PE) made partial modifications over the
‘Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Hybrid and Electric Vehicles in India Phase II’ (FAME
India Phase II) scheme. The scheme is likely to be extended for 2 years till March 2024from 31 March
2022.
 Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) celebrated 6th Anniversary of Smart Cities
Mission,mart Cities Mission (SCM), AMRUT (Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation)
and Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban (PMAY-U).
Category 1st 2nd 3rd
Smart City award Indore and Surat
Smart Cities Leadership
Award Ahmedabad Varanasi Ranchi
State Award Uttar Pradesh (UP) Madhya Pradesh (MP) Tamil Nadu(TN)
UT Award Chandigarh
Project Awards
Tumakuru,
Social Aspects Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh (AP) Bhubaneshwar, Odisha Karnataka
Built Environment Indore, Madhya Pradesh (MP) Surat, Gujarat Erode, TN
Sanitation Tirupati, AP & Indore, MP – Surat, Gujarat
Culture Indore, MP & Chandigarh – Gwalior,MP
Tirupati, AP & Agra, Uttar
Economy Indore, MP Pradesh (UP) –
Bhubaneswar,
Governance Vadodara, Gujarat Thane, Maharashtra Odisha
Bhopal, MP & Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Urban Environment (TN) – Tirupati, AP
Ahmedabad,
Urban Mobility Aurangabad, Maharashtra Surat, Gujarat Gujarat
Dehradun, Uttarakhand & Varanasi,
Water UP – Surat, Gujarat
Sustainable Business
Model Agartala, Tripura
Other Awards

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Innovative idea award Indore, MP

Covid Innovation Kalyan-Dombivali in Maharashtra
Award and Varanasi, UP
MAY 2021
Launches: -
 ‘Sakhi-One Stop Centres (OSC)’ is a schemewhich set up by Ministry of Women and Child
Development (WCD) to support women affected by violence in public and private space.
 Central Government has amended the Employees’ Deposit-Linked Insurance Scheme(EDLI),1976 &
named it as Employees’ Deposit-Linked Insurance (Amendment) Scheme, 2021 with the maximum
sum, assured payable under the EDLI Scheme was increased from Rs 6 lakh to Rs 7 lakh.
 Prime Minister has released the 8th installment of funds to beneficiaries under the Pradhan Mantri
Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme. Around ~INR 20, 667 Crore was distributed in the 8
installment.
 Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare (MoA&FW) has allocated INR 2250 Crore for the FY
2021-22 for ‘Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture’ (MIDH).
 Government of India has extended the deadline for making payments under the Direct Tax Vivaad Se
Vishwas dispute resolution scheme to another 2 months till 30th June 2021.
 ‘Production Linked Incentive Scheme for Food Processing Industry (PLISFPI)’has issued
guidelines from Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI).
 Real Estate Fund – ‘Special Window for Affordable and Mid-Income Housing (SWAMIH)
Investment Fund I’ will benefit 1.16 lakh home loan borrowers and completed its 1st Residential
Project.
APRIL 2021
Launches: -
 ‘Production Linked Incentive Scheme for Food Processing Industry (PLISFPI)’ , a central sector
scheme has been launched with a total outlay of INR 10, 900 Crores.
 Startup India Seed Fund Scheme (SISFS) – launched by Union Minister of Commerce & Industry
Piyush Goyal to provide Financial Assistance to startups for Proof of Concept, Prototype
development, product trials, market entry and commercialization.
 Ministry of Finance has extended the validity of Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS)
till June 30, 2021 and an amount of INR 3 Lakh crore (Target Credit Line) is sanctioned under the
Scheme.
 As per Ministry of Finance ,Banks have sanctioned more than INR 25, 586 Crore loans to over 1.14
Lakh Accounts (Till March 23, 2021) under the Stand-Up India Scheme since its launch in 2016.
 Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana- Gramin (PMAY-G) scheme - Ministry of Rural Development has
stated that 92% of targets have been completed in the 1st Phase of the PMAY-G i.e from 2016-17 to
2018-19.
 Ministry of Finance has extended the Scope of ECLGS 2.0 component of Emergency Credit Line
Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS) by including SMA-1 (Special Mention Accounts-1) of the Healthcare
sector .
Mantri Garib Kalyan Package (PMGKP) for Health workers fighting COVID-19 for a period of one
year.
MARCH 2021
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 ESI (Employees State Insurance) Scheme launched by Minister of State (Independent Charge) for
Labor& Employment Santosh Gangwar with Ayushman Bharat PM-JAY (Pradhan Mantri-Jan Arogya
Yojana) in 4 States – Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh & Maharashtra.

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 Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports has decided to extend the Khelo India scheme from 2021-22 to
2025-26.INR 8750 Crore has been estimated as financial implication of the new Khelo India Scheme
in the EFC Memorandum.
 Central Govt. has spent Rs. 11.82 crores for Implementing the National Digital Health Mission
(NDHM) since its roll out in 15th August 2020 under pilot basis in 6 Union Territories
FEBRUARY 2021
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 ‘Formation and Promotion of 10, 000 new Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs)’,aNew
Central Sector Scheme was launched by Government of India with the budget of INR 6865 Crores.
 Startup India Seed Fund Scheme (SISFS)receivedapproval from Department for Promotion of
Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce & Industry for setting up of this scheme
with a Corpus of INR 945 crores for the period 2021-25.
 Jute Seeds Distribution Plan and Jute Farmers Awareness Workshop on Improved
Cultivation and Advanced Retting Exercise for Jute (ICARE-Jute) inaugurated virtually by Union
Minister Smriti Zubin Irani, Ministry of Textiles and Women & Child Development at Barrackpore,
West Bengal (WB).
Scheme Extension/Cost or Ratio allotment and others:-
 24th February, 2021 is the 2nd Anniversary of the starting of Scheme ‘Pradhan Mantri Kisan
Samman Nidhi (PM KISAN)’.Under the Scheme, an amount of INR 6000 rupees per year will be
transferred directly into the bank accounts of farmers.
 Pradhan Mantri FasalBima Yojana (PMFBY) for FY22 - Central Government has allocated Rs
16000 crores for for FY22, an increase of around Rs 305 crore as compared to FY21.
 National e-Governance Plan in Agriculture (NeGPA) is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme initiated in
2010-11 as a pilot project in 7 India states extended to remaining States and 2 UTs in 2014-15 for a
period of 5 years. Now, this 5-year period was extended up to March 31, 2021.
JANUARY 2021
Launches:
 Remission of Duties and Taxes on Exported Products (RoDTEP) scheme will be implemented from
January 1, 2021.
 National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is set to operationalise India’s 1st Government Sponsored
Infrastructure Investment Trust (InvIT),Collective Investment Scheme by March, 2021.
Scheme Extension/Cost or Ratio allotment and others:-
 Pradhan Mantri FasalBima Yojana (PMFBY),a Govt. Crop Insurance Scheme has completed 5 years of
its operation.The Scheme is in line with One Nation – One Scheme theme.
 Modified Scheme to Produce 1G Ethanol- Department of Food & Public Distribution (DoFPD) has
notified a modified scheme to extend financial assistance for producers of “1st Generation” (1G) Ethanol
from feed stocks such as Cereals (rice, wheat, barley, corn & sorghum), Sugarcane & Sugar Beet.
STATE GOVERNMENT SCHEMES

NOVEMBER 2021
 Uttar Pradesh(UP) approved the proposal to implement the ‘Mathrubhumi Yojana’ to facilitate
individuals or private institutions to contribute to the development of any village as per the Panchayati
Raj Act, 1947.
 Under Mukhyamantri Awasiya Bhu-dhikar Yojana, Madhya Pradesh government will provide plots
of land to families who do not have land to build their homes.
 Madhya Pradesh approved the Mukhya Mantri Udyam Kranti Yojana to connect educated youths of
the State with self-employment. The benefit of the scheme will be available to the minimum 12th class
pass youths of the State between the ages of 18 to 40 years.

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OCTOBER 2021
Punjab launched the “Mera Ghar Mere Naam” scheme, a pro-people initiative that aims to give
ownership to the people living within the ‘Lal Lakir’, a part of the village habitation used for non-
agriculture purposes, of villages and cities.
Rajasthan gov launched the “Mukhyamantri Paryatan Udyog Sambal Yojana-202to provide
financial support to the entrepreneurs of the tourism and hospitality sector which is affected by the
COVID-19 pandemic
SEPTEMBER 2021
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AUGUST 2021
Punjab Government has chosen SBI General Insurance to expand the health insurance coverage in the
state of Punjab under Ayushman Bharat SarbatSehatBima Yojana (AB-SSBY).
JULY 2021
HaryanaChief Minister, Manohar Lal Khattar, launched a mobile app ‘Jan Sahayak-AapkaSahayak’ from
Chandigarh to ensure ‘anywhere-anytime-anybody ‘delivery of Government to Citizen (G2C)
and Business to Citizen (B2C) services under single digital platform.
JUNE 2021
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MAY 2021
Madhya PradeshMukhyamantri COVID Upchar Yojana(Chief Minister’s COVID Treatment Programme)
to provide free treatment for COVID-19 to all Economically Weaker Families of the state.
Telangana Medical and Health department has signed with the National Health Authority (NHA) for the
implementation of Ayushman Bharat (Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana(PMJAY)) scheme.
APRIL 2021
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy launched the YSR Zero Interest Crop Loan
Scheme for farmers.
MARCH 2021
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar announced 4 welfare schemes for the state to satisfying
the needs of the people under Below Poverty line (BPL).Click here to know the name of schemesunder
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Maharashtra launched the “MahaSamruddhiMahilaSashaktikaran scheme” to empower the women in
rural areas.Maharashtra State Rural Development department will be the nodal body.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat launched ‘GharokiPaachan, Chelik Naam’ scheme (
Daughter’s name is a home’s identity) programme.
FEBRUARY 2021
Assam Chief Minister SarbanandaSonowal launched 2 schemes namely – ‘Pragyan Bharati’ & ‘Bhasha
Gourab’ in the State to encourage the young generation to Strive for Knowledge through Education.
Maharashtra Intellectual Property Rights Scheme and Quality Testing & Certification Scheme Chief
Minister of Maharashtra launched to provide financial support to the innovative startups to file for IT
patents.
JANUARY 2021
Jharkhand - Jharkhand launched the state’s own crop relief for farmers scheme ‘Kisan Fasal Rahat
Yojana’ which will replace Government scheme Pradhan Mantri FasalBima Yojana (PMFBY).

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Madhya Pradesh -The state rolls out ‘Launch Pad Scheme’ to make Youth Self-Reliant under which new
opportunities of employment will be provided for Boys/Girls.
Punjab –
♦ Chief Minister (CM) of Punjab Amarinder Singh virtually launched a set of welfare projects as
“Dheeyan Di Lohri” from Chandigarh.
♦ Punjab Cabinet approved the ‘One Time Settlement (OTS) Scheme for Recovery of Outstanding
Dues – 2021’ for Traders to clear their Pending Arrears.
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee virtually launched ‘Maa’ Scheme to provide the meals for the poor &
destitute at a cost of INR 5.
LAUNCHES/INAUGURATIONS
NOVEMBER 2021
 Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, Sarbananda Sonowal launched 5 new vessels - 3
Floating Border Outposts for the Border Security Force and 2 Fully Electric Autonomous Ferries for the
ASKO Maritime AS, Norway, which are amongst the world’s first Autonomous Ferries.He also
launched new Radars and VTMS of Cochin Port Trust for enhancing the safety of navigation in the port
by monitoring and regulating the shipping movements.
 The Union Minister of Education and Skill Development, Dharmendra Pradhan launched the ‘Bhasha
Sangam Initiative’ for school, ‘Bhasha Sangam Mobile App’ and ‘Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat (EBSB)
Quiz App’.
 Minister of State (Independent Charge) Dr Jitendra Singh, Ministry of Science & Technology (MoST)
launched the first-ever Mentorship Programme for Young Innovators, namely ‘DBT-Star College
Mentorship Programme’
 A programme on ‘Nutrition Smart Village’ was initiated as a part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav to
commemorate the 75th year of Independence of India.
OCTOBER 2021
 Union Minister Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya launched the ‘’6th Edition of National Formulary of India
(NFI) 2021’’ which has been drafted by adopting the principle ‘do not miss critical and do not overload’ .
 PM Modi inaugurated nine medical colleges in Uttar Pradesh worth Rs 2,329 crore to make UP a
medical hub of India. These nine medical colleges are in the districts of Siddharthnagar, Etah, Hardoi,
Pratapgarh, Fatehpur, Deoria, Ghazipur, Mirzapur and Jaunpur
 Union Minister Amit Shah, Ministry of Cooperation inaugurated 14 projects worth Rs 299 crore and laid
foundation stones of 12 projects worth Rs 643 crore from the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Island in
Andaman and Nicobar Islands. With this, a development work of about Rs 1,000 crore is initiated in
Andaman Islands.
 Union Minister of Rural Development & Panchayati Raj Shri Giriraj Singh virtually launched Climate
Resilience Information System and Planning (CRISP-M) tool for integration of climate information in
Geographic Information System (GIS) based watershed planning under Mahatma Gandhi NREGA Scheme
(MGNREGS).
 Union Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying Parshottam Rupala launched river
ranching programme at Brijghat, Garh Mukteshwar in Uttar Pradesh to boost fish production in the
country.
 Jitendra Singh, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology, launched the state-
of-art Heli-borne survey technology for groundwater management, which was developed by Council of
Scientific and Industrial Research–National Geophysical Research Institute (CSIR-NGRI), Hyderabad.
 Union Minister Bhupender Yadav, Ministry of Labour and Employment (MoL&E)
 Union Minister Bhupender Yadav, Ministry of Labour and Employment (MoL&E)
launched DigiSaksham in collaboration with Microsoft India.It aims to enhance youth employment
opportunities in these areas by imparting digital skills.
 Union Minister for Panchayati Raj and Rural Development Giriraj Singh launched the People’s Plan
Campaign (PPC) 2021- Sabki Yojana Sabka Vikas and Vibrant Gram Sabha Dashboard. He also released
a booklet on PPC 2021 for the preparation of plans for FY23 and the 10th issue of Gramoday Sankalp
Magazine.

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 Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi launched the second phase of Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban (SBM-
U 2.0) and the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation 2.0 (AMRUT 2.0).Aim:‘free of
garbage’
 The Union government unveils Chacha Chaudhary, a popular comic book character, as a mascot
for ‘NamamiGangeProgramme’, for sensitising children and youths about the cleaning of Ganga
SEPTEMBER 2021
 The Ministry of Tourism(MoT),launched NIDHI 2.0 (National Integrated Database of Hospitality
Industry) and ‘India Tourism Statistics – At a Glance, 2021’ to ideate, share best practices and
connect with the Government for ease of doing business.
 Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) launched the 7th
consecutive edition of Swachh Survekshan (SS)-2022 themed on ‘People First’ from New Delhi.
 PM Narendra Modi launched ‘Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission’ (ABDM) to develop the integrated
digital health infrastructure of the country.Itwill provide a digital health ID to people which will contain
their health records.
 PM Narendra Modi released a special issue of a Rs 125 commemorative coin on the occasion of the
125th birth anniversary of Srila A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, the Founder Acarya of the
International Society for Krishna Consciousness(ISKCON).
 Government of India granted Special Livestock Sector Package with an outlay of Rs. 9800 crore for
next 5 years leveraging total investment of Rs. 54,618 crore.
 Prahlad Singh Patel, Minister of State(MoS), Ministry of Jal Shakti launched Swachh Survekshan
Grameen(SSG) 2021 under Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen) (SBM(G)) Phase- II to achieve the goal of
comprehensive cleanliness by addressing Open Defecation Free (ODF) Sustainability and SLWM
issues.He also released the SSG 2021 Protocol document; SSG 2021 Dashboard and the mobile App for
Citizens feedback.
 Union Minister for Power and New and Renewable Energy R. K. Singh & Danish Minister for Climate,
Energy, and Utilities Dan Jorgensen jointly launched ‘Centre of Excellence on Offshore Wind’ as part of
the Green Strategic Partnership.
 Union Minister for Road Transport, Nitin Gadkari launched ‘ iRaste(Intelligent Solutions for Road
Safety through Technology and Engineering ) a two year pilot project in Nagpur,Maharashtrato
enhance road safety and reduce road accidents in Nagpur.
 NITI Aayog’s Atal Innovation Mission (AIM)with ISRO and Central Board of Secondary
Education (CBSE) launched the Atal Tinkering Lab (ATL) ‘Space Challenge 2021’ with the theme
“Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav”for all school students across the country.
 PM Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of Raja Mahendra Pratap Singh State University in
Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh.
AUGUST 2021
 PM Narendra Modi launched a prepaid electronic voucher-based digital payment solution e-RUPI to
strengthen the Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) and the financial inclusion of unbanked citizens.
 Minister of State (Independent Charge) Dr Jitendra Singh, Ministry of Science & Technology released
‘Biotech-PRIDE (Promotion of Research and Innovation through Data Exchange) Guidelines’
developed by Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Ministry of Science and Technology.
 PM Narendra Modi launched the National Mission on Edible Oil-Oil Palm (NMEO-OP) to make India self-
sufficient in edible oil production.
 Mansukh Mandaviya, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare virtually inaugurated
the AarogyaDhara- 2.0 to increase the reach of the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Aarogya
Yojana (AB-PMJAY) programme
 Secretary of Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) Durga Shankar Mishra has launched a logo
and brand named “SonChiraiya” to promote market products of Urban Self Help Groups(SHG).
 Narendra Singh Tomar, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (MoA&FW) inaugurated the world’s
second-largest refurbished state-of-the-art National Gene Bank (NGB) at the National Bureau of Plant
Genetic Resources (NBPGR), Pusa, New Delhi.

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 The 2nd phase of SAMVAD (Support, Advocacy & Mental Health intervention for children in
Vulnerable circumstances and Distress)was launched by the Union Minister of Women and Child
Development (WCD) Smriti Zubin Irani in Bengaluru,Karnataka on the successful completion of one
year of SAMVAD programme.
 Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman launched UbharteSitaare Fund (USF) of Corpus INR 250
crore with a green shoe option of INR 250 crore for Export oriented Small &mid sized companies across
the country.
 Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman launched the asset monetisation pipeline of Central
ministries and public sector entities named ‘National Monetisation pipeline’ (NMP). The total
monetisation potential under NMP through core assets of the central govt over the 4-year period (i.e.
from FY22 to FY25) is estimated at Rs 6 lakh crores.
 NITI Aayog and World Resources Institute(WRI), India jointly launched the ‘Forum for Decarbonizing
Transport’ in India to bring in the diverse needs to adopt an integrated approach for greening the
transport sector in India.
 Government of India launched a rescue mission named ‘Operation Devi Shakti’ to evacuate stranded
Indians from the Taliban-Captured Afghanistan.
 Government launched the Startup Accelerator of Meity for Product Innovation, Development &
Growth (SAMRIDH) programme to support 300 Information Technology (IT) enabled Startups for a
period of 6 months.
 United States(US) Trade and Development Agency(USTDA) and the US India Strategic Partnership
Forum (USISPF) launched the US-India Climate Technologies Action Group(CTAG) to integrate private
and public sector inputs on a concrete initiative that can contribute to advanced global action on
climate.
 Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D) and All India Council for Technical
Education (AICTE) launched the MANTHAN-2021, a first of its kind Hackathon focused on National
Security.
 Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi dedicated the renovated complex of Jallianwala Bagh Smarak at
Amritsar in Punjab to the nation. PM also inaugurated the Museum Galleries at the Smarak.
JULY 2021
 Union Minister for Education, Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ launched ‘National Initiative for
Proficiency in Reading with Understanding and Numeracy (NIPUN Bharat)’ Mission & its Guidelines.
 Lt Gen Rajeev Chaudhry, Director General Border Roads (DGBR) conducted the last blast of the escape
tube of the under-construction ‘Sela Tunnel of 1555 meters in length’ in Arunachal Pradesh.
 Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi virtually inaugurated & dedicated several Railway Projects worth
INR 1,100 crore in Gujarat.
• Inauguration of India’s 1st Re-developed railway station – Gandhinagar Capital Railway Station.
• Gauge converted cum electrified Mahesana – Varetha line & the newly electrified 266 Km
Surendranagar – Pipavav section (~ INR 289 crores).
• Inauguration of 3-new attractions at Gujarat Science City, Ahmedabad.
• PM Flagged off 2 new trains i.e Gandhinagar Capital – Varanasi Superfast Express and MEMU
(Mainline Electric Multiple Unit) service trains between Gandhinagar Capital and Varetha.
 The Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) launched multiple societally beneficial initiatives on occasion of
its 15th Foundation Day on 28th July
• MoES-ESSDP is an integrated digital web portal of MoESinstitutes.The portal will provide data
on various themes of earth system science for public use.
• MoES website aims to provide a user-friendly interface and cyber secure experience to the
public.
• Dr. M Rajeevan, Secretary of MoES and others released the book ‘Hydrocarbon fluid inclusions
in petroliferous basins’.
• The ‘Pune Weather Live’ app provides real-time and location-specific weather updates for Pune.
 Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched several new initiatives to mark the 1st Anniversary

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of National Education Policy 2020 (NEP 2020) on 29th July, 2021.
• National Digital Education Architecture (NDEAR) & National Education Technology (NETF) – To
provide a digital and technological framework to India.
• Vidya Pravesh – A three-month play-based school preparation module for Grade 1 students.
Under the program, children and parents of remote areas will have access to playschools.
• Launch of Indian sign language as a subject at secondary level.
• NISHTHA 2.0 (National Initiative for School Heads’ and Teachers’ Holistic Advancement) – An
Integrated Programme for teacher training designed by NCERT.
• SAFAL (Structured Assessment For Analyzing Learning Levels) – A competency based
assessment framework for Grades 3, 5 and 8 in CBSE schools
• A New website dedicated to Artificial Intelligence (AI).
• The Academic Bank of Credit system was also launched. It will act as a Digital Bank that holds the
credit earned by a student in any course.
• Launch of 1st Year Engineering Programmes in regional languages & Guidelines for
Internationalization of Higher Education.
JUNE 2021
 Union Minister for Tribal Affairs launched the Tribal Livelihoods Initiative ‘Sankalp Se Siddhi-
Mission Van Dhan’.Also launched 7 new Tribes India Outlets, Tribes India Coffee table book, Van Dhan
website, software application, and new TRIFED Head Office in New Delhi.
 Government of India launched the “Project O2 for India” to increase the ability of India to meet the
increasing demand of medical oxygen and hospital beds following the 2nd wave of COVID-19.
 Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (MoSJ&E) Minister, Thaawarchand Gehlot virtually
launched Seniorcare Aging Growth Engine (SAGE) initiative & portal to help old aged people. These
benefits to the elderly people will be given by the Startups.
 PM Narendra Modi virtually launched ‘Customized Crash Course programme for COVID-19
Frontline Workers’. The training programme will be conducted in 111 training centres spread over 26
states.
 Quality Council of India (QCI), launched the ‘Indian Certification of Medical Devices 13485 PLUS scheme
(ICMED 13485 PLUS)’ for undertaking verification of the quality, safety and effectiveness of medical
devices in India.
MAY 2021
 Startup Incubation and Innovation Centre (SIIC) of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, has
launched ‘Mission Bharat O2’ challenge to develop indigenous solutions for solving India’s oxygen crisis.
 Minister of State for Corporate Affairs Anurag Singh Thakur virtually launched the 1st phase of
the ‘Ministry of Corporate Affairs 21 Version 3.0 (MCA21 V3.0)’ portal.
 Community Based Inclusive Development (CBID) Programonrehabilitation of Divyangjan , firs of its
kind was launched byUnion Minister of Social Justice & Empowerment Dr Thaawarchand Gehlot.
 India will launch ‘UNITE AWARE’, a mobile tech platform for the United Nations Peacekeepers to
improve their safety and security in the line of duty.
 National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) under the aegis of Ministry of Women
and Child Development launched SAMVEDNA -Toll-Free Helpline(1800-121-2830) for Children.
APRIL 2021
 PM Narendra Modi virtually launched the distribution of e-property cards under the SVAMITVA scheme
(Survey of Villages And Mapping with Improvised Technology in Village Areas).
 During a trilateral Ministerial Meeting, the Trade Ministers of India, Japan & Australia virtually launched
the ‘Supply Chain Resilience Initiative (SCRI)’.
 Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare, Dr Harsh Vardhan launched a new mission called ‘Aahaar
Kranti’- importance of nutritionally balanced diet & accessibility to all local fruits & vegetables.
 Central Electricity Authority (CEA) & CEEW’s CEF (Council on Energy, Environment and Water – Centre
for Energy Finance) have launched the ‘India Renewables Dashboard’.

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 Italy launched the first ever Mega Food Park project, including food processing facilities in India.
 Hardeep S Puri, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Housing & Urban Affairs virtually launched
2 Challenges EatSmart Cities Challenge & Transport 4 All Challenge (T4All) during an online event. `
 Union Education Minister, Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ launched ‘NanoSniffer’ – World’s 1st
Microsensor (or MEMS, Micro-Electro Mechanical Systems) based Explosive Trace Detector (ETD).
 Education Minister Ramesh PokhriyalNishank launched a National Education Policy (NEP)
Implementation Plan for School Education called ‘Students’ and Teachers’ Holistic Advancement
through Quality Education (SARTHAQ)’.
 Narendra Singh Tomar, MoA&FW launched the Honey Corners,a special space for sale of honey of the
National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation (NAFED) in New Delhi.
 Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) launched an initiative called AIM-PRIME (Program for Researchers on
Innovations, Market-Readiness & Entrepreneurship) to support science-based deep-tech startups &
ventures across India.
 Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare, Dr Harsh Vardhan virtually launched the Integrated Health
Information Platform (IHIP), an integrated Digital Platform for Disease Surveillance in India.
 Dr Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare along with Arjun Munda, Union
Minister of Tribal Affairs virtually launched ‘Anamaya’, the Tribal Health Collaborative.
MARCH 2021
 ‘Tribal TB Initiative’ was launched by Union Minister for Health & Family Welfare, Dr Harsh Vardhan
towards the goal of ‘TB Mukt Bharat’ by 2025.
 Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs, Nirmala Sitharaman virtually launched Tech-enabled
initiatives of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) – Central Scrutiny Centre (CSC) and Mobile app of
IEPFA (Investor Education & Protection Fund Authority).
 PM Narendra Modi launched below two key events during World Water day(March 21)
• Launch of ‘Jal Shakti Abhiyan: Catch the Rain’ campaign to undertake water conservation at grass-
root level.
• MoA the Union Minister of Jal Shakti & the Chief Ministers of Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh for
implementation of the Ken Betwa Link Project (KBLP).
 Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’ (India@75) ,the curtain raiser activites were inaugurated by Prime
Minister Narendra Modi and flagged off the 'Padyatra' (Freedom March) from Sabarmati Ashramat the
event organised in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
 India Energy Office (IEO) ,a first its kind was inaugurated by Tarun Kapoor, Secretary, Ministry of
Petroleum and Natural Gas at Russia’s landmark Federation Tower in Moscow,Russia.
 CSIR (Council of Scientific and Industrial Research) Floriculture Mission launched by Union
Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan, Ministry of Science & Technology virtually from New Delhi.
 90-day Scientific Cruise Mission is set to launch by CSIR-NIO (Council of Scientific & Industrial
Research-National Institute of Oceanography) to conduct genome & proteome mapping (nutrients) in
the Indian ocean.
 India’s and Asia’s first National Dolphin Research Centre (NDRC) will come up on the bank of the
Ganges in the premises of Patna University in Bihar.
 India & Norway agreed to collaborate in the area of Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) for the next 5
years. Lakshadweep & Puducherry have been identified as Pilot sites for the Project.
FEBRUARY 2021
 World’s Largest Cricket Stadium called Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad, Gujarat was
inaugurated by President of India, Ram Nath Kovind which was renamed as Narendra Modi Cricket
Stadium.
 2nd Edition of Khelo India National Winter Games 2021 was virtually inaugurated by PM Narendra
Modi in Gulmarg, Jammu & Kashmir (J&K). The event will take place from February 26-March 2, 2021.

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 “National Urban Digital Mission (NUDM)” was virtually launched by Hardeep Singh Puri, MoHUA and
Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, MeitY to create a digital infrastructure for Indian cities.
 Operational guidelines for Integration of NAFLD (Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease) with
NPCDCS (National Programme for Prevention & Control of Cancer, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Diseases
and Stroke) was launched by Union Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare
(MoH&FW).
 Intensified Mission Indradhanush (IMI) 3.0 was virtually launched by Union Minister Dr. Harsh
Vardhan, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoH&FW) along with IMI 3.0 portal & released the
Operational Guidelines for IMI 3.0.
 Key projects related to Oil & Gas Sector virtually Inaugurated by PM Narendra Modi in Tamil Nadu.
 Pugalur – Thrissur Power Transmission Project, Kasaragod Solar Power Project and Water
Treatment Plant at Aruvikkara in Kerala were inaugurated virtually by Prime Minister.
 Common Research and Technology Development Hub (CRTDH) at CSIR-CDRI, Lucknow ,Uttar
Pradesh was inaugurated by Union Minister for Science & Technology, Dr Harsh Vardhan during
institute’s 70th Annual Day Celebrations.
 1st India Toy Fair-2021 - Union Education Minister, Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’, Union Minister of
Textiles, Smriti Zubin Irani and Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Piyush Goyal jointly
launched the website(https://theindiatoyfair.in/) for 1st India Toy Fair-2021.
 Construction of Statue & Memorial for Maharaja Suheldev foundation stone virtually laid by the
Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi at Bahraich, Uttar Pradesh (UP).
 India-Australia Circular Economy (I-ACE) Hackathon, 2021 was inaugurated virtually on February
11, 2021 by the NITI Aayog’s Atal Innovation Mission in collaboration with Australia’s Commonwealth
Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CISRO).
 Tejas Mark II Multirole Combat Jet - Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) is planning to launch this
Indigenous jet in August-September of 2022. The 1st high-speed trial of the jet productions is expected
to begin in 2025.
 Technology Information, Forecasting and Assessment Council (TIFAC) launched 2 new initiatives
namely SAKSHAM Job Portal (Shramik Shakti Manch) & Sea Weed Mission during its 34th Foundation
Day.
 Srivilliputhur-Meghamalai Tiger Reserve (SMTR)-Government of India (GoI) has approved the
Srivilliputhur-Meghamalai Tiger Reserve (SMTR) in Tamil Nadu (TN), it will be TN’s 5th Tiger Reserve
and the Largest ever Tiger Reserve in the state.
 8th India International Silk Fair, India’s Biggest Silk Fair was inaugurated by Union Minister for
Women & Child Development and Textiles, Smriti Zubin Irani virtually.
 2nd Crime and Criminal Tracking Network & Systems (CCTNS) Hackathon and Cyber Challenge
2020-21 of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) was inaugurated by the Union Home Secretary,
Ajay Kumar Bhalla in New Delhi.
• The mobile application “Locate Nearest Police Station” was launched during the event.
JANUARY 20201
 Kochi-Mangaluru Natural Gas Pipeline - Prime Minister virtually inaugurated thispipeline and was
constructed by GAIL (India) Ltd at a cost of INR 3, 000 crores.
 Toycathon 2021 and Toycathon Portal (https://toycathon.mic.gov.in.) were jointly launched by Union
Minister Smriti Zubin Iraniand Union Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’, Ministry of Education
(MoE) in New Delhi to make India self-reliant in the toy sector.
 Prime Minister inaugurated the
♦ 306-Km long New Rewari in Haryana-New Madar in Rajasthan section of Western Dedicated
Freight Corridor (WDFC) .
♦ Flagged off the World’s 1st Double Stack Long Haul 1.5 Km Container Train hauled by electric
traction from Atela in Haryana – Kishangarh in Rajasthan.

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 ‘Sagar Anveshika’ - Coastal Research Vehicle (CRV) launched by Union Minister for Earth Sciences,
Harsh Vardhan at Chennai Port.
 Light House Projects (LHPs) - Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually laid the foundation of six
Light House Projects in Indore (Madhya Pradesh), Rajkot (Gujarat), Chennai (Tamil Nadu), Ranchi
(Jharkhand), Agartala (Tripura) and Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh).
 New institute of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) -Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union
Minister of Science & Technology inaugurated CSIR-National Institute of Science Communication and
Policy Research (CSIR-NIScPR), in New Delhi.
 Doppler Weather Radar- Dr. Harsh Vardhan inaugurated Doppler Weather Radars at Mukteshwar
(Uttarakhand) and Kufri (Himachal Pradesh). Doppler Weather Radars in Uttarakhand is 1st of its
kind.
 1st ever Khelo India Zanskar Winter Sports & Youth Festival 2021 inaugurated by Kiren Rijiju,
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Youth Affairs and Sports atPadum in Zanskar of Kargil,
Ladakh UT.
 India Africa Trade Council 2021 was inaugurated in Hotel Crowne Plaza, Chennai (Tamil Nadu) for
building up business relations between India and Africa.
 Kiren Rijiju, Union Minister of Youth Affairs & Sport, launched the indigenously developed Reference
Material(RM), synthesized by collaborative efforts of National Dope Testing Laboratory (NDTL) and
National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Guwahati.
 Dr Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister for Health & Family Welfare (MoHFW) released National Non-
Communicable Disease (NCD) Monitoring Survey (NNMS) 2017-18, 1st of its kind complete survey on
NCDs using standardised tools & methods.
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 The Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) has launched an initiative to enable rural SHG (Self Help
Group) women to Lakhpati and take women to the higher economic order by earning at least Rs.1
lakh per annum.
 The DIGIT (Digital Infrastructures for Governance, Impact and Transformation) , an eGov
Foundation platform, will now provide support to the National Urban Digital Mission (NUDM).
 Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI)organised a Hackathon ‘Aadhaar Hackathon 2021’ to
celebrate “Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav” and promote the culture of innovation among youth.
OCTOBER
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 Following the privatisation of Air India (AI), the Government of India (GoI) started its asset disposal
programme for disposal of assets and liabilities of the subsidiaries of AI.
 Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) gave NOC (No Objection Certificate) to SNV Aviation Pvt Ltd to operate
commercial flights across India under the brand name ‘Akasa Air’ from summer 2022.
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Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) notified new rules regarding the taxation on the ‘interest income’ which
is earned through the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) contributions, beyond Rs 2.5 lakh a year and Rs 5
lakh a year from FY22 onwards (i.e. from April 2021).

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The government of India provides USD 1 million aid to Zimbabwe under United Nations World Food
Programme (WFP).
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Overview of PM Narendra Modi’s Address on India’s 75th Independence Day Celebrations
PM Modi laid the vision for the country for the next 25 years, he stated “SabkaSaath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka
Vishwas and SabkaPrayas”.
 Gati Shakti will act as the ‘National Infrastructure Master Plan’ and will help in setting a holistic and
integrated approach in infrastructure construction.INR 100 Lakh Crore will be allotted for the Gati Shakti
programme.
 75 Vande Bharat trains to be rolled out in 75 weeks of Amrit Mahotsav of Independence to connect
every corner of India.
 To fight malnutrition, the government has set a target to provide fortified rice to the poor through the
Public Distribution System, Mid-Day meals Scheme and Others by 2024.
 PM Modi announced, For the 1st time Ever, Girls will be allowed to enroll in the Sainik Schools across
the country.
 PM Modi announced the launch of the National Hydrogen Mission to make India the global production
hub for clean hydrogen fuel production and exports.An amount of INR 1500 Crore was set aside to
achieve India’s target of 175 GW by 2022 & also for NHEM.
 PM Modi announced that the Government will launch an E-commerce platform for Self Help Groups
(SHGs) to promote their products.
 MHA Nityanand Rai announcedthat the 16th Indian Census will be India’s 1st-ever Digital
Census. Data for the Census 2021 will be collected through mobile Apps and will be uploaded on the
portal directly.
 GOI announced the Amrit Mahotsav App Innovation Challenge 2021 for Indian entrepreneurs and start-
ups.The challenge will be available on – innovateindia.mygov.in and 30th September would be last date
for submission
 Government announced the rates and guidelines for Remission of Duties and Taxes
on Exported Products (RoDTEP), an export incentive schemeThe tax refund rates for different sectors
under RoDTEP were fixed in the range of 0.5 percent to 4.3 percent.
 Union Education & Skill Development Minister, Dharmendra Pradhan & Union Minister for Social Justice
and Empowerment, Virendra Kumar Jointly launched various initiatives under the New Education
Policy (NEP)-2020.
• The booklet on the 1-year NEP-2020 Achievement document.
• Virtual School of the National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS)
• Release of ‘Priya-The Accessibility Warrior’- Accessibility booklet developed by the NCERT & the
Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities.
• National Initiative for Proficiency in Reading with Understanding and Numeracy (NIPUN) Bharat
(Foundational Literacy & Numeracy) FLN tools & resources on DIKSHA (Digital Infrastructure for
Knowledge Sharing)
• Alternate Academic Calendar of the National Council of Educational Research & Training (NCERT)
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 Indian Government’s Flagship Programme ‘Digital India’ completed 6 years on July 1, 2021.
 Union Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise (MSME) and Road Transport and Highways Nitin
Gadkari announced the Central Government’s revision of MSMEs guidelines and the inclusion of Retail
and Wholesale trades as MSMEs.
 Government created a separate ‘Ministry of Co-operation (SahkaritaMantralaya)’ to provide a separate
administrative, legal and policy framework for strengthening the Co-operative Movement in India. The
New Ministry has been carved out from the Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers
Welfare, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare.
• Amit Shah will head this new ‘Ministry Of Cooperation’ along with Ministry of Home Affairs.

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 Govt approved the ‘Government of India (Allocation of Business) Three Hundred and Sixty First
Amendment Rules, 2021’ which brings the ‘Department of Public Enterprises (Lok
UdyamVibhag)’ which was part of the Ministry of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises under the
Ministry of Finance.
• The Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) will be the 6th Department in the Finance
Ministry.
 Ministry of Commerce and Industry indicated that the India Industrial Land Bank (IILB) will achieve
pan-India integration by December 2021.
 Ministry of Corporate Affairs incorporated the ‘National Asset Reconstruction Company (NARCL)’ also
known as Bad Banks/Asset Reconstruction Company (ARC) with an authorised capital of INR 100 crore
and paid-up capital of INR 74.6 crore.
 Union Minister for Power, R K Singh inaugurated ‘Aiming for Sustainable Habitat: New Initiatives in
Building Energy Efficiency 2021’
The initiatives which were launched are
• Specifying code compliance approaches and minimum energy performance requirements for
building services, and verification framework with Eco Niwas Samhita 2021.
• Web-based platform ‘The Handbook of Replicable Designs for Energy Efficient Residential
Buildings’
• Online Directory of Building
• Announcement of NEERMAN Awards (National Energy Efficiency Roadmap for Movement
towards Affordable & Natural Habitat) .
• Online Star Rating Tool for Energy Efficient Homes created to improve energy-efficiency
• Training of over 15,000 Architects, Engineers and Government officials on Energy Conservation
Building Code (ECBC) 2017 and Eco Niwas Samhita (ENS) 2021.
 Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying (DAHD) of Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry
&Dairying setup Dairy Investment Accelerator under its Investment Facilitation Cell.
 Central Government decided to set up a world class Indian Institute of Heritage at Noida, Gautam
Buddha Nagar (Uttar Pradesh) .
 Union Minister for Education, Dharmendra Pradhan proposed to set up a National Research
Foundation (NRF) with an outlay of INR 50,000 crores over a period of 5 years.
 Government allowed 100% FDI under the automatic route for oil refiners in case an ‘in-principle’
approval for strategic disinvestment of a Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) has been granted by it.
 Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MoHFW) announced 27% Reservation for OBCs (Other
Backward Classes) & 10% Reservation for EWS (Economically Weaker Section) in the All-India Quota
Scheme (AIQ).
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 Union Minister for Finance Nirmala Sitharaman announced an ‘Economic Relief from Pandemic’
stimulus package worth INR 6,28,993 crore to support the Indian Economy during the fight against
COVID-19 pandemic. They are
1.Under the Loan Guarantee scheme, additional credit of INR 1.10 lakh crore will flow to the businesses. It
includes INR 50,000 crore for the health sector and INR 60,000 crore for other sectors, including tourism.
2. Government has increased the Target Credit Line under Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme
(ECLGS) by INR 1.5 Lakh crore.
3.The Credit Guarantee Scheme for Micro Finance Institutions (MFIs) is a new scheme which aims to
benefit the smallest of borrowers who are served by the network of Micro Finance Institutions.The amount
allocated for the scheme is INR 100 crore.
4. Government has extended the date of registration under the ANBRY scheme from 30.6.2021 to
31.03.2022.
5.The allocation of additional food grains under PM-GKAY 2021 (Phase-IV) has been extended for another
5 months i.e. July to November, 2021. The expenditure of the scheme is expected to be at INR 93,869 crore,
with this the total cost of the scheme will reach INR 2,27,841 crore for PMGKY.
6. Additional subsidy of Rs.14,775 crore will be provided to farmers for Di-Ammonium
Phosphate (DAP) and Phosphatic and Potassic (P&K) fertilizers.
7. A new scheme for strengthening public health infrastructure and human resources has been announced
with an outlay of INR 23,220 crore.

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8. Government has announced a revival package of INR 77.45 crore for North Eastern Regional Agricultural
Marketing Corporation (NERAMAC).
9. Government is set to infuse equity in Export Credit Guarantee Corporation (ECGC) over 5 years to
increase export insurance cover by INR 88,000 crore.
10. Government has decided to provide an additional corpus to National Export Insurance Account
(NEIA)INR 33,000 crore of project exports.
11. The Government has set aside INR 19,041 crore for implementation of BharatNet
12. Government has announced an allocation of INR 3.03 lakh crore for a Revamped Reform-Based Result-
Linked power distribution scheme. Out of this, the Centre’s share would be Rs.97,631 crore.
Others
 Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas (MoPNG), launched a
number of initiatives to enhance the SATAT (Sustainable Alternative Towards Affordable
Transportation) scheme.
 Babul Supriyo, Minister of State for Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
(MoEF&CC) released the latest version of “Desertification and Land Degradation Atlas of
India” on the virtual event organised on the account of Desertification and Drought Day (17 June).
 Chief Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra along with Election Commissioners Rajiv Kumar and Anup
Chandra Pandey released the “General Elections 2019 India – An Atlas”, which consists of data and
statistical figures of 17th General Elections held in 2019.
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 Ministry of Finance, Government of India is set to provide an additional amount of INR 15,000 Crore
to State Governments as Interest free 50-year loan for spending on Capital projects for the FY 2021-22.
 India’s Minister of State for Culture &Tourism (Independent Charge) Prahlad Singh Patel&
Mongolia’s Minister of Culture, ChinbatNomin the Cultural Exchange Program (CEP) between the two
countries was renewed until 2023.
 Union Minister for Education Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ approved monetary assistance to
students Mid-Day-Meal Scheme (MDM). INR 1200 Crore has been allocated to State Governments/UT
for this purpose.
Others
 Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has released new guidelines for implementation of
Central Public Sector Undertaking (CPSU) Scheme Phase-II (Government Producer Scheme).
 As per the Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare (DAC & FW)’s 3rd
Advance Estimates of production of major agricultural crops for 2020-21, the total foodgrain
production in India is estimated to rise by 2.66% to 305.44 MT in 2020-21 (compared to 2019).
 Ministry of Power is set to establish a National Mission on the use of Biomass in coal-based Thermal
Power Plants and help in meeting India’s 450 Gigawatts of Renewable Energy by 2030.
 Cheetah, declared extinct in India in 1952 is set to be re-introduced into India in November, 2021 at
the Kuno National Park, Madhya Pradesh (MP).
 Union Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs released the ‘CCI Journal on Competition Law and
Policy’ during the 12thFounding Day of the Competition Commission of India(CCI).
 Jharkhand has clinched the 1st Position among the 36 States & UTs of India based on the progress of
implementation of Smart City projects, Rajasthan came second in the rankings.
 Environment Appraisal Committee (EAC) – Infrastructure I of the Ministry of Environment, Forest
and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has recommended NITI Aayog’s project ‘Great Nicobar Plan’ for “for
grant of Terms of Reference (TOR)” for Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) studies.
 According to the Council on Energy, Environment and Water-Centre for Energy Finance (CEEW-
CEF)Market Handbook 2020-21 (Annual Issue), India added 12.1 GigaWatt (GW) power generation
capacity in 2020-21.
 Government has set Foodgrains Production target for the crop year 2021-22 at 307 MillionTonnes
(MT), the production target for 2020-21 was 301.92 MT.
 Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has released new guidelines for implementation of
Central Public Sector Undertaking (CPSU) Scheme Phase-II (Government Producer Scheme).

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 Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways has stated that the Government
has set a target of road construction of worth INR 15 Lakh Crore in the next 2 years.
 Union Minister for Petroleum & Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan virtually flagged off the 1st
supply of UCO (Used Cooking Oil) based Biodiesel blended Diesel from IndianOil’sTikrikalan Terminal,
Delhi.
 Ministry of Labour& Employment has notified Section 142 of the Social Security Code, 2020 which
covers the applicability of Aadhar.It enable the Labour Ministry to collect Aadhar data of workers in the
Unorganized Sector.
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 India has extended NPR 42.95 Million (~ INR 2.69 Crores) grant assistance to Nepal for construction of
a New Building for a School in Udaypur district of Nepal.Nepal inaugurated 10 Roads (length of 300
Kms) which were built with Indian grant assistance of NPR 800 Crores (~ INR 501 Crores).
Others
 Indian Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi & Russian President Vladimir Putin have agreed to establish
a ‘2+2 Ministerial Dialogue’ at the Foreign &Defence Minister level between the two countries.
 Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare (MoA&FW) has certified around 14, 491 Hectares of land in
Car Nicobar and nancowry group of Islands in UT of Andaman&Nicobar as ‘Organic Area’ under the
‘Large Area Certification (LAC)’ scheme of the PGS-India (Participatory Guarantee System) programme.
 Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has announced an Innovation Challenge
#FOSS4GOV to accelerate the adoption of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) in Government.
 Government has operationalized around 75, 532 Ayushman Bharat-Health and Wellness Centre (AB-
HWCs) across India since 2018.Punjab achieved the 1st rank in operationalising HWCs in India.
 Ministry of Women and Child Development (MWCD) celebrated ‘PoshanPakhwada’ (Nutrition
Fortnight) across India under POSHAN Abhiyaan or National Nutrition Mission from March 16-31,
2021.
 Dr Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare(MoHFW) announced the
constitution of a high-level steering committee for eco-health initiatives in India.Union Minister also
launched the special issue of ICMR’s Indian Journal of Medical Research.
 Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment is aiming to launch POSHAN Abhiyaan for the Elderly.
 Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India (TRIFED) under the Ministry of Tribal
Affairs(MoTA) has launched “Sankalp se Siddhi” a 100 days Village & Digital Connect Drive.
 Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister for Health & Family Welfare approved the ‘National Policy for Rare
Diseases 2021’ to address the high cost of treatment for rare diseases.
 T.S. Tirumurti, India’s Permanent Secretary to the United Nations (UN) stated that India has contributed
an additional USD 500, 000 (~ INR 3.7 Crores) to the United Nations Trust Fund for Counter-Terrorism.
MARCH 2021
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 India will fund NPR 246 Million (~ INR 15.498 Crore) under the Government of India reconstruction
grant agreement for restoration of 3 more Cultural heritage sites in Nepal.
 India funded ~ 1.9 Million Maldivian Rufiyaa (MVR) (~Indian Rupee(INR) 89 Lakh) to the
Maldives Ministry of Gender, Family and Social Services to complete ‘Fiyavathi Home for Vulnerable
Children’ project.
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 Third phase of the Indian beamline project was initiated in Japan with special focus on research based
on Industrial Applications and Indian researchers will be trained with Advanced X-ray techniques.
 According to data presented by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare to Lok Sabha, Sikkim,
Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka & Maharashtra lead in usage of Drip Irrigation.
 Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) announced to retain 8.5% annual interest rates on
provident fund(PF) deposits for the financial year 2020-21.

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 India Toy Fair 2021 -First ever ‘The India Toy Fair 2021’ was inaugurated virtually by PM Modi on the
underlying themes of ‘Atmanirbhar (Self Reliant) Bharat’ and ‘Vocal for Local’ .
FEBRUARY 2021
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 India committed to Nepal that it will fund Nepali Rupees (NR) 142 million (US $50 million ) to restore 3
cultural heritage projects in Nepal.
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 Ministry of Tribal Affairs has included 14 additional Minor Forest Produce (MFP) items under the
Minimum Support Price (MSP) Scheme.
 45th International Kolkata Book Fair, will be held in July 2021 at the Central Park, Salt Lake, Kolkata,
West Bengal. The focal theme country of the Book fair 2021 will be Bangladesh.
JANUARY 2021
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 Rs 128.69 crores spends for MaitreSetu, which connects South Tripura with Ramgarh of Bangladesh
and provides access to the Chittagong seaport, is all set to be opened.
 Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways implements Rs 320-crore Enterprise Business System (EBS)
at five major ports of Mumbai, Chennai, Deendayal, Paradip, Kolkata (including Haldia) to provide
digital port ecosystem.
 Central Government has announced Rs. 5,801 Cr for new 1035 km National highway (NH) between
Surat (Gujarat) and Bengaluru (Karnataka).
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 Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) released guidelines to reduce the permissible
level of Trans-Fatty Acids (TFA) in oils and fats to 3% for 2021 & 2% by 2022 from the current
permissible limit of 5%.
 Permanent Representative of India to United Nations (UN) TS Tirumurti announced that India will head
3 Important Committees of United Nations Security Council (UNSC) – Counter-Terrorism Committee
(for 2022), Taliban Sanctions Committee (also called the 1988 Sanctions Committee) & Libya Sanctions
Committee.
 Prakash Javadekar, Union Minister for Environment Forest & Climate Change (MoEFCC) virtually
released ‘Marine MegaFauna Stranding Guidelines’ & ‘National Marine Turtle Action Plan’ in New Delhi.
STATEWISE NEWS
NOVEMBER 2021
 Arunachal Pradesh (AP) approved the ‘Pakke Tiger Reserve 2047 Declaration on Climate Change
Resilient and Responsive Arunachal Pradesh’, to promote “climate-resilient development” in the state.
The announcement is the first of its kind by any state government in the country.
 Karnataka announced to rename the disputed Mumbai-Karnataka region, consisting of 7 districts,
as ‘Kittur Karnataka’– Uttara Kannada, Belagavi, Dharwad, Vijayapura, Bagalkote, Gadag and Haveri
districts
 Kalij Pheasant, also known as ‘Lophura Leucomelanos’, named as the bird of the Union Territory(UT) of
Jammu & Kashmir(J&K).
 Meghalaya Cabinet approved a proposal to upgrade the Mairang civil sub-division to a full-fledged district
which will be called as ‘Eastern West Khasi Hills district’. It will be Meghalaya’s 12th district
OCTOBER 2021
 Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha declared the most awaited Crime and Criminal
Tracking Network & Systems (CCTNS) project of J&K Police “Go-Live” and launched the “JK eCOP”
Mobile Application at Raj Bhavan in Srinagar.
 Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik virtually launched the World’s 1st ever “FIFA Football for School
(F4S) Programme” at Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS), Bhubaneswar.

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 Tamil Nadu FibreNet Corporation Ltd (TANFINET) accepts the agreement for the implementation of
BharatNet Project in Tamil Nadu at a total cost of ₹1,815 crore.The project aims at providing 1 Gbps
bandwidth connectivity to all Gram Panchayats.
SEPTEMBER 2021
 Gujarat initiated ‘Vatan Prem Yojana’ which encourages non-resident Indians (NRIs) from Gujarat to
fund development projects in their native villages.
 J&Klaunched a digital banking mission “One Gram Panchayat-One DIGI-Pay Sakhi” to promote door-to-
door digital banking and financial service in remote areas of J&K.
 Union Territory (UT) of Ladakh Govt. has declared ‘Snow leopard’ (Panthera uncia) as its state
animal and ‘Black-necked crane’ (Grus nigricollis) as its state bird.
 Madhya Pradesh-NTPC received a Letter of Award(LoA) from Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh
Chauhan for developing 325 MW Solar Power Project at Shajapur Solar Park, Shajapur district Madhya
Pradesh.
 Manipur govlaunched an electronic Inner Line permit (ILP) or e-ILP platform at Imphal, Jiribam and
Maoto monitor the entry, exit and tracking of visitors to the state.
 Sikkim government has declared ‘Copper Mahseer’ locally named ‘Katley’ as the State fish. The
scientific name of the fish is Neolissochilushexagonolepis.
AUGUST 2021
 Assam cabinet has decided to not prosecute any Gurkha member under the Citizenship Act, 1955.
 Chhattisgarh govannounced the creation of 4 New Districts and 18 New Tehsil in the state. New
districts named as Manendragarh, MohlaManpur, Shakti and Sarangarh- Bilaigarh.
 Haryana Police with 100 per cent marks, secured the 1st position in India under Crime and Criminal
Tracking Network System (CCTNS) followed by Gujarat Police and Himachal Pradesh.
 Tamil Nadu - (Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) has provided the first approval
under SIDBI Cluster Development Fund (SCDF) to the Tamil Nadu (TN) state government.
JULY 2021
 Karnataka gov,SAP Labs India and UNDPIndia have collaborated with to enhance access to career
guidance, employment and entrepreneurship opportunities and to promote the digital skills to
empower the women and youths of Karnataka
 Kerala Regional Office of NABARD has launched a project with the financial assistance of Rs 18.50
lakh for evaluation of vaccine against bacterial disease ‘Riemerellosis’ in ducks to Kerala Veterinary and
Animal Sciences University (KVASU), Thrissur, Kerala was sanctioned by NABARD.
• Also launched Up-skilling of Fishermen Youth in Out Board Motor (OBM) Engine Repair work.
 Madhya Pradesh,city Indore become the only city from India to be selected for International Clean Air
Catalyst Programme.The project will be rolled out for 5 years .
 Manipur gov launched various welfare schemes that are implemented under the ‘National Bank
for Agriculture and Rural Development’ (NABARD) in the state.
• The scheme includes the ‘Comprehensive Scheme for development of Manipur State Cooperative
Bank (MSCB) Ltd. and Primary Agriculture Co-operative Societies (PACS)’
 Meghalaya gov launched a face recognition mobile app ‘Pensioners’ Life Certificate Verification’ to help
the pensioners of Meghalaya to get a life certificate.
 Ramgarh Vishdhari Sanctuary in Bundi has been sanctioned as the 4th Tiger Reserve of
Rajasthan and 52nd Tiger Reserve of India by the Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change
(MoEFCC).
 Rajasthan government’s Department of Food and Civil Supplies and United Nations World Food
Programme (WFP) in India established a partnership to improve the Targeted Public Distribution
System (TDPS).
 Tamil Nadu (TN) received INR 28,508 Crore Investment Commitments from 49 Projects during the
‘Investment Conclave 2021’ held in Chennai.

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 Assam has declared Raimona region in Kokrajhar district as Assam’s 6th National Park (NP).
The Raimona NP is a 422 sq. km contiguous forest patch within the Bodoland Territorial Region.
• Assam government notified the 111.942 sq km DehingPatkai wildlife sanctuary (WLS) as its 7th
National Park(NP).
 Goa - Chief Justice of India S A Bobde appreciated the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) of Goa, Goa is the only
Indian State to have a UCC.
 Odisha -Odisha and the United Nations World Food Programme (UN WFP) made a partnership to
improve the household food and nutritional security in Odisha
MAY 2021
 Maharashtra cabinet approved the proposal to allocate 50 Acres of land in the district of Sindhudurg
to establish the National Institute of Medicinal Plants (NIMP).
 Karnataka Chief Minister (CM) B S Yediyurappa, launched an online portal named ‘Akanksha ‘to
provide comprehensive details on all the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities in the state.
APRIL 2021
 Goa - Chief Justice of India S A Bobde appreciated the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) of Goa, Goa is the only
Indian State to have a UCC.
 Haryana state govt. has approved allotment of 140 acres of land o worth ₹3.22 crore per acre for e-
commerce major, Flipkart for setting-up asia’s largest fulfillment center in Gurugram, Haryana.
 Rajasthan - Rajasthan Renewable Energy Corporation Ltd (RRECL) commissioned India’s 1st Farm-
based Solar Power Project under the PM-KUSUM (Pradhan Mantri-Kisan Urja Suraksha
evamUtthanMahabhiyan) Scheme at kotpuli in Jaipur,Rajasthan.
 Udhampur district of Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) UT bagged the top position at National level for
successful implementation of Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) during FY 2020-21.
• Chhattisgarh bagged the first place among all states/UT for developing the highest road length
under PMGSY. It was followed by Uttarakhand and J&K.
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FEBRUARY 2021
 Maharashtra - Uddhav Thackeray, Chief Minister of Maharashtra unveiled the first indegeneous metro
racks for the new Metro line of Mumbai – Metro 2A and 7 at the Charkop Metro Depot, Mumbai.
 Punjab’s First ‘Central Water Treatment Plant’ set up at Village Daudhar of Moga, Punjab began supply
of Clean Drinking Water to 85 Villages of Moga district.
 Uttar Pradesh’s Republic Day parade tableau was adjudged as the best and received the award from
Union Minister Kiren Rijijuamong the 32 tableaux on 26th January 2021. The theme of the UP tableau
was “Ayodhya: The cultural heritage of Uttar Pradesh”.
 Jammu and Kashmir (J&K)has partnered with the United Kingdom Space Agency’s (UKSA) for ‘Impact
Based Flood Forecasting using Earth Observation (EO) based Information’ project for getting India’s 1st
Impact-based Flood Forecasting.
 Tamil Nadu Chief Minister EdappadiKaruppaPalaniswami, unveiled “Tamil Nadu Industrial Policy
2021-2025” and MSME (Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises) Policy 2021.He signed a total of 28 MoUs
with a investment of Rs 28,053 crores across various sectors.
JANUARY 2021
 Gujarat - The Industrial Disputes (Gujarat Amendment) Bill, 2020, which was passed in the state
Assembly on September 22, 2020 received the presidential assent.

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 Madhya Pradesh-5-dayTansen Sangeet Samaroh 2020, 96th edition of the Annual Music Festival
organized to pay tribute to the Indian Musical Maestro Tansen was held in Gwalior.Pt Satish Vyas
conferred with prestigious Tansen Samman 2020.
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AUGUST 2021
 Supreme Court bench held that the Governor of a state can pardon prisoners, including death row
convicts, even before they have served a minimum 14 years of prison sentence under Article 161.
 Supreme Court (SC) allowed Women candidates to appear in the upcoming National Defense Academy
(NDA) examination.
JULY 2021
 The Supreme Court(SC) directed States and Union Territories (UT) to extend the implementation of
the ‘One Nation, One Ration Card’ scheme (ONORC) by July 31, 2021.
• Supreme Court (SC) struck down certain parts of Part IXB of the Indian Constitution. Part IXB was
inserted by the Constitution (97th Amendment) Act, 2011, it deals with incorporation, terms of members
of board and its office bearers and effective management of cooperative societies.
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MAY 2021
 Supreme Court’s e-Committee released the manual for its free e-Courts Services Mobile App in 14
regional languages.JusticeDhananjaya Y Chandrachud, Judge, Supreme Court of India and the
Chairperson of e-Committee has written the foreword of the manual.
RAILWAY NEWS
OCTOBER 2021
 The Railway Board issued the letter stating that the Indian Railways has ordered to dissolve the Indian
Railway Station Development Corporation(IRSDC).
SEPTEMBER 2021
 Ministry of Railways launched Rail Kaushal Vikas Yojana (RKVY) under the aegis of Pradhan Mantri
Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) to envisages empowering youth viz. 50000 candidates with industry
relevant skills over a period of three years under the Apprentice Act 1961 through 75 Railway training
institutes.
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JULY 2021
 National Capital Regional Transport Corporation (NCRTC) plans to implement “Integrated Real-time
Enterprise Asset Management System (iDREAMS)” in Indian Railways to digitally manage all rail
assets.
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 Indian Railways Station Development Corporation (IRSDC) has developed 1st of its kind ‘Form-
based codes’ for commercial development of railway lands.
MARCH 2021
 Western Railway inaugurated the newly commissioned Mobile Train Radio Communication (MTRC)
system (also known as Global System for Mobile Communications – Railway (GSM-R)) at Divisional
Railway Manager’s office in Mumbai, Maharashtra. It is the 1st time that MTRC has been commissioned
in Indian Railways (IR).
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JANUARY 2021
 Indian Railways has renamed the Howrah-Kalka Mail, one of the oldest running trains in India, as
“Netaji Express” with effect on 23rd January 2021, the 125th Birth Anniversary of Subhas Chandra
Bose.
 Union Minister Piyush VedprakashGoyallaunched the first-of-its-kind Indian Railways dedicated Freight
portal “Freight Business Development Portal”.
 Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) & Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation
(MAHA-METRO) signed MoU to provide biodigester Mk-II technology for treatment of human waste
(night soil).
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SEPTEMBER 2021
 Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) with the Ministry of Electronics and Information
Technology (MeitY) launched the “Main Bhi Digital 3.0” for Digital Onboarding and Training for street
vendors under Pradhan Mantri Street Vendor’s AtmaNirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi) Scheme
 Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Minister of State, Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology(MeitY)
launched Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital Saksharta Abhiyan (PMGDISHA) Drive and announced
a PMGDISHA Campaign for 100% digital literacy in digital villages under ‘Azadi Ka Amrit
Mahotsav’ celebrations.
 NITI Aayog in partnership with Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) and RMI India launched a campaign
named “Shoonya” – an initiative to promote the usage of Zero-pollution delivery vehicles.
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JUNE 2021
 Union Minister for Environment, Forest & Climate Change Prakash Javadekar launched an 2-month
Awareness Campaign on Single-Use Plastic (SUP) & India Plastic Challenge – Hackathon 2021.
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MARCH 2021
 ‘Sahi Disha’ campaign launched by United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to celebrate the
livelihoods and entrepreneurship of women in rural India.
FEBRUARY 2021
 “SwavalambanSashakt- Mega campaign” has launched by Small Industries Development Bank of
India (SIDBI) and Confederation of Women Entrepreneurs of India (COWE) to encourage and to create
awareness about the Stand-Up India (SUI) scheme of Central Government.
JANUARY 2021
‘SAKSHAM 2021 (SanrakshanKshamata Mahotsav)’, a month-long pan-India campaign launched by
Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCRA) to create awareness about the adverse impact of
fossil fuels and to switch to cleaner fuels. ‘Green and Clean Energy’ (Hindi- ह�रतएवं ��ऊजा� )’ is tagline
of the campaign.
COMMEMORATIVE NAME
OCTOBER 2021
 Central Government has renamed Mount Harriet, an island peak in Andaman and Nicobar islands as
Mount Manipur as a tribute to the freedom fighters of Manipur.
SEPTEMBER 2021
 Assam gov has decided to rename the Rajiv Gandhi Orang National Park as the “Orang National
Park” to honour the Adivasi and tea tribe communities of Assam.
AUGUST 2021
 Minister of Defence, Rajnath Singh renamed Army Sports Institute stadium of Army Sport Institute
(ASI), Pune as “Neeraj Chopra Stadium”, after the Olympic Gold Medalist Neeraj Chopra.
 Vice President Venkaiah Naidu released a Commemorative Postage Stamp on the Social worker and
Sangh Pracharak, ‘Mananiya Chaman Lal’.
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MAY 2021
 Government of Punjab has officially renamed the Mohali International Hockey Stadium Sector 63 phase
9, Mohali, Punjab, after the 3-time Olympics champion, Padma Shri Balbir Singh Senior.
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 Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, which was renamed as Narendra Modi Cricket
Stadium on February 24, 2021.
 Ministry of Education (MoE) is set to rename residential schools and hostels funded under Samagra
Shiksha scheme of MoE as ‘Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose residential schools and hostels’ .
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FESTIVAL
Festival Name Celebrated In Points to be noted
NOVEMBER 2021
2nd National Tribal Dance Raipur, Chhattisgarh This year’s event was clubbed with
Festival 2021 Chattisgarh’s Rajyotsava (state foundation
day- November 1, 2021).
‘Ganga Utsav 2021-The Gajendra Singh Shekhawat launched
River Festival’ the ‘Ganga Atlas: River of the Past’ developed
by Prof Rajiv Sinha, IIT Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
(UP).
NMCG also got registered in the Guinness Book
of World Records on the first day of the Ganga
Utsav 2021 for most photos of handwritten
notes uploaded to Facebook in one hour.
Wangala Meghalaya It is the festival of 100 Drums Festival. It is a
post harvest festival of the Garos tribe which is
being held every year to honour ‘Saljong’, the
Sun God of Garos, which also marks the end of
the harvest season.
OCTOBER 2021
Bathukamma Andhra Pradesh(AP). The Bathukamma festival celebrates the
relationship between earth, water and the
humans.
SEPTEMBER 2021
Nata-Sankirtana Manipur The Jawaharlal Nehru Manipur Dance
Academy(JNMDA), Imphal, Manipur has
organised a 3-day dance and music festival
from 28th to 30th September 2021to promote
Nata Sankirtana among the young generation.
First edition of the Union Territory (UT) of The film festival will screen movies from the
Himalayan Film Festival Ladakh 12 Himalayan states and Union Territories
(Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, Uttarakhand,
Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Assam,
Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura,
Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland) on the
main screen at Sindhu Sanskriti Kendra,
Picture Time mini theatre, and in the
amphitheatre.
Ladakh Nomadic Festival Ladakh The event was organised by Ladakh Cultural
Academy in association with the Department
of Tourism
Nuakhai Odisha The next day of Ganesh Chaturthi i.e.,
September, 11, 2021. It marks the
consumption of the first harvested crops.
Solung Arunachal Pradesh It is a harvest festival performed after sowing
of seeds and transplantation, to seek for good
crops
Bail Pola festival or the Madhya Pradesh and To recognise and acknowledge the
Festival of cattle Chhattisgarh importance of oxen and bulls in agriculture
and farming activities
AUGUST 2021
Wanchuwa festival 2021 Assam Tiwa tribal community living in the hills
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JUNE 2021
Raja Parba Odisha A 3-day long annual festival welcoming the
agricultural year in Odisha namely ‘Raja
Parba’ aka ‘Mithuna Sankranti’ is being
celebrated in the state from June 14, 2021 to
June 16, 2021.
Hemis festival Ladakh The two days grand Hemis festival was
celebrated by the people of Ladakh and the
Tibetian community on 20 and 21 of June
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2021.
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MARCH 2021
Kalanamak rice festival Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath launched a
three-day-long ‘Kalanamak rice festival’ in
Siddharth Nagar.The festival was organized
after the success of Strawberry and Jaggery
festivals.Kalanamak is also called Buddha
Rice.
Hearth Union Territory of Jammu Three-day long Maha Shivaratri festival,
& Kashmir (J&K) locally known as “Hearth” festival.The festival
marks the wedding of Lord Shiva with
Goddess Parvati.
FEBRUARY 2021
47th Edition of Khajuraho Madhya Pradesh Ms Usha Thakur, Minister of Culture and
Dance Festival Tourism of Madhya Pradesh inaugurated the
47th edition of Khajuraho Dance Festival on
20th February 2021.It is organised by the
UstadAlauddin Khan Music and Arts Academy
under the Department of Culture,
Government of Madhya Pradesh from 20th
February to 26th February 2021.
Mandu Festival Mandu ,Madhya Pradesh three-day Mandu Festival’s theme is
“Khojnemein Kho Jao (feel lost in
discovering)”. It was inaugurated by state
culture and tourism minister Usha Thakur.
Kanchoth festival Jammu and Kashmir a symbol of ancient Nag culture is observed
annually across Chenab valley region of
Jammu and Kashmir during the ‘Shukla
Paksha of Magh month’ in January or
February
JANUARY 2021
Bird festival ‘Kalrav’ Bihar Bihar’s 1st state level bird festival was held
from January 15 to 17, 2021 in Nagi bird
Sanctuary &Nakti bird Sanctuary, Jamui
district, Bihar.
Cherry Blossom Mao Manipur inaugurated by Chief Minister (CM) of
Festival Manipur NongthombamBiren Singh from the
CM Secretariat in Imphal, amid COVID-19.
The festival marked the beginning of pink
season in the district.
National Folk Dance Festival Jammu (Jammu and The day festival was organised by the North
Kashmir Union Territory- Zone Cultural Centre, Patiala (Ministry of
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Languages.
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In Recent News
2021
 Kerala - Centre Notifies 0-1 km Area Around Boundary of Kerala’s Mathikettan Shola National Park as
Eco-Sensitive Zone.
 World Heritage sites- Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Culture Prahlad Singh Patel stated
that 6 places have been added to India’s tentative list of UNESCOs (United Nations Educational,
Scientific and Cultural Organization) World Heritage sites. They are
Site State
Maratha Military Architecture Maharashtra
Temples of Kanchipuram Tamil Nadu
Satpura Tiger Reserve Madhya Pradesh
Hire Benkal-Megalithic Site Karnataka
Bhedaghat-Lameta Ghat in
Narmada Valley
Jabalpur district of Madhya Pradesh
(referred as Grand Canyon of
India)
Ganga Ghats – the Iconic Riverfront

Uttar Pradesh
of the Historic City of Varanasi
 Arunachal Pradesh - Government of India (GoI) has sanctioned INR 37.8 Crores for the Developing
Parashuram Kund Pilgrimage Site at Lohit district, Arunachal Pradesh.
 Gujarat -PrimeMinister virtually flagged off 8 trains from various parts of India to the Statue of Unity in
Kevadiya, Gujarat.
 Madhya Pradesh(MP)- President of India, laid the foundation stone for the conservation works at the
Singorgarh fort in Singrampur village of Damoh district, Madhya Pradesh(MP).
 Maharashtra Government renamed Gorewada International Zoo as “Balasaheb Thackeray Gorewada
International Zoological Park situated in Nagpur.
 UttarPradesh -Kushinagar Airport Becomes 3rd Licensed International Airport of UP.
 West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankar inaugurated the 11th RashtriyaSanskriti Mahotsav in West
Bengal.
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
LONGEST, LARGEST, HIGHEST

OCTOBER 2021
World’s largest National Flag, made of Khadi cotton unveiled at Leh, Ladakh. This Monumental Khadi National
Flag was prepared by Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC).
World’s largest hydrogen fuel cell power plant ‘Shinincheon Bitdream Fuel Cell Power Plant’ at the
Shinincheon Bitdream headquarters of Korea Southern Power in Seo-gu(78 MW), Incheon has been completed
and inaugurated.The project cost about 340 billion won ($292 million).

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SEPTEMBER 2021
World’s highest Electric Vehicle (EV) charging station was inaugurated at 500 feet in Kaza, in theSpiti Valley,
Lahaul and Spiti district, Himachal Pradesh.
World’s Largest Plant to Capture Carbon Dioxide(CO2) from air, ‘Orca’ Starts Operating in Iceland.The Plant
will suck in CO2 and store it underground in the form of rock.
AUGUST 2021
‘India’s first and world’s largest Cattle Genomic Chip IndiGau’introduced for the conservation of pure
varieties of indigenous cattle breeds like, Gir, Kankrej, Sahiwal, Ongole etc.
World’s highest 52-km-long tarmac road or motorable pass at Umling LA Pass in eastern Ladakh, India at
an altitude of 19,300 feet which has surpassed the record of a road in Bolivia, South America at 18,953 ft.
World’s Highest Mobile Air Traffic Control (ATC) towers has been built by the Indian Air Force (IAF) in the
Nyoma area of Ladakh at the Advanced Landing Ground.
JULY 2021
World’s Fastest Ground VehicleMaglev transportation system unveiled in Chinawitha maximum speed of 600
kph or 372 mph, in Qingdao, the coastal city in Shandong province of China.
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 World’s Largest Aeroplane codenamed ‘Roc’ successfully completed its 2nd Test Flight.
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MARCH 2021
World’s 1st Ship Tunnel, ‘Stad Ship Tunnel’ is to be constructed in Norway and will run underneath the
mountains in Norway’s Stadhavet peninsula and will help ships to cross the Stadhavet sea.
World’s largest floating solar farms :- Singapore, Asia’s biggest per capita carbon dioxide emitter, is building
one of the world’s largest floating solar farms, as part of its plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
FEBRUARY 2021
World’s Biggest offshore wind farm - South Korean President Moon Jae-in announced a $43 billion deal to
create World’s Biggest offshore wind farm, a major component of South Korea’s Green New Deal.
World’s first energy island (Artificial Island)’s plan to be approved by Government of Denmark to build in
the North Sea which will produce and store green energy enough to cover the electricity requirement of 3
million households in Europe.
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NOVEMBER 2021
 United Kingdom unveiled a £5 coin to commemorate Mahatma Gandhi on the occasion of Diwali. This is
the 1st time the UK government is releasing a coin on Mahatma Gandhi.
 The United States of America (USA) has become the 101st member of the inter-governmental treaty-
based International Solar Alliance (ISA).

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 The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) with support from the European Commission
launched the International Methane Emissions Observatory (IMEO) at the Group of Twenty (G20) Summit
2021.
 The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation(UNESCO) celebrated its 75th
anniversary on 12th November 2021 with a special ceremony organised at the UNESCO headquarters in
Paris, France.
 India got re-elected to the Executive Board of the UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization) Group IV of Asian and Pacific States, where Japan, Philippines, Vietnam, Cook
Islands and China also got elected.
OCTOBER 2021
 The global terror financing watchdog Financial Action Task Force (FATF) retained Pakistan in the ‘Grey
List’ .FATF also added Jordan, Mali and Turkey in its grey list.Mauritius and Botswana have been
removed from the Grey List.
 The United States Agency for International Development(USAID) has launched South Asia Regional
Energy Partnership (SAREP), a new 5 year, 49 million USD initiative to facilitate collaboration among
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, and Sri Lanka.
 Singapore plans to launch standardized guidelines for renewable energy certificates (REC) in an effort
to decarbonise its power sector and develop a regional grid.
 World Health Organization (WHO) along with its partners (including UNICEF, PATH, the Gates
Foundation) have launched the 1st ever Global strategy “Global Roadmap to Defeat Meningitis by
2030” during a meeting in Geneva, Switzerland.
 High Commissioner for United Nation Human Rights Council (UNHRC), Michelle Bachelet addresses the
Human Rights Council and recognised access to a clean and healthy environment as a fundamental
right.
 India will continue to work for the promotion and protection of human rights after being re-elected to
the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) for the term 2022-24
 India became the first of the BRICS bloc officially joined the High Ambition Coalition (HAC) for Nature
and People during a ceremony between the French and Indian governments held at New Delhi, India.
SEPTEMBER 2021
 United Nations Security Council (UNSC)has adopted a strong resolution on Afghanistan under India’s
Presidency. PM Narendra Modi has constituted a high-level group to monitor the ground situation in
Afghanistan with a focus on India’s Immediate priorities.
 World Health Organization (WHO) set up first hub of its kind ‘WHO Hub for Pandemic and Epidemic
Intelligence’ to provide quick advice to global public health experts.
 United Nations Programme on Environment(UNEP) formally stated that, toxic leaded
Petrol was Eradicated from the World.Algeria was the last country that eradicated the leaded petrol.
 Iran was appointed as the 9th permanent member state of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)
at the 21st Meeting of the SCO Council of Heads of State in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.
 Accra, Capital of Ghana selected as the UNESCO World Book Capital for 2023, following the evaluation
of the World Book Capital Advisory Committee.
AUGUST 2021
 India, the non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), took over
the presidency of the UNSC from France for the month of August 2021.
 Germany became the 5 country to join the International Solar Alliance (ISA) Framework Agreement.
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 Bangladesh and Canada joined the Coalition on Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI), an initiative of
India which was launched at the UN Climate Action Summit in September 2019.
 The year 2022 marks the 30th anniversary of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) –
India relation and it is also designated as the ASEAN-India Friendship Year.
 India has been elected to the Council of Administration (CA) and Postal Operations Council (POC) at
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 The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) stated that 130 countries
including G20 members, India & China have joined the G20-OECD Tax Framework Deal for Global
Minimum Corporate Tax.
 World Health Organization (WHO) awarded China a malaria-free certification. This certification
recognized China’s 70-year effort to eradicate this disease.
 Sweden, a leading member of the European Union (EU), ratified the framework agreement for
International Solar Alliance (ISA).
 United Nations (UN) General Assembly adopted a new first-ever resolution on vision named ‘Vision for
Everyone’ to make eye care services an integral part of universal health coverage.
JUNE 2021
 India along with 17 other countries elected to the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)
for the 2022-24 term . India was elected in the Asia-Pacific States Category along with Afghanistan,
Kazakhstan and Oman.
 Albania, Brazil, Gabon, Ghana and the United Arab Emirates(UAE) elected by the 75th session of the
General Assembly as the non-permanent members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) for
the 2022-23 term.
 The United States Department of Energy (DoE), the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE),
Government of India, and the US India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF) jointly launched the US-
India Hydrogen Task Force, under the US-India Strategic Energy Partnership (SEP).
 Tax Inspectors Without Borders (TIWB) programme launched in Bhutan in partnership with India where
the latter acts as its Partner Jurisdiction.
 A multinational project, Committee on Earth Observation Satellites—Coastal Observations,
Applications, Services, and Tools (CEOS COAST), which is co-led by the Indian Space Research
Organisation (ISRO) and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), United States, was
endorsed by United UNESC’s Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) for its use of
innovative technology, and for fostering trust and collaboration among scientists.
MAY 2021
 As per new study form World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Labour Organization
(ILO), Long working hours make more people to early death due to Stroke & Ischemic Heart Disease.
 North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is conducting War Games ‘Steadfast Defender 21’ from
May-June 2021.
 As per the United Kingdom Met Office and World Meteorological Organization (WMO), there is a 40%
possibility of the annual average global temperature temporarily reaching 1.5° C (2.7 degrees
Fahrenheit) above pre industrial levels in one of the next 5 years (2021-25).
 World Health Organization(WHO), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the World
Organization for Animal Health (OIE), and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) formed a team
of experts under ‘One Health High-Level Expert Panel’ to to Advise on Animal Disease Risks .
 World Health Organization (WHO), and Switzerland signed an MoU to launch the first WHO BioHub
Facility as part of the WHO BioHub System in Geneva, Switzerland.
 International Monetary Fund (IMF)offeres USD 50 Billion proposal to set a target of vaccinating 40%
of the world’s population by end of 2021 & remaining 60% by first half of 2022to end the COVID-19.
APRIL 2021
 United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has recommended the US
Government to put India on ‘Countries of Particular Concern (CPC)’ list for worst violations of religious
freedoms in 2020.
 Australia has announced a grant of AUD 1.4 Million (INR 8.12 Crore) under the newly launched
‘Australia-India Indo-Pacific Oceans Initiative Partnership (AIIPOIP)’ programme of the Indo-Pacific
Ocean Initiative (IPOI).

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 World Health Organisation(WHO) unveiled the Global Immunization Strategy led by the United
Nations(UN) to save 50 million children who missed their vaccination against measles, yellow fever and
diphtheria.
 India has been elected by acclamation (a form of election that does not use a ballot) to 3 bodies of the
UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). It has been elected to the 3 bodies for a 3-year term.
 New Zealand becomes the 1st country in the world to introduce a Climate Change Law for regulating
the Financial Sector.
 Facebook ,Google and other regional telecom companies partnered to connect the United States of
America with Southeast Asian countries through undersea cables, will improve internet connectivity in
Singapore, Indonesia.
 Singapore ratified the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), with this it became the
1st Participating country to ratify the RCEP, which is the World’s Largest Free Trade Agreement (FTA).
 Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a legislation which will enable him to run for two or
more consecutive six-year terms, effectively permitting him to remain in office till 2036.
 World Trade Organisation(WTO), the multilateral trade body in its Trade forecast, revised its global
merchandise trade volume growth for 2021 to 8% from the earlier forecast of 7.2% in October 2020.
MARCH 2021
 Italy joined the International Solar Alliance (ISA) (also known as International Agency for Solar
Policy and Application (IASPA)) after signing the amended ISA Framework Agreement.
 United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) adopted a resolution sponsored by India to mark 2023 as
‘International Year of Millets’.
 Sri Lankan Cabinet approved a Build, Operate and Transfer (BOT) proposal for developing the West
Container Terminal (WCT) of Colombo South Port with the support of Indian& Japanese Government.
 “Bhabhatron-II” - advanced digital cobalt therapy machine for cancer treatment was donated by India
to Madagascar and the same inaugurated by president of Madagascar, Andry Rajoelina at the
Antananarivo, Madagascar.
 During the Golden Jubilee of 1971 War of Liberation, IAF (Indian Air Force) Chief RKS Bhadauria
gifted a Legacy Alouette III Helicopter to Bangladesh Air Force (BAF), in return BAF gifted a legacy F-86
Sabre aircraft to the IAF.
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Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) adopted by the United Nations General Assembly
came into force from January 22, 2021, it is the First ever International agreement which prohibits Nuclear
Weapons.
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OCTOBER 2021
Overview of PM Narendra Modi’s visit Uttar Pradesh
Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Uttar Pradesh (UP) where he inaugurated the Kushinagar International
Airport and participated in an event marking Abhidhamma Day at Mahaparinirvana Temple in Kushinagar.
Inauguration of Kushinagar International Airport:
The Ministry of Tourism organized a two days’ conference titled ‘Tourism in Buddhist Circuit- A way
forward’ on October 20-21, 2021 at Kushinagar for the inauguration of Kushinagar International Airport by PM
Narendra Modi.The airport was built at an estimated cost of Rs. 260 crore.

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Inauguration & laying of Foundation Stone of 12 development projects
During a public function at Barwa Jangal, Kushinagar, the PM inaugurated & laid the foundation stone of 12
development projects worth over Rs 180 crore.
• He also laid the foundation stone of Rajkiya Medical College, Kushinagar which will be built at a cost of
over Rs 280 crore. It will have a 500 bed hospital and provide admissions to 100 students in MBBS
(Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery) course in academic session 2022-2023.
PM participates in event marking Abhidhamma Day at the Mahaparinirvana Temple
• The PM also participated in an event organized to mark Abhidhamma Day which symbolizes the end of
three-month rainy retreat – Varshavaas or Vassa for the Buddhist Monks, during which they stay at one
place in vihara & monastery and pray.
Highlights of the Denmark PM Mette Frederiksen’s Visit to India from October 9-11
Prime Minister (PM) of Denmark H.E. Mette Frederiksen visited India from October 09 to 11, 2021. It is
Mette Frederiksen Blinken’s 1st State visit to India.
• The two nation’s PMs have reconfirmed their commitment to ‘Green Strategic Partnership’ and have
firmed up a 5-year action plan (from 2021 to 2026) to implement it focused on ways to augment and
consolidate green and low carbon growth.
MoU Signed between India-Denmark
Exchanged from Indian Exchanged from
Name of the MoU/Agreement side by Danish side by
V.M. Tiwari
MoU on mapping of groundwater resources and aquifers: Director
between Council of Scientific & Industrial Research- National CSIR-National Geophysical
Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad, Aarhus University, Research Institute, Ambassador. Freddy
Denmark and Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland. Hyderabad (Telangana) Svane
Viswajanani J Sattigeri
Traditional Knowledge Digital Library Access Agreement between Head, CSIR-Traditional
Council of Scientific & Industrial Research and Danish Patent and Knowledge Digital Library,
Trademark Office. New Delhi Amb. Freddy Svane
MoU between Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru and Danfoss Govindan Rangarajan Ravichandran
Industries Private Limited to establish a Centre of Excellence Director Purushothaman,
towards natural refrigerants for tropical climates with potential Indian Institute of Science, President, Danfoss
applications. Bengaluru India
Rajesh Aggarwal,
Secretary,
Joint Letter of Intent between Ministry of Skill Development & Ministry of Skill
Entrepreneurship, Government of India and The Government of Development &
Denmark Entrepreneurship Amb. Freddy Svane
Three Commercial Agreements:
Along with the above MoUs, both the government have also made the following 3 commercial MoUs.
i.MoU between Reliance Industries Limited and Stiesdal Fuel Technologies on the development of the Hydrogen
Electrolyzer and the subsequent manufacturing and deployment of the Hydrogen Electrolyzer in India.
ii.MoU between Infosys Technologies and Aarhus University to establish a ‘Center of Excellence for Sustainability
Solutions’ based in Denmark.
iii.MoU between the ‘Observer Research Foundation’ and ‘State of Green’ on strategic cooperation to promote
knowledge-sharing on solutions and facilitate research on the green transition of the economy.
SEPTEMBER 2021
Highlights of US climate envoy John Kerry’s visit to India from Sep 12-14
The United States (US) Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry was on a two day visit to India
on September 12-14, 2021.Union Minister Raj Kumar Singh, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
(MNRE) met with John Kerry to discuss various issues related to climate change and energy transition.
• In this regard, bilateral meet was held where both sides discussed a wide range of climate
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Initiatives including International Solar Alliance (ISA), Agriculture Innovation Mission for Climate
(AIM4C).
• India-US the Climate Action and Finance Mobilization Dialogue (CAFMD) was launched which is one
of the two main tracks of the US-India Agenda 2030.
AUGUST 2021
Overview of US Secretary Antony Blinken’s visit to India
The Secretary of State of the United States (US), Antony Blinken visited India from July 27-28, 2021.The visit is aimed
at boosting bilateral ties between the two countries and to expand cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region under
the Quad Framework (Quadrilateral Security Dialogue).
• The US Government announced an additional USD 25 million (~ INR 186 Crores) to support India’s COVID-
19 Vaccination programme.
• India & US will work to end the COVID-19 pandemic through the Quad Vaccine Partnership.
JULY 2021
Overview of 76th UNGA President-elect Abdulla Shahid’s visit to India
Abdullah Shahid, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Maldives, who is also The President-Elect of the 76th United
Nations General Assembly (UNGA) (PGA-Elect) visited New Delhi from July 22-24, 2021.
• During the visit, he met Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi & EAM Jaishankar.
• EAM Jaishankar and Abdulla Shahid signed an agreement on India-funded High Impact Community
Development projects in Maldives.
• Shahid has released a vision statement for his presidency term called ‘Presidency of Hope: COVID Pandemic
and Need for Reformed Multilateralism’ with 5 priority themes – recovering from Covid-19, rebuilding
sustainably, responding to the planet’s needs, respecting the rights of all, and reforming the UN.
Overview of PM Narendra Modi’s visit to Varanasi, UP

During the visit, PM Modi inaugurated and laid the foundation stone for multiple development projects worth
INR 1500 crores.
• He laid Foundation stones for several projects and public works worth INR 839 crores. It includes
Centre for Skill and Technical Support of Central Institute of Petrochemical Engineering and Technology
(CIPET), 143 rural projects under Jal Jeevan Mission and Mango and vegetable integrated pack house in
Karkhiyaon.
• He inaugurated Projects worth around INR 744 crores which includes 100 bed Mother & Child Hospital
(MCH) wing in Banaras Hindu University (BHU), multi-level parking at Godauliya, Ro-Ro (Roll-on/Roll-
off) Vessels for tourism development on River Ganga and 3 lane flyover bridge on the Varanasi-
Ghazipur Highway.
• ‘Rudraksh’ – an International Cooperation and Convention Centre was also inaugurated by PM Modi.
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FEBRUARY 2021
PM Narendra Modi’s Visit to Pudhucherry and Coimbatore on February 25, 2021
Visit to Pudhucherry
• Laid Foundation Stone for 4 Laning of NH45-A which covers Karaikal district – INR 2426 crores.
• Foundation Stone for Medical College Building at Karaikal New Campus – Phase I, with INR 491 Crore.
• Foundation stone for development of Minor Port at Puducherry under Sagarmala Scheme – INR 44
crore.
• Inauguration of the reconstructed Heritage Marie Building, which was originally built by the French –
INR 15 Crore.

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Visit to Coimbatore
• Inauguration of Neyveli New Thermal Power Project with INR 8000 crore.
• Inauguration of 709 MW Solar Power Project of NLCIL – INR 3000 Crore.
• Inauguration of 8-Laning of Korampallam Bridge & Rail Over Bridge (ROB) at Tuticorin– INR 42 Crore.
• Inauguration of Tenements (buildings with multiple dwellings) built under the Pradhan Mantri Awas
Yojana (Urban) Scheme – INR 330 Crore.
• Foundation stone for extension, renovation &modernisation of Lower Bhavani Project system – INR
934 Crore under NABARD Infrastructure Development Assistance.
• Foundation stone for development of Integrated Command and Control Centers (ICCC) in 9 smart cities
of TN – Coimbatore, Madurai, Salem, Thanjavur, Vellore, Tiruchirappalli, Tiruppur, Tirunelveli
&Thoothukudi – INR 107 Crore.
PM Narendra Modi’s Visit to Assam and West Bengal on February 22, 2021
Visit to Assam
PM of India has launched the following projects worth over Rs 3,300 crore in Assam at Silapathar in Dhemaji.
• INDMAX Unit at Indian Oil’s Bongaigaon Refinery, to increase the Refinery’s crude processing.
• PM dedicated Oil India Limited’s Secondary Tank Farm at Madhuban, Dibrugarh with costs of Rs 490
crore.
• Compressor Station at Hebeda Village, Makum, Tinsukia built at a cost Rs 132 Crore.
• Inaugurated the Dhemaji Engineering College and Sualkuchi Engineering College.
Visit to West Bengal
PM visited West Bengal where he inaugurated the following projects on February 22,2021.
• Extension of Metro Railway from Noapara to Dakshineswar with an outlay of Rs. 464 crores.
• Third line between Kalaikunda and Jhargram with an estimated cost of Rs. 1312 crores.
Projects dedicated to Nation:
PM dedicated the following railway projects to ensure better operational fluidity.
• Doubling of Azimganj to Khargraghat Road section at a project cost of about Rs 240 crore.
• Fourth line between Dankuni and Baruipara (11.28 kms) of Howrah – Bardhaman Chord Line at a
project cost of Rs. 195 crores.
• Third line between Rasulpur and Magra (42.42 kms) of Howrah – Bardhaman Main Line, which serves
as principal gateway of Kolkata at a cost of Rs. 759 crores.
PM Narendra Modi’s Visit to Tamil Nadu & Kerala on February 14, 2021
Visit to Tamil Nadu
Prime Minister inaugurated & Laid Foundation Stones for several Projects from Chennai. They are
• Inauguration of Chennai Metro Rail Phase-I Extension.
• Laid Foundation Stone for Extension, Renovation & Modernization of the Grand Anicut Canal System
• Foundation Stone for Discovery Campus of IIT Madras.
• Handed over the Indigenously Developed Arjun Main Battle Tank (MK-1A) to the Indian Army.
Visit to Kerala
Prime Minister inaugurated and laid the foundation stone for various projects in Kochi, Kerala. They are
• Inaugurated Propylene Derivative Petrochemical Project (PDPP) of Bharat Petroleum Corporation
Limited (BPCL).
• Launches 2 Ro-Ro Vessels to be operated between Bolgatty& Willingdon Island.
• Inaugurated India’s 1st Full-fledged International Cruise Terminal – ‘Sagarika’.
• Inaugurated Cochin Shipyard ‘Vigyana Sagar’ Marine Engineering Training Institute, the only maritime
training institute in India functioning within a Shipyard.

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PM Narendra Modi visited the states of Assam and West Bengal on February 7, 2021
Visit to Assam
• He launched AsomMala, aprogramme aimed at improving state highways and major district roads
network with emphasis on effective maintenance through continuous field data collection.
• PM laid the Foundation Stone of two medical colleges and hospitals worth Rs 1100 crore, which are
being set up at Biswanath and Charaideo.
Visit to West Bengal
• PM dedicated to the nation the Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) import terminal built by Bharat
Petroleum Corporation Limited with an outlay of Rs. 1100 crore.
• He also dedicated 348 km Dobhi – Durgapur Natural Gas Pipeline section worth around Rs. 2400 crore
to the nation as a part of the Pradhan Mantri Urja Ganga project and ‘one nation, one gas grid’.
• He launched the second Catalytic-Isodewaxing unit of Haldia Refinery of Indian Oil Corporation.
• PM dedicated to the nation the 4 Lane ROB-cum-Flyover at Ranichak, Haldia on NH 41. It has been built
at the cost of Rs 190 crore.
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FOREIGN VISIT
NOVEMBER 2021
Petroleum Minister Hardeep S. Puri Visited UAE
The Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas, and Housing and Urban Affairs, Hardeep Singh Puri,
visited UAE (United Arab Emirates) from 15 to 17 November 2021 by leading a business delegation to attend
the Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition & Conference (ADIPEC).
• Hardeep Singh inaugurated India Pavilion, which was set up jointly by Federation of Indian Petroleum
Industry (FIPI), Directorate General of Hydrocarbons (DGH), and Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)
• The Minister also inaugurated the Oil and Gas Sectoral floor at the India Pavilion of the Dubai Expo.
Overview of MoS V. Muraleedharan’s 5 Day Visit to Uganda and Rwanda

On November 11-15, Minister of State (MoS) Vellamvelly Muraleedharan, Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs and
Ministry of External Affairs paid an Official Visit to Uganda and Rwanda.This will be his first visit to both the
countries.
Visit to Uganda: November 11-13, 2021
He paid an official visit to the Republic of Uganda (Uganda is known as the Pearl of Africa) to consolidate India-
Uganda relations on the entire gamut of bilateral, regional and international issues, and set out a road map for
future engagements.
• Both sides agreed to enhance cooperation in these areas.
• MoS inaugurated the Learning Centre set-up under e-Vidya Bharti e-Arogya Bharti (E-VBAB) at the
College of Computing & Information Science at Makerere University in Kampala
Visit to Rwanda: November 14-15, 2021
During visit to Rwanda, he co-chaired the first India-Rwanda Joint Commission Meeting (JCM) in Kigali,
Rwanda along with Rwanda’s Foreign Affairs Minister Vincent Biruta.
• Both sides discussed the existing state of bilateral relations in areas including health, energy,
agriculture, education, civil aviation, culture, defence, security and infrastructure development and
expressed interest to enhance cooperation in these areas.
• MoS inaugurated the India-Rwanda Entrepreneurship Development Centre in Kigali. has been
built with Indian grant assistance.
Highlights of MoS for External Affairs V. Muraleedharan’s Visit to Gambia, Senegal

Minister of State (MoS) for External Affairs and Parliamentary Affairs, V. Muraleedharan undertook an official
visit to the Republic of the Gambia and to the Republic of Senegal from 1-5 November 2021.
Visit to Gambia:
i.During his visit he released the design of a commemorative stamp marking 75 years of India’s Independence.

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ii.MoS has announced the repurposing of a US$ 500,000 grant for procuring dialysis machines for the West
African nation.
iii.MoS signed 2 Agreements i.e. one on Exemption from Visa requirement for Holders of Diplomatic and Official
Passports and a General Framework Agreement for Cooperation between India and Gambia.
Visit to Senegal:
i.The MoS visited Senegal from 4-5 November 2021, and Co-Chaired the 3rd India-Senegal Joint Commission
Meeting (JCM) with Minister of Foreign Affairs of Senegal, Aissata Tall Sall.
ii.India and Senegal signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Health and Medicine in Dakar and both
sides celebrated the 60th anniversary of their diplomatic ties.
Highlights of PM ModinVisit to Italy from October 30 to 31

Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Italy and participated in the 16th G20 (Group of Twenty) Leaders’
Summit.
• During the summit, India and Italy agreed to strengthen the partnerships in the energy transition, India
and Italy agreed to explore the development of green hydrogen, setting up renewable energy corridors,
and joint projects in the natural gas sector.
• PM held a bilateral meeting with the Prime Minister of Singapore, H.E. Mr. Lee Hsien Loong, President of
France, H.E. Mr. Emmanuel Macron, Prime Minister of Spain, Pedro Sánchez, President of Indonesia, H.E.
Mr. Joko Widodo, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of German, H.E. Dr. Angela Merkel, on the sidelines
of the G20 Leaders Summit.PM has invited Pope Francis to visit India.
• PM participated in the Summit on Global Supply Chain Resilience, on the sidelines of G20. The Summit
discussed ways in which governments can alleviate pressure points in the global supply chain
ecosystem.
OCTOBER 2021
Highlights of EAM S Jaishankar’s Visit to Israel from October 17 to 21
External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar made a 5-day official visit to Israel from 17-21 October 2021 to
strengthen the strategic partnership between the two countries.
India, Israel, US and UAE Agreed to Establish Economic Forum: New Quad
As a part of the visit, the EAM had a 1st virtual meeting with the foreign minister of Israel, the UAE (United Arab
Emirates) and the US (United States) and they have decided to establish an international forum for economic
cooperation, which was termed as ‘New QUAD’.
• Israel is India’s key security partner, the defence trade between the two countries is valued at about $1
billion annually. India is the largest buyer of Israel’s military hardware.
India, Israel Agreed to Conclude Free Trade Agreement by June 2022
India and Israel agreed to restart both the nations’ Free Trade negotiations from November 2021 and conclude
by June 2022.
Israel’s Accession to the International Solar Alliance (ISA):
Israel’s energy minister Karine Elharrar has officially signed the agreement on Israel’s accession to the ISA in
the presence of Israeli Foreign minister Yair Lapid and India’s EAM S Jaishankar.
Indian Army Commemorates Haifa Day on September 23
Every year the Indian Army commemorates September 23 as the Haifa Day to pay respects to the three brave
Indian Cavalry Regiments – Mysore, Hyderabad and Jodhpur Lancers – which helped to liberate Haifa.
EAM Unveils Plaque
EAM visited the Indian Hospice in Jerusalem and unveiled a plaque at there to symbolise India’s age-old
civilisational connection to the region.The Plaque depicts – ‘Indian Hospice, Estd. 12th century A.D., supported
by Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, New Delhi’.EAM also unveiled the ‘Bhoodan Grove’ plaque
at the Jerusalem Forest.
EAM Visited Israel’s Ovda Airbase to Meet the IAF at Blue Flag 2021
EAM S. Jaishankar visited Israel’s Ovda Airbase to meet the Indian contingent participating in the biennial
exercise Blue Flag 2021, which involves Air Force missions from 8 countries, to share knowledge and combat
experience to improve operational capabilities.

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Highlights of FM Nirmala Sitharaman’s Visit to the USA in October 2021
In October 2021, the Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs, Nirmala Sitharaman made a week-long
official visit to the USA (United States of America) to attend the Annual Meetings of International Monetary
Fund (IMF) and WorldBank, G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (FMCBG) meetings, India-US
Economic and Financial Dialogue, and other associated investment meetings.
FM Participated in 4th G20 FMCBG Meeting
Finance Minister (FM) Nirmala Sitharaman participated in the 4th G20 FMCBG Meeting, which was held in
Washington D.C under the Italian Presidency.
• In Order to preserve financial stability and long-term fiscal sustainability, and safeguarding against
downside risks and negative spillovers, the G20 FMCBG agreed to avoid any premature withdrawal of
support measures.
• For addressing the tax challenges that are arising from the digitalisation of the economy, the G20
FMCBGs endorsed the final agreement, that was set out in the Statement on a two-pillar solution and
the Detailed Implementation Plan released by the OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and
Development)/G20 Inclusive Framework on BEPS (Base Erosion and Profit Shifting).
Annual Meetings 2021 of the World Bank Group and IMF
The Annual Meetings 2021 of the World Bank Group and IMF held in Washington D.C from October 11 to 17,
2021. It includes the 44th Plenary Meeting of the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC) of the
Board of Governors of the IMF and Development Committee (DC) of World Bank Group-IMF.
• The meeting was held mainly based on the theme of the Managing Director’s Global Policy Agenda –
‘vaccinate, calibrate and accelerate’ and discussed the actions and measures taken by member
countries to combat COVID-19.
FM Chaired the 8th Ministerial Meeting of the India-U.S.A. Economic and Financial Partnership
On October 15, 2021, the 8th ministerial meeting of the India-U.S.A. Economic and Financial
Partnership Dialogue was held in Washington D.C. The meeting was chaired by Union FM Nirmala
Sitharaman and the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States Dr Janet Yellen.
EAM S Jaishankar Visited 3 Central Asian countries – Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Armenia from
October 10-13
External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar made a 4-day official visit to Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan,
and Armenia from 10-13 October 2021.
Kyrgyzstan:
• He had a bilateral meeting with the Foreign Minister of Kyrgyzstan Ruslan Kazakbaev and agreed to
provide a USD 200 million Line of Credit to support the development of High Impact Community
Development Projects (HICDP) in Kyrgyzstan.
• He released a dictionary of common words in Hindi and Kyrgyz languages
Kazakhstan:
• The EAM visited Kazakhstan on 11-12 October and addressed the 6th Ministerial meeting of the
Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures (CICA) 2021 in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan.
Armenia:
• He had meetings with Ararat Mirzoyan, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia and also called
on Nikol Pashinyan, Prime Minister of Armenia and Alen Simonyan, Speaker of National Assembly of
Armenia.
MoS External Affairs Meenakashi Lekhi participates in 60th NAM Meeting at Serbia
Meenakashi Lekhi, Minister of State (MoS) for External Affairs participated in the 60th Anniversary NAM
(Non-Aligned Movement) Commemorative Meeting at Belgrade, Serbia during her visit between 10-13 October
2021. She was the Special Envoy of the Prime Minister to attend the High-level Commemorative Meeting.
emphasized the promotion of mutual sovereignty.
MoS Visit to Serbia:
i.She participated in the Meeting of Women Heads of Delegations and Ministers of Foreign Affairs, which was
hosted by the President of the 76th UNGA at the UN House in Belgrade.
ii.A bilateral Cultural Exchange Programme (CEP) was signed to strengthen cooperation in fields of Culture and
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iii.She unveiled the bust of Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore in Belgrade.
SEPTEMBER 2021
Highlights of PM Narendra Modi’s Visit to USA from 22-25 September 2021
Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi visited the United States of America (USA) from 22 to 25 September 2021
and participated in the 1st in-person QUAD Leaders’ Summit in Washington D.C., the USA, along with
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, and US President Joe
Biden.
• The United States(US) has handed over as many as 157 artefacts and antiquities to the Indian PM,
Narendra Modi. The artefacts include terracotta pieces and cultural antiquities belonging to the period of
11th CE (Century) to 14th CE and figurines related to Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism.
QUAD Leaders’ Summit:
i.The QUAD countries have committed to donate more than 1.2 billion doses globally of safe and effective COVID-
19 vaccines, and as a part of the commitment, they have delivered nearly 79 million vaccine doses to countries in
the Indo-Pacific region.
ii.Japan plans to work with India through Japan Bank for International Cooperation, to enhance key investments
of approximately $100 million in the healthcare sector related to COVID-19.
Highlights of MoS MEA Meenakshi Lekhi visit to Portugal and Spain

From September 12-17, 2021 the Minister of State (MoS) Meenakshi Lekhi, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA)
visited Portugal and Spain to enhance bilateral ties with the two countries.
Visit to Portugal: Agreement on Indian Citizens Recruitment Signed

• Lekhi visited Portugal where a bilateral agreement on the recruitment of Indian citizens was
signed.With this pact, Portugal becomes the first European country with which India has signed a
dedicated agreement on labour mobility.
• She participated in the Azadi ka Amrut Mahotsav celebrations organised by the Embassy of India in
Lisbon.
Visit to Spain:
From September 14-17, 2021, she visited Spain where she met Spanish Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs Angeles Moreno Bau. She inaugurated The Beatles and India exhibition at Casa de la India, Valladolid
which is a PPP (Public-private partnership) model supported by ICCR (Indian Council for Cultural Relations).
Overview of EAM Jaishankar’s Visit to Slovenia, Croatia, Denmark

India’s External Affairs Minister (EAM) Subrahmanyam Jaishankar paid a visit to Slovenia (2-3rd September
2021), Croatia (3 September 2021) and Denmark (4-5 September 2021) to review the bilateral relationship
and strengthen India’s cooperation with the 3 European countries.
Slovenia:
EAM was invited to attend the 2021 Bled Strategic Forum (BSF), an annual international conference which was
held in Slovenia and participate in the panel discussion on ‘Partnership for a Rules-Based Order in the Indo-
Pacific’.
Croatia:
EAM had a bilateral talk with Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković and discussed opportunities to further
expand bilateral cooperation, including in pharma, digital and infrastructure.
Denmark:
EAM visited Denmark from September 4 to 5 2021 and co-chaired the 4th round of the Indo-Danish Joint
Commission Meeting (JCM) along with Jeppe Kofod, Foreign Minister of Denmark.Both discussed launching new
important cooperation in the field of health to strengthen the bilateral Green Strategic Partnership.
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JULY 2021
Overview of EAM Jaishankar’s Visit to Greece & Italy
India’s External Affairs Minister (EAM) Dr S Jaishankar paid an official visit to two countries Greece from June
25-27, 2021 & Italy from June 28-29, 2021.

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EAM’s visit to Greece
EAM Jaishankar visited Greece at the invitation of Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Hellenic Republic (Greece),
NikosDendias. During the visit, he also held talks with Prime Minister of Greece, Kyriakos Mitsotakis.
• During the visit, Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias signed and handed over the Agreement on the
International Solar Alliance (ISA) to the Indian side.
• EAM Jaishankar unveiled the statue of Mahatma Gandhi in Athens.
EAM attends G20 Ministerial Meetings in Italy
EAM visited Italy to participate in the G20 Foreign Affairs Ministers’ Meeting 2021 followed by a joint session
of Foreign Affairs and Development Ministers.
• During the 1st joint meeting of Foreign Affairs and Development Ministers adopted the ‘Matera
Declaration’.
Overview of EAM Jaishankar’s visit to Russia and Georgia

Union External Affairs Minister (EAM) Subrahmanyam Jaishankar visited Russia and Georgia to strengthen ties
and cooperation.
Visit to Russia:
• India and Russia will hold the 2+2 Dialogue of Foreign and Defence Ministers as per mutual
convenience in 2021.
• Indian EAM with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov reviewed the progress on the cooperation
between the two nations on space, nuclear, energy and defence sectors.
• S. Jaishankar and Deputy Prime Minister of Russia, Yury Borisov Co-Chaired India-Russia Inter-
Governmental Commission-TEC (IRIGC-TEC).
Visit to Georgia:
• On the request of Georgia, EAM handed over the holy relics of 17th century Georgian Queen St. Ketevan
nearly 16 years after they were found in Goa.
• During talks with Georgia’s Vice Prime Minister and Finance Minister David Zalkaliani, both sides agreed
to work jointly to strengthen their relationship.
• S Jaishankar and David Zalkaliani unveiled a statue of Mahatma Gandhi in Tbilisi Park, Georgia.
Overview of EAM Jaishankar’s visit to Tajikistan & Uzbekistan

India’s External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar paid a visit to Tajikistan (13-14th July) & Uzbekistan (15-
16th July) to participate in regional forum meeting.
Tajikistan
EAM visited Tajikistan at the invitation of Foreign Minister Mr. SirojiddinMuhriddin to participate in the SCO
Council of Foreign Ministers.
• Achievements of SCO as it celebrates the 20th Anniversary of its Formation in 2021 were discussed.
• Uzbekistan
• EAM Jaishankar visited Uzbekistan to participate in the ‘Central-South Asia conference’ titled“Central
and South Asia: Regional Connectivity, Challenges and Opportunities (Connectivity Conference)” held in
Tashkent, Uzbekistan. It was hosted by Uzbekistan.
• Delegations of the C5+1 – Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, USA
participated in the International Conference.
JUNE 2021
Overview of EAM Jaishankar’s visit to Kuwait & Kenya
India’s External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar paid a three-day visit to Kuwait from June 9 to 11, 2021 &
Kenya from June 12 to 14, 2021.
Kuwait visit
It is Jaishankar’s 1st visit to Kuwait as EAM. Both sides discussed bilateral relations and exchanged views on
regional developments & global issues. India& Kuwait have signed an MoU which will bring Indian domestic
workers to Kuwait under the ambit of a legal framework.
Kenya Visit
During the visit, EAM Jaishankar co-chaired the 3rd India-Kenya Joint Commission meeting along with
RaychelleOmamo, Cabinet Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Kenya.
• EAM inaugurated the renovated Mahatma Gandhi Library at the University of Nairobi in Kenya. India had
provided financial support for the renovation of the library.
• Both sides agreed to expand bilateral cooperation under the Kenya-India Joint Commission Framework.

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• They agreed to enhance partnership in the areas of Health, Environment, Information & Communication
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MAY 2021
Overview of EAM Jaishankar’s visit to the United Kingdom
India’s External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar visited London, United Kingdom (UK) from May 3-6, 2021
to participate in the G7 Foreign & Development Ministers Meeting.
• UK’s Home Secretary Priti Patel & India’s EAM S Jaishankar signed the ‘Migration and Mobility
Partnership (MMP)’ agreement between the 2 countries.
• Jaishankar virtually conducted Bilateral discussions with UK’s Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab.
• UK and India signed the UK-India Enhance Trade Partnership (ETP) Agreement, which aims to double
bilateral trade between the two countries by 2030.
• The 1st Trilateral Ministerial Dialogue between India-France-Australia was held on the sidelines of the
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ARPIL 2021
Overview of French Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian’s visit to India
Mr Jean-Yvesh Le Drian, Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs France paid an official visit to India from April
13-15, 2021.
• France has agreed to be part of the Indo-Pacific Ocean Initiative (IPOI).
• Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) & French National Space Agency (CNES, Centre National
D’EtudesSpatiales) have signed an Implementing Arrangement for cooperation concerning India’s 1st
Human Space Mission ‘Gaganyaan’.
• Participated in a panel discussion on Climate Change with Prakash Javadekar, Minister of Environment,
Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC).
• Participated in Raisina Dialogue 2021, which is India’s premier conference on geopolitics and
geoeconomics. It is hosted by the Observer Research Foundation (ORF).
• MeitY Startup Hub (Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology) & La French Tech, Bengaluru
have launched the Indo-French Tech Programme.
• Indo-French Accelerator program was launched for boosting the collaboration between India & France
in the field of innovative technology.
Overview of EAM Dr S. Jaishankar’s visit to Tajikistan

External Affairs Minister (EAM) Dr S Jaishankar reached Dushanbe (Capital of Tajikistan) as part of his official
visit to Tajikistan for two days.
• During the visit, EAM attended the 9th Heart of Asia-Istanbul Process (HoA-IP) Ministerial Conference
held at Dushanbe, Tajikistan.
• EAM attended the inaugural virtual session of the Doha talks.
• Held discussions with Emomali Rahmon, President of Tajikistan; Colonel General SheraliMirzo, Defence
Minister of Tajikistan; SirojiddinMuhriddin, Foreign Minister of Tajikistan.
MARCH 2021
Overview of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 2-day visit to Bangladesh
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Bangladesh from March 26-27, 2021 at the invitation of
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. During the meeting, PM Narendra Modi participated in major events
such as
• PM Modi was the Guest of Honour in the Golden Jubilee Celebration event.
• ‘Mujib Barsho’ – Celebrations of Birth Centenary of the Father of Bangladesh – Bangabandhu ‘Sheikh
Mujibur Rahman’.

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• India conferred the Gandhi Peace Prize for the year 2020 on Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
• PM Narendra Modi reiterated India’s commitment and efforts to conclude the Teesta Water-Sharing
pact.
• Both leaders launched a new passenger train ‘Mitali Express’ connecting Dhaka- New Jalpaiguri (West
Bengal).
Overview of Minister of National Defence, South Korea, Suh Wook’s 3-day visit to India
The main objective of the visit is to boost Bilateral Defence and Military Cooperation.During the visit, Suh Wook
held meetings with Defence Minister, Rajnath Singh; National Security Advisor, Ajit Doval.
• Suh Wook& Rajnath Singh jointly inaugurated India’s First Indo-Korean Friendship Park at Delhi
Cantonment.
• India & South Korea agreed to go for Joint Production and export of military hardware.
• Suh Wook witnessed exercise performed by the Indian Army’s Paratroopers in Agra.
FEBRUARY 2021
Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar visit to Maldives and Mauritius
Visit to Maldives
 From:February 20-21,2021
 Duration: 4 days.
 Purpose –
India, Maldives signs 5 deals and handed over 1 lakh doses of COVID-19 vaccines.
India announces USD 40mn LoC to boost sports infrastructure in Maldives at Ekuveni Stadium.
Exim Bank extends LOC worth USD 50mn to Maldives.
Visit to Mauritius
 Duration: 4 days
 Purpose –
 In Mauritius where he inked the India-Mauritius Comprehensive Economic Cooperation and
Partnership Agreement (CECPA). It is a first trade Agreement signed by India with a country in Africa.
India and Mauritius sign Comprehensive Economic Cooperation and Partnership Agreement.
India offers $100 mn credit line to Mauritius to procure defence assets.
Jai Shankar inaugurates new chancery building of Indian High Commission in Mauritius.
Ethiopia Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, DemekeMekonnen visit to India
 Purpose – he inaugurated the new Chancery & Residence at Ethiopian Embassy, New Delhi and met
Union Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) at Hyderabad House,
New Delhi.
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India and Ethiopia signed two memorandums of understanding (MoU) in the presence of both ministers.
India-Ethiopia Business Forum was attended by Minister of State (MoS) VellamvellyMuraleedharan, MEA.
During the meeting discussions were held on a range of bilateral & regional issues.
France’s Ecological Transition Minister, Barbara Pompil Visits to India

 From:January 28-February 1, 2021
 Purpose –key initiatives were signed & discussed between the two countries for boosting the Indo-
French cooperation in sustainable development such as sustainable development, renewable energy,
Biodiversity Conservation, Smart cities & plastic waste management.
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Visited Kaziranga National Park in Assam which is one of the sites of Assam Project on Forest and
Biodiversity Conservation (APFBC) funded by AFD.
Interacted with Research in the Centre of Excellence-Sustainable Polymers, IIT Guwahati who have
developed India’s first biodegradable plastic.

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SUMMITS, EVENTS & CONFERENCE

SUMMITS
Name of Summit Place Facts about the summit /conference
NOVEMBER 2021
26th Conference of Parties (COP26) Glasgow, Scotland, Host: UK & Italy
of the United Nations Framework United Kingdom (UK) Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi Visited
Convention on Climate Change the UK to attend the COP26 from November 1
to 2, 2021. PM has set 5 ambitious targets for
(UNFCCC)
India to combat climate change. It includes
that India will aim to attain net-zero emissions
by 2070.
PM Modi and his British counterpart Boris
Johnson jointly launched the world’s 1st ‘green
Grids’ Initiative, the One Sun One World One
Grid (GGI-OSOWOG)
The UK government has launched a
breakthrough Agenda, an international plan to
deliver clean and affordable technology
everywhere by 2030 at COP26.
Global methane pledge was launched to make
a 30 percent reduction in global methane
emissions from 2020 levels by 2030
The pledge to stop and reverse deforestation
by 2030
4 partners have collectively pledged $665
million toward a Green Recovery Platform
managed by the Asian Development Bank
(ADB) to mobilize an additional $7 billion for
low-carbon and climate-resilient
infrastructure projects in Southeast Asia.
UK announced about providing an ‘India Green
Guarantee’ to the World Bank, to unlock an
additional 750 million pounds for green
projects across India.
A first of its kind alliance of governments
named ‘Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance’ (BOGA)
was announced with commitment to phase out
the production of oil and gas.
Over 20 countries have signed
the Clydebank Declaration to support the
establishment of green shipping corridors –
zero-emission maritime routes between 2 (or
more) ports.
-India’s launch at COP26
1.IRIS (Infrastructure for the Resilient Island
States), a key India-led initiative to boost
infrastructure in small island nations.
2.The new programme for the small island
states is part of the Coalition for Disaster
Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI),
3.India emitted 1.9 tonnes of CO2 per head of
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4. India launched a web portal on electric
vehicles (EVs) named ‘E-Amrit’ at the COP26
Summit
5.The UK COP26 Presidency has selected
transport as a priority theme and designated
10 November as the dedicated Transport
Thematic Day.
6. Maharashtra became the only state in India
to win the Inspiring Regional
Leadership award
Egypt was chosen to host the upcoming
session of the conference COP27 in 2022 and
the United Arab Emirates (UAE) was chosen
to host COP28 in 2023.
16th G20 (Group of Rome, Italy Theme: The 2021 G20 is under the Italian
Twenty) Leaders’ Summit Presidency. It is focusing on three broad,
interconnected pillars of action: People, Planet,
and Prosperity.
The next meetings of G20 summit were
scheduled to be held in Indonesia in 2022,
in India in 2023 and in Brazil in 2024.
PM modi represented India in the summit.
The G20 committed to the Paris
Agreement goal to hold the global average
temperature increase well below 2°C and to
pursue efforts to limit it to 1.5°C above pre-
industrial levels.
The G20 countries agreed to ‘accelerate
actions’ in the 2020s, with their Nationally
Determined Contributions (NDC) and long-
term net-zero strategies, for which they have
committed to increasing the finance and
promised to mobilise $100 billion annually
through 2025. G20 nations pledged to
vaccinate 70 percent of the world’s population
against COVID-19 by mid-2022.
OCTOBER 2021
G7 Trade Summit London, Britain G7 or Group of Seven countries finalised a set
of principles that will govern cross-border
data usage & digital trade. The principles
named ‘G7 Digital Trade Principles’, were
adopted by the respective Trade Ministers of
G7 members.
18th India-ASEAN (Association of Virtual PM Narendra Modi co-chaired the summit
Southeast Asian Nations) which was chaired by Sultan of Brunei,
Summit 2021 Hassanal Bolkiah. The EAS leaders also
accepted the 3 Statements on Mental Health,
Economic recovery through Tourism, and
Sustainable Recovery, which have been co-
sponsored by India.
As the year 2022 marks the 30th
anniversary of the India-ASEAN Partnership,
the ASEAN leaders announced 2022 as India-
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SEPTEMBER 2021
Summit for Information and USA It was organized on the sidelines of the 76th
Democracy UN General Assembly(UNGA) High-Level Week
. Union Minister for Information and
Broadcasting Anurag Thakur participated
virtually.
India was also among the co-authors of a first
of its kind Cross-Regional Statement on
“Infodemic” in the Context of COVID-19.
15th East Asia Summit Energy Virtual Theme:‘We Care, We Prepare, We Prosper’ .
Ministers Meeting Minister of State for Power, Krishan Pal Gurjar
attended the meet on behalf of India and
provided a brief status of the Indian energy
transition plans, policies, challenges and
efforts towards decarbonisation.
9th EAS-EMM (East Asia Summit- Virtual Minister of State for Commerce and Industry,
Economic Ministers’ Meeting) Anupriya Patel attended the meeting.India is
willing to collaborate with East Asian partners
in the production of generic drugs and medical
technologies used for treatment of COVID-19
patients, as also in the area of vaccine
production.
16th Sustainability Building a Virtual Narendra Singh Tomar, the Union Minister of
Resilient Future Leveraging Science, Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, addressed
Technology & Finance the Summit.World-Wide Fund for Nature-
India (WWF India) and the CII have
collaborated to develop a platform named
‘India Plastics Pact (IPP)’ to promote a circular
system for plastics.India became the 1st Asian
country to develop a plastics pact.
13th BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, Virtual Theme: ‘ BRICS@15: Intra-BRICS Cooperation
China, and South Africa) Summit for Continuity, Consolidation and Consensus’ .
2021 The summit saw the adoption of the ‘New
Delhi Declaration’.
AUGUST 2021
2nd Indo-US Services Summit India Union Minister of Commerce &
Industry, Piyush Goyal addressed the summit,
he remarked the 12-fold increase in Services
Exports from India to the world over 20 years
i.e. from $17 billion in 2001-02 to $205
billion in 2020-21
India-ASEAN(Association of Virtual Union Minister of State(MoS) for Commerce
Southeast Asian and Industry Anupriya Patel inaugurated the
Nations) Engineering Partnership summit..The US 400 billion merchandise
Summit 2021 export target was announced in the budget of
the financial year 2021-22.The government of
Tamil Nadu joined as a ‘Partner State’ while
the Haryana government joined as the ‘Focus
State’.
The13th Summit of Heads of State Luanda, Angola During the summit, India and 9 countries were
and Government of the Community approved to join CPLP as ‘Associate Observer’
of Portuguese Language Countries The other 9 countries are Canada, Ivory Coast,
(CPLP) 2021 Greece, India, Ireland, Peru, Qatar, Romania,
Spain and the US.
Investor Summit 2021 Gujarat Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually
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discard/Scrap the old inefficient and polluting
vehicles in an environment-friendly manner.
JULY 2021
1st edition of Indo Pacific Business Virtual Theme: ‘Developing a Road Map for Shared
Summit Prosperity’
Objective – To discuss how India & other
countries in the Indo Pacific Region can
enhance economic partnership and
collaborate for future economic
development.
International Climate Summit 2021 New Delhi, India With key focus on ‘Green Hydrogen’ and
(ICS) making India as a Global hub for Hydrogen
production. The event was organised in
partnership with the Government of
Norway, where Prime Minister Narendra
Modi will address the delegates.
JUNE 2021
Climate Breakthroughs Summit Virtual United Nations(UN) has called for a
coordinated action to secure the global net
zero-emission and to reach the goal of
limiting global warming to 1.5-degree
Celsius compared to pre-industrial levels
by 2050.
Maersk, the world’s largest container
shipping line and vessel operator, joined
Race to Zero with the commitment to halving
the emission by 2030.
2021 P4G Seoul Summit Seoul, South Korea. Theme of the 2021 P4G Seoul Summit is
Green Recovery and 2050 Carbon Neutrality
The Summit was preceded by Green Future
Week: May 24 to 29 2021.
47th G7 Leaders’ Summit 2021 Cornwall, United Summit also called as 1st ever net-zero G7.
Kingdom (UK) Theme for the Summit – ‘Building Back Better’.
During the summit, G7 countries pledged
over 1 billion coronavirus vaccine doses for
poorer nations also Carbis Bay Declaration to
prevent any repeat of the human and
economic devastation wreaked by COVID-19.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi
virtually participated in the meeting and
called G7 summit members for ‘One Earth
One Health’. India, South Korea, Australia,
South Africa, and the G7 countries signed the
‘Open Societies Statement’, it supports
‘Human rights for all, both online and
offline (as set out in the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights)and Freedom of
Expression.
1st North Atlantic Treaty Brussels in Belgium NATO leaders declare China a global security
Organization (NATO) summit challenge and NATO 2030 agenda sets a
higher level of ambition for NATO.
9th Asian Ministerial Energy India India has agreed to host the 9th Asian
Roundtable (AMER9) 2022 Ministerial Energy Roundtable (AMER9)
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International Energy Forum (IEF) Secretary-
General Joseph McMonigle and India’s Oil
Minister Dharmendra Pradhan.
G20 Education Ministers meet Virtual Minister of State for Education Sanjay Dhotre
2021 & G20 Ministers for Labour& virtually represented India.
Employment meet 2021 Minister of Public Education of Italy, Patrizio
Bianchi chaired the G20 Education Ministers
Meet 2021.
BRICS Green Hydrogen Summit Virtual Host: India
2021 India called for common international
standards for green hydrogen to ensure safe
transportation and storage of the new age
emission-free fuel.
3rd edition of the Northern Region Virtual It was addressed by Union Minister Narendra
Food Processing Summit 2021 Singh Tomar, Ministry of Food Processing
Industries (MoFPI).
Government has launched a new production-
linked incentive (PLI) scheme for the food
processing industry, under which Rs 11,000
crore will be spent.
MAY 2021
Summit on Financing of African Virtual It was hosted by France.
Economies 2021 Objective – To arrange financial resources
for reviving the economy of African
Continent, which has been affected by COVID-
19.
India-UK Virtual Summit 2021 Virtual During the summit, the two leaders adopted
‘Roadmap 2030’ which aims to elevate
bilateral ties to ‘Comprehensive Strategic
Partnership’. UK finalisednew deals/trade
worth 1 Billion British Pound Sterling (GBP)
to create 6,500 jobs in the UK.
APRIL 2021
Leaders’ Summit on Climate 2021 Virtual Host Country – US
Theme of the Summit – ‘Our Collective
Sprint to 2030’.
2nd edition of ‘Amazon Smbhav Virtual Amazon has launched a $250million
Summit 2021’ Amazon Smbhav Venture Fund to support
the digitization of small and medium
businesses (SMBs), Agriculture, and
Healthcare in India.Union Minister Jitendra
Singh addressed the Summit (online) on the
theme of ‘Unlocking Infinite Possibilities for
Digital India’.
6th edition of the Raisina dialogue Virtual Inaugurated by – PM Narendra Modi
2021,India’s annual global Theme - ”Viralworld:Outbreaks,Outliers and
conference on geopolitics and Out of Control”
geoeconomics Hosted by - Observer Research
Foundation(ORF) in partnership with the
Ministry of External Affairs.
1st ever United Nations Food New York, USA The Summit is a part of the Decade of Action
Systems Summit 2021 (2020-30) to achieve the Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030.
India-Netherlands Virtual Summit Virtual Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi &
2021 Prime Minister of Netherlands Mark Rutte co-
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Partnership on Water’ to deepen the
relationship between the countries in the
water related sector and also to upgrade the
Joint Working Group on water to Ministerial-
Level.
MARCH 2021
India-Finland Virtual Summit 2021 Virtual Summit held between India’s Prime Minister
Narendra Modi & Finland’s Prime Minister
Sanna Marin.
India & Finland had announced a new
partnership in the fields of ICT, Mobile
Technology, Digital Education clean energy
investment and evolution of 6G.
First-ever Leader-Level Summit of Virtual Four countries are – India, Japan, USA &
4 QUAD (Quadrilateral Security Australia. 4 Countries agreed to work
Dialogue) countries towards an ‘open’ & ‘free’ Indo-Pacific
region.4 QUAD leaders agreed to launch a
Mega Vaccine initiative to fight against
COVID-19.
India-Sweden Virtual Summit 2021 Virtual The key areas of discussion were Healthcare,
Biotech, Smart Cities, Smart Grid, Circular
Economy & Artificial Intelligence
(AI).creation of a Sweden-India Health Hub at
AIIMS-Jodhpur, Rajasthan.
2nd Edition of Maritime India Virtual Based on “Exploring the potential business
Summit-2021 (MIS-2021) opportunities in Indian Maritime sector and
making Aatmanirbhar Bharat”.
Organized by the Ministry of Ports, Shipping
& Waterways (MoPSW).
Partner Country – Denmark
‘Merchant Digitization Summit Virtual Hosted by - Government of India, Federation

2021’ - Towards AatmaNirbhar of Indian Chambers of Commerce and
(Self Reliance) Bharat with special Industry (FICCI), and UN-based Better Than
focus on Himalayan Regions, North Cash Alliance.
East Regions and Aspirational It was a part of the series of Learning
Districts of India. Exchange amongst all States and Union
Territories.
16th Federation of Indian Virtual Addressed by - Union Minister of Education,
Chambers of Commerce & Industry Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ addressed the
(FICCI) Higher Education Summit inaugural session of the summit.
2021 Released the FICCI EY Report titled -
“Higher Education in India: 2040”.
Theme of summit- ‘‘Higher Education @
2030: R.I.S.E. – Resilience. Innovation.
Sustainability. Enterprise.’
FEBRUARY 2021
India Aircraft Leasing Summit- Virtual Theme of the summit was ‘Rupee
2021 Raftaar’.India is set to emerge as World’s 3rd
Biggest Civil Aviation Market in overall terms
by 2024.
18th Edition of BioAsia 2021 Hyderabad(Virtual) Organized by the Telangana Government,
BioAsia is Asia’s Largest Life Sciences &
healthcare forum.Theme – Move the Needle
World Future Fuel Summit and New Delhi Organized by Energy and Environment
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global business leaders, future leaders
(students), government, specialist exhibitors
from globally, it showcases state-to-art
technologies in clean future energy for
globally.
20th World Sustainable Virtual Theme is “Redefining our common future:
Development Summit (WSDS) Safe and secure environment for all”.WSDS is
2021 an annual flagship event of The Energy and
Resources Institute (TERI) instituted in 2001.
JANUARY 2021
51st Edition of 2021 World Virtual Theme of Davos Agenda – ‘A Crucial Year to
Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Rebuild Trust’.WEF launched the Global AI
Meeting called ‘The Davos Agenda (Artificial Intelligence) Action Alliance
2021’ (GAIA).
ii.WEF launched the first-of-its-kind platform
called ‘Essential Digital Infrastructure and
Services’ – EDISON Alliance to reduce digital
inequalities & ensure equitable access to
digital opportunities for everyone by 2025.
International Climate Adaptation Virtual Government of Netherlands hosted this
Summit (CAS Online) 2021 summit with a support of Global Center on
Adaptation (GCA) from Amsterdam,
Netherlands.From India, the summit was
addressed by Prime Minister (PM) Narendra
Modi.
15th Edition of India Digital Virtual organized by Internet & Mobile Association of
Summit 2021 India (IAMAI).It was inaugurated by Ravi
Shankar Prasad, Union Minister of Electronics
& Information Technology.
Theme – ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat – Start of New
Decade’
‘Prarambh’ – Startup India Virtual organized by Department for Promotion of
International Summit 2021 Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Ministry
of Commerce and Industry, Government of
India from New Delhi. It was inaugurated by
Piyush Vedprakash Goyal, Ministry of
Commerce and Industry. PM Modi addreseed
and announced Rs.1,000-crore ‘Startup India
Seed Fund’ for Startups.
CONFERENCE
Name of Conference Place Facts about the summit /conference
NOVEMBER 2021
14th Edition of Urban Mobility Virtual Union Minister of Housing & Urban Affairs and
India (UMI) Conference 2021 Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep
Singh Puri Hardeep Singh Puri presented awards to
the state/city winners for ‘Excellence in Urban
Transport’ in different categories.
Theme : “Mobility for All” for achieving the 2030
Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals (SDG).
14th edition of Cyber Virtual Theme for cOcOn 2021 – ‘Improvise, Adapt and
Security ‘c0c0n’, an annual Overcome’.
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OCTOBER 2021
National Conference Virtual This is a part of the observance of the United
on “International Year of Fruits Nations(UN)’s International Year of Fruits and
and Vegetable Vegetables(IYFV), 2021.The theme of IYFV
2021 is “Awareness about the nutritional benefits
of fruits and vegetables for balanced and healthy
diet and lifestyle.
Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar released
the operational guidelines for the Horticulture
Cluster Development Programme and QR code of
the guidelines.
National conference for zoo Gujarat An outreach movie titled ‘Live in harmony with
directors and veterinarians 2021 nature, stop illegal trade in wildlife’ produced by
Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) was released.
Three important publications of CZA:
Vision Plan (2021-2031) for Indian zoos: This plan
will make them at par with the global standards and
strengthening of CZA. Click here for full plan
WASH Manual for Zoos: CZA in collaboration with
UNICEF has developed a Guideline to provide
guidance to zoos for creating and maintaining wash
facilities .
AzadiKa Amrit Mahotsav – A Compilation (Vol 1):
The theme for the celebration has been to
showcase 75 species across 75 zoos though massive
outreach programs in the 75 weeks.
Global FinTech Festival (GFF) Virtual It is the World’s largest virtual fintech festival .
2021 Theme: ‘FinTech: Empowering a Global Digital
Economy’.
Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs, Nirmala
Sitharaman was the Chief Guest of the event,she
released the ‘UN (United Nation) Report on
Responsible Digital Payments’ that provides good
practices for financial consumer protection.
Azadi@75 – New Urban India: Lucknow, Uttar During the event, PM Modi laid the foundation stone
Transforming Urban Pradesh of 75 Urban Development Projects of Uttar Pradesh
Landscape’ Conference-cum-Expo under Smart Cities Mission and AMRUT.He also
flagged off 75 buses under FAME-II for seven cities
including Lucknow, Kanpur, Varanasi, Prayagraj,
Gorakhpur, Jhansi and Ghaziabad
SEPTEMBER 2021
5th World Conference of Speakers Vienna, Austria The Loksabha Speaker Om Birla participated in the
of Parliament (5WCSP) 2021 conference, organized by the Austrian Parliament,
Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and the United
Nations (UN).Austrian Parliament is the first
national parliament in history to co-host the World
Conference of Speakers of Parliament.
The theme of the Conference is Parliamentary
leadership for more effective multilateralism .
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5th and final session of the Virtual Theme:‘Towards 2050: Living in Harmony with
3rd ASEAN (Association of Nature’.

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Southeast Asian UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
Nations) Conference on Secretariat released the 1st draft of a Post-2020
Biodiversity in 2020 (ACB 2020) GBF to guide actions worldwide through 2030 to
preserve and protect nature and its essential
services to people.
2nd Edition of CII Conference & Virtual Union Minister RK Singh announced that India will
Exhibition ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat exceed its target of reducing carbon emission
– Self-Reliance for Renewable to 33% set by 2030 under the Paris agreement.
Energy Manufacturing’ India will achieve the target of 20% ethanol
blending with petrol by 2023-24.
India has set a target of 450 GW of Renewable
Energy capacity by 2030.
A report on ‘A Roadmap for Self-Reliance in RE
Manufacturing’ was released which was
developed by CII-in partnership with PwC
(PricewaterhouseCoopers Pvt Ltd).
JUNE 2021
42nd session of Food and Virtual Union Minister for Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare
Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) Narendra Singh Tomar participated.
Conference FAO members endorsed the new Strategic
Framework 2022-2031 which will support the
2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Hans Hoogeveen elected as the new Independent
Chairperson of the Council (ICC) for the next two
years (2021-23). He succeeds Khalid Mehboob of
Pakistan.
Conference of BRICS Network Virtual Host: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay
Universities Theme – “Electric Mobility”. This conference is a
part of the 13th BRICS Summit which is set to be
held in 2021, under the Chairship of India.
MAY 2021
World Conference on Education Berlin Organised by - United Nations Educational,
for Sustainable Development ,Germany(Virtual) Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
2021 Objective - To inspire at least a million women
from small towns to realise their dreams of
becoming entrepreneurs.
 Tata Communications launched their
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) project –
‘School of Hope and Empowerment (S.H.E)’ for
empowering Indian women.
3rd Arctic Science Ministerial Tokyo, Japan The theme for 2021 is ‘Knowledge for a Sustainable
(ASM3) 2021 Arctic’.
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MARCH 2021
3rd Edition of the Annual Virtual Hosted by - Coalition for Disaster Resilient
Conference of International Infrastructure (CDRI).
Conference on Disaster Resilient US announced funds of up to USD 9.2 Million for
Infrastructure 2021 (ICDRI 2021) supporting CDRI.
India Chem 2021’ – the 11th New Delhi Organized by- Department of Chemicals
Biennial International Exhibition &Petrochemicals, Government of India & FICCI
& Conference (Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce &
Industry).
Theme – “India: Global Manufacturing Hub for
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6th edition of International Virtual Inaugurated by - Union Minister
Conference on Pharmaceutical & DevaragundaVenkappa Sadananda Gowda,
Medical Device sector i.e. India Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers (MoC&F).
Pharma 2021 & India Medical i.The theme for India Medical Device 2021 was
Device 2021 ‘India MedTech Future: Innovate & Make in India
through Global’.
ii.The theme for India Pharma 2021 was ‘Indian
Pharma Industry: Future is Now’.
FEBRUARY 2021
11th World PetroCoal Congress- New Delhi Organized by Energy and Environment
International Conference and Foundation.Theme - “Petroleum-Coal-Gas:
Expo 2021 Towards a Win-Win Strategy for Producer and
Consumer”.Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan,
Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MoPNG)
addressed the conference.
2nd edition of International Kozhikode, Kerala Inaugurated by- Kerala Chief Minister (CM)
Conference on Gender Equality Pinarayi Vijayan.
(ICGE II) Hosted by t-dddsGender Park in association with
United Nations (UN) Women on the theme “Gender
in Sustainable Entrepreneurship and Social
Business: The Mediating Role of Empowerment”.
India Tunisia Business Council’ Virtual for boosting the trade relations between the two
(ITBC) countries. The main focus of the ITBC will be to
focus on development in both countries.
6th India-Russia Military Bengaluru, To set up industrial facilities to manufacture a
Industrial Conference (IRMIC) Karnataka diverse range of aviation hoses at BEL Optronic
Devices Limited, Pune, a subsidiary of BEL.
JANUARY 2021
7th Edition of ‘MASCRADE 2021’ - organized by FICCI Cascade (Federation of Indian
– Movement against Smuggled & Chambers of Commerce & Industry – Committee
Counterfeit Trade Against Smuggling and Counterfeiting Activities
Destroying the Economy)
International Akhand Conference Virtual Union Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’,
‘EDUCON 2020’ Ministry of Education (MoE) launched the
conference. The Chief Guest of Valedictory
Ceremony was Prof Dhirendra Pal Singh, Chairman,
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NOVEMBER 2021
3rd Goa Maritime Conclave (GMC)- Goa Indian Navy has conducted Conclave under the aegis of
2021 Naval War College, Goa.
Theme: Maritime Security and Emerging NonTraditional
Threats: A Case for Proactive Role for Indian Ocean
Region(IOR) Navies”.
7th edition of Google for India Google has announced a global-first feature in India that
event 2021 will let users hear search results out loud
Google announced its support of voice-assisted bookings
for vaccinations on the COWIN platform with the help of
the Google Assistant. Google has added the My Shop
feature to Google Pay.
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pregnant and very often lack access to basic healthcare
OCTOBER 2021
4th General Assembly of the Virtual The assembly was inaugurated and presided over by
International Solar Alliance (ISA) Union Minister Raj Kumar Singh, Ministry of Power and
the President of the ISA Assembly.
ISA announced a partnership with Bloomberg
Philanthropies to mobilize $1 trillion in global investments
for solar energy across ISA’s member countries. Both
entities will work with World Resources Institute (WRI) to
develop a Solar Investment Action Agenda; and a Solar
Investment Roadmap, which will be launched at COP26.
ISA will provide USD 50,000 to 11 Least Developed
Countries (LDCs) and Small Island Developing States (SID)
member countries to undertake Demonstration Solar
projects.
SEPTEMBER 2021
4 Indo-US Health Dialogue 2021
th Virtual India, US signs two MoUs during the event.India’s Health &
Family Welfare Ministry and USA’s Department of Health
and Human Services signed a MoU for cooperation in the
field of Health and Biomedical sciences.
Another MoU was signed between Indian Council of
Medical Research (ICMR) & National Institute of Allergy
and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) for cooperation with the
International Centre for Excellence in Research (ICER).
17th Foundation Day celebrations -------- Union Minister of Home Affairs and Minister of Cooperation
of National Disaster Management Amit Shah attended the event as the chief guest in New
Authority (NDMA) Delhi. The theme for 2021 was ‘Stopping Impact of Disaster
Incidents in the Himalayan Region’.
1st India-United Kingdom (UK) Virtual India hosted the dialogue which was led by Devesh Uttam,
Consular Dialogue. Joint Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs and the
UK delegation was led by Jennifer Anderson, Director
Consular Services, Foreign, Commonwealth and
Development Office. It is a part of the India-UK 2030
Roadmap, in which both countries discussed ways to
strengthen people-to-people contacts between them.
6th BRICS Young Scientist Forum Virtual Hosted by the Department of Science & Technology (DST),
(YSF) in collaboration with the National Institute of Advanced
Studies, Bengaluru (NIAS). The forum represented the four
areas such as Health care, Energy, Cyber and Innovations.
Tax authorities of the BRICS Virtual Under the chairship of India, with a theme ‘Redefining the
countries meeting Business Processes of Tax Administration amidst
challenges posed by Covid-19and in the Digital Era’, to
discuss the challenges faced by the tax administrations of
the member countries in the digital era and the Covid
pandemic situation.
3rd Life Sciences Conclave 2021 New Delhi Theme ‘Taking Indian Lifes Sciences to the Global
Stage’. During this CII released a report ‘Taking India’s Life
Sciences to the Global Stage – “Make in India” to fuel 4x
growth in Biosimilars and Vaccines by 2026’. India will
become a $150 billion market by 2025.
11th India-United Kingdom (UK) Virtual Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman led the Indian
Economic and Financial Dialogue Delegation whereas UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak led the UK
(EFD) Delegation. Under the EFD, both the countries have signed
a USD 1.2-billion package of public and private investment
in green projects and renewable energy to boost India’s
green growth objectives.
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Nations (ASEAN)- India Economic Patel, Minister of State for Commerce and Industry and H.E.
Ministers Consultation DatoDr. Amin Liew Abdullah, Minister of Finance and
Economy, Brunei Darussalam. India has given its key focus
on the mass vaccination, capacity enhancement and
economic initiatives to address the pandemic.
ShikshakParv 2021 Virtual Theme :“Quality and Sustainable Schools: Learnings from
Schools in India”.
PM Modi has launched various schemes in the
education sector under Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav(75th
Anniversary of Indian Independence) such as Indian
Sign Language Dictionary, Vidyanjali 2.0, NISHTHA 3.0,
Talking Books and School Quality Assessment and
Assurance Framework (SQAAF).
6th Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) Vladivostok, PM Narendra Modi virtually addressed the plenary
Russia session.The main theme for the EEF 2021 is: ‘Opportunities
for the Far East in a World under Transformation’. The
Forum’s programme is divided into four thematic pillars:
‘The New Economy: What Changes and What Stays the
Same’, ‘The Far East: New Challenges and Opportunities’,
‘Our Shared Responsibility in a Changing World’, and ‘Youth
EEF’.
AUGUST 2021
UNSC High-level Open Debate Virtual Prime Minister was the 1st Indian PM to preside over a
on ‘Enhancing Maritime Security – UNSC Open Debate. He outlined 5 principle frameworks to
A Case for International preserve the common maritime heritage, and to frame a
Cooperation’ global roadmap of maritime security cooperation.
UNSC unanimously adopted the Presidential
Statement (PRST) on Maritime Security, which was given
by Narendra Modi.
UNSC Open debate on Technology Virtual External Affairs Minister (EAM) S.Jaishankar chaired the
& Peacekeeping with the debate. UNSC unanimously adopted the Presidential
theme, ‘Protecting the Protectors: Statement on Peacekeeping & Technology, given by EAM
Technology and Peacekeeping’ Jaishankar.UNSC adopted Resolution 2589
unanimously, Security Council calls on Governments to
protect peacekeepers, Requests creation of online database
cataloguing attacks.
2nd United Nations World India India is all set to host in October 2022 in Hyderabad,
Geospatial Information Congress Telangana on the theme ‘Towards Geo-enabling the Global
(UNWGIC) Village’.
It will be organized as a part of ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav
(Celebration of 75 Years of Indian Independence)’.
JULY 2021
7th edition of Indian Ocean Naval La Reunion, It was hosted by the French Navy, France had assumed the
Symposium (IONS) an island in Chairmanship of IONS on 29 June 2021, for a 2-year
the Indian tenure. From the Indian side – Admiral Karambir Singh,
Ocean east Chief of the Naval Staff, Indian Navy virtually participated
of in the event.
Madagascar
CoWIN Global Conclave 2021 Virtual Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually addressed
the CoWIN Global Conclave 2021. Union Minister for Health
& Family Welfare Dr Harsh Vardhan inaugurated the event .
India is set to offer CoWIN (COVID-19 Vaccine Intelligence
Work) as a digital public good to the world to combat
COVID-19. For this purpose, an open-source version of the
vaccine registration platform will be shared by India for
free.
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Italy Joint Commission Commerce and Industry, and Luigi Di Maio, Minister of
for Economic Cooperation (JCEC) Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Italy.
Piyush Goyal has discussed the issues regarding – the
Mutual recognition of the COWIN Vaccine Certificate,
opening up of Travel restrictions, longer duration of
Business Visas, and the Portability of social security
benefits of Indians working in Italy.
16th edition of virtual India Union External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and V.
‘Confederation of Indian Industry – Muraleedharan, Minister of State for External Affairs,
Export Import Bank of India’ (CII- addressed the inaugural session.
EXIM Bank) Conclave on India & An Exim Bank’s Report on ‘India Africa Healthcare:
Africa Project Partnership Prospects and Opportunities’ was released in the session.
Theme: ‘Harnessing the Africa-India Opportunity: Connect,
Create and Collaborate’
JUNE 2021
1st Edition of the Arab-India Virtual It was held under the co-chairship of India & the Kingdom
Energy Forum (AIEF) of Morocco. uring this meeting India decided to establish a
USD 1 million(about Rs 7.32 crores)financial facility for
academic collaboration with Arab.
5th Edition of Viva Technology Paris, Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually delivered the
2021 France keynote address. He highlighted the emerging cooperation
between India & France in areas like technology & digital.
The Ministerial-level Thematic Virtual India co-hosted the Ministerial Thematic Forum for
Forum for UN High Level Dialogue Energy Transition along with 9 other countries – Brazil,
on Energy 2021 (HLDE 2021) Chile, Colombia, Denmark, Germany, Nigeria, Poland,
Spain, UK. These 10 countries were designated as Global
Champions for the theme ‘Energy Transition’.
The main aim of HLDE 2021 is to promote
the implementation of the energy-related goals and
targets of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
3rd Development Cooperation Virtual During the meeting, both sides agreed to implement new
Talks between India & Bhutan projects in Bhutan in sectors like road infrastructure,
water management and COVID-19 management.
MAY 2021
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India-Seychelles High-Level Virtual Virtual Indian Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi & Seychelles
Event President WavelRamkalawan participated in the event.
i.During the event, they virtually inaugurated several
developmental assistance projects funded by India in
Seychelles.
MARCH 2021
4th Global Ayurveda Festival 2021 Virtual Organized by - Centre for Innovation in Science and
Social Action (CISSA) from March 12-19, 2021.The Festival
aims to popularize Ayurveda & Traditional forms of
Medicine.
2nd edition of TechBharat 2021, e- Virtual Union Minister for Health & Family Welfare, Dr Harsh
conclave of HealthTech&Edutech Vardhan addressed the inaugural session of 2nd edition of
sectors. TechBharat 2021
2nd edition of Global Bio-India Virtual Theme - ‘Transforming lives’ with the tagline ‘Biosciences
2021 to Bio-economy’.
FEBRUARY 2021
Workshop with health officials and Virtual India organized the workshop on the theme “Covid-19
experts from South Asian Management: Experience, good practices and way
Association for Regional forward”.It was chaired by India’s health secretary Rajesh
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Mauritius and Seychelles Narendra Modi.
JANUARY 2021
51st International Film Festival of Goa It was jointly organized by the Directorate of Film
India (IFFI) Festivals (under Ministry of Information and
Broadcasting) and the state Government of Goa along with
Entertainment Society of Goa.
This year the ‘country of focus section’ was
Bangladesh.Veteran actor, director and producer Biswajit
Chatterjee has been presented with the Indian Personality
of the Year Award on the occasion….Click here for more
film awards
7th edition of India Smart Utility virtual ISUW 2021 will provide a digital platform for
Week (ISUW 2021) by India Smart International Conference and Exhibition on Smart Energy
Grid Forum (ISGF) and Smart Mobility for Smarter Cities which will be
accessed at www.isuw.in.
24th National Youth Festival (NYF) virtual The theme of the NYF 2021 was ‘YUVAAH – UtsahNaye
2021 Bharat Ka’.NYF is celebrated to commemorate the birth
anniversary (January 12) of youth icon Swami
Vivekananda.
4th Global Ayurveda Festival Kerala world’s largest festival of Ayurveda community will be
2021(GAF2021) organised in a high-end virtual space from 12th to 19th
March 2021 in Kerala. The festival is organised by Centre
for Innovation in Science and Social Action (CISSA), the
Ayurveda Medical Association of India (AMAI),
National Metrology Conclave 2021 virtual The Conclave was organized by the Council of Scientific
and Industrial Research- National Physical Laboratory
(CSIR-NPL)with the theme ‘Metrology for the Inclusive
Growth of the Nation’.Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi
virtually inaugurated the conclave.
COMMITTEES & MEETING
COMMITTEES FORMED
Name of the Committee Head Facts about the Committee
NOVEMBER 2021
7-member IT Projects Dr Abhay Karandikar To provide guidance to upgrade the existing IT
Advisory Committee (IT- systems of SEBI and the solutions with the latest IT
PAC) practices, techniques, tools and technologies.
Technical Advisory Deepak B Phatak To recommend measures for changes and
Committee improvements in the market structure given the
technological changes.
20-member EGoS Rajiv Gauba To monitor mechanisms for the development of the
PM Gati Shakti National Master Plan (NMP).
Technology innovation Rajaraman To take lead in the development of 6G Technology
group on the Sixth globally.
Generation (6G)
3-member committee Gopal Krishna Pillai, For determination of RoDTEP (Remission of Duties
and Taxes on Exported Products) rates for
AA(advance authorisation)/export-oriented units
(EOUs)/ special economic zones (SEZs) exports as
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3-member expert panel Chief Justice of India (CJI) N To investigate the issue on usage of ‘Pegasus
V Ramana Spyware’ on Indian Citizens during 2019.
7 member Economic Bibek Debroy New Members: Rakesh Mohan, T.T Ram Mohan,
Advisory Council (EAC) to and Poonam Gupta, Directo
the Prime Minister (EAC-
PM)
National Steering Union Education for implementation of National Initiative for
Committee (NSC) Minister Dharmendra Proficiency in Reading with Understanding and
Pradhan Numeracy (NIPUN) Bharat Mission
Expert group Vikas Sheel, additional To develop a comprehensive tax policy for all
secretary in MoHFW tobacco products (smoking & smokeless).
Working Group (WG) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) To roll out an overhauled Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima
of PMFBY, Ritesh Chauhan Yojana (PMFBY) from Kharif 2022.
4-member advisory Vijay C Daga, retired judge of Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)
committee the High Court of Bombay constituted a committee on settlement orders and
compounding of offences.
The other members of the panel include PK
Malhotra, the former law secretary in the Ministry of
Law & Justice, PR Ramesh, ex-Chairman of Deloitte
Haskins & Sells LLP and DN Raval, Partner at
Raval&Raval Associates.
Expert group for SP Mukherjee The group has been constituted for a period of three
minimum wages years and will continue to provide technical inputs to
the ministry going forward.
IFSCAexpert panel C K Mishra To suggest a framework to develop a world-class
sustainable finance hub at IFSC.
SEPTEMBER 2021
2 group of ministers(GoM) Basavaraj Bommai&Ajit Pawar Goods and Services Tax(GST) Council led by Finance
Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has set up 2 group of
ministers(GoM) to look into the rate structure and
another to look at systems reforms required to plug
revenue leakages.
Task force Ajay Seth, Secretary of the The government of India has set up task force to
Department of Economic strengthen the road map to enhance the sustainable
Affairs(DEA), Ministry of finance architecture of India.
Finance
Company Law Committee Rajesh Verma, Secretary, MCA Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has extended the
(CLC) tenure of the Company Law Committee (CLC) by one
year i.e. till September 16, 2022 w.e.f. September 17,
2021.
Hydrogen Task ------------------------- United States (US) department of energy along with
Force and Biofuels Task its Indian counterpart launched 2 task force to
Force expand the use of clean energy technologies for
decarbonization of the energy sector.
Group of Ministers (GoM) Defence Minister Rajnath To improve the implementation of various schemes
Singh meant for Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe
(ST), Other Backward Classes (OBC), minorities and
women.
12-member National Krishnaswamy for the development of National Curriculum
Steering Committee (SC) Kasturirangan Frameworks in line with the National Education
Policy
5-member committee P Vasudevan To set up a headed, to examine applications and
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8 member panel V. G Somani To frame new laws for drugs, cosmetics and
medical devices
Task Force Vinod Kumar Tiwari Monitoring of activities towards achieving coal
based Hydrogen production and usage.
Expert Committee R.K Malhotra Identifying experts in India and co-opting as

members.Desk based review of progress in
hydrogen technology and also review ongoing
research projects in Hydrogen technology
High Level Expert Baijayant Panda For a comprehensive review of National Cadet Corps
Committee (NCC). The committee will be responsible for
suggesting measures to empower NCC cadets to
contribute more effectively towards national
development.
AUGUST 2021
8 member Committeefor Sunil Sethi, Chairman, Fashion To suggest the strategy and policy framework for
Doubling the Production & Design Council of India (FDCI) doubling the production and for improving the
Quadrupling the Exports of quality of handloom products with the aim of
Handlooms enhancing income of the weavers.
JULY 2021
Cabinet Committee on PM Narendra Modi It comprises 12 members including new members’
Political Affairs viz. Union Minister Smriti Zubin Irani, Ministry of
Women and Child Development; Union
Minister Bhupender Yadav, Ministry of
Environment, Forest and Climate Change
(MoEFCC), and Ministry of Labour and
Employment; and Union
Minister SarbanandaSonowal, Ministry of Ports,
Shipping and Waterways (MoPSW), and Ministry of
AYUSH (Ayurveda, Yoga & Naturopathy, Unani,
Siddha and Homeopathy)
Cabinet Committee on Union Minister Rajnath Singh, It comprises 9 members including new members’ viz.
Parliamentary Affairs Ministry of Defence Union minister Virendra Kumar, Ministry of Social
Justice and Empowerment (MoSJE); Union
Minister Kiren Rijiju, Ministry of Law & Justice
(MoL&J); and Union Minister Anurag Singh Thakur,
Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MoIB),
and Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (MoYAS)

Investment and Growth viz. Union Minister Narayan Tatu Rane, Ministry of
Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
(MoMSME); JyotiradityaMadhavraoScindia,
Ministry of Civil Aviation; and Union
Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, Ministry of Railways,
Ministry of Communications; and Ministry of
Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY)
Employment and Skill viz. Union ministers Ashwini Vaishnaw,
Development BhupenderYadav.Union Minister Ramchandra
Prasad Singh, Ministry of Steel; and Union
Minister GangapuramKishan Reddy, Ministry of
Culture, Minister of Tourism, and Minister of
Development of North Eastern Region (MDoNER)
are included as special invitees.
Cabinet Committee on PM Narendra Modi It comprises 4 members viz. Union Minister Rajnath
Security (CCS) Singh; Union Minister Amit Shah, Ministry of Home

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Affairs (MHA); Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman,
Ministry of Finance and Union Minister
Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Ministry of External
Affairs (MEA).
Appointments Committee PM Narendra Modi It is a two-member committee composed of PM
of the Cabinet (ACC) Narendra Modi and Amit Shah, MHA & Ministry of
Cooperation.
Expert committee International Financial Servi To recommend the road map and approach towards
ces Centres Authority the development of the Longevity Finance Hub in
(IFSCA) GIFT IFSC
11th Mekong-Ganga Virtuak Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Ministry of External
Cooperation Foreign Affairs (MEA) of India and PrakSokhonn, Deputy
Ministers’ Meeting (11th Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and
MGC FMM) meeting. International Cooperation of Cambodia virtually co-
chaired the meeting.
The Ministers also reviewed the progress made in
the prioritized areas of Mekong-Ganga Cooperation,
and exchanged views on future cooperation.
JUNE 2021
An expert group to provide Professor Ajit Mishra Ministry of Labour and Employment(MoL&E) has
technical support and constituted the group.The group is set up for the 3
recommendations to fix the years.
minimum wages and
national floor minimum
wages
Digital Publishers Content Justice Vikramjit Sen It will help to address the unresolved consumer
Grievances grievances.
Council (DPCGC) by Indian Broadcasting Foundation to be renamed as
Internet and Mobile Indian Broadcasting and Digital Foundation.
Association of India
(IAMAI)
Asia Pacific Public Sector Microsoft The council aims to accelerate public-private
Cyber Security Executive partnerships in cybersecurity and share threat
Council intelligence.
Financial Stability and The committee includes To address the regulatory challenges posed by the
Development officials from the Reserve fintech (financial technology) industry.
Council (FSDC)’s inter- Bank of India (RBI), finance
regulators’ panel ministry, the Securities
Exchange Board of India
(SEBI) and the Insurance and
Regulatory Authority of India
(IRDAI).
India Interagency Expert ---- To explore and advance climate-based solutions for
Committee on Malaria and accelerating malaria elimination in India.
Climate (IEC) India has set a target to eliminate Malaria by 2030.
Committee on Energy ------ For implementation of a roadmap on energy
Efficiency, Low Carbon efficiency and low carbon technologies.
Technology
Takeover Panel N Venkatram Securities and Exchange Board of India(SEBI) has
reconstituted panel looks into the applications that
are seeking exemption from the mandatory open
offer that an acquirer needs to make to minority
shareholders.
High-level committee Representatives from the 3 For the consultations on the creation of integrated
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Department of Defence,
Ministry of Home Affairs, and
National Security Council
Secretariat
Committee Vandana Aggarwal International Financial Services Centres Authority
(IFSCA) has constituted a committee to examine
global best practices in ship financing and leasing,
identify opportunities .
MAY 2021
7-member Group of States’ Union Finance Minister The Committee will be Convened by Deputy Chief
Ministers (GoM)to better Minister of Gujarat, Nitin Patel.
understand, examine, and
resolve the uncertainty
over the valuation of
services by casinos, race
courses, and online gaming
companies for levying
Goods and Services Tax
(GST).
5-member Committee for Vice Chancellor of National The Committee is appointed by the Ministry of
Reforms in Criminal Laws Law University (NLU), Delhi Home Affairs (MHA) to reform Indian Penal Code
(Currently – Srikrishna Deva (IPC) is set to propose a separate Section in IPC on
Rao) ‘Offences relating to speech and expression’.
International Financial Nilesh Shah The committee has formed to recommend a
Services Centres Authority roadmap to promote IF at International Financial
(IFSCA), the regulator of Services Centres(IFSC).
GIFT- City (Gujarat
International Finance Tec-
City) 12-member expert
committee on investment
funds(IF)
5th Session of Codex Dr M.R. Sudharshan India is the host and Spices Board of India (under
Committee on Spices and Ministry of Commerce & Industry) is the Secretariat
Culinary Herbs (CCSCH) of CCSCH.
APRIL 2021
3 Expert Dr R K Elangovan Dr R K Elangovan, will head the Expert Committee
Committees to P L N Murthy for Factories & Dock Works.
review standards D K Shami P L N Murthy, will head the Expert Committee for
under Building & Other Constructions Works.
Occupational D K Shami, will Head of Expert Committee for Fire
Safety, Health and Safety.
Working
Conditions (OSH &
WC) Code, 2020.
MARCH 2021
10-member Minister of Commerce and Industry To facilitate investments and promote
Empowerment (Currently – Piyush Goyal) manufacturing in technology-intensive sectors
Committee to including semiconductors.
discuss and
enhance
manufacturing of
products in High
techn areas in
India
5-member Shyamala Gopinath, former RBI The tenure for SEAC will be for 3 years
External Advisory Deputy Governor Key Function: Applications for universal banks and
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evaluating prima facie eligibility of the applicants, after which
applications for SEAC will evaluate the applications.
universal banks
and small finance
banks (SFBs)
Committee to H K Mittal,Department of Science and The committee will evaluate and select incubators
execute and Technology. for the allotment of the fund under the scheme.
monitor the
Startup India Seed
Fund Scheme
(SISFS)
FEBRUARY 2021
8-member Expert N. S. Vishwanathan, former Deputy RBI set up the committee will examine the issues
Committee (EC) on Governor of RBI faced by the UCBs and will also be responsible for
Urban Cooperative preparing a road map for its strengthening.
Banks (UCBs)
JANUARY 2021
IRDAI 10-member IRDAI chairman (Presently Dr. IRDAI (Insurance Regulatory and Development
advisory Subhash Chandra Khuntia) Authority of India) formulated a 10-member
committee advisory committee to improve the product quality
and coverage of the health insurance in the country.
Administration of RS Sharma members of the committee comprises senior
COVID-19 vaccine. officials from the Ministry of Health and Family
Welfare (MoH&FW) and the Unique Identification
Authority of India(UIDAI).
7 Member Raghavendra(R) P Tiwari, Vice- To provide a single platform for admission.
Committee for Chancellor of Central University of
feasibility of Punjab.
holding the
Common Entrance
Test(CET) at
undergraduate
level from the next
academic
year(august) in
central
universities.
MEETINGS/DIALOGUE/COUNCIL/FORUM
Name of Meeting Place Facts about the meeting
NOVEMBER 2021
Indo-Pacific Regional Dialogue” (IPRD) Virtual Theme: Evolution in Maritime Strategy during
2021 the 21st Century: Imperatives, Challenges and
Way Ahead
Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh
addressed the dialogue where he highlighted
the importance of protecting the maritime
interest of countries & maintaining a rule-based
maritime system as per the United Nations
Convention on the Law of Seas (UNCLOS), 1982.
21st Annual Council of Ministers (COM) Virtual The meeting was led by the Minister of State for
Meeting of the Indian Ocean Rim External Affairs Dr.Rajkumar Ranjan Singh
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November 2021 and the 23rd Committee of
Senior Officials (CSO)
The IORA COM which was held in a hybrid format
in Dhaka and Dhaka Communique was adopted
at the end of the meeting
WePOWER India Partnership Forum Virtual To boost South Asia Women in Power Sector
Professional Network (WePOWER) in India.
3rd Regional Security Dialogue on New Delhi The meeting saw high-level participants from 8
Afghanista countries, where the “Delhi Declaration” was
adopted by the countries to promote terrorism
free, inclusive government in Afghanistan.The
Declaration was also known as the “Delhi
Regional Security Dialogue on Afghanistan of
National Security Advisers/Secretaries of
Security Councils”.
13th Meeting of Heads of National Virtual The meeting was chaired by G. P. Samanta, Chief
Statistical Offices (NSO) of BRICS Statistician of India and Secretary, Ministry of
Countries Statistics and Programme
Implementation (MoSPI), Government of India.
Theme :NSOs efforts in monitoring Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs)
During the meeting, the Joint Statistical
Publication (JSP) 2021 and JSP Snapshot 2021 for
BRICS Countries were released.
11thDefence Technology and Trade Virtual To bring bilateral defence trade relationship
Initiative (DTTI) Group meeting between and create opportunities for co-production and
India and the United States (US) co-development of defence equipment.
OCTOBER 2021
19th meeting of Prosecutors General of Virtual Hosted by Tushar Mehta, Solicitor General of
the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation India. Protocol has been signed to strengthen the
(SCO) member states anti-trafficking measures and safety of the whole
society.
The 20th meeting of the Prosecutors General of
the SCO Member States will be held in the
Republic of Kazakhstan in 2022.
6th annual meeting of the board of Virtual Theme:‘Investing Today and Transforming
Governors of Asian Infrastructure Tomorrow’.
Investment Bank (AIIB) Union Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs
Nirmala Sitharaman participated in the meeting
organized by UAE.
7th meeting of BRICS (Brazil, Russia, Virtual Minister of State (MoS) Devusinh Chauhan
India, China, and South Africa) chaired the meeting. Ministers adopted the
Communications Ministers 2021 through Terms of References of Digital BRICS Task Force
video conferencing.
and supported the advancement in work of the
BRICS Partnership on New Industrial
Revolution (PartNIR).The proposal to host
the Digital BRICS Forum annually was also
approved
G20 Extraordinary Leaders’ Meeting on Virtual The meeting was convened by Italy (as it is
Afghanistan’ currently holding the G2O Presidency) and
chaired by Italian PM Mario Draghi. Prime
Minister (PM) Narendra Modi virtually
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SEPTEMBER 2021
World Economic Forum (WEF)’s annual Davos-Klosters To be held with the theme ‘Working Together,
meeting in Switzerland Restoring Trust’ from January 17-21, 2022.
45th meeting of GST (Goods & Service Lucknow, Uttar The meeting was held under the chairmanship of
Tax) Council Pradesh the Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Ministry
of Finance.
Recommendations:
The existing concessional GST rates (till 30th
September, 2021) on Covid-19 treatment drugs
extended to December, 31 2021.There will be a
reduction of the GST rate to 5% for 7 Covid-19
treatment drugs up to December, 31 2021.
From January 1, 2022, food delivery apps will
collect and deposit 5% GST with the government,
in place of restaurants, for deliveries made by
them. This will not affect the end consumer. The
Correction in Inverted Duty structure in
Footwear and Textiles sector will be
implemented from January 1, 2022 i.e. new
footwear and textile rates.
The Council decided to set up a Group of
Ministers (GoM) to examine the issue of
correction of inverted duty structure for major
sectors; rationalize the rates and review
exemptions from the point of view of revenue
augmentation, from GST.
21st Meeting of the Council of Heads of Hybrid format During the meeting, SCO member countries
State of the Shanghai Cooperation from Dushanbe, adopted the ‘Dushanbe Declaration’ to promote
Organisation (SCO) Tajikistan. counter terrorism & stability in
Afghanistan. External Affairs Minister, S.
Jaishankar represented India in the meeting at
Tajikistan, which was chaired by Tajikistan
President – H.E. Emomali Rahmon.
G-33 Virtual Informal Ministerial Virtual The informal Ministerial Meeting was organized
Meeting . by Indonesia & chaired by Muhammad Lutfi,
Minister of Trade, Republic of Indonesia.
Minister of Commerce and Industry, Consumer
Affairs & Food & Public Distribution and
Textiles Piyush Goyal addressed the meeting.
8th Meeting of Agriculture Experts of Bay Virtual Host: India
of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral The meeting was chaired by Dr Trilochan
Technical and Economic Cooperation Mohapatra, Director General (DG) of Indian
(BIMSTEC) Countries 2021 Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and
Secretary (Department of Agricultural
Research-DARE). The discussions were held on
the transformations that are happening in the
agriculture and food systems globally.
6th meeting of BRICS (Brazil, Russia, Virtual Minister of State (MoS) Krishan Pal Gurjar,
India, China, and South Africa) Energy Ministry of Power virtually chaired the
Ministers 2021 meeting.The meeting saw an adoption of a joint
communiqué consisting of the BRICS mutual
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Cooperation in Renewable Energy.
40th meeting of the National Capital Virtual Hardeep Singh Puri launched the Combined
Region Planning Board(NCRPB) Reciprocal Common Transport
Agreement (CRCTA) for the carriage facilities
among the governments of Haryana, Rajasthan,
Delhi and Uttar Pradesh
Combined Reciprocal Common Transport
Agreement (CRCTA) launched .Online geo
portal- “Pariman” based on remote sensing and
GIS technology developed by NIC for NCR(
National Capital Region) Planning Board was
also launched.
G20 Health Ministers’ Meeting 2021 Virtual It was chaired by Roberto Speranza, Italian
Minister of Health.During the meeting, the G20
Health Ministers, including India, have pledged
to improve future health security, increase
vaccine confidence and tackle antimicrobial
resistance (AMR) while adopting the Health
Declaration.
2+2 Ministerial Dialogue with Australia New Delhi India hosted the 1st ever 2+2 Ministerial
Dialogue.From the Indian side it was attended
by Union Ministers Subrahmanyam Jaishankar,
Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), and Rajnath
Singh, Ministry of Defence (MoD).Australia will
contribute $10 million to India’s initiative
towards disaster-resilient infrastructure.Both
nations are also working towards an ‘early
harvest trade deal’ .
AUGUST 2021
6th meeting of the BRICS Counter Virtual Meeting was chaired by Mahaveer Singhvi, Joint
Terrorism Working Group (CTWG) 2021 Secretary for Counter-Terrorism, Ministry of
External Affairs (MEA).. During the meeting
they finalized the BRICS Counter Terrorism
Action Plan.
2nd meeting of Virtual Chaired by Reserve Bank of
BRICS(Brazil,Russia,India,China,andSouth India(RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das under the
Africa) Finance Ministers and Central Indian BRICS chairmanship.
Bank Governors (FMCBG)
11th BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China & Virtual Union Minister for Agriculture & Farmers
South Africa) Agriculture Ministers Welfare, Narendra Singh Tomar has chaired
meeting virtually with the theme of the meeting
was “BRICS Partnership for Strengthening Agro
Biodiversity for Food and Nutrition Security”.
7th BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China & Virtual Union Minister for Environment, Forests,&
South Africa) Environment Ministers Climate Change (MoEFCC), Bhupender Yadav
meeting, 2021 chaired the meeting.
During the meeting, the ‘New Delhi Statement
on Environment’, was adopted which aims at
furthering the spirit of Cooperation for
Continuity, Consolidation & Consensus in
Environment among the BRICS Nations.
Meeting of the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, Virtual The meeting was chaired by India, represented
India, China, and South Africa) Working by India’s Sanjay Agarwal, Secretary, India’s
Group on Agriculture 2021 Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
(MoA&FW).
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Agro Biodiversity for Food and Nutrition
Security’
During the meeting, BRICS nations agreed to
strengthen agro-biodiversity to ensure food and
nutrition security.
1st meeting of IBSA(India, Brazil, South Virtual India’s National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit
Africa) NSAs Doval hosted the meeting with the theme
“Democracy for Demography and
Development”.
Annual meeting of the Defence Dushanbe, It was chaired by Tajikistan (2021 SCO
Ministers of Shanghai Cooperation Tajikistan Presidency Chair). The Ministers approved
Organisation (SCO) member states. a new Plan for Cooperation between the SCO
Defence Ministries for 2022-23.2021 was
declared the Year of SCO Culture.
11th Annual meeting of the Forum of the Virtual Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) of India and
Election Management Bodies of South the current chairman of FEMBoSA, Sushil
Asia (FEMBoSA) 2021 Chandra inaugurated the meeting which was
hosted by the Election Commission of Bhutan.
The theme of the meeting was the “Use of
Technology in Elections”.
Representatives from the countries of
Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives,
Nepal and Srilanka participated in the meeting.
During the meeting, the Outgoing Chairman of
FEMBoSA, Sushil Chandra passed the
Chairmanship to Dasho Sonam Topgay (New
Chairman), Chief Election Commissioner of
Bhutan for the year 2021-22.
1st G20 Culture Ministers’ Meeting 2021 Rome, Italy. From India, MeenakashiLekhi, the Minister of
State for External Affairs and Culture
participated in the meeting. The Culture
Ministers adopted the 1st G20 Culture
declaration ‘Rome Declaration of the G20
Culture Ministers’ for submission to the G20
Leaders’ 2021 to recognize the economic value
of Culture and advocate the introduction of
Culture within the G20 process.
G20 Digital Ministers Meeting 2021 Italy Union Minister for the Ministry of Electronics &
Information Technology (MeitY), Ashwini
Vaishnaw represented India. During the
meeting, Ministers adopted the “Leveraging
Digitalization for a Resilient, Strong, Sustainable
and Inclusive Recovery” declaration at the
meeting. It includes 12 actions to accelerate the
digital transition.
1st meeting of G20 (Group of Twenty) Hybrid mode India was virtually represented by Minister of
Research Ministers 2021 from Trieste, State (MoS) Subhas Sarkar, Ministry of Education
Friuli-Venezia (MoE).
Giulia, Italy During the meeting views were exchanged on
cooperation in research and higher education
systems with focus on global digital
transformation and their contribution to
achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.
28th Association of South East Asian Virtual The meeting was held virtually under the
Nations (ASEAN) Regional Forum Chairmanship of Brunei Darussalam.
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perspective on the Indo-Pacific, threat of
terrorism, importance of UNCLOS (United
Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea) in the
maritime doman and cyber security.
India’s External Affairs Minister (EAM) S.
Jaishankar participated in the 11th East Asia
Summit (EAS) Foreign Ministers Meeting, which
was chaired by Brunei Darussalam.
8th Justice Ministers Meeting 2021 of the Virtual The meeting was hosted by Tajikistan (2021
Shanghai Cooperation Organisation SCO Presidency). SCO is celebrating its 20th
Anniversary under the slogan ‘20 years of SCO:
Cooperation for Stability and Prosperity’. The
next meeting of the Justice Ministers will be
held in Pakistan in 2022.
1st Deputy National Security Adviser Virtual The meeting was took place virtually between
(NSA) level meeting of ‘Colombo Security India, Maldives, Sri Lanka.It was chaired by
Conclave’ Bangladesh. Bangladesh, Mauritius and
Seychelles participated as observers.
JULY 2021
6th BRICS(Brazil, Russia, India, China, Virtual Host country: India
and South Africa) Culture Ministers The meeting was held under the chairship
meeting 2021 of Prahlad Singh Patel, Minister of State (I/C) for
Culture and Tourism under the theme –
8th BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, Virtual Host country: India
and South Africa) Education Ministers Chaired by Minister of State (MoS) Sanjay
2021 meeting. ShamraoDhotre, Ministry of Education (MoE),
and Ministry of Electronics & Information
Technology (MeiTy).
Theme:i.Leveraging digital and technological
solutions for ensuring inclusive and equitable
quality education.
ii.Enhancing research and academic
collaboration.
27th Meeting of BRICS CGETI 2021 India Host country: India
(Contact Group on Economic and Trade The Department of Commerce was the national
Issues) held coordinator for the BRICS CGETI 2021.
During the meeting, BRICS members discussed
the proposals circulated by India, for
strengthening and increasing the Intra-BRICS
cooperation trade
12 meeting of the BRICS (Brazil, Russia,
th India Host country: India
India, China, and South Africa) S&T It was hosted by Department of Science and
(Science & Technology) Steering Technology (DST), India where Indian was
Committee represented by Sanjeev Kumar Varshney,
Advisor & Head International
Cooperation.During the meeting BRICS member
countries have agreed to a Science, Technology
and Innovation (STI)-led BRICS Innovation
Cooperation Action Plan (2021-24) proposed by
India.
7th BRICS Labour& Employment India Host country: India
Ministers’ Meeting Held under the India’s Presidency which was
chaired by Union Minister Bhupender Yadav,
Ministry of Labour and Employment.
During the meeting, discussion on four priority
areas of cooperation were held viz. Promoting
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Nations; Formalisation of Labour Markets;
Participation of Women in the Labour Force;
and Gig and Platform Workers: Role in the
Labour Market.
17th World Congress of International Virtual It is being organised in Asia for the 1st time.
Federation of Cervical Pathology and Theme – ‘Eliminating Cervical Cancer: Call for
Colposcopy 2021 (IFCPC 2021) Action’, the theme is aligned to the World Health
Organisation (WHO) call for Elimination of
Cervical Cancer by 2030.
19th Meeting of the Governing Council & Virtual The 19th meeting of the Governing Council of
20th Meeting of the Governing Body of ICWA took place from Hyderabad,
Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA). Telangana.ICWA Committees have also set up
an ‘ICWA Archives Unit’ to catalogue and
conserve historical and archival records.
1 meeting of the United Kingdom (UK)-
st Virtual To deepen bilateral ties in the financial sector. It
India Financial Markets Dialogue (FMD) was led by senior officials from the Indian
Ministry of Finance and Her Majesty’s Treasury
from the UK
3rd G20 Finance Ministers and Central Italy India was virtually represented by Union
Bank Governors Meeting (FMCBGs) Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Ministry of
Finance.
At the end of the meeting, an
official Communique was
released(i.e. reallocation of profits of
multinational enterprises and an effective global
minimum tax.)
G20 (Group of Twenty) Environment Hybrid Format Host: Italy (2021 G20 Presidency) in Naples.
Ministers’ Meeting 2021 India participated virtually and was
represented by Union Minister, Bhupender
Yadav, Ministry of Environment, Forest and
Climate Change (MoEF&CC). Minister of State
(MoS) Ashwini Kumar Choubey
JUNE 2021
43rd Goods and Services Tax (GST) Virtual 1.The Council recommended the ‘Amnesty
Council meeting Scheme’ to reduce the late fees payable for
pending returns by small taxpayers &
medium-sized taxpayers (aggregate turnover
upto Rs 5 crore).
2.Those taxpayers who are registered under
GST and have not filed their returns, GSTR-3B
for the tax periods from July, 2017 to April,
2021 can avail the benefit of this Amnesty
Scheme. Those returns have to be filed on or
before 31st August, 2021.
3.COVID-19 related Supplies exempted from
IGST till August 31, 2021
5th BRICS Working Group meeting on Virtual Host Country : South Africa
High Performance Computing (HPC) and Indian delegates were headed by Mr. Sanjeev
Information Communication Kumar Varshney, Advisor & Head,
Technologies (ICT)
International Cooperation Division, Department
of Science and Technology (DST).
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External Affairs Minister (EAM) of India, S
Jaishankar Chaired the meeting
11th BRICS S&T Steering Committee Virtual Host Country : India
Meeting The proposal on the innovation cooperation
made by India will be considered at the BRICS
Science, Technology and Innovation
Entrepreneurship (STIEP) working group for
elaborating the action plan.
74th session of the World Health Assembly Geneva, 1. Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare,
(WHA) of World Health Organization Switzerland Dr Harsh Vardhan, Chairman of WHO Executive
(WHO) Board (EB) presented the highlights of the
147th and 148th sessions of the Executive
Board and its Special Session on COVID-19
response.
2.The theme of the 74th WHA is “Ending this
pandemic, preventing the next: building
together a healthier, safer and fairer world”.
3.January 30 Declared as World Neglected
Tropical Diseases (NTD) Day
2th Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM 12) Chile Theme – ‘Ambition into Action – Turning a Year
2021 and 6th Mission Innovation of Ambition into a Decade of Delivery’.
Ministerial (MI-6) During the 12th CEM, India & the United
Kingdom (UK) jointly launched a new
workstream for promoting industrial energy
efficiency.
G7 Finance Ministers and Central Bank London, UK British finance minister, Rishi Sunak, made an
Governors meeting agreement to introduce a global minimum
corporate tax rate of at least 15 percent for
multinational companies(MNCs).
44th Goods and Services Tax Virtual Chaired by Nirmala Sitharaman
(GST) Council meeting The Council has reduced the GST rates on the
specified items that are being used in COVID-
19 relief and management till September 30,
2021.
Changes in GST :Tocilizumab(5%)
Amphotericin (B 5%) Remdesivir (12%) Anti-
Coagulants like Heparin (12%)
UN ‘High-Level Dialogue on Virtual Narendra Modi virtually delivered his keynote
Desertification, Land degradation and and highlighted India’s commitment to restore
Drought the Degraded land at the UN ‘High-Level
Dialogue on Desertification, Land degradation
and Drought (DDLD)’.
ASEAN Defence Ministers Meeting Virtual Brunei is the Chair of the ADMM Plus forum in
(ADMM) Plus 2021 2021.Defence Minister Rajnath Singh addressed
the meeting and called for an open and inclusive
order in the Indo-Pacific based on sovereignty
and territorial integrity of nations.
6th meeting of Security Council Dushanbe, India proposed an action plan against Pakistan-
Secretaries of Shanghai Cooperation Tajikistan based Terrorist groups as part of the SCO
Organisation (SCO) Framework.
G20 Labour and Employment Ministers’ Catania, Italy Minister of State (I/C) for Labour and
Meeting 2021 Employment, Santosh Gangwar delivered the
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adopted the Joint Ministerial Declaration at the
end of the meeting.
MAY 2021
4thBRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, Virtual It was sponsored by the Department of
South Africa) Working Group Meeting International Cooperation, Ministry of Science
2021 and Technology (MOST), China, and organized
by the China National Center for Biotechnology
Development.
3rd Foreign Office Consultations between Virtual Both sides agreed to step up engagement in
India & New Zealand areas like Defence and Security, trade and
investment, space, counterterrorism, cyber
security, disarmament and climate change, and
strengthening people-to-people ties.
33rdmeeting of Health Ministers of Vitual It was chaired by India’s Union Minister for
Commonwealth countries Health and Family Welfare, Harsh Vardhan.
The theme of the meeting: “Commonwealth
Response to COVID-19: Ensuring Equitable
Access to Vaccines and Building Resilience for
Health Systems and Emergencies”.
7th BRICS Astronomy Working Group Virtual India virtually hosted the meeting.The
(BAWG) meeting of Brazil, Russia, India, meeting was held under the Science,
China, and South Africa Technology, and Innovation track of the BRICS
2021 calendar at Inter-University Centre for
Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), Pune
(Maharashtra) .S. K. Varshney, Scientist G &
Head International Cooperation presented
India’s (DST) perspectives.
1st BRICS Employment Working Group New Hosted by India, which assumed the BRICS
(EWG) Meeting Delhi(Virtual) Presidency in 2021.The meeting was chaired by
Apurva Chandra, Secretary, Labour and
Employment.
India-European Union (EU) Leaders Porto, Portugal Host – Prime Minister of Portugal, Mr Antonio
Meeting 2021 Costa (Portugal holds the Presidency of the
Council of EU for the year 2021).
India-EU launched Connectivity Partnership
APRIL 2021
23rd ASEAN (Association of Southeast Virtual Ministry of External Affairs Secretary (East)
Asian Nations)-India Senior Officials’ Mrs. Riva Ganguly Das virtually co-chaired the
Meeting meeting along with with Permanent Secretary
of Thailand Mr. Thani Thongphakdi.
Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) Annual Boao, China It took place in Boao, South China’s Hainan
Conference 2021 Province from April 18-21, 2021. The meeting
was held in offline mode, while several global
leaders participated virtually in it.
Theme – A World in Change : Join Hands to
Strengthen Global Governance and Advance Belt
and Road Cooperation.
World Cities Cultural Forum (WCCF) London,UK Arvind Kejriwal, Chief Minister of Delhi will be
2021 representing Delhi and India at the World Cities
Cultural Forum (WCCF) 2021.
The theme of WCCF 2021 is “The Future of
Culture”.
5th Global Forum on TB Vaccines Virtual Dr Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister, Ministry of
Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW)
addressed the forum.The forum is convened by
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Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) &TuBerculosis Vaccine
Initiative (TBVI).The 6th Global Forum on TB
Vaccines will be convened in Toulouse, France.
The Hydrogen Economy-New Delhi Virtual Hydrogen Roundtable is the first of its kind
Dialogue 2021’ conference on Hydrogen Ecosystem.India is set
to spend USD 200 Million over the next 5-7
years for promoting the use of Hydrogen in
India.
103rd Development Committee Meeting Virtual Indian Government stated that it has announced
of World Bank-International Monetary AtmaNirbhar Packages of INR 27.1 Lakh Crore,
Fund (IMF) 2021 amounting to more than 13% of the
GDP.Nirmala Sitharaman virtually attended the
Plenary Meeting of the International Monetary
and Financial Committee (IMFC) of the Board of
Governors of the IMF at the Virtual Spring
Meetings 2021.
30th Session BASIC (Brazil, South Africa, Virtual Hosted by – India.
India & China) Ministerial Meeting on The meeting was chaired by Prakash Javadekar,
Climate Change Union Minister of Environment, Forest and
Climate Change.
2nd G20 Finance Ministers & Central Bank Virtual Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs
Governors (FMCBG) meeting 2021 Nirmala Sitharaman virtually participated.It
held under the Italian Presidency.
First Meeting of BRICS (Brazil, Russia, Virtual India hosted this meeting virtually from New
India, China, and South Africa) Contact Delhi.ndia held the Chairmanship of BRICS for
Group on Economic and Trade Issues 2021 under the theme “BRICS@15: Intra BRICS
(CGETI) Cooperation for Continuity, Consolidation and
Consensus “and also hosted the 13th BRICS
Summit 2021. BRICS is celebrating its 15th
anniversary in 2021.
Education Ministers of E9 Countries Virtual Theme – ‘E9 Initiative: Scaling up digital
learning to accelerate progress towards SDG4
(Sustainable Development Goal-4)’.
17thBIMSTEC (The Bay of Bengal Virtually from External Affairs Minister(EAM), S. Jaishankar
Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Colombo, Sri virtually addressed the meeting from India.He
Economic Cooperation) Ministerial Lanka highlighted the strategic importance of the
Meeting master connectivity plan among the South and
Southeast Asian countries.
6th Annual meeting of the Board of Virtual Theme of Annual Meeting – ‘New Development
Governors of New Development Bank Paradigms: The Evolution of Infrastructure’.
Union Minister of Finance, Nirmala Sitharaman
attended the meeting.
MARCH 2021
116th Meeting of Permanent Indus New Delhi India & Pakistan held the 116th Meeting of
Commission (PIC) Permanent Indus Commission (PIC) under the
Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) at New Delhi from
March 23-24, 2021.
36th meeting of the Council of RATS Tashkent, The decision to hold a Joint Anti-Terrorism
(Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure) of Uzbekistan exercise.India, Pakistan, China & other members
SCO of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)
will take part in a Joint Anti-Terrorism Exercise
called ‘Pabbi-Antiterror-2021’. Next meeting of
RATS SCO will be held in September 2021 in
Uzbekistan.
6th India-Brazil-South Africa(IBSA) Virtual Chaired by - Smriti Zubin Irani,Union Minister,
Women’s Forum meeting Ministry of Women and Child Development,
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Focus - to ensure improving the status and
condition of women
5th Asia Economic Dialogue (AED) 2021 Virtual Theme - “Post Covid-19 Global Trade and
Finance Dynamics”.
Inaugural session was addressed by- Union
Minister Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, MEA on
“Resilient Global Growth in a Post-Pandemic
World”.
FEBRUARY 2021
1st Sherpas meeting hosted by India Virtual India virtually held the inaugural 3-day long
Sherpas meeting from February 24-26, 2021.
This is the 1st Sherpas meeting hosted by India
after it assumed the 2021 BRICS (Brazil-Russia-
India-China-South Africa) Chairship. India
succeeds Russia as the Chair of BRICS.
Meeting of BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, Virtual India hosted the meeting this meeting. Notably
China, and South Africa) finance and it was the first meeting on the BRICS Financial
central bank deputies Cooperation under India Chairship in 2021.
11th India-EU (European Union) Virtual Tarun Bajaj, Secretary, Economic Affairs led the
Macroeconomic dialogue Indian Delegation & Maarten Verwey, Director
General, Economic & Financial Affairs (ECFIN),
European Commission led the European Union
delegation.
34th Session of UN’s FAO (Food and Virtual The declaration calls for Strong action to
Agriculture Organization) Committee on combat Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated
Fisheries (COFI 34) (IUU) fishing and emphasized on the
importance of recovering from impacts of
COVID-19 pandemic.
1st Joint Working Group Meeting 2021 Virtual The Indian side was led by Mr Dinesh Dayanand
between India & Bahrain Jagdale, Joint Secretary, Ministry of New &
Renewable Energy & Abdul Hussain bin Ali
Mirza, President of Sustainable Energy
Authority led the Bahraini side.
1st High-Level Dialogue (HLD) on India- Virtual This dialogue has been established as an
European Union (EU) Bilateral Trade and outcome of the 15th India-EU Leader’s Summit
Investment Agreement (BTIA) 2021 held in July 2020, which aims to provide
ministerial-level guidance on bilateral trade and
investment relations.
JANUARY 2021
4th edition of the Future Investment Riyadh, Capital of Theme - “The Neo-Renaissance”. It was hosted
Initiative (FII) Forum 2021 Saudi Arabia by FII Institute.From India, Union Minister
Harsh Vardhan addressed the FII where he
highlighted the five big impacts of COVID-19
which are influencing global business.
2nd India-Bangladesh Consular Dialogue New Delhi to discuss issues related to consular, visa, and
2021 mutual legal assistance matters.
14th meeting of the India-United Virtual both nations emphasised for strengthening
Kingdom Joint Working Group (JWC) on international cooperation to combat the global
Counter-Terrorism 2021 menace of terrorism.
5th India-Singapore Defence Ministers Virtual dialogue saw the signing of the Implementing
Dialogue Agreement on Submarine Rescue Support and
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both navies will extend rescue facilities to each
other’s submarines in the times of distress
with political permission.
69th meeting of the North Eastern Shillong, The focus of the meeting was to discuss
Council (NEC) Meghalaya various developmental ongoing and future
projects for the North Eastern region
(NER).Union Minister Amit Shah, Ministry of
Home Affairs (MHA) inaugurated and chaired
the council.
MOU’s & AGREEMENTS
MOU'S WITH OTHER COUNTRY

MoU between Field
NOVEMBER 2021
India & Bhutan Formalised seven additional entry – exit points for trade through Letters of
Exchange (LoE) issued during the Commerce Secretary level meeting between the
countries that discussed Trade & Transit issues.
OCTOBER 2021
India & Nepal Two agreements worth USD 3.15 billion, aimed at boosting cross-border train
services and to improve regional connectivity and trade.
India & Russia For DAP (Di-Ammonium Phosphate) fertilizer supply.
SEPTEMBER 2021
India & Nepal For the reconstruction of 14 cultural heritage and 103 health sector projects
across different districts of Nepal at a cost of ~$36 million
India & US Agreed to expand their energy partnership by adding the emerging fuels to
the list of areas of cooperation as a 5th pillar
India & UAE Signed India-United Arab Emirates Comprehensive Economic Partnership
Agreement (CEPA)to increase bilateral trade in goods to $100 billion within five
years of the signed agreement and increase trade in services to $15 billion.
AUGUST 2021
India & United Arab To send visiting professors in the field of social sciences at the New York University
Emirates (UAE) Abu Dhabi (NYUAD).
JULY 2021
India & Gambia To strengthen and promote bilateral cooperation in personnel administration and
governance reforms.
India & Nepal To revise the 2004 India-Nepal Rail Services Agreement (RSA)
JUNE 2021
India & Bhutan For developing cooperation between the two countries in the area of environment.
India & Fiji For cooperation in the field of Agriculture and allied sectors.
India, Italy & Japan Trilateral partnership to establish stability and a govern-based global order based
on approval of all in the Indo-Pacific region
India & Kingdom of Signed the framework agreement of the International Solar Alliance Framework
Denmark Agreement (ISA FA) and Instrument of Ratification with India.
United Kingdom (UK) Signed under the ‘ACT4Green’ programme to strengthen the Clean Energy & Green
& Maharashtra State Energy Tech Start-up ecosystem in Maharashtra.
Innovation Society
(MSInS)
MAY 2021
India & Israel Two countries have signed a three-year 5th Indo-Israel Agriculture Action Plan
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work program, both countries will implement two initiatives namely ‘Indo-Israel
Agricultural Project Centre of Excellence’ & ‘Indo-Israel Villages of Excellence
(IIVoE)’.
India & Oman Two countries renewed 2 MoUs signed in 2018 for Military cooperation along with
its annexure on maritime issues.
Israel, India, and UAE An Israel-based company ‘Ecoppia’ is set to produce robotic solar cleaning
technology in India for a project in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The project
will take place through the Trilateral cooperation agreement between these three
countries.
APRIL 2021
India & Germany Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs(MoHUA) of India and German Federal
Ministry of Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety signed an
agreement titled “Cities Combating Plastic Entering the Marine Environment” on
Technical cooperation over a virtual event in New Delhi.
India & Japan They signed 4 MoUs worth ~ 29.30 Million Yen (~ INR 1.93 Crores/~ USD
265,000) and with this Japan will support Healthcare projects funded under the
Grant Assistance for Grassroots Projects (GGP) scheme in India.
MARCH 2021
India & Philippines MoU signed for implementing arrangement for ‘procurement of defence material
and equipment’
FEBRUARY 2021
India, Afghanistan for Construction of Lalandar [Shatoot] Dam in Afghanistan
Indian Space Research signed an Amendment of the ‘2012 India – Australia Inter-Governmental MoU for
Organisation& cooperation in Civil Space Science, Technology and Education’ for enhancing
Australian Space cooperation between the two countries in Civil Space Activities.
Agency
JANUARY 2021
India & Bangladesh to design & launch the Pupil Satellite TV for PC to be completely developed by
Students from both countries during the 50 years celebrations of India-Bangladesh
friendship & the 100th Birth Anniversary of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
India & Guyana Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) Ltd, Kolkata has signed USD
12.7 Million Contract with the Harbour Department, Ministry of Public Works,
Government of Guyana for the construction of an Ocean-going vessel.
India & Japan loan agreement was signed for JPY (Japanese yen) 30 billion (Rs 2,113 crore) to
support India’s efforts at providing social assistance to the people impacted by the
Covid-19 pandemic.
India & Japan to boost cooperation in the field of Information & Communication Technology
(ICT) which includes 5G technologies, Smart Cities, Telecom Security among
others.
MOU’S WITH STATE

State MoU with Field/Purpose
NOVEMBER 2021
Uttar Pradesh (UP) National Dairy To manage Varanasi Milk Union for a period of 5years.
Development Board
(NDDB) Anand
Nagaland Election Department of Post For the effective delivery of Elector Photo Identity Cards
Dept (DoP) (EPICs) and significant notices through Speed Post services in
a time bound manner.
OCTOBER 2021
Haryana Indira Gandhi For Haryana Government’s initiative ‘DRIISHYA’ (Drone
Rashtriya Uran Imaging and Information Services of Haryana Limited), to
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Karnataka Emmvee Signed a deal worth Rs 825 crore with government to set
solar modules and cells manufacturing plant in the State
Jammu and Government of For various development projects.
Kashmir(J&K) Dubai, United Arab includes real estate development, industrial parks, IT Towers,
Emirates(UAE) Multipurpose towers, logistics, medical college, a super
speciality hospital among other developments in J&K.
Manipur Tata Technologies To transform technical training and encourage
Ltd (TTL) entrepreneurship and innovation in the state.
SEPTEMBER 2021
Karnataka Infosys Sign three memorandums of understanding (MoUs) soon, for
prioritising skill development among students as per National
Education Policy (NEP-2020).
Union Territory Border Roads For construction & upgradation of its road network
(UT) of Ladakh Organisation (BRO)
Assam Central Government, Investment of Rs 1,000 crore by the Union and Assam
Karbi Anglong government for development of the Karbi Anglong area in
Autonomous Council the next 5 years. Provide reservation for the people of
(KAAC) Karbi for the first time.
AUGUST 2021
Assam NABARD & Assam To assist the execution of various development projects in
Infrastructure Assam.
Financing Authority
(AIFA)
Assam 37 microfinance For joint implementation of the AMFIRS (Assam Micro
lenders Finance Incentive and Relief Scheme), 2021 relief scheme in
Guwahati, Assam.
Uttar Pradesh Bharat Dynamics Ltd To establish a manufacturing unit in the UP Defence
(BDL) Industrial Corridor at Jhansi, which is under-construction.
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Gujarat Indian Oil To invest around INR 24, 000 Crore in 6 projects at its
Corporation Ltd Gujarat Refinery in Koyali, Vadodara district, Gujarat.
(IOCL)
Meghalaya and Convergence Energy For the deployment of electric vehicles and solar power in
Union Territory of Services India during World Environment Day.
Ladakh Limited (CESL),
Assam Survey of India (SoI) For implementation of SVAMITVA scheme (Survey of Villages
and Mapping with Improvised Technology in Village Areas) in
Assam.
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Gujarat National Stock to set up a market infrastructure institution which consists of
Exchange of India International Bullion Exchange(IBX), clearing corporation
Limited (NSE India) and depository, at the Gujarat International Finance Tec
(GIFT) City in Gujarat.
FEBRUARY 2021
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Maharashtra BSE (formerly to spread awareness about listing among Small & Medium
Bombay Stock scale Enterprises (SMEs) of Maharashtra.

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MOU’S BETWEEN ORGANIZATIONS

Organization MoU with Field/Purpose
NOVEMOBER 2021
Ministry of Rural Development Flipkart This partnership is on the lines of DAY-
(MoRD) NRLM’s focus to strengthen the skills of
rural communities for self-employment
and entrepreneurship to further boost
Atmanirbhar Bharat.
Ministry of Food Processing Department of Animal To provide benefits to beneficiaries of
Industries (MoFPI) Husbandry and various schemes of MoFPI and DAHD.
Dairying (DAHD)
Bharat Dynamics Limited Airbus Defense & Space, Signed an export contract to supply
(BDL) Spain. Counter Measures Dispensing System
(CMDS) to The contract value is estimated
at USD 21 million.
Trade Promotion Council of Department of Economy and Towards mutual promotion of trade and
India (TPCI) Business Development of the investments, thereby enhancing the
Government of country’s commercial relationship.
Navarra, Spain
Indian Institute of Technology- Oil India Limited(OIL) To collaborate on development and
Guwahati (IIT)Guwahati introduction of new technologies in energy
and related sectors.
Ministry of Tourism Indian Railway Catering and To strengthen the hospitality and tourism
Tourism industry.
Corporation (IRCTC)
NTPC (formerly National Indian Oil Corporation To collaborate in the field of Renewable
Thermal Power Corporation Limited (IOCL) Energy (RE) and mutually explore
Limited) opportunities for supply of low
carbon/RE RTC (round the clock) captive
power.
BSE (formerly Bombay Stock All India MSME (Micro, Small To encourage and promote the listing of
Exchange) and Medium Enterprises) MSMEs and start-ups.
Association (AIMA MSME)
TVS Motor Company, United Nations Global TVS Group has joined the the world’s
Compact(UNGC) largest voluntary corporate sustainability
initiative.
National High Speed Rail Japan Railway Track To design High Speed Rail (HSR) Track
Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) Consultant Company Limited works for T-3 package for Mumbai-
(JRTC) Ahmedabad High Speed Rail (MAHSR)
Corridor Project.
Confederation of Indian Tamil Nadu Industrial To catalyze and facilitate defence
Industries (CII) Investment manufacturing in the MSME (Micro, Small
Corporation (TIIC) Limited, & Medium Enterprises) sector.
the Society of Indian Defence
Manufacturers (SIDM)
International Olympic United Nations Office on To strengthen the cooperation between
Committee (IOC) Drugs and Crime (UNODC) the two organisations in fighting crime and
to prevent youth crime, violence and drug
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Comptroller and Auditor Auditor General of Maldives To strengthen the audit process of public
General of India (CAG) finance
Ministry of Steel, Government Ministry of Energy of For collaboration in the mining and steel
of India(GoI) the Russian Federation sectors, with special focus on coking coal,
in Moscow
RailTel Corporation of India Centre for Development of To cooperate in diverse areas of telecom
Ltd(RailTel) Telematics (C-DOT) with a focus on boosting modernisation
and expansion of community networks in
India.
Software Technology Parks of (Society for Innovation and For fostering entrepreneurship and
India (STPI) Entrepreneurship) SINE-IIT nurturing tech start-ups.
Bombay
NHAI (National Highways TIDCO (Tamil Nadu For the development of Multimodal
Authority of India) Industrial Development Logistics Park (MMLP) with an investment
Corporation) of ~Rs 1,200 crore in Mappedu village in
Tiruvallur district in Chennai Port’s land.
All India Institute of Ayurveda Croatia’s Kvarner Health For academic collaboration in traditional
Tourism Cluster medicine systems, especially in the field
of ayurveda.
Ministry of Textiles (MoT) Germany’s Deutsche To implement projects on ‘Sustainability
Gesellschaft and Value Added in the Cotton Economy’.
fürInternationaleZusammen
arbeit (GIZ)
NTPC Limited Électricité de France For cooperation in the development of
(EDF), France International Power Projects in the Middle
East, Asia, Europe and Africa.
Ministry of Food Processing Food Safety and Standards To support Self Help Groups (SHGs),
Industries (MoFPI), Authority of India (FSSAI) Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs)
Maharashtra Industrial Causis E-Mobility Pvt Ltd, UK Signed a deal, worth Rs 2,823 crore to set
Development Corporation up zero-emission electric vehicles (EVs)
(MIDC) manufacturing facility at Talegaon, near
Pune.
Adani group Sri Lanka Signed $700-million build-operate-transfer
agreement for 35 years to jointly develop a
Colombo Western Container Terminal
(WCT). It is the 1st largest foreign
investment in the port sector of Sri Lanka.
Adani Group has become the largest
foreign investor under its port sector.
NMDC Limited Council of Scientific and To pursue joint Research and
Industrial Research-Institute Development(R&D) projects.
of Minerals and Materials
Technology (CSIR-IMMT)
SEPTEMBER 2021
Central Board of Indirect United States (US) Customs To recognise each other as Authorised
Taxes (CBIC) & Border Protection Economic Operators(AEO).
Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) Natural History Museum To formulate strategies for long term
(NHM), London, United scientific documentation and
Kingdom (UK) conservation of faunal diversity through
international exchange.
Amazon Internet Services Pvt MeitY Startup Hub To promote technology innovation and the
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Ltd (AISPL) AISPL undertakes the resale and marketing
of Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud
services in India.
Department of Animal Bill and Melinda Gates To support India’s livestock sector.
Husbandry and Dairying Foundation
(DAHD)
Department of Food and Public CSC e-Governance Services To provide CSC services through interested
Distribution (DFPD) India Limited (CSC) Fair Price Shop (FPS) dealers. This will
increase the business opportunities and
income of FPS.
Directorate General of Civil European Union Aviation To work on an arrangement through
Aviation (DGCA) Safety Agency (EASA) which they will set common safety and
environmental protection standards.
Tribal Cooperative Marketing Big Basket For the promotion and sale of natural Van
Development Federation of and PurtiAgrotech of Dhan products.
India Limited (TRIFED) Jharkhand
United Nations World Food International Crops Research To improve food, nutrition security and
Programme (WFP) Institute for the Semi-Arid livelihoods in India against the impacts of
Tropics (ICRISAT) climate change.
Pharmacopoeia Commission USA’s American Herbal To boost the export potential of Indian
for Indian Medicine & Pharmacopoeia Traditional Medicine products in US
Homoeopathy (PCIM&H) Market.
National e-Governance Division National Law To establish a Cyber Lab for the “Online
(NeGD) University(NLU), Delhi and capacity building Programme on Cyber
National Law Institute Law, Crime Investigation and Digital
University (NLIU), Bhopal Forensics”
Union Minister Narendra Singh CISCO, Ninjacart, Jio To envisage the modernization of the
Tomar, Ministry of Agriculture Platforms Limited, ITC Agriculture sector that will further aid in
& Farmers Welfare (MoA&FW) (formerly India Tobacco increasing the income of farmers.
Company Limited) Limited
and NCDEX e-Markets
Limited (NeML).
Ministry of Tourism (MoT) Indian Railways Catering and To promote domestic tourism and
Tourism Corporation development of new tourism
(IRCTC) products.Under the ‘Pilgrimage
Rejuvenation and Spiritual Augmentation
Drive’ (PRASAD) scheme, gov sanctioned
Rs 200 crore for the tourism development
in the North Eastern Region.
IIT Bombay Indian Institute of For extending the research collaboration
Astrophysics (IIA) on “GROWTH – India Telescope”, for a
period of 5-years.
National Socialist Council of Indian Government The ceasefire agreement is a great step in
Nagaland – Khaplang (NSCN- Naga peace process, thereby making
K), a militant group led by Niki Insurgency-free Nagaland.
Sumi
Tamil Nadu Generation & Indian Renewable Energy To receive technical expertise in
Distribution Corporation Development Agency Ltd renewable energy (RE) projects.
Limited (TANGEDCO) (IREDA)
ONGC Videsh Ltd (OVL) Russia’s Gazprom For cooperation in the hydrocarbon sector.
&Indian Oil Corporation (IOC)
Department of Animal Ministry of Rural Under the MoU, the Self Help Group (SHG)
husbandry & Dairying (DAHD) Development (MoRD) platform or services of SHG members will
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Husbandry and Dairying and primary service provider for the
(MoFAHD) development of the Indian rural economy.
National Mission for Clean South Asian Institute for For creating an academic platform for
Ganga (NMCG ) Advanced Research & researchers and young minds and to boost
Development (SAIARD ) Research and Developing capacity building
hubs in the eastern region.
AUGUST 2021
Indian government Japan International Signed a Record of Discussions to
Cooperation Agency (JICA) strengthen its technical cooperation
project with the Indian Institute of
Technology Hyderabad (IITH) – Phase
2 of FRIENDSHIP (Future Researchers at
IITH to Enhance Network Development
with Scholarship).
Ministry of Civil Adani Enterprises Limited For providing Reserved Services which
Aviation (MoCA) includes Customs, Immigration, Plant
&Animal quarantine services, Health
services, Meteorological & Security
services in the Airports of Jaipur, Guwahati
& Thiruvananthapuram.
India United nations In support of – ’Partnership for technology
in Peacekeeping‘ initiative and to UN
C4ISR- UN Command, Control,
Communication, Computers, Surveillance
and Reconnaissance Academy for Peace
Operations (UNCAP) based in Entebbe,
Uganda.
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited Universal Service Obligation For hiring of 10 Gbps (GigaBits)
(BSNL) Fund (USOF) International Bandwidth for Internet
Connectivity to Agartala from Bangladesh
Submarine Cable Company Limited
(BSCCL), Bangladesh via Cox
Bazar/Kuakata.
National Health Authority Indian Institute of To strengthen India’s response to the

(NHA) Technology, Delhi COVID-19 crisis.
ReNew Power RackBank Datacenters To power India’s 1st hyper-scale Data
Limited center with 100% Renewable Energy (RE)
India’s National Institute of National Oceanic and On Monsoon data analysis and cooperation
Ocean Technology (NIOT) Atmospheric Administration to improve weather forecasts in the
(NOAA) of US region.
Bharat Dynamics Limited MBDA, Europe based To establish a facility for the Final
(BDL) Missiles Manufacturer Assembly, Integration and Test (FAIT) of
Advanced Short Range Air to Air
Missiles (ASRAAM) in Bhanur, Telangana
JULY 2021
Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) Abu Dhabi National Oil To establish a mega chemical project in Al
Company (ADNOC) Ruwais city, United Arab Emirates(UAE).
Federation of Indian Export Aramex To support Indian Micro, Small and
Organisations (FIEO) Medium Enterprise (MSME) exporters
with access to cost-efficient, seamless and
reliable logistics solutions.
Arun Jaitley National Institute Microsoft To build a Centre of Excellence at AJNIFM,
of Financial Management enabled with AI (Artificial Intelligence
(AJNIFM)
Indian Economic Trade Libyan African Business To enhance business structures of both
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IT (Information Technology) development,
Healthcare, MRO (maintenance, repair and
overhaul) support in the aerospace sector,
and support the academic institutions by
collaborating with the Indian skill sector.
Multi Commodity Exchange European Energy Exchange Towards knowledge sharing and exchange
(MCX) AG (EEX) of expertise on Electricity derivative
products.
Vman Aviation Services France-based Airbus Vman became the first GIFT (Gujarat
Helicopters SAS. International Finance Tec) City,
Gandhinagar based Aircraft leasing
company to sign an Aircraft purchase
agreement after placing an order for an
Airbus H125 helicopter .
Coal India Ltd (CIL) Iz-Kartex , a Russian shovel For the purchase of 11 20-cubic metre
manufacturing company. Russian rope shovels for nearly Rs 1,462
crore
Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam Ltd’ Investment Board of For the implementation of 679 Megawatt
(SJVNL) Nepal (IBN) (MW) Lower Arun Hydro Electric
Project (HEP) in eastern Nepal at the cost
of US$1.3 billion.
Delhi Skill and HI-NO-DE To implement the Technical Intern
Entrepreneurship University Foundation and Ichishin Training Program (TITP) to train and place
(DSEU) Holdings Co. Ltd the students from India (especially from
Delhi) in Japan.
Department of Biotechnology Ministry of Earth Sciences For mutual collaboration in the field
(DBT) (MoES) of Polar Biology (Biology of Polar regions).
Indian Academy of Highway University of New South For setting up a Centre of Excellence (CoE)
Engineers (IAHE) Wales (UNSW), Australia i.e. ‘Centre for Advanced Transportation
Technology and Systems (CATTS)’ at IAHE,
Noida (Uttar Pradesh).
Convergence Energy Services World Resources Institute To devise strategies for India’s transition
Ltd (CESL) (WRI) India path towards a net-zero emission.
Mineral Exploration Directorate of Mines & For exploration of Iron ore reserves in Goa.
Corporation Ltd (MECL) Geology (DMG), Goa
General Electric (GE) & Intel SERB (Science & Engineering For conducting basic research within the
Research Board) areas of the companies’ interest
JUNE 2021
Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) Electronics and Computer To create awareness among Small and
Software Export Promotion Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and startups
Council (ESC) about the benefits of listing on the BSE SME
& Startup platform.
Energy Efficiency Services Ltd Indian Society of Heating, For a strategic partnership to implement
(EESL) Refrigerating and Air energy-efficient and clean energy solution
Conditioning in the Heating, Ventilation, Air
Engineers (ISHRAE) Conditioning, and
Refrigeration (HVAC&R) industry.
Energy Efficiency Services Ltd Metallurgical & Engineering to implement Energy Efficient & Clean
(EESL) Consultants (MECON) Ltd energy solutions in the Steel & Mining
Industries.
National Medicinal Plant National Botanical Research For the promotion of cultivation and
Board (NMPB) Institute (CSIR-NBRI) production of medicinal plants and herbs
in India.
National Hydroelectric Power Convergence Energy Services E-Mobility Agreements to leasing 25 nos
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of EV fast chargers to NHPC .
Digital India Corporation (DIC), Indian Council of To help farmers by providing location
Ministry of Electronics & Agricultural Research specific ‘Demand Based Tele Agriculture
Information Technology (ICAR), Ministry of Advisories’.
Agriculture and Farmers
Welfare
NHPC (erstwhile National Bihar State Hydroelectric For the implementation of 130.1-
Hydroelectric Power Power Corporation (BSHPC) megawatt (MW) Dagmara Hydro-
Corporation) Electricity project (HEP) on river Kosi in
Supaul district of Bihar
Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Ministry of Civil Aviation For development of Seaplane services in
Waterways (MoPSW) (MoCA) India.
Ministry of Culture (MoC) Ministry of Ports, Shipping For Cooperation in Development of
and Waterways (MoPSW) National Maritime Heritage Complex
(NMHC) at Lothal, Gujarat
India’s H-Energy Petrobangla (Bangladesh Oil, For supply of R-LNG (Regasified-Liquefied
Gas & Mineral Corporation) Natural Gas) to Bangladesh.
Union Minister of UNICEF To provide a platform for cooperation
State, Santosh Gangwar, between them to implement solutions to
Ministry of Labour and tackle the employment and skilling
Employment (MoL&E) challenges for adolescents and youth in
India.
Indian Farmers Fertiliser Instituto Nacional de To establish a nano urea liquid
Cooperative (IFFCO) Limited Asociativismoy Economia manufacturing plant in Argentina
Social (INAES) and
ConfederacionCooperativa
De La Republica Argentina
Ltda (Cooperar).
MAY 2021
Indian Institute of Management The Deutsche Gesellschaft Agreement made to identify the
(IIM)-Indore fürInternationaleZusammen challenges across pandemic-hit sectors
arbeit GmbH (GIZ), German and to figure out ways to tackle them.IIM
Federal Ministry for Indore received a research grant of Rs.
Economic Cooperation and 85.3 Lakhs.
Development (BMZ)
TRIFED (Tribal Cooperative NITI Aayog Agreement made for implementation of
Marketing Development Van Dhan Vikas Kendra (VDVK) initiative
Federation of India), Ministry under Van Dhan Yojna in 39 Tribal
of Tribal Affairs Aspirational districts identified by NITI
Aayog.
Alankit Imaginations Ltd Digital Swiss Gold (DSG) Agreement made to enable individuals to
transact in gold digitally in Switzerland.
Under the partnership, investors could
buy Swiss Gold digitally after becoming a
Digital Swiss Gold member by creating an
account on an app and completing the
KYC process.
Bombay Stock Exchange(BSE) Dun & Bradstreet Agreement made to create an ecosystem
Information Services India for promoting, aiding and fostering the
growth of Small and Medium
Enterprises(SME).
Ministry of Tribal Affairs Microsoft Under the agreement, Microsoft will make
(MoTA) the Artificial Intelligence (AI) curriculum
available to tribal students in English and
Hindi at all Eklavya Model Residential
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inclusion and access.
Epsilon Advance Material Beowulf Mining plc They made an agreement to set up a Joint
(EAMPL), Venture(JV) company in Finland.
NTPC Renewable Energy Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam As per the agreement NTPC Renewable
Limited (GUVNL) Energy will sell power from its upcoming
150 megawatt (MW) solar project in
Gujarat to GUVNL at Rs 2.20/unit.
Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), Badrinath Utthan Charitable Agreement made for Constructionand
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Trust Redevelopment of Badrinath Dham in
Ltd (BPCL), Hindustan Badrinath, Uttarakhand as a ‘Spiritual
Petroleum Corporation Ltd Smart hill Town’.
(HPCL), Oil and Natural Gas
Corporation Ltd (ONGC), and
GAIL India Ltd
National Dairy Development Energy Efficiency Services The agreement made to promote efficient
Board (NDDB) Ltd (EESL) renewable technologies in the dairy
industry.
Telecom Equipment Indo-Canada Chamber of It will also facilitate investment &
Manufacturers Association of Commerce (ICCC) manufacturing in Telecom, Information &
India (TEMA) Communication Technology (ICT),
railways, healthcare, agriculture, smart
cities.
JSW Renew Energy Solar Energy Corporation of Agreement made for supplying
India (SECI) 540MegaWatt (MW) out of the total
awarded capacity of 810 MW of blended
wind power capacity.
APRIL 2021
Indian Institute of Technology, North East Frontier Railway to collaborate on research projects
Guwahati, (IIT-G) (NFR) aiming at improving maintenance and
operations of train running in the region
and other fields.
Ministry of Housing & Urban IIT Kharagpur to set-up an Accelerator Centre for
Affairs (MoHUA) Research & Development in the
institute.Thecentre will act as an
incubation hub for creation &
development of technological products.
Singapore Indian Chamber of Start-up Incubation and to mutually promote Technology based
Commerce and Industry Innovation Centre (SIIC) of Startups.
(SICCI) IIT-Kanpur
ational Cooperative IIT Kharagpur to promote greater collaboration towards
Development Corporation sustainable development in cooperatives,
(NCDC) agriculture, and allied sectors.
Facebook CleanMax ,Mumbai to buy renewable energy in India, the
company’s first deal in South Asian
nations.It will purchase from a 32-
megawatt wind power project, located in
Karnataka.
Oberoi Group Energy Efficiency Services to reduce its overall carbon footprint by
Limited (EESL) implementing clean energy efficiency
initiatives across its properties.It is the
Government of India’s Energy Service
Company (ESCO) and the world’s largest
ESCO.
Ministry of Agriculture & Microsoft India To undertake a Pilot Project in 100
Farmers Welfare (MoA&FW) villages (of 10 districts) in 6 states Uttar
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Haryana, Rajasthan and Andhra
Pradesh.The pilot programme is aimed at
reducing input cost and boosting the
income of Farmers.
Bayer, a German life sciences Atal Innovation Mission Signed a Statement of Intent (SoI) for a
company (AIM), NITI Aayog strategic partnership to foster Innovation
& Entrepreneurship across healthcare &
agriculture sectors.
INOXCVA (INOX India Pvt. Ltd) Japan’s Mitsui & Co (Asia to enhance small scale LNG (Liquefied
Pacific) Pte. Ltd Natural Gas) applications development
and provide stimulus to gas based
economy in India.
OneWeb, a Low Earth Orbit Kazakhstan Government signed an MoU with the Kazakhstan
(LEO) satellite communications Government and other subsidiaries for
operator, co-owned by Bharti accelerating connectivity services in the
Global country commemorating the 60th
Anniversary of Yuri Gagarin’s first human
spaceflight.
Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), Embassy of Denmark signed a Statement of Intent (SoI) for
NITI Aayog promoting innovation and
entrepreneurship among aspiring
entrepreneurs in India.
Hindustan Unilever Limited MyGov India (HUL) & Google partners with MyGov
(HUL) & Google India to jointly formulate an Artificial
Intelligence (AI) driven Agriculture
Hackathon.It is to encourage start-ups
and institutions for finding innovative
solutions to address India’s water scarcity
problem through AI solutions.
National Collateral Agriculture Skill Council of to provide skill training in the agriculture
Management Limited (NCML) India (ASCI) sector.
National Medicinal Plants Department of Animal for formulating new drugs using
Board (NMPB) of the Ministry Husbandry & Dairying medicinal herbs for the use of veterinary
of AYUSH science.
Spices Board India under the UNDP (United Nations for developing a blockchain-based
Ministry of Commerce and Development Programme) traceability interface for Indian Spices to
Industry India’s Accelerator Lab enhance transparency in supply chain
and trade.
Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) Centre for Innovations in Both entities have signed a Statement of
Public Systems (CIPS) Intent (SoI) for promoting innovation &
entrepreneurship ecosystem in India in
the area of public systems using the
knowledge and experience of AIM & the
reach of CIPS.
MARCH 2021
Jammu and Kashmir Trade Trade Promotion for the Agro& Food Processing Sector and
Promotion Organization Corporation of India (TPCI) Film Tourism Sector.MoU was signed
(JKTPO) during the inauguration of J&K Pavilion at
South Asia’s largest Integrated FB Trade
Show – “Indus-food 2021” held at Indian
Exposition Mart, New Delhi.
Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust CNB Logitech Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) has
(JNPT) signed a MoU with CNB Logitech of Rs
100 crore per annum to monitor, track
and optimise the movement of 50 lakh
containers in EXIM trade.
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Consultants India Ltd support for conducting All India Surveys
(BECIL) on Migrant Workers & All India Quarterly
Establishment based Employment Survey
(AQEES).
Agricultural and Processed National Small Industries to support and empower agri
Food Products Export Corporation Ltd (NSIC) entrepreneurs.
Development Authority
(APEDA)
National High-Speed Rail Japan Railway Track It is India’s First Bullet Train Project and
Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) Consultant Co. Limited is being constructed at an estimated cost
(JRTC) of INR 1.08 Lakh Crore.
REC Ltd and Power Finance Bhutan-based Kholongchhu for the financing of 600- Megawatt(MW)
Corporation (PFC),New Delhi Hydro Energy Ltd(KHEL) hydroelectric project at Bhutan.
Ministry of Agriculture and Central Silk Board Implementation of Agroforestry in the
Farmers Welfare (MoA&FW) silk sector under the ongoing Sub-Mission
on Agroforestry (SMAF) Scheme.
Liberty Steel Group, United Luxembourg based ‘Paul United Kingdom based Liberty Steel
Kingdom Wurth’ & Germany based Group which is owned by Indian-origin
‘SHS’ (Stahl-Holding-Saar) metals tycoon Sanjeev Gupta has signed
MoUs with 2 European companies to set
up France’s 1st Hydrogen-based steel
making plant.
FEBRUARY 2021
Inland Waterways Authority of MOL (Asia Oceania) Pte. Ltd to transport Liquified Natural Gas(LPG)
India(IWAI) through barges on National Waterways-1
and National Waterways-2.
The Energy and Resources Power System Operation for promoting research in the domestic
Institute (TERI), New Delhi Corporation (POSOCO), New power sector and to enhance the
Delhi interaction between the industry-
research bodies for knowledge sharing
and capacity building through
collaboration.
Coal India Limited(CIL), Centre for Railway for fast and customised automated access
Kolkata Information Systems (CRIS) to coal freight data through Freight
Operation Information System(FOIS).
Council of Scientific & Bill & Melinda Gates for supporting development, conduct &
Industrial Research (CSIR) Foundation (BMGF) promotion of health research in India.
Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) Greenstat Hydrogen India IOC) signed a Statement of Intent (SoI)
Pvt. Ltd with Greenstat Hydrogen India Pvt.
Ltd.,for setting up a Centre of Excellence
on Hydrogen (CoE-H) including CCUS and
Fuel Cells.
GE Power Conversion Garden Reach Shipbuilders & to act as partners on propulsion system
Engineers (GRSE) design.
Ministry of AYUSH (Ayurveda, World Health Organization for deputation of an AYUSH expert to
Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, South East Asia Regional WHO’s regional traditional medicine
Siddha and Homeopathy) Office (WHO SEARO) programme in New Delhi.
HCL Technologies (HCL) Indian Institute of to collaborate in the field of cybersecurity
Technology – Kanpur (IIT –
K)
Department of Space (DoS) CE Info Systems Pvt Ltd to build an Indigenous, mapping portal
under Indian Space Research (owned by MapmyIndia) and geospatial services which could
Organization (ISRO) become an alternative to
GoogleMaps&GoogleEarth services.
Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL) Hindustan Shipyard Ltd to expand its capacity for Indigenous
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AGS Transact Technologies Ltd Mastercard to introduce First-Ever ‘Contactless’ Cash
(AGSTTL) Withdrawals on Automated Teller
Machines (ATMs) in India.
Wipro 3D Engine Division of Hindustan to Manufacture Aero Engine Component,
Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) Nozzle Guide Vane (also called the Inner
Ring), 3D Printed in a high temperature
resilient steel A286 operating in the hot
zone using Metal 3D Printing.
Siemens Ltd (India) Smart Factory, Indian for the establishment of 1st of its kind
Institute of Science (IISc), Digital Transformation labs. The
Bengaluru & Smart Agreements were signed for a period of 3
Manufacturing Demo and years.
Development Cell (SMDDC)
at Central Manufacturing
Technology Institute (CMTI),
Bengaluru
Skyroot Aerospace Bellatrix Aerospace Bengaluru, Karnataka based Bellatrix
Aerospace to use the Orbital Transfer
Vehicle (OTV). Bellatrix Aerospace’s OTV
will work as a “taxi in space” to ferry
small satellites into multiple orbits.
BEML Ltd (previously Bharat CSIR-NAL (Council of MoU signed for development of two-
Earth Movers Limited) Scientific and Industrial seater trainer aircraft through technology
Research-National transfer during the Aero India 2021 show
Aerospace Laboratory) being held at Yelahanka Air Force Base,
Bengaluru, Karnataka.
Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Seychelles for delivering 1 Fast Patrol Vessel (FPV)
Engineers Ltd (GRSE) called ‘Zoroaster’ to the Seychelles Coast
Guard.
JANUARY 2021
International Energy Agency India Signed a Framework for Strategic
(IEA) partnership agreement that will play a
crucial role in enhancing global energy
security.
Ministry of Road Transport & Defence Research and to boost collaboration in the field of
Highways (MoRTH) Development Organisation technical exchange & cooperation on
(DRDO) sustainable Geo-hazard management.
National Highways Authority of Institute for Road Traffic for promotion of road safety &
India (NHAI) Education (IRTE) and collaborate in areas of traffic
Institute for Development management under the programme
and Communication, “Capacity building of Road Safety
Chandigarh (IDC) Management through the Safe Systems
Approach Programme”.
Energy Efficiency Services National Highways Authority to establish Clean & Energy Efficient
Limited (EESL), of India (NHAI) Interventions at NHAI Establishments.
Indian Renewable Energy NHPC Limited to provide its technical expertise for
Development Agency Ltd developing renewable energy projects for
(IREDA) the next 5 years.

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INDEX
RANKING
INDIA’S RANK
Index /Survey Name Released By Ranks of India & Top 3 Ranks
NOVEMBER 2021
Global Drug Policy Index Harm Reduction India ranked 18 out of 30 countries
Consortium Norway, New Zealand, Portugal, the United
Kingdom (UK) and Australia as the top 5
countries on humane and health-driven drug
policies.
Brazil is placed at the bottom.
Global Climate Change Germanwatch India has retained its spot in the top 10 best-
Performance Index (CCPI) 2022 performing countries (for the third year after
2020, 2021) and ranked 10th
The first three overall positions remain
empty and Denmark ranked 4th followed by
Sweden and Norway
2021 TRACE Bribery Risk Matrix TRACE International India has slipped to 82nd position
(TRACE Matrix) Top 3: Denmark,Norway and Sweden
OCTOBER 2021
Five years on: Global climate tech London & Partners, India ranked 9th in the list of top 10
investment trends since the Paris and Dealroom.Co, countries for climate technology investment
Agreement’ from 2016 to 2021
Top 3: United States (US),China and Sweden
World Justice Project’s (WJP) Rule World Justice Project India has ranked 79 out of 139 countries.
of Law Index 2021 Top 3: Denmark,Norway and Finland
Bottom 3: Venezuela, RB,Cambodia &Congo,
Dem. Rep
10th edition of the Global Food Economist Impact India ranked at 71st position scoring 57.2
Security Index (GFSI) 2021 overall points
Top 3: Ireland,Austria and the United
Kingdom.
Bottom 3: Burundi,Yemen and Mozambique
13th edition of the Mercer Global Mercer Consulting Indian Pension Systems ranked 40th out of
Pension Index (2021 MCGPI) the 43 systems on the overall index ranking
and has the lowest rank in the adequacy sub-
index with 33.5.
Top 3: Iceland,Netherlands and Denmark
Lowest: Thailand
Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2021 Concern Worldwide & India ranked 101
WeltHungerHilfe. The 18 countries including China, Brazil and
Kuwait scored less than 5 GHI scores in 2021
and they are collectively ranked 1–18
Bottom 3: Somalia,Yemen and Central
African Republic (CAR)
Renewable Energy Country Ernst & Young Global India has retained its 3rd rank.
Attractiveness Index 2021’ (RECAI) Limited’s (EY) The index was dopped by the US followed by
China
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90th from 84th in Q2 2021
Top 3: Japan, South Korea and Germany
Digital Quality of Life Surfshark India was positioned 59that an overall rank.
Index (DQL) 2021 Denmark topped the ranking, followed by
South Korea & Finland in 2nd & 3rd
positions.
SEPTEMBER 2021
Biggest trading partner of Dubai Dubai government’s India emerged as the 2nd biggest trading
statement partner of Dubai in the first half (H1) of 2021
after China.US secured 3rd position.
Trade with India grew 74.5% year-on-year to
67.1 billion dirhams from 38.5 billion dirham
in H1 2020.
Global Innovation Index (GII) World Intellectual Property India ranked 46th. India entered into the
2021 Organisation (WIPO) group of top 50 countries in GII for the 1st
time.
Top 3: Switzerland, Sweden and the USA
First Hurun India Future Unicorn Hurun Research Institute India became the third largest Unicorn
List 2021 ecosystem in the world after the United
States (US) and China as India
have 51 Unicorns worth $168 billion,
and 32 Gazelles and 54 Cheetahs.
Global Trade Outlook UK’s Department of India is going to become the world’s
International Trade 3 largest importer by 2050 with a 5.9%
rd
share of global imports.

Top two position were occupied by China and
the United States (US).
AUGUST 2021
Global Youth Development Index The Commonwealth India was ranked 122nd
(YDI) 2020 Secretariat Singapore topped the Index for the 1st time,
followed by Slovenia & Norway.
The bottom 5 countries of YDI 2020 are Chad
(181th), followed by Central African Republic
(CAR), Afghanistan, South Sudan and Niger.
1st Edition of the Global DeFi Chainalysis India ranked 6th place out of 154 countries.
(Decentralised Finance) Adoption The United States topped the ranking
Index followed by Vietnam (2nd) & Thailand (3rd)
respectively
2nd Edition of Global Crypto Chainalysis India ranked 2nd out of 154 countries.
Adoption Index 2021 Vietnam topped the index. Pakistan secured
third position.
Global Manufacturing Risk Index- Cushman & Wakefield’s India became the world’s second most
Assessing Costs, Risks and 2021 desired manufacturing destination globally.
Conditions Impacting The top position is retained by China & US
Manufacturing secured 3rd position.
JULY 2021
Global Startup Ecosystem Index StartupBlink India ranked 20th out of 100 countries.
2021 Top 3: United States (US), United Kingdom
(UK) and Israel.
Global Cybersecurity Index 2020 International India ranked 10th (India was placed at the
(GCI 2020) Telecommunication Union 47th spot in the last edition of GCI in
(ITU) 2018) in the Index.
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‘Statistical Review of World BP(British multinational oil Top 4 largest supplier of crude oil and
Energy 2021’ and gas company) natural gas to India in 2020: Iraq,
SaudiArabia, United Arab Emirates (UAE)
and US.
Japan remained as the top LNG importer in
the world with imports of 102 bcm.
India’s Coal consumption in 2020 fell by 1.1
ExaJoules (-1.1 EJ).
China is the biggest oil importer in the
world in 2020 with Saudi Arabia as its
biggest supplier of crude oil.
Top 10 list of Agricultural produce World Trade Organization India ranked 9th (holding 3.1% share in
exporters in 2019 (WTO) global agriculture exports)
Top 3: European Union,US and Brazil
JUNE 2021
State of India’s Environment the Centre for Science and India’s rank has dropped by 2 places from
Report, 2021 Environment (CSE) last year’s 115 to 117 on the 17 Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs).
Largest source of foreign direct Department for Promotion The United States(US) became the 2nd
investment(FDI) into India of Industry and Internal during FY21 by replacing Mauritius.
Trade (DPIIT) Singapore remained the top largest source
of FDI into India.
Global Skills Report 2021 Coursera India ranked 67th overall
globally.
Top 3: Switzerland, Luxembourg& Austria.
Global Home Price Index Knight Frank India ranked 55thin the for the 1st
Quarter (Q1)
Top 3: Turkey followed by New Zealand and
Luxembourg.
World Giving Index 2021 (WGI Charities Aid Foundation India ranked 14th most charitable country.
2021) (CAF) Top 3: Indonesia topped followed by Kenya
& Nigeria.
Lowest Ranked Countries: Belgium (112),
Portugal (113) & Japan (114).
World Competitiveness Index Institute for Management India retained its 43rd rank out of 64
2021 Development’s (IMD) World nations (for the 3rd consecutive year).
Competitiveness Center Top 3: Switzerland topped the Index
followed by Sweden & Denmark.
Annual Bank Statistics of 2020 Swiss National Bank (SNB) India with Swiss Francs (CHF) 2.55 billion
(~ INR 20, 706 Crore) has been placed at
51st place in the list of foreign clients’
money in Swiss Banks during 2020.
The United Kingdom (UK) topped the list
with CHF 377 billion, followed by US (152
billion).
Sustainable Development Report Sustainable Development India ranked 120th.
2021 (SDR 2021) Solutions Network (SDSN) Top 3: Finland, Sweden& Denmark
Global Peace Index 2021 Institute of Economics and India ranked 135th.
Peace (IEP) Top 3: Iceland, New Zealand & Denmark.
State of Economy Reserve Bank of India (RBI) India ranked 2nd in terms of the shares
of ‘Surplus Transferred from Central Banks
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57th Renewable Energy Country Ernst & Young Global Ltd India ranked 3rd out of 40 countries.
Attractiveness Index (RECAI) – (EY) United States (US) topped the index, while
May 2021 China took the 2nd Rank.
APRIL 2021
Chandler Good Government Index Chandler Institute of India ranked 49th.
(CGGI) 2021’ Governance (CIG) Top 3 countries areFinland, Switzerland &
Singapore.
The Index is made up of 34 Indicators which
are organized into 7 pillars.
‘Trends in World Military Stockholm International India was ranked as the 3rd Highest
Expenditure, 2020’ Peace Research Institute Military Spender in 2020with a Military
(SIPRI) Expenditure of USD 72.9 Billion in 2020
(3.7% of Global Share).
United States (US) was the World’s Highest
Military Spender in 2020 followed by China.
3rd edition of Times Higher Times Higher Education Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Tamil
Education (THE) Impact Rankings (THE) Nadu ranked 81st and became the only
2021. Indian University to make it to the list of
World’s Top 100 Educational Institutions
for sustainability.
University of Manchester (UK), University of
Sydney (Australia) & RMIT University
(Australia) grabbed the top 3 places.
‘Fostering Effective Energy World Economic Forum India ranked 87th out of 115 countries
Transition 2021’ (WEF) Top 3 countries are - Sweden, Norway &
Denmark.
World Press Freedom Index 2021 Reporters Sans Frontiers India ranked 142nd out of 180 countries
(RSF), an international Top 3 countries are - Norway (for the 5th
journalism not-for-profit time), followed by Finland & Sweden
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Inclusive Internet Index 2021 Economist Intelligence Unit India ranked 49th out of 120 countries.
(EIU) in partnership with India shares its rank with Thailand.
Facebook Top 3 countries are – Sweden, United
States, Spain.
‘Henley Passport Index : Q2 2021 Henley & Partners India ranked as 84th Most Powerful
Global Ranking’ Passport (visa-free score – 58).
Top 3 countries are Japan, Singapore while
Germany & South Korea together took the
3rd spot.
‘Global Gender Gap Report 2021’ World Economic Forum’s India ranked 140.
(WEF) Iceland is the most gender-equal country in
the world (for the 12th time) followed by
Finland & Norway.
Afghanistan (156), Yemen (155) & Iraq
(154) took the last 3 positions in the
rankings.
MARCH 2021
‘International Intellectual US Chamber of Commerce India ranked 40.
Property (IP) Index : Recovery Global Innovation Policy Top 3 Rank – USA, UK,Germany
through Ingenuity 2021’ Centre (GIPC)
Ultimate Military Strength Index Defence Website ‘Military India is the 4th Strongest Military Force in
Direct’, India the World with 61 points.
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9th ‘World Happiness Report 2021’ United Nations Sustainable India ranked 139.
Development Solutions Topped by - Finland
Network (UNSDSN) Least happy countries - Afghanistan (149),
Zimbabwe (148) & Rwanda (147).
Survey on Road conditions Zutobi International driver South Africa was ranked 1st in the World’s
education company Most Dangerous Roads study, it was
followed by Thailand. United States ranked
3rd.India was ranked 4thin the study.
Norway has the World’s Safest Road &

topped in the World’s Safest Roads Study,
Human Performance Indicator Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) India ranked highest in workplace
(HPI) Index satisfaction at 98 percent followed by China
at 97 percent.
24th Annual Global CEO Survey PwC(PricewaterhouseCoope India - 5th most attractive growth
rs) destination in the world.
1.USA 2. China3. Germany 4.UK
‘2021 Index of Economic Freedom’ The Heritage Foundation India ranked 121 (category – ‘Mostly
(27th Annual Edition) Unfree’).
India ranked 26th in the Asia–Pacific
region.
Topped by Singapore 2nd time in a row
followed by New Zealand & Australia.
‘UNCTAD B2C E-COMMERCE United Nations Conference India ranked 71 out of 152 countries as
INDEX 2020- Spotlight on Latin on Trade and Development compared to 75th position in 2019.
America and the Caribbean’ Topped by Switzerland for the first time
which has surpassed The Netherlands.
FEBRUARY 2021
Democracy Index 2020 Economist Intelligence Unit India ranked 53rd Rank.
(EIU) Top 3:
Norway, Iceland & Sweden.
COVID Performance Index: Australia based Lowy India was ranked 86.
Deconstructing Pandemic Institute Top 3:
Responses New Zealand, Vietnam & Taiwan.
JANUARY 2021
Asia-Pacific Personalised Health Economist Intelligence Unit India ranks 10.
Index 2020 (EIU) and developed by the Top 3:
Copenhagen Institute for Singapore, Taiwan & Japan
Future Studies in
partnership with Roche
2020 Corruption Perceptions Transparency International India’s rank slipped to 86th.
Index (CPI) The list has been topped by New Zealand
and Denmark rank at the first position
16th edition of “Global Climate Germany-based think tank India has improved its ranking to 7th.
Risk Index (CRI) 2021 – Germanwatch Top 3: -
Who suffers Most from Extreme Mozambique Zimbabwe, and Bahamas.
Weather Events? Weather-related Bottom 3: -
Loss Events in 2019 and 2000 to Puerto Rico, Myanmar and Haiti
2019
Global Firepower Nations Index Global Firepower India is ranked 4th and is considered as
2021 -‘Military Strength Ranking’ ‘perfect’.
Topped by the United States of America
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STATE/CITY WISE RANKING
Index/Survey Name Released by State or City in the rank
NOVEMBER 2021
LEADS (Logistics Ease Across Transport & Logistics Top 3
Different States) 2021 index professionals at Ernst & States: Gujarat,Haryana and Punjab
Young LLP UT: Delhi and Chandigarh
OCTOBER 2021
State Energy Efficiency Index Union Ministry of Power Top 3: Karnataka,Rajasthan and Haryana
(SEEI) 2020
Public Affairs Index (PAI 2021) Public Affairs Centre Top 3: Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Telangana
(PAC)
Mapping India’s Climate Council on Energy, As per the report, more than 80 percent of
Vulnerability: A District-Level Environment and Water India’s population lives in districts that are
Assessment (CEEW) highly vulnerable to extreme hydro-
metrological disasters.
Top 3 climate-vulnerable states in
India:Assam,AP and Maharashtra
SEPTEMBER 2021
Global Startup Ecosystem Report Startup Genome London, Mumbai(23rd), and Bangalore (36)
2021 are featured among the world’s top startup
hubs.
Top 3: Silicon Valley, New York City and
London followed by Beijing
3rd State Food Safety Index (SFSI) Food Safety and Larger States: Gujarat followed by Kerala and
2020-21 Standards Authority of Tamil Nadu.
India (FSSAI) Smaller States: Goa stood first followed by
Meghalaya and Manipur.
UTs: Jammu & Kashmir grabbed the top spot
followed by Andaman & Nicobar Islands and
New Delhi at 2nd and 3rd place respectively.
AUGUST 2021
Best Student Cities 2022 ranking QS Quacquarelli Only 2 cities to get ranked from
Symonds India.Mumbai(106) and Bangalore (110)
The World’s Best and Worst Towns HouseFresh India became the 3rd most polluted
and Cities for Clean Air’ country. Bangladesh ranked as the most
polluted country across the world in 2020
followed by Pakistan, India and Mongolia.
List of Most Polluted Cities in 2020
1.Hotan city in Xinjiang province, China
2.Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
3.Manikganj, Bangladesh
List of Cities with Cleanest air in 2020
1.Tasmanian city of Judbury, Australia
2.Kailua Kona in Hawaii, United States
3.Muonio, Finland
The 1st Edition of North Eastern NitiAayog &UNDP The district of East Sikkim topped the
Region (NER) District Sustainable rankings. It was followed by Gomati, North
Development Goals (SDG) Index & Tripura and Serchhip(Mizoram).
Dashboard 2021-22
Kiphire (Nagaland) secured last position.
Safe Cities Index 2021- New Economist Intelligence The index has been topped by Denmark’s
expectations demand a new Unit (EIU) capital Copenhagen followed by Toronto
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New Delhi is placed at 48 position and
th
Mumbai ranked at 50 . th
Yangon (Myanmar) is at the bottom of the

index.
JULY 2021
Growth engines of innovation: How Colliers The list has been topped by Beijing (China).
Asia Pacific’s technology hubs are Outer Ring Road of Bengaluru (Karnataka)
reshaping regional real estate has been ranked 6 in the top 10 established
th
technology submarkets in APAC (Asia Pacific)

for companies to set up operations.
The HITEC (Hyderabad Information
Technology and Engineering
Consultancy) City of Hyderabad
(Telangana) ranked grabbed the 10 th
JUNE 2021
3rd edition of Sustainable NITI Aayog Kerala has retained its rank as the top state
Development Goals (SDG) India and Bihar has been adjudged as the worst
Index 2020-21 performer.
Union Territories (UTs) Top
Rank: Chandigarh topped among the UTs,
followed by Delhi, Puducherry. Dadra and
Nagar Haveli & Daman and Diu has been
adjudged as the worst performer.
Global 150 Cities Index for Financial AIRINC Manama, the Capital city of Bahrain topped in
Attractiveness ranking the Index and Indian Cities of New Delhi
&Mumbai were the only two to be listed in
the Index.
Performance Grading Index (PGI) Department of School Top 5 States:
2019-20 Education and Literacy Punjab, Chandigarh, Tamil Nadu, Andaman
(DoSEL), Ministry of & Nicobar Islands (A&N Islands) and Kerala
Education
Global Liveability Index 2021 Economic Intelligence New Zealand’s Auckland has been named as
Unit (EIU) the World’s Most Liveable City, followed by
Osaka (Japan), and Adelaide (Australia).
AnemiaMukt Bharat Index 2020-21 Ministry of Health and Madhya Pradesh has been ranked 1st in
Family Welfare the AnemiaMukt Bharat Index 2020-21.
(MoHFW) & United Odisha (59.3) followed by Himachal Pradesh.
Nations Children’s Fund
(UNICEF)
Job creation under IBPS scheme Software Technology Andhra Pradesh followed by Tamil Nadu
Parks of India (STPI)
‘Ease of Living Index 2020 Centre for Science & Bengaluru (Karnataka) ranked as India’s
Environment (CSE) most liveable capital city followed by
Chennai, Tamil Nadu and Shimla, Himachal
Pradesh.
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State TBI Index 2021 Union Minister Harsh Himachal Pradesh achieved 1st Rank in
Vardhan India amongst the states to end Tuberculosis
under the National Tuberculosis Elimination
Programme (NTEP).
Lakshadweep (UT) & District of Budgam
(Jammu & Kashmir) were declared
Tuberculosis (TB) free.

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Municipal Performance Index Hardeep Singh Puri, Million+ Category
(MPI) 2020 (MoHUA) #1 – Indore, #2 – Surat, #3 – Bhopal
Less than Million Category
#1 – New Delhi, #2 – Tirupati, #3 –
Gandhinagar
Final Rankings of Ease of Living Hardeep Singh Puri, Million+ Category
Index (EoLI) 2020 (MoHUA) #1 – Bengaluru, #2 -Pune , #3 – Ahmedabad
Less than Million Category
#1 Shimla, #2 – Bhubaneswar, #3 – Silvassa
2nd edition of NCAER Land Record NCAER (National Council Madhya Pradesh topped the list for the
and Services Index (N-LRSI) 2021 of Applied Economic second year in a row
Research 2.West Bengal 3.Odisha 4.Maharashtra and
5.Tamil Nadu.
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Indian Innovation Index 2020 NITI Aayog Karnataka topped the Index in the Major
States Category,
Delhi topped among the Union Territories
(UT) and
Himachal Pradesh among North-Eastern and
Hilly States.
ORGANIZATION RANKING
Index/Survey Name Released by Organisation/Institution in the rank
NOVEMBER 2021
Asia University Rankings 2022 QS (Quacquarelli It features 118 Indian Universities following
Symonds) China with 126 universities.
Top 3: 1.National University of Singapore,
Singapore,2.Peking University,
China,Nanyang Technological University,
Singapore,3.The University of Hong Kong,
Hong Kong
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
(IITB) (42nd regionally) and IIT Delhi (45th
regionally) are the only two Indian
institutions among the Top-50. IIT Madras
at 54.
OCTOBER 2021
World Reputation Rankings 2021 Times Higher Top 3: Harvard University of the United
Education(THE) States of America (USA) ,Massachusetts
Institute of Technology (MIT), USA and
University of Oxford from the United
Kingdom(UK) .
4 Indian institutes have made it to the
list.They are Indian Institute of Science (IISc
in top 100) ,Indian Institute of
Technology(IIT) Bombay, the Indian
Institute of Technology(IIT) Delhi, and the
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World’s Best Employers ranking Forbes Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) placed at
2021 the 52nd position and topped the Indian
firms under the ranking.
Top 3:Samsung Electronics,IBM
(International Business Machines) and
Microsoft
Indian companies under top 100 rankings
include ICICI Bank (65), HDFC Bank (77)
and HCL Technologies (90).
Performance Assessment Department of public In accordance with the performance review
enterprises (DPE) for 2019-2020, only 25 of the 144 Central
Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) have been
tagged as ‘excellent’.
7 come under the railways, 4 under power, 3
under defence, 2 each under shipping and
atomic energy, 1 each under civil aviation,
bio technology, housing, food and public
distribution, mines, and some other sectors.
SEPTEMBER 2021
Global Dairy Top 20 report Rabobank AMUL placed at the 18th position, from its
previous 16th rank in 2020.Gujarat
Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation
(GCMMF) has become the first Indian dairy
Industry to spot in the global top 20 list.
Top 3: Lactalis, Nestle and Dairy Farmers of
America
Global MBA Rankings: Global 2022 Quacquarelli Symonds Indian Institute of Management
(IIM) Ahmedabad, Gujarat(46th) as the best
business school(B-school) in India. IIM
Bangalore (ranked 50) and IIM Ahmedabad
are the only Indian Institutes among the top
50.
The list is topped by Stanford Graduate
School of Business, Stanford, California,
United States of America (USA).
6th NIRF (National Institutional Union Minister The ranking has been topped by IIT (Indian
Ranking Framework) Rankings Dharmendra Pradhan, Institute of Technology) Madras, Tamil
2021 of Higher Educational Ministry of Education Nadu followed by IISc (Indian Institute of
Institutes (HEIs) of India (MoE)
Science) Bengaluru, Karnataka and IIT
Bombay, Maharashtra.
IISc, Bengaluru tops the University as well
as Research Institution category.
All India Institute of Medical Sciences
(AIIMS), New Delhi retains top slot in
Medical
Jamia Hamdard tops the list in Pharmacy
Miranda House College, New Delhi kept 1st
position amongst colleges
IIT Roorkee replaced IIT Kharagpur to grab
top position for the first time in Architecture
National Law School of India University
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in Law
IIM Ahmedabad tops in Management subject.
Manipal College of Dental Sciences,
Manipal, secure 1st position in “Dental”
category
World University Rankings 2022 Times Higher Education India is home to 35 universities in the global
(THE) top 1,000 list.3 Indian universities made it to
the top 400 global rankings. Indian Institute
of Science (IISc), Bengaluru
(Karnataka):301-350 IIT (Indian Institute of
Technology)-Ropar (Punjab) which also
retained its position in the 351-400 group.
United Kingdom’s (UK) University of
Oxford, Top 3: United States’
(US) California Institute of
Technology (Caltech) and Harvard
University. The maximum universities in
the top 200 list are from the US (57)
followed by the UK (28), and Germany (22).
AUGUST 2021
Academic Ranking of World Shanghai Ranking Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore
Universities(ARWU) 2021 ranking Consultancy (401-500) was selected as the best
for higher education Institutes university in the country and University of
Calcutta (601-700) secured 2nd.
Top 3:-Globally, Harvard University
Topped the ranking & followed by Stanford
University, University of Cambridge.
Hurun Global 500 List 2021 Hurun Research Institute Reliance Industries Ltd topped the list of
Indian companies with a global rank 57.12
Indian companies has listed in the Hurun
Global 500 Most Valuable Companies 2021.
Top 3:- Apple is the world’s most valuable
company (USD 2,443 billion) and followed
by Microsoft (USD 2114 billion) and
Amazon (USD 1802 billion).
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World University Rankings 2021- Centre for World IIM-Ahmedabad was ranked 415th globally
22 University Ranking and Jadavpur University ranks 18th among
(CWUR) Indian higher educational institutions.
Harvard University topped globally.
Asia university rankings 2021 Times Higher Education 63 Indian universities participated in this
(THE) year’s rankings.IIT Ropar and IIT Indore
have secured ranks among the top 100
universities in Asia.
Top3: 1. TsinghuaUniversity (China),
Peking University(China) and National
University of Singapore(Singapore)
18th Edition of QS World QS (Quacquarelli Top 3:
University Rankings 2022 Symonds) Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(MIT), University of Oxford (UK) and
Stanford University (USA) & Cambridge
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Top 200 World Universities. They are IIT
Bombay (177), IIT Delhi (185), and IISc
Bengaluru (186). Indian Institute of
Science, Bengaluru (IISc Bengaluru) was
ranked as the World’s top research
university
2021 Fortune 500 list Fortune Magazine Top 3: Walmart, Amazon and Apple
Cognizant is ranked at 185th position
World’s Best Banks 2021 in India Forbes Top 3:
DBS bank, CSB Bank and ICICI Bank
Tops PSU Banks in Terms of Loan, Bank of Maharashtra Top 3:
Deposit Growth in FY21 (BoM) BoM, Punjab & Sind Bank
India’s Top 50 Best Workplaces GPTW Institute National Thermal Power Corporation
(NTPC) Ltd. recognised as a ‘Great Place to
Work’.
Under the category of ‘India’s Great Place to
Work’ it ranked at 38th position from its
47th position of 2020,it also won its first-
ever recognition of – ‘India’s Best
Employers among Nation-Builders 2021’
from GPTW.
Top 3:
1.DHL Express India Private Limited, 2.
Mumbai Mahindra & Mahindra Automotive
& Farm Equipment Sectors Manufacturing
& Production, Mumbai 3.Intuit India
Information Technology, Bangalore
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Academic Ranking of World Shanghai Ranking Indian Institute of Science (IISc Bangalore)
Universities 2020 (ARWU 2020 Consultancy was ranked as the best Higher Education
also known as Shanghai Ranking) Institute in India, while Calcutta University
was ranked as the best University in India.
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 Hurun India and EdelGive released the Edelgive Hurun India Philanthropy List 2021. The list was
topped by Azim Premji followed by HCL’s Shiv Nadar and India’s richest man, Mukesh Ambani.
 As per the Forbes’ 35th Annual world’s Billionaire’slist, Jeff Bezos, Founder of Amazon.com Inc topped
the the list followed by Elon Musk CEO of SpaceX and Tesla and French Billionaire Bernard Arnault.
 Forbes’ annual ranking of the World highest-paid athletes for 2021 was released. Mixed Martial
Arts(MMA) Fighter Conor McGregor from Ireland topped the list.
 MukeshAmbani, chairman of Reliance Industries Ltd became Asia’s richest person, replacing Jack Ma
ranked 10 in Forbes’ 35th Annual world’s Billionaire’s list.
 According to Hurun Global Rich List 2021, Chairman of Reliance Industries (RIL), Mukesh Ambani with
became the 8th Richest Person in the World. The List was topped by Elon Musk (CEO of Tesla), Jeff
Bezos (CEO of Amazon) & Bernard Arnault (CEO of LVMH-Louis Vuitton).
 Fortune’s Businessperson of the Year 2020- India’s Shantanu Narayen, CEO of Adobe in 8th position
and Ajay Banga, CEO of Mastercard in 9th position. List topped by Elon Musk, co-founder & CEO of
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 Mukesh Ambani Ranked 12th in the Bloomberg Billionaires Index 2021& Ranked 8th in Hurun Global
Rich List 2020 as of January 2nd 2020.
 Adani Group chairman Gautam Adani becomes the World’s Biggest Wealth Gainer in 2021, as per the
recent Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
REPORT
Report/Survey/Study Title Released by Points to be noted
NOVEMBER 2021
State of the Global Climate 2021 World Meteorological The past seven years from 2015 to 2021 (1st
report Organization (WMO) 9-months) set to be witnessed the Warmest
years on record.This increase in temperature
is caused mainly due to the increase in
atmospheric Greenhouse Gas (GHG)
concentrations.
World Bank’s Remittance Prices World Bank (WB) India became the world’s largest recipient of
Worldwide Database remittances by receiving USD 87bn in 2021.
The United States (US) was its biggest
source, accounting for over 20% of these
funds.
India is followed by China, Mexico, the
Philippines, and Egypt.
In India, remittances are projected to grow
3% in 2022 to USD 89.6 billion.
4th edition of the Global report on World Health The number of tobacco users (for both sexes
trends in prevalence of tobacco Organization (WHO) combined) has decreased globally from 1.32
use 2000–2025 billion in 2015 to 1.30 billion in 2020 and is
projected to further decline to 1.27 billion by
2025.
South East Asian Region currently has the
highest rates of tobacco use, with around
432 million users, or 29% of its population
Approximately 38 million children (aged
13-15) currently use tobacco (13 million
girls and 25 million boys).
Study International Maritime It discovered that international shipping
Organization (IMO) must cut down emissions by a 3rd in this
decade (by 2030) and make efforts towards
zero-emission before 2050.
14 countries, including the United
States(US) and United Kingdom(UK), signed
a declaration pledging to work with the
IMO to deliver zero-emission international
shipping by 2050.
Mission 2070: A Green New Deal World Economic Forum’s Green New Deal for India can add $1 trillion
for a Net Zero India’ (WEF) to GDP by 2030, and $15 trillion by 2070
along with a potential of creating more than
50 million new jobs. In India, the
population is projected to surpass China’s
in 2025 which will result in greater
emissions in the future.
The Adaptation Gap Report 2021: United Nations The report states that if the world limits
The Gathering Storm Environment Programme warming to 1.5°C, many climate risks
(UNEP) remain and will be irreversible.It also
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adaptation and the current financial flow is
widening.
OCTOBER 2021
Health Insurance for India’s NITI Aayog The report stating the current situation,
Missing Middle existing gaps in the health insurance
coverage across the Indian population and
offers recommendations to increase health
insurance coverage.
The Changing Wealth of Nations World Bank This is the 1st time that the report
2021 : Managing Assets for the measured Blue natural capital (mangroves &
Future ocean fisheries). As per the World Bank,
Human Capital is defined as “Earning over a
person’s lifetime”.
Parameters Measured – Economic Value of
Renewable Natural Capital, Non-renewable
natural capital, human capital, produced
capital, Net foreign assets.
South Asia suffered the most loss in the
world on human capital due to air
pollution.
State of the Climate in Asia 2020 World Meteorological India has suffered an average annual loss
Organization (WMO) (AAL) of around 87 billion USD due to
tropical cyclones, floods and droughts.
China experienced the highest ALL of around
238 Billion USD followed by India and Japan
(83 billion USD).
6th edition of ‘Status of Coral Reefs Global Coral Reef There is a loss of 14% of the world’s coral
of the World: 2020’ Monitoring Network from 2009 to 2018. The loss is varied by
(GCRMN) region, ranging from 5% in East Asia to
95% in the eastern tropical Pacific.
From Pollution to Solution: a United The report stated that without proper efforts
global assessment of marine litter Nations(UN) Environmet to reduce ocean plastic pollution, the amount
and plastic pollution Programme (UNEP) of plastic waste entering the aquatic
ecosystem is estimated to triple from 9-14
million ton per year in 2016 to 23-37 million
ton per year by 2040.With another approach,
plastic pollution is estimated to double from
19-23 million tons in 2016 to around 53
million tons by 2030.
Production Gap Report, 2021 United Nations The report analyses the ‘production gap’ i.e.
Environment Program the difference between governments’ plan
(UNEP) for fossil fuel production and the globally
agreed climate limits.
As per the report, the world’s government
plans to produce more than twice (around
110 percent) the amount of fossil fuels
in 2030, than would be consistent with
limiting warming to 1.5°C, and 45 percent
more than consistent with 2°C.
Report by UNOPS United Nations Office for In accordance with the report,there is dire
Project Services (UNOPS) need of cleaning up the transport sector to
reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.To
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estimated at $ 49.9 trillion by 2040.
World Energy Outlook (WEO) International Energy Almost USD 4 trillion investment into clean
2021 Agency (IEA) energy is required by 2030 to meet the Paris
Agreement pledge to limit the global
temperature increase to 1.5 degrees Celsius.
Global TB report’ for 2021 World Health The report highlighted the effects of COVID-
Organisation (WHO) 19 which led to a huge reversal in the
progress of Tuberculosis (TB) elimination.
The report also mentioned India as the
worst-hit country in TB elimination, where
the detection of new TB cases saw a huge
impact in 2020.
Implications of a Net-zero Target Council on Energy, The report predicts India to increase the
for India’s Sectoral Energy Environment and Water total installed Solar Power Capacity to 5630
Transitions and Climate Policy (CEEW) Giga Watts (GW) by 2070, to achieve Net
Zero emission.A total land of 4.6% (approx)
of India’s land is required for Solar power
generation in 2070.
International Monetary Fund Global Financial Stability The IMF names the potential of macro-
(IMF) Report-2021 financial risks due to asset and currency
substitution as ‘cryptoization’.
India ranks 2nd in the ‘Global Crypto
Adoption Index 2021’, which was topped by
Vietnam.
India’s daily Crypto trading volume peaks
between $300 -$500 million,
International Monetary Fund Fiscal Monitor: The global debt in 2020 was increased
(IMF) Strengthening the by $27 trillion (from 2019) to a new high
Credibility of Public of USD 226 trillion.
India’s debt in 2021 was projected to rise
Finances’
at 90.6 percent.Global debt in 2020 was
reported at 97.8 percent whereas the 2021
debt was projected to be 96.9 percent.
International Debt Statistics 2022 World Bank (WB) The reportwarned against a 12% debt rise of
the world’s low-income countries to $860
billion in 2020 due to the COVID-19
pandemic. The report called for urgent
efforts to reduce debt levels.
Multidimensional Poverty Index Programme (UNDP) and Top 3 countries with the largest number of
(MPI)’ 2021 the Oxford Poverty and people living in multidimensional poverty :
Human Development 1.India (2015/16) at 381 millions(In India, 5
Initiative (OPHI) out of 6 multidimensional poor people are
from lower tribes or caste)
2.Nigeria (2018): 93 million
3.Pakistan (2017/18): 83 million
Best Practices in the Performance NITI Aayog This report is the 1st-ever performance
of District Hospitals assessment of district hospitals undertaken
across India.The report states that, district
hospital in India has on an average 24 beds
per 1 lakh population, with Bihar having the
lowest average of six beds and Puducherry
the highest of 222.
The State of Climate Services 2021: World Meteorological 3.6 billion people had inadequate access to
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2018.The situation is expected to rise to
more than five billion by 2050.
2nd edition of Industrial Park Ministry of Commerce & In the report 41 Industrial Parks were
Ratings System (IPRS) report or Industry named as ‘Leaders’ category. These are
IPRS 2.0 Report mostly from Maharashtra and Rajasthan. 90
Industrial Parks are marked as ‘Challenger’
while 185 have been rated under ‘Aspirers’.
The State of the World’s Children Mansukh Mandaviya, the Around 14 percent of 15 to 24-year-olds (or
2021; On My Mind: promoting, Union Minister for Health 1 in 7) in India were reported feeling
protecting and caring for children’s and Family Welfare depressed or having little interest in doing
mental health things.It is estimated that more than 13
percent of adolescents aged 10–19 live with
a diagnosed mental disorder (as defined by
the World Health Organization (WHO)).
First quarter of Quarterly Labour Bureau The estimated total employment in the 9
Employment Survey (QES) part selected sectors from the first round of QES
(April to June 2021) of the All- is 3 crores and 8 lakhs approximately as
India Quarterly Establishment- compared to total of 2 crores and 37 lakhs
based Employment Survey in the 6 Economic Census (2013-14). This
th
(AQEES) represents a growth rate of 29%.The

maximum growth of 152% was recorded in
the IT/BPO sector.The over-all
participation of female workers stood at
29% against 31% reported during 6th EC.
NITI Aayog, in a joint effort with The State Nutrition They give insights on nutrition outcomes,
International Food Policy Research Profile’ for 19 States and immediate and underlying determinants
Institute (IFPRI), Indian Institute Union Territories and interventions based on National Family
of Population Sciences Health Survey (NFHS)-rounds 3, 4 and 5.
(IIPS), UNICEF and Institute of
Economic Growth (IEG)
The report – 2021 State of the UNESCO It is focused on the theme of teachers,
Education Report (SOER) for India: teaching and teacher education. It has
No Teachers, No Class covered a profile of the 9.6 million teaching
workforce.Indian teachers are facing lack of
basic amenities like toilets in northeast and
aspirational districts. There are disparities in
their working conditions between urban and
rural schools.
SEPTEMBER 2021
Climate Indicators and Sustainable World Meteorological Climate change effects not only obstruct the
Development: Demonstrating the Organization (WMO) Sustainable Development Goal-13 (SDG13-
Interconnections Climate Action) but impede all 17 SDGs.
Reforms in Urban Planning NITI Aayog India is home to 11% of the total global
Capacity in India urban population and will surpass China as
the most populous country in the world by
2027. Every city must aspire to become
a ‘Healthy City for All’ by 2030. In this
regard, a Central Scheme ‘500 Healthy
Cities Programme’, for a period of 5 years
has been recommended.
The Atlas of Mortality and World Meteorological The number of disasters, such as floods and
Economic Losses from Weather, Organization (WMO) heatwaves, driven by climate change have
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(1970–2019) years.The recent hurricane named’ Ida’ in
the US Gulf Coast, considered as the
costliest weather disaster.
Groundswell Part 2: Acting on World Bank Climate Change could force more than 216
Internal Climate Migration million people from across 6 regions(South
Asia; Latin America; Sub-Saharan Africa;
East Asia and the Pacific; North Africa; and
Eastern Europe and Central Asia) to
migrate from their own countries by 2050.
Situation Assessment of National Statistical Office More than half of India’s agricultural
Agricultural Households and Land (NSO) households were in debt, with an average
Holdings of Households in Rural outstanding of Rs 74,121 in 2018 as
India, 2019 compared to Rs 47,000 in 2013, an increase
of 57.7%.
World Social Protection Report International Labour As per the report, half of the global
2020-22: Social protection at the Organization (ILO) population i.e. 53 percent (4.1 billion) did
crossroads – in pursuit of a better not have any kind of social security.As of
future 2020, only 46.9 percent of the global
population are effectively covered by at
least 1 social protection benefit, while the
remaining 53.1 percent (4.1 billion) people
obtain no income security at all from their
national social protection system.
AUGUST 2021
Turning around the Power NITI Aayog, RMI (Rocky The report provides ways to transform
Distribution Sector- Learnings and Mountain Institute), and India’s Power distribution sector.Most of
Best Practices from Reforms RMI India the power Distribution Companies
(DISCOMS) incur losses every year, the total
losses were estimated to be
around INR90,000 crore in FY 21.
Shifting Global Value Chains: the Kearney and WEF(World Coordinated action between the
India Opportunity Economic Forum) government and the private sector can help
create globally competitive manufacturing
companies in the country.India’s
manufacturing sector exports can help drive
more than USD 500 billion in annual
economic impact for the global economy by
2030.
India’s turning point: How climate Deloitte Economics India needs an action on climate change that
action can drive our economic could pave a way for $11 trillion economic
future gain, meanwhile, preventing a loss of $35
trillion over the next 50 years due to
unmitigated climate change.
As per the report, there is a window time of
10 years which can be used by India as an
opportunity to tackle the impacts of climate
change. This can fetch a fruitful result of
limiting rising average global temperatures
to around 1.5°C by 2050
Technical report National Centre for 32% of India’s coastline underwent sea
Coastal Research (NCCR) erosion and 27% of it expanded in a time
span of 28 years i.e. between 1990 and
2018.The coastline of West Bengal is the
most affected followed by Puducherry
(56%); Kerala (41%); Tamil Nadu (41%);
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‘Impact of Exemption under Article National Commission for As per the report, 62.50 percent of students
15 (5) with regards to Article 21A Protection of Child Rights in minority schools belong to non-minority
of the Constitution of India on (NCPCR) communities. Only 8.76 percent of total
Education of Minority students in minority schools belong to
Communities’ socially and economically disadvantaged
backgrounds.The minority schools have
only 7.95 percent of the minority children
population in the states.
The Climate Crisis Is a Child Rights UNICEF India is among the 33 extremely high-risk
Crisis: Introducing the Children’s countries where approximately 1 billion
Climate Risk Index’ (CCRI) children (half the world’s 2.2 billion
children population) are most at risk of the
impacts of climate change that will affect
their health, education, and protection.
Children in the Central African Republic,
Chad, Nigeria, Guinea, and GuineaBissau
countries are at high risk.
Children in Iceland, Luxembourg and New
Zealand are at very low risk as per the index.
52nd Edition of the Key Indicators Statistics and Data The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed
for Asia & the Pacific, 2021 Innovation Unit (EROD- around 75 to 80 mn population in the Asia-
SDI) within the Economic Pacific region into Extreme poverty from
Research and Regional 2019 levels as compared with a scenario
Cooperation Department without Covid-19. In the Asia-Pacific region ,
(ERCD) at the Asian the Extremely poor population has reduced
Development Bank (ADB) from the size of 1.2 Billion in 1999 to 202.9
Million in 2017.Asia-Pacific Region’s
Economy grew from 27% of Global GDP in
2000 to 35% in 2019 (Exceeding the share of
Europe & North America).
The Transparency Index: Rating of Centre for Science and The State Pollution Control Boards (SPCBs)
Pollution Control Boards on Public Environment (CSE) of Odisha and Telangana have been
Disclosure report ranked 1st.
Only 17 SPCBs and PCCs have scored 50% or
above in Transparency. They are Odisha,
Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh,
West Bengal, Goa, Karnataka, Haryana,
Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu &
Kashmir, Kerala, Maharashtra, Uttarakhand,
Punjab, Andhra Pradesh and Rajasthan.
Quality of Life for Elderly Index Dr Bibek Debroy, The index highlights the importance of
2021 Chairman of the Economic investing in health, education and
Advisory Council to the employment for young people in order to
Prime Minister (EAC-PM) improve the lives of the current and future
generations of older people.
Rajasthan has topped the ranking of Aged
states while Himachal Pradesh is top-scorer
in Relatively Aged States.
Chandigarh and Mizoram are top-scoring
regions in Union Territory (UT) and North-
East States category, respectively
Lowest scorers: Jammu and Kashmir (J&K)
scored the lowest among UTs. Arunachal
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8th Periodic Labour Force Survey National Statistical Office As per the PLFS, the Jobless/Unemployment
(PLFS) – Quarterly Bulletin for (NSO) rate (UR) in urban areas in Current Weekly
the Q2 FY21 (July 2020 – Status (CWS) increased to 13.3 percent in Q2
September 2020). FY21 when compared to 8.4 percent in Q2
FY20 (July 2019 – September, 2019).
COVID-19 Innovation report 2021 StartupBlink ,Health India ranked 32nd .US has topped the
Innovation rankings, followed by Israel & Canada. India
Exchange & UN AIDS has 2 cities – Bengaluru, Karnataka (49th
Rank), New Delhi (55th) in the top 100
rankings.
Global Youth Tobacco Survey – 4th Union Minister for Health The average current tobacco usage percent
round (GYTS-4), India, 2019 and Family among students of India 13-15 years was
Welfare, Mansukh about 8.5 percent.
Mandaviya Highest inArunachal Pradesh & Mizoram
Lowest in Himachal Pradesh &Karnataka
JULY 2021
Regional status report on WHO It is the 1st WHO regional assessment on
drowning in the Western Pacific drowning prevention.
& Regional status report on
drowning in the Asia Pacific region
COVID-19 and Tourism: An Update UN (United India has experienced a 54 percent drop in
Nations) Conference tourist arrivals in 2020 due to COVID-19.
on Trade The report has estimated a loss of $4
and Development trillion in terms of global GDP (Gross
(UNCTAD) and the UN Domestic Product) for 2020 and 2021 due to
World Tourism the fall down of international tourism due to
Organisation (UNWTO) COVID-19.
In 2020, a loss of $2.4 trillion is estimated
for ‘International tourism and linked
sectors’ due to the sharp drop in
international tourist arrivals.
Ethics and governance of artificial WHO WHOreleased the World’s 1st report on the
intelligence for health use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the
healthcare sector.WHO proposed 6
principles to maximize the utility of AI on
Public Interest.
Report on United District Union Minister for Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER), The Gender
Information System for Education Education Ramesh Parity Index (GPI) and Pupil Teacher Ratio
Plus (UDISE+) 2019-20 for School Pokhriyal ‘Nishank (PTR) are increased at all levels of school
Education in India education.
Enrolment of girls from primary to higher
secondary is more than 12.08 crore, an
increase of 14.08 lakh compared to 2018-19.
Total Students in school education from
pre-primary to higher secondary has
crossed 26.45 crore in 2019-20, which is an
increase of 42.3 lakh compared to 2018-19.
Directory of Extramural Research Centre for Human and Women Principal Investigators (PIs)
& Development Projects 2018-19 Organisational Resource participation in research that received
Development (CHORD) Extramural Research (EMR) support
(support received through peer-reviewed
competitive grant mechanism) stood at
28% during 2018-19, compared to 24%
during 2016-17.
UN India’s efforts in streamlining the
4th Global Survey on Digital and assessment and clearance of shipments to
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facilitation score has increased to 90.32%
from 78.49% in 2019.
India was among the best-performing
countries in South and South West Asia, and
the Asia Pacific region.
Renewables Integration in India NITI Aayog & IEA The report is based on the outcome of
2021 Workshops held with State Governments of
Maharashtra, Karnataka and Gujarat.
It states that India’s power system is
capable of efficiently integrating
renewables (175 GW by 2022 and 450 GW
by 2030).
The Future of Connectivity in India US-India CEO Forum The report prepared by Deloitte and the
ICT Working Group formulated a plan for
India’s mobility business for adapting a
digitized and interconnected world. The
report provides recommendations for
accelerating connectivity initiatives to
make India at par with advanced digitized
economies like the US, China and South
Korea.
JUNE 2021
World Drug Report 2021 United Nations Office on Report states that around 275 million
Drugs and Crime’s people used drugs worldwide in 2020 of
(UNODC) which 36.3 million people or 13% suffered
from drug use disorders.
The launch of the 2021 World Drug Report
comes ahead of the International Day
Against Drug Abuse and Illicit
Trafficking, observed on June 26, 2021
World Employment and Social International Labour Global unemployment rate will be 5.7% in
Outlook: Trends 2021(WESO Organisation (ILO) 2022, 6.3% in 2021 & there will no
Trends 2021) recovery in global jobs until 2023( 5.4% in
2020)
Becoming #GenerationRestoration Food and Agriculture The report states, to avoid biodiversity loss,
Ecosystem Restoration for People, Organization (FAO) and land equivalent to size of china or one
Nature & Climate UN Environment billion hectares of degraded land should be
Programme’s (UNEP) restored by 2030.
‘Report of the Expert Committee on PM Narendra Modi The report is provided by NITI Aayog
Road Map for ethanol blending in (National Institution for Transforming
India 2020-2025’ India) and MoPNG, which lays out a
comprehensive roadmap for the
development of the ethanol sector.PM
launched a pilot project of E-100 dispensing
stations at 3 locations in Pune,
Maharashtra.
Fast Tracking Freight in India: A NITI Aayog (National It mentioned the need for the
Roadmap for Clean and Cost- Institution for transformation of the freight sector as it
Effective Goods Transport Transforming will enable India to save logistics Fuel
India), RMI (Rocky worth Rs 311 lakh crore between 2020 and
Mountain Institute), 2050.
and RMI India
Child Labour Global Estimates United Nations Children’s For the 1st time in two decades, 160 million
2020, trends and roads forward’ Fund children (63 million girls and 97 million
(UNICEF) & International boys) were in child labour globally at the
Labour Organization beginning of 2020, accounting for almost 1
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All India Survey on Higher Department of Higher It provides key performance indicators on
Education 2019-20 (AISHE 2019- Education, Ministry of the current status of Higher Education (HE)
20) Education in India.
The Costs of Climate Change in Overseas Development India might lose 3-10 percent of its gross
India: a review of the climate- Institute (ODI) domestic product (GDP) annually
related risks facing India, and their by 2100 due to climate change.
economic and social costs
Aspirational Districts Programme: United Nations The UNDP appreciated India’s Aspirational
An Appraisal Development Programme Districts Programme (ADP) as ‘a very
(UNDP) successful model of local area
development’ and stated that it can be a
best practice for other parts of the world.
Complicit: 2020 Global Nuclear International Campaign to Worldwide overall spending on atomic
Spending Abolish nuclear weapon arsenals in 2020 was increased by
weapons (ICAN) $1.4 billion (1.2-billion-euro) to $72.6
billion from $71.2 billion of 2019.
Top 3: US, Russia and China, India at 6th
position.
Estimating the burden of WHO To provides detailed guidance to countries
foodborne diseases: A practical for measuring their foodborne disease
handbook for countries burden caused by microbiological agents.
SIPRI Yearbook 2021 (52nd Stockholm International India, Pakistan & China are expanding
Edition) Peace Research Institute their nuclear arsenals. At the start of 2021,
(SIPRI) India with 156 Nuclear warheads (at the
start of 2021) is behind Pakistan (165
Nuclear warheads) &US(5550),
Russia(6255)China (350 warheads).
Saudi Arabia, India, Egypt, Australia and
China were the five largest importers of
major arms in the world between 2016 and
2020.
UNESCO Science Report 2021: The UNESCO India’s Investment in Research remains
race against time for smarter unsatisfactory. India’s Gross Domestic
development Expenditure on Research & Development
(GERD) remained at 0.7% of the GDP for
several years.
‘Renewable Energy Market Update International Energy India will add 17 GigaWatt (GW) renewable
– Outlook for 2021 and 2022 Agency (IEA) capacity in 2021 & 19.3 GW in 2022.
However, the total Renewable Energy
Capacity will be under 140 GW in 2022.
World Investment Report 2021 UNCTAD India received Foreign Direct Investment
(FDI) inflows worth USD 64 billion in
2020 making it the 5th largest recipient of
inflows in the world.
Top 3: The US(156 Billion),China (USD 149
billion) & Hong Kong, China (USD 119
billion).
Inward Investment Statistics for Department for India retained its position as the 2nd
2020-21 International Trade (DIT) largest source of Foreign Direct Investment
(FDI) for the UK in 2020. The United States
(US) took the top spot.
Global Wealth Report 2020 Credit Suisse The overall wealth of India’s super-rich
decreased by 4.4% to USD 12.83 trillion in
2020 due to fall in Rupee value.
MAY 2021
Protected Planet Report 2020 United Nations It was Supported by National Geographic
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– World Conservation million square kms (which is 7 times the
Monitoring Centre size of India) have been added within the
(UNEP-WCMC) and Protected & Conserved Areas of the world
International Union for since 2010.
the Conservation of
Nature (IUCN)
S&P Global Market Intelligence S&P Global Market As per the report,India as the 2nd largest
Report insurance-technology (insurtech) market in
Asia-Pacific(AP) region after China, as it
accounts for 35 percent/$1.28 billion of the
total venture capital ($3.66 billion) poured
into the insurtech sector in the AP region so
far.
‘2021 Global Report on Internal Internal Displacement As per the report,globally the number of
Displacement (GRID): Internal Monitoring Centre (IDMC) people living in Internal displacement
displacement in a changing reached 55 Million at the end of 2020.More
climate’ than 85%(~48 Million) were displaced due
to conflict and violence, and around 7
million due to Natural disasters.
Global Trade Update (May 2021) United Nations India, China, and South Africa performed
Conference on Trade and ‘relatively better’ than other major
Development (UNCTAD) economies in imports & exports during the
1st Quarter of 2021.
‘Net Zero by 2050’ International Energy According to the report by IEA,Halting new
Agency (IEA) oil, gas, and coalfields will be key to
achieving Net Zero Global Carbon emissions
by 2050.Achieving Net Zero emissions is
vital to limit the increase in average global
temperatures to less than 1.5 degree
Celsius.
‘Over 100 Years of Snow Leopard World Wide Fund for More than 70% of the habitat of the snow
Research’ Nature (WWF) leopard (Panthera uncia) over 12 Asian
countries remain under-researched. Only
23% of snow leopard’s 1.7 million sq km
habitat have been explored.
‘Environmental Risk Outlook 2021’ Verisk Maplecroft India has 43 of the World’s 100 most
environmentally riskiest cities. Jakarta in
Indonesia was ranked as the most riskiest
city in the world, followed by Delhi &
Chennai (Tamil Nadu).
Resilience COVID-19 Crisis World Bank India received USD 83 Billion as
Through a Migration Lens Remittances in 2020, a drop of just 0.2%
from 2019 (USD 83.3 Billion in 2019). It
topped the list of Low- and Middle-Income
Countries with maximum
RemittanceInflows, India was followed by
China (USD 59.5 Billion), Mexico (USD 42.8
Billion).
‘Nature in a Globalised World: International Union for Civil unrest and military exercises pose
Conflict & Conservation Conservation of Nature high risk to 219 Endangered Species (out of
(IUCN) 30, 178 species assessed as threatened on
the IUCN Red List of Threatened
Species).The report is the 1st in IUCN’s
Nature in a globalised world report series.
‘Renewable Energy Market Update International Energy India’s Renewable Energy capacity addition
– Outlook for 2021 and 2022’ Agency (IEA) declined by almost 50% to 5.62 GigaWatts
(GW) in 2020 (compared to 2019).The
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been attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic.
‘Connected Commerce: Creating a NITI Aayog (National It identifies the challenges in accelerating
Roadmap for a Digitally Inclusive Institution for digital financial inclusion in India and
Bharat’ Transforming India) & provides recommendations for making
Mastercard digital services accessible to 1.3 billion
citizens of India.
The report was released by Dr Rajiv Kumar,
Vice-Chairman of NITI Aayog and other key
persons.
2021 Global Methane Assessment: Climate and Clean Air The report stated that human-caused
Benefits and Costs of Mitigating Coalition (CCAC) & United methane emissions can be reduced by 45%
Methane Emissions Nations Environment in this decade (2020-30), these reductions
Programme (UNEP) would avoid 0.3°C of Global Warming by
2045.
Global Report on Food Crises 2021 Global Network Against At least 155 million people (an increase of
(GRFC) Food Crises (GNAFC) 20 million people from 2019) faced Acute
Food Insecurity in 2020 due to conflicts,
extreme weather & economic shocks
caused by COVID-19.
‘Estimates of Global e-commerce UNCTAD (United Nations Online Sales accounted for 19% (from 16%
2019 and preliminary assessment Conference on Trade and in 2019) of Overall Retail Sales in 2020.
of covid-19 impact on online retail Development)
2020’
The Global Forests Goals Report United Nations Global Forests Goals Report 2021 is an
2021 Department of Economic inaugural report.
and Social Affairs (UN
DESA)
‘Global EV Outlook 2021’ International Energy Sale of Electric Vehicles (EVs) will be more
Agency (IEA) than 30% in new vehicle sales in India by
2030.
The World in 2030 – Public Survey UNESCO (United Nations Around 67% of the people chose Climate
Report’ Educational, Scientific and change and loss of biodiversity as the
Cultural Organization) biggest challenges facing earth.
APRIL 2021
Report of Bank of America(BofA) Bank of America India needs more than 400 Billion USD
Capital investments as a part of its
measures to control pollution under the
2015 Paris Climate Agreement, to save
more than 100 GW of energy and 1.1 billion
tonne greenhouse gases between 2015 and
2030.
‘Responding to the COVID-19 ADB (Asian Development Richer countries in Asia-Pacific will recover
Pandemic : Leaving no Country Bank), UNDP (United faster than poorer countries from the
Behind’ Nations Development pandemic due to Variation in degree of
Programme) & UNESCAP immunity, healthcare system & vaccine roll-
(United Nations Economic out.
and Social Commission
for Asia and the Pacific)
Demographic Growth Transition People’s Bank of China According to a report by, India’s
(PBOC), China’s Central Demographic Advantage (% of Younger
Bank Population) will overtake China’s
Demographic Advantage by 2035.
‘Beyond the pandemic: Building United Nations Economic It analysed the socio-economic impacts of
back better from crises in Asia and and Social Commission COVID-19 in Asia and the Pacific
the Pacific’ for Asia and the Pacific countries.It also suggests buying
(UN-ESCAP) government bonds as bond yields declined,
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It stated India as an example for buying
bonds as the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
has announced buying bonds worth Rs 1
lakh crore under the G-SAP 1.0 in the first
quarter (Q1) of FY22, to keep interest rates
in check.
The report mentioned Kerala state for its
best public health service under pandemic.
‘Global Energy Review 2021’ International Energy Global CO2 emissions are set to touch 33
Agency (IEA) Billion Tonnes in 2021, an increase of 5%
compared to 2020 Levels (up by 1.5 Billion
Tonnes from 2020). It is the 2nd Largest
increase in emissions ever.
‘State of the Global Climate 2020’ World Meteorological Cyclone Amphan which made Landfall in
Organization (WMO) the India-Bangladesh border in May 2020
caused Economic losses of ~ USD 14 Billion
(~Rs. 1.5 Lakh Crore) to India. It was the
costliest tropical cyclone on record for the
North Indian Ocean.
Climate Vulnerability Assessment Department of Science & 8 Indian states are Jharkhand, Mizoram,
for Adaptation Planning in India Technology (DST) Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Assam, Bihar,
Using a Common Framework Arunachal Pradesh, and West Bengalhave
been identified as Highly Vulnerable to
Climate Change.
‘Prime-Time for Real Time’-2021 ACI Worldwide and India with 25.5 Billion transactions topped
GlobalData, India the list of countries with the greatest
number of real-time transactions in Digital
Payments in 2020. It was followed by China
(15.7 Billion) & South Korea (6.0 Billion).
“Sour Asia Economic Focus Spring World Bank Report Estimated India’s GDP (Gross
2021: South Asia Vaccinates” Domestic Product) growth to be in the
range of 7.5% to 12.5% for the Financial
year FY22 and contraction of 8.5% (-8.5%)
for FY21.It increased the GDP growth rate
of India by 4.7% to 10.1% for FY22.
“Economic and Social Survey of United Nations Economic The report has forecasted the Indian
Asia and the Pacific 2021:Towards and Social Commission economy to grow at 7% in FY22 against a
post-COVID-19 resilient for Asia and the Pacific contraction of 7.7%(-7.7%) in FY21.
economies” (UN-ESCAP) It reported a “K-shaped recovery” in the
economics of the Asia Pacific region,
including India.
‘Investment Opportunities in NITI Aayog Highlights the range of investment
India’s Healthcare Sector’ opportunities in different segments of
India’s Healthcare sector.Investments are
expected to reach USD 372 Billion in 2022.
MARCH 2021
‘Global Wind Report 2021’ Global Wind Energy India may miss its 2022 Renewable Energy
Council (GWEC) Capacity Targets (175 GW RE by 2022 –
100 GW Solar, 60 GW Wind, 10 GW Bio-
Energy, 5 GW Small Hydro) due to several
constraints.
‘World Development Report 2021 : World Bank Group It states that only 11% low-income
Data for better lives’ countries made available a license
classifiable as ‘open’.
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commerce regulations may be biased
towards local companies, thus failing to
provide a level playing field to foreign
platforms.
India:Transforming to a net-zero TERI (The Energy & Net Zero emissions in energy system in
emissions energy system Resources Institute) & India is achievable by 2050.Amitabh Kant,
Shell (otherwise known CEO, NITI Aayog released the report.
as Royal Dutch Shell plc)
Autocratization Turns Viral: Swedish-based V-Dem India’s regime type has turned into
Democracy Report 2021 (Varieties of Democracy) ‘Electoral Autocracy’ in 2020 from
Institute ‘Electoral Democracy’ in 2010.Hungary &
Turkey have also been demoted as
‘Electoral Autocracy’.Based on the LDI
Index, the top 3 democratic countries in the
world are Denmark, Sweden & Norway.
‘Mobilising Finance for EVs in NITI Aayog along with The report analyses the risk & market
India: A Toolkit of Solutions to Rocky Mountain Institute barriers involved in transforming India’s
Mitigate Risks and Address Market (RMI) India Electric Vehicle (EV) Sector and provides
Barriers’ report Target Instruments to overcome the
hurdles.
Indian EV market size to be of USD 50
billion (Rs 3.7 lakh crore) by 2030.
‘Technology and Innovation United Nations The index ranked India at 43 and over
Report 2021’ Conference on Trade and performed other countries by 65 ranking
Development (UNCTAD) positions.India is the biggest over
performer in frontier technologies than it’s
per capita gross domestic products (GDP)
among 158 countries.India was followed by
the Philippines, which over performed by
57 ranking positions.
Freedom in the World 2021: Freedom House India’s position has been downgraded to
Democracy under Siege ‘Partly Free’ from ‘Free’ in 2020. India’s
ranking has also fallen to 88 (from 83) out
of 211 countries.
Food Waste Index Report 2021 United Nations In India the per capita food wastage is 50
Environment Programme Kg (at the household level) & it is estimated
(UNEP) & WRAP (Waste that India generates 68, 760, 163 tonnes of
& Resources Action food waste each year.
Programme) 2015 Sustainable Development Goal (SDG)
12.3 aims to halve food waste & reduce
food loss by 2030.
First World Report on Hearing World Health nearly 2.5 billion people worldwide or 1 in
Organization’s (WHO) 4 people will suffer from hearing problems
by 2050.
6th Edition of the Annual Ministry of Housing and MoHUA conducts the survey while the
Cleanliness Survey ‘Swachh Urban Affairs (MoHUA) Quality Council of India (QCI) is the
Survekshan 2021 (SS2021)’ Implementing Agency.
(urban)
FEBRUARY 2021
Traffic Crash Injuries and World Bank Report released with 1% of World’s
Disabilities:The Burden on Indian vehicles, India accounts for 11% of Global
Society’ Road Accident deaths & 6% of total road
crashes.According to WHO, India topped
the world in road crash deaths with more
than 400 fatalities per day and witnesses
53 road crashes every hour.

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India Energy Outlook 2021 International Energy India will surpass European Union as the
Agency’s (IEA) world’s third-biggest energy consumer by
2030
Global 500 2021 Brand Finance Reliance Jio has been ranked in 5th position
as world’s strongest brand with a Brand
Strength Index (BSI).The list is topped by
WeChat followed by Ferrari.
Mobilising Finance for EVs in NITI Aayog & Rocky India’s transition towards Electric Vehicles
India: A Toolkit of Solutions to Mountain Institute (RMI) (EVs) adoption between the years 2020-
Mitigate Risks and Address Market 2030 will need a capital of INR 19.7 Lakh
Barriers, January 2021 Crores (USD 266 Billion).
JANUARY 2021
38th Global Investment Trends United Nations after 1990s, the year 2020 saw a fall down
Monitor Conference on Trade and in Global foreign direct investment (FDI)
Development (UNCTAD) which decreased 42% to $859 billion from
$1.5 trillion in 2019..Contrarily, India saw a
13% increase in FDI to $57 billion which is
driven by investments in the digital sector.
5th edition of Adaptation Gap United Nations As per the report the actions required by
Report 2020 Environment the Paris Agreement are lagging behind.
Programme’s (UNEP) in Though nations have successes in planning
collaboration with UNEP and implementation, there is a huge gap
DTU Partnership (UDP) faced by developing countries, especially in
and the World Adaptation Africa and Asia, in financing these planning.
Science Programme
(WASP).
Management Effectiveness Union Minister for Great Himalayan NP &Tirthan WLS of
Evaluation(MEE) of 146 National Environment, Forest and Himachal Pradesh Scored high and topped
Parks & Wildlife Sanctuaries in Climate Change among the National Parks(NP) & Wild Life
India, 2018-19’ report (MoEFCC), Prakash Santuaries(WLS).
Javadekar
3rd edition of Digital Evolution Tufts University’s India ranked 4th.The scorecard is topped
Scorecard 2020 Fletcher School in by China followed by Azerbaijan,
partnership with Indonesia.scorecard was published in the
Mastercard Harvard Business Review in December
2020.
Global Economic Prospects (GEP- World Bank (WB) Global Economy is expected to expand by
January 2021) 4% in 2021.India is expected to grow at
5.4% in the Financial Year (FY) 2021-22 &
5.2% in FY 2022-23
Report Action Agenda for Union Minister of Science It prepared by Technology Information,
AtmaNirbhar Bharat (AAAN) and Technology, Earth Forecasting and Assessment Council
Sciences Health & Family (TIFAC)
Welfare Dr. Harsh
Vardhan
APPOINTMENTS & RESIGNS

APPOINTMENTS
Cabinet Reshuffle & Portfolio of New Ministers
S.No Name Rank Portfolio
1 Narayan Tatu Rane Cabinet Minister Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways;and Ministry of
2 SarbanandaSonowal Cabinet Minister AYUSH
3 Virendra Kumar Cabinet Minister Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

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4 Jyotiraditya M Scindia Cabinet Minister Ministry of Civil Aviation

Ramchandra Prasad
5 Singh Cabinet Minister Ministry of Steel
MinistryofRailways;Ministry of Communications;and
6 Ashwini Vaishnaw Cabinet Minister Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
7 Pashu Pati Kumar Paras Cabinet Minister Ministry of Food Processing Industries
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change; And
8 Bhupender Yadav Cabinet Minister Ministry of Labour and Employment
9 Pankaj Chaudhary Minister of State Ministry of Finance
10 Anupriya Singh Patel Minister of State Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Dr. Satya Pal Singh
11 Baghel Minister of State Ministry of Law and Justice
Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship And
12 Rajeev Chandrasekhar Minister of State Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
Sushri Shobha
13 Karandlaje Minister of State Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
Bhanu Pratap Singh
14 Verma Minister of State Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
Darshana Vikram
15 Jardosh Minister of State Ministry of Textiles And Ministry of Railways
16 Meenakshi Lekhi Minister of State Ministry of External Affairs And Ministry of Culture
17 Annpurna Devi Minister of State Ministry of Education
18 A. Narayanaswamy Minister of State Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
19 Kaushal Kishore Minister of State Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
20 Ajay Bhatt Minister of State Ministry of DefenceAnd Ministry of Tourism
Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region And
21 B. L. Verma Minister of State Ministry of Cooperation (newly formed Ministry)
22 Ajay Kumar Minister of State Ministry of Home Affairs
23 Chauhan Devusinh Minister of State Ministry of Communications
Ministry of New and Renewable Energy And
24 BhagwanthKhuba Minister of State Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers
25 Kapil Moreshwar Patil Minister of State Ministry of Panchayati Raj
26 Sushri Pratima Bhoumik Minister of State Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
27 Dr. Subhas Sarkar Minister of State Ministry of Education
Dr. Bhagwat
28 KishanraoKarad Minister of State Ministry of Finance
Ministry of External Affairs
Dr. Rajkumar Ranjan And
29 Singh Minister of State Ministry of Education
30 Dr. Bharati Pravin Pawar Minister of State Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Ministry of Tribal Affairs and
31 BishweswarTudu Minister of State Ministry of Jal Shakti
32 Shantanu Thakur Minister of State Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways
Ministry of Women and Child Development
Dr. And
33 MunjaparaMahendrabhai Minister of State Ministry of AYUSH

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34 John Barla Minister of State Ministry of Minority Affairs

Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying
And
35 Dr. L. Murugan Minister of State Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
Ministry of Home Affairs
And
36 NisithPramanik Minister of State Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
7 Ministers who were promoted to Cabinet Rank
Cabinet Minister Portfolio Previous Portfolio
Kiren Rijiju Minister of Law and Justice MoS in Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
Minister of Information and Broadcasting;
Anurag Singh and MoS in Ministry of Finance &
Thakur Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Ministry of Corporate Affairs
MoS (I/C) in Ministry of Housing and Urban
Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas; and Affairs &
Hardeep Singh Puri Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry of Civil Aviation
Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and MoS in Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers
ParshottamRupala Dairying Welfare
Minister of Health and Family Welfare; and MoS (I/C)
Mansukh Mandaviya Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers in Ministry of Shipping
Minister of Culture;
Minister of Tourism; and
Minister of Development of North Eastern
G Kishan Reddy Region MoS in Ministry of Home Affairs
MoS (I/C) in
Minister of Power; and Ministry of Power &
RK Singh Minister of New and Renewable Energy Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
List of Ministers who were allotted Additional Charges
Minister Additional Portfolio
Union Minister for Ministry of Cooperation
Amit Shah (Newly Formed)
Piyush Goyal Union Minister for Ministry of Textiles
Rao Inderjit Singh MoS in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs
MoS (I/C) in the Ministry of Science & Technology;
Dr. Jitendra Singh MoS (I/C) in the Ministry of Earth Sciences
General (Retd.) V. K. Singh MoS in Ministry of Civil Aviation
Ministers who were Reshuffled to New Portfolios
Minister Rank & New Portfolio
Union Minister for Ministry of Education & Ministry of Skill Development and
Dharmendra Pradhan Entrepreneurship
Minister of Rural Development; and
Giriraj Singh Minister of Panchayati Raj
Dr. Mahendra Nath
Pandey Union Minister for Heavy Industries
MoS in the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways; and
Shripad Yesso Naik MoS in the Ministry of Tourism
FaggansinghKulaste MoS in the Ministry of Rural Development
MoS in the Ministry of Jal Shakti; and
Prahalad Singh Patel MoS in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries

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MoS in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; and
Ashwini Kumar Choubey MoS in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Arjun Ram Meghwal MoS in Ministry of Culture
General (Retd.) V. K. Singh Additional Charge as MoS in Ministry of Civil Aviation
MoS in the Ministry of Power; and
Krishan Pal MoS in the Ministry of Heavy Industries
MoS in the Ministry of Railways;
MoS in the Ministry of Coal; and
DanveRaosahebDadarao MoS in the Ministry of Mines
MoS in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; and
Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti MoS in the Ministry of Rural Development
MoS in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas; and
RameswarTeli MoS in the Ministry of Labour and Employment
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Name Appointed As Entity/Place Points to Be Noted
NOVEMBER 2021
Ashok Bhushan Chairperson National Company Law Ashok was appointed for
Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) a period of 4 years from
the date of assumption of
charge of the post or till
he attains the age of 70
years or until further
order.
S K Mishra Director Enforcement Directorate Tenure extended by 1-
(ED) year, till 18th November
2022 which was supposed
to end on 18th November
2021.
PC Mody Secretary General Upper House(Rajya Sabha) He will succeed PPK
Ramacharyulu, who was
appointed just weeks
before on 1st September
2021.
Satya Narayan Pradhan (SN Director- Narcotics Control Bureau SN Pradhan was holding
Pradhan) General(DG) (NCB) the additional charge as
the DG of NCB in addition
to the responsibilities as
the DG of NDRF.
Justice Ramalingam Sudhakar President National Company Law Following the retirement
Tribunal (NCLT). of Justice Mahesh Mittal
Kumar as President of
NCLT on 5th January
2020, BSV Prakash
Kumar was appointed as
the Acting President of
NCLT, followed by 6
acting presidents.
Vice Admiral R Hari Kumar Chief Naval Staff (CNS) He take over the position
from the incumbent
CNS Admiral Karambir

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Singh from November 30,
2021.
Sheel Vardhan Singh DG (Director Central Industrial Security
General) Force (CISF)
Atul Karwal DG (Director National Disaster Response Atul Karwal has succeeded
General) Force (NDRF) IPS officer SN
Pradhan, who is currently
holding additional charge
of NDRF DG.
OCTOBER 2021
Captain Alok Mishra Managing India Ports Global Alok Mishra succeeds
Director Limited(IPGL) Harjeet Kaur Joshi, CMD
of Delivery Company of
India Ltd(SCI), who held
the additional charge as
the MD of IPGL.
E.R. Sheikh Director-General Ordnance Directorate (Co- Ordnance Directorate is
ordination and Services), the successor organization
of OFB.
Padmaja Chunduru Managing National Securities She will succeed GV
Director (MD) & Depository Limited (NSDL) Nageswara Rao after his
Chief Executive superannuation.
Officer (CEO)
Meera Mohanty Chief Executive Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima He will replace Ashish
Officer (CEO) Yojana (PMFBY), Kumar Bhutani.
Arun Kumar Mishra Chief Executive Energy Efficiency Services He will succeed the vice-
Officer (CEO) Limited (EESL) chairperson of
EESL, Saurabh Kumar.
SEPTEMBER 2021
Charanjit Singh Channi 16thChief Punjab He has succeeded the
Minister (CM) previous CM Captain
Amarinder Singh.
Justice AS Oka – CJ of the Judges Supreme Court of India For the first time, 9 judges
Karnataka HC took the oath of office at
Justice Vikram Nath – CJ of the one go in the Supreme
Gujarat HC Court of India.
Justice Jitendra Kumar
Maheshwari – CJ of the Sikkim
HC
Justice Hima Kohli – CJ of the
Telangana HC
Justice B V Nagarathna – judge of
the Karnataka HC
Justice C T Ravikumar – judge of
the Kerala HC
Justice M MSundresh – judge of
the Madras HC
Justice Bela M Trivedi – judge of
the Gujarat HC
Justice P S Narasimha – senior
advocate & former Additional
Solicitor General
Banwarilal Purohit Governor Punjab Currently he served as the
Governor of Tamil Nadu.

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Ravindra Narayan Ravi (RN Governor Tamil Nadu Currently he served as the
Ravi) Governor of Nagaland
Prof. Jagdish Mukhi Governor Nagaland Currently he served as the
Governor of Assam
Lieutenant General Governor Uttarakhand Former Deputy Chief of
(retired) Gurmit Singh Army Staff will succeed
Baby Rani Maurya.
Justice Satish Chandra Sharma Acting Chief Justice Karnataka HC He will take charge as the
ACJ, succeeding Justice
Abhay Shreeniwas Oka (AS
Oka).
Justice Meenakshi Madan Rai Acting Chief Justice Sikkim HC He will take charge as the
ACJ succeeding Justice
Jitendra Kumar
Maheshwari.
Justice Mamidanna Satya Ratna Acting Chief Justice Telangana HC He will take charge as ACJ
Sri Ramachandra Rao succeeding Justice Hima
Kohli.
Bhupendra Patel 17th Chief Minister Gujarat He succeeded Vijay
(CM) Rupani, who had resigned
earlier.
Nirlep Singh Rai Chairman and National Fertilizer Limited He takes over from
Managing Director (NFL Virendra Nath Datt, who
(CMD) serves as the additional
charge as CMD of NFL after
the superannuation of
Manoj Mishra.
Sardar Iqbal Singh Lalpura Chairman National Commission of He succeeded the outgoing
Minorities (NCM) chairman of the
commission, Ghayorul
Hasan.
Justice M Venugopal Acting National Company Law He is the 3rd Acting
chairperson Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) chairperson to head the
NCLAT since the
retirement of Chairperson
Justice S J Mukhopadhaya.
The Air Marshal, Vivek Ram Chief Indian Air Force (IAF) He will succeed the
(VR) Chaudhari current Chief of Air Staff
Air Chief Marshal Rakesh
Kumar Singh Bhadauria
(RKS Bhadauria), who
will retire on September
30, 2021.
AUGUST 2021
Brigadier (Dr.) B. D. Mishra Governor Mizoram He was the governor
(Retd), of Arunachal Pradesh
Ganga Prasad Governor Manipur He was the Governor

(additional) of Sikkim
La. Ganesan 17th Governor Manipur He Succeeded Najma
Heptulla, who retired
earlier this month.
Banwarilal Purohit Governor Punjab He was also appointed as

the Administrator of the

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Union Territory(UT) of
Chandigarh
Deepak Da 25th Controller Ministry of Finance, He replaced Soma Roy
General of Department of Expenditure Burman, (the 7th women
Accounts CAS) who held the position
from December 2019
Dhriti Banerjee Director Zoological Survey of India She will be the 1st Woman
(ZSI) Director of ZSI in 100
years. Dhriti Banerjee will
succeed Dr. Kailash
Chandra
Rekha Sharma Chairperson National Commission for Reappointed for another
Women(NCW) term of 3 years with effect
from 7th August 2021 or
till the age of 65 or until
further orders.
Rajiv Guaba Cabinet Union Government Cabinet has approved the
Secretary extension of Tenure of
Cabinet Secretary by 1
year. He will continue till
August 30,2022.
Mansukh Mandaviya Chairperson Board of Stop TB He will hold the
partnership Board responsibility of the
chairman of the board with
immediate effect until
2024
JULY 2021
Pushkar Singh Dhami 11th Chief Uttarakhand He will replace Tirath
Minister (CM) Singh Rawat
Basavaraj S Bommai 23rd Chief Karnataka He will succeed BS
Minister Yediyurappa who resigned
on July 26, 2021.
P.S. Sreedharan Pillai Goa He will replace Bhagat

(Currently Governor of Singh Koshyari
Mizoram) Governor
SatyadeoNarain Arya Tripura
(Currently Governor of He will replace Ramesh
Haryana) Bais
Ramesh Bais Governor
(Currently Governor of He will replace
Tripura) Jharkhand DroupadiMurmu
Thaawarchand Gehlot Governor
(Currently Union Minister for He will replace
Social Justice & Empowerment) Karnataka VajubhaiVala
BandaruDattatraya Governor
(Currently Governor of He will replace
Himachal Pradesh) Haryana SatyadeoNarain Arya
Governor He will replace P.S.
Dr. Hari Babu Kambhampati Mizoram Sreedharan Pillai
Governor He will replace Anandiben
MangubhaiChhaganbhai Patel Madhya Pradesh Patel
Governor He will replace
Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar Himachal Pradesh BandaruDattatraya
Amitabh Kant CEO Niti Aayog The Appointments
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a period of one year up to
30.06. 2022.
Vijay Thakur Singh Director General Indian Council of World The term of Dr. TCA
Affairs (ICWA) Raghavan is set to come to
an end on 23 July 2021.
Shambhu Nath Srivastava Chairman Indian Federation He succeeded Mukul
of United Nations Associatio Sangma, a former chief
ns (IFUNA) minister of Meghalaya.
Director Sanjay Gupta Chairman Internet and Mobile He succeeding Amit
Association of Agarwal, Amazon Senior
India (IAMAI) Vice President and India
Country Manager.
JUNE 2021
Jagannath Bidyadhar Chairman Central Board of Direct He will succeed Pramod
Mohapatra (J B Mohapatra) Taxes (CBDT) Chandra Mody
Former Justice of Supreme Chairperson National Human Rights He succeeds Justice
Court, Arun Kumar Mishra Commission (NHRC) of Prafulla Pant
India
Anup Chandra Pandey Election Election Commission of He will succeeds Sunil
Commissioner of India Arora who retired on
India 12th April 2021.
Former Supreme Court Justice Chairman Internet and Mobile To chair the Grievance
Arjan Kumar Sikri Association of India (IAMAI) Redressal Board (GRB), a
part of the Digital
Publisher Content
Grievances Council
(DPCGC).
Suresh N Patel Central Vigilance Central Vigilance He succeeded Sanjay
Commissioner Commission (CVC) Kothari whose term ended
on June 23,2021.
K K Venugopal Attorney Government Gov extended the tenure
General (AG) of Attorney General by 1
year till June 30, 2022.
MAY 2021
Rajesh Bansal Chief Executive Reserve Bank Innovation The board of the RBIH
Officer (CEO) Hub (RBIH) which is headed by
Infosys co-founder S
(Kris)
Gopalakrishnan.Reserve
Bank Innovation Hub
would develop internal
infrastructure to promote
fintech research and
facilitate engagement
with innovators and
start-ups.
Pinarayi Vijayan Chief Minister Kerala He is the first Chief
Minister in Kerala to get a
second consecutive term..
M K Stalin Chief Minister Tamil Nadu He was administered the
(CM) oath of Office & Secrecy
by TN Governor
Banwarilal Purohit at Raj
Bhavan, Chennai.
Mamata Banerjee Chief Minister West Bengal She is the 8th Chief
(CM) Minister of West Bengal
(WB).

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N Rangasamy Chief Minister Puducherry He was administered the
(CM) oath of Office & Secrecy
by Puducherry Governor
TamilisaiSoundararajan
at Raj Niwas,
Pondicherry.
HimantaBiswaSarma Chief Minister Assam He has replaced
SarbanandaSonowal.
Both the candidates are
from BJP(Bharatiya
Janata Party).
Subodh Kumar Jaiswal Director Central Bureau of He has been serving as
Investigation(CBI) the Director-General(DG)
of the Central Industrial
Security Force(CISF).
Gunjan Shah Chief Executive Bata India Ltd He will succeed Sandeep
Officer (CEO) Kataria who was elevated
as the global CEO of Bata
Brand.
PadmakumarMadhavan Nair Chief Executive National Asset He was the Chief General
Officer (CEO) Reconstruction Company Manager of Stressed
Ltd (NARCL) Assets Resolution Group
at State Bank of
India(SBI).
Ujjwala Singhania National FLO (FICCI Ladies She succeeds
President Organisation) JahnabiPhookan who
served as the 37th
National President for the
year 2020-21.
Rahul Bajaj Chairman Bajaj Auto He appointed for the
Emeritus period of five years
Niraj Bajaj Chairman Bajaj Auto He will succeed Rahul
Bajaj with effect from 1st
May 2021.
APRIL 2021
TV Somanathan Finance Secretary Ministry of Finance He was Expenditure
Secretary.He will succeed
Ajay Bhushan Pandey
Arun Raste MD & CEO National Commodity & He succeeds Vijay Kumar.
Derivatives Exchange Arun Raste is currently
Limited(NCDEX) working as an executive
director in National Dairy
Development
Board(NDDB)
Rekha Menon Chairman of IT National Association of She was Accenture India’s
industrial body Software and Services Chairperson and Senior
Companies(NASSCOM) Managing Director Rekha
Menon.Rekha Menon
becomes the 1st woman
Chairperson of NASSCOM.
Girish Chandra Murmu External Auditor Organisation for the India was also selected as
Prohibition of Chemical a member of the
Weapons (OPCW) Executive council of the
OPCW representing the
Asia group for another 2-
year term.

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Sushil Chandra 24th Chief Government of India He succeeds Sunil
Election Arora.He was appointed
Commissioner in pursuance of clause (2)
(CEC) of India of Article 324 of the
Constitution of India.
Poonam Gupta Director National Council of Applied Poonam Gupta, economist
General(DG) Economic Research of World Bank(WB) was
(NCAER). appointed as the first
woman Director
General(DG) of the
NCAER.She will succeed
Shekhar Shah.
Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana Chief Justice of Supreme Court He is the 48th Chief Justice
India of India. The notification
regarding the
appointment was issued
by the Department of
Justice, Ministry of Law
and Justice.He will
succeed the incumbent
Justice Sharad Arvind
Bobde.
Mallika Srinivasan Chairperson Public Enterprises Selection PESB is responsible for
Board(PESB) the appointment of top
management posts in
Central Public Sector
Enterprises(CPSEs).She
was CMD of Tractors and
Farm Equipment (TAFE).
Chintan Vaishnav Mission Director Niti Aayog’s Atal Innovation He will replace
Mission (AIM) Ramanathan Ramanan
and was the 1st mission
director of AIM since June
2017.
Urjit Patel Director Britannia He was a former Reserve
Bank Governor
MARCH 2021
K. VijayRaghavan Principal Indian Government order issued by the
Scientific Advisor Department of Personnel
(PSA) and Training stated that
the government has
extended the term of K.
VijayRaghavan as
Principal Scientific
Advisor (PSA) for one
more year.
Soma Mondal Chairman Standing Conference of Soma Mondal was the
Public Enterprises (SCOPE) Chairman of Steel
Authority of India Limited
(SAIL)
Sanjeev Kumar Chairman Airports Authority of India He has taken up the
(AAI). position which was
served by Anuj Aggarwal
as the Interim Chairman.
Saurabh Garg Chief Executive Unique Identification He succeeds Ajay
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CEO of UIDAI.
Deepak Mishra Director & Chief Indian Council for Research Deepak Mishra is the lead
Executive on International Economic Economist and Practice
Relations(ICRIER) Manager at the World
Bank.He will replace the
Rajat Kathuria.
GP Samanta 4th Chief CSI will also hold the post of Samanta replaces Dr.
Statistician of the Secretary of the Ministry Kshatrapati Shivaji, a
India(CSI) of Statistics and 1986 batch IAS officer
ProgrammeImplementation who has been the CSI
(MoSPI). since September 2020.
Tirath Singh Rawat Chief Minister Uttarakhand He became 9th CM of that
(CM) state following the
resignation of Trivendra
Singh Rawat on 9th
March 2021
GR Chintala, the Chairman of Chairman Asia Pacific Rural and He succeeds DPK
(NABARD) Agricultural Credit Gunasekera, General
Association(APRACA). Manager of Bank of
Ceylon(BOC).
FEBRUARY 2021
Vijay Sampla chairman 6th National Commission Prior to him, Prof.(Dr.)
for Scheduled Castes(NCSC) Ram Shankar Katheria
was the chairman of
NCSC, whose term ended
in May 2020.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi chairperson NITI (National Institution Central Government has
for Transforming India) reconstituted the
Aayog Governing Council governing council PM
also chaired the 6th
meeting of NITI Aayog
which saw the entry of
Ladakh for the first time,
along with participation
of Jammu and Kashmir as
a UT.
Dr. additional charge Pudhucherry Ms. Soundararajan is the
TamilisaiSoundararajan,Govern of Governor. fifth woman to hold the
or of Telangana post of Lt. Governor of
Puducherry and
Chandrawati was the 1st
LG of Puducherry.
Marc Llistosella Chief Executive Tata Motors Ltd He succeeds Guenter
Officer(CEO) Butschek who served the
position since February
15, 2016
Padma Shri Sridhar Vembu Advisory member National Security Advisory Generally, members of
Board (NSAB) NSAB have a 2 year term.
National Security Advisor
(NSA) heads the NSAB.
Currently, Ajit Doval is
the NSA.
JANUARY 2021
Kiren Rijiju, Union Sports additional charge Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga temporarily appointed
Minister as Minister and Naturopathy, Unani, Union Minister of State
Siddha, and Homeopathy (MoS)Kiren Rijiju with
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Ministry of Ayurveda,
Yoga and Naturopathy,
Unani, Siddha, and
Homeopathy (AYUSH)
following the
hospitalisation and
treatment of Shripad
Yesso Naik.
Dr. Rabi Narayan Mishra full-time Director College of Supervisors (CoS) College of Supervisors
(CoS), which was set up
by Reserve Bank of India
(RBI) in May 2020, has
now been fully
operationalized for
effective supervision of
the regulated entities.
Soma Mondal Chairman Steel Authority of India She becomes the 1st
Limited (SAIL) woman chairperson of
SAIL. She succeeds Anil
Kumar Chaudhary.
INTERNATIONAL
PRESIDENTS OF INTERNATIONAL COUNTRIES
Name Country Points to be noted
NOVEBER 2021
José Daniel Ortega Nicaragua He is a Nicaraguan guerrilla leader, member of the Sandinista
Saavedra junta that took power in 1979, and the elected president of
Nicaragua.
OCTOBER 2021
Dame Sandra Prunella Barbados She was the first-ever President of Barbados, a Caribbean
Mason island. She will replace Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II as the new
head of Barbados.
Colonel Mamady Guinea He is the 2nd youngest leader in Africa after Colonel
Doumbouya AssimiGoïta, President of Mali.
Shavkat Mirziyoyev Uzbekistan He won the election with 80.1% of the vote where the total
voter turnout was at 80.8%.
SEPTEMBER 2021
Alar Karis Estonia He will be succeeding KerstiKaljulaid, the first female
president of Estonia. He will assume office on 11th October
2021.
AUGUST 2021
Hakainde Hichilema Zambia He defeating the Incumbent President Edgar Lungi in the 2021
Presidential Elections. He is the 7th elected president of
Zambia since independence in 1964.
JULY 2021
Joseph Lambert Haiti He was appointed as the interim President of Haiti following
the assassination of President Jovenel Moise.
Jose Pedro Castillo Republic of Peru He will be succeeding Francisco Sagasti, the incumbent
Terrones president of Peru.
JUNE 2021
Isaac Herzog Israel He will replace the outgoing President Reuven Rivlin

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UkhnaaKhurelsukh Mongolia He will be replacing the incumbent
President KhaltmaaBattulga
Ebrahim Raisi Iran He will succeed Hassan Rouhani.
MAY 2021
AssimiGoïta Mali Constitutional court of Mali has named Colonel AssimiGoïta,
the interim Vice President of Mali who led the military coup as
the transitional President of Mali.
He ousted the transitional President Bah Ndaw and Prime
Minister MoctarOuane in the 2nd military coup of Mali in 9
months.
Bashar al-Assad Syria 4th seven-year term as the President of Syria.He won his
second term as the President of Syria in 2007.
PenpaTsering Tibet He sworn in as the second democratically-elected president
(Sikyong) of the 17thParliament-in-Exile of the Central Tibetan
Administration (CTA), the Dharamshala-based Tibetan
government-in-exile.PenpaTsering succeeds LobsangSangay.
Yoweri Museveni Uganda He is expected to serve as the President of Uganda till 2025.
APRIL 2021
Guillermo Lasso Ecuador Guillermo Lasso(65-year-old) former banker become the 47th
President of Ecuador.He will take over the presidency from the
incumbent Lenín Moreno.
Nguyen Xuan Phuc Vietnam Nguyen Xuan Phuc replaced Nguyen PhuTrong, who was
serving as both the President and General Secretary of
Vietnam.
VjosaOsmani-Sadriu Kosovo She became the nation’s seventh president and its second
female leader in the post-war period by succeeding Hashim
Thaci.
MARCH 2021
SamiaSuluhu Hassan Tanzania SamiaSuluhu Hassan,61 sworn in as Tanzania’s first woman
President
FEBRUARY 2021
Mohamed Bazoum Niger He won the election with 55.75% of the vote cast against the
former President Mahamane Ousmane who secured 44.25%.
Mohammad Younes Menfi Libya UN-led Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF) selected
Mohammad Younes Menfi as interim president
JANUARY 2021
Joseph R. Biden Jr. (Joe United States of 46th President of the United States of America(USA) US
Biden) America(USA) Capitol building, Washington, USA. 78-year-old Joe Biden
became the oldest President in the history of the USA.
Yoweri Kaguta Museveni Uganda Currency: Ugandan shilling
Capital: Kampala
JaparovSadyrNurgojoevich Kyrgyzstan He served as the acting president of the country after the
resignation of SooronbayJeenbekov.
FaustinArchangeTouadéra Central African This is his 2nd term as president of the country. He belongs to
Republic the United Hearts Movement, which is led by him.
PRIME MINISTER’S OF INTERNATIONAL COUNTRIES

Name Country Points to be noted
NOVEMBER 2021
Fumio Kishida Japan Fumio Kishida will succeed Yoshihide Suga who resigned
as PM of Japan in September 2021.

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Jonas Gahr Norway Norwegian Prime Minister (PM) Erna Solberg, has
resigned after the ruling party (Conservative Party) was
defeated by the Labour Party in the September 2021
elections
Fumio Kishida Japan Kishida become 100thPrime Minister (PM) of Japan.He will
be succeeding Yoshihide Suga, who stepped down as
Japan’s PM.
NajlaBoudenRomdhane Tunisia She became first woman Prime Minister of Tunisia. She
succeeds Prime Minister HichemMechichi
Mohamed Béavogui Guinea Béavogui replaces IbrahimaKassory Fofana, who served as
the PM of Guinea from 2018 to September 2021.
SEPTEMBER 2021
Stefan Yanev Bulgaria He will succeed former PM Boyko Borisov
Justin Trudeau Cananda Leader of the Liberal party since 2013, won 3rd term as the
PM of Canada by winning the 2021 Canadian federal
election but failed to secure the absolute majority.
AUGUST 2021
Guido Bellido Peru He will hold power from 2021-26. Bellido belongs to
the Free Peru party and previously worked in the
statistics agency of the Peru government.
Min Aung Hlaing Myanmar He will lead Myanmar as PM under the extended state of
Emergency until the election which will be held by 2023.
Ismail Sabri Yaakob Malaysia He replaced the caretaker Prime Minister Muhyiddin
Yassin, who resigned after losing his parliamentary
majority.
JULY 2021
Pham Minh Chinh Vietnam Re-elected as the Prime Minister (PM) of Vietnam for 2021-
2026 ;lAt first, he was elected as PM of Vietnam on 5 April
2021.
Stefan Lofven Sweden Hewas re-elected as PM in July 2021.Meanwhile He would
be step down in November 2021 to prepare for September
2022 General Election
Sher Bahadur Deuba Nepal He sworn in as the Prime Minister(PM) of Nepal for
the 5th time. He took over the office from the
incumbent KP Sharma
Cleopas Dlamini Eswatini He takes over from Themba Masuku who has been
serving as the acting prime minister of Estawani since
the death of Ambrose Mandvulo Dlamini.
Ariel Henry Haiti He took over the charge from the incumbent PM
Claude Joseph.
Najib Mikati Lebanon He will succeed former PM Hassan Diab who resigned
in August 2020.
JUNE 2021
ChoguelKokallaMaïga Mali ChoguelKokallaMaïga succeeds MoctarOuane, the
previous PM of Mali who was arrested by the Military on
24th May 2021.
Henri Marie Dondra Central African He will succeed Firmin Ngrebada .
Republic(CAR)

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Naftali Bennett Israel He succeeds Benjamin Netanyahu who has been serving as
the PM of Israel for the past 12 years.
MAY 2021
Fiame Naomi Mataʻafa Samoa She sworn in as the first female Prime Minister(PM) of
Samoa
Anatole CollinetMakosso Republic of the He was appointed by Denis Sassou Nguesso, the President
Congo of Congo.He replaced the former Prime Minister Clement
Mouamba
KP Sharma Oli Nepal KP Sharma Oli was reappointed since the opposition
parties failed to secure majority seats in the House to
form a new government.
APRIL 2021
Ulisses Correia e Silva Cape Verde He was reappointed as the Prime Minster for second 5
year term.
Kim Boo-kyum South Korea Kim Boo-kyum will be the 3rd PM under the government
headed by President Moon Jae-in.He will replace former
PM Chung Sye-kyun who resigned to run in the 2022
presidential election.
Claude Joseph Haiti He succeeds Joseph Jouthe who resigned from power
because of the ongoing political crisis and unrest among
the people.
OuhoumoudouMahamadou Niger He Succeeds BrigiRafini.He was aformer Minister & the
Chief of Staff of former President Mahamadou Issoufou.
Pham Minh Chinh Kosovo The National Party Congress has re-elected Nguyen
PhuTrong as the General Secretary for a 3rd term.
Eduard Heger Slovakia Former Slovak Finance Minister Eduard Heger was
appointed PM by its president Zuzana Caputova.He
succeeds, Former Prime Minister Igor Matovic who now
became Finance Minister of Slovakia.
MARCH 2021
Patrick Achi Ivory Coast Patrick Achi as the interim Prime Minister of Ivory Coast
due to the poor health condition of incumbent Hamed
Bakayoko
FEBRUARY 2021
Irakli Garibashvili Georgia He was the defence minister of Georgia
Abdul Hamid Dbeibah Libya Abdul Hamid Dbeibah becomes interim Prime Minister of
the country.
Jean-Michel Sama Democratic He succeeds Sylvestre Ilunga Ilunkamba, who resigned on
LukondeKyenge Republic of the January 28, 2021 after a no-confidence vote in the
Congo parliament.
Mario Draghi Italy He accepted the request of Sergio Mattarella, President of
Italy, to form a new government. Italy’s Capital– Rome
and Currency– Euro.
JANUARY 2021
KajaKallas Estonia she becomes the 1st female PM of the country since the
nation regained independence in 1991. She succeeds
JüriRatas.

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OTHER INTERNATIONAL APPOINTMENTS
Name Appointed as Entity/place Points to be noted
NOVEMBER 2021
Spanish-German Goodwill Ambassador United He has joined the WFP’s mission to
Actor Daniel Brühl Nations (UN) World reach a world with Zero Hunger.
Food
Programme (WFP).
Shombi Sharp of Resident Coordinator in UN He will lead the UN team in India, and
the United States India. work towards India’s Covid-19 response
(US) plans to recover better for the
Sustainable Development Goals
Professor Bimal Member International Law He was one of the 8 members selected
Patel Commission (ILC) by UNGA from the Asia-Pacific region
for a five-year term starting from
January 1, 2023 to 2027.
OCTOBER 2021
Alexander Chancellor Austria Alexander Schallenberg, who is
Schallenberg currently serving as the foreign
minister, has replaced Austria’s
Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, who
stepped down amid corruption
allegations.
Sajjan Jindal Chairman and World Steel Jindal will be the first representative
Managing Director Association (WSA) from India to serve as Chairman of
the WSA. He will replace Yu Yong.
SEPTEMBER 2021
India’s Comptroller External auditor International Atomic It was announced at the General
and Auditor General Energy Agency Conference of the IAEA in Vienna,
(CAG) GC Murmu (IAEA) Austria . His tenure will be for six
years, from 2022 to 2027.
Kuwait’s Ambassador, H.E. Sadiq M.
Marafi, as President of the 65th
regular session of the Conference.
Nobel Peace 17 Sustainable UN SDG Advocates will work on the key
Laureate Kailash Development Goals issues like climate action, bridging the
Satyarthi, STEM (SDG) Advocates digital divide, gender equality and the
activist Valentina promotion of the rights of children
Munoz Rabanal,
Microsoft President
Brad Smith and K-
pop superstars
Blackpink
Former British Ambassador for Global World Health He will facilitate the accessibility and
Prime Minister (PM) Health Financing Organization (WHO) equitable distribution of COVID-19
Gordon Brown vaccines at global level.
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JULY 2021
Professor Maneesha Expert Advisory WHO WHO (World Health Organization)
S Inamdar Committee member Expert Advisory Committee on
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Genome Editing has released the two
new reports namely ‘Human Genome
Editing-
Recommendation’ and ‘Human
genome editing: a Framework for
Governance’.
Rasmi Ranjan Das Member UN Tax Committee He has been appointed as a member
of the UN Tax Committee, formally
known as the United Nations(UN)
Committee of Experts on
International Cooperation in Tax
Matters.
JUNE 2021
Antonio Manuel de Secretary General United Nations (UN) Re-elected for a 2nd 5-year term
Oliveira Guterres from January 1, 2022 to December 31,
(72) aka Antonio 2026.
Guterres
Nagaraj Adiga Asia and Oceania International He was elected during the 2021
Representative Association of International Association of
Ultrarunners (IAU) Ultrarunners (IAU) Congress.
Dr Patrick Amoth of Chairman WHO Executive He succeeds Dr Harsh Vardhan, Union
Kenya Board Health Minister of Government of
India.
Dr. R S Sodhi Member Board of The decision has been taken in IDF
International Dairy General meeting on June 1,2021 i.e.
Federation (IDF) World Milk Day.
Virendra Nanavati Member International He was elected as a at the FINA General
Swimming Congress held at Doha,Qatar.He is
Federation (FINA) the first Indian to be elected as a Bureau
Bureau member of the FINA.
Abdulla Shahid President 76th session of the He was the Maldives’ Foreign Minister .
United Nations (UN) Turkish Volkan Bozkır is the president
General Assembly of the 75th session of the UN General
Assembly
RanjitsinhDisale Educational Advisor World Bank He was one of the 12 advisors from the
World to be appointed by the World
Bank.
Kakanur Nagaraj Chef de Cabinet 76th United Nations Maldives Diplomat Thilmeeza Hussain
Naidu General as the Special Envoy of the President of
Assembly(UNGA) the General Assembly (PGA)
Rebeca Grynspan secretary-general United Nations She became the first woman secretary-
Conference on Trade general of the United Nations
and Development Conference on Trade and Development
(UNCTAD) (UNCTAD)and and will succeed
Mukhisa Kituyi of Kenya.
Mukesh Sharma Honorary member WHO Appointed as honorary member of
WHO’s (World Health Organization)
Global Air Pollution and Health-
Technical Advisory Group (GAPH-
TAG).
Satya Nadella Chairman Microsoft He will succeed John Thompson who
will now serve as lead independent
director.
Aashish Chandorkar Counsellor in India’s World Trade For first time, private person appointed
Permanent Mission Organisation (WTO) to this post for a period of three years.

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Karim Khan Chief prosecutor International He succeeded Fatou Bensouda of
Criminal Court(ICC) Gambia,
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Dr Harsh Vardhan, Chairman Stop TB Partnership The appointment is in recognition of
Union Minister, Board his contribution to the movement to
Ministry of Health eradicate Tuberculosis (TB) from
and Family India by 2025. He will succeed Dr.
Welfare(MoHFW) Luiz Henrique Mandetta, Minister of
Health of Brazil.
India’s CAG Girish Chairman Panel of External He was born in Mayurbhanj District
Chandra Murmu Auditors of the of Odisha.
United Nations(UN) Roles and responsibilities: To lead
for the year 2021 the panel to report and audit the
accounts and management operations
of the UN and its specialised agencies.
Ajai Malhotra Chairperson Advisory Committee He became the first Indian to be
of the United Nations elected as the Chairperson of the
Human Rights Advisory Committee of the United
Council(UNHRC) Nations Human Rights
Council(UNHRC).
FEBRUARY 2021
Woochong Um Managing Director Asian Development He assumed office on 22nd February
General Bank (ADB) and will be reporting to Masatsugu
Asakawa, President of ADB.
Seiko Hashimoto President Tokyo 2020 She succeeds Former chief Yoshiro
Organising Mori . She was seven time Olympian
Committee of the (speed skater and cyclist) who was
Olympic and serving as the Minister for the Tokyo
Paralympic Games. Olympic and Paralympic Games
Preeti Sinha Executive Secretary United Nations Sinha succeeds Judith Karl, who
Capital Development retired in February 2021.
Fund (UNCDF)
Dr Ajay Mathur Director-General International Solar He succeeds Upendra Tripathy who

Alliance (ISA) was in the position since ISA was
founded in 2015.
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala 7th Director General World Trade She succeeds former Director-General
Organisation (WTO) Roberto Azevêdo who announced his
retirement 1 year before the expiry of
his tenure.
iii.With this appointment, Ngozi
Okonjo- Iweala became the first
woman and the first African to head
the WTO.
Andy Jassy CEO Amazon Jeff Bezos, the Founder and CEO of
Amazon, will step down as the CEO of
Amazon.Jeff Bezos will be taking up
the role of executive chair of the
Amazon’s Board of Directors.

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JANUARY 2021
Nazhat Shameem President United Nations Fiji became the first Pacific Island
Khan Human Rights nations to win the presidency election
Council(UNHRC) of the UNHRC. She succeeds Elisabeth
Tichy-Fisslberge of Austria.
Jayati Ghosh High-level Advisory United Nation’s She is an Indian development
Board (HLAB-II) Economic and Social economist.She has been appointed for
Affairs a 2-year term.
BRAND AMBASSADOR
Name Entity/Organization Points to be Noted
NOVEMBER 2021
Zubeen Garg Bandhan bank Brand ambassador for the bank in Assam.
Bollywood actor Amitabh Amway India As a part of the momentous association, he
Bachchan will endorse the brand Amway and all the
Nutrilite products by Amway.
Cricketer Mohammad Siraj My11Circle
MC Marry Kom TRIFED Aadi Mahotsav Aadi Mahotsav is being held in the
memory of the great tribal freedom
fighter Bhagwan Birsa Munda.
OCTOBER 2021
Manoj Bajpayee FloBiz Brand ambassador for its flagship
product myBillBook -a simple to
use GST(Good & Services Tax) billing and
accounting software.
Deepika Padukone Adidas She will endorse Adidas women globally.
Indian Cricketer KL Rahul Realme The association of realme with KL Rahul will
reinstate the brand ideology of being youth-
oriented.
Bollywood actor Ranveer CoinSwitch Kuber
Singh
Bollywood superstar Ranveer National Basketball Association For India to help grow the league’s profile
Singh (NBA) in India throughout its landmark 75th
Anniversary Season in 2021-22.
Indian actor Kangana Ranaut Uttar Pradesh For one district-one product” programme
(ODOP)to create product-specific
traditional industrial hubs across 75
districts of the state.
Mr.Amitabh Bachchan CoinDCX To increase crypto awareness and to make

crypto as an emerging asset class
SEPTEMBER 2021
Femina Miss Grand India Haryana Goodwill Ambassador of Water
2020, ManikaSheokand Conservation Campaign
Cricketer Suresh Raina Howzat Fantasy Sports Platform To promote its brand among sports lovers
across India.
Squash player Asics It will bring positive change by spreading
JoshnaChinappa awareness about sports among the youth.
Shooter AvaniLakhera Rajasthan Brand ambassador of the ‘Beti Bachao and

Beti Padhao’ project under the Department

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of Woman and Child Development
Indian Women’s hockey Equitas Small Finance Bank

player Rani Rampal and (ESFB)
Indian women’s cricketer
Smriti Mandhana
Subedar Neeraj Chopra Tata AIA Life Insurance He will promote the health and wellness
among policyholders, and going deeper into
the tier II and III markets across the
country.
LovlinaBorgohain SamagraSikhshaAbhiyan (SSA) in In order to increase digital learning, Tata
the state of Assam Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) is also
collaborating with the state government.
Rahul Dravid Piramal Realty Brand ambassador for its portfolio of 4
residential projects and one commercial
project.
AUGUST 2021
John Abraham MotoGP India ambassador for its flagship
motorsport property MotoGP
Vandana Kataria State’s Department of Women During the 2020 Summer Olympics in
Empowerment & Child Tokyo, Vandana became the 1st Indian
Development Woman to score an Olympic hat-trick in
hockey
Mahendra Singh Dhoni Neuberg Diagnostics The agreement will bring health awareness
and spread its importance throughout the
world.
Alia Bhatt Samsung India To endorse Galaxy Z, a series of foldable
smartphones, in India
SonuSood Delhi It’s a mentorship programme where
Government ‘’DeshKeMentor”pro around 3 lakh experts and professionals
gramme will guide the 10 lakh Delhi government
school students.
Leander Paes Sporjo He was roped Paes as its Strategic Advisor
and Ambassador.
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Yuvraj Singh PUMA Motorsport in India He has been associated with the brand for
over a decade.
Upasana KamineniKondinela Ambassador of Forest Frontline Her appointment was made to recognize
Heroes’ by WWF (World Wide Fund the efforts of frontline workers or field
for Nature) India level forest staff protecting wildlife and
habitats.
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Virat Kohli Digit Insurance Digit Insurance, a general insurance
company, which became the first unicorn of
2021 with a valuation of 1.9 Billion USD
(around Rs. 13918 crores).
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Deepika Padukone Levi Global Brand Ambassador
Natalia Vodianova,a Russian United Nations Population She became new Goodwill Ambassador to
Supermodel Fund(UNFPA),UN’s sexual and tackle stigma and advance women’s health
reproductive health agency
Sachin Tendulkar Unacademy As a part of the partnership, Sachin will
host a series of live interactive classes
which can be accessed by the users of
Unacademy at free of cost.
Rana Daggubati CEAT Limited, a tyre company of to promote the new ‘Puncture Safe’ range of
RPG Enterprises bike tyres.CEAT has launched ‘Puncture
Safe’ range of tyres in Andhra Pradesh,
Telangana, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and
Kerala.
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RESIGNATION
Name Resigned as Entity/Place; Imp points to be Noted
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SEPTEMBER 2021
Yoshihide Suga Japan’s prime minister, Yoshihide Suga is the leader of Japan’s Liberal Democratic
Party (LDP)
AUGUST 2021
Nitin Chugh MD &CEO With this resignation, He will also cease to be the Director of
Ujjivan Small Finance Bank with effect from 30th September
2021
JULY 2021
Manu Sawhney CEO CEO of the International Cricket Council (ICC) has resigned
from his post with immediate effect.
Shiv Nadar Managing director and HCL Technologies Ltd

director
JUNE 2021
Stefan Lofven Prime Minister Sweden
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V Narayanasamy Chief Minister Puducherry, India
Dr. Kiran Bedi Lieutenant-Governor Puducherry, India
(LG)
Giorgi Gakharia Prime Minister Georgia; He served as the Prime Minister since September
2019
JANUARY 2021
Sylvestre Ilunga Prime Minister Democratic Republic of the Congo(DRC)
Ilunkamba
Giuseppe Conte Prime Minister Italy
UkhnaaKhurelsukh Prime Minister Mongolia

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AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS

AWARDS
The Highest sporting honour of India, “Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award”, has been renamed as “Major Dhyan
Chand Khel Ratna Award” in honour of the hockey Wizard Dhyan Chand.
Nobel Prize 2021 Winner list
Name of Awards Award Winner Field Points to be noted
Nobel Prize in Economic David Card Economy For his empirical
Science contributions to labour
economics
Joshua D. Angrist and
For their methodological
Guido W. Imbens contributions to the analysis
of causal relationships.
Nobel Peace Prize 2021 Maria Ressa, journalist Peace For their efforts to protect the
from Philippines and D freedom of expression, the
mitry Andreyevich precondition of democracy
and lasting peace. Maria
Muratov, journalist
Ressa is the 18th woman to
from Russia win the Nobel Peace Prize.
2021 Nobel Prize for American Medicine For their discoveries of
Physiology or Medicine scientists David receptors for temperature
Julius and Lebanese- and touch.
American molecular
biologist Ardem
Patapoutian
2021 Nobel Prize in Japanese-American Physics For for ground breaking
Physics Syukuro Manabe, Klaus contributions to our
Hasselmann of understanding of complex
Germany, and Giorgio physical systems.
Parisi of Italy
2021 Nobel Prize in German Chemistry For the development of a
Chemistry chemist Benjamin precise new and ingenious
List and British tool for molecular
construction: asymmetric
chemist David W.C.
organocatalysis.
MacMillan
2021 Nobel Prize in Abdulrazak Gurnah, a Literature For his works on the effects of
Literature Tanzanian novelist colonialism and fate of the
refugee in the gulf between
cultures and continents.
Overview of ICC (Indian Chemical Council) Annual Awards 2020:

Union Minister Mansukh LaxmanbhaiMandaviya, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers (MoC&F) virtually
presented the ICC (Indian Chemical Council) Annual Awards for the year 2020.
Award Recipient
Dr. Santruptmisra
Mr. Ajay shriram
Lifetime achievement award Dr. Aniruddha b. Pandit
ICC Acharya PC Ray award for development of indigenous
technology Galaxy surfactants ltd
ICC award for excellence in process design & engineering Jubilant pharmova limited

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ICC award for excellence in management of health & safety:
category I Lanxessindia private limited, Jhagadia (Gujarat)
Rashtriya chemicals & fertilizers ltd, Thal unit
ICC certificate of merit for excellence in management of health (Maharashtra)
& safety: category I Reliance industries ltd, Jamnagar (Gujarat)
ICC certificate of merit for excellence in management of health Clariant chemicals india ltd, Cuddalore (Tamil
& safety: Category II Nadu)
ICC award for excellence in management of health & safety:
Category II Indian oil-tanking limited, Chhattisgarh
Overview of 74th Cannes Film Festival 2021

The 74th Cannes Film Festival 2021 was held from July 6-17, 2021 at Palais des Festivals et des Congrès
Convention Center in Cannes, France.
Feature Films
Award Film Winner
· Julia Ducournau (2nd female filmmaker to win the festival’s top honor &
1st to win not jointly with another director)
· New Zealand’s Jane Campion was the first woman to win the Palme d’or
Palme d’Or Titane for “The Piano” in 1993.
A Hero Asghar Farhadi
Grand Prix Compartment No. 6 Juho Kuosmanen
Best Director Annette Leos Carax
Best
Screenplay Drive My Car Hamaguchi Ryusuke& Takamasa Oe
Memoria ApichatpongWeerasthakul
Jury Prize Ahed’s Knee Nadav Lapid
The Worst Person In
Best Actress The World Renate Reinsve
Best Actor Nitram Caleb Landry Jones
Short Films
Award Film Winner
All the Crows in the
Palme d’Or World Tang Yi
Special
Mention August sky Jasmin Tenucci
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Overview of 93rd Academy Awards – Oscar 2021

 93rd Academy Awards, also known as the Oscar 2021 held at Union Station Los Angeles and the Dolby
Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood. The hostless ceremony was opened by Regina
King.
 The nominations of the Oscar 2021 were announced by Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas in March 2021.
 The Academy Awards is annually presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Highlights of 93rd Academy Awards:
 Indian Actor Irrfan Khan and costume designer BhanuAthaiya who passed away in 2020 were
honoured in the “In Memoriam” section of the 2021 Oscars.
 Nomadland directed by Chloé Zhao(Chinese Film Maker) won the most awards including the awards for
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 Chloé Zhao is the 2nd woman and also the first woman of colour (Asian) to win the award for Best
Director.
 Welsh actor, 83 years old became the olderst person to won the Best Actor for the film “The Father”.
 American actress and producer Frances McDormandwon the Best Actress award for Nomadland…Click
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Overview of 67th National Film Awards for the Year 2019

Awards were presented by Directorate of Film Festivals, an organisation which comes under the Ministry of
Information & Broadcasting.
• Awards are categorised in three sections – Feature Films, Non-Feature Films & Best Writing on
Cinema.Feature and Non-Feature Films certified by Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) between
1 January 2019, and 31 December 2019
Notable Awards
 Best Non-Feature Film – An Engineered Dream (Hindi Film)
 Best Feature Film – Marakkar-Arabi Kadalinte-Simham (Malayalam)
 Best Children’s Film award – Kastoori (Hindi)
 Best Arts and Culture Film – Shrikshetra-Ru-Sahijata (Odia)
 Most Film Friendly State – Sikkim (Medal – Rajat Kamal)
 Best Cinematography – GireeshGangadharan for Malayalam film Jallikattu
 Best Actor - Manoj Bajpayee for Bhonsle (Hindi) & Dhanush for Asuran (Tamil)
 Best Actress - Kangana Ranaut for Manikarnika-The Queen Of Jhansi (Hindi) & Panga (Hindi)
 Best Child Artist - Naga Vishal for KD (A) KaruppuDurai (Tamil)..Click here for more winners list
Sahitya Akademi Awards 2020

Sahitya Akademi Awards 2020 winners were announced by the National Academy of Letters during an event
organised for the annual Festival of Letters.TheShatiyaAkademi has announced its Sahitya Akademi Awards
2020 in 20 languages, YuvaPuraskar 2020 in 18 languages and Bal Sahitya Puraskar 2020 in 21 languages.
Important Awardees:
Author Title of Book/Poem Language
Poet Arundhathi Subramaniam “When God is a Traveller” English poem
M VeerappaMoily, Former Chief Minister of Sri Bahubali Ahimsa Kannada epic
Karnataka Digvijayam poem
Mani Shankar Mukhopadhyay popularly Eka EkaEkashi Bengali
known as Shankar
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78th Golden Globes Awards 2021 held from Los Angeles and New York City
78th Golden Globes Awards 2021 took place in a Hybrid Format on 28th February 2021. It was the first bi-
coastal ceremony, filmed from Los Angeles and New York City, United States of America(USA) hosted by Amy
Poehler from Beverly Hills, Los Angeles and Tina Fey from New York’s Rainbow Room.
• Satchel Lee and Jackson Lee, children of filmmakers and three-time Golden Globe Nominee Spike Lee
and his wife Tonya Lewis Lee, philanthropist.
• Jackson Lee is the first Black male ambassador of Golden Globes.
• Nomadland by chinese Female director Chloé Zhao won the Best Pictures Drama and Chloé Zhao won
the Best Director Motion Picture.
• Nomadland became the first film directed by a female to win the award in this category.
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AWBI National Awards for Animal Welfare and Protection – 2021
WBI (Animal Welfare Board of India) conferred AWBI National Awards for Animal Welfare and Protection –
2021 namely ‘Prani Mitra’ & ‘JeevDaya’ awards to 14 Individuals/Organizations/Corporates.
Name of the award Winner
Prani Mitra Award – Individual • Yogender Kumar, New Delhi
• Manish Saxena, Jaipur
• Shayam Lal Choubisa, Udaipur
Prani Mitra Award – Shaurya • Anil Gandas, Gurugram

• Late Smt. Kalpana Vasudevan,
Coimbatore
Prani Mitra Award – LifeTime Animal • Dr. S.R. Sundram, Chennai
Service • Dr. S. Chinny Krishna, Chennai
• Maj. General (Retd) Dr. R.M. Kharb,
AVSM, Gurugram
Prani Mitra Award – Animal Welfare • World Sankirtan Tour Trust, Palwal
Organization • Shri Karuna Foundation Trust, Rajkot
• People for Animal, Ahmedabad
Prani Mitra Award – Corporate • Tata Trust Foundation, Mumbai
JeevDaya Award – Animal Welfare • Dhyan Foundation, New Delhi
Organisation • Animal Aid Charitable Trust, Udaipur
Padma Awards 2021

The Padma Awards, one of the highest civilian Awards of the country are conferred under 3 categories namely,
Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri.
List of Key Persons who Received the Award:Click here for all award winners
Category Winner KeyPoints
Padma Vibhushan • Former Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, 7 receives Padma
• S.P.Balasubramaniam(Posthumously) and Vibhushan and
• Eminent sculptor Sudarshan Sahoo, Father second-highest
of Fiber Optics Narinder Singh civilian award of
Kapany (posthumously). India, after the
Bharat Ratna.
Padma Bhushan Ram Vilas Paswan and TarunGogoi 10 receives Padma
Bhushan.It is the
third-highest civilian
award
Padma Shri • Famous illustrator of children’s magazine 102 receives Padma
KC Sivasankar(posthumously), Shri Awards.It is
• Sridhar Vembu, Founder & CEO of Zoho and fourth-highest
• Rajini Bector, promoter of FMCG company civilian award.
Mrs Bectors Food Specialities
2021 Pulitzer Prizes:

Winners of 2021 Books, Drama & Music Pulitzer Prizes:
Category Winner
Fiction The Night Watchman, by Louise Erdrich
Drama The Hot Wing King, by Katori Hall
History Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black America, by Marcia Chatelain
Biography The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X, by the late Les Payne and Tamara Payne
Poetry Postcolonial Love Poem, by Natalie Diaz
General Wilmington’s Lie: The Murderous Coup of 1898 and the Rise of White Supremacy, by David

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Nonfiction Zucchino
Music Stride, by Tania León

Winners of 2021 Journalism Pulitzer Prizes:
Category Winner
Public Service The New York Times
Breaking News
Reporting Staff of the Star Tribune, Minneapolis, Minn.
Matt Rocheleau, Vernal Coleman, Laura Crimaldi, Evan Allen and Brendan McCarthy
Investigative Reporting of The Boston Globe
· Andrew Chung, Lawrence Hurley, Andrea Januta, Jaimi Dowdell and Jackie Botts of Reuters
Explanatory Reporting · Ed Yong of The Atlantic
Local Reporting Kathleen McGrory and Neil Bedi of the Tampa Bay Times
Staffs of The Marshall Project; AL.com, Birmingham; IndyStar, Indianapolis; and the
National Reporting Invisible Institute, Chicago
International Reporting Megha Rajagopalan, Alison Killing and Christo Buschek of BuzzFeed News
Mitchell S. Jackson, freelance contributor, Runner’s World
Feature Writing Nadja Drost, freelance contributor, The California Sunday Magazine
Commentary Michael Paul Williams of the Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch
Criticism Wesley Morris of The New York Times
Editorial Writing Robert Greene of the Los Angeles Times
Breaking News
Photography Photography Staff of Associated Press
Feature Photography Emilio Morenatti of Associated Press
Audio Reporting Lisa Hagen, Chris Haxel, Graham Smith and Robert Little of National Public Radio
AWARDS GIVEN TO THE SPORTS

National Sports Awards:
The Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports announced the recipients of the National Sports Awards 2021.
Winners of Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award 2021:
Number of awardees: 12
Number of para-sports personalities: 5
Sunil Chhetri, captain of both India national football team and Bengaluru FC has become India’s first football
player to be named as the recipient of the Khel Ratna Award.
Name of the Sportsperson Discipline
Neeraj Chopra Athletics
Ravi Kumar Dahiya Wrestling
Lovlina Borgohain Boxing
Sreejesh P.R Hockey
Avani Lekhara Para Shooting
Sumit Antil Para Athletics
Pramod Bhagat Para-Badminton
Krishna Nagar Para-Badminton
Manish Narwal Para Shooting
Mithali Raj Cricket
Sunil Chhetri Football

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Manpreet Singh Hockey

Winners of Arjuna Awards 2021:
Number of para-sports personalities: 8
Name of the Sportsperson Discipline
Arpinder Singh Athletics
Simranjit Kaur Boxing
Shikhar Dhawan Cricket
Bhavani Devi Chadalavada Anandha Sundhararaman Fencing
Monika Hockey
Vandana Katariya Hockey
Sandeep Narwal Kabaddi
Himani Uttam Parab Mallakhamb
Abhishek Verma Shooting
Ankita Raina Tennis
Deepak Punia Wrestling
Dilpreet Singh Hockey
Harman Preet Singh Hockey
Rupinder Pal Singh Hockey
Surender Kumar Hockey
Amit Rohidas Hockey
Birendra Lakra Hockey
Sumit Hockey
Nilakanta Sharma Hockey
Hardik Singh Hockey
Vivek Sagar Prasad Hockey
Gurjant Singh Hockey
Mandeep Singh Hockey
Shamsher Singh Hockey
Lalit Kumar Upadhyay Hockey
Varun Kumar Hockey
Simranjeet Singh Hockey
Yogesh Kathuniya Para Athletics
Nishad Kumar Para Athletics
Praveen Kumar Para Athletics
Suhash Yathiraj Para-Badminton
Singhraj Adhana Para Shooting
Bhavina Patel Para Table Tennis
Harvinder Singh Para Archery
Sharad Kumar Para Athletics

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Winners of Dronacharya Award 2021:
Total number of awardees: 10
Life-time Category: 5
Regular Category: 5
Category Name of the Coach Discipline
T. P. Ouseph Athletics
Sarkar Talwar Cricket
Sarpal Singh Hockey
Ashan Kumar Kabaddi
Life-Time Category Tapan Kumar Panigrahi Swimming
Radhakrishnan Nair P Athletics
SandhyaGurung Boxing
PritamSiwach Hockey
Jai PrakashNautiyal Para Shooting
Regular Category Subramanian Raman Table Tennis
Winners of Dhyan Chand Award for Lifetime achievement 2021:
Name Discipline
Lekha K.C. Boxing
AbhijeetKunte Chess
Davinder Singh Garcha Hockey
Vikas Kumar Kabaddi
Sajjan Singh Wrestling
Winners of Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar 2021:
Category Recommended Entity
Identification and Nurturing of Budding and Young Talent Manav Rachna Educational Institution
Encouragement to sports through Corporate Social Responsibility Indian Oil Corporation Limited
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy:
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy is presented to the Overall top performing university in inter-
university tournaments.
Winner of MAKA Trophy 2021:
Panjab University, Chandigarh has been named as the winner of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy
2021.
2021 FIH Hockey Star Awards

Award Men Women
Player of the Year Award Harmanpreet Singh Gurjit Kaur
Goalkeeper of the Year Award PR Sreejesh Savita Punia
Rising Star of the Year Award Vivek Sagar Prasad Sharmila Devi
The Best Coach Award Graham Reid SjoerdMarijne
AIFF Awards 2020-2021

Award 2020-2021 Winner
AIFF Women’s Footballer of the year 2020-2021 Bala Devi

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AIFF Men’s Footballer of the Year 2020-2021 Sandesh Jhingan
AIFF Men’s Emerging Footballer of the Year Suresh Singh Wangjam(midfielder)
AIFF Women’s Emerging Footballer of the Year Manisha Kalyan(midfielder)
AIFF Awards for the Best Referee TejasNagvenkar (Goa)
AIFF Award for Best Assistant Referee SumantaDutta(Assam)

NOVEMBER 2021
MCC awards Honorary England – Alastair Cook, This year’s list saw the
Life Membership of the Ian Bell, Marcus names of 18 players,
Club Trescothick, Sarah Taylor including 16 Male & 2
South Africa – Hashim
Female players (arah
Amla, Herschelle Gibbs,
Jacques Kallis & Morne Taylor & Sara McGlashan)
Morkel
West Indies – Ian Bishop,
Shivnarine Chanderpaul &
Ramnaresh Sarwan
Australia – Alex Blackwell
& Damien Martyn
India – Harbhajan Singh &
Javagal Srinath
Sri Lanka – Rangana Herath
New Zealand – Sara
McGlashan
Zimbabwe – Grant Flower
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SEPTEMBER 2021
Guinness World Portugal football player Highest Score For becoming the highest-
Records Cristiano Ronaldo scoring man in
international football
history with his 111th goal
for Portugal against
Ireland in a World Cup
qualifier. This marked his
180th game representing
Portugal. He has surpassed
the record held by Iranian
footballer Ali Daei who has
scored 109 goals in 149
games.
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JULY 2021
Differently Pramod Bhagat Para-shuttler He was honoured
Abled Sportsman of the by Indian Sports
Year Honour for 2019 (the
award was delayed due to
COVID-19).
JUNE 2021
ICC Hall of Fame 2021 Aubrey Faulkner (South Cricket 10 cricket icons
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Monty Noble (Australia) Fame is to celebrate the
Sir Learie Constantine prestigious history of Test
(West Indies) cricket, and to coincide
Stan McCabe (Australia) with the first ever ICC
Ted Dexter (England) World Test Championship
Vinoo Mankad (India) Final.
Desmond Hayes (West
Indies)
Bob Willis (England)
Andy Flower (Zimbabwe)
Kumar Sangakkara
(Srilanka)
MAY 2021
Europe’s Golden Shoe Bayern Munich’s Robert Football He finished as the top
Lewandowski (Poland) scorer in Europe’s leading
domestic leagues.
Etienne Glichitch Award Hockey India Hockey India’s Various individuals, teams
contribution towards and organisations received
the growth and the Fédération
development of Internationale de
Hockey. Hockey(FIH) Honorary
Awards at the virtual
conference organised by
the FIH as a part of its 47th
Congress.
22nd Laureus World Rafael Nadal Sportsman of the year The Laureus World Sports
Sports Awards 2021 title Awards are awarded
Naomi Osaka Sportswomen of the annually by Laureus Sport
year title for Good Foundation.
APRIL 2021
Global winners of ICC Argentina, ICC Development Awards issued for their
Development Awards Initiative of the Year contribution to cricket
for 2020 through different
Brazil, 100% Female Cricket exceptional programmes in
Initiative of the Year 2020.
Uganda, Cricket 4 Good Social

Impact Initiative of the
Year
Vanuatu ICC Digital Fan

Engagement of the
Year
Famous Cricketing Vivian Richards,West ODI Cricketer for the Ben Stokes was declared
Magazine, Wisden Indies decade – 1970’s the ‘Cricketer of the Year’
Cricketers’ Almanack, Kapil Dev, India ODI Cricketer for the
has named 5 best decade – 1980’s,
cricketers for each SachinTendulkar,India ODI Cricketer for the
decade from 1970’s to decade – 1990’s
2010s MutthaiahMuralitharan,Sr ODI Cricketer for the
i Lanka decade – 2000’s
Virat Kohli,India ODI Cricketer for the

decade – 2010’s
MARCH 2021
BBC Indian Padma Shri Koneru achievements of Lifetime Achievement
Sportswoman of the Humpy women in sports Award – received by an

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2020. George
Emerging Player of the
Year award – received by
Olympian Manu Bhaker, an
airgun shooter.
FEBRUARY 2021
ICC Men’s Player of the Rishabh Pant(India) Cricket This is the first edition of
Month award for the ICC Player of the Month
January 2021 Awards.
International Cricket ShabnimIsmail(South Cricket This is the first edition of
Council (ICC) Women’s Africa) the ICC Player of the Month
Player of the Month Awards.
award for January 2021
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AWARDS FOR LITERATURE/JOURNALISM/ACADEMIC
NOVEMBER 2021
Booker Prize 2021 South African Fiction For his novel ‘The Promise’.
author Damon Galgut
JCB Prize Author M Mukundan Literature For his novel ‘Delhi: A
Soliloquy’, translated from
Malayalam into English by
Fathima E V and Nandakumar K
The 72nd edition of Jason Mott Fiction For his novel “Hell of a Book”, a
the National Book Award Tiya Miles Non-Fiction narrative about a black author’s
Malinda Lo Young People’s adventure while travelling
Literature around in a book tour.
Martı́n Espada Poetry
Elisa Shua Dusapin Best Translated
and translator Aneesa Literature
Abbas Higgins
(translated from
French)
OCTOBER 2021
2021 Peace Prize of the Zimbabwean author Work on violence Dangarembga is the first black
German Book Trade and a filmmaker Tsitsi woman to win German Peace
Dangarembga Prize.
2022 Joseph A. Cushman Dr Rajiv Nigam Foraminiferal He became the first Indian to be
Award Research selected for this lifetime
achievement award.
SEPTEMBER 2021
2021 Yidan Prize Dr Rukmini Banerji For Education The world’s highest education
Development accolade, recognising their work
A. Hanushek on improving the quality of
For Education education and outcomes for
Research learners at scale.
Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Dr Amit Singh Biological The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize

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Prize (SSB) Dr Arun Kumar Shukla Sciences is annually presented to the
recognised the outstanding
Dr Kanishka Biswas Chemical Sciences contribution of any citizen of India
(including Overseas citizen of India
Dr T Govindaraju Earth, (OCI) and Persons of Indian Origin
Atmosphere, (PIO) working in India) engaged in
Dr Binoy Kumar Saikia Ocean and research in any field of science and
Planetary technology.
Dr.Debdeep Sciences
Mukhopadhyay Engineering
Sciences
Mathematical
Dr Anish Ghosh Sciences
Dr Saket Saurabh
Medical Sciences
Dr
Physical Sciences
JeemonPanniyammaka
l
Dr Rohit Srivastava
Dr Kanak Saha Dr
Kanak Saha
Sahitya Akademi 1. Ruskin Bond Literature Sahitya Akademi Translation

Fellowship 2. Vinod Kumar Prize 2020
Shukla (Hindi) The executive board also
3. Sirshendu announced the Sahitya Akademi
Mukhopadhyay (Beng Translation Prize 2020 in 24
ali) Indian languages.
4. MundanatLeelavath i.The English translation of
y Kannada novel
(Malayalam)- “GhacharGhochar’” written by
5. Dr.BhalchandraNem Vivek Shanbhag and translated by
ade (Marathi) Srinath Perur, and the Hindi
6. Dr Tejwant Singh translation of Thiruvalluvar’’s
Gill ‘Thirukkural’ by TES Raghwan
(Punjabi) won the award among 22 others.
7. Swami
Rambhadracharya
(Sanskrit)
8. Indira Parthasarthy
(Tamil)
AUGUST 2021
Sahitya Akademi Awards Yashodhara Literature Yashodhara Mishra has been

2020 for Odia and Mishra and Omcherry NN awarded for her book
Malayalam Pillai titled “SamudrakulaGhara”.
Omcherry NN Pillai has been
awarded for his memoir
titled “Akasmikam:
OmcheriyuteOrmmakkurippukal”.

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JULY 2021
Humboldt Research Kaushik Basu Economics To do research on moral

Award for Economics for philosophy and game theory, and
2021 on law and economics.
ICAR Norman Borlaug Kajal Chakraborty Research For carrying out challenge
Award 2020 research projects
JUNE 2021
International Booker French novelist David Writer For “At Night All Blood Is
Prize 2021 Diop won Black”.The Book is translated
from the French Book
titled “Frere d’ame”. It was
Translated by Anna
Moschovakis.David Diop became
the first French writer to win the
Award.
MAY 2021
International Dublin Valeria Luiselli Literature She received for her novel, Lost
Literary Award 2021 Children Archive.
15th Annual Sheikh Zayed Tahera Qutbuddin Arab Culture in The Sheikh Zayed Book Award
Book Award in 2021 Other named Prominent German
Languages philosopher Juergen Habermas as
category. the “Cultural Personality of the
Year(2021)”.
APRIL 2021
Saraswati Samman 2020 Dr.SharankumarLimbale Writer He is a Marathi Writer and he

received for his 2018 Marathi
novel titled “Sanatan”.
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AWARDS GIVEN TO ORGANIZATIONS/BANKS/MINISTRIES/STATE/CITY

NOVEMBER 2021
Best ‘Digital Financial Karnataka Vikas ‘Regional Rural The award is given by Associated
Services’ Grameena Bank (KVGB) Banks’ (RRBs) Chambers of Commerce and Industry
of India (ASSOCHAM).
OCTOBER 2021
Karnataka Bank Top Organization with Human Resource For effectively implementing
Innovative HR (Human innovative HR practices for Human
Resource) Practices‘ Resource Development and Talent
award Management.
Green Energy Award TVS Motor Company Outstanding Indian Federation of Green Energy
2020 Renewable Energy (IFGE)has recognized the efforts of
User TVS Motor in researching and
implementing the use of alternative
power sources in the renewable
energy domain while ensuring their
longevity and stability.
Gold Award in the National Mineral Environmental NMDC is selected for the awards
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Environmental Development Protection implementation of Sustainable
Sustainability category Corporation Ltd. (NMDC) Development Goals and Environment
Management initiatives at its
NMDC’s Kumaraswamy production projects.
Platinum Award” in the Iron Ore Mine
Environmental
Management category
NatWest Group’s Earth Nitish Kumar(Odisha) Environment For its efforts towards the
Guardian Award 2021 conservation of tigers and
Green Warrior Shilpa SL(Karnataka) biodiversity of the Parambikulam
Satpura Tiger Reserve- tiger reserve
Earth Guardian
Madhya Pradesh
Parambikulam Tiger-
Conservation Foundation-
Kerala
Arunima Singh-Uttar
Save the Species Pradesh
Anil Bishnoi-Rajasthan
Inspire Karma Sonam-Ladakh
Lifetime Achievement Brij Mohan Singh

Rathore-Madhya Pradesh
Progressive Business Forest & Environment Vegan Leather The state administration is planning
Concept Award Minister of Meghalaya, initiative to build a museum to spread
of PETA (People for the James Pangsang Kongkal awareness about climate change and
Ethical Treatment of Sangma protection of vulnerable animals. It
Animals) India 2021 will be called the Climate Change
Museum.
2021 UNHCR Nansen Jeel Albena Association Honour the individuals, groups and
Refugee Award for Humanitarian organizations who protect the
Development (JAAHD), a
- refugees as well as displaced and
Yemeni humanitarian stateless people.
organization
SEPTEMBER 2021
Confederation of Indian National Thermal Power Power NTPC won the award in power
Industry (CII) Energy Corporation (NTPC), category at the 22ndNational Award
Leader Award-2021 Ramagundam Ceremony for Excellence in Energy
Management 2021 hosted by the
(Telangana)
CII. It is also the only station of NTPC
to win this award.
Association for Talent Power Grid Corporation Development It is the only PSU to win this award for
Development (ATD) 2021 of India Limited its efforts in talent development
BEST Award (POWERGRID) practices and programmes.
Global Awards for DBS Finance The Singapore based financial

Excellence 2021 – services group as ‘World’s Best Bank
Euromoney 2021’ and also named DBS the
‘World’s Best Digital Bank 2021’.
AUGUST 2021
Most Innovative in Digital DBS Bank Innovation in The DBS has also won an award under
Banking Digital Banking the Cyber Security category for its
Awards Secure Access and Remote Working
Solutions.

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Golden Peacock National Sai Life Sciences Ltd Pharmaceutical This awards for corporate excellence
Training Award 2021 in in India organized under the aegis of
the the Institute of Directors, India.
AI GameChanger Award Information Technology, Scheme For the implementation of the ‘Crowd
2021 Electronics and Monitoring using AI’ scheme
Communication(ITE&C)
Department of
the Government of
Telangana
Prime Minister’s Shram Total of 39 awards were Shram Bhushan Awards (a Sanad & Rs
Awards (PMSA) for the presented to 69 1 Lakh each) – 4 Awards
year 2018 workers of Departmental ShramVir/ShramVeerangana
Awards (a Sanad & Rs 60,000 each) –
& Public Sector
12 Awards
Undertakings of the Shram Shree/Shram Devi Awards (a
Central & State Sanad & Rs 40,000 each) – 17 awards
Governments and Private
Sector Units
JULY 2021
UNDP Equator Prize AadhimalaiPazhangudiyi Environment For their exceptional achievement in
2021 nar Producer Company showcasing local, innovative, nature-
Limited and Snehakunja based solutions for tackling
Trust biodiversity loss and climate change
and achieving their local
development goals
Best Small Businesses of Edible Routes Private Small and The 3 Indian SMEs were among the
the Good Food for All Limited, Oorja Medium-sized 50 SMEs which were announced as
competition Development Solutions Enterprises the winners of the held in
India and Taru Naturals (SMEs) conjunction with the UN Food
Systems Summit
Natwest Group Earth Satpura Tiger reserve in Earth Guardian The Awards bring recognition and
Heroes Award-2021 in the state of Madhya category for best honour to individuals and
Pradesh management. institutions who work exceptionally
hard to preserve and protect our
critical ecosystems.
JUNE 2021
Airports Council MR Airports-run Delhi For their This is the 5th consecutive year
International (ACI) Asia- and Hyderabad airports environmentally where DIAL has been awarded for its
Pacific Green Airports sustainable green taxiing initiatives at Indira
Recognition initiatives. Gandhi International Airport (IGI)
2021(Platinum and Gold Airport based on TaxiBots.
Recognistions)
Outstanding Civil Delhi Metro’s Phases I, II
For bringing Recognised by bJapan Society of Civil
Engineering and III projects awareness of Engineers (JSCE)
Achievement Award safety and
2020 efficiency at
construction sites
in India
MAY 2021
India Biodiversity Shergaon Biodiversity Best ‘Biodiversity 5th edition of the IBA was held
Awards(IBA) 2021 Management Committee Management virtually and the awards were given
(BMC) of Arunachal Committee by the Union Minister of State for
Pradesh (BMC)’award Environment, Forest and Climate
Change (MoEFCC), Babul Supriyo.

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Green Urja Award 2021 Indian Renewable Energy Green Energy The award was conferred by the
Development Agency Financing Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC).
Limited (IREDA)
Pension Fund Regulatory KarnatakaVikasGrameena Lead to Leap, APY Bank is playing a key role in the
and Development Bank (KVGB) Makers of implementation of social security
Authority (PFRDA) Excellence, Game schemes such as Atal Pension Yojana
Changers, (APY), Prime Minister Jeevan Jyothi
Leadership Capital Bhima Yojana (PMJJBY), and Prime
and Amazing Minister Suraksha Bhima Yojana
Achievers (PMSBY)
APRIL 2021
E-Panchayat Puraskar Government of Uttar implemented the Uttar Pradesh was followed by
2021 Pradesh (UP) e-applications Assam and Chhattisgarh in 2nd rank
developed by the and Odisha and Tamil Nadu in 3rd
Centre and other rank.
applications
developed by the
State Government.
National Award for Hindustan Aeronautics best management The award was organised by the
Innovation Training Limited (HAL) and training Indian Society for Training and
Practices 2019-2020 at institutes to Development(ISTD) in New Delhi.
the 30th National Award provide the right
Ceremony training to the
professionals.
MARCH 2021
Asiamoney Best Bank HDFC Bank ‘India’s Best Bank It received the award for the
Awards 2021 for Small and transformation of its Micro, Small
Medium and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs)
Enterprises(SMEs business.
)’
King Bhumibol World Soil Indian Council of importance of Held in - Bangkok, Thailand.
Day 2020 award Agricultural Research healthy soils Reason - creating awareness on the
(ICAR) importance of healthy soils in line
with the theme of World Soil Day
2019 – Stop Soil Erosion, Save our
Future.
FEBRUARY 2021
5th Asia Environmental Wildlife Crime Control Innovation United Nations Environment
Enforcement Award, 2020 Bureau (WCCB), category Programme(UNEP) issued this
Government of India award.WCCB was selected as a
winner for its contribution against
transboundary environmental
crime.This is the 2nd time for WCCB
to win the award in the same
category.
18th Computer Society of Ministry of tribal Affairs Award of Other awardees: -
India (CSI) Special Appreciation i.Gopan Department, Govt of
Interest Group on e- under Project Uttarakhand and the National
Governance(SIGe-Gov) Category Award Informatics Centre, Uttarakhand
Awards 2020 State Unit won the award of
Excellence for the initiating the e-
Cabinet (e-Mantrimandal),
ii.CSI SIG EGovernance Awards is a
series of awards instituted by the
Computer Society of India (CSI) to
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e-governance by the State,
Departments, Districts and Project
level.
JANUARY 2021
National Best Electoral Delhi Accessible The Office of Chief Electoral Office
Practices Award 2020 Election category (CEO), Meghalaya received the
special award for its Information
Technology (IT) applications in
Elections.
Bihar has won the award under the
Electoral management category and
CEO HR Srinivasan received the
award at the NVD event.
Coal Minister’s Awards Northern Coalfields Ltd for adopting the The awards were presented by
2020 (NCL) in Madhya best & sustainable Pralhad Joshi, Union Minister of Coal
Pradesh, practices for coal & Mines during a function held in
Central Coalfields Ltd mining in India. New Delhi.
(CCL) in Jharkhand &
Western Coalfields Ltd
(WCL) in Maharashtra
1st United Nations(UN) IKEA India Pvt Ltd Gender-inclusive Regional award winners were
Women 2020 Asia-Pacific Workplace announced in a ceremony on
Women’s Empowerment category December 15, 2020 in Bangkok,
Principles (WEPs) Thailand.Tata Power- Delhi
Regional award Distribution Ltd(DDL) became the
1st Runner Up in the Community &
Industry Engagement category of the
award.
National Kayakalp District Hospital Reasi of under Kayakalp Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister of
Awards for the year 2019- Jammu and Kashmir was Scheme Health & Family Welfare Virtually
20 awarded the First Prize Inaugurated the 5th National
of INR 50 Lakhs KayakalpAwards.MoHFW launched
the National Initiative ‘Kayakalp’
JIPMER (Jawaharlal second under the under Swachh Bharat Mission in
Institute of Postgraduate Kayakalp award 2015 to ensure Hygiene, Sanitation &
Medical Education & for Category Cleanliness in Public Health Facilities
Research),Pondichery Group ‘A’ in India.
30th National Energy Energy Management State Designated Indian Railways bagged 13 awards at
Conservation Awards Centre, Kerala bagged Agencies Category NECA 2020.The 5 sectors under
2020 (NECA 2020) the 1st Prize for its effective NECA 2020 are Industry, Transport,
energy Building, Institution & Appliance.
conservation
programmes.
Pradhan Mantri Awas Kanchipuram, Tamil Best Practices and Award conferred for excellence in six
Yojana (Urban) Awards- Nadu Innovation categories for the implementation of
2019 Awards PMAY-U. The PMAY(U) awards were
instituted by the Ministry of Housing
Best Performing State Uttar Pradesh and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) in 2019.
(UP)
Best Performance Tripura

(North East Region and
Hilly State)
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6th Digital India Department of Post won Excellence in President Ram Nath Kovind
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winners in other Ministry/Departm Government entities under 7
categories ent (Central) categories received Digital India
Awards 2020.
AWARDS GIVEN FOR SOCIAL SERVICE, SCIENCE & BRAVERY

NOVEMBER 2021
2021 KidsRights Vihaan and Nav Environment For tackling pollution from
International Children’s Agarwal household waste to achieve
Peace Prize the goal of ‘Zero Waste India’.
Swarnajayanti Awardee Discipline Gov has awarded

Fellowships Scheme Dr Siddhesh S. Kamat life science the Swarnajayanti
2020-2021 Dr Sridharan life science Fellowships Scheme 2020-
Devarajan life science 2021 for innovative research
Dr Niti Kumar life science ideas to 17 scientists from
Dr Nitin Gupta Chemical Science. scientific institutions across
Dr Modhu Sudan Maji Chemical Science India
Dr Sakya Singha Sen Chemical Science
Dr Chandramouli Mathematical Science
Subramaniam
Dr Atul Abhay Dixit Mathematical Science
Dr Mousomi Bhakta Mathematical Science
Dr Ujjwal Koley Earth & Atmospheric
Dr Arvind Singh Science.
Dr Subhro Physical Science
Bhattacharjee
Dr Pabitra Kumar Physical Science
Nayak
Dr Shamik Banerjee Physical Science
Dr Rishi Raj Engineering Science
Dr Mayank Engineering Science
Shrivastava,
Dr Amartya Engineering Science
Mukhopadhyay
OCTOBER 2021
Sakharov Prize for Russian Opposition Human rights The European Union’s
Freedom of leader Alexei Navalny (EU) top human rights
Thought’ (Sakharov prize for human rights
defenders
Prize)
‘Aryabhata Award’ Dr G Satheesh Reddy Space Awarded by the
Astronautical Society of
India (ASI) for his
outstanding life-time
contribution to the
promotion of astronautics in
India.
2021 Earthshot Prize or Indian Social Environment Under the “Clean Our Air”
‘Eco Oscars’ Enterprise ‘Takachar’, category for its invention to
under the leadership recycle agricultural waste.
of Vidyut Mohan
22nd Lal Bahadur Shastri Director of All India Social service The Vice President M
National Award for Institute of Medical Venkaiah Naidu presented
Excellence Sciences (AIIMS) Dr award to honour the

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Randeep Guleria exemplary standards of
morality in public life.
C K Prahlad award Microsoft Chief Business For Global Business
Executive Officer Sustainability Leadership for
(CEO), Indian the year 2021.
American Satya
Nadella
USIBC2021 Global Julie Sweet, CEO and To recognises their
Leadership Chair contribution in forming a
Humanitarian Awards of Accenture; Arvind Global Task Force on
Pandemic Response (GTF) to
Krishna, Chairman and
assist India to combat the 2nd
CEO of IBM; and Brad wave of the COVID-19
Smith, President and pandemic.
Vice-Chair of Microsoft.
Nobel Peace Prize 2021 Maria Ressa, journalist Peace For their efforts to protect the
from Philippines and D freedom of expression, the
mitry precondition of democracy
and lasting peace. Maria Ressa
AndreyevichMuratov,
is the 18th woman to win the
journalist from Russia Nobel Peace Prize.
2021 Nobel Prize for American Medicine For their discoveries of
Physiology or Medicine scientists David receptors for temperature
Julius and Lebanese- and touch.
American molecular
biologist ArdemPatapo
utian
2021 Nobel Prize in Japanese-American Physics For for ground breaking
Physics Syukuro Manabe, Klaus contributions to our
Hasselmann of understanding of complex
Germany, and Giorgio physical systems.
Parisi of Italy
2021 Nobel Prize in German Chemistry For the development of a
Chemistry chemist Benjamin precise new and ingenious
List and British tool for molecular
construction: asymmetric
chemist David W.C.
organocatalysis.
MacMillan
2021 Right Livelihood Legal Initiative for For empowering communities
Award or Sweden’s Forest and in areas ranging from child
alternative Nobel Prize Environment (LIFE) – protection to environmental
defence.
New Delhi
• Freda Huson, a
Canadian indigenous
rights campaigner,
• MartheWandou, a
Cameroonian
woman fighting
sexual violence
against girls, and
• Vladimir Slivyak, a
Russian
environmental
campaigner.

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2021 Lasker Awards Dieter Oesterhelt, Medical For the discovery of light-
Emeritus, Max Planck sensitive microbial proteins
Institute of that can activate or silence
Biochemistry, individual brain cells and for
2021 Albert Lasker Basic Martinsried. their use in developing
Medical Research Award Peter Hegemann, optogenetics.
Humboldt University of
Berlin.
Karl Deisseroth,
Stanford University
Katalin Karikó, For the discovery of new

The 2021 Lasker- BioNTech therapeutic technology based
DeBakey Clinical Medical Drew Weissman, on the modification of
Research Award University of messenger RNA.
Pennsylvania.
David Baltimore,
2021 Lasker-Koshland California Institute of
Special Achievement Technology.
Award
SEPTEMBER 2021
International Lifetime Basant Kumar Misra Medical Kumar will be the first
Achievement Award in Indian who received the
Neurosurgery prestigious AANS award.The
award is given for the
recognition of providing high
quality medical services in
the field of neurosurgery.
2021 Behler Turtle Biologist Shailendra Conservation For bringing three critically
Conservation Award also Singh endangered turtle
known as ‘’Nobel Prize conservation species back
for Turtle Conservation
from the edge of extinction
2021 Global Goalkeeper Phumzile Mlambo- Leadership To recognise her global
Award Ngcuka leadership on gender equality
and her efforts to address the
impacts of the COVID-19
pandemic on women and girls
across the globe.
Ramon Magsaysay award Bangladeshi Courageous service to
2021 or Asia’s Nobel scientist Firdausi the people
Prize Qadri,
Muhammad Amjad for helping people

Saqib (Pakistan) through social
entrepreneurship.
Steven Muncy Forextendinghumanita
(Southeast Asia) rianand peace-building
efforts across borders.
for emergent
Watchdoc Indonesia leadership and for
(Indonesia) using journalism and
filmmaking to give
voice to the people.

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Filipino fisher and

community ---------
environmentalist
Roberto Ballon from
Philippines
AUGUST 2021
Lokmanya Tilak National Dr. Cyrus Poonawalla Social Service Poonawalla will be honoured
Award, 2021 for his work during the
COVID-19 pandemic by
manufacturing Covishield
vaccine and thereby saving
many lives
Congressional Gold Mahatma Gandhi Promote peace and He was the first Indian to
Medal non-violence posthumously receive the
Congressional Gold
Ram Nath Kovind, the Military The awards include one
President of India and Ashok Chakra, one Kirti
the Supreme Chakra, 15 Shaurya Chakras,
Commander of the four Bar to Sena Medals
Indian Armed Forces, has (Gallantry), 116 Sena Medals
approved 144 Gallantry (Gallantry), five Nao Sena
awards Medals (Gallantry) and two
Vayu Sena Medals (Gallantry).
He also awarded one
TatrakshakMedal(Gallantry)
and 3 Tatrakshak Medal
(Meritorious Service) to the
Coast Guard Personnel to
recognise their gallantry and
service.
Ashoka Chakra Assistant Sub Police Service It was India’s highest
Inspector(ASI) Babu peacetime gallantry honour.
Ram of Jammu &
Kashmir(J&K) Police
Kirti Chakra Altaf Hussain Bhat a It was the 2nd in order of

Constable in the precedence of peacetime
Jammu and Kashmir gallantry awards after Ashok
Chakra.
Police
Vayu Sena Medals Squadron Leader Military It is an Indian military
Deepak Mohanan and decoration, usually awarded
Wing Commander in peacetime for a job well
Uttar Kumar done. It can be awarded
Posthumously.
Shaurya Chakra Shaurya Chakra from Military Shaurya Chakra is the third
the Navy was awarded highest peacetime gallantry
to CAPTAIN SACHIN award.
REUBEN SEQUEIRA. 6 Shaurya Chakra from
2 Shaurya Chakra the Army were awarded for
from Air Force were Counter Terror Operations in
awarded to Group J&K

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Captain PerminderAntil,
Commanding officer of
Su-30 MKI Squadron
and Wing Commander
Varun Singh, pilot in
Light Combat
Aircraft(LCA) Squadron
from Air Force.
JULY 2021
Commonwealth Points of Syed Osman Social Service Recognises outstanding
Light award AzharMaqsusi individual volunteers –
people who are making a
change in their community.
This award is given by UK
Government.
JUNE 2021
UNCCD Land for Life Shyam Sundar Jyani Familial Forestry The environment
Award for 2021 conservation concept of
Rajasthan-based climate
activist has won the United
Nations Convention to
Combat Desertification’s
(UNCCD) Land for Life
Award for 2021.
European Inventor Sumita Mitra Non-EPO countries For her work and invention
Award 2021 category in nanotechnology in the
dental field.
MAY 2021
Rudolf V Schindler Dr Duvvur(D) Endoscopy American Society of
Award 2021 Nageshwar Reddy Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
(ASGE) has presented the
award at the ASGE’s 2021
Annual Crystal Awards
virtual ceremony.
Dr D Nageshwar Reddy won
the Padma Shri award in
2002 and Padma Bhushan
award in 2016.He is the
Chairman and founder of
Asian Institute of
Gastroenterology (AIG),
Hyderabad
Energy Frontier Award Chintamani Nages renewable energy Award received for research
2020 Ramachandra Rao sources into renewable energy
(C.N.R. Rao) sources and energy
storage.2020 International
Eni Awards mark the 13th
edition of the Eni Awards.It
will be presented in Rome,
Italy.
Spain’s top award – Amartya Kumar Sen Social Science Amartya Sen won the award
Princess of Asturias for his research on famines
Award 2021 and his theory of human
development, welfare
economics and the
underlying mechanisms of
poverty have contributed to
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inequality, disease and
ignorance.
2020 Millennium Cambridge University for development of The award is presented by
Technology Prize Chemists – Professor revolutionary DNA the Technology Academy
Shankar sequencingtechniques - Finland (TAF).
Balasubramanian and Next Generation DNA
Professor David Sequencing (NGS)
Klenerman
International Invincible Dr Ramesh extraordinary It was organised by
Gold Medal 2021 PokhriyalNishank commitment and Maharshi Organisation.The
outstanding service to award will be formally
humanity through his presented to Ramesh
writings, social and PokhriyalNishank on Guru
illustrious public life. Purnima this year(24th July
2021).
Whitley Award 2021 YNukluPhom , Biodiversity Peace He is the only Indian to win
Nagaland Corridor the prestigious
award.Whitley Award is also
known as the ‘Green Oscar’.
APRIL 2021
Wild Innovator Award KrithiKaranth Wildlife studies She became the first Indian and
2021 Asian woman to receive such an
award.
2020 ACM A.M. Turing Alfred VainoAho and fundamental The award was presented to
Award. Jeffrey David Ullman algorithms and them for fundamental algorithms
theory on and theory on programming
programming language implementation.The
language award is also referred to as the
implementation Nobel Prize of Computing.
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FEBRUARY 2021
SERB Women Excellence Shobhna Kapoor Chemical Biology to Four Young Women Fellows of
Award 2021 National Science Academies for
Dr. Antara Banerjee Health Sciences their excellence in Science and
Engineering.
Dr.Sonu Gandhi Bionanotechnology
Dr.Ritu Gupta Nanotechnology
JANUARY 2021
Nelson Mandela” World Ravi Gaikwad Philanthropist for his dedication & service to
Humanitarian Award humanity.
Eminent Engineer Vinod Kumar Yadav modernisation and The award was presented by The
Award” 2020 reforms in Indian Institution of Engineering and
Railway Technology (IET).
AWARDS GIVEN TO FILM/MUSIC INDUSTRY/ART

OCTOBER 2021
UNESCO-ICM 2021 Kung Fu Nuns of --------------- To honour the nun’s acts of service
Martial Arts Education Drukpa, from India to the community. The prize
Prize carries a cash award of 10,000
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First-ever Satyajit Ray American Lifetime They will be honoured with the at
Lifetime Achievement Director Martin Achievement the 52nd International Film Festival
Award Scorsese & of India (IFFI 2021) which is to be
Hungarian held from 20th to 28th November
Director Istvan 2021 in Goa.
Szabo The BRICS Countries are the focus
countries of the 52nd IFFI.
India’s official entry for Tamil Film titled Movie The film was directed by filmmaker
the 94th Academy “Koozhangal” Vinothraj PS and produced by
Awards(Oscars 2022) Rowdy Pictures of Vignesh Shivan
and Nayanthara.
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MAY 2021
11thDadasaheb Phalke “Jungle Cry” Best Film (Jury) It is annually presented to
Film Festival 2021 award appreciate the talents and skills of
the film industry.
APRIL 2021
2021 EE British Academy The film Received under 4 The award ceremony was hosted
Film Awards “Nomadland” categories – Best by Edith Bowman and Dermot
directed by Chloé Film, Best Director, O’Leary at the Royal Albert Hall,
Zhao won the 2021 Best Leading Actress London, United Kingdom.
EE British Academy and Best The opening night ceremony was
Film Awards Cinematography. hosted by Clara Amfo.
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Ang Lee received a Bafta
Fellowship, the
organisation’s
highest honour.
51st Dadasaheb Phalke Actor Rajinikanth Film He received of his contribution to
Award for the year 2019 the film industry as Actor,
Producer and screenwriter.
ii.Rajinikanth will be the 12th
South Indian to receive the
Dadasaheb Phalke Award.
MARCH 2021
FIAF Award 2021 Actor Amitabh Film Presented by -International
Bachchan Federation of Film Archives
(French: Federation
Internationale des Archives du
Film, FIAF).
Hosted from –
Mumbai,Maharashtra
Amitabh became the first Indian
to receive this award.
2021 GRAMMY Awards or Taylor Swift Best Album of the
63rd Annual GRAMMY year for her album Click here for other award
Award (2020) “Folklore”. winners
won 4 awards and

Beyonce
broke the record of
most ever Grammy
wins by female
artists with 28
Grammys.

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Billie Eilish award
O’Connell
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OTHER AWARDS CONFERRED
NOVEMBER 2021
Tenzing Norgay National Priyanka Mohite Land Adventures For outstanding contribution in
Adventure Award 2020 Jay Prakash Kumar the field of land adventure.
Col. Amit Bisht
Sheetal
Srikaanth Viswanathan Water Adventures
Lt. Col. Servesh Air Land

Dhadwal Adventures
Jai Kishan Lifetime

Achievement
Honorary rank of Nepal Army Chief Nepal Army chief Gen Prabhu Ram
‘General of the Indian General Prabhu Ram Sharma was on a 4-day visit on an
Army’ Sharma official invitation extended by
General Naravane, Chief of the
Army Staff of Indian Army to India
to improve the defence ties
between both nations.
OCTOBER 2021
United Nations Investment promotion Business United Nations Conference on Trade
Investment Promotion agencies (IPAs) from C and Development (UNCTAD)
Awards osta Rica, the awarded for excellence in
Netherlands, and the promoting investment in health
Republic of Korea sectors.
WHO Director-General’s Henrietta Lacks ---------------- The Director General (DG) of
award’ World Health Organization
(WHO), Dr Tedros Adhanom
Ghebreyesus honoured the late
Lacks, with a ‘for recognizing her
world-changing legacy,
SEPTEMBER 2021
SDG Progress Award Bangladesh Prime UN For Bangladesh’s steady progress
Minister Sheikh in achieving the sustainable
Hasina development goals (SDGs)
National Florence 1.Bhanumati Ram Nath Kovind, President of

Nightingale Awards SomabhaiGheewala fro India, presented the National
m Vadodara, Gujarat Florence Nightingale Awards
2020 to 51 nursing personnel
2.Dr Shailla Cannie,
across India
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College of Nursing,
Jammu &
Kashmir(J&K)
3.Nursing
officer Anuradha and
Nurse Latha from
Puducherry
Kaushalacharya Awards 41 skill trainers Skill Development On the occasion of Vishwakarma
for 2021 Jayanti (17th September),the
Award was given to for their
excellent contribution to the skill
ecosystem
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JUNE 2021
‘WHO Director-General Union Health Minister Health For his accomplishments in the
Special Award’ Harsh Vardhan area of tobacco control.
Asia Pacific Productivity Dr. Rupinder Singh Enhanced R S Sodhi became the first
Champion 2020 Sodhi (RS Sodhi) productivity and Indian to receive this award in the
efficient milk past 20 years.
supply chain
SDG Pioneers 2021 Sumant Sinha Sustainable During the United Nations Global
Development Compact (UNGC) Leaders Summit
Goals (SDG) 2021, 10-Global leaders were
named as the SDG Pioneers 2021.
MAY 2021
Templeton Prize for the Jane Goodall expertise on Jane Goodall is an English
year 2021 chimpanzees and primatologist,anthropologist and
her globe- the world’s foremost expert on
spanning chimpanzees.
advocacy of
environmental
causes.
2021 World Food Prize Shakuntala research, insights She becomes the first woman of
HaraksinghThilsted and innovations in Asian heritage to receive this
developing award.
holistic, nutrition-
sensitive
approaches to
aquaculture and
food systems
Arline Pacht Global Justice Gita Mittal contribution of the This International Association of
Vision Award for 2021 sitting or retired Women Judges (IAWJ). She
women judges to became the first India Judge to
the IAWJ and the receive the honour.
goals of IAWJ. She shared the award with Justice
Margarita Luna Ramos of Mexico.
Shyamala Ganesh 3rdhighest order for her She is also the former President
decoration of Japan, contribution in of the Bengaluru Chapter of
Order of the Rising spreading the Ohara-Ryu Ikebana and
Sun, under the class Japanese culture supported to popularise the
Gold and Silver Rays and language in cultural traditions of Ikebana,
Karnataka and Japanese flower arrangements.
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promoting the language school in 1983.
friendship and
goodwill between
Japan and India.
APRIL 2021
30th GD Birla Award for Suman Chakraborty outstanding This award was Instituted in
Scientific Research contribution to 1991 by KK Birla Foundation to
engineering recognise eminent Indian
science scientists below the age of 50 for
their outstanding contributions
in the field of science or
technology with a cash prize of ₹5
lakh.
Lilavati Awards 2020 25 Winners were 6 Categories/sub- Union Minister of Education
announced from a themes of Lilavati Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’
total of 456 entries. Awards – Women’s presented the awards which
Health, Self- launched in November 2020, It is
Defense, Sanitation an initiative of AICTE to promote
and Hygiene, Women Empowerment in India.
Literacy, Women Theme – Women Empowerment.
Entrepreneurship Click here for full detail
& Legal Awareness.
MARCH 2021
International Ranger Ranger Mahindra Giri reducing the The award was announced for 10
Award 2020 of Rajaji Tiger human-wildlife professionals across the globe by
Reserve(RTR) conflict the International Union for
Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
and World Commission on
Protected Areas (WCPA).
Pritzker Architecture Anne Lacaton and architecture The award was announced by
Prize 2021 Jean-Philippe Vassal Tom Pritzker, Chairman of The
Hyatt Foundation
United Nations’s 2020 SasmitaLenka Impact and Gender She became the first Indian to
Asia Environmental Leadership receive the award.
Enforcement Awards The 2020 theme of the 5th edition
Asia Environmental Enforcement
Awards “Fighting Transboundary
Environmental Crimes”.
2020 Ibrahim Prize( $5 Niger’s President Achievement in The prize was introduced by
million award) Mahamadou Issoufou African Leadership Sudanese billionaire Mo Ibrahim’s
foundation in 2006
Top 20 Global Women of Dr.TamilisaiSoundar women’s rights, The award was presented by the
Excellence award – 2021 arajan ,Lieutenant gender parity, USA on the recommendation of a
Governor of women Multi Ethnic Advisory Task Force,
Puducherry. empowerment and headed by US Congressman
women equality. Danny K. Davis.
CERAWeek Global Energy Prime Minister of Energy and Award conferred during 39th
and Environment India Narendra Modi Environment edition of annual CERAWeek
Leadership Award Leadershi Conference 2021
FEBRUARY 2021
Sanctuary Lifetime S Theodore Baskaran wildlife his contribution towards wildlife
Service Award 2020 conservation conservation and for his legacy of
writing in Tamil and English
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SKOCH Chief Minister of YS Jagan Mohan based on the year The efforts of the government of
the Year Award Reddy, the Chief long study on the AP to make efficient and
Minister(CM) of government transparent governance was
Andhra Pradesh(AP) project- level evident in the study of 123
outcomes across projects from various sectors in
different states of Andhra Pradesh.
India.
JANUARY 2021
Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya 32 children under 6 categories Chirag Bhansali(16 year old) from
Bal Puraskar(PMRBP) Noida’s Delhi Public School was
2021 conferred with the 2021 PMRBP
for launching his website and
mobile application called
‘Swadeshi Tech’, which acts as an
alternative to Chinese apps.
ii.Veer Kashyap(10-year-old)
received this award for building a
board game ‘Corona Yuga’ during
the lockdown in Bengaluru and
posted it on YouTube, where it
went viral…Click here for more
awards
11th India Digital Awards Sanjeev Digital Person of Digital Agency of the Year: Gold –
2021 Bikhchandani, Info the year Wunderman Thompson, Silver –
Edge Kinnect, Bronze – WATConsult
Digital Startup of Gujarat Cooperative Milk
Khatabook the year Marketing Federation Limited
(AMUL) bagged 4 awards in the
event.
SKOCH Awards 2021 Ministry of Tribal SKOCH Challenger Rail Dandora app also bagged the
Affairs Award-Best fourth place under the category of
(MoTA).inistry also Performance in e- excellence of governance.
received 3 Gold Governance
Awards
Ministry of SKOCH Challenger RailMadad, the grievance

Panchayati Raj Award- redressal portal of Indian
(MoPR) Transparency in Railways, had won gold in the
Governance for category of excellence of
recognizing its IT- governance.
led initiatives
Southern Railway ‘SKOCH Silver

Award’ for
response to COVID-
19 -
RECOGNITIONS
Name of the Recognition Key Points
Person/Organisation
NOVEMOBER 2021
Srinagar,a capital of UNESCO Creative Cities Srinagar becomes the sixth Indian City to
Jammu & Kashmir Network (UCCN) for 2021. receive this recognition under the craft and folk
arts category.

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Pochampally village in the Best Tourism Villages by the Pochampally village located around 50 km away
Yadadri Bhuvanagiri United Nations World Tourism from Hyderabad which is well known for its
district of Telangana Organization (UNWTO). handloom waved Ikat sarees is often referred to
as the Silk City of India.
OCTOBER 2021
Mukesh Ambani, the IIFL Wealth Hurun India Rich Ambani was followed by Gautam Adani, Adani
chairman of Reliance List 2021 Group, and Shiv Nadar of HCL for the second and
Industries(RIL) tops the third spot of the 2021 list.
list for 10 consecutive
th
year.
The Reliance Industries Forbes India Rich List 2021. Ambani retained the top positionwith net
Limited (RIL) Managing worth of USD 92.7 billion followed by Gautam
Director (MD) and Adani and Shiv Nadar
Chairman Mukesh
Ambani
SEPTEMBER 2021
Prime Minister Narendra The 100 Most Influential Global leaders like US President Joe Biden, US
Modi, West Bengal Chief People of 2021-TIME Vice President Kamala Harris, Chinese
Minister Mamata magazine President Xi Jinping, Italian Prime Minister
Banerjee and Serum
Mario Draghi, Israel’s Naftali Bennett, Iranian
Institute of India (SII)
CEO Adar Poonawalla President Ebrahim Raisi were listed.
Kovalam in Tamil Nadu Blue Flag Certification from It also issued re-certification for 8 nominated
and Eden in Puducherry Foundation for Environment beaches Shivrajpur-Gujarat, Ghoghla-Diu,
Education in Denmark (FEE) Kasarkod and Padubidri-Karnataka, Kappad-
Kerala, Rushikonda- Andhra Pradesh, Golden-
Odisha and Radhanagar- Andaman and Nicobar,
which were awarded the Blue Flag certificate in
2020.
Lesotho (Matseng BR), UNESCO It was announced during the the International
Libya (Ashaafean BR) Co-ordinating Council of the UNESCO’s
Saudi Arabia (United Nations Educational, Scientific and
(JuzurFarasan BR) Cultural Organization) MAB (Man and the
Amazon of Europe Biosphere) Programme (MAB-ICC) at Abuja,
(Europe), the 5- Nigeria. 20 new sites in 21 countries were
country BR, added to the World Network of Biosphere
Mura-Drava-Danube Reserves (BRs) reaching the total number to
Canada- 727 Biosphere in 131 countries, including 22
Atl’ka7tsem/Howe Sound transboundary sites.
France-Martinique; and
Moselle Sud
Italy-Monte Grappa
Kazakhstan-KolsaiKolderi
Korea-Wando
Malaysia-Penang Hill
Mongolia-Uvs Lake
Depression Transboundary
Peru-Avireri-Vraem
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Thailand-Doi Chiang Dao
Uzbekistan-Lower
Amudarya State
Viet Nam-Nui Chua; and
Kon ha Nung
AUGUST 2021
Reliance Industries 2021 Fortune Global 500 list Top 3: Walmart, State Grid and Amazon
Ltd (RIL) slipped 59 State Bank of India (SBI)(Improved by 16
places to rank 155th (due places) - 205
to COVID-19)
Indian Oil Corporation (IOC)-212
Most authors on a single Guinness World Records’ title It is a study about COVID-19 conducted at
peer-eviewed academic Indian hospitals among others around the
paper world by the United Kingdom(UK) experts
along with University of Birmingham and
Edinburgh.
Kakatiya Rudreshwara World Heritage List The Extended 44th Session of the World
(Ramappa) Temple, Heritage Committee (WHC) was held in
Telangana (Cultural Site) Fuzhou, China. During the session, 34
properties (29 Cultural & 5 Natural sites) were
Dholavira: a Harappan City, inscribed on the UNESCO Heritage List. 3
Gujarat (Cultural Site) properties were extended.The current session’s
inscriptions bring the total number of sites on
UNESCO’s World Heritage to 1154.
World Airport Awards Skytrax Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International (IGI)
2021 Airport secured 45th rank (while Qatar’s Doha
Hamad Airport topped the rankings. Delhi’s IGI
has been awarded as the ‘Best Airport in India
& Central Asia‘ for the 3rd Consecutive time.
Thol Lake Wildlife The Convention on Wetlands With this, the number of Ramsar sites in India
Sanctuary, Gujarat of International became 46 and the surface area covered by the
Wadhvana Wetland, Importance/ Ramsar Ramsar sites became 1,083,322 hectares.
Convention
Gujarat
Sultanpur National Park,
Gurgaon, Haryana
Bhindawas Wildlife
Sanctuary, Jhajjar,
Haryana
JULY 2021
Kakatiya Rudreswara UNESCO World Heritage Site It was located at Palampet, Mulugu district,
Temple (also known as Warangal, Telangana was inscribed on
the Ramappa Temple) UNESCO’s World Heritage list. It will be
India’s 39th World Heritage Site & the 1st
World Heritage Site from Telangana.
The tree-lined Paseo del UNESCO World Heritage Site Both situated in Madrid, Spain
Prado boulevard & the
adjoining Retiro Park
Kandla Special Economic Indian Green Building KASEZ became the 1stGreen SEZ to achieve
Zone (KASEZ) Council (IGBC) Green Cities such a rating for Existing Cities.
Platinum Rating
UNESCO World Heritage United Kingdom’s Mercantile City’ was delisted from the list of
Sites (UK) ‘Liverpool Maritime UNESCO World Heritage Sites
Mercantile City’
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MoooFarm’s Co-founders 2021 Forbes 30 under 30 Asia They have been placed in the Industry,
Jitesh Arora, Abhijeet list. Manufacturing and Energy category.
Mittal, and Aashna Singh Nyaykarta’sFounder, Shubham Sharma has also
Shubham Sharma been placed under the Social Impact category.
Mexican Model Andrea Miss Universe 2020 She became the 3rdMexican woman to be
Meza crowned as Miss Universe.Miss Universe 2020
was the 69th Miss Universe pageant.
Prime Minister (PM) Topped in ‘World’s 50 Serum Institute of India’s CEO Adar Poonawalla
Jacinda Ardern. Greatest Leaders’ list for is on the 10th spot and he is the only Indian
2021,Fortune Magazine among the top 10 names on the list.
APRIL 2021
Vibha Harish, the founder Forbes 30 under 30 Asia 2021 2021 list features 300 young Entrepreneurs
of Cosmix list and Trailblazers under the age of 30 from
across Asia who faced the challenges of the
pandemic and found new opportunities amid
Harshil Mathur the co- Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia the new normal.
founder and CEO of 2021 list under the Finance The list is announced for 10 categories each
Razorpay &Venture Capital category honouring 30 individuals under the age of 30.
India-based LT Foods 1st company at the global It will enable the company to use the
Limited level to be certified with the Sustainable Rice Platform (SRP) verified logo
highest level of verification – on packs of Rice produced by verified 1, 000+
L3, by UN-backed Sustainable farmers growing sustainable rice.
Rice Platform (SRP) ecolabel.
MARCH 2021
ReNewPower,India’s Global Lighthouse Company With this recognition, ReNew Power becomes
leading Renewable energy by World Economic World’s first clean energy company to be
company Forum(WEF) recognised as a Lighthouse by World Economic
Forum.
Kiran Bedi,Former baton of honour and a letter for recognizing Kiran Bedi’s service in the
Puducherry lieutenant of appreciation Union Territory of Puducherry and to
governor appreciate her constitutional duties
discharging method.
Central Revenues Control Regional Customs Laboratory World Customs Organisation (WCO) has given
Laboratory (CRCL), New (RCL) of the WCO this recognition.
Delhi
5 Indian-origin 2021 TIME100 Next (TIME Indian origin personalities are Vijaya Gadde
personalities & 1 Indian Magazine’s 100 emerging (Chief Legal Officer of Twitter), Rishi Sunak
Activist leaders list). (Britain’s Finance Minister), Apoorva Mehta
(Founder & CEO of Instacart), Shikha Gupta
(Executive Director of Nonprofit ‘Get Us PPE’)
& Rohan Pavuluri (Founder of Nonprofit
‘Upsolve’). Bhim Army Chief Chandra Shekhar
Azad is the sole Indian activist who has been
named in the list.
IAF Chief RKS Bhadauria ‘Mirpur Hall of Fame’ IAF Chief RKS Bhadauria was inducted into the
‘Mirpur Hall of Fame’ at Defence Services
Command and Staff College (DSCSC),
Dhaka,Bangladesh
FEBRUARY 2021
Hyderabad (Telangana) one of the ‘2020 Tree City of Hyderabad became the first and only city in
the World’ India to be recognised as the 2020 Tree City of
the World by Arbor Day Foundation and the
United Nation’s Food and Agriculture
Organization (FAO).

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Futures Industry world’s largest derivatives in terms of number of contracts traded.
Association (FIA), exchange for the second
National Stock Exchange consecutive year in 2020
of India Ltd (NSE)
Patna Meteorological Centennial Observing Station Conferred by the World Meteorological
Observatory Status Organization (WMO) to recognize its
contribution towards long-term meteorological
observation exceeding over 100 years.
4 Asian Tea Cultivation Globally Important Food & Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the
Sites – 2(The Pu’er Agricultural Heritage Systems United Nations has declared these names
Traditional Tea (GIAHS). globally.
Agrosystem&Fuzhou
Jasmine &Tea Culture
System) from China & 1
each from South
Korea(Traditional tea-
grass integrated system in
Shizuoka) &
Japan(Traditional
HadongTea Agrosystem in
Hwagae-myeon)
WORD OF THE YEAR

Word of the year Language Recognized by Key Points
‘Vax’ Word of the Year Oxford English In 2021, Vax which inturn refers
for 2021 Dictionary (OED) to ‘Vaccine’ or ‘Vaccination’ repeatedly
appeared in the news, and other
written media more than any other
word.
“Aatmanirbharta or Hidni Oxford Languages Hindi Word of the Year 2019 was
Self-Reliance” for “Samvidhaan or the Constitution”
2020
GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATION(GI) TAG

PRODUCT STATE IT BELONG TO
OCTOBER 2021
Karuppur kalamkari paintings, Tamil Nadu
Kallakurichi Wood carvings &
Kanyakumari Clove
White onion &Wada Kolam rice Maharashtra
Chinnor rice Madhya Pradesh
Edayur chilli&Kuttiattoor mango Kerala
SEPTEMBER 2021
Sojat Mehndi Rajasthan
Judima Assam
Naga Cucumber Nagaland
Sirarakhong Chilli (Hathei Chilly) and Manipur
Tamenglong Orange
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NOVEMBER(2020)
Tezpur Litchi Assam(It got GI tag under Horticulture Products(Fruits) –
Litchi in the class 31 & valid up to 28th August 2023)

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DalleKhursani Sikkim
AUGUST(2020)
Moira bananas, Harmal Chillies, Khaje Goa
ECONOMY &BUSINESS
NOVEMBER 2021
 BBMP (Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike) collaborated with the European Union (EU) for a low-
carbon Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) management system in Bengaluru (Karnataka) under Nationally
Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMA) support project ‘Waste solutions for a circular economy in
India’.
 Meta, formerly Facebook has launched ‘Grow Your Business Hub’ & ‘Grow Your Business
Playbook’ during the inaugural edition of Grow Your Business Summit.
 Tata Projects Limited secured an order on a turnkey basis from the Power Grid Company of Bangladesh
Limited (PGCB) for a 400kV (kilovolt) double circuit transmission line project worth Rs $120 million
(around Rs 900 crores).
 Mahindra and Mahindra Financial Services Ltd (Mahindra Finance)launched its vehicle leasing and
subscription business Quiklyz with which the customer can access a brand-new car without all the
hassles of car ownership.
OCTOBER 2021
 As part of a major rebrand, Facebook Inc has changed its corporate name to Meta (Meta Platforms,
Inc.), in an effort to include its virtual reality vision for the future.
 Invest India, a young ‘start-up’ within the Government of India has been unanimously elected as the
President of the World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (WAIPA) for 2021-2023.
 Fintech firm Rupifi and Flipkart Wholesale, partnered to provide Embedded Buy Now, Pay Later
(BNPL) offering to the MSMEs (Micro Small Medium Enterprises).
 HDFC Bank, Mastercard, United States International Development Finance Corporation (DFC), and US
Agency for International Development (USAID) launched a $100 million credit facility for MSMEs (Micro
Small and Medium Enterprises) in India.
 The National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) in collaboration with global partners launched
India’s first and largest ‘Impact Bond for skilling in India. It involves a USD 14.4 million fund which
will benefit 50,000 youth by making them employment ready
 Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) has launched an automated fuellling technology -UFill- to
ensure that its customers have a better experience at outlets.
 Vodafone Idea Limited (VIL), a Telecom operator and Larsen and Toubro (L&T), an Indian Multinational
conglomerate company have joined hands for a pilot project to test 5G-based smart city solutions.
 National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) in collaboration with Chainflux has launched a blockchain
platform for gold bullion named ‘NSE-Shine’.
 NITI Aayog tie-up with Intel and Amazon Web Services (AWS) to establish a new experience studio at
the NITI Aayog Frontier Technologies Cloud Innovation Center (CIC).
 Power Finance Corporation Ltd (PFC) was accorded the status of ‘Maharatna central public sector
enterprise (CPSE)’ by the Department of Public Enterprises.
SEPTEMBER 2021
 Tata Consultancy Services(TCS) has been selected by
NORD/LB (NorddeutscheLandesbankGirozentrale) as the strategic partner for its IT transformation.
NORD/LB is a German Landesbank and one of the largest commercial banks in Germany.
 World Bank group announced to discontinue its “Doing Business” reports after finding data
irregularities in countries rankings in 2018 and 2020 reports.
 Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) becomes the 2nd Indian company to hit the 200 Billion USD market
capitalization (M-Cap) mark. Reliance Industries (RIL)was the first Indian Company to achieve the feat.

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 Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) tied a partnership with Smart Power India (SPI) &
Deutsche Gesellschaft fur InternationaleZusammenarbeit (GIZ) to encourage Decentralised Renewable
Energy (DRE) and Energy Efficiency (EE) innovation.
 Northern Coalfields Limited (NCL) partnered with NTPC Limited to install 50 megawatts (MW) solar
power project at Nigahi coal mines of NCL in Singrauli district, Madhya Pradesh(MP).
AUGUST 2021
 MeitY Startup Hub (MSH), the nodal entity under the Ministry of Electronics & IT (MeitY), collaborated
with India Accelerator, the start-up accelerator, to support deep-tech startups.
 The market capitalisation(market-cap or m-cap) of the Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) reached
around Rs 13 Lakh crore on BSE. TCS became the first Information Technology(IT) company and
the 2nd Indian company after Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) to achieve the feat.
 ANSR Global Corporation Private Ltd (ANSR) collaborated with GIFT City (Gujarat International Finance
Tec-City)to attract companies to set up Global In-house Centres (GICs) and Global Capability Centres
(GCCs) at GIFT City.
JULY 2021
 Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City) has collaborated with BIL Ryerson Technology
Startups Incubator Foundation (BRTSIF) to enhance fintech innovation. In this regard, Zone Startups
India, a part of BRTSIF, will pursue ways to set up and promote a fintech hub in GIFT-SEZ (Special
Economic Zone).
 National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange (NCDEX), India’s agricultural commodity exchange,
launched India’s 1st sectoral indices in agricultural-commodities space such
as GUAREX and SOYDEX.
 Ministry of Commerce and Industry has set up a 9-member Advisory Council to advise the government
on measures needed to design and fasten the adoption of ‘Open Network for Digital
Commerce’ (ONDC).Shailendra Singh, Additional Secretary (ITeC), DPIIT has been appointed as the
convener of the Advisory Council.
JUNE 2021
 Wipro Limited and Finastra has announced a partnership to help corporate banks across Asia-Pacific
accelerate their digital transformation.
 Wipro Limited joined the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Partnership for New Work Standards
initiative to establish a healthy, resilient and equitable future of work.
 NTPC Limited, India’s leading power utility under the Ministry of Power signed with UN Global
Compact’s CEO Water Mandatefor Water Conservation and Management.
 National HydroElectric Power Corporation (NHPC), along with Jammu & Kashmir State Power
Development Corporation Ltd (JKSPDC) formed a joint venture company(JVC), “Ratle Hydroelectric
Power Corporation Limited” for the implementation of 850 MW Ratle Hydroelectric Project J&K.
 Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) collaborated with Microsoft to introduce Coding and Data
Science in schools for classes 6 to 12.
 India’s export of agriculture and allied products (including marine and plantation products) increased
by 17.34% to USD 41.25 Billion during 2020-21.During 2020-21, export of spices touched the
highest ever level of around USD 4 billion during 2020-21.India tea exports in 2020-21 dropped to
202 million kg (mkg) from 241.34 in 2019-20.
 Three Indian Start-ups Prantae Solutions, Jayon Implants & Ananya Technologies have been selected to
undertake joint R&D (Research & Development) and technology transfer projects under the India-
Russia Joint Technology Assessment and Accelerate Commercialization Program.
 Bharti Airtel & Tata Group announced a strategic partnership for implementing ‘Made in India’ 5G
network solutions for India.
 Companies that have a market capitalization (M-cap) of more than Rs 1 lakh crore at the time of listing
are now enabled to sell just 5 percent of their shares.

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 Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) is set to enter the Clean Energy Business under its ‘New Energy and New
Materials’ division. It is set to make an investment of INR 75, 000 crore in the sector over the next
three years.Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd is set to partner with Google Cloud to launch 5G services in India.
 Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) raised threshold turnover and borrowing limits of SMCs.
i.The turnover limit has been increased from Rs 50 crore to not exceeding Rs 250 crore.
ii.The borrowing limit has been increased from Rs 10 crore to not exceeding Rs 50 crore.
MAY 2021
 According to a new set of data released by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and
Development (OECD), the global FDI (Foreign Direct Investments) dropped by 38% in 2020
(compared to 2019) to USD 846 Billion, which is a 15-year low (lowest since 2005).
 The government(govt) sold 58 million shares in Axis Bank, which is held through the Specified
Undertaking of the Unit Trust of India (SUUTI) to raise around Rs 4,000 crore.
 As per the data released by the Ministry of Commerce & Industry on May 17, 2021, India’s annual rate
of inflation (YoY), based on monthly WPI (Wholesale Price Index) accelerated to 10.49 percent in April
2021.
 Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has approved the registration to start India’s 3rd
Power Exchange which will be established by Pranurja Solutions Ltd, a company promoted by BSE
Investments, PTC Ltd & ICICI Bank.
 Moody’s Investors Service reduced India’s growth forecast for FY21 to 9.3 percent from 13.7 percent
(February 2021’s forecast) and has increased the growth projection for FY22 to 7.9 % from 6.2 %.
 In its mid-year report of the UN’s World Economic Situation and Prospects (WESP)has increased
India’s GDP growth forecast to 7.5 percent in 2021 following a contraction of 6.8 % (-6.8) in 2020.
 Carlyle Group, a private equity firm through its entity CA Emerald Investment, sold a 4% stake
(amounting to 4.1 crore shares) in SBI Life Insurance for over Rs 3,900 crore through an open market
transaction.
 With Rs.55,500 crore market capitalisation (m-cap), Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) enters
100 most-valued Indian firms’ club.
 In the “2021 Ranking of Global retail powerhouses” by Deloitte, millionaire Mukesh Ambani’s
Reliance Retail Ltd has been ranked the 2nd fastest-growing retailer in the world.
 Competition Commission of India (CCI) has approved the green channel notice filed by Kyndryl
Holdings LLC and Grand Ocean Managed Infrastructure Services Private Limited in relation to the
internal restructuring of International Business Machines Corporation (IBM Corporation).
APRIL 2021
 Wipro Ltd regained its position as the third-largest Indian IT services company by market
capitalization(market-cap) of Rs 2.65 trillion by surpassing Noida-headquartered HCL Technologies’
 Ministry of Finance, Government of India retained the General Provident Fund (GPF) and other
non-government PF, Gratuity funds interest rate unchanged at 7.1 per cent for the first quarter Q1 of
FY22.
 As per Controller General of Accounts (CGA) , the fiscal deficit for the 11months of FY21(April –
February) stood at Rs 14.05 lakh crore i.e 76% of the revised estimates(RE) and for FY20 the deficit
was about 135.2% of RE.
 Asian Development Outlook (ADO) 2021 was released by Asian Development Bank on April 26,
2021, it forecasted the Indian economy to grow at 11% in FY22 from 8% and also predicted a GDP
expansion in FY22 at 7%.
 Government has infused Rs 200 crore capital in Industrial Finance Corporation of India (IFCI)
through issue of equity shares.
 South Korea’s LG Electronics has announced that it is closing down its mobile phone business unit
worldwide after nearly six years of losses totalling $4.5 billion.
 ReNew Power, a Clean Energy firm of India has pledged to achieve net-zero emission by 2050.

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 Larsen & Toubro’s Power Transmission & Distribution Business has bagged a Turnkey EPC
(Engineering, Procurement & Construction) contract to set up Sudair Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Project of
1.5 GigaWatt (GW) in Riyadh Province of Saudi Arabia.
 As per the Commerce and Industry Ministry data released, the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)
equity inflows into the country during April-January 2020-21 grew up by 28% to $54.18 billion.
 As per thedata released by MoPNG’sMinistry of Petroleum & Natural Gas) Petroleum Planning and
Analysis Cell (PPAC), India’s fuel demand declined by 9.1% in FY 2020-21 due to nationwide COVID-19
lockdown.
 Government in consultation with the RBI decided to borrow ₹7.24-lakh crore for the first six
months of FY22. In terms of percentage, the borrowing was 5.5% less than FY21’s borrowing.
 International Monetary Fund (IMF) in its biannual World Economic Outlook report has hiked its
growth projection of India for FY22 by 1% to 12.5% from 11.5% of its January 2021 estimation. For
FY23 the growth forecast was revised to 6.9% from 6.8%.
MARCH 2021
 Government has fully exited from Tata Communications Ltd (TCL), a part of the Tata Group,
through the sale of its outstanding 26.12% stake for ₹8,846 crores.
 HPCL-Mittal Energy Limited (HMEL) a joint venture between state-run Hindustan Petroleum Corp
and steel tycoon L.N. Mittal, became India’s first company to buy cargo from the oil producers of
Guyana.
 An ‘Equal’ Joint Venture (JV) called ‘IOC Phinergy Private Limited’ of Indian Oil Corporation
Limited (IOCL) & Israeli firm Phinergy was formalized to undertake research and development,
assembly, manufacturing & sale of Aluminium-Air batteries for the Indian market.
 According to a report by Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), India’s import
of arms decreased by 33% between 2011-15 and 2016-20 due to ‘Make-in-India’ initiative.
 Government of India planned to sell 16% stake or 7.52 crore shares in IRCON International Limited
under the Ministry of Railways, through an Offer ForSale (OFS).
 As per the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) data, India’s Foreign exchange (Forex) reserves to become
the world’s fourth-largest by surpassing Russia. As of March 2021, International Monetary
Fund(IMF)table, China has the largest reserves, followed by Japan, Switzerland, India, and Russia.
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 India’s seventh Trade Policy Review (TPR) headed by the Commerce Secretary, Dr. Anup Wadhawan
initiated at the World Trade Organization in Geneva, Switzerland. Report acknowledged India’s strong
economic growth at 7.4% during in the last five years i.e. 2015-20.
 In accordance with the data by Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Foreign direct investment (FDI)
equity inflow into India was increased by 37% to USD 43.85 billion during April-November 2020
(FY21). It was the highest ever for the first 8 months of a financial year and also 37% more compared to
the first 8 months of FY20 (US$ 32.11 billion).
 Flipkart & NITI Aayog have collaborated to launch the updated Women Entrepreneurship Platform
(WEP).

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ACQUISITIONS & MERGERS

ACQUISITION BETWEEN AMOUNT KEY POINTS
NOVEMBER 2021
HDFC Life Insurance Company & Exide INR 6,687 crore HDFC Life Insurance Company
Life Insurance Limited acquiring 100% shareholding of Exide
Life Insurance Limited under Article
31 (1) of the Competition Law of 2002.
ASK Investment Managers (ASKIM) --------- The Competition Commission of India
Limited by BCP TopCo XII Private (CCI) has approved the acquisition
Limited(BCP TopCo) of 71.25% shareholding ASKIM
Limited by BCP TopCo.
OCTOBER 2021
Paytm Insuretech Limited ( PIT) by Swiss INR 920 crore The Swiss Re will buy 23%
Re. stake in Paytm Insuretech
HDFC ERGO General Insurance ---------------------- The acquisition will enable the HDFC
Company by HDFC Bank Bank to participate in the growth
opportunities of HDFC ERGO and
create a long term value for the
shareholders.
Business process outsourcing (BPO) ------------------------- Hinduja Global Solutions is engaged
services of Hinduja Global Solutions in Information Technology(IT) and
Ltd(HGS) by Betaine B.V. IT-enabled Services (ITeS) and caters
to customers across the globe
Parexel International Corporation (PIC) ------------------------- Parexel is a biopharmaceutical
by Phoenix Parentco Inc. company that provides outsourcing
services to other companies.
Global Content Alpha Partners Holdco Pte. ----------------------------- The proposed combination under
Ltd. (GCAPH) by Starnmeer B.V. Sections 5(a) of the Competition Act,
(Starnmeer) 2002, concerns the acquisition of up to
the entire issued share capital of
GCAPH from its existing shareholders.
State bank of India(SBI), Union Bank of The SBI and UBI have picked up
India(UBI), Punjab National Bank(PNB) a 13.27% stake each at 3.88 crore
and Indian Bank - 12% stake each in the shares in NARCL.The PNB has picked
National Asset Reconstruction Company up a 12.06% stake at 1.8 crore.The
Ltd (NARCL). Indian Bank has picked up around a
13.27% stake,at Rs 19.80 crore.
Reliance New Energy Solar Ltd (RNESL) & Rs 2,845 crore. To acquire 40% stake post-money in
Shapoorji Pallonji and Company Private SWSL through a series of
Ltd (SPCPL), Khurshed transactions.
Daruvala and Sterling & Wilson Solar
Ltd (SWSL)
Tata Sons Private Ltd subsidiary Talace Tata Sons will own 100% stake in Air
Pvt Ltd & Air India ₹18,000 crore India, as also 100% in its
international low-cost arm Air India
Express and 50% in the ground
handling joint venture, Air India
SATS
Adani Finserv & CSC Grameen eStore -------------------- Adani Finserv acquired 10% equity
stake in the government’s rural
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Metlife International Holdings &PNB Rs 1906 crore Metlife International Holdings will
MetLife India Insurance Company acquire the stakes owned by IGE
Limited (India) Private Limited and Elpro
International Limited.
SEPTEMBER 2021
Gangavaram Port Limited (GPL) by Adani Rs 644.78 crore 10.40% stake as a part of the Adani
Ports and Special Economic Zone Limited Group, a leading integrated ports and
(APSEZ) logistics company from
the government of Andhra Pradesh.
CA Rover Holdings & SBI Cards 443 million USD (around Sold 3.2 crore shares amounting to a
Rs 3267 crore) 3.4% stake in SBI
Kotak Mahindra Bank (KMB) &KFin Rs 310 crores Acquire 9.98% stakesby buying over
Technologies 1.67 crore equity shares for as a
primary capital infusion to the
company.
IndusInd Bank & McLeod Russel India ------------------------ Acquired 4.79% stake in debt-laden
Limited(MRIL) MRIL by involving pledged shares for
recovery of its dues.
TVS Supply Chain Solutions Private ------------------------ Under Section 31(1) of the
Limited by T.S. Rajam Rubbers Private Competition Act, 2002.
Limited and Dhinrama Mobility Solution This transaction will be carried out
Private Limited through a secondary purchase from
CDPQ Private Equity Asia Private
Limited(CDPQ), an existing
shareholder.
Inflow Technologies Private ----------------------------- This transaction allows Savex and
Limited (Inflow) by Savex Technologies Inflow to deliver higher value to their
Private Limited (Savex). clientele.
ONGC Tripura Power Company ----------------------------- CCI approved acquisition of 26%
Limited by GAIL (India) Limited from equity share capital of entities under
Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Section 31(1) of the Competition Act,
Services (IL&FS) group 2002.
Indiabulls AMC and Indiabulls Trustee ----------------------------- This is the 1st transaction in India
Company Limited (Indiabulls Trustee) under the Securities and Exchange
by Nextbillion Technology Private Limite Board of India (SEBI)’s new
d “sponsor” eligibility criteria for
mutual funds.
First Policy Insurance Brokers & Amicus ----------------------------- To consolidate its position in the
Insurance Brokers market. After the merging, they will
become one of the leading insurance
brokers in the country.
HDFC Life Insurance Company(HDFC Rs 6687 crore This is the biggest insurance deal in
Life) &Exide Life Insurance Company India.
ICICI Lombard &Bharti Axa General ------------------------ The shareholders of the demerged
Insurance company- Bharti and AXA will be
allotted equity shares with Bharti
General Ventures and SocieteBeaujon
shares.
Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) of India Rs 2550 crore LIC picked up around 3.9%
&Bank of India(BOI) stakes (around 159007791 shares)
of Bank of India(BOI) through Open
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AUGUST 2021
PNB Housing Finance Limited Rs 4000 crore Competition Commission of India
(PNBHFL)&Pluto Investments , Salisbury approved the acquisition under the
Investments Private Limited Green channel facility with an
investment of Rs 4000 crore.
Zomato Limited & (Grofers India) and 100 million USD( around Competition Commission of
Hands-on Trades Private Limited (HoT) Rs 745 crore) India (CCI) has approved the
acquisition of a 9.3% stake in each .
Adani Road Transport Ltd (ARTL) Rs 1680 crore ARTL acquired 49% stake in
& Maharashtra Border Check Post Maharashtra Border Check Post
Network Limited(MBCPNL). Network Limited(MBCPNL)with an
option to acquire additional stakes
subject to regulatory approval.
IDBI Bank & Asset Reconstruction 6,23,23,800 Divest its entire stake – 19.18% in
Company (India) Ltd Asset Reconstruction Company
(India) Ltd (ARCIL)
JULY 2021
SB Energy Holding Limited & Adani $3.5 billion The Competition Commission of
Green Energy Limited India (CCI) under Section 31(1) of
the Competition Act, 2002 has
approved the acquisition. It is
the largest acquisition in the
renewable energy sector in India.
International Finance Corporation (IFC) & Rs.916 crore I FC has acquired a 4.99% stake in
Federal Bank the for Rs.916 crore. This is IFC’s first
investment in India in line with
Greening Equity Approach.
HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank and Axis Bank & ---------------- HDFC Bank and Axis Bank invested
Indian Banks’ Blockchain Infrastructure Rs 5 lakh each for the shares. ICICI
Co (IBBIC) Pvt Ltd Bank paid-up share capital of IBBIC.
It paid Rs 4.9 lakh for the shares.
Union Territory(UT) of Ladakh & Jammu ---------------- RBI goven its approval to
and Kashmir Bank (J&K bank) acquire 8.23% of the paid-up equity
capital of Jammu and Kashmir
Bank (J&K bank) as of the date of
enforcement of Jammu and Kashmir
Reorganisation Act 2019, i.e, 31st
October 2019.
ONGC (Oil & Natural Gas Corporation ---------------- Competition Commission of India
Limited) Tripura Power (CCI), approved acquisition of 23.5
Company(OTPC) by Summit India per cent stake equity share capital
(Tripura). in ONGC (Oil & Natural Gas
Corporation Limited) Tripura Power
Company (OTPC) by Summit India
(Tripura).
Reliance Retail Ltd & with Just Dial Ltd ---------------- RIL made an agreement and its
founder & managing director VSS
Mani to acquire an aggregate
of 40.95 percent share of controlling
stake in Just Dial for a total of Rs
3,497 crore.
JUNE 2021
BharatPe& PAYBACK India -- This is the first-ever acquisition by
BharatPefrom from American
Express (90%)and ICICI Investments
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Canara Bank & National Asset -- Canara Bank will be the lead sponsor
Reconstruction Company Ltd (NARCL) or and biggest shareholder with a 12
Bad Bank percent stake in the entity.
Adani Power Limited (APL)&1,200 Rs 3,000 crore APL acquired of 1,200 megawatt
megawatt (MW) Essar Power (MW) Essar Power’s Mahan Project
located at Singrauli district of
Madhya Pradesh.
Indian Bank&Life Insurance Corporation -- Indian Bank has raised a total of Rs
(LIC), SBI Life Insurance and Canara 1650 crore in its qualified
Bank institutional placement (QIP) of
shares which were issued at Rs
142.15 apiece.
The LIC, India’s largest and the only
state-owned life insurer, has picked
up 17.80 % shares issues under QIP.
MAY 2021
Life Insurance Corporation of India -- LIC acquired around a 2 percent
(LIC)&Union Bank of India(UBI) stake in the state-runUBI and hiked
its stake hold in UBI to 5.06 percent.
Adani Green Energy Limited (AGEL)&SB $3.5 billion Adani Green Energy Limited (AGEL)
Energy Holdings Limited agreed to acquire the 100 percent
stake of SB Energy Holdings Limited,
the largest acquisition in the
renewable energy sector in India.
Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Rs 2,800 crore CCI approved the acquisition of the
Limited(APSEZL)&Adani Krishnapatnam remaining 25% shareholding of
Port Limited(AKPL)of Vishwa Samudra Adani Krishnapatnam Port
Holdings Limited(AKPL) by Adani Ports and
Special Economic Zone
Limited(APSEZL) from Vishwa
Samudra Holdings
GPL Finance and Investments -- Competition Commission of India
Limited(GPL) acquires YES Asset (CCI) approved the acquisition of 100
Management Company (AMC) (India)(YES percent equity shares.
AMC) and YES Trustee Limited (YES
Trustee)
Piramal Capital and Housing Finance -- Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
(PCHF)&Dewan Housing Finance approved the resolution plan of PE to
Corporation Ltd. (DHFL) acquire DHFL through PCHF with a
total payment of around Rs 35,000
crores.
APRIL 2021
DCB Bank Limited &Techfino Capital -- DCB Bank Limited acquired a
Private Limited (TCPL) minority stake of around 9 per cent
equity stake in Techfino Capital
Private Limited (TCPL), a non-
banking financial company (NBFC).
Adani Ports and Special Economic Zones -- Competition Commission of India
(APSEZ) Limited &Gangavaram Port (CCI) approved the acquisition of
Limited (GPL) 89.6 per cent equity shareholding of
GPL by APSEZ Limited.
Magma Fincorp Limited (Magma Fincorp) Rs.3456 crore Competition Commission of India
& Rising Sun Holdings Private Limited (CCI) approved the acquisition of
(Rising Sun) 60% stake holdings in Magma
Fincorp Limited (Magma Fincorp) by
Rising Sun Holdings Private Limited
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acquired 12.99% stake in Max Life
Insurance company to become a co-
promoter of the insurance provider.
Principal Asset Management Private -- Competition Commission of India
Limited (PAMPL), Principal Trustee (CCI) approved the proposed
Company Private Limited (PTCPL), combination which is related to the
Principal Retirement Advisors Private 100% acquisition of Principal firm
Limited(PRAPL) & Sundaram Asset along with its subsidiaries by
Management Company Limited(SAMC). Sundaram Asset Management
Company Limited(SAMC).
Byju& Aakash Educational Services $1 billion (about Rs 7,300 This deal is the biggest acquisition by
Limited (AESL) crore) Byju’s until now.Byju’s aims to
increase its presence in the test prep
space as its competitors/rival
Unacademy made close to six
acquisitions in the test prep space
and Amazon India made an entry
with Amazon Academy in 2020.
Adani Ports and Special Economic Zones Rs 2,800 crore APSEZ has acquired the outstanding
(APSEZ), &Krishnapatnam Port from 25% stake in Krishnapatnam Port for
Vishwasamudra Holdings Rs 2,800 crore from Vishwasamudra
Holdings
YES Bank & Reliance Centre of Reliance Rs.1200 crores This sale of the office building of
Infrastructure Limited (RInfra) 21432.28 square meter plot in
Santacruz,Mumbai, Maharashtra is
utilised to repay the debt of YES
Bank.
MARCH 2021
Indian Energy Exchange (IEX) & National -- Indian Energy Exchange (IEX) has
Stock Exchange of India (NSE). divested 26% of its equity holding in
the Indian Gas Exchange (IGX) to
National Stock Exchange of India
(NSE).
Power Grid Corporation of Rs 351.64 crore. Powergrid acquired 74% stake of
India(Powergrid) and Jaiprakash Power JPVL in Jaypee PowerGrid(JPL)
Ventures (JPVL)
Tata Power Company Limited (TPCL) & --- TPCL acquired 51% of the equity
North Eastern Electricity Supply share capital of NESCO Utility in Grid
Company of Odisha (NESCO Utility) Corporation of Odisha Limited
(GRIDCO)
Adani Ports and Special Economic Zones Rs 1,954 crore. Adani Group acquired a 31.5 % stake
(APSEZ) Ltd and Gangavaram Port in Gangavaram Port Limited (GPL)
Limited (GPL) which is held by Windy Lakeside
Investment Limited (an affiliate of
Warburg Pincus)
FEBRUARY 2021
NTPC Ltd(formerly- National Thermal -- As per the agreement NTPC will buy
Power Corporation Limited) & GAIL GAIL’s 25.51% in Ratnagiri Gas and
(India) Ltd Power Pvt Ltd (RGPPL), which is
commonly known as
Dabholproject.Apart from this, NTPC
will sell its 14.82% stake. Konkan
LNG Ltd (KLL) on a fully diluted basis
to GAIL.
Dewan Housing Finance Corporation Rs 35,000 crores RBI has approved the acquisition of
(DHFL) & Piramal Capital and Housing DHFL.Committee of Creditors(CoC)
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group revive the debt-ridden of DHFL.This
approval paves way for Piramal
group to acquire DHFL.
Central Government’s stake in National Rs 400 crore Central Government is all set to sell
Fertilizers Ltd (NFL) through an Offer for 20% stake in National Fertilizers Ltd
Sale (OFS) method (NFL) out of its shareholding of
74.71% through an Offer For Sale
(OFS) method of shares
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) Rs 2,399.26 crore 36.62% stake (88.86 crore equity
&of Bharat Oman Refineries Limited shares) of Bharat Oman Refineries
(BORL) from OQ S.A.0.C. (formerly known Limited (BORL) from OQ S.A.0.C.
as Oman Oil Company S.A.0.C.) (formerly known as Oman Oil
Company S.A.0.C.) approved by CCI
Bank of India (BOI) acquires stake in -- Competition Commission of India
each BOI AXA Investment Managers (CCI) under Section 31(1) of the
Private Limited (BAIM)& BOI AXA Competition Act, 2002 gave
Trustee Services Private Limited (BATS) approval for the acquisition of 49%
stake each in BOI AXA Investment
Managers Private Limited (BAIM)&
BOI AXA Trustee Services Private
Limited (BATS) .
100% shares of common stock and sole --- The approval was given under
control of Varian Medical Systems, Inc. Section 31(1) of the Competition
(Varian) by Siemens Healthineers Holding Act, 2002 by CCI.
I Gmb (SHS GmbH)
JANUARY 2021
Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Limited Rs.1500 crore acquisition is 7.8% minority
(ABFRL) & Flipkart Investments Private stake…Competition Commission of
Limited (FIPL) India (CCI) also approved
The acquisition of Altico Capital India
Ltd (Altico) by Ares SSG Capital
Management (Singapore) Pte. Ltd
(Ares SSG).
ii.The deal between Max Life
Insurance Company Ltd and Axis
entities(Axis bank Ltd, Axis Capital
ltd and Axis Securities Ltd).
Total SE acquires minority share capital - CCI gave approval for acquisition
acquisition in Adani Green Energy Ltd under Section 31(1) of the
(AGEL), part of Adani Group by. Competition Act, 2002
Acquisition of 100% shareholding of - Competition Commission of
Columbia Asia Hospitals Private India (CCI) gave approval . After this
Limited(CAHPL) by Manipal Health acquisition MHEPL will become
Enterprises Private Limited(MHEPL). India’s 2nd largest healthcare chain,
after Apollo Hospitals.
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APP & WEB PORTAL
Mobile app/portal Launched by Purpose
NOVEMBER 2021
Whistle-blower Portal Indian Renewable Energy It provides facilities to the employees of
Development Agency Ltd IREDA to file complaints related to fraud,
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Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav (AKAM) Minister of State Meenakashi The app is a single point access to all
mobile App Lekhi, Ministry of Culture information, activities and events related
and External Affairs to the 75th anniversary celebrations of
India’s independence.
Citizen’s Tele-Law Mobile App Union Law Minister Kiren The app will empower the citizens
Rijiju regarding pre-litigation cases and timely
redressal of grievances. He also felicitated
the Tele-Law 124 Frontline
Functionaries including para legal
workers and village level entrepreneurs.
Public Procurement Policy (Make K. Rajaraman, Secretary, The portal will enable the
In India) portal Department of manufacturers/vendors and other
Telecommunications (DoT) stakeholders to register their grievances
and track the status of their complaints.
and Chairman, Digital
Communication Commission
(DCC)
Punjab Career Portal Punjab To provide professional career guidance
to school and college students of Punjab.
OCTOBER 2021
Food Safety Connect Food Safety and Standards For the purpose of granting licences or
Authority of India (FSSAI) registration to food businesses.
Garuda App Election Commission of For the digital mapping of all polling
India (ECI) stations by using its longitude and
latitude.
Swasth Haryana app Haryana Health Minister Anil To provide people relief from long queues
Vij at civil hospitals.
CUNSULT app Union Minister Nitin Jairam It was the World’s 1st Instant Advice
Gadkari, Ministry of Road App, “CUNSULT”, a knowledge sharing
transport and highways platform.
(MoRTH)
MyPortApp Sarbananda Sonowal, Union A mobile app targeted towards port users
Minister of Ports, Shipping to provide various port services in
and Waterways Kolkata.
IndiaXports 2021 Union Minister for Micro, It will enhance the exports and ensure
Small and Medium localisation. It will work as a global
Enterprises (MSMEs), manufacturing powerhouse by improving
India’s manufacturing base.
Narayan Tatu Rane
Fishwaale Assam India’s first e-Fish market application
was developed by Aqua Blue Global
Aquaculture Solutions Pvt Ltd, in
collaboration with the Assam fisheries
department. Itwill facilitate the buyers
and sellers to place orders and sell fish
online.
Waste to Wealth portal Prime Minister’s Science, To bring together technology providers,
Technology, and Innovation government stakeholders, urban local
Advisory Council (PMSTIAC) bodies and users on the platform to seek
solutions for the waste problems of the
country.
Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) mobile Prime Minister (PM) To improve the transparency and
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Digital Baramati Umbrella App Maharashtra Deputy Chief A mobile application ‘designed to provide
Minister Ajit Pawar all citizen-centric facilities at a single click
to residents of Baramati town in Pune
district.
SEPTEMBER 2021
Samarpan Portal Chief Minister (CM) of It was launched to people can register
Haryana Manohar Lal Khattar themselves to offer voluntary service in
the field of education, sports, agriculture,
and skill development.
National Single Window System Union Minister, Piyush To enable global and domestic investors,
(NSWS)portal Vedprakash Goyal, Ministry entrepreneurs, and businesses to identify
of Commerce & Industry and obtain approvals and clearances
needed in India. It is an effort toward ease
of doing business.
Y Break App Union Minister of Ayurveda, A platform to make Yoga an integral part
Yoga & Naturopathy, Unani, of people’s life at Workplace.
Siddha, A 5 minutes Yoga protocol for Office
Homeopathy (AYUSH), goers which includes Asanas,
SarbanandaSonowal Pranayama &Dhyan.
Dashboard Giriraj Singh, Union Minister The dashboard is set to monitor the
(https://svamitva.nic.in/) for Panchayati Raj and Rural implementation of SVAMITVA Scheme,
Development which is targeted to be implemented
across India by 2024.
PRANA – Portal for Regulation of Bhupender Yadav, Union To monitor the implementation of India’s
Air-pollution in Non-Attainment Minister of Ministry of National Clean Air Programme (NCAP).
Cities(NACs) Environment, Forest and
Climate Change (MoEF&CC)
Portal for the National Livestock Union It is developed by Small Industries
Mission (NLM) Minister ParshottamRupala Development Bank of India (SIDBI) in
collaboration with the Department of
Animal Husbandry and Dairying
AUGUST 2021
Indian Customs Compliance Central Board for Indirect For providing free access to information
Information Portal (CIP)- Taxes and Customs (CBIC) on all customs procedures and regulatory
https://cip.icegate.gov.in/CIP compliance for nearly 12,000 customs
tariff items.
e-GOPALA application’s web National Dairy Development It would help the farmers to buy and
version and IMAP web portal Board’s (NDDB) sell disease-free germplasm in all
forms (semen, embryos, etc).
e-Shram Portal Union Minister for Labour& For registration of Unorganised
Employment, Bhupender workers across the country. The portal is
Yadav the 1st of its Kind initiative for the
Unorganised workers in India.
Geo-spatial planning portal Giriraj Singh, Minister of It would enable MGNREGA (Mahatma
‘’Yuktdhara’’ under Bhuvan Rural Development and Gandhi National Rural Employment
Panchayati Raj Guarantee Act) assets planning by using
remote sensing and Geographic
Information System (GIS) data.
1.GeoSpatial Data Dissemination Department of Science & Launched 3 Online Applications which
Portal Technology (DST) will provide geospatial data collected by
2.SOI’s Sarathi Web Geographical the government freely and easily
Information System (GIS) available to citizens and Organisations in
Application India for the 1st time
3.Manchitran portal
PM-DAKSH’ Portal and ‘PM- Virendra Kumar, the Union To ease the access of skill
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and Empowerment groups under the scheme PM-
DAKSH (Pradhan Mantri Dakshta Aur
KushaltaSampannHitgrahi) Yojana
Mobile App of National Legal CJI NV Ramana To provide Free Legal aid to the poor and
Services Authority (NALSA) needy people, and to seek victim
compensation.
Portal TAPAS (Training for Dr. Virendra Kumar, Union To offer access to lectures, study
Augmenting Productivity and Minister for Social Justice materials and others, supplementing the
Services and Empowerment, l physical classroom without
compromising teaching quality.
JULY 2021
CTRI portal along with AMAR, Minister of State i.CTRI( Clinical Trials Registry India) is a
RMIS, SAHI and e-Medha portals. (Independent Charge)- primary Register of Clinical Trials under
Additional Charge Kiran the world health Organization’s
Rijiju International Clinical Trials Registry
Platform. .
ii.SHAHI: An acronym for Showcase of
Ayurveda Historical Imprints, this
portal incorporates authentic resources
and showcases inscriptions, Archeo-
botanical Information, Sculptures,
Philological sources and advanced Archeo
Genetic studies.
iii.e- Medha: This electronic Medical
Heritage Accession portal provides
online access to more than 12 thousand
books related to Indian Medical Heritage
iv.AMAR: An acronym for Ayush
Manuscripts Advanced Repository, it is
a repository for Ayurveda, Yoga, Unani,
Siddha and Sowa- Rigpa Manuscripts and
catalogues.
v.CCRAS-Research Management
Information System– A collaborative
effort of Indian Council of Medical
Research (ICMR) and Central Council
for Research in Ayurvedic
Sciences (CCRAS), this portal will be a
one stop solution for Research and
Development in Ayurveda based studies.
iv.PathapathyaVinishcaya: An
important book of Ayurveda and has
details of diet and lifestyle.
ICAI BOS Institute of Chartered For students of foundation, intermediate
Accountants of India (ICAI) and final CA
Board of Studies-BoS
(Academics)
CPGRAMS (Centralized Public Rajnath Singh It was developed by the Ministry of
Grievance Redress and Monitoring Defence (MoD) along with the Indian
System) app Institute of Technology (IIT)-Kanpur.
This web-based application is
the 1st system developed based on AI,
data science, and Machine Learning (ML)
techniques to improve the public
grievance redressal system of the
Government.
Kisan Sarathi portal Union Minister for To help farmers get ‘right information at
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Welfare, Narendra Singh
Tomar and Union Minister
for Electronics &Information
Technology, Ashwini
Vaishnaw
Kala Vishwa Indian Council for Cultural Virtual Platform launched to reach out to
Relations (ICCR) traditional folk artists, local artists/
artisans
JUNE 2021
Bal Swaraj portal National Commission for It is an online tracking portal for real-time
Protection of Child Rights tracking & monitoring of Children who
(NCPCR) lost both or either of their parents in
COVID-19.
The integration of e-GOPALA Giriraj Singh, Union Minister It was announced during the virtual
app (Generation of wealth through of Fisheries, Animal program organised as a part of the World
Productive Livestock) Husbandry & Dairying Milk Day (June 1 2021).
with UMANG (Unified Mobile
Application for New-age
Governance) platform
AmbiTag Indian Institute of India’s first IoT(Internet of Things) device
Technology, Ropar (IIT which will record the real-time
Ropar), Punjab temperature of perishable products like
food and dairy, vaccines, and body organs
and blood during transportation.
e-filing portal Income Tax Department The portal aims to provide a convenient,
(www.incometax.gov.in) modern, and seamless experience to
taxpayers.
Namaste Yoga app Ministry of AYUSH This app is an information platform for
the public to raise awareness about yoga
and make it accessible for the larger
community.
Trusted Telecom Portal Government It is a part of the national security
directive on the telecommunications
sector under
the National Security Directive
on Telecommunication Sector (NSDTS) to
declare a list of trusted sources and
products for installation in the country’s
telecom networks.
Adi Prashikshan portal Union Minister of Tribal To provide quality training to Tribal
Affairs, Arjun Munda population.
TV Channel Selector Web Portal Telecom Regulatory Similar to the TV Channel Selector App
Authority of India (TRAI) released for smartphones in the year 2020
by TRAI.
‘itat e-dwar’ Union Minister for Law & Launched the e-filing portal of Income
Justice Ravi Shankar Prasad Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) to enable
parties to file their Appeals, Miscellaneous
Applications, documents, paper books etc
electronically
NMBA Website Union Minister for Social For the NashaMukt Bharat Abhiyaan
Justice & Empowerment (NMBA) scheme to root out the threat of
Thawaarchand Gehlot drug abuse.
Enforcing Contracts Portal Department of Justice For improving the Ease of Doing Business
(EoDB) in India.
MAY 2021
‘Ayush Clinical Case Repository Minister of State The ACCR Portal will help in collecting
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(https://accr.ayush.gov.in/) and AYUSH (Ayurveda, Yoga, responded to the COVID-19
3rd version of AyushSanjivani App. Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha, pandemic.The portal and app are part of
Sowa-Rigpa and the National Digital Health Mission
Homoeopathy) Kiren Rijiju (NDHM).
‘Services e-Health Assistance & Union Minister of Defence It is an online medical consultation
Tele-consultation – Outpatient Rajnath Singh service for Armed Forces Personnel,
Department (SeHAT OPD)’ Portal veterans of Armed Forces and their
(https://sehatopd.in/) families.
National Mobile Monitoring Union Minister for Rural Purpose - For monitoring the MGNREGS
Software app (NMMS) & Area Development Narendra (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural
officer monitoring App Singh Tomar Employment Guarantee Scheme)
worksites.
MOMA Market Mobile application Manipur It introduced to solve the issues of home
delivery of fresh vegetables. The
application was introduced by the
Manipur Organic Mission Agency
(MOMA)
‘Dost For Life’ Central Board of Secondary It aims to maintain psycho-social
Education(CBSE) wellness during Covid-19. The app will
be available for students from classes 9
to 12.
‘ID-Art’ International Criminal Police It helps to identify the stolen cultural
Organization (INTERPOL) property, reduce smuggling and increase
the possibility of recovering stolen
works and artefacts.
APRIL 2021
Amazon Pay for Business Amazon Pay, the fintech to simplify the payment needs of Small
subsidiary of Amazon India, and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and it
has on boarded around 5 million
merchants.
‘Poshan Gyan’ website NITI Aayog It is a National Digital Repository on
Health & Nutrition. It has been
developed in collaboration with Bill and
Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) &
Centre for Social and Behaviour Change,
Ashoka University.
‘e-SANTA’ potal Union Minister of Commerce It is an electronic marketplace providing
(Electronic Solution for & Industry Piyush Goyal a platform to connect Aqua Farmers and
Augmenting NaCSA farmers’ Trade the Buyers (both at National &
in Aquaculture) International levels).It is an initiative of
NaCSA (National Centre for Sustainable
Aquaculture)
Directorate General of Foreign Union Minister of Commerce for promoting Ease of Doing Business
Trade(DGFT)’s ‘Trade Facilitation’ & Industry Piyush Goyal (EoDB) in India and providing quick
app access to information to
importers/exporters.App developed by
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS).
MyNEP2020 Union Education Minister, for receiving digital consultation from
Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ various stakeholders for preparing a
draft of 2 policy related to Teachers Skill
development – National Professional
Standards for Teachers (NPST) &
National Mission for Mentoring Program
membership(NMM).
Madhukranti Portal Narendra Singh Tomar, It is an initiative of the National Bee
Union Minister, Ministry of Board(NBB) under the National
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Welfare (MoA&FW) Indian Bank is the technical and banking
partner of the digital platform.
Supreme Court Portal for Chief Justice of India (CJI) SA It is 1st of its kind Artificial Intelligence
Assistance in Court’s Efficiency Bobde (AI) driven tool in the World that
(SUPACE)” collects relevant facts and laws related
to the case, thereby easing the research
process for Judges.
MARCH 2021
E-Tendering Portal ‘PRANIT’ Power Grid Corporation of to minimize the paperwork and ease of
India Limited (POWERGRID) operation and expects the tendering
process to become more transparent.
UPFPO (Uttar Pradesh Farmer Uttar Pradesh (UP) To benefit the farmers at the grassroots
Producer Organization) Shakti level and it became first kind of its in
Portal India
“Mobile Seva Appstore” MeitY It became India’s first indigenously
developed mobile app store.
‘Mera Ration’ Mobile app Department of Food & Public It was launched ‘One Nation One Ration
Distribution, Ministry of Card (ONORC)’ plan. It aims to benefit
Consumer Affairs, Food & ration card holders who move to new
Public Distribution areas for livelihoods.The mobile app has
been developed by the Department of
Food & Public Distribution along with
the National Informatics Centre (NIC).
‘Sugamya Bharat App’ Union Minister Also launched a handbook entitled

Thaawarchand Gehlot, ‘Access – The Photo Digest’.Both of the
Ministry of Social Justice and new launches are developed by
Empowerment (MoSJE) Department of Empowerment of Persons
with Disabilities (DEPwD), MoSJE
FEBRUARY 2021
E-Daakhil National Consumer Dispute Portal launched for Consumer Grievance
Redressal Commission Redressal (e-filing) is now operational
(NCDRC) in 15 States/UTs across India.
“edaakhil.nic.in” has been developed by
the National Informatics Centre (NIC).
E-Chhawani Rajnath Singh, Union It has been developed by eGov
Defence Minister Foundation, Bharat Electronics Limited
(BEL), Director General Defence Estates
(DGDE) & National Informatics Centre
(NIC).
Aaple Sarkar MahaDBT Portal Government of Maharashtra The Portal provides the benefits of
(Direct Benefit Transfer) various schemes of the Department of
Agriculture on a single application by the
Farmers.
‘Innovation Sandbox’ portal BSE (formerly Bombay Stock To create an ecosystem which promotes
Exchange) innovation in the securities market.
JANUARY 2021
Krishi Sakha App Bharti AXA General a one-stop-shop for Indian farmers that
Insurance offers them relevant information to cater
their daily farming needs. It also
provides guidance to farmers to adopt
best farming practices and enhance their
productivity.
UdyamSarathi UttarPradesh CM Adityanath for the Youths of UP to explore self-
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Pradesh
Union Budget Mobile App Finance Minister Nirmala developed by the National Informatics
Sitharaman Centre (NIC) under the guidance of the
Department of Economic Affairs (DEA).
Shramshakti Union Minister Arjun The focus of the portal is the smooth
Munda, Ministry of Tribal formulation of state and national level
Affairs (MoTA) programs for migrant workers.
The minister also launched a tribal
migration cell, a tribal museum at Goa
and “ShramSaathi”, a training manual for
migrant workers.
Aero India 2021 Defence Minister Rajnath App was developed by
Singh EventEdgetoprovide an interactive
interface to the issues related to the 13th
edition of Aero India 2021, a 3 day
business event which will be conducted
from 3rd to 5th February 2021 in Air
Force Station, Yelahanka, Bengaluru,
Karnataka.
iii.The theme of the Aero India
Exhibition 2021 is “Runway to a Billion
Opportunities”
SatarkNagrik’ Mobile app & Lieutenant Governor (LG) of To facilitate flow of information about
Departmental Vigilance Officers Jammu & Kashmir (J&K), corruption & enable citizens of J&K to
(DVO) Portal of J&K Anti Manoj Sinha submit grievances with ease and
Corruption Bureau mobility.
NCD PHC Dell Technologies, Ministry for the management of Non-
of Health and Family Communicable Diseases (NCDs) at
Welfare (MoHFW) & Tata Government Primary Health Centres
Trusts (PHCs) across India. The app is based on
Dell’s DigiLifeCare.
mPension Manipur Manipur enables pensioners to update their
photograph by themselves (via online
through this App) without the need to
visit the Treasury Offices.
e-commerce portal – Khadi and Village Industries a first of its kind government online
https://www.ekhadiindia.com/. Commission (KVIC) under shopping platform to enhance rural
MSME Ministry economy and promote self reliance.
DigiNest Punjab enable people to have digital access to
the directory of state govt, this enables
people to reach out to the officers easily
by calling or sending Email.
Global Pravasi Rishta Portal & Ministry of External Affairs to connect with 3.12 Crore Indian
Mobile application (MEA) Diaspora across the world.
SATELLITES
NAME OF THE LAUNCHED BY PURPOSE
SATELLITE/ROCKET
NOVEMBER 2021
Epsilon rocket with 9 satellites Japan Aerospace Launched a small, low cost Epsilon rocket
Exploration Agency (JAXA) with 9 satellites from Japan’s Uchinoura
Space Center at Kagoshima to promote
educational institutions and companies
in space development.
53 Starlink satellites SpaceX (Space Exploration Launched Falcon 9 rocket successfully
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Technologies Corp.) from Instructions’ drone ship in the Atlantic
Canaveral Space Force Ocean.The launch marks the 25th Falcon 9
Station in Florida, United mission for SpaceX so far in 2021.
States.
Guangmu-1 or SDGSAT-1 Taiyuan Satellite Launch China sent world’s first Earth-science
Center in the northern satellite into space by a Long March-
Shanxi Province ,China 6(LM-6) carrier rocket or also known
as CZ-6 (Chang Zheng-6) which is the
395th flight mission.
3-remote sensing satellites Xichang Satellite Launch China successfully placed satellites into
Centre in Sichuan province orbit using the Long March-2D rocket. The
of China. satellites belonging to the Yaogan-35
family .
OCTOBER 2021
Jilin-1 Gaofen 02F China China successfully launched an optical
remote sensing satellite namely from a
low-cost small, solid-fuel carrier rocket
Kuaizhou-1A (KZ-1A) in the Jilin-1 Earth-
imaging constellation.
It will consist of up to 138 satellites by the
end of the decade.
Syracuse 4A France France has successfully launched a state-
of-the-art Military Communications
satellite into orbit which was carried off
by Ariane 5 rocket from Kourou, in French
Guiana. It is designed to allow France’s
armed forces across the globe to
communicate swiftly and securely.
Shijian-21 China China successfully launched a satellite on
the planned orbit to test and verify space
debris mitigation technologies by a Long
March-3B carrier rocket from the Xichang
Satellite Launch Center.
‘Xihe’ -1st solar exploration China Aerospace Science Launched from the Taiyuan Satellite
satellite and Technology Launch Center in northern Shanxi
Corporation (CASC) Province aboard a Long March-2D rocket
Nuri rocket South Korea Nuri is the country’s first space launch
vehicle weighing 200 tons and 47.2
meters’ long, with 6 liquid-fuelled
engines, was completely developed and
built with South Korean technology.
Landsat 9 NASA It was launched through the United
Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket
that lifted off from the foggy Vandenberg
Space Force Base in California, US. It will
monitor the Earth’s land surface by
taking the orbital track of Landsat 7,
which will be decommissioned.
SEPTEMBER 2021
Tianzhou-3 or Heavenly vessel Wenchang Spacecraft With help of the Long March-7Y4 rocket
Launch Site in the southern to deliver fuel to the under-construction
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been there for almost 3 months.
SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft from a NASA’s Kennedy Space It was carrying shipment of ants,
recycled Falcon 9 rocket Center on Merritt Island, avocados and a human-sized robotic arm
Florida toward the International Space Station
(ISS).After the launch, the rocket’s first-
stage booster returned and landed
upright on SpaceX’s newest ocean
platform, named ‘A Shortfall of Gravitas’.
Hyper spectral observation China National Space Launched its at the Taiyuan Satellite
satellite Geofan-502 Administration Launch Center using the Long March 4
Bingyao 40 carrier rocket.It was the 387th
flight mission by a Long March carrier
rocket.The satellite will improve the
hyperspectral observation capacity of
China’s atmosphere,water, air and land.
INSPIRESat-1 CubeSat ISRO Indian Institute of Space Science and
Technology (IIST) developed under
the International Satellite Program in
Research and Education (INSPIRE) is all
set for launch through an upcoming Polar
Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) mission of
the Indian Space Research Organisation.
AUGUST 2021
Eutelsat Quantum European Space Agency World’s 1st commercial
(ESA) reprogrammable satellitelaunched
into space aboard Ariane 5 rocket
from French Guiana. It is a fully
flexible software-defined satellite.
Largest Launch Vehicle Indian Space Research Failed to put Earth Observation Satellite
Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Organisation’s (ISRO) (EOS-03) satellite (GISAT-1) into the Geo-
Vehicle (GSLV) F-10 rocket synchronous orbit. It was launched from
Satish Dhawan Space Center (SDSC),
Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh.
The mission is the 1st flight of GSLV
with Ogive Payload fairing which can
accommodate larger payloads.
JULY 2021
Geo-Imaging Satellite ‘EOS-3’ (also Indian Space Research It will be launched into the
known as GISAT-1) Organisation (ISRO) Geosynchronous orbit by GSLV-F10
Rocket from Satish Dhawan Space Centre
(SDSC), Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh.
Fengyun-3E (FY-3E) China National Space It is the world’s 1st meteorological
Administration (CNSA) satellite for civil service in a dawn-dusk
orbit.
JUNE 2021
Batch of 36 Low Earth Orbit (LEO) OneWeb, carried out by This launch is a part of its ‘five to
satellites European satellite launch 50’ programme to bring satellite-based
company, Arianespace, broadband Internetand the current
from the Russian launch increased its total LEO satellite
spaceport, Vostochny count to 218.
Cosmodrome.
Fengyun-4B” (FY- China National Space FY-4B is the 1st of China’s New-
4B) Meteorological satellite Administration (CNSA) Generation Meteorological Satellite. It will
synchrony with its predecessor FY-4A
(launched in December, 2016) to provide
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Shenzhou-12 China China is all set to blast off its first human
spaceflight since 2016, It will be
launched from Gobi Desert on a Long
March rocket in the coming days
with three men onboard.
WISA Woodsat European Space Agency World’s first wooden satellite, designed
(ESA) and built in Finland, WISAWoodsat on
Earth’s orbit by the end of 2021. It will
be launched on a Rocket Lab’s Electron
rocket from the Mahia Peninsula launch
complex in New Zealand.
MAY 2021
‘Haiyang-2D (HY-2D)’,Ocean China It was launched by a Long March-4B
Observation Satellite rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch
Centre, Gobi Desert, China.
Yaogan-30 (08)remote sensing China It was China’s 13th launch of 2021 &
satellites 369th mission of the Long March rocket
series.
‘Tianqi-12’ – a small satellite for
Internet of Things (IoT) data
connectivity built by Beijing based firm
‘GuodianGaoke’ was also launched.
‘DOGE-1’ SpaceX in 2022 It is set to launch the ‘DOGE-1’ Satellite

to the Moon in 2022. It will accept the
cryptocurrency ‘Dogecoin’ as full
payment for the mission. It will be the
1st ever commercial lunar payload in
history to be paid entirely with a
Cryptocurrency.
Yaogan-34 remote sensing satellite Long March 4C rocket It will be used for the survey of land
resources, urban planning, the
confirmation of land rights, road
network design, crop yield estimation,
and disaster prevention and reduction.
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MARCH 2021
New Sounding rocket from its Indian Space Research Launched from Satish Dhawan Space
Rohini Series, RH-560 Organisation (ISRO) Centre (SDSC), Sriharikota Range
(SHAR), Andhra Pradesh.
Arktika-M Russia from a Soyuz-2.1b 1st satellite to monitor climate change
carrier rocket from the in the Arctic Region.
Baikonur Cosmodrome,
Kazakhstan.
‘Amazonia-1’ & 18 co-passenger Indian Space Research Successfully launched 1 primary
satellites Organisation (ISRO) from satellite ‘Amazonia-1’ & 18 co-passenger
the Satish Dhawan Space satellites from India (5) & USA (13)
Centre SHAR (SDSC-SHAR), from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre
Sriharikota, Andhra SHAR (SDSC-SHAR), Sriharikota, Andhra
Pradesh. Pradesh. The satellites were launched
using Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle-C51
(PSLV-DL Variant). Developed by INPE,
Brazil.
FEBRUARY 2021
Brazil’s Amazonia-1 set to launch by Indian ISRO is set to launch Amazonia-1
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Organisation (ISRO) Vehicle (PSLV)- C51 on February 28,
2021. This also marks ISRO’s 1st space
mission in 2021.Launch Site- Satish
Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC)-SHAR,
Sriharikota.It is PSLV-C51 is the 53rd
mission of PSLV.
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MOUs IN RELATED TO SCIENCE

MoU between Purpose
OCTOBER 2021
Bellatrix Aerospace and To boost their efforts to address the increasing demand for affordable access
Dhruva Spac & Larsen & to space.
Toubro(L&T)
OneWeb & Saudi USD 200 million Joint Venture (JV) to provide high-speed satellite connectivity
Arabia’s Neom Tech to NEOM, Saudi Arabia and the Middle East and East African countries.
SEPTEMBER 2021
Indian Space Research Implementing Arrangement (IA) to co-operate in the development of a
Organisation (ISRO) and joint small satellite.
the Department of Information
Technology and Telecom
(DITT), Royal Government of
Bhutan
OneWeb&Hughes Network In a collectively hosted session at Satellite 2021 in Maryland,US for Low Earth
System Orbit (LEO) satellite service in US and India.
SkyrootAerospace&Departmen Becomes the first private company to formally sign a Framework MoU with
t of Space (DOS) Under this agreement, the startup company can undertake multiple tests and
access facilities at various ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) centers.
Department of Space To provide Agnikul Cosmos to access to expertise and advanced facilities of
&Agnikul Cosmos ISRO for the development and testing of space launch vehicles.
AUGUST 2021
BRICS nations (Brazil, Russia, For the cooperation in remote sensing satellite data sharing.
India, China and South Africa)
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Google Cloud&SpaceX This partnership is to provide Cloud services to help deliver high speed
internet through SpaceX’s Starlink satellites.
US Space Agency NASA&Axiom The agreement made to send the 1st private astronaut mission to the
Space International Space Station (ISS) by January 2022. The mission has been
designated as ‘Axiom Mission 1 (Ax-1)’.
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Indian Space Research to undertake Joint Research Activities. The partnership model will be similar
Organization (ISRO) & Indian to the JPL-Caltech model followed by US Space Agency NASA.
Institute of Space Science and
Technology (IIST)
Russian space agency for jointly creating an International Lunar Scientific Research (ILSR)
“Roscosmos” & China National Station,built on the lunar surface and/or on the lunar orbit.
Space Administration (CNSA)

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NEW INITIATIVE/INNOVATION
NOVEMBER 2021
 Union Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Bhupender Yadav has launched an online
dashboard- the “Climate Equity Monitor” (CME) to assess equity in climate action, inequalities in
emissions ,energy and resource consumption across the world.
 Dr Jitendra Singh, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology, inaugurated the
advanced 650 teraflops supercomputing facility at National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute (NABI)
at Mohali, Punjab.
 South Korea successfully demonstrated a system for controlling urban air mobility vehicles
(UAM) which will serve as urban taxis service between major airports and downtown of Seoul by 2025,
cutting travel time by two-thirds.
 Giriraj Singh, Union Minister for Rural Development and Panchayati Raj inaugurated ’Bhumi Samvaad’ –
a National Workshop on Digital India Land Record Modernisation Programme (DILRMP) at India Habitat
Centre in New Delhi. He also launched the Unique Land Parcel Identification Numbers (ULPIN) across
India, and launched the National Generic Document Registration System (NGDRS) portal and Dashboard.
OCTOBER 2021
 Minister of State (Independent Charge) Dr Jitendra Singh, Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) launched
Air Quality Early Warning System (AQEWS) integrated with a Decision Support System (DSS) for
Delhi-NCR (Nation Capital Region).
 National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) launched the 12-year mission of ‘Lucy’, which is
its 1st expedition to the Trojan asteroids of Jupiter to study the evolution of the solar system and the
formation of giant planets.
 NITI Aayog along with ISRO has launched the Geospatial Energy Map of India which will provide a
holistic picture of all energy resources of the country
 Indian Technology Congress Association (ITCA) in Bengaluru, Karnataka,to commemorate the 75 years
of India’s Independence, it has launched 75 Student made Satellites Consortium: Mission 2022 to
launch 75 satellites which made by Indian students in schools and colleges into space in 2022.
 Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually launched the Indian Space Association (ISpA), a private
industry body to help boost space technology in India. Its founding members include Larson & Toubro,
Nelco (Tata Group), OneWeb, Bharti Airtel, Mapmyindia, Walchandnagar Industries, and Ananth
Technology Limited among others.
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AUGUST 2021
 Ordnance factory Tiruchirappalli (OFT) in Tamil Nadu launched a new high-tech and low sound weapon
called TriCa (Trichy Carbine).Size: 7.62 X 39 mm,Weight: 3.17 kg (including the magazine) and
Range: 150 to 175 metre
 The draft Indian Satellite Navigation Policy – 2021 (SATNAV Policy 2021) was uploaded on DoS website
seeking public consultation till August 29, 2021. Under this, DoS will also push global usage of Indian
Navigation systems viz. NavIC (Navigation with Indian Constellation) on the lines of Atmanirbhar
Bharat initiative.
 Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India (GoI) and BRICS
have collaborated to implement SARS-CoV-2 NGS-BRICS consortium and multi centric programme to
study the impact of severe COVID-19 conditions on Tuberculosis (TB) patients.

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 Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY) launched‘QSim –
Quantum Computer Simulator Toolkit’ .It is a product of project ‘Design and Development of Quantum
Computer Toolkit (Simulator, Workbench) and Capacity Building’ which is executed collaboratively by
IISc (Indian Institute of Science) Bengaluru (Karnataka), IIT (Indian Institute of Technology) Roorkee
(Uttarakhand) and C-DAC (Centre for Development of Advanced Computing) with the support of MeitY.
 ISRO successfully conducted the first hot test of the System Demonstration Model (SDM) of the
Gaganyaan Service Module Propulsion System for duration of 450 seconds at the new test facility of
ISRO Propulsion Complex (IPRC), Mahendragiri, Tamil Nadu
JULY 2021
 The Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises launched 6-Technology Innovation
platforms for exchange of knowledge for research & development of technologies
 USA’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) developed a tool called ‘Space Data Integrator (SDI)’
which will help in better tracking of rocket launches and space vehicles returning to Earth.
 US private Spaceflight company ‘Virgin Galactic’ announced the 6-member crew of its human
commercial space mission “Unity 22”.
 ISRO successfully conducted the 3rdLong duration Hot test of the Liquid propellant Vikas Engine for
the core L110 liquid stage of human rated GSLV MkIII vehicle.
 Chief Justice of India (CJI) Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana led bench has initiated a secure electronic
transmission mechanism namely FASTER (Fast and Secure Transmission of Electronic Records) that will
fast forward the process of bail.
 New Shepard’ Rocket System built by Blue Origin successfully completed its 1st human
spaceflight with 4 people on board. It was launched from a private launch site near Van Horn, Texas.
• The 4 members in the spaceflight were Jeff Bezos, Mark Bezos, Wally Funk (82 years, oldest to
ever fly in space) & Oliver Daemen (18 years, youngest ever to fly in space).
 NASA selected Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) for the Europa Clipper
Mission. It will be Earth’s 1st mission to conduct detailed investigations of Jupiter’s moon Europa.
 The Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) launch a first-of-its-kind Centre of Excellence
(CoE) in the Northeast i.e. ‘Centre for Bio-Resources and Sustainable Development’ at Kimin in Papum
Pare district of Arunachal Pradesh (AR). The outlay of the project is Rs 50 crore.
 Chinese scientists unveiled plans for a first of its kind commercial Nuclear reactor which runs
on liquid Thorium rather than uranium.Afull scale commercial reactor is expected to be ready by 2030.
JUNE 2021
 National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) plans to implement two new missions
DAVINCI+ and VERITAS to Venus.NASA will spend $500 million for each mission. Both missions will
be expected to launch between 2028-2030.
 China launched Human Space Mission through the ‘Shenzhou 12’ spacecraft using the Long March 2F
rocket. The 3-member space mission is set to assemble ‘Tianhe’, the core module of China’s newest
Space Station – “Tiangong”. The mission headed by NieHaisheng will study various aspects of the
upcoming Chinese space station.
MAY 2021
 United Launch Alliance (ULA) launched the Space-Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth
Orbit Flight 5 (SBIRS Geo-5) into orbit for the United States Space Force (USSF).
 India’s 1st Privately Build Hall-effect Thruster, a highly efficient electric propulsion system for
microsatellites has been tested by Bellatrix Aerospace, a Bengaluru Space Transportation company.
 National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has announced the plan to send its first
mobile robot Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) to the Moon in 2023.
 BEML Ltd (formerly known as Bharat Earth Movers Ltd) launched the first prototype of Mechanical
Minefield Marking Equipment Mk-II (MMME Mk-II) for the Indian Army.
 Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd (Jio), a subsidiary of Jio Platforms Ltd is constructing the largest
international submarine cable system with India as the center of the submarine cable system.

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 Roscosmos, the Space Agency of Russia is set to launch its own Space Station in 2025.
 Microsoft and the United Kingdom(UK)’s Met Office are collaborating to build the world’s most
powerful weather and climate forecasting supercomputer in the UK.
 China National Space Administration (CNSA) launched the Core Module named ‘Tianhe or Heavenly
Harmony’ for its new permanent space station called ‘Tiangong Space Station’.
MARCH 2021
 World’s most powerful supercomputer ‘Fugaku’ is now fully developed in Japan, and the machine is
available for research use.
 World’s first PC using plastic waste from the oceanwas made by HP(Hewlett-Packard.
 Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has completed the development of an Synthetic Aperture
Radar (SAR) called ‘NISAR’ (NASA-ISRO SAR) which is capable of producing high-resolution images.
FEBRUARY 2021
 Chinese Spacecraft ‘Tianwen-1’ (Means “Quest for Heavenly Truth”) entered the Mars Orbit and
became the World’s second one in two days after United Arab Emirates’ ‘Hope’ Space Probe entered the
Mars Orbit on February 9, 2021.
 World’s first all civilian mission to space plan announced by SpaceX, the mission is named
Inspiration4 in recognition of the 4-person crew to support St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
JANUARY 2021
 Ravi Shankar Prasad, Union Minister for MeitY who attended the event as Chief Guest released
TEJAS – A Visual Intelligence Too.e-Auction India, Work from AnyWhere Portal (WAW)and NIC
Products Portfolio.
OTHERS
NOVEMBER 2021
 Private companies in Australia and Canada in collaboration with University of Technology Sydney are all
set to send a rover on the moon to hunt water by mid-2024.
 India’s Ministry of Earth Sciences launched the 41st Indian Scientific Expedition to
Antarctica (41st ISEA) in November 2021. The first batch of 23 scientists and support staff has
reached the Indian Antarctic station Maitri.
 The exoplanet search and study group at the Ahmedabad (Gujarat)-based Physical Research Laboratory
(PRL) discovered a new exoplanet HD 82139 orbiting too close to an evolved or aging star with a mass of
1.5 times that of the Sun and located 725 light years away. The information for the same was provided by
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).The study was led by Abhijit Chakraborty.
OCTOBER 2021
 Raja Chari(India), Tom Marshburn, and Kayla Barron as well as ESA (European Space Agency)
astronaut Matthias Maurer selected for NASA-SpaceX’s third mission toaboard a Crew Dragon spacecraft
on a Falcon 9 rocket to the space station.
 ISRO’s commercial arm, New Space India Limited (NSIL) announced its first ‘demand-
driven’ communication satellite mission.As part of this initiative, NSIL is undertaking its 1st demand
driven communication satellite mission named GSAT-24, a four-tonne class Ku- band satellite.
 Starscapes, India’s first and only chain of observatories has launched a second public
observatory, ‘Stargate Observatory Bhimtal’, in Bhimtal, Uttarakhand.
 Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) delivered the ‘heaviest’ Semi-Cryogenic Propellant tank named
‘SC120-LOX’ to ISRO. It will be a part of SC120 stage of ISRO’s GSLV Mark III launch vehicles, replacing the
existing L110 stage.
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 Hindustan Aeronautics Limited’s (HAL) 1st Civilian Aircraft Hindustan-228(VT-KNR) has carried
out Ground Run and Low Speed Taxi Trials (LSTT) successfully at its facility in Kanpur, Uttar
Pradesh. This is the 1st fixed wing Made in India civil Aircraft.
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MAY 2021
 SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule, Resilience carrying 4 astronauts returned from the International Space
Station(ISS) and splashdown into the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Panama City, Florida, USA after a
six-and-a-half-hour flight.
 International Astronomical Union (IAU)’s Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN)
approves 8 Features on Moon with Chinese names.
 Chinese Spacecraft Tianwen 1 carrying rover Zhurong landed on Utopia Planitia region, Mars
successfully.This makes China only the second country after the United States.
 Hindustan Aeronautics Limited’s (HAL) Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH), Dhruv MK III Maritime
Variant (MR) 2.5t helicopter has successfully demonstrated its deck-operations capabilities and flight
operation trials aboard an Indian Coast Guard ship (ICGS) Sujay at Chennai Coast, Tamil Nadu.
APRIL 2021
 Dr K J Sreeram, Director of CSIR-CLRI laid the Foundation Stone of the Integrated Solar Dryer and
Pyrolysis Pilot Plant in CSIR-CLRI, Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
 ‘Ingenuity’, the experimental Mars helicopter of the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration(NASA) became the first helicopter to take powered, controlled flight on another
planet(Mars).
 Aditya-L1 Support Cell (AL1SC), the Community service centre, was established at the Aryabhatta
Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES) transit campus in Haldwani, Uttarakhand.
 SpaceX announced the 4 member crew for the World’s 1st all-civilian Earth Orbiter Mission,
“Inspiration4”.
 National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) aims to land the first woman and first person of
colour to the surface of the Moon by 2024.
 Russia is Testing a new ‘Super Torpedo’ namely Poseidon 2M39 Torpedo in the Arctic region. The Super
Torpedo is capable of producing Radioactive Tsunamis.
MARCH 2021
 Cochin Shipyard Ltd (CSL) delivered the indigenously built ‘MV Sindhu’, a 150 MT Cargo Vessel to the
Andaman & Nicobar (A&N) Island Administration.
 ITI Limited(ITI and Thalamus Irwine, Delhi based AI (Artificial Intelligence) Firm, have developed a first
of its kind technology called Garuda Blockchain Platform for storing medical data on the blockchain.
 India and France are working on the third joint satellite mission, as a bilateral space collaboration is
entering into multiple domains like space exploration and human spaceflight programmes.
 For the 1st time in India, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully demonstrated free-
space Quantum Communication over a distance of 300 Metres.
 Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) & Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) virtually
reviewed the progress made under the Joint Lunar Polar Exploration (LUPEX) mission.
 Data Patterns India Pvt Ltd handed over the Indigenously developed ‘Checkout System’ to the ISRO for
its ‘Gaganyaan’ Mission (India’s 1st Human Space Flight Programme) at Chennai,Tamilnadu.

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ENVIRONMENT
OCTOBER 2021
 The combined areas of the TamorPingla Wildlife Sanctuary and the Guru Ghasidas National Park
declared as the 4thTiger reserve of Chhattisgarh.
SEPTEMBER 2021
 Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi launched 35 crop varieties which are climate resilient and higher
nutrient-content.
• The 35 varieties include a drought tolerant variety of chickpea, wilt and sterility mosaic
resistant pigeonpea, early maturing variety of soybean, disease resistant varieties of rice and
biofortified varieties of wheat, pearl millet, maize and chickpea, quinoa, buckwheat, winged
bean and faba bean.
 India’s largest Open-air Fernery, consisting 120 different varieties of ferns, was inaugurated by the
famous expert on Pteridophyte (Ferns), Dr NilambarKunetha in Ranikhet,Uttrakhand.
 World Health Organization (WHO) announced new stringent Global Air Quality Guidelines (AQGs) to
assess the effects of air pollution and its health impact. In the new AQGs thresholds was set for six key
air pollutants — particulate matter (PM2.5 and PM10), ozone (O3), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), sulphur
dioxide (SO2) and carbon monoxide (CO).
• Bangladesh, Pakistan and India have recorded the highest air pollution levels with regard to the
2005 WHO guidelines.
• India, Delhi’s annual PM 2.5 in 2020 was at 16.8 times more than the latest WHO guidelines.
Mumbai exceeded eight-fold, Kolkata 9.4 fold, Hyderabad 7-fold and Ahmedabad 9.8-fold.
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 Biologists from the Central University of Punjab discovered Bryumbharatiensis, a new native species
of moss from Antarctica. The species is named “Bharati”.
 Bhupender Yadav, Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change(MoEF&CC) announced
that 14 Tiger reserves across India have received the accreditation of the global Conservation Assured
Tiger Standards (CA|TS) .
State Tiger Reserve
Assam Manas Tiger Reserve,Orang Tiger Reserve,Kaziranga Tiger Reserve
Madhya Pradesh Satpura Tiger Reserve,Kanha Tiger Reserve,Panna Tiger Reserve
Tamil Nadu Mudumalai Tiger Reserve,Anamalai Tiger Reserve
Maharashtra Pench Tiger Reserve
Bihar Valmiki Tiger Reserve
Uttar Pradesh Dudhwa Tiger Reserve
West Bengal Sunderbans Tiger Reserve
Kerala Parambikulam Tiger Reserve
Karnataka Bandipur Tiger Reserve

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JUNE 2021
 World’s first genetically modified (GM) rubber sapling was planted at the Rubber board’s Sarutari
research farm on the outskirts of Guwahati, Assam.
MAY 2021
 Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has notified 48.32 Square Kilometres area
around the Thane Creek Flamingo Sanctuary (TCFS), Thane, Maharashtra as an Eco-Sensitive Zone (ESZ).
 Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) stated that the ‘extremely severe cyclonic storm’ – ‘Tauktae’
made landfall in the Saurashtra region of Gujarat.
APRIL 2021
 Argyreiasharadchandraji – a new species of flowering plants Discovered in Maharashtra Named to
honourSharadPawar, former Union Agriculture Minister of India.
 A New Global Partnership called ‘Blue Nature Alliance’ has been launched jointly by several
Philanthropic Organizations across the world to protect 18 Million Sq.Km of the ocean (5% of the
World’s Ocean) over the next 5 years.
MARCH 2021
 Hemiandrusjacinda is a species of weta, a giant flightless cricket was named after New Zealand Prime
Minister Jacinda Ardern and was published in Zootaxa journal.
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JANUARY 2021
 ‘Statement on Climate of India during 2020’ issued by Climate Research and Services (CRS) of India
Meteorological Department (IMD) mentioned that 2020 was the 8th warmest year in India since
records commenced in 1901.
DEFENCE
EXERCISES
Name of the Exercise Participating Venue KeyPoints
Countries
NOVEMBER 2021
Desert Warrior India and Egypt El Beringat airbase, To enhance mutual understanding
Egypt and share operational experience.
Prasthan Indian Navy Offshore Development To ensure offshore
Area (ODA) off the coast security and integrate maritime
of Mumbai stakeholders
Joint airlift exercise, ‘Op Indian Air Force (IAF) To strengthen the logistics supply
Hercules’ and Indian Army in the Northern sector and to
augment winter stocking in the
operational areas.
The platforms utilised for the
airlift were C-17, IL-76 and An-32
aircraft, which took off from one of
the forward bases of Western Air
Command.
EX-SHAKTI 2021 India and France France Indian army will be represented
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and the French side will be
represented by ‘troops of 21st
Marine Infantry Regiment of 6th
Light Armoured Brigade’.
32nd edition of the India and Thailand Andaman Sea To reinforce the maritime links
India-Thailand between the two countries.
Coordinated Patrol
(Indo-Thai CORPAT)
SITMEX-21 India, Singapore and Andaman Sea It was hosted by the Royal Thai
Thailand Navy (RTN).
Indian Navy (IN)– INS (Indian
Naval Ship) Karmuk, a 1350 tonne
indigenously built Missile Corvette
Republic of Singapore Navy
(RSN)– RSS Tenacious,a
Formidable Class Frigate
Royal Thai Navy (RTN)– His
Majesty’s Thailand Ship (HTMS)
Thayanchon, a Khamrosin Class
Anti-submarine Patrol Craft.
OCTOBER 2021
Blue Flag 2021 India, US (United Israel’s Ovda Airbase 84 Indian Air Force (IAF)
States), UK (United personnel along with
Kingdom), Germany, IAF’s Mirage 2000 aircraft
France, Italy, Greece,
squadron took part in the
and Israel.
international multilateral combat
exercise
Konkan Shakti,2021 India &UK Arabian Sea The exercise aims to derive
“mutual benefits” from each
other’s experiences.
Ex Yudh Abhyas 21 India & US United States It facilitates both armies to share
their wide experiences and
enhance their tactical level drills
through information exchange.
2021 Cambrian Patrol India & UK Brecon, Wales, UK Indian Army’s Team of 4/5 Gorkha
Exercise Rifles (Frontier Force) that
represented India in the ‘2021
Cambrian Patrol Exercise’ has won
Gold medal.
25th edition of joint India, Australia, Japan Bay of Bengal region The 3-day long naval exercise is
Naval exercise ‘Malabar & USA aimed at building coordination &
2021’ interoperability among the navies
that was established during the
1st phase.
India’s largest Naval The exercise will India Ex Milan to be hosted by the
exercise, Ex Milan include the Indian Navy in February
participation of 2022. 46 countries have been
invited to attend the exercise.
all Quad (Quadrilateral
Security Dialogue)
countries.
Mitra Shakti – 2021 India and Sri Lanka Sri Lanka An all-arms contingent of 120
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the Sri Lankan Army.
5th edition of ‘JIMEX India and Japan Arabian Sea It is represented by indigenously
2021’ built INS (Indian Naval Ship)
Kochi and Guided Missile Frigate
Teg, under the command of Rear
Admiral Ajay Kochhar, Flag Officer
Commanding Western Fleet
(FOCWF).
6th Edition of Ajeya India and UK (United Chaubatia, Uttarakhand An Infantry Company from the
Warrior-2021 Kingdom) Indian Army and an equivalent
strength from UK Army would be
sharing their experiences gained
during the conduct of various
military operations in their
respective countries and during
overseas engagements.
SEPTEMBER 2021
Samudra Shakti 2021 Indian and Indonesian Sunda Strait, Indonesia Indian Naval Ships (INS) such
as Shivalik and Kadmatt arrived at
Jakarta to participate in the
bilateral exercise with the
Indonesian Navies of KRI
(KapalRepublik Indonesia) Bung
Tomo, KRI Malahayati, and
Maritime Patrol and
Reconnaissance Aircraft CN-235.
Surya Kiran India-Nepal Himalayan border The Indian Army is represented
town of Pithoragarh, by the Garhwal Regiment. More
Uttarakhand than 650 soldiers are participating
from both sides
1st Ever Maritime Indian Navy & Mediterranean Sea Indian Naval Ship (INS) Tabar,
Partnership Exercise Algerian Navy representing India, participated
in the Exercise with a frontline
Algerian Naval Ship (ANS)
Ezzadjer, as a part of its goodwill
Visit to Europe & Africa.
Joint Counter Terrorism SCO member states Orenburg. Hosted by Russia. India sent a
Exercise SCO PEACEFUL team of 200 personnel comprised
MISSION 2021 of an all arms combined force
including 38 personnel from
Indian Air Force for the exercise.
Bilateral maritime Indian navy & Sudan Red Sea off the India Navy Ship (INS) Tabar and
exercise Navy Sudanese coast. two Sudanese Navy ships-
Almazz and Nimer- participated
in the maiden exercise.
Zapad 2021 Armenia, Kazakhstan, Russia Indian Army took part in ‘ZAPAD
Tajikistan, India, 2021’ with 200 personnel mainly
Kyrgyzstan, Serbia and from the Naga.
Sri Lanka, and
observers are to be
sent by China,
Vietnam, Myanmar,
Pakistan and
Uzbekistan.
AUSINDEX 21 Indian Navy and the North Australian Indian Naval Ships (INS) Shivalik
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(RAN) of Rear Admiral TarunSobti,
participated in the Naval
exercise.
SIMBEX 2021 Indian Navy and South China Sea The India Navy was represented
Republic of Singapore by the following:Guided Missile
Navy (RSN) Destroyer INS (Indian Naval Ship)
Ranvijay with a ship borne
helicopter,
ASW (Anti-submarine warfare)
Corvette INS Kiltan Guided
Missile Corvette INS Kora,P8I
Long Range Maritime Patrol
Aircraft
KAZIND-21 Indian Army & Aisha Bibi village of The 10-day long exercise is
Kazakhstan Army Kazakhstan designed to share expertise
between the armies in the field of
Counter-terrorism operations.
1st ever Maritime Indian Navy & Europe & Africa INS Tabar participated in a
Partnership Exercise Moroccan Navy Maritime Partnership Exercise
with Royal Moroccan Navy ship
‘Lieutenant Colonel Arrahman’
off Casablanca port
Exercise Bright Star 21 coutries including Egypt INS Tabar has reached
2021 US, Jordan, the United Alexandria harbour in Egypt. INS
Arab Emirates (UAE), Tabar was received by officials
Saudi Arabia, France, from the Egyptian Navy and the
Britain, Greece, Italy Indian defence attache.
and India
AUGUST 2021
The 36 Edition of
th India and Indonesia Indian Ocean region Indian Naval ship (INS) Saryu, an
Coordinated Patrol (IOR). indigenously built Offshore
(CORPAT) Patrol Vessel (OPV) along with
Indonesian Naval ship KRI Bung
Tomo took part in the
coordinated patrol.
Joint maritime exercise India and Germany Gulf of Aden The Indian Navy was
represented by
frigate ‘Trikand’ while
frigate ‘Bayern’ participated from
the German Navy
25th Edition of India Navy, the United Western Pacific Ocean The exercise is hosted by the US
Naval Exercise Malabar States (US) Navy, Navy .The Indian Navy’s
Japanese Maritime Self participation includes Indian
Defence Force Naval Ship (INS) Shivalik and INS
(JMSDF) & the Royal Kadmatt and P8I patrol aircraft.
Australian Navy (RAF)
Maritime Partnership Indian Navy & Philippine Sea at the The Indian Navy was
Exercise Philippines Navy South China Sea region represented by Indian Naval
Ship (INS) Ranvijay and INS
Kora, with the Philippine
Navy’s BRP Antonio
Luna, Frigate FF151.
Exercise Konkan- 2021 Indian Navy and the Portsmouth, United Indian Naval Ship (INS Tabar), a
Royal Navy of Britain Kingdom (UK). Talwar class stealth frigate of
Indian Navy and HMS
Westminster of the Royal Navy
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Maritime Partnership Indian Navy and Royal Manama, Bahrain in the Indian Naval Ship, INS Kochi, led
Exercise Bahrain Naval Force Persian Gulf region. by Rear Admiral Ajay Kochhar
(RBNF) participated in the exercise.
Bilateral maritime India and Vietnam South China Sea India was represented by INS
exercise Ranvijay and INS Kora & Vietnam
was represented by Vietnam’s
People’s Navy (VPN) frigate
VPNS Ly Thai To(HQ-012).
Exercise INDRA-2021 Indian Army and the Volgograd, Russia It will further strengthen mutual
military forces of confidence and interoperability
Russian Federation between the Indian and Russian
Armies and enable sharing of
best practices between the
contingents of both the countries.
Table-Top (TT) war- Indian Army, Indian For the 1st time, It was held
gaming exercise Air Force, Indian Navy between India’s 3 Armed
Services . It was held to fine-tune
the model of Integrated tri-
service theatre commands
Zayed Talwar 2021 Indian Navy and Abu Dhabi Indian Navy
United Arab Emirates deployed INS Kochi and 2
Integral Sea King MK 42B
helicopters, whereas the UAE
participated in the exercise
with Al-Dhafra.
AL-MOHED AL-HINDI- Indian Navy and the Saudi Arabia INS Kochi, the flagship Destroyer
2021 Royal Saudi Naval of the Indian Western Naval Fleet
Forces participated in this exercise.
Indian Navy deployed INS
Shivalik and INS
Kadmatt to Muara, Brunei to
participate in various bilateral
professional interactions with
the Royal Brunei Navy (RBN).
Bilateral Maritime Indian Navy and Qatar Persian Gulf Indian Navy Guided Missile
Exercise Zair-Al-Bahr Emiri Naval Force Stealth Frigate INS Trikand
(Roar of the Sea) 2021 (QENF) participat in the sea
phedase.From QENF, two Anti-
Ship Missile equipped Barzan
Class Fast Attack Craft and
Damsah class Fast Attack Craft
along with AW-139 helicopter
and Rafale Fighter Aircraft
participated.
Exercise South East Asia Australia, Bangladesh, Singapore It was led by United States (US)
Cooperation and Brunei, Canada, Navy.
Training (SEACAT) France, Germany,
2021 India, Indonesia,
Japan, Malaysia,
Maldives, New
Zealand, Philippines,
South Korea,
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Vietnam.
JULY 2021
Maritime Partnership Indiam Navy and Tyrrhenian Sea Indian Naval Ship
Exercise Italian Navy (INS) Tabar participated in a
with ITS Antonio Marceglia, a
frontline frigate of the Italian
Navy.
Trilateral Tabletop India, Sri Lanka and Maritime Warfare Enhancing mutual
Exercise 2021 (TTX- the Maldives Centre, Mumbai understanding, exchanging best
2021), ‘Exercise Shield’ practices & procedures for
countering common
transnational crimes like
curbing narcotics and
assistance in maritime search
and rescue were discussed.
Bilateral Passage Indian Navy and UK’s Bay of Bengal From the Indian side, IN ships
Exercise (PASSEX) with Royal Navy Satpura, Ranvir, Jyoti, Kavaratti,
Kulish While from the UK
side, Royal Navy Carrier Strike
Group (CSG)-21 participated in
the exercise.
Exercise Cutlass US, Comoros, Djibouti, East Coast of Africa. Indian Naval Ship (INS) Talwar
Express 2021 (CE21) Georgia, India, Kenya, visited Mombasa, Kenya to
Mozambique, Rwanda, participate in . the Annual
Seychelles, Somalia, Maritime Exercise .
Sudan, Tanzania, United
Kingdom, and the US
are participating in the
exercise.
INDRA Navy-21 India & Russia Baltic Sea Stealth Frigate INS
Tabar represented the Indian
Navy, while Corvettes RFS
Zelyony Dol and RFS Odintsovo
of the Baltic Fleet represented
the Russian Federation Navy.
JUNE 2021
CORPAT Indian Navy and Royal Andaman Sea 31st Edition of India-Thailand
Thai Navy Coordinated Patrol (Indo-Thai
CORPAT) (Bi-Annual) took place.
From the Indian side, INS Saryu,
an indigenously built Naval
Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV)
took part in the exercise. From
Thailand’s side, His Majesty’s
Thailand Ship (HTMS) Krabi, an
OPV took part in the exercise.
EU NAVFOR also known Indian Navy (IN) & Gulf of Aden The inauguration edition of the
as Operation Atalanta European Union Naval Joint Naval Exercise between
Force Somalia held.
From the Indian side, Indian
Naval Ship Trikand participated
in the exercise. From the
European side a total of 5
warships participated in the
exercise.
PASSEX US & India During its asset transit India was represented by Indian
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Region (IOR) Teg along with P8I and MiG
29K aircraft.
MAY 2021
DEFENDER-Europe 21 US and NATO Durres in Albania North Atlantic Treaty
Countries Organisation (NATO) launched
the Joint Multinational Military
Exercise ‘DEFENDER-Europe
21’.‘DEFENDER-Europe 21’ is led
by the United States (US).
APRIL 2021
VARUNA-2021 Indian and French Arabian Sea 19th Edition of the Indian and
Navy French Navy Bilateral Exercise
‘VARUNA-2021’ took place.
From the Indian Navy – Guided
Missile Stealth Destroyer INS
Kolkata & other Indian Navy
assets took part in the exercise.
From the French Navy – Aircraft
Carrier Charles-de-Gaulle and
other assets took part in the
exercise.
Khanjar India-Kyrgyzstan Joint Kyrgyz Republic in ‘Khanjar’ exercise has been held
Special Force Bishkek, Capital of annually between the two
Kyrgyzstan. countries since 2011, it intends
to boost the strategic partnership
between India & Kyrgyz
Republic.
‘ShantirOgroshena Indian Army along Bangabandhu It is an UN-mandated
2021’ with Royal Bhutan Senanibas (BBS), Counterterrorism exercise.
Army, Sri Lankan Bangladesh
Army &Bangladesh Theme – ‘Robust Peacekeeping
Army Operations’
Aim – To Strengthen the
procedures and enhance
interoperability among
neighbourhood countries.
La Perouse US, Japan and Eastern Indian Ocean It is a Multilateral French

Australia Region Maritime Exercise led by French
Navy.It is the 1st time ever that
Indian Navy assets are
participating in the French
defence exercise.
Vajra Prahar 2021 India & US Bakloh, Himachal India-US Special Forces
Pradesh participated to enhance
interoperability between the
Special Forces of the two
countries.
MARCH 2021
‘PASSEX’ India & US Bay of Bengal For the 1st time, Indian Air Force
(IAF) fighters also took part in
the exercise.
Indian Navy deployed its warship
‘Shivalik’ & Long-range maritime
patrol aircraft P8I in the ‘PASSEX’
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Passage Exercise India & Madagascar Madagascar’s Exclusive This is 1st ever Joint Naval
(PASSEX). Economic Zone (EEZ) Patrol took place between the
navies of India & Madagascar
PASSEX Indian Navy & Royal Persian Gulf It was conducted under
Bahrain Naval Force Operation Sankalp to enhance
(RBNF) interoperability, strengthen
Maritime cooperation, Reassure
safety of Diaspora.
‘DUSTLIK-II’ India, Uzbekistan Chaubatia, near both teams will share their
Ranikhet, Uttarakhand. expertise and skills in counter-
terrorism operations in
mountain or rural or urban
settings.
“AsterX” France along wtihUS 1st Military Exercise in AsterX” is the 1st Space Military
and Germany Space Exercise of France & also the 1st
among European Countries.
‘Desert Flag VI’ Indian Air Force along Al-Dhafra Air Base, It is the 1st time that IAF is
with Bahrain, France, United Arab Emirates. participating in a multilateral
Saudi Arabia, South exercise in the Gulf Region.
Korea and USA
FEBRUARY 2021
PASSEX India & Indonesia Arabian Sea Indian Navy conducted a
Bilateral Military Exercise
‘PASSEX’ (Passage Exercise) with
the Indonesian Navy to increase
interoperability & strengthen the
Bilateral Maritime Cooperation
between the two navies.
TROPEX 21 Within India Indian Ocean Region Indian Navy’s Largest War Game
(IOR) – the Biennial ‘Theatre Level
Operational Readiness Exercise
(TROPEX 21)’ is currently taking
place at the Indian Ocean Region
(IOR).TROPEX 21 is being
conducted in 3 phases.Phase I –
Coastal Defence Exercise ‘Sea
Vigil’,Phase II – Tri-Service Joint
Amphibious Exercise – AMPHEX-
21,Phase III – Weapon Workup
Phase of TROPEX.
13th Edition of the Within India Bengaluru, Karnataka It was inaugurated by Defence
Biennial Military Minister Rajnath Singh.
Exercise – ‘Aero India organized by -- Defence Ministry
2021: A Big Step of India, Defence Research and
Towards Development Organisation
AatmanirbharBharat’ (DRDO), Indian Air Force,
Department of Space & Union
Civil Aviation Ministry.
Aero India 2021 was centered on
the theme ‘Conceive, Indigenize,
Collaborate’
It is the World’s 1st ever Hybrid
Aero and Defence Exhibition
(show with both physical and
virtual elements)
YudhAbhyas 20 India and the United near the India-Pakistan Indian side is represented by the
States border in Rajasthan 11th Battalion of Jammu and
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Western Command while U.S.
Army delegation will be
represented by the troops of 2nd
battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment
of 1-2 Stryker Brigade Combat
Team along with respective
brigade headquarters.
JANUARY 2021
Amphibious Military Indian Navy Andaman & Nicobar Defence Exercise ‘KAVACH’ for
Exercise ‘AMPHEX-21’ group of Islands defence of Andaman & Nicobar
Islands was also a part of
AMPHEX-21 exercise.
Exercise Desert Knight- India & France Jodhpur,Rajasthan 1st Edition of Bilateral Air
21 (Ex DK-21) Exercise ‘Ex DK-21’ held at Air
Force Station, Jodhpur for 5 days
from January 20-24, 2021.
Sea Vigil-21 Second Edition of the entire 7516 Km Defence Exercise involved 13
Biennial Pan-India, coastline & Exclusive Coastal States/Union Territories.
Largest Coastal Economic Zone of First Edition of the exercise was
Defence Exercise India. conducted in January, 2019.
MISSILES
Name of the Missile Testing Location Other Key facts
NOVEMBER 2021
Two flight tests of Chandan ranges in Defence Research & Development
indigenously- Jaisalmer, Rajasthan Organisation (DRDO) and Indian Air
developed Smart Anti- Force (IAF) successfully conducted using 2
Airfield Weapon (SAAW)
different configurations – Satellite
Navigation and Electro-optical sensors.
Zircon’ Hypersonic Cruise Russia Russian Navy successfully test fired the ‘Zircon’
Missile from Frigate – Admiral Gorshkov warship, that
rightly hit the test target placed in the Russian
Arctic waters.
OCTOBER 2021
Agni-5 Dr Abdul Kalam island off the India successfully test-fired nuclear-capable
Odisha coast. ballistic missile,which has a strike range of
5,000 km
Abhyas – High-speed Chandipur, off the coast of DRDO conducted the successful flight test of the
Expendable Aerial Target Bay of Bengal in Odisha indigenously-designed Abhyas – High-speed
(HEAT) Expendable Aerial Target (HEAT) from the
Integrated Test Range (ITR) in
Three hypersonic weapon United States (US) The prototype was successfully tested at NASA
component prototypes facility in Wallops, Virginia. The test was
conducted by Sandia National Laboratories.
Hwasong-8 North Korea Hwasong series missiles used liquid-propellant
engines with an ampoule fuel system. North
Korea has used the ampoule fuel system for
the 1st time.
Zircon (Tsirkon) hypersonic Russia, Barents Sea. Zircon would be capable of flying at 9 times the
cruise missile speed of sound and have a range of 1,000
kilometres (620 miles).
SEPTEMBER 2021
Raytheon hypersonic United States, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
weapon (DARPA) has successfully tested an air-
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Akash Prime Integrated Test Range (ITR), Defence Research and Development
Chandipur, Odisha Organisation (DRDO) successfully flight tested
the new version of Akash Missile- medium-
range mobile surface-to-air missile (SAM)
system.
Submarine-launched South Korea 7 country in the world to do so. It also became
th
ballistic missile (SLBM) the first country without nuclear weapons to

Hyunmoo 4-4 develop such a system.
Hyunmoo-2B ballistic South Korea South Korean military conducted its first
missile successful underwater test of a Submarine-
Launched Ballistic Missile (SLBM). It becomethe
8th country with this capability joining the
United States (US), China, Russia, the U.K.,
France and India.
AUGUST 2021
Manik Odisha DRDO successfully test fired the Indigenous
Technology Cruise Missile (ITCM) with a new
Made-in-India Turbofan Engine ‘Manik’ from
the Integrated Test Range (ITR) in Odisha. The
missile flew for around 150 km with an
indigenous cruise engine.
Ballistic Missile Ghaznavi Pakistan It has a range of upto 290 Km.
(Hatf-III)
Fatah-1 Pakistan An Indigenously developed Guided Multi
Launch Rocket System (MLRS) which has the
capability of precision target engagement deep
into the enemy territories upto 140 km
JULY 2021
S-500 Air Defence Missile Kapustin Yar Training The Long-range Surface-to-Air Missile
Systems ground, Russia. considered as the most advanced anti-missile
system, successfully hit a high-speed ballistic
target. It can destroy incoming hostile aircraft,
missiles, and drones at ranges of up to 600 kms.
‘AKASH-NG’ Missile Integrated Test Range (ITR) The Surface-to-Air missile has a range of 60
off the coast of Odisha kms and can travel up to 2.5 times the speed of
sound (2.5 Mach).
Man Portable Anti-Tank Man portable launcher MPATGM is a low weight, fire and forget
Guided Missile (MPATGM) Missile. It has a maximum range of 2.5 km with
a launch weight of less than 15 kg. It is
developed by DRDO.
JUNE 2021
Nirbhay Chandipur, Odisha Defence Research and Development

Organisation (DRDO) successfully test-fired the
subsonic cruise. It is India’s 1st indigenously
developed cruise missile.
Pinaka rocket & 122mm Chandipur, Odisha Defence Research and Development
Caliber rocket Organisation (DRDO) successfully test fired
the rockets.
The enhanced range version of the Indigenous
Pinaka Rocket System test fired from a Multi-
Barrel Rocket Launcher (MBRL) can destroy
targets at distances up to 45 Kms.
The Enhanced Range 122mm Caliber Rocket
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Agni-P (Prime) Balasore, Odisha. DRDO successfully test-fired the nuclear
capable, Surface-to-Surface Missile ‘Agni-P
(Prime)’ . It is a new generation advanced
variant of the Agni class of missiles and has a
range capability between 1,000 and 2,000 kms.
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FEBRUARY 2021
Vertical Launch Short Range Chandipur, Odisha Defence Research & Development
Surface to Air Missile (VL- Organisation (DRDO) successfully conducted 2
SRSAM) launches of Vertical Launch Short Range
Surface to Air Missile (VL-SRSAM) from the
Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur,
Odisha. This is the maiden launch of the
missile system.
HELINA (Helicopter Advanced Light Helicopter Missiles have been developed indigenously
Launched Nag) (Army (ALH) platform in Pokhran, byDRDO (Defence Research & Development
version) &Dhruvastra (Air Rajasthan. Organization)
Force Version) of the Anti-
Tank Guided Missiles
(ATGM)
Babur Pakistan The missile is capable of hitting land and sea
targets with a range of 450 Kilometer& has a
high precision up to 490 kilometers (about
280 miles) away.
Ghaznavi Pakistan Can strike targets up to 290 kilometres. It was
launched on the culmination of Annual Field
Training Exercise of Army Strategic Forces
Command.
Combat Kh35E’ anti-ship Indian Ocean Region (IOR) The IL38SD is a maritime patrol & anti-
missile and Operational submarine aircraft developed by Soviet Union.
Exercise 2021 (TROPEX-21)
JANUARY 2021
‘Shaheen-III’ Ballistic Missile Pakistan Missile has a range of 2, 750 Kms and is the
Longest-range missile developed in Pakistan.
COMMISSION/DECOMMISSION
NOVEMBER 2021
 The Indian Navy received its first indigenous P15B (Project 15 Bravo) class stealth guided-missile
destroyer from Mazagon Dock shipyard Limited (MDL), Mumbai, which is named ‘Visakhapatnam’ (Y
12704).It will be commissioned from December 2021.
OCTOBER 2021
 Indian Naval Fast Attack Craft (IN FAC) T 80 was decommissioned at Naval Dockyard, Mumbai
(Maharashtra). It was specially designed for shallow water operations and can get the speeds of up to
45 knots.
 Indian Coast Guard Ship (ICGS) ‘Sarthak’ was commissioned at Porbandar, Gujarat by the Director
General of Indian Coast Guard K Natarajan for significantly boosting the maritime safety and security of
the nation.
 7th ship of P1135.6 class (Talwar Class Frigate) of the Indian Navy was launched at Yantar Shipyard,
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 India has launched its first satellite and nuclear-missile tracking ship INS (Indian Naval Ship) Dhruv-
VC-11184. It is the first of its kind ocean surveillance ship (OSS) that is capable of tracking ballistic
missiles at a long-range. It is built by the Hindustan Shipyard Limited (HSL) with an outlay is
around Rs 750 crore. The MRSAM defence system was inducted into the 2204 Squadron.
AUGUST 2021
 India’s 1st Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC-1) INS Vikrant has been launched for sea trials off the coast
of Kochi, Kerala.
 Union Defence Minister, Rajnath Singh commissioned the Indian Coast Guard’s (ICG) 7th Offshore Patrol
Vessel (OPV), ‘Vigraha’ at the Chennai Port. This is the 1st time that a private sector shipyard (L&T) has
designed & constructed an OPV ship.
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 Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) Sajag was commissioned into Indian Coast Guard (ICG). OPV Sajag was
built under the ‘Make in India’ initiative by Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL) with State-of-Art technology.
 Indian Navy decommissioned its Oldest Hydrographic Survey Vessel, “INS Sandhayak” at Naval
Dockyard in Visakhapatnam. The ship served the Indian Navy for 40 years.
 Indian Navy inducted 3 Indigenous Advanced Light Helicopters (ALHs) MK III into its Eastern Naval
Command (ENC) at INSDega (Naval Air Station), Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.
 India’s 1st Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC) will be commissioned into Indian Navy’s Eastern Naval
Command as ‘INS Vikrant’ by mid-2022. It is being built at Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL).
MAY 2021
 Indian Navy’s 1st destroyer INS Rajput was decommissioned at Naval Dockyard, Visakhapatnam,
Andhra Pradesh after 41 years of service (commissioned on May 4, 1980).
APRIL 2021
 Indian Naval Air Squadron (INAS) 323, the 1st Unit of the Indigenously built ALH (Advanced
Light Helicopter) Mk-III Aircraft was commissioned into the Indian Navy at INS Hansa, Goa.
MARCH 2021
 Indian Coast Guard Ship (ICGS) ‘Vajra’ (meaning Thunderbolt), the 6th Offshore Patrol Vessel
(OPV) was formally commissioned into service at Kattupalli in Chennai.
 Indian Naval Landing Craft Utility (LCU) ‘L58’, the 8th and last ship of the LCU Mark IV Class was
commissioned into the Indian Navy at Port Blair, Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
 Indian Naval Ship(INS) Karanj, India’s 3rd Scorpene class submarine was commissioned into the
India Navy at the Naval Dockyard, Mumbai, Maharashtra.
 India commissioned its Ocean Surveillance & Nuclear Missile Tracking Vessel called ‘INS Dhruv’
(codenamed as VC 11184), with this it became the 5th Country after USA, France, Russia & China.
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IMPORTANT DEALS & MoU’s
DEFENCE MoU
Armed Force/Entity Entity Purpose of MoU
NOVEMBER 2021
Defence Research and Directorate of Defence Research To promote innovation and research in
Development Organisation & Development (DDR&D), development of dual-use technologies by
(DRDO) Ministry of Defence, Israel startups and Micro-small and medium
enterprises (MSMEs) of both countries.
Ministry of Defence Hindustan Aeronautics Limited For the procurement of two simulators for
(HAL) Jaguar Aircraft at a cost of Rs. 357 crore.
ArmyTraining Command Rashtriya Raksha University To collaborate in different sectors of
(ARTRAC) of Indian Army (RRU) and Bhaskaracharya Research & Development.
National Institute for Space
Applications & Geo-Informatics
(BISAG)
OCTOBER 2021
European commercial drone Paras Aerospace Pvt Ltd. Fast emerging domestic Unmanned Aerial
and software Vehicles (UAV) in India.
developer FIXAR (Fixed
Angular Rotor Drone)
Indian Navy Royal Australian Navy To provides guidelines for various mutual
cooperations& interoperability between
the navies.
SEPTEMBER 2021
Indian Navy Royal Navy of Oman For the exchange of white shipping
information and to boost maritime safety
and security cooperation.
Hindustan Aeronautics Alliance Air Aviation Limited For the deployment of two HAL’s Civil
Limited (HAL) Dornier-228 (Do-228) aircraft in
Arunachal Pradesh (AR).
Ministry of Defence M/s Airbus Defence and Space, Rs.22,000 dealfor acquisition of 56 C-
Spain 295MW transport aircraft for the Indian
Air Force .
Indian Navy Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) For the manufacture and supply of
India’s 1st indigenously developed Naval
Anti Drone System (NADS) with both
‘hard kill’ and ‘soft kill capabilities.
Ministry of Defence (MoD) Heavy Vehicles Factory (HVF) of Rs 7,523 crore order for the supply of 118
Avadi, Chennai (Tamil Nadu) Main Battle Tanks (MBTs) Arjun Mk-1A for
the Indian Army.
Garden Reach Shipbuilders Naval Group, European Naval In the field of offering high-end surface
and Engineers Ltd., (GRSE) Defence Industry from France ships which based on the sea-proven
“Gowind” design and to fulfil the
requirements of India and international
naval forces.
India Russia For the purchase of around 70,000 AK-
203 assault rifles to replace the existing
Indian Small Arms System (INSAS)
5.56mm*45mm assault rifle
Indian Army India’s Alpha Design & Israel’s Rs. 100 crore worth contract for the
Elbit Security Systems, procurement of over 100 – ‘SkyStrikers’
under its emergency procurement
powers.

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India’s Ministry of Defence United States (US) Department of For co-development of Air-Launched
Defence Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (ALUAV), under
the Joint Working Group Air Systems in
the Defence Technology and Trade
Initiative (DTTI).
AUGUST 2021
Indian Navy Royal Australian Navy A ‘Joint Guidance for the Australia-India
Navy to Navy Relationship’ document was
signed .The document aims to ensure a
shared approach towards regional and
global security that will cater to their
commitment to promote peace, stability
and prosperity in the Indo – Pacific
region.
Ministry of Defence (MoD) Mahindra Defence Systems Approved contracts worth INR 1349.95
Limited (MDS), crore for supplying 14 Integrated Anti-
submarine warfare Defence Suite
(IADS) to the warships of the Indian
Navy.
India Russia For the procurement of a sizeable number
of AK-103 series of assault rifles for the
Indian Army under the provisions of
emergency financial powers granted to
the three services to make urgent
purchases.
India Lockheed Martin, US Received USD 328 Million worth Contract
from the Indian Government to provide
comprehensive support for the Indian Air
Force (IAF) fleet of 12C-130J-30 Super
Hercules Aircraft for a period of 5 years.
JULY 2021
Ministry of Defence (MoD) Bharat Dynamics Ltd (BDL) Signed a INR 499 crore contract for
manufacture and supply of Akash Missiles
(Surface-to-Air Missile System) to the
Indian Air Force (IAF).
JUNE 2021
Ministry of Defence (MoD) Mahindra Telephonics Integrated for procurement of 11 Airport
Systems Limited Surveillance Radars for the use of Indian
Navy & Indian Coast Guard.
Society of Indian Defence Swedish Security and Defence To boost the Bilateral Defence Industrial
Manufacturers (SIDM) Industry (SOFF) Relations between Indian & Sweden.
Ministry of Defence (MoD) Goa Shipyard Ltd (GSL) For the construction of 2 Pollution Control
Vessels (PCVs) for Indian Coast Guard (ICG)
at a cost of about INR 583 crore.
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MARCH 2021
Ministry of Defence (MoD) Mahindra Defence Systems Ltd signed a contract worth INR 1, 056 Crore
(MDSL) for supply of 1, 300 Armored Light
Specialist Vehicles (ALSV) to Indian Army.
Ministry of Defence (MoD) Bharat Dynamics Ltd (BDL) INR 1, 188 Crore deal for acquiring 4, 960
MILAN-2T Anti-Tank Guided Missiles
(ATGM) for the Indian Army.
FEBRUARY 2021
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Limited) Mounts (SRGM), main guns standardised
for all warships of the Indian Navy.
Ministry of Defence (MoD) Defence Public Sector for procurement of Software Defined
Undertaking (DPSU) Bharat Radio Tactical (SDR-Tac) worth over Rs
Electronics Limited (BEL) 1,000 crore in New Delhi
JANUARY 2021
India’s Bharat Dynamics United Kingdom’s Thales have signed a ‘Teaming Agreement’ to
Limited (BDL) under the develop STARStreak Air Defence system
Ministry of Defence in India under the ‘Make in India’
programme.
Indian Army ideaForge procure unmentioned numbers of high-
altitude variant of Indigenous SWITCH
UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) over a
period of 1 year.
Defence Research and Maharashtra Metro Rail DRDO will provide technical support for
Development Organisation Corporation (MAHA-METRO) the implementation of advanced
(DRDO) biodigester Mk-II technology for
treatment of human waste (night soil) in
the metro rail network.
Ministry of Defence (MoD) Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) for procurement of 4th generation 10
Lynx U2 Fire Control systems for frontline
warships of Indian Navy at a cost of Rs
1,355 crore under Buy (Indian) category
in New Delhi.
Indian Army Goa Shipyard Ltd(GSL) to procure the 12 high-performance
patrol boats to boost its surveillance of
major water bodies like Pangong Tso or
Pangong Lake in eastern Ladakh
Indian Navy Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) to supply 20 Indigenously developed

Light Amplification by Stimulated
Emission of Radiation Dazzlers (Laser
Dazzlers).
IMPORTANT DEFENCE EVENTS

NOVEMBER 2021
 Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) headed by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has approved proposals
worth Rs 7,965 crore for modernisation and operational needs of the Armed Forces.
 The Biennial Dubai Air Show, that was held from 14th to 18th November 2021 at the Al Maktoum
International Airport in Dubai, saw the participation of Indian Air Force (IAF) Contingent
• Indian Airline company Akasa Air, owned by SNV Aviation, is backed by ace stock investor
Rakesh Jhunjhunwala placed an order for 72 Boeing 737 Max at the Dubai Air Show. The $9
billion worth order includes 2 versions of the Boeing Max Aircrafts: 737-8 and the high-capacity
737-8-200, that are expected to be under operation by 2022.
OCTOBER 2021
 DRDO and Indian Air Force (IAF) team successfully flight tested India’s first Long-Range Bomb (LRB),
with a range of ~50 to 150 kilometres, from an aerial platform Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur in
Odisha.
 Union Minister Rajnath Singh, Ministry of Defence (MoD), launched Web Based Project Monitoring
Portal (WBPMP) for Military Engineer Services (MES) from New Delhi. It is the first project management
Governance to be implemented by the MES.
 2nd edition of the 5-day Naval Commanders’ Conference of 2021 (Naval Commanders’ Conference
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•At the event, Defence minister Rajnath Singh launched an ‘Integrated Unmanned Road Map for
Indian Navy’, to provide a comprehensive Unmanned Systems Roadmap.
• The Indian Navy has received its 11th P-8I, (Poseidon-8I) the Long Range Maritime
Reconnaissance Anti-Submarine Warfare (LRMRASW) aircraft from Boeing, the United
States(US)-based aerospace company.
• Ministry of Defence (MoD) signed a contract with the US Government under Foreign Military Sale
(FMS) for procurement of Mark (MK) 54 Torpedo and Expendable (Chaff and Flares) for the
Indian Navy at a cost of Rs 423 Crores.
 Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the 7 new Defence Public Sector Undertakings (DPSUs) that
were carved out of the Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) and dedicated them to the nation.
• The 7 DPSUs include – Munitions India Ltd (MIL), Armoured Vehicles Nigam Ltd (AVANI), Gliders
India Limited (GIL), Advanced Weapons and Equipment India Ltd (AWE India), Troop Comforts
Ltd (TCL), Yantra India Ltd (YIL), and India Optel Ltd (IOL).
 Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) approved the Acceptance of Necessity (AoN) for defence
procurement worth Rs. 13,165 crores. Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) to
manufacture 25 Advanced Light Helicopters (ALH) Mark III helicopters, Terminally Guided Munition
(TGM) and HEPF/RHE Rocket Ammunition to be procured from Indian defence manufacturers.
 Ministry of Defence (MoD) developed an IT (Information Technology)-enabled payment and accounting
system called PRABAL to ensure domestic defence suppliers get payments without any delay.
SEPTEMBER 2021
 As part of the Atmanirbhar Bharat (self-reliant India) to corporatize the production in Defence sector,
Defence Ministry of India dissolved the Ordnance Factory Board (OFB).
 United States (US), United Kingdom (UK) and Australia established a trilateral security partnership
named – ‘’AUKUS” in order to strengthen diplomatic, security and defence cooperation in the Indo-
Pacific region.
 The President of India Ram Nath Kovind presented the President’s Colour to Indian Naval Aviation
at INS Hansa, Dabolim, Goa.
 7th edition of the International Army Games 2021 was hosted by Russia. A 101-member contingent
was sent by the Indian army to participate in various army games. Russia, with a total of 34 medals was
ranked 1st in the event.
 Defence Minister Rajnath Singh announced the ‘Delegation of Financial Powers to Defence Services
(DFPDS) 2021’, providing enhanced Revenue Procurement provisions to Indian defence forces to
strengthen India’s security infrastructure.
 India handed over Indian Navy’s Dornier aircraft to Mauritius on lease as part of Vision
SAGAR (Security and Growth for All in the Region) for enhanced maritime security of the Indian Ocean
region (IOR).
 Indian Armed Forces allowed the entry of female candidates into the armed forces through National
Defence Academy (NDA) after the intervention of the Supreme Court(SC) of India.
AUGUST 2021
 Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) placed an order in GE Aviationfor purchasing 99 F404-GE-IN20
engines worth Rs 5,375 crore (US $716 million) to power the Tejas Light Combat Aircraft (LCA). This
order is the largest purchase order placed by HAL for LCA.
 DRDO Defence Laboratory, Jodhpur (DLJ), Rajasthan and High Energy Materials Research
Laboratory (HEMRL), Pune (Maharashtra) have developed an advanced Chaff material and chaff
cartridge-118/I for Indian Air Force (IAF).
 Ministry of Defense (MoD) has launched Defense India Startup Challenge (DISC) 5.0 under
Innovations for Defense Excellence-Defense Innovation Organisation (iDEX-DIO) .
 Indian Army received the delivery of 1st batch of Multi-Mode Hand Grenade (MMHG) manufactured by
Nagpur based private company Economic Explosives Limited (EEL) .

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JULY 2021
 The Ministry of Defence (MoD) implemented SPARSH, an acronym for System for Pension
Administration (Raksha), for automation of sanction and disbursement of defence pension.
 The French Armed Forces used ‘HELMA-P (High-energy Laser for Multiple Application – Power)’ to
destroy a drone during a test of technology conducted near the Atlantic coast in Southwestern part of
France.
 Ministry of Defenceissued a Request of Proposal (RFP) for construction of 6 fitted Conventional
Submarines named Project 75 (India) [P-75(I)] for the Indian Navy with a cost of INR 40,000 Crore.
 Indian Navy Chief Admiral Karambir Singh attended the 325th Russian Navy Day celebrations held at
St. Petersburg, Russia . INS Tabar participated in the Navy Day Celebrations of Russia.
JUNE 2021
 The Defence Minister, Rajnath Singh approved the ‘Second Positive Indigenisation List’ comprising
108 items.2nd Positive Indigenisation List is proposed by Department of Military Affairs, Ministry of
Defence
 Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) approves Request For Proposal (RFP) for construction of 6
Conventional Submarines at a cost of Rs. 43,000 crores and allocated Rs. 6,000 crores for
modernisation of Indian Army’s Air Defence Guns and Ammunition.
 Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh approved INR 498.8 Crore budgetary support to Innovations for
Defence Excellence-Defence Innovation Organisation (iDEX-DIO) for boosting Defence Innovation in
India.
MAY 2021
 Indian Army Inaugurated its 1st Green Solar Energy Harnessing Plant of 56 KVA (KiloVolt-
Ampere) in North Sikkim.
 Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory (DMRL), a lab of Defence Research and Development
Organisation (DRDO) has developed an Indigenous Isothermal Forging Technology for Air Engines.
 DRDO’s Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics (CAIR) along with 5C Network & HCG
Academics has developed an Artificial Intelligence (AI) tool named ATMAN AI for COVID-19 detection
from chest X-rays.
 Indian Armed Forces has launched operation “CO-JEET” to support anti-COVID-19 efforts of the
country.
 United States State Department has approved the proposed sale of 6 Poseidon-8I (P-8I) Patrol
Aircraft and other equipment to India. The deal is estimated to cost USD 2.42 Billion (~ INR 18, 000
Crore).
APRIL 2021
 Bharat Dynamics Ltd (BDL) started the delivery of the ‘Akash Missile’ (surface-to-air Missile System)
to the Indian Army.The Missile system has been designed and developed by DRDO.
 Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has developed Single Crystal blades
technology for helicopter engine application.
 Defence Laboratory Jodhpur (DLJ), a DRDO Laboratory has indigenously developed an Advanced
Chaff Technology to safeguard Indian naval ships from Missile Attack.
MARCH 2021
 India is the 4th Strongest Military Force in the World according to the study conducted by Defence
Website ‘Military Direct’.
 Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) was achieved in the development of Air
Independent Propulsion (AIP) by proving the land-based prototype.
 The maiden flight trials of the indigenously developed ‘Advanced Light Torpedo (TAL) Shyena’ was
conducted successfully from Indian Navy’s Ilyushin Il-38 Patrol Aircraft.

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 Indian Navy signed a contract for the construction of 11 Ammunition-Cum-Torpedo-Cum-Missile
(ACTCM) barges, with Thane based MSME Suryadipta Projects Private Limited.
 Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully conducted the flight
demonstration of Solid Fuel Ducted Ramjet (SFDR) technology from Chandipur in Balasore, Odisha.
 Indian Army has leased 4 Heron TP medium-altitude, long-endurance (MALE) Unmanned Aerial
Vehicles (UAVs) from Israel for 3 years.
FEBRUARY 2021
 Indian Navy Ship (INS) ‘Pralaya’ participated in NAVDEX 21 (Naval Defence Exhibition) & IDEX 21
(International Defence Exhibition) held at Abu Dhabi, UAE (United Arab Emirates) from February 20-
25, 2021.
 Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) approved 3 Acceptance of Necessities (AoNs) worth INR 13, 700
Crore for procurement of various weapons/platforms/equipment/systems for the Indian Army, Indian
Navy & Indian Air Force.
 INS Karanj - Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) delivered the Third of Six Kalvari-class
submarines based on ‘ScorpeneClass’ to the Indian Navy at Mumbai, Maharashtra.
 Aero India 2021- During the Inaugural event of ‘Aero India 2021, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh
released DRDO’s Export Compendium.
• INR 48, 000 Crore Contract for manufacturing of 83 LCA Tejas was handed over to Hindustan
Aeronautics Limited (HAL).
• HAL delivered 3 Advanced Light Helicopters (ALH) Mk-III to Indian Navy & 2 ALHs to Indian Coast
Guard (ICG) during the event. The 5 ALH MK-III are part of the 16 ALHs contract.
JANUARY 2021
 Indian Government is set to procure 21 MiG(Mikoyan-Gurevich)-29 fighter jets and 12 Sukhoi(Su)-30
MKI(Modernizirovannyi, Kommercheskiy, Indiski) aircrafts from Russia.
 ‘Ayushman CAPF’ scheme for personnel and dependents of the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF)
launched by the Union Minister Amit Shah, Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in Guwahati, Assam.
 Smart Anti Airfield Weapon (SAAW) from the Hawk-i aircraft close to the coast of Odisha has been
successfully Test Fired by the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL).
 ‘SAHAYAK-NG’, a maiden trail conducted by Defence Research and Development Organisation
(DRDO)& Indian Navy of which is India’s 1st indigenously designed and developed Air Droppable
Container.
 India’s first indigenous 9mm machine pistol ASMI has developed by DRDO Armament Research &
Development Establishment (ARDE), Pune (Maharashtra) in collaboration with the Indian Army’s
Infantry School, Mhow.
 Landing Craft Utility (LCU) MK IV class vessel ‘IN LCU L-58’ (Yard 2099) has been delivered by
Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Ltd (GRSE), Kolkata, West Bengal to the Indian Navy (IN).
 Indian Army has created a new human right cell first time at its headquarters (New Delhi). Major
General Gautam Chauhan has been appointed as the 1st Additional Director General-ADG (Human
Rights-HR).
 “e-office”, Indian Air Force(IAF) E-governance portal launched by Chief of Air Staff, Air Chief
Marshal RKS Bhadauria.
 BEML Ltd (previously known as Bharat Earth Movers Limited) has received orders worth ~ INR
758 crores from the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for supplying high-mobility vehicles to the Indian army.
SPORTS
TOKYO 2020 OLYMPICS UPDATES
Overview of Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics
32nd Edition of Olympic Games took place in Tokyo, Japan from 23rd July, 2021 – 8th August, 2021.Summer
Olympic Mascot – ‘MIRAITOWA’; The 2020 Games mark the 2nd time that Japan is hosting the Summer Olympic
Games, the 1st one also took place in Tokyo in 1964. It is the 1st City in Asia to host the Summer Games Twice
(Including Winter Games, it is the 4th Olympic Games in Japan).

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There are 339 Medal Events in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
• Karate, Skateboarding, Sport Climbing, Surfing, and 4x400m mixed relay are set to make their Olympic
debut in the 2020 Olympics.
India’s Squad
India is sending a 228-member Contingent to the Tokyo Olympics, which includes 119 athletes (67 male & 52
female). It will be India’s largest ever contingent of athletes at the Olympics.
• It is competing in 85 medal events.
• Mary Kom (Boxing) & Manpreet Singh (Hockey) will be India’s flag bearers in the Opening Ceremony,
while Bajrang Punia (Wrestling) will be the flag bearer for the Closing ceremony.
Key Points
i.DeepakKabra has become the 1st Indian to be selected for judging the Gymnastics competition of the Olympic
Games. He will officiate the men’s artistic gymnasts.
ii.Union Minister for Youth Affairs & Sports Anurag Thakur virtually launchedThe official cheer song
‘Hindustani Way’ for the Indian Contingent. It is performed by singer Ananya Birla and composed by veteran
Indian music composer AR Rahman.
iii.Bangladesh’s Muhammad Yunus is set to receive the Olympic Laurel award for 2020 during the
inauguration event. He is 2nd recipient of the Olympic Laurel Award (1st recipient – Kip Keino of Kenya).
India’s Performance:
• India finished with 7 Medals (1 Gold, 2 Silver, 4 Bronze) and has been ranked at 48th Position. This was
India’s highest ever medals tally in an Olympics.
• The US topped the Medals tally with 113 Medals (39 G, 41 S, 33 B) followed by China & Japan.
Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
48 India 1 2 4 7
1 US 39 41 33 113
2 China 38 32 18 88
3 Japan 27 14 17 58
India’s Medal Winners
Neeraj Chopra (Haryana) won the Gold medal in Javelin throw event. It is India’s 1st medal in a Track & Field
Event. With this win, he ends India’s 100-year wait for a track and field medal in the Olympics
Indian Men’s Hockey Team Wins Bronze
The Indian Men’s Hockey Team led by Manpreet Singh clinched the Bronze Medal by defeating Germany in the
Bronze Medal Match. This is India’s 1st Medal from Hockey in 41 years
LovlinaBorgohain wins Bronze Medal in Boxing
LovlinaBorgohain (Assam) clinched the Bronze Medal in the Women’s WelterWeight (64-69kg) Boxing Category.
She was defeated by BusenazSurmeneli (Turkey) in the semi-finals.
Wrestling
Ravi Kumar Dahiya (Haryana) bagged the Silver Medal in 57 Kg Freestyle Wrestling after being defeated by
ZavurUguev (ROC – Russian Olympic Committee).
Bajrang Punia (Haryana) clinched the Bronze medal in the Men’s Freestyle 65 Kg category Wrestling after
defeating DauletNiyazbekov (Kazakhstan).
KD Jadhav won India’s first-ever wrestling medal, a bronze medal in the men’s freestyle bantamweight event
at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics.
Sakshi Malik became the 1st Indian female wrestler to win an Olympic medal when she won bronze at Rio
2016.
Other Significant Achievements by Indians
• Aditi Ashok (Karnataka) finished 4th in the Olympic Games’ golf competition.
• Indian Women’s Hockey Team led by Rani Rampal reached the Semi-finals for the 1st time in History and
defeated by Argentina in the Semi-finals & by Great Britain in the Bronze Medal match.
• Avinash Sable (Maharashtra) failed to qualify for the finals of the Men’s 3000m Steeplechase event.
• Indian Men’s 4X400m relay team (Muhammed Anas Yahiya, Tom Noah Nirmal, Rajiv Arokia and Amoj Jacob)
created an Asian Record by timing 3:00:25 secs, but they failed to qualify for the final round. The earlier
Asian record was held by Qatar.
Youngest & Oldest Medal Winners
i.MomijiNishiya (Japan) at 13 years old became the Youngest Gold Medallist in the history of Olympics. She
won the Women’s Street Skateboarding event of the 2020 Olympics.

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ii.At 37 years, LyuXiaojun (China) became the oldest man to win an Olympic Gold Medal in Weightlifting. He
clinched the Gold Medal in Men’s 81 Kg Category Weightlifting.
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Overview of Indian particpants at Tokyo 2020 Summer Paralympic Games

The Tokyo 2020 Summer Paralympic Games held from 24th August – 5th September, 2021. The official Mascot
is ‘Someity’.
India sends largest ever contingent for Paralympics: A total of 54 Athletes will compete in 9 Sporting
events. Only 19 Indian Athletes competed in the 2016 Rio Paralympics.
Theme song: Union Sports Minister, Anurag Thakur and Minister of State for Home Affairs NisithPramanik
launched the Theme Song, ‘Kar De Kamaal Tu’ for India’s Paralympic Contingent at the 2020 Tokyo Summer
Paralympics Games.The song is composed & sung by Sanjeev Singh, Divyang Cricket Player.
Highlights:
• Javelin thrower Devendra Jhajharia (won Gold at Rio Paralympics) and high jump
ace MariyappanThangavelu are the two Paralympic champions in the current Indian contingent.
• Prachi Yadav is set to become India’s 1st paracanoe at the Tokyo Para Games
• AvaniLekhera will be the 1st Indian woman para shooter to compete at the Paralympics.
• Harvinder Singh and Vivek Chikara are the 1st Men Archers from the country to qualify for the Games.
Overview of Tokyo 2020 Summer Paralympic Games

The 16th Edition of Paralympic Games is taking place in Tokyo, Japan from 24th August to 5th September,
2021.It is organised by International Paralympic Committee(IPC).
• A total of 22 sports are scheduled. For the 1st time, Badminton and Taekwondo will be making their
debut at the 2020 Paralympic Games by replacing Sailing & 7-a-side Football.
• The official Mascot is ‘Someity’.The opening ceremony took place at the Newly-built National Stadium,
Tokyo.
• The Paralympic Games symbol of the “Three Agitos” has been installed on a giant floating platform in the
Tokyo Bay area. The 94-tonne steel monument stands 17.5 m tall, is 23.4 m long and 2m wide.
• Tek Chand (Shot put Thrower) was the flag-bearer of India in the opening ceremony of the Tokyo
paralympics.He has been replaced on behalf of High-Jumper ThangaveluMariyappan .
India’s Performance:
A total of 17 athletes have won 19 medals, with 2 athletes – AvaniLekhara&SinghrajAdhana have won 2
medals each .India was ranked 24th in the overall medal tally with 19 medals, while the top 3 positions in the
medal tally were occupied by China, Great Britain & USA.
Ranking Country Total Medals
1st China 207 (96 Gold)
2nd Great Britain 124 (41 Gold)
3rd USA 104 (37 Gold)
24th India 19 (5 Gold)
1. AvaniLekhara (Rajasthan) has won the Gold Medal in the Women’s R2 10 m Air Rifle Standing 1 (SH 1)
Shooting event by scoring 249.6 in the final.Shebecome the first Indian woman to win a Paralympic gold
by claiming the top honours in the 10m air rifle standing SH1 event
2. SumitAntil(Haryana) has won the Gold Medal in the Men’s Javelin Throw F-64 event by throwing a
distance of 68.55 m in the finals.
3. Devendra Jhajharia(Rajasthan) has won the Silver Medal in the Men’s Javelin Throw, F-46 category by
throwing a distance of 64.35 m.
4. Bhavinaben Patel (Gujarat) won the Silver Medal in the Women’s Singles Class 4 Table Tennis event by
losing 7-11, 5-11, 6-11 in the finals.
5. Yogesh Kathuniya(Delhi) has won the Silver Medal in Men’s Discus Throw F-56 by scoring 44.38 m in
the final
6. NIshad Kumar (Himachal Pradesh) has won the Silvermedal in the Men’s High Jump T-47 category by
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7. Vinod Kumar lost his bronze medal that he clinched in the men’s F52 discus throw event on 29 August
th
after the competition panel found that he was ‘ineligible’ under disability classification assessment
8. Pramod Bhagat & Manoj Sarkar :The current World Number 1 badminton para-athlete, Pramod Bhagat
won the Gold medal in the men’s singles SL3 class while Manoj Sarkar bagged a bronze medal in the
Badminton Men’s Singles SL3.This is India’s first medal in badminton at the Paralympics Games
9. SuhasLalinakereYathiraj won Silvermedal in Badminton at the Tokyo Paralympics, to become the 1st
ever IAS Officer to win a medal in the Paralympic games.
10. Indian table tennis player Bhavinaben Patel creates history, becomes the first Indian para-paddler to
win silver medal
11. Krishna Nagar won thegoldmedal in the Badminton Men’s singles SH6 event against Hong Kong’s Chu
Man Kai. He becomes the first-ever SH6 gold medallist in the history of the Indian Paralympics.
12. Manish Narwal creating a new Paralympics shooting record of 218.2 points in the mixed 50m pistol SH1
event finals by winning gold medal in the event
13. MariyappanThangavelu won Silver medal in the Tokyo T42 category high jump event with a best jump
of 1.86m, while Sharad Kumar won Bronze with the best jump of 1.83m.
14. India’s 1st ever medal in an archery event in Paralympic games was won by Harvinder Singh the current
World Number 23. He defeated Korea’s Kim Min Sun in the Bronze medal match of Men’s individual
recurve.
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APPOINTMENTS IN SPORTS
Name Appointed as Association Points to be noted
NOVEMBER 2021
Morinari Watanabe President International Reappointed for a period of
Gymnastics Federation three years.Morinari defeated
or Fédération Azerbaijan’s contender Farid
Internationale de Gayibov.
Gymnastique (FIG)
Saurav Ganguly Chairman International Cricket He succeeded Anil Kumble, a
Council (ICC) Men’s former Indian cricketer who
Cricket Committee. stepped down after serving a
maximum of three continuous,
3-year terms.
OCTOBER 2021
Sahdev Yadav President Indian Weightlifting
The election also saw the
Federation (IWLF) appointment of S.H. Anande
Gowda and Naresh Sharma as
the new Secretary General &
Treasurer of IWLF.
Arjuna Awardee Chief Executive Officer SAI’s Target Olympic He will replace the incumbent
Commodore Pushpendra (CEO) Podium Scheme CEO Commander Rajesh
Kumar Garg (PK Garg) (TOPS) Rajagopalan and take over
on 25th October 2021.
JULY & JUNE 2021, AUGUST 2021 & SEPTEMBER 2021
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MAY 2021
Narinder Batra President International Hockey He reappointed as president
Federation(FIH) of the International Hockey
Federation(FIH) for a 2nd
term
Pusarla Venkata Athlete Ambassador International Olympic Both the badminton
Sindhu(PV Sindhu) and Committee (IOC)’s players(shuttlers) will work
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Campaign about competition
manipulation among the
athletes.
APRIL 2021
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MARCH 2021
Thomas Bach President International Olympic Executive Board (IOC) re-
Committee (IOC) elected him for an additional
term of 4 years as the
President of ICO until 2025.
Mary Kom or chairperson AIBA Champion and Olympic medalist Michael
Chungneijang Mary Veterans Committee. Philip Carruth of Ireland was
KomHmangte, India appointed as the Vice
Chairperson of the committee
by the board of directors.
FEBRUARY 2021
Jay Shah President Asian Cricket Council Jay Shah(32 years) is the
(ACC) youngest administrator to be
appointed as the President of
ACC.
He will succeed Nazmul
Hasan Papon, the Chief of
Bangladesh Cricket
Board(BCB).
Ajay Singh President Boxing Federation of Hemanta Kumar Kalita was
India(BFI) elected as the secretary and
Digvijay Singh as treasurer.
JANUARY 2021
Sanjay Kapoor President All India Chess He representing Uttar
Federation Pradesh Chess Sports
Association, was elected as
the president of the All India
Chess Federation (AICF) and
became the youngest
president of the federation.
He succeeds PR Venketrama
Raja of Tamil Nadu.
RETIREMENT
Name of the Person Sport they belong to/ Country Points to be Noted
NOVEMBER 2021
Dwayne Bravo cricket / West Indies Retirement from international cricket after
the conclusion of the West Indies
Twenty20(T20) World Cup campaign
2021Dwayne Bravo has played in all seven
T20 World Cups.He has scored 1245 runs
at an average of 22.23 and a strike rate of
115.38 and he has picked up 78 wickets.
Asghar Afghan cricket / Afghanistan Afghanistan’s 1st Test Captain A retired
from all forms of International Cricket after
playing his final match against Namibia in
the 2021 ICC T20 World Cup
Abraham Benjamin de cricket / South Africa Retirement from all forms of cricket .
Villiers (AB de Villiers) AB de Villiers made his international debut
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in 114 Tests, 228 One Day Internationals
(ODIs)and 78 Twenty20 Internationals
(T20Is).
OCTOBER 2021
James Pattinson Cricket / Australia He has represented Australia in 15 one day
Internationals(ODI) and 4 Twenty20 (T20)
International matches. He played his last
ODI in 2015 and had a stop-start career
due to injuries.
Eshani Lokusuriyage Cricket / Sri Lankan She played 89 ODIs and 68 T20
internationals, taking 49 wickets in ODI &
36 in T20s.
Fran Wilson Cricket / England Still she will be playing in domestic games
for the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy,
Charlotte Edwards Cup and The Hundred.
SEPTEMBER 2021
Moeen Ali Cricket / England Ali has taken 195 wickets with his off-spin
bowling and he scored 2914 runs in 64
Test at an average of 28.29.
Dale Willem Steyn Cricket / South Africa Retirement from all forms of
Cricket (ODIs, T20Is).The Right arm
bowler has played 93 Tests, picking 439
wickets at an average of 22.95. Steyn
ranks 8th in the all-time list of Wicket-
takers in Test cricket.In One Day
Internationals (ODIs), he has played 125
ODIs, picking 196 wickets & 47 Twenty20
Internationals (T20Is) by taking 64
wickets.
Lasith Malinga Cricket/Sri Lanka He announced his retirement from all
forms of cricket.He retired from Test
cricket in 2011 and ODI in 2019.
Malinga played 30 Tests, 226 ODIs and 84
T20Is.He picked 546 wickets (101 in
Tests, 338 in ODIs and 107 in T20Is)
across formats.
Brendan Taylor Cricket / Zimbabwe Retired from international cricket during
the ongoing One Day International (ODI)
series against Ireland. The 34-year old
batsman has scored 6677 runs from 204
ODI matches in his 17-year-old career
since his debut in 2004.
AUGUST 2021
IsuruUdana Cricket/Sri Lanka He announced his retirement from
International cricket. He has played in 21
One Day Internationals (ODIs), 35
Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is) picking
up 45 wickets.
Stuart Binny Cricket/India Announced retirement from
International cricket.He has played 6
Tests, 14 One Day Internationals (ODIs) &
3 Twenty20
Internationals (T20Is).In First-class
Cricket, He made his debut in
the Karnataka state team in 2003-04

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season and he has played 95 matches,
scoring 4796 runs & picking up 148
wickets.
Paras Khadka Cricket/Nepal He is the 1st Nepalese batsman to score a

century in both ODI and T20 formats.
i.He has played 10 One Day
internationals (ODIs) and 33 Twenty 20
International (T20Is) scoring 1114 runs
and 17 wickets.
Unmukt Chand Cricket/India He was the captain of the Indian Under-
19 team which won the World Cup in
2012 held at Australia.
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Boyd Rankin England He was a former Ireland and England fast
bowler 18-year long cricket career.Boyd
Rankin is the only cricketer who have
played for two countries in all three
formats of the game.
Thisara Perera Sri Lanka Announced his retirement from
International Cricket at the age of 32.
Harry Frederick Gurney England He has represented the England Cricket
Team in 10 One Day Internationals (ODIs)
& 2 Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is).
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MARCH 2021
Gary Wilson Cricket/Ireland Former captain of Ireland Cricket and He
is the 2nd Highest wicket-taker for
Ireland
Ranganath Vinay Kumar Cricket/India Announced his retirement from First
Class & International Cricket at the age of
37. He hails from Davanagere, Karnataka
and is called as ‘The Davanagere Express’.
FEBRUARY 2021
Yusuf Pathan Cricket/India He has announced retirement from all
forms of Cricket at the age of 38. Yusuf
Pathan hails from Vadodara (Baroda),
Gujarat.
Dhammika Prasad Cricket/ Sri Lanka Sri Lankan Fast Bowler Dhammika Prasad
announced his retirement from
International Cricket at the age of 37.
Faf’ du Plessis Cricket/South Africa announced Retirement from Test Cricket
format of the game
Naman Ojha Cricket/India Former Indian Wicketkeeper – Batsman
announced his retirement from all forms
of Cricket(international and BCCI/MPCA
domestic first-class cricket).
Ashok Dinda Cricket/India Indian bowler Ashok Dinda announced
his retirement from all formats of Cricket
at the age of 36.
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TENNIS
NOVEMBER 2021
 Novak Djokovic (Serbia) defeated Danill Medvedev (Russia) in the Men’s Singles finals of 2021 Paris
Masters, at Paris, France. This is his 6th Paris Masters Title & a record 37th Masters overall.
• Tim Puetz (Germany) & Michael Venus (New Zealand) paired to defeat the French team of
Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut in the Men’s Doubles finals
 Indian Table Tennis player Manika Batra and Archana Girish Kamath clenched the Women’s Double
title as a pair at the 2021 WTT (World Table Tennis) Contender Tournament in Lasko (Slovenia)
after defeated the Puerto Rican team of Melanie Diaz and Adriana Diaz.
• In the singles tournament, Manika Batra won a Bronze Medal after being defeated by Wang
Yidi by 2-4 in the semi-finals.
Overview of World Table Tennis (WTT) Contender Tunis tournament 2021

Category Winners
Men’s Singles Anton Kallberg
Women’s Singles Hana Matelova
Men’s Doubles Sathiyan Gnanasekaran & Harmeet Desai
Women’s Doubles Linda Bergstrom & Christina Kallberg
Mixed Doubles Emmanuel Lebesson & Jia Nan Yuan
OCTOBER 2021
Overview of 2021 Denmark Open
Event Winner Runner-up
Men’s Singles Viktor Axelsen (Denmark) Momota Kento (Japan)
Women’s
Singles Akane Yamaguchi (Japan) An Se-young (South Korea)
Takuro Hoki & Yugo Kobayashi
Men’s Doubles (Japan) Kim Astrup & Anders Skaarup Rasmussen (Denmark)
Women’s
Doubles Huang Dongping & Zheng Yu (China) Lee Sohee & Shin Seung Chan (South Korea)
Yuta Watanabe & Arisa Higashino Dechapol Puavaranukroh & Sapsiree Taerattanachai
Mixed Doubles (Japan) (Thailand)
Overview of 2021 BNP Paribas Open held at Indian Wells, USA

The 2021 BNP Paribas Open, also known as the 2021 Indian Wells Masters or 2021 Indian Wells Open, was
held from 4th to 17th October 2021 at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden, Indian Wells, California, the United States
of America(USA).
Category Winners Runners
Men’s singles Cameron Norrie(UK) Nikoloz Basilashvili(Georgia)
Women’s singles Paula Badosa(Spain) Victoria Azarenka(Belarus)
John Peers(Australia) Aslan Karatsev(Russia)
Men’s doubles Filip Polášek(Slovakia) Andrey Rublev(Russia)
Hsieh Su-wei (Chinese Taipei) Veronika Kudermetova(Russia)
Women’s doubles Elise Mertens (Belgium) Elena Rybakina(Kazakhstan)
 For the first time in the history, Indian table tennis contingent has won 3 Bronze medals in the 2021
Asian Table Tennis Championship at Doha, Qatar.
Medal Winning Teams:

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•Indian Men’s Team – Sharath Kamal, Sathiyan Gnanasekaran and Harmeet Desai
•Men’s Doubles Team – Sharath Kamal Achanta & Sathiyan Gnanasekaran
•Men’s Doubles Team – Manav Thakkar & Harmeet Desai
 Sania Mirza and her Chinese partner Shuai Zhang won 2021 Ostrava Open women’s doubles title by
defeating the pair of Kaitlyn Christian and Erin Routliffe in Ostrava, Czech Republic.
SEPTEMBER 2021
Overview of 2021 US Open Tennis Championship
141st edition of the US Open Tennis Championship was held in USA’s New York City, which is also the 4th & last
Grand Slam title of 2021 being conducted in a ‘Hard Court’ between 30th August and 12th September 2021. The
finals of the tournament were held at Arthur Ashe Stadium, New York, USA.
US Open 2021
Category Winners Runner-ups
Men’s Singles Daniil Medvedev(Russia) Novak Djokovic(Serbia)
Women’s Singles Emma Raducanu(Britain) LeylahFernandez(Canada)
Men’s Doubles Rajeev Ram – Joe Salisbury(USA – UK) Bruno Soares – Jamie Murray(Brazil – UK)
Women’s Sam Stosur – Zhang Shuai(Australia –
Doubles China) Coco Gauff – Caty McNally(USA)
Desirae Krawczyk – Joe Salisbury(USA – Giuliana Olmos – Marcelo Arevalo(Mexico – El
Mixed Doubles UK) Salvador)
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JULY 2021
134th Edition (127th staging of the Ladies’ Singles Championship event, the 53rd in the Open Era) of
Wimbledon Championships 2021 was held at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, UK from
28th June – 11th July, 2021.
• It is Djokovic’s 6th Wimbledon Title (3rd consecutive one) & 20th Grand Slam Title. With 20 Grand Slam
Titles, he has equalled the men’s record for most Grand Slams won by a man, which is jointly held by
Roger Federer (Switzerland) and Rafael Nadal (Spain).Djokovic is the only man since Australia’s Rod
Laver (1969) to win the first 3 major Grand Slams (Australian Open, French Open & Wimbledon) of a
season in a single year.
Category Winner Runner-up
Men’s Novak Djokovic Matteo Berrettini
Singles (Serbia) (Italy)
Women’s Karolina Pliskova
Singles Ashleigh Barty (Australia) (Czech Republic)
Men’s Nikola Mektic& Mate Pavic Marcel Granollers (Spain) & Horacio
Doubles (Croatian Pair) Zeballos (Argentina)
Women’s Elise Mertens (Belgium) & Hsieh Su-wei (Chinese Veronika Kudermetova& Elena Vesnina
Doubles Taipei) (Russian Pair)
Mixed
Doubles Neal Skupski (UK) & Desirae Krawczyk (US) Joe Salisbury & Harriet Dart (UK Pair)
JUNE 2021
Overview of 125thEdition of French Open 2021
• Djokovic became the 1st player in the Open Era to win all 4 Major Grand Slams twice (which is called
a double career Grand Slam).

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• BarboraKrejcikova also became the 1st player to win Women’s Single and Doubles Titles in the same year
since Mary Pierce (France) in 2000.
Men’s Singles Novak Djokovic (Serbia) Stefanos Tsitsipas (Greece)
Women’s Singles BarboraKrejcikova (Czech Republic) Anastasia Pavylyunchenkova (Russia)
Alexander Bublik& Andrey Golubev
Men’s Doubles Pierre-Hugues Herbert & Nicolas Mahut (France) (Kazakhstan)
BarboraKrejcikova&KaterlinaSiniakova Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Women’s Doubles (Czech Republic) (USA) &IgaSwiatek (Poland)
Elena Vesnina & Aslan Karatsev
Mixed Doubles Desirae Krawczyk (USA) & Joe Salisbury (UK) (Russia)
MAY 2021
Overview of 2021 Italian Open
The Italian Open 2021 (also known as Rome Masters or Internazionali BNL d’Italia) took place at the
ForoItalico venue in Rome, Italy.Clay court Tournament is an ATP Tour Masters 1000 event & a WTA 1000
event.
• Spain’s Rafael Nadal defeated Serbia’s Novak Djokovic to win the Men’s Singles Title of 2021 Italian
Open (78th Edition), also known as Rome Masters. This is Nadal’s 10th Italian Open Title.
• In the Women’s Category, IgaSwiatek (Poland) defeated Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic) to win the
Women’s Singles Title of Italian Open 2021.
Tennis-2021 Madrid Open
2021 Madrid Open was held from 30thApril 2021 – 9th May 2021 at Manzanares Park Tennis Center (also
known as Manolo Santana Stadium), Madrid, Spain.
• Germany’s Alexander Zverev defeated Matteo Berrettini of Italy to win the Men’s Singles Title of the
2021 Madrid Open (19th Edition on ATP).
• In the Women’s Singles Category, Belarus’ ArynaSabalenka defeated World No.1 Ashleigh Barty
(Australia) to clinch her maiden Madrid Open Title.
APRIL 2021
Overview of 2021 Barcelona Open
• 68th Edition of Barcelona Open 2021 (sponsored by Banc Sabadell) took place from April 17-25, 2021
at Real Club de Tenis Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
• Spain’s Rafael Nadal defeated Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas to win the 2021 Barcelona Open.
• Barcelona Open is an annual tennis tournament for male professional players and is played on clay
courts.
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Overview of 2021 Australian Open
• 109th Edition of Australian Open (53rd in Open Era) took place from February 8-21, 2021 at the
Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia.
• Organised by -International Tennis Federation (ITF).
• It takes place on a Hard surface (called as Hard Courts).
Winners of 2021 Australian Open
Men’s Singles Novak Djokovic (Serbia) Daniil Medvedev (Russia)

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Women’s
Singles Naomi Osaka (Japan) Jennifer Brady (USA)
Rajeev Ram (USA) & Joe Salisbury (Great
Men’s Doubles Ivan Dodig (Croatia) & Filip Polasek (Slovakia) Britain)
Women’s Elise Mertens (Belgium) &ArynaSabalenka BarboraKrejcikova& Katerina Siniakova
Doubles (Belarus) (Czech Republic pair)
Rajeev Ram (USA) &BarboraKrejcikova (Czech Matthew Ebden& Samantha Stosur
Mixed Doubles Republic) (Australian pair)
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NOVEMBER 2021
Australia Wins its Maiden ICC T20 World Cup
Australia defeated New Zealand in the finals of 2021 International Cricket Council (ICC) T20 World Cup
tournament that was held at Dubai International Stadium, UAE, to win its maiden T20 world cup.
• Player of the Match – Mitchell Marsh (Australia) for his 77-run knock in the finals
• Player of the Tournament – David Warner (Australia) for his match winning contribution throughout the
tournament
Keynotes
 After India’s poor outing in the ICC T20 World Cup, Virat Kohli relinquished his T20 captaincy for India.
While, Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has decided to appoint Rohit Sharma as India’s Captain
in the T20 format.
 Former Indian Captain, Rahul Dravid was appointed as the Head Coach of India’s Senior Men’s Team,
after the Cricket Advisory Committee comprising Sulakshana Naik & RP Singh unanimously made the
decision.
 During the 2021 T20 World Cup, Indian Cricketer Rohit Sharma became the 3rd male cricketer to score
3000 international runs in T20 format. He reached this mark in 115 matches.
 Pakistan Captain, Babar Azam created history to become the fastest batsman to score 2500 runs in T20Is.
 Pakistan’s wicket-keeper batsman, Mohammad Rizwan broke the 6-year old record of Chris Gayle (West
Indies) to create the record of Most T20I runs in a Calendar year.
 The ICC has entered into a partnership with UNICEF (United Nations Children’s Fund) to enhance its
awareness towards Mental Health & Wellbeing for Children.
OCTOBER 2021
Highlights of IPL 2021 – CSK wins 4th IPL Title
On 15th October 2021, Chennai Super Kings (CSK) under the Captaincy of Mahendra Singh Dhoni (MS Dhoni)
won their 4th IPL Title, after defeating Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in the finals of the 14th Edition of Indian
Premier League (IPL) or IPL 2021 or Vivo IPL 2021 at Dubai International Cricket Stadium, UAE.
• Former Indian Captain & the present captain of CSK became the 1st player in World Cricket to Captain
300 T20 games.
• During Match Number 39 in 2021 IPL, that was held between Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and
Mumbai Indians (MI), Virat Kohli the captain of RCB became the 1st Indian cricketer to score 10,000
runs in T20 (Twenty-twenty) format.
• Mumbai Indians Captain Rohit Sharma created an unique record of scoring 1,000 runs against a single
franchise. He is the first person in IPL history to score 1,000 runs against one team.
• During a match between RCB & MI, Harshal Patel (RCB) became the 20th player in the IPL history to take
a hat-trick wicket. He is the only player to take hat-trick in the current season & the 3rd RCB player to take
hat-trick wickets.
Other Awards in IPL 2021:
Award Team/Player Prize Money
Title Winner Chennai Super Kings ₹20 crore

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Runner Up Kolkata Knight Riders ₹12.50 crore

Orange Cap ₹10 lakh
Emerging Player of the Season Ruturaj Gaikwad, India (635 runs)(CSK) ₹10 lakh
Purple Cap ₹10 lakh
Upstox Most Valuable Player ₹10 lakh
Dream11 Game Changer of the Season Harshal Patel, India (32 Wickets) (RCB) ₹10 lakh
PayTm Fair Play of the Season Rajasthan Royals ₹10 lakh
Unacademy Most Sixes KL Rahul (30), India (Punjab Kings) ₹10 lakh
Safari Super Striker of the Season Shimron Hetmyer, Guyana (Delhi Capitals) ₹10 lakh
CRED Power Player of the Season Venkatesh Iyer, India (KKR) ₹10 lakh
VIVO Perfect Catch of the Season Ravi Bishnoi, India (Punjab Kings) ₹10 lakh
Man of the Match Faf du Plessis, South Africa (86 runs in Finals) ₹1 lakh
 Australia beat India by 14 runs in the third and final T20 Women’s International to seal the multi-
format series by 11-5 points. Indian women’s cricket team opener Smriti Mandhana became the first
Indian woman to score a century in a pink-ball Test
SEPTEMBER 2021
 India lead in the 5-match Test Series against England by winning 2 of the 4-matches played and
drawing the 1st match, that was held between 4th August and 6th September 2021, in England.
• Virat Kohli broke the long-standing record of Sachin Tendulkar to become the fastest to score
23,000 international runs in Cricket.
• Indian fast bowler, JaspritBumrah became the fastest Indian bowler to take 100 test wickets. He
achieved this in just 24 games, surpassing Kapil Dev, who reached the mark in 25 Test matches.
• Indian opening batsman KL Rahul scored a Test century during the Lord’s Test to become the 1st
Indian Opener to score a Test hundred in Lord’s in the last 31-years.
• BCCI has appointed former Indian Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni as the mentor of India’s 15-
member T20 World Cup squad
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JULY 2021
 Mongolia, Tajikistan and Switzerland were inducted as Members of the International Cricket Council
(ICC) during ICC’s 78th Annual General Meeting. With this, the total number of ICC members stands at
106 (12 Full Members, 94 Associate Members).
JUNE 2021
 Indian women cricketer ShafaliVerma(17 years old), became the first women’s cricketer to hit 3 sixes
in a test match during the one-off test match between India and England held in Bristol, England.
 New Zealand defeated India in the finals of the 2019-2021 ICC World Test Championship to win
the Inaugural Edition of ICC World Test Championship 2021 (for men). The finals was held at Rose
Bowl, Southampton, England .
MAY 2021
 Sri Lanka all-rounder and former limited overs captain for Sri Lanka – Thisara Perera announced his
retirement from International Cricket at the age of 32.

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MARCH 2021
Indian Cricket Team defeated England in the 5th T20I Match
• Held at - Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
• Player of the Series – Virat Kohli.
• Virat Kohli became the 1st Cricketer to score 3, 000 runs in T20 Internationals.
India retains Anthony de Mello Trophy by Defeating England in 2020-21 Test Series
Indian Cricket Team defeated England in the 4th Test Match held at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad,
Gujarat to win the Match & consequently the 2020-21 Test series by 3-1.
• Player of the Series – Ravichandran Ashwin
FEBRUARY 2021
 Tamil Nadu Cricket Team defeated Baroda in the finals of the 2020-21 Syed Mushtaq Ali T20
Competition held at Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
 International Cricket Council (ICC) announced BYJU’s as its global partner from 2021 to 2023.
JANUARY 2021
India retains Border-Gavaskar Trophy by Defeating Australia in 2020-21 Test Series
India won against Australia by 2-1 in 2020-21 Test Series and retained the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in 2020-21
edition.India created history by defeating Australia for the 1st time at the Gabba, Brisbane in 32 years.
• India’s Stand-in Captain Ajinkya Rahane became the 1st Recipient of Mullagh Medal.
• Ravichandran Ashwin set a new World Record for dismissing the most number of Left-handed batsmen
in Tests: 192.
• Claire Polosak becomes 1st Woman to officiate an Men’s Test Match…Click here for complete overview
FOOTBALL
OCTOBER 2021
 Indian Football team (The Blue Tigers) won the 2021 South Asian Football Federation
(SAFF) Championship, known as Ooredoo SAFF Championship 2021 against the Nepal national football
team (The Gurkhas) at the National Stadium in Male, Maldives.
 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and the Local Organising Committee (LOC) unveiled ‘Our Goal for
All’ as the official tagline for the AFC Women’s Asian Cup India 2022.
 FIFA unveiled Ibha, an Asiatic lioness as the official mascot of the U-17 Women’s World Cup India
2022. Ibha represents women power.
 FC Goa win Durand Cup Football Tournament title after a 1-0 win over local giants Mohammedan
Sporting Club in the final at the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan in Kolkata, West Bengal.
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 Italy National Football Team won the 16th Edition of ‘2020 UEFA European Football Championship
(UEFA Euro 2020)’ by defeating England on penalties in the finals held at Wembley Stadium, London,
UK.
 Argentina won the 2021’s Copa America football tournament against Brazil at Maracana stadium in
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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MAY 2021
 Manchester City clinched a fourth consecutive 2020-21 League Cup or EFL Cup or Carabao Cup Football title
after beating Tottenham Hotspur at Wembley Stadium, England.
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Overview of Yonex All England Open Badminton Championships 2021
2021 All England Open (officially known as the Yonex All England Open Badminton Championships 2021) took
place from March 17-21, 2021.
• Place - Arena Birmingham in England
• Organised by - Badminton England; Sanctioned by BWF.
Men’s Singles Lee ZiiJia (Malaysia) Viktor Axelsen (Denmark)
Takeshi Kamura&
KeigoSonoda
Men’s Doubles Yuta Watanabe & Hiroyuki Endo(Japan) (Japan)
Women’s Singles Nozomi Okuhara (Japan) PornpaweeChochuwong (Thailand)
Yuki Fukushima &
Sayaka Hirota
Women’s Doubles Mayu Matsumoto &Wakana Nagahara (Japan) (Japan)
Yuki Kaneko &
Misaki Matsutomo
Mixed Doubles Yuta Watanabe & Arisa Higashino (Japan) (Japan)
2021 Swiss Open Super 300 (Officially known as Yonex Swiss Open 2021)
• Place -Basel, Switzerland
• Organized by - Swiss Badminton & sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation.
• Indian Shuttler PV Sindhu clinched the Silver Medal.

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Category Winners Runners

Men’s Singles Viktor Axelsen (Denmark) KunlavutVitidsarn (Thailand)
Women’s Singles Carolina Marin (Spain) PV Sindhu (India)
Kim Astrup& Anders Rasmussen
Men’s Doubles (Denmark) Mark Lamsfuss& Marvin Saidel (German)
Women’s Pearly Tan &Thinaah Muralitharan
Doubles (Malaysia) Gabriela & Stefani Stoeva (Bulgaria)
Mathias Christiansen & Alexandra Boje
Mixed Doubles Thom Gicquel& Delphine Delrue (France) (Denmark)
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JANUARY 2021
Yonex Thailand Open 2021 Super 1000 – Badminton Tournament
• Place - Impact arena, Bangkok, Thailand.
• Organized by - Badminton Association of Thailand & sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation
(BWF).
• India’s Saina Nehwal lost in the women’s singles second round to Thailand’s
BusananOngbamrungphan.
World Junior Rankings released by BWF post COVID, 6 Indians have featured in the Top-10 Spots
• Men’s Category, Varun Kapur (Maharashtra) -World Number 2.
• Women’s Category, Samiya Imad Farooqi (Telangana) -World Number 2.
Winners:
Men’s
Singles Viktor Axelsen (Denmark) Angus Long (Hong Kong)
Women’s
Singles Carolina Marin (Spain) Tai Tzu-ying (Taiwan)
Men’s Goh V Shem & Tan Wee Kiong
Doubles Lee Yang & Wang Chi-Lin (Taiwan) (Malaysia)
Women’s GreysiaPolii&ApriyaniRahayu JongkolphanKititharakul&RawindaPrajongjai
Doubles (Indonesia) (Thailand)
Mixed DechapolPuavaranukroh&SapsireeTaerattanachai Praveen Jordan &MelatiDaevaOktavianti
Doubles (Thailand) (Malaysia)
SHOOTING
NOVEMBER 2021
India wins 5 Medals in Inaugural ISSF President’s Cup in Wroclaw, Poland
Indian Shooters have won 5 medals (2 Gold, 2 Silver & 1 Bronze) in the inaugural edition of International
Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) President’s Cup that was held between 3rd to 10th November 2021
at Wroclaw, Poland.
Personality Event Medal
10m Air Pistol Mixed Team Gold
Manu Bhaker 25m Rapid Fire pistol Mixed Team Gold
Rahi Sarnobat Women’s 25m Pistol Silver
Saurabh Chaudhary Men’s 10m Air Pistol Silver
Abhishek Verma Men’s 10m Air Pistol Bronze

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India Topped Medal Tally in 2021 ISSF Junior World Championship in Lima, Peru
2021 International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Junior World Championship Rifle / Pistol / Shotgun held
in Lima, Peru from 27th September to 10th October 2021. India finished the 2021 ISSF Junior World
Championships at the top with 43 medals which include 17 gold, 16 silver and 10 bronze.
Top 3 in the Medal tally:
Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 India 17 16 10 43
2 USA 7 8 6 21
3 Italy 3 3 4 10
Highlights:
i.Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar(20-year-old) broke the junior finals world record with a score of 463.4 points
and won the gold medal in the 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men Junior
ii.Naamya Kapoor(14-year-old) won the gold medal in the 25m Pistol Women Junior and became
the youngest to win a medal at the ISSF Junior World Championships 2021.
iii.10m Air Rifle Team Men Junior consists of Dhanush Srikanth, Rajpreet Singh Singh and Paarth Makhija won
the gold medal.Dhanush Srikanth from Hyderabad became the 1st Indian and the only shooter in the world with
hearing and speech impairment to win a gold medal in the regular ISSF World Championship.
iv.25m Pistol Women Junior team consists of Rhythm Sangwan, Naamya Kapoor, and Manu Bhaker won the gold
medal.
India’s Gold Medals:
Individual Event Gold Team Event Gold
50m Rifle 3 Positions Men Aishwary Pratap Singh Manu Bhaker
Junior Tomar 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team Junior Sarabjot Singh
Dhanush
Srikanth
Rajpreet Singh
25m Pistol Women Junior Naamya Kapoor 10m Air Rifle Team Men Junior Paarth Makhija
Adarsh Singh
25m Rapid Fire Pistol Team Men Vijayveer Sidhu
Double Trap Women Junior Manvi Soni Junior Anish
Rhythm
Sangwan
Vinay Pratap Singh Naamya Kapoor
Double Trap Men Junior Chandrawat 25m Pistol Team Women Junior Manu Bhaker
Areeba Khan
Raiza Dhillon
25m Standard Pistol Men Ganemat
Junior Vijayveer Sidhu Skeet Team Women Junior Sekhon
Vijayveer Sidhu
25m Rapid Fire Pistol Mixed Team Rhythm
50m Pistol Men Junior Arjun Singh Cheema Junior Sangwan
Sarabjot Singh
Naveen
50m Pistol Women Junior Shikha Narwal 10m Air Pistol Team Men Junior Shiva Narwal
Rhythm
Sangwan
10m Air Pistol Team Women Manu Bhaker
10m Air Pistol Women Junior Manu Bhaker Junior Shikha Narwal
25m Standard Pistol Women
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India bagged 4 Medals (1 Gold, 1 Silver & 2 Bronze) and finished 10th at the ISSF World Cup 2021
Rifle/Pistol/Shotgun held at Osijek, Croatia from June 22 – July 3, 2021. The Medals table was topped by Russia
with 18 Medals followed by Italy & Germany with 10 Medals.
Indian Medal winners
Winner Medal Category
S.No
1 RahiSarnobat Gold Women’s 25m Pistol
2 Saurabh Chaudhary Bronze Men’s 10m Air Pistol
3 Manu Bhaker& Saurabh Chaudhary Silver Mixed Team – 10m Air Pistol
4 Manu Bhaker,RahiSarnobat&YashaswiDeswal Bronze Women’s Team event 10m Air Pistol
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2021 ISSF World Cup
• Held in - Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Ranges, New Delhi.
• Organised by - International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF).
• It is an annual edition of the ISSF World Cup in the Olympic shooting events.
India topped the Medals Tally with 30 Medals (15 Gold, 9 Silver, 6 Bronze), while USA Grabbed the 2nd place
with 8 Medals & Italy took the 3rd place with 4 Medals…Click here for complete list…..
MARCH 2021
India Finished 3rd in 2021 Para Shooting World Cup with 7 Medals
India bagged 7 medals (2 Gold, 1 Silver & 4 Bronze) and finished at 3rd Position in the 2021 World Shooting
Para Sport World Cup .
• Organized by - International Paralympic Committee (IPC)
• From March 15-25, 2021
• Held at - Al Ain, UAE
• Ukraine topped the table with 11 Medals (5 Gold, 5 Silver, 1 Bronze), while UAE finished Second with 5
medals (3 Gold, 2 Silver).
India’s Medals Tally
Winner Event Position
Singhraj P1 – Men’s 10m Air Pistol SH1* Gold
Manish Narwal P4 – Mixed 50m Pistol SH1 Gold
AvaniLekhara R2 – Women’s 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 Silver
Rahul Jakhar P3 – Mixed 25m Pistol SH1 Bronze
Singhraj P4 – Mixed 50m Pistol SH1 Bronze
Sriharsha DEVARADDI RAMAKRISHNA R4 – Mixed 10m Air Rifle Standing SH2* Bronze
Sidhartha BABU R6 – Mixed 50m Rifle Prone SH1 Bronze

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FEBRUARY 2021
First Asian Online Shooting Championship 2021
 Organized by - Kuwait Shooting Federation
 From- January 29-30, 2021
 The championships took place for 4 events – Pistol, Rifle, Trap & Skeet.
Gold Medal
Winner Category
Saurabh Chaudhary Men’s 10m Air Pistol
Divyansh Singh Panwar Men’s 10m Air Rifle
KynanChenai Men’s Trap
Rajeshwari Kumari Women’s Trap
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BOXING
NOVEMBER 2021
The 21st AIBA Men’s World Boxing Championship 2021 was held in Belgrade, Serbia from October 24 to
November 6, 2021. India’s 21-year old Akash Kumar from Bhiwani, Haryana grabbed the bronze medal in the
category of 54kg (Bantamweight). He suffered a 0-5 loss against Kazakhstan’s Makhmud Sabyrkhan.
• With this win he became the 7th Indian male boxer who won a medal at the World Boxing Championships.
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SEPTEMBER 2021
2021 ASBC Asian Youth & Junior Boxing Championship
Indian Contingent completed with 20 Medals (6 Gold, 9 Silver & 5 Bronze) in the ASBC Asian Youth Boxing
Championship at Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE).The combined overall medal table was topped
by Kazakhstan with 19 Gold medals, followed by Uzbekistan and India in the 2nd and 3rd positions
respectively.
India’s Performance at 2021 ASBC Senior Boxing Championship
Medal Category Personality
Women’s 54 kg Neha
Women’s 60 kg Preeti Dahiya
Women’s 66 kg Sneha Kumari
Women’s 75 kg Khushi
Men’s 51 kg BishwamitraChongtham
Gold Men’s 80 kg Vishal
Women’s 48 kg Nivedita Karki
Women’s 50 kg Tamanna
Women’s 52 kg Simran Verma
Women’s 57 kg Preeti
Women’s 63 kg Khushi
Silver Women’s 81 kg Tanisha Sandhu

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Men’s 48 kg Vishvanath Suresh

Men’s 63.5 kg Vanshaj
Men’s 71kg Jaydeep Rawat
Women’s 70 kg Lashu Yadav
Men’s 67 kg Daksh Singh
Men’s 75 kg Deepak
Men’s 92 kg Abhimanyu Loura
Bronze Men’s 92+ kg Aman Singh Bisht
India’s Performance at 2021 ASBC Junior Boxing Championship
India won 19 medals with 8 gold, 5 silver, and 6 bronze medals in the 2021 ASBC Junior Boxing Championship.
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APRIL 2021
2021 AIBA Youth Men’s and Women’s World Boxing Championships
 India topped the overall medals tally; it was followed by Russia & Uzbekistan.
 India’s Medals - 11 Medals (8 Gold, 3 Bronze)
 It is a biennial event held in Kielce, Poland…Click here for more detail..
MARCH 2021
35th Boxam Elite International Tournament 2021
 India’s Medals -10 Medals (1 Gold, 8 Silver, 1 Bronze).
 From -March 1-7, 2021.
 held at - Castellon de la Plana, Spain.
 Hosted by - Spanish Boxing Federation.
Winners List of India :-
Winners Category Medal
Manish Kaushik Men’s 63 Kg Gold Medal
Jasmine Women’s 57 Kg Silver Medal
Simranjit Kaur Baatth Women’s 60 Kg Silver Medal
Pooja Rani Women’s 75 Kg Silver Medal
Mohammed Hussam Uddin Men’s 57 Kg Silver Medal
Vikas Krishan Men’s 69 Kg Silver Medal
Ashish Kumar Men’s 75 Kg Silver Medal
Sumit Sangwan Men’s 81 Kg Silver Medal
Satish Kumar Men’s 91 Kg Silver Medal
MC Mary Kom Women’s 51 Kg Bronze Meda
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RANKING
IMP. NOTE - All sports ranking revised/checked by our team with its official sports sites on
NOVEMBER 6, 2021.In tabular column, we had provided the ‘As on date’ which updated in
appropriate official sports sites.
TENNIS
Men’s Singles Ranking(As on Women’s Singles Ranking(As on
01.11.2021 Last updated in official 1.11.2021 Last updated in official site)
site)
Rank Player Rank Player
1 Novak Djokovic (Serbia) 1 Ashleigh Barty (Australia)
2 Daniil Medvedev (Russia) 2 Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus)
3 Stefanos Tsitsipas(Greece) 3 Barbora Krejcikova (Czech
Republic)
Indian Player Ranking Indian Player Ranking
184 Prajnesh Gunneswaran 104 Ankita Raina
187 Ramkumar Ramanathan
BOXING
Indian Men Ranking(As of SEP. 2020 Indian Women’s Ranking(As of SEP
updated in official site) in AIBA World updated in official site) in AIBA World
Men’s Ranking 2020 Women’s Ranking 2020
1 Amit Panghal in 52kg category 2 Manju Rani in 48 kg category
*Need to know ranking detail of World Boxing Association -Click here..
CRICKET
Men’s T20I Ranking
Team Ranking (Last Men's Batting Rankings Men's Bowling Rankings Men's All-Rounder
Updated on 1sr Nov (Last Updated 1sr Nov (Last Updated 1sr Nov 2021) Rankings(Last Updated 1sr
2021) 2021) Nov 2021)
Rank Country Rank Player Rank Player Rank Player
3 India 1 Babar Azam 1 Wanindu 1 Mohammad Nabi
(Pakistan) Hasaranga(Sri (Afghanistan)
Lanka)
1 England 2 Dawid Malan 2 Tabraiz Shamsi 2 Shakib Al Hasan
(England) (South Africa) (Bangladesh)
2 Pakistan 3 Aaron Finch 3 Adil Rashid 3 J.J. Smit
(Australia) (England) (Namibia)
4 New
Zealand Indian Player’s Indian Player’s Ranking Indian Player’s Ranking
Ranking
5 Virat Kohli 18 Bhuvneshwar
Kumar
8 Lokesgh Rahul 23 Washington
Sundar
23 Rohit Sharma 25 Jasprit Bumrah

32 Shikhar 33 Yuzvendra Chahal
Dhawan

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Men’s ODI Ranking
Team Ranking Men's Batting Rankings Men's Bowling Rankings (Last Men's All-Rounder
(Last Updated on (Last Updated on 6 Sep Updated on 6 Sep 2021) Rankings(Last Updated on 6
6 Sep 2021) 2021) Sep 2021)

4 India 1 Babar Azam 1 Trent Boult (New 1 Shakib Al Hasan
(Pakistan) Zealand) (Bangladesh)
1 New 2 Virat Kohli 2 Josh 2 Mohammad Nabi
Zealand (India) Hazlewood(Australia) (Afghanistan)
2 England 3 Rohit Sharma 3 Mujeeb Ur 3 Chris
(India) Rahman(Afghanistan) Woakes(England)
3 Australia 7 JaspritBumrah
(India)
Indian Player’s Indian Player’s Ranking Indian Player’s Ranking
Ranking
16 Shikhar Dhawan 17 Bhuvneshwar Kumar 9 Ravindra Jadeja
27 Lokesh Rahul 20 Yuzvendra Chahal 13 Hardik Pandya
45 Kedar Jadav 28 Mohammed Shami
47 HardickPandiya 31 Ravindra Jadeja
Men’s Test Ranking

Team Ranking Men's Batting Rankings Men's Bowling Rankings Men's All-Rounder Rankings(Last
(Last Updated on (Last Updated on 6 Sep (Last Updated 6 Sep, Updated on 6 Sep 2021)
6 Sep, 2021) 2021) 2021)

2 India 1 Joe Root(England)1 Pat Cummins 1 Jason Holder (West
(Australia) Indies)
1 New 2 Kane Williamson 2 Ravichandran 2 Ben Stokes (England)
Zealand (New Zealand) Ashwin (India)
3 Australia 3 Steve Smith 3 Tim 3 Ravindra Jadeja (India)
(Australia) Southee(New
Zealand)
Indian Player’s Ranking Indian Player’s Indian Player’s Ranking
Ranking
5 Rohit Sharma 9 JaspritBumrah 3 Ravindra Jadeja
6 Virat Kohli 18 Mohammad 5 Ravichandran Ashwin
Shami
13 Rishab Pant 19 Ishant Sharma
15 CheteshwarPujara 21 Ravindra Jadeja
BADMINTON (Last Updated on Nov 1,2021)

Men’s Singles Ranking Women’s Singles Ranking
1 KentoMomota (Japan) 1 Tai Tzu Ying (Chinese Taipei)
2 Viktor AXELSEN (Denmark) 2 Chen Yu Fei (China)
3 Anders Antonsen (Denmark) 3 Nozomi Okuhara(Japan)
Indian Player Ranking Indian Player Ranking
14 KIDAMBI Srikanth 7 Pusarla V. Sindhu
15 SAI PRANEETH B. 19 Saina Nehwal
FOOTBALL
Men’s Team Ranking(1 Nov, 2021) Women’s Team Ranking (20thAug 2021)
Rank Team Rank Team
106 India 57 India

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1 Belgium 1 USA
2 Brazil 2 Sweden
3 France 3 Germany
CHESS(Updated as on Nov 1 2021)

Rank Player Country
Indian Players
16 Viswanathan Anand India
23 Santosh GujrathiVidit India
25 Pentala Harikrishna India
Top 3 Players
1 Magnus Carlsen Norway
2 Liren Ding China
3 Fabiano Caruana United States of America (USA)
OTHER SPORTS
NOVEMBER 2021
 Indian Grandmaster (GM) P Inyan wins 5th Rujna Zora chess tournament held at Serbia.The
tournament was a 10-player, all-play-all one with classical time control and featured three GMs.
 Red Bull Racing’s driver – Max Verstappen (Netherlands) won the Mexico Grand Prix (GP) Formula
One (F1) tournament that was held at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez racetrack in Mexico City.
 Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton won the Brazilian Grand Prix 2021 in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
 Indian wrestlers secured 5 medals at the U23 World Wrestling Championships (WWC) 2021 which was
held in Belgrade, Serbia. This is India’s highest ever medal tally
Winners of U23 championship 2021
S NO Winners Medal Weight (in Kgs)
1 Shivani Pawar Silver 50
2 Anju Bronze 55
3 Divya Kakran Bronze 62
4 Radhika Bronze 65
5 Nisha Dahiya Bronze 72
OCTOBER 2021
 Athletics Federation of India (AFI) entered into a partnership with IOS Sports and Entertainment Pvt.
Ltd for a period of 3-years.
 Belgian-Dutch Racing driver, Max Verstappen won 2021 United States Grand Prix by defeating Lewis
Hamilton (Mercedes) of the United Kingdom, held at Texas, United States (US).
 India’s top-ranked fencer Bhavani Devi has won the Women’s Sabre Individual event at the
Charlellville National Competition (National Seniors Circuit) organised by the Charleville-Mézières
Fencing Circle in France
 Magnus Carlsen, the Norwegian chess grandmaster, won the inaugural Melt water Champions Chess
Tour 2021.Teimour Radjabov of Azerbaijan finished the tour in 2nd place and Levon Aronian of
Armenia finished in 3rd place.
 Indian Grand Master (GM) P Iniyan won the ‘2021 La Nucia Open Chess tournament’ title that was
held in La Nucia, Valencia, Spain
 Divya Deshmukh, a 15-year-old from Nagpur, Maharashtra became the 21st Woman Grand Master
(WGM) of India after qualifying in the 3rd WGM norm in Budapest, Hungary.
 India won its first ever medal in the FIDE (International Chess Federation) World Women’s Team
chess championship 2021.India clinched a silver medal after losing to Russia in the final match by 3-1
(second round).

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 Valtteri Bottas wins the Turkish Grand Prix 2021 which was held in Istanbul Park, Turkey. The victory
was his first since Russia in September 2020.
 The 17 edition of World Wrestling Championship was held in Nye Jordal Amfi stadium at Oslo,
th
Norway from 2 to 10 October 2021.

• Anshu Malik becomes the first Indian woman to win a silver medal at the World Wrestling
Championships (WWC 2021). She lost the final to Olympic medallist Helen Maroulis 4-1, in the
women’s 57 kg division.
• Sarita Mor bags the bronze medal in the 59kg category at the World Wrestling Championships
by defeating Sweden’s Johanna Lindborg with 8-2.
 Hockey India has withdrawn from the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games citing Covid-19
concerns and UK’s discriminatory quarantine rules for travellers from India.
SEPTEMBER 2021
 The organisers of the Beijing 2022 announced the official motto of Winter Olympic and Paralympic
Games 2022, “Together for a Shared Future” over a ceremony at the Capital Museum, Beijing.
 The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has suspended North Korea until the end of 2022 as it
failed to send a team to the Tokyo Games.
 Raja Rithvik became India’s 70th chess Grandmaster (GM) after defeating FIDE Master Finek Vaclav of
Czechoslovakia in Vezerkepzo Grandmaster Chess Tournament at Budapest, Hungary.
 Max Verstappen (23 years) from the Netherlands won the 2021 Formula 1(F1) Heineken Dutch
Grand Prix held at the Circuit Zandvoort .
 McLaren’s Daniel Ricciardo (Australia) won the 2021 Italian Grand Prix, making his 1st victory since
2018, notably this is McLaren’s 1st win after 9-years.
 For the first time in Asian games, eight electronic sports (esports) are included in the medal events at
the 19th Asian Games 2022 which are going to be held in Hangzhou, China. The games will start from
September 10, 2022 and continue till September 25.
List of esports
• Arena of Valor Asian Games Version
• Dota 2
• Dream Three Kingdoms 2
• EA SPORTS FIFA branded soccer games
• HearthStone
• League of Legends
• PUBG Mobile Asian Games Version
• Street Fighter V
Demonstration events
1. AESF Robot Masters-Powered by Migu
2. AESF VR Sports-Powered by Migu
AUGUST 2021
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JULY 2021
 The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports recognised WAKO India Kickboxing Federation as National
Sports Federation (NSF) of India.
 Indian Chess Grandmaster Nihal Sarin won the Serbia Open Chess Championship in Belgrade, Serbia
 India’s Vishwanathan Anand finished 2nd in the 2021 Croatia Grand Chess Tour Rapid and Blitz
tournament held at Zagreb, Croatia .MaximeVachier-Lagrave of France finished 1st in the tournament.
India wins 13 Medals at World Cadet Wrestling Championships 2021

India has finished the World Cadet Wrestling Championships 2021 with 13 Medals (5 Gold, 1 Silver, 7
Bronze)2021 at Budapest, Hungary.

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S.no Winner Category Medal

1 Priya Malik Women’s 73 kg Gold
2 Tannu Women’s 43 kg Gold
3 Komal Panchal Women’s 46 kg Gold
4 Aman Gulia Men’s 48 kg FS Gold
5 Sagar Jaglan Men’s 80 kg FS Gold
6 Jaskaran Singh Men’s 60 kg FS Silver
7 Chirag Men’s 51 kg FS Bronze
8 Jaideep Men’s 71 kg FS Bronze
9 Ankit Gulia Men’s 65 kg GR Bronze
10 Antim Women’s 53 kg Bronze
11 Varsha Women’s 65 kg Bronze
12 Sahil Men’s 110 kg FS Bronze
13 Sumit Men’s 60 kg GR Bronze
JUNE 2021
 Red Bull Racing Honda’s Max Verstappen (Netherlands) won the 2021 French Grand Prix (GP) held
at Paul Ricard Circuit, France. It was the 7th GP of 2021.
MAY 2021
 Mercedes’ driver Lewis Hamilton (Britain) won the Portuguese Grand Prix 2021 of Formula One (F1) held at
Algarve International Circuit in Portimao, Portugal. It is Hamilton’s 97th Career Victory.
 Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton (Britain) won the Spanish Grand Prix 2021 Formula one for the 6th time (5th
consecutive victory). The Spanish GP was held at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Montmela, Spain.
 Red Bull Racing Honda’s Max Verstappen (Netherlands) finished 2nd followed by Mercedes driver Valtteri
Bottas (Finland).
APRIL 2021
 2020 Asian Weightlifting Championships
• Held at - Tashkent, Uzbekistan
• India won 2 medals (1 Gold, 1 Bronze)
• JhilliDalabehera (Odisha) – Gold Medal in Women’s 45 Kg weightlifting &Chanu (Manipur) –
Bronze Medal in Women’s 49 Kg weightlifting
 Arjun Kalyan,18 from TamilNadu became India’s 68th Chess GrandMaster(GM) after winning against
Dragan Kosic of Montenegro in the 5th round of the ongoing GM Round Robin “Rujna Zora-3” in Serbia.
 Asian Wrestling Champions 2021
34th edition of the 2021 Asian Wrestling Championships held at Almaty, Kazakhstan.
• India bagged 14 Medals (5 Gold, 3 Silver, 6 Bronze) in the
• Iran & Kazakhstan both finished at the Top Position with 17 Medals each.
• It is organized by the United World Wrestling (UWW).
Winner Category Medal
Ravi Kumar Dahiya Men’s Freestyle – 57 Kg Gold
VineshPhogat Women’s Freestyle – 53 Kg Gold

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Anshu Malik Women’s Freestyle – 57 Kg Gold
Sarita Mor Women’s Freestyle – 59 Kg Gold
DivyaKakran Women’s Freestyle – 72 Kg Gold
MARCH 2021
 Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports has officially recognised the Indian Style Wrestling
Association of India (ISWAI) as a National Sports Federation (NSF) for promotion and regulation of
“Indian Style Wrestling” in India.
 Achanta Sharath Kamal, an Indian table tennis player, win over Muhammad Rameez (Pakistan) in
the Asian Olympic Qualification tournament held in Doha, Qatar and became the first Indian Paddler to
qualify for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.
 2nd Edition of Khelo India Winter Games - Jammu & Kashmir retained the top spot in the 2nd Edition
of Khelo India Winter Games, which was held at Gulmarg, J&K. Karnataka and Maharashtra were second
and third respectively.
 Indian Wrestler VineshPhogat won the Gold Medal in the Women’s 53 Kg Category of XXIV
Outstanding Ukrainian Wrestlers and Coaches Memorial Tournament held at Kyiv (also known as Kiev),
Ukraine.
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SPORTS PERSON IN NEWS

Name Sport & Country they belong Points to be Noted
NOVEMBER 2021
India’s Sankalp Gupta (18) Chess/India Became India’s 71st Grandmaster
by grabbing second place with 6.5
points in the GM tournament in
Arandjelovac, Serbia
Mitrabha Guha (20) Chess/India He has become the 72nd
Grandmaster of India after
securing his 3rd and final
Grandmaster(GM) norm at GM
Third Saturday Mix 220, Novi Sad,
Serbia.
Erik Kynard Jumper/USA He got his gold medal from the
2012 London Olympics after the
International Olympic
Committee (IOC) reallocated the
results of five events including
Men’s and Women’s High jump due
to Russia’s state sponsored doping
event.
OCTOBER 2021
Ridhima Veerendrakumar Swimmer/India Bagged the gold medal in 50m
backstroke for group II girls, in
Bengaluru, a record-breaking
performance at the 37th Sub Junior
and 47th Junior National

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Championships.
SEPTEMBER 2021
Lewis Hamilton F1 drive/ Britain Hamilton became the first
Formula-one driver in the history
to reach 100 wins, after won the
Russian Grand Prix 2021.
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JULY 2021
Abhimanyu Mishra (12 years 4 Chess/India He became the youngest ever Chess
months, 25 days old) Grandmaster after he scored his
third Grandmaster (GM) norm in
Budapest, Hungary. He won the
title against 15-year-old Indian
chess player Leon Luke Mendonca.
JUNE 2021
Deepika Kumari Archery/India Created history by winning Gold in
all 3 recurve events – Women’s
individual, team and mixed pair
events in the Archery World Cup
Stage-3 event that was held in
Paris, France.
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MARCH 2021
Mithali Raj Cricket/India She became 1st Indian Woman
Cricketer & 2nd International
Women Cricketer (after England’s
Charlotte Edwards) to score 10,
000 runs in International Cricket
across all 3 formats of Cricket.
ChadalavadaAnandha Bhavani Fencer/ India She hails from Tamil Nadu became
Devi the 1st ever Indian Fencer to
qualify for an Olympics.
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UPCOMING SPORTS EVENTS

 India is all set to host the first-ever yogasana world championship in June 2022.
 Haryana State government which is set to host the 4th edition of Khelo India Youth Games in
November 2021, has postponed the event to February 2022.
2nd Edition of Khelo India University Games (KIUG) in 2021

 Karnataka is set to host the 2nd Edition of Khelo India University Games (KIUG) inMarch 2022 in
collaboration with Association of Indian Universities (AIU).
 KIUG is the largest University level sports competition in India.
 2 new native sports namely ‘Yogasana’ & ‘Mallakhamb’ in the medal events. The total number of medal
events/sports will be 19.

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OLYMPICS GAMES
 Mumbai to host 2023 International Olympic Committee (IOC) session.
 35th Olympiad or 2032 Summer Olympics to Australia’s Brisbane city. World athletics
championships which is to be held in Eugene, Oregon, US (United States) will be postponed to 2022.
Summer Olympic :
Venue of Summer Olympic & Paralympic Games 2024 – Paris, France.
 Venue of Summer Olympic & Paralympic Games 2028–Los Angeles, United States.
 International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board added “Breaking” – a competitive form of
breakdancing & 3 other sports – Skateboarding, Sport Climbing, and Surfing to Medal Events Program
in Olympic Games.
Winter Olympic :
 Venue of Winter Olympic Games 2022 – Beijing, China
 Venue of Winter Olympic Games 2026 – Italy’s Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo
ASIAN GAMES
 Venue of Asian Games 2022 – Hangzhou, China.
 Venue of Asian Games 2026 – Nagoya, Japan
 India-to host Asian Football Confederation(AFC) Women’s Asian Cup 2022- for the 1st time since 1979.
 4th Asian Youth Para Games to be Held in Bahrain in December 2021.
 3rd edition of Asian Youth Games –Shantou in Southern China-in November 20 to 28, 2021.
 2022 Asian Games (19th edition) mascot “smart triplets” unveiled in Hangzhou, China.
♦ Smart Triplets - Congcong, Lianlian and Chenchen.
 India will host the Women’s and Men’s Asian Boxing Championships 2020 in November-December.
 4th Asian Para Games 2022-scheduled to be held in Hangzhou, China from 9 – 15 October 2022-Official
Mascot - ‘Fei Fei’.
 Qatar’s Doha city will be host of 2030’s edition, while the runner-up in voting, Saudi Arabia will host
2034 edition of Asian games at Riyadh city.
Commonwealth Games (CWG)
 Venue of CWGGames 2022 – Birmingham, England.
 7th season of 2021 Commonwealth Youth Games which is to be held in Port of Spain, Trinidad and
Tobago has been postponed to 2023.
NATIONAL LEVEL GAMES

 2020-21 edition of Hero Indian Women’s League Football tournament will be hosted by Odisha state.
 39th National Games in 2022-Meghalaya.
 36th National Games in Goa
♦ Mascot-Flame-Throated Bulbul or Rubigulabird(State Bird of Goa).
♦ It was designed by Sharmila Coutinho (Goa based Artist).
 National snooker championship 2020(Indian National Billiards & Snooker Championship 2020) held in
Pune, Maharashtra
♦ Aditya Mehta (34) & Vidya Viswanathan Pillai (42) won their men & women’s title.
Ladakh &Kongdori, Gulmarg of J&K will host Khelo India Winter Games 2020.
 Haryana to host the 4th edition of Khelo India Youth Games 2021.
TENNIS
 India is all set to host the BWF’s (Badminton World Federation) World Badminton Championships in
2026.
CRICKETHost(s)
2024 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup-USA & West Indies
2026 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup-India & Sri Lanka
2028 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup-Australia & New Zealand
2030 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup-England, Ireland & Scotland
2025 ICC Men’s Champions Trophy-Pakistan
2029 ICC Men’s Champions Trophy-India
2027 ICC Men’s 50 over World Cup-South Africa, Zimbabwe & Namibia

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2031 ICC Men’s 50 over World Cup-India & Bangladesh
Asia Cup
 Sri Lanka to host 2021 Edition of Asia Cup Cricket Tournamentwas called off due to the rising COVID-
19;
 Pakistan to host 2022 Edition of Asia Cup.
ICC ODI World Cup Cricket
 Venue of ICC ODI World Cup 2023 – India.
ICC World Cup T20
 Venue of Men’sT20-World Cup 2020 – postponed to 2022 -Australia will host in 2022.
 International Cricket Council (ICC) has shifted the venue of ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Tournament from
India to United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Oman.
♦ The tournament will replace the 8-team Champions Trophy ODI held in England in 2017.
ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup
 Venue of ICC ODI Women Cricket World Cup 2022 – New Zealand.
♦ It will be held in 6 cities namely Auckland, Wellington, Hamilton, Tauranga, Dunedin and
Christchurch.
♦ Christchurch to host the final.
♦ India among 5 teams seals direct qualification for Women’s World Cup 2022.
Indoor World Cup
 11th Edition of the Indoor Cricket World Cup 2022-Australia in Casey Stadium and CityPower Centre.
FOOTBALL
FIFA -
 Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) has announced the 9 host cities & 10 stadiums
for the 2023 Women’s Football World Cup spread across Australia & New Zealand.Australia and New
Zealand to Host
 Australia, New Zealand cohosted the 2023 Women’s Football World Cup.
 Venue of FIFA World Cup 2022 – Qatar.
 Men's Under-20 World Cup in Indonesia and Under-17 tournament in Peru have been moved to 2023
due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup for the year 2020 to be conducted in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.ButIt was
cancelled in 2020 and 2021 due to COVID-19 Pandemic. India to host the FIFA Under-17 Women’s
World Cup 2022.
 FIFA Under-20 Women’s World Cup - to be held in 2022 Costa Rica.
Others -
 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) & the AFC Women’s Asian Cup India 2022 Local Organising
Committee (LOC) announced the 3 final venues for the 2022 AFC Women’s Asian Cup in India from
January 20 to February 6, 2022.
• D.Y. Patil Stadium – Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra
• TransStadia (EKA Arena) – Ahmedabad, Gujarat
• Kalinga Stadium – Bhubaneswar, Odisha
 China-to host-football Asian Cup 2023.
 India to host 2022 AFC(Football)Women’s Asian Cup.
 2022’s Women’s Asia Cup tournament to be held at Mumbai & Pune both from Maharashtra
BADMINTON
 Manila, Philippines host Badminton Asia Championships 2020.Earlier Wuhan, China is said to host the
Championships.
 BWF postponed Badminton World Championship 2020 to the November - December,2021.The
tournament will take place at the Caroline Marin Stadium, Huelva, Spain.
HOCKEY
 Odisha is set to host the U-21 FIH Men’s Hockey Junior World Cup 2021, the men’s under-21(U-21) field
hockey world championship.
 Hockey5s World Cupto be host by the country Oman in January 2024 and all matches will be held in its
capital Muscat.

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 India –to host-International Hockey Federation (FIH)Junior Men’s World Cup 2021;South Africa to host
International Hockey Federation (FIH)Junior Women’s World Cup .
Hockey Men’s World Cup
 2023 FIH Men’s hockey world cup-Bhubaneswar and Rourkela, Odisha, India.
Hockey Women’s World Cup
 International Hockey Federation (FIH) 2022 Women's FIH Hockey World Cup-will be held in-Terrassa,
Spain and Amstelveen, Netherlands.
OTHER SPORTS
 International Boxing Association (AIBA) announced Tashkent, the capital city of Uzbekistan as the host
city for 2023 Men’s Boxing World Championship.
 23rd edition of the World Corporate Games-Qatar.
 2023 IAAF World Championships- Budapest, Hungary.
 Belgrade, Serbia to host its first-ever World Athletics Indoor Championships 2022.
 Yangzhou, China - host city of the World Athletics Half Marathon Championships 2022.
 India to host 2022 Commonwealth Archery and Shooting Championships in Chandigarh.
 Swimming Federation Internationale de Natation(FINA) - postponed - 2021 aquatics world
championships, Fukuoka, Japan to May 2022.
 2020 World Archery Field Championships-postponed-2022- to be held in-National Field Archery
Association(NFAA) Easton Yankton Archery Centre(NEYAC).
 2021 World Games in Birmingham, Alabama postponed to 2022.
 World Games 2021 Birmingham - renamed to “World Games 2022 Birmingham” – it is to be held in
Birmingham, Alabama, US.
 Serbia to host 2021 Men’s World Boxing Championships; India lost the hosting rights to Serbia.
 2023 ITTF World Table Tennis Championships-to be held in Durban, South Africa.
BOOKS & AUTHORS
Book Name Author Other Information

NOVEMBER 2021
The Story of the First Subhadra Sen Gupta This is the last book authored by Subhadra Sen Gupta
Civilizations: From and published posthumously by Talking Cub, an
Mesopotamia to the Aztecs imprint of Speaking Tiger.
Shuttler’s Flick: Making Every Pullela Gopichand & The book was published by Simon & Schuster .This is
Match Count’ Priya Kumar the autobiography of the former badminton player
and Chief National Coach for Indian Badminton
team, Pullela Gopichand.
The Sage with Two Horns: Sudha Murty It is the 5th and last book of the “Unusual Tales from
Unusual Tales from Mythology Mythology” series. The book is published by Penguin
Random House India imprint India Puffin.
An Economist at Home and Dr Shankar Acharya The book features the professional and personal life of
Abroad: A Personal Journey the most accomplished policy economist Dr Shankar
Acharya.The book is published by HarperCollins India.
The Cinema of Satyajit Ray Bhaskar Chattopadhyay The book is published by Westland details the life of
legendary Indian Filmmaker – ‘Satyajit Ray’.
Force in Statecraft Edited volume by The Book gives a wider national security discourse
Commandant of NDC Air which would generate better ideas to proliferate and
Marshal, Diptendu morph into better policies, strategies
Choudhury and
President’s Chair of
Excellence at NDC Air
Vice Marshal Dr. Arjun
Subramaniam (Retd).

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Lal Salaam: A Novel Smriti Zubin Irani(Smriti The novel is inspired by the killings of 76 Central
Irani) Reserve Police Force(CRPF) personnel during the Maoist
attack in Dantewada, Chhattisgarh in April 2010.
‘Uddna Baaz’ - Biography of The book is published by Unistar Books at Punjab Kala
Olympic athlete Gurbachan Bhawan.The Book is about Gurbachan Singh
Singh Randhawa Navdeep Singh Gill Randhawa’s journey along with the Document of
Nation’s sports history.
OCTOBER 2021
Writing For My Life: The Very Ruskin Bond It is edited by Premanka Goswami and published by
Best Of Ruskin Penguin Random House India (PRHI). The anthology
accounts for Bond’s life with his father, adventure in
Jersey and London etc.
Actually…I Met Them: A Gulzar(original The book is published by Penguin Random House
Memoir name Sampooran Singh India (PRHI). In this memoir, Gulzar has shared
Kalra). interesting facts about legends like Kishore Kumar,
Bimal Roy, Ritwik Ghatak, Hrishikesh Mukherjee and
Mahasweta Devi and many others.
Kamala Harris: Phenomenal Chidanand Rajghatta It is a biography of Kamala Harris, the first women
Woman Vice President of the United States of America(USA).
The book is published by HarperCollins Publishers
India.
The Custodian of Trust Rajnish Kumar, former The book published by Penguin Random House India,
Chairman of State Bank discusses various memories of Rajnish Kumar with
of India (SBI) India’s banking & financial sector.
NITI Aayog- United Nations ------------ The book provides an outlook for comprehensive
Development overview of managing plastic waste by representing
Programme (UNDP) Handbook and discussing components of the entire plastic waste
value chain.
on Sustainable Urban Plastic
Waste Management
Jungle Nama: a story of the Amitav Ghosh It is an audiobook voiced by Ali Sethi, US-based Singer-
Sundarban writer, who has also created the background music and
ambient sound for the audiobook.
400 Days Chetan Bhagat Published by Westland Publisher.It is the third story
from the Keshav-Saurabh series after “The Girl in Room
105” and “One Arranged Murder”.
SEPTEMBER 2021
My Life in Full: Work, Family IndraNooyi, former The memoir is published by Hachette India.
and Our Future’. Chairman and CEO of
PepsiCo Inc,
Zoho Founder Dr Sridhar Smart Villages: Bridging The book was published by Springer Nature
Vembu the Global Urban-Rural Switzerland AG. The book is a collection of case
Divide studies on uplifting villages.
‘Shining Sikh Youth of India’ Dr Prabhleen Singh The book covers 100 inspirational and motivational
success stories of Sikh youth in India of their exemplary
work in their respective fields.
Know Your Rights and Claim Angelina Jolie, Geraldine The book is like a guide for every child and young
Them: Guide for Youth Van Buren and Amnesty person who access their rights.
International
Gita Govinda: Jayadeva’s Dr Utpal K. Banerjee The book was launched by GK Reddy.He also launched
Divine Odyssey an exhibition on “Gita Govinda” and a program
‘BujurgonkiBaat-DeshKeSaath’ in New Delhi.

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Translating Myself and Others Jhumpa Lahiri The book includes several essays (previously
published and unpublished) about translation. The
book has been acquired by the Princeton University
Press.
AUGUST 2021
Zohra! A Biography In Four Ritu Menon Published by - Speaking Tiger Books is a biography of
Acts Padma Awardee Zohra Segal, an Indian actress,
dancer, and choreographer.
Reflecting, Recollecting, -- The book is an account of the 4th year of Venkaiah
Reconnecting Naidu as the Vice President of India.
Published by - Publications Division (India), a
division of the Ministry of Information and
Broadcasting(MIB).
JULY 2021
Policymaker’s Journal: From Kaushik Basu The book features the journal records of his career of
New Delhi to Washington, D.C. 7 years, during which he served as the Chief Economic
Adviser (CEA) to the Indian Government and the Chief
Economist at the World Bank in Washington D.C.,
Pregnancy Bible: The ultimate Kareena Kapoor Khan & This book features her experiences and learnings
manual for moms-to-be Aditi Shah Bhimjyani during her pregnancies.
The India Story: An Epic Dr Bimal Jalan This book was based on extensive research and data,
Journey Of Democracy And and his experience as RBI Governor.
Development
Renegades: Born in the USA Barack Obama & Bruce Published by - ‘Crown Publishing Group’.The book
Springsteen contains the conversation between Obama and
Springsteen about their origin stories, career-defining
moments , and America’s polarized politics.
Shifting Orbits: Decoding the Amitabh Kant The book explains the rise of the start-up landscape in
Trajectory of the Indian Start- India in 4 different sections viz innovation, incubation,
up Ecosystem funding and industry perspectives.
JUNE 2021
Home in the World Amartya Sen Published by - Penguin Random House
The book describes the early life of Amartya Sen and
explores the idea of ‘home’.
Will Will Smith and Mark Published by - Penguin Press, an imprint of Penguin
Manson Random House.
Growing Up Biden Valerie Biden Owen A memoir“Growing Up Biden”, written by Valerie
Biden Owen,who is the sister of Joe Biden,The
President of United States of America(USA) will be
released on April,2022
MAY 2021
‘Stargazing: The Players in My Ravi Shastri Published by- Harper Collins India.
Life’ Author was a Cricket legend, commentator and one of
Team India’s most successful coach.
“Savarkar: A contested Legacy Vikram Sampath Published by -Penguin Random House India.
(1924-1966)” The book covers the life story of Veer Savarkar
(Vinayak Damodar Savarkar), one of the most
contentious and iconoclastic political thinkers from
1924 to his death in 1966.
“India and Asian Geopolitics: Shivshankar Menon Published by -Brookings Institution.
The Past, Present” The book talks about the changes in Independent
India’s foreign policy choices throughout its history
and maps its present-day challenges.
‘SachKahunToh’ Neena Gupta Published by -Penguin Random House India
“Buddha in Gandhara” Sunita Dwivedi Published by- Rupa Publications.

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It is a Travelogue about the journey through the cities
that once dotted the highroad connecting India with
Central Asia and China.
‘Sikkim: A History of Intrigue Preet Mohan Singh Malik Published by- HarperCollins India
and Alliance’ The book’s objective is to clarify the strategic issues
behind India’s decision to accept Sikkim’s demand to
be merged with India.
“Klara and the Sun Novel” Kazuo Ishiguro Published by - Penguin Random house. Author was
awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2017 & also
won the Man Booker prize in 1989 for his novel ‘The
Remains of the Day’.
“Elephant In The Womb” Actress Kalki Koechlin Published by - the Penguin Random House.
India(PRHI).
“All Time Favourites for Ruskin Bond Published by - Puffin, children’s imprint of Penguin
Children” Random House.Author was awarded the Padma Shri
in 1999 and the Padma Bhushan in 2014 for his
contribution to the field of literature.
“1971: The Beginning of Boria Majumdar and Published by- HarperCollins
India’s Cricketing Greatness” Gautam Bhattacharya
“Elephant” Paul Pickering Published by -Salt Publishing. This book is about the
love story between Natasha and the man in Paris and
it explores the interface between fact and fiction.
“The Bench” Meghan Markle, The Published by - Random House Children’s Books.It is a
Duchess of Sussex children book that narrates the bond between a father
and son through the mother’s perspective.
“Climate Change Explained – Aakash Ranison The book features a collection of data and information
For One and All” about climate change.
APRIL 2021
The Living Mountain: A Fable Amitav Ghosh It will be Published by Harper Collins India.The Book
for Our Times is written in the Structure of a fable about
Mahaparbat, the living mountain.
The Christmas Pig JK Rowling, the British ‘The Christmas Pig‘is a standalone book and it is aimed
author at kids aged 8 years and above. The book is illustrated
by Jim Field.JK Rowling is well known for the Harry
potter fantasy series
Being Gandhi Paro Anand The book was published by HarperCollins Children’s
Books. Paro’s story captures the growing relevance of
Gandhi’s philosophy and the need to rethink it over
the course of a decade and with the plagues of social
and political division.
Suresh Raina penned his Suresh Raina and Bharat The book will be published by Penguin Random
Memoir ‘Believe — What Life Sundaresan House.The Book is all about the Suresh Raina, it
and Cricket Taught Me’ describes about his life, challenges he faced as a young
cricketer.
4 books based on Baba Saheb Kishor Makwana Prime Minister Narendra Modi released 4 books based
Bhimrao Ambedkar’s life on Baba Saheb Bhimrao Ambedkar’s life
Dr Ambedkar Jivan Darshan,
Dr Ambedkar Vyakti Darshan,
Dr Ambedkar Rashtra
Darshan, and
Dr Ambedkar Aayam Darshan.
‘India’s Power Elite: Class, Sanjaya Baru The book discusses the socio-cultural changes that
Caste and a Cultural happened in India after the 2014 General Elections.
Revolution’
“Exam Warriors” (Revised and PM Narendra Modi Prime Minister(PM) Narendra Modi was released with
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students as well as parents.
Suparipalana Dr Shailendra Kumar M. Venkaiah Naidu, Vice President of India released
Joshi (SK Joshi) the book.
Agriculture in India: Dr. Mohan Kanda, The book is published by BSP Books Private Limited.
Contemporary Challenges – in former Chief Secretary M. Venkaiah Naidu, Vice President of India released
the Context of Doubling (CS) of Andhra the book
Farmers Income Pradesh(AP)
MARCH 2021
“Indians: A Brief History of a Namit Arora The book is published by India Viking, an imprint of
Civilization” Penguin Random House.
“My Experiments with Silence” Bollywood Actor Samir The book is set to be published by OM Books
Soni International and is set to be released by late 2021.
Bringing Governments and Dr M Ramachandran. On the World Happiness Day, 20th March 2021, Vice
People Closer President of India M. Venkaiah Naidu virtually
launched the book.This is the 10th book authored by
retired IAS officer Dr M Ramachandran.
My Life in Full: Work, Family Indra Nooyi She is a Padma Bhushan awardee. She was the former
and Our Future CEO of PepsiCo.
“The Frontier Gandhi: My Life The book was translated The foreword of the book is written by historian
and Struggle”-autobiography into English by Imitiaz Rajmohan Gandhi, Grandson of Gandhi and
of Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan Ahmad Sahibzada. The book was originally written in Pashto and
published in 1983.
“Joe Biden: American Evan Osnos About the book - Portrays President Joseph R. Biden
Dreamer” ‘s 50-year political career and became the President.
Published by - Bloomsbury Publishing
“The Mystery of the Parsee ShrabaniBasu
Lawyer: Arthur Conan Doyle, About the book - Mystery case of George Edalji in the
George Edalji and the Case of village of Great Wyrley in the early 20th Century
the Foreigner in the English which became first investigation on real-life by Arthur
Village” Conan Doyle,the creator of Sherlock Holmes.
Published by - Bloomsbury Publishing

“Advantage India: The Story of Anindya Dutta About the book - a well-researched account of the
Indian Tennis” journey of Indian Tennis.
Published by - Westland publications.
FEBRUARY 2021
Rashtra Pratham – 82 varshon Compiled by historian Amit Shah, Home Minister of India released a book
ki SwarnimGatha(Nation First Dr Bhuwan Kumar Jha
– The Golden Story of 82
Years)
Indian Economy’s Greatest Arun Kumar Published by Penguin Random House.
Crisis: Impact of Coronavirus
and the Road Ahead’
Fractured Mosaic Sabarna Roy It is a sequel to his 5th literary work, titled: Random
Subterranean Mosaic: 2012 – 2018 Time Frozen in
Myriad Thoughts .
Sarasvati’s Gift Kavita Kane The book is the story of Sarasvati, the goddess of Art,
Music and Knowledge told in the perspective of
nameless celestials, powerful gods and mortals.
The book will be published by Ebury Publishing and
Vintage of Penguin Random House India.
‘ASOCA: A Sutra’, a memoir of Irwin Allan Sealy book is to be published by Penguin Random House‘s
Ashoka The Great Viking imprint and will be released in July 2021.
TipaneKashmirchi (Notes on Arun Karmarkar Manoj Sinha, Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and
Kashmir), untold stories Kashmir released the book.The book features the
researched facts about Jammu and Kashmir.
Trust Exercise: A Novel Susan Choi It was the winner of the 70th annual National Book

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Award 2019 for fiction. The book was published by
Henry Holt and Co.
Kamala’s Way: An American Dan Morain The book is a biography of Kamala Harris, the first
Life woman vice president of the United States of America
and published by Simon & Schuster.
Turn Around India: 2020 – RP Gupta JualOram, Member of Parliament and the chairman of
Surmounting Past Legacy the standing committee on defence released the book.
Beautiful Things Hunter Biden, son of The book is published by Gallery Books, an imprint of
President Joe Biden Simon &Schuster.The book focuses on the life of
Hunter Biden’s struggle with substance abuse. The
book was published by Himalaya Publishing House.
By Many a Happy Accident: Mohammad Hamid The book is published by Rupa Publications.It
Recollections of a Life’ Ansari describes the unplanned happenings that took place in
the life of M. Hamid that changed his way from his
deferred fancy for academia to professional diplomacy
Platform Scale: For A Post- Sangeet Paul Choudary The book has been published by Penguin Random
Pandemic World House India.The first edition of ‘Platform Scale’ was
published in 2015.
The Little Book of 14th Dalai Lama and is published by Penguin Random House and is set to
Encouragement edited by Renuka Singh be released.
Whereabouts Jhumpa Lahiri The book is published by Penguin Random House
India is about a woman protagonist and her journey
through life.
‘1857 – The Sword of Mastaan’ Vineet Bajpai It is published by Delhi-based publishing house,
TreeShadeBooks.It is part two of the Mastaan Trilogy.
The first part of the trilogy, Mastaan – The Fallen
Patriot of Delhi.
JANUARY 2021
The Law of Emergency Dr. Abhishek Singhvi and The book was Published by Springer Publications
Powers: Comparative Common Prof. Khagesh Gautam
Law Perspectives
India 2030:The Rise of a Gautam Chikermane, describes about the likes of 20 forecasts by 20 thought
Rajasic Nation leaders from India based on 20 themes. The book was
published by Penguin eBury Press.
Ten Lessons for a Post– Fareed Zakaria The book published by Penguin book speaks about the
Pandemic World nature of the post pandemic world and the social,
political, technological and economical effects that
may take years to develop.
Flying Blind: India’s Quest for Mohamed Zeeshan The book is published by Penguin Random
Global Leadership House.Book tries to explain why the ordinary Indian
citizen should care about foreign policy and how a
more proactive foreign policy can deliver economic
growth at home.
A textbook of Urban Planning Dr. Sameer Sharma Vice President of India virtually released the book.The
and Geography book is published by PHI Learning Private Limited.The
book bridges the gap between the urban geography
and urban planning ideas of the west and the
experiences of the Indian cities. lished by PHI Learning
Private Limited.
The Population Myth: Islam, Dr. S Y Quraishi This book looks into the questions about the
Family Planning and Politics in politicisation of demographics in India based on the
India’ standard research of SY Quraishi. The book is
published by HarperCollins India.
Abdul Kalam- Dr APJM M Venkaiah Naidu, Vice President of India released
NinaivugalukkuMaranamillai’(i NazemaMaraikayar, this tamilbook.It is a biography of late former
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Kalam International
Foundation (AIKF) and
space scientist, Dr Y.S.
Rajan.
‘Manohar Parrikar- Off the Waman Subha Prabhu Pramod Sawant, Chief Minister of Goa released a
Record’ book.The book is a collection of memories of the
author who was with late Manohar Gopalkrishna
Prabhu Parrikar, former CM of Goa during the journey
of his life.
CollabCAD 3D modelling 1.0 -- National Informatics Centre (NIC), Ministry of
Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) and
Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE),
Ministry of Education (MoE) along with Atal
Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI (National Institution
for Transforming India) Aayog
Unscripted: Conversations on Vidhu Vinod Chopra and Penguin eBury Press’ is the publisher of the book.book
Life and Cinema Abhijat Joshi gives a glance into the mind, method and madness of
Vidhu Vinod Chopra, one of contemporary Hindi
cinema’s best filmmakers.
Gazing Eastwards: Of Buddhist Romila Thapar The book is published by Seagull Books London
Monks and Revolutionaries in Ltd.Author declined the Padma Bhushan award in
China, 1957 1992 and 2005.
Making of a General – A (Redt) Lt. Gen. It is published by Konark Publishers Pvt Ltd.
Himalayan Echo’ KonsamHimalay Singh
India’s 71-Year Test: The R Kaushik, Senior Ravi Shastri, Former Indian all-rounder and current
Journey to Triumph in Cricket Journalist. head coach of Indian Cricket team released a book
Australia .The book is a Bradman Museum initiative and
published by Churchill Press.
Right Under Your Nose R Giridharan The book is published by Rupa Publications India Pvt
Ltd.
OBITUARY
NATIONAL
Name of the person who Field Birth Place Points to be noted
passed away
NOVEMBER 2021
Tarak Sinha Cricket Coach New Delhi He was fondly referred to
as “Ustad ji” by his disciples. He
received the Dronacharya Award
(LifeTime) for Cricket in 2018.
Balwant Moreshwar Writer Maharashtra He is also popularly known as
Purandare Babasaheb Purandare. He was
awarded the Padma Vibhushan
award in 2019, India’s second-
highest civilian award, in the field
of ‘Art’.
OCTOBER 2021
Puneeth Rajkumar Actor Karnataka He was popularly known as
the Powerstar. He has starred in a
total of 49 movies including 28
movies as lead.
Bala V Balachandran Management Tamil Nadu The management guru Bala, the
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known as “Uncle Bala”.
Dr Madhavan Krishnan Nair Oncologist Kerala He was known for establishing one
(M Krishnan Nair), of the largest comprehensive
cancer centres (RCC
Thiruvananthapuram) in India.
SEPTEMBER 2021
Buddhadeb Guha Writer West Bengal Guha is well known for his novel
‘Madhukari’ which is considered
as one of the milestones in Bengali
literature.
Bhabani Roy Football player West Bengal Roy joined Mohun Bagan in 1966
and played for the club till
1972.He made his international
debut in the Merdeka Cup in 1969
and represented Indian national
team in three matches.
Oscar Fernandes Politician Karnataka He has served as the Union
Cabinet Minister for Transport,
Road and Highways during the
time of 2013-14. He was elected
as the Member of Parliament (MP)
in Lok Sabha from Udupi
constituency during 1980-1996
and MP of Rajya Sabha during
1998-2021 from Karnataka
constituency.
AUGUST 2021
Padma Sachdev Writer Maharashtra The 1st Modern woman poet of
Dogri language and Padma Shri
awardee authored many books in
Dogri and Hindi.She also won
the Sahitya Akademi Award in
1971 for her anthology of poems –
‘Meri Kavita Mere Geet’.
Bonbehari Vishnu Nimbkar Agricultural Scientist Goa Nimbkar was the founder of
(B V Nimbkar) Nimbkar Agricultural Research
Institute (NARI) is an NGO and a
non-profit research and
development institute in
Maharashtra
He was awarded with Padma Shri
Award in 2006
Kalyan Singh Politician Uttar Kalyan Singh served as Governor of
Pradesh Himachal Pradesh, Governor of
Rajasthan(2014-19).He served as
the Chief Minister of UP for 2 terms,
i.e.,1991-92 & 1997-99.
OthayothuMadhavan(O M) Coach Kerala He was also the coach of PT

Nambiar Usha.He was one of the first
Dronacharya Award
Winners and Padma Shri awardee
of the year 2021
Shankar Subramaniam Footballer Kerala Narayan was a part of Indian team
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Games.He represented India in
the Melbourne 1956
Summer Olympics and Rome 1960
Summer Olympics as Indian
football team’s Goalkeeper.
JULY 2021
Dilip Kumar Bollywood Actor Maharashtra He has starred in more than 65
films. He was honoured him with
the Padma
Bhushan in 1991 and Padma
Vibhushan in 2015.
Surekha Sikri Actress New Delhi 3-time national Award winner was
well known for her role in Badhaai
Ho, starring Ayushmann Khurrana.
Keshav Datt Hockey Palyer Lahore He was part of the 1948 London
Olympics Gold medal winning
Indian Hockey team and later as
Vice-Captain Indian team that won
Gold in 1952 Helsinki Olympics.
In 2019, Mohun Bagan conferred
him with the Mohun Bagan Ratna
award.
Virbhadra Singh Politics Punjab Former Chief Minister(CM) of
Himachal Pradesh Singh was
popularly known by the
honorific ‘Raja Sahib’.
PanniyampalliKrishnankutty Ayurvedic physician Kerala He was a well-known ayurvedic
Warrier (PK Warrier) physician who has contributed to
popularising Ayurveda medicine.
Yashpal Sharma Sports (Cricket) He represented India in the 1983
ICC World winning Cricket team.
He represented India in 37 Test
matches and 42 One-Day
Internationals (ODI).
Danish Siddiqui Photojournalist New Delhi He has covered the war in Iraq, the
Hong Kong pro-democracy
protests of 2019-2020, the deadly
earthquakes in Nepal in 2015, the
Mass Games in North Korea and
the living conditions of asylum
seekers in Switzerland.
Nandu Natekar Sports Maharashtra He was the 1st Indian Badminton
Player to win an International
event, when he won the Selangor
International title held at Malaysia
in 1956. He was one of the 1st
sportsmen to receive the Arjuna
Award, when they were
introduced in 1961.
JUNE 2021
Buddhadeb Dasgupta Bengali film director West Bengal He won National Film Award – for
Best Feature Film 5 times in his
career.
Professor Radha Mohan Environment Odisha Along with his daughter
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sustainable organic farming.
Dr Ashok Panagariya Neurologist Jaipur,Rajast Panagariya was the first Indian
han. doctor to become Doctor of
Medicine in Neurology.
Surat Singh Mathur Sports New Delhi Mathur, the first athlete from
Independent India to complete the
Olympic marathon race, at the
1952 Helsinki Games.
Milkha Singh Sports Pakistan Indian Sprinter Singh is popularly
known as ‘Flying Sikh’ in the
athletic field.
Nirmal Kaur Sports Punjab Former Indian women volleyball
team captain Kaurwho is the wife
of sprint legend Milkha Singh.
MAY 2021
Srikumar Banerjee Former chairman of -- Srikumar Banerjee was awarded
the Atomic Energy Padma Shri in 2005 for his service
Commission (AEC) in the field of science.
He also won the Shanti Swarup
Bhatnagar Award in 1989.
Om Prakash Bhardwaj(O P Boxing -- In 1985, O P Bhardwaj became
Bhardwaj) India’s firstDronacharya Awardee,
India’s highest award in the field
of coaching of sports and athletics.
Jagannath Pahadia Former Rajasthan Bhusawar, He was the first Dalit chief
Chief Minister(CM) Rajasthan minister of the Rajasthan and He
was also a former Governor of
Haryana and Bihar.
Ki. Rajanarayanan Tamil writer, novelist Kovilpatti,Ta Ki. Rajanarayanan was honored
milNadu with Sahitya Academy award in
1991 for his novel
‘GopallaPurathuMakkal’.
Dr.Krishan Kumar Former National New Delhi In 2010, the Government of India
Aggarwal(KK Aggarwal) President of the honouredDr.KK Aggarwal with the
Indian Medical Padma Shri, India’s fourth-highest
Association(IMA) civilian award, for his
contributions to the field of
medicine.
Raghunandan Lal Bhatia(R L Senior Congress Amritsar, R L Bhatia was elected as Member
Bhatia) leader and former Punjab. of Parliament (MP), six times from
Governor of Kerala, Amritsar parliamentary
Bihar constituency.He had also served as
the governor of Kerala from 2004
to 2008 and the governor of Bihar
from 2008 to 2009.
Prof. Mathematician Thandarai, He was the only Indian to receive
MudumbaiSeshachaluNarasi Madras the King Faisal International Prize
mhan(MS Narasimhan) Presidency, in Science. He received Padma
British India Bhushan(Science and Engineering)
(now Tamil – 1990
Nadu).
Indu Jain Chairperson of Times Faizabad, Padma Bhushan in 2016 for Trade
Group United and Industry.
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Pradesh).
Vanraj Bhatia Famous music Mumbai,Mah He won Padma Shri award in 2012
composer arashtra for his contribution towards
Indian Cinema.
GuthaMuniratnam Social Activist Tiruvallur,An GuthaMuniratnam was honored by
dhra Pradesh the Government of India, in 2012,
with the fourth highest Indian
civilian award of Padma Shri for
his contribution towards social
service.
Jagmohan Malhotra Former Union Punjab He was honoured with the Padma
Minister, Padma (British Shri in 1971, Padma Bhushan in
Awardee and Jammu India) 1977 and Padma Vibhushan in
and Kashmir(J&K) 2016 for his contributions in
governor different spheres as a public
servant.
Soli Sorabjee Former attorney Mumbai, Soli Sorabjee was designated
general Maharashtra Senior Advocate of the Bombay
High Court in 1971.He was
honored with the Padma
Vibhushan award, the second-
highest civilian award in India in
2002 for his defence of freedom of
speech and the protection of
human rights.
Manas Bihari Verma Aeronautical scientist Darbhanga, He was born on 29th July 1943 in
Bihar Darbhanga, Bihar and worked as a
scientist at the Defence Research
Development Organization
(DRDO) in the aeronautical stream
for around 35 years.
APRIL 2021
MaidavoluNarasimham Former 13thReserve Guntur,Andh M Narasimham was popularly
Bank of India(RBI) ra Pradesh known as The Father of Banking
Governor sector reforms in India for his
contribution to the Indian banking
and financial sector.He was
honoured with Padma Vibhushan
award in the year 2000
Bachi Singh Rawat Former Union Almora,Uttar He belongs to Bharatiya Janata
Minister akhand Party (BJP).He was elected as
Member of Parliament (MP) from
the Almora for four times.
Bhumidhar Barman Former Chief Nalbari,Assa Bhumidhar Barman had served as
Minister(CM) of m CM of Assam twice.He belonged to
Assam Indian National Congress(INC).
Vivekh Film Actor Thoothukudi, He was awarded Padma shri in
Tamilnadu 2009 for his contribution to the
film industry.He had launched a
Project Green Kalam ,under the
mentorship of former Indian
President A.P.J.Abdul Kalam.
Dr.KakarlaSubba Rao radiologist Krishna, He was awarded Padma Shri in the
Andhra year 2000 for his contributions to
Pradesh. the field of medicine.
Balbir Singh Junior Former Indian Hockey Jalandhar, He was a member of the Indian
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medal at the 1958 Asian
games.Heis popularly considered
as the nursery of Hockey players
in India.
Fatima Rafiq Zakaria educationist and Mumbai,Mah She was honoured with Padma
journalist arashtra Shri in 2006 for her contribution
to Literature and Education.
She was also the recipient of the
Sarojini Naidu Integration Award
for Journalism 1983.
MARCH 2021
Dilip Kumar Mansukhlal Ministry of Shipping Pune, He was a former Union Minister
Gandhi Maharashtra. and Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)
leader
Laxman Pai Art/Painting Goa He received the third highest
civilian honour of Padma Bhushan
award in 2018.
FEBRUARY 2021
Shri Vishnu Narayanan Malayalam Poet Iringolil, He was honoured with Padma Shri
Namboothiri Thiruvalla in for Literature and education in
Pathanamthi 2014.
tta district of
Kerala.
Mandagadde Rama Jois Justice , Shimoga, M Rama Jois served as the Chief
former governor of Karnataka Justice of Punjab & Haryana High
Bihar and Jharkhand Court.He passed away at the age of
89 in Bengaluru, Karnataka.
Captain Satish Sharma Congress leader and Secunderaba Captain Satish Sharma was a
the former Member of d, Andhra professional commercial pilot with
Parliament Pradesh Air India.He served as the Union
Minister of Petroleum and Natural
Gas from 1993 to 1996 under the
premiership of Narasimha Rao.
Bansi Kaul theatre director and Srinagar, He received the Padma Shri,
the founder of Rang Jammu and India’s 4th highest civilian award
Vidushak Kashmir. in 2014 for Arts.
JANUARY 2021
Dr V Shanta Indian oncologist and Mylapore, She is the recipient of Padma Shri,
chairman of Cancer Chennai Padma Bhushan and Padma
Institute (WIA), Vibushan.
Adyar, She was born on 11th March 1927,
at Mylapore, Chennai.
Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan Indian classical Badaun in He passed away in Mumbai,
vocalist and musician Uttar Maharashtra. He was a renowned
Pradesh vocalist and musician of Rampur-
Sahaswan Gharana of Hindustani
classical music.
Prakash Rao Social Worker Cuttack, A Tea Seller, D Prakash Rao was
Odisha conferred with Padma Shri in
2019 to recognize his contribution
towards boosting the value of
education among slum & orphan
kids in Cuttack.
TurlapatiKutumba Rao Telugu Journalist Vijayawada, He is the 1st journalist from AP to
Andhra receive Padma Shri in 2002. He
Pradesh(AP) won the award for Literature and
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INTERNATIONAL
Name of the person Field Birth Place Points to be noted
who passed away
NOVEMBER 2021
Alan Keith Davidson Cricketer Australia He was the first player to score 100
runs and take 10 wickets in a single
Test match.
Frederik Willem de Politician South Africa, De Klerk is the last white President of
Klerk South Africa, who was known for
ending the Apartheid System (no
voting rights for non-white people) of
South Africa.
OCTOBER 2021
Ahmad Shah Politician Afghanistan Ahmad Shah Ahmadzai has served as
Ahmadzai the acting PM of Afghanistan under
President Burhanuddin Rabbani
during 1995-1996 prior to the 1996
Taliban Takeover.
Roh Tae-woo Politician South Korea Former President of South Korea, Woo
played an important role in the
transition of democratic elections in
South Korea.
Dr. Abdul Qadeer Nuclear scientist India He was known as the father of
Khan and metallurgical Pakistan’s nuclear weapons program
engineer from
PakistanIndia
Abolhassan Banisadr First president of Iran He was impeached by the newly formed
Iran Islamic parliament in June 1981.
Roger Hunt Footballer United Kingdom Hunt has represented the Liverpool
from England football club (nickname: The Reds) for
around 11 years. He became
Liverpool’s record goalscorer of all
time with 285 goals in 492
appearances
SEPTEMBER 2021
Jimmy Greaves Footballer United Kingdom He has scored 266 goals in 379 games
from England representing Tottenham Hotspur
between 1961 and 1970.He is also
7th on Chelsea’s all-time list with 132
goals in 169 matches.
Casimir OyeMba Former Prime Gabon He served as the PM from 1990-
Minister (PM) of 1994. He was also the Governor of the
Gabon Bank of Central African
States (BEAC) in Central Africa from
1978- 1990.
Abdelaziz Bouteflika Former Algerian Algeria Having served as the president for
President nearly 20 years, from 1999 until his
resignation in 2019, he became
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YuriySedykh track and field Ukrain He set the world record for the
athlete hammer throw with a throw of 86.74
metres at the European
Championships in Stuttgart in 1986
which is still not broken.
AUGUST 2021
Gerd Mueller Footballer Germany Nicknamed “Bomber der Nation”, has
represented West Germany and scored
around 68 goals in 62 International
matches and has won the World Cup in
1974.
JULY 2021
Richard Donald Hollywood USA He was the creator of multiple
Schwartzberg Director blockbuster movies from various
genres including Thriller, Comedy &
Adventure movie was also the creator
of the 1st ‘Superman’ movie.
JovenelMoïse Politics Haiti President of the Republic of Haiti was
assassinated on 7th July 2021 at his
private residence at Pèlerin 5, Port-au-
Prince, Haiti
Mamnoon Hussain Former President Pakistan Mamnoon Hussain served as the 12th
of Pakistan President of Pakistan from 2013 to
2018.
Steven Weinberg Scientists USA Steven Weinberg won the 1979 Nobel
Prize in Physics with Sheldon Lee
Glashow and Abdus Salam “for his
contribution to the theory of the
unified weak and electromagnetic
interaction between elementary
particles, including, inter alia, the
prediction of the weak neutral current.
JUNE 2021
Anerood Jugnauth Former President Palma, British He was honoured with Padma
and Prime Mauritius. Vibhusan in 2020 by the Government
Minister of of India
Mauritius
Kenneth David Zambia’s Zambia Kenneth Kaunda popularly known as
Kaunda founding “KK” was the 1 President of Zambia
st
president and and also ruled Zambia for 27 years.

liberation hero
Benigno Aquino III Former Manila,Philippines. Benigno Aquino III served as the 15th
Philippine president of the Philippines from 2010
President to 2016
MAY 2021
Poul Schlueter Former Tonder, Denmark Poul Schlueter was the longest-serving
Denmark’s prime Danish prime minister for over a
minister decade from 1982 to 1993, since
World War II.
Yuan Longping Chinese Beijing, Republic of He also known as the “father of hybrid
agricultural China rice”.Yuan Longping was known for
scientist developing the first hybrid rice
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APRIL 2021
Idriss Deby Itno Chad’s President Berdoba, Chad He was re-elected as the President for
the 6th term.
Britain’s Prince Philip Duke of Prince of Greece and He renounced his Greek title and
Edinburgh, Denmark,Greece became a British citizen and took his
husband of Queen mother’s anglicised name,
Elizabeth II Mountbatten.
Isamu Akasaki Inventor Kagoshima Prefecture, He won the 2014 Nobel prize for the
Japan invention of the world’s first efficient
blue LED(Light Emitting Diode)
Didier Ratsiraka Madagascar’s Vatomandry, He also nicknamed “Red Admiral”
Former president Madagascar
MARCH 2021
Moudud Ahmed former Prime Noakhali district in one of the founding member of
Minister of Bangladesh. Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP),
Bangladesh Barrister Moudud Ahmed, passed
away at the age of 80 in Singapore.
John Pombe Magufuli President of Chato, Tanzania Due to his sudden demise, Samia
Tanzania Hassan Suluhu, the first female Vice
President of Tanzania is set to become
the First Female President of Tanzania.
Hamed Bakayoko Prime Minister Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Prime Minister (PM) of Ivory Coast
(PM) and Minister of Defence passed away
at the age of 56 in a hospital in
Germany due to cancer.
FEBRUARY 2021
Michael Somare Former Prime New Guinea first Prime Minister of Papua New
Minister of Papua Guinea (PNG) and is popularly known
New Guinea as the “Father of the nation (PNG)” and
he is also referred to as the Chief by
the people of PNG.
Carlos Menem former president Anillaco, Argentina He was elected as the 44th President
of Argentina of Argentina and served from 1989 to
1999.With the Peronist coalition
“Front of All” Carlos was re-elected as
the senator for a term which ends in
2023.
Ezra Moseley West Indies Barbados the current coach of the Barbados
cricketer and fast Women’s team passed away at the age
bowler of 63 in Barbados after a road
accident. He was born on 5th January
1958 in Barbados.
Leon Spinks heavyweight St. Louis, Missouri, USA. He won the bronze at the 1974 world
champion and championship, silver in the 1975 Pan
Boxer American Games.
ii.He won the gold medal in the light
heavyweight at the 1976 Olympics in
Montreal against Sixto Soria.
Christopher Plummer Actor Ontario, Canada Canadian Actor Christopher Plummer,

the star of “The Sound of Music” and
the oldest person to win the Oscar
Award passed away at the age of 91 at
his residence in Connecticut, United
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JANUARY 2021
Cloris Leachman American actress Des Moines, Iowa, U.S. she released her autobiography
and comedienne titled, “Cloris-My Autobiography “.
Neil’ Sheehan American Massachusetts, US. He gained popularity when he
journalist and obtained Pentagon Papers for New
Pulitzer York Times and became the first to
do so.
Modibo Keita former Prime Koulikoro, French Modibo Keita served as the PM of Mali
Minister of Mali Sudan (now Mali). on 2 occasions. Capital– Bamako
Currency– West African
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IMPORTANT DAYS
Observed date/week Day Other information
NOVEMBER 2021
November 1, 2021 World Vegan Day To encourage people to follow a vegan lifestyle which is
beneficial to one’s health as well as good for the
environment.
November 1, 2021 73rd Information and The day was celebrated at the Directorate of Information
Public Relations Day and Public Relations (DIPR) Auditorium,
Imphal, Manipur
November 2, 2021 Ayurveda Day Theme: Ayurveda for Poshan
November 2, 2021 International Day to End To create awareness and to formulate ways to counter
Impunity for Crimes the threats of violence and crimes against journalists
against Journalists(IDEI)
November 3, 2021 International One Health To create awareness about the need for a One Health
Day approach to address the shared health threats at the
human-animal-environment interface.
November 5, 2021 World Tsunami Awareness To create awareness about the tsunami, and the share
Day the innovative approaches to risk reduction
November 6, 2021 International Day for To create awareness about the damages caused to the
Preventing the environment due to war and armed conflicts.
Exploitation of the
Environment in War and
Armed Conflict
November 7, 2021 National Cancer Awareness To create awareness about the prevention and early
Day detection of cancer.
November 7, 2021 Infant Protection Day Theme: Protecting, promoting, and developing infants
November 7, 2021 CV Raman Birth Marks the 133rd birth anniversary of CV Raman the first
Anniversary Indian to be conferred with a Nobel Prize in
Physics(1930) “for his work on the scattering of light and
for the discovery of the effect(Raman Effect) named after
him”
November 8, 2021 World Urbanism Day, also To highlight the environmental impacts caused due to the
known as World Town development of cities and territories.
Planning Day
November 8, 2021 International Day of Observed with the motto ‘Interventional Radiology –
Radiology (IDoR-2021) Active care for the patient’.
To raise awareness regarding the contribution of
radiology in the diagnosis and treatment of patients
November 9, 2021 National Legal Services To commemorate the enactment of the Legal Services
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legal aid programmes” in India on a uniform pattern.
November 10, 2021 World Science Day for Theme: Building Climate-Ready Communities”.
Peace and Development
November 10, 2021 World Neuroendocrine The campaign of World NET Cancer Day 2021 focuses
Tumor (NET) Cancer Day on educating the general public & healthcare
professionals to “Know the Symptoms. Push for
Diagnosis”.
November 8-14, 2021 International Week of The observance of the International Week of Science and
Science and Peace(IWOSP) Peace increases the contribution and cooperation in the
application of science in promoting science and peace.
November 11, 2021 National Education Day to mark the birth anniversary of Maulana Abul Kalam
Azad, the first education minister of independent India
November 11, 2021 World Usability Day (2nd Theme: Design of Our Online World: Trust, Ethics And
Thursday of November ) Integrity
November 11, 2021 World Quality Day Theme: Sustainability: Improving Our Products, People,
(2nd Thursday of and Planet”.
November )
November 12, 2021 World Pneumonia Day To create awareness about pneumonia, the world’s
leading infection that kills children under the age of 5.
November 12, 2021 Public Service To commmemorate the first and only address by
Broadcasting Day Mahatma Gandhi on All India Radio (AIR) on 12th
November 1947.
November 13, 2021 World Kindness Day To highlight the act of kindness in the community.
November 14, 2021 World Diabetes Day Theme: Access to Diabetes Care
November 14, 2021 Children’s Day or Bal The day also recognises Jawaharlal Nehru’s efforts and
Diwas works for the welfare, education and development of
children and young people.
(Birth anniversary of
India’s first prime
minister Jawaharlal Nehru)
November 15, 2021 First ever Janjatiya Gaurav The day marks the birth anniversary of Amar Shaheed
Divas (Tribal Pride Day) Bhagwan Birsa Munda (Birsa Munda), a tribal leader
who fought against British rule in India.
November 15-21, National Newborn Week Theme: Safety, Quality and nurturing Case-Birth Right of
2021 every newborn”.
November 16, 2021 International Day of The day marks the signing of the ‘Declaration of
Tolerance Principles of Tolerance‘ by the United Nations
Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization (UNESCO), on 16th November 1995.
November 16, 2021 National Press Day To mark the presence of an independent and
responsible press in India.
November 16, 2021 First ever Audit Diwas The Audit Diwas is observed to mark the historic origin
of the institution of CAG in 1860.
November 17, 2021 International Students’ To ensure that every student across the globe has
Day access to education
November 17, 2021 National Epilepsy Day to create awareness about Epilepsy, a neurological
disorder in which brain activity becomes abnormal,
causing seizures or fits and loss of awareness.
November 17, 2021 World Chronic Obstructive
Pulmonary Disease(COPD)
Day (3rd Wednesday of
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November 18, 2021 National Naturopathy Day To create awareness about naturopathy and to promote
drugless systems of medicine to prevent diseases by
altering diet and lifestyle.
November 18, 2021 World Philosophy Day (3rd Theme:Different interactions of human beings with
Thursday of November ) their social, cultural, geographical and political
environment”
November 19, 2021 Women’s To celebrate, empower and support the Women
Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurs in business across the world.
Day (WED)
November 19, 2021 World Toilet Day Theme:Valuing toilets
November 19, 2021 International Men’s Day Theme: Better relations between men and women”.
November 19, 2021 National Integration Day To commemorate the birthday of India’s first Woman
also known as ‘Quami Ekta Prime Minister (PM) – Indira Gandhi. The year 2021
Diwas’ marks the 104th birth anniversary celebration of Indira
Gandhi.
November 19-25, World Heritage Week To promote the conservation of the heritage and the
2021 culture of monuments.
November 19-25, Communal Harmony Communal Harmony Campaign Week and the flag day is
2021 Campaign Week annually observed by the National Foundation for
Communal Harmony(NFCH), an autonomous
organization under the Ministry of Home Affairs.
OCTOBER 2021
October 1, 2021 National Pension System To promote pension and retirement planning for a
Diwas carefree ‘azad’ retirement.
October 1, 2021 National Voluntary Blood Theme: Give Blood and keep the world-beating
Donation Day
October 1, 2021 International Coffee Day To celebrate the diversity, quality and passion of the
coffee sector.
October 1, 2021 World Vegetarian Day To promote compassion and life-enhancing possibilities
of vegetarianism.
October 1, 2021 International Day of Older Theme: Digital Equity for All Ages
Persons (IDOP)
October 2, 2021 International Day of The birthday of ‘Father of Nation’, Mahatma Gandhi was
Non-Violence or Gandhi observed on October 2. The year 2021 marked his
Jayanti 152nd anniversary.
October 2, 2021 World Day for Farmed To spread the awareness of killing of innocent aquatic
Animals (WDFA) and terrestrial animals by anthropogenic activities.
October 4, 2021 World Animal Day To take action for animal rights and welfare.
October 4, 2021 World Habitat Day Observed across the globe on the first Monday of
October to highlight the role of the citizens towards
shaping the future of cities and towns.
October 5, 2021 Teachers’s Day Theme: Teachers at the heart of education recovery”.
October 7, 2021 World Cotton Day Theme: Cotton for Good
October 8, 2021 89th anniversary of Indian The 2021 Indian Air Force Day is celebrated as “Swarnim
Air Force Day Vijay Varsh”, commemorating the victory of the 1971
war.
October 8, 2021 World Egg Day (2nd Friday Theme: Eggs for ALL: Nature’s Perfect Package
of October)
October 9, 2021 Indian Foreign To commemorate the establishment of the Indian
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October 9, 2021 72nd Raising Day of It was established by Territorial Army Act on August 18,
Territorial Army (TA) 1948. It was formally raised by the first Governor
General C Rajgopalachari on 9 October 1949.
October 9, 2021 World Migratory Bird Theme: Sing, Fly, Soar – Like a Bird!
Day(WMBD) (second
Saturday in May and in
October)
October 9, 2021 World Post Day Theme: Innovate to recover

October 9, 2021 World Hospice and Observed 2nd Saturday of October
Palliative Care Day Theme: Leave no one behind – equity in access to
(WHPCD) palliative care
October 10, 2021 World Mental Health Day Theme: Mental Health in an Unequal World.
October 10, 2021 World Day Against the To safeguard the health and rights of women and girls
Death Penalty across the globe.
October 11, 2021 International Day of the Theme: Digital generation. Our generation
Girl Child
October 12, 2021 World Arthritis Day(WAD) To create awareness about the existence and impacts of
rheumatic and musculoskeletal
October 13, 2021 International Day for IDDRR 2021 focuses on ‘International cooperation for
Disaster Risk developing countries to reduce their disaster risk and
Reduction (IDDRR) disaster losses’.
October 13, 2021 World Thrombosis To create awareness about Thrombosis, the formation of
Day(WTD) a blood clot, known as a thrombus, within a blood vessel.
October 14, 2021 International Standards Theme: Standards for Sustainable Development Goals –
Day Our Shared Vision for a Better World
October 14, 2021 World Sight Day Theme: Love Your Eyes
(2nd Thursday of October )
October 14, 2021 International E-Waste Theme: Consumer is the key to Circular Economy!”.
Day (IEWD)
October 15, 2021 World Students’ Day The day marks the birth anniversary of India’s 11th
President, Dr. A P J (Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen) Abdul
Kalam
October 15, 2021 International Day of Rural Theme: Rural Women Cultivating Good Food for All
Women
October 15, 2021 Global Handwashing day Theme: Our Future is at Hand – Let’s Move Forward
Together
October 16, 2021 World Food Day Theme: Our actions are our future- Better production,
better nutrition, a better environment and a better life
October 16, 2021 37th Raising Day of
National Security Guard
(NSG)
October 17, 2021 International Day for the Building Forward Together: Ending Persistent Poverty,
Eradication of Poverty Respecting all People and our Planet
October 20, 2021 World Osteoporosis Day Theme: Take Actions for Bone Health
October 20, 2021 International Chefs Day Theme: Healthy Food for the Future
October 21, 2021 Police Commemoration To remember and pay tribute to the police personnel
Day who died in the line of duty.
October 21, 2021 Global Iodine Deficiency To create awareness about the importance of iodine for
Disorders (IDDs) normal thyroid functions, growth and development.

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Prevention Day
October 22, 2021 International Stuttering Theme: Speak the change you wish to see
Awareness Day(ISAD)
October 23, 2021 International Snow To create awareness about the snow leopards
Leopard Day
October 23, 2021 Mole Day To commemorate the Avogadro’s Number
(approximately 6.02 * 10^{23} mol^{-1}), which is
defined as the number of particles (atoms or molecules)
in one mole (mol) of substance.
October 24, 2021 76th United Nations(UN) Theme: “Building Back Together for Peace and
Day Prosperity”.
October 24, 2021 World Development To propagate information, mobilise public opinion, and
Information Day spread awareness in the field of international
cooperation for growth and development.
October 24, 2021 World Polio Day Theme: One Day. One Focus: Ending Polio – delivering on
our promise of a polio-free world!
October 24, 2021 International Day of To acknowledge the role of diplomats in making the
Diplomats world a better place.
October 24, 2021 60th Indo-Tibetan Border ITBP celebrates its raising day annually on October 24
Police Raising Day since its establishment during the India-China war,
1962.
October 26, 2021 Jammu and Kashmir commemorates the day on which the last Dogra Maharaja
Accession Day or Accession Hari Singh of J&K signed the Instrument of Accession in
Day 1947.
October 26, 2021 8th India Sweden Observed with a focus on various aspects of climate
Innovation change and the possible solutions to enable green
transition.
October 27, 2021 World Day for Audiovisual Theme: Your Window to the World
Heritage (WDAH)
October 27, 2021 World Occupational Theme:Belong. Be You
Therapy Day
October 27, 2021 75th Infantry Day To remember the first military event of Independent
India that took place on 27th October 1947 against the
Pakistan invaders in the Kashmir valley.
October 28, 2021 International Animation To commemorate the first public performance of
Day (IAD) projected moving images at Reynaud’s Theatre Optique
in Paris, France on 28th October 1892.
October 29, 2021 International Internet Day To celebrate the anniversary of the first-ever
transmission of an electronic message from one
computer to another over ARPANET (Advanced Research
Projects Agency Network).
October 29, 2021 World Stroke Day Theme: Learn the signs of a Stroke: Save #Precioustime”.
October 31, 2021 World Cities Day(WCD) Theme: Better City, Better Life” which remains same for
every year.
October 31, 2021 Rashtriya Ekta Diwas To mark the birth anniversary of Vallabhbhai Jhaverbhai
(National Unity Day) Patel, endeared as ‘Sardar’, the First Deputy Prime
Minister of India and the first Home Minister of India.
October 31, 2021 World Thrift Day or World To create awareness about the importance of savings
Savings and financial security of individuals and the nation as a
whole.
October 1 to 31, 2021 Breast Cancer Awareness Venkaiah Naidu, Vice President(VP) of India,
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Disease Helpline in India, set up by the Ushalakshmi
Breast Cancer Foundation(UBF).
October 2 to 8,2021 Wildlife Week Theme ‘Forests and Livelihoods: Sustaining People and
Planet’.
October 4 to 10, 2021 World Space Week Theme: Women in Space
October 4 to 10, 2021 World Investor To create awareness on the importance of education
Week(WIW) and protection of investors
October 9-15, 2021 National postal week The department will also participate and organize day
wise activities under Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav
Week, begins from 11 October 2021 to 17 October 2021.
• 09.10.2021- World Post Day
• 11.10.2021- Banking Day
• 12.10.2021-Postal Life Insurance Day
• 13.10.2021- Philately Day
• 14.10.2021- Business Development Day
• 16.10.2021- Mails Day
October 24-30,2021 United To create awareness about the issues of disarmament in
Nations(UN)’s Disarmame several counties
nt Week
October 24-31,2021 Global Media and Theme: Media and Information Literacy for the Public
Information Literacy (MIL) Good
Week
October 26-Nov Vigilance Awareness Week To promote integrity
1,2021
SEPTEMBER 2021
September 1-30, 2021 PoshanMaah It was organized by Union Ministry of Women and Child
Development (MoWCD). The weekly theme for the
activities to be taken up are,
• September 1 to 7 – Plantation Activity as
“PoshanVatika”
• September 8 to 15 – Yoga and AYUSH for Nutrition
• September 16 to 23 – Distribution of ‘Regional
Nutrition Kit’ to Anganwadi beneficiaries of High
Burden Districts.
September 24 to 30 – Identification of children with
SAM and distribution of nutritious food.
September 1-7, 2021 National Nutrition Theme: feeding smart right from start
Week(NNW)
September 2, 2021 World Coconut Day Theme: Building a Safe Inclusive Resilient and
Sustainable Coconut Community Amid COVID-19
Pandemic & Beyond
September 5, 2021 International Day of To commemorates the death anniversary of Nobel
Charity laureate Mother Teresa of Calcutta.
September 5, 2021 National Teachers Day To commemorate the birth anniversary of the
respected teacher and prolific statesman Bharat Ratna
awardee Dr Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan.
September 6-12, 2021 Food Processing Week As a part of the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav celebration to
commemorate 75 years of India’s independence
September 7, 2021 International Day of Clean Theme: Healthy Air, Healthy Planet”.
Air for Blue Skies
September 8, 2021 International Literacy Day Theme: Literacy for a human-centred recovery:
Narrowing the digital divide
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September 9, 2021 Telangana Language Day To mark the birth anniversary of eminent Telangana
poet, Padma Awardee Kaloji Narayana Rao.
September 9, 2021 Himalaya Diwas To create awareness about the importance and
significance of the Himalayas.
September 9, 2021 World EV Day To mark the celebration of e-mobility.
September 10, 2021 World Suicide Prevention Theme: Creating hope through action
Day
September 11, 2021 National Forest Martyrs To pay tribute to the people who laid down their lives
Day to protect the environment, forests and wildlife across
India.
September 11, 2021 World First Aid Day 2nd Saturday of September to promote and celebrate
the importance of first aid in preventing injuries and
saving lives in critical situations.
The theme of World First Aid Day 2021 is “Be a hero at
school and in your community”.
September 11, 2021 Mahakavi Day M.K. Stalin, Chief Minister(CM) of Tamil
Nadu(TN) announced that the 11th September of every
year observed as the “Mahakavi Day”.
September 12, 2021 International Day for To highlight the economic, social and political
South-South Cooperation developments of the countries in the southern region.
September 14, 2021 National Hindi Diwas To commemorate the adoption of Hindi in the
Devanagari Script as one of the official languages of
India.
Hindi Pakhwada from 1st September 2021 to 15th
September 2021 to encourage the use of practical
Hindi among the officers and officials.
September 15, 2021 International Day of To provide an opportunity to review the state of
Democracy democracy across the globe.
September 15, 2021 National Engineers Day To mark the birth anniversary of eminent Engineer,
Bharat Ratna Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya.
September 15, 2021 57th Indian Technical and To mark the launch of the ITEC programme on 15th
Economic Cooperation September 1964.
(ITEC) day
September 15, 2021 World Lymphoma To create awareness about Lymphoma, the cancer of
Awareness Day (WLAD) the lymphatic system.
September 16, 2021 International Day for the Theme :Montreal Protocol – Keeping us, our food and
Preservation of the Ozone vaccines cool
Layer
September 17, 2021 World Patient Safety Day Theme: Safe maternal and newborn care
September 17, 2021 Social Justice Day Tamil Nadu(TN) Government celebrated the 143rd birth
anniversary of social activist and politician EV
Ramasamy, popularly known as “Periyar” or
“Thanthai Periyar”, as Social Justice Day.
September 18, 2021 World Bamboo Day (WBD) The Message of WBD 2021 is “#PlantBamboo: It is Plant
Time to Bamboo”
September 18, 2021 World Water Monitoring To create awareness about the importance of water
Day(WWMD) conservation across the globe
September 18, International Coastal Theme :Save Our Ocean and Beach
2021(third Saturday Cleanup(ICC) day
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September 18, 2021 International Equal Pay Focuses on the efforts of key labour market actors to
Day ensure that equal pay is central to global epidemic
reactions and to fully recognize women’s contribution to
COVID-19 recovery.
September 21, 2021 International Day of Peace Theme: Recovering better for an equitable and
sustainable world
September 21, 2021 World Alzheimer’s Day Theme:Know Dementia, Know Alzheimer’s
September 22, 2021 World Car Free Day To encourage motorists across the globe to give up on
their vehicles for a day and experience streets free of
motor traffic.
September 22, 2021 World Rose Day To honour and provide hope for the people who are
suffering from cancer.
September 22, 2021 World Rhino Day Theme: Keep the Five Alive
September 23, 2021 International Day of Sign Theme: We Sign For Human Rights
Languages(IDSL)
September 20-26, International Week of Deaf Theme: Celebrating Thriving Deaf Communities
2021 People (IWDP)
September 25, 2021 World Pharmacists Day Theme :Pharmacy: Always Trusted for Your Health
September 25, 2021 AntyodayaDiwas To celebrate the birth anniversary of Pandit DeenDayal
Upadhyayato uplift the poor people in society to the
better sector.
September 26, 2021 World Rivers Day Observed fourth Sunday of September to create
awareness about water bodies
September 26, 2021 World Environmental Theme: Prioritizing Environmental Health for healthier
Health Day(WEHD) communities in global recovery
September 26, 2021 International Day for the To create public awareness and to educate people
Total Elimination of about the threat posed to humanity by nuclear
Nuclear Weapons weapons.
September 26, 2021 World Contraception To create awareness about the importance of sexual
Day (WCD) and reproductive healthcare services
September 26, 2021 Military Engineer Services To mark the establishment of Military Engineer
Day, or Military Services (MES)
Engineering Services
Raising Day
September 27, 2021 World Tourism Day(WTD) A day to focus on “Tourism for Inclusive Growth” as the
COVID-19 pandemic has had a massive social and
economic impact on both developed and developing
countries.
September 28, 2021 World Rabies Day Theme:Rabies: Facts, not Fear
September 28, 2021 International Day for Theme: The Right to Know – Building Back Better with
Universal Access to Access to Information
Information (IDUAI)
September 28, 2021 195th Gunners Day The day commemorates the raising of 5 (Bombay)
Mountain Battery, equipped with 2.5-inch Guns as the
8th Company of the Golandaz Battalion, Bombay Foot
Artillery, India’s first Artillery unit, on 28th
September 1827.
September 29, 2021 World Heart Day This year World Heart Day emphasis on ‘USE HEART
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September 29, 2021 International Day of FAO and UNEP have organised a global event “Stopping
Awareness of Food Loss food loss and waste. For the people. For the planet” as a
and Waste (IDAFLW) part of the observance of IDAFLW 2021.
September 30, 2021 International Translation observed across the globe during the last Thursday of
Day 2021 September.
Theme: United In Translation
September 30, 2021 World Maritime Day Theme: Seafarers at the core of shipping’s future
AUGUST 2021
August 1-7, 2021 World Breastfeeding Theme: Protect Breastfeeding: A Shared Responsibility.
Week (WBW)
August 1, 2021 Muslim Women’s Rights To celebrate the enactment of the law against triple
Day
August 1, 2021 World Lung Cancer Day To create awareness about lung cancer, one of the most
common forms of cancer across the globe and the
preventive measure against lung cancer.
August 4, 2021 National Bone and Joints Theme: Save Self and Save one
Day
August 6, 2021 76th anniversary of Aims to create awareness about the adverse effects of
Hiroshima Day Nuclear power and nuclear weapons and to promote
world peace.
August 7, 2021 National Handloom To create awareness about the handloom works in
Day(NHD) India
August 7, 2021 National Javelin Throw Day The day will commemorate the feat of Indian
athlete(javelin) Neeraj Chopra, who won the gold
medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. He became the first
Indian athlete in the country’s independent history to
win an athletics medal at the Olympics.
August 8, 2021 Quit India Movement Day To commemorate the launch of the Quit India
Movement on 8th August 1942
August 9, 2021 International Day of the Theme: Leaving No One Behind: Indigenous peoples
World’s Indigenous and the call for a new social contract
Peoples
August 9, 2021 Nagasaki Day To create awareness about the hazards of nuclear
power and to promote world pe; ace
August 10, 2021 World Biofuel Day Theme: Biofuels for Sustainability and Rural Income
August 10, 2021 World Lion Day To create awareness about the Lions(Panthera leo),
and to educate people about the challenges faced in the
conservation and protection of lions.
August 12, 2021 World Elephant Day To create awareness about the dangers faced by Asian
elephants (Elephas maximus) and African elephants
(Loxodonta africana) and the threats to their survival.
August 12, 2021 National Remote Sensing Birth anniversary of Dr. Vikram Sarabhai, the Father of
Day the Indian Space Program.
August 12, 2021 International Youth Day Theme: Transforming Food Systems: Youth Innovation
for Human and Planetary Health”.
August 13, 2021 World Organ Donation Day To create awareness about the importance of organ
donation .
August 13, 2021 International Left-Handers To celebrate the sinistralityor left-handedness, the
Day quality of having a more efficient left hand
August 14, 2021 World Prediabetes Day To create awareness about Prediabetes and to reduce
the increasing rate of diabetes.
August 14, 2021 Partition Horrors To acknowledge the difficulties faced by the Indians
Remembrance Day during the partition of India in 1947.
August 15, 2021 75th Independence Day of Theme: Nation First, Always First
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day: https://indianidc2021.mod.gov.in/.
The government of India unveiled the official logo of
the ‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’ celebrating the 75 years
of independence.
August 19, 2021 World Humanitarian To honour and recognise the efforts of Humanitarians
Day(WHD) across the globe on protecting and supporting the
people in need
August 19, 2021 World Photography Day To celebrate the art, craft, science and history of
photography.
August 20, 2021 SadbhavanaDiwas Birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Rajiv
Gandhi.
August 20, 2021 World Mosquito Day To commemorate the discovery of British doctor Sir
Ronald Ross in 1897 that female mosquitoes transmit
malaria between humans.
August 20, 2021 AkshayUrjaDiwas or To create awareness about the benefits of natural
National Renewable Energy energies such as Biogas, Solar Energy, Wind Energy
Day and Hydroelectric Power
August 21, 2021 World Senior Citizen’s Day To recognise and acknowledge the contribution of the
elders to society and their inclusiveness in society
August 21, 2021 International Day of Theme :Connections
Remembrance and Tribute The day also aims to promote and protect the human
to the Victims of Terrorism rights and fundamental freedom of the victims of
terrorism.
August 21, 2021 World Entrepreneurs’ Day To create awareness about entrepreneurship,
innovation and leadership among the stakeholders.
August 22, 2021 International Day To commemorate the victims of the violence based on
Commemorating the religion or belief.
Victims of Acts of Violence
Based on Religion or Belief
August 22, 2021 World Sanskrit Day or To create awareness, promote and revive Sanskrit, one
Vishva-Samskrita- of the ancient Indian languages.
dinam and Sanskrit Diwas The Sanskrit Week 2021 is celebrated from 19th
August to 25th August 2021
August 23, 2021 International Day for the To remember the tragedy of the slave trade across the
Remembrance of the Slave globe during colonial rule.
Trade and its Abolition
August 23-27, 2021 World Water Theme :“Building Resilience Faster”.
Week(WWWeek)
August 26, 2021 Women’s Equality Day United States observed to commemorate the 1920
adoption of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United
States Constitution,
August 29, 2021 National Sports Day To commemorate the birth anniversary of Olympian
and Indian Hockey legend, Major Dhyan Chand.
Sports Minister Shri Anurag Singh Thakur launched the
Fit India Mobile App
August 29, 2021 International Day against To create awareness about the hazards of testing
Nuclear Tests nuclear weapons
August 30, 2021 International Day of the To create awareness about enforced or involuntary
Victims of Enforced disappearance in various regions across the globe.
Disappearances
August 30, 2021 National Small Industry To recognise the contribution of small-scale industry to
Day the development of India
August 31, 2021 First-ever International Day he day aims to promote the contributions of the African
for People of African diaspora across the globe and to eliminate all forms of
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July 1, 2021 73rdNational Chartered To commemorate the establishment of the Institute of
Accountants'(CA) Day Chartered Accountants of India(ICAI) by the
Parliament under the Chartered Accountants Act, 1949.
July 1, 2021 International Fruit Day The motto of the International Fruit Day was “Create
Change Together” and the Fruit Of The Year 2021
is Watermelon.
July 1, 2021 National Doctors Day To recognise the efforts and contributions of the
doctor’s community to society and the commitment of
the doctors towards their profession.
July 1-7, 2021 Goods and Services Tax The day marks the commemoration of the unprecedented
(GST) Day reform of Indian taxation – Goods and Services
Tax (GST).The day is observed by the Central Board of
Indirect Tax and Customs(CBIC) across India.
July 1, 2021 Crop Insurance week 2021 Narendra Singh Tomar, Union Minister of MoA&FW
launched the Crop Insurance Awareness Campaign for
Pradhan Mantri FasalBima Yojana (PMFBY) during the
Crop Insurance Week.The campaign is a part of
the India@75 campaign ‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’,
celebrating the 75 years of India’s Independence.
July 1, 2021 66th Foundation Day of SBI --
July 2, 2021 World Sports Journalists To recognise the efforts and devotion of the sports
Day journalists across the globe.
July 3, 2021 International Plastic Bag To create awareness about the issues of plastic
Free Day pollution
July 3, 2021 International Day of It is observed annually on the First Saturday of July.
Cooperatives (#CoopsDay) Theme: ‘Rebuild better together’.
July 6, 2021 World Zoonoses Day To create awareness about zoonoses or zoonotic
disease, a disease or infection transmitted from
vertebrate animals to humans.
July 10, 2021 National Fish Farmers Day The day is observed in memory of the Scientists – Dr K.
H. Alikunhi and Dr Hiralal Chaudhuri – who
successfully demonstrated the induced breeding in
Indian Major Carps on 10th July 1957.
July 11, 2021 World Population Day To create awareness about the urgency and importance
of population issues
July 12, 2021 Malala Day To mark the birthday of Malala Yousafzai, Pakistani
activist for female education and the youngest-ever
Nobel laureate.
July 15, 2021 World Youth Skills Day Theme: Reimagining Youth Skills Post-Pandemic
July 17, 2021 Day of International To recognise the efforts of modern justice against
Criminal Justice international criminal acts and its role in bringing
peace and security to the world.
July 18, 2021 Nelson Mandela Theme: is “One Hand Can Feed Another”.
International Day
July 19, 2021 52ndBank Nationalisation To commemorates the issuance of the Banking
Day Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings)
Ordinance, 1969 on 19th July 1969, that nationalised
14 major banks in India with a deposit of more than Rs
50 crores each.
July 20, 2021 World Chess Day The day focuses on the importance of chess in the
implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
Development and the Sustainable Development
Goals(SDG).
July 20, 2021 Space Exploration Day or To marks the anniversary of America’s Apollo 11, the
Moon Day first manned mission to land on the Moon.
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Greek alphabet – ‘π’.
July 22, 2021 World Brain Day Theme : Stop Multiple Sclerosis
July 23, 2021 National Broadcasting Day To commemorate the first radio broadcast aired from
the Indian Broadcasting Company(IBC) on 23rd July
1927
July 24, 2021 161st Income Tax Day or It was on July 24, 1860 that income tax was introduced
AaykarDiwas in India by Sir James Wilson to compensate the British
government for the losses incurred during the First
War of Independence in 1857.
July 25, 2021 World In Vitro Fertilization To mark the birth of Louise Joy Brown, the World’s first
(IVF) Day IVF baby, on 25th July 1978 in Manchester, England.
July 25, 2021 World Drowning Theme: Anyone Can Drown, No One Should
Prevention Day
July 26, 2021 22nd Anniversary of Kargil The day marks the victory of India over Pakistan in the
Vijay Diwas war fought from 3rd May to 26th July 1999 in Kargil,
Jammu & Kashmir.
July 26, 2021 International Day for the The day aims to create awareness on the importance of
Conservation of the the mangroves in preserving ecosystems and
Mangrove Ecosystem
July 27, 2021 83rd Central Reserve Police The day recognises the valour and professionalism of
Force Raising Day the CRPF and recognises their contribution to securing
the internal security of India and maintaining peace.
July 28, 2021 World Nature Conservation To highlight the importance of nature and the
Day environment. The day also creates awareness about the
significant role of nature conservation in protecting the
Earth.
July 28, 2021 World Hepatitis Day Theme: “Hepatitis can’t wait”.
July 29, 2021 International Tiger Day To spread awareness about the decreasing population
of tigers and the importance of Tiger conservation and
their natural habitats.
July 29, 2021 Earth Overshoot Day(EOD) The day on which humanity’s demand for ecological
resources and services in the year exceeds the
regeneration capacity of Earth in that year.
July 30, 2021 World Day Against Theme: Victims’ Voices Lead the Way
Trafficking in Persons
July 30,2021 United Nations(UN)’s It is annually observed across the globe on 30th July to
International Day of highlight the role of Friendship between people,
Friendship countries, cultures and individuals towards peace
efforts.
India celebrated Friendship Day on the first Sunday of
the month of August.
July 31,2021 World Ranger Day The theme of World Ranger Day 2021 is “Ranger
Safetyand Wellbeing”.
Aim – The aims to to commemorate the Rangers who
are injured or killed in the line of their duty. The day
also recognises the contribution of rangers across the
globe in protecting the natural and cultural heritage.
JUNE 2021
June 1, 2021 Global Day of Parents Theme: Appreciate all parents throughout the world
June 1, 2021 World Milk Day The theme of World Milk Day 2021 will focus on
Sustainability in the dairy sector with messages around
the environment, nutrition, and socio-economics.
June 2, 2021 International Sex Workers To honours and recognises the exploited working
Day conditions of sex workers.
June 3, 2021 World Bicycle Day Theme: Uniqueness, versatility, and longevity of
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June 4, 2021 International Day of To highlight the pain suffered by children across
Innocent Children Victims the world who are the victims of physical, mental, and
of Aggression emotional abuse.
June 5, 2021 World day Against To remind people that speciesism, like racism or
Speciesism sexism, has no place in a civilized society.
June 5, 2021 World Environment Day World Environment Day 2021 is focused on ecosystem
restoration and its theme is “Reimagine.
Recreate.Restore.”
June 6, 2021 24th BIMSTEC (Bay of BIMSTEC member countries are Bangladesh, Bhutan,
Bengal Initiative for Multi- India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Thailand.
Sectoral Technical and BIMSTEC has contributed to peace, stability and
Economic Cooperation) Day prosperity co-operation in the past 24 years.
June 7,2021 World Food Safety Day Theme: Safe food today for a healthy tomorrow.
June 8,2021 World Oceans Day Theme: The Ocean: Life and Livelihoods.
June 9,2021 World Accreditation Theme: Accreditation: Supporting the Implementation
Day(WAD) of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
June 10,2021 International Level Theme: Distraction with the motto, “Distraction kills!”.
Crossing Awareness
Day(ILCAD)
June 12,2021 World Day Against Child Theme: Act now: end child labour
Labour UN declared 2021 as the International Year for the
Elimination of Child Labour.
June 13,2021 International Albinism Theme: Strength Beyond All Odds
Awareness Day(IAAD)
June 14,2021 World Blood Donor Day Theme :Give blood and keep the world beating
The World Blood Donor Day 2021 is hosted by Italy
June 15,2021 Global Wind Day To create awareness on the importance of Wind Energy
and its contribution to the energy system.
June 15,2021 World Elder Abuse Theme: Access to Justice
Awareness Day
June 15,2021 ASEAN Dengue Day Theme: ASEAN Unite Against Dengue Amidst the
Pandemic
June 16,2021 International Day of Family To recognise more than 200 million migrant workers
Remittances(IDFR) across the globe who provide financial support to
around 800 million family members
June 17,2021 World Day to Combat Theme: Restoration.Land.Recovery: We build back
Desertification and Drought better with healthy land
June 18,2021 Sustainable Gastronomy To acknowledge gastronomy as a cultural expression
Day related to the natural and cultural diversity of the world.
June 18,2021 Autistic Pride Day To create awareness about Autism and to provide
space for people with autism to celebrate their
neurodiversity and difference.
June 19,2021 International Day for the To create awareness about the needs to end the conflict-
Elimination of Sexual related sexual violence, to honour the victims and
Violence in Conflict survivors of sexual violence around the world.
June 19,2021 World Sickle Cell Day To raise awareness about the sickle cell disorders,
June 20,2021 World Refugee Day Theme: Together we heal, learn and shine
June 21,2021 International Day of the To create awareness about solstices and equinoxes
Celebration of the Solstice
June 21,2021 World Hydrography Day Theme: One Hundred Years Of International
Cooperation In Hydrography
June 21,2021 International Day of Yoga Theme:Yoga for well-being
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in collaboration with the World Health Organization
(WHO).
For the 1st time, India Post issued a special pictorial
cancellation stamp to mark the 7th International Day of
Yoga.
June 23,2021 International Widows’ Day To create awareness about the experiences of the
widows and to provide the support they need.
June 23,2021 International Olympic Day IOC has Launched the #StrongerTogether, a global
campaign to celebrate the Olympic Heroes and
highlight the message of hope and solidarity on
Olympic Day.
June 23,2021 United Nations Public Theme : Innovating the Future Public Service: New
Service Day Government Models for a New Era to Reach the
SDGs(Sustainable Development Goals)
June 25,2021 Day of the Seafarer To create awareness and educate the public about the
danger faced by seafarers during sea travel.
June 26,2021 International Day in To create awareness about the sufferings of the victims
Support of Victims of of torture
Torture
June 26,2021 International Day Against Theme: Share Facts On Drugs, Save Lives
Drug Abuse and Illicit The 2021 World Drug Report was lunched ahead of the
Trafficking International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit
Trafficking, observed on June 26, 2021
June 27,2021 Micro-, Small and Medium- Theme: MSME 2021: Key to an inclusive and
sized Enterprises sustainable recovery.
Day (MSME Day)
June 28,2021 National Insurance To create awareness about the importance of
Awareness Day insurance and to encourage people to review their
insurance policies.
June 29,2021 International Day of the To celebrate the diversity of the tropical region and to
Tropics highlight the challenges and opportunities faced by the
nations of the tropic.
June 29,2021 National Statistics Day Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)-2: End Hunger,
Achieve Food Security and Improved Nutrition and
Promote Sustainable Agriculture
June 30,2021 International Asteroid to create awareness and engage and educate the
Day or Asteroid Day general public about the asteroid’s opportunities
June 30,2021 International Day of To recognise the importance of parliaments in
Parliamentarism national plans and strategies
MAY 2021
May 2,2021 World Tuna Day The day aims to create awareness about the
importance of Tuna and to promote sustainable fishing
practices.
May 2,2021 World Laughter Day The day is celebrated to raise awareness about laughter
and its many healing benefits.
May 3,2021 World Press Freedom Day The theme of World Press Freedom Day 2021 is
“Information as a Public Good”.
May 4.2021 Coal Miners Day It aims torecognise the hard work of the professionals
and the Miners working in the coalfields.
May 5,2021 International Day of the It aims to is annually celebrated across the globe on 5th
Midwife (IDM) May to recognise and celebrate the work of midwives
across the world.The theme of the IDM 2021 is “Follow
the data: Invest in Midwives”.
May 5,2021 World Portuguese It is annually observed across the globe on 5th May to
Language Day celebrate the Portuguese language and Lusophone
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May 8,2021 World Red Cross and Red It aims to celebrate and acknowledge the volunteers,
Crescent Day members and staff who support the people in need.The
theme of the World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day
2021 is ‘Together we are #unstoppable!’.
May 8,2021 World Thalassemia Day The day is celebrated to encourage the patients
suffering from Thalassemia, to raise awareness
amongst the general public and decision-makers about
thalassaemia.
Theme :“Addressing Health Inequalities Across the
Global Thalassemia Community”.
May 8,2021 World Migratory Bird Day It is bi-annually observed across the world on the 2nd
(WMBD) Saturday in May and in October. The day aims to create
awareness about the importance of the conservation of
migratory birds and their habitats.
May 8-9, 2021 Time of Remembrance and This day is aims to create to awareness about the
Reconciliation for Those misfortune of war and to pay tribute to all the victims
Who Lost Their Lives of World War II(WWII).2021 marks the 76th
during the Second World anniversary of the end of World War II.
War 2021 – May 8-9
May 10, 2021 1st International Day of It aims to recognise the importance of the Argan tree in
Argania achieving the 3 dimensions (Economic, Social and
Environmental) of sustainable development at the local
level.Starting from 2021 the International Day of
Argania will be observed annually across the globe on
10th May.
May 11, 2021 National Technology Day It aims to celebrate India’s major advancement in the
field of Science and Technology.
The theme of National Technology Day 2021 is “Science
and Technology for a Sustainable Future”.
May 12, 2021 International Nurses Day It celebrated across the globe on May 12 to highlight
(IND) the importance of nurses in healthcare and to
appreciate their work towards healthcare.The theme of
IND 2021 is Nurses: A Voice to Lead – A vision for
future healthcare.
May 15, 2021 International Day of It aims to promote the awareness of the issues related
Families to families and to educate the social, economic and
demographic processes affecting families.
The theme of 2021 is “Families and New Technologies”.
May 16, 2021 International Day of Living The day aims to celebrate the role of lights in science,
Together in Peace 2021 culture and art, education and sustainable
development, medicine, communications, and energy.
May 16, 2021 International Day of The day aims to promote peace, tolerance, inclusion,
Light(IDL) understanding and solidarity.and to support the desire
to live and act together, united in differences and
diversity, to build a sustainable world of peace,
solidarity and harmony.
May 16, 2021 National Dengue Day The day aims to create awareness about measures on
dengue prevention and to control the spread of the
vector-borne disease and to reaffirm nationwide efforts
to tackle the scourge by using both education and
medical intervention.
May 16, 2021 World Agri-Tourism Day The day aims to educate the tourists on how
agricultural activities are done in farms.The theme of
the conference is – “Rural Women Sustainable
Entrepreneurship Opportunities through Agri”
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(UNGRSW) the World Health Organisation (WHO).The day aims to
create awareness of road safety and make changes that
will reduce the number of road deaths.
The theme of UN Global Road Safety Week 2021 is
“Streets for Life #Love30”
May 17, 2021 World Telecommunication The day is to help raise awareness of the possibilities
and Information Society that the use of the Internet and other information and
Day (WTISD) communication technologies (ICT) can bring to
societies and economies, as well as of ways to bridge
the digital divide.
The theme of 2021 : Accelerating digital
transformation in challenging times.
May 17, 2021 World Hypertension Day The day aims to raise awareness about the symptoms
of hypertension to prevent and control it.The theme for
2021: ‘Measure Your Blood Pressure Accurately,
Control It, Live Longer’
May 18, 2021 World AIDS Vaccine Day Aims to to create awareness about the requirement of
HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) vaccines to
prevent HIV infection and AIDS.
May 18, 2021 International Museum Day Aims to create awareness on the importance of
2021 museums towards the development of society.
The theme of 2021 is “The Future of Museums:
Recover and Reimagine”.
May 20, 2021 World Bee Day Aims to create awareness on the importance of bees
and other pollinators and the threats faced by them and
highlights their contribution towards sustainable
development.
May 20, 2021 World Metrology Day Aims to celebrate the International system of Unit.
(WMD) The theme of 2021 is “Measurement for Health”.
May 21, 2021 Anti Terrorism Day The day aims to wean away youth from terrorism and
to highlight the suffering of the common public and its
effect on the national interest.The day also marks the
death anniversary of former prime minister Rajiv
Gandhi.
May 22, 2021 International Day for The day aims to create awareness of biodiversity issues
Biological Diversity and provide a better understanding of the importance
of biodiversity as a global asset of high value to the
future generation.
The theme 2021 is “We’re part of the solution”.
May 23, 2021 World Turtle Day The day aims to support the people to celebrate and
protect the tortoise and turtles and their habitats
across the globe.Thetheme of 2021 is “Turtle Rocks!”
May 25, 2021 World Thyroid Day The day aims to create awareness about the
importance of Thyroid and educate about the
prevention and treatment of Thyroid diseases.
May 25, 2021 International Missing The day aims to create awareness about the issues of
Children’s Day(IMCD) child abduction and educate the parents about the
measures to protect and safeguard their children.
‘Forget me not flower’ is the official emblem of the
International Missing Children’s Day.
May 25 to 31, 2021 International Week of The week was first observed in 2000.
Solidarity with the Peoples
of Non-Self-Governing
Territories
May 28,2021 International Day of Action The day aims to to create awareness about the sexual
for Women’s Health or and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) movement
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Women’s Health 2021 campaign is “Women’s Health
Matters: Ending the Inequality Pandemic and Ensuring
SRHR remains essential!”.
May 28,2021 World Hunger Day The day aims to create awareness about the 815 million
people across the globe who are living in chronic
hunger.
The theme of World Hunger Day 2021 is “Access Ends
Hunger”.
May 29,2021 International Day of UN The aims to pay tribute to the uniformed and civilian
Peacekeepers personnel contribution towards the UN and to honour
the peacekeepers who lost their lives in the line of
service to the UN since 1948.
The theme of the International Day of UN Peacekeepers
2021 is “The road to a lasting peace: Leveraging the
power of youth for peace and security.”
May 29,2021 World Digestive Health The day focuses on the digestive disease with an aim to
Day(WDHD) increase general public awareness of prevention,
prevalence, diagnosis, management and treatment of
the disease.
The theme of World Digestive Health Day 2021 is
“Obesity: An Ongoing Pandemic”.
May 29,2021 International Everest Day The day aims to mark the first summit of Mount
Everest by Sir Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and
Tenzing Norgay Sherpa of Nepal on 29th May 1953.
APRIL 2021
April 2,2021 World Autism Awareness To highlight the needs to improve the quality of the life
Day of the people living with autism.
The World Autism Awareness Day was first observed
on 2nd April 2008.
April 2,2021 International Children’s To mark the birth anniversary of Danish Author Hans
Book Day(ICBD) Christian Andersen, famous for his fairy tales for
children.
Theme of ICBD 2021 is “The Music of words”
April 4,2021 International Day for Mine to provide support to the mine action work, raise
Awareness and Assistance awareness about landmines and work toward its
in Mine Action 2021 eradication.2021 highlights the importance
of“Perseverance, Partnership, and Progress” in the
mine sector.
April 5,2021 National Maritime Day to create awareness about intercontinental commerce
and the economy. 2021 marks the celebration of the
58th Edition of the National Maritime Day.
Theme of 2021 is ‘Sustainable Shipping beyond
COVID-19’.
April 5,2021 International Day of to promote peace and love throughout the globe in
Conscience accordance with the culture and customs of local,
national and regional communities through education
and awareness-raising activities.
April 6,2021 International Day of Sport To recognise the role of sports in communities and in
for Development and Peace individuals towards building resilience.
2021 The theme of 2021 is focused on – recovery from the
pandemic
April 7,2021 World Health Day To draw attention towards a specific health topic that
concerns people across the globe to highlight the
priority area of concern for the World Health
Organisation(WHO).
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World”.
April 7,2021 International Day Of To recognise the importance of combating impunity for
Reflection On The 1994 all violations that constitute the crime of genocide.7th
Genocide Against The Tutsi April 2021 marks the27th anniversary of the start of
In Rwanda 2021 the genocide.
April 8,2021 International Romani Day to celebrate the culture and heritage of Romani and to
or International Roma Day raise awareness of the issues facing Roma people.
April 11,2021 World Parkinson’s Day to create awareness and raise the funds to support the
people living with Parkinson’s disease.
April 12,2021 International Day of Human to promote the aspirations to explore and maintain
Space Flight outer space for peaceful purposes.The day is
commemorated to remember the first human space
flight on 12th April 1961.
April 12,2021 International Day for Street to acknowledge the strength and resilience of the street
Children children across the globe.
The 2021 theme of the campaign is “Access to
Essential Services”.
April 13,2021 102nd anniversary of the 3th April 2021 marks the 102nd anniversary of the
Jallianwala Bagh Massacre Jallianwala Bagh Massacre, which took place on 13th
April 1919 in a public garden (Jallianwala Bagh) in
Amritsar, Punjab.
April 14,2021 National Fire Service Day to commemorate the commitment and sacrifices of the
71 fire service personnels who died in the fire accident
at freighter SS Fort Stikine at the Victoria Dock,
Bombay Port on 14th April 1944.
The theme of National Fire Service Day 2021 is
“Maintenance of Fire Safety Equipment Is Key To
Mitigate Fire Hazards”.
April 14,2021 World Chagas Disease Day to raise awareness about Chagas disease, a life-
threatening illness caused by the protozoan parasite
Trypanosoma cruzi (T. cruzi).
April 15,2021 World Art Day International Association of Art (IAA/AIAP) a Non-
Governmental Organisation (NGO), a partner of
UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization) celebrated the World Art Day on
15th April annually.
April 16,2021 World Voice Day to celebrate the phenomenon of voice and to encourage
the people across the globe to seek help to train their
voices.
Theme of 2021&campaign is “One World Many
Voices”.
April 17,2021 World Hemophilia Day to create awareness about Hemophilia and other
bleeding disorders.
Theme of 2021 is “Adapting to change: sustaining care
in a new world”.
April 18, 2021 International Day for to preserve human heritage which has ancient
Monuments and Sites importance and to recognise the endeavours of the
organisations which are working for it. In many
countries the day is celebrated as – World Heritage
Day.
Theme of 2021 is ‘Complex Pasts: Diverse Futures’.
April 19, 2021 World Liver Day to create awareness about the importance of liver and
liver related diseases. The day aims to inform the
general public about liver infections and to provide
timely treatment for the preventable illness.
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April 21,2021 National Civil Services Day to acknowledge and appreciate the contribution of the
civil servants towards ensuring the seamless
functioning of the public administration.
April 22,2021 Earth Day or International to create awareness about the deteriorating
Mother Earth Day 2021 environment,to protect the people’s livelihood and to
stop the biodiversity decline.
The theme of the Earth Day 2021 is “Restore Our
Earth”.
April 24 to 31,2021 World Immunization Week Annually across the globe in the last week of April to
promote the use of vaccines to protect people against
diseases.
The theme of World Immunization Week 2021is
“Vaccines bring us closer”.
April 24,2021 International Day for to promote the 3 pillars of the United Nations – Peace
Multilateralism and and Security; Development; and Human Rights.
Diplomacy for Peace 2021
April 24,2021 World Day for Laboratory The day is observed as a movement to end the suffering
Animals of the animals in laboratories across the globe and
replace animal testing with advanced scientific non-
animal techniques.
April 24,2021 World Veterinary Day Annually observed across the globe on the last
Saturday of April to promote animal health and welfare
and to provide global leadership to veterinary
professionals across the globe.
The theme of World Veterinary Day 2021 is “The
Veterinarian Response to the Covid-19 Crisis”.
April 25,2021 World Malaria Day The day aims to educate and provide a better
understanding of Malaria, a preventable and curable
disease.
The theme of World Malaria Day 2021 is “Reaching the
zero malaria target”.
As a part of the World Malaria Day 2021, Dr Harsh
Vardhan, Union Minister of Health and Family
Welfare(MoHFW) virtually chaired the “Reaching Zero”
Forum on malaria elimination.
April 25,2021 World Penguin Day It is annually observed across the globe on 25th April to
create awareness about the challenges faced by the
Penguins due to the overfishing in their ecosystem.
April 26,2021 International Chernobyl To mark the anniversary of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear
Disaster Remembrance Day power plant disaster.
ii.The day aims to create awareness about the
consequences of the Chernobyl disaster and the risks of
nuclear energy.
MARCH 2021
March 1,2021 Zero Discrimination Day to highlight the needs to take actions to end the
inequalities based on income, sex, age, health status,
occupation, disability, sexual orientation, drug use,
gender identity race, class, ethnicity and religion.A
butterfly” which is recognised as the sign of
transformation is the symbol of Zero Discrimination.
March 1,2021 World Civil Defence Day to honour and signify the importance of civil protection.
Theme of 2021- “Strong Civil Protection To Preserve
The National Economy”.
March 1,2021 Civil Accounts Day Annually observed by the Indian Civil Accounts
Service(ICAS)on 1st March since the inception of ICAS
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and to create awareness about conservation of wildlife.
Theme of 2021- “Forests and Livelihoods: Sustaining
People and Planet”.
March 3,2021 World Hearing Day to raise awareness on how to prevent deafness and
hearing loss.
Theme of 2021-“Hearing care for ALL! Screen.
Rehabilitate. Communicate”.
March 4,2021 National Safety Day to create awareness about the safety and hygienic
measures
Theme of 2021- “Learn from Disaster and Prepare for
a Safer Future”.
March 4,2021 National Security Day also known as the Rashtriya Suraksha Diwas to
acknowledge and appreciate the works of the security
forces of the country.
March 10,2021 Central Industrial Security to commemorate the service and commitment of the
Force (CISF) Raising Day personnels of CISF towards protecting the major
installations and integrity of the nation.The 10th March
2021 marks the CISF’s 52nd Raising Day.
March 10,2021 National Gestational to create nationwide awareness about the connection
Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) between maternal health and diabetes.
Awareness Day
March 11,2021 World Kidney Day Observed across the globe on the 2nd Thursday of
March.The theme of World kidney Day 2021 is “Kidney
Health for Everyone Everywhere – Living Well with
Kidney Disease”.
March 15,2021 World Consumer Rights The theme of World Consumer Rights Day 2021 is
Day “Tackling Plastic Pollution”.The world Consumer Rights
day is coordinated by Consumers
International.Celebrated to highlight the power of
consumers and their rights for a fair, safe and
sustainable marketplace for everyone.
March 18,2021 Global Recycling Day to promote the importance of recycling across the
globe.
Theme of 2021 is “Recycling Heroes”.
March 18,2021 National Ordnance Factory to mark the foundation of the first Ordnance Factory at
Day Cossipore near Kolkata in 1801.The day is celebrated
by the Indian Ordnance Factories, under the Ministry of
Defence.
March 19,2021 World Sleep Day is annually observed on the Friday before the Spring
Vernal Equinox. The day is aimed to celebrate sleep and
create awareness about the importance of sleep.
The Slogan or theme of the 14th World Sleep Day is
“Regular Sleep, Healthy Future”.
March 20,2021 International Day of Theme of 2021 is “Keep Calm. Stay Wise. Be Kind”.
Happiness
March 20,2021 World Oral Health Day Theme of 2021 is “Be Proud of your Mouth” and this
theme will be followed in 2022 and 2023.
March 20,2021 World Sparrow Day Theme of 2021 is “I Love Sparrows”.
March 20,2021 World Frog Day is annually observed across the globe on 20th March to
create awareness and save the different species of
tailless amphibians from being extinct.
March 20,2021 French Language Day Theme of 2021 is “Francophone Women, Resilient
Women”.
March 21,2021 International day of Forests Theme of 2021 is “Forest restoration: a path to
recovery and well-being”.
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March 21,2021 World Poetry Day to recognize the poetry movements nationally as well
as internationally.
March 21,2021 World Puppetry Day to promote the puppetry arts,launched by UNIMA, a
non-governmental organisation affiliated with UNESCO,
in 2003.
March 21,2021 World Down Syndrome Day #LotsOfSocks campaign – An online campaign was
conducted.As an observance to the 3rd chromosome
21, the date 21/3 (21st March) is chosen as “World
Down Syndrome day”.
March 21,2021 International Day for the Theme of 2021 is “Youth standing up against racism”.
elimination of Racial
Discrimination
March 22,2021 World Water Day Theme of 2021 is “Valuing water”.
In India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the
“Jal Shakti Abhiyan: Catch the Rain” campaign over a
virtual platform
March 23,2021 World Meteorological Day Theme of 2021 is “The ocean, our climate and
weather”.
March 23,2021 Shaheed Diwas or Martyr’s to honour the 3 young freedom fighters- Bhagat Singh,
day Sukhdev Thapar, and Shivaram Rajguru.
30th January, the death anniversary of Mahatma
Gandhi is also observed as Martyr’s day.
March 24,2021 World Tuberculosis Day Theme of 2021– ‘The Clock is Ticking’
March 24,2021 International Day for the observed across the globe on 24th March to pay tribute
Right to the Truth to the memory of Monsignor Óscar Arnulfo Romero,
Concerning Gross Human who was murdered on 24th March 1980.
Rights Violations and for
the Dignity of Victims
March 25,2021 International Day of Theme of 2021 is “Ending Slavery’s Legacy of Racism:
Remembrance of the A Global Imperative for Justice”.
Victims of Slavery and the
Transatlantic Slave Trade
March 31,2021 World Backup Day 2021 The day aims to create awareness about the
importance of the role of data and regular backups.
FEBRUARY 2021
February 1,2021 Indian Coast Guard Day 1st February 2021 marks the 45th Raising day of the
Indian Coast Guard
February 2,2021 World Wetlands Day 2nd February 2021 marks the 25th World Wetlands
Day.
The theme of World Wetlands Day 2021 is “Wetlands
and Water”.
February 4,2021 World Cancer Day to create awareness and educate the general public
about the stigma around cancer and to reduce the
preventable deaths.
The theme of the World Cancer Day for 2019 to 2021 is
“I Am and I Will”.
The theme of World Cancer Day 2021 is “I Am and I
Will: “Together, all our actions matter”.
February 4,2021 First International Day of to raise awareness about different cultures and
Human Fraternity religions or beliefs and to promote cultural and
religious tolerance, understanding.The theme of the
International Day of Human Fraternity 2021 is “A
Pathway to the Future”.
February 6,2021 International Day of Zero to heighten the efforts towards eliminating the process
Tolerance for Female of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM).
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Inaction, Unite, Fund, and Act to End Female Genital
Mutilation”.
February 8,2021 International Epilepsy Day International Epilepsy Day is annually observed across
2021 the globe on the second Monday of February to create
awareness about epilepsy and its treatment.The theme
of the International Epilepsy Day 2021 is “Epilepsy is
more than seizures”.
February 9,2021 Safer Internet Day 2021 Safer Internet Day 2021 observed on 9th February
2021 marks the 18th edition of Safer Internet Day and
it is annually observed across the globe on the 2nd day
of the 2nd week (i.e. 2nd Tuesday) of February to
create awareness about the emerging new online issues
and current issues.The theme of the 2021 Safer
Internet Day is “Together for a better internet”.
February 10,2021 World Pulses Day to celebrate the contribution of the pulses to the
sustainable food system, healthy growth and
environmental benefits.
February 10,2021 National Deworming Day National Deworming Day (NDD) is a biannual event
celebrated across India to create awareness about
worm infection and to eradicate the intestinal worms
which is also known as soil Transmitted
Helminths(STH) in children aged 1 to 19.
February 11,2021 International Day of The theme of 2021 International Day of Women and
Women and Girls in Science Girls in Science is “Women Scientists at the forefront of
the fight against COVID-19”. The day aims to address
the gender gap in the field of science, technology,
engineering and mathematics(STEM) at all levels
across the globe.
February 11,2021 World Unani Day observed across the globe on 11th February to create
and spread awareness about health care delivery
through the Unani system of medicine. The day marks
the birth anniversary of Hakim Ajmal Khan, a great
Unani scholar and social reformer.
February 13,2021 World Radio Day(WRD) 2021 marks the 10th edition of World Radio Day(WRD)
and more than 110 year of radio.The theme of the
world radio day 2021 is “New World, New Radio.”The
UNESCO marks World Radio Day 2021 with 3 sub
themes: Evolution, Innovation, Connection.
February 13,2021 National Women’s Day celebrated across India on 13th February to honour
Sarojini Naidu, the “nightingale of India”, on her birth
anniversary.
February 15,2021 International Childhood The year 2021 marks the 20th Commemoration of the
Cancer Day International Childhood Cancer Day (ICCD) since it was
created in 2002 by Childhood Cancer International
(CCI).
February 20,2021 World Day of Social Justice to promote and ensure Social justice in letter and spirit
in the world where the social inequality persists.The
theme of the 2021 World Day of Social Justice is “A Call
for Social Justice in the Digital Economy”
February 21,2021 International Mother Observed across the globe on 21st February to promote
Language Day linguistic and cultural diversity and multilingualism.
The theme of the 2021 International Mother Language
Day is “Fostering multilingualism for inclusion in
education and society”.
February 27.,2021 World NGO (Non- to create awareness about the importance of social
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volunteers, members and supporters who are working
towards the betterment of the society.
February 27.,2021 National Protein Day to create and raise awareness about the importance
and health benefits of Protein.
Theme of 2021 is ‘Powering with Plant Protein’
February 28.,2021 National Science day Annually observed across India on 28th February to
commemorate the discovery of ‘Raman Effect’ by
Indian Physicist Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata
Raman(CV Raman).
Themeof 2021 - “Future of Science and Technology
and Innovation (STI): Impact on Education, Skills and
Work”.
JANUARY 2021
January 4,2021 World Braille Day to promote and create awareness about the importance
of Braille as a means of communication in the complete
realization of the human rights of the visually impaired
and partially sighted people and to mark the
remembrance of Louis Braille
January 6, 2021 World Day of War Orphans To raise awareness about the difficult situation of the
children who have been orphaned due to war and the
need to care for these children who live in traumatic
conditions in war-torn areas.
January 9 2021 PravasiBharatiya Divas to strengthen the participation of the overseas Indian
(PBD) 2021, & PBD community with the government of India and
Convention 2021 virtually reconnect them with their roots.Theme of the 16th PBD
in New Delhi, Convention 2021– “Contributing to Aatmanirbhar
Bharat”.
January 10, 2021 World Hindi Day(Vishwa to promote Hindi language worldwide and to present
Hindi Divas) Hindi as an international language. The then Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh declared January 10 as
World Hindi Day in 2006.
January 12, 2021 National Youth to recognise and honour the teachings of Swami
Day(YuvaDiwas) Vivekananda.Thisyear(2021) marks the 158th birth
anniversary of Swami Vivekananda.
January 15, 2021 Indian Army Day 15th January 2021 marks the celebration of the 73rd
Army Day by the Indian Armytohonour the
contribution and sacrifices of the Indian Soldiers who
lost their lives in the line of duty towards the nation.
January 18, 2021 to National Road Safety Month Theme – “Sadak Suraksha- Jeevan Raksha”.
February 17 2021 Ministry of Road Transport and Highway(MoRTH)
observes the first National Road Safety Month from
18th January 2021 to 17th February 2021, instead of
the 32nd National Road Safety Week, to create and
spread awareness about road safety and its importance
in reducing the road accidents in India.
January 19.2021 National Disaster Response 2021 marks the celebration of 16th NDRF Raising Day.
Force (NDRF)
January 23 2021 First ParakramDiwas or The day honours and remembers the contributions of
National Courage Day Netaji towards the nation.Ministry of Culture and
Tourism published the gazette notification to annually
observe the 23rd January as ParakramDiwas starting
from 2021.
January 24,2021 International Day of to celebrate the role of education for peace and
Education development and theme of the 3rd International day of
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January 24,2021 13th National Girl Child to raise awareness about the rights of the girl child and
Day importance of their education, health and nutrition. The
year 2021 marks 13th National Girl Child Day.
January 21 to 26, 2021 National Girl Child Week --
January 25 ,2021 11th National Voters Day to spread awareness among the voters and to promote
informed participation in the electoral process.The
theme of the National Voters Day 2021 is “Making Our
Voters Empowered, Vigilant, Safe and Informed”.
January 25 ,2021 National Tourism Day to encourage tourism in India and to highlight the role
of tourism in the economic development of the nation.
The theme of National Tourism Day 2021 is “Dekho
Apna Desh”.
January 26,2021 72nd Republic Day On January 26, 2021 India celebrated its 72nd Republic
Day. On this date, in 1950 the Constitution of India
came into effect by replacing the Government of India
Act (1935).This is the 1st time in 55 years that the
Republic Day Celebrations took place without a Chief
Guest.
January 26,2021 International Customs to recognise the contributions and roles of the customs
Day(ICD) officials and agencies in maintaining border
security.The theme of the 2021 ICD is “Customs
bolstering Recovery, Renewal and Resilience for a
sustainable supply chain”
January 27,2021 International Day of to commemorate the victims of the Tragedy of
Commemoration in Holocaust during the World War II. The date marks the
memory of the victims of anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi Concentration
the Holocaust and Extermination Camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau by
Soviet troops on 27 January 1945.The theme of 2021
International Holocaust Remembrance Day is “Facing
the Aftermath: Recovery and Reconstitution after the
Holocaust”.
January 30,2021 2nd World Neglected is annually observed across the globe on 30th January
Tropical Diseases Day to highlight the global commitment to eliminate
Neglected Tropical Diseases that has affected the most
marginalized communities of the World.
January 30,2021 73rd Martyrs’ Day or to pay respect to the martyrs who lost their lives during
Shaheed Diwas” India’s freedom struggle. The day also to mark the
death anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.
January 31,2021 World Leprosy Day is annually observed across the globe on the last
Sunday of January to create awareness about leprosy,
also known as Hansen’s Disease.World Leprosy Day
2021 falls on 31st January 2021.
iii.The theme of the 2021 World Leprosy day is “Beat
Leprosy, End Stigma and Advocate. Annually, India
celebrates the World Leprosy day on 30th January, the
death anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi
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