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Index
No. of Chapter Topic Name
Appointment (National, International)
Awards (National, International)
Government Scheme/ campaign
Summit/ Conference
Partnership/ Agreement
Ranking Index
Mergers and Acquisitions
Loan
App/Website/Portal
Important MoU
GDP Forecasting
Current Affairs (National) In Short
Current Affairs (International)
Banking & Financial
Committee
Defence News
Sports News
Book and Author
Important Day
Science
Obituary
Jobs
Chapter 1: Appointment (National, International)

(National)
Organization Person
Chairperson of the National Company Law Appellate Ashok Bhushan
Tribunal (NCLAT) (Update 1 Nov)
Ramalingam Sudhakar
President of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT)
(Update 1 Nov)
Director General of Federation of Indian Chambers of Arun Chawla

Commerce & Industry (FICCI) (Update 2 Nov)
Rahul Dravid
Head coach of Indian men’s cricket team by the BCCI
(Update 6 Nov)
Zubeen Garg
Bandhan Bank’s brand ambassador for Assam
(Update 8 Nov)
Vice Admiral R Hari Kumar

Chief of Naval Staff
(Update 10 Nov)
Amitabh Bachchan
Amway India’s Brand Ambassador
(Update 10 Nov)
Mohammed Siraj
My11Circle Brand Ambassador
(Update 11 Nov)
Satya Narayan Pradhan

Director-General of Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB)
(Update 12 Nov)
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Standard Chartered Rajeev Srivastava

Securities for India (SCSI) operations (Update 12 Nov)
Ambassador of ICICI Prudential’s new digital campaign Lovlina Borgohain

‘Agar taiyaari sahi ho, toh jeet pakki hai’ (Update 14 Nov)
Secretary-General (SG) of Rajya Sabha P.C. Mody
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(Update 14 Nov)
VVS Laxman
National Cricket Academy (NCA) head
(Update 15 Nov)
Director General of the Central Industrial Security Force Sheel Vardhan Singh
(CISF) (Update 16 Nov)
Rahul Dravid
Brand ambassador of kids’ footwear brand Plaeto
(Update 16 Nov)
MC Mary Kom
Brand ambassador of TRIFED Aadi Mahotsav
(Update 18 Nov)
Salman Khan
COVID vaccination ambassador of Maharashtra
(Update 19 Nov)
S K Mishra
Director of Enforcement Directorate (ED) (Tenure extended by 1-year)
(Update 19 Nov)
Justice M Duraiswamy
Acting Chief Justice of the Madras HC
(Update 19 Nov)
Sanjib Banerjee
Chief Justice of Meghalaya HC
(Update 19 Nov)
Munishwar Nath Bhandari

Senior-most judge of the Madras HC
(Update 19 Nov)
Brand ambassador for Century LED’s Magik range of LED Sourav Ganguly
products (Update 26 Nov)
Independent non-executive Director on the Board of Rajnish Kumar

Hero MotoCorp (Update 28 Nov)
Chairman of Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Vivek Johri

Customs (CBIC) (Update 29 Nov)
First woman president of Indian Mountaineering Harshwanti Bisht

Foundation
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(Update 29 Nov)
(International)
Organization / Country Person
C S Venkatakrishnan
CEO of Barclays
(Update 6 Nov)
Re-elected as President of International Gymnastics Morinari Watanabe

Federation
(Update 9 Nov)
Fumio Kishida
(Update 11 Nov)
About Japan:
Re-elected as Prime Minister of Japan
• Capital: Tokyo
• Currency: Japanese Yen
• Emperor: Naruhito
Goodwill Ambassador of UN-World Food Daniel Brühl

Programme
(Update 12 Nov)
José Daniel Ortega Saavedra
(Update 13 Nov)
President of Nicaragua About Nicaragua:

• Capital: Managua
• Currency: Nicaraguan córdoba
Elected to the International Law Commission for a Bimal Patel

five-year term
(Update 13 Nov)
Shombi Sharp
UN Resident Coordinator in India
(Update 17 Nov)
Sourav Ganguly
Chairman of ICC Men’s Cricket Committee
(Update 18 Nov)
Chairman of ICC Women's Cricket Committee Johnny Grave
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(Update 18 Nov)
Permanent CEO of International Cricket Council Geoff Allardice
(ICC)
(Update 22 Nov)
Abdalla Hamdok
(Update 23 Nov)
Reappointed as Sudan’s Prime Minister About Sudan:
• Capital: Khartoum
• Currency: Sudanese Pound
Nicolae Ciuca
(Update 24 Nov)
New Prime Minister of Romania About Romania:
• Capital: Bucharest
• Currency: Romanian leu
• President: Klaus Iohannis
Sheikh Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah
(Update 27 Nov)
Prime Minister of Kuwait About Kuwait:
• Capital: Kuwait City

• Currency: Dinar
Delegate for Asia on the executive committee of Praveen Sinha

the INTERPOL
(Update 28 Nov)
President of International Criminal Police UAE’s Ahmed Naser Al-Raisi
Organization (INTERPOL)
(Update 28 Nov)
Petr Fiala
(Update 30 Nov)
Prime Minister of Czech Republic About Czech Republic:
• Capital: Prague
• Currency: Czech koruna
• President: Milos Zeman
CEO of Twitter Parag Agrawal
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(Update 30 Nov)
Chapter 2: Awards (National, International)

(National)
Award Person/Organization Purpose/ Field
Kannada actor Puneeth Rajkumar will be posthumously

conferred the Basavashree award 2021 by the Bruhanmutt.
Basavashree
Puneeth Rajkumar The award honours people for services to society in their
Award 2021
respective fields by following the principles of Lord
Basaveshwar. The award includes Rs 5 lakh cash and a
memento.
In continuation of a tradition that started in 1950, Nepal
‘General of Indian Nepal Army Chief Army Chief Gen Prabhu Ram Sharma was conferred with
Army’ rank Prabhu Ram Sharma the honorary rank of ‘General of the Indian Army’ by
President Ram Nath Kovind.
received under the ‘Regional Rural Banks’ (RRBs) category

ASSOCHAM
Karnataka Vikas by Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of
award for Best
Grameena Bank India (ASSOCHAM).
Digital Financial
(KVGB) Around 40 villages in Karnataka are converted into 100%
Services
digital villages by the KVGB bank.
Indian Film Actor Hema Malini is 2-time BJP MP from Mathura while
Personality of the Hema Malini, Prasoon lyricist Joshi is former chairperson of CBFC, poet, writer,
Year award at Joshi lyricist, screenwriter and communication specialist and
52nd IFFI 2021
marketer.
for his book – Ei Amadi Adungeigi Ithat’ (I and the then

island).
12th Manipur
State Award for Beryl Thanga Manipur Governor La. Ganesan conferred the award on
Literature 2020 the 65-year-old writer for his novel published in 2015. The
award carries a plaque, citation, Rs. 3 lakh (in cheque) and a
shawl.
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Pratham is dedicated to improving the quality of

education for underprivileged children in India and across
Indira Gandhi
the world.
Prize for Peace,
Disarmament and Pratham It has been set up in 1995 in Mumbai by Dr Madhav
Development Chavan and Farida Lambay. The award was instituted in the
2021 memory of the former prime minister by a trust in her name
in 1986. It consists of a monetary award of ₹25 lakh along
with a citation.
(International)
Person/Organi
Award Purpose/ Field
zation
South African playwright and novelist Damon Galgut

Booker Prize 2021 Damon Galgut won the 2021 Booker Prize for "The Promise", his
third shortlisted novel.
Delhi-based Indian teenage brothers have won the
award for tackling pollution from household waste to
17th annual KidsRights achieve the goal of ‘Zero Waste India’. The prize includes
International Vihaan and a grant for their education and 100,000 euros for their
Children’s Peace Prize Nav Agarwal project.
2021
They developed the “One Step Greener” initiative for
segregating recyclables and organising pickups for trash
from thousands of homes.
Vax is derived from the Latin word Vacca, which means
Word of the Year 2021
cow. Vax is used as a short form for vaccines and means a
by Oxford English ‘Vax’
substance put into a person’s body to prevent them from
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getting a disease.
Author M Mukundan’s novel ‘Delhi: A

Soliloquy’, translated from Malayalam into English by
JCB Prize for Literature
M Mukundan Fathima E V and Nandakumar K, has won the Rs 25-
2021
lakh-JCB Prize for Literature 2021 published
by Westland.
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Besides the cash award Mukundan also won a trophy

created by Delhi artist duo Thukral & Tagra,
titled ‘Mirror Melting’.
This is the third translation that has won the JCB Prize
after S Hareesh’s ‘Moustache (2020) and Benyamin’s
‘Jasmine Days’ (2018).
Cash prize: Rs 25 lakh (author), Rs 10 lakh (translators)
Pochampally village located around 50 km away from

Best Tourism Villages
Hyderabad which is well known for its handloom waved
by the United Nations
Pochampally, Ikat sarees is often referred to as the Silk City of India.
World Tourism
Telangana The award was presented during the 24th session of the
Organization
(UNWTO) UNWTO General Assembly which will be held in
Madrid, Spain.
Guinness World
19,024 feet 0.73 inches (5798.251m) high Umlingla
Record for world’s
Border Roads Pass in the Union Territory of Ladakh.
highest motorable
Organisation The 52-kilometre long Chisumle to Demchok tarmac road
road “Umling La
Pass” was developed under Project HIMANK of BRO.
The former world no 1 has already been honoured with

Lifetime the Badminton Association of India’s (BAI) Lifetime
Achievement
Achievement Award in 2018. Padukone is the first-ever
Award for 2021 by Prakash
Indian to win a medal at World Championships in the
the Badminton Padukone
1983 Copenhagen tournament.
World Federation
(BWF) Council Apart from him, Devender Singh has been nominated
for the Meritorious Service Award.
The awards were given by UNESCO in collaboration with

Asia Pacific Broadcasting Union under ‘Together for
UNESCO-ABU Peace’ initiative at Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia.
Doordarshan ‘Ethical and Sustainable Relationship with Nature’
Peace Media
and AIR award: AlR’s ‘Living on the edge - The coastal lives’
Awards 2021
Living Well with Super Diversity
category: Doordarshan’s programme 'DEAFinitely
Leading the Way
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Dr S K Sohan Roy from Kerala, CEO and founder of

Aries Group of Companies has become the first
Indian to be honoured with the Knighthood of Parte
Guelfa for his humanitarian and Environmental
Knighthood of protection efforts in business and movies.
S K Sohan Roy
Parte Guelfa The honorary title of “Knight of Parte Guelfa” has been
conferred upon him during the conferring ceremony
organised during the Investitures of Parte Guelfa of
Annus Domini 2021, and was held at the Basilica of Santa
Croce and the Palagio di Parte Guelfa in Florence, Italy.
National Sports Award 2021: Complete winners list
• Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports announced the National Sports Awards
2021.
• The Selection Committee was headed by Justice (Retd.) Mukundakam
Sharma (former Judge of Supreme Court), consisting members from eminent
sportspersons and persons having experience in sports journalism & sports
administrator etc.
• Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award 2021 will be given to 12 Sports
persons. 35 Sports persons will receive Arjuna Awards for outstanding
performance in Sports and Games 2021.
List of National Sports Awardees 2021:
Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award 2021:
Sportsperson Sports
Neeraj Chopra Athletics
Ravi Kumar Wrestling
Lovlina Borgohain Boxing
P.R. Sreejesh Hockey
Avani Lekhara Para Shooting
Sumit Antil Para Athletics
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Pramod Bhagat Para-Badminton
Krishna Nagar Para-Badminton
Manish Narwal Para Shooting
Mithali Raj Cricket
Sunil Chhetri Football
Manpreet Singh Hockey

Arjuna Awards for outstanding performance in Sports and Games 2021:
Sportsperson Sports
Arpinder Singh Athletics
SimranjitKaur Boxing
Shikhar Dhawan Cricket
Bhavani Devi Chadalavada Anandha Sundhararaman Fencing
Monika Hockey
VandanaKatariya Hockey
SandeepNarwal Kabaddi
HimaniUttamParab Mallakhamb
Abhishek Verma Shooting
Ankita Raina Tennis
Deepak Punia Wrestling
Dilpreet Singh Hockey
Harman Preet Singh Hockey
Rupinder Pal Singh Hockey
Surender Kumar Hockey
AmitRohidas Hockey
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BirendraLakra 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
YogeshKathuniya Para Athletics
Nishad Kumar Para Athletics
Praveen Kumar Para Athletics
SuhashYathiraj Para-Badminton
SinghrajAdhana Para Shooting
Bhavina Patel Para Table Tennis
Harvinder Singh Para Archery
Sharad Kumar Para Athletics

Dronacharya Award for outstanding coaches in Sports and Games 2021 (Life-Time
Category):
Coach Sports
T. P. Ouseph Athletics
SarkarTalwar Cricket
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Sarpal Singh Hockey
Ashan Kumar Kabaddi
Tapan Kumar Panigrahi Swimming

Dronacharya Award for outstanding coaches in Sports and Games 2021 (Regular
Category):
Coach Sports
Radhakrishnan Nair P Athletics
SandhyaGurung Boxing
PritamSiwach Hockey
Jai PrakashNautiyal Para Shooting
Subramanian Raman Table Tennis

Dhyan Chand Award for Lifetime Achievement in Sports and Games 2021:
Sportsperson Sports
Lekha K.C. Boxing
Abhijeet Kunte Chess
Davinder Singh Garcha Hockey
Vikas Kumar Kabaddi
Sajjan Singh Wrestling
Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar 2021:
Category Entity recommended
Identification and Nurturing of Budding and Young Manav Rachna Educational In

Talent stitution
Encouragement to sports through Corporate Social Indian Oil Corporation Limite

Responsibility d
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy 2021:
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• Panjab University: Chandigarh.
Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award 2020
Maharashtra-based, 28-year-old mountaineer Priyanka Mohite was selected by the

Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports for the prestigious ‘Tenzing Norgay National
Adventure Award 2020’ for outstanding contribution in the field of land adventure.
She is the 1st Indian woman to climb Mt Annapurna, the 10th highest mountain
peak in the world. She scaled the world’s highest peak Mt Everest, Mt Lhotse and
Mt.Makalu.
Awardee Category
Priyanka Mangesh Mohite Land Adventure
Jay Prakash Kumar Land Adventure
Col. Amit Bisht Land Adventure
Sheetal Land Adventure
Srikaanth Viswanathan Water Adventure
Lt. Col. Servesh Dhadwal Air Adventure
Jai Kishan Life Time Achievement
52nd International film festival of India Awards 2021: Complete

winners list
The 52nd edition of IFFI in Goa concluded. For the first time, the BRICS film
festival was hosted alongside IFFI, OTT platforms participated and 75 creative
young minds of cinema were felicitated at IFFI.
• Most friendly State for film shooting: Uttar Pradesh

• Silver Peacock for Best Actor (Male): Jitendra Bhikulal Joshi (Godavari)
• Best actor (female): Angela Molina (Paraguay) for Charlotte
• Best director: Vaclav Kadrnka (Czech Republic) for ‘Saving One Who Was
Dead’
• Golden Peacock Award for Best Film: Japanese film Ring
Wandering (Masakazu Kanyeko)
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• The Special Jury award: Renata Carvalho (Brazil)

• Indian Film Personality of the Year Award: Prasoon Joshi
• Jury Special Mention for Debut Feature Film: The Wealth of the World
• Best Debut Feature Film of a Director: Director Mari Alessandrini's Zahori
• ICFT UNESCO Gandhi Award Lingui: The Sacred Bonds
6th BRICS Film Festival Awards 2021
Sixth edition of BRICS Film Festival was held alongside the 52nd International
Film Festival of India in Panaji, Goa during Nov 20-28.
• South African Film ‘Barakat’ by Director Amy Jephta and Russian Film ‘The
Sun above Me Never Sets’ by Director Lyubov Borisova shared the Best film
Award in the Sixth edition BRICS Film Festival.
• Brazilian filmmaker Lúcia Murat awarded Best Director for her documentary
‘Ana’.
• Indian actor Dhanush won Best actor (Male) for his role in ‘Asuran’.
• Brazilian actor Lara Boldorini honoured with Best actor (Female) for her role
in ‘On Wheels’.
• Jury Special Mention Award was presented to the Director Yan Han for his
film A Little Red Flower from China.
49th International Emmy Awards 2021: Complete winners list
The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced the winners
of the 49th International Emmy Awards (2021) at the Great Hall of Casa Cipriani
in New York City, United States of America.
The International Emmy Awards 2021 was hosted by actress and

comedian Yvonne Orji. 1 Special Award (Directorate Award 2021) and 11 Emmy
statues were presented during the event.
• Dr Thomas Bellut, Director General of German public broadcaster ZDF, one

of Europe’s major and most renowned broadcasters has been honoured with
the International Emmy Directorate Award 2021.
Complete list of winners of International Emmy Awards 2021:
Category Winners
Best Performance by an Actor David Tennant in Des (UK)
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Best Performance by an Actress Hayley Squires in Adult Material (UK)
Comedy Call My Agent – Season 4 (France)
Arts Programming Kubrick By Kubrick (France)

Drama Series Tehran (Israel)
Documentary Hope Frozen: A Quest to Live Twice
(Thailand)
TV Movie / Mini-Series Atlantic Crossing (Norway)
Short-Form Series INSiDE (New Zealand)
Non-Scripted Entertainment The Masked Singer (UK)
Telenovela The Song of Glory (China)
Non-English Language U.S. 21st Annual Latin Grammy Awards
Primetime Program (United States)
India’s nominees in Emmy:
• Nawazuddin Siddiqui in Serious Men was nominated for Best

Performance by an Actor.
• Vir Das: For India was nominated for Comedy and Aarya television series
on Disney+ Hotstar starring Sushmita Sen was nominated for Drama
Series.
Gallantry Awards 2021: Complete winners list
President of India, Ram Nath Kovind presented Gallantry Awards and

Distinguished Service Decorations in Defence Investiture Ceremony at Rashtrapati
Bhavan. The order of precedence of these awards is Vir Chakra, Kirti Chakra and
Shaurya Chakra.
Vir Chakra:
Abhinandan Varthaman was accorded the Vir Chakra by President Ram Nath
Kovind for his role in pushing back Pakistan’s F-16 fighter jets on February 27, 2019.
Kirti Chakra
Sapper Prakash Jadhav (posthumously)
Shaurya Chakra
Major Vibhuti Shankar Dhoundiyal (posthumously)
Naib Subedar Sombir (posthumously)
Major Maheshkumar Bhure
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World Fisheries Day awards 2021
World Fisheries Day awards were presented in Bhubaneswar by Union Minister for
Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and the Dairying, Parshottam Rupala. Andhra
Pradesh has been named the best marine state in the country.
Department of Fisheries under the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and

Dairying has awarded best performing States for 2021-22 on ‘World Fisheries Day’
on 21 November 2021 to recognize their accomplishments in the field and their
contribution into the growth of the sector.
World Fisheries Day awards 2021-22:
• Best marine state: Andhra Pradesh

• Best Inland states: Telangana
• Best Hilly and North East marine states: Tripura
• Best Marine District: Balasore, Odisha
• Best Inland District: Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh.
• Best Hilly and North East District: Bongaigaon, Assam
Tata Literature Live! Awards 2021: Complete winners list

India’s one of the best-selling authors, Anita Desai has been conferred with the Tata
Literature Live! Lifetime Achievement Award for 2021 to recognise her long
literary career which spans over 50 years. The 12th Edition of Tata Literature Live! The
Mumbai Litfest was organised from November 18th to 21st 2021.
• Poet Laureate award for 2021: Indian poet Adil Jussawala.
• First Book Award – Fiction: 'A Death in Shonagachhi' by Rijula Das

• First Book Award - Non-Fiction: 'Landscapes of Loss: The Story of an Indian
Drought' by Kavitha Iyer
• Book of the Year Award - Fiction: 'Asoca: A Sutra' by Irwin Allan Sealy
• Book of the Year Award - Non-Fiction: 'Born A Muslim: Some Truths About
Islam in India' by Ghazala
• Business Book of the Year: 'Pandemonium: The Great Indian Banking Tragedy'
by Tamal Bandyopadhyay
• Publisher of the Year Award: HarperCollins
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2021 National Book Award: Complete winners list
The 72nd edition of the National Book Award was organised as a virtual event by
the National Book Foundation.
Winners of 2021 National Book Awards:
Category Book Author

Fiction Hell of a Book Jason Mott
Non-Fiction All That She Carried: The Journey of Tiya Miles
Ashley’s Sack, a Black Family Keepsake
Young People’s Last Night at the Telegraph Club Malinda Lo
Literature
Poetry Floaters Martín Espada
Best Translated Winter in Sokcho Elisa Shua Dusapin and
Literature translator Aneesa Abbas
Higgins
(translated from French)
Chapter 3: Government Scheme/ campaign

SCHEME PURPOSE
to provide free residential plots to families who do not have land to

build their homes
“Mukhyamantri Awasiya
Bhu-dhikar Yojana” The construction of houses comes under Pradhan Mantri Awas
(Madhya Pradesh) Yojana. The maximum area of the residential plot will be 60 sq.
Family should consist of a married couple and their unmarried
children, and families living in a particular village are eligible.
The Union Minister of Cooperation, Amit Shah has launched the “Dairy
Sahakar” scheme at Anand, Gujarat during a function organised by
Amul to celebrate the 75th Foundation Year of AMUL (Anand Milk
“Dairy Sahakar” scheme Union Limited).
(Gujarat)
With a total investment of Rs 5000 crores, scheme will be
implemented by National Cooperative Development Corporation
(NCDC) under Ministry of Cooperation to realize the vision, “from
cooperation to prosperity".
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Karnataka Chief Minister, Basavaraj S Bommai, launched the state’s

ambitious ‘Janasevaka’ (peoples’ servant)
scheme and ‘Janaspandana’, an Integrated Public Grievance
Redressal System (IPGRS).
‘Janasevaka’ scheme & ‘Janasevaka’ is a scheme for Citizens to avail doorstep delivery of
‘Janaspandana’ platform government services. Citizens can use the toll-free helpline or the web
portal to book for the government certificates required and avail the
(Karnataka)
service at a cost of Rs 115.
‘Janaspandana’ is a one-stop platform for citizens to raise complaints

on any government scheme or service. It is modelled after the
Centralized Public Grievance Redressal & Monitoring System
(CPGRAMS) which extends 24X7 online support to citizens.
Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation, Amit
Shah launched the health cards scheme for CAPF (Central Armed
“Ayushmaan CAPF” scheme Police Forces) personnel and their dependents, named ‘Ayushmaan
(Ministry of Health and CAPF’ at the national level in New Delhi.
Family Welfare, Ministry of ‘Ayushmaan CAPF’ scheme is a joint initiative of the Ministry of
Home Affairs) Home Affairs (MHA) and the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
(MoHFW) and National Health Authority (NHA).
Union Minister Amit Shah, Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA)

launched the Mukhyamantri Ghasiyari Kalyan Yojana and
Mukhyamantri Ghasiyari
computerization of cooperative societies in Dehradun, Uttarakhand.
Kalyan Yojana
Under the scheme nutritious fodder or cattle feed (Silage) would
(Uttarakhand) 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.
for construction workers.
Under the scheme, 800 ‘Shramik Mitras’ will reach out to

‘Shramik Mitra’ Scheme construction workers, and spread awareness on the government
(Delhi government) schemes.
Delhi Govt has also increased the Dearness allowance for Unskilled,
Semi-skilled workers, to increase their salary by around 1%.
‘Mathrubhumi Yojana’
The cabinet of Uttar Pradesh headed by Chief Minister Yogi
(UP government) Adityanath has approved the proposal to implement
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the ‘Mathrubhumi Yojana’ to facilitate individuals or private

institutions to contribute to the development of any village as per the
Panchayati Raj Act, 1947.
To ensure the effective implementation the UP government will set up

the ‘Uttar Pradesh Mathrubhumi Society’ which will have a
governing council and empowered committee.
Chief Minister of Odisha Naveen Patnaik launched a road safety

initiative “Rakshak”.
‘Rakshak’ The programme is organised by the Commerce & Transport

(Odisha) Department of Odisha in partnership with Deutsche Gesellschaft für
Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and Indian Red Cross Society
of Odisha State branch. Odisha Public Transport and Integrated
Commuter System (OPTICS) was also inaugurated.
It is aimed at enhancing access to the government securities market

RBI Retail Direct (RBI-RD) for retail investors. It offers them a new avenue for directly investing in
Scheme
securities issued by the Government of India and the state
(RBI) governments.
Through this scheme, an individuals can now directly buy T-bills, G-
Secs from market.
It aims to improve grievance redress mechanism for resolving
Reserve Bank – Integrated customer complaints against entities regulated by RBI.
Ombudsman Scheme (RB- The central theme of the scheme is based on ‘One Nation-One
IOS) Ombudsman’ with one portal, one email and one address for the
customers to lodge their complaints. There will be a single point of
(RBI)
reference for customers to file their complaints, submit the
documents, track status and provide feedback.
‘Niramay Gujarat Yojana’ Chief Minister of Gujarat, Bhupendra Patel launched a new
healthcare scheme named ‘Niramay Gujarat Yojana’ to protect
(Gujarat)
people over 30-years from non-communicable diseases.
‘Atmanirbhar Gram Yatra’
a programme under which Rs 500 crore worth development works
(Gujarat) will be conducted in rural districts of Gujarat.
PM Modi launched a welfare scheme named ‘Ration Aapke

Ration Aapke Gram’ scheme
& ‘Sickle Cell Mission’ Gram’ scheme & ‘Sickle Cell Mission’ of Madhya Pradesh.
(Madhya Pradesh) He also laid the foundation stone for construction of 50 new Eklavya
Model Residential Schools across India. The Indian Government
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decided to celebrate 15th November as the ‘Janjatiya Gaurav

Diwas’ or ‘Tribal Gaurav Diwas’, every year starting from 2021.
2nd edition of “Mooh Band

Rakho” campaign to raise awareness on fraud prevention in support of International
Fraud Awareness Week 2021 (November 14-20, 2021).
(HDFC Bank)
to connect educated youths of the State with self-employment.

Mukhya Mantri Udyam
The benefit of the scheme will be available to the minimum 12th class
Kranti Yojana
pass youths of the State between the ages of 18 to 40 years. Youths
(Madhya Pradesh) can set up industry, service or business by the loans under the scheme
at low interest rates through banks.
‘Duare Ration’ (ration at doorstep) scheme which will benefit around

‘Duare Ration’ scheme
10 crores of people of the state.
(West Bengal)
For this scheme, government will be spending Rs. 160 crores.
Union Minister of Finance & Corporate Affairs, Nirmala

Sitharaman launched two schemes named ‘Tejasvini & Hausala
Tejasvini & Hausala
schemes’ of J&K Bank for girls under 18-35 years of age to start
schemes their businesses.
(J&K)
Tejasvini scheme focuses on providing financial assistance of INR 5
lakh to girls between 18-35 years for starting their business.
Nirmala Sitharaman launched ‘Shikhar & Shikara’ schemes of

Punjab National Bank (PNB) for development of tourism in Jammu
and Kashmir (J&K).
Shikhar & Shikara Schemes
Shikhar scheme focuses on meeting credit requirements up to INR
(J&K) 2 crore for hotel, tour & tourism industry. Shikara scheme will
prove credit up to INR 15 lakh for purchase/repair of Shikaras is
provided in Kashmir valley.
Union Cabinet chaired by PM Modi has approved the extension of

Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Ann Yojana (PMGKAY) for another
PM Garib Kalyan Ann four months from December 2021 till March 2022.
Yojana (PMGKAY)
Under the scheme all the beneficiaries covered under the National
(Central Government)
Food Security Act (NFSA) receives food grains @ 5 kg per person
per month.
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The estimated additional food subsidy for Phase V of the scheme is of

Rs. 53344.52 crores. The total food-grains outgo for PMGKAY
Phase V will be about 163 LMT.
Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chauhan launched ‘Urja
Saksharta Abhiyan’ to make all the citizens aware about energy
“Urja Saksharta Abhiyan” saving, according to a time bound action plan.
(Madhya Pradesh) The schools, colleges and general public of the state will be connected
under this campaign. With this launch, MP has become the first state
in India to run a energy literacy campaign on big scale.
Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given

its approval for continuation of National Apprenticeship Training
Scheme for next five years.
National Apprenticeship
Cabinet gave approval for stipendiary support of 3 thousand 54 crore
Training Scheme (NATS) rupees to apprentices who undergo apprenticeship training under
(Central Government) National Apprenticeship Training Scheme. Approval was given for
the period from 2021-22 to 2025-26.
Under it, industry & commercial organisations will train approximately
nine lakhs’ apprentices.
Indian Oil, Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) and

Model Retail Outlet Scheme Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) announced the
& Darpan@petrolpump launch of Model Retail Outlet Scheme and a Digital Customer
Feedback Program called Darpan@petrolpump.
(Indian Oil, BPCL & HPCL)
Three oil PSU’s have joined hands to launch Model Retail Outlets to
enhance service standards and amenities, across their networks.
The ESAF Small Finance Bank Limited has announced the latest ‘ESAF
Go Green’ range of electric vehicle loan schemes that coincides with
‘Go Green’ Scheme 26th Conference of Parties (COP26).
(ESAF Small Finance Bank) ‘ESAF Go green’ loans are available at low-interest rate, zero
foreclosure charges, minimal processing fee and zero documentation
charges. ESAF Go green loans validate bank’s social business strategy
seeking a triple bottom line impact; people; planet; and prosperity.
Chapter 4: Summit/ Conference

Summit/Conference/Forum Location/Host About
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Narendra Modi visited Italy and participated in

the 16th G20 (Group of Twenty) Leaders’
Summit, which was held in Rome, Italy from
October 30 to 31, 2021 under chairmanship of
16th G20 Leaders’ Summit Italy Italian PM Mario Draghi.
Summit concluded with the adoption of Rome

Declaration by G20 Leaders.
Theme: People, Planet, and Prosperity

The WePOWER India Partnership Forum was
held through a virtual platform on November 9,
2021 to boost South Asia Women in Power
Sector Professional Network (WePOWER) in
India.
‘WePOWER India
virtual platform The event was organized by the World Bank
Partnership Forum’
(WB) and Asian Development Bank (ADB) in
association with the India Smart Grid
Forum (ISGF). The event saw a panel discussion
on expanding job opportunities for women in
India’s Clean Energy Transition’.
PM Narendra Modi inaugurated 2-day thought
leadership Forum on FinTech 'InFinity
Forum' on 3rd December.
The event is being hosted by International

'InFinity Forum' virtual mode Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA) in
collaboration with GIFT City and Bloomberg in
virtual mode.
Partner countries: Indonesia, South Africa and

UK
The 13th edition of the ASEM (Asia-Europe
Meeting) Summit has been organized from 25 to
26th November, 2021. The Indian delegation is
being led by Vice President M. Venkaiah
virtual platform Naidu through the virtual platform.
13th ASEM Summit hosted by
Cambodia ASEM grouping have 51 member countries,
European Union and Association of Southeast
Asian Nations (ASEAN).
Host: Cambodia as ASEM Chair.
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Theme: Strengthening Multilateralism for Shared

Growth
Dr Jitendra Singh, Ministry of Science &
Technology (MoST) virtually chaired the 9th BRICS
(Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa)
9th BRICS Science & Science & Technology Ministers Meeting.
virtual platform
Technology Ministers
All the member states have adopted the BRICS
Meeting innovation Action Plan 2021-24, BRICS STI
Declaration 2021 and Calendar of BRICS STI
Activities 2022 which will act as a roadmap for
cooperation.
External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar
represented India at the 20th Summit of
20th Summit of SCO
Nur-Sultan, Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)
Council of Heads of
Kazakhstan Council of Heads of Government (CHG) held on
Government
25th November 2021 in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
under the Chairmanship of Kazakhstan.
Chapter 5: Partnership/ Agreement

Partnership/ Agreement Aim
Federal Bank and Aditya Birla As a part of this alliance, Federal Bank will provide to its
Health Insurance entered into a customers innovative health insurance solutions offered by
Bancassurance Partnership ABHICL.
Axis Bank signed MoU with offer a defence service salary package under ‘’Power Salute’’.
Indian Navy
Major benefits included under “Power Salute” are accidental cover
up to INR 56 lakh, children education grants up to INR 8 lakh, total
permanent disability cover up to INR 46 lakh, partial permanent
disability cover of up to INR 46 lakh and air accidental cover of INR
1 crore, zero processing fee and 12 EMI (Equated Monthly
Installment) waivers on home loan.
ICICI Bank also renewed MoU to offer enhanced benefits and new features through its ‘Defence
with Indian Army Salary Account’ (DSA) to all serving as well as retired Army
personnel.
Bank of Baroda signed MoU to Support Agro e-commerce Businesses

with NCDEX e-Markets Ltd
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Through this agreement BoB will work as a ‘Clearing Bank’ and

it will handle financial transactions in the NeML marketplace
and auction platform.
Flipkart signed MoU with in order to empower local businesses and self-help groups (SHGs)
Ministry of Rural Development through Central Government’s Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana –
National Rural Livelihood Mission (DAY-NRLM) program.
ICICI Lombard partnered with
Vega Helmets to increase road safety awareness and to promote the habit of
protection.
Under this partnership, ICICI Lombard will provide a personal

accident policy on every online purchase of Vega Helmet. The
personal accident cover will offer the benefits of accidental death
with an insured amount of Rs 1 lakh.
ESAF Small Finance Bank for local economic development.
partnered with NABARD
Under the partnership, along with NABARD, the bank has
organized a state-level Local Sustainable Economic
Development Training Program to build financial literacy at
basic levels.
PhonePe partnered with Liberty to provide motor insurance services digitally.
General Insurance Under this, Liberty General Insurance will provide a variety of
Motor Insurance policies to the customers, digitally through
PhonePe app.
UCO Bank signed Co-Lending to provide convenient home finance solutions or home loans to
Agreement with Aadhar Housing customers from the economically weaker sections, lower and
Finance middle-income groups.
This partnership is premised upon the co-lending framework
of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) that provides a tool for banks
and non-banks to collaborate for providing affordable solutions to
the unserved and underserved sections.
Maharashtra signed an MoU to provide technical support for Maharashtra’s Electric Vehicle
with Rocky Mountain Institute (EV) policy.
(RMI) The MoU was signed at Glasgow, United Kingdom, at the United
Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP26).
Maharashtra state EV policy aims to have a 10 percent share of
EV vehicles of total registrations in India by 2025.
NPCI Bharat BillPay tied up with to provide ClickPay facilities which offer easy payments.
ICICI prudential
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ClickPay enables customers to make renewal premium payments

and also other utility bills, EMIs etc. This is the first insurance
company to provide hassle free, two-step premium payment
options for customers.
IOCL tied up with NTPC to collaborate in the field of Renewable Energy and mutually
explore opportunities for supply of low carbon/RE RTC (round the
clock) captive power.
This comes in the backdrop of Indian Oil announcing its plan to

build the country’s first green hydrogen plant at its Mathura
refinery.
Axis Bank signed an MoU with to offer retail mortgage loans to the Indian Army personnels.
Army Insurance Group
Through this agreement the bank will offer higher loan amounts
and also provide facilities to transfer the balance of
customers’ loans from AGI to Axis Bank.
SBI signed co-lending agreement Through this collaboration, SBI and U GRO Capital will disburse up
with U GRO Capital to Rs 500 crore loans to MSME sector by March 2022. The SBI
assigned U GRO Capital as its first co-lending partner for
its ‘Sanjeevani programme’ to finance MSMEs. It will offer loans
up to INR 3 crore at a competitive rate of interest.
SBI signed agreement with to promote and support football in India. This is the first of its
Jamshedpur Football Club kind of agreement by SBI in the game of football.
Through this agreement, the SBI will become one of the

principal sponsors of the JFC, thereby having the SBI logo on the
Jersey.
SIDBI tied up with Google India for piloting a social impact lending programme with financial
Pvt Ltd assistance up to Rs 1 crore at subsidised interest rates to MSMEs.
The collaboration brings a corpus of $15 million (about Rs. 110

crore) to micro-enterprises as a crisis response related to Covid-19
for reinvigoration. Under the partnership, MSMEs having
turnover up to Rs.5 crore will get the loan ranging between 25
lakh to 1 crore which is being implemented by SIDBI.
Odisha government signed MoU to improve road safety in the state.

with Save LIFE Foundation
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Aim: To improve road safety and emergency medical care, and

reduce accidental deaths on roads significantly in the next three
years. MoU aims to reduce accidental road deaths around 30-40
percent in 3 years.
NPCI International Payments to discuss their collaboration on acceptance of the UPI in the
Ltd (NIPL) signed MoU with UAE.
Dubai’s Network International The proposed collaboration will benefit Indian travellers visiting
the UAE. It will allow them to make payments through UPI-
based mobile applications leveraging Network’s trusted payment
infrastructure.
The proposed rollout of UPI mobile payment solutions on
Network International’s merchant network is expected to start
in the 1st quarter of 2022.
IDFC First Bank partnered with
HPCL to enable bank’s FASTag customers to facilitate fuel payments of
passenger vehicles at HPCL’s retail outlets using the bank’s
FASTags via HP PAY app. Also, IDFC First Bank’s FASTags can be
bought, recharged and replaced by passenger vehicle users at
select HPCL retail outlets.
SBI signed an MoU with for financing individual dairy farmers up to Rs 3 Lakh.
Pondicherry Co-op Milk
Producers’ Union Ltd The Loan will be made available through YONO application of
the SBI Bank. SBI has introduced a technology product, named
‘SAFAL- Simple And Fast Agriculture Loan’ for financing
individual Dairy farmers, who are supplying milk to commercial
dairies on a regular basis.
Equitas SFB partnered with to launch its new co-branded credit cards.
HDFC Bank
Through this partnership, Equitas SFB will utilize the HDFC
bank’s reach in the credit card market and also to provide its
customers a better banking ecosystem.
The credit card can be availed in two categories. The first

category is the ‘Excite Credit Card’ which offers a credit limit from
Rs 25,000 to Rs 2 lakh and the second category is the ‘Elegance
Credit Card’ which offers credit of over Rs 2 lakh.
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BOB Financial Solutions to launch BoB Credit Cards (Easy and Premier variants) on the
partnered with NPCI RuPay platform.
Both Easy and Premier variants of BoB credit cards have been
launched on the JCB International network and both cards
support global acceptance.
MakeMyTrip tied up with Civil to promote regional air connectivity through the UDAN scheme.
Aviation Ministry MakeMyTrip will now power UDAN flights on the ‘AirSewa
portal’ and market them on its platform to promote its services.
Union Bank of India entered to enhance last-mile finance and drive financial inclusion to
into a co-lending partnership with MSMEs by offering loans between Rs 10 lakh to Rs 1 crore.
Capri Global Capital Ltd (CGCL)
Odisha Water Resource to collaborate on communication and policy initiatives of the

Department signed letter of department.
agreement (LoA) with UNICEF
Aim: To develop high impact communication
materials and water policy that helps to ensure change in
behavior of children and women on sustainable water use and
conservation.
‘Youth4Water’ website has been launched for water conservation

through greater community engagement in matters of water
governance, water conservation and keeping water clean.
‘Youth4Water’ and ‘Mo Nadi’ campaigns are the key features of

the collaboration with UNICEF for Rethinking State water policy,
development of Water and Land Management Institute (WALMI)
as a centre of excellence.
YES Bank partnered With to offer customers an instant real-time payment system through
Amazon Pay, Amazon Web a Unified Payment Interface (UPI) transaction facility.
Services (AWS)
The integration enables Amazon Pay to issue UPI IDs with
the @yapl handle, allowing customers to make secure, fast, and
convenient payments.
Bajaj Allianz General Insurance for the distribution of a drone Insurance product.
tied up with TropoGo
With this Bajaj Allianz General Insurance becomes the 4th
insurer to offer drone cover. HDFC Ergo was the first insurer to
launch a drone insurance cover in June 2020, followed by ICICI
Lombard in August 2021, and Tata AIG last month.
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Chapter 6: Ranking Index
Index released
Index India’s Rank 1st Rank
by
• Rank 1: Wipro’s Azim
Premji (donation of
Rs 9,713 crore during
fiscal 2020-21)
• Rank 2: Shiv Nadar
Edelgive Hurun India
Hurun (Rs 1,263 crore)
Philanthropy List
India and EdelGive • Rank 3: Mukesh
2021
Ambani (Rs 577
crore)
• Rank 4: Kumar
Mangalam Birla (Rs
377 crore)
• Rank 1: National
University of
Indian Institute of Singapore
Technology • Rank 2: China’s
2022 QS World QS (Quacquarelli Bombay (42nd Peking University
University Rankings Symonds) regionally) • Rank 3: Nanyang
IIT Delhi (45th Technological
regionally) University Singapore
& University of Hong
Kong
• Rank 1: Norway
• Rank 2: New Zealand
• Rank 3: Portugal
• Rank 4: UK
1st edition of the
Harm Reduction • Rank 5: Australia
Global Drug Policy Rank 18: India
Consortium • Rank 26: Mexico
Index 2021
• Rank 27: Kenya
• Rank 28: Indonesia
• Rank 29: Uganda
• Rank 30: Brazil
Germanwatch along
Global Climate The first three overall
with Climate Action
Change Performance Rank 10: India positions remain empty as
Network (CAN) and
Index 2022 no country performs well
New Climate Institute
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enough in all index

categories to achieve an
overall very high rating.
• Denmark (4th)
• Sweden (5th)
• Norway (6th)
• United Kingdom
(7th)
• Morocco (8th)
• Chile (9th)
Worst
performers: Australia,
South Korea, Russia, Saudi
Arabia, and Kazakhstan
st
1 : Delhi
IQAir Air Quality IQAir, a Switzerland- th
4 : Kolkata
Index (AQI) based climate group
6th: Mumbai
• Rank 1: Denmark
• Rank 2: Norway
• Rank 3: Sweden
2021 TRACE global TRACE International • Rank 192: Eritrea
Rank 82: India
Bribery Risk Rankings • Rank 193:
Turkmenistan
• Rank 194: North
Korea
Bottom 3:
IPF Citizen Top 3:
Delhi-based think • Chhattisgarh
Satisfaction Survey • Andhra Pradesh
tank, IPF (Indian • Uttar
on SMART Policing • Telangana
Police Foundation) Pradesh
2021 • Assam
• Bihar
Bottom 10
Top 10 performing urban
performers:
NITI Aayog with GIZ areas:
1st Sustainable Dhanbad, Meerut,
and BMZ under the Shimla, Coimbatore,
Development Goals Itanagar, Guwahati,
Indo-German Chandigarh,
(SDG) Urban India Patna, Jodhpur,
Development Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi,
Index 2021-22 Kohima, Agra,
Cooperation Panaji, Pune, Tiruchirappalli,
Kolkata and
Ahmedabad and Nagpur
Faridabad
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Logistics Ease Across Different States (LEADS) index 2021: Gujarat retained top
spot
• Gujarat has retained its position as the top performer among 21 states in
the Logistics Ease Across Different States (LEADS) 2021 index followed by
Haryana, Punjab, Tamil Nādu.
• LEADS 2021 report has been prepared by a team of Transport & Logistics
professionals at Ernst & Young LLP with guidance and inputs from officials
of the Department of Logistics, Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
• LEADS 2021 is the 3rd edition of the LEADS report (1st -2018; 2nd – 2019).
Categories Rank States/UTs
1 Gujarat
2 Haryana
States 3 Punjab
4 Tamil Nādu
5 Maharashtra
North Eastern 1 Jammu Kashmir
States and 2 Sikkim
Himalayan UTs 3 Meghalaya
1 Delhi
UTs
2 Chandigarh
NITI Aayog's Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) 2021: Bihar, Jharkhand, UP
poorest states in India
• Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, and Meghalaya have

emerged as the poorest states in India, according to NITI Aayog's
Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI).
• India's first ever national MPI measure is based on the reference period of
2015-16 of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS). Multidimensional
Poverty Index measure has been constructed by utilising 12 key
components which cover areas such as health and nutrition, education and
standard of living.
• According to the report, India's national MPI measure uses the globally
accepted and robust methodology developed by the Oxford Poverty and
Human Development Initiative (OPHI) and the United Nations
Development Programme (UNDP).
Top 5 Bihar (51.91%)
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Jharkhand (42.16%)
Uttar Pradesh (37.79%)
Madhya Pradesh (36.65%)
Meghalaya (32.67%)
Kerala (0.71%)
Goa (3.76%)
Bottom 5 Sikkim (3.82%)
Tamil Nadu (4.89%)
Punjab (5.59%)
Kantar’s BrandZ India report 2021: Amazon, Asian Paints, Tata Tea topped
India’s Most Purposeful Brand Rankings
• According to Kantar’s BrandZ India 2021 report, Amazon, Tata Tea and
Asian Paints emerged as the most purposeful brands in India
across technology, FMCG and in non-FMCG categories respectively.
• In technology ranking Amazon leads the index followed
by Zomato, YouTube, and Google and Swiggy jointly in 4th place.
• While Asian Paints topped the non-
FMCG rankings, Samsung and Jio ranked jointly in the 2nd position,
followed by MRF. The FMCG category rankings saw Tata Tea topping the
chart, Surf Excel in 2nd position.
India’s Top 5 Most Purposeful Brands:
Most Purposeful Most Purposeful FMCG Most Purposeful Non-

Rank
Technology Brands Brands FMCG Brands
1 Amazon Tata Tea Asian Paints
Surf Excel
2 Zomato Samsung & Jio
(Detergent brand)
3 YouTube Taj Mahal (tea brand) MRF
4 Google & Swiggy Parachute & Maggi Tata Housing
5 Flipkart Britannia Airtel
Swachh Survekshan 2021 Ranking: Indore is the cleanest city, Chhattisgarh is

cleanest state
Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has released the Swachh Survekshan 2021
Result. President Ram Nath Kovind has announced the Cities names and honored
the municipal corporations working under the Swachhta Mission (Cleanliness
Mission). In the 2021 edition of Swachh Survekshan, 4320 cities of the country
participated. In this survey, 342 cities have got star ratings for cleanliness (Swachh).
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• Indore city has been declared the cleanest city of India for the 5th time in a
row. While Surat (Gujarat) has been ranked second and Vijayawada
(Andhra Pradesh) has been ranked third in ‘more than 1 lakh population’
category.
• Vita, Lonavala, and Sasvad, cities from Maharashtra bagged the 1st, 2nd,
and 3rd positions respectively in the India’s cleanest cities under ‘less than 1
lakh population’ category.
• Chhattisgarh retained the first position in the state category.
• Varanasi, has been adjudged the "cleanest Ganga town" while Bihar's
Munger and Patna have been ranked second and third in the category.
• Maharashtra bagged the highest number of awards i.e. a total of 92
awards, followed by Chhattisgarh with 67 awards.
• Star rating system: A total of 9 cities – Indore, Surat, New Delhi Municipal
Council, Navi Mumbai, Ambikapur, Mysuru, Noida, Vijayawada and Patan-
have been certified as 5 star cities while 143 cities have been certified as 3 star.
• Cleanest State (with more than 100 urban local bodies): Chhattisgarh
• Cleanest State (with less than 100 urban local bodies): Jharkhand
• Cleanest City (with less than one lakh population): Vita city of Maharashtra
• Cleanest small city (1-3 lakh population): New Delhi Municipal Council
• Cleanest medium city (3-10 lakh population): Noida
• Cleanest big city’ (10-40 lakh population): Navi Mumbai
• Cleanest cantonment board: Ahmedabad cantonment
• Cleanest District: Surat
• Fastest Mover small city: Hoshangawad, Madhya Pradesh
• Best Small City in Citizens’ Feedback: Triputi, Maharashtra
• Top city in Safaimitra Suraksha Challenge: Navi Mumbai
Top 10 ranked city in Swachh Survekshan 2021:
Rank City Name

1 Indore
2 Surat
3 Vijayawada
4 Navi Mumbai
5 Pune
6 Raipur
7 Bhopal
8 Vadodara
9 Vishakhapatnam
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10 Ahmedabad
Chapter 7: Mergers and Acquisitions

Merger
About
Company
CCI gave the approval to HDFC Life Insurance Company for
acquiring 100% shareholding of Exide Life Insurance Limited
HDFC Life acquired under Article 31 (1) of the Competition Law of 2002.
Exide Life The Deal was signed for INR 6,687 crore. In which, HDFC Life is
to pay INR 725.98 crore in cash and left money will pay by issuing
87 million shares at INR 685 apiece to Exide Industries.
The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) has approved the
acquisition of the 26% stake of bankrupt Infrastructure Leasing
and Financial Services (ILFS) in ONGC Tripura Power Company
GAIL acquired 26%
(OTPC) by GAIL (India) Ltd.
stake in OTPC
The 26% stake are acquired from IL&FS Group companies:
IL&FS Energy Development Company Ltd (EDCL) and IL&FS
Financial Services Ltd (IFIN).
Electric two-wheeler mobility platform eBikeGo has acquired the
eBikeGo acquired rights to manufacture the smart electric trike ‘Velocipedo’ of a
Spanish company leading Spanish automotive company Torrot in India.
Torrot’s brand It aims to manufacture these scooters at its factory in Pune.
‘Velocipedo’ Velocipedo will be produced in three basic models — a personal
vehicle, Trick Taxi and a cargo vehicle.
CCI has approved the acquisition of a minority stake
in Delhivery Limited, India’s largest B2B & C2C Logistics Courier
Service Provider, by FedEx Express Transportation and Supply
Chain Services (India) Private Limited (FedEx India), logistics
FedEx India acquired
solutions in India under the American transportation giant FedEx
stake in Delhivery
Corp.
CCI has also approved the acquisition of certain operating assets
to the domestic business of FedEx India and TNT India Private
Limited (TNT India) by Delhivery.
Chapter 8: Loan
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Loan
Organization/Bank Purpose
Amount
about Rs 1,875 crore loan to support India’s National
Asian Development USD 250 Industrial Corridor Development Program (NICDP).

Bank (ADB) million This is the first subprogram of the programmatic
USD 500 million loans to develop 11 industrial
corridors spanning 17 states.
NITI (National Institution for Transforming India)
Aayog and the World Bank are setting up a $300-
million ‘first loss risk sharing instrument’, with the
USD 300 State Bank of India (SBI) as its program manager, for
World Bank
million faster and easier financing of electric vehicles (EVs).
The current rate of interest for electric two-wheelers

& electric 3 Wheelers, which is in the range of 20-25
percent is expected to be reduced to 10-12 percent.
to strengthen health project agreement for the state of
Meghalaya.
Meghalaya Health Systems Strengthening
World Bank $40 million Project will improve the quality of health services in the
state and strengthen the management and
governance capabilities of the state to handle future
health emergencies including COVID-19.
loan under ‘Agartala City Urban Development
Project’ to improve livability, harness technology, and
promote new developments to accommodate the
Asian Development expanding population in the city of Agartala, Tripura.
$61 Million
Bank (ADB)
ADB will also provide a $1 million technical
assistance (TA) grant from its Technical Assistance
Special Fund to support the project’s capacity building
and awareness-raising activities.
Asian Infrastructure for India to purchase COVID-19 vaccines under ADB’s
Investment Bank (AIIB) Asia Pacific Vaccine Access Facility (APVAX).
$2 billion
and Asian Development
AIIB provides USD 500 million and the Manila-based
Bank (ADB)
ADB is expected to finance USD 1.5 billion.
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An MoU was signed between Assam’s Inland Water

Transport (IWT) department and World Bank to
World Bank Rs 770 crore promote river transportation of the state.
The central government would return 80% of the loan
amount and the state government would refund the
remaining 20%.
The loan amount will be used for the implementation of

the Sustainable Urban Services Program (SUSP) for
Asian Infrastructure USD 150 the Chennai Metropolitan Area.
Investment Bank (AIIB) Million
The AIIB has approved around 29 projects for
India worth USD 6.8 billion till 2021. Now, India has
become one of the largest beneficiaries of AIIB.
to strengthen and improve access to comprehensive

primary health care in urban areas.
This programme will be implemented in urban areas

across 13 states.
Asian Development USD 300
Bank (ADB) million The programme supports Ayushman Bharat Health and
Wellness Centres and PM Atmanirbhar Swasth Bharat
Yojana. The programme is supported by a $2
million technical assistance grant from ADB’s Japan
Fund for Poverty Reduction for program
implementation, capacity building, innovation,
knowledge sharing across the healthcare system.
for a project to improve quality of learning for over
50 lakh students in the state of Andhra Pradesh.
Students from all grades and stages of school

education will benefit from the project.
World Bank $250 million
The project will benefit around 40 lakh students
(between the age of 6 and 14) in over 45,000
Government schools, 10 lakh children (between the
age of 3 and 6) enrolled in Anganwadis (Integrated
Child Development Centers).
USD 1.5 billion to help the Government of India purchase safe and
Asian Development
(approx Rs
Bank (ADB) effective vaccines against the coronavirus (COVID-
11,185 crore)
19).
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The fund will be used to procure at least 66.7

crore COVID-19 vaccine doses for an estimated 31.7
crore people of the country. The Asian Infrastructure
Investment Bank is expected to co-finance an
additional USD 500 million for the project.
aid to India, in support of India’s fight against climate
1.2 billion Euro change. This fund will also be used for cooperation on
Germany (approx. Rs clean energy.
10,025 crore) Under its commitments, Germany allotted €713 million
for energy, €409 million for urban development, and
€90 million for agroecology & natural resources.
Chapter 9: App/Website/Portal
App/ Company /
Purpose
Website/Portal/Card Department
West Bengal’s CM inaugurated a WhatsApp
chatbot for the Food and Supplies Department
‘Khadya Sathi: Amar of the state government and a mobile
West Bengal
Ration Mobile App’ application, ‘Khadya Sathi: Amar Ration
Mobile App’ to help people apply for ration
cards.
a Co-Branded credit card
named FinBooster to measure the
Creditworthiness of the customers. FinBooster is
Yes Bank and
‘FinBooster’ Credit Card built around a credit fitness tracker. FinBooster
BankBazaar
uses CreditStrong app Subscription (credit
fitness report) which helps customers to track
creditworthiness that improves the Credit score.
Manohar Lal Khattar, CM of Haryana, has
launched the ‘Uttam Beej portal’ which will
benefit the farmers of Haryana by providing
‘Uttam Beej portal’ Haryana
quality seeds with transparency.
The portal will provide transparency in the
seed production programme.
launched for Paperless Administration on a pilot
basis to make administrative works paperless,
‘e-Sarkar app’ Gujarat quick and easy for citizens.
The state govt plans to launch the app on a full
scale on December 25, 2021, the same day on
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which India celebrates Good Governance Day.

The e-Sarkar app was formed by combining the
latest technology along with the existing
IWDMS (Integrated Workflow and Document
Management System) app, which was launched
by the Gujarat government in 2005 for
administrative purposes.
to raise Complaint on Corruption
Launched as a part of ‘Vigilance Awareness
Week 2021’ celebrated from 26th October to
Indian Renewable
2nd November 2021.
Energy
‘Whistle Blower’ portal The Whistle-blower Portal has been
Development
developed by the IT Team of the company
Agency Ltd (IREDA
and will help the IREDA employees to raise
concerns related to fraud, corruption, abuse
of power among other things.
for online debit and credit card transactions.
RBI had made a device-based tokenization
framework applicable to Card-on-File
‘SafeCard’ tokenisation
PhonePe Tokenisation (CoFT) services as well i.e Card-
solution
on-File (CoF) means that the Credit/Debit card
details are stored by merchants for ease of
payment.
Minister of State Meenakashi Lekhi, Ministry of
Culture and External Affairs launched the Azadi
Ka Amrit Mahotsav (AKAM) mobile App
Azadi Ka Amrit
Ministry of Culture which is a single point access to all information,
Mahotsav Mobile App
activities and events related to the 75th
anniversary celebrations of India’s
independence.
Pargat Singh, Education Minister of Punjab
has launched a Punjab Career Portal with an
aim to provide professional career guidance
“Punjab Career Portal” Punjab to school and college students of Punjab.
The state education department has launched
the portal in association with United Nations
Children’s Fund (UNICEF) India. The technical
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partner for the career portal for Punjab is

Aasman Foundation.
It will allow users to place a trade or get
information about stocks via single voice
AI-powered ‘Voice command.
Paytm Money
Trading’ This voice command feature uses neural
networks and natural language
processing (NLP) to allow instant processing.
India’s 1st Co-branded movie Debit
card named ‘Kotak PVR Movie Debit Card’.
‘Kotak PVR Movie Debit Kotak Mahindra The cardholders will receive joining vouchers
Card’. Bank, PVR and earn points on every transaction on the
debit card (at PVR and outside PVR as well),
with no upper limit on the points earned.
Giriraj Singh launched the Unique Land Parcel
Identification Numbers (ULPIN) across India,
Union Ministry for
‘ULPIN’ & NGDRS and launched the National Generic Document
Rural Development
Portal Registration System (NGDRS) portal and
and Panchayati Raj
Dashboard. India targets for complete
digitization of all land records by March 2023.
for Indian exporters and importers to offer

them digital banking and value-added
services.
Trade Emerge is set up to obtain key
‘Trade Emerge’ online registrations and licenses such as trade license,
ICICI Bank
platform
Importer Exporter Code (IEC), GST
registration and Registration Cum
Membership Certificate issued by export
promotion organisations or Commodity Boards
of India.
The cards have been introduced in partnership
with global cards manufacturer IDEMIA to
India’s 1st Credit Card gradually eliminate single-use PVC plastic.
made from Recycled HSBC India
PVC Plastic The card was launched as a part of a new
programme launched by HSBC Group to
introduce sustainable cards across all its
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global locations to support its global

commitments to sustainability and a net-zero
in its operations by 2030.
Chapter 10: Important MoU

MoU Between Which Countries
MoU on Reciprocal Recognition of Covid Vaccination
Certificate to ease the travel of fully vaccinated people of India & Nepal
both India and Nepal.
Chapter 11: GDP Forecasting (Last Update 30 NOV)

Organization 2020-21 FY 22 (2021-22)
Fitch (-)9.4% (Update-8 8.7% (Update 7 Oct)

Dec)
HSBC Bank 11.2%
RBI forecasted (-)7.5%(Update-4 9.5% (Update 5 june)

Dec)
Moody (-)7%(Update-25feb) FY22 at 9.3% and FY23

at 7.9%
(Update 23 Nov)
Asian Development Bank (-)8%(Update-15 Dec) 10% (Update 20 July)

(ADB)
World Bank (-)9.6%(Update-6 Oct) 8.3% (Update -13 June)
World Economic Outlook (-)8% (Update-27th 9.5%(Update -28 July
released by Jan 2021) 2021)
International Monetary
Fund (IMF)
FICCI (-)8% (Update 27Jan) 9.1% (Update -8Oct
2021)
Organisation for Economic (-)9.9% (Update- 9.7% (Update 21 sept
Co-operation and 2dec) 2021)
Development (OECD)
DBS Bank (-)6% (Update 22
July)
Goldman Sachs (-)10.3% (Update 18 9.1% (Update 23 Nov
Nov) 2021)
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CRISIL (-)7.7%(Update 15 9.5% (Update 7th June)

Dec)
UN (United Nation) (-)9.6%(Update 26th 7.5%(Update 12 May)
Jan 2021)
Confederation of Indian between (-)0.9 per 9.5% (update 18 June)
Industry (CII) cent and 1.5 per cent
India Ratings & Research (-)7.6% 9.4% (Update 19 Aug)
(Ind-Ra)
Economy Survey (-)7.7 11% (Update 1 feb)
National Council of (-)7.3%(Update-26
Applied Economic Dec)
Research (NCAER)
Standard & Poor’s (S&P) (-)7.7% Update-14 9.5% (Update 25 June)
Dec)
ICRA (-)7% (Update-26 feb) 9%(Update 27th Sept)
State Bank of India (SBI) (-)7(Update-11 Feb) 9.3%-9.6% (Update 22
Nov,2021)
Morgan Stanley 10.5% (Update 1
sept2021)
CARE Ratings (-)8% (Update-14 sept) 8.8 to 9%%(Update 27 July
2021)
Normura -6.7% (Update-14th 10.8% (Update 11 May
Jan 2021) 2021)
Oxford Economics 10.2%
Brickwork Ratings 11% (Update 12 Jan)
UBS -7.5% (Update-14 Jan 9.5% (Update 18 Nov)
2021)
Barclays 7.7% (Update 26May
2021)
Chapter 12: Current Affairs Giriraj Singh inaugurated ‘Bhumi

Samvaad’
(National) In Short Giriraj Singh, Union Minister for
Madhya Pradesh CM launched 3 solar Rural Development and Panchayati
power projects of 1500-MW capacity Raj inaugurated ’Bhumi Samvaad’ – a
Shivraj Singh Chauhan has laid the National Workshop on Digital India
foundation stones for setting up three Land Record Modernisation
solar power plants of 1500-megawatt Programme (DILRMP) at India Habitat
capacity in Shajapur, Agar and Centre in New Delhi.
Neemuch. India’s Largest Landfill Biogas Plant
Total outlay of the project: Rs 5,250 inaugurated in Hyderabad
crore. MP is moving forward to Ramky Enviro Engineers
complete the target of meeting 50% of Limited (REEL) has inaugurated one of
the country's energy requirements with the world’s first and India’s
solar energy by 2030. largest landfill gas-to-compressed
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biogas plant at the Hyderabad on the occasion of Rashtriya Ekta Diwas

Integrated Municipal Solid on October 31, 2021, which marks the
Waste (HiMSW) site, Telangana.The birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai
end (Biogas) product of the plant will be Patel.
sold to Bhagyanagar Gas Limited RK Singh inaugurated “Pakal Dul
(BGL). Hydro Electric Project” in J&K
National Tribal Dance Festival 2021 Union Power Minister R K
held in Raipur, Chhattisgarh Singh virtually inaugurated the
Chhattisgarh observed a 3-day annual diversion of Marusudar River of Pakal
2nd National Tribal Dance Festival Dul Hydro Electric Project in
2021 on October 28-30 at Raipur’s Kishtwar, J&K.
Science College ground as a part of Pakal Dul HE Project (1,000 MW) is
the tourism development plan of the being constructed by Chenab Valley
state. This year’s event was clubbed Power Projects Pvt Limited
with Chattisgarh’s Rajyotsava (state (CVPPPL) and Jammu and Kashmir
foundation day- November 1, 2021). State Power Development
IOC will set up India’s first mega- Corporation. Marusudar River is a
scale Maleic Anhydride Plant in major tributary of the Chenab River.
Haryana Telangana invited to participate in
The Indian Oil Corp (IOC) will set up International Seed Conference by
India’s first mega-scale Maleic FAO
Anhydride Plant with an outlay of Rs Telangana got a rare recognition as it
3,681 crore to manufacture value- was invited to participate
added chemical products at its Panipat in International Seed Conference that
refinery and petroleum complex would be held virtually by FAO of the
(PRPC) in Haryana. UN. International Seed Conference, is
This proposed project will have a being organised to discuss
capacity of 120,000 tonnes per development of seed industry.
annum of Maleic Anhydride (MAH) India’s first open-air rooftop drive-in
that is used to make speciality products theatre opened in Mumbai
like polyester resins and surface India's first rooftop drive-in open-air
coatings plasticisers, agrochemicals and movie theatre was opened
lubricant additives. in Mumbai and it showcased the
Jitendra Singh dedicated ‘Sardar film Sooryavanshi featuring Akshay
Patel Leadership Centre’ to the Kumar.
Nation Reliance announced the launch of its
first rooftop theatre, which will be
Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh has known as 'Jio Drive-In'. The theatre
dedicated to the nation “Sardar Patel has been launched in partnership
Leadership Centre” at Lal Bahadur with the Reliance Retail and
Shastri National Academy of multiplex chain PVR.
Administration (LBSNAA) in Prime Minister unveiled Shri Adi
Mussoorie. The facility was inaugurated Shankaracharya statue in Kedarnath
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited The Cabinet also approved to introduce
the Kedarnath Dham and inaugurated the ‘Punjab Horticulture Nursery Bill-
the reconstructed Shri Adi 2021’ by amending ‘Punjab Fruit
Shankaracharya Samadhi, that was Nursery Act-1961‘.
damaged during the devastating 2013 Tripura developed country’s ‘first-
floods, at the premises of the ever’ bamboo made cricket bat,
Kedarnath Temple in Rudraprayag stumps
district of Uttarakhand and unveiled Bamboo and Cane Development
the statue of Shri Adi Shankaracharya Institute (BCDI) of Tripura along with
at the Samadhi. The 12-feet long statue the North East Centre of Technology
weighing around 35 tonnes (35,000kg) Application and Reach
has been constructed by Mysore-based (NECTAR) claimed to have developed
sculptor Arjun Yogiraj. the country’s first-ever bamboo
Dr Jitendra Singh inaugurated 650 made cricket bat maintaining all the
Teraflops Supercomputing Facility at standard protocols used for
NABI & i-RISE, TBI at Mohali manufacturing cricket bats.
Dr Jitendra Singh, Union Minister of IBM launched a client innovation
State (Independent Charge) Science center in Mysuru
& Technology, inaugurated the IBM Corp. launched a client
advanced 650 teraflops innovation centre in Mysuru with
supercomputing facility at National support from the Karnataka Digital
Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute Economy Mission (KDEM). This
(NABI) at Mohali, Punjab. Union initiative aims at supporting the rapid,
Minister Dr Jitendra Singh has also high-tech driven economic growth in
inaugurated i-RISE, Technology tier-2 and -3 regions while providing
Business Incubator (TBI) at Mohali comprehensive hybrid cloud and AI
which will provide world-class research technology consulting capabilities.
facilities for start-ups in India. Ministry of Civil Aviation declared
Punjab became 1st Indian state to Srinagar airport as major airport
approve Tissue Culture-Based Seed Ministry of Civil Aviation
Potato Rules declared Srinagar airport as a ‘major
Punjab Cabinet headed by chief airport’ under Airports Economic
minister Charanjit Singh Channi Regulatory Authority Act, 2008
approved the ‘Punjab Tissue Culture (AERA) in exercise of the powers
Based Seed Potato Rules-2021’ to conferred by sub-section (i) of Section 2
develop Punjab as a standard potato of Airports Economic Authority Act,
seed centre. With this decision, Punjab 2008.
has become the first Indian state to Srinagar selected to join UNESCO
have the facility of tissue culture- creative cities network (UCCN)
based certification, which will develop Srinagar (summer capital of Jammu
the Jalandhar-Kapurthala belt of Punjab and Kashmir) has been selected to
as the export hub of potato. join UNESCO creative cities network
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(UCCN) for the vibrant cultural ethos Defence Minister Shri Rajnath Singh
of the old city. inaugurated the first operationalised
It has been designated as a creative private sector defence
city of craft and folk arts by UNESCO. manufacturing facility in Uttar
Apart from it, 48 cities have been Pradesh Defence Industrial Corridor
added to the network of 246 cities (UPDIC) in Lucknow on November 13,
following their designation in 2021.
recognition of their commitment to The facility, run by Aerolloy
placing culture and creativity at the Technologies, a wholly owned
heart of their development. subsidiary of PTC industries, will
Other Indian Cities under UCCN List: manufacture parts for Aircraft Engines,
• Jaipur - Crafts and Folk Arts Helicopter Engines, Structural parts for
(2015) aircrafts, Drones and UAV, Submarines,
• Varanasi - Creative city of Music Ultra-Light Artillery Guns, Space Launch
(2015) Vehicles and Strategy Systems etc.
• Chennai - Creative city of Music Arunachal Pradesh Govt adopted
(2017) ‘Pakke Declaration’ on climate
• Mumbai – Film (2019) change
• Hyderabad – Gastronomy (2019) The government of Arunachal
Meghalaya Cabinet approved Pradesh approved the ‘Pakke Tiger
creation of Eastern West Khasi Hills Reserve 2047 Declaration on Climate
as 12th district Change Resilient and Responsive
The Meghalaya Cabinet approved a Arunachal Pradesh’, which aims to
proposal to upgrade the Mairang civil promote “climate-resilient
sub-division to a full-fledged district development” in the state.
which will be called as ‘Eastern West The announcement is the first of its
Khasi Hills district’. It will be kind by any state government in the
Meghalaya’s 12th district. country. For the first time, the State’s
Wangala festival celebrated in Cabinet meeting was conducted
Meghalaya outside the capital Itanagar, at Pakke
On 12th November 2021, Meghalaya Tiger Reserve, where the ‘Pakke
state observed the ‘Wangala’, the Declaration’ was adopted.
festival of 100 Drums Festival. It is a The ‘Pakke Declaration’ focuses on a
post-harvest festival of the Garos multi-sectoral approach to low-
tribe which is being held every year to emission and climate-resilient
honour ‘Saljong’, the Sun God of development based on five broad
Garos, which also marks the end of the themes, or Panch Dharas.
harvest season. India’s 1st grass conservatory
Defence Minister inaugurated 1st inaugurated in Ranikhet,
Private Sector Defence Uttarakhand
Manufacturing facility in UPDIC in India’s first ‘grass conservatory’ or
Lucknow ‘germplasm conservation centre’
spread over an area of 2 acres was
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inaugurated at Ranikhet in Almora It is 1,860-sqft museum co-developed

district of Uttarakhand. by Food Corporation of India (FCI)
This conservatory is funded under the and Visvesvaraya Industrial and
Central Government’s CAMPA Technological Museums, Bengaluru
(Compensatory Afforestation Fund (Karnataka) with an estimated outlay of
Management and Planning Rs 1.1 crore.
Authority) scheme and is developed India’s 1st Fisheries Business
by the research wing of Uttarakhand Incubation Centre launched in
Forest Department. Gurugram, Haryana
MP’s Habibganj railway station Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal
renamed as Rani Kamlapati railway Husbandry and Dairying Parshottam
station Rupala launched the India’s first-of-its
PM inaugurated revamped Rani kind, dedicated business incubator
Kamlapati railway station, earlier known as LINAC-NCDC Fisheries
known as Habibganj, in Bhopal, Business Incubation Centre
Madhya Pradesh. The "most modern" (LlFlC) in Gurugram, Haryana.
Habibganj railway station has been The LlFlC is built at a cost of 3.23
renamed after Gond queen Rani crore to nurture fisheries start-ups
Kamlapati. The redeveloped station in under real market-led conditions.
Bhopal has been built on a cost of Rs National Cooperative Development
100 crore. Corporation (NCDC) is an
PM Modi inaugurated Purvanchal implementing agency for the LIFIC.
Expressway in UP India’s 1st Laser Interferometer
PM Narendra Modi has Gravitational-Wave Observatory
inaugurated Purvanchal (LIGO) Project will be set up in
Expressway at Karwal Kheri in Hingoli, Maharashtra
Sultanpur district of Uttar Pradesh. Maharashtra’s Hingoli revenue
This 341 km long Purvanchal department allotted 225 hectares of
Express and will connect Lucknow with land at Dudhala in Aundha Nagnath
Ghazipur. It has been constructed at an town for setting-up India’s 1st Laser
estimated cost of Rs 22,500 crore. Interferometer Gravitational-Wave
Expressway starts from village Observatory (LIGO) project. LIGO
Chaudsarai, located on Lucknow- India project will be built by the
Sultanpur Road (NH-731) and ends at Department of Atomic Energy (DAE)
village Hydaria located on National and the Department of Science and
Highway No. 31. A 3.2-km long Technology (DST).
airstrip has also been constructed on PM Modi laid foundation stone of UP
the expressway. Defence Industrial Corridor project in
Piyush Goyal launched India’s 1st Jhansi
Digital Food Museum in Tamil Nadu PM Narendra Modi has laid
Union Minister, Piyush Goyal virtually foundation stone of Rs 400 crores
launched India’s first Digital Food worth Uttar Pradesh Defence
Museum in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu. Industrial Corridor project in Jhansi.
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It was launched on the concluding the Common Service Centre (CSC) to

three-day 'Rashtra Raksha Samarpan improve its PDS system.
Parv', organized by Ministry of IRCTC and Indian Railways
Defence (MoD) along with Uttar developed India’s 1st Pod Hotel at
Pradesh government. Mumbai Central Railway station
UP Defence Industrial Corridor has Indian Railway Catering and Tourism
nodes at Agra, Aligarh, Jhansi, Corporation (IRCTC) and Indian
Chitrakoot, Lucknow and Kanpur. Railways have developed India’s first
UP’s 1st Anti-Air Pollution Tower state of the art Pod Hotel (Pod
inaugurated in Noida concept retiring room),
Union Minister of Heavy named ‘Urban Pod’ at Mumbai
Industries Mahendra Nath Pandey has Central Railway station. Urban Pod
inaugurated first air pollution control Pvt Ltd has been awarded the contract
tower (APCT) of Uttar Pradesh in to Set-up, Operate and Manage the
Noida. This indigenously developed POD hotel for 9 years. A capsule hotel
APCT will help to mitigate the rising air or Pod hotel was first developed in
pollution problem in the city. APCT Japan.
prototype has been developed by Indore’s Patalpani Railway Station
state-run Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd renamed after Tribal Icon Tantya Bhil
(BHEL), between the DND flyway and Madhya Pradesh Chief
the slip road to Noida Expressway. Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan
Odisha celebrated ‘Boita Bandana’ announced the renaming of
Festival Indore’s Patalpani railway
On Karthika Purnima, which is also station after tribal icon Tantya Bhil,
known as Boita Bandana is celebrated who was well known as ‘Indian Robin
at various water bodies of Odisha. Hood’ by the tribals.
Meghalaya became 1st north-eastern CM also announced that 2 other
state to sign MoU with WFP to landmarks, the Bhanwar Kuan
improve food security intersection and MR 10 bus stand, in
Meghalaya became the first state in Indore will also be named after Tantya
the north-eastern region of India to Bhil. Bhanwar Kuan intersection and
sign a Memorandum of Understanding MR 10 bus stand, are being developed
with United Nations World Food at a cost of Rs 53 crore.
Programme (UNWFP) for Home Minister Amit Shah laid
streamlining and strengthening of foundation stone for ‘Rani Gaidinliu
Public Distribution System (PDS) and Tribal Freedom Fighters Museum’ in
improving food security in the state. Manipur
This partnership will enable both sides Home Minister Amit Shah will lay
to work together towards foundation stone for setting up of Rani
Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Gaidinliu Tribal Freedom Fighters
2: Zero Hunger. The state government Museum at Luangkao village in
also signed another agreement with Tamenglong district of Manipur
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This project has been sanctioned by Kulgam district administration and the
Union Ministry of Tribal Affairs at an Department of Tourism, Jammu &
estimated cost of 15 crore rupees. Kashmir organised the 1st ever
PM Modi laid the foundation stone Aharbal Festival at Kulgam, J & K to
of Noida International Airport in promote tourism in Kashmir,
Jewar, UP particularly at the Aharbal waterfall.
PM Narendra Modi has laid the Aharbal falls, also known as “Niagara
foundation stone of Noida Falls” of Kashmir, is a hill station in the
International Airport in Jewar, UP. south-western part of Kashmir Valley in
Uttar Pradesh is poised to become the the Jammu and Kashmir.
only state to have 5 international The department organised the 1st ever
airports. Lolab festival, a one-day festival at
It will be the 2nd international airport Chandigam Lolab in north Kashmir’s
to come up in Delhi NCR after Indira Kupwara district, J&K, and
Gandhi International Airport. The Doodhpathri Festival, a 3-day tourism
airport has been developed by Zurich festival at Budgam, J&K, to promote
Airport International over 1,330 acres Doodhpathri as an attractive tourist
of land area. destination.
Madhya Pradesh will create first Indian Railways is constructing
cyber tehsil of India World’s Tallest Railway Pier Bridge in
Madhya Pradesh Cabinet has Manipur
approved the proposal to create cyber The Indian Railways is constructing
tehsils in the state of Madhya Pradesh. the world’s tallest railway bridge
After this, MP will become the first pier across river Ijai near Noney
state in the country to have a cyber Valley crossing at a pier height of 141
tehsil. Cyber Tehsil will make the metres in Manipur, India as a part of
mutation process easy and people the 111 km long Jiribam-Imphal
from anywhere in the state can avail of railway project.
its benefit. The bridge will surpass the record of
Cherry Blossom Festival 2021 139 meters high Mala – Rijeka
celebrated in Shillong, Meghalaya viaduct on the Belgrade–Bar railway,
The three-day Shillong Cherry in Montenegro, Europe.
Blossom Festival 2021 was The total cost of the bridge is
inaugurated by Chief Minister of estimated at Rs 374 crore. The bridge
Meghalaya, Conrad K Sangma and is being built at a height of 141
Ambassador of Japan to India, Satoshi metres. The total length of the
Suzuki. It was celebrated from Manipur bridge will be 703 metres.
November 25 to 27. The festival was Varanasi became 1st Indian city to
held in two venues, Ward’s start Ropeway Service as a Mode of
Lake and Polo Grounds in Meghalaya. Public Transport
1st ever Aharbal Festival held in J&K Varanasi, a city in Uttar Pradesh is all
to promote tourism set to become the first Indian city to
start ropeway service as a mode of
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public transport in order to ease the Delhi’s Sadar Bazar Police Station
traffic congestion. The proposed ranked best-performing police
ropeway will be constructed between station in India
Cantt Railway Station (Varanasi The Sadar Bazar police station of
Junction) to Church Square North Delhi has been ranked as the
(Godauliya) covering an aerial best police station in India for the
distance of 3.45 km. year 2021 by the Ministry of Home
Its outlay is over Rs 400 crore which is Affairs. It has been carried out by
divided between Central Government the Bureau of Police Research and
and State Government at 80:20. India Development (BPRD).
will be the third country in the world Parameters: Handling of crime,
after Bolivia and Mexico to use a infrastructure, and approachability of
ropeway for public transport. personnel.
Kerala Tourism launched STREET Top 5 Police Station:
project for experiential tourism • Sadar Bazar PS (North dist.-
Kerala Tourism launched the 'STREET' Delhi)
project to promote and take tourism • Gangapur PS (Ganjam dist.-
deep into the interiors and rural Odisha)
hinterland of Kerala. Project would • Bhattu Kalan PS (Fatehabad
help visitors experience the diversity of dist.-Haryana)
offerings in these locales. The STREET is • Valpoi PS (North Goa)
an acronym • Manvi PS (Raichur dist.-
for Sustainable, Tangible, Responsible, Karnataka)
Experiential, Ethnic, Tourism hubs. Chapter 13: Current Affairs
The project, conceived by
the Responsible Tourism Mission, is
(International)
inspired by the 'Tourism for Inclusive India and Bhutan issued LoE to add 7
Growth' slogan of The United entry-exit trade points
Nations World Tourism India and Bhutan formalised seven
Organization. additional entry – exit points for
7th India International Science trade through Letters of Exchange
Festival 2021 will be held in Goa (LoE) issued during the Commerce
7th India International Science Secretary level meeting between the
Festival (IISF) will be held in Panaji, countries that discussed Trade & Transit
Goa from 10-13 December 2021. issues.
It is a 4-day event, organized by This formalisation is a part of measures
Ministry of Earth Sciences, Ministry to increase trade connectivity.
of Science and Technology, Dept of 7 entry-exit points:
Atomic Energy, Department of • Nagrakata Land customs
Space and Govt of Goa. Theme will station- No Commodity
be based on Aazadi Ka Amrit restriction
Mahotsav with motto of Celebration • Entry-exit point – Agartala Land
of science and its promotion. Customs station; Birpara;
Kamardwisa
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• Entry-Exit Point with Cross UK approved world’s 1st oral pill to

border control at Dhubri: treat COVID-19
• Jogighopa port
• Pandu port (Guwahati Britain's health regulators, Medicines
Steamerghat) and Healthcare Products Regulatory
• Asian Highway 48 connecting Agency have approved the world’s
Torsa Tea Garden in India & first pill to treat cases of
• Allay in Bhutan as an additional symptomatic COVID-19.
route corresponding to the Land The antiviral Lagevrio
Customs Station at Jaigaon (molnupiravir) has been found to be
PM Modi and Boris Johnson safe and effective at reducing the risk of
launched “One Sun, One World, One hospitalisation and death in people
Grid” initiative with mild to moderate COVID-19.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and USA became 101st member country
his British counterpart Boris of International Solar Alliance
Johnson jointly launched the ‘One United States of America (USA) has
Sun, One World, One Grid’ joined International Solar Alliance
(OSOWOG) initiative at the COP 26 (ISA) as a member country. USA is
Climate Meet in Glasgow. The vision now 101st country to sign the
behind OSOWOG is ‘The Sun Never framework agreement of the ISA.
Sets’. Earlier at COP26, the US joined the
On the occasion, he also announced steering committee of the “One Sun
that India’s space agency, ISRO will One World One Grid” initiative that
provide a calculator to the world includes Australia, France, the UK and
soon, that can measure the solar India.
energy potential of any region. TVS Motor became 1st Indian 2-
UK launched commemorative £5 coin wheeler maker to join United Nations
celebrating legacy of Mahatma Global Compact
Gandhi TVS Motor Company, the flagship
The Government of the United company of TVS Group, has joined
Kingdom (UK) has unveiled a £5 the United Nations Global Compact
coin to commemorate the life and (UNGC), the world’s largest voluntary
legacy of Mahatma Gandhi. It is corporate sustainability initiative.
the first time Mahatma Gandhi has TVS Motor has become the 1st Indian
been commemorated on an official UK two-wheeler and three-wheeler
coin. The special collectors' coin was manufacturer to join the UNGC.
designed by Heena Glover. India re-elected to UNESCO
Rishi Sunak, Chancellor of UK, chose Executive Board for 4-year term
the final design for the coin. The coin India got re-elected to the Executive
features an image of a lotus, India's Board of the United Nations
national flower, alongside one of Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Gandhi's most famous quotes - 'My life Organization (UNESCO) with 164
is my message'.
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votes for a 4-year term, starting Congress on Disaster Management

from 2021-25. (WCDM). It is an initiative of Disaster
The General Conference of UNESCO Management Initiatives and
elects members of the Executive Board. Convergence Society (DMICS),
India was re-elected to Group IV of Hyderabad.
Asian and Pacific States, where Japan, The event has been organized at the
Philippines, Vietnam, Cook Islands and campus of IIT Delhi. The first WCDM
China also got elected. was held in 2008 in Hyderabad and
El Salvador announced to build inaugurated by Dr A P J Abdul Kalam.
world’s first ‘Bitcoin City’ Theme of the 5th WCDM: ‘Technology,
El Salvador President Nayib Finance and Capacity for Building
Bukele has announced to build Resilience to Disasters in the context
the world’s first Bitcoin City in the of COVID-19’.
country. This new city is planned to be WHO named new COVID-19 Strain
developed in the eastern region of La B.1.1.529 as ‘Omicron’
Union and will be initially funded World Health Organisation (WHO)
by bitcoin-backed bonds. has designated the new, fast-spreading
It would get geothermal power from coronavirus variant, B.1.1.529, which
a volcano. Bitcoin City will not levy was detected in South Africa named
any taxes except for value added tax “Omicron” after a letter in the Greek
(VAT). alphabet, as ‘Variant of Concern
US, Australia and UK signed key deal (VOC)’.
in Nuclear Submarine Alliance Currently designated VOCs are, Alpha
On November 21, (B.1.1.7), Beta (B.1.351), Gamma
2021 Australia officially became a part (P.1), Delta (B.1.617.2), and Omicron
of the new Nuclear Powered (B.1.1.529).
Submarine defence alliance with B.1.1.529 variant was first reported
the United Kingdom and the United from South Africa on 24th November
States after signing a deal with the 2021 and the first known confirmed
countries in Canberra, Australia. B.1.1.529 infection was from a specimen
Under the AUKUS deal, Australia will collected on 9 November 2021.
be provided with 8 nuclear powered Chapter 14: Banking &
submarines capable of stealthy and
long-range missions. It is
Financial
the first agreement on technology Government collected Rs 1.30 lakh
signed by the three countries after the crores as GST for October, 2nd
formation of defence alliance AUKUS highest since GST implementation
(Australia-UK-US). Gross Goods and service tax (GST)
Rajnath Singh inaugurated 5th collection for the month of October
World Congress on Disaster came in at Rs 1,30,127 crore, the
Management second-highest collection since GST
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has was implemented in July 2017 & second
virtually inaugurated 5th World only to GST revenues collected in April
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2021. Revenues for the month are 24% pensioners. This new facility will allow
higher year-on-year. pensioners to submit their life
Of the gross GST revenue collected in certificates via video from their homes.
October, Rs 23,861 crore was towards This facility is available for pensioners
CGST, Rs 30,421 crore was towards (other than family pensioners). It is
SGST and Rs 67,361 crore was towards important for pensioners and family
IGST, and Cess amounted to Rs 8,484 pensioners to submit their life
crore. certificates before November
Microsoft surpassed Apple to become 30 every year to avoid their pensions
world’s most valuable company by m- getting suspended.
cap RBI lifted restrictions on Diners Club
Microsoft Corporation has surpassed International Limited
Apple Inc. to become the world’s The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) lifted
most valuable publicly-traded restrictions imposed on 23rd April, 2021
company by market capitalisation. At with immediate effect on credit card
market close on October 29, 2021, issuer Diners Club International
Apple stood at about $2.46 trillion while Ltd to onboard new customers.
Microsoft reached nearly $2.49 RBI restricted Diners Club International
trillion. Ltd. from on-boarding new domestic
Government approved interest rate customers onto its card network
on Employees’ Provident Fund for from May 1, 2021 due to non-
FY21 at 8.5% compliance with RBI on storage of
Ministry of Finance has approved the Payment System Data
interest rate on employees’ provident Earlier, RBI has banned – American
fund (EPF) deposits for 2020-21 Express (on 23rd April 2021) and
at 8.5%. The rate has been kept Mastercard, (in July 2021) from
unchanged as for 2019-20. EPF is one enrolling new customers. RBI has not
fixed-income instrument that is completely yet lifted their ban.
tax-free under the exempt-exempt- RBI launched 1st Global Hackathon
exempt (EEE) regime, along with PPF and named HARBINGER 2021
the Sukanya Samriddhi Account. The Reserve Bank of India has
RBI appointed Bandhan Bank as launched its first global hackathon
agency bank named “HARBINGER 2021 –
The Reserve Bank of India has now Innovation for Transformation”.
appointed Bandhan Bank as an The Hackathon invites participants to
Agency Bank of the RBI to conduct identify and develop solutions that
government business. Bandhan Bank have the potential to make digital
will now be authorised to handle payments accessible to the under-
transactions related to GST, VAT and served, enhance the ease of payments
the collection of state taxes. and user experience while
SBI launched ‘Video Life Certificate’ strengthening the security of digital
service for pensioners payments and promote customer
The State Bank of India has launched protection.
a video life certificate service for
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Winner of the hackathon will get Rs. 40 card, NEFT/RTGS and UPI/IMPS
lakhs while Runner-up will get Rs. 20 collection modes.
lakhs. Central government brought
Theme of HARBINGER 2021: ‘Smarter ordinance to extend tenure of ED, CBI
Digital Payments’. directors up to 5 years
RBI projected Retail (CPI) inflation at The central government of India
5.3% for 2021-22 promulgated two ordinances for
India’s retail inflation rate, measured extending the tenure of Directors of
by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), the Enforcement Directorate
rose slightly in October to 4.48% year- (ED) and Central Bureau of
on-year from 4.35% in Investigation (CBI) for up to five
September due to an uptick in food years.
prices. At present, the director of CBI and ED
The inflation was 7.61% in October last have been appointed for two-year
year. The RBI has projected the CPI tenure in office by the Central
inflation at 5.3 per cent for 2021-22. Vigilance Commission (CVC) Act,
According to MoSPI data, inflation in 2003.
the food basket rose to 0.85 per As per the new ordinance, the Directors
cent in October, compared to 0.68 per of CBI or ED can now be appointed
cent in the preceding month. first for a period of two years, and
BharatPe launched World’s 1st later if needed, the tenure can be
Merchant Shareholding Programme extended for three more years. But it
BharatPe launched the will require three separate annual
World’s 1st Merchant Shareholding extensions. However, after five years no
Program (MSP) for its merchant extension can be granted to an ED or
partners. It is a $100 million worth CBI chief.
program, under which the company SIDBI launched 2nd window of
offers its merchant customers an Swavalamban Challenge Fund (SCF)
opportunity to buy BharatPe’s equity Small Industries Development Bank
shares and become a partner. of India (SIDBI) launched the second
HDFC Bank integrated with e-NAM window of Swavalamban Challenge
platform to Facilitate Agri Fund (SCF) which aims to provide
Commodity Trading financial support to non-profit
HDFC Bank integrated with organizations, educational
the Central Government’s National institutions for addressing
Agriculture Market (eNAM) to enable developmental gaps.
digital collections and settlement of This edition themes are aligned with
funds to various e-NAM beneficiaries. attaining net zero emissions by 2070,
HDFC Bank has partnered with Small as per the commitments made by India
Farmers Agri-Business Consortium at 26th UN (United Nations) Climate
(SFAC) to further improve the ease of Change Conference of the Parties (COP
doing business on e-NAM platform by 26). Therefore, ‘Green Bharat’ is the
offering the Multi-Netbanking, Debit prioritised theme for the same.
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This fund is a part of Swavalamban a safe manner with due customer

Resource Facility (SRF) being consent.
implemented by SIDBI in partnership HDFC launched Micro-Credit Facility
with Foreign, Commonwealth and for Street Vendors under PM
Development Office (FCDO), United SVANidhi
Kingdom (UK). The first window of HDFC Bank launched a micro-credit
SCF was launched in August 2021 to facility for the street vendors under
promote entrepreneurship culture in PM Street vendor’s Atma Nirbhar
India. SIDBI is the sole facilitator for SCF. Nidhi (PM SVANidhi), with common
India became World’s Largest service centers (CSC).
Recipient of Remittances by HDFC Bank facilitates the PM SVANidhi
receiving $ 87 billion in 2021: WB for its Village-Level
Report Entrepreneurs (VLEs) on the digital
According to the latest report by the Sewa portal where vendors can
World Bank titled ‘World Bank’s complete the entire process via online
Remittance Prices Worldwide method.
Database’, India became the world’s HDFC Bank capitalizes for facilitating
largest recipient of remittances by small ticket loans of Rs 10,000 for
receiving USD 87 billion in 2021. vendors along with VLEs to identify
The United States (US) was its biggest the opportunities for other products &
source, accounting for over 20% of maximize their incentives. PM SVANidhi
these funds. India is followed by provides a collateral-free affordable
China, Mexico, the Philippines, and loan of Rs 10,000 along with an
Egypt. In India, remittances are interest subsidy of 7 percent.
projected to grow 3% in 2022 to USD Mahindra Finance launched a vehicle
89.6 billion. leasing and subscription business
NSDL e-Governance got RBI’s “Quiklyz”
approval to operate as Account Mahindra and Mahindra Financial
Aggregator Services Ltd (Mahindra Finance), non-
NSDL e-Governance Infrastructure banking financial company (NBFC)
Ltd, IT-enabled services provider, has launched its vehicle leasing and
received in-principle approval from the subscription business Quiklyz with
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to set up which the customer can access a brand-
an Account Aggregator (AA) business new car without all the hassles of car
under its wholly-owned ownership.It is the first-of-its-
subsidiary, NSDL e-Governance AA kind digital process on vehicle
Ltd. usership aimed at catering to both the
AA are data access fiduciary. It will be retail customers and corporates.
used for the exchange of financial RBI authorized RBL Bank to collect
information from Financial Direct Taxes
Information Providers (FIP) to Reserve Bank of
Financial Information Users (FIUs) in India (RBI) authorised RBL Bank to
collect direct taxes on behalf of the
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Central Board of Direct The Financial Stability Board

Taxes (CBDT) based on (FSB), made up of regulators from
recommendation from the Controller G20 countries, in consultation with
General of Accounts, Ministry of Basel Committee on Banking
Finance and Government of India. Supervision (BCBS), published its
Now, the customers of RBL Bank latest table of the world’s 30 most
could pay their direct taxes through systemic banks.Previously, JPMorgan
RBL Bank’s mobile banking or net Chase had been named the world’s
banking platforms or through branch most systemic bank in 2019 and in
banking networks.RBI recently also 2020, it shared the title with HSBC and
authorized Karur Vysya Bank (KVB) Citigroup.
to collect Direct taxes. NPCI Bharat BillPay onboarded Tata
RBI revealed a Draft Scheme for Power on ClickPay platform
amalgamation of PMC Bank with to facilitate automated electricity bill
Unity Small Finance Bank payments
On November 22, 2021, the Reserve NPCI Bharat BillPay has on-
Bank of India (RBI) revealed a draft boarded Tata Power on its platform
scheme for amalgamating the Punjab through which customers of Tata
and Maharashtra Cooperative (PMC) Power to pay their monthly
Bank with the Delhi-based Unity electricity bills
Small Finance Bank Ltd. (USFB). through ClickPay payment link in a
The suggestions and objections to the hasslefree and seamless manner. Tata
draft scheme are open till December 10, Power is the first power company
2021. PMC Bank Limited based in which will provide services on the NBBL
Mumbai, Maharashtra was placed ClickPay platform.
under All-Inclusive Directions under Government changed base year for
Sub-section (1) of Section 35-A read Wage Rate Index (WRI) from 1963-
with Section 56 of the Banking 65 to 2016
Regulation (BR) Act, 1949 on Ministry of Labour has changed
September 23, 2019 on account of the base year for Wage Rate Index
fraud which led to a steep deterioration (WRI) from 1963-65 to 2016 on the
in its net worth. recommendation of Expert Group on
JP Morgan Chase named world’s Minimum Wages & National Floor
most systemically important bank: Wages committee, headed by S.P.
Financial Stability Board Mukherjee.
JPMorgan Chase has once again been New series of Wage Rate Index (WRI)
named the world’s most important from July 2016 to July 2020 based on
bank to the health of the wider the new series 2016=100 has been
financial system, according to the 2021 released by government. Total of 37
list of Global Systemically Important industries have been covered in the
Banks (G-SIBs) released by Financial new WRI basket (2016=100) as
Stability Board (FSB). against 21 industries in the 1963-
65=100 series.
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The New WRI Series with base promoters’ stake in private banks
2016=100 would be compiled twice a from the current 15 % to 26 % in 15
year on a point-to-point half-yearly years. Presently, a promoter of a private
basis, as on 1st January and 1st July bank needs to pare holdings to 20 per
of every year. cent within 10 years, and to 15 per
RBI imposed monetary penalty of Rs. cent within 15 years.
1 crore on State Bank of India RBI approved LIC to increase its stake
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has in Kotak Mahindra Bank up to 9.99%
imposed a monetary penalty of Rs 1 Reserve Bank of India (RBI) granted
crore on country's largest lender, State its approval to the Life Insurance
Bank of India (SBI) for holding shares Corporation of India (LIC) to increase
in the borrower companies of an its holding in Kotak Mahindra Bank
amount exceeding 30 per cent of the up to 9.99%. The approval is valid for a
paid-up share capital of those period of 1 year.
companies. The RBI imposed the As of September 2021, LIC holds a
penalty for the contravention of sub- 4.96% stake in Kotak Mahindra Bank.
section (2) of section 19 of the LIC is the 5th largest shareholder in
Banking Regulation Act, 1949, Kotak Mahindra Bank. Uday Kotak
according to its statement on and family, promoters of the bank,
November 26. hold a 26% stake in Kotak Mahindra
RBI raised higher cap on promoter Bank while Canada Pension Plan
stake at 26% in private banks Investment Board holds 6.37%.
Reserve Bank of India had formed On 26th November 2021, RBI accepted
an Internal Working Group (IWG) in a working group’s recommendation
June 2020, to review the extant to increase promoter stake in private
guidelines on ownership and banks till 26% and non-promoter stake
corporate structure for Indian private to 10%.
sector banks. RBI imposed Rs. 1 crore penalty on
The IWG had 5 members Union Bank of India
with Shrimohan Yadav as the The Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
convenor. The Internal Working imposed a monetary penalty of Rs 1
Group (IWG) had made 33 crore on Union Bank of India for
recommendations to RBI. Now RBI violating certain provisions related
has accepted 21 recommendations to sale of stressed assets and
out of these 33. reporting of frauds.
The internal working group of RBI has
proposed to raise the cap on
Chapter 15: Committee

Committee Headed by Purpose
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SEBI has formed the 7-member IT-PAC to provide

SEBI formed IT
guidance to upgrade the existing IT systems of SEBI
Projects Advisory Abhay Karandikar
and the solutions with the latest IT practices,
Committee (IT-PAC)
techniques, tools and technologies.
The reconstituted 7-member committee will
SEBI reconstituted
recommend measures for changes and
Technical Advisory Deepak Phatak
improvements in the market structure given the
Committee
technological changes.
The RBI committee on ARC has submitted its report.
It suggested that the scope of Section 5 of
the SARFAESI Act be expanded to permit ARCs to
acquire financial assets from all regulated entities.
RBI’s panel on asset
reconstruction Sudarshan Sen
It recommended all accounts above Rs 500 cr, two
companies (ARCs)
bank-approved external valuers and b/w Rs 100 - Rs
500 cr, one valuer should carry out a valuation to
determine the liquidation value and fair market
value.
to take lead in the development of 6G Technology
globally.
Technology Innovation Group is a 22-member
Technology Innovation group.
Group on 6G formed K Rajaraman Aim: To create vision and objectives as well as
by DoT develop a roadmap for research and
development (R&D), pre-standardisation,
development of applications and products, and
action plans for 6G technology.
The Central Government has constituted a 3-
member committee for determination of RoDTEP
Committee to (Remission of Duties and Taxes on Exported
determine RoDTEP Gopal Krishna Products) rates for AA (advance
rates for exports from Pillai authorisation)/export-oriented units (EOUs)/
SEZs, EOUs special economic zones (SEZs) exports as these
sectors were left out in the earlier exercise.
Other members: Y G Parande, Gautam Ray.
The Working Group on Digital Lending including
Working Group on Lending through Online Platforms and Mobile Apps,
Jayant K Dash
Digital Lending which was constituted by the Reserve Bank of
India (RBI), has submitted its report.
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In the near term, the WG suggested setting up

a nodal agency in consultation with stakeholders to
verify the technological credentials of the Digital
Lending Apps (DLAs) of the balance sheet lenders
and Lending Service Providers (LSPs) operating in
the digital lending ecosystem.
for 2 years to monitor and expedite the pace of
the project.
It includes P K Tiwari, Shailendar Roy, Professor
‘Central Vista Mausam and member and a Joint
Ratan P Watal
Oversight Committee’ Secretary MoHUA as the convener.
The committee will ensure a multi-agency, multi-
stakeholder coordination for seamless
integration of different project works.
Chapter 16: Defence News

Indian Navy 7th Talwar Class stealth (P15B) was signed on January 2011.
frigate Tushil launched in Russia The Visakhapatnam destroyer is a
7th Indian Navy frigate of P1135.6 follow up of Kolkata class (15 A)
class (Talwar Class Frigate), INS Tushil destroyers.
has been launched at Yantar Shipyard Visakhapatnam is Designed by
at Kaliningrad in Russia. the Directorate of Naval Design,
It has been developed under Inter- Indian Navy’s design Organisation. The
Governmental Agreement Destroyer is constructed by the
(IGA) between India and Russia in Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd,
2016 for the construction of four Mumbai. Visakhapatnam will be
additional P1135.6 class ships for Indian commissioned from December 2021.
Navy. It will be commissioned into IAF & DRDO successfully conducted
Indian Navy in mid-2023 followed by flight tests of Smart Anti-Airfield
its sister ship by the end of 2023. Weapon
Indian Navy received its first P15B DRDO and Indian Air Force have
Indigenous Stealth Guided-Missile carried out two successful flight tests of
Destroyer – ‘Visakhapatnam’ indigenously-developed Smart Anti-
The Indian Navy received its first Airfield Weapon (SAAW) from IAF
P15B stealth guided-missile aircraft at Chandan ranges in
destroyer, which is named as Jaisalmer, Rajasthan.
‘Visakhapatnam’. The two flight tests have been
The contract for four ships of conducted using 2 different
Visakhapatnam class of Project 15 B configurations – Satellite
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Navigation and Electro-optical Gorshkov warship, that rightly hit the

sensors. An electro-optical seeker test target placed in the Russian Arctic
based flight test of this class of bomb waters.
was conducted for the first time in Russia destroyed its own satellite in
India. The SAAW is capable of low-earth orbit using an Anti-Satellite
carrying a warhead of 125 kilograms (ASAT) Missile named ‘Nudol’, which
(kgs) with a precision target hitting led to formation of a cloud of space
range of 100 kms. debris that could potentially destroy
DRDO signed Bilateral Innovation other orbiting satellites & the
Agreement with Israel for dual use International Space Station (ISS).
technology INS Visakhapatnam commissioned
DRDO has signed Bilateral Innovation into Indian Navy
Agreement with Directorate of INS
Defence Research and Development Visakhapatnam was commissioned
(DDR&D), Ministry of Defence, into the Indian Navy in presence of
Israel to promote innovation and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh at
accelerated R&D in startups and the Naval Dockyard, Mumbai.
MSMEs of both countries for the This is the first of the four
development of dual use ‘Visakhapatnam’ class destroyers. It
technologies. has been designed by the Indian
Indian Navy received 4th Scorpene Navy’s in-house organization
Submarine ‘Vela’ under Project-75 Directorate of Naval Design and
4th Scorpene submarine of the constructed by Mazagon Dock
Project-75, Yard 11878 was delivered Shipbuilders Limited, Mumbai.
to the Indian Navy which will be Indian Navy commissioned 4th
commissioned as INS (Indian Naval Scorpene-class submarine INS Vela in
Ship) Vela. Mumbai
Project-75 includes construction Indian Navy has commissioned
of six submarines of Scorpene design indigenously built Scorpene-class
by Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders submarine Vela at Mumbai’s Naval
Limited (MDL) Mumbai (Maharashtra) Dockyard.
in collaboration with M/s Naval Group, INS Vela is the fourth in Project 75
France. series, following Kalvari, Khanderi and
Currently, three submarines under Karanj. It was built by Mazagon Dock
Project-75 are functional with Indian Shipbuilders Ltd in collaboration
Navy viz. INS Karanj, INS Kalvari, with M/s Naval Group of France.
and INS Khanderi. IAF commissioned 2 Mirage 2000
Russia successfully tests fired Fighters from France at Gwalior Air
Hypersonic Cruise Missile ‘Zircon’ & Base
Anti-Satellite Missile ‘Nudol’ The Indian Air Force (IAF) received 2-
Russian Navy successfully test fired second hand combat aircrafts Mirage
the ‘Zircon’ Hypersonic Cruise 2000 from France at Gwalior air
Missile from Frigate – Admiral base as a major boost to the fighter jet
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fleet of IAF amid border tensions with form three squadrons which are all
China and Pakistan. based in the Gwalior Air Force station
With this inclusion, there are a total of under the Mirage upgrade deal. The
50 Mirage 2000 Fighters in India. The Mirage aircrafts are made by Dassault
IAF had acquired around 51 Aviation, France.
Mirages in different batches and they
Defence
Between About
Exercise
Air forces of India and Egypt conducted a two-day
Exercise “Desert exercise ‘Desert Warrior’ at El Beringat airbase, Egypt
India and Egypt
Warrior” to enhance mutual understanding and share operational
experience.
Indian Army conducted the sixth edition of the biennial

training exercise “Shakti”, with French Army from
November 15 to November 26 in Frejus, France.
A platoon strength of a Gorkha Rifles Infantry
Shakti India and France
Battalion is representing the Indian Army in this bilateral
exercise and the French side is being represented by
troops of 21st Marine Infantry Regiment of 6th Light
Armoured Brigade.
India, Singapore, and Thailand participated in 3rd

edition of Trilateral Maritime Exercise named
as ‘SITMEX - 21’, which was held from 15 to 16
Exercise SITMEX India, Singapore,
November 2021 in the Andaman Sea. It is being hosted
21 Thailand
by Royal Thai Navy (RTN).
From India, Indian Naval Ship Karmuk is participating,
which is an indigenously built Missile Corvette.
The 32nd edition of India-Thailand Coordinated Patrol

(Indo-Thai CORPAT) was conducted from 12th to 14th
32nd CORPAT November 2021 in Andaman Sea.
India & Thailand
exercise Indian Navy was represented by Indian Naval Ship (INS)
Karmuk while Royal Thai Navy participated with
Majesty’s Thailand Ship (HTMS) Tayanchon.
The 5-day long, 15th edition of the Maldives,

India, and Sri Lanka biennial Trilateral Exercise ‘Dosti’
India, Maldives &
Exercise ‘Dosti’ was conducted in Maldives from 20-24 November 2021.
Sri Lanka
Indian Coast Guard vessels, Integrated Coast Guard Ship
(ICGS) Vajra and Apoorva along with Sri Lanka Coast
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Guard Ship (SLCGS) Suraksha Participated in the

exercise.
The 37th edition of India-Indonesia Coordinated Patrol
(CORPAT) is being held in the Indian Ocean region from
23-24 November 2021.
37th CORPAT Indigenously built Indian Naval Ship (INS)
India-Indonesia
exercise Khanjar and Dornier Maritime Patrol Aircraft is
participating in the CORPAT. Indonesian Naval Ship KRI
Sultan Thaha Syaifuddin, (376) is participating from
Indonesia.
A total of 84 Indian Air Force (IAF) personnel took part
in the international multilateral combat exercise Blue
Flag 2021, along with IAF’s Mirage 2000 aircraft
squadron at Israel’s Ovda Airbase.
International The exercise involves Air Force missions from 8
conducted in
Exercise ‘Blue Flag countries, to share knowledge and combat experience to
Israel
2021’ improve operational capabilities. The other Seven
countries that have participated in the exercise include
the US, UK, Germany, France, Italy, Greece, and Israel.
Theme: Integration of fourth and fifth-generation aircraft
in complex operational scenarios.
Chapter 17: Sports News a medal at the world championships.

Akash lost 0-5 in the 54 kg category
Indian GM P Iniyan won Rujna Zora
to Makhmud Sabyrkhan of
chess tournament in Serbia
Kazakhstan.
Indian Grandmaster (GM) P
Manu Bhaker and Javad Foroughi won
Iniyan wins 5th Rujna Zora chess
mixed team gold in ISSF President’s
tournament held at Serbia.
Cup
International Master (IM) Makarian
India’s woman pistol star Manu
Rudik of Russia finished 2nd and another
Bhaker and Iranian Olympic
Indian Player V S Raaghul finished 3rd
champion Javad Foroughi has won
and IM S. Nitin placed 4th. P Iniyan is
the 10m air pistol mixed team gold at
the 16th Indian Grand Master from
the inaugural ISSF President’s Cup at
Erode, Tamil Nadu.
the Wroclaw in Poland.
Akash Kumar won bronze in 2021
Max Verstappen won Mexican GP
AIBA Men’s World Championships in
2021
Serbia
Max Verstappen (Red Bull –
Indian boxer Akash Kumar has
Netherlands) has won the 2021
managed to clinch bronze medal
Mexico City Grand Prix held at the
at 2021 AIBA Men’s World Boxing
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez
Championships at Belgrade in Serbia.
in Mexico City. Lewis Hamilton
He is the 7th Indian male boxer to win
(Mercedes-Great Britain) stood
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second while Sergio Perez (Mexico- the GM Ask 3 round-robin event

Red Bull) came third. in Arandjelovac, Serbia. He scripted
Rashid Khan became youngest bowler history by becoming India’s quickest
to take 400 T20 wickets GM. He won five games, drew three and
Afghanistan leg-spinner Rashid lost one to Rudik Makrarian
Khan became the youngest bowler to (Russia) to take the second place with
take 400 T20 wickets during his 6.5 points in the GM tournament.
team’s crucial Super 12 encounter Mitrabha Guha named as India’s
against New Zealand in Dubai. Martin 72nd Grandmaster
Guptill became Rashid’s 400th victim International Master (IM) Mitrabha
in T20 cricket. He is the 4th bowler to Guha from Kolkata, West Bengal has
enter the 400 club after Dwayne become the 72nd Grandmaster of
Bravo (553), Sunil Narine (425) India after securing his 3rd and final
and Imran Tahir (420). Grandmaster (GM) norm at GM Third
Earlier, Rashid had become the fastest Saturday Mix 220, Novi Sad,
bowler to register 100 dismissals in Serbia. He won this 3rd GM norm
Twenty20 Internationals during a T20 against GM Nikola
World Cup 2021 match against Sedlak of Serbia. Mitrabha Guha
Pakistan. scored his 2nd GM norm at the Sheikh
Asif Ali, Laura Delany declared as ICC Russel International GM Tournament
Players of the Month for October 2021, Bangladesh.
Asif Ali from Pakistan and Laura Manika Batra, Archana Kamath won
Delany from Ireland have been voted Doubles title at WTT Contender
as the ICC Players of the Month for Tournament 2021
October. Indian Table Tennis player Manika
Dwayne Bravo announced retirement Batra and Archana Girish
from international cricket Kamath won the Women’s Double
Trinidadian cricketer Dwayne Bravo, title at the 2021 World Table Tennis
the former captain of the West Indies (WTT) Contender Tournament in
cricket team has confirmed his Lasko, Slovenia. The Indian pair, placed
retirement from international cricket. at 36th in World Ranking, defeated the
Dwayne Bravo has played in all seven Puerto Rican team of Melanie Diaz and
T20 World Cups and he has been a Adriana Diaz.
part of the West Indies team that won India’s 1st National Yogasana Sports
the T20 Title in 2012 and 2016. He has Championships organized in
scored 1245 runs at an average of Bhubaneswar
22.23 and a strike rate of 115.38 and he First Physical National Yogasana
has picked up 78 wickets. Championships of India has been
Sankalp Gupta became India's 71st organized in Bhubaneswar,
Grandmaster Odisha from 11th to 13th November
Nagpur based teenager Sankalp 2021. It has been organized
Gupta has become India's 71st by National Yogasana Sports
Grandmaster by finishing second in
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Federation (NYSF) in association with India will host 1st World Yogasana
the Odisha state. Championship in June 2022
Women’s cricket will make its debut India is all set to host the first-ever
in Commonwealth Games 2022, yogasana world championship in
Birmingham June 2022. The announcement for the
Women’s cricket is making its debut same was made during the India’s first
at the Commonwealth Games with Physical National Yogasana Sports
the T20 format. The last time cricket Championships in Bhubaneswar,
was played in the multi-sporting Odisha being held from November 11
showpiece was in the 1998 edition in to 13, 2021.
Kuala Lumpur. The event is organised by the
India will face Australia in the National Yogasana Sports Federation
opening match when women’s cricket (NYSF) in association with the Odisha
makes its debut at the 2022 government. Yogasana sport for both
Commonwealth Games on July 29 while male and female categories have been
the final will be played on August 7. The included in the Khelo India Youth
women’s cricket T20 competition will Games, 2021.
be held at the Edgbaston Mahela Jayawardena, Shaun Pollock,
Stadium from the 29 July, with the Janette Brittin inducted into ICC Hall
bronze and gold medal matches taking Of Fame
place on 7 August. The International Cricket Council
Australia won the ICC Men's T20 (ICC) announced cricket
World Cup 2021 legends Mahela Jayawardena (Sri
Australia won their maiden T20 World Lanka), Shaun Pollock (SA), and
Cup title as they defeated New Janette Brittin (England) were
Zealand in the final by 8 wickets. inducted into the hall of fame. 106
Mitchell Marsh was named as the players have been inducted since its
player of the match. ICC Men’s T20 launch in 2009.
World Cup 2021 had begun on 17th Alexander Zverev won Vienna Tennis
October 2021 at the Oman Cricket Open 2021
Academy Ground, the final match was Alexander “Sascha” Zverev, a
commenced on 14th November in German professional tennis player,
Dubai when Australia and New Zealand won the fifth ATP title of the season
met in a decider. (2021) and 18th overall at the Vienna
Lewis Hamilton won Brazilian (Sao Open 2021 or Erste Bank Open
Paulo) Formula One Grand Prix 2021 2021 defeating Frances Tiafoe of
Mercedes' British driver Lewis United States of America (USA).
Hamilton has won the Brazil Grand Robert Farah and Juan Sebastian
Prix 2021 in one of his all-time great Cabal of Colombia have won the
drives. Max Verstappen finished doubles competition at Erste Bank
second, Valtteri Bottas finished third Open 2021 defeating Joe Salisbury of
and Red Bull's Sergio Perez was fourth. the United Kingdom (UK) and Rajeev
Ram of USA.
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Lewis Hamilton won 2021 Qatar Grand overs bowled to produce figures of 4-4-
Prix 0-2 against Manipur.
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes-Great Alexander Zverev has won 2021 ATP
Britain), has won the 2021 F1 Qatar Finals title at Turin, Italy
Grand Prix. Max Verstappen (Red Alexander Zverev (Germany) has won
Bull – Netherlands) came second 2021 ATP Finals title, after defeating
while Fernando Alonso (Alpine- World No.2 Daniil Medvedev
Spain) came third. With this win, Lewis (Russia) by 6-4, 6-4, in the men’s single
Hamilton has become the first driver to finals at Turin in Italy.
have won at 30 different circuits in Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas
Formula 1. Mahut of France clinched the men’s
2025 Asian Youth Para Games will be double title by defeating Rajeev Ram
hosted by Tashkent, Uzbekistan of US and Joe Salisbury of UK.
The 5th edition of Asian Youth Saurav Ghosal won the Malaysian
Para Games 2025 will be hosted Open squash championship 2021
by Tashkent, capital of Uzbekistan Indian Squash star, Saurav Ghosal has
and the approval given by the Asian scripted history as he has become the
Paralympic Committee’s first Indian squash player to win
(APC) Executive Board. For the first the Malaysian Open Championships.
time ‘Asian Youth Games The second-seeded Ghosal
2025’ and ‘Asian Youth Para Games beat Miguel Rodriguez of Colombia
2025’ will be hosted in the same city & 11-7, 11-8 and 13-11 in the men’s
in the same venues. singles final in Kuala Lumpur to win
Tamil Nadu won Syed Mushtaq Ali the 2021 Malaysian Open Squash
T20 Trophy 2021-22 by defeating Championships title.
Karnataka On the other hand, the women’s
Tamil Nadu cricket team won their singles title of the 2021 Malaysian
second consecutive and over all third Open squash championships has
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy after been won by Malaysia’s Aifa Azman.
defeating Karnataka in the finals that Javagal Srinath, Harbhajan Singh
was held at Arun Jaitley Stadium in listed in MCC awards Honorary Life
Delhi. Membership
Tamil Nadu Batsman M. Shahrukh In October 2021, the Marylebone
Khan was named as the Man of the Cricket Club (MCC) released the list of
Match. In the Tournament, Vidarbha 18 Cricketers who were selected for
team’s bowler Akshay the MCC awards Honorary Life
Karnewar created the World Membership of the Club. The list
Record for the Most Economic witnessed the names of 2 former Indian
figures in T20 cricket, for his 4 maiden cricketers – Harbhajan Singh and
Javagal Srinath.
MCC awards Honorary Life Membership Complete List:
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England Alastair Cook, Ian Bell, Marcus Trescothick, Sarah

Taylor
South Africa Hashim Amla, Herschelle Gibbs, Jacques Kallis &
Morne 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
Indian Table Tennis Players G Sathiyan & Harmeet Desai won Men’s Doubles
Title at WTT Contender Tunis
Indian Table Tennis players Sathiyan Gnanasekaran and Harmeet Desai have
won the Men’s doubles title of the World Table Tennis (WTT) Contender Tunis
tournament 2021, against Emmanuel Lebesson and Alexander Cassin of France.
WTT Contender Tunis 2021 was held in Tunisia from 24th to 30th October 2021 at
Salle Omnisport de Rades, Tunis, Tunisia. This is the first-ever WTT Series held in
Tunisia and the first-ever WTT series held in entire Africa.
Winners of WTT Contender Tunis 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
Novak Djokovic won 37th Masters Title at Paris 2021

Novak Djokovic (Serbia) defeated Danill Medvedev (Russia) in the finals to win
his 6th Paris Title & the record 37th Masters Title at Paris, France.
In the finals, Djokovic, with an impressive 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 defeating Daniil Medvedev.
With this win, Djokovic will remain at the ATP World Number 1 rank, for the
record 7th consecutive year.
Category Winner Runner-up
Singles Novak Djokovic Daniil Medvedev
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Tim Pütz Pierre-Hugues Herbert

Doubles
Michael Venus Nicolas Mahut
India will co-host 2031 50-over WC & 2026 ICC T20 WC2029 and host ICC Men’s
Champions Trophy
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced the 14 host countries of
the ICC men’s white-ball events from 2024-2031.
The hosts were selected through a competitive bidding process overseen by an ICC
Hosting Sub-Committee chaired by Martin Snedden along with Sourav
Ganguly, President of Board of Control for Cricket in India and Ricky Skerritt,
President of Cricket West Indies.
Hosts of ICC Events:
Event Hosts
2024 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup USA & West Indies
2025 ICC Men’s Champions Trophy Pakistan
2026 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup India & Sri Lanka
2027 ICC Men’s 50 over World Cup South Africa, Zimbabwe & Namibia
2028 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Australia & New Zealand
2029 ICC Men’s Champions Trophy India
2030 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup England, Ireland & Scotland
2031 ICC Men’s 50 over World Cup India & Bangladesh
India won 7 medals in 2021 Asian Archery Championship at Dhaka, Bangladesh
India finished 2nd in the overall medal tally at the 22nd Asian Archery
Championship 2021 that was held in the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka. The Indian
contingent has won a total of 7 medals (1 Gold, 4 Silver & 2 Bronze),
while South Korea with a total of 15 medals topped the table.
Archer Jyothi Surekha Vennam, won India’s only gold medal in the tournament,
in the Compound – Women’s Individual event. She defeated Oh Yoohyun (South
Korea) in the finals by a close margin of 146-145 score.
In the Compound – Men’s Individual event, India’s Abhishek Verma won silver
medal after getting defeated by Kim Jong Ho (South Korea) in the finals by 148-149
points.
List of Indian medal winners
Gold medal
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• Women’s individual compound event: Jyothi Surekha Vennam
Silver medal
• Men’s team recurve event: Pravin Jadhav, Kapil, and Parth Salunkhe
• Women’s team recurve event: Ankita Bhakat, Ridhi and Madhu Vedwan
• Men’s individual compound event: Abhishek Verma
• Mixed Team compound event: Rishabh Yadav and Jyothi Surekha Vennam
Bronze medal
• Mixed team recurve event: Ankita Bhakat, Kapil

• Men’s team compound event: Aman Saini, Abhishek Verma and Rishabh
Yadav
Lionel Messi won Men's Ballon d'Or for the seventh time
Lionel Messi won the men's Ballon d'Or award for a record-extending seventh
time at a ceremony in Paris. Messi won the last edition of the Ballon d'Or in 2019
before last year's awards were cancelled due to the pandemic. He also won in 2009,
2010, 2011, 2012 and in 2015.
Ballon d’Or 2021 Winners:
• Ballon d’Or (Men): Lionel Messi (PSG/Argentina)

• Club of the year: Chelsea Football Club
• Yashin Trophy for best goalkeeper: Gianluigi Donnarumma (PSG/Italy)
• Ballon d’Or (Women): Alexia Putellas (Barcelona/Spain)
• Striker of the year: Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich/Poland)
• Kopa Trophy for best young male player: Pedri (Barcelona/Spain)
Chapter 18: Book and Author

Book Author
‘John Lang: Wanderer of Hindoostan, Slanderer of
Amit Ranjan
Hindoostanee, Lawyer for the Ranee’
‘The Story of the First Civilizations: From Mesopotamia to

Subhadra Sen Gupta
the Aztecs’
“The Sage with Two Horns: Unusual Tales from

Sudha Murty
Mythology”
“Not Just Cricket: A Reporters Journey” Pradeep Magazine
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‘The Cinema of Satyajit Ray’ Bhaskar Chattopadhyay
‘An Economist at Home and Abroad: A Personal Journey’ Shankar Acharya
‘MODERN INDIA: For Civil Services and Other Competitive

Poonam Dalal Dahiya
Examinations’
‘Finding A Straight Line Between Twists and Turns – An

Imperfect, Yet Honest Reflections on the Indian Tax Aseem Chawla
Landscape’
Tripurdaman Singh & Adeel

“Nehru: The Debates that Define India”
Hussain
‘Law and Muslim Political Thought in Late Colonial North

Adeel Hussain
India’
‘Sunrise over Ayodhya: Nationhood in our Times’ Salman Khurshid
“Unshackling India: Hard Truths and Clear Choices for Ajay Chhibber & Salman Anees
Economic Revival” Soz
Arabic Edition of ‘100 Great Indian Poems’ Edited by Abhay Kumar
Autobiography of P Gopi Chand,

‘Shuttler’s Flick: Making every match count’
co-authored by Priya Kumar
‘The Disruptor: How Vishwanath Pratap Singh Shook

Debashish Mukerji
India’
Released by Ajay Kumar
‘FORCE IN STATECRAFT’ The book is an edited volume

by Diptendu Choudhury &
Arjun Subramaniam
‘Lal Salaam: A Novel’ Smriti Irani
Sasikiranacharya
“Srimadramayanam”
Released by Venkaiah Naidu
‘India vs UK: The Story of an Unprecedented Diplomatic

Syed Akbaruddin
Win’
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Abhijit Banerjee
‘Cooking to Save your Life’ illustrated by France based
illustrator Cheyenne Oliver
“Resolved: Uniting Nations in a Divided World” Ban Ki-moon’s autobiography
‘Conversations: India’s Leading Art Historian Engages

Brijinder Nath Goswamy
with 101 themes, and More’
‘Contested Lands: India, China and the Boundary Dispute’ Maroof Raza
‘Bangladesh Liberation@50 Years: ‘Bijoy’ with Synergy,

released by MM Naravane
India-Pakistan War 1971’
“Indian Innings: The Journey of Indian Cricket from 1947” Ayaz Memon
‘Democracy, Politics and Governance’ A Surya Prakash
Chapter 19: Important Day
Date Day Theme/Importance
1 November World Vegan Day Theme 2021: 'vegan for the less'
The day marks the establishment of the

1 November 73rd Information and Public Publicity office of the Government of Manipur
2021 Relations Day in Manipur with late RK Maipaksana as the 1st Publicity
Officer in 1949.
International Day to End Impunity

2 November
for Crimes against Journalists
Every year, Ayurveda day is observed on

2 November Ayurveda Day 2021 Dhanwantri Jayanti or Dhanteras.
Theme 2021: “Ayurveda for Poshan”

3 November International One Health Day
5 November World Tsunami Awareness Day
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International Day for Preventing the

6 November Exploitation of the Environment in
War and Armed Conflict
This particular date was selected as it is the

Birth anniversary of Madame Curie, a
7 November National Cancer Awareness Day prominent scientist remembered for her
efforts and contribution in the battle
against cancer.
7 November Infant Protection Day
The day marks the anniversary of the

discovery of x-rays by Wilhelm Roentgen
8 November International Day of Radiology
in 1895.
Theme 2021: ‘Interventional Radiology –
Active care for the patient’
World Urbanism Day or World Town
8 November
Planning Day
9 November National Legal Services Day to commemorate the enactment of the

Legal Services Authorities Act 1987.
World Science Day for Peace and Theme 2021: “Building Climate-Ready
10 November
Development Communities”
to commemorate the birth anniversary of
11 November National Education Day Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, the first
education minister of independent India.
11 November
(2nd Thursday World Quality Day 2021 Theme 2021: “Sustainability: Improving Our
of November) Products, People, and Planet”
to commemorate the first and only visit of

the Father of the Nation, Mahatma
12 November Public Service Broadcasting Day
Gandhi, to the studio of All India Radio,
Delhi in 1947.
12 November World Pneumonia Day
13 November World Kindness Day
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to commemorate the birth anniversary of

14 November Children's Day India's first Prime Minister Pandit
Jawaharlal Nehru.
to mark the birthday of Sir Frederick

Banting, who discovered the insulin
14 November World Diabetes Day hormone along with Charles Herbert Best in
1922.
Theme 2021-23: “Access to Diabetes Care –
If Not Now, When?”
International Week of Science and
8-14 November
Peace 2021
15 November has been chosen as this date

15 November Janjatiya Gaurav Divas marks the birth anniversary of Sri Birsa
Munda who is revered as Bhagwan (God) by
tribal communities across the country.
Theme 2021: ‘Tolerance is respect,
acceptance, and appreciation of the rich
16 November International Day for Tolerance
diversity of our world’s cultures, our forms of
expression and ways of being human’.
16 November National Press Day
The Comptroller and Auditor

General (CAG) of India observed the first
ever Audit Diwas on 16th November
16 November
1st Audit Diwas 2021 at the CAG office premises, Delhi.
2021
The Audit Diwas is observed to mark the
historic origin of the institution of CAG in
1860.
17 November National Epilepsy Day The month of November is observed
as ‘National Epilepsy Awareness Month’.
17 November
(third World chronic obstructive Theme 2021: Healthy Lungs – Never More
Wednesday of pulmonary disease (COPD) Day 2021 Important
November)
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18 November Theme 2021: “Different interactions of

(Third Thursday World Philosophy Day 2021 human beings with their social, cultural,
of November) geographical and political environment”
As a part of the observance of National
Naturopathy Day 2021, the Ministry of
AYUSH, Central Council for Research in Yoga
and Naturopathy and the National Institute of
18 November National Naturopathy Day Naturopathy has organised the National
Conference on Naturopathy from 17th to
18th November 2021. The conference was
held under the theme “Poshan Aahar & Rog
Mukt Bharath”.
19 November World Toilet Day Theme 2021: “valuing toilets”
National Integration Day or ‘Quami to commemorate the birthday of

19 November India’s first Woman Prime Minister Indira
Ekta Diwas’
Gandhi.
Guru Nanak Jayanti is observed every year

as the birth anniversary of the Sikh founder,
19 November Guru Nanak Dev Ji. This year marked
552nd Guru Nanak Jayanti the 552nd birth anniversary of Guru Nanak,
2021
also known as Prakash Utsav or Guru
Purab, as it marks an important festival for
the Sikh community.
20 November World Children’s Day Theme 2021: A Better Future for Every Child
to commemorate the launch of ‘Pradhan

20 November Awaas Diwas Mantri Awaas Yojana- Gramin’ (PMAY-G).
It aims to provide ‘Housing for All by 2022’.
21 November World Television Day
21 November
World Day of Remembrance for Theme 2021: “ACT for LOW SPEEDS /ACT for
(Third Sunday of
Road Traffic Victims 2021
November) LOW-SPEED STREETS”.
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21 November World Fisheries Day
Lachit Divas (Lachit Day) is celebrated

annually in the Indian state
24 November Lachit Divas
of Assam on November 24, to mark the birth
anniversary of the legendary Ahom army
general Lachit Borphukan.
International Day for the Elimination Theme 2021: “Orange the World: End
25 November
of Violence against Women Violence against Women Now!”
On this day in 1949, the constitution was

Constitution Day of India or
adopted which came into force on January
26 November Samvidhan Divas, or National Law
26, 1950, marking the beginning of a new era
Day
in the history of India.
The day is celebrated to honor Dr. Verghese

26 November National Milk Day Kurien, who is the father of India’s White
Revolution. It marks his birth anniversary.
27 November National Organ Donation Day
28 November
2021 (4th National Cadet Corps (NCC) 73rd
Sunday in Raising Day
November)
International Day of Solidarity with

29 November
the Palestinian People
Day of Remembrance for all Victims

30 November
of Chemical Warfare
The International Maritime Organisation

International Day for Women in Council has decided to establish
18 May
Maritime an International Day for Women in
Maritime to be observed on May 18 every
year.
Chapter 20: Science
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India’s 1st manned ocean mission will aim to use AI (artificial

“Samudrayan” launched at Chennai intelligence) for drug discovery and
Jitendra Singh has launched India’s medicine to find cures for some of
First Manned Ocean Mission named humanity’s most devastating diseases
“Samudrayan” from the National in the field of biological and medical
Institute of Ocean Technology research.
(NIOT) at Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Demis Hassabis will be the CEO of
With this, India joins the elite club of Isomorphic Labs.
nations such as USA, Russia, Japan,
France and China to have such Australia and Canada will send Rover
underwater vehicles for carrying out on Moon to search water in 2024
subsea activities. Matsya 6000, the
deep-sea vehicle developed under Private companies in Australia and
India’s Deep Sea Mission, will be ready Canada in collaboration with
for qualification trials by December University of Technology Sydney are
2024. all set to send a rover on the moon to
China launched world’s 1st Earth hunt water by mid-2024.
Science Satellite named “Guangmu” This will be the first rover with
China has launched world’s first Australian-made components to
Earth-science satellite, Guangmu or make it to the Moon. It will be launched
SDGSAT-1 on November 5, 2021 into through the Hakuto lander made by
space from the Taiyuan Satellite ispace, a lunar robotic exploration
Launch Center in the northern Shanxi company based in Japan.
Province. The rover will have an integrated
Guangmu was launched by a Long robotic arm created by the private
March-6 carrier rocket which is the companies Stardust Technologies
395th flight mission. SDGSAT-1 is the (based in Canada) and Australia’s
first satellite customized according EXPLOR Space Technology.
to the UN 2030 Agenda for India’s 1st CoE in Research on Drone
Sustainable Development which Technology & AI launched in IIT
adopted in 2015 with 17 SDGs for peace Guwahati
and prosperity. Union Minister of State Civil Aviation
Alphabet Inc launched “Isomorphic General, V K Singh launched
Labs”, an AI- drug discovery start-up India’s 1st Centre for Excellence in
Google parent Research on Drone/UAV (Unmanned
company Alphabet Inc. has launched a Aerial Vehicle) technology and
new company in London Artificial Intelligence at the Indian
called Isomorphic Labs. This company
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Institute of Technology (IIT), develop a Virtual Lab platform under

Guwahati, Assam. Jigyasa programme.
SpaceX launched Indian-origin NASA launched world’s 1st DART
astronaut Raja Chari-led Crew 3 mission to crash spacecraft into
mission asteroid on SpaceX Rocket
US Space National Aeronautics and Space
agency NASA and SpaceX have Administration (NASA) has launched
launched Crew 3 mission named world’s first Planetary Defence Mission
Endurance fixed to Falcon 9 rocket “Double Asteroid Redirection Test
from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s (DART)” to change the path of an
Kennedy Space Center in Florida. asteroid “Didymos” by intentionally
Under this mission, 4 astronauts have crashing a spacecraft into it with a
been sent to International Space speed of 24,000 kms per hour.
Station (ISS) for a six-month science The mission has a total worth of $325
mission until April 2022. million and was launched into orbit
Crew 3 mission (NASA’s Tom from Vandenberg Space Force Base in
Marshburn (pilot); and Kayla Barron, California atop a SpaceX Falcon 9
ESA astronaut Matthias rocket.
Maurer) consists of Indian-origin Aim: To slightly alter the trajectory
NASA astronaut Raja Chari as its of Dimorphos, a ‘moonlet’ around 525
mission commander. feet (160 metres) wide that circles a
Jitendra Singh launched India’s 1st much
Virtual Science Lab for children larger asteroid called Didymos (2,500
under CSIR Jigyasa programme feet in diameter). The Didymos-
Science and Technology Dimorphos pair orbit the Sun together.
Minister, Jitendra Singh has Skyroot Aerospace test-fired India’s
launched India’s first Virtual Science 1st Privately Built Cryogenic Rocket
Lab for Children under CSIR (Council Engine “Dhawan-1”
of Scientific and Industrial Research) Skyroot Aerospace, a space
Jigyasa Programme. These labs will technology startup based in
connect students with scientists across Hyderabad, has successfully test-fired
the country. Dhawan-1, India’s first privately
New facility will immensely benefit developed fully cryogenic rocket
students from Kendriya Vidyalayas, engine.
Navodaya Vidyalayas and Government This will power the upper stages of its
Schools. upcoming Vikram-2 orbital launch
CSIR has also partnered with Indian vehicle. The rocket engine Dhawan-1
Institute of Technology, Bombay to
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is named after Satish Dhawan, an The engine is fuelled by liquefied

Indian rocket scientist. natural gas and liquid oxygen—a
Dhawan-1 is a completely ‘Made-in- high-performance, low-cost and clean
India’ cryogenic engine, developed rocket fuel.
using 3D printing with a superalloy.
Chapter 21: Obituary
Person About
Former Prime Minister of Afghanistan and a renowned
Ahmad Shah Ahmadzai jihadi leader
Renowned Dronacharya Awardee Cricket Coach and

Tarak Sinha
founder of the Sonnet Cricket Club, Delhi
Well-known educationist, teacher, philosopher, and
internationally recognized psychologist
Padma Shri Koneru Ramakrishna
(Served as president of US-based Parapsychological
Rao Association and the Indian Academy of Applied
Psychology)
Former South African President and Nobel Laureate
(De Klerk and Nelson Mandela jointly received the

FW de Klerk
Nobel Peace Prize for their work towards ending
apartheid in 1993)
Prominent author and Former Vice President of Vishwa
Anand Shankar Pandya Hindu Parishad (VHP)
Legendary author
Wilbur Smith
Balwant Moreshwar “Babasaheb” Padma Vibhushan awardee historian
Purandare
Noted Indian writer
Mannu Bhandari
Veteran author, football journalist and sports
Novy Kapadia commentator
Punjabi Folk Singer

Gurmeet Bawa
Former South Korean President
Chun Doo-hwan
Sahitya Akademi Award-winning, Eminent Assamese poet
Sananta Tanty
Veteran Broadway composer & lyricist (US)
Stephen Sondheim
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National Award-winning Choreographer and actor

K Shiva Shankar Master
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Awards (National, International)

Government Scheme/ campaign

Mergers and Acquisitions

Current Affairs (National) In Short

Current Affairs (International)

Banking & Financial

Book and Author

Chapter 1: Appointment (National, International)

Director General of Federation of Indian Chambers of Arun Chawla

Vice Admiral R Hari Kumar

Satya Narayan Pradhan

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Standard Chartered Rajeev Srivastava

Ambassador of ICICI Prudential’s new digital campaign Lovlina Borgohain

Secretary-General (SG) of Rajya Sabha P.C. Mody

Director of Enforcement Directorate (ED) (Tenure extended by 1-year)

Munishwar Nath Bhandari

Independent non-executive Director on the Board of Rajnish Kumar

Chairman of Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Vivek Johri

First woman president of Indian Mountaineering Harshwanti Bisht

Re-elected as President of International Gymnastics Morinari Watanabe

Goodwill Ambassador of UN-World Food Daniel Brühl

President of Nicaragua About Nicaragua:

Elected to the International Law Commission for a Bimal Patel

New Prime Minister of Romania About Romania:

• Capital: Kuwait City

Delegate for Asia on the executive committee of Praveen Sinha

Prime Minister of Czech Republic About Czech Republic:

Chapter 2: Awards (National, International)

Award Person/Organization Purpose/ Field

Kannada actor Puneeth Rajkumar will be posthumously

received under the ‘Regional Rural Banks’ (RRBs) category

for his book – Ei Amadi Adungeigi Ithat’ (I and the then

Pratham is dedicated to improving the quality of

South African playwright and novelist Damon Galgut

Author M Mukundan’s novel ‘Delhi: A

Besides the cash award Mukundan also won a trophy

Cash prize: Rs 25 lakh (author), Rs 10 lakh (translators)

Pochampally village located around 50 km away from

The former world no 1 has already been honoured with

The awards were given by UNESCO in collaboration with

Dr S K Sohan Roy from Kerala, CEO and founder of

National Sports Award 2021: Complete winners list

Neeraj Chopra Athletics

Ravi Kumar Wrestling

Lovlina Borgohain Boxing

P.R. Sreejesh 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

Manpreet Singh Hockey

Arpinder Singh Athletics

Shikhar Dhawan Cricket

Bhavani Devi Chadalavada Anandha Sundhararaman Fencing

Abhishek Verma Shooting

Ankita Raina Tennis

Deepak Punia Wrestling