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TABLE OF CONTENT
BANKING & FINANCIAL AWARENESS ........................................................................................................................ 7
CURRENT RATES ........................................................................................................................................................ 7
SMALL SAVING SCHEMES INTEREST RATE ........................................................................................................... 7
INDIA’S GROWTH PREDICTION .............................................................................................................................. 7
FIRST IN FINANCIAL SERVICE ................................................................................................................................. 9
RBI IN NEWS ............................................................................................................................................................... 9
CABINET APPROVAL / BILL /ACTS PASSED FOR BANKS/FINANCIAL SERVICE ........................................... 11
SBI IN NEWS .............................................................................................................................................................. 11
OTHER BANK/FINANCIAL SERVICES IN NEWS ................................................................................................... 12
INSURANCE NEWS ................................................................................................................................................... 14
APP’s/PORTAL LAUNCHED .................................................................................................................................... 15
MOU’S/AGREEMENTS SIGNED BY BANKS ........................................................................................................... 15
LOANS/FUNDS SANCTIONED BY BANKS ............................................................................................................. 16
APPOINTMENTS IN BANKING ............................................................................................................................... 17
FIRST IN INDIA & WORLD .......................................................................................................................................... 17
FIRST IN INDIA ......................................................................................................................................................... 17
TARGET ......................................................................................................................................................................... 20
NATIONAL AFFAIRS .................................................................................................................................................... 21
CABINET APPROVALS ............................................................................................................................................. 21
BILL /Acts/Policy/Rules ........................................................................................................................................ 21
LONGEST,LARGEST,HIGHEST ................................................................................................................................ 22
BUDGET AND ECONOMIC SURVEY ........................................................................................................................ 22
CENTRAL GOVERNMENT SCHEMES ...................................................................................................................... 22
STATE GOVERNMENT SCHEMES ........................................................................................................................... 23
LAUNCHES/INAUGURATIONS ............................................................................................................................... 24
STATEWISE NEWS ................................................................................................................................................... 26
RAILWAY NEWS ....................................................................................................................................................... 28
CAMPAIGN................................................................................................................................................................. 28
COMMEMORATIVE NAME ...................................................................................................................................... 28
FESTIVAL ................................................................................................................................................................... 29
STATIC GK ................................................................................................................................................................. 29
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS ......................................................................................................................................... 29
LONGEST,LARGEST,HIGHEST ................................................................................................................................ 29
VISIT............................................................................................................................................................................... 30

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VISIT TO INDIA......................................................................................................................................................... 30
FOREIGN VISIT ......................................................................................................................................................... 30
SUMMITS, EVENTS & CONFERENCE.......................................................................................................................... 31
SUMMITS ................................................................................................................................................................... 31
CONFERENCE ............................................................................................................................................................ 32
EVENTS ...................................................................................................................................................................... 32
COMMITTEES & MEETING .......................................................................................................................................... 33
COMMITTEES FORMED........................................................................................................................................... 33
MEETINGS/DIALOGUE/COUNCIL/FORUM .......................................................................................................... 34
MOU’s & AGREEMENTS ............................................................................................................................................... 35
MOU'S WITH OTHER COUNTRY ............................................................................................................................ 35
MOU’S WITH STATE ............................................................................................................................................... 35
MOU’S BETWEEN ORGANIZATIONS ..................................................................................................................... 36
INDEX ............................................................................................................................................................................. 38
RANKING ................................................................................................................................................................... 38
INDIA’S RANK ....................................................................................................................................................... 38
STATE/CITY WISE RANKING ............................................................................................................................ 39
ORGANIZATION RANKING ................................................................................................................................. 40
INDIVIDUAL RANKING ........................................................................................................................................ 40
REPORT ..................................................................................................................................................................... 40
APPOINTMENTS & RESIGNS ...................................................................................................................................... 42
APPOINTMENTS....................................................................................................................................................... 42
NATIONAL ............................................................................................................................................................. 42
INTERNATIONAL ................................................................................................................................................. 44
BRAND AMBASSADOR ........................................................................................................................................ 45
RESIGNATION ........................................................................................................................................................... 46
AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS ....................................................................................................................................... 46
AWARDS .................................................................................................................................................................... 46
AWARDS GIVEN TO THE SPORTS PERSONALITIES ....................................................................................... 49
AWARDS FOR LITERATURE/JOURNALISM/ACADEMIC ............................................................................... 49
AWARDS GIVEN TO ORGANIZATIONS/BANKS/MINISTRIES/STATE/CITY .............................................. 49
AWARDS GIVEN FOR SOCIAL SERVICE, SCIENCE & BRAVERY ..................................................................... 50
AWARDS GIVEN TO FILM/MUSIC INDUSTRY/ART ........................................................................................ 50
OTHER AWARDS CONFERRED .......................................................................................................................... 51
RECOGNITIONS ........................................................................................................................................................ 52
WORD OF THE YEAR ........................................................................................................................................... 52
GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATION(GI) TAG ................................................................................................................ 53

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ECONOMY &BUSINESS ................................................................................................................................................ 53
ACQUISITIONS & MERGERS ....................................................................................................................................... 55
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY ........................................................................................................................................... 56
APP & WEB PORTAL ............................................................................................................................................... 56
SATELLITES .............................................................................................................................................................. 58
MOUs IN RELATED TO SCIENCE ............................................................................................................................ 58
NEW INITIATIVE/INNOVATION ............................................................................................................................ 58
OTHERS ..................................................................................................................................................................... 59
ENVIRONMENT ............................................................................................................................................................ 60
DEFENCE........................................................................................................................................................................ 61
EXERCISES ................................................................................................................................................................. 61
MISSILES .................................................................................................................................................................... 62
COMMISSION/DECOMMISSION ............................................................................................................................. 62
IMPORTANT DEALS & MoU’s ................................................................................................................................. 63
IMPORTANT DEFENCE EVENTS ............................................................................................................................ 63
SPORTS .......................................................................................................................................................................... 64
APPOINTMENTS IN SPORTS .................................................................................................................................. 64
RETIREMENT ............................................................................................................................................................ 64
TENNIS ....................................................................................................................................................................... 64
CRICKET .................................................................................................................................................................... 66
FOOTBALL ................................................................................................................................................................. 66
BADMINTON ............................................................................................................................................................. 66
SHOOTING ................................................................................................................................................................. 67
BOXING ...................................................................................................................................................................... 68
CHESS ......................................................................................................................................................................... 68
RANKING ................................................................................................................................................................... 68
OTHER SPORTS ........................................................................................................................................................ 70
UPCOMING SPORTS EVENTS.................................................................................................................................. 72
BOOKS & AUTHORS ..................................................................................................................................................... 73
OBITUARY ..................................................................................................................................................................... 75
NATIONAL ................................................................................................................................................................. 75
INTERNATIONAL ..................................................................................................................................................... 76
IMPORTANT DAYS ....................................................................................................................................................... 77

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BANKING & FINANCIAL AWARENESS

CURRENT RATES
Policy rates Bi-monthly Monetary Policy
February 2022 (FY22)
Repo Rate 4.0%
Reverse Repo Rate 3.35%
Marginal Standing Facility 4.25%
(MSF)
Bank Rate 4.25%
Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) 4%
Statutory Liquidity Ratio 18.00%
(SLR)
* Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) will be held 6 times for a financial year as per RBI rules
SMALL SAVING SCHEMES INTEREST RATE

Minister of Finance under GOI revised the interest rate for the fourth quarter (January 2022-March 2022) of
the FY21-22 on small saving schemes. It will be revised three months once.
Instruments Rate of interest Compounding
(from January Frequency*
2022 to March
2022)
Post Office Savings Account 4.0% Annually
1 Year Time Deposit 5.5% Quarterly
5 Year Recurring Deposit Scheme 5.8 % Quarterly
Senior Citizen Savings Scheme 7.4% Quarterly and
Paid
Monthly Income Account 6.6% Monthly and paid
National Savings Certificate (VIII 6.8% Annually
Issue)
Public Provident Fund Scheme 7.1% Annually
Kisan Vikas Patra 6.9 %(will mature Annually
in 124 months)
Sukanya Samriddhi Account 7.6% Annually
Scheme
INDIA’S GROWTH PREDICTION

Organization Year Predictions & Points to be Noted
February 2022
CRISIL FY23 & FY22 It estimated FY23 real GDP (Gross
Domestic Product) growth at 7.8%
as compared to 9.2% in FY22.
National Statistical Office (NSO) FY21 The data showed that the Indian
economy contracted by 6.6
percent in 2020-21 as against the
earlier estimate of 7.3 percent in
May 2021, according to First
Revised Estimates of National
Income, Consumption
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Formation for the financial year
2020-21
Ministry of statistics and programme FY23 It projected India’s gross domestic
implementation (MoSPI) product (GDP) deflator for FY23 at
3 to 3.5 percent
State Bank of India’s (SBI) economic research FY22 India’s GDP for FY22 is projected
department (ERD), ‘Ecowrap’ at 8.8 percent from its earlier
forecast of 9.3 percent.
India Ratings FY22 It revised the GDP growth forecast
of the Indian economy for 2021-22
to 8.6% from the consensus 9.2%
projected earlier.
Moody’s FY23 It projected India’s Gross Domestic
Product (GDP) growth forecast to
8.4 percent for FY23 (1st April
2022 – 31st March 2023) and 9.5
percent for 2022.
January 2022
National Statistical Office (NSO) FY22 India’s Gross Domestic Product
(GDP) growth rate stood at 9.2%
in FY22 as compared to the
contraction of 7.3% (-7.3%) in
2020-21
SBI Ecowrap FY22 India’s GDP growth in FY22 was
estimated to be revised to around
9.5 percent
Citibank FY22 It revised India’s GDP projection
for FY22 at 9% from 9.8% earlier
India Ratings FY22 It estimated India’s GDP projection
for FY22 at 9.3% from 9.4%earlier
ICICI Bank FY22 It projected India’s GDP projection
for FY22 at 9.6% from 9.8% earlier
World Bank FY22, FY23 As per the report of World Bank’s
(WB) Global Economic Prospects,
India’s GDP growth is projected at
8.3% in 2021, 8.7% in 2022, and
6.8% in 2023 and it also projected
sharp decline in global growth
from 5.5% in 2021 to 4.1% in
2022 and 3.2% in 2023.
UBS Securities FY22 It revised India’s growth forecast
for the current financial year
(FY22) downwards to 9.1 percent
from 9.5 percent.
United Nations Department of Economic and Social FY22, FY23 As per the report by World
Affairs (UN DESA) Economic Situation and Prospects
(WESP) 2022, India’s Growth of
world output and Gross Domestic
Product (GDP) is projected 6.7% in
2022 and 6.1% in 2023 as
compared to 9% in 2021.
It lowered the global economic
growth projections to 4% in 2022
and 3.5% in 2023.
India Ratings & Research (Ind-Ra) FY23 It estimated India’s real Gross
Domestic Product (GDP) growth in
FY23 at 7.6 percent.

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International Monetary Fund (IMF) FY22 It has downgraded India’s
economic growth forecast to 9%
for FY22 (ending on March 31,
2022) from 9.5% projected in
October 2021.
Global Growth is expected to
moderate from 5.9% in 2021 to
4.4% in 2022.
FIRST IN FINANCIAL SERVICE

FEBRUARY 2022
 HDFC Ergo General Insurance (HDFC ERGO) entered into a first-of-its-kind partnership with Visa to
offer curated insurance covers for Visa’s Platinum card holders for select public sector banks.
 JPMorgan Chase & cohas become the 1st bank to arrive in the metaverse with the opening of a
lounge named ‘Onyx’ in blockchain technology-based virtual world Decentraland
 New Development Bank (NDB) will become the 1st multilateral agency to open an office in the
Gujarat International Finance Tec (Gift) City, Gujarat.
 The first colour souvenir coin on ‘Panchatantra’ on the occasion of 17th foundation day of Security
Printing and Minting Corporation of India Limited (SPMCIL) was launched by Finance Minister (FM)
Nirmala Sitharaman.
JANUARY 2022
 Nippon Life India Asset Management Limited (NAM India), the asset manager of Nippon India
Mutual Fund (NIMF) launched India’s first Auto Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) named “Nippon India
Nifty Auto Exchange Traded Fund.
 India’s 1st index of cryptocurrencies named ‘IC15’ was launched by CryptoWire to empower
knowledge on the cryptocurrency and blockchain ecosystem.
 Torus Kling Blockchain IFSC signed a MoU with India INX to launch the first Bitcoin and Ethereum
Futures exchange traded funds (ETFs) in India.
 Pencilton in partnership with Transcorp has launched PencilCard, India’s 1st debit card with
National Common Mobility Card (NCMC) for teens.
 Paytm Money has launched India’s first intelligent messenger named ‘’Pop’’ to provide instant
updates to track users’ investments in the stock market.
RBI IN NEWS
February 2022
 As per the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) data on ‘Sectoral Deployment of Bank Credit – December 2021’ the
bank’s non-food credit registered a growth of 9.3 percent (on a year-on-year (y-o-y) basis) in
December 2021 as compared to 6.6 percent in December 2020.
 Government of India (GOI) has done a conversion switch transaction of its securities with the RBI on
January 28, 2022 for an amount of Rs. 1,19,701 crore (face value).
 The overseas borrowings of Indian companies stood at USD 23.28 billion in the first 3 quarters of the
FY22 (April, 2021 -December, 2021) as against USD 19.53 billion during FY21 (April-December, 2020) and
had jumped over 19 percent in the first nine months of the current fiscal (9MFY22) as per the Reserve Bank
of India (RBI).
 RBI released the sixth bi-monthly monetary policy statement for FY22 (April 2021 – March 2022).
• India’s real gross domestic product (GDP) growth projection for FY23 is projected at 7.8 percent with
17.2 percent at Q1.
• Enhancement of the Cap under e-RUPI from Rs 10,000 to Rs 1 lakh
• Enhancing NACH Mandate Limit for TReDS Settlements
• Extension of Term Liquidity Facility of Rs 50,000 crore till June 30, 2022
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 RBI extended the deadline for non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) to comply with new Non-
Performing Assets (NPAs) classification norms to September 2022 from the earlier deadline of March 2022.
 RBI has emerged as the 2nd largest buyer of Gold among the world’s Central Banks in 2021 as per the
Goldhub, an official website of the World Gold Council that maintains all the data regarding precious metal.
 RBI directed certain Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs) to mandatorily implement ‘Core
Financial Services Solution (CFSS)’ by 30th September 2025.Click here
January 2022
 Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on considering the present liquidity position of Deccan Urban Co-operative
Bank Ltd., has imposed a withdrawal cap of Rs 1,000 on the customers of the bank.
 RBI approved Fino Payments Bank for commencing international remittance business under the Money
Transfer Service Scheme (MTSS).
 India’s Current Account Deficit (CAD) was USD 9.6 billion or 1.3% of GDP (Gross Domestic Product) in
accordance with the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) Balance of Payments (BoP) data for July-September 2021
(Q2FY22).
 RBI issued a framework for facilitating small-value digital payments in offline mode to push digital
transactions in rural and semi-urban areas with total limit of offline payment transaction Rs 2,000 at any
point in time and upper limit is at Rs 200.
 RBI granted second schedule payment bank status to Airtel Payments Bank under RBI Act, 1934 and
became the 4th Payment Bank to receive this status.
 RBI introduced the market-making scheme to promote retail participation in Government Securities (G-
Secs) by providing prices/quotes to Retail Direct Gilt Account Holders (RDGAHs) enabling them to buy/sell
securities under the RBI Retail Direct (RBI-RD) Scheme.Click here
 RBI announced that State Bank of India (SBI), Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India(ICICI)
and Housing Development Finance Corporation Limited(HDFC) banks will continue to be identified as
Domestic Systemically Important Banks (D-SIBs).
 RBI released the eligibility criteria for entities to be categorised as ‘Specified User’ of Credit
Information Companies (CICs) under clause (j) of Regulation 3 of the CICs (Amendment) Regulations, 2021.
 RBI increased the threshold limit for Banks to maintain the Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR) on
deposits and other ‘extension of funds’ received from non-financial small business customers from Rs 5
crore to Rs 7.5 crore.
 RBI sets up a separate internal department for fintech (Financial technology) by subsuming the
fintech division of DPSS (department of payment and settlement systems), Central Office (CO). to facilitate
innovation headed by Ajay Kumar Choudhary.
 RBI extended the validity of its directions by 4 months for Sri Guru Raghavendra Sahakara Bank Niyamitha,
Bengaluru (Karnataka) i.e. till May 10, 2022.
 RBI released the Annual Report of the Ombudsman Schemes for 2020-21(July 1, 2020, to March 31,
2021), stated that the volume of complaints received under all the 3 Ombudsman Schemes increased by
22.27% on an annualized basis and stood at 3,03,107. Click chere
 RBI released the RBI – Digital Payments Index (RBI-DPI) for September 2021 and it states that the
digital payments increased by 39.64 percent to 304.06 as against 217.74 in September 2020.
 Reserve Bank of India (RBI) permits all existing non-deposit taking Non-Banking Finance Company-
Investment and Credit Companies (NBFC-ICCs) with asset size of Rs 1,000 crore and above to undertake
factoring business.
 Reserve Bank of India (RBI) conducted an Overnight variable rate reverse repo (VRRR) auction for
Rs 50,000 crore under liquidity adjustment facility (LAF) to infuse liquidity On January 20, 2022. Click here
 On 24th January 2022, RBI offered overnight liquidity to the banking system of India with Rs 75,000
crore against banks bid of around Rs 1.37 lakh crore through variable rate repo (VRR) auction under
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 RBI announced the Government of India’s approval for the amalgamation of the Punjab and
Maharashtra Co-operative Bank (PMC Bank) with Unity Small Finance Bank limited (USFBL), the 12th
SFB of India.
 RBI imposed several restrictions on Indian Mercantile Cooperative Bank Limited, Lucknow, Uttar
Pradesh including a cap of Rs 1 lakh on withdrawals.
Bank License Cancellation

February 2022
 RBI cancelled the licence of Independence Co-operative Bank Limited in Nashik, Maharashtra and
ceases to carry on banking business, with effect from 3rd February 2022.
 RBI extended the restrictions on Millath Co-Operative Bank, Devangere (Karnataka) by another
three months, from February 8 2022 to May 7, 2022.
 RBI cancelled the licence of Mantha Urban Cooperative Bank Ltd., Mantha, District Jalna,
Maharashtra w.e.f. February 16, 2022 to safeguard the interests of its depositors.
 RBI canceled the certificate of registration (CoR) issued to PC Financial Services Private Limited,
Delhi due to increase in complaints against usurious rate of interest and unfair recovery practices being
followed by several digital lenders.
January 2022
 RBI cancelled authorisation certificates of two payment system operators- Muthoot Vehicle &
Asset Finance, and Eko India Financial Services for non-compliance with regulatory requirements.
CABINET APPROVAL / BILL /ACTS PASSED FOR BANKS/FINANCIAL SERVICE

FEBRUARY 2022
 Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman encouraged the use of surety bonds as a substitute
for bank guarantees in case of government procurement and also for gold imports to reduce indirect
costs for suppliers and work-contractors.
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SBI IN NEWS
FEBRUARY 2022
 State Bank of India (SBI) signed an agreement with Tata Power Solar Systems for financing solar
projects and also set up a dedicated centralised processing cell – ‘Surya Shakti Cell’, at the Ballard Estate
in Mumbai, Maharashtra.
 State Bank of India (SBI) partnered with NSE Academy to launch five online courses to promote
financial literacy courses through NSE Knowledge Hub platform, an online Massive Open Online
Courses (MOOCs) platform.
 Mastercard along with SBI Payments partnered with the Auto Rickshaw Association in Lucknow,
Uttar Pradesh, All Assam’s Restaurant Association (AARA) in Guwahati, Assam, local shopkeepers, and
Boat Union in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh to boost the digital payments infrastructure.
JANUARY 2022
 SBI (State Bank of India) Cards and Payment Services Limited (SBICPSL) collaborated with
Paytm to enable their cardholders to tokenize their cards on devices and make payments through
Paytm.
 State Bank of India (SBI) listed its 1st USD 300 million Formosa bonds on India International
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OTHER BANK/FINANCIAL SERVICES IN NEWS
FEBRUARY 2022
 Vedanta Ltd tied up a facility of Rs 8,000 crore (replacement facility) with Union Bank of India at
7.75% to take over a majority of the syndicated facility after multiple discussions with potential
lenders.
 Punjab National Bank (PNB) & Patanjali Ayurved Limited (PAL) launched two co-branded
contactless credit cards in partnership with the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) viz. PNB
RuPay Platinum and PNB RuPay Select.
 RBL Bank (formerly The Ratnakar Bank Limited) partnered with Creditas Solutions for its SaaS
(software as a service)-based ‘Neo Collections’ platform to automate loan collections.
 Paisabazaar.com partnered with RBL Bank Limited to offer ‘Paisa on Demand’ (PoD), a credit card
that will be exclusively available on the Paisabazaar platform.
 DBS Bank India signed a partnership agreement with Stellapps Digital Network as its banking
partner to promote digitisation of small dairy industries across India.
 Tata Group has chosen State Bank of India (SBI), Bank of Baroda (BoB) and HDFC Bank as
preferred bankers for ‘Air India’, which was recently taken over by Tata sons from the Government of
India.
 LKP Securities Ltd signed an agreement with HDFC Bank Ltd to offer a special 3-in-1 online account.
 HDFC Bank collaborated with Indore Clean Energy Private Limited (ICEPL) to fund the conversion
process of 550 tonnes/day of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) into Compressed Biogas (CBG) at the
Gobar-Dhan plant, the largest Bio-CNG plant in Asia located in Indore, Madhya Pradesh (MP).
 National Hydropower Generation Company (NHPC) limited signed a facility agreement with
HDFC bank limited to securitise return on equity (RoE) of its 540MegaWatt (3 X 180 MegaWatt)
Chamera-I Power Plant in Himachal Pradesh for 10 years.
 Yes Bank Limited announced the launch of an annual startup enabler program, YES BANK Agri
Infinity to co-develop digital financial solutions for the food and agriculture ecosystem by mentoring
entrepreneurial ventures in the field.
 Karur Vysya Bank (KVB) partnered with the Chennai-based UNANU Technologies for digital
freight finance to fund transport contractors using the end-to-end logistics technology platform.
 Standard Chartered Bank, India launched the ‘interest-only home loan’ facility for completed
residential properties where borrowers can pay only the interest without principal deduction during a
limited period.
 Small Farmers Agri- Business Consortium (SFAC) empanelled Induslnd Bank with the National
Agriculture Market (e-NAM) portal to facilitate digital collection and settlement services.
 Fisdom partnered with Bank of Maharashtra (BoM) to offer wealth management products and
services to over 29 million customers of the bank.
 Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd partnered with Ezetap to provide integrated point of sale (PoS) solutions
across 4,000 locations in India to increase its PoS product base across merchant segments, including
retail enterprises and government customers
 Bank of Baroda (BOB) Financial Solutions Limited (BFSL) & the Indian Railway Catering and
Tourism Corporation Limited (IRCTC) launched a co-branded contactless credit card, ‘IRCTC BoB RuPay
card’.
 DMI Finance Private Limited (DMI Finance) launched a digital personal loan product on Google Pay
to provide reliable credit access to pre-qualified users of Google Pay, the digital wallet platform.
 Paytm Payments Bank Limited (PPBL) announced that it is an official acquiring partner for ‘e-RUPI
vouchers’, which will be accessible at offline stores across India.
 PayU announced its integration with BigCommerce for fast-growing and established brands to boost
Server Message Block (SMB) Digitalization.
 A new payment platform “IATA Pay” for the Indian airline industry to enable instant airline payment
was launched by International Air Transport Association (IATA) and Global banking group ‘Standard
Chartered Bank’.
 Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) extended the deadline for the implementation of
Client Level Segregation of Funds and Monitoring of Collateral at Stock Brokers to May 2, 2022 from
February 28, 2022.
 SEBI gave final approval to the BSE Limited for trading in electronic gold receipts (EGR), a form of
shares in demat accounts, that paves way for spot bullion exchange.
 Waste to Wealth Creation’ Programme designed for the women in Sundarbans in South 24 Parganas
district of West Bengal was launched by Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI).

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 ‘JIVA programme’ was launched by National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD)
to promote natural farming under its existing watershed and wadi programmes in 11 states.
 Banks will be transferring 15 stressed assets (i.e. Non-Performing Asset (NPA) accounts)
aggregating worth over Rs 50,000 crore by March 31, 2022 (i.e. within FY22) to the National Asset
Reconstruction Company Ltd (NARCL)/bad bank to clean up their books.
JANUARY 2022
 Due to the ahead of assembly elections in five states such as Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab,
Himachal Pradesh and Goa, the Government approved the issuance of the 19th tranche of electoral
bonds with 15 days validity through SBI bank which is the only authorised bank to issue the
electoral bonds.
 NPCI Bharat BillPay Limited (NBBL) launched a Unified Presentment Management System
(UPMS) that enable users to set up standing instructions on their recurring bill payments across all
modes of digital payments.
 National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) & Reliance Jio collaborated to announce the
introduction of Unified Payment Interface (UPI) Autopay for the telecom industry
 .National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) sets standardized limits for cash withdrawals
and mini statements on Aadhaar enabled Payments Systems (AePS) transactions,
 To implement a maximum limit of five approved cash withdrawal transactions per customer
per terminal per day and the cash withdrawal from micro ATMs of AePS has a limit of Rs 10,000
per transaction.
 UCO Bank in partnership with the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) launched the
‘UCO Bank RuPay Select Contactless Debit Card’ with a host of benefits for its premium/HNI (High
Networth Individuals) customers.
 Paisabazaar.com partnered with Axis Bank to launch a pre-qualified program for unsecured loans on
its platform
 Axis Bank partnered with MinkasuPay to offer a biometric authentication solution for net banking
payments in merchant apps using Fingerprint or Face ID.
 Airtel Payments Bank & Park+ collaborated to offer FASTag-based smart parking solutions to
marquee commercial and residential properties across India.
 Marwadi Financial Services joined hands with NSDL Payments Bank to offer 3-in-1 savings bank
account with features of savings, demat & trading accounts to boost its customer experience.
 RBL Bank and Google announced a strategic collaboration to improve the bank’s customer experience
strategy through the digital platform, Abacus 2.0.
 Edelweiss Financial Services and ECL Finance signed a co-lending agreement with Indian Bank to
expand services under priority sector lending (PSL)
 LazyPay announced its partnership with SBM Bank India to launch LazyCard, a prepaid payment
instrument backed by a credit line that works on the Visa payment network.
 Federal Bank launched an online lending platform federalinstaloans.com, to ease credit approvals
of up to Rs 50 lakh for Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) across India.
 National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) signed a partnership
agreement with Arthimpact Digital Loans (ARTH) to provide end-to-end fintech (financial
technology) solutions to support self help groups (SHGs).
 National Stock Exchange (NSE) has received approval from Securities and Exchange Board of India
(SEBI) to launch derivatives on Nifty Midcap Select Index.
 Central Depository Services Limited (CDSL) Ventures Limited received approval from Securities
and Exchange Board of India’s (SEBI) for setting up Accreditation Agency for a period of 3 years with
effect from 1st February 2022.
 Yes Mutual Fund renamed as White Oak Capital Mutual Fund after completing the acquisition of
mutual fund business of Yes Bank by White Oak Capital group.
 ICICI Prudential Asset Management Company (AMC) signed an agreement with First Trust Advisors,
an US-based company to launch a global Fund of Funds (FoF).
 Indifi Technologies joined hands with Alphabet’s UPI (Unified Payments Interface)-based payment
app, Google Pay (GPay), to offer instant loans to eligible small merchants on the GPay platform.
 Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) amended the SEBI (Settlement Proceedings)
Regulations, 2018, called the SEBI (Settlement Proceedings) (Amendment) Regulations, 2022 and has
reduced the timeline for filing settlement applications to just 60 days from the current 180 days to
make the system more efficient.

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 Snapdeal partnered with Bank of Baroda (BOB) Financial Solutions Limited & National Payments
Corporation of India (NPCI) to launch a co-branded contactless RuPay credit card.
 Lendingkart announced a co-lending partnership with Canara Bank to provide low-cost business
loans of up to Rs. 10 lakh to micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs).
 MobiKwik partnered with NPCI Bharat BillPay Ltd. (NBBL) to launch ‘ClickPay’ service to its
customers.
 Federal Bank and Equirus Wealth in collaboration with SCUBE Capital have launched a ‘US dollar
offshore fund’ for their customers.
 Ujjivan Small Finance Bank (SFB) launched ‘Platina Fixed Deposit’ (FD), offering interest of 15 basis
points (bps) higher than the regular term deposit rates provided by Ujjivan SFB.
 Fullerton India and One97 Communications, parent company of Paytm, have joined hands to
provide lending products to merchant partners and consumers.
 Hitachi Payment Services partnered with Indipaisa to develop a new Fintech platform for India’s 63
million Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSMEs).
 City Union Bank (CUB) in association with GOQii has launched CUB Easy Pay Debit Card in a Fitness
Watch powered by National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI).
 Lendingkart Technologies Private Limited partnered with Bank of Maharashtra (BoM) to co-lend
business loans to micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) at low rates.
 India-United Arab Emirates (UAE) Venture Capital (VC) Fund of worth $150 million from the
India Pavilion at EXPO2020 Dubai, UAE was launched by Chairman of Startup Committee of FICCI
(Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry) & HCL founder, Dr Ajai Chowdhry.
 Alphaniti partnered with IIFL Securities to allow investors to invest and trade in stock offerings.
 Security Printing and Minting Corporation of India Limited (SPMCIL) set up new Bank Note
Printing Lines at Currency Note Press (CNP), Nashik in Maharashtra; and Bank Note Press (BNP),
Dewas in Madhya Pradesh as a part of its modernization initiatives.
 TripMoney and SBM Bank India partnered to launch a rupee-denominated secure credit card,
‘TripMoney Global Card’ powered by Visa that can be used across over 150 countries.
 South Indian Bank (SIB) introduced two new services by enabling SIBerNet and SIB Express to
enhance both ‘remittances to’ (outward remittances) and ‘remittances from’ (inward remittances).
INSURANCE NEWS
FEBRUARY 2022
 Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) and Policybazaar.com made an alliance to digitally offer a
wide range of Life Insurance and investment products to its customers across India.
 India’s largest IPO (Initial Public offering)-bound national insurer and 3rd strongest insurance brand
globally, LIC (Life Insurance Corporation of India), offers the highest Return on Equity (RoE) at
82% amongst all its global peers, as per the report by Crisil.
 LIC is India’s strongest and the largest brand in the country with a valuation of $8.656 billion
(around Rs 64,722 crore) as per the brand valuation report by London-based Brand Finance.
 Kotak Mahindra General Insurance Company Limited signed an agreement with Cars24 Financial
Services Private Limited (CARS24 Financial Services) to provide motor insurance services to used car
buyers.
 ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company partnered with Airtel Payments Bank to offer
insurance solutions against cyber crimes and financial frauds to its customers.
 HDFC ERGO General Insurance Company (HDFC ERGO) launched ‘Cyber Sachet Insurance Policy’
to mitigate cyber-related digital risks for individual customers and keep them internet insured.
 Aditya Birla Health Insurance Co. Limited. (ABHICL) signed a bancassurance agreement with
Utkarsh Small Finance Bank (SFB) for the distribution of health insurance products across India
through the Bank’s network.
 Canara HSBC Oriental Bank of Commerce (OBC) Life Insurance launched its new insurance plan,
‘Flexi Edge’, a non-linked participating individual savings life insurance plan that enables the
customers with the ability to prioritise their long-term savings.
 BSE Ebix Insurance Broking Pvt. Ltd. signed an insurance broker agreement for the distribution of
Life Insurance Corporation’s (LIC) products.
 EaseMyTrip partnered with Toffee Insurance to offer a first-of-its-kind, free-of-charge, full refund
medical policy that provides the additional travel flexibility for customers.
 Edelweiss Asset Management launched Mutual Fund (MF) investing mobile application (app)
eInvest to help investors for easy investment experience.

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 Edelweiss General Insurance launched Sector’s 1st AI (Artificial Intelligent) powered voice bot
for automated registration of motor claims, powered by Yellow.ai platform.
 Edelweiss General Insurance (EGI) collaborated with Ashv Finance to provide financial protection
to the latter’s loan debtors.
 South Indian Bank (SIB) joined hands with Star Health and Allied Insurance Company Limited as
a corporate agent to provide innovative health insurance products for the SIB’s ~6.5 million customers
spread over 923 branches across India.
JANUARY 2022
 Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC), General Insurance Corporation of India (GIC) and New India
Assurance continued to be identified by Insurance Regulator and Development Authority of
India (IRDAI) as Domestic Systemically Important Insurers (D-SIIs) for 2021-22.
 Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) of India inaugurated “Digi Zone”, at Bandra Kurla Complex, Mumbai,
Maharashtra to enhance its digital footprint.
 SBI General Insurance Company Ltd launched a campaign titled ‘#BahaneChhodoTaxBachao’ to
increase awareness around the need to buy health insurance to save tax.
 Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) decided to set up two hubs,
motor insurance at ‘Institute of Insurance and Risk Management (IIRM) & property insurance at
‘National Insurance Academy (NIA)’ to promote loss prevention measures in the general insurance
industry.
 IRDAI issued the following guidelines to regulate and develop Surety Insurance business named ‘IRDAI
(Surety Insurance Contracts) Guidelines, 2022’ with effect from 1st April 2022.
 Max Life Insurance Company Limited (Max Life) partnered with Policybazaar.com to offer its
‘Max Life Smart Secure Plus Plan’ on Policybazaar platform as an independent Insurance cover to
homemakers.
 FAARMS partners with Reliance General Insurance Company Ltd. (RGICL), introduced customised
digital insurance solutions for the rural population especially the farmers.
APP’s/PORTAL LAUNCHED
APP Name Launched by Key Points
FEBRUARY 2022
Software stack named ‘OpenPPI’ JusPay It helps Prepaid Payment Instruments
(PPIs) such as digital wallets implement
and comply with Reserve Bank of India’s
(RBI’s) PPI interoperability rules.
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MOU’S/AGREEMENTS SIGNED BY BANKS

Banks/Insurance firm Signed With Key Points
FEBRUARY 2022
State Bank of India (SBI) Indira Gandhi National A tripartite Memorandum of Understanding
Centre for the Arts (MoU) has been signed between these
(IGNCA) & National organisations for the development of
Culture Fund (NCF) Atmanirbhar Bharat Centre for Design (ABCD) at
L1 Barrack, Red Fort, Delhi.
Small Industries Centre for Development of To boost collaboration in Cyber Security and
Development Bank of Advanced Computing (C- Allied sectors
India (SIDBI) DAC)
Bank of Baroda (BoB) Assam Rifles To provide the ‘Baroda Central Forces Salary
Package (BCFSP)’ to all personnel of the Assam
Rifles, both serving and retired.

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Small Industries Industries Department of To promote the micro, small and medium
Development Bank of Government of Bihar and enterprises (MSME) sector.
India (SIDBI) Bihar Industrial Area
Development Authority
(BIADA)
JANUARY 2022
AIC STPINEXT Initiatives HDFC Bank & Excelpoint To enhance the tech startup ecosystem in India
(STPINEXT) Systems India Pvt. Ltd
Karnataka Vikas Mecwin Technologies To introduce farmer-friendly solar-powered

Grameena (KVG) Bank (Tech) Ltd pump-sets using bank finance
Kotak Mahindra Bank Gujarat International To improve customer’s overall financial services
Limited (KMBL) Finance Tec-city – Special offerings
Economic Zone (GIFT SEZ)
Limited
NPCI International TerraPay To enable real-time, International Payments.
Payments Limited (NIPL)
LOANS/FUNDS SANCTIONED BY BANKS

Loan issued by Received by Amount Points to be noted
FEBRUARY 2022
Export-Import Sri Lanka USD 500 million To support the country to overcome its current
Bank of India fuel shortages.
(India Exim Bank) The Line of Credit (LoC) will last for 1 year at a
‘nominal’ interest rate, of under 2 percent.
Asian Development India USD 4.6 billion It provided a record USD 4.6 billion in sovereign
Bank (ADB) lending to India in 2021 for 17 loans, including
USD 1.8 billion towards coronavirus (COVID-19)
response.
World Bank India USD 115 million To implement the “Rejuvenating Watersheds for
Agricultural Resilience through Innovative
Development” (REWARD) Project in the states of
Karnataka ($60 million) and Odisha ($49 million
& remaining $6 million will be for the central
government’s Department of Land Resources).
IIFL Home Finance Asian USD 68 million To provide the financial support for affordable
Development (INR ~507 green housing for lower-income women
Bank (ADB) Crore) borrowers in India.
Japan International Pune, Rs 1,000 Crore It approved the tender for cleaning up rivers
Cooperation Maharashtra (project Cost) Mula, Mutha and Mula-Mutha (confluence of both
Agency (JICA) rivers) of Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC)
area.
JANUARY 2022
Export-Import Maldives USD 130 million Indian Exim Bank is set to support the
Bank of India construction of social housing units in Maldives,
(India Exim Bank) through its USD 130 million loan to Fahi
Dhiriulhan Corporation Limited.
Small Industries AU Small 650crore To support small-sized non-banking financial
Development Bank Finance Bank companies (NBFCs) and micro finance
of India (SIDBI) (AUSFB) and institutions (MFIs) and micro entrepreneurs.
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Finance Bank
(JSFB)
India Sri Lanka USD 500 million It offered a USD 500 million Line of Credit (LOC)
to help Sri Lanka for purchase of petroleum
products as it is struggling with fuel and energy
crisis.
Reserve Bank of Sri Lanka US$ 900 million RBI extended over US$ 900 million loan facilities
India (RBI) to Sri Lanka, comprising Asian Clearing Union
(ACU) settlement of over USD 500 million and
currency Swap of USD 400 million.
Asian Asia USD 150 million To invest in the development of data centres that
Infrastructure mostly serve emerging Asia through the Keppel
Investment Bank Data Centre Fund II (KDCF II) managed by Alpha
(AIIB) Investment Partners Limited (Alpha).
World Bank West Bengal USD 125 million To support its effort towards social protection
(WB) (around Rs 1,000 service access to the poor and vulnerable groups.
crore)
APPOINTMENTS IN BANKING
NATIONAL
Name Appointed As Entity/Place Points To Be Noted
FEBRUARY 2022
Rakesh Sharma MD & CEO IDBI Bank He appointed for the term of three years,
effective from March 19, 2022
JANUARY 2022
Matam Venkata Rao MD & CEO Central Bank of He replaces Pallav Mahaparta, the MD &
India CEO of Central Bank of India who retires on
28th February 2021.
RESIGNATION:
Name Resigned as Entity/Place Reason
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FIRST IN INDIA & WORLD

FIRST IN INDIA
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Women
 Captain Harpreet Chandi becomes 1st Woman of Colors to make a solo unsupported trek to the
earth’s South Pole.
STATEWISE/ORGANISATION/PROJECT/OTHERS
FEBRAURY 2022
 India’s 1st geopark to be set up at Lamheta village, on the banks of the Narmada river in Jabalpur,
Madhya Pradesh (MP), was approved by Geological Survey of India (GSI), Ministry of Mines.
 Chennai Super Kings (CSK) become the country’s 1st sports Unicorn with its market cap having
touched a high of Rs 7,600 crores & its share in the grey market trading in the Rs 210-225 price band.

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 The ‘Beating Retreat’ Drone Light Show – “StartUps” felicitated by Jitendra Singh, Minister of State
(Independent Charge) of Science and Technology and conceptualized by Botlab Dynamics Private
Limited (Botlab).
 India’s maiden project of mixing hydrogen into the natural gas system at Indore, Madhya Pradesh
(MP) was started by GAIL(India) Limited.
 Surat (Gujarat) is set to become the first station to be ready between Mumbai – Ahmedabad Bullet
Train route for India’s first futuristic High Speed Rail project, Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail
(MAHSR) Corridor.
 Aravalli Biodiversity Park in Gurugram, Haryana as India’s 1st ‘other effective area-based
conservation measures’ (OECM) site was declared by International Union for Conservation of Nature
(IUCN).
 India’s 1st Para-Badminton Academy in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh (UP) was launched by Gaurav
Khanna, Dronacharya Awardee and Head National Coach of the Indian Para-badminton team, in
association with Ageas Federal Life Insurance.
 India’s 1st commercial biomass-based hydrogen plant (a joint venture of Watomo Energies Limited
and Biezel Green Energ) is coming up in the Khandwa district of Madhya Pradesh (MP) with an
investment of Rs. 24crore.
 A beta version of Swarajability, India’s 1st job portal powered by artificial intelligence (AI) for
specially-abled jobseekers launched and is developed by Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)
Hyderabad, Telangana in association with Youth4Jobs, Visual Quest and Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd.
 Quick Response (QR) Code-based mechanism for labelling the handmade carpets in J&K, a first-
of-its-kind in the country was launched by Lieutenant Governor of the Union Territory (UT) of Jammu &
Kashmir (J&K), Manoj Sinha.
 Delhi Police become India’s first security force to introduce the ‘Smart Card Arms License’, replacing
the arms license booklet. It was officially launched by Union Minister of Home Affairs.
 India’s 1st water taxi service to enable faster connectivity between Mumbai and Navi Mumbai in
Maharashtra was virtually inaugurated by Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, Ministry of Ports,
Shipping and Waterways.
 Asia’s biggest Bio-Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) plant, Galvanising Organic Bio-Agro Resources
Dhan (GOBAR-DHAN) at the cost of Rs 150 crore in Indore, Madhya Pradesh was inaugurated by Prime
Minister (PM) of India Shri Narendra Modi.
 India’s and South Asia’s first Biosafety level-3 (BSL-3) containment mobile laboratory in Nashik,
Maharashtra was inaugurated by Bharati Pravin Pawar, Minister of State (MoS), Ministry of Health and
Family Welfare (MoHFW).
 India’s first Night Navigation mobile application (app) for ferry services on the Brahmaputra river
in Guwahati, Assam was launched by Chief Minister (CM) of Assam, Himanta Biswa Sarma.
 India’s first Solar Photovoltaic Plant of 1.7-MegaWatt (MW) at Bina, Madhya Pradesh was
commissioned by Indian Railways along Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL).
 India’s first cable-stayed railway bridge called ‘Anji Khad bridge’ (Rs 21,653-crore) is being
constructed in Reasi, Jammu and Kashmir (J&K).
 Delhi Cabinet approved to set up India’s first of its kind ‘electronic-waste eco-park’ and also
agreed to devise ‘Delhi Film Policy 2022’, as a thrust to promote tourism.
 India’s 1st Smart Managed EV charging station was commissioned in New Delhi by BSES Yamuna
Power Limited (BYPL).
JANUARY 2022
 India’s first-ever cultural survey of its villages titled ‘Mera Gaon, Meri Dharohar’ to be conducted
under the partnership of Ministry of Culture and the Common Services Centres (CSC), a Special Purpose
Vehicle (SPV) under the Ministry of Electronics & IT (MeitY).
 Himachal Pradesh (HP) has become the first LPG (Liquefied petroleum gas) enabled and smoke
free Indian state attaining with the implementation of ’s Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY)
scheme and HP Government’s Mukhya Mantri Grihini Suvidha Yojana (GSY).
 India’s first & unique ‘Open Rock Museum’ at the campus of Council of Scientific & Industrial
Research – National Geophysical Research Institute (CSIR-NGRI), Hyderabad, Telangana was
inaugurated by Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology Dr Jitendra Singh.

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 The government of Haryana in collaboration with the Ministry of Civil Aviation is set to establish
India’s first-ever Heli Hub in Gurugram, Harayana.
 Kochi (Kerala) become India’s first city to have a Water Metro Project after the launch of its first
boat namely ‘Muziris,’manufactured by Cochin Shipyard Limited.
 India’s first Mobile Honey Processing Van at Sirora village in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh (UP) was
launched by Vinai Kumar Saxena, Chairman of Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC).
 India’s first ‘Coal to Methanol’ (CTM) pilot plant in the Hyderabad unit of Bharat Heavy Electricals
Limited (BHEL) launched by Union Minister for the Ministry of Heavy Industries, Mahendra Nath
Pandey.
 Arif Mohammad Khan, Governor of Kerala, declared Kumbalangi village (India’s first eco-friendly
tourist village) in the Ernakulam district of Kerala as the first-ever sanitary napkin-free village in India.
 India’s first Intelligent Chronic Disease Patients Habit Tracking System, Madhavbaug’s (Vaidya
Sane Ayurved Labs Ltd), Power MAP was inaugurated by Nitin Gadkari, Ministry of Road Transport and
Highways (MoRTH).
 Minister of state (Independent Charge) Ministry of Science & Technology & Earth Sciences, Jitendra
Singh, launched India’s 1st Climate Hazard & Vulnerability and also inaugurated 4 new Doppler
weather radars (DWR) on the India Meteorological Department (IMD)’s 147th Foundation Day.
 The first of its kind Mobile Covid-19 testing facility, “Mobile Diagnostic Laboratory (I-LAB)” was
launched by Jitendra Singh and it was developed by AMTZ (Andhra Pradesh MedTech Zone) with
support from the Department of Biotechnology (DBT).
 India’s first AVGC Center of Excellence (CoE) (Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming, and Comics) in
Mahadevapura, Bengaluru, Karnataka was launched by C N Ashwath Narayan, Department of
Electronics Information Technology Biotechnology and Science & Technology, Government of
Karnataka.
 India’s first Graphene Innovation Centre to be established in Kerala by Digital University Kerala
(DUK) in partnership with the Centre for Materials for Electronics Technology (C-MET).
 Brain Health Initiative a first-of-its-kind initiative in India undertaken by the National Institute of
Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS) in association with the National Institution for
Transforming India (NITI Aayog) was launched.
FIRST IN WORLD
India at First
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JANUARY 2022
 Union Defence Minister, Rajnath Singh flagged-in India’s 1st Multidimensional Adventure Sports
Expedition conducted by the National Institute of Mountaineering and Allied Sports (NIMAS) in France.
 Philippines became the 1st country to purchase $374.96 million BrahMos Supersonic Cruise Missile
System from India for its navy.
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FEBRUARY 2022
 Zara Rutherford, a 19-year-old Belgian-British pilot, has set the world record as the youngest
woman to fly solo around the world and become the first woman to circumnavigate the world in a
microlight aircraft.
 Israel becomes the World’s first country to allow drones to operate in civilian airspace and Hermes
Starliner Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) is the 1st UAV to receive certification for Unmanned Aerial
Vehicles (UAVs) to operate this.
 Nepal has become the first country outside of India to adopt India’s UPI (Unified Payments
Interface) system thus enhancing digitalization of cash transactions.

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TARGET
2021
 India remains as Lower-Middle-Income Economy: World Bank Country Classifications by Income
Level 2020-2021.
2022
 Target – Housing for all by Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Grameen (PMAY-G) scheme by 2022.
 Government set target to achieve 75 lakh SHGs by the year 2022.
 MoTA: The Nine ‘Tribal Freedom Fighters’ Museums to Recognise the Tribal Freedom Fighters will be
Completed by 2022.
 India’s Renewable Energy capacity in India is 136 GigaWatts (GW) & by 2022, the share is expected to
further increase to over 220 GW.
 NHPC to commission 2, 000 MW Hydropower project on Subansiri River by March 2022.
2023
 1st-of-its-kind Katra-Delhi Express Road Corridor to be completed by 2023.
 Indian Railways- to electrify all broad-gauge routes by December 2023.
 Maldives & Sri Lanka - 1st two countries in South-East Asia to eliminate Rubella and measles ahead of
2023 target: WHO.
 Total Installed Wind and Solar PV capacity will surpass natural gas in 2023 and coal in 2024.
2024
 MoTA: The Nine ‘Tribal Freedom Fighters’ Museums to Recognise the Tribal Freedom Fighters will be
Completed by 2022.
 Indian Railways- set a target to run entire railway network with 100% of electricity by 2024.
 India will achieve the target of zero-diesel use in agriculture and replace fossil fuel with renewable
energy by 2024.
2025
 Govt will achieve goal of a tuberculosis free India by 2025.
 5% blending of biodiesel in diesel by 2025 & Talcher coal gasification-based plant will be India’s first
coal gasification-based fertilizer plant with pet coke blending.
 Government aims to increase the public health expenditure to 2.5% of GDP by 2025.
 Govt plans to double Milk processing capacity to 108 million MT by 2025.
 According to the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) report, Renewables 2020 – Analysis and
Forecast to 2025, Renewable will overtake coal to become the largest source of electricity generation
worldwide in 2025 (one-third of world’s electricity supply).
 The debt platform is expected to raise enough resources to extend debt support of Rs.1,10,000 crore
to projects by 2025.
2027
 Indian Railways to launch 1st set of private trains by 2023, all 151 by 2027.
2030
 India aims to Achieve Zero Road Fatalities by 2030.
 India to have 60% Renewable Energy by 2030.
 Indian Railways Set to Meet All its Energy Need of Over 33 Billion Units by 2030.
 1 trillion trees will be conserved by 2030 by World Economic Forum (WEF) to combat climate change
through 1t.org.
 India’s Target – 450 GW of Renewable Energy capacity by 2030.
 According to the International Labour Organization (ILO), India is staring at 29 million skill deficit by
2030.
 India needs an Investment of USD 500 Billion to reach its target of 450 Gigawatts (GW) of Renewable
Energy (RE) by 2030.

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NATIONAL AFFAIRS
CABINET APPROVALS
FEBRUARY 2022
 Union Cabinet approved Indian Footwear and Leather Development Programme (IFLDP),
erstwhile IFLADP, for continuation from 2021-22 with a financial outlay of Rs. 1700 crore till 31st
March 2026 or till further review, whichever is earlier.Click here
 Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister (PM) of India Narendra Modi approved the setting up of
a G20 Secretariat and its reporting structures
 India is all set to hold the Presidency of the G20 (Group of Twenty) from December 1, 2022 to
November 30, 2023.
 Union Cabinet approved for the continuation of the Capacity Development (CD) scheme of
Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation (MoSPI) till 31st March 2026 or further review,
whichever is earlier with an outlay of Rs. 3,179 crore.
JANUARY 2022
 Cabinet approval on January 6, 2022
On January 6, 2022, Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi approved the
following proposals.
 Cabinet approves Intra-State Transmission System – Green Energy Corridor (GEC) Phase-II
worth Rs 12,031.33cr in 7 states for five year from Financial Year 2021-22 to 2025-26.
 Cabinet approved the signing of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and
Turkmenistan on cooperation in disaster management including preparedness, response and
capacity building.
 Cabinet approved the signing of the Agreement between India and Spain on cooperation and
mutual assistance in Customs Matters.
 Cabinet approved a MoU between India and Nepal for the construction of a bridge over
Mahakali River at Dharchula in India and Dharchula in Nepal.Click here
 Cabinet approval on January 19, 2022
On January 19, 2022, the Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister (PM) of India Narendra Modi has
approved the following proposals.
 Ex-gratia payment of Rs 973.74 crore to SBI or scheme related loan moratorium during COVID-
19.
 Infusion of Rs.1,500 crore in Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Limited.
 Cabinet approves extension of tenure of the National Commission for Safai Karamcharis up to
March 31, 2025.Click here
BILL /Acts/Policy/Rules
FEBRUARY 2022
 Green Hydrogen/ Green Ammonia Policy for implementation by the concerned stakeholders was
notified by Ministry of Power.
 Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has amended the Plastic Waste
Management Rules 2016, to accelerate the elimination of single-use plastic and promote alternatives.
 National Strategy on Additive Manufacturing or 3D printing policy in India launched by Ministry of
Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), aiming to increase the share of global additive
manufacturing to 5 percent by contributing $1 billion to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by 2025.
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LONGEST,LARGEST,HIGHEST
FEBRUARY 2022
 The world’s largest canal lock namely ‘Zeesluis Ijmuiden’ has been inaugurated at Ijmuiden, a small
port city in the Port of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, by the Dutch King Willem-Alexander.
 The launch of the World’s first hydrogen powered flying boat ‘THE JET’ in Dubai, United Arab
Emirates (UAE) was announced by THE JET ZeroEmission.
 “Statue of Equality”, World 2nd Tallest Statue in Sitting Posture, Honouring Saint
Ramanujacharya in Hyderabad was inaugurated by Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi.
 Main tunnel T-49 between Sumber and Arpinchala station of the Katra-Banihal Section of the
Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link (USBRL) Project, the longest tunnel of the Indian Railway has
been connected
JANUARY 2022
 Azure Power Global commissioned 600 Megawatts (MWs) Interstate Transmission System (ISTS),
largest solar power project in India, owned and operated at a single location by any developer in
Bikaner, Rajasthan.
 India’s largest EV charging station in Gurgaon, Haryana was inaugurated by National Highway for
Electric Vehicle (NHEV) and it was installed and operated by Alektrify Private Limited.
BUDGET AND ECONOMIC SURVEY

FEBRUARY 2022
92nd Union Budget 2022-23: A Development Oriented Budget citing India’s GDP of 11.1% in FY23
We urge you to read each and every point of the 4th budget of the Narendra Modi led National Democratic
Alliance (NDA) government’s second term paperless budget.
The Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Ministry of Finance presented her 4th and 92nd Union Budget of India
for 2022-2023 in approximately 91minutes or 1 hour 31 minutes long speech in Parliament.
• India’s nominal GDP (Gross Domestic Product) growth rate has been estimated as 11.1% in 2022-23
(i.e. real growth plus inflation).
• The budget is divided in two parts: 1.PART A and 2.PART B
• 14 documents that are presented to the Parliament Click here
Economic Survey 2021 - 2022: Complete Overview

The Economic Survey is an annual document prepared by the Ministry of Finance under the guidance of the
Chief Economic Advisor (CEA) (current CEA V. AnanthaNageswaran)
• As per the Economic Survey, India's GDP in FY23 (2022-23) is projected to grow in real terms by 8.0-8.5
percent. Click here
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CENTRAL GOVERNMENT SCHEMES

FEBRUARY 2022
Launches: -
 “Scheme on Enhancement of Competitiveness in the Indian Capital Goods Sector- Phase-II”
for providing assistance to Common Technology Development and Services Infrastructure with the
financial outlay of Rs. 1207 crores notified by Ministry of Heavy Industries (MHI).
 Central Government decided to continue the Scheme of “Rashtriya Yuva Sashaktikaran
Karyakram (RYSK) for another 5 years from 2021 -22 to 2025-26 with an outlay of Rs. 2,710.65
crore rupees.

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 Central Sector scheme “SMILE: Support for Marginalised Individuals for Livelihood and
Enterprise” with outlay of Rs 365 Crore for 2021-22 to 2025-26 was launched by Ministry of Social
Justice and Empowerment (MoSJE) Minister Dr. Virendra Kumar.
 Scheme for Economic Empowerment of DNT/NT/SNTs (SEED) with an outlay is ~Rs 200 crore
to be spent over five years beginning 2021-22 to 2025-26 was launched by Union Minister Dr.
Virendra Kumar, Ministry for Social Justice and Empowerment (MoSJE).
 A new scheme “New India Literacy Programme (NILP) which is also known as Nav Bharat
Literacy Program” for next 5 years (FY 2022-27) to cover all the aspects of adult education to align
with National Education Policy (NEP) 2020.
 A Central sector scheme “Inter-Operable Criminal Justice System (ICJS) Phase II” from 2022-
23 to 2025-26, under the guidance of the Union Minister of Home Affairs (MHA) was approved by
Government of India (GoI).
Scheme Extension/Cost or Ratio allotment and others:-
 Continuation of Scheme of Assistance to National Sports Federations (NSFs) with an outlay of
Rs. 1575 crore for 15th Finance Commission Cycle (2021-22 to 2025-26) was approved by Union
Government.
 Ministry of Tourism included the destination of Punaura Dham in Sitamarhi in the Ramayana
Circuit of Swadesh Darshan Scheme & This Dham has been included under the PRASHAD Scheme
(Pilgrimage Rejuvenation And Spiritual, Heritage Augmentation Drive) of the Ministry of Tourism.
 Pradhan Mantri Kisan SAMPADA Yojana (PMKSY), a flagship scheme of the Ministry of Food
Processing Industries (MoFPI) has been extended for a period of 2021-2022 to 2025-2026 (till
March 2026).
 Continuation of the Modernisation of Police Forces (MPF) scheme for 5 years from 2021-22 to
2025-26 with the financial outlay of Rs 26,275 crores was approved by Government of India (GoI).
 Continuation of Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA) scheme till 31st March 2026
with an expenditure of 12,929.16 crore rupees was approved to support around 1,600 projects
 Government has successfully entered into the 7th year of implementing Pradhan Mantri
Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY), since its launch on 18th February 2016 by Prime Minister Narendra
Modi at Sehore, Madhya Pradesh (MP).
 21st February 2022 marked the 6th anniversary of the launch of the Shyama Prasad
Mukherji Rurban Mission (SPMRM), undertaken by the Ministry of Rural Development.
 24th February 2022, marks the 3rd anniversary of Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-
KISAN) Scheme and It was launched on 24th February in 2019 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at
Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh.
 Continuation of Immigration Visa Foreigners Registration Tracking (IVFRT) Scheme till
March 31, 2026 with a period of five years which starts from April 1,2021 with its financial outlay is
Rs 1,364.88 crore was approved.
 Continuation of the Central Sector Umbrella Scheme of ‘Border Infrastructure and
Management (BIM)’ over the 15th Finance Commission Cycle from 2021-22 to 2025-26, at a cost
of Rs 13,020 crore was approved.
 Continuation of the Central Sector National Means-cum-Merit Scholarship (NMMSS) over the
15th Finance Commission cycle for 5 years (2021-22 to 2025-26), intending to provide scholarships
to 14.76 lakh students with financial outlay of Rs. 1827.00 crore was approved.
JANUARY 2022
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Scheme Extension/Cost or Ratio allotment and others:-
 Unnat Jyoti by Affordable LEDs for All (UJALA), world’s largest zero subsidy domestic lighting
programme completed the 7 years of implementation under the Ministry of Power.
 Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) has notified a drone certification scheme (DCS) to ensure
minimum safety and quality requirements for boosting indigenous manufacturing of drones.
STATE GOVERNMENT SCHEMES

FEBRUARY 2022
 “Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Bhumiheen Krishi Mazdoor Nyay Yojana”, financial assistance scheme of
the Chhattisgarh government for landless labourers of rural areas of Chhattisgarh was launched.

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 West Bengal government launched ‘Paray Shikshalaya’ (Neighbourhood Schools), an open-air
classroom programme for students from classes 1 to 7.
 Kerala Startup Mission (KSUM) collaborated with Google to launch Google for Startups Accelerator,
India to attach native startups with the worldwide startups and to leverage Google’s programme.
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LAUNCHES/INAUGURATIONS
FEBRUARY 2022
 ‘Innovations in Public Administration’ program of Capacity Building Commission (CBC) of
Mission Karmayogi to identify successful innovations in public service pioneered by civil servants was
inaugurated by Jitendra Singh, Union Minister of State of Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and
Pensions.
 Powerthon-2022 was virtually launched by Union Minister, Raj Kumar Singh, Ministry of Power
(MoP) under RDSS (Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme) to find technology-based solution to solve
the complex problems in power distribution.
 Intensified Mission Indradhanush (IMI) 4.0 was launched by Union Health Minister Dr
Mansukh Mandaviya to protect children and pregnant women from severe diseases, which will
cover 416 districts across 33 States/ UTs
 Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras set up an inter disciplinary water management and
policy centre named ‘AquaMAP’ to improve India’s Water security and provide sustainable water
management practices.
 India is the 5th largest exporter of millets in the world (as per the 2020 data), as per the data
released by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MoCI).
 Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) of NITI Aayog & the U.S. Agency for International Development
(USAID) partnered under the ‘Sustainable Access to Markets and Resources for Innovative Delivery of
Healthcare’ (SAMRIDH) initiative to improve access to healthcare for vulnerable populations in tier-2,
tier-3 cities, rural and tribal regions of India.
 Indian Government has agreed to provide a grant to Sri Lanka for implementing its ‘Unitary Digital
Identity framework’ which is modelled on Aadhaar card.
 Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog in
collaboration with United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), India launched the Community
Innovator Fellowship (CIF)
 National Health Authority (NHA) announced the integration of its flagship Ayushman Bharat Digital
Mission (ABDM) with the Aarogya Setu app, that takes the benefits of the Ayushman Bharat Health
Account (ABHA) number to the Aarogya Setu user base.
 India will achieve the target of zero-diesel use in agriculture and replace fossil fuel with renewable
energy by 2024, pointed out by Union Power Minister R K Singh.
 Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways (MoPSW) sanctioned Rs 24.53 crore for dredging
Gomati, a transboundary river between India and Bangladesh, and setting up 10 jetties for a waterway
project to Boost Indo-Bangla Waterway Project.
 Government of India (GoI) announced a ban on import of foreign manufactured drones, with
exceptions for research and development (R&D), defence & security purposes.
 PhonePe partnered with National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog, to host the
first-ever open-to-all hackathon that aims to showcase path-breaking solutions for the fintech
ecosystem.
 India’s estimated foodgrains production is 316.06 million tonnes in the Second Advance Estimates
of production of major crops for the year 2021-22 released by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers
Welfare (MoA&FW).

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 Rajasthan has the maximum households electrified through the ‘solar-based standalone system’
under the Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana – ‘Saubhagya’ scheme launched by the Centre in
October 2017
 TransUnion CIBIL Limited partnered with the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce &
Industry (FICCI) to launch a nationwide Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME) consumer
education program to support and create awareness about credit management of MSME’s across India
 ‘Kisan Drone Yatra’, an initiative by Garuda Aerospace Pvt Ltd was inaugurated and flagged off 100
‘Kisan Drones’ in various cities and towns across India to spray pesticides in farm by Prime
Minister(PM) Narendra Modi.
 Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Piyush Goyal Chaired a Meeting on Revamping
Department of Commerce to Achieve $2 Trillion Export Target by 2027.
 Gems and Jewellery sector is expected to achieve an export target of 40 Billion dollars in 2022
was stated in Inaugural Ceremony of India International Jewellery Show Signature (IIJS) 2022.
 Giriraj Singh, Union Minister for Rural Development launched the Rural Connectivity GIS
(Geographic Information System) Data in Public Domain in India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, Delhi.
 Government of India (GoI) is planning to promote “Heal by India” to strengthen India’s educational
institutions in the health sector and enhance education to produce quality human resources in health.
 A campaign named ‘Bhasha Certificate Selfie’ launched by Ministry of Education (MoE) to
encourage cultural diversity and promote multilingualism and promote the spirit of Ek Bharat
Shreshtha Bharat.
 Government of India (GoI) announced the purchase of 44.4 million tonnes (MT) of wheat and 4.29
MT of rabi-grown rice during 2022-23 under the minimum support price (MSP) programme.
 India to set up 1st Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Dubai, UAE as a part of the India-UAE
trade deal, the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA), signed on 18th February
2022.
 Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) approved the development of a 400 MW solar
park by the state owned, SJVN Limited at Upper Kinnaur in Himachal Pradesh (HP).
JANUARY 2022
 India Semiconductor Mission (ISM) was launched by Information Technology Minister Ashwini
Vaishnaw to attract large investments for setting up semiconductor wafer fabrication facilities in India.
 Prime Minister of India, Narendra Damodardas Modi laid the foundation stone of ~ Rs 700 Crore
Major Dhyan Chand Sports University at Salawa and Kaili villages of Sardhana town in Meerut, Uttar
Pradesh (UP).
 Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, Ministry of Education (MoE) launched NEAT (National
Educational Alliance for Technology) 3.0, a single platform to provide the best-developed ed-tech
solutions and courses to students and also AICTE (All India Council for Technical Education) prescribed
technical books in regional languages.
 Prime Minister (PM) of India, Narendra Damodardas Modi inaugurated & laid the foundation
stone of 22 Developmental Projects worth over Rs. 4800 crore in Imphal, Manipur and also
inaugurated New Integrated Terminal Building at Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport in Agartala, Tripura.
 United Nations (UN)’s World Food Programme (WFP), India partnered with The Akshaya Patra
Foundation (TAPF) to enhance the effectiveness of the Pradhan Mantri – Poshan Shakti Nirman (PM
POSHAN) scheme.
 A ‘Smart cities and Academia Towards Action & Research (SAAR)’ programme was launched by
Smart Cities Mission (SCM), It is is a joint initiative between the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
(MoHUA), National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) and 15 leading Indian academic institutions.
 Minister of State (MoS) (Independent Charge) for the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) Dr
Jitendra Singh launched the theme of National Science Day 2022(February 28) - ‘Integrated Approach in
Science and Technology (S&T) for Sustainable Future’

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 An Artificial Intelligence (AI) driven Start-Up by Indian Institute Technology (IIT) alumni for
water purification through innovative technology with financial support from Technology
Development Board (TDB) was launched by Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science &
Technology (S&T) Jitendra Singh.
 Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) virtually organised the 1st-ever
‘Startup India Innovation Week’ from 10th -16th of January 2022. In this week, Indian Bank and IIMK
LIVE signed MoU to provide credit assistance to start-ups, recognized 46 startups as a winner of
National Startup Awards (NSA) 2021 and also inaugurated the ‘Fisheries Startup Grand Challenge’ by
Department of Fisheries in association with Startup India, Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
 6-day long 26th CISO Deep Dive Training program under Cyber Surakshit Bharat initiative was
organized by National e-Governance Division (NeGD) under the Ministry of Electronics and Information
Technology (MeitY).
 India-assisted social housing units project in Mauritius was inaugurated by Prime Minister (PM)
Narendra Modi and the PM of Mauritius Pravind Kumar Jugnauth virtually. Click here
 Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the new Circuit House near Somnath Temple in
Gujarat through video conferencing and also launched ‘Azadi Ke Amrit Mahotsav se Swarnim Bharat Ki
Ore’.
 A roadmap for the development of Online Storage Management (OSM) developed by India’s
Department of Food and Public Distribution (DoF&PD) with its principal agency, Food Corporation of
India (FCI).
 A 5-year roadmap and Vision Document 2.0 for the electronics sector namely ‘$300 billion
Sustainable Electronics Manufacturing & Exports by 2026’ was released by Ashwini Vaishnaw, Ministry
of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY).
 Indian Naval Ship (INS) Khukri, the lead ship of Khukri class corvettes and an indigenous surface-to-
surface missile fitted vessel of the Indian Navy which has been decommissioned on 23rd December
2021, has been handed over to the Diu Administration to be developed as Museum.
 The guidelines of Sub-Mission on Agricultural Mechanisation (SMAM) to provide a 100 percent
grant (up to Rs 10 lakh) to Agricultural Institutes for the purchase of drones for Farming and its allied
activities amended by Union Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (MoA&FW).
 Central Government will convert 150 villages around Centres of Excellence (CoEs) into ‘Villages of
Excellence’ in 12 States with technical assistance from Israel government.
 PM Modi virtually launched Pandit Jasraj Cultural Foundation, on the birth anniversary of
legendary classical vocalist late Pandit Jasraj(28th January 2022).
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 A new project namely ‘Digital Government Mission’ was initiated by Ministry of Electronics and
Information Technology (MeitY) to speed up citizen services delivery through the help of advanced
technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML)
STATEWISE NEWS
FEBRUARY 2022
 Chief Electoral Officer’s (CEO) office of Punjab unveiled its election mascot, “Shera” (Lion) aiming to
increase voter awareness.
 Renaming of 3 places in Madhya Pradesh(MP), Hoshangabad Nagar as “Narmadapuram”, Shivpuri
as “Kundeshwar Dham” and Babai as “Makhan Nagar” was approved by Government of India(GoI).

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 ‘Paray Shikshalaya’, an open-air class room programme, was launched by West Bengal government
for students, who have dropped out of school during the Covid-19 pandemic from classes 1 to 7.
 Rajasthan government signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)/ Letter of Intent (LoI) with
major players in the renewable energy sector, capturing investment of Rs 3.05 lakh crore under the
‘Invest Rajasthan Campaign’.
o NTPC signed an LoI for investment of Rs 40,000 crore to generate 10 GW.
 Gujarat’s first wind-solar hybrid project at the Chlor-Alkali unit of Grasim Industries in Vilayat,
Bharuch, in southern Gujarat was set up by ReNew Power.
 Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) became the 1st Union Territory (UT) to integrate with the National Single
Window System (NSWS) that enables Ease of Doing Business (EoDB) in the UT.
 Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC) Launched the “Kunsnyoms‘ scheme
through the Department of Social Welfare, Leh.Kunsnyoms, meant Equal for All, Fair for All, aims
inclusive and accessible Ladakh.
 ‘Upper Bhadra Project’ has been given the national project status by the central government’s
high-powered committee which becomes the first project in Karnataka to get the status, announced by
Karnataka Chief Minister (CM) Basavaraj Bommai.
 Government of Assam is set to launch a 4-year mentorship programme “Project Arohan” to
mentor the students of Assam and to hone their skills.
 CM Ashok Gehlot presented Rajasthan’s Budget 2022-23 with 1st separate Agriculture Budget
• Presented Rajasthan’s first-ever agriculture budget separately.
• Launch of Indira Gandhi Urban Employment Guarantee Scheme with an allocation of Rs 800
crore.
• Tourism and hospitality sector accorded the Status of Industry in Rajasthan. Click here
 CM Zoramthanga presented Mizoram’s budget for FY23 worth Rs 14,008.15 crore for BE 2022-23,
which is Rs 2,859.26 crore higher than BE of 2021-22, i.e., 26.65%.
JANUARY 2022
 Syntizen has partnered with the Odisha government to provide a Video KYC solution in offering life
certificates and it become the first State in India to implement a digital process which includes Aadhaar
Validation for simplifying the process of obtaining a life certificate.
 Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) government signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)
with LuLu Group International to establish the Food Processing and Logistics hub in Srinagar.
 Forest Department of Telangana launches 1st of its kind mobile App ‘Urban Forest Park’
developed by PamTen Software Solutions Private Limited.
 A pilot project ‘Niramay’ was launched to digitise the public healthcare delivery in Assam by National
Health Mission (NHM), Assam in collaboration with Piramal Swasthya & Cisco.
 Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the
Government of Gujarat of investment Rs 5.955 lakh crore in Green Projects.
 Government of Odisha and the United Nations (UN) World Food Programme (WFP) partnered to
improve the food security of small and marginal farmers of India by enhancing their resilience to
climate change.
 Jerri settlement (Jerri hamlet) in Reasi district as the first ‘Milk Village’ of the Union Territory(UT)
declared by administration of Jammu & Kashmir(J&K).
 AgNext Technologies signed a partnership agreement with National Agricultural Cooperative
Marketing Federation of India Ltd. (NAFED) to organize a virtual training and awareness programme
for the FPOs (Farmer Producer Organizations) of Maharashtra on pulse quality assessment.
 ‘Grama One’ from Bengaluru (Karnataka) in 12 districts of Karnataka was launched by Chief
Minister (CM) of Karnataka, Basavaraj Somappa Bommai.
 State Government of Andhra Pradesh (AP) has given its approval to increase the number of districts
in the state to 26 from the existing 13.
 ‘Mana Ooru-Mana Badi’ programme to be launched across Telangana with focus on improving the
existing infrastructure and the quality of education in government schools.

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 Jio-BP, a joint venture of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) and energy supermajor BP, named
Reliance BP Mobility Limited (RBML) opened one of India’s largest Electronic Vehicle (EV) charging
hubs in Dwarka, Delhi with BluSmart as its primary customer.
 Delhi government launched a dedicated one-stop website, “ev.delhi.gov.in” for the promotion and
adoption of electric vehicles (EVs).
SUPREME COURT VERDICT

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RAILWAY NEWS
FEBRUARY 2022
 Bangladesh Railway (BR) signed an agreement with the Hindustan Engineering and Industries
Limited (HEIL) to procure 420 broad gauge wagons from India.
 Ministry of Railways approved to set up India’s biggest world Class wrestling academy at Indian
Railways, Kishanganj, Delhi.
JANUARY 2022
 Ministry of Railways approved the renaming of the Kevadiya railway station under the Vadodara
division of Narmada district (Gujarat) as the Ekta Nagar railway station
 Indian Railways launched a new ‘Operation Mission Amanat’ initiative to track lost luggage of the
passengers.
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JANUARY 2022
 A 100-day reading campaign “Padhe Bharat” was launched by Dharmendra Pradhan, Union
Minister of Education to encourage the reading habit among students & improve the learning levels
of the students with a focus on children studying in Balvatika to Grade 8.
COMMEMORATIVE NAME
FEBRUARY 2022
 India released a special logo to commemorate the 75 years of diplomatic relations between India
and Belgium and diplomatic relations between both nations was established in January 1947.
JANUARY 2022
 A Special Postage Stamp commemorating the 75th Platinum Jubilee year of Council of Scientific
and Industrial Research (CSIR) -National Physical Laboratory (NPL), New Delhi was released by
Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology (S&T), Dr Jitendra Singh.
 Commemorative Postal Stamp on completion of one year of the world’s largest COVID-19
vaccination program (launched on 16th January 2021) was released by Mansukh Mandaviya.
 India and Israel launched a commemorative logo marking the 30th anniversary of the establishment
of diplomatic ties between them which were established on January 29, 1992.

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FESTIVAL
Festival Name Celebrated In Points to be noted
FEBRUARY 2022
Spituk Gustor Festival Ladakh Spituk Gustor Festival, a two day annual
celebration of Ladakhi culture and traditional
heritage began on 30th January 2022 in Leh
and Ladakh Union Territory (UT).
Torgya Festival Arunachal Pradesh The three days long Torgya Festival of the
Monpa tribal community of Arunachal
Pradesh began at Tawang Monastery,
Arunachal Pradesh.
Mandu Festival Madhya Pradesh This day is celebrated from 30th December
2021 to 3rd January 2022 and is dedicated to
Hindu God Ganesha.
Kanchoth Jammu and Kashmir(J&K) The ancient festival of Kanchoth is annually
celebrated, mainly by the Nag followers,
during the Shukla Paksha of Magh month
which usually falls in January or February.
Maru Mahotsav Rajasthan Jaisalmer Desert Festival, also known as Maru
Mahotsav of Jaisalmer (The Golden City of
India), is being held from 13th to 16th
February 2022 at Pokaran village in
Jaisalmer, Rajasthan
Medaram Jathara Telangana Ministry of Tribal Affairs (MoTA) has

sanctioned Rs 2.26 crore for various activities
related to the tribal festival of Medaram
Jathara 2022, the second-largest fair of India,
after the Kumbh Mela
48th Khajuraho Dance Madhya Pradesh It was inaugurated by Madhya Pradesh (MP)
Festival Governor Mangubhai Patel.
JANUARY 2022
Losar Festival Ladakh It is celebrated at the onset of the New Year
in the traditional schedule of Tibetan
Buddhism.
Losoong (Namsoong) Sikkim This day marks the beginning of the harvest
season, that is celebrated on 18th day of the
10th month of the Tibetan Lunar Calendar
and also celebrated in Nepal and Bhutan.
9th North East Festival Guwahati, Assam This festival aimed to promote and highlight
the commercial and tourism potential of the
North East Region
STATIC GK
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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
LONGEST,LARGEST,HIGHEST
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JANUARY 2022
 Shanghai, China becomes the World’s longest Metro line with the inauguration of 831 km two new
driverless metro lines (Line 14 and Phase One of Line 18).
OTHER INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

FEBRUARY 2022
 United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) launched new Digital Strategy 2022-2025 to
support countries and communities for using digital technologies to reduce inequality, support
inclusivity, tackle climate change, and open-up economic opportunities.
JANUARY 2022
 Antigua & Barbuda becomes 102nd Member of International Solar Alliance (ISA) by signing the
International Solar Alliance Framework Agreement.
 Sri Lanka signed an agreement with India to jointly redevelop the strategic World War II-era
Trincomalee Oil Tank Complex (Trinco Oil Tank Farm) in Srilanka’s eastern port district of Trincomalee
for a lease period of 50 years.
 The 5 most powerful nations of the world (China, France, Russia, the UK (United Kingdom) and the
US (United States)) have agreed and signed a joint statement to prevent Spread of Nuclear Weapons.
 Government of the United Kingdom (UK) launched free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations with
India, described as a “golden opportunity” to put British businesses at the “front of the queue” of the
Indian economy.
 Indonesian Parliament has passed a law to relocate its capital from Jakarta to East Kalimantan,
situated to the east of Borneo island and the new capital city of the country will be called Nusantara.
 The India is on course to surpass China as the world’s 3rd largest ethanol consumer by 2026 as per
the statement of the International Energy Agency (IEA).
 India has paid USD 29,990,679 in United Nations(UN) regular budget assessments for the year 2022.
VISIT
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FOREIGN VISIT
FEBRUARY 2022
Highlights of EAM S.Jaishankar visit to Australia and Philippines from February 10-15, 2022
 EAM participated in the 4th Japan- Australia-India-United States(US) (Quad) Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
2022 in Melbourne (Australia).
 Inaugural India-Australia Foreign Ministers’ Cyber Framework Dialogue (FMCFD) 2022.Clickhere
Highlights of EAM S.Jaishankar’s visit to Germany and France
 Roadmap to enhance bilateral exchanges on Blue Economy and Ocean Governance.
 S Jaishankar met with Ireland Foreign Minister Simon Coveney during the 58th Munich Security
Conference (MSC) 2022, which was held in Munich, Germany from 18 February – 20 February
2022.Click here
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SUMMITS, EVENTS & CONFERENCE

SUMMITS
Name of Summit Place Facts about the summit /conference
FEBRUARY 2022
One Ocean Summit 2022 Brest, Brittany, France It was organized by France in cooperation
with the United Nations (UN) and the World
Bank
• Pledged that 80% of the Seabed to be
mapped by 2030.
• UNESCO: Goal of including ocean
education in the school curricula of its
193 Member States by 2025
21st Edition of TERI’s World Virtual Theme of the summit is ‘Towards a Resilient
Sustainable Development Summit Planet: Ensuring a Sustainable and Equitable
2022 Future’.
• Vedanta has signed a Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) with TERI to
promote ‘Sustainable Use of
Resources for a Resilient Planet
through Transformative Actions’
1st Global Summit on ‘Reimagining Hyderabad, Telangana This first of its kind summit was inaugurated
Museums In India’ by Minister for Culture, Minister of Tourism
and Minister of Development of the North-
Eastern Region, G. Kishan Reddy.
India-UAE Virtual Summit 2022 Virtual Held between the India’s Prime Minister(PM)
Narendra Modi & United Arab
Emirates(UAE)’s Crown Prince H.H. Sheikh
Mohamed bin Zayed al Nahyan
• India-UAE Comprehensive Economic
Partnership Agreement (CEPA) was
signed Click here
28th edition of DST-CII India- Virtual Organized- Confederation of Indian Industry
Singapore Technology Summit (CII) & Department of Science & Technology
2022 (DST)
Theme - ‘Building Economies for the Future’
• Singapore is the partner country for
this Summit.
• DST-MTI, Singapore signs MoU for
cooperation in science, technology
and innovation.
JANUARY 2022
16th India Digital Summit, 2022 Virtual It was organized by organised by the Internet
and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) with
the theme “Supercharging Startups” and also
unveiled ‘LEAP’ (“Leverage, Encourage,
Access & Promote”) as the way forward for
Startups.
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PM Narendra Modi introduced the ‘P3 (Pro-
Planet People) movement’ that underlines
India’s climate change commitments.
WEF 2022 reschedules 2022 annual meeting
from may 22 to 26 in Davos-Klosters,
Switzerland under the theme, ‘working
Together, restoring Trust’ click here
1st India-Central Asia Summit 2022 Virtual Narendra Modi hosted the 1st India-Central
Asia Summit 2022 in a virtual format with
the Presidents of 5 Central Asian Nations of
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan,
Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan
• An India-Central Asia Secretariat in
New Delhi will be set up to support
the new mechanism. Click here
CONFERENCE
Name of Conference Place Facts about the summit /conference
FEBRUARY 2022
ASEAN (Association of SouthEast virtually Theme of the conference: “Experience and
Asian Nations)-India High-Level Innovations for Integrated Renewables Market
Conference on Renewable Energy Organized by
Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE)
Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), Government of
India, in collaboration with The Energy and
Resources Institute (TERI), India and the ASEAN
Centre for Energy (ACE), Indonesia.
JANUARY 2022
24th National Conference on e- Hyderabad, This conference was organised by the Department
Governance (NCeG) 2020-21 Telangana of Administrative Reforms & Public Grievances
(DARPG), Ministry of Electronics & Information
Technology (MeitY), in association Telangana govt.
Theme - ‘India’s Techade: Digital Governance in a
Post Pandemic World’
‘Hyderabad Declaration’ on e-Governance was
adopted and National Awards for e-Governance
(NAeG) 2020-21 were conferred to 26 awardees.
4th Asia Ministerial Conference hybrid mode It was organized by the Government of Malaysia
on Tiger Conservation and coordinated by the Global Tiger Forum (GTF)
EVENTS
Name of Events Place Facts about the summit /conference
FEBRUARY 2022
8th Annual Meeting of the Indo- virtual The Outcome of the Global Quality Infrastructure Index
German Working Group on Quality (GQII) study was shared in this meet and as per this
Infrastructure report, India ranked at 7th position on standardization
aspect, 9th for Accreditation activities and 19th for the
Metrology related activities.
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COMMITTEES & MEETING
COMMITTEES FORMED
Name of the Committee Head Facts about the Committee
FEBRUARY 2022
Advisory committee on settlement Jai Narayan Patel Securities and Exchange Board of India
orders and compounding of (SEBI) restructured its four-member high-
offences power advisory committee on settlement
orders and compounding of offences.
Other members:
• M S Sahoo
• Poornima Advani
• PK Malhotra
Advisory committee on Investor Gurumoorthy SEBI restructured its eight-member
Protection and Education Fund Mahalingam committee. The new members inducted in
(IPEF) the panel are Vijay Kumar Venkataraman and
Mrin Agarwal.
Ken-Betwa Link Project Authority CEO (Chief Executive For the implementation of the Ken-Betwa
(KBLPA) Officer) of additional interlinking of rivers (ILRs) project.
secretary rank • also formed a 20-member National
Steering Committee (SC) which will
monitor the implementation.
• Committee will be chaired by the
Secretary (Currently- Pankaj Kumar),
Ministry of Jal Shakti.
Alternative Investment Policy NR Narayana Murthy This 20-member committee was formed to
Advisory Committee advise the SEBI on a range of issues that
impact further development of the
Alternative Investment Fund (AIF) industry,
and startup ecosystem in India.
High level ministerial task force Secretaries and senior To analyse the impact on India by the
officials (from External sanctions made against Russia by the United
Affairs, Defence, Finance, States of America (USA), the European Union
Home, Commerce & (EU), United Kingdom (UK), Japan, Canada,
Industry and Petroleum Taiwan, and New Zealand.
and Natural Gas)
JANUARY 2022
Task force under the Technology 6 task Forces on: To explore technological innovations and
Innovation Group (TIG) on 6G (6th • Multi-Platform various commercial uses.
Generation) technology. for Next
Generation
Networks-
Bhaskar
Ramamurthy
• Spectrum Policy-
Abhay
Karandikar
• Multi-
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Amrutur
• Devices - Kiran
Kumar Kuchi
• International
standards - NG
Subramaniam
• Group for
Financing
Research And
Development –
Ashok Kumar
Tiwari
Energy Transition Advisory Tarun Kapoor To prepare a step-by-step plan for complete
Committee(ETAC) transitioning from fossil fuels to clean
energy.
Market Data Advisory Committee S.Sahoo A 20-member committee was reconstituted
(MDAC) to recommend policy measures in areas like
securities market data access and privacy.
MEETINGS/DIALOGUE/COUNCIL/FORUM
Name of Meeting Place Facts about the meeting
FEBRUARY 2022
3rd India – Maldives Defence Maldives Ajay Kumar, Defence Secretary of India Co- chaired
Cooperation Dialogue(DCD) 2022 this meet, and also inaugurated the Composite
Training Center Phase-I Annex in the Maldives, which
was built with the support of India’s financial
assistance.
4th India–Australia Energy virtual A Letter of Intent (LoI) was signed between India and
Dialogue 2022 Australia to reduce the cost of renewable energy (RE)
technologies and to increase the manufacturing and
deployment of ultra low-cost solar and clean hydrogen
to reduce global emissions.
58th meeting of Central virtual Govt sanctions construction of 60,000 homes under
Sanctioning and Monitoring Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana – Urban (PMAY-U) in 5
Committee (CSMC) States such as Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Himachal
Pradesh, Karnataka and Rajasthan.
Booklets on ‘Transformative Reforms Towards
Housing for All’ & Proceedings of ‘Awas Par Samvaad’
released by Manoj Joshi.
9th meetings of the Joint Working Kathmandu, Nepal and India have agreed to form a Joint Hydro
Group (JWG, Joint Secretary level) Nepal Development Committee
and the Joint Steering Committee
(JSC, Secretary level) on bilateral
power sector cooperation.
MSME Conclave 2022 Sindhudurg, Launched the Union MSME RuPay Credit Card which is
Maharashtra being offered by Union Bank of India in partnership
with the National Payments Corporation of India
(NPCI).
• Announced the establishment of MSME-
Technology Centre with an outlay of Rs 200
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19th Meeting of National Tiger --- He launched an action plan for introduction of cheetah
Conservation Authority (NTCA) in India, This plan supports to introduce 50 cheetah in
the next 5 years in various parks and also released a
Water Atlas, mapping all the water bodies in the tiger
bearing areas of India.
Joint Science and Technology virtual India and Denmark signed an agreement to work
(S&T) Committee meeting together in joint research and development on green
fuels including green hydrogen.
15th BRICS STI Steering --- It decided that India will host five events in 2022.
Committee meeting India handed over the chairmanship to China. China
will be the Chair for 2022.
Theme for BRICS 2022 -“Foster High-Quality BRICS
Partnership Usher in a New Era for Global
Development”.
India-Sri Lanka 5th Joint virtual India and Sri Lanka extended the existing Programme
Committee on S&T (Science & of Cooperation (POC) on S&T for three more years.
Technology) Cooperation
2nd ASEAN Digital Ministers virtual India-ASEAN Digital work plan 2022 was approved by
(ADGMIN) meeting the Ministers. It was co-chaired by Devusinh Chauhan,
Indian Minister of State for Communications and H.E.
Admiral Tin Aung San, Ministry of Transport and
Communications, Myanmar.
MOU’s & AGREEMENTS
MOU'S WITH OTHER COUNTRY

MoU between Field
FEBRUARY 2022
India & Nepal For the construction of a motorable bridge over the Mahakali River connecting
Dharchula (India) with Darchula (Nepal), under Indian grant assistance.
India & Australia To enhance cooperation and encourage expansion of bilateral relations in tourism.
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MOU’S WITH STATE

State MoU with Field/Purpose
FEBRUARY 2022
Indian Renewable Goa Shipyard Limited To provide its techno-financial expertise to set-up a rooftop
Energy (GSL) solar power project.
Development
Agency Limited
(IREDA)
Karnataka Ather Energy To set up 1000 fast-charging stations for electric 2-wheelers
Kerala Social Alpha’s Energy To support innovative and clean energy technology
Lab programmes in Kerala, an MOU was signed between Kerala
Government with the Social Alpha’s Energy Lab representing
“Clean Energy International Incubation Centre (CEIIC)”
Karnataka Amazon India Amazon India signed a Memorandum of Understanding
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Society (KSRLPS) to support the growth of women
entrepreneurs
Maharashtra United Nation To empower citizens with knowledge on the impacts of
Environment climate change and environmental issues and to support its
Programme (UNEP) ‘Majhi Vasundhara’ campaign.
Telangana British Council To renew the partnership in education, English and arts.
Jammu & Kashmir New Zealand For the transformation of the sheep farming sector in the J&K
(J&K) Union Territory (UT).
Gujarat QX Global Group For the holistic development of the Information Technology
Limited (IT) and Information Technology Enabled Services (ITeS)
sector in the State.
JANUARY 2022
Jharkhand Indian School of To empower Jharkhand’s forest economy.
Business (ISB)
Assam National Dairy To set up Joint venture (JV) worth Rs.2000 Crore for dairy
Development Board development.
(NDDB)
Himachal Pradesh Haryana For the construction of a Adi Badri dam on 77 acres in HP
(HP) near the Adi Badri area of Yamunanagar, Haryana for the
revival of the Saraswati river.
MOU’S BETWEEN ORGANIZATIONS

Organization MoU with Field/Purpose
FEBRUARY 2022
Larsen & Toubro Microsoft India To develop a regulated sector-focused cloud offering to
Limited (L&T) empower customers with the best-of-breed cloud computing
and infrastructure service.
Atal Innovation U.S. (United States) To improve access to affordable and quality healthcare for
Mission (AIM) of Agency for vulnerable populations in tier-2, tier-3 cities, rural and tribal
NITI Aayog International regions of India under ‘Sustainable Access to Markets and
Development Resources for Innovative Delivery of Healthcare’ (SAMRIDH)
(USAID) initiative.
Indian Institute of Development It focuses on strategic and technical collaboration to boost
Management Monitoring and India’s overall monitoring and evaluation environment with
Kozhikode (IIM-K) Evaluation Office a special focus on building a data monitoring and evaluation
(DMEO), NITI Aayog stack.
Flipkart Indian Institute of To provide market access to artisans and weavers of Odisha
Management, to sell their products online.
Sambalpur ((IIM-S),
Odisha
National Skill Common Service For the delivery of services related to various skill
Development Centres (CSC) development programmes for the youths in remote and rural
Corporation (NSDC) areas across India.
India World Food For the distribution of 50,000 MT of Wheat to Afghanistan as
Programme (WFP) part of a humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan through the
land bordered with Pakistan.
Vedanta Limited Hon Hai Technology Signed an MOU to form a joint venture (JV) for manufacturing
Group (also known semiconductors in India.
as Foxconn)
Ministry of Tourism Alliance Air Aviation To boost tourism across in India
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Tata Power RWE Renewables To explore the potential for joint development of offshore
Renewable Energy GmbH (RWE) wind projects in India.
Limited
Adani Group Ballard Power To evaluate a joint investment case for the commercialisation
Systems of hydrogen fuel cells in mobility and industrial applications
in India.
Defence Accounts CSC (Common To onboard pension services under the SPARSH (System for
Department (DAD) Service Centres) e- Pension Administration (Raksha)) Initiative across more
Governance Services than 4 lakh CSCs across India.
India Limited, a
special purpose
vehicle (SPV)
World Economic National Institute of To collaborate on a jointly designed Sustainable Cities- India
Forum (WEF) Urban Affairs (NIUA) Program.
of India
JANUARY 2022
Bharti Airtel Hughes Formed a Joint venture(JV) to provide satellite broadband
Limited Communications services in India
India Private Limited HCIPL and Airtel will hold a 67 & 33 percent stake in JV
(HCIPL) respectively
National Institute of National Centre for To promote inclusive good governance, strengthen local
Rural Development Good Governance institutions and effective implementation of government
and Panchayati Raj (NCGG), New Delhi programmes
(NIRDPR),
Hyderabad
Ministry of Skill Indira Gandhi To further strengthen the vocational and technical training
Development & National Open framework.
Entrepreneurship University (IGNOU)
(MSDE)
International Insurance Institute of For capacity building of insurance professionals in
Financial Services India (III) International Financial Services Centres (IFSCs).
Centers Authority
(IFSCA)
Amazon India NIF Incubation and For online distribution of products of grassroots
Entrepreneurship innovations, student creativity based innovations and
Council (NIFientreC) outstanding traditional knowledge-based ready to market
products.
OneWeb Hughes Network It signed a 6-year distribution agreement to provide satellite
broadband services across India.
Jio Platforms (JPL) University of Oulu To accelerate research and standardisation in 6G technology.
Council of Scientific Institut Pasteur To develop scientific & technological (S&T) cooperation and
and Industrial (France) networking in advanced and emerging areas of Human
Research (CSIR) Health between scientists and institutes/laboratories of
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INDEX
RANKING
INDIA’S RANK
Index /Survey Name Released By Ranks of India & Top 3 Ranks
FEBRUARY 2022
2022 Global Digital Skills Index Salesforce India has scored 63 out of 100, leads the
digital skills readiness and has the highest
readiness index among the 19 countries.
The report highlights the growing global
digital skills crisis and the need for action.
9th annual ranking of top 10 US Green Building India ranked 3rd with 146 projects followed
countries outside of the United Council (USGBC) by China and Canada.
States (US) for Leadership in
Energy and Environmental Design
(LEED) 2021
Global Entrepreneurship Monitor ---- India is among the top five easiest places to
(GEM) 2021/2022 Global Report: start a new business.
Opportunity Amid Disruption • India topped amongst low-income
economies (according to GDP per
capita) on different Entrepreneurial
Framework Conditions.
• India ranked fourth globally
followed by Saudi Arabia
Netherlands & Sweden to start a
business in the Survey of Indian
respondents.
TomTom Traffic Index 2021 TomTom India’s Mumbai, Maharashtra and New
Delhi, Delhi were ranked as 5th and 11th
most congested cities in the world.
Top three ranking
• Istanbul, Turkey
• Moscow region (Oblast), Russia
• Kyiv, Ukraine
Democracy Index 2021 Economist Intelligence India is ranked 46 on the global index with
Unit (EIU) an overall score of 6.91.
Afghanistan is the least democratic country
with an overall score of 0.32.
Top three ranking
• Norway
• New Zealand
• Finland
10th edition of International Global Innovation Policy India has ranked 43 out of 55 countries on
Intellectual Property (IIP) Index, Centre (GIPC) of United the 2022 IIP Index.
‘Compete for Tomorrow’(IIP Index States Chambers of • United States (US)
2022) Commerce (USCC) • United Kingdom (UK)
• Germany
JANUARY 2022
Henley Passport Index: Q1 2022 Henley & Partners India has been ranked as 84th Most
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Top three countries:
• Japan; Singapore
• Germany; South Korea
• Finland; Italy; Luxembourg; Spain
Global Artificial Intelligence Brookings Institution India is among the top 10 nations in the
(AI)Adopters Study world in terms of technological
advancements and funding in artificial
intelligence (AI).
• India ranks 6th in terms of spending
and investments on AI.
• United States, China, the United
Kingdom, France, Japan and
Germany are leading AI
achievements ahead of India and
Canada, South Korea and Italy are
behind India.
Corruption Perceptions Index Transparency India has ranked 85th on the index that
(CPI) 2021 International ranks 180 countries and territories.
Top Three Countries:
• Denmark
• Finland
• New Zealand
STATE/CITY WISE RANKING

Index/Survey Name Released by State or City in the rank
FEBRUARY 2022
India Press Freedom Report 2021 Rights and Risks Analysis Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) topped the list of
Group (RRAG) States and Union Territories followed by
Uttar Pradesh (UP), Madhya Pradesh (MP)
and Tripura.
Delta Rankings for December 2021 NITI Aayog Malkangiri (Odisha) secured first rank in the
list followed by Chhatarpur (Madhya
Pradesh) held second rank in the list.
Overall installed renewable energy Ministry of New and Tamil Nadu (TN) achieved the first position
capacity in India Renewable Energy in overall installed renewable energy
(MoNRE) capacity in India surpassing Karnataka.
• Rajasthan and Gujarat added the
highest renewable capacity (4.8 GW
and 2.4 GW respectively) in the
current fiscal year till 31st January
2022.
JANUARY 2022
Implementation of Swachh Bharat Ministry of Jal Shakti Telangana has stood first in India in the list
Mission (Grameen) Phase-II of the highest number of Open Defecation
programme till December 31, 2021 Free (ODF) Plus villages followed by Tamil
Nadu and Karnataka
India’s First ‘District Good Department of J&K became the first Indian UT with a Good
Governance Index (DGGI)’ Administrative Reforms Governance Index.
& Public Grievances It is prepared for the 20 Districts of UT of
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Index/Survey Name Released by Organisation/Institution in the rank
FEBRUARY 2022
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REPORT
Report/Survey/Study Title Released by Points to be noted
FEBRUARY 2022
Global 500 2022: The annual Brand Finance Apple retained its title as the World’s Most
report on the world’s most Valuable Brand in 2022 followed by
valuable and strongest brands Amazon and Google.
TikTok has become the World’s fastest-
growing brand.
India sees the fastest growth over course of
COVID-19 pandemic among the top nations
up 42%.
‘Global analysis of health care World Health The report stated that India generated
waste in the context of COVID-19 – Organisation (WHO) approximately 101 tonnes of COVID-19-
Status, impacts and related healthcare waste per day during the
recommendations’ first wave of the pandemic (58), in addition
to the 609 tonnes of waste generated daily
from routine health services (a total of 710
tonnes).
‘Reimagining Healthcare in India NITI (National Institution It revealed that about 65 percent of hospital
through Blended Finance’ for Transforming India) beds in India cater to almost 50 percent of
Aayog India’s population.
The number of beds must be increased by
at least 30 percent to ensure equitable
access to healthcare facilities for people.
Comscore report ---- Paytm has the highest digital payments
with over 45% penetration in Fintech.
Paytm is followed by Google Pay (mobile
App) at 43% penetration (reach as
percentage of total digital population)
“Global Entrepreneurship Monitor ---- The report stated that India ranked 4th
(GEM) 2021/2022 Global Report: globally in Ease of Starting Business
Opportunity Amid Disruption” followed by Saudi Arabia, Netherlands &
Sweden.
Deloitte 2022 CxO Sustainability Deloitte Touche Indian businesses ranks 5th amongst 21
Report: The Disconnect Between Tohmatsu Limited (DTTL) countries in their concern for climate
Ambition and Impact change.
Global Trade Update (February United Nations A global trade in goods and services has
2022) Conference on Trade and reached a record high of USD 28.5 trillion in
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2020 and an increase of around 13%
relative to the pre-COVID-19 level of 2019.
Frontiers 2022: Noise, Blazes and United Nations The report states that wildfires are
Mismatches – Emerging Issues Of Environment Programme becoming more frequent, larger, and more
Environmental Concern (UNEP) intense due to climate change.
‘COVID-19-India’s Vaccine Institute for It highlights the success of the COVID-19
Development Story’ and ‘India’s Competitiveness vaccination development journey of India.
COVID – 19 Vaccination
Administration Journey’
2nd edition of Hurun India Wealth Hurun Report The number of dollar-millionaire
Report 2021 households in India increased by 11% to
4,58,000 households compared to 2020.
JANUARY 2022
Code of Practice for Securing Telecommunication This report is a baseline requirement
Consumer Internet of Things (IoT) Engineering Centre (TEC) aligned with global standards and best
practices to secure Consumer IoT devices.
IHS Markit Ltd report --- India will overtake Japan as Asia’s second-
largest economy by 2030
India is currently the sixth-largest economy
in the world, behind the United States (US),
China, Japan, Germany and the UK.
2nd quarter (Q2FY22- July- Ministry of Labour & The report estimated that total
September 2021) of Quarterly Employment (MoL&E) employment in the nine non-farm sectors is
Employment Survey (QES) 10crore approximately, which is 2 lakhs
higher than the estimated employment
(3.08 crore) from the first round of QES
(Q1FY22- April-June, 2021).
The overall percentage of female workers
stood at 32.1%, higher than Q1FY22 when
it was 29.3%.
India State of Forest Report (ISFR) Forest Survey of India The report showed that the forest and tree
2021 (FSI), Ministry of cover in India has risen by 2,261 square
Environment, Forest & Kilometers (sq km) in 2 years (compared to
Climate Change 2019).
Andhra Pradesh has grown the maximum
forest cover of 647 sq km followed by
Telangana (632 sq km) & Odisha (537 sq
km)
The Global Risks Report 2022: World Economic Forum It was released in partnership with Marsh
17th Edition (WEF) McLennan, SK Group and Zurich Insurance
Group.The report stated that developing
economies (excluding China) will have
fallen 5.5% below their pre-pandemic
expected GDP growth by 2024, while
advanced economies will have surpassed it
by 0.9%.The global economy was expected
to be 2.3% smaller by 2024.
‘World Employment and Social International Labour It projected global unemployment at 207
Outlook (WESO) Trends 2022’ Organization (ILO) million in 2022, surpassing its 2019 level
(186 million) by 21 million and the global
unemployment rate is projected to reach
5.9% in 2022.
‘Electricity Market Report’ International Energy A power demand in India is expected to
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Global electricity demand grew by 6
percent in 2021.
‘Investment Trends Monitor’ United Nation Conference Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) flows to
on Trade and India in 2021 had decreased by 26 percent.
Development (UNCTAD) The world’s overseas direct funding flows
have rebounded in 2021, which rose at 77
percent to an estimated USD 1.65 trillion,
from USD 929 billion in 2020.
Banking on Electric Vehicles in NITI (National Institution It estimated that banks and non-banking
India- A Blueprint for Inclusion of for Transforming India) financial companies (NBFCs) have a
EVs in Priority Sector Lending Aayog, Rocky Mountain potential to achieve an EV financing market
Guidelines Institute (RMI), & RMI size of Rs 40,000 crore (USD 5 billion) by
India 2025 and Rs 3.7 lakh crore (USD 50 billion)
by 2030.
G20 People’s Climate Vote 2021 United Nations It reveals that in India around 67 percent of
report Development Programme the young population under the age of 18
(UNDP) & University of years considers climate change a global
Oxford emergency, compared to about 58 percent
adults.
Global Cybersecurity Outlook 2022 World Economic Forum It revealed that advances in digitalization
(WEF) and their growth due to the COVID-19 have
led to increasingly frequent, costly, and
damaging cyber incidents.
APPOINTMENTS & RESIGNS

APPOINTMENTS
NATIONAL
Name Appointed As Entity/Place Points to Be Noted
FEBRUARY 2022
Mamidala Jagadesh Chairperson University Grants M. Jagadesh Kumar will succeed
Kumar Commission (UGC) Prof D P Singh and appointed for a
period of five years (2022-2027).
Ravi Mittal Chairperson Insolvency and He was appointed as the new
Bankruptcy Board of Chairperson of IBBI for a period of
India (IBBI) 5 years or till the age of 65.
Rahul Bhatia Managing Director IndiGo He was appointed for a period of 5
years.
Binesh Kumar Tyagi Chairman & Managing Shipping Corporation of He will succeed current CMD of SCI,
(BK Tyagi) Director (CMD) India HK Joshi.
Sonali Singh Controller General of Controller General of He was appointed as the CGA
Accounts (CGA) Accounts of India following the superannuation of
Deepak Das, who has been serving
as CGA since August 2021.
Dinesh Prasad Director National Council of He was appointed for a period of 5
Saklani Educational Research years or till he attains the age of 65
and Training (NCERT) years.
Natarajan Executive Chairman Tata Sons He was appointed as for the period
Chandrasekaran of another five year term (2022-
2027), starting from February
2022.
Ilker Ayci MD & CEO Air India He will resume his responsibilities
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Vineet Joshi Chairman Central Board of He will succeed former CBSE
Secondary Education Chairman Manoj Ahuja.
(CBSE)
G Ashok Kumar India’s first National National Security This is a part of India’s efforts to
Maritime Security Council Secretariat enhance maritime security
Coordinator (NMSC) following the 26/11 Mumbai terror
attack (2008)
Sanjeev Sanyal Member Economic Advisory He was appointed for two years and
Council to the Prime this council is chaired by Bibek
Minister (EAC-PM) Debroy (Former member of Niti
Aayog)
KS Mani Board of Directors National Cooperative NCDFI is the apex body of dairy and
Dairy Federation of edible oil cooperatives in India and
India (NCDFI) established in 1970.
JANUARY 2022
Vinay Kumar Chairman and Chief Railway Board He replaced Chairman and CEO
Tripathi Executive Officer Suneet Sharma.
(CEO)
G Asok Kumar Director General National Mission for He succeeded Director General,
Clean Ganga (NMCG) Rajiv Ranjan Mishra.
Alka Mittal Chairman and Oil and Natural Gas She becomes the 1st woman
Managing Director Corporation (ONGC) Chairman and Managing Director
(CMD) (CMD) of ONGC, on additional
charge replacing Subhash Kumar.
Vijay Paul Sharma Chairman Commission for The CACP recommends the
Agricultural Costs and Minimum Support Prices (MSPs) to
Prices (CACP) the Cabinet Committee of Economic
Affairs (CCEA) to incentivise
cultivators.
Navrang Saini Chairperson Insolvency and He was extended as Chairperson
Bankruptcy Board of (additional charge) of the IBBI for 3
India (IBBI) months till 5th March 2022.
S Somanath Chairman Indian Space Research He was appointed as 10th chairman
Organisation (ISRO) of ISRO and will succeed K Sivan,
who is set to retire on 14th January
2022.
Narendra Kumar Chairman Apparel Export He succeeds Padma Shri Dr A
Goenka Promotion Council Sakthivel
(AEPC)
Vikram Dev Dutt Chairman and Air India He will succeed Rajiv Bansal
Managing Director
(CMD)
Chanchal Kumar Managing Director National Highways & ----
(MD) Infrastructure
Development
Corporation Ltd
(NHIDCL)
Dileep Sanghani Chairman Indian Farmers He was appointed as a 17th
Fertiliser Cooperative chairman of IFFCO.
(IFFCO) Limited
Vinod Rai Independent chairman Unity Small Finance Sandip Ghose, Basant Seth and
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other board members of Unity
Small Finance Bank (Unity SFB).
Raghuvendra Chairman Indian Council of He was appointed as chairman for a
Tanwar Historical Research period of 3 years.
(ICHR)
Vinodanand Jha Chairperson Prevention of Money He was appointed as chairperson
Laundering Act, 2002 till the completion of his tenure i.e.
(PMLA) Adjudicating upto 22nd June 2023
Authority
Arun Kumar Chairman IIFL Finance He is a former chairman of State
Purwar Bank of India(SBI) and appointed
as chairman of IIFL Finance with
effect from April 1, 2022.
Pushp Kumar Joshi Chairman and Hindustan Petroleum He will succeed Mukesh Kumar
Managing Director Corporation Ltd Surana.
(CMD)
V Anantha Chief Economic Ministry of Finance He will succeed K V Subramanian,
Nageswaran Advisor of India (CEA) who left the office of CEA vacant in
December 2021
INTERNATIONAL
PRESIDENTS OF INTERNATIONAL COUNTRIES
Name Country Points to be noted
FEBRUARY 2022
Sergio Mattarella Italy He was re-elected for a second term in office after his seven-
year term ended.
Paul-Henri Sandaogo Burkina Faso He was appointed as president after overthrowing the elected
Damiba President Roch Kabore.
Frank Walter Steinmeier Germany He was re-elected by the parliamentary assembly for the next
five years (2022-2027).
JANUARY 2022
Maria Elisa Quinteros Chile He replaces Indigenous Mapuche professor and
activist Elisa Loncon
Daniel Ortega Nicaragua He sworn in as president for 5th term.
PRIME MINISTER’S OF INTERNATIONAL COUNTRIES

Name Country Points to be noted
FEBRUARY 2022
Antonio Costa Portugal He secured 117 seats out of 230 seats in the country’s
Parliament.
Aníbal Torres Vásquez Peru He succeeds Héctor Valer who served as PM for just 3
days
JANUARY 2022
Alikhan Smailov Kazakhstan He was appointed after the resignation of the Askar
Mamin Cabinet during the ongoing violent 2022 Kazakh
protests.
Dimitar Kovacevski North He is the leader of the Social Democratic Union of
Macedonian Macedonia (SDSM).

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Mia Amor Mottley Barbados She is also the first female PM of Barbados to lead a
second term as the PM
OTHER INTERNATIONAL APPOINTMENTS

Name Appointed as Entity/place Points to be noted
FEBRUARY 2022
India (KN Chairmanship International Rubber India succeeds Cote’d Ivoire as the
Raghavan) Study Group (IRSG) chairman of IRSG and He will officiate as
the Chairman of IRSG for the next 2
years.
JANUARY 2022
Zhang Ming Secretary General (SG) Shanghai Cooperation He succeeded the former diplomat from
Organization (SCO) Uzbekistan, Vladimir Norov.
India will assume the presidency of SCO
for the period of 2022-2023 for the first
time.
T. S. Tirumurti Chaired United Nations Taken over the Chair of the United
Counter Terrorism Nations Counter Terrorism Committee
Committee (UNCTC) (UNCTC) for 2022.
Urjit Patel Vice President Asian Infrastructure He was appointed for a three years
Investment Bank tenure (2022-2025) starting from 1st
(AIIB) February, replacing D J Pandian.
Haitham Al Secretary General Organization of the He succeeded Nigeria’s Mohammad
Ghais Petroleum Exporting Barkindo and appointed for a three
Countries (OPEC) years tenure (2022-2025).
Pierre-Olivier Economic Counsellor International He will succeed Gita Gopinath
Gourinchas and Head of Research Monetary Fund (IMF)
Department
Roberta President European Union (EU) She succeeded David Sassoli
Metsola Parliament
BRAND AMBASSADOR
Name Entity/Organization Points to be Noted
FEBRUARY 2022
Hrithik Roshan RummyCircle Games24x7 has appointed renowned bollywood actor,
Hrithik Roshan as the brand ambassador for ‘RummyCircle’,
an online skill gaming platform.
Disha Patani Bata India She will promote the brand and strengthen the youth
connection to enhance footwear fashion among them.
Akshay Kumar Uttarakhand’s Brand He has honoured him with the Padma Shri in 2009 for Arts.
Ambassador
Pankaj Tripathi Krishi Network This startup provides grassroot level information support to
farmers’ doubts.
Shah Rukh Khan Gaming app A23 Shahrukh Khan will feature in A23’s ‘Chalo Saath Khele’
campaign, along with a first of its kind responsible gaming
campaign.
Manoj Tiwari Khadi & handicrafts of Manoj Tiwari, a Member of Parliament(MP) – Lok Sabha and
Bihar Bhojpuri singer appointed as the brand ambassador of
Khadi and other handicrafts of Bihar
Manika Batra Adidas Manika Batra is the first Indian woman to win gold in table
tennis at the Commonwealth Games 2018.

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Tanishka Kotia and ‘Beti Bachao Beti This scheme was launched in 2015 at Panipat, Haryana.
Riddhika Kotia Padhao’ scheme for the
Gurugram District
JANUARY 2022
Shafali Verma Bank of Baroda (BoB) ---
Jhulan Goswami Legends League Cricket To promote Women’s Empowerment initiatives of the LLC
(LLC) and to increase participation of women in cricket
RajKummar Rao RenewBuy To increase the spread of insurance policies digitally for the
consumers
Vijay Shekhar Sharma Universal Acceptance Universal Acceptance Steering Group, is an international
Steering Group organization that works on developing and recommending
standards for languages script.
RESIGNATION
Name Resigned as Entity/Place;Imp points to be Noted
FEBRUARY 2022
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JANUARY 2022
Abdalla Hamdok Al- Prime Minister (PM) of Due to political deadlock and protests in the capital city
Kinani Sudan Khartoum, Sudan.
Mohamed Hussein Prime Minister (PM) of He was suspended by Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed,
Roble Somalia President over allegations of corruption
Armen Sarkissian President of Armenia He was resigned from his presidential position because his
office was unable to influence policy during times of national
crisis.
AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS

AWARDS
Sahitya Akademi Awards, Yuva Puraskar and Bal Sahitya Puraskar 2021 announced
The Executive Board of the Sahitya Akademi under the Ministry of Culture has announced Sahitya Akademi
Awards 2021 in 20 languages, YuvaPuraskar 2021 in 22 languages and Bal Sahitya Puraskar 2021 in 22
languages.
Important awardees:
Awardee Title of Book/Poem/ Language
Novel
Namita Gokhale Things to Leave Behind English
Vindeshwariprasad Srijati Shankhnadam Kil, Sanskrit
Mishr ‘Vinay’ Kavita
Sanjiv Verenkar Raktachandan Konkani
Megha Majumdar A Burning English
Hrushikesh Mallick Sarijaithiba Apera Odia
Click here for awardees
3rd National Water Awards 2020

Union Minister of Jal Shakti Gajendra Singh Shekhawat announced 3rd National Water Awards-2020.
 Uttar Pradesh (UP) awarded first prize in the Best State category, followed by Rajasthan and Tamil
Nadu (TN).
 Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh received the best district award in the northern zone followed by
Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar in Punjab.Click here
Overview of 79th Annual Golden Globe Awards 2022

The winners of the 79th edition of the Annual Golden Globe Awards (2022) was announced by Hollywood
Foreign Press Association (HFPA) in Beverly Hilton, Beverly Hills, California, United States of America (USA).

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Important awardees:
Category Winner
Best Picture Drama The Power of the Dog directed by
Jane Campion
Best Actor – Motion Will Smith for King Richard
Picture Drama
Best Actress – Motion Nicole Kidman for Being the Ricardos
Picture Drama
Best Supporting Actress Ariana DeBose for West Side Story
– Motion Picture (2021)
Best Drama Series Succession
Click here for more awardees
Overview of The Best FIFA Football Awards 2021

Best Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) Football Awards 2021 was held in Zurich,
Switzerland
Category Winner
Best FIFA Men’s Player Robert Lewandowski (Poland)
Best FIFA Women’s Player Alexia Putellas (Spain)
FIFA Fan Award Denmark and Finland Fans
The Best FIFA Men’s Coach Thomas Tuchel (Germany)
The Best FIFA Women’s Emma Hayes (United

Coach Kingdom)
FIFA Fair Play Award Denmark National Team and

Staff
The Best FIFA Men’s Edouard Mendy (France)

Goalkeeper
The Best FIFA Women’s Christiane Endler (Chile)

Goalkeeper
Puskas Award Erik Lamela (Argentina)
FIFA Best Special Award Christine Sinclair (Canada)

and Cristiano Ronaldo
(Portugal)
2021 edition of ICC awards was announced

International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced the 2021 edition of ICC awards
Category Winner Country
Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy Smriti Mandhana (25) India

for ICC Women’s Cricketer of
the Year
Men’s T20I Cricketer of the Year Mohammad Rizwan (29) Pakistan

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Women’s T20I Cricketer of the Tammy Beaumont (30) England
Year
Men’s ODI Cricketer of the Year Babar Azam (27) Pakistan
Women’s ODI Cricketer of the Lizelle Lee (29) South Africa

Year
Men’s Test Cricketer of the Year Joe Root (31) England
Emerging Men’s Cricketer of the Janneman Malan (25) South Africa

Year
Emerging Women’s Cricketer of Fatima Sana (20) Pakistan

the Year
Men’s Associate Cricketer of the Zeeshan Maqsood (34) Oman

Year
Women’s Associate Cricketer of Andrea-Mae Zepeda (26) Austria

the Year
Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for Shaheen Afridi (21) Pakistan

ICC Men’s Cricketer of the Year
Umpire of the year Marais Erasmus (57) South Africa
Padma Awards 2022

The Padma Awards, one of the highest civilian Awards of the country are conferred under 3 categories namely,
Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri.
List of Key Persons who Received the Award:Click here for all award winner
Category Winner KeyPoints
Padma Vibhushan • Bipin Rawat, India’s 1st Chief of Defence 4 receives Padma
Staff (CDS) of Indian Armed Force Vibhushan and
• Former Uttar Pradesh chief minister, Kalyan second-highest
Singh civilian award of
India, after the
Bharat Ratna.
Padma Bhushan • Google’s CEO Sundar Pichai 17 receives Padma
• Cyrus Poonawalla of the Serum Institute of Bhushan.It is the
India third-highest civilian
• Former Union Home Secretary Rajiv award
Mehrishi
Padma Shri • Neeraj Chopra, India’s first-ever track-and- 107 receives Padma
field gold in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Shri Awards.It is
• singer Sonu Nigam fourth-highest
civilian award.

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AWARDS GIVEN TO THE SPORTS PERSONALITIES
Name of Awards Award Winner Field Points to be noted
FEBRUARY 2022
World Games Athlete of Parattu Raveendran Hockey He became the 1st Indian man
the Year 2021 (PR) Sreejesh & 2nd Indian to receive this
saccolade after hockey captain
Rani Rampal
International Cricket New Zealand Cricket He was awarded for his
Council(ICC) Spirit of cricketer, Daryl gesture of refusing to take a
Cricket Award 2021 Mitchell single in the high-pressure
2021 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup
Semi-Finals against England at
the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in
Abu Dhabi .
JANUARY 2022
2021 ICC (International Smriti Mandhana Cricket He is also the 3rd time Smriti
Cricket Council) Women’s Mandhana won the title for the
T20I team of the year T20I team of the year after
2018 (opener) and 2019
(number three)
ICC Men’s Test Team of Rohit Sharma, Cricket New Zealand’s Kane
the Year 2021 Ravichandran Ashwin, Williamson will be the captain
Rishabh Pant of the team.
ICC Women’s ODI Team of Mithali Raj, Jhulan Cricket England’s Heather Knight is the
the Year for 2021 Goswami captain of the team.
AWARDS FOR LITERATURE/JOURNALISM/ACADEMIC

FEBRUARY 2022
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JANUARY 2022
QS-Wharton Reimagine Chennai-based Arts and Reimagine Education Award is
Education Award 2021 Rhapsody Music Humanities considered as the Oscar in the
Foundation Education space.
AWARDS GIVEN TO ORGANIZATIONS/BANKS/MINISTRIES/STATE/CITY

FEBRUARY 2022
Digital Transformation Karnataka Bank Best Practice in It was awarded by Confederation
Award (DX 2021 Digital of Indian Industry (CII) in
Awards) Transformation recognition of the “innovative”
best practice ‘KBL VIKAAS’.
17th Annual Banking South Indian Bank ---- It won 6 awards at the Indian
Technology Awards (SIB) Banks’ Association (IBA)’s 17th
2021 Annual Banking Technology
Awards 2021. The 6 awards for
South Indian banks include the
‘Best Technology Bank of the Year
2021’ under the “small bank”
segment.
Business Standard Sandeep Bakhshi ---- He was awarded for his role in
Banker of the Year 2020- turning around ICICI Bank and
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tenure as MD and CEO of ICICI
Bank.
Hilal-e-Pakistan Bill Gates He was honoured with Hilal-e-
Pakistan, the second Highest
Civilian Honour of Pakistan for his
efforts towards eradicating polio
in Pakistan.
JANUARY 2022
UiPath Automation South Indian Bank Best Automation It won Best Automation under
Excellence Awards 2021 (SIB) ‘Crisis for Business Continuity’
Global Private Banking HDFC Bank Best Private Bank It organised by Professional
Awards 2021 Wealth Management (PWM).
IBSi Innovation Awards Axis Bank & Best CRM It is one of the most prominent
2021 CRMNEXT (Customer awards for the global bankers and
Relationship IT (Information Technology)
Management) consultants across the world
System
Implementation.
AWARDS GIVEN FOR SOCIAL SERVICE, SCIENCE & BRAVERY

FEBRUARY 2022
18th late Madhavrao Nitin Gadkari Karyakram It was announced by Nashik
Limaye award 2020-21 Khaasdar Public Library, Sarvajanik
Vachanalay.
JANUARY 2022
2022 Genesis Prize Albert Bourla Service Albert Bourla, Chief Executive
Officer (CEO) and Chairman of
Pfizer as the 2022 USD 1 Million
Genesis Prize Laureate for his
efforts in leading the
development of the COVID-19
vaccine.
Prime Minister’s Banner Maharashtra Service Major General Y P Khanduri,
Directorate of the Additional Director General, NCC
National Cadet Corps Directorate, Maharashtra
(NCC) received the PM Banner from PM
Modi
AWARDS GIVEN TO FILM/MUSIC INDUSTRY/ART

FEBRUARY 2022
Dadasaheb Phalke Ranveer Singh Best Actor Bollywood stars Ranveer Singh
International Film and Kriti Sanon received awards in
Festival (DPIFF) Awards the Best Actor and Best Actress
2022 category for their performances in
movies ’83’ and ‘Mimi’. Click here
JANUARY 2022
International Craft Award Kerala Arts and Crafts Crafts The KACV from Kovalam received
for 2021 Village Organization this award for the best craft
(KACV) village in the world by the World
Crafts Council International.
Bharat Ratna Dr Harshaali Malhotra Film He received the award from
Ambedkar Award 2022 Bhagat Singh Koshyari, Governor
of Maharashtra for her
performance as Munni in the

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2015 film Bajrangi Bhaijaan
starring Salman Khan.
20th Dhaka International Indian Movie Best Film (Asian) It was organised by the Rainbow
Film Festival Koozhangal Award Film Society.
• Malayalam Actor
Jayasurya won the Best
Actor award in the Asian
Film Competition Section
for the film titled “Sunny”
directed by Ranjith
Sankar.
OTHER AWARDS CONFERRED

FEBRUARY 2022
Institute of Chartered RailTel Corporation of Public Sector He won this award for in
Accountants of India India Ltd Entities(PSE) ‘financial reporting’ for the year
(ICAI) award for Category 2020-21 in Public Sector Entities
excellence (PSE) Category.
‘Most Dependable Public Coal India Limited Public Sector It was awarded by Associated
Sector in India award (CIL) Chambers of Commerce &
2022’ Industry of India (ASSOCHAM),
Kolkata
“Presidential Colours” Four Parachute ---- The four Parachute Regiment
Award Battalions battalions that were presented
President’s Colours: 11 PARA
(SPECIAL FORCE), 21 PARA
(SPECIAL FORCE), 23 PARA and
29 PARA.
12th Annual Aegis Centre for Telecom It won 3 awards under three
Graham Bell Awards Development of categories (Tech For Social Good
Telematics (C-DOT) category, Innovative in the
lockdown management category
and Preventive measures for
COVID19 category)
JANUARY 2022
Global Women’s Health NIRAMAI Health Health Technology World Bank Group in partnership
Tech Awards 2022 AnalytixPvt. startups with The Consumer Technology
Ltd.(NIRAMAI) & Association (CTA) launched the
InnAccel Global Women’s Health Tech
Technologies Pvt. Awards that recognises the
Ltd.(InnAccel) innovative startups that leverage
technology to improve women’s
health and safety in emerging
markets.
Netaji Award 2022 Shinzo Abe ----- Netaji Research Bureau, has
honoured this awards to Shinzo
Abe, former Prime Minister(PM)
of Japan on the occasion of the
125th Birth Anniversary of Netaji
Subhas Chandra Bose.
TX2 Award 2022 India’s ----- These two won the TX2 award
Sathyamangalam 2022 for doubling their tiger
Tiger Reserve (STR) populations since 2010
in Erode, Tamil Nadu The award for Tiger Conservation
Excellence 2022 was presented to

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& Nepal’s Bardiya Khata Forest Conservation Area
National Park in Nepal.
Other Important Awards

FEBRUARY 2022
 Airports Council International (ACI) has awarded 18 Indian Airports with the ‘Voice of the
Customer’ award for 2021, including Chennai, Goa & Mangaluru Airport.
JANUARY 2022
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RECOGNITIONS
Name of the Recognition Key Points
Person/Organisation
FEBRUARY 2022
Hoysala temples of Belur, India’s nomination for United It has been finalised as India’s nomination for
Halebid and Nations Educational, Scientific United Nations Educational, Scientific and
Somnathapura, the and Cultural Organisation’s Cultural Organisation’s (UNESCOs) World
‘Sacred Ensembles of the (UNESCOs) World Heritage Heritage List for the year 2022-2023.
Hoysala’, in Karnataka. List
People’s Liberation Army Torchbearer of 2022 Winter 2022 Winter Olympics, officially called the XXIV
(PLA) regiment Olympic Olympic Winter Games and commonly known
commander Qi Fabao as Beijing 2022, will be organized between 4-
20 February 2022 in Beijing, China.
Best state tableau of 73rd Uttar Pradesh(UP) Maharashtra (MH) that won in popular choice
Republic Day parade 2022 category and the Central Industrial Security
Force (CISF) was named as the best marching
contingent among Central Armed Police Forces
(CAPF) Click here
Bloomberg Billionaires Asia’s richest person Gautam Adani (59) net worth reached $88.5
Index billion overtaking Mukesh Ambani’s $87.9
billion becoming Asia’s richest person
Atal Tunnel as the World’s World Book (WB) of Records It was received by Lieutenant General Rajeev
Longest Highway Tunnel United Kingdom (UK) Chaudhry, Director General of Border Roads
(DGBR)
JANUARY 2022
Clive Lloyd (Former West Knighthood He received Knighthood from Prince William,
Indies Cricketer) the Duke of Cambridge at Windsor Castle, for
his services towards the game of cricket.
Shaylyn Ford Mrs World 2022 It was organized in Las Vegas, Nevada, United
States (US) and She became the 8th American
woman to win the title.
Prajakta Koli United Nations Development She was selected for her immense contribution
Programme (UNDP) India’s towards mental health, women’s rights and girl
1st Youth Climate Champion child education through global social
campaigns
WORD OF THE YEAR

Word of the year Language Recognized by Key Points
JANUARY 2022
Anxiety English Oxford University Press It has declared ‘Anxiety’ as the
Children’s Word of the Year 2021.

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GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATION(GI) TAG
PRODUCT STATE IT BELONG TO
FEBRUARY 2022
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JANUARY 2022
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ECONOMY &BUSINESS
FEBRUARY 2022
 Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) signed a partnership agreement with Hyperion Global Group, to
manufacture and supply Internet of Things (IoT) devices for the US (United States) market.
 Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Energy has decided to purchase 40,000 metric tonnes petrol and 40,000
metric tonnes diesel from the Indian Oil Corporation (India) as part of the Sri Lankan government’s bid
to face the current fuel and energy crisis.
 Tata Sky rebranded itself as ‘Tata Play’ to expand its television-cum-OTT (Over-The-Top) offerings in
combined packages.
 Samsung Electronics replaced United States (U.S) chipmaker Intel’s first position in World’s Top
Semiconductor Company in 2021, as per the report released by Counterpoint Technology Market
Research.
 Google introduced a new line of secure and sustainable Chromebook devices for education.
 Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) launched convenience stores under the brand
name ‘HappyShop’.
 According to the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy Pvt. Ltd.(CMIE), the unemployment rate of
India has declined to 6.57% in January 2022, the lowest since March 2021(6.50%).
 Dabur India Limited(Dabur) announced that the company has become India’s 1st 100% Plastic Waste
Neutral company.
 Renault India partners CSC e-Governance Services to support PM Gramin Digital Saksharta
Abhiyaan.
 Retail inflation rate based on CPI has increased to a seven-month high of 6.01 percent in January
2022, crossing the 6 percent mark as per National Statistical Office (NSO) data.
 Aditya Birla Group has invested an undisclosed amount in Zand, an upcoming digital bank in the
United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Zand become the first digital bank to provide both retail and corporate
services
 BSE (formerly Bombay Stock Exchange) announced its collaboration with four regional associations
from Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu after receiving in-principle approval from SEBI to launch the
Electronic Gold Receipts (EGR) segment to promote such products.
 NHPC Limited (Ltd) set up a new wholly owned subsidiary company namely ‘NHPC Renewable
Energy Limited (NREL)’, for development of Renewable Energy, Small Hydro and Green Hydrogen
based business of NHPC Ltd.
 India’s fuel demand is likely to grow 5.5 percent in FY23 as per the estimates released by the
Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell (PPAC), under the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural gas.
 Ideal Finance Ltd, a subsidiary of Mahindra and Mahindra Financial Services Ltd, announced to
rebrand its company as Mahindra Ideal Finance Ltd (MIFL).
JANUARY 2022
 The Central Government’s fiscal deficit at the end of November 2021 (April-November)
decreased to 46.2% due to revenues and rise in tax collections in accordance with the the official
data by India’s Controller General of Accounts (CGA).

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 India’s merchandise export in December 2021 was about USD 37.29 billion, the highest ever
monthly exports achievement, according to data provided by Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
 Apple Inc. become the first company to raise above USD 3 trillion Market Cap.
 Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) launched a mega bond sale as it desired to raise USD 3 to 5 billion
from offshore investors and it becomes largest-ever foreign currency bond issuance from India.
 Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) selected Tata Consultancy Services Ltd (TCS) for implementing
the second phase of the passport seva programme (PSP) for over 10 years.
 Nepal Power Exchange Ltd (NPEL) signed an energy trading agreement with India’s Manikaran
Power Ltd to sell electricity produced by the domestic private sector to India through India’s
Manikaran Power.
 Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (POWERGRID) signed a Joint Development Agreement
with Africa50 to continue to develop Africa’s 1st public-private partnership (PPP) mode
transmission project in Kenya, “Kenya Transmission Project”.
 Adani Group signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with South Korean’s
POSCO to explore business cooperation opportunities in sectors like Steel, Renewable energy and
others.
 India’s benchmark inflation rate, measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) firmed up to
5.59% year-on-year in December 2021 (highest in 5 months) from 4.91% in November 2021, as
per the data released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI).
 India’s merchandise exports in December 2021 increased to 38.91 percent on an annual basis
to USD 37.81 billion and trade Deficit Increase to USD 21.68 billion, as per the data of the Ministry of
Commerce and Industry (MoCI).
 India is set to achieve the targeted Export level of $650 Billion in the current financial year (FY)
2021-22, informed by Union Minister of Commerce & Industries (MoCI), Piyush Goyal.
 National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) has emerged as the world’s largest derivatives exchange
for the third consecutive year in 2021 in terms of the number of contracts traded: Futures Industry
Association (FIA)
 NSE Indices launched Nifty India Defence index to track the performance of a portfolio of stocks
that broadly represent the Defence theme.
 ReNew Power signed an agreement with the United States (US) based Fluence to form a 50:50 joint
venture (JV) to provide BESS (Battery Energy Storage System) solutions to customers of Indian
market.
 Jio Platforms (JPL) signed a pact with the University of Oulu, Finland, to accelerate research and
standardisation in 6G technology.
 India has exported $114 million worth of Cucumber & Gherkins in April-October 2021 to
became the World’s largest exporter of Cucumber and Gherkins: Ministry of Commerce and
Industry
 Bharti Airtel (Airtel) signed a long term, multi-year agreement with Google to enhance the
growth of the digital ecosystem of India and Google is set to invest up to USD 1 billion in Airtel.
 AirAsia Group Berhad based in Malaysia has renamed its listed holding company as, Capital A
Berhad (Capital A), to highlight the diversity of AirAsia’s business portfolio and its aim to grow in
the non-airline revenue.
 Meta (formerly Facebook) joined hands with Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce &
Industry (FICCI) to support five lakh women-led small businesses across India under its
#SheMeansBusiness programme.

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ACQUISITIONS & MERGERS

ACQUISITION BETWEEN AMOUNT KEY POINTS
FEBRUARY 2022
Neelachal Ispat Nigam Limited Rs 12,100 crore The government of India (GoI) approved
(NINL) & Tata Steel Long Products the sale of ~93.71 percent stake in
(TSLP) Limited Neelachal Ispat Nigam Limited (NINL) to
Tata Steel Long Products (TSLP) Limited,
at an enterprise value of Rs 12,100 crore.
NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam --- NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam (NVVN)
(NVVN) Limited & Power Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of
Exchange of India Limited (PXIL) NTPC Limited has acquired a 5 percent
equity stake in Power Exchange of India
Limited (PXIL).
Escorts Ltd & Kubota Corporation --- Previously, the Kubota Corporation
announced to increase its shareholding
in Escorts Ltd to 53.5 per cent from the
current 9 per cent, with an investment of
9,400 crores in 2 trenches.
ICICI Bank & India International Rs 4.43 crore ICICI Bank Limited has bought additional
Clearing Corporation (IICC) stake in India International Clearing
Corporation (IICC) for Rs 4.43 crore,
raising to 9.90 percent.
Reliance New Energy Limited Rs.738 crore It has acquired an additional 10.37%
(RNEL) & Sterling & Wilson stake in Sterling & Wilson Renewable
Renewable Energy Limited Energy Limited (SWREL).
(SWREL) After the acquisition, RNEL holds
40.00% of the total paid-up equity share
capital of SWREL.
Bank of Baroda (BoB) & IndiaFirst ---- Bank of Baroda (BoB) is set to acquire a
Life Insurance Company Limited 21% stake in IndiaFirst Life Insurance
Company Limited (IndiaFirst Life /
IFLIC) from Union Bank of India (UBI)
ICICI Bank & Verve Financial ----- The bank acquired a 9.49% stake for a
Services (VFSPL) cash investment of INR 19.99 crore in
the equity shares of VFSPL.
Life Insurance Corporation of ------ LIC acquired 0.085% additional stakes of
India(LIC) & Capri Global Capital Capri Global Capital Ltd (CGCL) through
Ltd (CGCL) market purchase and increased its stake
in CGCL from 4.959% to 5.044%.
Bharti Airtel Limited, Vodafone & ------ To purchase 4.7% equity interest in
Indus Towers Indus Towers.
It is expected to be in the range of Rs
3,000 crore.
JANUARY 2022
Jindal Power Limited (JPL) & ---- An acquisition of a 96.42% stake in
Worldone Private Limited Jindal Power Limited (JPL), a subsidiary
of Jindal Steel & Power Limited (JSPL),
by Worldone Private Limited.
Reliance New Energy Solar British Pound Sterling Reliance New Energy Solar Limited
Limited (RNESL) & Faradion Ltd (GBP) 94.42 million (RNESL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of
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agreement to acquire 100
percent shareholding in Faradion Ltd.
Reliance Retail Ventures Limited USD 200 Million (~ Rs 1489 RRVL purchased a 25.8% stake in
(RRVL)& Dunzo (Dunzo Digital crore) Dunzo
Private Limited)
Vi or Vodafone Idea Limited ------ VIL approved the interest on spectrum
(VIL)& Government of and Adjusted Gross Revenue (AGR)
India(GOI) dues into government equity , which
indicates that Indian government will
own almost 35.8% of VIL’s stake
followed by Vodafone Group which
owns 28.5% and 17.8% by Aditya Birla
Group.
Reliance Retail Ventures USD 132 million (~Rs 983 RRVL acquired a 54% stake (majority
Limited(RRVL) & Addverb crore) stake) in Addverb Technologies Private
Technologies Private Limited Limited.
GlaxoSmithKline Asia Private ----- It involves the collective acquisition of
Limited (GSKAPL) & 100% shares in GSKAPL by GSKCHOL
GlaxoSmithKline Consumer and GSKCHUKT
Healthcare Overseas Limited
(GSKCHOL) and GlaxoSmithKline
Consumer Healthcare UK
Trading Limited (GSKCHUKTL)
Future Generali India Life ------ This acquisition will increase its
Insurance Company Limited shareholding 49% to approximately
(FGLIC) & Generali 71%
Participations Netherlands N.V
(GPN)
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

APP & WEB PORTAL
Mobile app/portal Launched by Purpose
FEBRUARY 2022
Quit Tobacco App World Health Organization To help people quit tobacco use in all
(WHO) forms including smokeless and other
related products.
India’s first Night Navigation Assam For ferry services on the Brahmaputra
mobile application (app) river in Guwahati, Assam.
developed - the State Transport
Department & K Raju, the principal
scientist of IIT (Indian Institute of
Technology) Madras.
‘Janbhagidari Empowerment’ Jammu and Kashmir To provide easy and ready accessibility
portal to the general public.
KISAN mobile application IIT Roorkee It will provide agro-meteorological
services to the farmers.
A book in Hindi titled
‘Agrometeorological Advisory Services

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for Cereal Crops, Horticultural Crops,
and Livestock‘ released at the event.
Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana Ministry of Rural Union Minister Giriraj Singh, Ministry of
Gramin (PMAYG) Dashboard Development Rural Development (MoRD) launched
this Dashboard to monitor the
implementation of the scheme.
• It was developed by National
Informatics Centre (NIC) of
Ministry of Electronics and
Information Technology (MeitY).
Ombudsperson App Ministry of Rural It was launched for Mahatma Gandhi
Development National Rural Employment Guarantee
Act (MGNREGA), a step towards e-
governance for ensuring transparency
and accountability.
JANUARY 2022
Web Portal for PM’s (Prime Union Minister of State This award acknowledges, recognizes
Minister’s) Awards for (MoS), Ministry of and rewards the extraordinary and
Excellence in Public Personnel, Public Grievances innovative work done by
Administration for the year and Pensions Dr Jitendra Districts/Organizations of the Central
2021-22 Singh and State Governments since 2014.
Saa₹thi Securities and Exchange It aims to create awareness and provide
Board of India (SEBI) education to investors about the basic
concepts of the securities market.
‘Apna Kangra’ App Himachal Pradesh To provide a hassle-free experience for
tourists and to boost sales of local
handicrafts.
Spice Xchange India Spices Board India India’s first virtual platform for spices
exports namely ‘Spice Xchange India
(spicexchangeindia.com)’ was launched
by Minister of state (MoS) Som Parkash,
Ministry of Commerce and Industry
during a hybrid event held in Kochi,
Kerala.
Koyla Darpan Ministry of Coal To share the Key Performance Indicators
(KPIs) related to the Coal Sector.
Yogyata Common Services Centers It will provide vocational education and
(CSC) skill enhancement opportunities to
youth and citizens living in rural areas.
MyCGHS Ministry of Health and Central Government Health Scheme
Family Welfare (CGHS) website (www.cghs.gov.in) and
mobile app, ‘MyCGHS’ with multiple user
friendly features was launched by
Mansukh Mandaviya Union Minister for
the Ministry of Health and Family
Welfare (MoHFW).
National Institute of Ministry of Chemicals and It was created by Department of
Pharmaceutical Education and Fertilisers Pharmaceuticals to capture the research
Research (NIPER) Research Portal activities of all seven NIPERs and to
enhance industry–Academia
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Digital Sansad Lok Sabha The Lok Sabha secretariat launched a
‘Digital Sansad’, an initiative of Lok
Sabha Speaker, Om Birla, to make the
Parliament proceedings accessible to the
public at large.
SATELLITES
NAME OF THE SATELLITE LAUNCHED BY PURPOSE
FEBRUARY 2022
NROL-87 United States (US) National It was launched into space through a
Reconnaissance Office two-stage SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from
(NRO) Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB) in
California, US.
COSMO (Constellation of small SpaceX An Italian Earth-observation satellite
Satellites for the Mediterranean aboard its Falcon 9 rocket from Cape
basin Observation)-SkyMed Second Canaveral Space Force Station in
Generation FM2 (CSG-2) satellite Florida, United States (US) was
launched.
Earth Observation Satellite (EOS- Indian Space Research Along with this also launched other
04) Organisation (ISRO) two satellites- INSPIREsat-1 & INS-2TD
into sun-synchronous polar orbit of
529 km altitude from Satish Dhawan
Space Centre (SDSC), Sriharikota
Range (SHAR), Andhra Pradesh (AP).
JANUARY 2022
Maritime Domain Awareness South Africa It launched the first indigenously
Satellite (MDASat) developed constellation of satellites
called MDASat constellation from Cape
Canaveral in the United States (US) as
part of SpaceX’s Transporter-3 mission.
first solid-fuel satellite carrier Iran Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard
rocket launched its first solid-fuel satellite
carrier rocket into space that is made of
a cost-efficient composite material
instead of metal.
MOUs IN RELATED TO SCIENCE

MoU between Purpose
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NEW INITIATIVE/INNOVATION
FEBRUARY 2022
 Indian Institute of Science (IISc) has installed and commissioned ‘Param Pravega’, one of the
most powerful supercomputers in India, & the largest in an Indian academic institution under the
National Supercomputing Mission (NSM).
 National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has selected two science missions – the
Multi-slit Solar Explorer (MUSE) and HelioSwarm to help improve our understanding of the
dynamics of the Sun, the Sun-Earth connection, and the constantly changing space environment.

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 The indigenously developed manned underwater submersible vehicle, Matsya 6000 that is
capable of taking 3 humans to a depth of 6,000 metres (m), will be ready as for its launch in 2024 for
the Samudrayaan Mission.
 Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), in collaboration with Indian Institute
of Technology (IIT), Delhi demonstrated Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) link (more than 100
Kilometres) between Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh (UP) and Vindhyachal, UP for the 1st time.
JANUARY 2022
 Chinese scientists have built a research facility, “artificial moon”, located in the city of Xuzhou,
Jiangsu province that enable them to simulate low-gravity environments using magnetism.
 World’s Fastest AI (Artificial Intelligence) Supercomputer- AI Research SuperCluster (RSC) was
launched by Meta’s (erstwhile Facebook) CEO (Chief Executive Officer) Mark Zuckerberg to train
machine learning systems across company’s businesses.
OTHERS
FEBRUARY 2022
 National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), International Space Station (ISS),
launched in 1998 will deorbit in January 2031 that drops into the remotest point in the Pacific Ocean in
2031.
 Scientists from Ahmedabad-based Space Applications Centre (SAC) and Physical Research
Laboratory (PRL) successfully demonstrated quantum entanglement based real time Quantum Key
Distribution (QKD), a major step towards satellite-based quantum communication.
 Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) decommissioned the INSAT-4B, an Indian
communications satellite that forms part of the Indian National Satellite System through 11 re-orbiting
manoeuvres that pushed the satellite into the desired orbit mandated by the IADC space debris
mitigation guidelines.
 Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) delivered the three Floating Border Out-Post (FBOPs) vessels to the
Border Security Force (BSF) for its water wing.
 An international team of astronomers led by researcher Toni Santana-Ros confirmed the existence of a
second Earth Trojan that was discovered by the Pan-STARRS S1 telescope in Hawaii survey in 2020 and
is named 2020 XL5.
 Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL)’s Jio Platform Ltd (JPL) announced the joint venture with Société
Européenne des Satellites (SES), a Luxembourg firm, to offer satellite-based broadband communication
in India
 Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) received an order from Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) to
manufacture, assemble, test and supply compact heat exchanger sets for its 83 LCA (Light Combat
Aircraft) Tejas MK1A aircrafts.
 Navars Edutech Pvt Ltd in collaboration with Skyroot Aerospace will launch 100 student-
developed satellites constellations in the next 5 years.
 SpaceX engineer Anna Menon will be among the crew of a unique space mission named “Polaris
Dawn” announced by Jared Isaacman, who led the world’s first all-private space crew in ‘Inspiration4
mission’ into orbit in 2021.
 Bharti Airtel announced its integration in ‘SEA-ME-WE-6 undersea cable consortium’, while
Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited (RJIL) will introduce its next generation multi-terabit India-Asia-Xpress
(IAX) undersea cable system in Hulhumale, Maldives in collaboration with Ocean Connect Maldives.
 European astronomers, led by Martijn S.S.L. Oei of Leiden University, reported the detection of a new
giant radio galaxy (GRG) dubbed GRG Alcyoneus as part of the Low-Frequency Array (LOFAR) Two-
meter Sky Survey (LoTSS).
 National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) delayed the test launch of Artemis 1 Lunar
Mission, formerly known as Exploration Mission 1 (EM-1) at Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral
in Florida, United States of America (USA) for testing in March 2022.

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 Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully conducted the qualification test of
Cryogenic Engine for Gaganyaan programme for a duration of 720 seconds at ISRO Propulsion
Complex (IPRC), Mahendragiri, Tamil Nadu.
 Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has successfully tested its liquid propellant-based High
Thrust Vikas engine which is to be used under the Gaganyaan mission, was conducted at the ISRO
Propulsion Complex in Mahendragri, Tamil Nadu.
 A new gaseous planet called ‘TOI-2180 b’ from NASA’s (National Aeronautics and Space
Administration) Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, or TESS was discovered by Citizen scientist Tom
Jacobs of Bellevue, Washington (United States-US).
 On January 18, 2022, A Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (PHA) 7482 (1994 PC1) passed safely
close to the Earth’s orbit at a distance of 1.2 million miles or 1.93 million kilometres.
 Astronomers have announced that the Potato shaped planet, initially discovered in 2014, named WASP-
103b is located in the constellation “Hercules”, at a distance of about 1,800 light-years from the
solar system.
 India signed an interim agreement to confirm commitment to work on the mega astronomy project,
Square Kilometre Array Observatory (SKAO), that will be established in South Africa and Australia.
ENVIRONMENT
FEBRUARY 2022
 Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) has identified a new carangid (Vatta) species
named “Scomberoides pelagicus” from the Indian coast.
 A new gecko species, named Hemidactylus easai from the hills of Attappady was identified in the
Western Ghats, Kerala that belongs to the genus Hemidactylus goldfuss.
 A new species of spider “Carrhotus tholpettyensis” from the Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary, Kerala
and a new species of millipede “Delarthrum anomalans” from the University of Calicut campus,
Thenhipalam, Kerala was discovered.
 A new species of bent-toed gecko from a Umroi Military Station in Meghalaya was discovered. Its
scientific name is Cyrtodactylus Exercitus (in Latin ‘exercitus’ means army) and its English name is
‘Indian Army’s bent-toed gecko’.
 Researchers discovered another new frog species named Euphlyctis Jaladhara commonly known
as “Jaladhara skittering frog” from the freshwater bodies of the western coastal plains of India.
JANUARY 2022
 International team led by Abel Batista of Panama and Konrad Mebert of Switzerland discovered a new
species of rain frog, Pristimantis gretathunbergae, named after the Swedish Climate Activist, Greta
Thunberg.
 A new gecko species named Protoblepharus Apatani, at Talle Valley Wildlife Sanctuary in Arunachal
Pradesh discovered and is named after the Apatani tribe of Arunachal Pradesh’s Ziro valley.
 Two new Species of Fungi Ganoderma keralense & G. pseudoapplanatum associated with Basal
Stem Rot found in Kerala and published in the Journal Mycologia.

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DEFENCE
EXERCISES
Name of the Exercise Participating Venue KeyPoints
Countries
FEBRUARY 2022
Eastern Bridge-VI India & Oman Jodhpur Air Force A 6th edition of 5-day bilateral air
Station, Rajasthan exercise between the Indian Air
Force (IAF) and the Royal Air Force
of Oman (RAFO) namely ‘Eastern
Bridge-VI’ commenced at Jodhpur
Air Force Station in Rajasthan.
‘MILAN 2022’ more than 40 Visakhapatnam, 11th edition of Indian Navy’s
countries Andhra Pradesh multilateral exercise ‘MILAN 2022’
was conducted in two phases
(Harbour phase & Sea Phase)
Theme – ‘Camaraderie – Cohesion –
Collaboration’ which aims to project
India as a responsible maritime
power to the world at large
JANUARY 2022
Sea Dragon 22 US, Australia, Andersen Air Force P-8 Poseidon Maritime Patrol and
Canada, India, Base, Guam, in the Reconnaissance Aircraft (MPRA)
Japan & South western Pacific with Patrol Squadron (VP) – 47 and
Korea Tridents of VP- 26 joined the
multilateral anti-submarine warfare
(ASW) exercise.
P-8I long-range maritime
reconnaissance aircraft of the Indian
Navy has participated
PASSEX exercise India & Russia the port of Cochin in Indian Navy’s built guided-missile
the Arabian Sea destroyer, INS (Indian Navy Ship)
Kochi and Russian Federation
Navy’s destroyer Admiral Tributs
has undertaken the international
PASSEX (Passage Exercise).
Maritime Partnership India & Japan Bay of Bengal It was held between Indian Navy
Exercise (IN) and Japan Maritime Self-
Defence Force (JMSDF) with
Paschim Lehar Indian Navy Arabian Sea A 20-day joint intra-theatre

maritime exercise Paschim Lehar
2022 aka XPL-22 at the Arabian Sea
under the aegis of FOC-in-C (Flag
Officer Commanding-in-Chief),
Western Naval Command (WNC)
Vice Admiral Ajendra Bahadur
Singh.

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MISSILES
Name of the Missile Testing Location Other Key facts
FEBRUARY 2022
Hwasong-12 North Korea North Korea successfully test fired
Intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM),
:Hwasong-12″ from North Korea’s Jagang
Province toward the East Sea.
Khaibar-buster Iran It is a domestically-made long range ballistic
Surface to Surface missile, ‘Khaibar Shekan’
(Khaibar buster) with a range of 1,450
kilometres (km) (900 Miles).
BrahMos Supersonic Cruise India Indian Navy’s warship INS Visakhapatnam, a
Missile type of stealth guided missile destroyer
carried out the test-firing of the advanced sea
to sea variant of BrahMos supersonic cruise
missile off the western seaboard.
“C-Dome or Protective Israel It was successfully tested for the first time
Dome” naval defence system from Saar-6 Corvette INS Magen, Israel’s Naval
based on Iron Dome Warship.
JANUARY 2022
Tsirkon (Zircon) hypersonic Russia It test-fired around 10 new Tsirkon (Zircon)
cruise missiles hypersonic cruise missiles from a frigate and
other two missiles from a submarine.
BrahMos Supersonic Cruise West coast, India It was test-fired an advanced sea to sea variant
Missile of BrahMos Supersonic Cruise missile from
INS (Indian Navy Ship) Visakhapatnam
warship off the west coast.
Man Portable Anti-Tank Southern India Defence Research and Development
Guided Missile (MPATGM) Organisation (DRDO) flight tested the final
deliverable configuration of the Man Portable
Anti-Tank Guided Missile (MPATGM).
Tupolev Tu-160M strategic Russia It is the world’s heaviest supersonic military
missile-carrying bomber aircraft to date and performed its debut flight
nicknamed ‘White Swan’ from the aerodrome of the Kazan Aviation
Enterprise.
Arrow-3 ballistic missile Israel & the United States It was developed in a joint project between
interceptor (US) Israel’s Missile Defense Organization and the
American Missile Defense Agency.
BrahMos supersonic cruise Chandipur, off Odisha coast It was conducted by Brahmos Aerospace in
missile close coordination with the teams of Defence
Research and Development Organisation
(DRDO).
COMMISSION/DECOMMISSION
FEBRUARY 2022
 The Indian Navy’s new submarine, Vagir, the fifth of six French-designed Scorpene-class submarines
(Kalvari-class), built as part of Project 75 commenced its first sea trial.
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DEFENCE MoU
Armed Force/Entity Entity Purpose of MoU
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Hindustan Aeronautics Mauritius government To export one Advanced Light Helicopter
Limited (HAL) (ALH Mk-III), for the Mauritius police
force.
BrahMos Aerospace Private Philippines A deal was signed with a worth of USD
Limited (India) 374.96 Million for the supply of shore-
based anti-ship variants of the BrahMos
supersonic cruise missiles.
Indian Naval Placement IIFL (formerly India Infoline To look into the opportunities for the
Agency (INPA) Limited) Home Finance Limited recruitment of naval veterans.
(IIFL HFL)
IMPORTANT DEFENCE EVENTS

FEBRUARY 2022
 The Indian Armed Forces received the first batch of 70,000 Ak-203 Kalashnikov assault rifles
from Russia, which will be commissioned into the Indian Air Force.
 The Indian Navy successfully flight tested the marine version of French-made Rafale-Maritime
(Rafale-M) fighter jets at Shore Based Test Facility at Indian Navy Ship (INS) Hansa in Goa.
 A contract inked between Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) and the Indian Army worth Rs 3,131.82
crore for the manufacturing and supply of Konkurs-M, anti-tank guided missile, by BDL under a license
agreement with a Russian Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM).
 Ministry of Defence (MoD) signed up a design and development contract with NewSpace Research &
Technologies to develop a HighAltitude Pseudo Satellite (HAPS).
 Indian Air Force (IAF) contingent participated in the Singapore Air Show 2022 held from 15th to
18th February 2022 at the Changi Exhibition Centre, Singapore.
 The first batch of three MH-60R Multi-Role Helicopters are expected to arrive India in the month of
July 2022 in Kochi, Kerala and this will replace existing Sea King 42/42A helicopters.
 Indian Army conducted the first of its kind Hackathon “Sainya Ranakshetram – 2021” from 1st
October to 31st December 2021, to promote proficiency and expertise in the use of emerging
technologies, and showcase the technological side of the Indian Army.
 Ministry of Defence (MoD) signed a contract for Rs 1075 crore with Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL)
for the retro-modification of Commander Sight in 957 India’s premier Battle Tanks i.e. T-90 of the
Indian Army.
 United States (US)-based aerospace company Boeing delivered 12th Maritime Patrol Aircraft
Poseidon-8I (P-8I) and becomes the 4th of the four additional aircraft delivered under the options
contract signed by the Ministry of Defence in 2016.
JANUARY 2022
 Indian Army signed its first contract with Anadron Systems Pvt Ltd under Make-II for
Maneuverable Expendable Aerial Target, for Army Air Defence and Indian Air Force worth Rs 96 crore.
 Swedish defence company ‘Saab’ had been selected by the Indian Armed Force through a competitive
programme for the supply of single-shot anti-armour weapon AT4.
 Indigenous Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) MK III aircraft was formally inducted at INS Utkrosh
by Commander-in-Chief, Andaman and Nicobar Command (CINCAN) Lieutenant General Ajai Singh at
Port Blair, Andaman & Nicobar manufactured by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL).

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SPORTS
Highlights of Winter Olympics 2022 held in Beijing, China
 24th edition of winter Olympics i.e. 2022 Winter Olympics/ Beijing 2022(called the XXIV Olympic Winter
Games) held on February 4-20, 2022 at Beijing National Stadium in Beijing, China.
• The official mascot of the 2022 Winter Beijing Olympics is “Bing Dwen Dwen”.
• Norway topped the medal tally for the second successive Winter Olympics by winning a total of 37
medals, of which 16 were gold.
• Indian diplomats to boycott Beijing Winter Olympics.
• Beijing 2022 passes Winter Olympics to Milano-Cortina 2026.Click here
APPOINTMENTS IN SPORTS
Name Appointed as Association Points to be noted
FEBRUARY 2022
Emma Terho Chair International Olympic The table tennis player Seung
Committee (IOC) Min Ryu of Republic of Korea as
Athletes’ Commission its first Vice-Chair (VC).
(AC) It also elected cyclist Sarah
Walker of New Zealand as
second VC of the Commission.
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RETIREMENT
Name of the Person Sport they belong to/ Country Points to be Noted
FEBRUARY 2022
Ben Cooper Netherlands He announced his retirement from
international cricket and played 71 white-
ball internationals.
Suranga Lakmal Sri Lanka He announced retirement from
international cricket.
JANUARY 2022
Quinton de Kock South Africa He retired from Test Cricket and
committed to play international limited-
overs cricket.
Mohammad Hafeez Pakistan He announced his retirement from
international cricket.
Bhanuka Rajapaksa Sri Lanka Announced his retirement from
International cricket.
Danushka Gunathilaka Sri Lanka He is an open batsman and announced his
retirement from Test cricket at the age of
30 years.
Chris Morris South Africa He announced retirement from all forms
of cricket at the age of 34.
Sania Mirza India She is an Indian professional tennis player
and will retire at the end of the 2022
season.
TENNIS
FEBRUARY 2022
Overview of 2022 Australian Open
110th edition of 2022 Australian Open was held at Melbourne Park, Melbourne in Australia on January 17-30,
2022.

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Event Winner Runner-up

Daniil Sergeyevich Medvedev
Men’s Singles Rafael Nadal (Spain) (Russia)
Danielle Rose Collins (United
Women’s Singles Ashleigh Barty (Australia) States)
Thanasi Kokkinakis Matthew Ebden (Australia)
Men’s Doubles (Australia)
Nicholas Hilmy Kyrgios Max Purcell (Australia)
(Australia)
Barbora Krejcikova (Czech Anna Danilina (Kazakhstan)
Republic)
Women’s Doubles
Katerina Siniakova Czech Beatriz Haddad Maia (Brazil)
Republic)
Kristina Mladenovic (France) Jaimee Fourlis (Australia)
Mixed Doubles
Ivan Dodig (Croatia) Jason Kubler (Australia)
 Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz Garfia (18 years old) won the Men’s Singles title at the 2022 Rio Open,
defeating Diego Schwartzman of Argentina and become the youngest ATP 500 Winner.
JANUARY 2022
Overview of 2022 Adelaide International
3rd edition of Adelaide International 2022 is held at The Memorial Drive Tennis Centre, Adelaide, Australia.
Men’s Singles Gael Monfils (France) Karen Khachanov (Russia)
Women’s SinglesAshleigh Barty (Australia) Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan)
Rohan Bopanna & Ivan Dodig (Croatia) &
Ramkumar Ramanathan
Marcelo Melo (Brazil)
Men’s Doubles (India)
Ashleigh Barty and Storm Darija Jurak (Croatia) and
Women’s Doubles Sanders (Australia) Andreja Klepac (Slovenia)
Overview of Melbourne Summer Set 1 trophy 2022

Rafael Nadal wins Melbourne Summer Set 1 trophy 2022, ATP 250 in “Hard-Court” at Rod Laver Arena,
Melbourne.
Men’s Singles Rafael Nadal (Spain) Maxime Cressy (USA)
Veronika Kudermetova
Women’s Singles Simona Halep (Romania) (Russia)
Aleksandr Nedovyesov –
Wesley koolhof – Neal
Men’s Doubles Skupski Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
(Netherland – United
(Kazakhstan – Pakistan)
Kingdom)
Asia Muhammad – Jessica Sara Errani – Jasmine Paolini
Women’s Doubles Pegula (USA -USA) (Italy – Italy)
Note:Amanda Anisimova (USA) wins Women’s Singles in Melbourne Summer Set 2, that was also organized
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Overview of 2022 Sydney Tennis Classic
2022 Sydney Tennis Classic(2022 Sydney International) held in Sydney, Australia, held from 10th to 15th January
2022
Andy Murray (United
Aslan Karatsev (Russia)
Men’s Singles Kingdom)
Barbora Krejčíková (Czech
Paula Badosa (Spain)
Women’s Singles Republic)
John Peers (Australia) & Filip Simone Bolelli(Italy) & Fabio
Men’s Doubles Polasek(Slovakia) Fognini(Italy)
Anna Danilina (Kazakhstan) Vivian Heisen(Germany) &

Women’s Doubles & Beatriz Haddad Maia
Panna Udvardy (Hungary)
(Brazil)
CRICKET
FEBRUARY 2022
Overview of West Indies Tour of India 2021-22
India defeated West Indies by 3-0 in the ODI cricket and India defeated West Indies by 3-0 in the T20I cricket
• The Indian Cricket Team is the first ever team to play 1000 ODI matches, followed by Australia which
played 958 ODI matches.
• The Indian cricket team became the second team to win 100 T20I matches followed by Pakistan.Click
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JANUARY 2022
Overview of India Tour of South Africa 2021-22
South Africa defeated India by winning the 3 match series by 2-1 and in the ODI series, South Africa defeated
India by winning the 3 match series by 3-0.
• Rishabh Pant becomes fastest Indian keeper to reach 100 dismissals in Tests; breaks MS Dhoni’s record.
• Jasprit Bumrah becomes fastest Indian bowler to take 100 overseas Test wickets.
• Mohammad Shami becomes 5th Indian pacer to take 200 Test wickets.
• Virat Kohli becomes India’s highest run-scorer in away ODIs. Click here
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FEBRUARY 2022
Overview of Odisha Open 2022
The Odisha Open 2022, a Badminton World Federation(BWF) Super 100 tournament held at Jawaharlal Nehru
Indoor Stadium, Cuttack, Odisha from 25th to 30th January 2022.
Men’s Singles Kiran George(India) Priyanshu Rajawat (India)
Women’s Singles Unnati Hooda(India) Smit Toshniwal(India)

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Ravikrishna PS
Nur Mohammad Azriyum
Ayub Azriyn Sankar Prasad Udayakumar
Men’s Doubles Lim Khim Wah
(India)
(Malaysia)
Treesa Jolly Sanyogita Ghorpade
Women’s Doubles Gayatri Gopichand Pullela Shruti Mishra
(India) (India)
MR Arjun
Sachin Dias
Mixed Doubles Thilini Hendahewa Treesa Jolly
(Sri Lanka) (India)
JANUARY 2022
Overview of Yonex-Sunrise Open 2022
The Yonex-Sunrise India Open 2022 was held from 11th to 16th January 2022 at the K.D.Jadhav Indoor
Hall in New Delhi, India.
Men’s Singles Lakshya Sen (India) Loh Kean Yew (Singapore)
Busanan Ongbamrungphan
Women’s Singles (Thailand) Supanida Katethong (Thailand)
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Mohammad Ahsan
Men’s Doubles (India) & Chirag Shetty (Indonesia) & Hendra
(India) Setiawan (Indonesia)
Nuntakarn Aimsaard Anastasiia Akchurina (Russia)
Women’s Doubles (Thailand) & Benyapa & Olga Alekseevna Morozova
Aimsaard (Thailand) (Russia)
Terry Hee Yong Kai
Mixed Doubles (Singapore) & Jessica Tan Chen Tang Jie (Malaysia) &
Wei Han (Singapore) Peck Yen Wei (Malaysia)
Overview of Syed Modi International Badminton Championship 2022

Badminton World Federation (BWF) organised Syed Modi International Badminton Championship 2022 at the
Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh (UP).
Event Winner
Men’s Singles No Match
Women’s Singles PV Sindhu (India)
Men’s Doubles Man Wei Chong (Malaysia) & Kai Wun Tee
(Malaysia)
Women’s Doubles Anna Ching Yik Cheong (Malaysia) and Teoh Mei
Xing (Malaysia)
Mixed Doubles Ishaan Bhatnagar (India) and Tanisha Crasto
(India)
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CHESS
FEBRUARY 2022
 Norwegian Grandmaster (GM), Magnus Carlsen has won the title of Tata Steel Chess Tournament
2022, organised by the Tata Steel Chess Tournament, who defeated Italian-American GM Fabiano
Caruana.
 Indian Grandmaster (GM) R Praggnanandhaa (16-year old) defeated World Number 1 Magnus
Carlsen (Norway) in the 8th round of the Airthings Masters, an online rapid chess tournament.
JANUARY 2022
 Nodirbek Abdusattorov (Uzbekistan) won the World Rapid Chess Champion of 2021 by defeating
Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia) in a tiebreaker and dethroning Magnus Carlsen.
 Bharath Subramaniyam, Tamil Nadu becomes India’s 73rd chess Grandmaster (GM) during 9-round
Swiss tournament of Vergani Cup Open 2022 in Cattolica, Italy.
RANKING
IMP. NOTE - All sports ranking revised/checked by our team with its official sports sites on March 5,
2022.In tabular column, we had provided the ‘As on date’ which updated in appropriate official sports
sites.
TENNIS
Men’s Singles Ranking (As on Women’s Singles Ranking(As on
28.02.2022 Last updated in official 28.02.2022 Last updated in official
site) site)
Rank Player Rank Player
1 Daniil Medvedev (Russia) 1 Ashleigh Barty (Australia)
2 Novak Djokovic (Serbia) 2 Barbora Krejcikova(Czech

Republic)
3 Alexander Zverev (Germany) 3 Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus)
Indian Player Ranking Indian Player Ranking
170 Ramkumar Ramanathan 341 Ankita Raina
205 Sumit Nagal
BOXING
Indian Men Ranking(As of SEP. 2020 Indian Women’s Ranking(As of SEP
updated in official site) in AIBA World updated in official site) in AIBA World
Men’s Ranking 2020 Women’s Ranking 2020

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1 Amit Panghal in 52kg category 2 Manju Rani in 48 kg category
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Men’s T20I Ranking
Team Ranking (Last Men's Batting Rankings Men's Bowling Rankings (Last Men's All-Rounder
Updated on 28th (Last Updated on 28th Updated on 27th February Rankings (Last Updated
February, 2022) February 2022) 2022) on 27th February 2022)
Rank Country Rank Player Rank Player Rank Player
1 India 1 Babar Azam 1 Tabraiz Shamsi 1 Mohammad Nabi
(Pakistan) (South Africa) (Afghanistan)
2 England 2 Mohammad 2 Josh 2 Shakib Al Hasan
Rizwan Hazlewood(Australia) (Bangladesh)
(Pakistan)
3 Pakistan 3 Aiden 3 Adil Rashid (England) 3 Moeen
Markram Ali(England)
(South Africa)
Indian Player’s Ranking Indian Player’s Ranking No Indian Player in Top
20.
10 Lokesh Rahul 17 Bhuvneshwar Kumar
13 Rohit Sharma 28 Jasprit Bumrah
15 Virat Kohli 30 Yuzvendra Chahal

44 Deepak Chahar
Men’s ODI Ranking

Team Ranking (Last Men's Batting Rankings Men's Bowling Rankings Men's All-Rounder Rankings(Last
Updated on 28 (Last Updated on 28th (Last Updated on 28th Updated on 28th February 2022)
February, 2022) February 2022) February 2022)

4 India 1 Babar 1 Trent Boult 1 Shakib Al Hasan (Bangladesh)
Azam(Pakistan) (New Zealand)
1 New 2 Virat Kohli (India) 2 Josh Hazlewood 2 Mohammad Nabi
Zealand (Australia) (Afghanistan)
2 England 3 Rohit 3 Chris Woakes 3 Chris Woakes (England)
Sharma(India) (England)
3 Australia Indian Player’s Ranking Indian Player’s Ranking Indian Player’s Ranking
15 Shikhar Dhawan 6 Jasprit Bumrah 9 Ravindra Jadeja
24 Lokesh Rahul 17 Yuzvendra 15 Hardik Pandya
Chahal
50 Hardik Pandya 22 Bhuvneshwar
Kumar
26 Mohammad
Shami
Men’s Test Ranking

Team Ranking Men's Batting Rankings Men's Bowling Men's All-Rounder
(Last Updated (Last Updated on 1st Rankings (Last Rankings(Last
on 2 March,
nd March 2022) Updated on 1th March Updated on 1st March
2022) 2022) 2022)
2 India 1 Marnus 1 Pat Cummins 1 Jason Holder
Labuschagne (Australia) (West Indies)
(Australia)

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1 Australia 2 Joe 2 Ravichandran 2 Ravichandran
Root(England) Ashwin(India) Ashwin
(India)
2 New 3 Steve 3 Kagiso 3 Ravindra
Zealand Smith(Australia) Rabada(South Jadeja (India)
Africa)
Indian Player’s Indian Player’s Indian Player’s
Ranking Ranking Ranking
6 Rohit Sharma 10 Jasprit 12 Akshar Patel
Bumrah
7 Virat Kohli 17 Mohammad 18 Shardul
Shami Thakur
11 Rishabh Pant 20 Ravindra
Jadeja
14 Mayank 21 Ishant Sharma
Agarwal
BADMINTON (Last Updated on March 1,2022)

Men’s Singles Ranking Women’s Singles Ranking
1 Viktor Axelsen (Denmark) 1 Tai Tzu Ying (Chinese Taipei)
2 Kento Momota (Japan) 2 Akane Yamaguchi(Japan)
3 Anders Antonsen (Denmark) 3 Chen Yufei (China)
Indian Player Ranking Indian Player Ranking
11 Kidambi Srikanth 7 Pusarla V. Sindhu
12 Lakshya Sen 25 Saina Nehwal
FOOTBALL
Men’s Team Ranking (10th February, Women’s Team Ranking (23th December, 2021)
2022)
Rank Team Rank Team
104 India 55 India
1 Belgium 1 USA
2 Brazil 2 Sweden
3 France 3 Germany
CHESS (Updated as on February 2022)

Rank Player Country
Indian Players
15 Viswanathan Anand India
25 Vidit Santosh Gujrathi India
26 Pentala Harikrishna India
Top 3 Players
1 Magnus Carlsen Norway
2 Alireza Firouzja France
3 Liren Ding China
OTHER SPORTS
FEBRUARY 2022
 Asian Games 2022(19th edition) is set to take place from 10th to 25th September 2022 in Hangzhou,
Zhejiang, China will feature 40 sports with a total of 61 disciplines including several Olympic Sports.
Cricket (in T20 format) is set to be featured in the Asian Games after 11 years.

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 A proposal to include Surfing, Skateboarding and Sport Climbing for the 2028 Summer Olympics
Games that will be organized in Los Angeles (LA), United States (US) was approved by International
Olympic Committee (IOC).
 Indian Under-19 (U19) cricket team lifted a record-extending fifth International Cricket Council
(ICC) U19 Cricket World Cup (CWC) title after defeating England in the final that was held at the Sir
Vivian Richards Stadium in North Sound, Antigua and Barbuda.
 China PR (People’s Republic) won the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Women’s Asian Cup
India 2022 defeating South Korea in the finals held at the D.Y. Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai,
Maharashtra.
 Senegal won the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) (officially French: Coupe d’Afrique des Nations
(CAN)) championship for the first time, defeating Egypt, organised by the Confederation of African
Football (CAF).
 India won the bidding rights to host the 2023 IOC session in Mumbai, Maharashtra. India will host
for the first time in 40 years since 1983.
 Sakibul Gani, an Indian cricketer hailing from Motihari in Bihar, created a world record by becoming
the first cricketer to score a triple century on his debut in a first-class match, 2021–22 Ranji Trophy.
 Australia’s Hannah Green won TPS Murray River 2022 in Australia and becomes 1st Woman to Win
Pro Mixed-Gender Event.
 Saikhom Mirabai Chanu, the Indian weightlifter from Manipur state wins Gold medal in 55kg category
in Singapore Weightlifting International 2022 and also secured her position for the Commonwealth
Games 2022 in 49kg and 55kg category in Birmingham, United Kingdom.
JANUARY 2022
 International Committee of Sports for the Deaf (ICSD) gave the approval to All India Sports Council
of the Deaf (AISCD) to host the 1st World Deaf T20 Cricket Championship in Kerala from January 10 to
20, 2023.
 Karnataka to host Khelo India Games in 2023.
 Tasnim Mir became the first Indian to grab World no 1 in Under-19 (U-19) Girls Singles category with
10,810 points in the latest Badminton World Federation (BWF) Junior rankings(as of January 14, 2022)
 Boxing Federation of India (BFI) pulled out of the Asian Under-22 Championships for men and
women that is scheduled to be held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, citing COVID-19 pandemic.
 Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (TCS) signed an agreement with Canada Running Series to become the
new title sponsor & official technology consulting partner of Toronto Waterfront Marathon and Virtual
Race through November 2026
 India under 19(U-19) cricket Team, led by Yash Dhull has won the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) U-
19 Asia Cup 2021, a record eighth title, defeating Sri Lanka by 9 wickets held at Dubai International
Cricket Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates(UAE).
 Ladakh women’s ice hockey team has won the 9th National women’s ice hockey championship in
2022, held in the Kaza in tribal districts Lahaul and Spiti in Himachal Pradesh.
 Indian National Women’s Hockey Team captained by Savita Punia won the bronze medal in the
Women’s Asia Cup Muscat 2022 defeating China in the bronze match held at the Sultan Qaboos Sports
Complex, Muscat, Oman.
SPORTS PERSON IN NEWS

Name Sport & Country they belong Points to be Noted
FEBRUARY 2022
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UPCOMING SPORTS EVENTS
OLYMPICS GAMES
 Mumbai to host 2023 International Olympic Committee (IOC) session.
 World athletics championships which is to be held in Eugene, Oregon, US (United States) will be
postponed to 2022.
 India won the bidding rights to host the 2023 IOC session in Mumbai, Maharashtra
Summer Olympic :
 Venue of Summer Olympic & Paralympic Games 2024 – Paris, France.
 Venue of Summer Olympic & Paralympic Games 2028 – Los Angeles, United States.
Winter Olympic :
 Venue of Winter Olympic Games 2022 – Beijing, China
 Venue of Winter Olympic Games 2026 – Italy’s Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo
ASIAN GAMES
Venue of Asian Games 2022 – Hangzhou, China.
Venue of Asian Games 2026 – Nagoya, Japan
India-to host Asian Football Confederation(AFC) Women’s Asian Cup 2022- for the 1st time since 1979.
2022 Asian Games (19th edition) mascot “smart triplets” unveiled in Hangzhou, China.
♦ Smart Triplets - Congcong, Lianlian and Chenchen.
 4th Asian Para Games 2022-scheduled to be held in Hangzhou, China from 9 – 15 October 2022-Official
Mascot - ‘Fei Fei’.
 Qatar’s Doha city will be host of 2030’s edition, while the runner-up in voting, Saudi Arabia will host
2034 edition of Asian games at Riyadh city.
Commonwealth Games (CWG)
 Venue of CWG Games 2022 – Birmingham, England.
 7th season of 2021 Commonwealth Youth Games which is to be held in Port of Spain, Trinidad and
Tobago has been postponed to 2023.
NATIONAL LEVEL GAMES

 39th National Games in 2022-Meghalaya.
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Asia Cup
 Pakistan to host 2022 Edition of Asia Cup.
ICC ODI World Cup Cricket
 Venue of ICC ODI World Cup 2023 – India.
ICC World Cup T20
 Venue of Men’s T20-World Cup 2020 – postponed to 2022 -Australia will host in 2022.
ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup
 Venue of ICC ODI Women Cricket World Cup 2022 – New Zealand.
♦ It will be held in 6 cities namely Auckland, Wellington, Hamilton, Tauranga, Dunedin and
Christchurch.
♦ Christchurch to host the final.
♦ India among 5 teams seals direct qualification for Women’s World Cup 2022.
ICC Women’s World Cup T20
2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup is scheduled to be held in South Africa.
FOOTBALL
 Venue of FIFA World Cup 2022 – Qatar.
 China-to host-football Asian Cup 2023.
 India to host 2022 AFC(Football)Women’s Asian Cup.
 Australia and New Zealand to Host The 2023 Women’s Football World Cup.

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HOCKEY
Hockey Men’s World Cup
 2023 FIH Men’s hockey world cup- Bhubaneswar and Rourkela, Odisha, India.
Hockey Women’s World Cup
 International Hockey Federation (FIH) 2022 Women's FIH Hockey World Cup-will be held in- Terrassa,
Spain and Amstelveen, Netherlands.
OTHER SPORTS
 2023 IAAF World Championships- Budapest,Hungary.
 Belgrade, Serbia to host its first-ever World Athletics Indoor Championships 2022.
 Yangzhou, China - host city of the World Athletics Half Marathon Championships 2022.
 India to host 2022 Commonwealth Archery and Shooting Championships in Chandigarh.
 Swimming Federation Internationale de Natation(FINA) - postponed - 2021 aquatics world championships,
Fukuoka, Japan to May 2022.
 2020 World Archery Field Championships-postponed-2022- to be held in-National Field Archery
Association(NFAA) Easton Yankton Archery Centre(NEYAC).
 2021 World Games in Birmingham, Alabama postponed to 2022.
 2023 ITTF World Table Tennis Championships-to be held in Durban, South Africa.
BOOKS & AUTHORS
Book Name Author Other Information

FEBRUARY 2022
Fearless Governance Kiran Bedi The book portrays her memories and ground
realities as the Lt Governor of Puducherry from
2016 and 2021 and her experience of 40 years in
the Indian Police Service(IPS).
Last Among Equals: Power, M.R. Sharan The book is an account of the field study by MR
Caste & Politics in Bihar’s Sharan, in a group of Villages in Bihar that he
Villages undertook as a part of this PhD Programme.
The Class of 2006: Sneak Akash Kansal This is India’s first-ever season style book.
Peek into the Misadventures
of the Great Indian
Engineering Life
India, That is Bharat: J Sai Deepak The book highlights how colonialism changes the
Coloniality, Civilisation, socio religious culture, history, education,
Constitution language and racial patterns in India.
Golden Boy Neeraj Chopra Navdeep Singh Gill It was published by Lokgeet Prakashan and is
from the genre of Children’s literature.
India-Africa Relations: Rajiv Bhatia It explores the emergence and assertion of Africa
Changing Horizons as a significant actor and stakeholder in global
affairs and the transformation of the relationship
between India and Africa.
Humane: How the United Samuel Moyn It highlights the United States of America (USA)
States Abandoned Peace and strategy on fighting wars.
Reinvented War
Atal Bihari Vajpayee Sagarika Ghose This is the 2nd book of the trilogy on Prime
Ministers of India by Sagarika Ghose.
The first book of the trilogy was on Indira Gandhi,
titled “Indira: India’s Most Powerful Prime
Minister” published in 2018.

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Dignity in a Digital Age: Ro Khanna It highlights the effects of changing lifestyle
Making Tech Work for All of patterns of Americans due to technological
Us progress.
A History of Sriniketan: Uma Das Gupta The book highlights the efforts of Rabindranath
Rabindranath Tagore’s Tagore in improving the condition of the
Pioneering Work in Rural peasantry by using scientific methods of
Construction cultivation through laboratory experiments.
How To Prevent The Next Bill Gates It was published by Knopf in the United States
Pandemic (US) and Penguin Random House internationally.
The Founders: The Story of Jimmy Soni It highlights the story of multinational digital-
Paypal and the payments company PayPal and how it covered the
Entrepreneurs Who Shaped journey of a start-up.
Silicon Valley
A Nation To Protect Priyam Gandhi-Mody The book is about the leadership of Indian Prime
Minister (PM) Narendra Modi tackling the Covid-
19 crisis.
JANUARY 2022
Mamata: Beyond 2021 Jayanta Ghosal It was translated by Arunava Sinha, The book
explores and examines why the Bharatiya Janata
Party (BJP) lost the 2021 West Bengal Election
Gandhi’s Assassin: The Dhirendra K. Jha The book explores Godse’s relationship with the
Making of Nathuram Godse organizations and draws out the gradual
and His Idea of India hardening of Godse’s resolve that led to Mahatma
Gandhi’s assassination.
Indomitable: A Working Arundhati Bhattacharya HarperCollins is set to publish the autobiography
Woman’s Notes on Life, of former Chairperson of the State Bank of India
Work and Leadership (SBI) Arundhati Bhattachary.
Ratan N. Tata: The Thomas Mathew This book chronicles the life of Ratan Tata to be
Authorized Biography published by HarperCollins
Bose: The Untold Story of An Chandrachur Ghose This book contains thoughts and opinions of
Inconvenient Nationalist Subhas Chandra Bose about development of
independent India, communalism, geopolitics and
political ideology.
Handbook on Sahakar ---- A policy recommendation handbook developed by
Pragya Good Practices for Laxmanrao Inamdar National Academy for
Cooperatives Cooperative Research and Development (LINAC)
of NCDC.
The Legend of Birsa Munda Tuhin A Sinha & Ankita The Book is the story of a lesser-known tribal
Verma hero, Birsa Munda
A Little Book of India: Ruskin Bond The book is the blend of “physical and spiritual”
Celebrating 75 years of attributes of India and also highlights the last 75
Independence years of India’s progress as a nation.
Liberty After Freedom Rohan J. Alva The book features the origin of Article 21:
Protection of Life and Personal Liberty, one of the
important fundamental rights in the Indian
Constitution
India’s Women Unsung Ministry of Culture in Meenakashi Lekhi launched this pictorial comic
Heroes collaboration with Amar book in New Delhi.
Chitra Katha
Operation Khatma RC Ganjoo & Ashwini The book is based upon the operation by Special
Bhatnagar Operations Group of Jammu & Kashmir Police
The $10 Trillion Dream Subhash Chandra Garg The book explores the economic policy issues of
India and suggests reformative ideas to make
India a USD 10 trillion economy by the mid-2030s.

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OBITUARY
NATIONAL
Name of the person Field Birth Place Points to be noted
who passed away
FEBUARY 2022
Baba Iqbal Singh Indian socio- Bharyal Lehri, Punjab He won Padma Shri 2022 for his social
spiritual leader works.
Rupinder Singh Suri Additional Solicitor Hoshiarpur, Punjab ----
General (ASG) of
India
Lata Mangeshkar Singer Indore, Madhya Bharat Ratna-in 2001, for the
Pradesh (MP) contribution to the arts. She became
2nd vocalist to receive this honour
apart from late Carnatic singer M S
Subbulakshmi.
She won Padma Vibhushan (1999) &
Padma Bhushan (1969).
Praveen Kumar Sobti Hammer throw & Sarhali Kalan, Punjab He has won 4 medals in the Asian
discus throw player, Games. In 1996 he won a Gold for
film actor, politician, Discus throw and a Bronze for Hammer
& soldier with throw; In 1970 he won a Gold for
Border Security Discus throw and in 1974 he won a
Force (BSF) Silver for Discus throw
Rahul Bajaj Industrialist Calcutta, Bengal He was honoured with Padma Bhushan
Presidency, British for Trade and Industries in 2001.
India (now Kolkata,
West Bengal)
Sandhya Bengali singer Kolkata He won National Film Award in the
Mukhopadhyay Best Female Playback Singer category
in 1970.
Chennaveera Kanavi Kannada litterateur Hombal village in He won Sahitya Akademi award for his
Gadag district of book ‘Jeevadhwani’
Karnataka.
Shakuntala Social Worker Guwahati, Assam He won Padma Shri award (2022) for
Choudhary distinguished service in the field of
social work.
Maheshwari Amma Veteran Malayalam Kayamkulam, She won 2 National Film Awards for
actress Alappuzha, Kerala Best Supporting Actress for Amaram in
1991 and Shantham in 2001
Hemananda Biswal Former Odisha Chief Thakurpada village of He appointed as the CM of Odisha twice
Minister (CM) Jharsuguda, Odisha (1989-1990, 1999- 2000) and also was
the first tribal CM of Odisha.
JANUARY 2022
Sindhutai Sapkal Social Worker Pune, Maharashtra She won Padma Shri (2021) in the
Social Work category.
Neil Nongkynrih Concert pianist Shillong, Meghalaya He is the founder of Shillong Chamber
Choir (SCC) and won Padma Shri
(2015) in the field of arts.
Birju Maharaj Kathak dancer Handia, Uttar Pradesh He won Padma Vibhushan 1986 under
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Saoli Mitra Theatre Personality West Bengal He received Sangeet Natak Akademi in
2003 and the Padma Shri in 2009 in
arts.
Shanti Devi Social Activist Balasore, Odisha He won Padma Shri for the year 2021
under social work category.
HPS Ahluwalia Mountaineer --- He was awarded the Padma Bhushan
(2002) and Padma Shri (1965) for his
contributions and received India’s
second-highest sporting honour, the
Arjuna Award (1965).
Narayan Debnath Bengali cartoonist Howrah, Bengal He was honoured with Padma Shri in
Presidency, British 2021 for arts.
India
Subhas Bhowmick Indian footballer Malda, West Bengal He represented India at the Bronze
and coach medal winning 1970 Asian Games.
R Nagaswamy Tamil Nadu(TN) Kodumudi in Erode, He was awarded the Padma Bhushan
Archaeologist & TN (2018) for his outstanding contribution
Epigraphist to archaeology
Szilveszter Csollány Hungarian Gymnast Sopron, Hungary He won the gold in the Men’s rings at
the 2000 Olympics held in Sydney.
Milena Salvini Kathakali dancer Milan in Italy He won Padma Shri in 2019 in the field
of performing arts.
Charanjit Singh Hockey Player Una, Himachal He won the gold medal in the 1964
Pradesh Tokyo Olympics.
INTERNATIONAL
Name of the Field Birth Place Points to be noted
person who
passed away
FEBRUARY 2022
Christos Greek President Thessaloniki, Greece He served as the President of Greece
Sartzetakis for a four year term (1985 to 1990).
Luc Montagnier French virologist France He shared the 2008 Nobel Prize for
Medicine particularly in identifying the
virus that causes AIDS with his fellow
French scientist Francoise Barre-
Sinoussi.
JANUARY 2022
Ray Illingworth Cricket Pudsey, West He is a former England cricket
Yorkshire, England captain and the coach of the England
Cricket team (1995-1996).
Viktor Danilovich Triple Jump Georgia He clinched four Olympic titles (3
Saneyev Gold & 1 Silver medal)
Deon Lendore Sprinter Trinidad and Tobago He won a bronze medal in 4×400
meter relay in the London Olympics
in 2012
Toshiki Kaifu Former Prime Nagoya, Aichi, Japan He served as the PM from 1989 to
Minister (PM) of 1991
Japan
Ibrahim Boubacar Mali’s Former Mali He was in the office as president of
Keïta President Mali for 7 years from 2013-2020.

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IMPORTANT DAYS
Observed Day Other information
date/week
FEBRUARY 2022
February 1-7, 2022 UPI Safety and Awareness This initiative aims to raise awareness among
Week consumers, mainly the vulnerable and first-time
customers to overcome the fear regarding adoption of
digital payments.
February 1,2022 46 Raising Day of the Indian ICG was established by the Coast Guard Act, 1978 of the
th
Coast Guard(ICG) Parliament of India.

Indian Coast Guard is the 4th Largest Coast Guard in the
World.
February 2,2022 World Wetlands Day This is to create awareness about the critical
importance of Wetlands and their roles in maintaining
the natural cycles and supporting a wide range of
biodiversity.
The theme of World Wetlands Day 2022 is “Wetlands
Action for People and Nature”.
February 4,2022 World Cancer Day To create awareness about Cancer and prevent the
millions of deaths due to cancer.
The Campaign theme of World Cancer Day for 2022 to
2024 is “Close the Care Gap”.
The Campaign theme of World Cancer Day 2022 is
“Close the Care Gap- Realising the problem”.
February 4,2022 International Day of Human To honour religious and cultural diversity. The day also
Fraternity focuses on interfaith harmony, dialogue, and mutual
respect.
February 1-7,2022 World Interfaith Harmony To promote cultural peace and nonviolence.
Week The theme of this year is “Faith and Spiritual Leadership
to Combat Stigma and Conflict During Pandemic
Recovery”.
February 6, 2022 International Day of Zero To create awareness about the effects of Female Genital
Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilations (FGM) on gender equality and women
Mutilation empowerment.
The theme of International Day of Zero Tolerance for
Female Genital Mutilation 2022 is “Accelerating
Investment to End Female Genital Mutilation”.
February 8, 2022 Safer Internet Day It was observed on the 2nd day (Tuesday) of the 2nd
week of February to promote the safe and positive use
of digital technology, especially among children and
young people.
Theme: “Together for a better internet”
February 10, 2022 National Deworming Day To eradicate intestinal worms also referred to as Soil-
(NDD) Transmitted Helminths (STH), among children of age 1-
19 years.
February 10, 2022 World Pulses Day To create awareness about the nutritional and
environmental benefits of pulses as part of sustainable
food production.

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The theme of World Pulses Day 2022 is “Pulses to
empower youth in achieving sustainable agrifood
systems”
February 11, 2022 International Day of Women To recognize the critical role women and girls play in
and Girls in Science science and technology.
The theme is “Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion: Water
Unites Us”.
February 11, 2022 World Unani Day To commemorate the birth anniversary of Mohammad
Ajmal Khan, better known as “Hakim Ajmal Khan”, a
great Indian Unani Scholar and social reformer.
February 12, 2022 National Productivity Day To commemorate the formation of the National
Productivity Council of India (NPC).
February 12-18, National Productivity week The theme of the National Productivity Week
2022 2022(12th to 18th February 2022) is “Self Reliance
Through Productivity”.
February 12, 2022 Darwin Day To commemorate the birth anniversary of the 19th-
century British naturalist, Charles Darwin, who is well
known for his work “The Theory of Natural Selection”.
February 13, 2022 World Radio Day To keep the popularity of radio alive and to promote the
use of it among everyone.
The theme of this day is “Radio and Trust”
February 13, 2022 National Women’s Day To commemorate the birth anniversary of Sarojini
Naidu, popularly known as the “The Nightingale of
India” or “Bharat Kokila”.
February 13, 2022 APEDA’s 36th Foundation Day Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export
Development Authority (APEDA) was established under
the APEDA Act passed by the Parliament in December
1985.
February 15, 2022 International Childhood To create awareness about the dangers and impacts of
Cancer Day cancer among children.
The theme for 2022 is ‘Better Survival’ is achievable
#throughyourhands.
February 14 to Financial Literacy Week To propagate financial education messages on various
18,2022 themes among members of the public across the
country.
The theme of FLW 2022 is “Go Digital, Go Secure”
February 19, 2022 World Pangolin Day It was observed on 3rd Saturday of February.
To create awareness about Pangolins a unique
endangered mammal and their plight.
February 20, 2022 World Day of Social Justice To speak out against injustice and promote worldwide
social justice.
The theme of World Day of Social Justice 2022 is
“Achieving Social Justice through Formal Employment”
February 21, 2022 International Mother To promote multilingualism and to create awareness
Language Day about linguistic and cultural diversity.
• The theme of International Mother Language
Day 2022 is “Using technology for multilingual
learning: Challenges and opportunities”
February 22, 2022 World Thinking Day 22nd February was chosen to mark the birth
anniversary of both Lord Robert Baden-Powell and
Olave Baden-Powell.

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• The theme for World Thinking Day 2022 is “Our
World, Our Equal Future: The Environment &
Gender Equality”.
February 22, 2022 44th foundation of Apparel It was virtually attended by Upendra Prasad Singh,
Export Promotion Council Secretary, Ministry of Textiles as a Guest of Honour.
(AEPC)
February 24, 2022 Central Excise Day To honour the contributions of the Central Board of
Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC), a part of the
Department of Revenue under the Ministry of Finance.
February 27, 2022 World Non-Governmental To recognise, celebrate, and honour all non-
Organisation (NGO) Day governmental and nonprofit organizations that
contribute to society
The universal concept of World NGO Day is to
‘Celebrate, Commemorate and Collaborate’ the NGOs
across the globe
February 27, 2022 3rd National Protein Day To create public awareness and educate India about the
health benefits of protein.
The theme of National Protein Day 2022 is “Food
Futurism”
February 28, 2022 National Science Day To commemorate the day (28th February 1928) on
which Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman (CV Raman)
discovered the Raman effect.
National Science Week is celebrated from 22nd to 28th
February 2022
Theme of NSD 2022 is “Integrated Approach in Science
and Technology for Sustainable Future”
February 28, 2022 Rare Disease Day It observed across the globe on the last day of February
(either 28th February or 29th February in case of leap
year) to create awareness about rare diseases and
ensure access to treatment and medical representation
for individuals with rare diseases.
Theme - “Share Your Colours!”.
JANUARY 2022
January 1,2022 64th Foundation Day of It was established on 1st January 1958 by
Defence Research and amalgamating the Technical Development
Development Organisation Establishment (TDEs) of the Indian Army and the
(DRDO) Directorate of Technical Development & Production
(DTDP) with the Defence Science Organisation
(DSO).
January 3, 2022 5th Power System Operation To commemorate the day (3rd January 2017) on
Corporation Limited (POSOCO) which POSOCO stated its independent functioning
Day under the Ministry of Power as one of the Power
Public sector undertakings (PSUs).
January 4, 2022 World Braille Day This day marks the birth anniversary of 19th-century
French educator, Louis Braille, who invented Braille
January 6, 2022 World Day of War Orphans To create awareness about the condition of the
children who were orphaned as a result of war or
other conflicts.
January 6, 2022 75th Bureau of Indian It commemorates the day on which BIS came into
Standards (BIS) day existence as the Indian Standards Institution (ISI)
(6th January 1947).

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Day and is to mark the contribution of the Overseas
Indian community to the development of India.
January 10, 2022 World Hindi Day or Vishwa To promote the worldwide use of the Hindi language.
Hindi Diwas
January 12, 2022 National Youth Day (Rashtriya To commemorate the birth anniversary of the social
Yuva Diwas) reformer, great thinker and philosopher, Swami
Vivekananda.
Theme- It’s all in the mind
As the part of celebration, Prime Minister (PM)
Narendra Modi virtually inaugurated the 25th
National Youth Festival in Puducherry.
January 14, 2022 6th Armed Forces Veterans To recognize the sacrifice of our veterans in serving
Day the nation. This day honours the services rendered
by Field Marshal Kodandera Madappa Cariappa OBE,
the first Indian Commander-in-Chief (C-in-C) of the
Indian Armed Forces.
January 15, 2022 74th Indian Army Day To commemorate the day on which Field Marshal
Kodandera M Cariappa (KM Cariappa) took charge as
the first Indian Commander in Chief (C-in-C) of the
Indian Army
January 16, 2022 1st National Startup Day To support the startup culture spread across India
January 17-21, Open Data Week It was conducted by the Smart Cities Mission (SCM),
2022 Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) to
encourage the adoption of open data and promote
innovation across India’s urban ecosystem.
January 19, 2022 17th National Disaster To mark the formation of NDRF, under the Ministry
Response Force (NDRF) of Home Affairs on 19th January 2006.
Raising Day
January 19, 2022 44th Kokborok Day Kokborok Day, also known as the Tripuri Language
Day,is celebrated by the state of Tripura The day
marks the recognition of Kokborok as the official
language in 1979.
January 10-17, Agri Nutri Garden Week The week was celebrated by Deendayal Antyodaya
2022 Yojana – National Rural Livelihood Mission (DAY-
NRLM) to encourage the establishment of ‘Agri Nutri
Gardens’ in rural households.
January 23, 2022 Parakram Diwas It was observed on the birth anniversary of Netaji
Subhas Chandra Bose to honour and remember the
efforts and contribution of Netaji Subhas Chandra
Bose.
• Vinod Sharma of Sikkim State Disaster
Management Authority has been honoured
with the Subhas Chandra Bose Aapda
Prabandhan Puraskar 2022
January 24, 2022 International Day of Education To celebrate the role of education for peace and
development.
The theme of the 2022 International Day of
Education is “Changing Course, Transforming
Education”.
January 24, 2022 National Girl Child Day To support and provide opportunities to the girls in
India.

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and protecting nature.
The theme of National Tourism Day 2022 is ‘Rural
and Community Centric Tourism’.
January 25, 2022 12th National Voters’ Day To spread awareness about the importance of voting,
(NVD) and participating in the electoral process.
Theme of 2022 NVD – ‘Making Elections Inclusive,
Accessible and Participative.’
January 26, 2022 73rd Republic Day The celebration of Republic Day 2022 is observed
during the 75th year of Independence, celebrated as
Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav.
• Olympic Gold Medalist, Neeraj Chopra, a
Subedar in the Indian Army has been
honoured with the Param Vishisht Seva
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January 26, 2022 International Customs Day To recognize the contributions and roles of the
customs officials and agencies in maintaining border
security.
Theme – Scaling up Customs Digital Transformation
by Embracing a Data Culture and Building a Data
Ecosystem’. The theme for 2022 was chosen by
World Customs Organisation (WCO).
January 27, 2022 International Day of The theme of this day is “Memory, Dignity and
Commemoration in memory of Justice”.
the victims of the Holocaust This day marks the 77th anniversary of the liberation
of the Auschwitz-Birkenau, Nazi German
concentration and extermination camp.
January 30, 2022 World Leprosy Day (WLD) The last Sunday of January is celebrated annually as
World Leprosy Day (WLD) on the theme ‘United for
Dignity’.
WLD is celebrated annually as Anti Leprosy day on
January 30 i.e. on the death anniversary of the
Father of Nation, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi aka
Mahatma Gandhi in India.
January 30, 2022 World Neglected Tropical The theme of World NTD Day 2022 is ‘Achieving
Diseases Day (NTD) health equity to end the neglect of poverty-related
diseases.
To create awareness about the Neglected Tropical
Diseases (NTD) and to focus on strengthening the
interventions to promote equitable health services
for all.
January 30, 2022 Martyrs Day It is also known as Shaheedi Diwas and observed to
pay respect to the martyrs who lost their lives during
India’s freedom struggle.
January 30, 2022 Anti-Untouchability Day Tamil Nadu(TN) observed this day to mark the death
anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.
31st January 31, 30th Foundation Day of the
2022 National Commission for
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the Veer Baal Diwas to honour the sacrifice of Sahibzada Zorawar Singh and Sahibzada Fateh Singh to
defend the dignity and honour of Sikhism.
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