Dates and Themes
Mav ist, 2023: International Workers' Day 20
(Theme Asafe and healthy working environment
as afundamental principle and right at work)
May 1lth, 2023: National Technology Day
Theme: Schooi to Startups-lgniting Young Minds
to Innovate)
Mav 28th, 2023: World Hunger Day (Theme:
Celebrating sustainable solutions to hunger and
poverty)
April 7th, 2023: World Health Day (Theme:
Health for Al)
April18th, 2023: World Heritage Day (Theme:
Heritage Change)
&th March 2023: International Women's Day
(Theme: DigitALL: nnovation and Technology
forGender Equality)
22nd March 2023: World Water Day (Theme:
Accelerating Change to Solve Water and Sanitation
Crises)
2 February 2023: World Wetlands Day (Theme:
It's time for wetland restoration)
28 February 2023: National Science Day
(Theme:
Globalscience day for Global Wellbeing)
(Theme:
Ist December 2022: WorldAIDS Day
Global Solidarity, Shared Responsibility)
Persons
3rd December 2022: International Day of Better:
with Disabilities (Theme: Building
Back
Accessible and
Toward a Disability-Inclusive,
Sustainable Post-COVID-19 World)
2022: International Anti
9th December
Corruption Day (Theme:Peace, United against
andI Security)
Corruption for Development,
Human Rights Day
10th December 2022: Stand Up for Human
Recover Better:
(Iheme:
Rights)
2022: International Day for
l6th November Tolerance Promotes Socia!
Tolerance (Theme:
Cohesion)
24th October 2022: Worid Polio Day (Theme.
End Polio Now)
8th September 2022: International Literacy
Day (Theme: Literacy for a Human-Centered
Recovery: Narrowing the Digital Divide)
Ist July 2022: National Doctor's Day (Therme:
Family Doctor on the Front Line)
23rd June 2022: International Olympic Day
(Theme: Stay Strong, Stay Active, Stay Healthy')
22nd April2022: Earth Day (Therne: Restore Our
Earth)
24 March 2022: World Tuberculosis Day (Therme.
Yes! We can end TB!)
21 March 2022: International Day of Forests
(Theme: Forests and health)
4 February 2022: World Cancer Day (Therne.
Close the Care Gap)
10 February 2022: World Pulses Day (Therme.
Pulses for a Sustainable Future)
21 February 2022: International Mother Language
Day(Theme:Multilingual Education -A necessity
totransform education)
29 January 2022: World Leprosy Day (Theme:
Act now. End Leprosy)
25 January 2022: National Tourism Day (Theme:
Rural and Community Centred Tourism)
12 January 2022: National Youth Day (Theme:
Developed Youth Developed India)
10 January 2022: World Hindi Day (Theme:
Hindi - Traditional Knowledge to Artificial
Intelligence)
9 January 2022: Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (Theme.
Diaspora: Reliable partners for India's progress in
the Amrit kaal)
1January 2022: Global Day of Families(Theme:
Families Together: Building Resilience for a
Brighter Future)
 Books and Authors
Matter ofHeart: Education in India
A -Anurag Ambedkar A Life Shashi Tharoor
Behar India's Economy From Nehru to Modi-Pulape
War and Women Dr. M A Hassan Balakrishnan
Bipin: The Man Behind the Uniform Rachna Ambedkar and Modi -Ilayaraja
Bisht Rawat Rajini's Mantra -PC Balasubramaniam
As Good As My Word KM Chandrasekhar WillPower Sjoerd Marin
Victory City -- Salman Rushdie Lockdown Lyrics Sanyukta Das
Mundaka Upanishad :The Bridge to Mortality The McMahon Line: A Century of Discord
Dr. Karan Singh J.J. Singh
Wanderers, Kings and Merchants Dr. Peggy Dilip Kumar : In the Shadow of a Legend
Mohan Faisal Farooqui
The Povertyof Political Economics - Meghnad Beyond the Misty Veil -Ms. Aradhana Johri
Desai The Life and Times of George Fernandes
Modi : Shaping a Global Order in Flux Rahul Ramagundam
Jaishankar
Gandhi and the Champaran Satyagraha - Suranjan
Forks in the Road : My Days at RBI and Beyond Das
-C. Rangarajan Gautam Adani : The Man Who Changed India
Breaking Barrier Madhav Rao -R.N. Bhaskar
Why didn't you come earlier -Kailash Satyarthi Ashtanga Yoga Dr. Sonu Phogat
Human Anatomy AK Dwivedi Indian Constitution:The Untold Story - Rar
Ambedkar: A Life - Shashi Tharoor Bahadur Rai

Revolutionary Sanjeev Sanyal The Struggle for Police Reforms in India

Jadoonama - Javed Akhtar Prakash Singh
Tomb of Sand Geetanjali Shree
Irrfan Khan: ALife in Movies Shubhra Gupta
Listen to Your Heart: The London Adventure
India's Knowledge Supremacy : The New Dawn -Ruskin Bond
Dr. Ashwin Fernandes
The Great Tech Game Anirudh Suri
Bravehearts of Bharat -Vikram Sampath
The Chipko Movement : A People's History The Tiger of Drass -Meena Nayyar
Shekhar Pathak The Magic Of Mangala Jodi -Avinash Khem
The Sikh History of East India - Avina
The Light We Carry: 0vercoming in Uncertain
Times -Michelle Obama Khemka

Winning the Inner Battle Shane Watson Birsa Munda -Janjatiya Nayak -Alok Chakra
From Dependence to Self-Reliance Dr. Bimal Queen of Fire - Devika Rangachari
Jalan Crunch Time: Narendra Modi's National Secu
Crisis Shri Ram Chowlia

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 Sports Related Awards
Major Dhyanchand Khel Ratna Award-2022 (1)
pe Tennis
1. Sharath Kamal Achanta - Table
Arjuna Award-2022 (Total-25)
1. Seema Poonia - Athletics
2. Eldouz Paul - Athletics
Athletics
3. Avinash Mukund Sable -
4. Lakshya Sen - Badminton
5. Pranay HS - Badminton
6. Amit- Boxing
7. Nikhat Zareen - Boxing
8. Bhattif Pradeep Kulkarni - Chess
9. R.Praggnanandhaa - Chess
10. Deep Grace Ekka - Hokey
11. Sushila Devi - Judo
12. Sakshi Kumari - Kabioi
13. Nayan Moni Saikia - Lawn Bowl
14. Sagar Kailas Ovalkar - Mallamb
15. Elavenil Valarivan - Shooting
16.Omprakash Mitharwal -Shooting
17. Sreeja Akula - Table Tennis
18. Vikas Thakur - Weightlifting |
19. Anshu - Wrestling
20. Sarita - Wrestling
21. Parveen - Wushu
22. Mansi Girish Chandra Joshi - Para Badminton
23.Tarun Dhillon - Para Badminton
24. Swapnil Sanjay Patil - Para Swimming
25. Jerlin Anika J - Deaf Badminton
Dronacharya Award-2022: Regular Category (4)
1. Jeevanjot Singh Teja -Archery
2. Mohammad Ali Qamar - Boxing
- Mercury Shooting
3. Suma Siddharth Shírur
4. Sujit Mann - Wrestling
Dronacharya Award-2022: Lifetime
Category (3)
1. Dinesh Jawahar Lad - Cricket
1. Bimal Prafulla Ghosh - Football
1. Raj Singh - Wrestling
Dhyan Chand Award-2022 (4)
1. Ashwini Akkunji C. - Athletics
2. Dharamvir Singh -Hockey
3. BC Suresh - Kabioi
4. Nir Bahadur Gurung- Para Athletics
National Sports Promotion Award (3
Institutes)
1. TransStadia Enterprises Private Limited
2. Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology
3. Ladda Ski and Snowboard Association
Indian Grandmasters (Men &Women)
1. 81th Grandmaster - Sayantan Das (Kolkata)
2. 80th Grandmaster - Vignesh NR (Chennai)
3. 79th Grandmaster -Pranesh M(Tamil Nadu)
4. 78th Grandmaster -Kaustav Chatterjee (Kolkata)
5. 77th Grandmaster- Aditya Mittal (Mumbai)
6. 76th Grandmaster- Pranav Anand (Bengaluru)
7. 75th Grandmaster V. Pranav (Chennai, Tamil
Nadu)
8. 74th Grandmaster- Rahul Srivastava (Telangana)
9. 73rd Grandmaster-Bharat Subramaniam (Tamil
Nadu)
10.72nd Grandmaster- Mitrabh Guha (Kolkata)
11.71st Grandmaster- Sankalp Gupta (Maharashtra)
 Index and Reports
Report and Indexes - 2022-23
Reports / Indexes Country Ranking
Issued by
SDSN Finland 126th
World Happiness Report 2023
Swiss firm IQAir Chad 8th
World Air Quality Report 2023
Global Terrorism Index 2023 Institute for Economics and Peace Afghanistan 13th
International IP Index 2023 US Chamber of Commerce America 42th

Global Labour Resilience Index 2023 CEMS Corporate Partner Whiteshield Denmark 65th

Economic Freedom Index 2022 Heritage (US Think Tank) Singapore 131th

Henley Passport Index 2023 Henley & Partners Japan 85th

GlobalFirepower Index 2023 Global Fire Power America 4th

Global Aviation Safety Ranking 2022 ICAO Singapore 48th

Network Readiness Index 2022 Portulaca lnstitute, Washington DC US 61st

Climate Change Performance Index-23 German Watch Denmark 8th

Global Pension Index 2022 Mercer CEA Institute Jceland 41th

Global Hunger Index 2022 Welthunger Hilf(German organisation) Belarus 107th

Global Innovation Index 2022 Intellectual Property Organization Switzerland 40th

Global Crypto Adoption Index 2022 Blockchain Analysis Platform Vietnam 4th

Global Gender Gap Report 2022 World Economic Forum Iceland 135th
Expat Insider Ranking 2022 Internations Mexico 36th

Global Liveability Index 2022 Economist Intelligence Unit Austria 112th

Global Peace Index 2022 Institute for Economics and Peace Iceland 135th
World Competitiveness Index 2022 Management Development Institute Denmark 37th

Environmental Performance Index World Economic Forum Denmark 180h

2022
Travel &Tourism Development Index World Economic Forum Japan 54th

World Press Freedom Index 2022 Reports Without Borders (France) Norway 150th

World Happiness Report 2022 Solutions Network (SDSN) Finland 136th

International Intellectual Property Global Innovation Center America 43rd

Index 2022
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Hungary for the fourth time. Lt. General Anil Chauhan- Appointed as the
Emmanuel Macron-Re-elected as the President Chief of Defence Staff(CDS).
of France. Giorgia Meloni- First female prime
of Italy.
minister
Ajay Kumar Sood- Eminent physicist has been
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scientific advisor (PSA). The 50th Chief Justice of India (CJl)in Noyember
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Queen Elizabeth II- Britain's longest-reigning
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K. Subramaniam- Former Chief Economic
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Nobel laureate, made significant contributions to
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Ajay Banga- Indian-origin has been selected as
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Praveen Kumar Srivastava- Who has assumec
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first Bulgarian to receive the

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 Economic Survey

Facts During 2021-22, a record 500 lakh tornes

Economic Survey 2022-23: Important
Column l
is expected to be
The growth rate of theeconomyMarch 2023. The
ending
7% (real) for the year
growth rate in the last financial
year was &.7%.
Survey, the country's
> In last year's Economic
GDP growth rate during
2022-23 was estimated
to be 8-8.5%.
financial year
India's GDP growthrate during the
2023-24 to 6 - 6.8% is expected.
financial year 2023
The GDP growth rate for the
24 will be 6.5% on real basis.
terms of PPP
India is the 3rd largest economy in
the 6th
(Purchasing Power Parity), while it is
rate.
largest economy in terms of exchange
for the
According to the first advance estimate
financial year 2022-23, the per capita net national
is Rs.96522
income (at constant prices) in India
and the annual growth rate of per capita income
is 5.5%.
According to the survey, the number of GST
crorc
taxpayers has doubled from 70 lakh to 1.4
in 2022.
Fiscal deficit during FY 2022-23 as per survey
6,4%, which has been 6.7% in the previous
financial year.
The forex reserves stood at USS 562.72 billion
at the end of December 2022.
RBI has estimated the inflation rate to be 6.8%
in the financial year 2022-23.
The Gross Value Added (GVA) of agriculture at
basic prices in FY 2022-23 stood at 3.59%,which
is higher than 3,0% in the previous financial year.
Credit growth to the Micro, Small and Medium
Enterprises (MSME) sector has averaged over
30,5% during January- November, 2022.
sugarcane has been produced in the country
of this. 36 lakh metric tonnes sugar has
for ethanol production.
The Gross Value Added (GVA) of the
industr,
sector in the financial year 2022-23 was 4,1%
basic prices, which was much iower than 10 t%
in the previous financial year.
Column 2
The total fertility rate has become 2.1 which
earlier 2.4
Infant mortality rate has gone up to 38.4,
was earlier 46,0
Neonatal mortality rate is 24.9, which was er
29.5.
Merchandise exports in Apr1l-Dec. 2022 stooa
S332.5 billion.
India's headline inflation reached 7.8% in Apri
2022.
The growth rate of the services sector is estimat
to be 9.1 % in FY 2023. which is more than 8 4
in the previous financial year.
India is set to become the top remitance recipiet
globally by receiving USS 100 billion in 2022
India's e-commerce market is estimated to grok
at a rate of 18% every year till 2025.
Social sector expenditure to increase from Rs9
Lakh Crore in FY 2016 to Rs 21.3 Lakh Croei
FY 2023.
India has achieved its target of 40% installed
electricity capacity from non-fossil fuel befe
2030.
India will reduce the emissions intensity of
GDP by 45% by 2030 from 2005 levels.
India has expressed the resolve ofNet Zero'x
achieve the goal of zerocarbon emissions by t
year 2070.
 Budget 2023-24
Union Budget 2023-24: Important Facts
Indian economy is estimated to grow by 7% in
the year 2023-24.
Per capita income more than doubled to Rs 1.97
lakh.
GST monthly revenue remained around Rs l.5
lakh crore.
10.5% GDP growth rate is estimated in 2023-24.
The interest payment is estimated to be Rs.10.80
lakh crore which is 30.8% of the total revenue
expenditure.
Fiscal deficit is estimated to be 5.9% of GDP in
the year 2023-24.
Fiscal deficit will be brought down to 4.5% by
the year 2025-26.
The number of tax slabs has been reduced from
7 to 5. Now there will be no tax on those earning
up to Rs 7 lakh.
Deduction limit fromn capital gains on investment
in residential house raised to Rs 10 crore.
Under the new arrangement, the peak surcharge
was reduced from 37% to 25o.
Standard deduction of up to Rs. 50,000 has been
proposed for salaried individuals and up to
Rs.15,000 for pensioners.
For non-government employees, the tax
exemption limit on leave encashment received
on retirement has been raised to Rs.25 lakh.
Capital investment outlay increased by 33.4% to
Rs 10 lakh crore.
Under the PM Jan Dhan Yojana, 47.8 crore Jan
Dhan accounts were opened.
9.6 crore LPG connections were given under
Ujjwala.
Construction of I1.7 crore toilets under Swachh
Bharat Mission.
Under the PM Kisan Samman Nidbi, a cash
transfer of Rs 2.2 lakh crore has been made to
Over 11.4 crore farmers.
Maximum deposit limit for Monthly Income
Scheme increased from Rs.4.5 lakh to Rs.9 lakh
for single account and from Rs.9 lakh to Rs.15
lakh for joint account.
The allocation of the Defence Budget for the year
2023-24 has been increased from Rs.5.25 lakh
crore to Rs.593537.64 crore.
138205 crore has been allocated separately for
defence pension.
Rs 1.62 lakh crore has been earmarked for capital
expenditure, which includes purchase of new
weapons, aircraft, warships and other military
hardware.
The outlay for Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana has
been increased by 66% to more than Rs.79,000
crore.
10000 bio-input processing centres will be set
up, which willcreate a fertiliser and pesticide
manufacturing network at the national level.
Rs 5300 crore has been given to Upper Bhadra
Project to provide permanent micro irrigation and
to fill surface tanks for drinking water.
Under the GOBARdhan (Galvanizing Organic
Bio-Agro Re-sources Dhan) scheme, 500 new
'residual income' plants will be set up.
PM-PRANAM program will be launched to
promote balanced use of alternative fertilisers
and chemical fertilisers by the State and Union
Territories.
Urban infrastructure will be created in Tier-2 and
Tier-3 cities by setting up an Urban Infrastructure
Development Fund
(UIDF), which will be managed by the National
Housing Bank.