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Current Affairs 2023-24
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▪ Coverage From January 2023 to January 2024
▪ Important for forthcoming RO/ARO and PCS Prelims
▪ Pointwise Compilation of all events
▪ Including Budget and Economic Survey of 2023
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2. RO/ARO 2023 (प्री+मेंस) बैच
3. NCERT बैच
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January 2024
➢ All India Conference of Directors - Other name of GSAT-20 is
General and Inspectors General of GSAT-N2.
Police on 6th and 7th January – in - This will remove the
Jaipur shortcomings of high-speed
➢ Multi Sports Beach Games started connectivity in rural and
for the first time in India - in Diu. remote areas.
➢ Nina Singh to be First Woman Chief ➢ Joined in Swadesh Darshan 2.0
Of CISF schemes – Debrigarh Wildlife
➢ Prime Minister inaugurates Sanctuary (Orissa)
indigenously developed ➢ Project Alankar - For saturation of
Demonstration Fast Reactor Fuel infrastructure facilities in secondary
Reprocessing Plant at Kalpakkam, schools under PM Shree Schools
Tamil Nadu. Modernization by Government of
➢ India joins the world's largest radio Uttar Pradesh.
telescope project 'SKAO' ➢ Became India's permanent
➢ Prerna Program - 1 week long representative in the United Nations
residential program for class 9th to - Arindam Bangchi
12th students by Ministry of ➢ Pratibimba Portal: To monitor cyber
Education. criminals by the Home Ministry.
➢ Which country declared the snow ➢ Which place India is after launch of
leopard as its national symbol - black hole mission by launch of
Kyrgyzstan. Exposat? - Second
➢ India will launch heavy ➢ This Exposat was launched with the
communication satellite GSAT-20 for help of PSLV-C58 rocket. Its life span
the first time from SpaceX's Falcon is 5 years.
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➢ Udhampur achieved 100 percent - Now there are total 10

saturation in schemes under Vikas countries in BRICS.
Bharat Sankalp Yatra. - Newly added countries –
➢ Which community was given ST Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia,
status in Himachal Pradesh - Hatti Egypt, UAE
community ➢ India's first submarine tourism will
➢ MS Swaminathan Award received by start in Dwarka, Gujarat.
BR Kamboj. ➢ The 12th Divya Kala Mela (for the
➢ Rahat Vani Center – Early Warning disabled) was inaugurated in
System for management was Gujarat.
inaugurated by the Government of ➢ Bangladesh's Nobel laureate and
Uttar Pradesh. economist Mohammad Yunus, who
➢ Which year was declared by IREDA was recently jailed for 6 months
as the year of 'Human Resource under a law, had given the theory of
Development and Discipline' - 2024. micro financing/rural banking.
➢ India's first 'Zero Waste Street Food ➢ The world's first woman to complete
Festival' inaugurated - in Delhi, by the fastest solo South Pole skiing
Minister Hardeep Puri. expedition - Captain Harpreet
➢ Desert Cyclone Exercise – India + Chandy
UAE ➢ Inauguration of the country's first
➢ Russia will chair BRICS in 2024 girl’s military school – in Vrindavan,
➢ First Union Territory to implement Mathura.
PM Vishwakarma Scheme – Jammu ➢ 'Know Your Army' festival organized
and Kashmir from 5-7 January - In Lucknow
➢ Which country refused to join BRICS
- Argentina
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December 2023
➢ To which country did India pay in ➢ Jackie Shroop has been named the
rupees in exchange for crude oil - most beautiful vegetarian celebrity
UAE of the year 2023 by PETA India.
➢ Country's first polarimetry mission ➢ Ericsson Lunar Award 2023 - ISRO
launched - by ISRO received for the success of
- This satellite will collect data of X Chandrayaan-3.
rays and study black holes and ➢ Which year was declared by the
neutron stars. United Nations as the International
➢ 'Uttar Pradesh Culture Festival' – 25 Year of Camelids – Year 2024
December to 26 January 2024 ➢ Camelids are a species of camel.
o Theme: Uttar Pradesh ➢ Sahitya Akademi Award 2023
Festival: 'Our Culture - Our o Hindi: Sanjeev- for his novel
Identity' 'Mujhe Pehchano'
➢ INS Imphal – Latest Stealth Guided o English: Neelam Saran Gaur,
Missile Destroyer inducted into Novel 'Requiem in Raga
Indian Navy. Janaki'
o It is equipped with BrahMos o Urdu: Sadiqa Nawab Sahar
missile. for, Novel 'Rajdev Ki Amrai
➢ 'MedTech Mitra' – Launched by Liye'
Health Minister Mansukh ➢ The word 'smishing' was in
Mandaviya, it is a strategic initiative discussion – related to cyber crime.
to empower MedTech innovators. o Create a combination of SMS
➢ India has signed an agreement with and phishing.
which country to acquire lithium ➢ Received UNESCO Award of
block - Argentina Excellence - Rambagh Gate and
➢ 'God of Chaos' – by NASA, for the Ramparts of Punjab
study of asteroids. ➢ World's most beautiful airport
➢ Neena Singh has become the first declared by UNESCO – Kempegowda
woman director of CISF. International Airport, Bengaluru.
➢ Arvind Panagariya became the ➢ French President Emmanuel Macron
Chairman of the 16th Finance will be the chief guest of the 75th
Commission. Indian Republic Day.
o The recommendations of this ➢ 8th Indian Ocean Naval Symposium -
commission will be for the Bangkok, Thailand
period from 2026 to 2031. ➢ Project Prayas – Launched by
➢ ExpoSat – Launched by ISRO, to International Organization for
unravel the mysteries of black holes. Migration in New Delhi
o To facilitate safe, orderly and
regular migration of Indian
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➢ 'Paat-Mitro' application – by o Issued by the Union Ministry

Ministry of Textiles, for jute farmers. of Commerce and Industry.
➢ Angola separated from OPEC o Uttar Pradesh Included in
organization Achiever category.
➢ OPEC was established in 1960 and is ➢ Villarrica Volcano – in Chile
headquartered in Vienna, Austria. ➢ Plan to send Indian astronauts to the
➢ With which country India signed an Moon by 2040
agreement for 5 lithium blocks - ➢ Saurabh Ganguly became the
Argentina tourism brand ambassador of
➢ The country's first AI City will be Tripura state.
established in Lucknow. ➢ Recently declared international
➢ Agricultural Marketing Reform airport – Surat Airport.
Implementation Ranking – Released ➢ Gelfu Smart City Project – on the
by NITI Aayog. border of Assam, by Bhutan
o Andhra Pradesh got first o Will be established as an
place and Uttar Pradesh got economic corridor connecting
second place. South Asia to South East Asia
➢ Welcome to Paradise - Book by through the North Eastern
Twinkle Khanna states of India.
➢ Country's first cyber security center ➢ 'Jinping Underground Lab' launched
- in Chandigarh by China to search for dark matter.
➢ The book 'Breaking the Mould' has ➢ Becomes President of Egypt - Abdel
been written jointly by Raghuram Fattah Al Sisi (for the third time)
Rajan and Rohit Lamba. ➢ Most expensive player of IPL 2024 -
➢ State's first intra district chopper Mitchell Starc (Kolkata Knight
facility in Uttar Pradesh - from Agra Riders)
to Mathura ➢ 6th Khelo India Games 2023 – in
➢ In which country was a statue of Tamil Nadu
Tiruvallur unveiled by External ➢ By which country was the Indian
Affairs Minister Jaishankar - in Seine Armed Forces awarded the 'Golden
city of France Owl' - By Sri Lanka
➢ Queen Lake Cruise - Uttar Pradesh ➢ Vijay Hazare Trophy 2023 – Haryana
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath won (by defeating Rajasthan)
inaugurated this cruise at Ramgarh ➢ 'Anand Marriage Act' - related to Sikh
Tal in Gorakhpur. community of Jammu and Kashmir
➢ Which Indian women's wrestling ➢ By which year ISRO will send
champion has been chosen by United Chandrayaan-4 to bring back
World Wrestling as the Rising Star of samples from the Moon - By the year
the Year (2023) - Antim Panghal. 2028.
➢ Vijay Hazare Trophy – Haryana won ➢ Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna
(by defeating Rajasthan) Award 2023 received - Badminton
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States Report 2023 Sairaj.

➢ IndiGo became the first Indian ➢ First Delta Ranking of Aspiration

airline to carry 100 million Block Program
passengers in a year. o Issued by NITI Aayog.
➢ Israel's new ambassador to India - o Tiryani block of Telangana
Reuven Azar got first place
➢ Became the second largest economy o Kaushambi of UP got the
after Maharashtra - State Uttar second place.
Pradesh ➢ Indira Gandhi Peace Prize 2023 –
➢ Operation Prosperity Guardian – awarded to Daniel Barenboim and
launched by the US to counter Ali Abu Awwad.
Houthi rebels in the Red Sea. ➢ Hydrology Agreement – Maldives
➢ Zeba novel launched - writer Huma canceled this agreement with the
Qureshi Indian Navy.
➢ To remove arsenic and other o This agreement was signed in
elements from water 2019.
o Technology developed by IIT ➢ Sheikh Nawab Al-Ahmad – Indian
Madras - AMRIT Technology declared one-day state mourning on
➢ Lifetime Achievement Award of the death of the Emir of the State of
Diwali Power of One Award – to Ban Kuwait.
Ki-moon (Secretary General of UN). ➢ India's fastest solar electric boat -
➢ Became new Chief Minister in the Barracuda launched in Kerala.
assembly elections held in 5 states ➢ According to the 'Migration and
- Rajasthan - Bhajanlal Sharma Development Report 2023' released
- Madhya Pradesh - Dr. Mohan Yadav by the World Bank, India's position
- Chhattisgarh – Vishnu Deo Sai in terms of receiving remittances is
- Mizoram – Lalduhawma first.
- Telangana - Revanth Reddy ➢ ITF World Champion Award 2023 -
➢ According to Mercer's Living Quality Novak Djokovic and Aryna Sabalenka
Index 2023, the top city of India is - ➢ Bangladesh won Under-19 Asia Cup
Hyderabad (defeated UAE)
➢ Received 'REACH Game Changing ➢ Samar Air Defense Missile System –
Innovator Award 2023' during COP- Successfully test fired by Indian Air
28 - Dr. Atul Shah (for leprosy care) Force.
➢ Recently IPL become Dekacon (with ➢ Swarveda Mahamandir – PM
value of 10 billion dollars) inaugurated in Varanasi.
➢ Tropical Cyclone 'Jasper' – in o This is also the world's
Australia. largest yoga center.
➢ International Maritime Organization ➢ Khelo India Para Games - Haryana
declared India as lead country under tops with 105 medals.
'Green Voyage 2050 Project'. o Uttar Pradesh is at second
➢ Indian Forest and Timber place.
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➢ India's Uma Shekhar elected to the ➢ Global River Cities Alliance (GRCA) –
Governing Council of UNIDROIT (till Ministry of Jal Shakti launched it at
2024-28). COP-28 in Dubai.
o UNIDROIT is an ➢ World's first methane powered
intergovernmental rocket Zhuque-2, Y-3 successfully
organization headquartered tested satellites - China.
in Rome, Italy. ➢ First urban flood mitigation project
➢ First woman medical officer to be approved by Central Government –
deployed in Siachen - Captain Fatima in Chennai.
Wasim ➢ Donald Tusk becomes the new Prime
➢ India's Nikhil Dey honoured with Minister of Poland.
International Anti-Corruption ➢ 33rd Vyas Samman – To Pushpa
Champion Award by USA. Bharti (Moradabad)
➢ Green Rising Initiative – Launched ➢ Nari Shakti Savings Account
during COP-28 by UNICEF + launched by Bank of India.
Government of India. ➢ Italy's Order of Merit awarded to
➢ Italy left out of China's Belt and Road actor Kabir Bedi.
Initiative ➢ WTA Player of the Year Award 2023
➢ India's rank in the Global Climate won by Iga Swiatek (Poland)
Change Performance Index released ➢ World's first fourth generation gas-
by Germanwatch - 7th. cooled nuclear reactor ‘Shidaowan
➢ Organization of International Plant' unveiled in China.
Investment Conference – for the first ➢ COP-29 will be held in Baku,
time in India Azerbaijan in 2024.
➢ Jammu and Kashmir Reservation, ➢ Myanmar becomes the world's
Reorganization (Amendment) Bill largest opium producing country
2023 ➢ Supreme Court launches AI powered
o Earlier there were 107 seats regional language translation tool -
in Jammu and Kashmir SUVAS
Assembly, now there are 114. o Full name – Supreme Court
Earlier there were 2 Vidhik Anuvaad Software
nominated members in the o On this occasion, to
Assembly, now there will be commemorate the
5. completion of 50 years of
o For Scheduled Caste - 7 seats Kesavanand Bharti case, it
o For Scheduled Tribes - there was made available in 10
will be 9 seats. Indian languages.
➢ Kashvi Gautam becomes the most ➢ First survey ship commissioned into
expensive uncapped player in the Indian Navy – 'Sandhayak'
Women's Premier League, 2024 ➢ World Soil Day – 05 December
auction. ➢ Theme – Soil and Water, Source of
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Intelligence (GPAI) – in New Delhi.

➢ Revanth Reddy became the new ➢ Egypt's remote sensing satellite

Chief Minister of Telangana. MISRSAT-2 launched by China.
➢ President of Kenya on visit to India - ➢ Became the first woman to
William Samoei Ruto command the Mars Rover mission on
➢ INS Vikramaditya, INS Vikrant will Mars- Dr. Akshata Krishnamurthy.
participate in the International Naval ➢ UNESCO declared India's 15th
Exercise to be held in intangible cultural heritage element
Visakhapatnam in 2024. - Garba dance, Gujarat.
➢ PM Modi inaugurates 10 thousandth ➢ The 91st General Assembly of
Janaushadhi Center – in Deodhar, Interpol was held in Austria.
Jharkhand. ➢ Time Magazine Person of the Year
➢ Pune-based Armed Forces Medical 2023 – Mega pop star Taylor Swift
College honored with President's and Time Magazine Athlete of the
Color Award - President Draupadi Year – Lionel Messi
Murmu. ➢ 4 women from India included in the
➢ Global Technology Summit hosted by Forbes list of 100 most powerful
India women in the world, including
➢ 9th India Food Expo 2023 organized Finance Minister Nirmala
in Lucknow. Sitharaman at 32nd place.
➢ Murali Sreesanka (Kerala) will ➢ India's safest city according to NCRB
receive the Jimmy George Award for - Kolkata
Best Player ➢ AI model 'Gemini' – launched by
➢ 'Faster 2.0 Portal' - Launched by CJI Google
Chandrachud for speedy ➢ GI Tag to Lakadong Turmeric –
implementation of court orders. Meghalaya
➢ World's largest single site solar ➢ NASA's AWE mission will be
power plant 'Al Dhafra' inaugurated launched to study space weather.
in UAE ➢ ASEAN India Grassroots Innovation
➢ WISE Award – Safina Hussain (for Forum – held in Malaysia.
bringing back the marginalized ➢ Virgin Atlantic Airlines first
education of school girls into the commercial airline in the world to
mainstream). use 100 percent sustainable aviation
➢ Freedom Ship - America will build fuel.
the world's largest cruise ship. ➢ India's largest circular railway will
➢ JT-60 SA– The world's largest be established in Bengaluru.
nuclear fusion plant by Japan. ➢ India's first telecom center of
➢ A total of 3 Indian companies excellence will be built in
included in SIPRI's list of global 100 Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh.
arms producing companies. ➢ Cost of Living Report-2 expensive
o Hindustan Aeronautics cities of the world in 2023 –
o Bharat Electronics Singapore, Zurich
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Green Credit Initiative.

➢ VR Lalithambika - This ISRO scientist ➢ Prerna Devasthali became the first

received France's highest civilian woman officer to command a
award warship in the Indian Navy.
➢ 5th World Ayurveda Festival ➢ RBI signed agreement with which
inaugurated in Kerala. country on bond clearing settlement
o Topic: Emerging challenges in – England
health and a resurgent ➢ With which country India restarted
Ayurveda the import of crude oil - Venezuela
➢ Manisha Pathi became India's first ➢ Andry Nirina Rajoelina becomes the
woman Assistant-D-Camp (ADC) in new President of Madagascar.
the Air Force. ➢ Kanchan Devi became the first
➢ Recently 115 million years old shark woman director of the Indian
fossil found - Jaisalmer, Rajasthan Council of Forestry Research and
➢ Amplifi 2.0 Portal (Assessment and Education.
Monitoring Platform for Liveable, ➢ 'The Hump Second World War
Inclusive, and Future-Ready Urban Museum' was inaugurated in which
India) – Launched by the Union state of India - Arunachal Pradesh
Ministry of Housing and Urban ➢ Oxford World of the Year 2023 - Rizz
Affairs to make city data easily ➢ FIFA U-17 World Cup won - Germany
available. (defeated France)
➢ India's rank-49 in the World Digital ➢ Which Indian state's 'Jal Jeevan
Competitiveness Ranking 2023 Hariyali Abhiyan' was recognized in
released by IMD COP 28 held in Dubai city of UAE -
➢ Re-elected to the International Bihar
Maritime Organization - India ➢ Para archer Sheetal Devi received
➢ Cyclonic storm in the Bay of Bengal - the 'Best Young Athlete' award at the
Michaung Asian Awards Conference.
o Naming: By Myanmar. ➢ 'Gram Manchitra' – Issued by the
➢ The world's first portable hospital Ministry of Panchayati Raj.
'Arogya Maitri Aid Cube' was
inaugurated in Haryana.
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November 2023
➢ Encore App - Related to Election ➢ Operation Al Aqsa Flood- A sudden
Commission attack on Israel by Hamas.
➢ Bletchley Declaration - during the ➢ Iron Swords – Israel's response to Al
first AI Safety Summit 2023 in Aqsa
England ➢ The country's first bio-diversity
➢ Became the new Chief Information genetic silk tech park is being built in
Commissioner (CIC) – Hiralal Panchmarhi, Madhya Pradesh.
Samaria ➢ India National Cyber Security
➢ First player to be timed out in ICC – Exercise – held in New Delhi.
Angelo Mathews (Sri Lanka) ➢ First Military Heritage Festival-in
➢ Udgam Portal - By R.B.I to trace New Delhi
unclaimed money. ➢ Which country demanded India to
➢ Won gold medal for the first time in withdraw its troops from there –
archery in the 19th Asian Games - Maldives
1. Jyoti Surekha 2. Ojat Devatale ➢ Rare metal found in Sutlej river –
➢ Cookery dishes have been given G.I. Tantalum (this is a rare metal, which
Tag- Jammu Kashmir is used in electronic equipment)
➢ Churpi Paneer made from yak milk ➢ Missile Pralay – Surface-to-surface
has got G.I. Tag- Arunachal Pradesh missile
➢ SPECS 2030 Initiative – by WHO ➢ Which country sent the youngest
➢ Cyclone exercise by Indian Navy- In crew into space – China
Goa ➢ The first woman judge of the
➢ World's second largest Hindu temple Supreme Court and former Governor
outside India - in New Jersey, USA of Tamil Nadu who passed away
➢ Sri Lanka became the President of recently – Fatima Bibi
Indian Ocean Rim Association ➢ Advanced AI 'Olympus' is being
➢ Samia Hasan was awarded the developed by Amazon. This chat will
doctorate degree from JNU compete with GPT and 'Bard'.
➢ Vandan Yojana for development of ➢ PM Kisan Bhai (PM Kisan Storage
religious places - Uttar Pradesh Initiative) – implemented by the
➢ Satyajit Ray Excellence in Film Agriculture Ministry for three years
Lifetime Award- Michael Douglas. including 2023-24
➢ President's Color Award received - - Objective – To eliminate the
Naga Battalion. prevailing monopoly of traders and
➢ 3rd edition of Global Maritime India middlemen in agricultural markets.
Summit 2023 – in Mumbai - Currently, it has been started on
➢ Vinzhijam international port opened pilot basis in 7 states.
in Kerala ➢ 7th Future Investment Initiative
➢ The first ship from China arrived 2023- Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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➢ Trishakti Prahar joint exercise of ➢ Theme of 8th National Ayurveda Day

three armies – in Jaisalmer, 2023- Ayurveda for One Health
Rajasthan ➢ Tag Line – Ayurveda for Everyone
➢ Exercise Surya Kiran – India+Nepal, and Every Day
in Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand ➢ Grammy Award nominated song
➢ India-US joint exercise Vajra Prahar – 'Avendance in Millets' written by
in Umroi, Meghalaya Prime Minister Modi
➢ Ballon d'Or Award - Lionel Messi ➢ Booker Prize 2023- Paullinch
(8th time) received (Ireland) for his novel
➢ Russia withdrew from the Treaty on Prophet Songs.
Conventional Armed Forces of ➢ Bharat Flour Initiative To reduce the
Europe burden of food inflation, the
➢ First Lifetime Disturbing the Peace government will sell wheat flour at
Award – Salman Rushdie Rs 27.50/kg.
➢ Javier Milley becomes the new ➢ New 'rule' of bowling in the
President of Argentina International Cricket Council - 'Stop
➢ Changemaker of the Year Award – Clock'. If it takes more than 60
RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das seconds to bowl the next over, there
➢ Daniel Noboa became the youngest will be a penalty of 05 runs on the
President of Ecuador bowling team if it does so for the
➢ JCB Prize for Literature 2023 – Tamil third time.
writer Perumal Murugan for his ➢ Ayushman Bharat Health and
novel 'Firebird' Wellness Centers will be renamed as
➢ Pankaj Tripathi becomes UPI – Ayushman Arogya Mandir.
security ambassador ➢ Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy (Cricket)
➢ Eat Right Station Certification 2023. Punjab won, defeating Baroda
received – Rangiya and Mariani ➢ Saudi Arabia will host FIFA 2034
railway stations of Assam. ➢ A-HELP Programme- Launched in
➢ Christopher Luxon became the 42nd Jharkhand jointly by the Ministry of
Prime Minister of New Zealand. Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and
➢ Best in Inland Fisheries Category - Dairying and the Ministry of Rural
Award to Uttar Pradesh Development.
➢ U.N. Re-elected to Advisory In this, women should be included as
Committee (2024-26) – Surendra recognized agents and make them
Adhana empowered who contributes to
➢ 72nd Miss Universe - Shennis animal tagging and livestock
Palacios (Nicaragua) insurance for disease control.
➢ Saima Wajed (Bangladesh) became ➢ India won bronze medal in ISSF
WHO's regional director for South World Cup Final 2023 – Anish
East Asia. Manwala
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➢ Har Ghar Solar Campaign – by UP ➢ Mapping Museum inaugurated in

Government in Lucknow and Uttarakhand.
Varanasi. ➢ Global Fisheries Conference India
➢ 37th National Games in Goa 2023 – in Ahmedabad
- Mascot- Moga ➢ Koinu Storm affected- China and
- Maharashtra got the top position in Hong Kong
this. (228 medals) ➢ Sixth Global Disaster Management
➢ Para Asian Games 2023- Held in Conference - Dehradun
Hangzhou, China. Topic- Strengthening Climate Action
India at 5th position, total 111 and Disaster Resilience
medals with 29 gold ➢ Bhutan is the first country in the
➢ First Australia-India Education and world to sterilize and vaccinate stray
Skills Council meeting – in dogs.
Gandhinagar. ➢ 2 cities of India included in UNESCO
➢ 13th ODI Cricket World Cup 2023 Creative Cities Network-
Total Teams – 10, Total Matches – 48 1- Gwalior (for music)
- Winner- Australia (6th time) 2- Kozhikode (for literary works)
- Runner up- India ➢ India's first polythene waste bank
- Player of the Tournament / Golden was started by - Uttarakhand.
Bat - Virat Kohli ➢ A cargo ship named Galaxy Leader
➢ 23rd Indian Ocean Rim Association was hijacked in the Red Sea by
Council of Ministers Meeting – held Yemen's rebel organization Houthi.
in Colombo, Sri Lanka. ➢ Jhulaghat Suspension Bridge – over
India has held the position of Vice the Mahakali River, between India
President of the RIM Association for and Nepal
the next 20 years. ➢ The first women's station in the
➢ ASEAN-India Nutritious Grains country to be certified by ISO -
Festival 2022 – in Indonesia Bhopal
➢ Operation Zindagi – To rescue ➢ Nepal is the first South Asian
workers from the Silkyara tunnel country to recognize gay marriage.
accident in Uttarkashi ➢ Foundation Literary Festival 2023
(Uttarakhand). organized in Bengaluru.
➢ India has become the President of ➢ America created the world's first
International Sugar Organization vaccine 'Ixchiq' to prevent
(ISO) for the year 2024. Chikungunya.
➢ AI Security Summit – in UK. ➢ Aina Portal- By Ministry of Housing
Topic- AI for Good and Urban Affairs
➢ In which country did State Bank of ➢ Picasso's second most expensive
India open its new branch - Sri painting recently sold-Femme ella
Lanka. Montre (Woman with the Watch)
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➢ India's first mapping museum- ➢ Mitti Cafe, run by disabled people,

George Everest was inaugurated by D.Y.
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Chandrachud- In the Supreme Court ➢ Who is the first Indian to win gold in
premises. Para canoe in Asian Para Games
➢ In which country the United Nations 2023 – Prachi Yadav
described the severe flood as a 'once ➢ Nilavu Kudicha Simhangal (The Lion
in a century' event - Somalia Who Drank the Moonlight) –
➢ Japan has become the first country Biography of ISRO Chairman S
in the world to launch an Swaminathan.
electromagnetic railgun from an ➢ Government excluded CERT-In from
offshore vessel. the scope of RTI
➢ Collins Dictionary's Word of the ➢ Launch of Anti-Submarine Warfare -
Year– AI Amini
➢ India's second floating CNG station- ➢ Who made a goodwill visit to
Varanasi Namibia- INS Sumedha
➢ Space on Wheels – ISRO + Vigyan ➢ 'Women for water and water for
Bharti in Arunachal Pradesh women campaign' - by Ministry of
➢ World Health Summit 2023 held in Housing and Urban Affairs
Germany. ➢ Air defense system 'S-400' received
➢ Clean Festival Healthy Festival – For from Russia was named - Sudarshan
cleanliness before Diwali by UP ➢ Election Commission's software
Government. system for election management -
➢ By when did the Prime Minister give Full name of ENCORE - Enabling
ISRO the target to set up an Communication on Real Time
indigenous space station – by the Environment
year 2035. ➢ The first foreign company to receive
➢ Which crew-scape model of Mission 100 percent FDI in India's defense
Gaganyaan was tested by ISRO- TV- projects - Sweden's 'Saab' company.
D1 ➢ India Global Forum Middle East and
➢ Digi Kavach – Launched by Google, Africa 2023 event – in Dubai.
against online fraud ➢ After Nepal, which country has now
allowed gay marriage – Thailand. 12
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➢ Aspirational City Plan - by Uttar - India won a total of 107 medals
Pradesh Government. with 28 gold, 38 silver and 41 bronze
- For the most backward 100 urban medals.
bodies with population of 20 ➢ International Olympic Committee –
thousand to 1 lakh. Held at Jio World Centre, Mumbai.
➢ The 8th Eastern Economic Forum ➢ World Health Summit was held in
2023 took place in Russia. Berlin, Germany.
➢ Jamarani Dam Multipurpose Project- - This is where India started the
in Uttarakhand 75/25 initiative.
➢ Zurich Diamond League 2023 – Held - Which aims to provide screening
in Switzerland. and standard care to 75 million
- Neeraj Chopra got silver medal in individuals suffering from high blood
this. pressure and diabetes by the year
➢ 14th World Spice Conference 2023- 2025.
in Mumbai ➢ Nobel Prize 2023
➢ Uttar Pradesh Krishi Kumbh 2.0 A. In Physics - Pierre Agostini, Anne
Program – Lucknow, UP. L'huilier and Ferenc Krausz
➢ 5 new sports will be included in the B. In Chemistry – (for discovery of
Olympic Games to be held in Los quantum dots) Moungi G Bawendi,
Angeles in 2028- Alexey Ekimov and Lewis E. Brus
1- T-20 cricket C. Kaitlin Karico, Drew Weissman in
2- Baseball Medicine
3- Flag football D. John Okav Fosse (Norway) in
4- Lacrosse Literature
5- Swacash E. Peace to Nargis Mohammadi
➢ 8th BRICS International (Iran)
Competitiveness Conference – in F. Claudia Goldin (USA) of Economics
New Delhi - to increase understanding of
➢ ISA Steel Inca Build Summit 2023- in women in the labour market.
Lucknow - Goldin is the third woman to be
➢ With which country did India hold honoured with this award.
the first 2+2 foreign and defense ➢ The first joint naval exercise
talks – With Britain between India and the European
➢ The 19th Asian Games 2022 took Union took place near the Gulf of
place in China. Guinea.
- Motto: Heart to Heart @ Future ➢ Operation Ajay- To bring back
- A total of 61 sports were competed. Indians trapped in Israel-Hamas war
- Most medals won- 1. China 2. Japan by the Government of India.
3. Republic Korea 4. India ➢ Author of the book 'The Book of Life:
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➢ First mega defense event 'East Tech ➢ Indian women's national team head
2023' - Guwahati, Assam coach- Amol Majumdar
➢ Indian Navy gets third steel ➢ New Governor of Odisha - Raghubar
destroyer 'Imphal' Das
➢ National Skill and Development ➢ New Governor of Tripura- Indrasena
Corporation and Coca-Cola India Reddy
together launch 'Super Power Retail ➢ Taiwan unveils its first domestically
Programme' with an aim to built submarine – Haikun
empower the retail community in ➢ Antitank Mines – Vibhav joins Indian
the states of Odisha and Uttar Army
Pradesh. ➢ Europe's first private rocket – Miura
➢ Slovakia's new PM – Robert Fico 1 launched
➢ 16th Navratna Company – RITES Establishment of 6G Lab by Nokia in
Limited Bengaluru.
➢ 15th Navratna Company – IRCON ➢ Global Brand Ambassador of ODI
- Both these companies are related Cricket World Cup - Sachin
to railways. Tendulkar
➢ India signs MoU with UAE to achieve ➢ Aridam Bangchi becomes India's
cooperation on green hydrogen permanent representative in the
supply chain and power grid United Nations
interconnection ➢ Amazon's first satellite launched to
➢ Best Tourism Village Award – provide space internet service –
Dhordo, Gujarat under Project Kuiper
➢ India signs MoU with Japan for ➢ China is making the world's most
semiconductor ecosystem powerful undersea telescope. Name
development after USA. – Trident (Neutrino Particle
➢ Harvard Law School's Global Detector)
Leadership Award to Chief Justice DY - This project will start in 2026.
Chandrachud ➢ First Arab traveler to spend 6
➢ Mohammed Muju becomes the new months in space station – Al Neyadi
President of Maldives (UAE)
➢ Received Global Indian Award - ➢ Bishan Singh Bedi passes away -
Sudha Murthy Former Indian cricketer
- Gala Award – This award is given by ➢ Psyche mission is of NASA.
Canada India Foundation. ➢ Father of Green Revolution- MS
Sudhamurthy is the first woman to Swaminathan passes away.
receive this award. - He was awarded Padma Shri in
➢ Saraswati Samman 2022 to Tamil 1967, Ramon Magsaysay in 1971,
writer Sivakankari for her novel First World Food Award in 1978 and
'Suryavasham'. Padma Vibhushan in 1989.
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➢ Indramani Pandey becomes the new ➢ Dr. M.S. Gill passed away
Secretary General of BIMSTEC - He was the 11th Election
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Commissioner of India.
➢ Joint Space Venture Initiative- by ➢ India's rank in Global Hunger Index

I2U2 countries 2023- 111
➢ America's Frank Rubio returned ➢ Where did Foreign Minister S.
after spending how many days on Jaishankar unveil the statue of
the International Space Station – 371 Rabindranath Tagore – in Bac Ninh,
days Vietnam
➢ Tectonic plate named Pontus was ➢ One Nation-One Student ID Full
discovered - in Borneo, Pacific name of APAAR- Automated
Ocean. Permanent Academic Account
➢ Skills on Wheels Initiative – by Registry
National Skill Development ➢ Name of Bangladesh's first regional
Corporation + IndusInd Bank. rapid transit system rail service –
➢ Project Udbhav- by the Ministry of Namo Bharat
Defence, to promote Indianisation ➢ East Asia's first and fastest high
and modernisation. speed railway Whoosh inaugurated -
➢ Second malaria vaccine approved by in Indonesia
WHO - R21/Matrix-M ➢ The first naval museum will be built
➢ Britain is going to make the world's in the state of Uttar Pradesh –
most powerful laser under the Lucknow.
'Vulcan 20-20' project. ➢ Cyclonic storm in Arabian Sea named
➢ Most punctual airport in the world – Tej – India named it
Kempegowda International Airport, ➢ Where was the 19 feet high 'Statue of
Bangalore Equality' statue of Dr. Ambedkar
installed outside India - in USA
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September 2023
➢ Nari Shakti Vandan Act: - 106th ➢ Inauguration of 'Udaan Bhawan' - at
Constitution Amendment Act (128th Safdarjung Airport, Delhi
Amendment Bill) ➢ Developed a method to convert
- It will reserve 1/3 seats for women regular human skin cells into
in the Lok Sabha, State Legislative pluripotent stem- IIT Guwahati
Assemblies and the Legislative ➢ A state-of-the-art autonomous anti-
Assembly of National Capital drone system powered by artificial
Territory of Delhi. intelligence – 'Indrajal'
- This Act amends Article 239AA ➢ India's first Population Fund +
(regarding Delhi) and adds three Government of Madhya Pradesh
new Articles 330A, 332A and 334A. - develops a chatbot to create
- At present there are 82 women MPs awareness about sexual and
in the Lok Sabha and 31 in the Rajya reproductive health and rights in
Sabha. India - Just Ask
➢ India's first lighthouse festival ➢ LUPEX Mission – India + Japan
inaugurated - Panaji, Goa government will jointly do the next
➢ Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana moon mission.
extended till 2025-26 o LUPEX - Lunar Polar
➢ 'Amrit Kalash Yatra' under 'Meri Mati Exploration Mission
Mera Desh' - inaugurated by Amit ➢ Rare metal Vanadium discovered -
Shah from Delhi Gulf of Khambhat, Gujarat
➢ 2 sites of India included in UNESCO ➢ World's oldest wooden structure
World Heritage List discovered - in Zambia.
o 41st - Shantiniketan (West ➢ Experiment of producing oxygen on
Bengal) Mars was done by NASA's
o 42nd - Hoysala Temple Perseverance Rover.
(Karnataka) ➢ World's first humanoid robot pilot
➢ Launch of 3 initiatives related to developed by South Korea - PIBOT
agriculture sector- ➢ Moon Sniper - Japan's Moon mission
1- Farmer Loan Portal (KRP) to land in February 2024, making
2- Door-to-door KCC campaign Japan the fifth country to
3- Weather Information Network successfully land on the Moon
Data System (WINDS Manual) ➢ Which country's GPS system is
➢ Became the 53rd tiger reserve of the installed in Apple's iPhone 15
country – Veerangana Durgavati Promax - India's NAVIC
Tiger Reserve, Madhya Pradesh. ➢ First indigenous e-tractor- CSIR
➢ NCERT got the status of deemed Prima ET-1L
university on its 63rd foundation ➢ India's first village atlas - released by
day. Goa Government.
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way messages from sea to sea - ➢ Theme of World Ozone Day 2023-
'Nabhamitra' Montreal Protocol: Fixing the Ozone
➢ 65th Ramon Magsaysay Award 2023 Layer and Reducing Climate Change
– To Dr. Ravi Kannan (Oncologist) ➢ Foundation stone of world's highest
➢ INS Mahendragiri launched in Nyoma airbase laid in Ladakh
Mumbai ➢ Exercise Zayed Talwar held –
➢ Miss Earth India 2023 – Priyan Sen between India + UAE Navies –
(Rajasthan) Rashid Port, Dubai
➢ India's first Unmanned Aerial ➢ Asian Development Bank (ADB) to
Systems General Training Center – set up Climate Change and Health
Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu. Center in Delhi
➢ The Grand Cross of the Order of ➢ Jaya Verma Sinha became the new
Honor – Greece's second highest chairperson and CEO of Railway
civilian honor – to PM Modi. Board.
➢ Israel's Advanced Intelligence ➢ Education to Entrepreneurship
Gathering Aircraft – Oron Initiative – in collaboration with
➢ Hemant Biswa Sharma received Ministry of Education + Ministry of
Singapore's Lee Kuan UExchange Skill Development + META
Fellowship. o A three-year partnership
➢ Operation Vigil – Off the western aimed at empowering a
coast by the Indian Coast Guard generation of students,
➢ Intercontinental ballistic missile teachers and entrepreneurs.
Minuteman-3 tested - USA ➢ Srettha Thavisin became the new
➢ Swati Nayak received Norman Prime Minister of Thailand.
Borlaug Field Award. ➢ Tharman Shanmugaratnam becomes
➢ Waheeda Rehman received the 53rd the new President of Singapore.
Dadasaheb Phalke Lifetime ➢ To make the disabled people
Achievement Award. employable, Amazon India has
➢ First Drone Exhibition 'Bharat Drone signed an agreement with 5 state
Shakti' - at Hindon Airport, governments – Haryana,
Ghaziabad. Maharashtra, Gujarat, Karnataka,
➢ 13th Dr. MS Swaminathan Award Tamil Nadu.
2023 -Dr. Surinder Sehgal o This agreement will remain in
➢ Theme of the 6th National Nutrition force till 2026.
Week celebrated in the first week of ➢ New FTII Chairman – R. Madhavan
September – Well-nourished India, (before this there was Shekhar
Literate India, Empowered India. Kapur.)
➢ NATO's largest military exercise ➢ Indian High Commission CDA in
'State Fast Defender' will take place Islamabad appointed - Geetika
in 2024 - in Germany, Poland and Srivastava
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three Baltic countries ➢ Former judge NV Ramana become

member of the prestigious
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Singapore International Mediation o For improving the breed of

Centre. cattle and increasing milk
➢ First woman Speaker of Odisha productivity.
Legislative Assembly- Pramila Malik. ➢ NADA imposed doping ban of 4
➢ Goa Shipyard Limited signed an years- Duti Chand
agreement with which country for ➢ 43rd ASEAN Summit – in Jakarta,
cooperation in ship design and Indonesia
construction – Kenya ➢ 18th G-20 Summit- Bharat
➢ E-Governance National Award 2023 Mandapam, New Delhi
– SVAMITVA Scheme (Ministry of - Subject- Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam,
Panchayati Raj) One Earth, One Family, One Future
➢ India Smart City Awards - Best State - New member- African Union
Category - 1. Madhya Pradesh, 2. ➢ 31st FISQ World University Games
Tamil Nadu, 3. Rajasthan and Uttar 2021 held in China.
Pradesh - India ranked 7th with a total of 26
- In Union Territories - Chandigarh medals.
- In smart city category – 1. Indore, 2. ➢ India Smart Cities Conclave 2023 –
Surat, 3. Agra in Indore
➢ ISRO scientist who voiced the ➢ US open tennis 2023
countdown of Chandrayaan-3 launch - Men's Singles Winner - Novak
passes away – N Valaramathi. Djokovic (Serbia)
➢ 16th ODI Asia Cup Cricket 2023 – - Women's Singles Winner- Coco
Held in Sri Lanka and Pakistan. Gauff (USA)
o Winner- India (8th time) ➢ International Trade Show in Greater
o Runner up- Sri Lanka Noida (This is the first one to be held
o Virat Kohli became the fastest in Uttar Pradesh.)
player to score 13 thousand ➢ The world's first portable hospital
runs in one-day matches has been inaugurated in India -
(broke Sachin Tendulkar's Arogya Maitri Tube.
record) o This project is a component
➢ UN Biodiversity's FUNGA campaign- of Project Bheeshma
to emphasize the importance of ➢ 26th National e-Governance
fungi. Conference - Indore, Madhya
➢ Universal pension scheme started - Pradesh
Government of Bangladesh o Topic: Developed India,
➢ 13th International Bike Racing Strong India
Competition MotoGP India 2023 ➢ President inaugurates 12 feet high
organized - Noida statue of Gandhiji and Gandhi Vatika
o 1st place- Marco Beschi - Rajghat, Delhi
(Italy) ➢ Becomes Bangladesh's largest export
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➢ 5th Regional Meeting of ➢ India's first hydrogen fuel plant will

International Solar Alliance held in be established in Jamshedpur.
Kigali, Rwanda. ➢ 'Bharat Utsav' organized on the
➢ India's first Agricultural Data occasion of India's Independence
Exchange (ADex) launched Day (15 August) - in Dubai
Agricultural Data Management ➢ Which country developed the first
Framework (ADMF) in Hyderabad. artificial human embryo model –
➢ International Conference on Dam Israel
Safety - in Jaipur ➢ Which country's Supreme Court
o Topic: Safe and secure dams removed abortion from the category
will ensure the prosperity of of crime - Mexico
the nation. ➢ 'Voice to Parliament' to give rights to
➢ 10,000 e-buses will run on PPP indigenous people - Australia
model for the next 10 years ➢ Chairman of the committee formed
o Under PM e-bus service for one nation, one election – former
➢ India's rank in World Economic President Ramnath Kovind
Freedom Index- 87 ➢ October declared as 'Hindu Heritage
Month' - Georgia.
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➢ India became the fourth country to ➢ Total number of tigers in India now –
make a soft landing on the Moon and 3682
the first country to land on the South - Most tigers – MP, Karnataka
Pole of the Moon. - In Uttar Pradesh – 205 tigers
➢ Autonomous underwater vehicle ➢ Moon mission 'Luna 25' of Russia
launched to detect landmines under ➢ Surya Mission Aditya L-1 India's first
water- Neerakshi Aditya L-1 is being launched by ISRO
➢ Founder of Sulabh International – to study the upper part of the Sun,
Vindeshwar Pathak passes away chromosphere and corona, will be
➢ 1St AYUSH Medical Visa – by placed in Halo orbit close to
Ministry of Home Affairs Langrange Point.
o Objective: To develop medical ➢ National Icon of Election
tourism in India. Commission of India- Sachin
➢ India's first long range revolver- Tendulkar
Prabal ➢ Maharashtra's first Udyog Ratna
➢ David Sling, the most advanced air Award – to Ratan Tata
defence system ever developed by ➢ Got the status of 13th Maharatna
Israel (in collaboration with USA) company - Oil India Limited
➢ Hun Manet became the new Prime ➢ 'Akira' remained in discussion -
Minister of Cambodia Ransomware virus
➢ Iran's most powerful drone - ➢ Development of new variety of lotus
Muhajir-10 – Namoh 108
➢ India's first 3D printed post office in ➢ Drone Flight Drive Initiative –
Karnataka Training and financial assistance to
➢ James Ferguson Jim Scaia becomes women SHGs with the aim of
the new Chairman of IPCC (UK) upliftment of rural community.
➢ Re-elected President of Uzbekistan- ➢ Defence Ministry's indigenously
Shavkat Mirziyoyev developed operating system – Maya
➢ Author of the recently released book ➢ National Geoscience Award- Dr. Om
'Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam: Memories Narayan Bhargava
Never Die' - Dr. Najma Maraikayar ➢ Naval exercise 'Malabar' of Quad
➢ Testing of India's first manned ocean countries held - off the coast of
submarine - Matsya 6000 Australia
➢ Chairperson of the 62nd session of ➢ UNESCO Asia Pacific Cultural
the UN Social Development Heritage Award – Byculla Railway
Commission - Ruchira Kamboj (India Station (Mumbai)
will chair it till 2027) ➢ Indian Navy gets sixth stealth frigate
➢ Justice Prakash Srivastava became – INS Vindhyagiri
the new Chairman of NGT. ➢ 69th National Film Awards 2021
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o Best Hindi Film - Sardar Objective: To transform every

Udham district of India into an export center
o Actor- Allu Arjun (Pushpa) by promoting its specific products.
o Actress- Kriti Sanon (Mimi), ➢ One Tap, One Tree Campaign – Free
Aliyabhatt(Gangubai saplings will be distributed by UP
Kathiawar) government with every new tap
➢ 15th BRICS Summit - Johannesburg, connection in rural areas.
South Africa ➢ India's first night street racing circuit
➢ 6 new member countries will join in Chennai, Tamil Nadu
BRICS. ➢ Obra D Thermal Project- UP Cabinet
1. Iran, 2. Saudi Arabia, 3. Egypt, 4. approved to build it in Sonbhadra.
Argentina, 5. UAE, 6. Ethiopia ➢ First Indian to win gold medal in
➢ Russia will chair BRICS in 2024. World Athletics- Neeraj Chopra.
➢ Gravitational hole discovered by IISc ➢ 7th Asian Hockey Champions Trophy
Bangalore in Indian Ocean 2023- Concluded in Tamil Nadu.
➢ 9th India International MSME Expo ➢ Fourth International Drone Expo-
& Summit 2023 – held in New Delhi. held in New Delhi
➢ India's first hydrogen fuel cell driven ➢ Indonesia to launch its own Golden
bus service launched in Ladakh Visa program
➢ Jal Jeevan Survekshan by Jal Shakti ➢ Civil-20 Summit- Jaipur in Rajasthan
Ministry ➢ Country's first e-sports academy- in
- Srinagar first position in front Madhya Pradesh.
runner category ➢ First Traditional Medicine Global
➢ Indian Mango Festival 'Aamras' was Summit- Gandhinagar
organized in - Russia ➢ 5th World Coffee Conference- in
➢ Single men serving in All India Bangalore, India
Services will get leave for the care of ➢ New Car Assessment Program
their children below 18 years of age (NCAP) – Launched by Nitin Gadkari
– 730 days. to raise the safety standards of
➢ Clean Air Survey 2023- by CPCB vehicles.
o Top cities in the category of ➢ 9th FIFA Women's World Cup 2023-
population more than 10 lakh Held in Australia
- 1. Indore, 2. Agra, 3. Thane, Winner- Spain (1st time)
4. Srinagar, 5. Bhopal. Runner up – England
➢ State with highest number of Jan ➢ Indian women's team captain to be
Dhan beneficiaries- 1. Bihar, 2. Uttar suspended from two international
Pradesh matches - Harmanpreet Kaur
➢ Where will the world's largest ➢ Centre launches app to promote
museum 'Yuge Yugin Bharat National basic literacy - ULLAS
Museum' be built in New Delhi? ➢ Jaldost airboat (to remove weeds
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Antyodaya Scheme launched by ➢ country's first prestigious on-site
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➢ 18th trachoma free country - Iraq ➢ ISRO + JAXA together will send to
➢ 31st World University Games - held the moon - LUPEX
in China ➢ Temple Museum in UP – Ayodhya.
➢ Supreme Court launches ➢ National Smart City Award
Suswagatam portal to create e-pass - In cities- Indore
➢ Samudra App launched – for sailors - In the state – Madhya Pradesh
and fishermen. - UT-Chandigarh
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➢ Mera Gaon, Meri Dharohar Initiative ➢ Launched its first international
– by Ministry of Culture, for cultural payment gateway in Malaysia –
mapping of all villages in India. Razor Pay.
➢ Threads app launched for micro ➢ Health emergency declared in Peru
blogging - Meta due to Guillain Barré syndrome.
➢ Agreement for Rupee Transactions ➢ World's largest private commercial
(UPI) for Indian tourists signed communication satellite - Jupiter-3
between India and France ➢ Agreement signed for cooperation in
➢ The Rising Star Award received by the field of election management and
Coal India Limited administration - between India and
➢ Inauguration of navigation system Panama
built into ships-sea connectivity ➢ Scotch Gold Award received by
towards promotion of digitalization Jammu Kashmir Rural Livelihood
in maritime areas Mission.
➢ 'Urea Gold Scheme' under PM ➢ Hasmukh Adhia elected as Chairman
Pranam Yojana - to overcome the of GIFT City Limited
deficiency of sulfur in the soil. ➢ Lokmanya Tilak Award 2023- PM
➢ Solar Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope - Narendra Modi
in Pune ➢ Director-General of the UN Food and
➢ Target to eliminate sickle cell anemia Agriculture Organization - Qiu
by 2047 Dongyu
➢ Joha rice which was in discussion – ➢ Most Preferred Workplace Award in
is grown in North-East India. (Keeps 2023-24 – NTPC Limited
sugar under control) ➢ Through the Broken Glass: An
➢ New Swarnim Yojana- Loan up to Rs Autobiography - T.N.Sheshan
2 lakh at 5 percent interest rate for ➢ Ambassador and Permanent
women entrepreneurs from Representative of India to the World
backward classes by the Ministry of Trade Organization – Brajendra
Social Justice and Empowerment. Navneet
➢ New variety of wheat - PBW RS1 ➢ Operation Bahadur and Operation
➢ 5th Heli Summit 2023- Khajuraho, Trinetra-II were conducted by the
Madhya Pradesh. Indian Army in Jammu and Kashmir.
➢ Startup-20 summit held in ➢ Edgars Rinkevics (gay) became the
Gurugram. 11th President of Latvia.
➢ India's first AI generated regional ➢ World's first methane-liquid oxygen
news anchor-Lisa in Odisha rocket Zhuque-2 successfully
➢ India-UK Hydrogen Sprint begins in launched into space - China
Bengaluru. ➢ First Arab country to get observer
status in Asia Pacific Money
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➢ Who received France's highest o Reliance Industries, 2. HDFC

civilian honor 'Grand Cross of the Bank, 3. TCS
Legion of Honour' - PM Modi. ➢ New software technology parks will
➢ Phosphine was discovered in the be built in 4 cities of UP - Agra,
atmosphere of Venus. Bareilly, Gorakhpur, Varanasi.
➢ 23rd SCO The conference – held ➢ 22nd Renewable Energy Congress –
virtually under the chairmanship of in Malaysia
India. ➢ NATO Summit 2023- in Lithuania
o India hosted this conference ➢ Indian mixed reality show- launched
for the first time. by Meta
o It will be chaired by ➢ Bharat Dal Brand- Government will
Kazakhstan in 2024. sell gram pulses at Rs.60/Kg under
➢ Third Export Readiness Index - subsidy.
Released by NITI Aayog ➢ Techno-Commercial Readiness and
o Among big and coastal states Market Maturity Matrix (TCRM
– 1. Tamil Nadu, 2. Matrix) framework – Released by
Maharashtra, 3. Karnataka NITI Aayog to promote innovation
o Among the Union Territories, and entrepreneurship
1. Goa, 2. Jammu and Kashmir, ➢ World's first heritage river front- in
3. Delhi Chambal, Rajasthan
o Among the landlocked states- ➢ India's rank in Sustainable
1. Haryana, 2. Telangana, 3. Development Index 2023 - 112
UP ➢ Independent software 'Open Kylin
o In hill states - 1. Uttarakhand, 1.0' launched- China
2. Himachal Pradesh, 3. Kuvi language under discussion is
Manipur spoken by the Kandh community of
o In this index, Jamnagar of Odisha.
Gujarat has been chosen as ➢ India's rank in Global Peace Index,
the top district of the country. 2023 – 126 (was 135 in 2022.)
➢ The first meeting on AI threats to ➢ Global solution to crisis group joins
international peace and stability was 'Champions Group' - India
held in the United Kingdom. ➢ Country's first Gig Workers Bill-by
➢ World's Largest International Rajasthan Government
Temple Conference & Expo - ➢ India-ASEAN Conference on
Varanasi Traditional Medicines – in New
➢ India's rank in FDI inflow - 8 Delhi.
➢ G-20 Global Food Regulatory Summit ➢ Russia banned sex change and
- in New Delhi transgender marriage.
➢ 26th World Mining Congress 2023 ➢ World's largest office complex
held in Bisbrain, Australia becomes-Surat Diamond Bourse,
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➢ Champion team of India's first ➢ Under Project-75I, Spain signed

women's Kabaddi League held in agreement for Stealth submarine
Dubai- Uma Kolkata with Larsen & Turbo.
➢ Rural Ministry launches e-Saras app ➢ Preeti Aghalayam appointed head of
to sell products of women SHGs. Tanzania campus of IIT Madras
➢ Iran becomes 9th permanent ➢ Chandrayaan-3 sent from LVM3- M4
member country of SCO rocket (from Bahubali) (on 14 July)
o Its conference was held in ➢ Country's first e-sports and break
India in 2023. dance academy - in Madhya Pradesh
➢ Indian football team midfielder ➢ Athoor betel leaf gets GI tag - from
Lallianzuala Chhangte was named Tamil Nadu
the AIFF Men's Footballer of the Year ➢ Bhoomi Samman Award- received by
for 2022-23 while Manisha Kalyan Odisha, by the President
won her second consecutive ➢ Wimbledon Championship 2023
Women's Footballer of the Year Winner- Carlos Alcaraz (Spain)
award ➢ Duleep Trophy 2023 Winners –
➢ Exercise SALVEX- Navy, India+USA South Zone
➢ Brazil will preside over G-20 in 2024 ➢ The largest private communication
➢ Municipal Corporation receiving EPR satellite launched by SpaceX –
credit – Indore Jupiter-3
➢ Greenbaud launched- Ghaziabad ➢ Shahrukh Khan becomes the brand
Municipal Corporation ambassador of ICC World Cup
➢ An asteroid was named after
Ashwini Shekhar.
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➢ Annual health index for the Covid ➢ 37th National Games - held in Goa,
year released by NITI Aayog ➢ mascot- moga
o Among big states- 1. Kerala, 2. ➢ India joins USA's Artemis agreement.
Tamil Nadu, 3. Telangana ➢ Asia's first sub-sea research
o Among small states- 1. laboratory – in Pune
Tripura, 2. Sikkim, 3. Goa ➢ India's first women's Kabaddi league
o In Union Territory- 1. Dadra organized in Dubai
Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu ➢ Israel conducts first test of
➢ Gallory test disease in discussion - autonomous flying taxi
related to cancer ➢ First Tribal Sports Festival- Kalinga
➢ Ajay Lamba Committee formed to Institute held in Bhubaneswar.
investigate Manipur violence ➢ First Mining Startup Summit- at IIT
➢ Top 3 Indian States in India Mumbai.
Environment State Report – 1. ➢ The world's first multisensor earth
Telangana, 2. Madhya Pradesh, 3. observation satellite was created by
Delhi. IIT Madras.
➢ Champions 2.0 Portal- for MSMEs ➢ Project Kuber- by State Bank of
➢ India's first international cruise ship- India.
MV Empress (ITT) departed from ➢ The name of Nehru Memorial
Chennai to Sri Lanka. Museum and Library Society will be
➢ India's rank in Global Gender Gap changed to – Prime Minister
Report-127 (135 in 2022) Museum and Library Society.
➢ Knowledge sharing platform ➢ First agricultural SEZ project – for
launched by NHAI. Gabon, by the Ministry of Education.
➢ Fiji opened its first embassy in Israel ➢ Startup 'Commerce Fresh Zone' has
➢ Cyclonic storm Biparjoy- in Arabian been selected for the United Nations
Sea. Naming- By Bangladesh. Accelerator Programme. It is
➢ Fifth Food Safety Index- Released by situated in Kerala.
FSSAI ➢ NIRF Ranking 2023-
o Among big states- 1. Kerala, 2. o Top institute in all category-
Punjab, 3. Tamil Nadu IIT Madras
o Among small states- 1. Goa, 2. o In College - Miranda House
Manipur, 3. Sikkim o Research in- IISc Bangalore
o In Union Territory- 1. Jammu o In Engineering- IIT Madras
and Kashmir, 2. Delhi, 3. ➢ Amrit Srijan Abhiyan- by the
Chandigarh Ministry of Women and Child
➢ Mayon volcano erupts in Philippines. Development, in collaboration with
➢ Booster Vaccine Gemcovac OM- META, to empower the dreams of the
India's first M-RNA vaccine. youth.
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➢ Indian who won bronze medal in ➢ Sabang Port – being developed in

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Asian fencing- Bhavani Devi. Indonesia in partnership with India.

➢ Shaktikanta Das (RBI) elected ➢ 4th National Water Award 2022-

Governor of the Year by London o Best in Industry Category –
Central Bank. Barauni Tharmal Power
➢ 5 new temporary members of UNSC Station, Bihar
became-Algeria, Guyana, Republic of o Best NGO- 1. Aparna Seva
Korea, Sierra Leone, Slovenia Sansthan, Rajasthan, 2- Aaroh
➢ 78th President of the UN General Foundation, Noida
Assembly Dennis Francis (Trinidad ➢ Exercise Sudarshan Shakti – By
and Tobago) Indian Army in Rajasthan and
➢ Indian-origin UK citizen Aarti Hola Punjab.
Maini elected Director of the United ➢ Ballistic missile 'Khyber' - of Iran.
Nations Office for Outer Space ➢ To which country was 'INS Kirpan'
Affairs. gifted by India- Vietnam.
➢ Eat Right Station Certification – ➢ German Peace Prize went to Salman
Guwahati Railway Station Rushdie.
➢ First British Indian to become Lord ➢ Sahitya Akademi Youth Award
Mayor of Birmingham- Chaman Lal o Hindi –Chandpur Ki Chanda
➢ Gandhi Peace Award - Geeta Press (Novel) Author-Atul Kumar
Gorakhpur Rai
➢ Nurse Manju Nair (Uttarakhand) for o English: Lords of the Deccan -
'National Florence Nightingale Anirudh Kanisetty
Award'-2022 by Ministry of Health o Urdu:Jahan Jaad - Tausif
and Family Welfare Barelvi
➢ For 2023 – ANM Gayatri Kumari ➢ The first maritime partnership
(Bihar) exercise between India + France +
➢ Girish Chandra Murmu became the UAE 2023 - took place in the Gulf of
external auditor of the World Health Oman, INS Tarkash participated from
Organization. the Indian side.
➢ Received Egypt's highest honor ➢ India conducts Ekuvarin exercise
'Order of the Nile' - PM Modi. between Maldives in Chaubatiya,
➢ Suriname's highest civilian honor Uttarakhand.
'The Grand Order of the Chain of ➢ BK Shivani's new book- The Power of
Yellow Star' - to President Draupadi One Shot Master Your Mind, Master
Murmu Your Life
➢ Petteri Orpo became the Prime ➢ From which country will India buy
Minister of Finland. Predator drone – America
➢ New President of World ➢ Inauguration of Integrated Simulator
Meteorological Organization- Dr. Complex (ISC) – 'Dhruv' at Southern
Abdulla Al Mandous (UAE) Naval Command, Kochi to enhance
➢ First woman Secretary General of practical training of Indian Naval
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the World Meteorological personnel

Organization - Prof. Celeste Saulo ➢ Theme of 9th International Yoga Day
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(Argentina) – Yoga for Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam

➢ Which Air Force aircraft has now ➢ First Khelo India Tribal Sports
been banned by India - MiG 21 Festival in Bhubaneswar.
➢ Indian Navy's fourth major survey ➢ First place in the fourth National
ship launched - Sanshodhak Water Award – Madhya Pradesh
➢ India wins Junior Asian Hockey Cup ➢ India's rank in Energy Transition
held in Oman Index-67
➢ The first Premier Handball League ➢ Children's Literature Award-
2023- took place in Jaipur. Suryanath Singh
(Maharashtra won by defeating UP) ➢ Mobile Smart Air Pollution
➢ Theme of World Environment Day- Monitoring System by 'Project
Solution of Plastic Pollution Kaatru' - IIT Madras
➢ World Test Championship- Australia
won by defeating India
➢ Kari Ishad mango gets GI tag -
Karnataka
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May 2023
➢ Ravneet Kaur becomes the first ➢ 13th Bharat Ratna Dr. Ambedkar
woman chairperson of Competition Award received - Yogi Adityanath
Commission of India (for making Uttar Pradesh fear-free)
➢ 4th National Water Award ➢ Appointed Chairman of National
o By Jal Shakti Ministry Technical Research - Arun Sinha
o Best State Category: 1. ➢ Global Gold Award – Power Grid
Madhya Pradesh, 2. Orissa, 3. Corporation of India Limited
Andhra Pradesh+Bihar ➢ Exercise Ajeya Warrior – in UK, India
o Best District – Ganjam + UK
(Odisha) ➢ 1st ASEAN-India Maritime Exercise
o Best Local Body: Chandigarh (AIME) – Singapore – INS Satpura
➢ Amitabh Kant's new book- Made in and INS Delhi participated from the
India: 75 Years of Business and Indian side.
Enterprise ➢ 'Jal Abhyas' for flood relief by Indian
➢ Project Sanjay – To make the Indian Army in Assam
Army hi-tech and self-reliant ➢ Becomes the new President of
➢ Sagar Shrestha Award – Cochin Port Paraguay - Santiago Pena
➢ First Dongri Language Edition of ➢ President of Basketball Federation of
Indian Constitution - Released by India - Dr. K. Govind Raj
University of Jammu ➢ Chamoli Devi Jain Award 2022-
➢ Author of 'The Golden Years' - Dhanya Rajendran (Journalist)
Ruskin Bond ➢ Order of Australia awarded to Ratan
➢ Inauguration of India's first Indian Tata
Air Force Heritage Center - in ➢ Bharat Ratna awarded by the British
Chandigarh Parliament - Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal
➢ International Booker Prize won by Nishank for his contribution to
Georgy Gospodinov for his novel literature.
Time Shelter. ➢ New CEO of Twitter (now X) - Linda
➢ India receives first Airbus C-295 - Yaccarinno.
from Spain ➢ One fast patrol ship and one landing
➢ Saudi Arabia's first female astronaut craft attack ship delivered by India to
to fly to space - Rayna Barnawi Maldives.
➢ In which institute will India-Israel ➢ After a historic journey of 188 days,
Center of Water Technology be INS Tarini arrived at Goa port.
established in collaboration with ➢ Navigation Satellite NVS-01
Israel to solve the challenges of launched by DRDO
water resources management and ➢ Oxygen successfully extracted from
water technologies in India? lunar soil – by NASA.
- IIT Madras ➢ GigaChat AI launched – by Russia.
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Chancellor of Nalanda University. for Rural India

➢ In World Military Expenditure ➢ Center of Excellence on Sustainable

Report- 1. USA, 2. China 3. Russia, 4. Land Management inaugurated in
India Dehradun
➢ India's rank in World Press Index - ➢ IIT Madras's first international
161 campus opens in Tanzania.
➢ Wayanad district of Kerala has ➢ India's first International Multi
become the first district in the Model Logistics Park Project - at
country to be declared ODF+. Jogidypa, Assam
➢ Mumbai included in World Tree City ➢ Poshan Bhi Padhai Bhi Program – by
list (second time) the Ministry of Women and Child
➢ 'Namopath Devka Secret' Development.
inaugurated by Modi ji - in Daman. ➢ Operation Karuna- by the
➢ UTSAH and POP Portal – UGC Government of India for the people
related. affected by Cyclone Mocha in
➢ Lithium reserves were discovered in Myanmar.
Nagaur, Rajasthan. ➢ 5th Global Ayurveda Festival- in
➢ India's first municipal corporation to Kerala
issue Central Bank digital currency - ➢ 42nd ASEAN Summit 2023-In
Patna. Indonesia.
➢ India's first 8-lane expressway will ➢ 'Saksham Platform' - by the Ministry
be - Dwarka Expressway. of Health, for training of health
➢ Inauguration of the first Millets professionals
Experience Center in New Delhi. ➢ Vivad Se Vishwas Scheme – To rectify
➢ Benin and Mali become trachoma failure of execution of contracts by
free countries MSMEs during Covid by Finance
➢ Fuego volcano erupted in Guatemala Ministry
➢ India's first city to measure progress ➢ International Museum Expo 2023
on Sustainable Development Goals - inaugurated by PM in New Delhi
Bhopal ➢ SCO Foreign Ministers' meeting- held
➢ Zimbabwe announces issuance of in Goa.
gold-backed digital currency ➢ 'The Big Catch Up Initiative' - by
➢ Euthanasia was legalized by WHO + UNICEF + Gavi, for children
Portugal. in 20 countries who have been left
➢ Defense Minister Rajnath Singh laid out of vaccination.
the foundation stone of Unity Harbor ➢ Khelo India University Games
port in Maldives. started in Lucknow.
➢ Gatka martial art of Punjab included
➢ Varanasi's LBSIA becomes India's in 37th National Games to be held in
first international airport with Goa in 2023
reading lounge ➢ 6th Indian Ocean Conference – held
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➢ Docky Landport inaugurated in in Dhaka. Theme: Partnership for

Meghalaya. peace, prosperity and sustainable
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future
➢ G-7 summit took place in Japan. ➢ 'Operation Golden Orb' - related to

India included in this on special the coronation of King Charles III of
invitation. During this time, Modiji Britain
unveiled the statue of Mahatma ➢ Buland Bharat Exercise- Held in
Gandhi at Hiroshima. Arunachal Pradesh.
➢ 16th IPL ➢ Laurence Sportsman of the Year-
o Chennai Super Kings won Lionel Messi.
(5th time) ➢ State implementing right to walk –
o Defeated Gujarat Titans. Punjab.
➢ National conference 'Srijna'- based ➢ Article 239AA related to Delhi
on infertility in women, held in New Administration
Delhi ➢ World's 100 most powerful
➢ 5th Global Ayurveda Festival- in supercomputers included - India's
Kerala Airavat
➢ Satwik and Chirag won Asia ➢ Received France's highest award - N.
Badminton Championship Chandrasekaran.
➢ Kerala got first place in the health
index of NITI Aayog.
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April 2023
➢ Operation Kaveri ➢ The world's first drone carrier
o By India to evacuate Indians warship TCG Anadolu launched by -
from Sudan Turkey
➢ World Malaria Day 2023 theme (25 ➢ Femina Miss India 2023 Nandini
April)- Time to deliver zero malaria: Gupta (Rajasthan)
Invest, Innovate, Implement o (Earlier in the year 2022, Sini
o India aims to eradicate malaria Shetty of Karnataka was made)
by 2030 ➢ Global Conference on Compressed
➢ Country's first water metro in Kochi Biogas in New Delhi
o While the first underwater ➢ Tallest (125 feet) statue of Dr. B.R.
metro in Kolkata Ambedkar unveiled in Telangana (on
➢ Logistics Performance Index the banks of Hussain Sagar Lake)
released by the World Bank ➢ Asian Wrestling Championship 2023
o India's position 38th ➢ India at 7th position, won total 14
➢ Ganga Pushkaram Kumbh organized medals
in Varanasi to tell the quality of ➢ Aman Sehrawat won the only gold
Saathi app and portal seeds medal
➢ Oil Jetty Development Project ➢ India signed an agreement with the
started at Kandia Port, Gujarat World Food Program to send wheat
➢ Youth Portal by Science and to which country→ Afghanistan
Technology Minister Dr. Jitendra ➢ India's fourth place in the donor of
Singh (in New Delhi) the United Nations Democracy Fund
o To identify and explore the ➢ Kagiso Rabada, the first player to
potential of young start-ups. take the fastest 100 wickets in IPL
➢ According to the data of United ➢ Kenya's first earth observation
Nations Population Fund, the world's satellite Taifa 1
top populated countries ➢ Uttaramerur inscription of the time
o 1. India of the Chola king Parantaka I (907-
o 2. China 53 AD) came under discussion (in
o 3. America present-day Kanchipuram, Tamil
o 4. Indonesia Nadu)
o 5. Pakistan ➢ World's first conservation and
➢ ‘Maharishi Medal’ for research on breeding center for Asiatic vultures
millets. (It may be noted that Meera Maharajganj, UP
Yojana and Shree Anna are also ➢ Bhoraxa (Bharosa) app launched by
related to millets.) President Murmu for women's safety
➢ Kerala became the first state to ➢ The Tulsi Ghat Restoration Project of
adopt water budget. Varanasi was launched by External
➢ Himachal Pradesh became the first Affairs Minister Jaishankar during
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unidentified dead bodies.

➢ New isotope of Uranium discovered - o Front Runners - Andhra

Uranium-241 Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala,
➢ Best use of MPLADS fund in FY Rajasthan
2022-23-Gujarat o Achievers - Assam, Haryana,
- Uttar Pradesh got maximum funds Maharashtra, Punjab
➢ India's first semi-high speed regional o Contender - Chandigarh,
rail service RAPIDX started from Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Gujarat
Delhi NCR ➢ NADA bans Indian weightlifter -
➢ Inauguration of Kulfer Pita Tunnel Sanjita Chanu for 4 years
(It is in J&K.) ➢ Golden license launched by Bahrain
➢ Green Deposit Framework released in discussion - To attract investment
by RBI. This will come into effect and jobs
from 1 June 2023. ➢ Apple has opened its first retail store
➢ JUICE mission to Jupiter and its in Mumbai
satellites -By the European Space ➢ Indira Gandhi Airport Delhi is at 9th
Agency place in the world's busiest airport
➢ India hosted the Global Buddhist according to ACI report.
meeting (for the first time) ➢ Gaj Utsav inaugurated by President
➢ Advanced Gravitational Wave Murmu in Kaziranga, Assam
Detector (LIGO) to be set up in o `The global initiative 'MIKE' for
Maharashtra elephants came in the year
➢ International Intellectual Property 2003.
Index 2023- India at 42nd position o At present Karnataka has the
➢ Orleans Masters badminton largest number of elephants.
tournament 2023 held in France o Project Elephant started in the
- India's Priyanshu Rajawat won it year 1992 in India
for the first time. ➢ Tempo Instrument - NASA's. It is a
➢ Sushma Patel captain of India's first high-resolution air quality control
blind women's cricket team. instrument, who will monitor
➢ Election Commission abolished the pollution.
national party status of three parties ➢ Bharat Biotech honored at World
1. Trinamool Congress (TMC) Vaccine Congress 2023
2. Communist Party of India (ICP) ➢ Indian Space Policy 2023
3. Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) o Aims to increase its share in the
o Now only 6 national parties are global space economy from 2%
left. to 10%
o This recognition is provided o To increase India's satellite
under the Representation of manufacturing to US$ 3.2
the People Act, 1951. billion by 2025.
➢ State Energy Efficiency Index 2021- ➢ Gl tag for Chilli Rice -West
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➢ India elected for 4 years to the o Daniil Medvedev in the men's

highest statistical body of the United category
Nations ➢ The first woman to go to the moon
o Tenure starts from 1 January under Mission Artemis-II (NASA) -
2024 Christina Koch (She also holds the
➢ Banarasi Paan, Langda Mango and record for the longest stay in space.)
Ramnagar's Bhanta (Brinjal) got GI ➢ Global conference on human-wildlife
Tag. conflict for the first time-in UK
➢ India world's third largest startup ➢ Basholi painting got GI Tag (belongs
eco system. to Jammu and Kashmir.)
➢ In the financial year 2022, India ➢ Ofek 13-Israel's spy satellite
exported the most cotton- ➢ India Justice Report-released by Tata
1. Bangladesh (62%) 2. China (17%) Trust
3. Vietnam (11%) o In big states-1. Karnataka 2.
➢ President of NASA Mars Mission - Tamil Nadu 3. Telangana
Amit Kshatriya o Sikkim - in small states
➢ India was elected a member o UP - at 18th place
o 1. United Nations Statistical ➢ International Zero Waste Day- 30
Commission March 2023 (celebrated for the first
o 2. Drug Prevention Commission time)
o 3. UN HIV AIDS Program o Objective- Converting Waste to
Coordinating Board Wealth
➢ FY 2022-23 Highest GI Tag - State ➢ Saudi Arabia became the new
Kerala dialogue partner of SCO.
➢ National Electricity Plan released - o Establishment of SCO- in 2001
for 2022 to 2027 ➢ UAE to launch National Genome
➢ First woman to umpiring in T20 Strategy (for next 10 years)
cricket - Kim Cotton ➢ IPL 2023 theme- Noise on, game on
➢ Author of the book Gandhi: Politics ➢ Indian city Mumbai included in
and Sect - Piyush Babele World Tree City 2022
➢ Highest contribution to global o In 2021, Hyderabad and
warming(overall) Mumbai were in this list.
o 1. USA ➢ First Chancellor of Gati Shakti
o 2. China University, Gujarat - Ashwini
o 3. Russia Vaishnav
o 4. Brazil ➢ NATO's 31st member country
o 5. India (4.8%) became - Finland
➢ Where did the space company 'IN o NATO was established in 1949
Space' inaugurate the space design o Headquarters- Brussels,
laboratory for startups- in Gujarat Belgium
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➢ Miami Open 2023 Women's Singles ➢ WHO declared two countries malaria
Winner - Pedro Kikatova (Czech free - 1. Tajikistan 2. Azerbaijan
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Republic)
o India aims to be malaria free by ➢ India's first cloned female calf of Gir
2030 breed - Ganga
➢ Chat GPT banned by- Italy
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March 2023
➢ Announcement of Foreign Trade ➢ First joint conference of army chiefs
Policy 2023 of India and African countries - in
o By 2030, the country aims to Pune
export increase to two trillion ➢ Foswal literary award received-
dollars. Bangabandhu Sheikhmujibur
o 4 new export excellence cities Rahman
identified- ➢ TV Somanathan Committee- to
1. Faridabad 2. Moradabad explore pension reforms, by the
3. Mirzapur 4. Varanasi Government of India
➢ New Crown Prince of UAE- Sheikh ➢ Meeting of National Security
Khalid bin Advisors of SCO countries- in New
➢ New President of World Bank - Ajay Delhi
Banga (Indian origin) ➢ Captive employment initiative-
➢ Shri Beleshwar Mahadev Jhulelal Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Kaushal
Temple was in discussion Yojana for skill development among
o Several people died due to the poor rural youth.
sinking of a stepwell in the ➢ Earth Hour 2023- observed on
temple complex, located in March 25 - (WWF initiative)
Indore ➢ Salima Tete became the athlete
➢ ISSF World Cup Shooting ambassador of the Asian Hockey
Championships- Federation
- Held in Bhopal ➢ Mumbai Indians became the winner
- China topped the list with a total of of the first women's premier league
12 medals o Defeating Delhi Capitals
- India in second place with total 7 ➢ First UN Water Conference 2023-
medals Held in New York
- India got one gold, one silver and 5 o Topic- Water for sustainable
bronze development
- Sarabjot Singh got gold medal ➢ India's first bauxite CRM developed
➢ Ancient pearl city discovered-in UAE by - NALCO BARC
➢ First Urban Climate Film Festival-in o CRMs are blocks of metal,
New Delhi which come with certificates,
➢ Newt GI Tag- NALCO is located at Koraput,
o Sundarja Mango- Rewa District Odisha.
(Madhya Pradesh) ➢ Aravali Green Wall Project started
o Gajak- Morena (Madhya from Haryana
Pradesh) o Objective -Greening of '5 km
o Nagari Duvraj Rice - buffer area around Aravalli.
Chhattisgarh ➢ Gandhmardan hills in discussion-
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➢ Popular book "War and Women' Dr. ➢ Country's first cable rail bridge -on
M.A. Hassan Anji river in Jammu and Kashmir
➢ World Women's Boxing - 2023 held ➢ 2023 Abel Prize (Nobel of
in New Delhi Mathematics)- Luis Cafrecki
o India won 4 gold medals (Argentina)
o Gold- Lovlina Borgohain, ➢ 'One Web India-2' mission launched
Nikhat Zareen, Nitu Ghanghas, -by ISRO
Saweety Boora o UK's One Web Group + New
o Nikhat Zareen has become the Space India Limited
second Indian after 6-time ➢ Gordon Moore- Co-founder of Intel
world champion MC Mary Kom (California) passed away.
to win this title twice. ➢ National Service Sangam-2023→
➢ Egypt joins as new member of BRICS proposed in Jaipur
New Development Bank ➢ National Medal of Arts-2021 - Mindy
o Establishment of BRICS New Kaking of Indian origin by the US
Development Bank - 2014 government
o HQ- Shanghai (China) ➢ 'Mukroh' site in discussion→
o Current member countries- 9 disputed site between Assam and
o Its new president - Dilma Meghalaya
Rousseff (Former President of ➢ The first state to give right to health-
Brazil) Rajasthan
➢ Lok Sabha membership of Rahul ➢ Submarine made for Matsya 6000
Gandhi cancelled mission ship, expected to be
o Grounds of disqualification- completed by the year 2026
Section 8(3) of RPA, 1951 ➢ Country's first and world's third
o If a Member of Parliament is ropeway inaugurated- in Varanasi
convicted of an offense and ➢ Call Before You Dig App -App related
sentenced to a minimum of 2 to digging of any place
years' imprisonment, he shall ➢ One World TB Summit held- in
be disqualified with immediate Varanasi
effect. ➢ Project Ellora launched by Microsoft
o Provision of disqualification- in to ensure online availability of rare
the Constitution Article 102 (1) Indian languages
for Parliament, Article. 191(1) ➢ Sangeet Kalanidhi Award→ by
to the Legislative Assembly Sangeet Akademi to Bombay
➢ Theme of World Tuberculosis Day - Jayshree
24 March 2023 – Yes, we can end TB ➢ Agricultural Innovation Mission for
➢ Where will RBI's data center and Climate-This mission is an initiative
cyber security training institute be of USA and UAE, India also
set up → Bhubaneswar, Odisha participated in it.
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➢ Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court ➢ Ama Krushi A-l India's first
-Pritinkar Diwakar agriculture chatbot launched in
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Odisha
➢ INS Sumedha participated in ➢ Asian Billiards-2023 title→ Pankaj

International Defense Exhibition Advani
(held at Abu Dhabi) ➢ Irani Cup 2022-23 Rest of India team
➢ Vibrant Village Program-by the won by defeating Madhya Pradesh.
Ministry of Home Affairs o final match was played in
Objective- To develop villages Gwalior.
adjacent to Indo-China border in ➢ Partnership for Healthy Cities Award
Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh, 2023
Uttarakhand, Sikkim and Arunachal o Bengaluru for tobacco control
Pradesh. efforts
➢ AFINDEX 2023-India-Africa training o This conference organized by
exercise (held in Pune) WHO in London
➢ Odisha has one of the most active ➢ India-UAE Investment Summit held
coasts in India as per IPCC's 'AR in Jammu and Kashmir
Synthesis Report'. Where the sea ➢ Barda Wildlife Sanctuary in
level is rising at a higher rate than discussion in Aravalli range of
the average. Gujarat
➢ Where is Asia's largest international ➢ Record of crossing the Palk Strait in
liquid mirror telescope-Uttarakhand the shortest time- Sampanna
(4M) Ramesh Shelar
➢ Gajmitra initiative- by West Bengal ➢ Hockey India Men's Player of the
to stop human-elephant conflict Year -Hardik Singh
➢ India's Most Valuable Celebrity → ➢ Hockey India Women's Player of the
Ranveer Singh Year - Savita Poonia
➢ World Water Day 2023- on 22 March ➢ INS-2B ground station inaugurated
➢ Subject- Accelerating change by ISRO -in Bhutan
➢ Indo-Pacific Economic Framework - INS-2B ISRO Nano Satellite to
for Prosperity (IPEF) held in Bali, Bhutan
Indonesia ➢ World Happiness Index 2023-
➢ Airports Council International - Finland on top for 6 consecutive
awarded the highest score of '4+' to times
India's Delhi and Mumbai airports - India's rank 126 (136 last year)
under the Airport Carbon ➢ Global ITU WSIS-2023 Award -Audit
Accreditation programme. Online Application of Ministry of
➢ India's first National Centre of Panchayati Raj
Excellence inaugurated in Gurugram, ➢ Order of Australia Award- Ratan Tata
Haryana ➢ Inauguration of Bharat Mahotsav in
➢ 'Rashtrapati Nilayam'- located in Kuwait, by Meenakshi Lekhi
Secunderabad, Telangana ➢ New Vice President of Nepal- Ram
o It was built in 1860 Sahai Yadav
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➢ Naming of a stadium in Rae Bareli ➢ 5th Poshan Pakhwada started by the

after hockey legend Rani Rampal. Ministry of Women and Child
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➢ 10th Global Terrorism Index 2022, o WOOL- Rajasthan, Jammu

o Issuer- Institute for Economic Kashmir, Gujarat
and Peace ➢ Maitri pipeline between India and
o On Top-Afghanistan, Burkina Bangladesh
Faso, Somalia o For diesel export to Bangladesh
o Most Deadly Terrorist Group - o 126.5 km in Bangladesh and 5
Islamic State km in India
o India's Rank 13th o Total length- 131.5 km
➢ India has 2 places in Time o Foundation stone laid in 2018
magazine's list of World's Greatest ➢ Semiconductor Chip Manufacturing-
Destinations 2023 World's Largest Chip Manufacturing
o Two places of India - Ladakh Center in South Korea by Samsung
(31st), Mayurbhanj (Odisha) o For now, most in Taiwan
(32nd) o For this recently India has tied
o World's top two destinations up with USA.
Tampa (Florida), Willamette ➢ O-Smart plan extended till 2025-26
Valley (Oregon) implemented in 2018
➢ Mission Life program organized by o O-SMART -Ocean Service
Indian High Commission in Dhaka Modelling Application Resource
o There is a program related to and Technology
environment which is for 2022- ➢ Governor of the Year 2023 Award
2027. RBI Governor- Shaktikanta Das
➢ Keerthivasan appointed as new CEO o Earlier this award was received
and Managing Director of TCS by Raghuram Rajan (in 2015).
➢ Basic Animal Husbandry Statistics ➢ AAHAR 2023-Asia's Largest
2022 Report- International Food & Hospitality Fair
o Issuer- Ministry of Fisheries, o Held in New Delhi
Animal Husbandry and ➢ T-5 tunnel in Jammu and Kashmir
Dairying ➢ Colombo Security Conclave by Indian
o India is the largest milk Coast Guard Region at Kolkata
producing country in the world o Established in 2011
o Top-05 States in Milk o Member -India, Sri Lanka,
Production Respectively- Maldives, Mauritius
Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, ➢ Saraswati Samman-2022- Tamil
Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, writer Sivashankari
Andhra Pradesh [UP ranks first o For the book Suryavansham
according to the UP Economic (Memoir)
Survey] ➢ 31st Vyas Samman- to Dr. Gyan
o EGG- Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Chaturvedi (Novel PagalKhana)
Nadu, Telangana o He is a resident of Jhansi, UP.
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o MEAT- Maharashtra, Uttar ➢ All India Forest Sports Competition -

Pradesh, West Bengal Held in Haryana
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o Chhattisgarh became overall ➢ The world's largest Stock Market

champion for the 11th time. Education Conclave was hosted by -
➢ World's largest arms importer New Delhi
country- 1. India 2. Saudi Arabia, ➢ 'Naatu Naatu' received Oscar Award
3. UAE 2023 in the Best Original Category.
➢ Denmark became the first country in This is the second Indian song to
the world to import Carbon Dioxide receive this award. The first one was
and put it under the sea (under the in 2009 for the song Jai Ho from the
Greensand project). movie Slumdog Millionaire.
➢ Swiss firm IQ Air report-India the o This song has also received the
8th most polluted country in the Golden Globe Award.
world o Oscar is distributed in Los
o Chad on first Angeles, USA.
o Most polluted city 1. Lahore ➢ The longest railway platform in the
(Pak) 2. Henan (China) world- Sri Siddharoodha Swami
3. Bhiwadi (India) 4. Delhi Railway Station
(India) o Length- 1507 meters
o Chad's capital Najmina is the o Located in Hubli, Karnataka
most polluted capital. o Now Gorakhpur platform is on
Significantly, earlier the most the second place in this list.
polluted capital was Delhi. ➢ Exercise MPX- between the Indian
➢ With which rocket did Space X Navy and the French Navy
launch 40 one wave internet ➢ India's first Geological Park will be
satellites → Falcon-9 built-in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh
➢ Bold Kurukshetra Exercise- Between ➢ LEAN Scheme- by Ministry of MSME
India and Singapore at Jodhpur (to increase quality and
(Military) productivity)
➢ President's Color Curtain Raiser ➢ Vote Fest 2023→ in Bangalore
Award- INA Dronacharya received o To create awareness on the
o It was established in 2004. election process by the Election
➢ The first state in India to start Commission
insurance for silk growers- ➢ National Games 2024 will be held- in
Uttarakhand Uttarakhand
➢ MC Mary Kom and Farhan Akhtar - o 2023 National Games to be held
Brand Ambassadors of Women's in Goa (in September-October)
World Boxing Championships ➢ 'Consolidation of the Inter-
➢ Cyclone Freddy- in Malawi Parliamentary Union’ in Bahrain,
(Nyasaland) (landlocked country) attended by Om Birla.
➢ Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2022-23- ➢ Landslide Index released by ISRO
India beat Australia (1st time)
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➢ Asia's largest Tulip Garden- in ➢ Colonel Geeta Rana- the first woman
Srinagar officer to command an army
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battalion in Ladakh
➢ Country's first Electric Pilgrimage o Pradhan Mantri Jan Aushadhi

Corridor- in Uttarakhand Yojana launched on 1 July 2015
➢ Xi Jinping became the President of ➢ Hindi litterateur Vinod Kumar
China for the third time and 'Li Shukla receives PEN/Nabokov Life
Qiang' became the new Prime Time Achievement
Minister ➢ New Chief Minister of Tripura - Dr.
➢ Indonesia is moving its capital from Manik Saha (2nd time)
Jakarta to the island of Borneo, ➢ FRIJAX-23 Between the Indian and
whose name will be kept Nusantara. French forces, in
➢ Subhash Chandra Bose Disaster Thiruvananthapuram
Management Award 2023 ➢ Theme of International Women's
o Odisha State Disaster Day 2023– DigitALL: Innovation and
Management and technology for gender equality
o Lunglei Fire Station of Mizoram o For the first time it was
➢ Author of Mundak Upanishad: The celebrated in 1975.
Bridge to Immortality" - Dr. Karan ➢ Women Business and the Law
Singh Report- released by the World Bank
➢ 5th India-ASEAN Business Summit - ➢ Every payment digital- by RBI
Kuala Lumpur ➢ New Chief Minister of Nagaland-
➢ Pritzker Architecture Prize 2023- to Neiphiu Rio (5th time)
Sir David Chipperfield (London) ➢ Meghalaya Chief Minister -Conrad
➢ Which satellite was re-entered by Sangma (2nd term)
ISRO on Earth-Megha Tropics-1 ➢ BBC Indian Sports Woman of the
o It was launched in 2011 in Year Award 2022 -Mirabai Chanu
collaboration with ISRO and the o She has got this for the second
French Space Agency time in a row.
➢ The world's largest tourism trade ➢ 28th Controller General of Accounts
show- ITB Berlin 2023, in Germany (CGA)- S.S. Dubey
➢ New Prime Minister of Qatar -Sheikh ➢ High Seas Treaty- by the United
Mohammed bin Abdul Rahman Al Nations
Thani o To protect the world's ocean
➢ New President of Nepal - bodies.
Ramchandra Paudel ➢ First Indian Navy Commander - Held
➢ According to the Airport Council on the first indigenously built
International, Delhi International aircraft carrier- INS Vikrant
Airport is the second cleanest ➢ INS Cutlass participated in
airport in the Asia Pacific region. International Maritime Exercise
o The first place is Beijing Daxing Cutlass Express 23.
International Airport, China. o Held in the Bay Area
➢ Theme of 5th Jan Aushadhi Day ➢ Junior Kabaddi Championship - Held
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(March 1- March 7, 2023) in 2023 in Urmia, Iran

Jan Aushadhi Sasti bhi achhi bhi o Indian team became the winner
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for the first time

➢ Santosh Trophy (Football)- o Hindenburg is an American

Karnataka won by defeating investment company.
Meghalaya. ➢ Porter Award 2023 was received by
➢ New DG of Sashastra Seema Ba-l IPS the Ministry of Health and Family
Rashmi Shukla Welfare.
➢ New Chairman of Central Electricity o For time management of covid
Regulatory Commission - Jishnu ➢ MIIRA initiative -by Government of
Baruah India to promote millet (coarse
➢ Safe City Project -Inaugurated by grain)
Amit Shah in Karnataka o MIIRA's secretariat will be in
➢ New President of Vietnam -Bo Van Delhi.
Thuong ➢ Best performing state in clean
➢ Deakin University (Australia) to be energy transition efforts as per
set up in GIFT City became the first IEEFA and Amber reports →
foreign university to receive Karnataka
approval from IFSCA. ➢ Received GSMA (Group Special
➢ Theme of World Wildlife Day 3rd Mobile Association Government
March 2023 - Partnership for Leadership Award 2023)- India
Wildlife Conservation ➢ Raisine Dialogus 2023 8th edition
➢ SCO's first international conference (in New Delhi)
and expo on traditional medicine o Chief Guest - Italy's Prime
inaugurated in Guwahati Minister - Giorgio Milloni
➢ Player of the year award by Asian o Subject- Provocation,
Chess Federation- D. Mukesh uncertainty, Turbulence:
➢ Archaeological Survey of India Lighthouse in the Tempest
discovered 1300 years old Buddhist o Raisina Dialogue- Started from
Stupa in Odisha 2016, by Ministry of External
➢ Inauguration of 7th International Affairs and Observer Research
Dhamma Conference - by President Foundation
Murmu in Bhopal ➢ VAIBHAV FELLOWSHIP- For the
➢ Windsor Framework Agreement Indian Diaspora abroad
between the UK and the European ➢ Best FIFA Men's Player 2022 Lionel
Union Messi (Argentina)
➢ Exercise Shinyu Maitri (Air Force) ➢ Best FIFA Women's Player 2022
between India and Japan Alexia Puteles (Spain))
➢ New President of Nigeria- Boka ➢ Australia won the ICC Women's T20
Tinwu World Cup by defeating South Africa.
➢ On the basis of Hindenburg Research o Australia has won this for the
Report, an inquiry committee was 6th time.
constituted for Adani Group ➢ Marconi Prize 2023 - to Haribal
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companies under the chairmanship Krishnan

of - Abhay Manohar Sapre o It is given in IT sector:
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➢ 20th edition of Bio Asia organized in ➢ Duration of Pradhan Mantri Kisan

Hyderabad Sampada Yojana extended- till 2026
➢ Prime Minister's employment ➢ Extension of the duration of O-Smart
generation program extended- till scheme till 2025-26
2026
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Budget 2023-24
➢ Rupee comes in- Above 15 30%
Debt (34 paise) > GST (17 paise) > Lakh
Corporation Tax (15 paise) >
Income Tax (15 paise) > Central ➢ Making India a Global Hub of Millets
Excise (7 paise) Shri Anna (Assistance to IIMR,
➢ Rupee goes to- Hyderabad)- 20 lakh crore
Interest payment (20 paise) > State assistance in Animal husbandry,
share of taxes and duties (18 paise) Dairy, Fisheries
> Central sector scheme (17 paise) ➢ Health - 2.1% of GDP
> Finance commission and other ➢ Education- 2.9% of GDP
transfers (9 paise) > Centrally ➢ PM Jan-Dhan bank accounts- 47.8
sponsored scheme (9 paise) > crore
Defense (8 paise) ➢ PM-PRANAM - State/UT's
➢ Expenditure of the Central encouraged to use alternative
Government- fertilizers
Interest > Transport > Defence > ➢ MISHTI - Mangrove plantation along
Subsidy > State Transfer coast line
➢ 500 new “Waste to wealth” plants-
Deficit Trends (in 2022-23 2023-24 set up under the Gobardhan scheme
% of GDP)
to promote circular economy.
Fiscal Deficit 6.4 5.9 ➢ Mahila Samman Bachat Patra- A
lump sum new small savings scheme
Revenue Deficit 4.1 2.9 for a period of 2 years with facility to
deposit up to Rs.2 lakh.
Primary Deficit 3.0 2.3 o 50 years interest free loan to
states, to be spent on capital
Effective revenue 2.9 1.7 expenditure within 2023-24.
Deficit
o Target to keep fiscal deficit
below 4.5% by 2025-26.
➢ Income Tax
➢ Relief in personal income tax-
o Increased income limit for
Tax Slab- 5
income tax exemption from 5
Tax exemption limit- up to 3 lakhs
lakh to 7 lakh
0-3 Lakh 0% o Top surcharge rate on income
3-6 Lakh 5% above Rs 5 crore reduced
from 37% to 25%.
6-9 lakhs 10%
➢ Cooperative Societies 15% corporate
9-12 lakh 15% tax benefit to new societies starting
manufacturing by March 31, 2024.
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12-15 20%
lakhs ➢ Allocation to Ministries-
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Defence > Road > Rail > Consumer, ➢ District Institute of Education and
Food and Public Distribution Training - for the training of
➢ Allocation for main schemes - teachers.
- Jal Jeevan Mission - 70,000 crores ➢ National Digital Child and
- Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana - Adolescent Library - Availability of
79,590 crores excellent books in many fields
- Eklavya Model Residential School - including geography, language.
5943 crores ➢ Bharat Shared Repository of
- FAME – 5172 Cr. Inscriptions - Digital Epigraphy
- Pharmaceutical industry – 1250 Cr Museum for Digitization of Ancient
➢ Important facts- Inscriptions.
- Per capita income has gone up to Rs ➢ I Got Karmayogi - An integrated
1.97 lakh. online training platform for
- 9.6 crore connections under government employees to enhance
Ujjwala scheme. their skills and enable them to
- 7 priorities of the budget- sapta provide people centric services.
Rishi ➢ Mahila Samman Savincs Certificate A
1. Inclusive Growth single new small savings scheme. In
2. Green Development this, deposit facility up to 2 lakh in
3. Financial Sector the name of women/girl child at a
4. Expansion of Inherent Capabilities fixed interest rate of 7.5% for a
5. Youth power period of 2 years.
6. Infrastructure and Investment ➢ Senior Citizen Savings Scheme–
7. Last mile access Maximum deposit limit increased
➢ Self-reliant clean plant program - from 15 lakh to 30 lakh
2200 crores ➢ Monthly common account scheme–
➢ Credit Guarantee Scheme for MSME maximum deposit limit (for single
➢ In view of animal husbandry, dairy, account) increased from 4.5 lakh to
fisheries industry, increasing the 9 lakh and for joint account from 9
target of agricultural credit to Rs 20 lakh to 15 lakh.
lakh crore. ➢ States allowed a fiscal deficit of 3.5%
➢ Establishment of 'Krishi Vardhak of GSDP, of which 0.5% to be linked
Policy' so that young entrepreneurs to power sector reforms.
can start agro start-ups in rural ➢ Reduction in the high charge rate
areas. from 37% to 25% in the new tax
➢ Pradhan Mantri PVTG Vikas Mission regime, resulting in a reduction in
(15000 Crore) - Under the the maximum personal income tax
development action plan for rate to 39%.
Scheduled Tribes. ➢ The number of basic customs duty
➢ Infrastructure Finance Secretariat - rates, except on textiles and
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set up to enhance opportunities for agriculture, has been reduced from

private investment in infrastructure. 21 to 13.
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➢ Basic customs duty on electric ➢ Raised the minimum threshold of tax

kitchen chimneys increased from amount from 1 crore to 3 crore for
7.5% to 15% initiating prosecution under GST.
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Economic Survey (2022-23)

➢ Foreign exchange reserves $563 ➢ By December 31, 2022, more than
billion by December, 2022 28.5 crore unorganized workers
➢ Agriculture and allied activities 3.5% have registered on the e-Shram
(2022-23) portal.
Industrial growth rate 4.1% (2022- ➢ Out-of-pocket expenditure on health
23) expenditure as a percentage
Services 9.1% (2022-23) decreased from 64.2% in 2014 to
➢ Inflation 48.2% in 2019
6.8% based on consumer price index ➢ Till January 6, 2023, more than 220
11.5% based on Wholesale Price crore doses of Kovid vaccine have
Index been given.
➢ GDP growth rate (at constant prices) ➢ Verification of around 22 crore
(6.0-6.8) % in 2024 beneficiaries under Ayushman
➢ Growth rate forecast (as per IMF) Bharat scheme by January 4, 2023.
6.1% (2023) ➢ India's target of net zero by 2070.
6.8% (2024) ➢ The total tele density of India is
➢ Food grain production (in million 84.8%. And the total number of
tonnes) 315.7 (2021-22) telephone subscribers is 117 crore
➢ Top remittance recipients (billion (by November, 2022).
US$) during 2022 India > Mexico > ➢ 2019-2022 to record 121% growth
China > Philippines > Egypt in value terms and 115% growth in
➢ 15.5% annual growth in gross tax volume terms for UPI based
revenue (throughout 2022) transactions.
➢ 24.8% YoY growth in GST collection ➢ The Inland Vessels Act, 2021
during 2022. - to promote inland water transport
➢ Customs duty was waived on the and seamless movement of ports.
import of cotton. ➢ Increase in construction of National
➢ Ban on export of wheat products Highways and Roads Construction of
under HS code 1101 and export duty 10457 km during the year 2022 as
imposed on rice. compared to 6061 km in FY2016.
➢ Estimated expenditure of central and ➢ India has been the largest recipient
state governments on the health of remittances in the world,
sector is 2.1% of GDP in 2023 receiving $100 billion in the year
➢ Expenditure on social sector 21.3 2022.
lakh crore in 2023. ➢ India became the second largest
➢ UNDP report on Multidimensional manufacturer of mobile phones
Poverty Index 2022 stated that - globally. Handset production to
Between the year (2005-06) to the increase from 60 million units in
year (2019-20) 415 million people FY2015 to 290 million units in
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➢ Rs 13,681 crore approved for post- under the National Mission on

harvest support and community Sustainable Habitat.
farming under Agriculture ➢ The installed solar power capacity,
Infrastructure Fund which is a key parameter under the
➢ Under the National Food Security National Solar Mission, has been
Act, free food grains will continue for recorded at 61.6 GW in October,
about 81.4 crore beneficiaries for 2022.
one year from January 1, 2023. ➢ By 2030, about 125 GW of renewable
➢ From the year 2018, the minimum energy capacity will be added and
support price for all mandated crops annual greenhouse gas emissions
has been fixed at 1.5 times the will be reduced by about 50 million
average cost of production across metric tons.
India. ➢ An annual green hydrogen
➢ In the year 2020-21, private production capacity of at least 5
investment in the agriculture sector million metric tons will be developed
stood at 9.3%, while public by the year 2030.
investment stood at 4.3%. ➢ By the year 2030, about 50% of the
➢ Construction of 62.79 lakh individual cumulative electricity installed
household and 6.21 lakh community capacity will come from non-fossil
and public toilets by April, 2022 fuel based energy sources.
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February 2023
➢ ESCAPADE MISSION - NASA and Blue ➢ India is the second country in the
Origin (Jeff Bezos's company) shared world to sign (T+1) agreement after
Mars mission. China.
➢ Nikhat Zareen became the brand ➢ State with maximum number of
ambassador of National Mineral colleges - Uttar Pradesh
Development Corporation, ➢ Rajasthan is the state with the
Hyderabad (NMDC). largest number of universities.
➢ Odesa city - a historic Ukrainian city ➢ Aditya L-1 mission will be launched
on the coast of the Black Sea, which to study the Sun. (by ISRO)
has been damaged. ➢ Manuela Roca Bote, the first female
➢ The country's first suspension- Prime Minister of Equatorial Guinea
bridge is being built on the Bajrang ➢ Apsara-a-Iyer - the 137th and first
Setu in Uttarakhand. woman president of Harvard Law
➢ The country's first semiconductor Review.
plant is being set up in Gujarat ➢ Sonia Giridhar Gokani, the first
(Ahmedabad). It is being set up by woman judge of the Gujarat High
Vedanta (India) and Coxon (Taiwan). Court
➢ Which state of the country has given ➢ Petu Pavel (Former Chairman of
permission to start survey for NATO) has been elected as the new
Migrant Workers/peoples- President of the Czech Republic.
Jharkhand Government ➢ Neil Mohan is the new CEO of
➢ NEW START treaty– was signed YOUTUBE
between Russia and USA in 2010. ➢ Ruchira Kamboj has been elected as
Recently Russia has suspended this the chairperson of the 62nd session
treaty. of the UN Social Development
➢ FIH Men's Hockey World Cup Commission.
Winners Team Germany (organised ➢ Ayushmann Khurrana has been
in Odisha (India)) named the National Ambassador for
➢ Outreach program Nidhi Aapke Dwar Child Rights by UNICEF.
2.0 program has been launched - by ➢ Toolika Rani - UP's G-20 Brand
EPFO Ambassador (First woman from UP
➢ Harmanpreet Kaur, Brand who successfully climbed Everest.)
Ambassador of PUMA (India) ➢ B.V.R. Subrahmanyam is the new
➢ “Ya Ya Tso Lake” -Paradise of Birds CEO of NITI Aayog
(Ladakh) ➢ Girish Chandra Murmu - Elected as
➢ "Indus Water Treaty Program” – External Auditor of ILO for 2024-27
1960 (India and Pakistan) (4 years).
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➢ Ajay Pal Singh Banga will be o Dustlik – India & Uzbekistan

appointed as the head of the World o Malabar – India & Australia
Bank. (First time in Australia)
➢ 65th Grammy Awards 2023-Ricky ➢ India will provide ALH (MK-III)
Kej (3rd time) helicopters to which country in
➢ Manmohan Singh presented with February 2023 - Mauritius
Lifetime Achievement Award by ➢ Sindhu Kesari is the name of the first
India-UK Achievers Honors Indian submarine to go to the South
➢ UNESCO Peace Prize 2022-Angela China Sea.
Merkel ➢ INS Sumedha participated from
➢ Golden Book Awards - 2023 India's side in the International
o Gaur Gopal Das - Energize Defence Exhibition held at Abu
Your Mind Dhabi.
o Ruskin Bond-How to Live ➢ Sky UTM-Advanced Drone Air Traffic
Your Life Management System
o Ashneer Grover - Doglapan o It was unveiled by Nitin
➢ Best Tableau Award 2023 to Gadkari.
Uttarakhand State on 26th January ➢ Chat GPT of Microsoft- Advanced Al
➢ Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Chatbot (India Lexi)
Festival 2023 ➢ Pandit Vijay Kumar Kichlu is related
o Film of the Year- RRR to which Gharana - Agra Gharana
o Best Actor- Ranveer Kapoor ➢ Pradhan Mantri Vishwakarma
(Brahmastra 1) Kaushal Samman Yojana (PM-VIKAS)
o Best Actress- Alia Bhatt for Artisans and Craftsmen (MSME)
(Gangubai) ➢ Jal Jan Abhiyan - Prajapita Brahma
➢ Book – Writer Kumari Divine Institute + Ministry
o The poverty of political of Jal Shakti
economy – Meghnad Desai ➢ PM Pranam (PRANAM) scheme
o Victory City – Salman Rushdie seeks to promote green development
o The climate book – Greta by reducing the use of chemical
Thunberg fertilizers.
➢ Day – Theme ➢ FAME-2 scheme - Scheme to provide
o World Wetlands Day (2 Feb) – subsidy for the increase of electric
It's time for wetlands vehicles.
restoration ➢ Project Ellora by Microsoft to protect
o World Pulses Day (10Feb) – Gondi, Mundari, Idu Mishmi (three
Pulses for a sustainable languages) which are rare Indian
future languages.
➢ Exercise ➢ Operation Sadbhavana by the Indian
o Tarkash – India & USA Army for the children of Ladakh
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➢ Where will the first nuclear plant of

o Dharma Guardian – India & North India be established -
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Japan Fatehabad (Haryana)

➢ North India's Largest Floating Solar ➢ World's first living heritage

Power Project-Punjab (Dhasan university - Visva-Bharati University
River) o Established in 1921 by
➢ Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2023 Rabindranath Tagore
Winner-Anish Giri (Netherlands) ➢ NISAR satellite– Satellite sent by
➢ Australian Tennis Open 2023- Men NASA + ISRO for earth observation
Novak Djokovic (Serbia) ➢ Recently, Jupiter has become the
o Women's Arina Sabalenka planet with the most satellites
(Belarus) (previously it was Saturn).
➢ Rohit Sharma, the first Indian ➢ Lucknow is the first destination city
captain to score a century in all three of Digital India Mobile Van.
formats ➢ Indore (Madhya Pradesh) is the first
➢ Indian player Aditi Ashok wins municipal corporation to issue green
fourth Kenya Ladies European golf bonds.
title ➢ Operation 'Aahat' to stop smuggling
➢ International Trade Fair 2023- by RPF
Tripuravasini (Bangalore) ➢ Phone Pay, India's first fintech
o Theme- Millets and Organics company to allow UPI payments
➢ World Government Summit 2023- overseas
Dubai (UAE) ➢ "Nordstream Pipeline Plan” - Russia
➢ 12th World Hindi Conference 2023- + Germany (Baltic Sea)
Nadi, Fiji ➢ Eagle 44 (Aghosh 44) is the
➢ Khadi Utsav 2023-Maharashtra country's first underground air force
(Mumbai) base of Iran.
➢ Where will the India International ➢ 5th edition of Khelo India Youth
Seafood Show be organized- in Games was organized in Madhya
Kolkata Pradesh
➢ Country's first Snow Leopard ➢ Maharashtra stood first with the
Conservation Center- Uttarkashi maximum number of medals
(Uttarakhand) ➢ "Filaria free India” target Year 2027
➢ In which city the meeting of G20 ➢ Filariasis is also known as protozoan
culture group was held- Khajuraho disease, it is caused by Culex
(M.P.) mosquito.
➢ The 'Sand Hills of Nebraska’, where ➢ 14th edition of Aero India Show
quasi crystals have recently been inaugurated in - Bengaluru
discovered, belong to which country (Karnataka)
- USA ➢ World Happiness Index - 2023
➢ Air launch Unmanned Aerial Vehicle o First place in the world
flight test program between which Finland
two countries → India + USA o India's rank 126 (out of 137
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➢ Türkiye's historical site has been countries)

demolished recently - Gaziantep ➢ Ministry of Women and Child
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Castle Development organizes first meeting

of G-20 Empowered Groups – Agra ➢ Asia's first floating festival is being

(UP) celebrated in which city of India-
➢ Khelo India Winter Games organized Mandsaur (in Madhya Pradesh)
in Gulmarg (J&K) - First place of J&K ➢ Which country will host the 2027
➢ India's first Frozen Lake Marathon - Football Asia Cup - Saudi Arabia
Ladakh ➢ Which state government has set the
➢ Second Indian Rice Congress target of making the entire state
organized in Cuttack (Orissa) drug free by the year 2025 -
➢ Which city's municipal corporation Uttarakhand government
will become the first city in India to ➢ International Book Fair organized in
set up a hydrogen plant from waste- Kolkata (Theme country- Spain)
Pune (Maharashtra) ➢ Which country will remove the
➢ Country's first A.C. Electric double symbols of British monarchy from its
decker bus service started in notes - Australia
Mumbai ➢ For world peace "Krishnaguru
➢ Khanan Prahari app to curb illegal Eknath Akhand Kirtan" was
mining organized in Assam
➢ Rayana Barnawi, the first Saudi ➢ Where is Asia's largest helicopter
woman sent into space manufacturing company established-
➢ "Cyclone Gabriel" -declared HAL Helicopter Factory (Tumkuru,
emergency in New Zealand Karnataka)
➢ Where is the country's first marine ➢ Recently in the news "Haifa Port" is
spatial planning framework being related to which country - Israel
set up- Puducherry (by India and ➢ Where was the sixth meeting of SCO
Norway) organized for audit - in Lucknow
➢ Establishment of Shree Anna Center - GC Murmu joined.
of Excellence in which city of India - ➢ Who will attend the 73rd Foundation
in Hyderabad Day of SC as the chief guest - Chief
➢ Misti (MISHTI) initiative is related to Justice of Singapore (Sundaresh
the protection of mangrove forests Menon)
➢ Avni Chaturvedi became the first ➢ Music composer Ricky Kej won the
Indian woman pilot to fly a plane to Grammy Award for the third time at
participate in the "Veer Guardian" the 65th Grammy Awards.
exercise. ➢ 36th Surajkund fair organized in
➢ “Amrit Dharohar Yojana” is related to Faridabad (Haryana)
which area- conservation and - (Partner countries- SCO)
promotion of wetlands ➢ 7th Asia Economic Dialogue 2023
➢ Brazil, Congo two new member organized by Ministry of External
countries to join 'International Solar Affairs in Pune
Alliance' ➢ 1st PM Gati Shakti Workshop for
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➢ Till when PM KUSUM Yojana has Western and Central Region held in
been extended- till 2026 (Started in Goa
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2019)
➢ 15th Electrama-2023 organized in ➢ Human Freedom Index -2022

Greater Noida o 1st position - Switzerland
➢ 20th BioAsia-2023 organized in o India - 112th position
Hyderabad ➢ Happiness World Index - 2023
➢ Krishi Darshan Expo 2023-Hisar o 1st place - Finland
Haryana o India -126th position
➢ National level Hackathon "Kavach- o Issuer - UN SDSN
2023" organized in New Delhi (for
cyber security)
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January 2023
➢ PRAHARI App - Launched by Amit (Germany is the first country in the
Shah for Border Security Force world)
(BSF). ➢ Siyom bridge in Arunachal Pradesh
➢ Route of first Vande Bharat Express inaugurated by BRO.
train of West Benga-I Howrah ➢ Jaga Mission-Odisha– (This mission
Newjalpaiguri received the UN World Habitat
➢ Which Prakash Parv of Guru Gobind Award)
Singh was celebrated - 356th ➢ Sunni Dam Hydroelectric Project -
➢ In which state was the foundation Himachal Pradesh, Satluj River
stone of the Central Intelligence ➢ Wildlife Conservation Bond-by
Training Institute laid in Karnataka? World Bank (for conservation of
➢ 'Juari-Bridge' (8-lane) inaugurated - Black Rhinos)
Goa ➢ Where has the Octave 2022
➢ Newly Elected President of Brazil- dedicated to the North Eastern
Lula-de-Silva states been inaugurated- Tamil Nadu
➢ Where is the British Indian Army (Chennai)
Memorial being built for Indian ➢ First woman Sikh judge of USA-
soldiers who participated in both Manpreet Monica Singh
world wars-Scotland (UK) ➢ Global City Campaign- Uttar Pradesh
➢ Lakshmi Singh, the first woman (100 days)
police commissioner of Uttar ➢ 26th National Youth Festival Hubli
Pradesh (Karnataka)
➢ Nagpur organizes 108th Indian o Theme- Developed Youth,
Science Congress Developed India
➢ 20th country to adopt EU currency ➢ Pay Rup– fastest payment app
Euro Croatia ➢ Most polluted city in PM 2.5 is New
➢ Shiva Chauhan, the first Indian Delhi,
woman officer to be posted for the Ghaziabad in PM 10
first time in Siachen ➢ Indian language Punjabi to be
➢ ‘Mission-929’ (Election Commission) included in Australian public schools
has been started in which state- ➢ Dr. Syama Prasad Mukherjee
Tripura National Institute of Water and
- To increase the vote percentage by Sanitation is located in Kolkata
the Election Commission. ➢ Aruna Miller who was sworn in as
➢ Where was the first green hydrogen the first Indian American woman
blending project started by NTPC- lieutenant governor of Maryland in
Surat (Gujarat) the US
➢ SMART Program– Promotion of ➢ Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber elected
scientific research in Ayurveda. President of COP 28
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start hydrogen powered train - proposed in UAE

➢ Borjana Cristo, first female prime o Chief guest - Abdel Fateh El-
minister of Bosnia Sisi (Egypt)
➢ Avni Chaturvedi became the first o Egyptian band participated
Indian woman pilot to fly a Sukhoi for the first time.
aircraft. ➢ Cyclone-1 – India + Egypt (Joint
➢ Norma Lucia Pina has become the Exercise)
first woman President to be ➢ Vagir, the fifth Kalvari class
appointed to the Supreme Court of submarine, was inducted into the
Mexico. Navy's patrol in Mumbai.
➢ Best Sustainable Greenfield Airport ➢ Skyhawk-India's first 5G enabled
Awar-d New Goa Manohar drone.
International Airport ➢ Bhar OS - India's first indigenous
➢ 7th Digital India Award 2022 (in mobile operating system
Uttar Pradesh) o Developed by IIT Madras
o Mine Mitra (Digital Initiatives ➢ LHS-475 B- An Earth-like planet
for ease of doing business) o Discovered by the James Web
➢ Miss Universe 2022- R. Bonnie telescope.
Gabriel (USA) ➢ Juice Mission - by ESA for satellites
➢ 9th Atal Samman Award - Prabhu of planet Jupiter.
Chand Mishra (Scie & Tech) ➢ Famous player of Football ‘Pele'
➢ Award for Global Leadership - D.Y. Brazil (Died)
Chandrachud (CJI) - Players who won the World Cup
➢ Five Star Eat-Right Station three times
1. Prayagraj Railway Station ➢ Mangdechhu Hydroelectric Project-
2. Varanasi Cantt Station (UP) India + Bhutan (commissioned in
➢ 80th Golden Globe Award to 'Naatu 2019)
Naatu’ of RRR (First Indian film) ➢ Prajwala Challenge by Ministry of
➢ ICC Award 2022- Rural Development for change in
o ICC Men's ODI Cricketer of the rural economy.
Year - Babar Azam (Pak), ➢ National Green Hydrogen Mission
(also Best Cricketer of the Target - Production of 5 million
Year) metric tonnes of hydrogen by 2030.
o ICC Men's T20 Cricketer of ➢ Nidhi Aapke Nikat 2.0 - program run
the Year - Suryakumar Yadav by EPFO
➢ Station to get ‘Green Railway ➢ Humpi Koneru (India) - won Silver
Certification’ - Visakhapatnam Medal in Chess Championship 2022.
Railway Station ➢ Which city will host the E-World
➢ Book–Author Championship 2023 (Formula E
Ambedkar: a life – Shashi Tharoor Race)- Hyderabad
➢ Chief Minister's diary No.1 – Hemant ➢ Khelo India Youth Games 2022-
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Biswa Sharma Bhopal (M.P.) - (First place

➢ 74th Republic Day Maharashtra)
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➢ Aero India Exhibition 2023 - ➢ Inauguration of 'Constitution Park' -

Bengaluru (Karnataka) - Rajasthan (by President Draupadi
➢ National Ganga Council meeting- Murmu)
Kolkata ➢ The first meeting of G-20 will be held
➢ India's first online gaming center of in Puducherry
excellence - Shillong (Meghalaya) ➢ 'Calazar Free India' Target - 2023
➢ MP Sports Mahakumbh- Basti (Uttar o Disease caused by parasite
Pradesh) (sand fly)
➢ 14th World Spices Congress o In this, the spleen is affected.
organized in -Mumbai ➢ Sonbhadra (Uttar Pradesh) ranks
➢ Northeast Krishi Kumbh 2023- first in IGRS ranking
Meghalaya ➢ Healthcon 2023 - organized in
➢ 18th World Sanskrit Conference Ahmedabad (Gujarat)
2023 - Australia ➢ First vaccine for bees - USA
➢ India's most polluted city report ➢ 17th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas
2022- Conference - Indore (Madhya
1. Delhi 2. Faridabad 3. Ghaziabad Pradesh)
➢ Henley Passport Index– 1st Japan o Chief Guest Mohammad Irfan
- India - 85th place Ali (President of Guyana)
➢ World's Richest Actor Jerry Seinfeld o Special Guest - Chandrika
(Shah Rukh Khan 4th) Prasad Santoshi of Suriname
➢ Best Performing Airports ➢ First National Geneon Editing and
o First- Haneda Airport, Tokyo Training Center inaugurated in
(Japan) Punjab (Mohali)
o 2nd- Kempegowda ➢ Global City Campaign- Uttar Pradesh
International Airport, ➢ Karnataka is highest FDI receiving
Bengaluru (Karnataka) state in 2021-22.
➢ Kalsa - Banduri Drinking Water ➢ Country's first constitution literate
Project - Karnataka district - Kollam (Kerala)
➢ Hyderabad first city in India to have ➢ National Khadi Festival 2023-
100% sewage facility by May 2023 Bhopal
➢ ‘Mission-929’ was launched by the ➢ The first woman officer of BRO who
Election Commission to increase the has been posted for overseas plan -
voting percentage in Tripura. Surbhi Jakhmola
➢ Space agency- Space X to launch first ➢ Rajasthan first state to run policy on
54 Starlink V2.0 satellites blindness control
➢ India's first underwater metro
service - Kolkata (West Bengal)
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UP Special Current Affairs

➢ Arun Bhansali becomes the new ➢ Safe City Project – To enhance the
Chief Justice of Allahabad High safety of girls and women in the
Court. state.
➢ Naming of Ayodhya International ➢ Approval for establishment of three
Airport - Maharishi Valmiki state universities in the state
➢ Leprosy Detection Campaign – It is o Maa Pateshwari Devi State
being organized by the state University in Gonda
government from December 21, o Maa Vindhyavasini State
2023 to January 4, 2024. University in Mirzapur
➢ Which country will the Uttar o Uttar Pradesh State
Pradesh government send 10 University in Moradabad
thousand workers - Israel ➢ District level Millets Festival - in
➢ Uttar Pradesh's rank in NITI Aayog's Hamirpur
agricultural marketing reform ➢ Second floating CNG in Varanasi – at
implementation ranking - 2 Ravidas Ghat.
➢ In how many districts of Uttar o First: At Namo Ghat
Pradesh will Cyber police stations be ➢ Nari Shakti Vandan Sammelan - in
opened - 57 Lakhimpur Khiri
➢ Uttar Pradesh's economic position ➢ Urban Gas Pipe Line Project –
after Maharashtra - 2nd Launched in Fatehpur
➢ Uttar Pradesh included in the ➢ Varanasi secured first position in the
Logistics Ease Across Different entire state in the Health Dashboard
States Report 2023 – Achiever ranking.
Category. ➢ Bhaghar Lake tourist spot will be
➢ Queen Lake Cruise – Inauguration of developed - in Barabanki
this cruise in Ramgarh Tal, ➢ Halal certification banned in Uttar
Gorakhpur. Pradesh
➢ Kaushambi of Uttar Pradesh in the ➢ India's first Telecom Center of
first delta ranking for NITI Aayog's Excellence – at the Saharanpur
Aspirational Block Program – at campus of IIT Roorkee.
second place. ➢ State government presented
➢ Syed Modi India International supplementary budget - Rs 28,760
Badminton Championship organized crore
in Lucknow. ➢ Ganga Dolphin – Ganga river dolphin
➢ Uttar Pradesh's position in inland was declared the aquatic animal of
fisheries (plain area) - first. the state by Chief Minister Yogi
➢ Approval of Anpara-E thermal Adityanath.
project - 1600 MW in Sonbhadra ➢ Mission Sarathi Initiative – This
district initiative was launched from
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Abhiyan. In this, 51 thousand buses

will be operated in which there will ➢ Now there will be only 29 hours of
be women as drivers and study in a week in the schools of the
conductors. state - 5 to 5:30 hours from Monday
➢ Naval Gallantry Museum will be to Friday and two to two and a half
constructed in Lucknow. hour classes will be held on two
➢ Shri Anna Mahotsav – three days in Saturdays of the month and there
Lucknow will be a holiday on two Saturdays.
➢ Uttar Pradesh women's participation ➢ Center announced to give 3 unity
in labor force increased - 17.9 malls in the state – to be built in
percent Lucknow, Agra and Varanasi.
➢ Meditech Park – A state-of-the-art ➢ Uttar Pradesh is at the forefront in
Meditech Park is being developed providing drinking water to every
near Jewar Airport (Gautam Buddha home - Under Jal Jeevan Mission, 26
Nagar). districts of Uttar Pradesh are
➢ Robotic Process Automation (RPA) included in the top 50 districts of the
Lab – Inaugurated in Gorakhpur country and 7 districts of Uttar
➢ Toy Furniture Park – in Greater Pradesh are included in the top 10
Noida districts.
➢ Organization of National Temple o Bulandshahr at first place
Convention - in Varanasi ➢ E-Office System - E-Office System
➢ International Trade Exhibition - will be implemented in all the
Inaugurated by the President districts of Uttar Pradesh
Inaugurated in Greater Noida - o Recently completely
- Planned to be developed on the implemented e-office system
lines of New Okhla Industrial in Kannauj.
Development Authority (NOIDA) ➢ Ranking of states in FDI inflows –
➢ Bundelkhand Industrial between October 2019 and June
Development Authority - In the first 2023
phase, the township will be o 11th place of Uttar Pradesh
developed by including 35 thousand ➢ Chief Minister Micro Entrepreneur
acres of land of 33 revenue villages Accident Insurance – Entrepreneurs
of Jhansi district. in the age group of 18 to 60 years
➢ Nirala Smriti Samman 2023 -to be can apply for this scheme.
given to poet Arun Kamal. o Accident insurance cover up
➢ Tatva Plastic Pipe Factory – to Rs. 5 lakh to micro
Established in Gorakhpur Industrial category entrepreneurs.
Development Authority (GIDA) with ➢ Uttar Pradesh Matribhoomi Yojana –
an investment of Rs 110 crore. Under this, the residents of Uttar
➢ Special Educational Zone - Plan to Pradesh settled abroad can now
create special zone in Noida make community centers, marriage
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Lucknow in the first phase ceremonies etc. constructed in their

ancestral villages in the memory of
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their relatives and ancestors.

o For this, 60 percent money ➢ The country's first canine center - at

will have to be borne by the the Indian Veterinary Research
individual and 40 percent Institute in Bareilly
money will be given by the - will study the behavior of dogs and
government. various diseases related to them.
➢ Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana - ➢ IIT Kanpur – rain through cloud
According to the Uttar Pradesh seeding.
Cabinet, the proposal to implement ➢ State's first road ambulance - The
Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana first road ambulance was flagged off
from Kharif 2023 to Rabi 2025-26 in Meerut to repair potholes on the
has been approved. road.
o A total of 18 crops (10 Kharif ➢ State Capital Region (SCR)- Plan to
+ 8 Rabi) should be insured develop SCR on the lines of NCR by
at the Panchayat level in all covering a total of 8 districts
the districts of the state. including Lucknow along with
➢ World no.1 Under-7 Chess Player – Kanpur, Kanpur Dehat, Unnao Rae
Anupriya Yadav (Naini, Prayagraj) Bareli, Barabanki, Sitapur and
➢ Kamikaze Drone – Developed by IIT Hardoi.
Kanpur ➢ Swadesh Darshan Scheme 2.0 - Uttar
➢ Cow Embryo Transplant Center – Pradesh government will develop
The state's first Cow Embryo Prayagraj and Naimisharanya as
Transplant Center to be operated on spiritual tourism centers under
PPP mode will be opened in Bareilly. Swadesh Darshan Scheme 2.0.
➢ State's first state-of-the-art Citizen ➢ Ajay to Yogi Adityanath - Writer-
Facilitation Center - built in Kanpur Shantanu Gupta
➢ Sugam Kanwad App – By Meerut ➢ Sabrang - North India's first health
District Administration clinic Sabrang will be opened in
➢ Gautam Buddha University – Hosted Lucknow.
the Commonwealth Weightlifting ➢ National Training Center for Food
Championships Safety Standards Authority of India -
➢ Napier grass - Decision to plant Inaugurated by Dr. Mansukh
Napier grass to provide green fodder Mandaviya in Ghaziabad
to animals on pasture lands in the ➢ The name of Uttar Pradesh National
state. Law University Prayagraj has been
➢ Safe City - The state government will changed to Dr. Rajendra Prasad
make 17 municipal corporations and National Law University.
18 districts safe cities to create a safe ➢ Indo-Israel Center of Excellence for
environment for women in cities. Fruit – will be established in
➢ Increase in the number of leopards Kaushambi.
in Pilibhit Tiger Reserve – The ➢ Mathura - Modern Integrated Sugar
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➢ Ayodhya - The first solar city of the ➢ Major Dhyan Chand Museum –
state will be developed. Inaugurated by the Chief Minister in
➢ Rahul Choudhary - Brand Jhansi.
Ambassador of Bovine Promotion ➢ Nandini Krishak Yojana – Nandini
and Dairy Development Krishak Samriddhi Yojana launched
➢ Gular Ka Phool - Lucknow's film by the state government under Nand
Gular Ke Phool received the Best Baba Mission to promote milk
Short Film Award at the ARFF production and increase the breed of
International Film Festival held in cattle.
Barcelona, Spain. ➢ Akhil Sheoran - Akhil Sheoran of
➢ Avsar Yojana – Scheme to provide a Baghpat won gold medal in the
unique student ID to every child by ongoing Asian Games in China.
the state government ➢ Chief Minister Model Composite
o As soon as the student takes Schools - Decision to establish Chief
admission in any school in the Minister Model Composite Schools in
state, this ID will be 57 districts of the state.
generated and the records till ➢ Organization of Run for Heart - in
the last degree can be Mau - on 29 September 2023 on the
tracked. occasion of Heart Day to make
o Its objective is to bring people aware.
transparency at every level of ➢ Anganwadi Training Program –
education. Launched by Governor Anandiben
➢ Mukhyamantri Khet Suraksha Yojana Patel at Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj
– Farmers will be given subsidy to University, Kanpur.
install solar fencing to protect their ➢ 20th National Book Fair - Held in
crops from stray animals. Lucknow Theme - Gyan Kumbh
➢ Nandini Krishak Bima Yojana - In ➢ Divya Kala Mela – in Varanasi
this, indigenous breed of cows will ➢ Gaurav Museum - Foundation stone
be provided to the indigenous laid by Chief Minister in Gorakhpur
farmers and cattle herders. ➢ ODF+ - All 95667 villages of Uttar
➢ Uttar Pradesh Mango Festival 2023 - Pradesh have achieved ODF Plus
Lucknow status.
➢ Multidimensional Poverty Index ➢ Chambal Sanctuary – Proposal sent
2023 – By NITI Aayog to the state government for
o Uttar Pradesh remained first recognition as Dolphin Sanctuary.
in the entire country in terms ➢ Software Technology Parks - will be
of reducing the number of built in four cities Agra, Bareilly,
poor. Gorakhpur and Varanasi.
o According to NITI Aayog, the ➢ Kanpur - Plan to connect Kanpur city
richest district in the state is with MAC (Multi Agency Centre)
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Ghaziabad and the poorest ➢ Retirement age of doctors - The

district is Bahraich. retirement age of doctors has been
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increased to 65 years in Uttar park are being constructed on

Pradesh Agra Cantt Railway Station
➢ Varanasi - For the first time in the Road.
country, ropeway operation is being ➢ Ganga is most polluted in Kanpur -
started in Varanasi for Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control
transportation. Board report states that Ganga is
➢ Didi Cafe - Didi Cafe will be opened most polluted in Kanpur.
in 17 municipal corporations of UP ➢ Aligarh-Palwal Highway Greenfield
to provide employment Highway
opportunities to women under the o Greenfield highway will be
Urban Livelihood Mission. built up to Aligarh-Palwal
➢ Uttar Pradesh Police's anthem song Highway connecting Aligarh
launched - with Haryana and NCR.
o The song has been written by o Will be 67 kilometers long.
lyricist Ritesh Rajwada while ➢ Gopal Das Neeraj Memorial Award
Kunwar Anshit has sung it. o Announcement of award to
➢ Temple Museum - Announcement of five young poets.
construction of temple museum in ➢ Nandababa Milk Mission -
Ayodhya Nandababa Milk Mission scheme
➢ The state providing maximum tap launched at a cost of Rs 1000 crore
connections in 1 day - Uttar Pradesh, to make the state a leader in the field
connected 1.5 crore poor rural of milk development and milk
families with tap water under the Jal production.
Jeevan Mission on 15 August 2023. ➢ Top sugar producing state of India –
➢ Vantangiya Village Training Center is Uttar Pradesh
being set up in Gonda ➢ 'Pahal' Program - UP Government
o To enhance the skills of launched 'Pahal', an online rural
Vantangiya community education program in the state at UP
members Sainik Inter College, Lucknow.
➢ Heritage Hotel - 9 heritage sites of o Prepared by the Department
the state will get the look of heritage of Secondary Education in
hotel. collaboration with IIT
➢ 'Shakti Didi' campaign - Under the Kanpur.
leadership of Gautam Buddha Nagar ➢ Digital Health Card -Uttar Pradesh
Police Commissioner Lakshmi Singh, became the first state in the country
Shakti Didi campaign was started to make digital health cards for
with the aim of reducing crimes children.
against women. ➢ Greater Aligarh
➢ State's first heritage park and rail o Greater Aligarh will be settled
coach restaurant on the lines of Noida.
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o North-Central Railway and ➢ Annapurna Stores – 52 Annapurna

Uttar Pradesh's first rail stores will be built in Bareilly
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coach restaurant and heritage division.

➢ Pharmaceutical Research and ➢ President inaugurates 7th India

Innovation Institute - Guidelines for Water Week in Greater Noida.
establishment of Pharmaceutical ➢ Theme – Water Security for
Research and Innovation Institute to Sustainable Development and Equity.
promote research and ➢ The main theme of the 6th Uttar
manufacturing in the pharmaceutical Pradesh Celebration 2023 was –
sector in the state. Investment and Employment
➢ Amit Kumar - Amit Kumar of Meerut o Event: Lucknow
honored with Shaurya Chakra. ➢ MP Khel Mahakumbh is being
➢ AN Award 2023 – This award was organized by the MP of Basti district
presented by the American from the year 2021.
Academic Neurology to Dr. Abhishek ➢ Uttar Pradesh's Mine Mitra portal
Pathak and Dr. Anand Kumar, two received Platinum Award under
doctors from the Department of Digital India Awards 2022.
Neurology, Institute of Medical ➢ After Fatehgarh jail in Farrukhabad
Sciences, BHU, at a function district, Bulandshahr district jail was
organized in Boston. awarded five star rating with 'Eat
➢ International Stadium in Varanasi - Right Campus' tag by FSSAI.
International Stadium will be ➢ National Climate Conference 2023
constructed in Ganjari of Rajatalab was organized in Lucknow.
tehsil of Varanasi. ➢ Khelo India University Games 2022
o Will have a capacity of 30,000 will be organized for the first time in
spectators four districts of Uttar Pradesh,
➢ Water Taxi in Varanasi - Operation of Lucknow, Varanasi, Gorakhpur and
water taxi between Namo Ghat and Gautam Buddha Nagar.
Assi Ghat. ➢ Asia's largest product paints factory
➢ The first women's university of the was inaugurated at Sandila, Hardoi.
state will be established in ➢ Kalinjar Mahotsav 2023 of Banda
Gorakhpur. district was recognized as the state
➢ PM Mitra Mega Textile Park – in festival.
Lucknow and Hardoi. ➢ The first tribal museum of the state
➢ National Panchayat Award 2023 – (Tharu Tribe Museum) was built in
Hansudi Ausanpur (Bhavpur Block, Balrampur district.
District Siddharth Nagar) and Milan ➢ VFS Global Visa Application Center
Amawati (Dilari Blk, District inaugurated in Lucknow.
Moradabad) ➢ Yogi Adityanath has become the
➢ Uttar Pradesh was placed in the person holding the post of Chief
Achievers category in the fourth Minister of Uttar Pradesh for the
Leads Survey Report 2022 of the longest period.
Union Ministry of Commerce and ➢ Sania Mirza from Mirzapur district
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Industry. became the first Muslim woman in

the country to be selected to become
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a fighter pilot in the Indian Air Force.

➢ Government of India established o 7 times MP, 3 times Chief

'regional cultural centre' in Minister, Defense Minister
Prayagraj. o Establishment of Samajwadi
o One of the 7 centers in the Party in 1992.
country. ➢ Uttar Pradesh finished 8th with 56
➢ Uttar Pradesh's tableau based on medals (20 gold) in the 36th
Ayodhya Deepotsav theme got third National Games 2022 held in
place on Republic Day 2023 (first Gujarat.
place was in 2022) ➢ Mission Niramaya launched to
➢ Run for G-20 Walkathon was strengthen the health system of the
organized in four cities of Uttar state and improve the quality of
Pradesh – Lucknow, Agra, Noida and paramedical education.
Varanasi. ➢ Uttar Pradesh ranks 18 in the
➢ 'Aarohini Initiative Training Swachh Survekshan Grameen 2022
Program' was started for the safety report.
of girls in Kasturba Gandhi Girls ➢ Swachh Survekshan Urban 2022
Schools of the state. Report
➢ Launch of 'Digi Yatra' for Varanasi o In the more than 10 lakh
airport of the state. population category,
➢ 41st Ramayana Fair was organized Ghaziabad has got 12th rank
in Ayodhya. and Meerut has got 15th rank.
➢ Police commissioner system was ➢ Among Ganga cities with population
implemented in Prayagraj, Agra and less than 1 lakh, Bijnor has got the
Ghaziabad. Police Commissioner first rank and Kannauj has got the
system is already implemented in second rank.
Lucknow, Gautam Buddha Nagar, ➢ Gautam Buddha Nagar of Uttar
Kanpur, Varanasi of Uttar Pradesh Pradesh has been included in the
(total 7 districts). Gold category in the Prerna Run
➢ The first edition of 'UNESCO India honours.
Africa Hackathon' was organized in ➢ Ghaziabad and Lucknow were
Greater Noida. considered as 3 star cities among
➢ Statue of Dignity (Maryada Murti), garbage free cities.
the statue of Swami ➢ According to SRS Statistics Report
Ramanujacharya, was unveiled in 2022, the sex ratio at birth in Uttar
Ayodhya. Pradesh was recorded at 905.
➢ Former Chief Minister of Uttar ➢ Ranipur Tiger Reserve (Chitrakoot)
Pradesh Mulayam Singh Yadav became the fourth reserve of Uttar
passes away Pradesh and 53rd reserve of India.
o He will be posthumously (529 square kilometers)
awarded Padma Vibhushan ➢ Asia's first pathogen reduction
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Award in 2023 in the field of machine was inaugurated at KGMU,

public affairs. Lucknow.
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➢ The country's largest and Uttar ➢ Uttar Pradesh Eco-Tourism

Pradesh's first hyper scale data Development Board was formed.
center 'Yotta Data Centre' was o Headquarters: Lucknow
inaugurated in Knowledge Park o Chairman: Chief Minister
Noida. ➢ Night Safari Park will be established
➢ PM Gati Shakti Multi Model in Kukrail forest area in Lucknow
Waterways Summit 2022 held in district.
Varanasi. ➢ Kashi Tamil Sangam was
➢ IIT Kanpur got 66th rank in QS Asia inaugurated in Varanasi.
University Rankings 2023. ➢ A 5-member commission for OBC
➢ IIT Kanpur got 264th rank in QS reservation in Uttar Pradesh local
World University Rankings 2023. body elections was formed under the
➢ The 81st annual session of the chairmanship of Ram Avtar Singh.
Indian Road Congress was held in ➢ Lata Mangeshkar Chowk was
Lucknow. inaugurated in Ayodhya.
➢ 'State Transformation Commission' ➢ Uttar Pradesh ranked 12th in Public
was created in place of State Affairs Index 2022.
Planning Commission in Uttar o Last year's rank was 18th
Pradesh. ➢ Rupal Choudhary in Uttar Pradesh
o Its chairman will be the Chief became the first Indian athlete to
Minister. win two medals at a 2022 edition of
o Uttar Pradesh State Planning the World V-20 Athletics
Commission was established Championships.
on 24 August 1972. ➢ The foundation stone of Indo-Israel
➢ IDF World Dairy Summit 2022 was Center of Excellence for Vegetable
organized in Gautam Buddha Nagar. was laid from Madhopur
➢ Foundation stone of Logistics Park (Chandauli), Uttar Pradesh.
was laid at Chunar (Mirzapur). ➢ Deloitte India appointed as
➢ Uttar Pradesh's first floating solar consultant to bring Uttar Pradesh's
plant will be in Dibiyapur in Auraiya economy to one trillion dollars.
district. ➢ Uttar Pradesh ranked 7th in India
➢ 'Dular' program, an activity-based Innovation Index 2021 (by NITI
learning system for children up to six Aayog).
years of age in aspirational districts, ➢ Uttar Pradesh Mango Festival was
was started. organized in Lucknow.
➢ Khurshid Ahmed, a teacher from o Mango mega cluster started
Deoria district, received the National in Lucknow.
Teacher Award 2022. o Tagging of mangoes from
➢ The Government of India appointed Kakori brand.
Gorakhpur MP and actor Ravi Kishan ➢ Uttar Pradesh ranked second in the
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as the brand ambassador of the state ranking index for NFSA 2013.
National Tuberculosis Elimination ➢ Uttar Pradesh's first transgender
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Programme. desk opened in Lucknow.

➢ Sant Kabir Academy and Research o Theme of TB Day 2023: Yes!

Center was inaugurated in Maghar We can end T.B
(Santkabir Nagar). ➢ Production of AK-203 rifle started in
➢ Madame Tussauds Museum was Korwan Ordnance Factory located in
opened in Noida, Uttar Pradesh. Amethi.
➢ The country's first Amrit Sarovar o India-Russia joint venture
was built in Patwai (Rampur). ➢ In the Commonwealth Games 2022,
➢ Skill India International Center to be UP's Priyanka Goswami (athletics),
established in Varanasi (first in Meghna Singh, Deepti Sharma
Bhubaneswar) (cricket), Lalit Upadhyay (hockey)
➢ Geetanjali Shri (Mainpuri) was won silver and Annu Rani (javelin
awarded the International Booker throw), Divya Kakran (wrestling),
Prize 2022 for Sand Samadhi. Its Vijay Kumar Yadav (judo), Vandana
English translation was done by Kataria (hockey) won bronze medal.
'Daisy Rockwell'. ➢ Maternal mortality ratio in Uttar
➢ Uttar Pradesh got 8th rank in the Pradesh is 167 (highest in Assam)
fourth State Food Index 2021-22 ➢ Bundelkhand Expressway –
released by the Ministry of Health o Length: 296 km
and Family Welfare. o Chitrakoot to Etawah
➢ All India Police Athletics Cluster o 7 districts – Chitrakoot,
Championship 2022-23 was Banda, Mahoba, Hamirpur,
organized in Lucknow. Jalaun, Auraiya, Etawah
➢ Sericulture Fair 2023 was ➢ IIT Kanpur got 5th position, BHU
inaugurated in Gorakhpur. 11th in NIRF 2022 ranking.
➢ One World TB Summit 2023 was
inaugurated in Varanasi on 24
March, World Tuberculosis Day.
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Uttar Pradesh Policies, Schemes and Programs
Policies, Schemes and Time Objective

Programs
UP Sports Policy 2023 - - Health insurance of Rs 5 lakh

- Creation of Uttar Pradesh Sports
Development Fund of Rs 10 crore.
Per Drop - More Crop 5 years Encouragement to drip and sprinkler

Micro Irrigation irrigation
Program
UP Food Processing 5 years - To increase processing of agricultural

Industry Policy 2023 produce and encourage export of
processed foods.
- 35 percent capital grant (up to Rs 5
crore)
UP Millets Revival 5 years Estimated Expenditure: Rs 186 crore

Program Cultivation and processing of millets
(Jowar, Bajra, Kodo, Sawna).
UP Warehousing and 5 years Establishment of strong transport

Logistics Policy 2022 infrastructure network and attracting
private investment in logistics.
UP Solar Energy Policy 5 years Target to generate 22,000 MW power

2022 from solar projects in the next 5 years (22
GW)
- For grid connected system - grant of Rs
15000/KW by the state government.
UP Tourism Policy 2022 5 years Development of tourist destinations
UP Industrial 5 years - Expressways and freight corridors

Investment and Development of land bank and
Employment Promotion manufacturing cluster along the banks.
Policy 2022 100 percent exemption on stamp duty on
purchase of land in Purvanchal,
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Bundelkhand, 75 percent in Madhyanchal

and Paschimanchal.
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UP Dairy Development 5 years - Capital investment of Rs 5000 crore in

and Milk Production the next 5 years
Promotion Policy 2022 - Discount up to Rs 7.5 crore on animal
feed manufacturing plant
UP Electric Vehicle 5 years 100 percent road tax exemption on EVs

Policy 2022 during the first three years
- Discount up to Rs 5000 on two-wheeler,
up to Rs 12000 on three wheeler and up to
Rs 1 lakh on four wheeler (15 percent
discount)
UP Textile and Apparel 5 years - To establish the state as an apparel

Policy 2022 manufacturing centre.
- 25 percent subsidy on purchase of
machinery (up to Rs. 100 crore)
UP State Bio Energy 5 years Subsidy on compressed biogas production

Policy 2022 at the rate of 75 lakh tonnes (up to Rs 20
crore)
UP MSME Incentive - 10 to 25 percent subsidy on establishment

Policy 2022 of new MSME
UP One District – One - Football: Bahraich, Hathras

Game 2022 Kabaddi: Kannauj, Shravasti
Swimming: Pithibhit
Shooting: Banda
Lawn Tennis: Prayagraj
Archery: Sonbhadra, Lalitpur
Boxing: Bulandshahr, Kushinagar
Badminton: Aligarh, Gautam Buddha
Nagar
Table Tennis: Agra, Kanpur
Weightlifting: Mirzapur, Bijnor
UP Pandit Deendayal 5 years For improvement and treatment of rugged

Upadhyay Kisan barren/waterlogged areas in the state.
Samriddhi Yojana
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