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TABLE OF CONTENT
BANKING & FINANCIAL AWARENESS ................................................................................................................................ 9
CURRENT RATES ......................................................................................................................................................... 9
SMALL SAVING SCHEMES INTEREST RATE.............................................................................................................. 9
OTHER BANK/FINANCIAL SERVICES IN NEWS ..................................................................................................... 10
INDIA’S GROWTH PREDICTION ............................................................................................................................... 26
FIRST IN FINANCIAL SERVICE ................................................................................................................................. 32
RBI IN NEWS .............................................................................................................................................................. 35
CABINET APPROVAL / BILL /ACTS PASSED FOR BANKS/FINANCIAL SERVICE ................................................ 44
SBI IN NEWS .............................................................................................................................................................. 45
INSURANCE NEWS .................................................................................................................................................... 47
APP’s/PORTAL LAUNCHED ...................................................................................................................................... 52
LOANS/FUNDS SANCTIONED BY BANKS ................................................................................................................ 53
MOU’S/AGREEMENTS SIGNED BY BANKS .............................................................................................................. 58
APPOINTMENTS IN BANKING .................................................................................................................................. 62
FIRST IN INDIA & WORLD ................................................................................................................................................ 67
FIRST IN INDIA .......................................................................................................................................................... 67
TARGET ............................................................................................................................................................................ 79
NATIONAL AFFAIRS ......................................................................................................................................................... 80
CABINET APPROVALS ............................................................................................................................................... 80
BILL /Acts/Policy/Rules ........................................................................................................................................... 85
LONGEST,LARGEST,HIGHEST .................................................................................................................................. 87
BUDGET AND ECONOMIC SURVEY .......................................................................................................................... 88
CENTRAL GOVERNMENT SCHEMES ........................................................................................................................ 88
STATE GOVERNMENT SCHEMES ............................................................................................................................. 93
LAUNCHES/INAUGURATIONS ................................................................................................................................. 96
CENTRAL GOVERNMENT INITIATIVE/ANNOUNCEMENT .................................................................................. 106
STATEWISE NEWS .................................................................................................................................................. 113
RAILWAY NEWS ...................................................................................................................................................... 119
CAMPAIGN ............................................................................................................................................................... 121
COMMEMORATIVE NAME ...................................................................................................................................... 122
FESTIVAL ................................................................................................................................................................. 122
STATIC GK ................................................................................................................................................................ 124
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS .............................................................................................................................................. 125
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LONGEST,LARGEST,HIGHEST ................................................................................................................................ 125
OTHER INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS ....................................................................................................................... 126
VISIT .............................................................................................................................................................................. 130
VISIT TO INDIA ........................................................................................................................................................ 130
FOREIGN VISIT ........................................................................................................................................................ 132
SUMMITS, EVENTS & CONFERENCE .............................................................................................................................. 135
SUMMITS .................................................................................................................................................................. 135
CONFERENCE .......................................................................................................................................................... 138
EVENTS .................................................................................................................................................................... 140
COMMITTEES & MEETING ............................................................................................................................................ 142
COMMITTEES FORMED .......................................................................................................................................... 142
MEETINGS/DIALOGUE/COUNCIL/FORUM ........................................................................................................... 147
MOU’s & AGREEMENTS ................................................................................................................................................ 150
MOU'S WITH OTHER COUNTRY ............................................................................................................................. 150
MOU’S WITH STATE ............................................................................................................................................... 151
MOU’S BETWEEN ORGANIZATIONS ...................................................................................................................... 154
INDEX ............................................................................................................................................................................ 164
RANKING .................................................................................................................................................................. 164
INDIA’S RANK ...................................................................................................................................................... 164
STATE/CITY WISE RANKING ............................................................................................................................ 170
ORGANIZATION RANKING ................................................................................................................................. 173
INDIVIDUAL RANKING........................................................................................................................................ 175
REPORT .................................................................................................................................................................... 176
APPOINTMENTS & RESIGNS .......................................................................................................................................... 190
APPOINTMENTS ...................................................................................................................................................... 190
NATIONAL ............................................................................................................................................................ 190
INTERNATIONAL................................................................................................................................................. 200
BRAND AMBASSADOR ........................................................................................................................................ 206
RESIGNATION .......................................................................................................................................................... 208
AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS .......................................................................................................................................... 209
AWARDS ................................................................................................................................................................... 209
AWARDS FOR LITERATURE/JOURNALISM/ACADEMIC ................................................................................. 214
AWARDS GIVEN TO THE SPORTS PERSONALITIES ......................................................................................... 216
AWARDS GIVEN TO ORGANIZATIONS/BANKS/MINISTRIES/STATE/CITY .................................................. 217
AWARDS GIVEN FOR SOCIAL SERVICE, SCIENCE & BRAVERY ....................................................................... 221
AWARDS GIVEN TO FILM/MUSIC INDUSTRY/ART ......................................................................................... 227
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RECOGNITIONS ....................................................................................................................................................... 231
WORD OF THE YEAR ........................................................................................................................................... 237
GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATION(GI) TAG ................................................................................................................. 237
ECONOMY & BUSINESS ................................................................................................................................................. 238
ACQUISITIONS & MERGERS .......................................................................................................................................... 244
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY .............................................................................................................................................. 251
APP & WEB PORTAL ............................................................................................................................................... 251
SATELLITES ............................................................................................................................................................. 258
MOUs IN RELATED TO SCIENCE ............................................................................................................................ 264
NEW INITIATIVE/INNOVATION ............................................................................................................................ 264
ENVIRONMENT ............................................................................................................................................................. 271
DEFENCE ........................................................................................................................................................................ 274
EXERCISES ............................................................................................................................................................... 274
MISSILES .................................................................................................................................................................. 278
COMMISSION/DECOMMISSION ............................................................................................................................. 282
IMPORTANT DEALS & MoU’s ................................................................................................................................. 283
IMPORTANT DEFENCE EVENTS ............................................................................................................................ 285
SPORTS .......................................................................................................................................................................... 288
APPOINTMENTS IN SPORTS .................................................................................................................................. 289
TENNIS ..................................................................................................................................................................... 290
CRICKET ................................................................................................................................................................... 295
FOOTBALL................................................................................................................................................................ 297
RETIREMENT ........................................................................................................................................................... 299
BADMINTON ............................................................................................................................................................ 301
SHOOTING ................................................................................................................................................................ 306
BOXING ..................................................................................................................................................................... 307
CHESS ....................................................................................................................................................................... 307
RANKING .................................................................................................................................................................. 309
OTHER SPORTS ....................................................................................................................................................... 312
UPCOMING SPORTS EVENTS .................................................................................................................................. 317
BOOKS & AUTHORS ....................................................................................................................................................... 319
OBITUARY ...................................................................................................................................................................... 327
NATIONAL ................................................................................................................................................................ 327
INTERNATIONAL..................................................................................................................................................... 332
IMPORTANT DAYS ......................................................................................................................................................... 335
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BANKING & FINANCIAL AWARENESS
CURRENT RATES
Policy rates
Repo Rate
Reverse Repo
Rate
Marginal
Standing
Facility (MSF)
Bank Rate
Standing
Deposit
Facility (SDF)
Rate
Cash Reserve
Ratio (CRR)
Statutory
Liquidity Ratio
(SLR)
Bi-monthly
Monetary
Policy
April 2022
(FY23)
Bi-monthly
Monetary
Policy
June 2022
(FY23)
Bi-monthly
Monetary
Policy
August 2022
(FY23)
Bi-monthly
Monetary
Policy
October 2022
(FY23)
4.0%
3.35%
Monetary
Policy OffCycle
Meeting
May
2022(FY23)
4.40 %
3.35%
4.90%
3.35%
5.40%
3.35%
5.90%
3.35%
4.25%
4.65%
5.15%
5.65%
6.15%
4.25%
3.75%
4.65%
4.15 %
5.15%
4.65%
5.65%
5.15%
6.15%
5.65%
4%
4.50%
4.50%
4.50%
4.50%
18.00%
18.00%
18.00%
18.00%
18%
* Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) will be held 6 times for a financial year as per RBI rules
SMALL SAVING SCHEMES INTEREST RATE
Minister of Finance under GOI revised the interest rate for the Four quarter (April – March 2022) of the FY2223 on small saving schemes. It will be revised three months once.
Instruments
Rate of interest Rate of interest Rate of interest Compounding
(from April 2022 (from July 2022 (from October
Frequency*
to June 2022)
to September
2022 to
2022)
December
2022)
Post Office Savings Account
4.0%
4.0%
4.0%
Annually
1 Year Time Deposit
5.5%
5.5%
5.5%
Quarterly
2 Year Time Deposit
5.5%
5.5%
5.7%
Quarterly
3 Year Time Deposit
5.5%
5.5%
5.8%
Quarterly
5 Year Time Deposit
6.7%
6.7%
6.7%
Quarterly
5 Year Recurring Deposit
5.8 %
5.8 %
5.8%
Quarterly
Scheme
Senior Citizen Savings Scheme
7.4%
7.4%
7.6%
Quarterly and
paid
Monthly Income Account
6.6%
6.6%
6.7%
Monthly and paid
National Savings Certificate
6.8%
6.8%
6.8%
Annually
(VIII Issue)
Public Provident Fund Scheme
7.1%
7.1%
7.1%
Annually
Kisan Vikas Patra
6.9 % (will mature
6.9 % (will
7%((will mature
Annually
in 124 months)
mature in 124
in 123 months)
months)
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Sukanya Samriddhi Account
Scheme
7.6%
7.6%
7.6%
Annually
OTHER BANK/FINANCIAL SERVICES IN NEWS
NOVEMBER 2022
➢ Aditya Birla Sun Life AMC Limited launched Sahyog, an initiative for empowering support staff and
their families.
➢ Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) & the Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet
(GEAPP) collaborated on a strategic investment partnership for mobilising up to USD 1 billion for the
financing of green energy transition and renewable energy projects.
➢ Bank of Baroda (BoB) in collaboration with Visa launched the two new premium Debit Cards - BoB
World Opulence (a super-premium Visa Infinite Debit Card (Metal Edition)) & BoB World Sapphire( a
Visa Signature Debit Card)
➢ Bank of Baroda (BoB) launched the limited-time fixed deposit (FD) scheme, Baroda Tiranga Plus
Deposit Scheme, offering higher interest rates up to7.50% per annum (p.a.) for 399 days and 50% p.a.
for senior citizens and 0.25% for non-callable deposits.
➢ Bank of India (BoI) launched a special fixed deposit (FD) scheme namely ‘Star Super Triple Seven
Fixed Deposit’ which will offer 7.25% rate of interest on a deposit for 777 days.
➢ Bayer, Rabo Partnerships, & Mastercard joined forces to establish a scalable programme to enhance
the digitization of India’s agricultural finance (Agri-Finance) sector.
➢ Credit Card base of major issuers drops FY23 in Q2 over RBI’s norms and HDFC bank saw highest
net reduction
➢ Chqbook partnered with National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL) Payments Bank to
launch a zero-balance digital current account for small business owners.
➢ HDFC Mutual Fund launched two new exchange-traded funds, HDFC Nifty IT ETF and HDFC Nifty
Private Bank ETF to expand the ‘HDFC MF Index Solutions’, that offers solutions to gain exposure to the
growing Information Technology (IT) and Private Bank space.
➢ MUFG Bank partnered with M1xchange to facilitate digital invoice financing for its customers.
➢ South Indian Bank launched a foreign outward remittance service “Remit Money Abroad” via its
mobile banking application, ‘SIB Mirror+’.
➢ SEBI issued norms regarding the standardization of rating scales used by Credit Rating Agencies
(CRAs) which will be applicable from January 1, 2023.
➢ Unity Small Finance Bank Limited (Unity Bank) launched Shagun 366, a 1 year, 1 day fixed deposit
(FD), which offers 7.8 % p.a. returns for retail customers and 8.30 % p.a. for senior citizens for a tenure
of 366 days.
➢ United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based bank Emirates NBD launched two new full-service branches in
Chennai, Tamil Nadu and Gurugram, Haryana in addition to its Mumbai branch to expand its presence
as Asia’s 3rd largest economy.
➢ Zaggle & the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) teamed up to issue contactless credit
cards on the RuPay network.
OCTOBER 2022
➢ BSE Technologies Pvt. Ltd. (BSE Tech) launched the Know Your Client Registration Agency (KYC KRA),
a SEBI regulated intermediary for maintaining KYC records of investors in an electronic form.
➢ BSE Limited completed India’s first successful creation, transaction and settlement of electronic gold
receipts (EGRs).
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➢ CASHe partnered with Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) to provide a
‘Travel Now Pay Later’ (TNPL) facility on IRCTC’s Rail Connect mobile application.
➢ Cashfree Payments India Private Limited launched ‘Issuance’, a card issuance stack solution to
enable fintech platforms to launch customized prepaid cards and wallets for their customers, employees
& partners.
➢ Dvara E-Dairy Solutions Private Limited in partnership with Jana Small Finance Bank launched ‘Dvara
Surabhi Loan’, to provide comprehensive financial and cattle management solutions to small and
medium dairy farmers in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.
➢ Government of India (GoI), World Bank (WB) and the Small Industries Development Bank of India
(SIDBI) collaborated to launch a USD 1 billion fund to provide guarantees against defaults on loans taken
to buy electric 2-wheelers and 3-wheelers.
➢ HDFC Securities Limited opened first-ever Women-Only Digital Centre (DC) in Bengaluru, Karnataka
with all women staff aged below 30 years, serving both male and female investors.
➢ IDBI Bank launches Multiple Digital Solutions on Its 59th Foundation Day : DigiKCC Platform, WPS
system, ‘GO Mobile+’ Mobile App and Cardless ATM. Clickhere
➢ IDBI Bank announced the “Amrit Mahotsav FD” scheme with a rate of 6.90% for a unique bucket of
555 days commencing on October 21, 2022, as part of its festive offer.
➢ ICICI Bank Limited launched ‘Smart Wire’, an online solution to allow Non Resident Indian (NRI)’s
and resident customers to make SWIFT based inward remittances through online.
➢ Indian Army signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with 11 banks for providing banking
facilities to Agniveers on enrollment under the Agnipath scheme.
➢ India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) & Reserve Bank Innovation Hub (RBIH) partnered to enhance the
reach of financial solutions to large sections of society across India and to enable frictionless finance to a
billion Indians.
➢ Indian Bank launched six digital transformation initiatives under its ‘Project WAVE (World of Advance
Virtual Experience)’.
➢ India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) introduced a Group Accident Insurance Plan with an accidental
death coverage of Rs 10 lakh.
➢ International Finance Corporation (IFC) launched a new financing facility worth USD 6 billion to
strengthen the private sector’s ability to respond to the global food crisis and to support food
production.
➢ JSW Cement Ltd. raised INR 400 crore (USD 50 million) from MUFG Bank India Ltd. as its first
sustainability-linked loan.
➢ Karnataka Bank Limited (KBL) launched a Special campaign “KBL UTSAV 2022-23” for Home loans,
Car loans and Gold loans from 01 October 2022 to 31 December 2022 to cater to the festive demands.
➢ Karnataka Bank Limited (KBL) opened an Analytical Centre of Excellence (ACoE) in Bengaluru,
Karnataka.
➢ Karnataka Bank Limited (KBL) launched ‘KBL Centenary Deposit Scheme’, a unique term deposit
scheme with higher rate of interest, effective from 17th October 2022.
➢ Mahindra and Mahindra Financial Services Limited (MMFSL) announced a strategic partnership
with India Post Payments Bank Limited (IPPB) to enhance its credit access to a larger customer base.
➢ National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has launched NPCI Partner Program (NPP) to
collaborate with various Technological Service Providers (TSP), Application Service Providers (ASP),
and other similar entities.
➢ NPCI Bharat BillPay Limited (NBBL) partnered with Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited (KMBL) to
enable customers to pay credit card dues on the Bharat BillPay Platform.
➢ Paytm partnered with Jana Small Finance Bank Limited (Jana Small Finance Bank) to deploy card
machines in an effort to promote digitization among Indian merchants.
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➢ PhonePe launched its first green data centre in India in Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, leveraging
technology and solutions from Dell Technologies and NTT Ltd.
➢ PhonePe Private Limited, India (PhonePe) invested USD 200 million (around Rs 1,661 crore) for
setting up data centres in India.
➢ RBL Bank partnered with BookMyShow to launch a new credit card, ‘Play’, for India’s entertainment
seeking audience.
➢ Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) extended the Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) for
subscription transactions in units of Mutual Funds (MFs) w.e.f. April 1, 2023.clickhere
➢ SEBI widened the scope of the Demat Debit and Pledge Instruction (DDPI) for pledging and repledging
of securities for margin purposes w.e.f. November 18, 2022.
➢ SEBI granted its in-principle approval to BSE for introducing a social stock exchange (SSE) as a
separate segment from existing stock exchanges.
➢ SEBI approved the Government’s proposal to convert telecom operator Vodafone Idea Limited’s (VIL)
debts of over USD 1.92 billion (Rs16,000 crore) into equity.
➢ SEBI extended the deadline for implementation of the Rs 25 crore-threshold rule for direct ETF
(exchange-traded fund) transactions with asset management companies (AMCs) to May 1, 2023.
➢ Unity Small Finance Bank Limited (Unity Bank) launched Shagun 501, a special Fixed Deposit (FD)
scheme at attractive interest rates.
➢ Worldline partnered with NPCI International Payments Ltd. (NIPL) to facilitate UPI payments
across Europe.
SEPTEMBER 2022
➢ Axis Bank partnered with PayNearby Technologies Private Limited to boost credit growth in meeting
the bank’s priority sector lending (PSL) targets segment.
➢ Axis Bank & Square Yards have launched a co-branded first-of-its-kind unified platform, a home buyer
ecosystem namely ‘Open Door’.
➢ Axis Bank Limited partnered with Samsung India to launch a co-branded Samsung Axis Bank credit
card, powered by a visa platform.
➢ BOB Financial Solutions Limited (BFSL) & Snapdeal in partnership with National Payments
Corporation of India (NPCI) and Japan’s JCB International Company Limited (JCB) launched the
‘Snapdeal BoB JCB RuPay Credit Card’.
➢ Bank of Baroda (BoB) launched ‘Khushiyon ka Tyohaar’, an annual festive campaign that provides a
range of offers including attractive interest rates on home loans and car loans.
➢ BSE Limited received final approval from the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) for
introducing the Electronic Gold Receipt (EGR) segment on its platform.
➢ DBS Bank Limited announced its partnership with The Sandbox to create ‘DBS BetterWorld’, an
interactive metaverse experience.
➢ DBS Bank India Limited (DBIL) collaborated with HDFC ERGO General Insurance Company
Limited and Atradius to offer Credit Insurance – Accounts Receivable solution to Tata Metaliks Ltd
(TML), a subsidiary of Tata Steel Limited.
➢ ESAF Small Finance Bank (ESAF SFB) introduced a “Rainbow Savings Account” specifically for the
transgender community, in an effort to promote a trans-friendly or inclusive labour culture.
➢ Federal Bank & Union Bank launches pilot for Digitalization of Kisan Credit Card (KCC) lending in
Tamil Nadu (TN) & Madhya Pradesh (MP) respectively.
➢ Federal Bank Limited partnered with the NPCI Bharat BillPay Limited (NBBL) and Lulu Financial
Group, to enable Utility Bill Payment services for Non-Resident Indian (NRI) Diaspora in GCC(Gulf
Cooperation Council) Region.
➢ HDFC Bank introduces its rural banking business, ‘Bank on Wheels’ in the village of Koteshwar, near
Ahmedabad, in Gujarat.
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➢ HDFC Bank inked a multi-year data and technology agreement with Refinitiv to facilitate its digital
transformation and innovation programmes across the whole business in India.
➢ IndusInd Bank Limited inked a pact with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for a partial
guarantee programme with an initial outlay of USD 70 million (Rs 560 crore), towards promoting
Supply Chain Financing (SCF) solutions in India.
➢ IDFC FIRST Bank joined the Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) to enable early adoption of
the network among its customers.
➢ Japan-based Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) Bank increased the capital of its branch in
India by Rs 3,000 crore to expand its India business.
➢ Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited (KMBL) launched a one-of-a-kind Everyday Savings Account (Daily
Savings Account), a unique savings account designed to help customers in spending and saving every
day.
➢ Muthoot FinCorp Ltd. partnered with IME India Pvt. Ltd. (formerly IME Forex India) to extend the
scope of its remittance services in the Indo-Nepal corridor.
➢ Mastercard will launch its Carbon Calculator feature for Indian customers, which will offer
consumers an estimated carbon footprint every time they purchase something.
➢ Mastercard established a partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on
Mastercard’s Lighthouse MASSIV program, that will help to secure the lives of over 1 billion people by
2025.
➢ National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) introduced Unified Payments Interface (UPI)
payments via credit cards on the RuPay network, potentially expanding the credit market.
• “UPI Lite” for small-value UPI transactions via a wallet-like feature and
• The facility for inward cross-border remittances via the Bharat Bill Pay System (BBPS).
➢ Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) permitted Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT), and
Infrastructure Investment Trust (InvIT) having net worth of at least Rs 100 crore to issue Commercial
Papers (CPs), subject to certain conditions.
➢ TerraPay collaborated with the NPCI International Payments Limited (NIPL) to enable merchants
in India with Unified Payments Interface (UPI) ID to make and accept cross-border payments.
➢ Union Bank of India (UBI) launched the ‘Ethical Hacking Lab’ at the Cyber Security Centre of
Excellence (CCoE) in Hyderabad, Telangana.
➢ UCO Bank tied up with Gazprom Bank & the Yes Bank signed an agreement with Petersburg Social
Commercial Bank (PSCB) for undertaking businesses with Russia.
AUGUST 2022
➢ Axis Bank has become the first in India to introduce the Axis Receivables Suite (ARS), an innovative
Cash Management Proposition.
➢ Axis Bank set to launch a campaign with Kochi Metro Rail Limited (KMRL) to process the Kochi1 card
among metro commuters.
➢ According to the data collated by PGA Labs,State Bank of India (SBI) remained the top player
with 30 percent market share of debit cards as of June 2022 & HDFC Bank topped the credit card chart
with 22 percent market share. According to the data collated by PGA Labs.
➢ BOB Financial Solutions Limited launched credit card servicing mobile application (app),
bobcard, for providing one-stop solution for customers.
➢ BOB Financial Solutions Limited (BFSL)& the Indian Army launched Yoddha, a co-branded RuPay
credit card for the Indian Army personnel, in partnership with National Payments Corporation of India
(NPCI).
➢ Bank of Baroda (BoB) launched the ‘Baroda Tiranga Deposit Scheme’ for a limited time period i.e. till
December 31, 2022.
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➢ BASIX Social Enterprise Group launched BASIX Farmers’ Market (BFM), an agritech platform, in
partnership with Mastercard.
➢ Bank of Maharashtra (BOM) initiated a new Fixed Deposit (FD) scheme namely ‘Maha Dhanvarsha’
with highest interest rate of 5.50% for regular people and 6% for senior citizens.
➢ Dhanlaxmi Bank Limited signed an agreement with New Street Technologies Private Limited to
facilitate micro lending, operations management, and technology services under Priority Sector Lending
(PSL).
➢ Edelweiss Mutual Fund (MF) launches Edelweiss Gold and Silver Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) Fund
of Fund, India’s first fund offer scheme.
➢ HDFC Limited raised the largest social finance issuance of USD 1.1 billion (around Rs 8,700 crore)
from investors under Syndicated Social Loan Facility at a 3.3 percent coupon rate for financing
affordable housing projects in India.
➢ HDFC Bank opened its first all-women branch at Cherootty Road, Kozhikode, Kerala (north Kerala
region) with an aim to enhance gender diversity in banking sector.
➢ HDFC Bank partnered with M1xchange promoted by Mynd Solutions Private Limited in the Trade
receivables Discounting System (TReDs) platform with an aim to provide more liquidity to small
businesses at competitive interest rates.
➢ IndusInd Bank Limited announced a strategic partnership with Rupyy to offer 100% paperless loan
processing for used cars.
➢ Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) launched a special variant of the debit card “IOB Rupay Select Card”,
that can be used for domestic and International payments.
➢ IDFC FIRST Bank Limited & LetsVenture Technologies Private Limited partnered to support the
startup ecosystem by offering curated products and solutions to startups, founders and investors.
➢ ICICI Bank partnered with the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) to launch a range of
credit cards on the native payments network Rupay.
➢ Infosys Finacle inducted into the International Financial Services Centres Authority’s (IFSCA)
Regulatory Sandbox framework to pilot its blockchain-based trade finance solution.
➢ KreditBee partnered with Cashfree Payments to offer cardless Equated Monthly Instalment (EMI)
options for its non-credit card holders.
➢ Karnataka Bank entered into a Co-Lending Agreement with Yubi (formerly CredAvenue Pvt Ltd)
through the Yubi Co.Lend, the co-lending platform of Yubi.
➢ Karnataka Bank entered into an agreement with SCHWING Stetter India Pvt Ltd, a prominent
manufacturer of construction equipment.
➢ Karnataka Bank introduced KBL Amrit Samriddhi, a New Term Deposit Scheme under Abhyudaya
Cash Certificate (ACC) and Fixed Deposit (FD) for a tenure of 75 weeks (525 days).
➢ Paytm partnered with Piramal Capital & Housing Finance Limited (PCHFL) for expanding the
distribution of merchant loans to the small cities and towns of India
➢ Paytm partnered with Samsung stores across India to enable smart payments and its loan service
Paytm Postpaid through distribution of Point of Sale (PoS) smart devices.
➢ Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) decided to discontinue the facility
to pay subscriptions/contributions in the Tier-II account of the National Pension System (NPS) using
credit cards.
➢ Securities Exchange Board of India (SEBI) postponed the implementation of new rules on
nomination for mutual fund investors till October 1, 2022 which were supposed to come into force from
August 1, 2022.
➢ SEBI amended the pricing norms for preferential allotment of units by Real Estate Investment Trusts
(REITs) and Infrastructure Investment Trusts (InvITs).
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➢ SEBI issued new guidelines for Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs) and Venture Capital Funds
(VCFs) for making investment abroad, under which overseas investee firms won’t need to have an
Indian connection.
➢ Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) joined the Account Aggregator (AA) framework.
➢ Small Industries Development Bank in India (SIDBI) partnered with SVC Co-operative Bank Limited
(SVC Bank) to extend refinance facility to facilitate an improved flow of credit to MSMEs.
➢ Tata Neu and HDFC Bank partnered to launch co-branded credit cards in two variants - Tata Neu Plus
HDFC Bank Credit Card and Tata Neu Infinity HDFC Bank Credit Card.
➢ Union Bank of India (UBI) sets up “RACE” – grow RAM (retail, agriculture and MSME) loans, improve
Asset quality, increase CASA (current account, savings account deposits) and increase Earnings – as its
goal for 2022.
➢ Union Bank of India (UBI) takes the next step in promoting employees’ career trajectories &
improving diversity in banking with Union Prerna 2.0-EmpowerHim, an industry-first and men-focused
committee dedicated to improving the workplace environment.
➢ Yes Bank & IBSFINtech, partnered to empower the corporate treasury ecosystem with a robust
decision-making tool and automated workflows backed by seamless bank connectivity.
➢ Yes Bank partnered with SellerApp to encourage the seller segment of its client base to adopt Open
Network Digital Commerce (ONDC) and help in expanding their digital commerce footprint
JULY 2022
➢ Airtel Payments Bank partnered with Axis Bank to digitise the cash collection system in Tier III
cities and semi-urban regions.
➢ Axis Bank partnered with EazyDiner to launch Dining Delights, a unique dining experience for the
bank customers.
➢ Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) approved the establishment of an Interim Operational
Hub, its first overseas office in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE), pending formal agreement to be
finalised.
➢ Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI) launched a mutual fund (MF) distributor recruitment
campaign, “Karein Shuru?” (Can we start?).
➢ Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) headed by the Prime Minister (PM) approved the
establishment of Financial Services Institutions Bureau (FSIB) with one chairperson (Bhanu Pratap
Sharma) and two members (Animesh Chauhan & Shailendra Bhandari).
➢ Bank of Baroda (BoB) partnered with Women’s World Banking (WWB) to launch the broader
Phase 3 of the ‘Baroda Jan Dhan Plus’ to inculcate savings behaviour in customers.
➢ Bank fraud involving sums over Rs. 100 crores declined substantially, with banks reporting cases
worth Rs. 41,000 crores in FY22, compared to Rs. 1.05 lakh crore in FY21.
➢ Bandhan Bank opened its first currency chest in Deedargunj in Patna, Bihar which helps in cash
management for bank branches and ATMs.
➢ Bank of India (BoI) & Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) in
association with k-fintech launched a digital platform to open National Pension System (NPS) accounts
using mobile phones.
➢ City Union Bank signed a corporate agency agreement with Shriram General Insurance Company for
the distribution of the insurance products through the Bank’s network across India.
➢ European Investment Bank (EIB) joined the India-led Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure
(CDRI) as part of efforts to limit damage caused by climate change.
➢ Fi Money launched ‘Ally Annexure’, an initiative to empower LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and
transgender) customers have better access to financial services.
➢ Federal Bank in collaboration with the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) launched its new
online tax payment service under Tin 2.0 platform of Income Tax Department.
➢ HDFC Limited partnered with Salesforce for supporting growth priorities as HDFC wanted to build
the next generation of integration backbone, to easily connect backend and frontend systems including
Salesforce.
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➢ HDFC Securities Ltd., (HDFC Securities) partnered with Equitas Small Finance Bank (Equitas SFB) to
provide its clients a demat account and its broking or investment services.
➢ IndusInd bank & EasyDiner partnered to launch EasyDiner IndusInd Bank Credit Card, a co-branded
credit card that aims at enhancing customers dining experience.
➢ Ministry of Defence (MoD), for the first time, entrusted 3 private sector banks —HDFC Bank Ltd.,
ICICI Bank, and Axis Bank Ltd.—to provide financial services such as Letter of Credit (LoC) and Direct
Bank Transfer operations for overseas procurement.
➢ National Institute of Information Technology (NIIT)-Institute of Finance, Banking and Insurance
(IFBI), entered into a partnership with HDFC Bank to build digital talent for the banking industry.
➢ Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) & National Bank for Agriculture and Rural
Development (NABARD) jointly organised Grand Hackathon to promote E-commerce in Agri sector.
➢ Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) extended the deadline for implementation of the
guidelines, related to the Demat Debit and Pledge Instruction (DDPI) from its original date of July 01,
2022 to September 01, 2022.
➢ Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) issued new guidelines for settlement of running
accounts of clients’ funds or securities lying with stock brokers.
• Extended the deadline for commencing the validation of all KYC (Know Your Customer) records
by KYC Registration Agencies (KRAs) by three months to November 1, 2022.
➢ Standard Chartered Bank launched a co-branded credit card namely ‘EaseMyTrip Standard Chartered
Credit Card’ with online travel platform EaseMyTrip.
➢ South Indian Bank (SIB) signed an agreement with Kerala’s Forest and Wildlife Department to
enable digital collection of payments at eco-tourism centres, Vanasree shops, mobile Vanasree units and
eco-shops across Kerala.
➢ Tata Mutual Fund partnered with Computer Age Management Services Limited, CAMSPay to
introduce Unified Payments Interface (UPI) Autopay for immediate Systematic Investment Plan (SIPs).
➢ Union Bank of India (UBI) announced the launch of ‘Uni-verse’, the bank’s Metaverse Virtual
Lounge, and the Open Banking Sandbox Environment at an event in Mumbai, Maharashtra.
➢ Union Bank of India (UBI) is planning to develop an automated solution, Union SARAS (Stressed
Assets Recovery Automated Solution) for early resolution of stressed assets through a bad loan
management system
➢ YES Bank signed a binding term sheet with JCF ARC LLC and JC Flowers Asset Reconstruction
Private Limited for the sale of bad loans worth Rs. 48000 crore.
JUNE 2022
➢ Axis Bank and Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) have announced the launch of a co-branded
contactless credit card the “INDIANOIL AXIS BANK RuPay Credit Card” in collaboration with National
Payments Corporation of India (NPCI).
➢ Airtel Payments Bank partnered with Muthoot Finance to offer gold loans through the Airtel
Thanks app.
➢ Bajaj Finance Limited has launched the financial education awareness campaign ‘Har Time EMI on
Time’.
➢ Bharat BillPay (Bharat Bill Payment System – BBPS) onboarded CRED (Dreamplug Technologies
Pvt Ltd) as a key agent institution (AI) to provide bill payment solutions to CRED users.
➢ BOB Financial Solutions Limited (BFSL and Nainital Bank launched BOB Financial and Nainital Bank
co-branded contactless RuPay Credit Card.
➢ Bajaj Finance Limited (BFL) partnered with Worldline to develop Point-Of-Sales (POS) payments
acquiring solutions for its merchant network.
➢ Cashfree Payments India Private Limited (Cashfree Payments) partnered with EasyTransfer, to
offer a faster, easier, and cheaper platform for Indian students to make fee payments to universities and
educational institutions abroad.
➢ CARD91 announced a strategic partnership with YES BANK and RuPay, the flagship product of
National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) to increase its footprint in the Indian payments market.
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➢ CarTrade Tech Ltd. has teamed up with IDFC FIRST Bank to provide used car buyers with easy and
smart financing options.
➢ DBS bank India has launched its first-ever credit card in India in partnership with Bajaj Finance
Limited (BFL), namely ‘Bajaj Finserv DBS Bank SuperCard’, powered by Visa.
➢ Easy Home Finance Limited (EHFL) & ICICI Home Finance Company Limited (ICICI HFC) have
entered into a co-lending partnership to provide affordable home loans in India.
➢ Equitas Small Finance Bank Limited announced the launch of an exclusive savings account for kids,
‘ENJOI’.
➢ Freo, in partnership with Equitas Small Finance Bank launched its digital savings account ‘Freo
Save’.
➢ HSBC India announced USD 250 million in lending support for high-growth, technology-led start-ups
in India.
➢ Housing Development Finance Corporation (HDFC) Ltd. partnered with Accenture for digitizing
its lending business by using a cloud-native platform for application, processing, credit underwriting
and disbursement.
➢ ICICI Bank partnered with ZestMoney, to expand its ‘Cardless EMI’ facility for purchases on retail and
e-commerce platforms.
➢ ICICI Bank launched a digital platform, ‘Campus Power’, first-of-its-kind to address the needs of the
students aspiring to pursue higher education in India and abroad.
➢ Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) amends its regulations for insolvency
resolution process for corporate persons, complaint handling, inspection and investigation &
Information Utilities. Clickhere
➢ Karnataka Bank launched an online savings bank (SB) account opening facility via the ‘Video-based
Customer Identification Process (V-CIP)’.
➢ Luxembourg Stock Exchange (LuxSE) and the India International Exchange (IFSC) Limited (India
INX) signed a cooperation agreement in the Gujarat International Finance Tec (GIFT) City in Gujarat.
➢ Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY) declared the Information Technology (IT) resources of ICICI
Bank, HDFC Bank, and National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) as ‘Critical Information
Infrastructure (CII)’.
➢ Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) & National Bank for Agriculture and Rural
Development (NABARD) joined hands to activate e-commerce in the agriculture domain.
➢ Protean eGov Technologies Limited (Protean) announced a strategic partnership with
PayNearby to offer Permanent Account Number (PAN) related services through Aadhaar and biometric
or SMS-based One Time Password (OTP) authentication for their customer.
➢ Power Finance Corporation Limited (PFC) has listed its maiden EUR 300 million green bonds on the
Luxembourg Green Exchange (LGX) of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange (LuxSE) Securities Official List.
➢ Suryoday Small Finance Bank (SFB) teamed with Mobisafar Services Private Limited (Mobisafar
Services) has launched a full banking CSP (Customer Service Point) to provide banking services.
➢ South Indian Bank (SIB) introduced a new portal named “SIB TF Online”, for its corporate EXIM
(Export-Import) customers.
➢ SEBI provided an additional payment option of Unified Payments Interface (UPI) to retail
investors to apply in the public issue of units of Infrastructure Investment Trust (InvIT) and Real Estate
Investment Trust (REIT) for application value up to Rs 5 lakh w.e.f. August 1, 2022.
➢ The 12 Public sector banks (PSBs) collectively doubled their net profit during FY22 to Rs 66,539
crore, an increase of 110% over Rs 31,816 crore in FY21 In accordance with an analysis of key financial
parameters of PSBs done by Bank Unions.
➢ Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman unveiled the fifth edition of Enhanced Access and Service
Excellence ‘EASE 5.0: Enhanced digital experience; data-driven, integrated, and inclusive banking’,
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which provides the Common Public Sector Banks (PSBs) Reforms Agenda for FY23 under the EASENext
program.
MAY 2022
➢ Axis Bank partnered with SpiceJet to launch the most lucrative co-branded credit cards - SpiceJet
Axis Bank Voyage and Voyage Black powered by Visa.
➢ AU Small Finance Bank introduced two new products “AU Royale Salary” and “AU Royale Business”
current accounts as part of their affluent banking programme – AU Royale.
➢ Bank of Maharashtra (BoM) introduced a series of digital products, including Mahabank Leads,
Digital Mahabank Kisan Credit Card (MKCC), Virtual Visiting Card (V-Card), and others, with the goal of
strengthening its digital channels and improving customer convenience.
➢ Bank of India (BoI) and Worldline India have teamed to digitise e-challan collections for the Madhya
Pradesh (MP) Police Department.
• BOI and the MP Police Department, Government of India (GoI), inked a Memorandum of
Association (MoA) to integrate POS terminals with the police department’s e-challan portal.
➢ Canara Bank launched ‘skill loans’ in association with the Additional Skill Acquisition Programme
(ASAP), Kerala the government company under the Higher Education Department.
➢ DBS Bank India partnered with Anthill Ventures and Headstart Network Foundation to launch DBS
Business Class foundED.
➢ FidyPay partnered with Yes Bank to offer Yes Bank customers with seamless connected banking
experience.
➢ HDFC Bank introduced 30-minute ‘Xpress Car Loans’, an end-to-end digital new car loan solution for
both existing and non-customers.
➢ HDFC Bank carved out rural banking as a separate vertical which will be headed by Anil Bhavnani
and also tied up with Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA), Gujarat to prepare its rural
initiative strategy.
➢ HDFC Bank also rolled out a ‘Spot Offer’ on WhatsApp to provide an in-principle home loan approval to
home buyers within two minutes.
➢ HDFC Bank in collaboration with Retailio. announced the launch of a new range of co-branded credit
cards targeted primarily at chemists and pharmacies in the merchant segment.
➢ Indian Bank introduced its digital broking solution – ‘E-Broking’, as a strategic move toward
comprehensive digitalisation of its customer products.
➢ Indian Bank has introduced its first digital product, Pre-Approved Personal Loan (PAPL), which aims
to provide customers with instant loan disbursement through a three-step process.
➢ International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA) has issued a detailed “Framework for
FinTech Entity in the IFSCs” in the IFSCs.
➢ India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) has introduced issuer charges for the Aadhaar Enabled Payment
System (AePS) with effective from June 15, 2022.
➢ IPPB also entered a sub-membership agreement with the Department of Post (DoP) to facilitate
their customers with eligible accounts to make National Electronic Funds Transfer (NEFT)/Real Time
Gross Settlement(RTGS) transactions.
➢ Life Insurance Corporation (LIC)’s initial public offering (IPO), India’s biggest public offer, was
subscribed 2.95 times on the last day of offer period i.e. on May 9, 2022 to raise about Rs 21,000 crore.
Clickhere
➢ LIC has launched “Bima Ratna” – a non-linked, non-participating, individual, savings life insurance
plan to provide both protection and savings.
➢ Mahagram has teamed up with IndusInd Bank to improve India’s digital payments ecosystem.
➢ National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) plans to formulate Farmer
Distress Index (FDI) to track, identify, and assist the really needy and distressed farmers.
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➢ New Development Bank (NDB) issued a Chinese yuan (CNY) 7 billion bond (about USD 1.04 billion) in
the China Interbank Bond Market with a 3-year maturity period.
➢ NDB is set to open its regional office in India at the Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City),
Gujarat to offer infrastructure and sustainable development needs of India and Bangladesh.
➢ Northern Arc Capital Limited that serves the credit needs of underserved households and businesses,
has formed a strategic alliance with Indian Bank.
➢ According to the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), Unified Payments Interface
(UPI) recorded highest ever number of transactions (5.58 billion(bn)) worth Rs 9.83 trillion in April
2022.
➢ National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), BOB Financial Solutions Limited (BFSL) &
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (HPCL) launched the HPCL BoB co-branded contactless RuPay
Credit Card.
➢ Religare Broking Limited partnered with Spice Money Limited to offer access to platforms to invest
in the capital market for the people in rural India
➢ RBL Bank tied up with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to offer UPI (Unified Payments Interface)
payments for peer-to-peer and peer-to-merchant transactions.
➢ REPCO Bank:Ajay Kumar Mishra, Union Minister of State (MoS), Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA)
launched a New Repatriate Welfare Scheme, “Repco Subhiksham” of Repatriates Cooperative Finance
and Development Bank Ltd., (REPCO Bank) and an app for Repco Micro Finance Ltd. (RFML) in Chennai,
Tamil Nadu.
➢ Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has given NSDL Database Management Limited
(NDML), a wholly owned subsidiary of National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL), recognition as an
accreditation agency for a term of three years.
➢ SEBI modifies operational guidelines for FPIs, depository participants. click here
➢ SEBI has amended Collective Investment Scheme (CIS) regulations, 1999.
• SEBI has also put a cap on cross-shareholding in Collective Investment Management
Company (CIMC) to 10% to avoid conflict of interest.
➢ SEBI reviewed the regulatory framework for passive funds i.e. Exchange-traded funds (ETFs), and Index
Funds through a Working Group (WG).
➢ SEBI introduces a New Passive Equity-Linked Savings Schemes (ELSS) category. Click here
➢ Stashfin, a neobanking platform of Akara Capital Advisors Private Limited, has launched
LiveBoundless, a credit line card, especially for women.
➢ Union Bank of India (UBI) launched an online platform, ‘Trade nxt’, which enable corporate, and
MSMEs to transact all cross-border export-import transactions from the comfort of their place.
➢ Union Minister Narayan Rane, Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (M/oMSME)
launched the second phase of MSME RuPAY Credit Card with National Payments Corporation of
India (NPCI) and four banks, viz. Kotak Mahindra Bank, Bank of Baroda, SBM Bank (India) and HDFC
Bank.
➢ UCO Bank has entered into a co-lending agreement for agricultural business with Paisalo Digital
Limited, a Non-Banking Financial Company (NBFC).
➢ IIFL Home Finance in association with the Asian Development Bank to promote green affordable
housing in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, aiming at home loans worth Rs 7,200 crore by 2025.
➢ IMF has increased its weighting of the United States (US) Dollar and Chinese yuan currencies that
make up the valuation of its Special Drawing Rights (SDR), an international reserve asset.
APRIL 2022
➢ Airtel Payments Bank has teamed up with IndusInd Bank to provide its customers with a Fixed
Deposit (FD) facility.
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➢ Asian Development Bank (ADB) & HSBC India (HSBC) have agreed to set up a USD 100 million partial
guarantee program to help over 400,000 micro-borrowers and largely women-owned microenterprises
across India.
➢ Axis Bank signed a Partial Guarantee Facility Agreement (PGFA) with the Asian Development Bank
(ADB) for a partial guarantee programme with initial outlay of USD 150 million.
➢ Bank of Baroda (BoB) launched ‘bob World Gold’, a new feature on its ‘bob World’ mobile banking
platform targeted towards seniors and elderly.
➢ Central Government amended the Acts - Oriental Fire and General Insurance Company Limited
(Merger) Amendment Scheme, 2022, Oriental Fire and General Insurance Company Limited (Merger)
Amendment Scheme, 2022 & United India Fire and General Insurance Company Limited (Merger)
Amendment Scheme, 2022.
➢ Central Bank of the Russian Federation (Bank of Russia) has included a new payment system,
“Hello”, into the national register of credit institutions.
➢ DBS Bank India partnered with Social Alpha to address the global issue of food waste through
sustainable solutions.
➢ FinMapp collaborated with Pune (Maharashtra)-based Bajaj Finance Limited to launch a Fixed
Deposit (FD) feature on its application for an improved customer experience.
➢ Government of India (GoI) has decided to secure a fund of Rs. 8.45 lakh crore through borrowing
in consultation with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in the first half (H1) or April-September period of
Financial Year 2022-23 (FY23).
➢ HDFC Bank and Shoppers Stop have teamed up to launch co-branded credit cards- Shoppers Stop
HDFC Bank Credit Card and Shoppers Stop BLACK HDFC Bank Credit Card.
➢ ICICI Bank has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with GIFT SEZ (Special Economic
Zone) to promote global, Indian businesses.
➢ ICICI Bank partnered with KredX to provide ‘ICICI Bank-KredX Commercial Card’, for B2B (businessto-business) payments.
➢ ICICIdirect and CoverStack have entered into a partnership to offer insurance products on the
platform.
➢ Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) amended the IBBI (Voluntary Liquidation Process)
Regulations, 2017 and also called as IBBI (Voluntary Liquidation Process) (Amendment) Regulations,
2022.
• The period for the distribution of liquidation proceeds reduced to 30 days from the current six
months.
➢ International Monetary Fund (IMF) has decided to create a new facility named the Resilience and
Sustainability Trust (RST), which will come into effect on May 01, 2022.
➢ India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) launched ‘Fincluvation’ - a joint initiative to collaborate with the
Fintech Start-up Community to co-create and innovate solutions for financial inclusion.
➢ International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA) notified ‘International Financial Services
Centres Authority (Fund Management) Regulations, 2022’, a comprehensive regulatory framework for
Investment Funds.
➢ Karnataka Vikas Grameena Bank (KVGB), P. Gopi Krishna launched ‘Vikas Siri Sampat-1111’ , a new
deposit scheme of the bank that provides an interest rate of 5.70% for the general public and 6.20 % for
senior citizens.
➢ Mashreq Neo tied up with Federal Bank to enable its United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based Indian
customers to open Non-Resident (NR) accounts with the Federal Bank in India instantly through the
Neo app.
➢ NPCI International Payments Ltd (NIPL) announced that BHIM UPI (Bharat Interface for MoneyUnified Payments Interface) has gone operational at NEOPAY terminals across the United Arab
Emirates (UAE).
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➢ Nabet India & PNB (Punjab National Bank) Housing Finance Pvt Ltd partnered to start an initiative
for women’s health and wellness.
➢ Punjab National Bank (PNB) has announced that it has made the Positive Pay System (PPS)
mandatory for cheques of Rs. 10 lakhs and above, effective April 4, 2022.
➢ Punjab National Bank (PNB) has celebrated its 128th Foundation Day on April 12, 2022 and was
established by Lala Lajpat Rai in 1894 as the First Swadeshi Bank.
➢ Phone Pe and Extreme IX (Internet Exchange) collaborated to provide faster digital payment service
to PhonePe users by decreasing the latency irrespective of their location or Internet Service Providers
(ISPs).
➢ Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has introduced a new document namely ‘Demat Debit
and Pledge Instruction (DDPI)’ which will come into effect from July 1, 2022 and it will replace Power of
Attorney (PoA).
➢ SEBI launched the “Manthan,” an Ideathon,a new initiative of SEBI to foster new ideas and
innovations in the securities market, in collaboration with other market infrastructure institutions and
qualified registrar and transfer agents (QRTAs).
➢ SEBI, in its board meeting approved an amendment to the SEBI (Collective Investment Schemes)
Regulations, 1999 to strengthen the regulatory framework for Collective Investment Schemes (CIS) to
bring them on with Mutual Fund (MF) regulations.
➢ SEBI reduced the time taken for allotment and listing of REITs & InvITs after the closure of issue to
6 working days, against the current requirement of 12 working days.
➢ Suryoday Small Finance Bank (SSFB) joined hands with New York, United States (US)-based Kyndryl,
for a period of 5 years to provide Digital & IT transformation.
➢ Union Bank of India (UBI) announced the creation of “Digital Bank within Bank” as part of its future
ready digital transformation project and also launched a Super app.”Union nxt – Do it Yourself”.
➢ Pencilton launched PencilKey, a National Common Mobility Card (NCMC) compatible RuPay on-thego contactless keychain for teens, in collaboration with National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI)
& Transcorp PPI.
MARCH 2022
➢ Axis Bank signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with IPE Global limited for the SAMRIDH
Healthcare Blended Finance Facility with finance of up to USD 150 million (approximately Rs 1,140
crore) to support health enterprises and innovators.
➢ Axis Bank Limited started the ‘HouseWorkIsWork’ initiative that provides opportunities to those
women who want to rejoin the professional space.
➢ Airtel Payments Bank signed an agreement with ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company to
provide smartphone insurance which offers financial protection against Damages.
➢ Bharti Airtel partnered with Axis Bank Limited to launch ‘Airtel Axis Bank Credit Card’ that will
offer benefits such as cashbacks, special discounts, digital vouchers and complimentary services.
➢ Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) has partnered with UltraCash Technologies Private
Limited to become the first Indian company to offer digital payment to non-internet users.
➢ Bank of Maharashtra (BoM) tied up with Mahagram to power up the ‘Bank Sakhi’ project in Odisha
and provide access to the doorstep and hassle-free banking services to the people of Odisha.
➢ Bank of Baroda(BoB) Financial Solutions Limited (BFSL) partnered with CreditAI Fintech Pvt Ltd
(CAI) to launch Unnati- contactless co-branded credit card on the Visa network platform exclusively
for farmers.
➢ Baroda Asset Management India & BNP Paribas Asset Management India entered into a strategic
partnership by merging their mutual fund businesses to form a joint venture (JV) called “Baroda BNP
Paribas Mutual Fund”.
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➢ Central Bank of India (CBI) partnered with Kwik.ID to implement digital Know Your Customer
(KYC), video KYC and eKYC for its network across India.
➢ DBS Bank India signed a partnership agreement with EaseMyTrip to launch an environment-friendly
international debit card or green debit card.
➢ DBS Bank India announced the launch of Green Deposit Programme for corporate clients which
will provide a simple way for the companies to support environmentally friendly projects or avenues.
➢ Equitas Small Finance Bank (SFB) Limited announced the launch of a limited edition Chennai
Super Kings (CSK) branded debit card with an experience at ‘Equiverse’ virtual world.
➢ Edelweiss Housing Finance Limited (EHFL) & Standard Chartered Bank signed a strategic colending agreement for extending property loans to Micro Small Medium Enterprises (MSMEs).
➢ Employees’ Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) set the interest rate on Provident Fund Deposits
for 2021-22 at 8.1%, up from 8.5% in the previous fiscal year 2020-21.
➢ Federal Bank, Bank of Baroda & Axis Bank, Avanti Finance teamed up with Reserve Bank
Innovation Hub (RBIH) to promote financial inclusion of women through technology for the 2nd
phase of Swanari TechSprint programme.
➢ Google Pay has partnered with Pine Labs to launch Tap to Pay for UPI (Unified Payments
Interface) – a functionality that aims to bring the seamless convenience of Tap to Pay to UPI.
➢ HDFC Mutual Fund (HDFC MF) launched an exclusive women led financial empowerment initiative
#LaxmiForLaxmi that will connect women investors to a woman financial expert through a unique
missed call service.
➢ HDFC Bank has announced a dedicated app AutoFirst & SmartHub Vyapar programme for small,
family-owned, or independent businesses (mom-and-pop stores) to push merchant loans.
➢ Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) sanctioned a loan of Rs 1,000 crore to Jammu and Kashmir
Infrastructure Development Finance Corporation Ltd (JKIDFC) under an agreement signed by both
entities.
➢ ICCI Bank has teamed up with the Chennai Super Kings(CSK) to develop a co-branded credit card
called the “Chennai Super Kings ICICI Bank Credit Card”, which is designed with a range of exclusive
privileges with distinct banking benefits from ICICI Bank.
➢ ICICI Bank announced a tie-up with Emirates Skywards to launch a range of co-branded credit
cards named “Emirates Skywards ICICI Bank Credit Card”, an exclusive card for avid travellers that
gives them access to unmatched luxury and comfort.
➢ IIFL Finance Limited collaborated with NIRA to strengthen its digital footprint by providing
personal loans.
➢ IDBI Bank launched Corporate Liquidity Management Solution (C-LMS) and Government Liquidity
Management Solution (G-LMS) to meet the liquidity management needs of institutional customers.
➢ Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited (KMBL)& Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) Limited launched the
Indian Oil Kotak co-branded fuel credit card that will offer more value to customers in the form of an
enhanced rewards programme.
➢ LoanTap collaborated with Arka Fincap Limited (Arka) and MAS Financial Services Limited. (MAS) in
a co-lending model for the salaried and MSME segment.
➢ LIC Housing Finance Limited (LICHFL) & Common Service Centre e-Governance Services India
Limited (CSC) entered into a strategic partnership to provide loans to citizens through CSC’s network
of over 4 lakh Village Level Entrepreneurs (VLEs).
➢ Mahila Money, Visa and Transcorp Prepaid Payment Instruments (PPI) have partnered in
launching Mahila Money Prepaid Card, an exclusive product to help women entrepreneurs use digital
payments more effectively.
➢ National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) to launch On-Device Wallet i.e. ‘UPI Lite’ for UPI
users which will enable small value transactions in an offline mode.
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➢ National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) partnered with Yatra.com & SBI Cards and
Payment Services Private Limited (SBICPSL) to launch a co-branded ‘Yatra SBI Card’ on the RuPay
network, especially for travel enthusiasts.
➢ PayU has collaborated with VTEX to offer multiple payment solutions to VTEX merchants.
➢ Paytm expanded its partnership with Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) to
offer digital ticketing services through Automatic Ticket Vending Machines (ATVM) installed at
railway stations across India.
➢ Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) increased the limit for investment through Unified
Payments Interface (UPI) mechanism to Rs 5 lakh from Rs 2 Lakh for the investors applying in public
issues of debt securities.
➢ Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has amended the rules regarding investment
aspects of Category III of alternative investment funds (AIFs).
➢ ToneTag in partnership with NSDL Payments Bank and National Payments Corporation of
India (NPCI) introduced its VoiceSe UPI digital payments for feature phone users.
➢ Union Bank of India (UBI) signed a co-lending agreement with Ambit Finvest private limited for
lending to Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise (MSME) customers that enables creditworthiness of
MSMEs in 11 states.
➢ UCO Bank partners with Fisdom to offer fintech services including demat account, stockbroking
services, pension funds and tax filing to its customers and a robust 3-in-1 personal banking
experience with the extended product & service suite.
➢ US Agency for International Development (USAID) & Mastercard partnered to promote digital
empowerment of women in India through ‘Project Kirana’ for women entrepreneurs in India.
➢ Zeta and Mastercard announced a 5-year global partnership to launch credit cards.
FEBRUARY 2022
➢ Vedanta Ltd tied up a facility of Rs 8,000 crore (replacement facility) with Union Bank of India
at 7.75% to take over a majority of the syndicated facility after multiple discussions with potential
lenders.
➢ Punjab National Bank (PNB) & Patanjali Ayurved Limited (PAL) launched two co-branded
contactless credit cards in partnership with the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) viz.
PNB RuPay Platinum and PNB RuPay Select.
➢ RBL Bank (formerly The Ratnakar Bank Limited) partnered with Creditas Solutions for its SaaS
(software as a service)-based ‘Neo Collections’ platform to automate loan collections.
➢ Paisabazaar.com partnered with RBL Bank Limited to offer ‘Paisa on Demand’ (PoD), a credit card
that will be exclusively available on the Paisabazaar platform.
➢ DBS Bank India signed a partnership agreement with Stellapps Digital Network as its banking
partner to promote digitisation of small dairy industries across India.
➢ Tata Group has chosen State Bank of India (SBI), Bank of Baroda (BoB) and HDFC Bank as
preferred bankers for ‘Air India’, which was recently taken over by Tata sons from the Government of
India.
➢ LKP Securities Ltd signed an agreement with HDFC Bank Ltd to offer a special 3-in-1 online
account.
➢ HDFC Bank collaborated with Indore Clean Energy Private Limited (ICEPL) to fund the
conversion process of 550 tonnes/day of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) into Compressed Biogas
(CBG) at the Gobar-Dhan plant, the largest Bio-CNG plant in Asia located in Indore, Madhya Pradesh
(MP).
➢ National Hydropower Generation Company (NHPC) limited signed a facility agreement with
HDFC bank limited to securitise return on equity (RoE) of its 540MegaWatt (3 X 180 MegaWatt)
Chamera-I Power Plant in Himachal Pradesh for 10 years.
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➢ Yes Bank Limited announced the launch of an annual startup enabler program, YES BANK Agri
Infinity to co-develop digital financial solutions for the food and agriculture ecosystem by mentoring
entrepreneurial ventures in the field.
➢ Karur Vysya Bank (KVB) partnered with the Chennai-based UNANU Technologies for digital
freight finance to fund transport contractors using the end-to-end logistics technology platform.
➢ Standard Chartered Bank, India launched the ‘interest-only home loan’ facility for completed
residential properties where borrowers can pay only the interest without principal deduction during
a limited period.
➢ Small Farmers Agri- Business Consortium (SFAC) empanelled Induslnd Bank with the National
Agriculture Market (e-NAM) portal to facilitate digital collection and settlement services.
➢ Fisdom partnered with Bank of Maharashtra (BoM) to offer wealth management products and
services to over 29 million customers of the bank.
➢ Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd partnered with Ezetap to provide integrated point of sale (PoS)
solutions across 4,000 locations in India to increase its PoS product base across merchant segments,
including retail enterprises and government customers
➢ Bank of Baroda (BOB) Financial Solutions Limited (BFSL) & the Indian Railway Catering and
Tourism Corporation Limited (IRCTC) launched a co-branded contactless credit card, ‘IRCTC BoB
RuPay card’.
➢ DMI Finance Private Limited (DMI Finance) launched a digital personal loan product on Google
Pay to provide reliable credit access to pre-qualified users of Google Pay, the digital wallet platform.
➢ Paytm Payments Bank Limited (PPBL) announced that it is an official acquiring partner for ‘e-RUPI
vouchers’, which will be accessible at offline stores across India.
➢ PayU announced its integration with BigCommerce for fast-growing and established brands to
boost Server Message Block (SMB) Digitalization.
➢ A new payment platform “IATA Pay” for the Indian airline industry to enable instant airline
payment was launched by International Air Transport Association (IATA) and Global banking group
‘Standard Chartered Bank’.
➢ Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) extended the deadline for the implementation of
Client Level Segregation of Funds and Monitoring of Collateral at Stock Brokers to May 2, 2022 from
February 28, 2022.
➢ SEBI gave final approval to the BSE Limited for trading in electronic gold receipts (EGR), a form of
shares in demat accounts, that paves way for spot bullion exchange.
➢ Waste to Wealth Creation’ Programme designed for the women in Sundarbans in South 24
Parganas district of West Bengal was launched by Small Industries Development Bank of India
(SIDBI).
➢ ‘JIVA programme’ was launched by National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development
(NABARD) to promote natural farming under its existing watershed and wadi programmes in 11
states.
➢ Banks will be transferring 15 stressed assets (i.e. Non-Performing Asset (NPA) accounts)
aggregating worth over Rs 50,000 crore by March 31, 2022 (i.e. within FY22) to the National Asset
Reconstruction Company Ltd (NARCL)/bad bank to clean up their books.
JANUARY 2022
➢ Due to the ahead of assembly elections in five states such as Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab,
Himachal Pradesh and Goa, the Government approved the issuance of the 19th tranche of electoral
bonds with 15 days validity through SBI bank which is the only authorised bank to issue the
electoral bonds.
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➢ NPCI Bharat BillPay Limited (NBBL) launched a Unified Presentment Management System
(UPMS) that enable users to set up standing instructions on their recurring bill payments across all
modes of digital payments.
➢ National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) & Reliance Jio collaborated to announce the
introduction of Unified Payment Interface (UPI) Autopay for the telecom industry
➢ National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) sets standardized limits for cash withdrawals
and mini statements on Aadhaar enabled Payments Systems (AePS) transactions,
❖ To implement a maximum limit of five approved cash withdrawal transactions per customer per
terminal per day and the cash withdrawal from micro ATMs of AePS has a limit of Rs 10,000 per
transaction.
➢ UCO Bank in partnership with the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) launched the
‘UCO Bank RuPay Select Contactless Debit Card’ with a host of benefits for its premium/HNI (High
Networth Individuals) customers.
➢ Paisabazaar.com partnered with Axis Bank to launch a pre-qualified program for unsecured loans
on its platform
➢ Axis Bank partnered with MinkasuPay to offer a biometric authentication solution for net banking
payments in merchant apps using Fingerprint or Face ID.
➢ Airtel Payments Bank & Park+ collaborated to offer FASTag-based smart parking solutions to
marquee commercial and residential properties across India.
➢ Marwadi Financial Services joined hands with NSDL Payments Bank to offer 3-in-1 savings bank
account with features of savings, demat & trading accounts to boost its customer experience.
➢ RBL Bank and Google announced a strategic collaboration to improve the bank’s customer
experience strategy through the digital platform, Abacus 2.0.
➢ Edelweiss Financial Services and ECL Finance signed a co-lending agreement with Indian Bank to
expand services under priority sector lending (PSL)
➢ LazyPay announced its partnership with SBM Bank India to launch LazyCard, a prepaid payment
instrument backed by a credit line that works on the Visa payment network.
➢ Federal Bank launched an online lending platform federalinstaloans.com, to ease credit
approvals of up to Rs 50 lakh for Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) across India.
➢ National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) signed a partnership
agreement with Arthimpact Digital Loans (ARTH) to provide end-to-end fintech (financial
technology) solutions to support self help groups (SHGs).
➢ National Stock Exchange (NSE) has received approval from Securities and Exchange Board of India
(SEBI) to launch derivatives on Nifty Midcap Select Index.
➢ Central Depository Services Limited (CDSL) Ventures Limited received approval from Securities
and Exchange Board of India’s (SEBI) for setting up Accreditation Agency for a period of 3 years with
effect from 1st February 2022.
➢ Yes Mutual Fund renamed as White Oak Capital Mutual Fund after completing the acquisition of
mutual fund business of Yes Bank by White Oak Capital group.
➢ ICICI Prudential Asset Management Company (AMC) signed an agreement with First Trust
Advisors, an US-based company to launch a global Fund of Funds (FoF).
➢ Indifi Technologies joined hands with Alphabet’s UPI (Unified Payments Interface)-based payment
app, Google Pay (GPay), to offer instant loans to eligible small merchants on the GPay platform.
➢ Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) amended the SEBI (Settlement Proceedings)
Regulations, 2018, called the SEBI (Settlement Proceedings) (Amendment) Regulations, 2022 and has
reduced the timeline for filing settlement applications to just 60 days from the current 180 days to
make the system more efficient.
➢ Snapdeal partnered with Bank of Baroda (BOB) Financial Solutions Limited & National Payments
Corporation of India (NPCI) to launch a co-branded contactless RuPay credit card.
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➢ Lendingkart announced a co-lending partnership with Canara Bank to provide low-cost
business loans of up to Rs. 10 lakh to micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs).
➢ MobiKwik partnered with NPCI Bharat BillPay Ltd. (NBBL) to launch ‘ClickPay’ service to its
customers.
➢ Federal Bank and Equirus Wealth in collaboration with SCUBE Capital have launched a ‘US dollar
offshore fund’ for their customers.
➢ Ujjivan Small Finance Bank (SFB) launched ‘Platina Fixed Deposit’ (FD), offering interest of 15
basis points (bps) higher than the regular term deposit rates provided by Ujjivan SFB.
➢ Fullerton India and One97 Communications, parent company of Paytm, have joined hands to
provide lending products to merchant partners and consumers.
➢ Hitachi Payment Services partnered with Indipaisa to develop a new Fintech platform for India’s
63 million Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSMEs).
➢ City Union Bank (CUB) in association with GOQii has launched CUB Easy Pay Debit Card in a
Fitness Watch powered by National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI).
➢ Lendingkart Technologies Private Limited partnered with Bank of Maharashtra (BoM) to colend business loans to micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) at low rates.
➢ India-United Arab Emirates (UAE) Venture Capital (VC) Fund of worth $150 million from the
India Pavilion at EXPO2020 Dubai, UAE was launched by Chairman of Startup Committee of FICCI
(Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry) & HCL founder, Dr Ajai Chowdhry.
➢ Alphaniti partnered with IIFL Securities to allow investors to invest and trade in stock offerings.
➢ Security Printing and Minting Corporation of India Limited (SPMCIL) set up new Bank Note
Printing Lines at Currency Note Press (CNP), Nashik in Maharashtra; and Bank Note Press (BNP),
Dewas in Madhya Pradesh as a part of its modernization initiatives.
➢ TripMoney and SBM Bank India partnered to launch a rupee-denominated secure credit card,
‘TripMoney Global Card’ powered by Visa that can be used across over 150 countries.
➢ South Indian Bank (SIB) introduced two new services by enabling SIBerNet and SIB Express to
enhance both ‘remittances to’ (outward remittances) and ‘remittances from’ (inward remittances).
INDIA’S GROWTH PREDICTION
Organization
Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI)
Monetary Policy Committee (MPC)
Year
NOVEMBER 2022
--OCTOBER 2022
FY23
United Nations Conference on Trade
and Development (UNCTAD)
2022& 2023
World Bank (WB)
FY23
Nomura
FY24
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It decreased India’s Gross Domestic
Product (GDP) growth for FY23 to
7% from 7.2% with FY23’s Q2 at
6.3%; Q3 at 4.6%; and Q4 at 4.6%.
A decline in India’s Gross Domestic
Product (GDP) forecast to 5.7% in
2022 as compared to 8.2% in 2021.
• India’s growth will
further drop to 4.7%
in 2023
declined the real Gross Domestic
Product (GDP) growth forecast for
India for 2022-23 (FY23) to 6.5%,
from an earlier estimate of 7.5%.
Projected a sharp moderation in
India’s growth rate for FY24 to 5.2%
as compared to FY23 growth
estimate at 7%.
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International Monetary Fund (IMF)
FY23
National Statistical Office (NSO)
SEPTEMBER 2022
FY23
Goldman Sachs
FY23
Morgan Stanley’s
FY23
Moody’s
2022, 2023
State Bank of India (SBI)
FY23
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
Q1 (March-May) of 2022
Fitch Ratings
FY23, FY24
India Ratings & Research (Ind-Ra)
FY23
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
FY23
S&P Global Ratings
FY23
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
FY23
Moody’s Analytics
2022 & 2023
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India’s Gross Domestic Product
(GDP) growth projection in financial
year 2022-23 (FY23) by 60 basis
points (bps) to 6.8% from the earlier
7.4% projected in July 2022
India’s gross domestic product (GDP)
for the April-June quarter (Q1) of the
ongoing FY23 rose 13.5%.
India’s Gross Domestic Product
(GDP) growth forecast for the fullyear 2022 from 7.6% to 7%, in
addition to lowering its forecasts for
the current fiscal year 2022-23
(FY23) by 20 basis points from 7.2%.
India’s Gross Domestic Product
(GDP) of 7.2% for FY23 is subject to a
40 basis point downside risk.
India’s GDP (Gross Domestic
Product) growth projection for 2022
to 7.7 % and for 2023 from 5.4 % to
5.2 %.
India’s full-year GDP (Gross Domestic
Product) growth forecast to 6.8% for
FY23 from the earlier 7.5%
India’s Gross Domestic Product
(GDP) among G20 nations contracted
by 1.4% (-1.4%) quarter on quarter
in the second quarter Q2 (June –
August) of 2022.
India’s economic growth forecast for
fiscal year 2022–23 (FY23), as
measured by Gross Domestic Product
(GDP) to 7%, from its June 2022
forecast of 7.8%.
• India’s GDP in FY24, to 6.7 %,
compared to its earlier
projection of 7.4 %
It lowered India’s GDP Growth
Forecast for FY23 from 7% To 6.9%.
India’s Gross Domestic Product
(GDP) growth forecast for fiscal year
2022-23 (FY23) to 7% from 7.2 %
It retained its forecast for India’s
economic growth in the current fiscal
year 2022–2023 (FY23) at 7.3%
It retained its forecast of 6.9% GDP
growth for India for the current fiscal
year FY23
It reduced its Global Real GDP
forecast to 2.7% in 2022 from 4.2%
(January 2022) and also projected to
decline to 2.3% in 2023 from 3.6%.
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Asian Development Bank (ADB)
2022
ICRA Limited
FY23
It revised down growth forecasts for
2022 for Developing Asia and Pacific
to 4.3% from 5.2% estimated in April
2022 and for 2023 to 4.9% from
5.3% projected earlier.
It maintained its projection
of 7.2% growth in India’s Gross
Domestic Product (GDP) for the fiscal
year 2022–23 (FY23).
AUGUST 2022
3rd
Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI)
Monetary Policy Committee (MPC)
FY23
Morgan Stanley
2022–2023
ICRA Limited
FY23
SBI Ecowrap
FY23
It retained India’s real Gross
Domestic Product (GDP) growth at
7.2% for the FY23.
India’s growth to be 7% on average
for 2022–2023 and to contribute
28% and 22%, respectively, to Asian
and global growth.
India’s GDP (Gross Domestic
Product) growth to increase a fourquarter high 13% in Q1 (April-June)
FY23
India’s GDP growth in Q1 (AprilJune) FY2023 is expected at 15.7%.
JULY 2022
CRISIL (Credit Rating Information
Services of India Limited)
FY23
Morgan Stanley
FY23 & FY24
Nomura
2023
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
FY23
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
FY23
It decreased India’s real Gross
Domestic Product (GDP) growth
forecast to 7.3% from 7.8% for FY23.
India’s Gross Domestic Product
(GDP) forecast by 40 basis points to
7.2% for FY2022-23 (FY23) from
7.6%, and by 30 bps to 6.4% for
FY2023-24 (FY24) from 6.7% amid
slower global growth.
India’s gross domestic product (GDP)
forecast to 4.7% from its earlier
projection of 5.4%.
It has downgraded its economic
growth forecast for India to 7.2% for
2022-23 (FY23) from 7.5% amid
higher-than-expected inflation and
monetary tightening.
It lowered India’s growth forecast for
FY23 by 0.8% (80 basis points-BPS)
to 7.4% from 8.2% projected earlier.
JUNE 2022
National Statistical Office (NSO)
FY22
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As per Provisional Estimates of
Annual National Income 2021-22 and
Quarterly Estimates of Gross
Domestic Product for the Fourth
Quarter (Q4) of 2021-22’, it projected
growth estimation of FY22 to 8.7%
from 8.9% earlier & India’s economy
grew by 4.1% year-on-year (y-o-y) in
the Q4FY22.
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State Bank of India (SBI)
FY23
World Bank
FY23
Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI)
Monetary Policy Committee (MPC)
FY23
Organisation for Economic
Cooperation and Development
(OECD)
FY23
It has projected Indian economy to
grow at 7.5% in 2022-23.
It has reduced real Gross Domestic
Product (GDP) growth forecast for
India to 7.5%, from 8% (April 2022
forecast).
It retained India’s real Gross
Domestic Product (GDP) growth at
7.2% for the FY23 from 7.8%
estimated earlier.
It slashed India‘s GDP growth to 6.9%
in FY23 from its December 2021
forecast of 8.1 percent.
MAY 2022
Morgan Stanley
FY23
United Nations Department of
Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA)
FY23
S&P Global Ratings
FY23
Moody’s
FY22
State Bank of India (SBI) research
report Ecowrap
FY22
It downgraded India’s growth
forecast to 7.6% from 7.9% for
FY2023.
It declined India’s GDP growth
projections from 6.7% to 6.4% for
2022-23 as per World Economic
Situation and Prospects (WESP) Midyear Update 2022’
It slashed India’s growth forecast to
7.3% from 7.8% for FY23 amid rising
inflationary pressure and RussiaUkraine war.
It has cut down India’s economic
growth forecast to 8.8% for the
calendar year 2022.
It projected India’s Gross Domestic
Product (GDP) growth for FY22 to be
at 8.2 to 8.5%.
APRIL 2022
India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra)
FY23
FICCI Economic Outlook Survey
FY23
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
FY23
Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI)
Monetary Policy Committee (MPC)
FY23
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It downgraded India’s Gross
Domestic Product (GDP) growth
forecast for FY23 to 7-7.2% from an
earlier estimate of 7.6% amid RussiaUkraine conflict.
India’s annual median Gross
Domestic Product (GDP) at 7.4% in
FY23 with a minimum growth
estimate of 6% and maximum of
7.8%.
As per Asian Development Outlook
(ADO) 2022-Mobilizing Taxes for
Development, projected India’s
economic growth at 7.5% in 2022
and 8% in 2023.
Projected India’s gross domestic
Product (GDP) growth at 7.2% for
the FY23 from 7.8% estimated earlier
• The growthoriented
accommodative
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stance was also
retained.
As per its report titled ‘Reshaping
norms: A new way forward – South
Asia Economy Focus-Spring 2022, Its
growth forecast for India has been
cut to 8% from 8.7% for FY23.
As per its latest World Economic
Outlook (WEO) report, It lowered
India’s growth forecast to 8.2% for
the current financial year 2022–23
(FY23).
World Bank
FY23
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
FY23
National Statistical Office (NSO)
March 2022
Q3FY22
CRISIL Ratings Limited
FY23
Moody’s
FY22
Fitch
FY23
Organization for Economic
Cooperation and Development
(OECD)
United Nations Conference on Trade
and Development (UNCTAD)
FY24
ICRA Limited
FY23
CRISIL
February 2022
FY23 & FY22
National Statistical Office (NSO)
FY21
As per the Second Advance Estimates
(SAE) of National Income, 2021-22 &
Quarterly Estimates of GDP for the
3rd quarter(Q3) (OctoberDecember), 2021-22,
Indian economy grew by 5.4% yearon-year in the Q3FY22
It reiterated India’s GDP growth
projection of December 2021 at 7.8
% for FY23.
It lowered India’s GDP growth
forecast for 2022 by 0.4 percent to
9.1 percent from its earlier projection
of 9.5 percent
It declined India’s growth forecast for
FY23 by 1.8 percentage points (pp)
to 8.5% from 10.3%.
It retained India’s real Gross
Domestic Product (GDP) at 5.5% in
FY24, lower than 8.1% in 2022-23
As per the report titled ‘Tapering in a
time of conflict’, It downgraded
India’s Gross Domestic Product
(GDP) growth for 2022 by -2.1% to
4.6% from 6.7% amid ongoing
Ukraine-Russia War.
It reduced its forecast of the year-onyear (YoY) growth of the India’s
Gross Domestic Product (GDP at
constant 2011-12 prices) by 0.8% in
FY23 to 7.2% from 8%.
FY22
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It estimated FY23 real GDP (Gross
Domestic Product) growth at 7.8%
as compared to 9.2% in FY22.
The data showed that the Indian
economy contracted by 6.6 percent in
2020-21 as against the earlier
estimate of 7.3 percent in May 2021,
according to First Revised Estimates
of National Income, Consumption
Expenditure, Saving and Capital
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Ministry of statistics and programme
implementation (MoSPI)
FY23
State Bank of India’s (SBI) economic
research department (ERD),
‘Ecowrap’
India Ratings
FY22
Moody’s
FY23
Formation for the financial year
2020-21
It projected India’s gross domestic
product (GDP) deflator for FY23 at 3
to 3.5 percent
India’s GDP for FY22 is projected at
8.8 percent from its earlier forecast
of 9.3 percent.
It revised the GDP growth forecast of
the Indian economy for 2021-22 to
8.6% from the consensus 9.2%
projected earlier.
It projected India’s Gross Domestic
Product (GDP) growth forecast to 8.4
percent for FY23 (1st April 2022 –
31st March 2023) and 9.5 percent for
2022.
FY22
January 2022
National Statistical Office (NSO)
FY22
SBI Ecowrap
FY22
Citibank
FY22
India Ratings
FY22
ICICI Bank
FY22
World Bank
FY22, FY23
UBS Securities
FY22
United Nations Department of
Economic and Social Affairs (UN
DESA)
FY22, FY23
India Ratings & Research (Ind-Ra)
FY23
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India’s Gross Domestic Product
(GDP) growth rate stood at 9.2% in
FY22 as compared to the contraction
of 7.3% (-7.3%) in 2020-21
India’s GDP growth in FY22 was
estimated to be revised to around 9.5
percent
It revised India’s GDP projection for
FY22 at 9% from 9.8% earlier
It estimated India’s GDP projection
for FY22 at 9.3% from 9.4%earlier
It projected India’s GDP projection
for FY22 at 9.6% from 9.8% earlier
As per the report of World Bank’s
(WB) Global Economic Prospects,
India’s GDP growth is projected at
8.3% in 2021, 8.7% in 2022, and
6.8% in 2023 and it also projected
sharp decline in global growth from
5.5% in 2021 to 4.1% in 2022 and
3.2% in 2023.
It revised India’s growth forecast for
the current financial year (FY22)
downwards to 9.1 percent from 9.5
percent.
As per the report by World Economic
Situation and Prospects (WESP)
2022, India’s Growth of world output
and Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is
projected 6.7% in 2022 and 6.1% in
2023 as compared to 9% in 2021.
It lowered the global economic
growth projections to 4% in 2022
and 3.5% in 2023.
It estimated India’s real Gross
Domestic Product (GDP) growth in
FY23 at 7.6 percent.
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International Monetary Fund (IMF)
FY22
It has downgraded India’s economic
growth forecast to 9% for FY22
(ending on March 31, 2022) from
9.5% projected in October 2021.
Global Growth is expected to
moderate from 5.9% in 2021 to 4.4%
in 2022.
FIRST IN FINANCIAL SERVICE
NOVEMBER 2022
➢ HDFC ERGO launched a farm Yield Insurance Policy,first of its kind insurance solution, where a
satellite-based index will be used to provide localized coverage at the farm level.
➢ India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) along with ‘Niveshak Didi’ an initiative conducted India’s First
Floating Financial Literacy Camp in Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir (J&K).
OCTOBER 2022
➢ Aditya Birla Health Insurance Company Limited (ABHICL) launched a first of its kind ACTIV FIT
health insurance policy, a comprehensive health insurance plan for young and healthy adults.
➢ ICICI Bank UK PLC launched first-of-its-kind, HomeVantage Current Account (HVCA), a new
account for Indian students travelling to the United Kingdom (UK) for higher education.
SEPTEMBER 2022
➢ Bank of India (BOI) become the first Public Sector Bank (PSB) to go live with the new Direct Tax
Collection System -Tax Information Network, TIN 2.0.
➢ HDFC Bank become the first bank in India to issue an Electronic Bank Guarantee (e-BG), in partnership
with National E-Governance Services Limited (NeSL).
➢ Institute for Development and Research in Banking Technology (IDRBT), a unit of RBI, is the first
in the world to build a network based on Long Range Radio (LoRa) technology.
➢ ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund launched ICICI Prudential Nifty Auto Index Fund, India’s first Auto
Index Fund to replicate the Nifty Auto Index.
➢ SBI Cards and Payment Services Limited (SBI Card) announced the launch of the ‘CASHBACK SBI
Card’, the industry’s first and most comprehensive cashback credit card in India, in order to boost
online spending.
➢ UCO Bank become the first bank to receive approval from the RBI to open a special vostro account
with Russian bank ‘Gazprombank’ for the settlement of transactions in Indian Rupees (INR).
➢ Healthysure partnered with ManipalCigna Health Insurance to launch India’s first flexi top-up
insurance which allows employees to personalise and upgrade their corporate health insurance plans.
AUGUST 2022
➢ Federal Bank becomes the First Bank to list its Payment Gateway platform on the Tax Information
Network (TIN) 2.0 platform of the Income Tax Department.
➢ Navi Mutual Fund (Formerly known as Essel Mutual Fund) launched its 6th fund for the year 2022, the
Navi Nifty India Manufacturing Index Fund, India’s first open-ended manufacturing index fund.
➢ Muthoot Finance becomes the first gold loan NBFC (Non-banking Financial Company) to launch such a
new reward programme named Milligram Reward Programme.
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JULY 2022
➢ Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance launched Industry-first QR Code Enabled Services to help the customers
self-service their needs offering immediate closure of their requirements.
➢ Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Company Limited becomes the first company to launch Pay As
You Consume (PAYC), an add-on motor insurance cover under the IRDAI’s Sandbox Regulations
➢ Go Digit General Insurance Limited launched ‘Pay as you Drive’ (PAYD), an add-on feature for motor
insurance Own Damage (OD) policies and became India’s first insurance company to introduce the addon.
➢ Kotak Mahindra Bank become the 1st private sector bank to be fully integrated with the new efiling portal of the Income Tax department after the completion of its technical integration with the new
e-filing portal.
➢ Quantum Mutual Fund (MF) launches Quantum Nifty (QNifty) 50 Exchange Traded Fund (ETF),
India’s first Nifty 50 and an open-ended Fund of Fund (FoF).
➢ Razorpay, Pine Labs and Stripe are the 1st players to receive in-principle approval from Reserve
Bank of India for payment aggregator (PA) and Gateway licence.
JUNE 2022
➢ AU Small Finance Bank introduced industry’s first customizable Credit Card, called “AU Bank LIT”
(Live-It-Today), which combines the features of multiple credit cards into a single card, ushering in a
new revolution in the credit card landscape.
➢ CoinSwitch(CoinSwitch Kuber) has launched CRE8 (Crypto Rupee Index), India’s first-of-its-kind
benchmark index to measure the performance of the Indian onshore Rupee-based crypto market.
➢ CASHe introduced an industry-first instant credit line service on WhatsApp leveraging its AIpowered chat capability.
➢ IIMA-SFarmsIndia Agri Land Price Index (ISALPI), a first-of-its-kind land price index launched by
Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIMA), Gujarat, in association with Indian agri-land
marketplace SFarmsIndia.
➢ OmniCard became the first Reserve Bank of India (RBI) licensed PPI (Prepaid Instrument) to
launch a cash withdrawal facility using a RuPay-powered card from any ATM through their e-wallet.
➢ Tata AIA Life Insurance Company Limited (Tata AIA Life) announced the ‘Tata AIA Life Insurance
Smart Value Income Plan’, which is the first of its kind in the industry.
➢ XPay.Life launched India’s first blockchain-enabled transaction Unified Payments Interface (UPI)
services.
MAY 2022
➢ Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL) collaborates with Kotak Mahindra Bank & Phi
Commerce to provide first-of-its-kind One-stop payment solution.
➢ IIFL Finance Limited & Open Financial Technologies Private Ltd have entered into a joint venture
(JV) to launch India’s first neo-bank for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs).
➢ Union Bank of India (UBI) become the first Public Sector Bank (PSB) to go live on the Account
Aggregator (AA) Framework, an initiative of Reserve Bank India (RBI) to improve credit delivery.
➢ PNB MetLife India Insurance Company Limited (PNB MetLife) has launched India’s first dental
health insurance plan.
➢ AXA France Vie’s India division, with its Indian insurance partners, is set to launch India’s first-ever
mental health insurance cover in its group policies.
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APRIL 2022
➢ Ergos Business Solutions Private Ltd developed a digital platform ‘GrainBank’ & This is the first
time in India, where farmers will have valuable information and income on their farm produce by
getting direct access to digital platform.
➢ Chief Minister of Karnataka Basavaraj Bommai is planning to set up the ‘Nandini Ksheera
Samridhi Sahakara Bank’, a India’s first dairy co-operative bank to provide financial strength for milk
producers of Karnataka.
➢ Jaipur (Rajasthan)-based 121 Finance becomes India’s first fintech led NBFC-Factor to receive the
Certificate of Registration (CoR) under Registration of Factors (Reserve Bank) Regulations 2022.
➢ Nexo with Mastercard, and DiPocket launched the world’s first crypto-backed payment card namely
‘Nexo Card’ in selected European countries.
➢ ICICI Bank launched India’s First ‘Open-For-All’ digital ecosystem with an open architecture to
empower all Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in India.
MARCH 2022
➢ LivQuik becomes the first Prepaid Payment Instrument (PPI) issuer to achieve full interoperability as
mandated by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for their PPIs.
➢ India’s first primary markets investment platform, ‘OneUp’ for investing in initial public offerings
(IPOs), non-convertible debentures (NCDs) and sovereign gold bonds (SGBs), among others was
launched by IIFL Securities Limited.
➢ National Stock Exchange of India Ltd (NSE) & India Bullion and Jewellers Association Ltd (IBJA)
have joined hands to launch the first Domestic Bullion Spot Exchange under Securities and Exchange
Board of India (SEBI).
➢ Ujjivan Small Finance Bank (USFB) launched Industry’s first digital onboarding facility for its micro
banking customers through its ‘Ujjivan SFB Assisted’ app.
➢ Kotak Mahindra Bank becomes 1st Indian Bank to sign MoU with Business France and provide
support to companies in the Indo-French corridor.
➢ Paytm Payments Services Limited (PPSL) launched first-of-its-kind ‘Payment Analytics’ which is
designed by Paytm Payment Gateway.
➢ World Bank (International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, IBRD) has created the
world’s first kind of Wildlife Conservation Bond (WCB) - “Rhino Bond,” in support of South Africa’s
efforts to protect the endangered species.
FEBRUARY 2022
➢ HDFC Ergo General Insurance (HDFC ERGO) entered into a first-of-its-kind partnership with Visa
to offer curated insurance covers for Visa’s Platinum card holders for select public sector banks.
➢ JPMorgan Chase & cohas become the 1st bank to arrive in the metaverse with the opening of a
lounge named ‘Onyx’ in blockchain technology-based virtual world Decentraland
➢ New Development Bank (NDB) will become the 1st multilateral agency to open an office in the
Gujarat International Finance Tec (Gift) City, Gujarat.
➢ The first colour souvenir coin on ‘Panchatantra’ on the occasion of 17th foundation day of
Security Printing and Minting Corporation of India Limited (SPMCIL) was launched by Finance
Minister (FM) Nirmala Sitharaman.
JANUARY 2022
➢ Nippon Life India Asset Management Limited (NAM India), the asset manager of Nippon India
Mutual Fund (NIMF) launched India’s first Auto Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) named “Nippon India
Nifty Auto Exchange Traded Fund.
➢ India’s 1st index of cryptocurrencies named ‘IC15’ was launched by CryptoWire to empower
knowledge on the cryptocurrency and blockchain ecosystem.
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➢ Torus Kling Blockchain IFSC signed a MoU with India INX to launch the first Bitcoin and Ethereum
Futures exchange traded funds (ETFs) in India.
➢ Pencilton in partnership with Transcorp has launched PencilCard, India’s 1st debit card with
National Common Mobility Card (NCMC) for teens.
➢ Paytm Money has launched India’s first intelligent messenger named ‘’Pop’’ to provide instant
updates to track users’ investments in the stock market.
RBI IN NEWS
NOVEMBER 2022
➢ RBI commenced its first pilot project to implement Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) or
Digital Rupee (e₹) in the Wholesale Segment (e₹-W) for secondary trade in government securities (Gsecs) beginning on November 1, 2022.
➢ RBI provided in-principle approval to C2FO Factoring Solutions Private Limited to set up and
operate Trade Receivable Discounting Systems (TReDS) platform in India.
➢ RBI issued a licence for Ftcash to set up a non-banking financial company (NBFC) & it aims to
disburse loans worth Rs. 100 crore in FY23.
OCTOBER 2022
➢ Highlights of RBI’s Bi-monthly Monetary Policy of 2022-23
• RBI will also introduce a framework for Securitization of Stressed Assets Framework (SSAF)
• RBI to stop 28-day VRRR, will continue with 14-day auctions
• RBI to ease net banking norms for customers of RRBs. Clickhere
➢ Reserve Bank of India (RBI) launched a new SupTech initiative named ‘दक्ष (DAKSH) – Reserve Bank’s
Advanced Supervisory Monitoring System’ to further strengthen the supervisory processes.
➢ RBI directed all Credit Information Companies (CICs) holding a Certificate of Registration (CoR) to
appoint Internal Ombudsman (IO) at the apex of their internal grievance redress mechanism by April 1,
2023.
➢ RBI raised the minimum capital requirement for setting up an asset reconstruction company (ARC)
to Rs 300 crore from the existing Rs 100 crore.
➢ RBI issued modified and consolidated guidelines viz. ‘RBI (Unhedged Foreign Currency ExposureUFCE) Directions, 2022‘ w.e.f. January 1, 2023.
➢ RBI provided in-principle approval to Cygnet Infotech Private Limited, to operate as a nonbanking financial company (NBFC) account aggregator.
➢ RBI lifted the three-year ban on Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu- based Tamilnad Mercantile Bank (TMB) on
opening new branches w.e.f. October 21, 2022.
SEPTEMBER 2022
➢ Reserve Bank of India (RBI) launched the pilot for end-to-end digitalisation of Kisan Credit Card
(KCC) lending, developed by Reserve Bank Innovation Hub (RBIH) in association with RBI.
➢ RBI issued official guidelines to all lenders/regulated entities (RE), including banks to protect the
data of borrowers using digital lending apps from being misused.
➢ RBI selected HDFC Bank (in partnership with Sweden-based Crunchfish Aktiebolag) and
Precision Biometric India Pvt. Ltd for the Test Phase of the ‘On Tap’ application facility for the theme
‘Retail Payments ‘under RBI’s Regulatory Sandbox (RS).
➢ RBI decided to allow foreign inward remittances received under the Rupee Drawing Arrangement
(RDA), to be transferred to the KYC (Know Your Customer) compliant bank account of the biller
(beneficiary) through Bharat Bill Payment System (BBPS), subject to the conditions.
➢ RBI removed the Central Bank of India from the Prompt Corrective Action Framework (PCAF)
watchlist following its improvement in various parameters.
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➢ RBI directed Urban Cooperative Banks (UCBs) belonging to tier 3 and tier 4 categories, except UCBs
under All Inclusive Directions (AID), to create a Board-approved policy and compliance
function.Clickhere
AUGUST 2022
➢ Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has temporarily allowed merchants or their Payment Aggregators (PAs)
to save the Card-On-File (CoF) data for a maximum duration of “Transaction Date + 4 days” or until the
settlement date, whichever is earlier.
➢ RBI financial inclusion (FI) index increased to 56.4 in March 2022 from 53.9 in March 2021
showing growth across all parameters.
➢ Highlights of RBI’s 3rd Bi-monthly Monetary Policy of 2022-23
• Credit Information Companies (CICs) brought under Reserve Bank Integrated Ombudsman
Scheme (RB-IOS) 2021.
• Mumbai Interbank Outright Rate (MIBOR) benchmark Committee to be set up.
• Bharat Bill Payment System to be open to Non-resident Indians (NRIs) as well.
• Encouraging Standalone Primary Dealers to further Develop Financial Markets. Clickhere
➢ RBI set norms for the Small Finance Banks (SFBs) to become Authorized Dealer (AD) Category-I in
Foreign Exchange (forex) Business, having a minimum net worth of Rs 500 crore can deal in foreign
exchange.
➢ RBI allowed non-financial institutions and non-regulated entities to own more than 40 percent stake
of IDBI Bank Limited.
➢ RBI issued a regulatory framework to make digital lending safe for members of the public. Clickhere
➢ RBI prohibited the usage of Letters of Comfort (LoC), a document that gives a guarantee of support
to the borrower without any promise to make good any defaults.
➢ RBI issued new rules restricting the loan recovery agents from harassing the borrowers and calling
them before 8 am and after 7 pm.
➢ According to the latest Reserve Bank of India (RBI) data, remittances by Indians under the
Liberalised Remittance Scheme (LRS) increased 64.75 % to over USD 6.04 billion in the first quarter
(Q1) of fiscal year 2022-23 (FY23), up from USD 3.67 billion in Q1FY22.
➢ RBI becomes net seller in June 2022 by selling 3.719 billion US dollar on a net basis, as per the
Reserve Bank of India (RBI)’s August 2022 issue of its monthly Bulletin.
➢ RBI released the ‘Quarterly Statistics on Deposits and Credit of Scheduled Commercial Banks (SCBs)
for June 2022′ showing an increase in bank credit growth to 14.2% in Q1FY23 (quarter ended June
2022) as compared to 6% in Q1FY22.
➢ RBI approved the Punjab National Bank (PNB) to infuse investment of Rs 500 crore in the proposed
Rs.2,500 crore rights issue of PNB Housing Finance Limited (PNBHFL)
JULY 2022
➢ The share of current and savings accounts (CASA) deposits of commercial banks increased to
44.8% as of March 2022 end, from 41.7% three years ago, as per the latest data on Deposits with
‘Scheduled Commercial Banks – March 2022’ released by Reserve Bank of India (RBI).
➢ RBI launched the 58th round of OBICUS i.e. Order Books, Inventories and Capacity Utilization Survey
of the manufacturing sector for April-June 2022 (Q1:2022-23),
➢ RBI released the report titled ‘Benchmarking India’s Payment Systems – Follow-on exercise’ in
which India was categorized as a ‘leader’ or ‘strong’ in respect of 25 (21 in the previous exercise) out of
40 indicators and categorized as ‘weak’ in respect of 8 (12 in the previous exercise) indicators.
➢ RBI eases FPI, NRI Deposit Norms to Prevent Rupee slide, & boost Forex Inflows
• RBI increased the limit under the automatic route for ECBs from USD 750 million or its
equivalent per financial year to USD 1.5 billion.
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According to the RBI ‘s 22nd round of Systemic Risk Survey (SRS), which was conducted in May
2022 demand for credit, is expected to see marginal to considerable improvement in the next
three months. Clickhere.
RBI released the 25th issue of the Financial Stability Report (FSR), which reflects Gross Non Performing
Assets (GNPAs) of SCBs fell to a six-year low of 5.9 per cent in March 2022.
RBI allowed all eligible current account transactions including trade transactions with Sri Lanka to
be/may be settled in any permitted currency outside the Asian Clearing Union (ACU) mechanism with
immediate effect.
RBI unveiled a rupee settlement system i.e. invoicing, payment, and settlement of exports/imports in
INR for international trade INR under Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 (FEMA), with
immediate effect.
RBI prescribed the following four-tier regulatory structure with differentiated regulatory
prescriptions for urban cooperative banks (UCBs).
• RBI stipulated a minimum net worth of Rs 2 crore for Tier-I UCBs operating in a single district
and Rs 5 crore for all other UCBs of all tiers. Clickhere
RBI signed its renewed Statement of Commitment (SoC) to the FX Global Code.
RBI composite Digital Payments Index (RBI-DPI) has risen to 349.30 in March 2022 against
270.59 in March 2021, which states rapid utilization and deepening of digital payments across India.
RBI imposed several restrictions on two Uttar Pradesh (UP) based cooperative banks, Lucknow
Urban Co-operative Bank and Urban Co-operative Bank Limited from Sitapur, including restriction on
withdrawal of funds.
RBI has given another window to Payment Aggregators (PAs) in existence as of March 17, 2020 to
apply to the RBI for a license by September 30, 2022 and PAs to have a minimum net worth of Rs 15
crore as on March 31, 2022.
RBI imposed restrictions on three urban co-operative banks (UCBs) including Durga Co-operative
Urban Bank, Jaiprakash Narayan Nagari Sahakari Bank and Karmala Urban Co-operative Bank.
JUNE 2022
➢ The RBI’s Annual report for 2021-2022 stated that commercial banks of the risk of increased
slippages on advances
• RBI’s balance sheet increased by 8.46 pc in FY22 to Rs 61.9 lakh crore.
• As per the RBI survey of Consumers on Bank Notes, Indian people most prefer the Rs 100
denomination banknotes, while Rs 2,000 are least preferred. Clickhere
➢ ToneTag, a brand of Naffa Innovations Pvt Ltd, has been named the winner of two categories in the
Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) first global hackathon, HARBINGER 2021-Innovation for Transformation”.
➢ Reserve Bank of India (RBI) issued new guidelines regarding Provisioning for Standard assets by
Non-Banking Financial Company (NBFC)–Upper Layer (UL) with effective from October 1, 2022.
Clickhere.
➢ Highlights of RBI’s 2nd Bi-monthly Monetary Policy of 2022-23
• RBI enhances Limit for e-mandates on Credit/Debit Cards to Rs 15,000.
• RBI also proposed to allow linking of credit cards to Unified Payments Interface (UPI).
• RBI allowed Financially Sound and Well Managed (FSWM) Urban Co-operative Banks (UCBs) to
provide Doorstep Banking (DSB) services.
• RBI increases limits on Individual Housing Loans extended by UCBs & RCBs.
• RBI permitted RCBs to Lend to CRE-RH Sector. clickhere
➢ Reserve Bank of India (RBI) approved the merger of Shriram City Union Finance (SCUF) and Shriram
Capital Ltd. (SCL) with Shriram Transport Finance Company (STFC), to form India’s largest non-banking
financial company (NBFC).
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➢ Department of Payment and Settlement Systems (DPSS) of RBI released a document on ‘Payments
Vision 2025’ on the core theme of ‘E-Payments for Everyone, Everywhere, Everytime (4Es)’ to provide
every user with 6 attributes of safe, secure, fast, convenient, accessible, and affordable e-payment
options.
➢ RBI extended the timeline for implementation of certain provisions of the master directions it
issued on issuance of debit cards and credit cards by three months from July 1, 2022 to October 1, 2022.
➢ RBI released data on India’s balance of payments (BoP) for the fourth quarter (Q4), i.e., JanuaryMarch 2021-22/FY22
• CAD recorded a deficit of 1.2% of GDP in FY22 as against a surplus of 0.9% in FY21 because
the trade deficit widened to USD 189.5 billion in FY22 from USD 102.2 in FY21.
➢ RBI has barred loading of non-banking, Prepaid Payment Instruments (PPIs) such as wallets and
prepaid cards, from credit lines
➢ As per the RBI’s paper titled ‘Capital Flows at Risk: India’s Experience’, there is only 5% chance of
potential portfolio outflows from India of the order of 3.2% of GDP or $100.6 billion in a year, amid
Covid-19 contraction in GDP growth.
• In case of black swan event also, 5% chance of outflows under portfolio investments of 7.7% of
GDP and short-term trade credit retrenchment of 3.9% of GDP.
➢ RBI extended the Card on File (CoF) tokenisation deadline by another three months to September
30, 2022 from June 30, 2022 for all Payment System Providers and Payment System Participants.
➢ RBI granted Mufin Finance Limited in-principal approval for the issuance of semi-closed Prepaid
Payment Instruments (PPIs).
➢ According to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) data, Credit card spends reached an all-time high of
Rs 1.14 trillion in May 2022, 7.8 % higher than the Rs. 1.05 lakh crore spent in April 2022.
MAY 2022
➢ Regulations Review Authority (RRA 2.0), set up by the Reserve Bank of India(RBI) in April 2021,
recommended the withdrawal of an additional 239 circulars. With this, the total number of circulars
which stand withdrawn would be 714.
➢ RBI issues guidelines on compensation of Key Managerial Personnel (KMPs) & Senior
Management in NBFC and modifies norms for Lending Institutions (LIs) on Short Term Crop Loan
Scheme. Click here
➢ As per the RBI’s Report on Currency and Finance (RCF) for the year 2021-22, stated that India’s
feasible range for the medium-term steady state GDP (Gross Domestic Product) growth is 6.5-8.5%.
➢ Highlights of RBI’s Monetary Policy Committee Off-Cycle Meeting
• The meeting saw the rise in policy repo rate under the liquidity adjustment facility (LAF) by
40 basis points to 4.40%. Clickhere
➢ RBI issued a No-Objection Certificate (NoC) with conditions to the proposal for the voluntary merger
of Equitas Holdings Limited (EHL) and Equitas Small Finance Bank (ESFBL), a subsidiary of Equitas
Holdings Limited.
➢ RBI extended the validity of its Directions for two co-operative banks: The Laxmi Co-operative
Bank Limited in Solapur, Maharashtra for three months and Sri Guru Raghavendra Sahakara Bank
Niyamitha in Bengaluru, Karnataka for six months.
➢ RBI permitted commercial banks to continue providing credit facility to NBFCs (Non-Banking
Financial Companies) for the purpose of on-lending to certain priority sectors.clickhere
➢ RBI asked banks to provide the option of Interoperable Card-less Cash Withdrawal (ICCW) at
their ATMs in order to curb frauds like skimming, card cloning and device tampering.
➢ RBI allowed exporters to settle trade transactions with Sri Lanka in Indian Rupee (INR) outside the
Asian Clearing Union (ACU) mechanism.
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➢ RBI has cancelled the Certificate of Registration (CoR) issued to the following five Non-Banking
Financial Companies (NBFCs). Click here
➢ RBI also revised the ceiling on loans to individuals for carrying out repairs/additions/alterations to
their homes to Rs 10 lakh in metros from Rs 5 lakh; and Rs 6 lakh in rural and semi urban areas from Rs
2 lakh earlier.
➢ RBI approved to transfer Rs 30,307 crore as surplus to the Central Government for the accounting
year 2021-22 at 596th meeting of the Central Board of Directors of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in
Mumbai.
➢ RBI eased norms for non-bank entities to set up BBPOU (Bharat Bill Payment Operating Units) by
reducing the net-worth requirement to Rs 25 crore from Rs 100 crore.
➢ Reserve Bank of India (RBI) released the ’38th half-yearly report on Management of Foreign
Exchange Reserves: October 2021-March 2022′ stating India’s foreign exchange reserves fell by $28.05
billion in the second half of FY22 i.e. H2FY22.
➢ In accordance with the RBI data on frauds reported by the 12 Public Sector Banks (PSBs) in all
categories during FY22, there is over 51% dip in the amount involved in frauds to Rs 40,295.25 crore
during FY22 as compared to Rs 81,921.54 crore in FY21.
April 2022
➢ Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das has dedicated the Varnika ink manufacturing
facility at Mysuru in Karnataka.
➢ RBI for the second time extended the timeline for the implementation of cassette swap in all
ATMs (Automated teller machine) by 1 year till March 31, 2023.
➢ RBI reduced the Ways and Means Advances (WMA) for states and Union Territories to Rs 47,010
crore from Rs 51,560 crore amid uncertainties related to COVID-19 w.e.f. April 1, 2022 and are subject
to review.
➢ RBI issued Guidelines on the establishment of 24X7 Digital Banking Units (DBUs) to offer
products and services in both self-served and assisted mode w.e.f. April 7, 2022.
➢ A total of 27 Scheduled Commercial Banks (SCBs) and Financial Institutions (FIs) have reported
96 cases of fraud, worth Rs 34,097 crore in the first nine months of FY22 (April-December 2021), as per
RBI data.
➢ Highlights of RBI’s 1st bi-monthly monetary policy of 2022-23.
• Introduced a standing deposit facility (SDF) as an additional tool for absorbing liquidity
without any collateral, at an interest rate of 3.75%.
• RBI proposed to extend the rationalised home loan norms by another year till March 31, 2023.
• Increased the limits under the held to Maturity (HTM) category from 19.5% to 22% of NDTL
(Net Demand and Time Liabilites) of Satutory Liquidity Rate (SLR) eligible securities.
• RBI to lower net worth requirement for operating units to Rs 25 crore. Click here
➢ RBI mandates all Non Banking Financial Companies in the Upper Layer (NBFC-UL) & Middle Layer
(NBFC-ML) to have independent Compliance Function by April 1, 2023, and to appoint of Chief
Compliance Officer (CCO) by October 1, 2023.
➢ RBI notified Large Exposures Framework (LEF) for Non-Banking Financial Company-Upper Layer
(NBFC-UL) w.e.f. October 1, 2022 & mandates NBFCs-UL to maintain CET1 Capital of at least 9% of Risk
Weighted Assets.Click here
➢ RBI allowed Rural Cooperative Banks (RCBs) to raise funds from people in their area of operation or
existing shareholders through preference shares and debt instruments and also expanded the scope of
opening current, CC/OD accounts. Click here
➢ RBI mandates non-individual borrowers with aggregate exposure of Rs 5 crore and above from
Banks and Financial Institutions (FIs) should obtain Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) codes.Click here
➢ RBI issued RBI (Credit Card and Debit Card – Issuance and Conduct) Directions, 2022
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without RBI’s prior approval.
March 2022
➢ Reserve Bank of India (RBI) proposed to assess the impact of its multi-media awareness campaigns
that promote financial literacy and safe banking practices and runs the ‘RBI Kehta Hai’ campaign to
educate and empower the public about banking regulations.
➢ RBI updated the Payment and Settlement Systems Regulations, 2008 in the exercise of the
powers conferred by sub-section (1) read with clauses (b) to (f) of subsection (2) of Section 38 of the
Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2007 (51 of 2007).
➢ RBI cautioned public against car pooling app sRide, which is operating a semi-closed pre-paid
instrument without authorization from the central bank under the provisions of the Payment and
Settlement Systems Act, 2007.
➢ RBI exempted the investments made in Umbrella Organization (UO) by Primary (Urban) Cooperative Banks (UCBs) from non-Statutory Liquidity Ratio (non-SLR) holding limits prescribed in
Paragraphs 2(i) and 2(iii)(b) of the RBI’s circular ‘Investments in Non-SLR securities by Primary
(Urban) Co-operative Banks‘dated 30thJanuary, 2009.
➢ RBI has chosen Intellect Design Arena Limited, to implement the upgraded version of the ‘CloudNative Intellect Quantum Core Banking solution’ to power the next stage of their digital
transformation agenda.
➢ RBI & the National Payment Corporation of India (NPCI) launched two landmark initiatives
UPI123Pay and DigiSaathi.Click here
➢ RBI released a booklet titled “BE(A)WARE” that provides information on the common modus
operandi used by fraudsters and precautions to be taken while carrying out various financial
transactions.
➢ RBI issued modified norms on ‘Interest Equalisation Scheme (IES) on Pre and Post Shipment
Rupee Export Credit-Extension’ after the extension of the scheme till March 31, 2024 by the Central
Government w.e.f. October 1, 2021.
➢ RBI announced that National Bank for Financing Infrastructure and Development (NaBFID)
will be regulated and supervised as an All-India Financial Institution (AIFI) by it under the Sections
45L and 45N of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Act, 1934, thereby it becomes 5th AIFI.
➢ RBI issued ‘RBI (Regulatory Framework for Microfinance Loans) Directions, 2022’ which will be
effective from April 01, 2022.
➢ RBI has lifted all the restrictions placed on HDFC Bank regarding its business-generating activities
under the HDFC Bank’s Digital 2.0 programme.
➢ The Governor of Reserve Bank of India (RBI), Shaktikanta Das inaugurated the Reserve Bank
Innovation Hub (RBIH) with an initial capital contribution of Rs 100 crore in Bengaluru, Karnataka.
➢ RBI issued a framework for Geo-tagging of Payment System Touch Points/acceptance
infrastructure under Section 10 (2) read with Section 18 of Payment and Settlement Systems Act,
2007 (Act 51 of 2007).
February 2022
➢ As per the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) data on ‘Sectoral Deployment of Bank Credit – December
2021’ the bank’s non-food credit registered a growth of 9.3 percent (on a year-on-year (y-o-y)
basis) in December 2021 as compared to 6.6 percent in December 2020.
➢ Government of India (GOI) has done a conversion switch transaction of its securities with the
RBI on January 28, 2022 for an amount of Rs. 1,19,701 crore (face value).
➢ The overseas borrowings of Indian companies stood at USD 23.28 billion in the first 3 quarters
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(9MFY22) as per the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).
RBI released the sixth bi-monthly monetary policy statement for FY22 (April 2021 – March 2022).
India’s real gross domestic product (GDP) growth projection for FY23 is projected at 7.8 percent
with 17.2 percent at Q1.
Enhancement of the Cap under e-RUPI from Rs 10,000 to Rs 1 lakh
Enhancing NACH Mandate Limit for TReDS Settlements
Extension of Term Liquidity Facility of Rs 50,000 crore till June 30, 2022
Enhancement of Limits under Voluntary Retention Route (VRR) to Rs 2.50 lakh crore Click here
RBI extended the deadline for non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) to comply with new
Non-Performing Assets (NPAs) classification norms to September 2022 from the earlier deadline of
March 2022.
RBI has emerged as the 2nd largest buyer of Gold among the world’s Central Banks in 2021 as per
the Goldhub, an official website of the World Gold Council that maintains all the data regarding
precious metal.
RBI directed certain Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs) to mandatorily implement ‘Core
Financial Services Solution (CFSS)’ by 30th September 2025.Click here
January 2022
➢ Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on considering the present liquidity position of Deccan Urban Cooperative Bank Ltd., has imposed a withdrawal cap of Rs 1,000 on the customers of the bank.
➢ RBI approved Fino Payments Bank for commencing international remittance business under the
Money Transfer Service Scheme (MTSS).
➢ India’s Current Accoun (CAD) was USD 9.6 billion or 1.3% of GDP (Gross Domestic Product) in
accordance with the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) Balance of Payments (BoP) data for JulySeptember 2021 (Q2FY22).
➢ RBI issued a framework for facilitating small-value digital payments in offline mode to push
digital transactions in rural and semi-urban areas with total limit of offline payment transaction Rs
2,000 at any point in time and upper limit is at Rs 200.
➢ RBI granted second schedule payment bank status to Airtel Payments Bank under RBI Act, 1934
and became the 4th Payment Bank to receive this status.
➢ RBI introduced the market-making scheme to promote retail participation in Government
Securities (G-Secs) by providing prices/quotes to Retail Direct Gilt Account Holders (RDGAHs)
enabling them to buy/sell securities under the RBI Retail Direct (RBI-RD) Scheme.Click here
➢ RBI announced that State Bank of India (SBI), Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of
India(ICICI) and Housing Development Finance Corporation Limited(HDFC) banks will continue to
be identified as Domestic Systemically Important Banks (D-SIBs).
➢ RBI released the eligibility criteria for entities to be categorised as ‘Specified User’ of Credit
Information Companies (CICs) under clause (j) of Regulation 3 of the CICs (Amendment) Regulations,
2021.
➢ RBI increased the threshold limit for Banks to maintain the Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR) on
deposits and other ‘extension of funds’ received from non-financial small business customers from Rs
5 crore to Rs 7.5 crore.
➢ RBI sets up a separate internal department for fintech (Financial technology) by subsuming the
fintech division of DPSS (department of payment and settlement systems), Central Office (CO). to
facilitate innovation headed by Ajay Kumar Choudhary.
➢ RBI extended the validity of its directions by 4 months for Sri Guru Raghavendra Sahakara Bank
Niyamitha, Bengaluru (Karnataka) i.e. till May 10, 2022.
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➢ RBI released the Annual Report of the Ombudsman Schemes for 2020-21(July 1, 2020, to
March 31, 2021), stated that the volume of complaints received under all the 3 Ombudsman
Schemes increased by 22.27% on an annualized basis and stood at 3,03,107. Click chere
➢ RBI released the RBI – Digital Payments Index (RBI-DPI) for September 2021 and it states that
the digital payments increased by 39.64 percent to 304.06 as against 217.74 in September 2020.
➢ Reserve Bank of India (RBI) permits all existing non-deposit taking Non-Banking Finance
Company-Investment and Credit Companies (NBFC-ICCs) with asset size of Rs 1,000 crore and
above to undertake factoring business.
➢ Reserve Bank of India (RBI) conducted an Overnight variable rate reverse repo (VRRR) auction
for Rs 50,000 crore under liquidity adjustment facility (LAF) to infuse liquidity On January 20, 2022.
Click here
➢ On 24th January 2022, RBI offered overnight liquidity to the banking system of India with Rs
75,000 crore against banks bid of around Rs 1.37 lakh crore through variable rate repo (VRR)
auction under liquidity Adjustment Facility (LAF).
➢ RBI announced the Government of India’s approval for the amalgamation of the Punjab and
Maharashtra Co-operative Bank (PMC Bank) with Unity Small Finance Bank limited (USFBL), the
12th SFB of India.
➢ RBI imposed several restrictions on Indian Mercantile Cooperative Bank Limited, Lucknow,
Uttar Pradesh including a cap of Rs 1 lakh on withdrawals.
Bank License Cancellation & Penalty
NOVEMBER 2022
➢ RBI imposed a penalty of Rs 5 lakh on LIC Housing Finance Limited (LIC HFL) for non-compliance
with certain provisions of “The Housing Finance Companies (NHB) Directions, 2010” issued by the
National Housing Bank (NHB) in on 2nd July 2018.
OCTOBER 2022
➢ Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) cancelled the certificate of registration of Brickwork
Ratings, granted in 2008 and directed it to wind up operations in six months.
➢ RBI revoked the license of Pune-based Seva Vikas Co-operative Bank due to its insufficient capital
and the company’s lack of earning potential.
➢ RBI imposed a monetary penalty of Rs 48 lakh on the Kerala State Co-operative Bank Limited,
Thiruvananthapuram for its non-compliance.
➢ RBI cancelled the Certificates of Registration (CoR) of eight Non-Banking Finance Companies
(NBFC) in India.
SEPTEMBER 2022
➢ RBI cancelled the licence of Solapur (Maharashtra) based The Laxmi Co-operative Bank Limited due to
its inadequate capital and earning prospects.
August 2022
➢ RBI cancelled the licence of Deccan Urban Co-operative Bank Limited, Vijayapur, Karnataka as it
does not have adequate capital and earning prospects.
➢ RBI lifted the restrictions imposed on American Express Banking Corp (AEBC).
➢ RBI imposed restrictions on Thodupuzha Urban Co-operative Bank, Kerala for 6 months starting
August 23, 2022.
➢ RBI imposed a Monetary Penalty of Rs 2.33 crore on Spandana Sphoorty Financial Limited,
Hyderabad-based finance firm for non-compliance
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July 2022
➢ RBI imposed a monetary penalty of Rs 1,05,00,000 (Rs 1 crore and 5 lakh) on Kotak Mahindra Bank
Limited and Rs 1 crore on IndusInd Bank Ltd.
➢ RBI cancelled the licence of Shri Anand Co-operative Bank Limited, Chinchwad, Pune as the lender
does not have enough capital to pay present depositors in full.
➢ RBI issued a monetary penalty of Rs. 1,67,80,000 on Ola Financial Services Private Limited.
June 2022
➢ RBI cancelled the license of Mudhol Co-operative Bank Limited in Bagalkot, Karnataka, preventing
it from conducting banking operations with effective from June 8, 2022.
➢ RBI cancelled the licence of Millath Co-operative Bank Ltd., Davangere, Karnataka, due to
insufficient capital and earning potential, and its continued operation is detrimental to the interests of
depositors.
May 2022
➢ RBI imposed a monetary penalty of Rs 59 Lakh on KEB Hana Bank for non-compliance of Reserve
Bank of India.
➢ SEBI cancels registration of Alpha Commodity to trade in illegal contracts on National Spot Exchange
Ltd (NSEL) & slaps Rs 6 lakh fine on Pace Stock Broking in NSE co-location case.
➢ RBI imposed several restrictions on Shankarrao Pujari Nutan Nagari Sahakari Bank Limited,
Ichalkaranji, Kolhapur in Maharashtra, including on withdrawals, in view of the lender’s deteriorating
financial position.
April 2022
➢ RBI imposed several restrictions on Bengaluru (Karnataka)-based Bank namely, ‘Shushruti
Souharda Sahakara Bank Niyamita’ for a period of six months w.e.f. April 7, 2022, due to decline in the
lender’s financial position.
➢ RBI imposed a monetary penalty of Rs 17.63 lakh on Manappuram Finance Limited for noncompliance with certain provisions of the Master Direction on Issuance and Operation of Prepaid
Payment Instruments (PPIs).
March 2022
➢ RBI canceled the license of Sarjeraodada Naik Shirala Sahakari Bank Ltd of Shirala, Sangli
(Maharashtra) due to compliance failure with the regulation under Section 11(1), Section 22 (3) (d)
and Section 56 Banking Regulation Act 1949.
➢ RBI bars Paytm Payments Bank Limited (PPBL) under section 35A of the Banking Regulation (BR)
Act, 1949 from onboarding new customers with immediate effect due to material supervisory
concerns.
➢ RBI cancelled the license of People’s Co-operative Bank Limited, Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh) as the
bank failed to adhere to the requirements of Sections 22(3) (a), 22 (3) (b), 22(3)(c), 22(3) (d) and
22(3)(e) under Section 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949.
February 2022
➢ RBI cancelled the licence of Independence Co-operative Bank Limited in Nashik, Maharashtra
and ceases to carry on banking business, with effect from 3rd February 2022.
➢ RBI extended the restrictions on Millath Co-Operative Bank, Devangere (Karnataka) by
another three months, from February 8 2022 to May 7, 2022.
➢ RBI cancelled the licence of Mantha Urban Cooperative Bank Ltd., Mantha, District Jalna,
Maharashtra w.e.f. February 16, 2022 to safeguard the interests of its depositors.
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➢ RBI canceled the certificate of registration (CoR) issued to PC Financial Services Private
Limited, Delhi due to increase in complaints against usurious rate of interest and unfair recovery
practices being followed by several digital lenders.
January 2022
➢ RBI cancelled authorisation certificates of two payment system operators- Muthoot Vehicle &
Asset Finance, and Eko India Financial Services for non-compliance with regulatory requirements.
CABINET APPROVAL / BILL /ACTS PASSED FOR BANKS/FINANCIAL SERVICE
NOVEMBER 2022
-OCTOBER 2022
➢ Central Government declined its market borrowing target for FY23 by Rs 10,000 crore.
SEPTEMBER 2022
➢ Ministry of Finance (MoF) released guidelines for Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) to acquire capital
through rights issues, private placements with chosen investors. Clickhere
AUGUST 2022
➢ The Government of India (GoI) made E-invoicing (electronic billing) mandatory for businesses
with an aggregate turnover over Rs.10 crore from October 1, 2022.
➢ GoI in consultation with RBI framed Foreign Exchange Management (Overseas Investment) Rules,
2022. Clickhere
➢ Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) announced that a trail commission
of 0.20% of the NPS (National Pension System) D-Remit (Direct Remittance) contribution amount will
be paid to Points of Presence (PoPs).
➢ Government of India (GoI) announced the sale (re-issue) of four dated securities for a notified amount
of Rs. 33,000 crore which will be conducted by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), on 5th August 2022.
JULY 2022
➢ The Central Government declared ‘Zero Coupon Zero Principal Instruments’ as securities, for the
purposes of the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956.
JUNE 2022
➢ Ministry of Finance extended the period for levy and collection of cess under sub-section (1) of
Section 8 of the Goods and Services Tax (Compensation to States) Act, 2017 under 28% slab by nearly 4
years from July 1, 2022 to March 31, 2026.
MAY 2022
➢ Indian government has made the requirement of a Permanent Account Number (PAN) or
Aadhaar number mandatory for deposits or withdrawals of Rs. 20 lakh or more in a fiscal year, or for
creating a current account. Clickhere
APRIL 2022
➢ Central Government amended Foreign Exchange Management (Non-debt Instruments) Rules,
2019 with Foreign Exchange Management (Non-debt Instruments) (Amendment) Rules, 2022 allowing
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) upto 20%, and to align
with the modified FDI policy.
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MARCH 2022
➢ Union Cabinet approved Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) of up to 20 percent under the
‘automatic route’ in Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) of India, ahead of the mega initial public offering
(IPO) of the LIC of India in mid-March 2022.
FEBRUARY 2022
➢ Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman encouraged the use of surety bonds as a substitute
for bank guarantees in case of government procurement and also for gold imports to reduce indirect
costs for suppliers and work-contractors.
JANUARY 2022
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OCTOBER 2022
➢ State Bank of India (SBI) adopted 30 remote villages across the aspirational districts of 6 Indian
states of Haryana, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Punjab, Tamil Nadu (TN), and West Bengal (WB).
➢ SBI launched its Next-Gen Contact Centre Service for an enhanced and more personalised customer
experience.
➢ SBI surpassed Rs 6 trillion in Assets Under Management (AUM) under the Home Loan segment.
➢ SBI General Insurance partnered with Gupshup, a leader in conversational engagement to enhance its
insurance buying option on WhatsApp.
SEPTEMBER 2022
➢ State Bank of India (SBI) and WAAREE Energies Ltd. (WAAREE) has signed an agreement for solar
projects
➢ SBI joined the Rs 5.03 trillion market capitalization (market cap) for the first time after its shares
reached a record high of Rs 564.45 on the BSE index.
➢ SBI partnered with Remitly to enable Non Resident Indians (NRIs) to send money through SBI via
Remitly to their family members, using mobile and web applications.
➢ SBI’s ‘WECARE’ Senior Citizens’ Fixed Deposit (FD) scheme has extended upto 31st March 2023.
➢ State Bank of India Foundation (SBIF) & World Wide Fund for Nature – India (WWF India) entered
into a partnership to generate fine-scale information on the Red Panda species at a transboundary level
in Khangchendzonga area of Sikkim and West Bengal (Darjeeling & Kalimpong districts).
➢ SBI partnered with Fintech unicorn Yubi (formerly CredAvenue), to help in the growth of the
bank’s co-lending portfolio.
AUGUST 2022
➢ State Bank of India (SBI) is the first Indian lender to frame a policy to fund lab-grown diamonds .
➢ SBI launched a unique term deposit programme called ‘Utsav Deposit’ scheme with an interest rate
of 6.10 percent per annum on fixed deposits with a tenure of 1000 days.
➢ SBI launched India’s first state-of-the-art start-up dedicated branch in Koramangala in Bengaluru,
Karnataka.
➢ SBI inked the agreement to re-engage the agent for managing Indian Visa Application Centres (IVAC)
in Bangladesh for another 2 years.
JULY 2022
➢ Karnataka Digital Economy Mission (KDEM) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with
State Bank of India (SBI) to support the start-up ecosystem of Karnataka.
➢ SBI Cards and Payment Services collaborated with Aditya Birla Finance Limited (ABFL) for the
launch of ‘Aditya Birla SBI Card’
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➢ SBI received approval from its Board of Directors to issue bonds to raise up to Rs. 11,000 crores via
additional tier-I and tier II bonds during the current fiscal year 2022–23 (FY23).
JUNE 2022
➢ SBI Foundation has launched UpSchool, free digital learning program, in partnership with Khan
Academy.
➢ Ather Energy partnered with the State Bank of India (SBI) to offer vehicle financing for its
customers.
➢ Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare (DoPPW), Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances
and Pensions, Government of India (GoI), will collaborate with State Bank of India (SBI) to develop an
integrated pensioners’ portal.
➢ State Bank of India (SBI) received an in-principle approval from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for
the establishment of an operations support subsidiary with the objective of lowering the cost-to-income
ratio.
MAY 2022
➢ SBI launched the personal loan product ‘Xpress Credit’ for salaried customers on its digital banking
platform “YONO”.
APRIL 2022
➢ SBI Cards and Payments Services Ltd. (SBI Card) signed a deal with Tata Consultancy Services
(TCS) to accelerate SBI Card’s digital transformation journey.
MARCH 2022
➢ State Bank of India (SBI) will set up an Innovation, Incubation and Acceleration Centre (IIAC) at
Hyderabad, Telangana.
➢ SBI to grant USD 1 billion Line of Credit (LOC) to Sri Lanka as part of its financial assistance to deal
with its economic crisis.
➢ SBI Card has teamed up with Nature’s Basket to launch a first-of-its-kind credit card, ‘Nature’s Basket
SBI Card’.
➢ SBI entered into a co-lending partnership with five Housing Finance Companies (HFCs) - PNB
Housing Finance, IIFL Home Finance, Shriram Housing Finance, Edelweiss Housing Finance, and
Capri Global Housing Finance to provide affordable housing loans.
➢ SBI has raised USD 500 million through a three-year syndicated loan facility, via its International
Financial Services Centre (IFSC) Gujarat International Finance Tec (GIFT) City branch.
FEBRUARY 2022
➢ State Bank of India (SBI) signed an agreement with Tata Power Solar Systems for financing solar
projects and also set up a dedicated centralised processing cell – ‘Surya Shakti Cell’, at the Ballard
Estate in Mumbai, Maharashtra.
➢ SBI partnered with NSE Academy to launch five online courses to promote financial literacy courses
through NSE Knowledge Hub platform, an online Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) platform.
➢ Mastercard along with SBI Payments partnered with the Auto Rickshaw Association in Lucknow,
Uttar Pradesh, All Assam’s Restaurant Association (AARA) in Guwahati, Assam, local shopkeepers,
and Boat Union in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh to boost the digital payments infrastructure.
JANUARY 2022
➢ SBI (State Bank of India) Cards and Payment Services Limited (SBICPSL) collaborated with
Paytm to enable their cardholders to tokenize their cards on devices and make payments
through Paytm.
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➢ State Bank of India (SBI) listed its 1st USD 300 million Formosa bonds on India International
Exchange IFSC (India INX) and it became the first Indian entity to raise money through Formosa
Bond.
INSURANCE NEWS
NOVEMBER 2022
➢ Aegon Life Insurance Company launched the iGuarantee Max Savings Plan, that offers dual benefit of
high returns and life cover for the policyholders to meet their medium-to-long-term savings goals
affordably while protecting them against financial shocks.
➢ Aviva Life Insurance Company launched the ‘Aviva Protection Plus policy’ for offering attractive
features along with the maturity benefit of premium return, enriched protection and savings booster
options.
➢ Aditya Birla Health Insurance Company Limited (ABHICL) entered into a bancassurance
partnership with IDFC FIRST Bank for distribution of health insurance products through the bank’s
digital platform and its network.
➢ Aditya Birla Sun Life Insurance (ABSLI) partnered with Karza Technologies Private Limited and a
few other technology vendors to launch end-to-end onboarding solutions to purchase insurance
products on WhatsApp platform.
➢ Max Life Insurance Company Limited (Max Life) partnered with Tacterial Consulting Private Limited
(Ditto) for a life insurance product distribution.
➢ Niva Bupa Health Insurance Company Limited (NBHIC) & IDFC FIRST Bank inked Corporate
Agency partnership to provide health insurance solutions to the bank’s customers.
OCTOBER 2022
➢ Aditya Birla Health Insurance Co. Limited (ABHICL) announced the debut of “Activ Fit”, a
comprehensive health insurance plan to reward them for their healthy lifestyle habits.
➢ HDFC Life Insurance Company Limited (HDFC Life) has launched the ‘Insure India’ campaign.
➢ Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) launched ‘Dhan Varsha’, a non-linked, non-participating,
individual, savings, single premium life insurance plan.
➢ Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) has revised the equity allocation
standards for Tier 1 and Tier II National Pension System (NPS) accounts.
➢ Tata AIA Life Insurance Company Limited (Tata AIA) partnered with Medix to offer consumers
access to a local and global network of accredited medical specialists during serious illnesses.
SEPTEMBER 2022
➢ Aditya Birla Sun Life Insurance Company Limited (ABSLI) launched a new-age savings solution
ABSLI Akshaya Plan, a non-linked participating individual savings life insurance plan.
➢ Ageas Federal Life Insurance (AFLI) became the first life insurance company in India to have 74
percent stake held by a foreign partner after the Belgium-based shareholder, Ageas Insurance
International NV, completed the acquisition of the 25 percent stake from IDBI Bank.
➢ Canara HSBC Life Insurance launches iSelect Guaranteed Future, an individual, non-linked, nonparticipating, savings and protection life insurance plan in digital platform.
➢ Edelweiss General Insurance (EGI) partnered with Repco Home Finance Limited (RHFL) to offer
insurance solutions to all home loan customers of RHFL.
➢ HDFC Life Insurance Company Limited (HDFC Life) developed “Click2Protect Super”, a term
insurance policy that allows clients to customize their protection needs and only pay for the
benefits/plan options.
➢ HDFC ERGO General Insurance Company Limited (HDFC ERGO) announced a partnership with
Google Cloud to develop a technology platform that aid in the digitization of insurance purchasing and
servicing in India.
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➢ HDFC ERGO General Insurance Company Ltd. (HDFC ERGO) partnered with HDFC Life launched
‘Click2Protect Optima Secure’ to offer all-round protection to customers.
➢ ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company Limited (ICICI Lombard) partnered with Skit.ai, an
Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based Software as a Service (SaaS) voice automation platform, to launch an
AI-powered Digital Voice Agent
➢ Lord’s Mark Insurance Broking Services Private Limited received the direct insurance broking
licence from IRDAI for selling life and general insurance products.
➢ Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) introduced a new Individual Pension Plan namely ‘LIC’s
New Pension Plus (NPP)’ which is non-participating, and Unit Linked.
➢ Max Life Insurance Company Limited launched ‘Smart Flexi Protect Solution’, a three-in-one (3-in-1)
plan.
➢ Reliance General Insurance launched Reliance Health Gain Policy, on Policybazaar’s online platform
to ensure insurance accessibility for all.
➢ Reliance General Insurance Company Limited partnered with Paytm to offer Reliance Health Gain
Policy, a customisable health insurance product, through the Paytm application.
AUGUST 2022
➢ Edelweiss General Insurance (EGI) partnered with the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
(MoHFW) to help create digital health IDs under Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission for all in India.
➢ Insurance start-up InsuranceDekho (Girnar Insurance Brokers Pvt. Ltd) partnered with Future
Generali India Insurance Company (Future Generali) to offer dog health cover.
➢ Insurance Regulatory Development Authority of India (IRDAI) allowed insurers to buy more
perpetual bonds issued by banks and permitted them to participate in the public listing of high-yielding
InvITs
➢ IRDAI is set to launch the upgraded version of Integrated Grievance Redressal System (IGMS), as
‘Bima Bharosa’, an updated version of the grievance redressal mechanism.
➢ Life Insurance Company Aegon Life Insurance Company (ALIC) has launched ‘#PlayForOurHeroes’
campaign
➢ Max Life Insurance Company Limited launched Max Life Smart Secure Easy Solution, a
comprehensive 3-in-1 protection solution offering benefits of life, critical illness & disability and
accidental cover.
➢ Universal Sompo General Insurance Company Limited partnered with Chennai-based Repco Home
Finance Limited (RHFL) to offer insurance against home loans.
JULY 2022
➢ Aditya Birla Health Insurance Company Limited (ABHICL) in collaboration with Policybazaar.com
launched ‘OPD Add-on’ insurance cover for customers to address their health & wellness needs.
➢ Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance Company Limited (Bajaj Alliance Life) & DBS Bank India have entered
into a strategic partnership to offer a wide range of life insurance solutions to the customers of DBS
Bank.
➢ City Union Bank (CUB) forms bancassurance tie-up with Aditya Birla Health, Bajaj Allianz Life
Insurance & Royal Sundaram General Insurance.
➢ Cognizant has been selected as a strategic technology provider by public sector general insurance
company, National Insurance Company Limited (NICL).
➢ Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation (DICGC) to pay the eligible depositors of 2
Maharashtra based banks - Shankarrao Pujari Nutan Sahakari Bank, Ichalkaranji & Harihareshwar
Sahakari Bank, Wai in August 2022.
➢ Edelweiss General Insurance partnered with Avanse Financial Services to provide travel insurance
to Indian students going abroad for higher education.
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➢ Edelweiss General Insurance launched SWITCH, a comprehensive motor insurance product under
Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority’s (Irdai) Sandbox initiative.
➢ India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) partnered with Tata AIG General Insurance Company Limited
(TATA AIG) for providing TATA Accidental Guard policy to IPPB customers.
➢ Kotak Mahindra General Insurance Company Limited (Kotak General Insurance) partnered with
Inspektlabs to automate the vehicle inspection process for vehicle insurance renewals using Artificial
Intelligence (AI) based technology.
➢ Max Life Insurance Company Limited launched ‘Insta confirmation of insurance (Insta-COI)’, for the
customers who buys the ‘Max Life Smart Fixed-return Digital Plan’ (UIN: 104N123V01) to deliver
superior customer experience.
➢ Max Life Insurance Company Limited launched ‘Smart Capital Guarantee Solution’, a life
insurance product solution that merges the benefits of 2 existing products, Max Life Smart Wealth Plan
and Max Life Flexi Wealth Advantage Plan.
➢ nurture.farm partnered with SBI General Insurance and Future Generali India Insurance
Company to expand its insurance solutions for its 1.9 million farmers.
➢ SBI General Insurance launched the Cyber VaultEdge insurance plan, a comprehensive cyber
insurance cover for protecting individuals against financial losses arising from cyber risks and attacks.
➢ Star Health and Allied Insurance Company Limited & Common Services Centres (CSC) have
partnered to take health insurance to rural India.
➢ Tata AIA Life Insurance Company Ltd., (Tata AIA Life) formed a strategic collaboration with City
Union Bank (CUB) to provide life and health insurance solutions to the bank’s customers.
JUNE 2022
➢ Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Company in collaboration with Allianz Partners India announced the
launch of an industry-first health insurance plan, “Global Health Care,”, to offer policyholders with a
seamless claims experience.
➢ Canara HSBC Oriental Bank of Commerce (OBC) Life Insurance renamed itself as Canara HSBC Life
Insurance, coinciding with its 14thFoundation day (since 2008).
➢ Edelweiss General Insurance (EGI) launched Health Insurance Cash Advance, an Out-of-Network
Cash Advance facility to help customers with monetary support at any hospital which is not part of
EGI’s network.
➢ Fino Payments Bank Limited collaborated with Go Digit General Insurance Limited to provide
small and medium business owners with shop insurance coverage.
➢ Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) reduced the capital required to
be held by insurers offering Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY) by almost 50%.
➢ IRDAI has extended the ‘Use and File’ procedure for most of the Life Insurance products which
means the life insurance companies can also launch these products without prior approval of IRDAI.
➢ Kotak Mahindra General Insurance Company Limited partnered with PhonePe Insurance Broking
Services Pvt. Ltd (PhonePe) to offer motor insurance to 380 million customers on the PhonePe
platform.
➢ Liberty General Insurance (LGI) entered into a corporate agency agreement with Peerless Financial
Products Distribution Limited (PFPDL) to enable the distribution of Liberty’s retail and commercial line
of products.
➢ Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) launched a Dhan Sanchay Savings scheme, which is a
non-linked, non-participating, individual, savings life insurance plan providing guaranteed Income
Benefit and Terminal Benefit (Life protection) payable at the time of maturity of scheme.
➢ Max Life Insurance Company Limited partnered with Policybazaar.com to launch the ‘Max Life Smart
Fixed-return Digital Plan’, a non-linked, non-participating, short-term individual life insurance savings
plan with a minimum policy tenure of 5 years.
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➢ Star Health and Allied Insurance Company inked a Corporate Agency agreement with IDFC FIRST
Bank, for the distribution of its health insurance solutions.
➢ SBI General Insurance Company Limited has introduced a new health insurance vertical to focus on
new innovative health products and an in-house claim settlement process, among other things.
MAY 2022
➢ HDFC Life Insurance Company Limited (HDFC Life) joined the United Nations (UN) -backed
Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) for its long-term value creation and sustainable growth.
➢ HDFC ERGO General Insurance Company announced the launch of its “Pay as you Drive” program to
provide distance-based insurance under its own damage section.
➢ Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) increased the investment
limit of all insurance companies to invest in the Financial and Insurance activities (as per section K of
NIC classification) to 30% of investment assets from 25%.
➢ Bharti AXA Life Insurance launched the financial literacy campaign ‘InspiHE₹-Enabling an
empowered future’ to enhance financial awareness among women and empower them to make
informed financial decisions for a secure future.
➢ The One97 Communications, which operates under Paytm brand, has formed a joint venture
general insurance company – Paytm General Insurance Limited (PGIL), in which Paytm has committed
to invest Rs 950 crore over a period of 10 years.
APRIL 2022
➢ Aegon Life Insurance Company(Aegon Life) & Ahalia Finforex partnered to provide life insurance
access to unorganized and unserved segments residing in tier 2, tier 3, and tier 4 towns.
➢ Tata AIA Life Insurance teamed with the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology’s
Common Services Centers (CSC) to engage its network of over 4 lakh village-level entrepreneurs (VLEs).
MARCH 2022
➢ Aditya Birla Sun Life Insurance (ABSLI) & Bharat Co-operative Bank (Mumbai) Ltd. signed a
bancassurance partnership agreement with an aim at combining synergies for enhancing the reach of
life insurance products.
➢ HDFC ERGO General Insurance Company launched its VAULT program and It is India’s first
industry based digital customer engagement and rewards program
➢ Future Generali India Insurance Company (FGII) Limited launched FG Dog Health Cover, a
comprehensive health insurance for pet dogs, along with industry-first ‘Emergency Pet Minding’
cover as an add-on if parents are hospitalized
➢ Star Health and Allied Insurance Company Limited launched ‘Star Women Care Insurance Policy’,
a woman-centric comprehensive health cover specially designed to protect the health-care needs of
women at every stage of their lives.
➢ Max Life Insurance Company Limited announced the launch of the “Max Life Smart Guaranteed
Pension Plan”, a non-linked, non-participating single premium individual or group general annuity
plan, guaranteeing a regular income and ensuring the future financial security of the annuitant.
➢ Max Life Insurance Co. Ltd partners with PhonePe to launch its ‘Max Life Smart Secure Plus Plan’ for
its customers to enhance financial protection for digitally-savvy customers.
FEBRUARY 2022
➢ Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) and Policybazaar.com made an alliance to digitally offer
a wide range of Life Insurance and investment products to its customers across India.
➢ India’s largest IPO (Initial Public offering)-bound national insurer and 3rd strongest insurance brand
globally, LIC (Life Insurance Corporation of India), offers the highest Return on Equity (RoE) at
82% amongst all its global peers, as per the report by Crisil.
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➢ LIC is India’s strongest and the largest brand in the country with a valuation of $8.656 billion
(around Rs 64,722 crore) as per the brand valuation report by London-based Brand Finance.
➢ Kotak Mahindra General Insurance Company Limited signed an agreement with Cars24
Financial Services Private Limited (CARS24 Financial Services) to provide motor insurance services
to used car buyers.
➢ ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company partnered with Airtel Payments Bank to offer
insurance solutions against cyber crimes and financial frauds to its customers.
➢ HDFC ERGO General Insurance Company (HDFC ERGO) launched ‘Cyber Sachet Insurance
Policy’ to mitigate cyber-related digital risks for individual customers and keep them internet
insured.
➢ Aditya Birla Health Insurance Co. Limited. (ABHICL) signed a bancassurance agreement with
Utkarsh Small Finance Bank (SFB) for the distribution of health insurance products across India
through the Bank’s network.
➢ Canara HSBC Oriental Bank of Commerce (OBC) Life Insurance launched its new insurance
plan, ‘Flexi Edge’, a non-linked participating individual savings life insurance plan that enables the
customers with the ability to prioritise their long-term savings.
➢ BSE Ebix Insurance Broking Pvt. Ltd. signed an insurance broker agreement for the distribution
of Life Insurance Corporation’s (LIC) products.
➢ EaseMyTrip partnered with Toffee Insurance to offer a first-of-its-kind, free-of-charge, full refund
medical policy that provides the additional travel flexibility for customers.
➢ Edelweiss Asset Management launched Mutual Fund (MF) investing mobile application (app)
eInvest to help investors for easy investment experience.
➢ Edelweiss General Insurance launched Sector’s 1st AI (Artificial Intelligent) powered voice bot
for automated registration of motor claims, powered by Yellow.ai platform.
➢ Edelweiss General Insurance (EGI) collaborated with Ashv Finance to provide financial
protection to the latter’s loan debtors.
➢ South Indian Bank (SIB) joined hands with Star Health and Allied Insurance Company Limited
as a corporate agent to provide innovative health insurance products for the SIB’s ~6.5 million
customers spread over 923 branches across India.
JANUARY 2022
➢ Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC), General Insurance Corporation of India (GIC) and New
India Assurance continued to be identified by Insurance Regulator and Development Authority of
India (IRDAI) as Domestic Systemically Important Insurers (D-SIIs) for 2021-22.
➢ Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) of India inaugurated “Digi Zone”, at Bandra Kurla Complex,
Mumbai, Maharashtra to enhance its digital footprint.
➢ SBI General Insurance Company Ltd launched a campaign titled ‘#BahaneChhodoTaxBachao’ to
increase awareness around the need to buy health insurance to save tax.
➢ Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) decided to set up two hubs,
motor insurance at ‘Institute of Insurance and Risk Management (IIRM) & property insurance at
‘National Insurance Academy (NIA)’ to promote loss prevention measures in the general insurance
industry.
➢ IRDAI issued the following guidelines to regulate and develop Surety Insurance business named
‘IRDAI (Surety Insurance Contracts) Guidelines, 2022’ with effect from 1st April 2022.
➢ Max Life Insurance Company Limited (Max Life) partnered with Policybazaar.com to offer its
‘Max Life Smart Secure Plus Plan’ on Policybazaar platform as an independent Insurance cover to
homemakers.
➢ FAARMS partners with Reliance General Insurance Company Ltd. (RGICL), introduced
customised digital insurance solutions for the rural population especially the farmers.
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APP’s/PORTAL LAUNCHED
APP Name
SmartHub Vyapar Merchant app
‘Bima Sugam’
Global Pay
National Carbon Finance Platform
‘All Things EV’(India’s first onestop-solution portal)
ICICIdirect iLearn
‘Muthoot Online’
Canara ai1
Kotak Cherry
HDFC Money
MG e-Pay
Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited
(KMBL)
International Sustainability
Platform
Launched by
Key Points
NOVEMBER 2022
--OCTOBER 2022
HDFC Bank & Mintoak
a one-stop merchant solution app designed
Innovations India
to fulfil everyday business needs of
merchants
Insurance Regulatory and To house all companies selling life and nonDevelopment Authority of life insurance on a single platform w.e.f.
India (IRDAI)
January 1, 2023.
SEPTEMBER 2022
-AUGUST 2022
American Express
For Small to Medium-sized Businesses
(SMBs) customers seeking an international
payment solution
Intellecap & Transform
To encourage Indian smallholder farmers
Rural India Foundation
in harnessing climate/carbon finance for
(TRIF)
sustainable agroforestry and climate smart
agriculture.
HDFC ERGO General
provides all the required information
Insurance Company
related to Electric Vehicles (EVs)
Limited
JULY 2022
ICICI Securities (I-Sec)
For investors (beginners or expertise) to
easily learn about several financial
products and market topics.
Muthoot Finance
It launched new upgraded version of
‘Muthoot Online’ web application, offering
an extended range of features which
promises an omni channel experience to its
customers.
Canara Bank
To cater to the banking needs of its
customers.
JUNE 2022
Kotak Investment
It is a one-stop curated open architecture
Advisors
investment management platform.
MAY 2022
HDFC Securities
It is a robo-advisory platform for all mutual
fund investments.
APRIL 2022
Morris Garages(MG)
Partnered with ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank,
Motor India
Kotak Mahindra Prime & Axis Bank to offer
transparent and convenient online car
purchase solutions.
‘Kotak FYN’
It can be used to carry out all trade and
services transactions
NSE IFSC Limited
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It will be India’s first ESG (Environmental,
Social, and Governance) platform,
facilitating the listing and trading of a
variety of products such as green bonds.
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MARCH 2022
--FEBRUARY 2022
JusPay
It helps Prepaid Payment Instruments
(PPIs) such as digital wallets implement
and comply with Reserve Bank of India’s
(RBI’s) PPI interoperability rules.
Software stack named ‘OpenPPI’
JANUARY 2022
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LOANS/FUNDS SANCTIONED BY BANKS
Loan issued by
India
Asian
Development
Bank (ADB)
Asian
Development
Bank (ADB)
Export-Import
Bank of India
(India Exim Bank)
National Bank for
Agriculture and
Rural
Development
(NABARD)
World Bank (WB)
Asian
Development
Bank (ADB)
Hongkong and
Shanghai Banking
Corporation
Limited (HSBC)
World Bank (WB)
Received by
Amount
Points to be noted
NOVEMBER 2022
United Nations Relief
USD 2.5
This is the 2nd tranche of the total contribution
and Works Agency for
million
of USD 5 million for the financial year 2022Palestine Refugees in
2023 to support the Palestine Refugees.
the Near East
(UNRWA)
Smartchem
USD 30
This is ADB’s first agribusiness ‘Blue Loan’ and it
Technologies Limited
million
is India’s first such blue loan in this sector.
(STL)
(Blue loan)
Maharashtra
USD 350
To improve the road connectivity of key
million
economic areas.
(around Rs
2,900
crore)
OCTOBER 2022
Government of the
USD 100
For the purpose of funding development
Republic of the
million
projects on behalf of the Government of India
Maldives
(GoI).
Punjab
Rs. 221.99 From the Rural Infrastructure Development
crore
Fund (RIDF) to upgrade school infrastructure in
(~Rs. 222
rural schools in Punjab.
crore)
Andhra Pradesh
government
Maharashtra
USD 250
For Supporting Andhra’s Learning
million
Transformation (SALT) project.
SEPTEMBER 2022
4,000
To establish medical colleges in 12 districts of
crores
the state that now lack a single medical college.
India
Rs. 125
crores
Over the next five years to promote green
initiatives in India as part of its efforts to
mitigate the impacts of climate change.
India
USD 150
million
(nearly Rs
1,200
crores)
For the management of its financial resources
and improved access to public services.
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World Bank
Gujarat
Asian
Development
Bank (ADB)
Asia-Pacific
Asian
Development
Bank (ADB)
Himachal Pradesh (HP)
India
4 Voluntary Trust
Funds
India
Bay of Bengal Initiative
for Multi-Sectoral
Technical and
Economic Cooperation
(BIMSTEC)
Mizoram
National Bank for
Agriculture and
Rural
Development
(NABARD)
World Bank (WB)
India
Salesforce, Inc
India (22 Non-Profit
Organisations (NPO))
Japan Bank for
International
Cooperation
(JBIC)
Power Finance
Corporation (PFC)
Limited
World Bank (WB)
Himachal Pradesh (HP)
USD 350
To improve the quality and access of its public
million
healthcare services.
(over Rs
2,832
crore) loan
At least
It plans to fund between 2022 and 2025 in a
USD 14
comprehensive program of support to ease the
billion
food crisis in the Asia-Pacific.
AUGUST 2022
USD 96.3
To provide safe drinking water, improve water
million
supply and sanitation in Himachal Pradesh (HP).
(around Rs
769
crores)
USD
4 Trust Funds -Voluntary Fund for Victims of
400,000
Torture, Voluntary Fund for Technical
(over Rs 3 Cooperation, Voluntary Fund for financial and
crore)
technical assistance, Voluntary Technical
Assistance Trust Fund for support United
Nations Human Right.
USD 1
Minister of State (MoS) for External Affairs and
million
Education Rajkumar Ranjan Singh ceremonially
handed over a cheque of USD 1 million for the
BIMSTEC Secretariat’s operational budget.
Rs. 230
crores
For the approval of rural infrastructure projects
in Mizoram under the Rural Infrastructure
Development Fund (RIDF) XXVIII.
JULY 2022
USD 1
Two complementary combined loans of USD 500
billion
million each) to support India’s flagship Pradhan
(USD 500
Mantri-Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure
million
Mission (PM-ABHIM).
each)
USD 2
For education, workforce development.
million
(about
Rs.15.85
crore)
Japanese
It provided the loan under the initiative, ‘Global
Yen (JPY)
action for Reconciling Economic growth and
30 billion
Environmental preservation’ (GREEN).
(~USD
220.83
million)
USD 200
To provide financial facilities for Himachal
million
Pradesh (HP) power sector development
(around
programme.
Rs. 1600
Crore)
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New Development
Bank (NDB)
Brazil, China & India
Asian
Development
Bank (ADB)
Himachal Pradesh
India
United Nations Relief
and Works Agency for
Palestine Refugees in
the Near East
(UNRWA)
India
Japan
International
Cooperation
Agency (JICA)
Export-Import
(EXIM) Bank of
India
Centres for
Disease Control
and Prevention
(CDC) of the
United States (US)
Government of Sri
Lanka (GOSL)
World Bank (WB)
Indian Council of
Medical Research
(ICMR) New Delhi,
Delhi, National
Institute of Virology
(NIV) Pune,
Maharashtra &
National Institute of
Epidemiology (NIE)
Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
Gujarat
World Bank (WB)
India
World Bank (WB)
Tamil Nadu (TN)
World Bank (WB)
India
World Bank (WB)
Uttarakhand
USD 300
million,
EUR 265
million &
USD 79
million
USD 96.3
million
(~Rs.770
crores)
USD 2.5
million
Approved USD 79 million for the Meghalaya
Ecotourism Infrastructure Development project
and another USD 70 million to Lamphelpat
Waterbody Rejuvenation project for India
To provide safe drinking water, sanitation
services and improve water supply in Himachal
Pradesh under the Himachal Pradesh Rural
Drinking Water Improvement and Livelihood
Project
This is the first half (2.5 million) of the annual
contribution of India (total of 5 million) for
Palestine Refugees in the Near East.
100,000
Tranche 3 for the Project for the construction of
million
Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail (MAHSR)
yen(JPY)
(III).
(~Rs 6000
crore)
JUNE 2022
USD 55
A Line of Credit (LoC) agreement has been
million
signed between them for the procurement of
Urea Fertiliser.
USD 122
To assist the ICMR institutions’ cooperation and
million
competence to prevent avoidable epidemics,
(USD
early detection of disease threats, and rapid and
122,475,0
effective response.
00)
USD250m
n
USD
150mn
USD
162mn
USD
245mn
Rs 1000
crore
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Additional Financing (AF) of USD250mn for
Gujarat Outcomes for Accelerated Learning
(GOAL), a programme which aims to improve
education results for children across the state of
Gujarat.
To support the recovery of India’s fisheries
sector.
For the RIGHTS project to strengthen the social
protection systems and capability of TN
To support India’s efforts to modernize rail
freight and logistics infrastructure through Rail
Logistics project.
Approved the Uttarakhand Climate Responsive
Rain-fed Farming Project with an outlay of Rs
1000 crore to introduce modern farming in its 9
hill districts.
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World Bank (WB)
India
USD 250
million
MAY 2022
USD 47
To support the Government of India’s Mission
million
Karmayogi, a national programme to strengthen
Project
civil service capacity.
USD 190
To provide the latter with a USD 190 million
million
Government of India (GoI)-backed Line of Credit
(LoC).
World Bank
India
Export-Import
Bank of India
(Exim Bank)
India
SBM (Mauritius)
Infrastructure
Development Company
Ltd. (SBMIDCL)
United Nations (UN)
World Bank
Gujarat
Japan
International
Cooperation
Agency (JICA)
India
India
Nepal
Nepali Rupees
41.13 million
Ministry of Youth
Affairs and Sports
UNESCO
(United Nations
Educational,
Scientific and
Cultural
Organization)
Fund
Gujarat
USD 72,124
World Bank &
Asian
Infrastructure
Investment Bank
(AIIB)
Asian
Development
Bank (ADB)
Asian
Development
Bank (ADB)
USD
800,000
USD 350
million
To enhance public outreach of the organisation
in Hindi.
It has approved USD 350 million in funding for
the Systems Reform Endeavour for Transformed
Health Achievement in Gujarat (SRESTHA-G)
project’s implementation
APRIL 2022
312.258 billion
An Japanese ODA (Official development
Yen
assistance) Loan Agreements was signed between
for 7 projects.
7,500 crore
Louis Dreyfus
USD 100
Company (LDC) million(Rs.760
crores)
Agartala Smart
City Limited
(ASCL)
To support the “India State Support Program for
Road Safety”, a project by the Indian government
to improve road safety.
The Indian embassy in Kathmandu signed a MoU
for the construction of the Khumjung Khunde
Wastewater Management Project with the
Ministry of Federal Affairs and General
Administration, the Government of Nepal, and
Khumbu Pasang Lhamu Rural Municipality,
Soulukhumbu, Nepal.
For Elimination of Doping in Sport
To provide a loan of Rs 7,500 crore to Gujarat for
its ‘Mission School of Excellence project.
To help small farmers in countries such as India,
Indonesia, Pakistan,Thailand and Vietnam to
recover from the economic challenges posed by
the pandemic (COVID-19) and improve their
resilience to climate change impacts.
$76.25 million(Rs For three specific projects under the Agartala
551 crore)
Smart City Limited (ASCL)
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Asian
Development
Bank (ADB)
Nagaland
$2 million
Signed a $2 million Project Readiness Financing
(PRF) loan for the proposed Nagaland Urban
Infrastructure Development Project.
United Nations
Development
Programme
(UNDP) &
partners of the
Adaptation
Innovation
Marketplace
(AIM)
India
19 countries,
including India
USD 2.2 million
Climate action funding for 22 local innovators of
19 countries.
Sri Lanka
500 million
Small Industries
Development
Bank of India
(SIDBI)
Maharashtra
600 crores
It will provide an additional $500 million
financial assistance to Sri Lanka to buy fuel as the
latter is facing worst financial crisis.
It was granted under the SIDBI Cluster
Development Fund (SCDF) to meet the growing
demand for skilled labour
MARCH 2022
USD 75
Renewed the Bilateral Swap Arrangement (BSA)
billion
under which the 2 countries can swap their local
currencies in exchange for the US Dollar of up to
USD 75 billion.
4,013
It sanctioned under the Rural Infrastructure
crores
Development Fund (RIDF) for the financial year
2021-2022.
India
Japan
National Bank for
Agriculture and
Rural
Development
(NABARD)
Odisha
Small Industries
Development
Bank of India
(SIDBI)
Odisha
837 crores
It approved a Rs. 837 crore grants to the
Government of Odisha under its SIDBI Cluster
Development Fund (SCDF) to promote and
develop 18 micro, small, and medium
enterprises (MSME) infrastructure projects.
SBI
Sri Lanka
USD 1
billion
Line of
Credit
(LOC)
as part of its financial assistance to deal with its
economic crisis.
Export-Import
Bank of India
(India Exim Bank)
Sri Lanka
Asian
Development
Bank (ADB)
India
FEBRUARY 2022
USD 500
To support the country to overcome its current
million
fuel shortages.
The Line of Credit (LoC) will last for 1 year at a
‘nominal’ interest rate, of under 2 percent.
USD 4.6
It provided a record USD 4.6 billion in sovereign
billion
lending to India in 2021 for 17 loans, including
USD 1.8 billion towards coronavirus (COVID-19)
response.
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World Bank
India
IIFL Home
Finance
Asian Development
Bank (ADB)
Japan
International
Cooperation
Agency (JICA)
Export-Import
Bank of India
(India Exim Bank)
Small Industries
Development
Bank of India
(SIDBI)
India
Reserve Bank of
India (RBI)
Asian
Infrastructure
Investment Bank
(AIIB)
World Bank
USD 115
million
To implement the “Rejuvenating Watersheds for
Agricultural Resilience through Innovative
Development” (REWARD) Project in the states of
Karnataka ($60 million) and Odisha ($49 million
& remaining $6 million will be for the central
government’s Department of Land Resources).
To provide the financial support for affordable
green housing for lower-income women
borrowers in India.
USD 68
million
(INR ~507
Crore)
Pune, Maharashtra
Rs 1,000
It approved the tender for cleaning up rivers
Crore
Mula, Mutha and Mula-Mutha (confluence of
(project
both rivers) of Pune Municipal Corporation
Cost)
(PMC) area.
JANUARY 2022
Maldives
USD 130
Indian Exim Bank is set to support the
million
construction of social housing units in Maldives,
through its USD 130 million loan to Fahi
Dhiriulhan Corporation Limited.
AU Small Finance Bank 650crore
To support small-sized non-banking financial
(AUSFB) and Jana
companies (NBFCs) and micro finance
Small Finance Bank
institutions (MFIs) and micro entrepreneurs.
(JSFB)
Sri Lanka
USD 500
It offered a USD 500 million Line of Credit (LOC)
million
to help Sri Lanka for purchase of petroleum
products as it is struggling with fuel and energy
crisis.
Sri Lanka
US$ 900
RBI extended over US$ 900 million loan facilities
million
to Sri Lanka, comprising Asian Clearing Union
(ACU) settlement of over USD 500 million and
currency Swap of USD 400 million.
Asia
USD 150
million
West Bengal (WB)
USD 125
million
(around Rs
1,000
crore)
To invest in the development of data centres that
mostly serve emerging Asia through the Keppel
Data Centre Fund II (KDCF II) managed by Alpha
Investment Partners Limited (Alpha).
To support its effort towards social protection
service access to the poor and vulnerable
groups.
MOU’S/AGREEMENTS SIGNED BY BANKS
Banks/Insurance firm
Signed With
Key Points
NOVEMBER 2022
Export-Import Bank of
India (India Exim Bank)
Bureau of Energy
Efficiency (BEE)
FirstRand Bank (FRB)
Limited of South Africa
Small Industries
Development Bank of India
(SIDBI)
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A “Master Risk Participation Agreement” to
promote trade transactions.
For Micro Small and Medium Enterprises
(MSMEs).
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Small Industries
Development Bank of
India (SIDBI)
National Payments
Corporation of India
(NPCI)
IDBI Bank
Gujarat International
Finance Tec City (Gift City)
OCTOBER 2022
Dun & Bradstreet
To create the SIDBI -D&B Sustainability
Perception Index (SIDBI – D&B SPeX).
• SIDBI and D&B also signed a MoU for
developing and implementing the Index
Central Bank of Oman
To launch the Rupay debit card in Oman, paving
(CBO)
way in a new era of financial connectivity.
Vayana Network
Fintech Association of
Japan (FAJ)
As its first fintech partner for end-to-end
digitization services.
To promote innovation and entrepreneurship in
the fintech domain.
SEPTEMBER 2022
HDFC Bank
Monetary Authority of
Singapore (MAS)
Defence Accounts
Department (DAD)
Institute of Economic
Growth (IEG)
International Financial
Services Centres Authority
(IFSCA)
Bank of Baroda (BoB) &
HDFC Bank
To fund the “HDFC Bank Chair of Banking and
Finance”
Inked a FinTech Co-operation Agreement (CA) to
facilitate regulatory collaboration and partnership
in FinTech technology.
To onboard themselves as Common Service
Centres (CSC) under the System for Pension
Administration – (RakSHa) (SPARSH) initiative,
across more than 14000 branches across India.
AUGUST 2022
Indian Bank
SRM University, Andhra
Pradesh (AP)
Small Industries
Development Bank of
India (SIDBI)
Small Industries
Development Bank of
India (SIDBI)
Build Your Dreams (BYD)
India Private Limited
Open Network for Digital
Commerce (ONDC)
Axis Bank
Food Corporation of India
(FCI)
To provide ‘Ultima Salary package’, a salary
account with exclusive benefits & features to all
its employees.
National Bank for
Agriculture and Rural
Development (NABARD)
Central Bank of India
Jammu & Kashmir (J&K)
regional office & J&K
Grameen Bank
Protium Finance and
InCred Financial Services
Limited (IFSL)
On promotion and financing of 700 Joint Liability
Groups (JLGs).
National Minorities
Development and Finance
Corporation (NMDFC)
NPCI International
Payments Limited (NIPL)
ICICI Bank
For the development of financial accounting
software and mobile application.
PayXpert
To internationalise the acceptance of its payment
solutions, Unified Payments Interface (UPI) and
the RuPay card, in the United Kingdom (UK).
TP Renewable Microgrid
Ltd., (TPRMG)
HDFC Bank
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To Lend up to 50 Crores for Start-ups incubated at
Hatchlab Research Centre, Technology Business
Incubator(TBI) of SRM University-AP.
To coordinate the operations of institutions
involved in related endeavours.
to develop an innovative programme that will
establish 1,000 green energy enterprises across
India
Towards a stock financing solution to its pan
India dealer network.
Formed co-lending partnership to provide loans
to Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs)
borrowers.
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Indian Bank
State Bank of India (SBI)
JULY 2022
To distribute the mobile phones to consumers
through e-Unified Payment Interface (e-upi)
system.
Indian Air Force (IAF)
For the Defence Salary Package (DSP) scheme.
Haryana
State Bank of India (SBI)
Samunnati
Axis Bank
Indian Air Force (IAF)
To manage salary accounts of the defense
personnel under its ‘Power Salute’ initiative.
Punjab National Bank
(PNB)
Indian Air Force (IAF)
SBICAP Ventures Ltd.
(SVL)
Ministry of External Affairs
(MEA)
Asian Development Bank
(ADB)
Singapore
Karnataka Bank
JCB India Limited
To provide specially designed products to the
defence personnel under the ‘PNB Rakshak Plus’
scheme.
To create the Trilateral Development Cooperation
Fund (TDC Fund) for joint projects with global
partners.
To promote investments in the Asia and Pacific
region and to recognize the importance of private
sector finance as well as catalysing public sector
resources for sustainable and inclusive
development.
For nominating Karnataka bank as its preferred
Financier.
Rajasthan Grameen
Aajeevika Vikas Parishad
(RGAVP) – Rajeevika
Uttar Pradesh
Expressways Industrial
Development Authority
(UPEIDA)
For financing farmer producer organisations
(FPOs) with an initial outlay of Rs. 100 crores.
Telangana government’s
To establish ‘Rajasthan Mahila Nidhi (RMN)’,
Stree Nidhi Credit
Rajasthan’s first and India’s third women’s
Cooperative
financial institution (bank).
Federation(Stree Nidhi)
JUNE 2022
State Bank of India (SBI),
Bank of Baroda (BOB),
Punjab National Bank
(PNB) and Small Industries
Development Bank of India
(SIDBI).
BRICS New Development
Bank (NDB)
For promotion, financing and development of the
Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise (MSME)
sector.
100X.VC
To engage more deeply with the start-up
community.
NPCI International
Payments Limited (NIPL)
Lyra Network of France
National Bank for
Agriculture and Rural
Development (NABARD)
Canara Bank
For the acceptance of the Unified Payments
Interface (UPI) and RuPay Cards in France, giving
a boost to the digital payment ecosystem
• He announced that UPI and RuPay
card services will be available in
France.
For the formation and linking of Joint Liability
Groups (JLGs).
BRICS (Brazil, Russia,
India, China, and South
Africa) Partnership on
New Industrial Revolution
(PartNIR) Innovation
Centre
HDFC Bank
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To facilitate bilateral cooperation and promote
the common development of BRICS countries.
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MAY 2022
Federation of Indian
Micro, Small and Medium
Enterprises (FISME)
ICICI Bank
Eqaro Guarantees
London-based Santander
UK (United Kingdom) Plc
To establish India’s first collateral free digital
financing platform for MSMEs
A framework will be established to ease the
financial service requirements of corporate
customers operating within the India-UK corridor.
APRIL 2022
Indian Overseas Bank
(IOB)
International Financial
Services Centres Authority
(IFSCA)
State Bank of India (SBI)
International Financial
Services Centres Authority
(IFSCA)
Dhanlaxmi Bank
Small Industries
Development Bank of
India (SIDBI)
Software Technology Parks
of India (STPI) & AIC
STPINEXT INITIATIVES
Insurance Regulatory and
Development Authority of
India (IRDAI)
Border Security Force
(BSF)
To promote innovation through financial
technologies.
For strengthening of inter-regulatory exchange of
information, technical cooperation and
supervisory collaboration.
To provide special benefits to serving and retired
BSF personnel, as well as family pensioners,
through the Central Armed Police Salary.
For cooperation and collaboration to support and
facilitate the Financial Technologies (FinTech)
ecosystem.
For collection of Direct Taxes and Indirect Taxes.
GVFL Limited (formerly
Gujarat Venture Finance
Limited)
Central Board of Direct
Taxes (CBDT) & Central
Board of Indirect Taxes
and Customs (CBIC)
West Bengal Small
To enhance the eco-system for micro and small
Industries Development
firms in West Bengal.
Corporation Limited
(WBSIDCL)
MARCH 2022
Insolvency and
Bankruptcy Board of India
(IBBI)
Karnataka Bank Limited
Indian Banks Association
(IBA)
Indian Institute of
Technology Madras
Incubation Cell (IITMIC)
RBI Innovation Hub
(RBIH)
Small Industries
Development Bank of
India (SIDBI)
Meghalaya Infrastructure
It will work in tandem to facilitate the
Development and Finance
development of the Micro Small and Medium
Corporation Limited
Enterprises (MSME) ecosystem.
(MiDFC)
FEBRUARY 2022
State Bank of India (SBI)
SELCO Solar Light Private
Limited
Indira Gandhi National
Centre for the Arts
(IGNCA) & National
Culture Fund (NCF)
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To collaborate on capacity building for financial
creditors on topics related to insolvency,
bankruptcy and related subjects.
To provide energy access to the underserved
population.
To contribute and work together in developing
the necessary ecosystem to support and scale
FinTech (Financial Technology) Startups in India.
A tripartite Memorandum of Understanding
(MoU) has been signed between these
organisations for the development of
Atmanirbhar Bharat Centre for Design (ABCD) at
L1 Barrack, Red Fort, Delhi.
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Small Industries
Development Bank of
India (SIDBI)
Bank of Baroda (BoB)
Centre for Development of
Advanced Computing (CDAC)
Assam Rifles
Small Industries
Development Bank of
India (SIDBI)
AIC STPINEXT Initiatives
(STPINEXT)
Industries Department of
Government of Bihar and
Bihar Industrial Area
Development Authority
(BIADA)
JANUARY 2022
HDFC Bank & Excelpoint
To enhance the tech startup ecosystem in India
Systems India Pvt. Ltd
Karnataka Vikas
Grameena (KVG) Bank
Mecwin Technologies
(Tech) Ltd
To introduce farmer-friendly solar-powered
pump-sets using bank finance
Kotak Mahindra Bank
Limited (KMBL)
Gujarat International
Finance Tec-city – Special
Economic Zone (GIFT SEZ)
Limited
TerraPay
To improve customer’s overall financial services
offerings
NPCI International
Payments Limited (NIPL)
To boost collaboration in Cyber Security and
Allied sectors
To provide the ‘Baroda Central Forces Salary
Package (BCFSP)’ to all personnel of the Assam
Rifles, both serving and retired.
To promote the micro, small and medium
enterprises (MSME) sector.
To enable real-time, International Payments.
APPOINTMENTS IN BANKING
Name
Appointed As
Kishore Kumar
Poludasu
Managing
Director & Chief
Executive
Officer (MD &
CEO)
MD & CEO
Chairman
Prashant Kumar
A. Balasubramanian
Mohit Bhatia
Ananth Narayan
Gopalakrishnan
Deependra Singh
Rathore
Chief Executive
Officer (CEO)
Whole Time
Member (WTM)
Interim Chief
Executive
Officer (CEO)
NATIONAL
Entity/Place
Points To Be Noted
NOVEMBER 2022
--OCTOBER 2022
State Bank of India with effect from 4th October 2022
(SBI) General
Insurance
Company Limited
Yes Bank
Association of
Mutual Funds in
India (AMFI)
Bank of India
Mutual Fund
Securities and
Exchange Board of
India (SEBI)
Paytm Payments
Bank Limited
(PPBL)
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For 3 years with effect from 6 October 2022
--
with effect from October 04, 2022
--
Satish Gupta, who was the bank’s CEO, is set
to retire in October 2022
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Sean Murphy
Chairman
World Bank’s
Court of
Arbitration (CoA)
Sandeep Bakshi
Atul Kumar Goel
MD & CEO
Chairman
ICICI Bank
Punjab National
Bank (PNB)
SEPTEMBER 2022
Tuticorin-based
He is appointed for 3 years and replaced KV
Tamilnad
Rama Murthy.
Mercantile Bank
Limited (TMB)
IndusInd Bank
For a further period of three years, with
effect from March 24, 2023, up to March 23,
2026.
CSB Bank
For a period of 3 years with effect from 15th
September 2022.
Insurance
-Regulatory and
Development
Authority of India
(IRDAI)
National Payments For a period of 5 years
Corporation of
India (NPCI)
AUGUST 2022
Unity Small
He served as an Executive Director with
Finance Bank
Centrum Financial Services Ltd earlier.
Limited (Unity
Bank)
Board of Reserve
They are appointed for four years.
Bank of India (RBI)
Krishnan
MD & CEO
Sankarasubramaniam
Sumant Kathpalia
MD & CEO
Pralay Mondal
MD & CEO
Thomas M Devasia
Member (nonlife)
Dilip Asbe
MD & CEO
Inderjit Camotra
MD & CEO
Swaminathan
Gurumurthy, Satish
Kashinath Marathe,
Revathy Iyer, Sachin
Chaturvedi
Rajkiran Rai G
Independent
directors
Vijay Shekhar Sharm
MD & CEO
Deepak Kumar Lalla
Mahendra N Shah
MD & CEO
MD & CEO
Ananth Narayan
Gopalakrishnan
whole-time
member
Managing
Director (MD)
National Bank for
Financing
Infrastructure and
Development
(NaBFID)
Paytm
SBI Securities
Infrastructure
Development
Finance Company
(IDFC) Limited
Securities and
Exchange Board of
India (SEBI)
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World Bank (WB) also appointed Michel
Lino as the Neutral Expert as mandated in 2
separate processes requested by India and
Pakistan in relation to the Kishenganga and
Ratle hydroelectric power plants.
For a period of 3 years
He replaced A K Goel
He appointed for five years (2022-2027).
For another five years with a significant
majority voting of 99.67 percent by the
shareholders.
He succeeded Naresh Yadav
He will replace Sunil Kakar
He will hold office for 3 years.
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Nakul Jain
CEO
Asit Rath
Chief Executive
Officer (CEO)
and Managing
Director (MD)
MD & CEO
Paritosh Tripathi
Meena Hemchandra
(Former RBI
Executive)
Madhulika Bhaskar
Part-time
chairman
Ashishkumar
Chauhan
MD & CEO
Jayanti Prasad
Whole-Time
Member
Ravi Kishan Takkar
Additional
Director
(Independent)
Natarajan Sundar
Managing
Director(MD)
and Chief
Executive
Officer(CEO)
Manimekhalai
MD & CEO
Ajay Kumar
Srivastava
Swaroop Kumar Saha
MD & CEO
Alok Kumar
Choudhary
R Subramaniakumar
Anand Gopal
Mahindra, Venu
Srinivasan, Pankaj
Ramanbhai Patel Dr. ,
Ravindra H. Dholakia
Vasudevan Pathangi
Narasimhan
(Vasudevan P N)
MD
Chairman-cumManaging
Director (CMD)
MD & CEO
MD & CEO
Part-time nonofficial Directors
of Central Board
MD & CEO
Paytm Payments
Services Limited
JULY 2022
Aviva Life
Insurance
Company India
He replaces Praveen Sharma
State Bank of India
(SBI) General
Insurance
Karur Vysya Bank
(KVB)
He succeeded Prakash Chandra Kandpal
New India
Assurance
Company Ltd
(NIACL)
National Stock
Exchange of India
Ltd (NSE)
Insolvency and
Bankruptcy Board
of India (IBBI)
LIC (Life Insurance
Corporation of
India) Housing
Finance Limited
(LIC HFL)
JUNE 2022
National Assets
Reconstruction
Company Ltd
(NARCL)
She succeeded Atul Sahai and appointed
for a period of three months with effect
from the date of assumption of charge.
Union Bank of
India (UBI)
Indian Overseas
Bank (IOB)
Punjab & Sind
Bank
State Bank of India
(SBI)
RBL Bank
RBI
Equitas Small
Finance Bank
(ESFB)
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He will succeed Amit Malik.
He appointed for 3 years with effect from
taking charge.
He was appointed for 5-year term
He had held various key positions at the
Office of Comptroller and Auditor General of
India and in the United Nations (UN).
He will hold the office as Independent
Director for 5 years.
He replaces Mr. Padmakumar M Nair.
• NARCL had appointed Karnam Sekar
as independent director and nonexecutive chairman of the board and
Malvika Sinha, also joined as
independent director.
She is first woman to be appointed as the
MD & CEO of UBI.
He will replace Partha Pratim Sengupta.
He succeeded S Krishnan.
He replaces former MD Ashwini Bhati.
He succeeds Rajeev Ahuja.
For a tenure of 4 years
He appointed for a period of one year
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Venkat Nageswar
Chalasani
Member
Avinash Kulkarni
CEO
Rajkiran Rai G
(Former Managing
Director (MD) of
Union Bank of India)
MD & CEO
Rajiv Ranjan &
Sitikantha Pattanaik
Anshul Swami
Executive
directors
MD & CEO
Rajiv Ranjan
Ex-officio
member of the
Monetary Policy
Committee
(MPC)
Arvind Krishna
Board of
Directors (Class
B director)
M Narayanan
Part-time
Chairman
Vijay Shekhar Sharma MD & CEO
T N Manoharan
Part-time
Chairman
Anthony Heredia
MD & CEO
Murali M. Natrajan
MD & CEO
Jasleen Kohli
Bruce de Broize
MD & CEO
MD & CEO
Madhabi Puri Buch
Chairman
Advisory
Committee of Srei
Infrastructure
Finance Limited
(SIFL) and Srei
Equipment Finance
Limited (SEFL)
India Debt
Resolution
Company Limited
(IDRCL)
National Bank for
Financing
Infrastructure and
Development
(NaBFID)
MAY 2022
Reserve Bank of
India (RBI)
Shivalik Small
Finance Bank
Reserve Bank of
India (RBI)
He succeeds R Subramaniakumar.
Federal Reserve
Bank of New York
He elected for period of a 3-year term until
December 2023
City Union Bank
(CUB) Limited
Paytm
He succeeds part-time Chairman R Mohan.
He was recommended by Financial Services
Institutions Bureau (FSIB).
---He replaces Suveer Kumar Gupta.
He replaces Mridul Saggar, who was
reported to retire by the end of April 2022.
The tenure of 5 years will be effective from
December 19, 2022.
He was appointed for a tenure of 3 years
with effect from 9th May 2022.
IDBI Bank
APRIL 2022
Mahindra Manulife
Investment
Management
Private Limited
DCB Bank
Digit Insurance
Future Generali
India Life
Insurance
MARCH 2022
Securities and
Exchange Board of
India (SEBI)
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He replaced Manish Makharia.
He will succeed Ashutosh Bishnoi, who
retired on 31st March 2022.
For a further period of two years from 29
April 2022 to 28 April 2024.
She will take over from Vijay Kumar
He takes over from Miranjit Mukherjee.
She will be the 1st woman to head the SEBI
and appointed for three years.
She succeeds Ajay Tyagi, who served as a
chairman for 5 years.
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TS Ramakrishnan
MD & CEO
Nitin Chugh
Deputy
Managing
Director (DMD)
Debasish Panda
Chairman
Tapan Singhel
Managing
Director and
Chief Executive
Officer
MD & CEO
A Manimekhalai
LIC (Life Insurance
Corporation)
Mutual Fund Asset
Management
Limited
State Bank of India
(SBI)
Insurance
Regulatory
Development
Authority of
India(IRDAI)
Bajaj Allianz
General Insurance
Company Limited
Union Bank of
India(UBI)
MD & CEO
Indian Overseas
Bank (IOB)
Swaroop Kumar Saha
MD & CEO
Punjab and Sind
Bank (PSB)
Rajeev Ahuja
Interim
Managing
Director (MD)
and Chief
Executive
Officer (CEO)
RBL Bank
Pralay Mondal
Interim
Managing
Director (MD)
and CEO
CSB Bank Limited
MD & CEO
Matam Venkata Rao
MD & CEO
He was appointed as its Group Head of
Digital Banking at the level of Deputy
Managing Director (DMD) for a period of 3
years
He will serve for the tenure for three years
(2022-2025)
He got five years extension with effective
from 1st April 2022.
Banks Board Bureau (BBB) recommended A
Manimekhalai ,who will succeed Rajkiran
Rai G
Banks Board Bureau (BBB) recommended
Ajay Kumar Srivastava, who will succeed
Partha Pratim Sengupta.
Ajay Kumar
Srivastava
Rakesh Sharma
He will succeed Dinesh Pangtey, its former
Whole time Director and CEO.
Banks Board Bureau (BBB) recommended
Swaroop Kumar Saha, who will succeed S
Krishnan
❖ BBB has also shortlisted Alok
Kumar Choudhary, the Deputy
Managing Director(Finance) of
SBI, for the post of Managing
Director at SBI.
He was extended for another three months
w.e.f from 25 March, 2022.
He was appointed for period of three
months.
FEBRUARY 2022
IDBI Bank
He appointed for the term of three years,
effective from March 19, 2022
JANUARY 2022
Central Bank of
He replaces Pallav Mahaparta, the MD &
India
CEO of Central Bank of India who retires on
28th February 2021.
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Name
Resigned as
Entity/Place
SEPTEMBER 2022
--AUGUST 2022
--JULY 2022
--JUNE 2022
---MAY 2022
--APRIL 2022
----MARCH 2022
----FEBRUARY 2022
------JANUARY 2022
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Reason
FIRST IN INDIA & WORLD
FIRST IN INDIA
Men
➢ Shreyas G. Hosur became the first officer from the Indian Railways to complete the gruelling ‘Ironman’
Triathlon.
Women
➢ Captain Harpreet Chandi becomes 1st Woman of Colors to make a solo unsupported trek to the
earth’s South Pole.
➢ Jiya Rai (13 years old) became the world’s youngest and fastest female swimmer to swim across the
Palk Strait.
➢ On May 5, 2022, Priyanka Mohite become the first Indian woman to scale five peaks above 8,000
metres (m) after she climbed the third highest mountain in the world Mount Kanchenjunga (8,586
m).
➢ Captain Abhilasha Barak, (26 years old) from Haryana, has become the first woman combat
aviator to join the Indian Army Aviation Corps as a helicopter pilot.
STATEWISE/ORGANISATION/PROJECT/OTHERS
NOVEMBER 2022
➢ Arunachal Pradesh to establish a fish museum, the first-of-its-kind in the North-East region
(NER), with all fish species across the district from Tawang to Longding, to attract tourists, fish lovers
and the museum will also serve as a training centre for fish farmers.
➢ Hyderabad’s growing green space city hosts India’s largest Miyawaki forest.
➢ Kerala became the first Indian state to launch a uniform price on 916 purity 22 carat gold based on
the bank rate.
➢ Tata Steel’s Jamshedpur Site becomes India’s first site to join the exclusive group of steel producing
sites around the world to receive the Responsible Steel Certification.
➢ Yogi Adityanath, Chief Minister (CM) of Uttar Pradesh (UP), inaugurated North India’s first
hyper-scale data centre, ‘Yotta D1,’ of Yotta Infrastructure Solutions, a new-age digital
transformation service provider, at the upcoming Yotta Data Centre Park in Greater Noida, UP.
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OCTOBER 2022
➢ Andaman Nicobar (A&N) Islands became India’s first state/Union Territory (UT) to achieve a 100%
coverage of precautionary dose.
➢ Amazon India announced its 1st set of utility-scale Renewable Energy Projects of 3 solar farms in
Rajasthan, India with a combined capacity of 420 MegaWatts (MW).
➢ Google in partnership with Acer, ASUS and Lenovo introduced the world’s first Chromebooks that
were built for cloud gaming.
➢ GODI India Private Limited manufactured India’s first-ever 3000F (farad) high-powered
supercapacitors at its facility in Hyderabad, Telangana.
➢ Government of India (GoI) approves India’s 1st Cable-cum-Suspension Bridge across Krishna River
that connects Telangana and Andhra Pradesh (AP), passing through the Nallamala forest range.
➢ Paytm Mall of Paytm E-commerce Private Limited (PEPL), became the first app to go live on the
Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) in Bengaluru, Karnataka.
➢ The Pullampara Panchayat in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala has become the first fully digital literate
panchayat in India.
➢ India’s first petrol-operated drone namely ‘DH-Agrigator’ received ‘Type Certificate’ from the
Director-General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).
➢ Naveen Patnaik, Chief Minister (CM) of Odisha, virtually launched India’s First FIFA-Initiated
‘Football for All’ Initiative in Odisha.
➢ Union Minister of Road Transport and Highway Nitin Gadkari launched Toyota’s first-of-its-kind
pilot project on Flex Fuel-Strong Hybrid Electric Vehicle (FFV-SHEV) that can run on 100% ethanol.
➢ Tamil Nadu (TN) government notified the Kadavur Slender Loris Sanctuary, the first of its kind in
India for the endangered Slender Loris in Karur and Dindigul districts of TN with a financial outlay of Rs.
5 crore until 2026.
➢ Union Minister for Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw flagged off 61- wagon aluminium rakes, 61
BOBRNALHSM1, India’s first indigenously built Aluminium Freight Rake at Bhubaneswar Railway
Station, Odisha.
➢ Union Minister Nitin Gadkari, Ministry of Road Transport & Highways (MoRTH), unveiled
Japanese car maker Toyota’s first-of-its-kind pilot project Flex Fuel-Strong Hybrid Electric Vehicle
(FFV-SHEV) in India, which can run on 100 % ethanol.
➢ Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas inaugurated Asia’s
largest Compressed Bio Gas (CBG) plant in Sangrur, Punjab.
➢ Mangalprabhat Lodha launched the Maharashtra Migration Tracking System(Maha MTS), India’s first
Migration Monitoring System, developed by the Department of Women and Child Development(WCD).
➢ India’s first solar-powered village Modhera in the Mehsana district of Gujarat has become India’s first
‘net-zero’ energy community by meeting its 100% energy requirements using onsite solar power.
SEPTEMBER 2022
➢ India’s First indigenously-developed quadrivalent Human Papilloma Virus (qHPV) vaccine,
developed by the Serum Institute of India (SII) and the Department of Biotechnology (DBT) to prevent
Cervical Cancer.
➢ India’s first indigenous aircraft carrier Indian Naval Ship (INS) Vikrant commissioned at Cochin
Shipyard Limited (CSL) in Kochi, Kerala.
➢ India’s 1st Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) Fuelled Green Truck manufacturing plant has been
launched by Blue Energy Motors at Chakan, Pune,Maharashtra.
➢ Government of Tripura designed 1st Bio-Village at Daspara in the Sepahijala district.
➢ India’s 1st 3D printed Post Office, built by Larsen & Toubro Construction (L&T), will soon come in
Halasuru’s Cambridge Layout in Bengaluru, Karnataka.
➢ Fuelflip Energy is the 1st company to manufacture Air Gas Mixer, a product that is Made in India.
➢ Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways (MoRT&H) Nitin Gadkari unveiled India’s first
prototype of drone transportation of human organs to facilitate quick organ transplant in hospitals.
➢ Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) approved First intranasal vaccine shot, iNCOVACC (also
known as BBV154) by Bharat Biotech Internatinal Limited.
➢ Tata Motors launched India’s 1st Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) truck in the Medium & Heavy
Commercial Vehicle (M&HCV) with Advanced Driver Assistance System (ADAS).
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➢ Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) announced to build India’s first and one of the world’s largest
Carbon Fibre Plant in Hazira, Gujarat.
➢ Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IIT-M) become the 1st Indian educational institution to join
the New York (NY)-based International Business Machines (IBM) Quantum Network.
➢ Hughes Communications India Private Limited (HCI) launched India’s first High Throughput
Satellite (HTS) broadband internet service to provide high-speed satellite internet across India,
including in remote areas.
➢ Indore, Madhya Pradesh (MP) will become the first smart city with smart addresses after the
implementation of a fully digital addressing system by the Indore Smart City.
➢ Maharashtra became first state to digitise property registrations & launches ‘Self Help’ portal.
➢ Bihar Chief Minister (CM) Nitish Kumar inaugurated India’s longest rubber dam ‘Gayaji Dam’ on the
Falgu (or Phalgu) river, near Vishnupad temple in Gaya, Bihar.
➢ Tamil Nadu Government notified India’s first “Dugong Conservation Reserve” in the Palk Bay region,
covering the coastal waters of Thanjavur and Pudukkottai Districts of Tamil Nadu.
➢ India’s 1st & World’s 3rd University of Forestry to open in Telangana.
➢ India will receive its 1st Flex-Fuel Vehicle (FFV) which can run on ethanol blended petrol and
battery.
➢ The first-of-its-kind “Avalanche Monitoring Radar” in India has been installed in North Sikkim by
the Indian Army and the Defence Geoinformatics and Research Establishment (DGRE).
➢ Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) become the first Oil Marketing Company to produce and
market AVGAS 100 LL in India (Vadodara, Gujarat).
AUGUST 2022
➢ AirAsia India is the first airline in India to adopt a data-driven training program using CAE(Canadian
Aviation Electronics Limited) Rise™ training system.
➢ Aurangabad, Maharashtra became the first city of India to officially release the Environmental
Insights Explorer (EIE) data from Google.
➢ Border Road Organization (BRO) is planning to construct a first-of-its-kind pilot road stretch in
Arunachal Pradesh border area using steel slag.
➢ Digantara, will establish India’s first private Space Situational Awareness (SSA) observatory in
Garhwal, Uttarakhand, to track objects as small as 10 centimeters (cm) in size orbiting the Earth.
➢ For the first time in India, the Telangana Government introduced the “Nethanna Ku Bima”
Scheme, which offers insurance coverage to handloom and powerloom weavers in the State.
➢ Goa becomes the first ‘Har Ghar Jal’ certified State while Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu
(D&NH and D&D) becomes the first ‘Har Ghar Jal’ certified Union Territory (UT) in India.
➢ Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) unveiled the ‘SPARK’: The Space Tech Park, India’s first
virtual space technology museum.
➢ India’s first 3D-printed artificial cornea and transplanted it into a rabbit’s eye developed by team of
clinicians and scientists from the LV Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI), Hyderabad, Indian Institute of
Technology (IIT) Hyderabad, and Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB).
➢ India’s first Composite Indoor Shooting Range (CISR) was launched by Vice Admiral Biswajit
Dasgupta, at Indian Naval Ship (INS) Karna on the Eastern Seaboard, near Bheemili, Visakhapatnam,
Andhra Pradesh(AP).
➢ India’ first Adenoviral Intranasal Covid Vaccine BBV154 has proven to be safe by Bharat Biotech
International Limited (BBIL) for COVID-19.
➢ Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) became the first amongst States/UTs to establish an Atal Tinkering Lab
(ATL) in partnership with NITI (National Institution for Transforming India) Aayog.
➢ Jharkhand became the 1st Indian state to implement blockchain technology which is being used to
track seed distribution.
➢ Karnataka became the first state in the country to adopt cows under the implemention of Punyakoti
Adoption Scheme
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➢ Mandla, a district in Madhya Pradesh’s (MPs), which is a tribal-dominated region has become
India’s first fully functionally literate district.
➢ Tata Steel is set to manufacture ‘First-in-India’ 180-degree rotating seats for the Vande Bharat express
trains.
➢ Tamil Nadu Forest Department established a first-of-its-kind Urban animal rescue centre located
inside the Guindy National Park, Chennai, Tamil Nadu (TN).
➢ Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Centre (RGCIRC),New Delhi, Delhi installed the firstever “Made in India” Surgical Robotic System, SSI-MANTRA, invented by the new-age Indian Med-Tech
start-up SS innovation Private Limited.
➢ RailTel Corporation of India Limited (RailTel) & CloudExtel partnered together to launch India’s
first shared Radio Access Network (RAN) solution for congested locations at Mumbai Central railway
station.
➢ “Roshni”, India’s first saline water lantern that uses seawater as an electrolyte between specially
designed electrodes to power LED (Light Emitting Diode) lamps was introduced.
➢ Union Minister of State (MoS-Independent Charge) Dr Jitendra Singh, Ministry of Science &
Technology (MoST) launched India’s first indigenously developed Hydrogen Fuel Cell Bus in Pune
(Maharashtra).
➢ Uttar Pradesh (UP) is set to build India’s First Education Township with the idea of ‘Single Entry,
Multiple Exit’.
JULY 2022
➢ Telangana Chief Minister (CM) K Chandrashekar Rao inaugurated (Technology Hub) T-Hub 2.0, the
world’s largest innovation campus in Hyderabad, Telangana.
➢ NTPC Limited announced the commercial operation of the Ramagundam Floating Solar photovoltaic
(PV) Project in Ramagundam, Telangana, which is India’s largest floating solar power plant with a total
capacity of 100 MW (megawatts).
➢ India’s first Autonomous Navigation facility, TiHAN (Technology Innovation Hub on Autonomous
Navigation) for Aerial and Terrestrial with an outlay of Rs. 130 crores at the Indian Institute of
Technology (IIT) Hyderabad campus launched.
➢ Rajasthan will introduce the ‘Right to Health Bill 2022’ in the Rajasthan assembly, which makes it
the first state in India to propose a guaranteed right to healthcare to its residents.
➢ Uttar Pradesh (UP) became the first state in India to connect One District One Product (ODOP) mart
with the Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) platform.
➢ Milma’s Ernakulam dairy is set to become India’s first fully solar powered dairy plant at the cost of Rs.
11. 5 crores.
➢ The 2nd half of 2022(H2) will see the operationalization of India’s first floating terminal for
Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) at Jaigarh in Maharashtra and begin another floating terminal at Jafrabad
in Gujarat.
➢ NTPC Renewable Energy Limited (NTPC REL) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with
Gujarat Alkalies and Chemicals Limited (GACL) to set up India’s first commercial-scale Green Ammonia
and Green Methanol projects.
➢ GODI India Private Limited become India’s first company to receive Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS)
certification for its 21700 cylindrical NMC811 lithium-ion cells made using its home-grown technology.
➢ Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) in Mumbai has become India’s first railway station to
have an Augmented Reality (AR) experience.
➢ United States (US) based GE Healthcare announced the launch of its 5G Innovation Lab in India, the
first for GE Healthcare across the globe.
➢ Uttarakhand become the first state in India to begin the process of implementing the Government of
India’s (GoI) New Education Policy (NEP) 2020 at the pre-primary level.
➢ ReNew become the first Indian renewable energy firm to refinance dollar-denominated bonds
(2024 maturity dollar-denominated bonds with amortising project debt).
➢ Ola Electric launched India’s first indigenously developed lithium-ion cell, (Nickel-Manganese-Cobalt)
NMC 2170 & will begin at its upcoming Chennai-based Gigafactory by 2023.
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➢ India's first e-waste eco park to be developed in Holambi Kalan in Delhi in an area of about 21 acres.
➢ Shikhar Dhawan (Indian Cricketer) collaboration with Web3 fintech company, Bliv.Club, and
Web3 Metaverse company, World in One Metaverse (WIOM) to launch the first sports city in the
Metaverse.
➢ Technology Business Incubator (TBI) of Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani –
Hyderabad campus (Telangana) to support Abyom SpaceTech and Defence Pvt. Ltd for developing
‘Reignition Liquid Engine’ for building India’s first reusable sounding rocket.
➢ Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) approved India’s 1st indigenous Quadrivalent Human
Papillomavirus Vaccine (qHPV) to treat cervical cancer in women for market authorisation.
➢ Kerala become the first and the only state in India to have its own internet services through the
Kerala Fibre Optic Network (KFON) Limited’s KFON project to provide internet access.
➢ India to get its first-ever underwater train with Kolkata’s (West Bengal) futuristic metro covering
a distance of 16.34 km east-west corridor that ends under the river Hooghly, a distributary of the Ganga
in early 2023.
➢ India’s first AI (Artificial Intelligence)-powered digital Lok Adalat by the Rajasthan State Legal
Services Authority (RSLSA) was launched at 18th All India Meet of State Legal Services Authorities
(SLSA) in Jaipur, Rajasthan.
➢ Dwarka Expressway, is a part of Delhi-Jaipur-Ahmedabad-Mumbai arm of Golden Quadrilateral,
India’s first Elevated Urban Expressway will become operational by 2023.
➢ CSIR-CECRI (Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-Central Electrochemical Research Institute)
and GODI India signed India’s first public-private partnership for Large Scale Advanced Lithium-ion
Cells Manufacturing in Taramani, Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
➢ Himachal Pradesh (HP) become the first Indian state to connect all registered commercial vehicles
equipped with Vehicle Location Tracking Device (VLTD) with Emergency Response Support System
(ERSS).
➢ Airports Authority of India (AAI) Leh Airport in Ladakh, is being built as India’s first carbon-neutral
airport.
➢ Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi unveiled the pilotless drone “Varuna” -India’s first
indigenous human passenger drone, developed by a start-up, Sagar Defence Engineering.
➢ Burhanpur district of Madhya Pradesh (MP) became India’s first ‘Har Ghar Jal’ (Water To Every
Household) certified district, with all the 254 villages in the district having access to safe drinking water
under Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM).
➢ India’s first-of-its-kind Brain Health Clinic (BHC) was inaugurated at Jayanagar General Hospital,
Bengaluru, Karnataka and established by the state health dept. under the Karnataka Brain Health
Initiative (KaBHI) in association with NIMHANS (National Institute of Mental Health and
Neurosciences).
➢ Bajaj Healthcare Limited (BHL) became the first private company in India which will supply
opium-derived alkaloids and active pharmaceutical ingredients to the government.
➢ India’s first indigenously developed messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccine against COVID-19, approved
by Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI).
➢ Gujarat Government became the first state in India to launch a dedicated semiconductor policy –
“Gujarat semiconductor policy for 2022-2027” with an aim to support the semiconductor and display
manufacturing sector.
➢ The Indus International School in Hyderabad, Telangana introduced India’s first Teaching robot
named “Eagle” to teach students.
JUNE 2022
➢ Prime Minister (PM) of India Narendra Modi inaugurated the world’s first nano urea liquid plant by
Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited (IFFCO) at Kalol, Gujarat.
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➢ India has commissioned its first and Asia’s largest International Liquid-Mirror Telescope (ILMT)
atop Devasthal hill, in the Indian Himalayas, in Uttarakhand. It became the world’s first liquid-mirror
telescope to be commissioned for astronomy.
➢ India’s first banking metaverse namely ‘Kiyaverse’ has been launched by Kiya.ai in Mumbai,
Maharashtra.
➢ The one-of-its-kind airport-like Sir M Visvesvaraya (SMV) Railway Terminal at Baiyappanahalli,
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India’s 1st centrally air-conditioned (AC) railway terminal, became operational.
➢ “Anocovax”, India’s first indigenously developed COVID-19 vaccine for animals, developed by the
Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)- National Research Centre on Equines (NRCE) (Hisar,
Haryana) launched.
➢ Union Minister Jyotiraditya M. Scindia of the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) awarded the first
Type Certificate (TC) under the Drone Rules, 2021 to IoTechWorld Avigation Pvt Ltd. (IoTechWorld).
➢ Himachal Pradesh (HP) becomes the first state in India to approve drone policy and public use of
drones.
➢ India’s first government desalination plant only for industrial use was inaugurated at Dahej in
Bharuch (Gujarat) by the Chief Minister (CM) of Gujarat, Bhupendra Patel.
➢ In a first in India, Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi introduced radio-frequency
identification (RFID) enabled baggage to track check-in luggage.
➢ Gujarat become India’s first–ever State to launch Balika Panchayat (girl Panchayat) to promote the
social and political development of girl children and to eliminate the evil practices, such as child
marriage and the dowry system, from society.
➢ Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport becomes the 1st airport in India that switched to
hydro and solar power for its consumption needs, to run entirely on a combination of these forms of
green energy.
➢ Tamil Nadu Centre of Excellence in Advance Manufacturing (TANCAM), India’s first of its kind
Center of Excellence (CoE), was inaugurated in the TIDEL Park at Taramani in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
➢ Pyse Fintech Pvt. Ltd(PYSE) launched India’s first and largest fractionally-owned solar power
plant in Karnataka.
MAY 2022
➢ India became the first country in the Asia-Pacific to have satellite-based landing procedure (SBAS)
using the GPS-Aided GEO Augmented Navigation (GAGAN) System after Indigo operated ATR 72-600
aircraft.
➢ Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways (MoPSW) is set to build India’s first indigenous
hydrogen-fuelled electric vessels at Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL), Cochin, Kerala.
➢ Nitish Kumar, the Chief Minister of Bihar, opened the country’s first greenfield grain-based
ethanol factory in Purnia(or Purnea), Bihar.
➢ Government of Telangana in collaboration with Dr. Reddy’s Laboratory and Laurus Labs along
with academia set up India’s first-of-its-kind Flow Chemistry Technology Hub (FCT Hub) in Hyderabad,
Telangana.
➢ India’s first Tribal Health Observatory (TriHOb), which acts as a repository of health-related data of
the tribal populations set to come up in Odisha.
➢ Tata Power Community Development Trust (TPCDT) partnered with the Center for Autism and
other Disabilities Rehabilitation Research and Education (CADRRE) to launch ‘Pay Autention – A
different mind is a gifted mind’, India’s first bridgital autism support network.
➢ Maharashtra Department of Prisons initiated India’s 1st-of-its-kind loan scheme namely ‘Jivhala’
for inmates serving sentences in jails across the state for more than 3 years, offered by Maharashtra
State Cooperative Bank.
➢ Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) has become the first Indian company to reach USD 100 billion(bn)
revenue in fiscal 2022.
➢ India received its first semi high-speed regional train for the 1st phase of National Capital Region
Transport Corporation’s (NCRTC) 82.5 km long Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut RRTS (Regional Rapid Transit
System) line, from Alstom.
➢ According to Mercom’s India Solar Project Tracker, Rajasthan is fast emerging as the solar hub
after becoming the first state in India to develop 10 GigaWatt (GW) or 10,506 MegaWatt (MW) Large
Scale Solar Power generation out of total 49,346 MW of Solar power.
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➢ India’s first EV charging station powered by bio-gas was inaugurated in Mumbai, Maharashtra.
➢ Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Muthuvel Karunanidhi Stalin(M.K.Stalin) announced five new
development schemes including all Government primary school students from 1st to 5th standards will
be provided nutritious breakfast on all working days & It became the first state to do so with this
implementation.
➢ Chhattisgarh become the first state in the country to restore the Old Pension Scheme (OPS) from
National Pension Scheme (NPS) in order to provide assured income to retired employees.
➢ EKA, a subsidiary of Pinnacle Industries, has unveiled the E9, a new electric bus and claimed that it is
country’s first completely ‘Made-In-India’ 9- metre pure electric, zero-emission bus.
➢ Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the country’s first 5G testbed to enable startups and
industry players to test and validate their products locally at silver jubilee celebrations of the Telecom
Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI).
➢ Uttarakhand becomes the 1st Indian state to roll out commercial drone services in healthcare and it
was opened by Redcliffe Labs in its drone commercial corridor between Uttarkashi and Dehradun in the
state.
➢ Rajasthan is the first state in India to institutionalise health accounts with the help of World
Health Organisation (WHO) to estimate the amount spent on the health sector and its impact.
➢ Adani Hybrid Energy Jaisalmer One Limited (AHEJOL), a subsidiary of Adani Green Energy Limited
(AGEL) steps into commissioning of India’s first wind and solar hybrid power generation plant(390
megawatt (MW) ) at Jaisalmer in Rajasthan.
➢ Indian Railways announced its plan of introducing India’s 1st Semi-High Speed Freight Trains by
December 2022. The trains will be manufactured at the Integral Coach Factory (ICF) in Chennai, Tamil
Nadu.
➢ North India’s first Industrial Biotech Park implemented by the Council Of Scientific And Industrial
Research – Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine (CSIR-IIIM) Jammu, was inaugurated at Ghatti in the
Kathua District of UT of J&K.
➢ India’s 1st Rural Tribal Technical Training Program at the Centre for Research and Industrial Staff
Performance (CRISP), Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh (MP) was inaugurated by Union Minister of State (MoS),
Ministry of Skill Development, Rajeev Chandrashekhar.
➢ Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik launched India’s first Olympic Values Education Programme
(OVEP) in the state of Odisha.
➢ Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) released the People’s Biodiversity Register (PBR) for the city,
the first-of-its-kind report of any Indian metro.
➢ Tata Power Solar Systems commissioned India’s largest floating solar power project in Kayamkulam,
Kerala on a 350-acre water body, backwaters area with an installed capacity of 101.6Megawatt (MW)
Peak.
APRIL 2022
➢ The Mumbai International Cruise Terminal, 1st of its kind, is expected to be commissioned by July
2024, which will be coming up at BPX-Indira Dock in Maharashtra.
➢ India’s first Community Museum in Gya – Sasoma villages of Leh district in Ladakh was inaugurated.
➢ India’s First Bullet Train Project: Japan to send its improved high-speed ‘E5 Shinkansen series trains’
to India based upon the modifications to Indian specifications.
• The first such trial run of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train will be conducted between
Bilimora and Surat in Gujarat in the year 2026 at a speed of 350 kmph.
➢ India’s first portable solar rooftop system was inaugurated at the Swaminarayan Akshardham
temple complex, Gandhinagar, Gujarat.
➢ Oil India Limited (OIL) has inaugurated “India’s first 99.999 % pure” Green Hydrogen Pilot Plant in
Jorhat, Assam.
➢ Rajasthan become India’s first state to install an L-Route server to provide uninterrupted internet
access and is installed at the Bhamashah State Data Centre, Rajasthan.
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➢ Mumbai, Maharashtra gets India’s first Digital bus service with ‘Tap In, Tap Out’ feature to increase
the digitalization of the bus ticketing system.
➢ Palli becomes India’s first carbon-neutral Panchayat after inaugurating the 500 KW solar power
plant at Palli Village in Samba District, Jammu and Kashmir(J&K).
➢ Agra, Uttar Pradesh (UP) has become the first in India to adopt vacuum-based sewer.
➢ Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi inaugurated India’s first Community Radio Station (CRS), ‘Dudh
Vani’, dedicated to animal husbandry.
➢ Jamtara in Jharkhand has become the first district in the country to have community libraries in all
gram panchayats.
➢ Jammu and Kashmir’s (J&K) Samba District became the first district in India to cover 100 percent
households under Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY)- SEHAT (Social,
Endeavour for Health And Telemedicine) scheme.
➢ India’s first ‘Amrit Sarovar‘ has been completed in Shahabad’s Patwai area of Rampur in Uttar
Pradesh (UP) to focus on need for water conservation.
➢ Maharashtra became the first state in India to develop a website-based Migration Tracking
System (MTS) application to track the movement of migrant workers through individual unique
identity numbers.
➢ Maharashtra Cabinet headed by the Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray approved India’s first-of-itskind Maharashtra Gene Bank Programme with an aim of ensuring that the natural resources are passed
onto generations.
MARCH 2022
➢ India’s first Floating Storage and Regasification Unit (FSRU), Höegh Giant from Keppel Shipyard,
Singapore arrived at H-Energy’s Jaigarh Terminal in Maharashtra (MH) & chartered the FSRU for
a 10years.
➢ “Kavach”, the indigenously-developed India’s first Train Collision Avoidance System (TCAS),
was successfully tested by Indian Railways. It was conducted between Gullaguda-Chitgidda Railway
stations on Lingampalli-Vikarabad section in Secunderabad Division of South Central Railway.
➢ Reliance Industries Limited(RIL) opened Jio World Centre, ‘first of its kind’ India’s largest and
most prestigious multi-faceted destination in Bandra Kurla Complex(BKC), Mumbai, Maharashtra.
➢ National Highway for Electric Vehicle (NHforEV) is constructing first of its kind ‘green charging
hub’ along the Jaipur-Delhi-Agra E-highway.
➢ A “first-of-its-kind” mobile ambulance for street animals in Chennai, Tamil Nadu was launched by
The Blue Cross of India in collaboration with the international animal welfare organisation Four Paw.
➢ India’s first indigenous flying trainer ‘HANSA-NG (New Generation)’ designed and developed by
Bengaluru (Karnataka) based CSIR-National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL), successfully completed
the sea-level trials at Puducherry from February 19 to March 5, 2022.
➢ India’s first 100 percent women-owned ‘FLO (FICCI Ladies Organisation) Industrial Park (FIP)’
powered by Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) Ladies Organisation
(FLO) in partnership with Telangana government was inaugurated in Hyderabad, Telangana.
➢ India’s Virtual Smart Grid Knowledge Center (Virtual SGKC) and Innovation Park is launched and
located in Manesar (Haryana).
➢ Indian Railways’ 1st ‘Gati Shakti Multi-Modal Cargo Terminal’ (GCT) ,the Asansol Division of
Eastern Railway commissioned private siding of Maithan Power at Thaparnagar, Jharkhand.
➢ Tamilnadu Petroproducts Ltd. (TPL) became World’s first linear alkylbenzene (LAB)
manufacturing company to receive the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) certification.
➢ Mumbai, Maharashtra announced its detailed framework to ‘zero out carbon emissions by 2050’
and became the first city in South Asia to set such a target.
➢ India’s first World Peace Center in Gurugram, Haryana to be established by Ahimsa Vishwa Bharti
(AVB) organization
➢ India’s first ever digital water databank ‘AQVERIUM’ was launched in Bengaluru, Karnataka.
➢ India’s first Artificial Intelligence & Robotics Technology Park (ARTPARK) for creating a better
world through an inclusive Artificial Intelligence (AI) & Robotics revolution inaugurated at Indian
Institute of Science (IISc) Bengaluru, Karnataka.
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➢ Toyota Mirai, World’s most advanced Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle (FCEV) powered by Hydrogen,
was launched by the Union Minister Nitin Gadkari, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
(MoRTH) in New Delhi, Delhi.
➢ National Capital Regional Transport Corporation (NCRTC) has brought to light India’s first rapid
rail along the Delhi to Meerut corridor with a design speed of 180 km per hour.
➢ Kerala became the first state in India to introduce carbon-neutral agricultural practices in select
locations for better soil health.
➢ India’s first 50 Kilowatt (KW) green hydrogen microgrid- based energy storage project using
electrolyser set to launch at National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) Simhadri plant near
Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.
➢ Nagaland became the first legislative state assembly in India to implement paperless proceedings
under National e-Vidhan Application (NeVA).
➢ Bihar introduced the concept of dynamic map for villages, which will get updated every time land
ownership changes hands.
➢ India’s first-ever Sports Authority of India (SAI) National Centre of Excellence (NCOE) sets up in
Shimla, Himachal Pradesh to train athletes in Mountain Terrain Biking (MTB) and Bicycle Motocross
(BMX).
➢ Central Government has set a target of Rs 1-trillion for the new Development Finance Institution
(DFI) namely ‘National Bank for Financial Infrastructure and Development (NaBFID)’ for sanctioning
loans to the infrastructure sector in FY23.
➢ Surat in Gujarat became India’s first city to get a road that is made out of steel waste (1st ever ‘steel
slag ’road) at Hazira, Surat.
FEBRUARY 2022
➢ India’s 1st geopark to be set up at Lamheta village, on the banks of the Narmada river in Jabalpur,
Madhya Pradesh (MP), was approved by Geological Survey of India (GSI), Ministry of Mines.
➢ Chennai Super Kings (CSK) become the country’s 1st sports Unicorn with its market cap having
touched a high of Rs 7,600 crores & its share in the grey market trading in the Rs 210-225 price band.
➢ The ‘Beating Retreat’ Drone Light Show – “StartUps” felicitated by Jitendra Singh, Minister of State
(Independent Charge) of Science and Technology and conceptualized by Botlab Dynamics Private
Limited (Botlab).
➢ India’s maiden project of mixing hydrogen into the natural gas system at Indore, Madhya
Pradesh (MP) was started by GAIL(India) Limited.
➢ Surat (Gujarat) is set to become the first station to be ready between Mumbai – Ahmedabad Bullet
Train route for India’s first futuristic High Speed Rail project, Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail
(MAHSR) Corridor.
➢ Aravalli Biodiversity Park in Gurugram, Haryana as India’s 1st ‘other effective area-based
conservation measures’ (OECM) site was declared by International Union for Conservation of Nature
(IUCN).
➢ India’s 1st Para-Badminton Academy in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh (UP) was launched by Gaurav
Khanna, Dronacharya Awardee and Head National Coach of the Indian Para-badminton team, in
association with Ageas Federal Life Insurance.
➢ India’s 1st commercial biomass-based hydrogen plant (a joint venture of Watomo Energies
Limited and Biezel Green Energ) is coming up in the Khandwa district of Madhya Pradesh (MP) with
an investment of Rs. 24crore.
➢ A beta version of Swarajability, India’s 1st job portal powered by artificial intelligence (AI) for
specially-abled jobseekers launched and is developed by Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)
Hyderabad, Telangana in association with Youth4Jobs, Visual Quest and Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd.
➢ Quick Response (QR) Code-based mechanism for labelling the handmade carpets in J&K, a firstof-its-kind in the country was launched by Lieutenant Governor of the Union Territory (UT) of Jammu
& Kashmir (J&K), Manoj Sinha.
➢ Delhi Police become India’s first security force to introduce the ‘Smart Card Arms License’,
replacing the arms license booklet. It was officially launched by Union Minister of Home Affairs.
➢ India’s 1st water taxi service to enable faster connectivity between Mumbai and Navi Mumbai in
Maharashtra was virtually inaugurated by Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, Ministry of Ports,
Shipping and Waterways.
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➢ Asia’s biggest Bio-Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) plant, Galvanising Organic Bio-Agro Resources
Dhan (GOBAR-DHAN) at the cost of Rs 150 crore in Indore, Madhya Pradesh was inaugurated by
Prime Minister (PM) of India Shri Narendra Modi.
➢ India’s and South Asia’s first Biosafety level-3 (BSL-3) containment mobile laboratory in Nashik,
Maharashtra was inaugurated by Bharati Pravin Pawar, Minister of State (MoS), Ministry of Health
and Family Welfare (MoHFW).
➢ India’s first Night Navigation mobile application (app) for ferry services on the Brahmaputra
river in Guwahati, Assam was launched by Chief Minister (CM) of Assam, Himanta Biswa Sarma.
➢ India’s first Solar Photovoltaic Plant of 1.7-MegaWatt (MW) at Bina, Madhya Pradesh was
commissioned by Indian Railways along Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL).
➢ India’s first cable-stayed railway bridge called ‘Anji Khad bridge’ (Rs 21,653-crore) is being
constructed in Reasi, Jammu and Kashmir (J&K).
➢ Delhi Cabinet approved to set up India’s first of its kind ‘electronic-waste eco-park’ and also
agreed to devise ‘Delhi Film Policy 2022’, as a thrust to promote tourism.
➢ India’s 1st Smart Managed EV charging station was commissioned in New Delhi by BSES Yamuna
Power Limited (BYPL).
JANUARY 2022
➢ India’s first-ever cultural survey of its villages titled ‘Mera Gaon, Meri Dharohar’ to be
conducted under the partnership of Ministry of Culture and the Common Services Centres (CSC), a
Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) under the Ministry of Electronics & IT (MeitY).
➢ Himachal Pradesh (HP) has become the first LPG (Liquefied petroleum gas) enabled and
smoke free Indian state attaining with the implementation of ’s Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana
(PMUY) scheme and HP Government’s Mukhya Mantri Grihini Suvidha Yojana (GSY).
➢ India’s first & unique ‘Open Rock Museum’ at the campus of Council of Scientific & Industrial
Research – National Geophysical Research Institute (CSIR-NGRI), Hyderabad, Telangana was
inaugurated by Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology Dr Jitendra
Singh.
➢ The government of Haryana in collaboration with the Ministry of Civil Aviation is set to
establish India’s first-ever Heli Hub in Gurugram, Harayana.
➢ Kochi (Kerala) become India’s first city to have a Water Metro Project after the launch of its first
boat namely ‘Muziris,’manufactured by Cochin Shipyard Limited.
➢ India’s first Mobile Honey Processing Van at Sirora village in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh (UP) was
launched by Vinai Kumar Saxena, Chairman of Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC).
➢ India’s first ‘Coal to Methanol’ (CTM) pilot plant in the Hyderabad unit of Bharat Heavy Electricals
Limited (BHEL) launched by Union Minister for the Ministry of Heavy Industries, Mahendra Nath
Pandey.
➢ Arif Mohammad Khan, Governor of Kerala, declared Kumbalangi village (India’s first ecofriendly tourist village) in the Ernakulam district of Kerala as the first-ever sanitary napkin-free
village in India.
➢ India’s first Intelligent Chronic Disease Patients Habit Tracking System, Madhavbaug’s (Vaidya
Sane Ayurved Labs Ltd), Power MAP was inaugurated by Nitin Gadkari, Ministry of Road Transport
and Highways (MoRTH).
➢ Minister of state (Independent Charge) Ministry of Science & Technology & Earth Sciences, Jitendra
Singh, launched India’s 1st Climate Hazard & Vulnerability and also inaugurated 4 new Doppler
weather radars (DWR) on the India Meteorological Department (IMD)’s 147th Foundation Day.
➢ The first of its kind Mobile Covid-19 testing facility, “Mobile Diagnostic Laboratory (I-LAB)”
was launched by Jitendra Singh and it was developed by AMTZ (Andhra Pradesh MedTech Zone) with
support from the Department of Biotechnology (DBT).
➢ India’s first AVGC Center of Excellence (CoE) (Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming, and Comics) in
Mahadevapura, Bengaluru, Karnataka was launched by C N Ashwath Narayan, Department of
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Electronics Information Technology Biotechnology and Science & Technology, Government of
Karnataka.
➢ India’s first Graphene Innovation Centre to be established in Kerala by Digital University Kerala
(DUK) in partnership with the Centre for Materials for Electronics Technology (C-MET).
➢ Brain Health Initiative a first-of-its-kind initiative in India undertaken by the National Institute of
Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS) in association with the National Institution for
Transforming India (NITI Aayog) was launched.
FIRST IN WORLD
India at First
NOVEMBER 2022
--OCTOBER 2022
➢ Haryana government will develop the world’s largest jungle safari park covering 10,000
acres of Gurugram and Nuh districts of Haryana in the Aravalli range.
➢ Adani Green Energy Limited (AGEL) commissioned the world’s largest wind-solar power
plant of 600 MW capacity in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan.
➢ WEG Industries Private Limited commissioned India’s first state-of-art 4.20-MW wind
turbine generator, a single unit with the largest generation capacity at Vadalivilai near
Valliyoor in Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu at a cost of Rs. 88 crore.
SEPTEMBER 2022
➢ Carbon Tracker and Global Energy Monitor launched the “Global Registry of Fossil Fuels”, the
world’s first registry of fossil fuel reserves, production and emissions.
AUGUST 2022
➢ World’s largest religious monument ‘The Temple of Vedic Planetarium’ in Mayapur in Nadia, West
Bengal, the project worth USD 100 million (Rs 7 billion) is expected to be open in 2024.
JULY 2022
➢ Deutsche Bahn (DB) will be the world’s first intermodal partner of the Star Alliance from 1st August
2022 which allows customers and passengers of Star Alliance member airlines to connect the airline
with rail, bus, ferry and other modes of transport.
JUNE 2022
-MAY 2022
➢ Union Minister of Information & Broadcasting (I&B) Shri. Anurag Singh Thakur has
announced the World’s largest film restoration project under National Film Heritage Mission
(NFHM) with a budget of Rs.363 crores and is set to begin at National Film Archive of India
(NFAI).
➢ Kuwait is set to build the world’s largest petroleum research centre in al-Ahmadi, south of
Kuwait City by the end of 2022.
APRIL 2022
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FEBRUARY 2022
➢ Nepal has become the first country outside of India to adopt India’s UPI (Unified Payments
Interface) system thus enhancing digitalization of cash transactions.
JANUARY 2022
➢ Union Defence Minister, Rajnath Singh flagged-in India’s 1st Multidimensional Adventure Sports
Expedition conducted by the National Institute of Mountaineering and Allied Sports (NIMAS) in
France.
➢ Philippines became the 1st country to purchase $374.96 million BrahMos Supersonic Cruise
Missile System from India for its navy.
Foreign Countries at First
NOVEMBER 2022
➢ European Union (EU) authorised nirsevimab, the world’s 1st one-dose drug by AstraZeneca and
Sanofi’s Beyfortus (nirsevimab) to protect babies during the 1st exposure to Respiratory syncytial virus
(RSV).
OCTOBER 2022
➢ The European Parliament approved the new rule to introduce world’s first single charging port for
electronic gadgets by 2024 in the European Union (EU).
➢ A Swiss-American multinational pharmaceutical corporation, Novartis signed world’s first ever
agreement for the cancer drug Nilotinib.
SEPTEMBER 2022
---AUGUST 2022
➢ Germany inaugurated the world’s first hydrogen-powered train fleet, this initiative by the German
Government is to open the door for more environmentally friendly travel.
➢ United Kingdom (UK) become the first country to approve Moderna’s ‘bivalent’ Covid-19 vaccine
that tackles both the original virus strain from 2020 and the Omicron BA.1 variant.
➢ Scottish government became the 1st country in the world to legally protect the right to access free
period products by passing a law, the Period Products (Free Provision) (Scotland) Act 2021.
➢ A team of scientists of Israel developed the world’s first synthetic embryo outside the womb using
stem cells cultured in a petri dish
JULY 2022
--JUNE 2022
➢ The New York (NY) State Legislature, United States (US) has passed the world’s first ‘Right to
Repair’ law that allows digital electronics manufacturers to make parts, tools, information, and
software available to consumers and independent repair shops.
MAY 2022
--APRIL 2022
➢ Ecuador became the first country in the world to give legal rights to wild animals.
MARCH 2022
➢ Canada become the first country to approve the use of the plant-based COVID-19 vaccine ‘Covifenz’
for adults aged 18 to 64.
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➢ Swiss International Air Lines AG (SWISS or Swiss Air Lines) is set to become the world’s first
airline to use Solar Aviation fuel (“sun-to-liquid” fuel) and also signed a strategic collaboration with
Synhelion SA (Synhelion) to use their solar aviation fuel.
FEBRUARY 2022
➢ Zara Rutherford, a 19-year-old Belgian-British pilot, has set the world record as the youngest
woman to fly solo around the world and become the first woman to circumnavigate the world in a
microlight aircraft.
➢ Israel becomes the World’s first country to allow drones to operate in civilian airspace and
Hermes Starliner Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) is the 1st UAV to receive certification for
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) to operate this.
JANUARY 2022
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TARGET
2022
➢ Target – Housing for all by Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Grameen (PMAY-G) scheme by 2022.
➢ Government set target to achieve 75 lakh SHGs by the year 2022.
➢ MoTA: The Nine ‘Tribal Freedom Fighters’ Museums to Recognise the Tribal Freedom Fighters will be
Completed by 2022.
➢ India’s Renewable Energy capacity in India is 136 GigaWatts (GW) & by 2022, the share is expected to
further increase to over 220 GW.
NHPC to commission 2, 000 MW Hydropower project on Subansiri River by March 2022.
2023
➢ 1st-of-its-kind Katra-Delhi Express Road Corridor to be completed by 2023.
➢ Indian Railways- to electrify all broad-gauge routes by December 2023.
➢ Maldives & Sri Lanka - 1st two countries in South-East Asia to eliminate Rubella and measles ahead of
2023 target: WHO.
➢ Total Installed Wind and Solar PV capacity will surpass natural gas in 2023 and coal in 2024.
2024
➢ MoTA: The Nine ‘Tribal Freedom Fighters’ Museums to Recognise the Tribal Freedom Fighters will be
Completed by 2022.
➢ Indian Railways- set a target to run entire railway network with 100% of electricity by 2024.
➢ As per the Ministry of Power, India will achieve the target of zero-diesel use in agriculture and
replace fossil fuel with renewable energy by 2024.
2025
➢ Govt will achieve goal of a tuberculosis free India by 2025.
➢ 5% blending of biodiesel in diesel by 2025 & Talcher coal gasification-based plant will be India’s first
coal gasification-based fertilizer plant with pet coke blending.
➢ Government aims to increase the public health expenditure to 2.5% of GDP by 2025.
➢ Govt plans to double Milk processing capacity to 108 million MT by 2025.
➢ According to the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) report, Renewables 2020 – Analysis and
Forecast to 2025, Renewable will overtake coal to become the largest source of electricity generation
worldwide in 2025 (one-third of world’s electricity supply).
➢ The debt platform is expected to raise enough resources to extend debt support of Rs.1,10,000 crore
to projects by 2025.
➢ Govt planned to develop as many as 220 new airports by 2025, citing the aviation industry as a major
component of India’s economy.
2027
➢ Indian Railways to launch 1st set of private trains by 2023, all 151 by 2027.
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2030
➢ India aims to Achieve Zero Road Fatalities by 2030.
➢ India to have 60% Renewable Energy by 2030.
➢ Indian Railways Set to Meet All its Energy Need of Over 33 Billion Units by 2030.
➢ 1 trillion trees will be conserved by 2030 by World Economic Forum (WEF) to combat climate change
through 1t.org.
➢ India’s Target – 450 GW of Renewable Energy capacity by 2030.
➢ According to the International Labour Organization (ILO), India is staring at 29 million skill deficit by
2030.
➢ India needs an Investment of USD 500 Billion to reach its target of 450 Gigawatts (GW) of Renewable
Energy (RE) by 2030.
➢ GoI targets to increase coal gasification to 100 million tonnes by 2030.
NATIONAL AFFAIRS
CABINET APPROVALS
NOVEMBER 2022
➢ Cabinet Approvals on November 2 2022
❖ Cabinet approves mechanism for Ethanol Procurement by public sector OMCs under EBP
programme.
❖ Cabinet approves renaming of Itanagar’s Hollongi Airport as Donyi Polo airport.
❖ Cabinet approves NBS rates for Phosphatic and Potassic fertilizers for Rabi season 2022-23.
❖ Cabinet approves signing of a MoU between India and Denmark on cooperation in the field of Water
Resources Development and Management. clickhere
OCTOBER 2022
➢ Cabinet Approval on October 12 2022
❖ Approves Rs 22,000cr as one time grant to 3 PSU OMCs for losses in Domestic LPG.
❖ Approves payment of PLB equivalent to 78 days to railway employees for FY2021-22.
❖ Approves Prime Minister’s Development Initiative for North East Region (PM-DevINE).
❖ Approves development of Container Terminal at Tuna-Tekra, Deendayal Port on BOT basis under
PPP mode.
❖ Multi-State Cooperative Societies (Amendment) Bill, 2022 gets Cabinet approval. Clickhere
➢ Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approves increase in MSP for 6 Rabi Crops for
Marketing Season 2023-24.
SEPTEMBER 2022
➢ Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) approved The Tejas Mark-2 Fighting Jet project at a cost of
more than Rs. 6,500 crores.
➢ Cabinet Approvals on September 7, 2022
❖ MoU between India and the UK and Northern Ireland on mutual recognition of academic
qualifications.
❖ MoU between India and UAE on cooperation in the field of Education.
❖ MoU on cooperation between India and Maldives in the field of disaster management.
❖ Approved the implementation of Rs 1,957.05 crore Kochi metro Rail Phase II of Kochi Metro Rail
Project from JLN (Jawaharlal Nehru) International Stadium to Infopark via Kakkanad.
❖ Approved the Ministry of Railway’s proposal to revise the railways’ land policy to implement
PM Gati Shakti Framework.
❖ Approved a new Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) – PM SHRI Schools (Pradhan Mantri ScHools
for Rising India) Yojana.
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➢ Cabinet Approvals on September 14, 2022
❖ Cabinet approves signing of guarantees for hosting FIFA U-17 Womens‘ Football World Cup.
❖ Cabinet nod for Value-added Agriculture Mission(VAAM).
❖ Union Cabinet approves more castes in STs List.Clickhere
➢ Cabinet approvals on September 21, 2022
❖ Modifications in Programme for Development of Semiconductors and Display Manufacturing
Ecosystem in India.
❖ Introduces Unified Logistics Interface Platform (ULIP), standardization, monitoring framework
and skill development for greater efficiency in logistics services.
❖ Cabinet approves 2nd tranche of PLI Scheme on national programme on high efficiency Solar PV
modules. Clickhere
➢ Union Cabinet approvals on September 28, 2022
❖ Release of additional instalment of DA to Central Government employees and DR to Pensioners,
w.e.f July 1, 2022.
❖ Extension of PMGKAY for another three months (October 2022-December 2022).
❖ MoU between India and Bangladesh on withdrawal of upto 153 cusecs of water each from river
Kushiyara.
❖ Information about progress under National Health Mission for 2020-21.
❖ Redevelopment of New Delhi, Ahmedabad and CSMT, Mumbai Railway Stations.Clickhere
AUGUST 2022
➢ Cabinet Approvals on August 4, 2022
❖ Approved Rs 305 per quintal sugarcane Fair and Remunerative Price (FRP) for the 2022-23 Sugar
Season
❖ Approved India’s Updated Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) to be communicated to the
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Clickhere
➢ Cabinet Approvals on August 10, 2022
❖ Cabinet approves continuation of PMAY-U up to Dec 31st, 2024.
❖ Cabinet approves ratification of 11th Additional protocol to the Constitution of Universal Postal
Union (UPU).
❖ Union Cabinet approves Audio Visual Co-Production Treaty b/w India & Australia.
➢ Union Cabinet Approval on August 17, 2022
❖ Union Cabinet approves widening access of the Traditional Knowledge Digital Library (TKDL)
database to users, besides patent offices
❖ Approved the signing of a contract between India and France to support International Transport
Forum (ITF) activities in the Indian transport sector.
❖ Approved a proposal to increase the Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS) limit by
Rs. 50,000 crore, from Rs. 4.5 lakh crore to Rs. 5 lakh crore.
❖ Approved restoring the Interest Subvention on short-term agricultural loans to 1.5% for all
banking institutions. Clickhere
➢ Union Cabinet Approval on August 25, 2022
❖ Approved the proposal for amendment of the policy of exemption for Wheat or Meslin Flour (
Harmonized System(HS) Code 1101) from export restrictions/ ban.
❖ Central Govt amends the Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules 2011 for the Garment
or Hosiery sold in loose or open. Clickhere
➢ Cabinet Approvals on August 31, 2022
❖ Cabinet approves Rs 1200cr scheme for disposal of pulses to states/UTs under discounted procured
under discounted rate.
❖ Cabinet approves signing of MoU between India and Nepal in the Field of Biodiversity Conservation.
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JULY 2022
➢ Cabinet Approvals on July 13, 2022
❖ Approved the construction of the Taranga Hill-Ambaji-Abu Road (in Gujarat) new rail line.
❖ Approval for the National Rail and Transportation Institute (NRTI) in Vadodara, (Gujarat) to be
upgraded to Gati Shakti University/Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya. Clickhere
➢ Union Cabinet of India chaired by the Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi approved the signing of
the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in the field of Judicial Cooperation between India and the
Judicial Service Commission of the Republic of Maldives.
➢ Union Cabinet Approval on July 27, 2022
❖ Signing of Guarantees for hosting the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA)
Under 17 Women’s World Cup 2022 in India.
❖ A project for saturation of 4G mobile services in uncovered villages at a total cost of Rs. 26,316
Crore.
❖ Revival package of BSNL amounting to Rs 1.64 Lakh Crore.
❖ Signing of MoU between National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj (NIRD&PR)
and University of Reading (UoR), UK.
❖ Additional investment by Bharat PetroResources Ltd. (BPRL)for development of BM-SEAL-11
project in Brazil.
❖ Egypt and India signed a MoU to build a green hydrogen factory in the Suez Canal Economic Zone
(SCZONE), Egypt.
❖ Cabinet Approval for Competition Amendment Bill. Clickhere
JUNE 2022
➢ Cabinet Approval on June 01, 2022
❖ Cabinet approved expanding the mandate of GeM – SPV to allow procurement by cooperatives as
buyers.
❖ Cabinet relaxes education qualification for CRPF constable recruitment from 3 districts of
Chhattisgarh. Clickhere
➢ Cabinet Approvals on June 8, 2022
❖ CCEA increases MSP for Kharif Crops for Marketing Season 2022-23.
❖ Cabinet approves Transfer of 10 In-orbit Communication Satellites from Government of India to
NewSpace India Ltd. (NSIL). Clickhere
➢ Cabinet Approvals with Foreign Countries on June 8, 2022
❖ MoU between India and UAE on Cooperation in the field of Industries and Advanced Technologies.
❖ MoU between NIES, Japan and ARIES, India for Joint Research on Air Quality and Climate Change.
❖ MoU signed between SNBNCBS, Kolkata, India and Leibniz-IFW Dresden e.V, Germany in the Novel
Magnetic and Topological Quantum Materials.
❖ MoU between India and Australia for Technical Cooperation for AIWASI
❖ MoU signed between India and US in Health Sector. Clickhere
➢ Union Cabinet Approvals on June 14, 2022
❖ Approved agreement between GoI and UN on a ‘Way Finding Application’ to be used in the Palais des
Nations, UNOG.
❖ Approved agreement on cooperation in the field of youth work among SCO Member States.
❖ Approved MoA by India for establishment of BIMSTEC Technology Transfer Centre at Colombo, Sri
Lanka.
❖ Approved grant of moratorium to Cochin Port Authority on repayment of GoI loans for a period of 3
years.
❖ Approved development of new greenfield airport in Dholera, Gujarat.
❖ Approved for 5G auctions; 72097.8 MHz spectrum to be put on block by July 2022. Clickhere
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➢ Cabinet Committee on Security has approved the new scheme called “Agneepath” (Agnipath) for
recruitment of soldiers in the Army, Navy and Air Force. Clickhere
❖ Government of India (GoI) granted a one-time waiver for the proposed recruitment cycle for 2022
and increased the upper age limit for the recruitment process for Agnipath Scheme for 2022 from 21
years to 23 years.
➢ Cabinet Approvals on June 29 2022
❖ MoU between DST, India and MTI, Singapore on Cooperation in the fields of Science, Technology and
Innovation.
❖ Categorization of the CDRI as an International Organization & signing of HQA with CDRI for granting
it immunities under UN (Privileges & Immunities) Act, 1947.
❖ Cabinet approves strategic partnership agreement between the MNRE, India and IRENA.
❖ Cabinet approves deregulation of sale of domestically produced crude Oil.
❖ Cabinet approves computerization of Primary Agriculture Credit Societies (PACS).clickhere
MAY 2022
➢ Cabinet Approval on May 18, 2022
❖ Approved amendments to the National Policy on Biofuels 2018. The target of 20% ethanol-petrol
blending advanced by 5 years to 2025-26 from 2030 under this Policy
❖ Cabinet approved the proposal to allow PSEs to take a call on Disinvestment or Closure of their
subsidiaries. Clickhere
➢ Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved the sale of the government’s 29.58% stake
in Hindustan Zinc Limited (HZL), as a part of the efforts of the government of India(GoI) to accelerate its
disinvestment drive.
APRIL 2022
➢ Union Cabinet approved the draft legislation, Indian Antarctica Bill 2022, to provide a regulatory
framework for India’s research activities in Antarctica and protect the environment in the icy continent.
➢ Union Cabinet Approval on April 8, 2022
❖ Union Cabinet approved the continuation of Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), till March 2023.
❖ Providing 1-time window of 3-month to PSUs to Surrender Non-Operational Coal Mines without
Penalty.
❖ Distribution of Fortified Rice across Government Schemes upto June 2024.
❖ Cabinet approves signing of Bilateral MoU between Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)
and Financial Regulatory Commission, Mongolia (FRC).
➢ Union Cabinet Approval on April 13, 2022
❖ Approval to policy for use of land acquired under the Coal Bearing Areas (Acquisition &
Development) Act, 1957.
❖ Signing of MoC between India and Japan for Decentralized Domestic Wastewater Management
❖ Cabinet approves Bilateral MoU between SEBI and Manitoba Securities Commission, Canada
➢ Cabinet Approvals on April 27, 2022
❖ Cabinet approves NBS rates for Phosphatic and Potassic (P&K) fertilizers for Kharif Season.
❖ Cabinet approves revised cost estimate of Rs 2255 crore for Setting up IPPB.
❖ Cabinet approves USOF to upgrade 2G mobile sites to 4G at security sites in LWE Areas.
❖ CCEA approves construction of 540 Megawatt Kwar Hydro Electric Project through CVPPPL in J&K.
Clickhere
➢ Cabinet Approval with Lithuania & Chile on April 27, 2022.
❖ Signing of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and Chile for cooperation in the
Disability Sector.
❖ Opening of a new Indian Mission in Lithuania in 2022.
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MARCH 2022
➢ Cabinet approval on February 26, 2022
❖ CCEA approved the national roll-out of Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) with a budget of
Rs 1600 crore for five years Click here
➢ Cabinet Approvals on March 9, 2022
❖ MoU signed between ICMR, India and Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft e.V. (DFG), Germany.
❖ MoU signed between ICMR, and the United States’ (US) National Institute of Allergy and Infectious
Diseases (NIAID), and National Institute of Health (NIH).
❖ WHO GCTM: Cabinet approves establishment of World’s 1st & Only Global Outposted Centre for
traditional Medicine in Jamnagar, Gujarat.
❖ Cabinet approves setting up of NLMC as SPV for Undertaking Surplus Land Monetization. Click here
➢ Union Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has given its approval for the continuation of
National AIDS (Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome) and Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs)
Control Programme (NACP) for 5 years (1 April 2021 -31 March 2026) with an outlay of Rs.
15,471.94 crore.
➢ Cabinet Approvals on March 22, 2022
❖ CEA approved the extension of applicability of the New Investment Policy (NIP)-2012 for three
units of Hindustan Urvarak & Rasayan Limited (HURL) at Gorakhpur, Sindri and Barauni
❖ CCEA approves Minimum Support Price (MSP) of Raw Jute for 2022-23.
❖ It also gave nod to the Bill for ‘Delhi Municipal Corporation Amendment Act 2022’ which seeks the
merger of 3 municipal corporations in Delhi into a single unified Municipal Corporation of Delhi
(MCD).
➢ Union Cabinet has approved the extension of Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PM-GKAY)
for another six months till September, 2022, with an outlay of Rs 80,000 crore.
➢ Cabinet Approvals on March 30, 2022
❖ Cabinet approves USD 808 million(Rs 6,062.45 crore) for Raising and Accelerating MSME
Performance
❖ Cabinet approves release of an additional instalment of Dearness Allowance (DA) due from Jan
01, 2022
❖ CCS Approves Procurement of 15 LCH -LSP from HAL for IAF (10) & IA (05).
❖ CCEA approves amendment in Mega Power Policy 2009 for Provisional Mega Power Projects.
Click here
FEBRUARY 2022
➢ Union Cabinet approved Indian Footwear and Leather Development Programme (IFLDP),
erstwhile IFLADP, for continuation from 2021-22 with a financial outlay of Rs. 1700 crore till 31st
March 2026 or till further review, whichever is earlier.Click here
➢ Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister (PM) of India Narendra Modi approved the setting up
of a G20 Secretariat and its reporting structures
➢ India is all set to hold the Presidency of the G20 (Group of Twenty) from December 1, 2022 to
November 30, 2023.
➢ Union Cabinet approved for the continuation of the Capacity Development (CD) scheme of
Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation (MoSPI) till 31st March 2026 or further review,
whichever is earlier with an outlay of Rs. 3,179 crore.
JANUARY 2022
➢ Cabinet approval on January 6, 2022
On January 6, 2022, Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi approved the
following proposals.
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❖ Cabinet approves Intra-State Transmission System – Green Energy Corridor (GEC) Phase-II
worth Rs 12,031.33cr in 7 states for five year from Financial Year 2021-22 to 2025-26.
❖ Cabinet approved the signing of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and
Turkmenistan on cooperation in disaster management including preparedness, response and
capacity building.
❖ Cabinet approved the signing of the Agreement between India and Spain on cooperation and
mutual assistance in Customs Matters.
❖ Cabinet approved a MoU between India and Nepal for the construction of a bridge over
Mahakali River at Dharchula in India and Dharchula in Nepal.Click here
➢ Cabinet approval on January 19, 2022
On January 19, 2022, the Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister (PM) of India Narendra Modi has
approved the following proposals.
❖ Ex-gratia payment of Rs 973.74 crore to SBI or scheme related loan moratorium during COVID19.
❖ Infusion of Rs.1,500 crore in Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Limited.
❖ Cabinet approves extension of tenure of the National Commission for Safai Karamcharis up to
March 31, 2025.Click here
BILL /Acts/Policy/Rules
NOVEMBER 2022
--OCTOBER 2022
➢ The Parliamentary Committees on Subordinate Legislation in the Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha
accorded the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) yet another extension to frame the rules for the CAA
2019 or Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019.
SEPTEMBER 2022
➢ Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) revised the definition of “small companies” by raising the
thresholds for paid-up capital from ‘not exceeding Rs. 2 crore’ to ‘not exceeding Rs. 4 crore’ and
turnover from ‘not exceeding Rs. 20 crore’ to ‘not exceeding Rs. 40 crore’.
➢ Prime Minister (PM) of India, Narendra Modi launched the National Logistics Policy (NLP) at Vigyan
Bhawan, New Delhi (Delhi). Clickhere
➢ Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has issued rules for the Criminal Procedure (Identification) Act,
2022. Clickhere
➢ Ministry of Commerce & Industry (MoCI) extended the existing Foreign Trade Policy (2015–20) by
another six months till March 2023, w.e.f. October 1, 2022, due to unstable global economic and geopolitical circumstances and currency fluctuations.
➢ Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH), Government of India (GoI) extended the
deadline of 1st October 2022 to December 2022 for electric vehicle (EV) manufacturers to adopt and
comply with the new regulations on battery safety requirements.
AUGUST 2022
➢ Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) issued Battery Waste
Management Rules, 2022 by replacing Batteries (Management and Handling) Rules, 2001.
JULY 2022
➢ The Government of India (GoI) made seven key amendments to the existing Foreign Contribution
(Regulation) Act (FCRA) Rules 2011 that will allow Indians to receive up to Rs 10 lakh from 1 lakh
earlier limit in a year from relatives staying abroad without informing the authorities.
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➢ Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) amended the Flag Code of India 2002, to allow the tricolour to be
displayed in open and on individual houses or buildings throughout the day and night.
➢ Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) made amendments to
environmental impact assessment rules, for exempting highway projects related to defence and
strategic importance within 100 km of the Line of Control (LOC) or border from the requirement of
environmental clearance.
JUNE 2022
➢ Minister of Railways, Communications and Electronics & Information Technology Ashwini
Vaishnaw launched Indian Railway Innovation Policy – ‘StartUps for Railways’ and also an ‘Indian
Railway Innovation Portal’, by ensuring for 50 percent, up to Rs. 1.5 Crore capital grant on equal basis
in milestone payment for StartUps.
➢ The National Air Sports Policy 2022 (NASP 2022), India’s First National Airsports Policy, was
launched with the aim of optimizing India’s potential in the field of air sports. Air Sports Federation of
India (ASFI) will be established under this policy.
➢ As per the new Surrogacy (Regulation) Rules 2022 with respect to Surrogacy (Regulation)
act, 2021 issued by the Government for the benefit of Surrogate mothers, couples who wish to
become parents through surrogacy must buy 3-years (36 months) health insurance plans for
surrogate mothers.
MAY 2022
➢ Ministry of Finance (MoF) has announced a new Government Guarantee Policy (GGP), which replaces
a 12-year-old policy and intends to incorporate all changes in General Financial Rules (GFR) and
financial policies.
APRIL 2022
➢ Ministry of Commerce and Industry extended the Foreign Trade Policy 2015-20 which was valid
upto March 31, 2022 by another six months upto September 30, 2022 for boosting external commerce
in goods and services.
➢ President of India, Ram Nath Kovind gives assent to Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill 2022
and the Delhi Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Bill 2022.
➢ President of India, Ram Nath Kovind has given assent to Chartered Accountants, the Cost and
Works Accountants and the Company Secretaries (Amendment) Bill, 2021.
➢ Ministry of Corporate Affairs amended Nidhi Rules, 2014 to protect the public’s interests.
• A Public Company incorporated as a Nidhi with a share capital of Rs. 10 lakhs must petition to
the Central Government to be declared a Nidhi with a minimum membership of 200 and Net
Owned Fund (NoF) of Rs. 20 lakhs.
➢ President Ram Nath Kovind Gives Assent to Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Amendment)
Bill, 2022. The Act provides “Darlongs” a small community of around 11,000 people in Tripura to
officially get included in the list of Scheduled Tribes (ST).
MARCH 2022
➢ Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MoCA) amended the Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) Rules 2009
effective 4th March 2022 to address the concerns of entities facing bankruptcy proceedings.
➢ Union Minister of State (MoS) for Earth Sciences, Dr Jitendra Singh released India’s Arctic
policy titled ‘India and the Arctic: building a partnership for sustainable development’ in New Delhi.
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FEBRUARY 2022
➢ Green Hydrogen/ Green Ammonia Policy for implementation by the concerned stakeholders was
notified by Ministry of Power.
➢ Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has amended the Plastic Waste
Management Rules 2016, to accelerate the elimination of single-use plastic and promote alternatives.
➢ National Strategy on Additive Manufacturing or 3D printing policy in India launched by Ministry
of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), aiming to increase the share of global additive
manufacturing to 5 percent by contributing $1 billion to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by 2025.
JANUARY 2022
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LONGEST,LARGEST,HIGHEST
NOVEMBER 2022
---OCTOBER 2022
---SEPTEMBER 2022
---AUGUST 2022
➢ The World’s largest floating solar plant is set to be built on Omkareshwar Dam in Narmada River at
Khandwa district of Madhya Pradesh (MP) which will generate 600 Mw power by 2022-23.
➢ Asia’s largest Compressed Biogas (CBG) plant in the Sangrur district of Punjab started commercial
production with a total capacity of 33.23 tonne CBG per day at village Bhuttal Kalan.
JULY 2022
---JUNE 2022
➢ Asia’s largest 20 MegaWatt Peak (MWp) carport-type solar power plant installed by Maruti Suzuki
India Limited at its Manesar facility in Gurugram, Haryana.
➢ Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, Ministry of Education (MoE) launched the Bharat Blockchain
Network (BBN) (Academic Blockchain Consortium), India’s first nationwide hybrid blockchain network
& Polyversity (Educational Metaverse), India’s Largest Educational Metaverse.
MAY 2022
➢ Greenko Group & Government of Andhra Pradesh is setting up the World’s largest Integrated
Renewable Energy Storage Project (IRESP) with a capacity to store 5,230 Mega Watt (MW), in the
Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh.
➢ National Geographic Society installed the ‘World’s highest weather station’ on Mount Everest at an
altitude of 8,830 metres to automatically measure various meteorological phenomena.
APRIL 2022
➢ India is set to have the world’s highest tunnel (16,580 feet) at Shinku La Pass, between Zanskar
Valley in Ladakh and Lahaul Valley in Himachal Pradesh.
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➢ Biliti Electric Inc (Biliti), based in California, United States of America(USA), has announced its
intention to establish the world’s largest electric three-wheeler manufacturing facility in Telangana.
MARCH 2022
➢ Ministry of Ports, Shipping & Waterways attained a landmark achievement by sailing the Motor
Vessel (MV) Ram Prasad Bismil, the longest vessel ever(90-meter-long heavy cargo movement), to
sail on the river Brahmaputra.
FEBRUARY 2022
➢ The world’s largest canal lock namely ‘Zeesluis Ijmuiden’ has been inaugurated at Ijmuiden, a
small port city in the Port of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, by the Dutch King Willem-Alexander.
➢ The launch of the World’s first hydrogen powered flying boat ‘THE JET’ in Dubai, United Arab
Emirates (UAE) was announced by THE JET ZeroEmission.
➢ “Statue of Equality”, World 2nd Tallest Statue in Sitting Posture, Honouring Saint
Ramanujacharya in Hyderabad was inaugurated by Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi.
➢ Main tunnel T-49 between Sumber and Arpinchala station of the Katra-Banihal Section of the
Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link (USBRL) Project, the longest tunnel of the Indian Railway
has been connected
JANUARY 2022
➢ Azure Power Global commissioned 600 Megawatts (MWs) Interstate Transmission System (ISTS),
largest solar power project in India, owned and operated at a single location by any developer in
Bikaner, Rajasthan.
➢ India’s largest EV charging station in Gurgaon, Haryana was inaugurated by National Highway for
Electric Vehicle (NHEV) and it was installed and operated by Alektrify Private Limited.
BUDGET AND ECONOMIC SURVEY
FEBRUARY 2022
92nd Union Budget 2022-23: A Development Oriented Budget citing India’s GDP of 11.1% in FY23
We urge you to read each and every point of the 4th budget of the Narendra Modi led National Democratic
Alliance (NDA) government’s second term paperless budget.
The Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Ministry of Finance presented her 4th and 92nd Union Budget of India
for 2022-2023 in approximately 91minutes or 1 hour 31 minutes long speech in Parliament.
• India’s nominal GDP (Gross Domestic Product) growth rate has been estimated as 11.1% in 2022-23
(i.e. real growth plus inflation).
• The budget is divided in two parts: 1.PART A and 2.PART B
• 14 documents that are presented to the Parliament Click here
Economic Survey 2021 - 2022: Complete Overview
The Economic Survey is an annual document prepared by the Ministry of Finance under the guidance of the
Chief Economic Advisor (CEA) (current CEA V. AnanthaNageswaran)
➢ As per the Economic Survey, India's GDP in FY23 (2022-23) is projected to grow in real terms by 8.08.5 percent. Click here
CENTRAL GOVERNMENT SCHEMES
NOVEMBER 2022
Launches: ➢ Infrastructure Finance Secretariat (IFS) notified India Infrastructure Project Development Fund
Scheme (IIPDF Scheme) for providing Financial Support for Project Development Expenses of Public
Private Partnership (PPP) Projects.
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Scheme Extension/Cost or Ratio allotment and others:➢ Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) notified the National Bioenergy Programme and has
extended it from fiscal year (FY) 2021-22 to FY 2025-26.
OCTOBER 2022
Launches: ➢ Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF), an additional office of the Department of
Telecommunications (DoT), Ministry of communications officially launched the Telecom Technology
Development Fund (TTDF) Scheme.
➢ Ministry of Education (MoE)’s Department of Higher Education launched the YUVA 2.0 (Young,
Upcoming and Versatile Authors) scheme to promote reading, writing and book culture in India.
➢ Credit Guarantee Scheme for Startups (CGSS) has been established by the Department for Promotion
of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MoCI), to offer startups
collateral-free loans up to a specified limit
Scheme Extension/Cost or Ratio allotment and others:➢ Droupadi Murmu, the President of India presided over the 8th anniversary of the Swachh Bharat
Mission (SBM) and the first anniversary of SBM-Urban 2.0 (SBM-U 2.0).
➢ Department of Financial Services (DFS) modified the Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme
(ECLGS) and increased the loan limit to Rs. 1500 crore from Rs. 400 crore to help the aviation sector
over cash-flow problems.
➢ Department of Food and Public Distribution (DFPD) extends Ethanol Subsidy Scheme till March
2023.
➢ The flagship scheme of the government ‘Beti Bachao Beti Padhao’ revised and included many
initiatives like skilling girls in Non-Traditional Livelihood (NTL) options, increasing their enrolment in
secondary education, raising awareness about menstrual hygiene, and promoting the elimination of
child marriages.
SEPTEMBER 2022
Launches: ➢ Prime Minister (PM) of India Narendra Modi announced a new Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) –
Pradhan Mantri Schools for Rising India (PM SHRI) Yojana.
➢ Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MoMSME) introduced the “Capacity Building of
First Time MSE Exporters” (CBFTE) component of the International Cooperation (IC) Scheme and
designated ECGC Ltd. (Formerly known as Export Credit Guarantee Corporation of India Ltd.) as the
implementing agency.
➢ Government of India (GoI) intends to launch the Pradhan Mantri Promotion of Alternate Nutrients for
Agriculture Management Yojana (PM PRANAM) to reduce the usage of chemical fertilizers.Clickhere
➢ Government of India (GoI) launched a Scheme for Special Assistance to States for Capital Investment
for 2022-23 under which States Governments will get financial assistance in the form of 50-year
interest free loan for capital investment projects.
Scheme Extension/Cost or Ratio allotment and others:➢ “Make in India”, the flagship programme of the Government of India (GoI), completed 8 years
(Launched -September 25, 2014) of pioneering reforms with significant achievements across 27 sectors.
AUGUST 2022
Launches: ➢ PM digitally launched the Ministry of Power’s flagship Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme (RDSS)
with an outlay of Rs 3,03,758 crore over a period of five years from FY 2021-22 to FY 2025-26.
➢ A new innovative scheme named State University Research Excellence (SERB SURE) has been
introduced by the Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) under Department of Science and
Technology (DST), Ministry of Science and Technology (MoS&T).
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➢ Union Minister Dr. Virendra Kumar, Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment (MoSJ&E) launched a
‘SMILE (Support for Marginalized Individuals for Livelihood and Enterprise)-75 Initiative’.
➢ As per the Ministry of Finance notification, those who pay income tax will not be allowed to enrol in
the Government’s Social Security Scheme Atal Pension Yojana (APY) from October 1, 2022.
Scheme Extension/Cost or Ratio allotment and others:➢ The Pradhan Mantri Vaya Vandana Yojana completed five years, the scheme was formally launched
in 2017 by the Ministry of Finance on 21st July 2022.
➢ The Ministry of Women and Child Development (MoWCD) issued Operational Guidelines for the
implementation of “Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2.0” (POSHAN 2.0).Clickhere
➢ The Government of India (GoI) developed a National Action Plan for Mechanized Sanitation
Ecosystem – NAMASTE scheme. Clickhere
➢ Union Ministry of Steel extended the last date for receipt of applications under the Production Linked
Incentive (PLI) Scheme for Specialty Steel till September 15, 2022 from July 31, 2022.
JULY 2022
Launches: ➢ Union Minister Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya, Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers formally introduced
three sub schemes to MSMEs in the pharmaceutical industry under the parent scheme “Strengthening
Pharmaceuticals Industry” (SPI). Clickhere
➢ The Department of Posts, Ministry of Communications has launched a philately scholarship scheme –
‘Deen Dayal SPARSH (Scholarship for Promotion of Aptitude & Research in Stamps as a Hobby) Yojana ’,
to foster interest in philately among students from Class VI to IX.
➢ Export Credit Guarantee Corporation of India Limited (ECGC) launched a new scheme to provide
enhanced export credit risk insurance coverage of up to 90% under the Export Credit Insurance for
Banks Whole Turnover Packaging Credit and Post Shipment (ECIB- WTPC & PS).
Scheme Extension/Cost or Ratio allotment and others:➢ Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) approved a total of 314 applications
with proposed investments of Rs 86,824 crore under a Modified Special Incentive Package Scheme (MSIPS) till May 31, 2022.
➢ Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi participated in the ‘Udyami Bharat’ programme and launched
various initiatives
• ‘Raising and Accelerating MSME Performance’ (RAMP) scheme,
• ‘Capacity Building of First-Time MSME Exporters’ (CBFTE) scheme
• New features of the Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme –
(PMEGP).Clickhere
➢ The Ministry of Women and Child Development (MoWCD) issued guidelines for the Centrally
Sponsored Scheme (CSS) “Mission Vatsalya”, formerly known as the Child Protection Services (CPS)
Scheme, since 2009-10, for the welfare and rehabilitation of children.
➢ Ministry of Women and Child Development (MoWCD) issued detailed guidelines for ‘Mission Shakti’
scheme and will be applicable w.e.f. April 1, 2022.
➢ Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MoCI) approved the continuation of the Scheme for Rebate of
State and Central Taxes and Levies (RoSCTL) with the same rates as announced by the Ministry of
Textiles for exports of apparel/garments and made-ups until March 31, 2024.
JUNE 2022
Launches: ➢ Union Minister Dr. Virendra Kumar, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (MoSJE),
launched the Scheme for Residential Education for Students in High Schools in Targeted Areas
(SHRESHTA).Clickhere
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➢ Department of Telecom (DoT) launched an incentive scheme for design-led manufacturers and
extended the base year for the calculation of Rs 12,195 crore Production-Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme
by one year and raised the incentive rate by an additional 1 percent.
Scheme Extension/Cost or Ratio allotment and others:➢ The Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) extended for continuation till
the financial year (FY) 2025-26 with the total outlay of approx. Rs 13554.42 Crore to create
employment opportunities for 40 lakhs person in five financial years.
➢ Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi released benefits under the ‘PM CARES For Children’ scheme
via video conferencing. Clickhere
➢ Government of India (GoI) has hiked the insurance premium rates for the Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti
Bima Yojana (PMJJBY) from Rs. 330 per annum to Rs. 436 per annum and Pradhan Mantri Suraksha
Bima Yojana (PMSBY) from Rs. 12 per annum to Rs. 20 per annum. Clickhere
➢ Government of India (GoI) has approved new guidelines of Central Sector Scheme (CSS)
‘Promotion of MSMEs in North Eastern Region and Sikkim’ to be implemented during 15th Finance
Commission Cycle (2021-22 to 2025-26).
➢ Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways (MoPSW) formulated the Sagarmala Young Professional
scheme to engage talented, forward-thinking and dynamic young professionals in various divisions of
the MoPSW.
➢ Union Minister of Defence Rajnath Singh approved enhancement of funding under Technology
Development Fund (TDF) scheme, Ministry of Defence, to Rs 50 crore from Rs 10 crore per project.
MAY 2022
Launches: ➢ Union Minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME), Narayan Tatu Rane launched the
Zero Defect Zero Effect (ZED) Certification Scheme that focused to reduce the wastage and increase
the productivity.
Scheme Extension/Cost or Ratio allotment and others:➢ Survey of Villages Abadi and Mapping with Improvised Technology in Village Areas (SVAMITVA)
scheme marked its 2nd year anniversary on 24th April 2022.
➢ Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY), Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana
(PMJJBY), and Atal Pension Yojana (APY) complete 7 years of providing social security net.Clickhere
➢ The Government of India (GoI) approved the New Guidelines of Micro & Small Enterprises
Cluster Development Programme (MSE–CDP) to be implemented during the 15th Finance
Commission Cycle: 2021-22 to 2025-26. Clickhere
APRIL 2022
Launches: ➢ Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment (MSJE) and Chairman of Dr.Ambedkar
Foundation, Virendra Kumar launched Dr. Ambedkar Centres of Excellence (DACE) Scheme from
Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh(UP).
Scheme Extension/Cost or Ratio allotment and others:➢ National Credit Guarantee Trustee Company Limited (NCGTC) extended the Emergency Credit Line
Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS) for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) for 1 year from March
2022, to March 31,2023 with total amount sanctioned under the scheme increased to Rs.5 lakh crores
from Rs.4.5 lakh crores.
➢ Stand-up India scheme completes 6 years since its launch on 05 April, 2016 by The Prime Minister
Narendra Modi.
➢ A date of April 8, 2022 marked the 7th anniversary of Pradhan Mantri MUDRA (Micro Units
Development & Refinance Agency) Yojana (PMMY) which was launched on April 8, 2015 for providing
loans up to Rs 10 lakh.
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➢ Union government extended the scheme to provide Rs 40 crore grants-in-aid to the Dalai Lama’s
Central Tibetan Relief Committee (CTRC) for another five years i.e. from 2021-22 to 2025-26.
➢ ‘Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package (PMGKP), insurance scheme for Health Care Workers
Fighting COVID-19’ has been extended for a further period of 180 days w.e.f. April 19, 2022.
➢ Ministry of Commerce and Industry relaxed certain norms under chapter 5 of Export Promotion
Capital Goods (EPCG) Scheme Handbook of Procedures (2015-20) issued under Foreign Trade Policy
(FTP) 2015-20.
➢ The Unnat Bharat Abhiyan (UBA) 2.0 on April 25, 2022 has completed four years since its launch on
the same day in the year 2018.
MARCH 2022
Launches: ➢ India set to launch the third phase of the Monsoon Mission (III) to improve prediction skill of
monsoon weather and climate.
Scheme Extension/Cost or Ratio allotment and others:➢ The proposal for continuation of the seven existing sub schemes under the Umbrella Scheme
“Relief and Rehabilitation of Migrants and Repatriates” for the period 2021-22 to 2025-26 with a total
outlay of Rs.1,452 crore was approved
➢ Ministry of Defence (MoD) approves for in-principle 4 & 5 projects under Make-I and Make-II
categories of Defence Acquisition Procedure (DAP) 2020 respectively.
➢ The deadline for the Qaumi Waqf Boards Taraqqiati Scheme(QWBTS) (Former Scheme of
Computerization of Records & Strengthening of State Waqf Boards) (geotagging the Waqf properties)
from March 2022 to November 2023 was extended by Ministry of Minority Affairs (MoMA).
➢ ‘Modernisation Plan-IV for Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs)’ scheme from 1st February
2022 to 31st March 2026 approved to improve the overall operational efficiency and preparedness of
the CAPFs with a financial outlay of Rs 1,523 crore.
➢ Continuation of Swatantrata Sainik Samman Yojana (SSSY) for Financial Years 2021-22 to 202526 with an outlay of Rs 3,274.87 crore was approved.
➢ MSME Innovative Scheme (Incubation, Design and IPR) along with the MSME Idea Hackathon
2022 was launched by Union Minister Narayan Tatu Rane, Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium
Enterprises (M/o MSME).
➢ Guidelines for ‘Strengthening of Pharmaceutical Industry (SPI)’ scheme with a total financial
outlay of Rs 500 Crore for the period of 5 years(i.e. from FY 21-22 to FY 25-26) was released by
Department of Pharmaceutical under Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers.
➢ Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (M/o MSME) extended ‘Credit Guarantee Scheme
for Subordinate Debt (CGSSD)’ worth Rs 20,000 crore for stressed MSMEs for 1 year till March 31,
2023.
FEBRUARY 2022
Launches: ➢ “Scheme on Enhancement of Competitiveness in the Indian Capital Goods Sector- Phase-II” for
providing assistance to Common Technology Development and Services Infrastructure with the
financial outlay of Rs. 1207 crores notified by Ministry of Heavy Industries (MHI).
➢ Central Government decided to continue the Scheme of “Rashtriya Yuva Sashaktikaran
Karyakram (RYSK) for another 5 years from 2021 -22 to 2025-26 with an outlay of Rs. 2,710.65
crore rupees.
➢ Central Sector scheme “SMILE: Support for Marginalised Individuals for Livelihood and
Enterprise” with outlay of Rs 365 Crore for 2021-22 to 2025-26 was launched by Ministry of Social
Justice and Empowerment (MoSJE) Minister Dr. Virendra Kumar.
➢ Scheme for Economic Empowerment of DNT/NT/SNTs (SEED) with an outlay is ~Rs 200 crore to
be spent over five years beginning 2021-22 to 2025-26 was launched by Union Minister Dr. Virendra
Kumar, Ministry for Social Justice and Empowerment (MoSJE).
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➢ A new scheme “New India Literacy Programme (NILP) which is also known as Nav Bharat Literacy
Program” for next 5 years (FY 2022-27) to cover all the aspects of adult education to align with
National Education Policy (NEP) 2020.
➢ A Central sector scheme “Inter-Operable Criminal Justice System (ICJS) Phase II” from 2022-23
to 2025-26, under the guidance of the Union Minister of Home Affairs (MHA) was approved by
Government of India (GoI).
Scheme Extension/Cost or Ratio allotment and others:➢ Continuation of Scheme of Assistance to National Sports Federations (NSFs) with an outlay of
Rs. 1575 crore for 15th Finance Commission Cycle (2021-22 to 2025-26) was approved by Union
Government.
➢ Ministry of Tourism included the destination of Punaura Dham in Sitamarhi in the Ramayana
Circuit of Swadesh Darshan Scheme & This Dham has been included under the PRASHAD Scheme
(Pilgrimage Rejuvenation And Spiritual, Heritage Augmentation Drive) of the Ministry of Tourism.
➢ Pradhan Mantri Kisan SAMPADA Yojana (PMKSY), a flagship scheme of the Ministry of Food
Processing Industries (MoFPI) has been extended for a period of 2021-2022 to 2025-2026 (till March
2026).
➢ Continuation of the Modernisation of Police Forces (MPF) scheme for 5 years from 2021-22 to
2025-26 with the financial outlay of Rs 26,275 crores was approved by Government of India (GoI).
➢ Continuation of Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA) scheme till 31st March 2026 with
an expenditure of 12,929.16 crore rupees was approved to support around 1,600 projects
➢ Government has successfully entered into the 7th year of implementing Pradhan Mantri Fasal
Bima Yojana (PMFBY), since its launch on 18th February 2016 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at
Sehore, Madhya Pradesh (MP).
➢ 21st February 2022 marked the 6th anniversary of the launch of the Shyama Prasad Mukherji
Rurban Mission (SPMRM), undertaken by the Ministry of Rural Development.
➢ 24th February 2022, marks the 3rd anniversary of Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PMKISAN) Scheme and It was launched on 24th February in 2019 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at
Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh.
➢ Continuation of Immigration Visa Foreigners Registration Tracking (IVFRT) Scheme till March
31, 2026 with a period of five years which starts from April 1,2021 with its financial outlay is Rs
1,364.88 crore was approved.
➢ Continuation of the Central Sector Umbrella Scheme of ‘Border Infrastructure and
Management (BIM)’ over the 15th Finance Commission Cycle from 2021-22 to 2025-26, at a cost of
Rs 13,020 crore was approved.
➢ Continuation of the Central Sector National Means-cum-Merit Scholarship (NMMSS) over the
15th Finance Commission cycle for 5 years (2021-22 to 2025-26), intending to provide scholarships
to 14.76 lakh students with financial outlay of Rs. 1827.00 crore was approved.
JANUARY 2022
Launches: ---Scheme Extension/Cost or Ratio allotment and others:➢ Unnat Jyoti by Affordable LEDs for All (UJALA), world’s largest zero subsidy domestic lighting
programme completed the 7 years of implementation under the Ministry of Power.
➢ Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) has notified a drone certification scheme (DCS) to ensure
minimum safety and quality requirements for boosting indigenous manufacturing of drones.
STATE GOVERNMENT SCHEMES
NOVEMBER 2022
➢ Chief Minister (CM) of Madhya Pradesh (MP) Shivraj Singh Chouhan launched the flagship scheme
of Madhya Pradesh, ‘Ladli Laxmi 2.0‘, to encourage girls to pursue higher education and make them
independent.
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➢ Kerala launched ‘Technology Transfer Scheme’, a scheme to reimburse the expense incurred by the
new startup ventures in procuring technology licences from government research institutions for
commercialising their products.
OCTOBER 2022
➢ Andhra Pradesh (AP) Chief Minister (CM) Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy launched ‘YSR Kalyanamasthu’
and ‘YSR Shadi Tofa’ marriage schemes along with its website that would be effective from 1st October
2022.
➢ Chhattisgarh Chief Minister (CM) Bhupesh Baghel launched Mahatma Gandhi Rural Industrial
Parks (MGRIP) scheme to develop ‘gauthans’ (cow shelters in villages) as ‘rural industrial parks’.
➢ Chief Minister (CM) of Gujarat, Bhupendra Patel announced the ‘Aatmanirbhar Gujarat Schemes
2022’ for Assistance to Industries at Gandhinagar, Gujarat with an aim to strengthen the manufacturing
sector in the state.
➢ Himachal Pradesh government launched a new scheme under the state sector called ‘HIMCAD’ to
bridge the gap between irrigation potential generated and irrigation potential utilized.
➢ Nagaland Chief Minister (CM) Neiphiu Rio launched the first of its kind universal health insurance
scheme, named the Chief Minister’s Health Insurance Scheme (CMHIS) at Kohima, Nagaland.
➢ Basavaraj Bommai, Chief Minister (CM) of Karnataka, announced that the ‘ Upper Bhadra lift
irrigation scheme’ will become Karnataka’s 1st National project.
➢ “SAMRIDDHI 2022-23“, One-Time Property Tax Amnesty Scheme, a people-friendly initiative of the
Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), has been introduced by Vinai Kumar Saxena, Lieutenant
Governor (L-G) of Delhi.
SEPTEMBER 2022
➢ Ashok Gehlot, Chief Minister (CM) of Rajasthan, launched the “Indira Gandhi Urban Employment
Scheme” in Jaipur, Rajasthan, to give 100 days of employment per year to families in urban areas.
➢ Bhupesh Baghel, the Chief Minister (CM) of Chhattisgarh is set to launch a new scheme ‘Mukhyamantri
Govansh Mobile Chikitsa Yojana’ aiming to deploy Mobile Veterinary Units (MVU) to provide better
health care facilities to cattle.
➢ Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel announces ‘Hamar Beti-Hamar Maan’ (Our Daughter Our Pride)
campaign for women’s safety and their empowerment in society.
➢ Meghalaya Chief Minister (CM) Conrad K Sangma launched the ambitious flagship programme for the
welfare of farmers, ‘Rural Backyard Piggery Scheme’ under National Livestock Mission (NLM) at
Byrnihat in Ri-Bhoi district, Meghalaya.
AUGUST 2022
➢ Chief Minister(CM) of Karnataka, Basavaraj Bommai announced the decision taken to extend the
‘Vidyanidhi’ scheme to the agricultural labourers’ children in Ranebennur, Haveri, Karnataka.
➢ Chief Minister (CM) of Sikkim, Prem Singh Tamang (Golay) announced a series of women’s welfare
schemes - Sikkim Aama Sashaktikaran Yojana (SASY), Chief Ministers Vatsalya Scheme and Mukhya
Mantri Swasthya Suvidha Yojana.
➢ Haryana Government introduced the “Chief Minister Equal Education Relief, Assistance and Grant
(Cheerag)” scheme.
➢ Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) government launched the Village Defence Guards scheme(VDGS) 2022
➢ Karnataka Chief Minister (CM) Basavaraj Bommai launched new schemes on sanitation, nutrition and
schemes for well-being of farmers, labourers and soldiers; ‘Raitha Vidya Nidhi’ for farmers’children.
➢ Uttarakhand’s Chief Minister (CM) Pushkar Singh Dhami launched ‘CM Udyman Khiladi Unnayan
Yojana’.
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➢ Uttar Pradesh (UP) Government is set to launch the Panchamrut Yojana, with the goal of doubling
farmers’ income through the implementation of cost-effective technical measures and the promotion of
co-cropping methods.
JULY 2022
➢ Assam Chief Minister (CM) Himanta Biswas Sarma launched Swanirbhar Naari, a scheme to empower
and financially support the indigenous weavers of Assam and their families.
➢ Delhi government launched the ’Mission Kushal Karmi’, a 15-day programme to provide skill
development training for construction workers registered with the Delhi Building and Other
Construction Workers Welfare Board.
➢ Himachal Pradesh (HP)’s Chief Minister (CM) Jai Ram Thakur launched ‘Naari Ko Naman’
scheme to provide 50 % concession on fares in Himachal Road Transport Corporation (HRTC) buses to
women commuters within the state boundaries.
➢ Kerala government launched the medical insurance scheme, Medical Insurance Scheme for State
Employees and Pensioners (MEDISEP) to all serving employees of the State Government.
➢ Karnataka Chief Minister (CM) Basavaraj Bommai launched Swami Vivekananda Yuva Shakti Scheme,
extended Vidyanidhi scholarship programme & Amruth scheme.
➢ Sikkim and West Bengal signed a new Reciprocal Transport Agreement to boost the tourism industry
after 15 years (2007).
➢ Tripura Government established a new scheme, “Earn with Learn”, to re-enroll students who had
dropped out of school following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.
➢ Uttar Pradesh (UP) Chief Minister (CM) Yogi Adityanath launched ‘Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya
State Employees Cashless Medical Scheme’, for providing cashless medical facilities to state
government employees, pensioners and their dependents.
JUNE 2022
➢ Andhra Pradesh (AP) Chief Minister (CM) YS Jagan Mohan Reddy launched YSR Yantra Seva
Scheme and flagged off the distribution of tractors and combine harvesters at Chuttugunta Centre in
Guntur, Andhra Pradesh.
➢ Assam cabinet approved the formation of a Joint Venture (JV) Assam Rail Infrastructure
Development Corporation Limited (ARIDCL) between the Assam government and the railway
ministry to increase the railway connectivity in Assam.
➢ BSE Limited collaborated with the Maharashtra Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture
(MACCIA) to promote and create awareness in Maharashtra on the benefits of Small and Medium
Enterprises (SME) listing.
➢ Government of Tamil Nadu (TN) launched a skilling Programme called “Nalaya Thiran”
(Tomorrow’s ability) under the “Naan Mudhalvan” (I am the first), the umbrella programme of Chief
Minister (CM) MK Stalin.
➢ Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) Lieutenant Governor (LG) Manoj Sinha launched a people centric
‘Accidental insurance scheme’ under which J&K bank will extend free group personal insurance cover
of Rs 15 lakh for all government employees.
➢ Karnataka government launched ‘Kashi Yatra’ with a project outlay of Rs. 7 crore and provides Rs
5,000 cash assistance to each of the 30,000 pilgrims.
➢ Punjab Finance Minister (FM) Harpal Singh Cheema presented Rs 1,55,859.78-crore budget in
the Punjab Vidhan Sabha, a growth of 14.2% from the previous fiscal. clickhere
➢ Tamil Nadu (TN) Chief Minister (CM) Muthuvel Karunanidhi Stalin (MK Stalin) launched the
‘Ennum Ezhuthum scheme’ to bridge the learning gap occurred due to COVID-19 pandemic among
students aged below 8.
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MAY 2022
➢ Chief Minister (CM) of Chhattisgarh Bhupesh Baghel launched ‘Mukhyamantri Mitaan Yojana’
(Mitaan stands for friend) to avail around 100 public services at their doorstep with the pilot
implementation of in 14 municipal corporations.
➢ Haryana Agriculture Minister, Jai Parkash Dalal launched the ‘Chaara – Bijaee Yojana’, a scheme
to provide financial assistance of Rs 10,000 per acre (Upto 10 acres) to farmers cultivating and
supplying fodder to Gaushalas (Cowsheds).
➢ Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Muthuvel Karunanidhi Stalin(M.K.Stalin) announced five new
development schemes including all Government primary school students from 1st to 5th standards will
be provided nutritious breakfast on all working days & It became the first state to do so with this
implementation.
➢ Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu M.K. Stalin launched the “Kalaignarin All Village Integrated Agriculture
Development Programme” in the districts of Krishnagiri, Dharmapuri and Erode.
APRIL 2022
➢ Madhya Pradesh (MP) Chief Minister, Shivraj Singh Chouhan launched ‘Mukhyamantri Udyam Kranti
Yojana’ at Kushabhau Thakre International Convention Center to give loan up to Rs 50 Lakhs with
subsidized interest rate for self-employment.
➢ Uttarakhand Government is set to implement the ‘Him Prahari’ Scheme which is meant for exservicemen and youngsters to stop the migration of people from Uttarakhand.
MARCH 2022
➢ Chief Minister (CM) of Chhattisgarh Bhupesh Baghel launched the ‘Kaushalya Matritva Yojana’ by
handing cheques of Rs 5,000 each to five women beneficiaries for the safe motherhood practices.
➢ Chief Minister of Sikkim, Prem Singh Tamang has announced that will implement ‘Aama Yojna’, a
scheme for helping non-working mothers & ‘Bahini Scheme’ benefitting girl students of the state.
➢ Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. K. Stalin launched a skill development scheme for the students named
“Naan Muthalvan- Ulagai Vellum Ilaiya Tamilagam” to improve the educational skills, knowledge,
talent, and efficiency of 10 lakh young people annually.
➢ Tripura announced a special scheme ‘Mukhyamantri Chaa Srami Kalyan Prakalpa’, allotting Rs. 85
crores for its implementation to bring the 7000 tea garden workers of Tripura under social security
net.
FEBRUARY 2022
➢ “Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Bhumiheen Krishi Mazdoor Nyay Yojana”, financial assistance scheme of
the Chhattisgarh government for landless labourers of rural areas of Chhattisgarh was launched.
➢ West Bengal government launched ‘Paray Shikshalaya’ (Neighbourhood Schools), an open-air
classroom programme for students from classes 1 to 7.
➢ Kerala Startup Mission (KSUM) collaborated with Google to launch Google for Startups
Accelerator, India to attach native startups with the worldwide startups and to leverage Google’s
programme.
JANUARY 2022
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LAUNCHES/INAUGURATIONS
NOVEMBER 2022
➢ PM Narendra Modi lays Foundation Stone of C-295 transport Aircraft Manufacturing Facility in
Vadodara, Gujarat.
• PM dedicates Maze Garden and Miyawaki Forest in Ekta Nagar, Gujarat.
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➢ Highlights of PM Narendra Modi visit to Gujarat & Rajasthan.
• PM addressed the Officer Trainees at Culmination of Aarambh 4.0.
• Visit to Rajasthan: Mangarh Dham declared as National Monument.
➢ Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) launched its new AI (Artificial Intelligence)/ML
(Machine Learning) based Chatbot, Aadhaar Mitra for better resident experience.
➢ Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi virtually inaugurated the “Invest Karnataka 2022”, the Global
Investors Meet 2022(GIM 2022) of Karnataka, held in Bangalore Palace, Bengaluru, Karnataka. Clickhere
➢ Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi revealed the logo, theme, and website for India’s G20
presidency. Clickhere
OCTOBER 2022
➢ PM Narendra Modi laid foundation stone of World’s 1st CNG Terminal & Other Projects and
inaugurated regional science centre in Bhavnagar, Gujarat. Clickhere
➢ PM laid foundation stone and dedicates various development projects to the nation worth over Rs
7200cr in Ambaji, Gujarat.Clickhere
➢ Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) launched a multi-phase ‘Operation Garuda against illicit drug
trafficking network.
➢ Prime Minister, Narendra Modi inaugurated the 6th edition of the India Mobile Congress (IMC) 2022.
• PM launched the 5G Non-Standalone (NSA) Core designed and developed by the Centre for
Development of Telematics (C-DOT).
• Bharti Airtel becomes the first Company to launch 5G Services in India.
➢ Prime Minister (PM) of India Narendra Modi visited Himachal Pradesh (HP) and launched multiple
projects worth over Rs 3650 crores in Luhnu, Bilaspur, HP.
➢ President of India Droupadi Murmu’s Visit to Gujarat – October 3 – 4, 2022
• Inaugurated and laid the groundwork for a number of projects totaling Rs. 1,330 crore at the
GMERS (Gujarat Medical Education & Research Society) campus in Gandhinagar.
• Launches ‘HERSTART’ – A Start-Up Platform of Gujarat University for Women Entrepreneurs.
➢ Thawar Chand Gehlot, Governor of Karnataka, virtually launched the Tele Mental Health
Assistance and Networking Across States (Tele-MANAS) initiative.
➢ Overview of PM Narendra Modi visit to Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh
• PM visit to Mehsana: Modhera village declared as India’s first 24×7 solar-powered village
• PM inaugurated the Phase 1 of Modi Shaikshanik Sankul, an educational complex.clickhere
➢ Overview of the Visit of PM Narendra Modi to Una & Chamba in Himachal Pradesh – October 13,
2022
• PM Narendra Modi Laid Foundation Stone for Bulk Drug Park in Una, HP
• PM Narendra Modi Laid Foundation Stone of Two Hydropower Projects in Chamba, HP.
Clickhere
➢ Prime Minister (PM) of India Narendra Modi inaugurated PM Kisan Samman Sammelan 2022.
• Release of 12th instalment amount of Rs. 16,000 crores under PM-KISAN through DBT
• inaugurated 600 Pradan Mantri Kisan Samruddhi Kendras (PM-KSK) under the Ministry of
Chemicals & Fertilizers (MoC&F).
➢ Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Visit to Gujarat – October 19-20, 2022
• PM Inaugurates DefExpo22 at Mahatma Mandir Convention & Exhibition Centre in Gandhinagar,
Gujarat
• PM Launches Mission Schools of Excellence at Trimandir, Adalaj, Gujarat
• PM Lays Foundation Stone of Various Development Projects Worth Around Rs 3580 Crore in
Junagadh, Gujarat
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PM Lays Foundation Stone & Dedicates to The Nation Projects Worth Around Rs. 5860 Crores in
Rajkot, Gujarat
• PM Launches Mission LiFE at Statue of Unity in Ekta Nagar, Kevadia, Gujarat.Clickhere
➢ Prime Minister (PM) of India Narendra Modi & United Nations Secretary General (UNSG) Antonio
Guterres made the global launch of Mission LiFE (Lifestyle For Environment) for sustainable and
healthy lifestyle at the Statue of Unity, Ekta Nagar, Kevadia, Gujarat.
➢ Prime Minister (PM) of India Narendra Modi launched the first phase of ‘Rozgar Mela’ through
video conferencing in 50 centers across India.
SEPTEMBER 2022
➢ Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) in collaboration with Cyber Security Agency
of Singapore (CSA) designed and conducted the Cyber Security Exercise, ‘Synergy’ for 13 countries.
➢ Prime Minister (PM) of India Narendra Modi unveiled the new Naval Ensign “Nishaan” showcasing
Indian maritime heritage, dedicated the new ensign to Chhatrapati Shivaji.
➢ Prime Minister (PM) of India Narendra Modi inaugurated ‘Kartavya Path’, a redeveloped two
kilometre stretch from India Gate to Rashtrapati Bhavan through Vijay Chowk in New Delhi (Delhi).
➢ President of India, Droupadi Murmu launched the Pradhan Mantri TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan to
reinvigorate the mission of Tuberculosis (TB) elimination from the country by 2025.
➢ Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology’s (MeitYs) startup hub (MSH) and Meta
partnered to launch ‘XR Startup Program’ to support the growth of extended reality (XR) technologybased startups across India.
➢ Prime Minister Narendra Modi reintroduced wild Cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) in Kuno National
Park, Madhya Pradesh, as part of “Project Cheetah”, the world’s first inter-continental large wild
carnivore translocation project.
➢ Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) Secretary, Manoj Joshi, launched the Swachh
Toycathon under the Swachh Amrit Mahotsav on MyGov portal.
AUGUST 2022
➢ PM Narendra Modi Visit to Gujarat and Tamil Nadu – On July 28-29, 2022
• PM Narendra Modi inaugurates & lays foundation stone of Multiple Projects of Sabar Dairy in
Sabarkantha, Gujarat
• PM Modi Launches India’s First International Bullion Exchange in Gandhinagar, Gujarat
• PM Narendra Modi inaugurated the 44th Chess Olympiad 2022 at the Jawaharlal Nehru (JLN)
Indoor Stadium in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, (TN).
➢ Union Home & Cooperation Minister Amit Shah Launches Education and Skill Development
Initiatives to Commemorate the Two-Year Anniversary of NEP 2020
• Establishment of IKS-MIC program for technology demonstration
• Launch of Kalashala initiative in 750 schools to promote and support local arts
• NDEAR Compliant Vidya Sameeksha Kendra (VSK). Clickhere
➢ Prime Minister Narendra Modi participated in the Grand Finale of ‘Ujjwal Bharat Ujjwal BhavishyaPower @2047’
• PM dedicates and lays Foundation Stone of Green Energy Projects of NTPC worth over Rs 5200cr.
• PM addresses inaugural session of First All India District Legal Services Authorities Meet.
• PM also launched the National Portal for Rooftop solar (https://solarrooftop.gov.in/) at Kandukur
village. Clickhere
➢ Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi inaugurated and laid the foundation stone for various projects of
the Shrimad Rajchandra Mission, Dharampur, in Valsad district, Gujarat.
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➢ Union Minister of Power and New & Renewable Energy, R. K. Singh launched the 10th Integrated Rating
of Power Distribution Utilities, 1st Consumer Service Rating of DISCOMs (CSRD) for the FY 2020-21 and
Bharat eSmart Mobile Application (BeSMA).
➢ Union Minister Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia, Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) virtually flagged off
the first flight of Akasa Air between Mumbai (Maharashtra)-Ahmedabad (Gujarat) route.
➢ Union Minister Amit Shah, Ministry of Cooperation, e-launched the onboarding of cooperatives on the
Government e-Marketplace (GeM) portal in New Delhi, Delhi.
➢ Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi, dedicated the 2nd generation (2G) Ethanol Plant in Panipat
Refinery, Panipat, Haryana to the nation.
➢ India Meteorological Department (IMD), Japan by providing financial assistance of USD 5.16 million,
& the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) launched a new initiative to accelerate climate
action in 10 states and Union Territories (UT) across India.
➢ Union Minister of State (MoS) for Health and Family Welfare, Bharati Pravin Pawar virtually
launched the Early Childhood Development Conclave, Paalan 1000 National Campaign and Parenting
App in Mumbai, Maharashtra.
➢ Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat launched the Jalaj initiative at 26 sites along rivers Ganga,
Yamuna, Gomati, Hooghly and Chambal in six states.
➢ Union Minister Parshottam Rupala unveiled the online marketplace feature “Aqua Bazar” in the
“MatsyaSetu” mobile app developed by ICAR-Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture (ICAR-CIFA),
Bhubaneswar (Odisha).
➢ Union Home Minister, Amit Shah inaugurated the National Automated Fingerprint Identification
System (NAFIS) developed by National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB).
➢ National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC), in collaboration with Seva Bharti and Yuva Vikas
Society, has launched the Phase – 2 of the Grameen Udyami Project.
➢ Ministry of Culture (MoC) launched the ‘Badhe Chalo’ movement under Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav to
create a youth-centric activation for greater outreach of Amrit Mahotsav.
➢ Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi dedicated the Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital & Research Centre
to the nation at Mohali, Punjab and inaugurated Amrita Hospital, largest private hospital in Delhi-NCR
and India, in Faridabad, Haryana
➢ Prime Minister (PM) of India Narendra Modi was on a two-day visit to Gujarat on August 27-28,
2022.
• Inaugurated the new office building of the Gujarat Rajya Khadi Gramodyog Board and a foot
over/Pedestrians-And-Cyclists-Only bridge namely ‘Atal Bridge’
• Inaugurated Kachchh Branch Canal of Sardar Sarovar Project. clickhere
➢ Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Ministry of Finance (MoF) attended the two-day Millet
Conclave 2022 on the theme of “Making Many Millet Magnets-Making Many Millet Entrepreneurs”, a
funding of Rs. 25 crore by NABARD to University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS), Raichur.
JULY 2022
➢ PM Modi inaugurated Digital India Week 2022 in Gandhinagar, Gujarat and launched the initiatives.
• ‘Digital India Bhashini’: Bhasha Daan; ‘Digital India GENESIS’; ‘MyScheme’, Service Discovery
Platform; and ‘Indiastack.global’ – a global repository of key projects.
➢ Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi unveiled a 30-feet bronze statue of revolutionary freedom
fighter Alluri Sitarama Raju to celebrate the 125th birth anniversary of Alluri Sitarama Raju.
➢ Highlights of PM Narendra Modi visit to Varanasi on July 7, 2022
• He inaugurated and laid foundation stones of projects worth Rs 1800 crores.
• Saw the adoption of the Varanasi Declaration on Higher Education. Clickhere
➢ Highlights of PM Modi’s visit to Jharkhand, Bihar on 12th July 2022
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Rs 16,800 crores in the Deoghar district of Jharkhand.
• Addressed the closing ceremony of the Centenary (100 years) celebrations of the Bihar
Legislative Assembly (Bihar Vidhan Sabha) held in Patna, Bihar. Clickhere
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi inaugurated a new Census Data Workstation at the
Economics Lab in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at IIT Delhi.
• Deadline for freezing administrative boundaries extended and Census 2022 pushed to 2023-24.
Department of Consumer Affairs (DoCA) launched ‘Jagriti’ a mascot for empowering consumers and
generating awareness for their rights.
Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi inaugurated the 296 km long Bundelkhand Expressway at
Kaitheri village in Orai tehsil of Jalaun, Uttar Pradesh (UP).
Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi unveiled ‘SPRINT Challenges’ named ‘Swavlamban’ (selfreliance) in New Delhi, Delhi.
Union Minister of Science and Technology (S&T), Jitendra Singh inaugurated ISRO System for
Safe and Sustainable Space Operation (IS4OM) at Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) control
centre, Bengaluru, Karnataka.
Union Minister Rajnath Singh, Ministry of Defence (MoD) launched 75 newly-developed defence
products powered by Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies at the first-ever “Artificial Intelligence in
Defence” (AIDef) Symposium and Exhibition 2022.
Government of India (GoI) launched a “Jute Mark India logo” which will act as a certification of
authenticity for jute products manufactured in India.
The President of COP 26 (Conference of the Parties), Alok Sharma launched two significant UK
(United Kingdom)-NITI Aayog collaborative initiatives
• E-AMRIT (Accelerated e-Mobility Revolution for India’s Transportation) mobile application to raise
awareness on electric mobility.
• Report on Advanced Chemistry Cell Battery Reuse and Recycling Market in India.
Union Minister Parshottam Rupala, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying(FAHD)
launched NDDB MRIDA Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary company of the National Dairy
Development Board (NDDB) for Manure Management.
The Eleventh Agricultural Census (2021–2022) has been launched by Union Minister Narendra
Singh Tomar, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare (MoAFW) to collect data on a variety of
parameters, including operating holdings.
JUNE 2022
➢ Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi inaugurated India’s biggest Drone Festival, Bharat Drone
Mahotsav 2022, at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi, Delhi.
• For the first time, India Post delivered mail using a drone in Gujarat.
• L&T Partners with NewSpace Research & Technologies to develop submarine launched
UAVs.Clickhere
➢ A 3-year long Pan-India Rooftop Solar Awareness Campaign titled ‘Ghar Ke Upar Solar Is Super’
by the National Solar Energy Federation of India (NSEFI) is launched by the Minister of State (MoS)
Bhagwant Khuba, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) at Bidar, Karnataka.
➢ Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi launched ‘Lifestyle for the Environment (LiFE) Movement’
via video conferencing and it was ideated by him at 26th United Nations Climate Change (UNCC)
Conference of the Parties (COP26) 2021.
➢ Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of various
development projects worth Rs 3,050 crores during the ‘Gujarat Gaurav Abhiyan’ at Khudvel, a tribal
region in Navsari district of Gujarat.
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➢ PM Narendra Modi inaugurated the headquarters of the Indian National Space Promotion and
Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACe) at Bopal in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
➢ PM Narendra Modi inaugurated iconic week celebrations of Ministry of Finance and Ministry of
Corporate Affairs (MCA) from June 6-12, 2022
• Launched a special series of coins of Re 1, Rs 2, 5, 10 and 20 denominations and will be part
of circulation.
• Launched a special window facility for senior citizens above 75 years seeking refund from
the Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority (IEPFA)
• Launched the Single Nodal Agency (SNA) Dashboard of Public Financial Management System
(PFMS) to ensure effective utilization of technology in public finance. Clickhere
➢ Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi inaugurated the underground ‘Gallery of Revolutionaries’
museum at Maharashtra’s Raj Bhavan in Mumbai, Maharashtra.
➢ Prime Minister (PM) of India Narendra Modi visited Gujarat to inaugurate the redeveloped temple
of Shree Kalika Mata at Pavagadh Hill and participate in Gujarat Gaurav Abhiyan Program at Vadodara,
where he inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of projects worth over Rs 21,000 crore.
• PM launched ‘Mukhyamantri Matrushakti Yojana‘, with an outlay of Rs 800 crores. Clickhere
➢ Union Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri launched project NIPUN (National
Initiative for Promoting Upskilling of Nirman workers) for Skill Training of Construction Workers.
➢ Prime Minister (PM) of India, Narendra Modi was on a two-day visit to Bengaluru, Karnataka to lay
the foundation stone of multiple rail and road infrastructure projects worth over Rs 28000 crore.
• He inaugurated the Centre for Brain Research (CBR) in Indian Institute of Science (IISc)
Bengaluru.
➢ Prime Minister (PM) of India Narendra Modi inaugurated the new premises of the Ministry of
Commerce and Industry (MoCI) namely ‘Vanijya Bhawan’, and launched a new portal NIRYAT (National
Import-Export Record for Yearly Analysis of Trade) in New Delhi, Delhi.
➢ Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, Ministry of Railways launched e-auction for commercial earning,
and Non-Fare Revenue (NFR) contracts through Indian Railway e-Procurement System (IREPS).
➢ Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM)-Urban 2.0, under the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA),
launched the Revised Swachh Certification Protocols for ODF (Open Defecation Free), ODF+, ODF++,
and Water+ certifications.
➢ Meta (Formerly known as Facebook) collaborated with the Ministry of Tribal Affairs to launch the
2nd phase of Going Online As Leaders (GOAL) 2.0 programme.
MAY 2022
➢ Union Minister Piyush Goyal, Ministry of Commerce & Industry (MoCI), and Abdulla Bin Touq Al
Marri, Minister of Economy, United Arab Emirates (UAE) launched ‘India-UAE Start-Up Bridge’ at IndiaUAE Economic Partnership Summit 2022 in Mumbai, Maharashtra.
➢ Manoj Joshi, Secretary, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA), launched the “National
Behaviour Change Communication Framework for Garbage Free Cities,” a Swachh Bharat MissionUrban 2.0 (SBM-U 2.0) initiative under the aegis of MoHUA.
➢ Government rolled out a pilot project, Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC), e-commerce
platform that aims to empower mom-and-pop shops and kirana stores in cities such as Delhi,
Bengaluru, Bhopal, Coimbatore and Shillong.
➢ Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi addressed the opening ceremony of Sri Sathya Sai Sanjeevani
Hospital, a children’s heart hospital in Suva, Fiji, a one-of-its-kind hospital in the entire South Pacific
region
➢ Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan launched a “mandate document” for National
Curriculum Framework (NCF) under the new National Education Policy (NEP), Bengaluru, Karnataka.
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➢ Union Minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Narayan Rane, inaugurated the
“Enterprise India” under Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav from April, 2022 to May, 2022.
➢ Pashupati Kumar Paras, Union Minister, Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MOFPI)
launched the 3 One District One Product (ODOP) brands under the Pradhan Mantri Formalisation of
Micro food processing Enterprises (PMFME) Scheme.
➢ Prime Minister(PM) Narendra Modi launched the “Madhya Pradesh Startup Policy” during the
Madhya Pradesh Startup Conclave held at Indore, Madhya Pradesh(MP).
➢ Lok Sabha (LS) Speaker Om Birla launched the second phase of “Suposhit Maa Abhiyan” in Kota,
Rajasthan.
➢ Prime Minister (PM) of India, Narendra Modi dedicated to the nation and laid the foundation stone
of 11 projects worth over Rs 31,500 crore in Chennai, Tamil Nadu (TN).Clickhere
➢ Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) launched the 8th edition of Swachh Survekshan
2023 (SS 2023) under Swachh Bharat Mission Urban 2.0 (SBMU 2.0) with the theme of “Waste to
Wealth” for garbage free cities.
➢ Shri Hardeep Singh Puri, Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs as well as Petroleum and Natural
Gas, launched the BHARAT TAP initiative at the ‘Plumbex India’ exhibition at New Delhi.
APRIL 2022
➢ Jitendra Singh, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology, launched “Mission
Integrated Bio-refineries” a major futuristic Public Private Participation (PPP) model initiative for
‘Clean Energy’.
➢ Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav launched ‘Prakriti’ (literal meaning ‘Nature’) – an
Awareness Mascot & Green Initiatives on Plastic.
➢ Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying (DAHD) in collaboration with the Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation (BMGF) & the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) as implementation partner launched
the One Health Pilot project in Dehradun, Uttarakhand to implement the One Health Framework by
One Health Support Unit.
➢ National Health Authority (NHA) launched a new version of the Health Benefit Package (HBP),
2022, under the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY), by adding 365 new
procedures and making the total of about 1,949 procedures.
➢ National Health Authority launched the Unified Health Interface (UHI) under the Ayushman
Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM).
➢ Secretary Manoj Joshi, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) launched ‘SVANidhi se
Samriddhi’ program in additional 126 cities across 14 States/ UTs (Union Territories).
➢ Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi inaugurated the Pradhanmantri Sangrahalaya, or Prime
Ministers’ Museum, in New Delhi (Delhi), to honour the efforts of all 14 Indian Prime Ministers since
independence.
➢ Union Minister Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia, Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA), and the Chief
Minister (CM) of Arunachal Pradesh Pema Khandu flagged off the first flight of indigenous 19-seater
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL)-manufactured Dornier Do-228 Aircraft.
➢ Union Minister of Defence, Rajnath Singh inaugurated DefConnect 2.0, a celebration of the growth of
the Indian defence start-up ecosystem, in New Delhi (Delhi).
• launched ‘Innovations for Defence Excellence (iDEX) Prime’ and the 6th Defence India Start-up
Challenge (DISC 6) with 38 Problem Statements.
➢ Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) launched a platform called the Trilateral Development
Cooperation (TDC) Fund to bring together private and public sectors with state support for large-scale
investments in the Indo-Pacific region.
➢ Digital India RISC-V Microprocessor (DIR-V) Program was launched by Rajeev Chandrasekhar,
Minister of State, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) in New Delhi, Delhi.
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➢ Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi inaugurated the 7th Edition of Raisina Dialogue 2022.
• A book titled “The First Responders: Women Who Led India Through The Pandemic” was
launched.
MARCH 2022
➢ Government of India (GoI) launched ‘Operation Ganga’ to evacuate Indian citizens from Ukraine,
due to Ukraine’s war against Russia and planned to help nearly 15,000 Indians to reach India with the
help of Air India flights.
➢ Doorstep Crop Insurance Distribution Drive ‘Meri Policy, Mere Hath’ under Pradhan Mantri
Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) to deliver crop insurance policies to farmers was launched by Union
agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar in Sanwer tehsil of Indore district, Madhya Pradesh.
➢ 7th consecutive edition of Swachh Survekshan (SS) 2022, the world’s largest urban cleanliness
survey launched by Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) and it focus on the theme of
Azadi@75 spirit.
➢ Ministry of Women and Child Development (MoWCD) launched the ‘Stree Manoraksha Project’ in
collaboration with National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS) with an aim to
improve the mental health of women in India.
• An insurance cover of Rs 5 lakh was announced for the workers of One Stop Centres (OSC),
established in 2015 under Nirbhaya fund to provide mental, legal and medical aid to distressed
women.
➢ India and International Telecommunication Union (ITU) signed a host country agreement for the
establishment of an Area Office & Innovation Centre of ITU in New Delhi, Delhi.
➢ Prime Minister (PM) of India Narendra Modi visited Pune, Maharashtra for the inauguration of the
following developmental projects Click here
➢ ‘Donate-a-Pension’ programme under Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maan-Dhan Yojana (PM-SYM)
was launched by Union Minister Bhupender Yadav, Ministry of Labour & Employment (MoL&E) for
people to contribute to the pension fund to their support staff.
➢ National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog’s, Atal Innovation Mission (AIM)
partnered with Snap Inc. to drive Augmented Reality (AR) skilling among the Indian youth along with
the launch of a nationwide Lensathon (AR making hackathon).
➢ Government has set up a society, the Power Foundation, that is registered under the Societies Act,
under the Power Ministry that will act as the top policy advocacy arm for the power and allied
sectors.
➢ Sarbananda Sonowal, Union Minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways received the self-propelled
vessel MV Lal Bahadur Shastri (carrying a total of 200 MT of food grains), that completed the
maiden pilot run from Patna to Pandu via Bangladesh in Guwahati, Assam.
➢ Government of India (GoI) introduced 18 major platforms led by industry for design and
development in the defence sector.
➢ Detailed Project Reports (DPRs) on Rejuvenation of 13 Major Rivers through Forestry
Interventions was launched with an outlay of Rs. 19,342.62 crore by Government.
➢ India’s urban unemployment rate jumped to 12.6% in April-June quarter of 2021, when
compared to 9.3% in the January-March 2021,as per the latest Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS)
released by the National Statistical Office (NSO).
➢ Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla addressed the valedictory function of the 3rd edition of National Youth
Parliament Festival(NYPF) –2 Central Government announced that the National Logistics Portal
(NLP)022 at the Central Hall of Parliament, New Delhi, Delhi.
➢ Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare virtually launched the
BRICS Vaccine Research & Development (R&D) Center and Workshop on Vaccine
Cooperation in New Delhi, Delhi.
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➢ Data-Driven Research to Eradicate TB- “Dare2eraD TB” by the Department of Biotechnology
(DBT), Ministry of Science & Technology(MoS&T) was launched by Jitendra Singh, Union Minister of
State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology.
➢ Central Government extended the timeline for startups to 10 years from 5 years to convert debt
investment in a company into equity shares, from the day when initial convertible note was issued.
➢ A tripartite agreement between the International Centre for Integrated Mountain
Development (ICIMOD), Surketham Dairy Cooperative Limited (SDCL), and Nepal Dairy Pvt. Ltd
(NDPL) was signed to promote yak dairy enterprise.
➢ Ministry of Ayush (MoA) signed a Host Country agreement with the World Health Organization
(WHO) to set up the Global Centre for Traditional Medicine (WHO-GCTM) in Jamnagar, Gujarat.
➢ Union Minister of Jal Shakti, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat launches Sujalam 2.0 campaign for
greywater management.
➢ Assam and Meghalaya signed a pact to resolve the protracted border dispute in six out of twelve
places along the 884.9 Kilometre border between the two states.
➢ Ram Nath Kovind, President of India launched the Jal Shakti Abhiyan: Catch the Rain (JSA: CTR)
campaign – 2022 to focus on springshed development, catchment area augmentation, and gender
mainstreaming.
FEBRUARY 2022
➢ ‘Innovations in Public Administration’ program of Capacity Building Commission (CBC) of
Mission Karmayogi to identify successful innovations in public service pioneered by civil servants
was inaugurated by Jitendra Singh, Union Minister of State of Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances
and Pensions.
➢ Powerthon-2022 was virtually launched by Union Minister, Raj Kumar Singh, Ministry of Power
(MoP) under RDSS (Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme) to find technology-based solution to solve
the complex problems in power distribution.
➢ Intensified Mission Indradhanush (IMI) 4.0 was launched by Union Health Minister Dr
Mansukh Mandaviya to protect children and pregnant women from severe diseases, which
will cover 416 districts across 33 States/ UTs
➢ Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras set up an inter disciplinary water management
and policy centre named ‘AquaMAP’ to improve India’s Water security and provide sustainable
water management practices.
➢ Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog in
collaboration with United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), India launched the Community
Innovator Fellowship (CIF)
➢ PhonePe partnered with National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog, to host the
first-ever open-to-all hackathon that aims to showcase path-breaking solutions for the fintech
ecosystem.
➢ India’s estimated foodgrains production is 316.06 million tonnes in the Second Advance
Estimates of production of major crops for the year 2021-22 released by the Ministry of Agriculture
and Farmers Welfare (MoA&FW).
➢ Rajasthan has the maximum households electrified through the ‘solar-based standalone
system’ under the Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana – ‘Saubhagya’ scheme launched by the
Centre in October 2017
➢ TransUnion CIBIL Limited partnered with the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce &
Industry (FICCI) to launch a nationwide Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME) consumer
education program to support and create awareness about credit management of MSME’s across
India
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➢ ‘Kisan Drone Yatra’, an initiative by Garuda Aerospace Pvt Ltd was inaugurated and flagged off 100
‘Kisan Drones’ in various cities and towns across India to spray pesticides in farm by Prime
Minister(PM) Narendra Modi.
➢ Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Piyush Goyal Chaired a Meeting on Revamping
Department of Commerce to Achieve $2 Trillion Export Target by 2027.
➢ Gems and Jewellery sector is expected to achieve an export target of 40 Billion dollars in 2022
was stated in Inaugural Ceremony of India International Jewellery Show Signature (IIJS) 2022.
➢ Giriraj Singh, Union Minister for Rural Development launched the Rural Connectivity GIS
(Geographic Information System) Data in Public Domain in India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, Delhi.
➢ A campaign named ‘Bhasha Certificate Selfie’ launched by Ministry of Education (MoE) to
encourage cultural diversity and promote multilingualism and promote the spirit of Ek Bharat
Shreshtha Bharat.
➢ India to set up 1st Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Dubai, UAE as a part of the India-UAE
trade deal, the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA), signed on 18th February
2022.
➢ Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) approved the development of a 400 MW solar
park by the state owned, SJVN Limited at Upper Kinnaur in Himachal Pradesh (HP).
➢ India is the 5th largest exporter of millets in the world (as per the 2020 data), as per the data
released by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MoCI).
JANUARY 2022
➢ India Semiconductor Mission (ISM) was launched by Information Technology Minister Ashwini
Vaishnaw to attract large investments for setting up semiconductor wafer fabrication facilities in
India.
➢ Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, Ministry of Education (MoE) launched NEAT (National
Educational Alliance for Technology) 3.0, a single platform to provide the best-developed ed-tech
solutions and courses to students and also AICTE (All India Council for Technical Education)
prescribed technical books in regional languages.
➢ Prime Minister (PM) of India, Narendra Damodardas Modi inaugurated & laid the foundation
stone of 22 Developmental Projects worth over Rs. 4800 crore in Imphal, Manipur and also
inaugurated New Integrated Terminal Building at Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport in Agartala, Tripura.
➢ United Nations (UN)’s World Food Programme (WFP), India partnered with The Akshaya Patra
Foundation (TAPF) to enhance the effectiveness of the Pradhan Mantri – Poshan Shakti Nirman (PM
POSHAN) scheme.
➢ A ‘Smart cities and Academia Towards Action & Research (SAAR)’ programme was launched by
Smart Cities Mission (SCM), It is is a joint initiative between the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
(MoHUA), National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) and 15 leading Indian academic institutions.
➢ Minister of State (MoS) (Independent Charge) for the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) Dr
Jitendra Singh launched the theme of National Science Day 2022(February 28) - ‘Integrated Approach
in Science and Technology (S&T) for Sustainable Future’
➢ An Artificial Intelligence (AI) driven Start-Up by Indian Institute Technology (IIT) alumni for
water purification through innovative technology with financial support from Technology
Development Board (TDB) was launched by Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science &
Technology (S&T) Jitendra Singh.
➢ Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) virtually organised the 1st-ever
‘Startup India Innovation Week’ from 10th -16th of January 2022. In this week, Indian Bank and
IIMK LIVE signed MoU to provide credit assistance to start-ups, recognized 46 startups as a winner of
National Startup Awards (NSA) 2021 and also inaugurated the ‘Fisheries Startup Grand Challenge’ by
Department of Fisheries in association with Startup India, Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
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➢ 6-day long 26th CISO Deep Dive Training program under Cyber Surakshit Bharat initiative was
organized by National e-Governance Division (NeGD) under the Ministry of Electronics and
Information Technology (MeitY).
➢ India-assisted social housing units project in Mauritius was inaugurated by Prime Minister (PM)
Narendra Modi and the PM of Mauritius Pravind Kumar Jugnauth virtually. Click here
➢ Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the new Circuit House near Somnath Temple in
Gujarat through video conferencing and also launched ‘Azadi Ke Amrit Mahotsav se Swarnim Bharat
Ki Ore’.
➢ A roadmap for the development of Online Storage Management (OSM) developed by India’s
Department of Food and Public Distribution (DoF&PD) with its principal agency, Food Corporation of
India (FCI).
➢ A 5-year roadmap and Vision Document 2.0 for the electronics sector namely ‘$300 billion
Sustainable Electronics Manufacturing & Exports by 2026’ was released by Ashwini Vaishnaw,
Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY).
➢ Indian Naval Ship (INS) Khukri, the lead ship of Khukri class corvettes and an indigenous surfaceto-surface missile fitted vessel of the Indian Navy which has been decommissioned on 23rd
December 2021, has been handed over to the Diu Administration to be developed as Museum.
➢ The guidelines of Sub-Mission on Agricultural Mechanisation (SMAM) to provide a 100 percent
grant (up to Rs 10 lakh) to Agricultural Institutes for the purchase of drones for Farming and its allied
activities amended by Union Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (MoA&FW).
➢ Central Government will convert 150 villages around Centres of Excellence (CoEs) into ‘Villages
of Excellence’ in 12 States with technical assistance from Israel government.
➢ PM Modi virtually launched Pandit Jasraj Cultural Foundation, on the birth anniversary of
legendary classical vocalist late Pandit Jasraj(28th January 2022).
CENTRAL GOVERNMENT INITIATIVE/ANNOUNCEMENT
NOVEMBER 2022
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--Others: ➢ Income Tax Department (IT Department) launched HARIT (Hariyali Achievement Resolution by
Income Tax) Aaykar initiative to create Micro Forests.
➢ Vadodara, a City in Gujarat, became the second Indian city to issue a municipal bond with assistance
from the Office of Technical Assistance of the United States (US) Department of the Treasury.
➢ Airport Authority of India (AAI) issued an official Aeronautical Information Publication (AIP)
supplement announcing the change of city and airport name from Mangalore to Mangaluru with effect
from 1st December 2022.
➢ The Aibawk cluster in the Aizawl district of Mizoram become the first cluster to be completed under
the Shyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban Mission (SPMRM).
➢ India to set up a comprehensive database of drug formulations manufactured and marketed in India to
strengthen the monitoring mechanism and plug loopholes.
➢ Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) issued the notification renaming the Chandigarh International
Airport as Shaheed Bhagat Singh International Airport.
➢ Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) designated certain databases related to the Census and the National
Population Register (NPR) as critical information infrastructure (CII)
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OCTOBER 2022
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➢ Union Road Transport and Highways Minister (MoRTH) Nitin Gadkari had extended the deadline
for the mandatory implementation of 6 airbags rule for passenger cars (M1 Category) by one year to
October, 2023
Others: ➢ The Fund of Funds for Startups (FFS) launched under the Startup India initiative, has committed
Rs.7,385 crore to 88 Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs) as of September 24,2022.
➢ Ministry of Jal Shakti Celebrated Swachh Bharat Diwas – 2022.Clickhere
➢ According to latest data given by the Centre for Monitoring the Indian Economy (CMIE), India’s
Unemployment Rate (UR) decreased significantly to 6.43% in September 2022, owing to increasing
labour participation in rural and urban areas.
➢ Union Ministry of Defence Rajnath Singh approved the proposal to change the name of Faizabad
Cantonment (Cantt) to Ayodhya Cantt in Uttar Pradesh (UP).
➢ Ministry of Steel set up two advisory committees--- Integrated Steel Plants (ISPs) & Secondary Steel
sector to iron out the challenges in the steel industry to achieve the target of 300 million tonne of
production capacity by 2030.
➢ India & United States (US) launched a new Energy Storage Task Force to support large-scale
integration of Renewable Energy (RE) needed to support the clean energy transition.
➢ The Central Government has accorded infrastructure status to data centres.
➢ Prime Minister (PM) of India Narendra Modi dedicated 75 Digital Banking Units (DBUs) across
75 districts to the nation via video conferencing to ensure the benefits of digital banking reach every
corner of India.
➢ Madhya Pradesh (MP) Wildlife Board approved a new reserve for the tigers of Panna Tiger
Reserve (PTR) named ‘Durgavati Tiger Reserve’, which spans 2,339 square kilometres (sq. km) across
the districts of Narisinghpur, Damoh, and Sagar in MP.
➢ Union Minister of Education Dharmendra Pradhan released a draft of the National Credit
Framework (NCrF) for public consultation.
➢ The 14th World Spice Congress (WSC) will be held on February 16-18, 2023, at the CIDCO Exhibition
and Convention Centre in Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra.
➢ The two Indian beaches, Minicoy Thundi Beach and Kadmat Beach, both in Lakshadweep have
been accorded with the globally recognized and the coveted International eco-label ‘Blue Flag’.
➢ Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) grants the Aerodrome Licence to Mopa Airport in Goa.
➢ Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) approved the establishment of
Terai Elephant Reserve (TER) as part of ‘Project Elephant’ in Lakhimpur Kheri district of Uttar Pradesh
(UP).
➢ ‘DefExpo 2022′: 12th edition of DefExpo held in Gandhinagar, Gujarat – October 18-22, 2022 (Part-1)
• DefExpo 2022 Witnessed 451 MoUs, ToT Agreements & Product Launches During Bandhan
Ceremony
• UP Govt Signs 13 MoUs Worth Rs 564 Crore at DefExpo 2022
• PM Modi Unveils Indigenous Trainer Aircraft HTT-40 Of HAL At DefExpo 2022
• 2nd IADD: Defence Minister Launches India-Africa Security Fellowship Programme. clickhere
➢ ‘DefExpo 2022′: 12th edition of DefExpo held in Gandhinagar, Gujarat – October 18-22, 2022 (Part –
2)
• Raksha Mantri Awards for Excellence in the Defence & Aerospace Sector for 2021-22; Data
Patterns Receives RM Award
• DRDO Hands Over 16 Licensing Agreements for Transfer of 10 indigenous technologies to 13
industries
• BEL Inks MoU with MIL to Address Ammunition Needs of Domestic & Export Markets.Clickhere
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➢ Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) approved a Rs. 500 crore Electronics
Manufacturing Cluster (EMC) in Pune, Maharashtra.
Others: ➢ National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS) of India & the United Kingdom (UK) in collaboration
with BAE Systems conducted the “Cyber Security Exercise”, a virtual ransomware drill for 26 Countries.
➢ The military camp in Kibithu, Arunachal Pradesh and the 22 Km-road stretch from Walong to
Kibithu have been named in honour of General Bipin Rawat, India’s first Chief of Defence Staff (CDS).
➢ Union Minister, Parshottam Rupala, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry, and Dairying
(MoFAHD) attended the 2nd anniversary of the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY).
➢ Ministry of Coal aims to upgrade coal production to 1.23 billion tonnes (BT) by Financial Year (FY)
2024-2025.
➢ India will assume the Presidency of the Group of Twenty (G20) for a span of 1 year with effect from
December 1, 2022, to November 30, 2023.
➢ The first inter-modal digital Transports Internationaux Routiers’ or International Road Transports
(TIR)-based pilot transport along the International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC) corridor
between India and Iran was flagged off.
➢ Government of Tamil Nadu issued a Government Order (GO) to start the 17th Bird Sanctuary at
Nanjarayan tank, in Tiruppur district, Tamil Nadu.
➢ Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) with its National Agricultural Higher Education
Project (NAHEP) and Crop Science Division of ICAR organised Hackathon 3.0 “KRITAGYA”, a nationallevel hackathon‘on promoting ‘Speed Breeding for Crop Improvement’.
➢ Vitamin Angels India announced a partnership with the United Nations International Children’s
Emergency Fund (UNICEF) India for ‘Rashtriya Poshan Maah 2022’ to address under-nutrition in the
country.
➢ Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT), Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and
Pensions issued clarifications on how to recruit under the 10% reservation for Economically Weaker
Sections (EWS).
AUGUST 2022
Fund Allocations
➢ Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY)
launched the ‘Responsible AI for Youth 2022’ program created by the National E-Governance Division,
MeitY in collaboration with Intel India and with the support of the Ministry of Education (MoE).
Others: ➢ India designated 10 more wetlands under the Ramsar Convention or the Convention on Wetlands,
taking the total number of Ramsar sites in India to 64 from 54 with area coverage of 12,50,361 hectare
(ha). Clickhere
➢ On August 13, 2022, India designated 11 more wetlands under the Ramsar Convention or the
Convention on Wetlands, taking the total number of Ramsar sites in India to 75 from 64 with area
coverage of 13,26,677 hectare (ha). Clickhere
➢ Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution (CA, F&PD) introduced Common
Registration Facility” (My Ration-My Right) on a pilot basis covering 11 States/Union Territories (UTs).
➢ Central Government’s scheme of One Nation, One Ration Card (ONORC) completed 3 years of its
operation on August 9, 2019. It is implemented all over the country with Assam being the last state
(36th) to join the initiative in June 2022.
➢ DefExpo 2022, The 12th edition of India’s prestigious biennial defence exhibition on Land, Naval and
Homeland Security System, is set to be held in Gandhinagar, Gujarat.
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➢ Microsoft partnered with the Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (MSDE), &
Capacity Building Commission (CBC) to boost the functional computer literacy of nearly 2.5 million Civil
Servants of India.
➢ India has set a target to raise the share of natural gas in the energy mix to 15% in 2030 from the
current about 6.3%.
➢ Minister of State (MoS) Dr Jitendra Singh, Ministry of Science & Technology (MoST) approved
StartUp loan of Rs 1.15 crores to M/s TGP Bioplastics Private Limited, Satara (Maharashtra) for
commercializing compostable plastic which will mitigate the usage of Single Use Plastics (SUP).
➢ Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science & Technology, Jitendra Singh
announced the financial aid of Rs 3.29 crore to the Hydrogen startup from Maharashtra for indigenous
development of Hydrogen Sensing & Analysis Technology.
➢ Punjab & Haryana agreed to name the Chandigarh International Airport after freedom fighter Shaheed
Bhagat Singh for its collective contribution of both states.
➢ India set a target to completely eliminate Kala-azar, also known as Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) by the
year 2023.
➢ Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI) & the Government of India (GoI) signed the
Headquarters Agreement (HQA), granting CDRI the status of “Independent and International Legal
Entity.”
➢ Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers decided to implement the “One Nation One Fertilizer” initiative
by introducing a “Single Brand for Fertilizers and Logo” under the “Pradhan mantri Bhartiya Janurvarak
Pariyojna” (PMBJP) fertilizer subsidy scheme.
➢ Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY), the National Mission for Financial Inclusion (under the
Ministry of Finance), completed 8 years (launched on August 28, 2014).
JULY 2022
Fund Allocations
-Others: ➢ ReNew Power Limited in partnership with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) &
Self-Employed Women’s Association of India (SEWA) launched a one-of-its-kind, transformative
initiative“Project Surya” to train low-income women salt pan workers to work in the renewable
industry.
➢ The centrally sponsored Pradhan Mantri Formalisation of Micro food processing Enterprises
(PMFME) Scheme,under Aatmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan, completed two years (2020-2022).
➢ Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) introduced the Paper Import Monitoring System
(PIMS) by amending the import policy of major paper products from ‘Free’ to ‘Free subject to
compulsory registration under PIMS’.
➢ The “National Standards for Civil Service Training Institutions” (NSCSTI) were introduced at the
Capacity Building Commission (CBC) headquarters in New Delhi, Delhi. This is First Unique Model to
Standardize Civil Service Training Institutions in India.
➢ Open Network Digital Commerce (ONDC) network, led by the Government of India (GoI), expanded
its pilot to 15 new cities ahead of its plans to begin operations in August 2022.
➢ SAP Labs India & National e-Governance Division (NeGD) partnered to develop the SAP Centre for
Digital Government (SCDG), in order to enhance digital government capabilities in India.
➢ Reliance New Energy Limited, Ola Electric Mobility & Rajesh Exports signed the program
agreement under Production Linked Incentives (PLI) scheme to build a total of 50 gigawatt hours
(Gwh) Advanced Chemistry Cell (ACC) battery storage.
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JUNE 2022
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-Others: ➢ The second-year anniversary of ‘National AI Portal (https://indiaai.gov.in)’ is celebrated on May 30,
2022, where AI means Artificial Intelligence.
➢ Pharmaceuticals & Medical Devices Bureau of India (PMBI), the implementing agency of Pradhan
Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana (PMBJP), has crossed a sales turnover of Rs 100 crores in May
2022(the highest ever monthly sales record by PMBI).
➢ Ministry of Health and Family Welfare(MoHFW) has commenced the 2 months long “Har Ghar
Dastak campaign 2.0” to accelerate the pace and coverage of COVID19 vaccination.
➢ Central Government has approved 8.1% rate of interest on Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF)
deposits for 2021-22, which is down by 40 basis points from 8.5% provided in 2020-21.
➢ The ‘eSanjeevani’ (https://esanjeevani.in/) telemedicine service of Ministry of Health and Family
Welfare (MoHFW) has been integrated with its flagship scheme – Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission
(ABDM).
➢ Supreme Court of India (SC) has ordered that mining and construction of new permanent
structures within Extended Buffer Zone (ESZ) of 1-kilometre(km) radius of a national wildlife sanctuary
or national park will not be permitted.
➢ National Health Authority (NHA) under its flagship scheme of Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan
Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY) announced the release of its revamped public dashboard that provides a
transparent view about its progress.
➢ Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi, announced that India has achieved the target of 10%
ethanol blending in Petrol 5 months ahead of the original schedule of November 2022.
➢ Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari announced the target of
constructing 60 kilometres of highway per day.
➢ All ‘hyper-sensitive’ airports need to install a Perimeter Intrusion Detection Systems (PIDS) by
December 2023: Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS).
➢ A Central Government scheme of Ude Desh ka Aam Naagrik (UDAN)(launched in 2016) is
celebrating its fifth anniversary in 2022 and its implementing agency is Airports Authority of India
(AAI).
➢ Dharmendra Pradhan, Union Minister, Ministry of Education announced that set to establish “PM
Shri Schools” which are fully equipped to prepare the students for future.
➢ Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan (GKRA), a scheme for migrant workers who were affected during
COVID-19 has completed two years and was launched on 20th June in 2020 for a period of 125 days
with a resource envelope of 50,000 crore rupees.
➢ Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) celebrated 7 years of Pradhan Mantri Awas YojanaUrban (PMAY-U) (launched in 2015) to highlight the important initiatives implemented under PMAY-U
Mission.
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➢ National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) approved 11 projects with an estimated cost of approx
Rs 660 crores to develop Water Infrastructure Projects along the River Ganga.
Others: ➢ India as part of Mission SAGAR IX (Security And Growth for All in the Region) provided Critical
Medical Aid through its Indian Navy Ship (INS) Gharial to Sri Lanka.
➢ Lokpal of India is slated to start a new office at the World Trade Centre in Nauroji Nagar, New Delhi,
Delhi.
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➢ Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (DIPAM) has extended the deadline for
submission of bids for the strategic disinvestment of Ferro Scrap Nigam Limited (FSNL), a 100 %
subsidiary of MSTC Ltd., under the Ministry of Steel to June 6 2022.
➢ Government of India (GoI) aims to increase its infrastructure spending and plans to build 50
Kilometre(Km) highways every day totalling 18000 km of highways in the financial year 20222023(FY2023).
➢ India is working on to build 10 hydropower projects with the total capacity of 6.8 gigawatts (GW) in
the States of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) and Himachal Pradesh (HP) to fully utilise its share of water
under the 1960 Indus waters treaty (IWT) with Pakistan.
➢ Ministry of Culture organised an inaugural ceremony to mark the beginning of the yearlong
celebration of the 250th Birth Anniversary of Raja Ram Mohan Roy and will continue till 22nd May
2023.
➢ The Foreign Investment Facilitation Portal (FIF Portal), under the Department for Promotion of
Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce and Industry, has turned five years since its
inception by abolishing the erstwhile Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) on 24th May 2017.
➢ Mansukh Mandaviya, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare released the findings of a third
party assessment of Ayushman Bharat – Health and Wellness Centres (AB-HWC) in 18 states of India in
New Delhi, Delhi.
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-Others: ➢ India’s Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal and Australian Trade Minister
Dan Tehan signed India-Australia Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (IndAus ECTA) in a
virtual ceremony to boost the economy.
➢ Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) has the merger of four film media units – Films
Division, Directorate of Film Festivals (DFF), National Film Archive of India (NFAI), and Children’s Film
Society of India (CFSI) – with the National Film Development Corporation (NFDC).
➢ For the first time in the last 11 years, the number of domestic patent filings surpassed the number
of international patent filings at the Indian Patent Office in the January–March 2022 quarter, marking a
watershed moment in the IP innovation ecosystem for India.
• Of the total 19,796 patent applications filed, 10,706 were filed by Indian applicants compared to
9,090 by non-Indian applicants.
➢ Central Government’s asset monetization, the public sector brownfield asset generated revenues
and investments worth Rs 1 trillion(tn), 12% more than the target set for FY22.
➢ Ayushman Bharat – Health & Wellness Centre Scheme marks 4th year anniversary on April 14,
2022.
➢ National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS) is organising a hybrid exercise “National Cyber
Security Incident Response Exercise (NCX India)” for Government officials and Critical Sector
organisations to strengthen India’s capacity against Cyber Security Threats.
➢ Govt has set the foodgrain production target at a record level of 328 Million Tonnes for the Crop
year 2022-23 (July 2022-June 2023).
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Others: ➢ Central Government announced that the National Logistics Portal (NLP) will be integrated with
Unified Logistics Interface Platform- ULIP to formalize the methods and speed up the processes
related to the overall trade.
➢ Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) is set to introduce a new star rating system,
the “Health Star Rating System”, for packaged foods.
➢ Google & MeitY Startup Hub announced to form a group of 100 Indian early to mid-stage startups to
support these startups to build high-quality global apps and games as part of the Appscale Academy.
➢ ‘Sagar Parikrama’, an initiative to solve the concerns of the fishermen community in Gujarat was
inaugurated by Union Ministry for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Parshottam Rupala.
➢ A special programme for school students “YUva VIgyani KAryakram” (YUVIKA) or “Young
Scientist Programme” is organized by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).
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➢ Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways (MoPSW) sanctioned Rs 24.53 crore for dredging
Gomati, a transboundary river between India and Bangladesh, and setting up 10 jetties for a
waterway project to Boost Indo-Bangla Waterway Project.
Others: ➢ Prime Minister of India, Narendra Damodardas Modi laid the foundation stone of ~ Rs 700
Crore Major Dhyan Chand Sports University at Salawa and Kaili villages of Sardhana town in Meerut,
Uttar Pradesh (UP).
➢ Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) of NITI Aayog & the U.S. Agency for International Development
(USAID) partnered under the ‘Sustainable Access to Markets and Resources for Innovative Delivery
of Healthcare’ (SAMRIDH) initiative to improve access to healthcare for vulnerable populations in
tier-2, tier-3 cities, rural and tribal regions of India.
➢ Indian Government has agreed to provide a grant to Sri Lanka for implementing its ‘Unitary
Digital Identity framework’ which is modelled on Aadhaar card.
➢ National Health Authority (NHA) announced the integration of its flagship Ayushman Bharat Digital
Mission (ABDM) with the Aarogya Setu app, that takes the benefits of the Ayushman Bharat Health
Account (ABHA) number to the Aarogya Setu user base.
➢ Government of India (GoI) announced a ban on import of foreign manufactured drones, with
exceptions for research and development (R&D), defence & security purposes.
➢ Government of India (GoI) is planning to promote “Heal by India” to strengthen India’s
educational institutions in the health sector and enhance education to produce quality human
resources in health.
➢ Government of India (GoI) announced the purchase of 44.4 million tonnes (MT) of wheat and
4.29 MT of rabi-grown rice during 2022-23 under the minimum support price (MSP) programme.
JANUARY 2022
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---Others: ➢ A new project namely ‘Digital Government Mission was initiated by Ministry of Electronics and
Information Technology (MeitY) to speed up citizen services delivery through the help of advanced
technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML).
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STATEWISE NEWS
NOVEMBER 2022
➢ Chief Minister of Goa, Pramod Sawant launched logo of Purple Fest at an event held in Manohar
Parrikar Memorial Hall of Sanjay Centre for Education in Porvorim, Goa.
➢ Rajasthan launched its 1st Handicraft Policy 2022 to boost investment in the cultural heritage of the
state.
➢ Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) approved Maharashtra’s First
Electronics Manufacturing Cluster (EMC) to set up in Ranjangaon Phase III, near Pune, at a financial
outlay of Rs 492.85 crores.
OCTOBER 2022
➢ As per the official data, Tamil Nadu becomes the only State which has achieved the target for 2022
Q1 and Q2 for Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM), with 69.57 lakh households provided with tap connections, as of
October 2022.
➢ Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) partnered with Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) to launch
project ‘Vayu Amrit’, a crop residue management initiative, to mitigate stubble burning in Sangrur,
Punjab.
➢ Chief Minister (CM) of Tamil Nadu, M.K. Stalin inaugurated AG&P Pratham’s Liquefied
Compressed Natural Gas (LCNG) station near Manthangal village at Walajah Taluk in Ranipet district of
Tamil Nadu.
➢ Department of Environment and Forests, Assam & the United States(U.S.) Agency for
International Development (USAID) launched the “Trees Outside Forests in India (TOFI)” program to
increase tree coverage in Assam.
SEPTEMBER 2022
➢ Delhi Chief Minister (CM), Arvind Kejriwal launched ‘First Virtual School’- Delhi Model Virtual School
(DMVS), affiliated with the Delhi Board of School Education.
➢ World Resource institute (WRI) India in partnership with Assam Energy Development Agency
(AEDA) inaugurated an online based, open source, and interactive Geospatial platform which is referred
to as Energy Access Explorer (EAE) for Assam.
➢ The Central Government through the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
(MeitY) granted permission to the Uttar Pradesh (UP) government for the launch of UP Family ID Plan
or Parivar Kalyan Card for its residents.
➢ The Chief Minister (CM) of Chhattisgarh, Bhupesh Baghel inaugurated Manendragarh-ChirmiriBharatpur and Sakti as the 32nd and 33rd districts of the state, respectively.
➢ Government of Delhi partnered with the Government of Punjab to use Pusa bio-decomposer, a
microbial solution which can decompose paddy straw in 15 to 20 days, on 5,000 acres of land to
prevent stubble burning.
➢ Government of Gujarat announced the first-ever Cinematic Tourism Policy 2022-2027 in Ahmedabad,
Gujarat.
➢ Haryana, NCT(National Capital Territory)-Delhi, Rajasthan & Uttar Pradesh (UP) signed the Status of
Combined Reciprocal Common Transport Agreement (CRCTA) for State Contract Carriage and Stage
Carriage among these governments.
➢ Maharashtra Cabinet chaired by Chief Minister (CM) Eknath Shinde approved to name the Chipi
Greenfield Airport in Sindhudurg district after a prominent socialist leader, freedom fighter and former
Member of Parliament (MP) Barrister Nath Pai.
➢ Yogi Adityanath, Chief Minister (CM) of Uttar Pradesh (UP), inaugurated an intersection named
after her, ‘Lata Mangeshkar Chauraha(Chowk)’, in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh (UP).
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AUGUST 2022
➢ Andhra Pradesh cabinet approved the renaming of Konaseema as Dr BR Ambedkar Konaseema
district that was carved out of the East Godavari district.
➢ Assam & Mizoram signed a joint statement after a ministerial-level discussion held in Aizawl, Mizoram
to resolve the boundary dispute between the two states.
➢ Assam Chief Minister (CM) Himanta Biswa Sarma launched ‘Mission Bhumiputra’ a digital way to issue
digitized caste certificates to students.
➢ Chief Minister (CM) of Tamil Nadu, Muthuvel Karunanidhi (M.K.) Stalin launched five accelerator
programmes in Industry 4.0 besides the i-TNT (Tamil Nadu Technology) Hub, India’s first emerging
DeepTech Innovation Network, in Anna University, Kotturpuram, Chennai.
➢ Cabinet of Arunachal Pradesh approved the naming of the under-construction Greenfield Airport as
“Donyi Polo Airport, Itanagar”
➢ Chief Minister (CM) of Puducherry, N. Rangasamy, who also holds finance portfolio of the Union
Territory (UT) presented Rs 10,696.61crore tax-free budget of the UT for FY22-23.Clickhere
➢ Delhi Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena launched the ‘One Road-One Week’ initiative of the
New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) from Tilak Marg and Bhagwan Das road.
➢ Delhi Chief Minister (CM) Arvind Kejriwal launched “Make India No1 Mission” to make India the
number one country in the world.
➢ Kerala is set to launch “Kerala Savari”, the government’s own e-taxi service, an alternative to the
popular corporate online cab service, first such initiative by any state government in India.
➢ Tamil Nadu (TN) Chief Minister (CM) M.K. Stalin launched the Footwear & Leather Products Policy
2022 & Signed MoUs Worth Rs. 2,250 Crore with 5 Companies in The Footwear & Leather Sector.
➢ M.K. Stalin, Chief Minister (CM) of Tamil Nadu (TN), introduced several initiatives and launches
State Level Credit Guarantee Scheme to help MSMEs.Clickhere
➢ West Bengal decided to carve out seven new districts from 23 districts that leads to total Number of
districts rises to 30.
JULY 2022
➢ Assam & Arunachal Pradesh signed an agreement to end the decade-old border disputes between the
two states.
➢ Chief Minister (CM) of Chhattisgarh, Bhupesh Baghel flagged off Mukhyamantri Mahtari Nyay Rath
from Raipur with the aim of spreading legal awareness among women.
➢ Delhi Skill and Entrepreneurship University (DSEU) partnered with YuWaah (Generation
Unlimited/ GenU) at United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to enable access to employment
opportunities for students of the DSEU.
➢ Delhi Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena launched Sah-Bhagita, an incentive scheme for involving
Resident Welfare Associations (RWAs) in optimal tax collection and waste management ecosystem.
➢ Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) signed an agreement with Sikkim to boost cultivation of saffron and
other crops.
➢ Karnataka is slated to be the first state in India to establish an exclusive Research and Development (R
& D) policy
➢ Maharashtra cabinet approved the renaming of Aurangabad city as Sambhajinagar and Osmanabad
city as Dharashiv.
➢ Odisha’s Finance Minister Niranjan Pujari proposed a Rs 2-lakh crore budget in the state
assembly for the FY23, with a focus on strengthening infrastructure, developing education and health
sectors, and enhancing livelihoods of people. Clickhere
➢ Punjab Government signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for becoming a member of the
global network called Under2 Coalition to address the issues of climate change.
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➢ UP:Airports Authority of India (AAI) signed an Operation & Management (O&M) agreement with
the Uttar Pradesh (UP) for operationalization of five airports (state-owned) at Aligarh, Azamgarh,
Chitrakoot, Muirpur & Shravasti for 30 years.
➢ Uttar Pradesh (UP) decided to appoint Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu India Private Limited (Deloitte
India) as a consultant to suggest plans to make the State a USD 1 trillion economy.
➢ Tamil Nadu (TN) government signed 60 Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) at the Tamil Nadu
Investors’ First Port of Call-Investment Conclave to attract a total investment of Rs. 1.25 lakh crore.
Clickhere
JUNE 2022
➢ BLS International Services entered into an agreement with the West Bengal government for
computerisation and e-governance of registration offices in Public-Private Partnership (PPP) mode in
the Presidency Zone.
➢ Election commission of India (ECI) has appointed Indian cricketer Yash Dhull, as the ECI State
Icon for National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi to encourage the youngsters of Delhi.
➢ Haryana & Israel signed a joint declaration on integrated water resources management and capacity
building during the visit of Eynat Shlein, Israeli Ambassador to India.
➢ Maharashtra govt, approved 12 new conservation reserves covering an area of ~692.74 square (sq)
kilometres (Km) and 3 wildlife sanctuaries covering an area of ~ 303 sq km. Clickhere
➢ Punjab Government launched e-stamping facility by abolishing the physical stamp papers, in order
to bring efficiency and check the pilferage of state revenue.
➢ Rajasthan has approved the new guidelines for the implementation of “Indira Gandhi Shahari
Rozgar Yojana”, to provide employment in urban areas on the lines of the Mahatma Gandhi National
Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA).
➢ A special health care Abhiyan “Anchal” for pregnant women was launched in the Karauli district of
Rajasthan to ensure the availability of all medical aid to pregnant women.
➢ Sikkim government declared the Blue Duke (scientific name: Bassarona durga durga), a species of
nymphalid butterfly found in the Himalayas, as the State Butterfly of Sikkim.
➢ Syngenta India entered into an exclusive agreement with the Agriculture Insurance Company of
India (AIC) to safeguard chilli farmers of Guntur, Andhra Pradesh (AP) from unfavourable price
fluctuations due to unpredictable market conditions.
➢ Uttarakhand’s Finance Minister Prem Chand Aggrawal presented Uttarakhand’s Rs 65,571.49
crore budget for the financial year 2022-23 (FY23). Clickhere
MAY 2022
➢ Haryana State Government launches ‘e-Adhigam’ scheme under which nearly 3 lakh students will
be receiving tablet computers to aid their online education.
➢ A three-member Delimitation Commission earmarked 47 Assembly seats for Kashmir division
and 43 for Jammu in its final order submitted & its total number seats in the Jammu & Kashmir to 90
from 83 earlier.
➢ Madhya Pradesh (MP) Chief Minister (CM) Shivraj Singh Chouhan launched Ladli Laxmi Yojana 2.0
at Lal Parade Ground, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh (MP) where approx. 7,500 Ladli Laxmi daughters were
present.
➢ A collaboration has been made between the Medical Education and Drugs Department (MEDD)
and International Finance Corporation (IFC) on medical education under the public-private
partnership (PPP) model in Maharashtra.
➢ Sikkim will be the first state in North East Region to launch the Online Building Permission System
(OBPS).
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➢ Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann launched a portal to facilitate farmers opting for the
direct seeding of rice (DSR) technique for paddy sowing.
➢ Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann launched his government’s flagship ‘lok milni’ (public
interaction) program for on-the-spot redressal of the people’s grievances.
➢ Government of Kerala is set to launch India’s first State-owned over-the-top (OTT) platform named
“CSpace”.
APRIL 2022
➢ Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Yeduguri Sandinti Jagan Mohan Reddy launched 13 new districts in the
state taking the total number to 26 Districts at Tadepalli, in Guntur district.
➢ Arunachal Pradesh State Biodiversity Board (APSBB) inks a pact with World Wide Fund for Nature
(WWF)- India to develop, the State Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (SBSAP).
➢ Assam Cabinet approved a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the environment and
forest department of the State and Agence Francaise de Development (French Development Agency) to
foster bilateral dialogue in the field of environment.
➢ Assam cabinet headed by Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, has approved Japan International
Cooperation Agency (JICA)’s aid of Rs 3,800 crore for ‘Assam Health System Strengthening Project’.
➢ 2-day 6th edition of Bengal Global Business Summit – 2022 (BGBS) held in Biswa Bangla
Convention Centre, New Town, Kolkata, West Bengal (WB) on April 20-21, 2022.Clickhere
➢ Chief Minister (CM) of Goa Pramod Pandurang Sawant presented the budget of Rs 24,467 crore for the
Financial Year (FY) 2022-23.
• Goa Karmachari Medical insurance scheme provides healthcare to the employees and
pensioners
➢ Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on April 11, 2022 launched two projects
in the Union Territory.
• AVSAR portal under ‘Connect to Opportunities Initiative’ by Mission Youth, aimed at providing
real-time information on pre-placement activities and job opportunities.
• Ratle Hydroelectric Power Corporation Limited (RHPCL) & Megha Engineering and
Infrastructure Limited (MEIL) signed a contract for the turnkey execution of 850-Megawatt
(MW) Ratle Hydel Power Project on the Chenab River in Kishtwar district of Union Territory of
J&K.
➢ Karnataka State Cabinet headed by Chief Minister (CM) Basavaraj Bommai, gave nod to name the
under-construction Shivamogga airport after the former CM Bookanakere Siddalingappa Yediyurappa.
➢ Maharashtra State Power Generation Company (MAHAGENCO) & National Thermal Power
Corporation (NTPC) will form a Joint Venture to set up an “ultra-mega solar park” in the state to
generate 2,500 MegaWatt (MW) green power.
➢ Apple Inc partnered with Applied Environmental Research Foundation (AERF) & the
Conservation International to protect the crucial mangrove ecosystem and the livelihoods that depend
on it in Raigad district of Maharashtra.
➢ NHPC Limited signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) district administration of Chamba,
Himachal Pradesh for the development of green hydrogen technologies to produce hydrogen.
➢ Punjab Mandi Board decided to send a ‘digital J form’ to the WhatsApp number of farmers from this
Rabi procurement season & will make Punjab the first state in the country to provide ‘form J’ on a real
time basis.
➢ Telangana Government launched ‘Space Tech Framework’ with the vision to establish the state as a
globally recognised one-step destination’ in Space technology.
➢ Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath launched the “School Chalo Abhiyan” with a view to
ensure 100 percent enrolment in Primary and Upper Primary schools.
MARCH 2022
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Assam’s first women Finance Minister Ajanta Neog presented Rs 600.36 crore deficit budget for
2022-23 at the Assam Legislative Assembly
• Reduction of 1 per cent Value Added Tax (VAT) on aviation turbine fuel (ATF) for aircraft.
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Chhattisgarh, Chief Minister (CM), Bhupesh Baghel presented the budget of Rs 1,12,603 crore
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Gandhi Grameen Bhumiheen Krishi Mazdoor Nyay Yojana.
Delhi Government will come up with a ‘Science Innovation Hub’ at a school run by Delhi government
at a cost of over Rs 5 crore in the next two-and-a-half years.
Delhi police launched 3 new digital initiatives that includes Anubhuti, a QR code-based feedback
system, a refurbished Delhi Police website and e-Chittha portal.
Delhi Teachers University, Delhi’s first of its kind university, at Outram Lane in Mukherjee Nagar,
North West Delhi, Delhi was inaugurated by Manish Sisodia, Deputy Chief Minister(CM) and
Education Minister of Delhi.
Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi Manish Sisodia has presented the budget of Rs 75,800 crore for the
Financial Year (FY) 2022-23 focused on employment, education, health sector and farmers.
• The budget is also known as ‘Rozgar budget‘, which means ‘employment’.
Chief Minister of Haryana, Manohar Lal Khattar presented the budget of Rs 1,77,255.99 lakh crore
for the Financial Year (FY) 2022-23.
• Two new awards instituted namely Darshan Lal Jain Environment Award and Sushma Swaraj
Award for environment conservation and promotion and women respectively.Click here
Himachal Pradesh (HP) CM, Jai Ram Thakur tabled ~Rs 51,365 crore State Budget 2022-23 in the
state Assembly, HP.
• An increase in the Member of Legislative Assembly Local Area Development (MLALAD) fund
from the existing Rs 1.80 crore to Rs 2 crore is proposed in the budget
Jharkhand Finance Minister Shri Rameshwar Oraon presented the budget of Rs 1.01 lakh crore for
the Financial Year (FY) 2022-23.
• Guruji Credit Card Scheme will be launched to the Jharkhand students in higher education.
Karnataka launched Women@Work (W@W) Programme, as an attempt to create an equitable,
inclusive and equal world for women in workplaces.
Kerala: ‘Maya’, a 24×7 working WhatsApp chatbot to provide information and updates related to
the tourism ecosystem in Kerala was launched by Tourism Minister of Kerala, P A Mohamed Riyas.
Finance Minister of Madhya Pradesh Presented the Budget of Rs 2.79 Lakh crore For FY 2022-23
• For the first time, presented a ‘child budget as part of the annual financial plan.
Maharashtra Dy CM Ajit Pawar presented State’s Budget 2022-23, Rs 1,15,215cr proposed for
Panchasutri Programme
• Maharashtra also become the 1st state in the country to formulate an agricultural export policy
• India’s first high-tech ‘Indrayani Medicity’ on 300 acres in the Pune district’s (Khed taluka)
rural area to be set up.
Maharashtra introduced a first of its kind scheme that allows prisoners to obtain personal loans
from banks of up to Rs. 50,000 to help their families improve their living conditions and meet
expenses related to their legal matters
Chief Minister (CM) of Nagaland, Neiphiu Rio, who also holds the Finance portfolio of Nagaland has
presented the deficit budget of Rs 2212.74 crore for the Financial Year (FY) 2022-23.
Chief Minister of Rajasthan, Ashok Gehlot announced the launch of ‘Camel Protection and
Development Policy’ in the Budget 2022-23.
Telangana collaborated with National Stock Exchange(NSE) of India Limited to encourage and
support the MSMEs (Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises) of the state for listing.
Telangana Finance Minister Harish Rao presented the budget of Rs 2.56 lakh crore for the financial
year 2022-23.
• Rs 7,289 crore allocated to Mana Ooru, Mana Badi programme to strengthen infrastructure in
schools and for rural areas, Rs 3,497 crore allocated to 9,123 schools.
Tamil Nadu’s (TNs) Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) -Trade and Investment Promotion
Bureau (M-TIPB) collaborated with government Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) to promote
awareness among MSME of the TN about the benefits of listing.
Tamil Nadu (TN), Finance Minister (FM), Palanivel Thiaga Rajan presented the budget for Financial
Year (FY) 2022-23.
• The state slashed the revenue deficit by over Rs 7,000 crore in 2022-2023 and the fiscal deficit
will decline from 4.61 per cent to 3.80 per cent.
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FEBRUARY 2022
➢ Assam is set to launch a 4-year mentorship programme “Project Arohan” to mentor the students of
Assam and to hone their skills.
➢ Gujarat’s first wind-solar hybrid project at the Chlor-Alkali unit of Grasim Industries in Vilayat,
Bharuch, in southern Gujarat was set up by ReNew Power.
➢ Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) became the 1st Union Territory (UT) to integrate with the National Single
Window System (NSWS) that enables Ease of Doing Business (EoDB) in the UT.
➢ Karnataka chief Minister (CM) Basavaraj Bommai announced that ‘Upper Bhadra Project’ has been
given the national project status by the central government’s high-powered committee which
becomes the first project in Karnataka to get the status.
➢ Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC) Launched the “Kunsnyoms‘ scheme through
the Department of Social Welfare, Leh.Kunsnyoms, meant Equal for All, Fair for All, aims inclusive and
accessible Ladakh.
➢ Madhya Pradesh’s renaming of 3 places - Hoshangabad Nagar as “Narmadapuram”, Shivpuri as
“Kundeshwar Dham” and Babai as “Makhan Nagar” was approved by Government of India.
➢ Mizoram CM Zoramthanga presented Mizoram’s budget for FY23 worth Rs 14,008.15 crore for BE
2022-23, which is Rs 2,859.26 crore higher than BE of 2021-22, i.e., 26.65%.
➢ Chief Electoral Officer’s (CEO) office of Punjab unveiled its election mascot, “Shera” (Lion) aiming to
increase voter awareness.
➢ Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot presented Rajasthan’s Budget 2022-23 with 1st separate Agriculture
Budget
• Presented Rajasthan’s first-ever agriculture budget separately.
• Launch of Indira Gandhi Urban Employment Guarantee Scheme with an allocation of Rs 800 crore.
• Tourism and hospitality sector accorded the Status of Industry in Rajasthan. Click here
➢ Rajasthan government signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)/ Letter of Intent (LoI) with
major players in the renewable energy sector, capturing investment of Rs 3.05 lakh crore under the
‘Invest Rajasthan Campaign’.
➢ NTPC signed an LoI for investment of Rs 40,000 crore to generate 10 GW.
➢ West Bengal government launched ‘Paray Shikshalaya’, an open-air class room programme for
student, who have dropped out of school during the Covid-19 pandemic from classes 1 to 7.
JANUARY 2022
➢ Syntizen has partnered with the Odisha government to provide a Video KYC solution in offering
life certificates and it become the first State in India to implement a digital process which includes
Aadhaar Validation for simplifying the process of obtaining a life certificate.
➢ Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) government signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)
with LuLu Group International to establish the Food Processing and Logistics hub in Srinagar.
➢ Forest Department of Telangana launches 1st of its kind mobile App ‘Urban Forest Park’
developed by PamTen Software Solutions Private Limited.
➢ A pilot project ‘Niramay’ was launched to digitise the public healthcare delivery in Assam by
National Health Mission (NHM), Assam in collaboration with Piramal Swasthya & Cisco.
➢ Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the
Government of Gujarat of investment Rs 5.955 lakh crore in Green Projects.
➢ Government of Odisha and the United Nations (UN) World Food Programme (WFP) partnered
to improve the food security of small and marginal farmers of India by enhancing their resilience to
climate change.
➢ Jerri settlement (Jerri hamlet) in Reasi district as the first ‘Milk Village’ of the Union Territory(UT)
declared by administration of Jammu & Kashmir(J&K).
➢ AgNext Technologies signed a partnership agreement with National Agricultural Cooperative
Marketing Federation of India Ltd. (NAFED) to organize a virtual training and awareness programme
for the FPOs (Farmer Producer Organizations) of Maharashtra on pulse quality assessment.
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➢ ‘Grama One’ from Bengaluru (Karnataka) in 12 districts of Karnataka was launched by Chief
Minister (CM) of Karnataka, Basavaraj Somappa Bommai.
➢ State Government of Andhra Pradesh (AP) has given its approval to increase the number of
districts in the state to 26 from the existing 13.
➢ ‘Mana Ooru-Mana Badi’ programme to be launched across Telangana with focus on improving the
existing infrastructure and the quality of education in government schools.
➢ Jio-BP, a joint venture of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) and energy supermajor BP, named
Reliance BP Mobility Limited (RBML) opened one of India’s largest Electronic Vehicle (EV) charging
hubs in Dwarka, Delhi with BluSmart as its primary customer.
➢ Delhi government launched a dedicated one-stop website, “ev.delhi.gov.in” for the promotion and
adoption of electric vehicles (EVs).
SUPREME COURT VERDICT
SEPTEMBER 2022
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RAILWAY NEWS
NOVEMBER 2022
--OCTOBER 2022
➢ Indian Railways (IR) intends to gradually reduce its carbon footprint and become a ‘Net Zero Carbon
Emitter by 2030’ by completing electrification of all railway tracks and focusing on boosting network
capacity.
SEPTEMBER 2022
➢ Indian Railways set up ‘Meghdoot’ machines at Dadar, Thane and other stations of Mumbai Division,
Maharashtra.
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AUGUST 2022
➢ Indian Railway along with the Railway Protection Force (RPF) launched a pan-India operation
known as “Operation Yatri Suraksha” to improve the security of passengers.
JULY 2022
➢ National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) signed a first-of-its-kind agreement with
Deutsche Bahn Engineering and Consultancy India Pvt Ltd (DB India) to operate and maintain the 82km long Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) corridor for 12 years.
➢ Rakesh Jhunjhunwala-owned Akasa Airlines received the air operator certificate (AOC or license)
from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) & will begin flying by late July 2022.
JUNE 2022
➢ India’s first Private train services under the Indian Railways ‘Bharat Gaurav’ scheme was flagged
off the maiden service from Coimbatore North railway station, Tamil Nadu to Sainagar Shirdi,
Maharashtra.
MAY 2022
➢ ‘Miyan Ka Bada’ railway station in the Balotra area of Rajasthan’s Barmer district was renamed
“Mahesh Nagar Halt.
➢ Railway Protection Force (RPF) has started “Operation Satark” from 5th April to 30th April 2022 to
protect against transporting illegal items.
➢ RailTel Corporation of India Limited designed and established a “Health Cloud”, a Mobile container
Hospital at the Visakhapatnam premises of Andhra Pradesh MedTech Zone (AMTZ), Andhra Pradesh.
➢ Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) is set to run its First ‘Bharat Gaurav
Tourist Train’ on June 21, 2022, that proposed 17 Nights/18 Days pilgrimage to run on Ramayana
Circuit identified under the Swadesh Darshan Scheme.
➢ C-DOT (Centre for Development of Telemactics) & Ministry of Railways signed an MoU to supply
local gear worth Rs. 2,100 Crores with a focus on replacing the foreign gears in Indian Railway
operations.
➢ Railway Protection Force (RPF) & Association for Voluntary Action (AVA) have signed a
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for a trafficking-free India.
➢ RailTel launched Prime Minister Wi-Fi Access Network Interface (PM-WANI) scheme based access
of its Public WiFi services across 100 Railway Stations in India having 2384 WiFi hotspots.
➢ Ministry of Railways and Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT-M) entered into an Rs 8.34
crore collaborative project on Hyperloop Technology, proposing a high speed transportation system.
➢ Ministry of Railways has set up Gati Shakti Directorate in order to implement the PM Gati Shakti
Initiative in a focused and time bound manner.
APRIL 2022
---MARCH 2022
➢ Indian Railways has come up with ‘National Rail Plan (NRP) for India-2030’and it is aimed at
increasing modal share of the Railways in freight to 45%.
➢ Visakhapatnam Railway Station, Andhra Pradesh(AP) become the first railway station in the East
Coast railway to implement ‘One Nation, One Product’.
FEBRUARY 2022
➢ Bangladesh Railway (BR) signed an agreement with the Hindustan Engineering and Industries
Limited (HEIL) to procure 420 broad gauge wagons from India.
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➢ Ministry of Railways approved to set up India’s biggest world Class wrestling academy at
Indian Railways, Kishanganj, Delhi.
JANUARY 2022
➢ Ministry of Railways approved the renaming of the Kevadiya railway station under the
Vadodara division of Narmada district (Gujarat) as the Ekta Nagar railway station
➢ Indian Railways launched a new ‘Operation Mission Amanat’ initiative to track lost luggage of the
passengers.
CAMPAIGN
NOVEMBER 2022
➢ Justice Chandrachud launched two campaigns - “Empowerment of Citizens through Legal Awareness
and Outreach” & “Haq hamara bhi hai@75” to Promote Inclusivity.
OCTOBER 2022
➢ Anurag Singh Thakur launches Swachh Bharat 2022 Campaign(01st October 2022 to 31st October
2022); Jitendra Singh launches Special Swacchta Campaign 2.0
SEPTEMBER 2022
➢ Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology, Dr Jitendra Singh announced
‘One Week One Lab’ theme-based campaign in New Delhi, Delhi, to showcase the breakthroughs and
innovations in Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) laboratories/institutes.
AUGUST 2022
--JULY 2022
---JUNE 2022
---MAY 2022
--APRIL 2022
➢ Giriraj Singh, Union Minister for Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) launched ‘Azadi Se
Antyodaya Tak’, a 90-day campaign with a mission to saturate 75 Districts across 28 States and Union
Territories (UTs) with 17 select beneficiary schemes of 9 Central Ministries.
MARCH 2022
----FEBRUARY 2022
-----JANUARY 2022
➢ A 100-day reading campaign “Padhe Bharat” was launched by Dharmendra Pradhan, Union
Minister of Education to encourage the reading habit among students & improve the learning levels of
the students with a focus on children studying in Balvatika to Grade 8.
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COMMEMORATIVE NAME
NOVEMBER 2022
--OCTOBER 2022
➢ Minister of State (MoS) for Communications, Devusinh Chauhan released Commemorative Postage
Stamp on the occasion of the Golden Jubilee of the Postal Index Number (PIN) Code, in Gandhinagar,
Gujarat.
SEPTEMBER 2022
--AUGUST 2022
➢ Point 5140 at Dras, Kargil sector was renamed as “Gun Hill” to commemorate the victory of Indian
Armed Forces (IAF) and pay tribute to war heroes in “Operation Vijay 1999”.
JULY 2022
-JUNE 2022
-MAY 2022
➢ Government of India (GoI) will be issuing a Rs 100 commemorative coin to mark the birth
centenary of Jawaharlal Darda, a late freedom fighter, social worker, philanthropist, educationist and
founder of the Lokmat Group of Newspapers (now Lokmat Media).
APRIL 2022
➢ Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi released a commemorative coin and postage stamp to mark
the 400th birth anniversary of 9th Sikh Guru Tegh Bahadur.
MARCH 2022
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➢ India released a special logo to commemorate the 75 years of diplomatic relations between
India and Belgium and diplomatic relations between both nations was established in January 1947.
➢ India released a joint “Special logo” to mark 75 years of Indo-Netherlands Diplomatic Relation
and was established an diplomatic relation with Netherlands in 1947.
JANUARY 2022
➢ A Special Postage Stamp commemorating the 75th Platinum Jubilee year of Council of Scientific
and Industrial Research (CSIR) -National Physical Laboratory (NPL), New Delhi was released by
Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology (S&T), Dr Jitendra Singh.
➢ Commemorative Postal Stamp on completion of one year of the world’s largest COVID-19
vaccination program (launched on 16th January 2021) was released by Mansukh Mandaviya.
➢ India and Israel launched a commemorative logo marking the 30th anniversary of the establishment
of diplomatic ties between them which were established on January 29, 1992.
FESTIVAL
Festival Name
Celebrated In
Points to be noted
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OCTOBER 2022
Bathukamma festival
Kati Bihu
8th SARANG – The Festival of
India in Republic of Korea
‘Jashn-e-Kashmir’ – New
Kashmir New Hope
‘Bestu Varsh’ or Gujarati New
Year
50th All Manipur Shumang
Leela Festival
1st ever Naga Mircha (King
Chilli) Festival 2022
Kharchi Festival
Bonalu Festival
India’s First Lavender Festival
Baikho Festival
Shirui Lily Festival
Sarhul Festival
Gangaur Festival
Herath Festival
‘Dol Utsav’ or ‘Dol Jatra’
Telangana
celebrated predominantly in Telangana and
in some parts of Andhra Pradesh (AP).
Assam
It is annually observed across the state of
Assam with joy and happiness.
South Korea
It was held from 30 September to 14 October
2022 at various locations across South Korea
Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir Organised - All J&K Folk Artists Association,
Shah Qalander Folk Theatre, J&K Academy of
Art, Culture & Languages and the Office of
Divisional Commissioner Kashmir.
Gujarat
It is celebrated with traditional and cultural
values by Gujarati communities across the
globe.
SEPTEMBER 2022
Imphal, Manipur
Shumang Leela is a traditional form of
theatre in Manipur.
Nagaland
It was conducted at Seiyhama village under
Kohima.
AUGUST 2022
-JULY 2022
Tripura
Kharchi Puja is predominantly a tribal
festival but it owes its origins to Hindu
religion.
Telangana
It is celebrated during the Ashada Masam
which falls in July or August.
JUNE 2022
Jammu and Kashmir(J&K)
It was inaugurated in the Bhaderwah town in
Doda district of Jammu Division of the Indian
union territory of Jammu and Kashmir(J&K).
Assam
It is predominately celebrated by the Rabha
tribes, who resides majorly in Lower Assam,
Garo hills and Dooar region in West Bengal.
MAY 2022
Manipur
The 4th edition of the Shirui Lily Festival
began at Shirui village in Manipur’s Ukhrul
district.
APRIL 2022
Jharkhand
It signifies the beginning of the New Year and
celebrated on April 4, 2022.
Rajasthan
It is annually celebrated from the 1st day of
the month of Chaitra, as per the Hindu
calendar, (the day following Holi) which
usually falls in March or April and continues
for 18 days.
MARCH 2022
Jammu and Kashmir(J&K)
Herath Festival is celebrated on “Trayodashi”
or the 13th day of the dark half of the month
of Phalguna (Hindu calendar), between
February and March.
West Bengal
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The festival is dedicated to Lord Krishna and
Radha and celebrated on the full moon day
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Spituk Gustor Festival
Torgya Festival
Mandu Festival
Kanchoth
Maru Mahotsav
FEBRUARY 2022
Spituk Gustor Festival, a two day annual
celebration of Ladakhi culture and traditional
heritage began on 30th January 2022 in Leh
and Ladakh Union Territory (UT).
Arunachal Pradesh
The three days long Torgya Festival of the
Monpa tribal community of Arunachal
Pradesh began at Tawang Monastery,
Arunachal Pradesh.
Madhya Pradesh
This day is celebrated from 30th December
2021 to 3rd January 2022 and is dedicated to
Hindu God Ganesha.
Jammu and Kashmir(J&K)
The ancient festival of Kanchoth is annually
celebrated, mainly by the Nag followers,
during the Shukla Paksha of Magh month
which usually falls in January or February.
Rajasthan
Jaisalmer Desert Festival, also known as Maru
Mahotsav of Jaisalmer (The Golden City of
India), is being held from 13th to 16th
February 2022 at Pokaran village in
Jaisalmer, Rajasthan
Ladakh
Medaram Jathara
Telangana
48th Khajuraho Dance Festival
Madhya Pradesh
Ministry of Tribal Affairs (MoTA) has
sanctioned Rs 2.26 crore for various activities
related to the tribal festival of Medaram
Jathara 2022, the second-largest fair of India,
after the Kumbh Mela
It was inaugurated by Madhya Pradesh (MP)
Governor Mangubhai Patel.
JANUARY 2022
Losar Festival
Ladakh
Losoong (Namsoong)
Sikkim
9th North East Festival
Guwahati, Assam
It is celebrated at the onset of the New Year
in the traditional schedule of Tibetan
Buddhism.
This day marks the beginning of the harvest
season, that is celebrated on 18th day of the
10th month of the Tibetan Lunar Calendar
and also celebrated in Nepal and Bhutan.
This festival aimed to promote and highlight
the commercial and tourism potential of the
North East Region
STATIC GK
In Recent News
2022
➢ India designated five new wetlands of international importance, taking the total number of Ramsar
sites in India to 54 from 49 under the Ramsar Convention or the Convention on Wetlands.Clickhere
➢ The Leh administration is set to sign a tripartite agreement to develop Hanle as Dark Sky Sanctuary
that will jointly develop the area for Astrotourism by the Leh Hill Council, WildLife and Tourism
departments.
➢ Sela Tunnel project located in West Kameng district of Arunachal Pradesh entered the decisive
phase, expected to be completed by the end of 2022. The tunnel above 13,000 feet will provide allweather connectivity to the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China.
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➢ Tamilnadu State Minister of Forests, K Ramachandran announced in the Legislative Assembly of
Tamilnadu for the creation of Nanjarayan Tank in Tiruppur district as a Bird Sanctuary with the
budgetary support of Rs 7.5 crore. It becomes 17th Bird Sanctuary in the State.
➢ The Ramgarh Vishdhari Sanctuary covering Bundi, Bhilwara and Kota districts of Rajasthan was
notified as India’s 52nd Tiger Reserve (TR) and 4th in Rajasthan.
➢ Project Vartak of Border Roads Organisation (BRO) has completed the excavation of the Nechiphu
Tunnel in Arunachal Pradesh the last blast was virtually initiated by Lt Gen Rajeev Chaudhry Director
General Border Roads (DGBR).
➢ Mongolia’s Khuvsgul Lake & 10 Biosphere Reserves added newly to UNESCO world network of
biosphere reserves.Clickhere
➢ United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) announced that the
106 years old Astronomical Observatory at Langat Singh College in the Muzaffarpur district of Bihar has
not been inscribed on UNESCO’s list of endangered heritage.
➢ Government of Tamil Nadu notified Agasthyamalai Elephant Reserve as its 5th Elephant Reserve
with a total area of 1,19,748.26 hectares at Agasthyamalai in Tirunelveli and Kanyakumari district.
➢ India nominated the dance form Garba to be inscribed on the United Nations Educational, Scientific
and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)’s intangible cultural heritage list.
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
LONGEST,LARGEST,HIGHEST
NOVEMBER 2022
-OCTOBER 2022
-SEPTEMBER 2022
-AUGUST 2022
-JULY 2022
-JUNE 2022
-MAY 2022
➢ The World’s Longest Glass Bottom Bridge, Vietnam’s Bach Long pedestrian bridge was
opened in Moc Chau district of the country’s Son La province, Vietnam. It is 632m (2,073ft)
long and located 150m (492ft) above a huge jungle.
➢ The world’s longest suspension footbridge named “Sky Bridge 721”, was opened in Dolní
Morava, Czech Republic for tourists.
➢ The Coventry City Council and Urban-Air Port Limited, United Kingdom (UK) based Startup parterened to set up the world’s first Urban airport Pop-up Air-One, for electric drones and
flying cars in the city of Coventry, England.
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➢ National Geographic Society installed the ‘World’s highest weather station’ on Mount Everest
at an altitude of 8,830 metres to automatically measure various meteorological phenomena.
APRIL 2022
➢ Tata Power Renewables Energy Limited(TPREL) has commissioned a 300 MegaWatt (MW) solar
plant in Dholera, Gujarat with the country’s largest single-axis solar tracker system.
➢ China unveiled the world’s largest electric cruise ship “Yangtze River Three Gorges 1” which costs
around United States Dollar (USD) 23.5 million and made its maiden voyage in Yichang, Hubei, China.
➢ Tata Power Solar Systems Limited won India’s largest single solar EPC (engineering, procurement,
and construction) order of 1 GW (gigawatt) for around Rs. 5500 crores from the public sector
undertaking SJVN Limited.
➢ Nexcharge, a joint venture(JV) of Exide Industries Limited and Switzerland’s Leclanche SA have
begun mass production at India’s largest lithium-ion battery plant at Prantij, Gujarat.
MARCH 2022
➢ India’s largest floating solar power plant constructed at a cost of Rs 150.4 crore is established in
Southern Petrochemicals Industries Corporation Limited (SPIC) factory at Thoothukudi in Tamil
Nadu and was inaugurated by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M. K. Stalin.
➢ India’s largest reclining statue of Lord Buddha (100 feet long & 30 feet high) is being constructed in
Bodh Gaya, Bihar and built by Buddha International Welfare.
➢ India & Sri Lanka signed a Joint Venture and Shareholders’ Agreement (JVSHA) to develop a 100
megawatt (MW) Solar Power Plant at the eastern port district Trincomalee, Sri Lanka.
FEBRUARY 2022
----JANUARY 2022
➢ Shanghai, China becomes the World’s longest Metro line with the inauguration of 831 km two
new driverless metro lines (Line 14 and Phase One of Line 18).
OTHER INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
NOVEMBER 2022
-OCTOBER 2022
➢ United Nations (UN)’s International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) adopted a long-term
aspirational goal of making carbon emissions from air travel net zero by 2050.
➢ United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) launched, Handmade
for the 21st Century: Safeguarding Traditional Indian Textiles, a list of 50 iconic heritage textile crafts of
India.
➢ Two Ukrainian regions Kherson and Zaporizhzhia located in southern Ukraine recognized as
independent by an order from Russian President Vladimir Putin, paving the way for Russia to annex
them.
➢ Israel & Lebanon reached a ‘Historic agreement’ to resolve a long-running maritime border dispute
which was mediated by the United States (US).
➢ A new One health joint plan of action (2022‒2026): working together for the health of humans,
animals, plants and the environment launched by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United
Nations (FAO), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), World Health Organization (WHO), &
World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH).
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➢ Pakistan excluded from Grey List in Outcomes Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Plenary October
2022.
SEPTEMBER 2022
➢ The Members of the European Parliament (MEP) declared in a non-binding but highly symbolic
report, that Hungary is no longer a fully functioning democracy.
➢ The President of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, signed constitutional amendments that
extended the nation’s presidential term to 7 years from 5 years, and brought back the old name of the
country’s capital to Astana from the current Nur-Sultan.
AUGUST 2022
➢ Nepal approved NHPC Limited (erstwhile National Hydroelectric Power Corporation) to study
and develop 750MW West Seti Hydropower Project and 450MW Seti River (SR-6), a total of 6 joint
storage projects with a combined capacity of 1,200MW in western Nepal.
➢ International Solar Alliance (ISA) in partnership with the Republic of Cuba signed a tender for setting
up a 1150 MW solar project in Cuba.
➢ India came in third, tied with Singapore, at the 15th International Olympiad on Astronomy and
Astrophysics (IOAA) 2022 in Kutaisi, Georgia, followed by Iran’s official team & Iran’s Guest team.
JULY 2022
➢ The thirty Ambassadors of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) signed the Accession
Protocols for Finland and Sweden at NATO Headquarters (Brussels in Belgium), commencing the
ratification process.
➢ India has been elected as a State Member of the Intergovernmental Committee (IGC) of UNESCO’s
(United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) 2003 Convention for the
Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage for a period of 2022-2026 i.e. 4 years.
➢ Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), India’s nodal agency for Interpol matters joins International
Criminal Police Organization (Interpol’s) International Child Sexual Exploitation (ICSE) database and
becomes the 68th country to join.
➢ Croatia will become the 20th member of the eurozone to adopt Euro currency from 1 January 2023,
replacing the current currency Croatian Kuna.
➢ Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe launched gold coins namely ‘Mosi-oa-Tunya‘ to be sold to the public in
order to tackle inflation, and to boost confidence in the local currency.
➢ World Health Organisation (WHO) declared the global monkeypox outbreak a ‘Public Health
Emergency of International Concern’ (PHEIC), one step below that of a ‘pandemic.’
JUNE 2022
➢ Central African Republic (CAR) becomes the 2nd country in the world, after El Salvador, to
adopt Bitcoin as legal tender.
➢ United Nations (UN) has approved to recognise the Republic of Turkey as ‘Türkiye’,
pronounced “tur-key-YAY”, following the request from the government of Turkey.
➢ United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) elected Ecuador, Japan, Malta, Mozambique, and
Switzerland to serve as non-permanent members of the United Nations Security Council
(UNSC) for a two-year term beginning January 01, 2023.
➢ United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) adopted a resolution on multilingualism, cosponsored by India, that mentioned the Hindi language and also mentions Bangla and Urdu for
the first time.
➢ Israel signed a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the United Arab Emirates (UAE), its
first deal with an Arab country.
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➢ The European Parliament approved a proposal made by the European Commission in 2021
to ban the sale of new petrol and diesel cars by 2035.
➢ The United States of America (USA) announced the formation of I2U2, a new group that
includes India, Israel, the USA, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
➢ The European Commission has made a historic step in recommending that Ukraine and
Moldova be granted European Union (EU) candidate status.
➢ Pakistan stays on Financial Action Task Force (FATF) ‘Grey List’ subject to on-site verification
and Malta removed by FATF from its “grey list” but added Gibraltar.
➢ The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) launched a new database of the
Information System on Occupational Exposure in Medicine, Industry and Research (ISEMIR),
that targets workers in industrial processes involving naturally occurring radioactive material
(NORM), which can be termed as ISEMIR-N.
➢ Gabon and Togo, were admitted to the Commonwealth of Nations, as its 55th and 56th
members, respectively, at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) 2022,
held in Kigali, Rwanda.
MAY 2022
➢ India is not one of the 61 countries that have signed a “Declaration for the Future of the Internet”
calling for the Internet to remain open, free, and neutral.
➢ United Nations (UN) launched the UN-Energy Plan of Action Towards 2025, amid global energy
crisis and worsening climate emergency.
➢ South Korea became the first Asian country joins in North Atlantic Treaty Organization Cooperative
Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence (NATO CCDCOE).
➢ India represented by Election Commission of India(ECI) elected as the Chair of the Association of
Asian Election Authorities (AAEA) for 2022-2024 at AAEA’s general assembly and executive board
meeting held in Manila, Philippines.
➢ U.N. General Assembly (UNGA) elected Czech Republic to replace Russia in the UN Human Rights
Council (UNHRC) through voting process, following Russia’s suspension over allegations of horrific
rights violations by Russian soldiers in Ukraine.
➢ Bhagwant Khuba, Minister of State (MoS), Ministry of New and Renewable Energy(MNRE)
delivered a keynote address at the investment promotion event on “India’s Solar Energy Market” at
Intersolar Europe 2022 held at Messe München exhibition centre, Munich, Germany.
➢ About 100 innovative tech firms have joined the World Economic Forum(WEF)’s Technology
Pioneers Network 2022, with five of them being Indian start-ups – Vahan, SmartCoin Financials,
Recykal, Proeon and Pandocorp.
➢ Overview of World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2022 held in Davos, Switzerland.
• India joins US-led coalition to clean up carbon-intensive industry.
• WEF launches Global Collaboration Village for strong public-private cooperation.Clickhere
➢ Part 2- Highlights of WEF Annual Meeting 2022 in Davos;MoUs Signed By Indian States
• Andhra Pradesh signs $16 billion pacts involving Adani, and Greenko.
• ReNew Power signs MoU to invest Rs 50,000 cr in 7 years in Karnataka. Clickhere
APRIL 2022
➢ India contributed USD 500,000 to the United Nation (UN) Women, an agency for gender equality
and women empowerment,for their core budget.
➢ Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority (BEZA) signed a non-binding agreement called term-sheet
with Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Limited (APSEZ Ltd.,) to establish an Indian Economic
Zone in Mirsarai of Chattogram, Bangladesh.
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➢ Madagascar become the 30th country to join the Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure
(CDRI).
➢ Russia suspended from the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) after the 193 members of United
Nation General Assembly (UNGA) voted to adopt a resolution moved by the United States of America
(USA) due to the ongoing Russian- Ukraine conflict.
➢ India was elected to four bodies of United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)
• Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs); Commission for Social
Development; Commission on Science and Technology for Development; and
• Ambassador Preeti Saran gets re-elected to Committee for Economic, Social and Cultural
Rights (CESCR).
➢ UN World Tourism Organization (WTO) Secretary-General Zurab Pololikashvili announced that
Russia has withdrawn from the UNWTO ahead of a vote by the body to suspend Russia’s membership
over its invasion of Ukraine.
MARCH 2022
➢ Financial Action Task Force (FATF) retained Pakistan in the grey list and asked the country to
work on money laundering investigations and prosecutions and also added the United Arab Emirates
(UAE) to its grey watchlist.
➢ United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has signed the Memorandum of understanding
(MoU) with the tripartite partnership for One Health, bringing together the Food and Agriculture
Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), World Health Organisation (WHO) & World Organisation
for Animal Health (OIE).
FEBRUARY 2022
➢ United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) launched new Digital Strategy 2022-2025 to
support countries and communities for using digital technologies to reduce inequality, support
inclusivity, tackle climate change, and open-up economic opportunities.
JANUARY 2022
➢ Antigua & Barbuda becomes 102nd Member of International Solar Alliance (ISA) by signing the
International Solar Alliance Framework Agreement.
➢ Sri Lanka signed an agreement with India to jointly redevelop the strategic World War II-era
Trincomalee Oil Tank Complex (Trinco Oil Tank Farm) in Srilanka’s eastern port district of
Trincomalee for a lease period of 50 years.
➢ The 5 most powerful nations of the world (China, France, Russia, the UK (United Kingdom) and the
US (United States)) have agreed and signed a joint statement to prevent Spread of Nuclear Weapons.
➢ Government of the United Kingdom (UK) launched free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations with
India, described as a “golden opportunity” to put British businesses at the “front of the queue” of the
Indian economy.
➢ Indonesian Parliament has passed a law to relocate its capital from Jakarta to East Kalimantan,
situated to the east of Borneo island and the new capital city of the country will be called Nusantara.
➢ The India is on course to surpass China as the world’s 3rd largest ethanol consumer by 2026 as per
the statement of the International Energy Agency (IEA).
➢ India has paid USD 29,990,679 in United Nations(UN) regular budget assessments for the year
2022.
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VISIT
VISIT TO INDIA
NOVEMBER 2022
-OCTOBER 2022
Highlights of US International DFC CEO Scott Nathan visit to India
•
USDFC USD 35 million to Credit access Grameen to help women entrepreneurs.
SEPTEMBER 2022
Highlights of Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina visit to India
•
PMs Narendra Modi, and Sheikh Hasina inaugurated/Unveiled Unit I of Maitree power plant,
Rupsha Bridge
• India, Bangladesh sign 7 MoUs. Clickhere
Visit of PM Narendra Modi to Uzbekistan for the SCO Summit 2022
• Attended the 22nd Meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization
(SCO) 2022.
• Leaders of SCO Member States Sign Samarkand Declaration 2022.
• Varanasi Nominated as First-Ever SCO Tourism & Cultural Capital.
• India assumes rotating SCO Presidency: to host SCO Summit in 2023. Clickhere
Union Defence Minister Raj Nath Singh’s visit to Egypt from September 18 -20, 2022
• India & Egypt sign MoU to enhance defence cooperation
AUGUST 2022
The Speaker of Assembly of the Republic of Mozambique, Esperanca Laurinda Francisco Nhiuane Bias is on
a three-day visit to India
• Signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) to boost Cooperation between the Parliaments of
India and Mozambique.
Highlights of President of Maldives Ibrahim Mohamed Solih visit to India
• Participated in the virtual ‘Pouring of First Concrete’ of the Greater Malé Connectivity Project
(GMCP).
• India offered a new additional Line of Credit (LOC) of USD 100 mn to finance infrastructure
projects in the Maldives.
• MoU on cooperation in the field of disaster management, between the Ministry of Finance of the
Maldives and the High Commission of India to Maldives. Clickhere
Visit of Minister of State for External Affairs & Culture Meenakashi Lekhi to Norway, Iceland and Malta –
August 16-23, 2022
• An MoU about the predictive eye screening for diabetes was signed by RetinaRisk, in Iceland & Sankara
Nethralaya, a charitable not-for-profit eye hospital in India. Clickhere
Visit of EAM Dr. S. Jaishankar to Brazil, Paraguay & Argentina – August 22 -27, 2022
• co-chaired the 8th Brazil-India Joint Commission Meeting (JCM) 2022 in Brasilia.
• jointly inaugurated the newly opened Indian Embassy in Asuncion, Paraguay’s capital. Clickhere
JULY 2022
Highlights of PM Narendra Modi’s visit to Germany and UAE
• Attended the 48th G7 Summit in 2022 as Guest.
• launched a ‘Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment'(PGII) initiative
• Announced a tightening of sanctions against Russia with focus on defence industry, technology sector,
oil and gold. Clickhere
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JUNE 2022
Highlights of Benjamin (Benny) Gantz, Defence Minister, Israel’s visit to India.
• India and Israel adopted the “Vision Statement” to strengthen the defence cooperation in future.
MAY 2022
Highlights of Oman’s Commerce Minister Qais bin Mohammed al Yousef visit to India
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A 48-member high level multi-sectoral delegation headed by Qais bin Mohammed al Yousef visited
India from May 10-14, 2022.
10th Session of the India-Oman JCM 2022 held in New Delhi.
10th Meeting of India-Oman Joint Business Council (JBC) in New Delhi.
Highlights of Hungary’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó’s Visit to India
•
•
Hungary Became New Member of International Solar Alliance (ISA).
The India-Hungary Business Forum 2022 was held in New Delhi (Delhi).
APRIL 2022
Highlights of MoH&FW Minister Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya Visit to Jordan
• MoU signed with Jordan for supply of 30 LMT Rock Phosphate, 2.50 LMT DAP, 1 LMT phosphoric acid.
Highlights of Nepalese PM Sher Bahadur Deuba visit to India
• Launch and operationalisation of 34.9 km long cross border rail link from Jaynagar to Kurtha.
• Inauguration of the 90 km long 132 KV Solu Corridor transmission line.
• International Solar Alliance Framework Agreement handover by Nepal. Click here
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov made a two-day visit to India from 31 March 2022 to 1 April 2022
• Regarding supply of any goods that India wanted to buy from Russia using the Rupee-Rouble mechanism
followed by him United Kingdom (UK) Foreign Secretary Liz Truss and Deputy National Security Advisor
(NSA) of United States of America (USA) Daleep Singh visited India.
The Sultanate of Oman’s Foreign Minister, Sayyid Badr bin Hamad bin Hamood Albusaidi, made an official
visit to India
• Both Ministers have decided to hold Joint Commission Meeting for Commerce Ministers
Highlights of PM Narendra Modi’s visit to Gujarat
• PM laid foundation stone for World’s 1st WHO Global Centre for Traditional Medicines in Jamnagar.
• PM inaugurated Development Projects worth Rs 22,000cr at Adijati Maha Sammelan in Dahod, Gujarat.
• PM lays foundation of manufacturing unit for 9,000 HP electric locomotives in Gujarat’s Dahod. Clickhere
Overview of Visit of the United Kingdom PM Boris Johnson to India
• India-UK signed a new Defence Cooperation Agreement
• MoU on Implementation of Global Innovation Partnership(GIP). Clickhere
Finland Minister of Economic Affairs Mika Lintila visited India on April 16−21, 2022
• India, Finland to establish Quantum Computing Virtual Network Centre.
Overview of Mauritius PM Pravind Kumar Jugnauth’s Visit to India
• He also attended India’s 1st Global Ayush Investment and Innovation Summit 2022.
• PM Narendra Modi launches Ayush Visa for Medical Tourists.
Visit of President of the European Commission to India: April 24-25, 2022
• India is the 2nd Country to Launch Trade and Technology Council with European Union (EU).
MARCH 2022
Prime Minister (PM) of Japan, Fumio Kishida, was on a two-day visit to India to attend 14th India-Japan
summit 2022 on March 19-20,2022.
• India & Japan launched a Clean Energy Partnership (CEP) for cooperation towards achieving
sustainable economic growth.
• Japan to invest $42 billion in India over five years. Clickhere
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FOREIGN VISIT
NOVEMBER 2022
--OCTOBER 2022
Highlights of Visit of External Affairs Minister S.Jaishankar visit to USA; Attended 77th UNGA
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UN launches first-ever International Finance Facility for Education
September 18 – 24, 2022: Visit to New York, Participated in UNGA 77
10th IBSA Trilateral Ministerial Commission Meeting
4th India-CARICOM Foreign Ministers’ Meeting 2022. Clickhere
Visit of EAM Dr. S. Jaishankar to New Zealand & Australia –October 05 – 11, 2022
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Visit of EAM Dr. S. Jaishankar to New Zealand – October 05 – 09, 2022
India’s EAM launches book “Modi@20: Dreams Meet Delivery” in Auckland, New Zealand
Visit of EAM Dr. S. Jaishankar to Australia – October 10 – 11, 2022.Clickhere
SEPTEMBER 2022
Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan made a four-day visit to Australia from August 20-23, 2022.
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Dharmendra Pradhan co-chairs 6th Meeting of Australia-India Education Council 2022.
Attended the Group of Twenty (G20) 4th Education Working Group Meeting & Education Ministers’
Meeting 2022 in Bali, Indonesia. Clickhere
Highlights of India’s EAM S. Jaishankar visit to UAE
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•
Attended 14th India-UAE Joint Commission Meeting (JCM) and 3rd India-UAE Strategic Dialogue.
Signed between the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) & the International Fund for Houbara Conservation
for the Conservation of the Great Indian Bustard and the Lesser Florican.
Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh & EAM S Jaishankar Visit Japan for 2nd India-Japan 2+2 Ministerial
Meeting 2022
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India & Japan hold inaugural ‘fighter exercise’ between Air Forces of both countries. Clickhere
Union Minister Piyush Goyal, Ministry of Commerce & Industry (MoCI) was on 6-day visit to San Francisco
and Los Angeles of the United States (US).
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Launched an upskilling initiative SETU- Supporting Entrepreneurs in Transformation and Upskilling
programme in San Francisco.
Attended the first in-person Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) ministerial meeting in Los
Angeles.
Union Minister of State (Independent Charge), Ministry of Science and Technology (MoS&T), Dr. Jitendra
Singh’s visit to USA from september 20- 25, 2022
•
Dr. Jitendra Singh attended the first-ever “Global Clean Energy Action Forum 2022.
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India announces the launch of The “Innovation Roadmap of the Mission Integrated Biorefineries”.
India to host Clean Energy Ministerial in July 2023.
India’s Bio economy to Touch USD 150 Billion by 2025. Clickhere
AUGUST 2022
Highlights of EAM Dr. S. Jaishankar’s Visit to Cambodia, August 03–05, 2022
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Attended the ASEAN-India Ministerial Meeting (AIFMM) 2022.
EAM Dr. S Jaishankar visited the 12th century heritage sites of Ta Prohm Temple and Angkor Wat
Temple in Cambodia. Clickhere
Union Minister Subrahmanyam (S.) Jaishankar, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) of India paid an official
visit to Bangkok, Thailand.
• To attend the 9th Meeting of India-Thailand Joint Commission (JCM) 2022.
• MoU for Cooperation & Collaboration on Broadcasting between Prasar Bharti, India and Thai Public
Broadcasting Service, Thailand (Thai PBS).
JULY 2022
-JUNE 2022
Visit Of Vice President of India Venkaiah Naidu to Gabon, Senegal and Qatar
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MoU for cooperation between India’s Sushma Swaraj Institute of Foreign Services (SSIFS) and Gabon’s
Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Singed an MoU for Cultural Exchange Program (CEP) between India and Senegal for 2022-26.
Addressed an India-Qatar Business Forum. Clickhere
EAM of India S. Jaishankar visits Slovakia & the Czech Republic
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Participated in the 17th edition of the Bratislava Forum “GLOBSEC 2022 Bratislava Forum” in
Bratislava, Slovakia.
• Met H.E. Mr Jan Lipavský, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Government of Czech Republic to discuss about
the steady progress in bilateral cooperation.
Highlights of Rajnath Singh’s 3-day visit to Vietnam
• Handed over 12 High Speed Guard Boats constructed under the Government of India to Vietnam at the
Hong Ha Shipyard in Hai Phong, Vietnam.
• Gifted 2 simulators and a grant of USD 1 million to Vietnamese Air Force training institute for a
language and Information Technology (IT) laboratory capacity building.
• A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Mutual Logistics Support was also signed between them.
MAY 2022
Highlights of PM Narendra Modi visit to Germany, Denmark and France
• PM Narendra Modi received a Guard of honour at Federal Chancellery in the presence of German
Challancer Olaf Scholz in Berlin.
• To make an advance commitment of 10 billion euros to India of new and additional development
assistance until 2030.
• 2nd India-Nordic Summit 2022 held at Copenhagen, Denmark and signed 9 agreements. Clickhere
Highlights of Union Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Minister Narendra Singh Tomar’s visit to Israel
• Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar met Israel’s Minister Oded Forer at the Knesset (Israel’s
Parliament) in Jerusalem. Clickhere
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Overview of India’s Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman visit to US
• Attended the 2022 Spring Meetings of the World Bank (WB) Group and International Monetary Fund
(IMF).
• Also participated G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (FMCBG) 2022 Meeting.Click here
Highlights of External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar’s visit to Bangladesh and Bhutan
• India, Bhutan inaugurates India-backed 3 development Projects. Click here
Visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Lumbini, Nepal
• Laid the foundation stone for the construction of the India International Centre for Buddhist Culture
and Heritage in Lumbini, Nepal.
• An agreement between SJVN Ltd and Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) for Development and
implementation of the 490 MW Arun-4 hydro power project worth Rs 4,900 crore in Nepal. Clickhere
Overview of Indian PM Narendra Modi Visit to Japan for QUAD Leaders’ Meeting 2022
• QUAD nations also announced the launch of ‘Quad Fellowship program’.
• US President Joe Biden launches Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF) in Tokyo.
• A Quad Partnership on Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) for the Indo-Pacific was
announced. Clickhere
Highlights of MoS For External Affairs V. Muraleedharan Visit to the USA
• He headed the Indian delegation to the first International Migration Review Forum (IMRF)-2022 at the
United Nations (UN) in New York, USA.
Overview of President Ram Nath Kovind Visit to Jamaica and St. Vincent & Grenadines
• India, Jamaica sign MoU for cooperation in Diplomatic Training.
• Saint Vincent renames ‘Calder Road’ to ‘India Bharat-Drive Marg. clickhere
APRIL 2022
Highlights of EAM S. Jaishankar visit to Maldives and Sri Lanka.
• Participated in the 18th BIMSTEC Ministerial Meeting and an agreement was signed for the
implementation of Sri Lanka’s Unique Digital Identity program.
• Inauguration of National College for Policing & Law Enforcement (NCPLE) at Addu City to help the
Maldives Police Service (MPS).Click here
President Of India visits Turkmenistan and Netherlands to strengthen the bilateral relationship.
• Turkmenistan visit: MoU b/w the Financial Monitoring Service at the Ministry of Finance and
Economy of Turkmenistan and Financial Intelligence Unit of India.
• Netherlands Visit: Extension of MoU on bilateral cooperation in the field of Ports, Maritime Transport
and Logistics.Click here
Union Ministers S.Jaishankar & Rajnath Singh visited US to attend 4th India-U.S. 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue
2022
• 4th India-US 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue 2022 hosted by the US’ Secretary of State Antony John Blinken
and Secretary of Defence Lloyd James Austin III.
• India, US signed bilateral space situational awareness arrangement. Clickhere
Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS), Admiral R Hari Kumar held several high-level bilateral meetings during a
three-day visit to the Maldives
• Unveiled the first ‘Navigation Chart,’ co-produced by India and the Maldives, and handed over
hydrography equipment to the Maldivian National Defence Forces (MNDF) to help them consolidate
their capabilities.
MARCH 2022
➢ Union Minister Piyush Goyal, Ministry of Commerce and Industry unveiled the Comprehensive
Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) between India and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on 28
March 2022 during his visit to the UAE.
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FEBRUARY 2022
Highlights of EAM S.Jaishankar visit to Australia and Philippines from February 10-15, 2022
➢ EAM participated in the 4th Japan- Australia-India-United States(US) (Quad) Foreign Ministers’
Meeting 2022 in Melbourne (Australia).
➢ Inaugural India-Australia Foreign Ministers’ Cyber Framework Dialogue (FMCFD) 2022.Clickhere
Highlights of EAM S.Jaishankar’s visit to Germany and France
➢ Roadmap to enhance bilateral exchanges on Blue Economy and Ocean Governance.
➢ S Jaishankar met with Ireland Foreign Minister Simon Coveney during the 58th Munich Security
Conference (MSC) 2022, which was held in Munich, Germany from 18 February – 20 February
2022.Click here
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SUMMITS, EVENTS & CONFERENCE
SUMMITS
Name of Summit
Place
Facts about the summit /conference
NOVEMBER 2022
--OCTOBER 2022
--SEPTEMBER 2022
International Dairy Federation
World Dairy Summit (IDF
WDS) 2022
Greater Noida, Uttar
Pradesh
It was inaugurated by Prime Minister (PM)
Narendra Modi with the theme of Dairy for
Nutrition and Livelihood.
AUGUST 2022
--First India Animal Health
Summit 2022
First I2U2 Leaders’ Virtual
Summit 2022
Global Patidar Business
Summit (GPBS) 2022
JULY 2022
New Delhi, Delhi
For greater use of Ayurveda for ensuring
better animal health
virtual
UAE to invest USD 2 billion to develop
Integrated Food Parks in India; US and Israel
to provide technology
• It Will Advance Hybrid Renewable
Energy Project in Gujarat Consisting
of 300 MW of Wind and Solar
Capacity.
JUNE 2022
-MAY 2022
Surat, Gujarat
It was organised by Sardardham to provide
an impetus to the socio-economic
development of Patidar community.
Theme - “Aatmanirbhar Community to
Aatmanirbhar Gujarat and India”
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JITO Connect 2022
Pune, Maharashtra
Shanghai Cooperation
Organisation Regional AntiTerrorist Structure (SCORATS) summit 2022
New Delhi, Delhi
5th BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal
Initiative for Multi-Sectoral
Technical and Economic
Cooperation) Summit
1st Global Ayush Investment
and Innovation Summit
(GAIIS)
2022 International Summit on
Plastics Recycling & Waste
Management
2nd India Australia Virtual
Summit 2022
One Ocean Summit 2022
21st Edition of TERI’s World
Sustainable Development
Summit 2022
This summit was addressed and organised by
Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi and Jain
International Trade Organisation (JITO)
respectively with a theme of “Together
Towards Tomorrow”
It was organised by India’s National Security
Council Secretariat (NSCS) under NSA Ajit
Doval.
APRIL 2022
Virtual mode by Sri
Narendra Modi, Prime Minister (PM) of India
Lanka
participated this summit.
• The theme of the 5th BIMSTEC
Summit was “Towards a Resilient
Region, Prosperous Economies,
Healthy People”.
• India to provide USD 1 million to
BIMSTEC to increase its operational
budget.
Gandhinagar, Gujarat
The summit witnessed Letter of Intents
(LoIs) worth more than Rs 9000 crore.
Clickhere
MARCH 2022
New Delhi, Delhi
Ministry of MSME also launched two special
initiatives, ‘Sambhav’ and ‘Svavlamban’ to
promote entrepreneurship amongst youth,
especially in aspirational Districts all across
India.
Organiser - Ministry of MSME & All-India
Plastics Manufacturers’ Association (AIPMA).
Virtual
PM Scott Morrison announces investment of
about Rs 1500 crore
• Letter of Arrangement between India
and Australia for Educational
Qualifications Recognition was also
signed. Clickhere
FEBRUARY 2022
Brest, Brittany, France
It was organized by France in cooperation
with the United Nations (UN) and the World
Bank
• Pledged that 80% of the Seabed to be
mapped by 2030.
• UNESCO: Goal of including ocean
education in the school curricula of
its 193 Member States by 2025
Virtual
Theme of the summit is ‘Towards a Resilient
Planet: Ensuring a Sustainable and Equitable
Future’.
• Vedanta has signed a Memorandum
of Understanding (MoU) with TERI to
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promote ‘Sustainable Use of
Resources for a Resilient Planet
through Transformative Actions’
1st Global Summit on
‘Reimagining Museums In
India’
Hyderabad, Telangana
India-UAE Virtual Summit
2022
Virtual
28th edition of DST-CII IndiaSingapore Technology Summit
2022
Virtual
16th India Digital Summit,
2022
Virtual
World Economic Forum’s
(WEF) Davos Agenda Summit
2022
Virtual
1st India-Central Asia Summit
2022
Virtual
This first of its kind summit was inaugurated
by Minister for Culture, Minister of Tourism
and Minister of Development of the NorthEastern Region, G. Kishan Reddy.
Held between the India’s Prime Minister(PM)
Narendra Modi & United Arab
Emirates(UAE)’s Crown Prince H.H. Sheikh
Mohamed bin Zayed al Nahyan
• India-UAE Comprehensive Economic
Partnership Agreement (CEPA) was
signed Click here
Organized- Confederation of Indian Industry
(CII) & Department of Science & Technology
(DST)
Theme - ‘Building Economies for the Future’
• Singapore is the partner country for
this Summit.
• DST-MTI, Singapore signs MoU for
cooperation in science, technology
and innovation.
JANUARY 2022
It was organized by organised by the
Internet and Mobile Association of India
(IAMAI) with the theme “Supercharging
Startups” and also unveiled ‘LEAP’
(“Leverage, Encourage, Access & Promote”)
as the way forward for Startups.
The theme of this summit is ‘The State of the
World’
PM Narendra Modi introduced the ‘P3 (ProPlanet People) movement’ that underlines
India’s climate change commitments.
WEF 2022 reschedules 2022 annual meeting
from may 22 to 26 in Davos-Klosters,
Switzerland under the theme, ‘working
Together, restoring Trust’ click here
Narendra Modi hosted the 1st India-Central
Asia Summit 2022 in a virtual format with
the Presidents of 5 Central Asian Nations of
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan,
Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan
• An India-Central Asia Secretariat in
New Delhi will be set up to support
the new mechanism. Click here
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CONFERENCE
Name of Conference
Place
Facts about the summit /conference
NOVEMBER 2022
15th Urban Mobility India
(UMI) Conference & Expo 2022
Kochi, Kerala
Organized - Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
(MoHUA) & Kerala
Inaugurated by: Union Minister Hardeep Singh
Puri, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
(MoHUA) & Chief Minister (CM) of Kerala, Pinarayi
Vijayan
OCTOBER 2022
Digital India Conference of
State IT Ministers
New Delhi, Delhi
United Nations Educational,
Scientific and Cultural
Organisation (UNESCO)MONDIACULT 2022 World
Conference
Mexico
Inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi
• Allocated an amount of Rs. 26,000 crores
for the installation of 25,000 mobile towers
in 500 days
Minister of State for Culture Arjun Ram Meghwal
participated this meet.
SEPTEMBER 2022
7th Bengaluru Space Expo
(BSX-2022)
National Conference of
Ministers of Environment,
Forest and Climate Change
(EF&CC)
Bengaluru,
Karnataka
Gujarat
six MoUs signed between India, Australia at
Bengaluru Space Expo 2022.Clickhere
Released the guidelines for ‘Swachh Vayu
Sarvekshan- Ranking of Cities’ which will rank 131
cities across India for the implementation of City
Action Plans prepared as part of National Clean Air
Programme (NCAP) for the reduction of air
pollution up to 40% by 2025-26. Clickhere
AUGUST 2022
-United Nations (UN) Ocean
Conference 2022
52nd Director-General level
Border Conference
World Trade Organization’s
(WTO) 12th Ministerial
Conference (MC12)
JULY 2022
Lisbon, Portugal
Co-hosted - Kenya & Portugal
• 198 Countries Adopt Lisbon Declaration
• Proposed the “Blue Deal,” to enable the
sustainable use of ocean resources for
economic growth. clickhere
Dhaka, Bangladesh
India & Bangladesh signed an agreement for the
time and place-specific joint operations and
patrolling to curb trans-border crimes and
strengthen mutual trust and harmony among the
border forces.
JUNE 2022
Geneva, Switzerland Co-Host – Switzerland & Kazakhstan
Union Minister Piyush Goyal represented India at
the WTO MC12 & G-33 Ministerial Meeting.
WTO agrees Fishing, Food and Covid-19 Vaccine
Deals. Clickhere
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1st ‘SemiconIndia 2022’
conference
1st Incredible India
International Cruise
Conference 2022
15th session of the Conference
of the Parties (COP15) of the
United Nations Convention to
Combat Desertification
(UNCCD)
A three- day Air Force
Commanders’ Conference
(AFCC)
Smart Cities, Smart
Urbanization
OCEANS 2022 conference &
Exposition
ASEAN (Association of
SouthEast Asian Nations)-India
High-Level Conference on
Renewable Energy
24th National Conference on eGovernance (NCeG) 2020-21
MAY 2022
Bengaluru,
Theme - ‘Catalyzing India’s Semiconductor
Karnataka
Ecosystem’
Karnataka govt signs MoU with ISMC to set up
India’s 1st and largest Rs 22,900cr semiconductor
fabrication plant. Clickhere
Mumbai,
Organized - Ministry of Ports, Shipping &
Maharashtra
Waterways, Government of India & FICCI
(Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce &
Industry)
• Central Government has set up a High-Level
Committee (HLC) to create an enabling
ecosystem for the development of cruise
tourism in India.
Abidjan, Côte
d’Ivoire
The UNCCD COP15 adopted 38 decisions, including
on tenure, migration and gender that highlight the
role of land in addressing multiple crises.
APRIL 2022
New Delhi, Delhi
The theme for this Conference is ‘Optimising
human resources’.
Surat, Gujarat
Smart Cities Mission (SCM) released the Urban
Outcomes Framework 2022 including, ‘Ease of
Living’, ‘Municipal Performance Index’, ‘Data
Maturity and ClimateSmart Cities Assessment
Framework.Click here
MARCH 2022
Hybrid format
Host - Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras
& National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT),
Chennai, Tamil Nadu (TN).
Theme- ‘Inspire-Innovate-Sustain’.
FEBRUARY 2022
Theme of the conference: “Experience and
Innovations for Integrated Renewables Market
Organized by
Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE)
Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), Government of
India, in collaboration with The Energy and
Resources Institute (TERI), India and the ASEAN
Centre for Energy (ACE), Indonesia.
JANUARY 2022
Hyderabad,
This conference was organised by the Department
Telangana
of Administrative Reforms & Public Grievances
(DARPG), Ministry of Electronics & Information
Technology (MeitY), in association Telangana govt.
Theme - ‘India’s Techade: Digital Governance in a
Post Pandemic World’
virtually
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4th Asia Ministerial
Conference on Tiger
Conservation
‘Hyderabad Declaration’ on e-Governance was
adopted and National Awards for e-Governance
(NAeG) 2020-21 were conferred to 26 awardees.
It was organized by the Government of Malaysia
and coordinated by the Global Tiger Forum (GTF)
hybrid mode
EVENTS
Name of Events
Two-day meeting of the United
Nations Security Council’s
Counter (UNSC)-Terrorism
Committee (CTC)
6th India Mobile Congress 2022
‘First’ SemiconIndia
FutureDesign roadshow
5th assembly of the
International Solar Alliance
(ISA)
90th INTERPOL General
Assembly
Two day -Arogya Manthan 2022
8th session of India-Armenia
Intergovernmental Commission
(IGC) on Trade, Economic,
Scientific and Technological,
Cultural and Educational
Cooperation
Industry Transition Dialogue
Place
Facts about the summit /conference
NOVEMBER 2022
Mumbai,
To counter the use of new and emerging technologies
Maharashtra & for terrorist purposes.
New Delhi,
• India to Contribute USD 500,000 to UN Trust Fund
Delhi
for Counter-Terrorism.
OCTOBER 2022
New Delhi
PM launched indigenous 5G NSA Core designed and
(Delhi)
developed by C-DOT
• PM launches first phase of 5G services in 13
cities.Clickhere
Gandhinagar,
Unveiled the Indian Space Research Organisation
Gujarat
(ISRO)- tested and qualified NavIC Receiver Chipsets.
New Delhi,
India & France have been re-elected as President and
Delhi
Co-President of the International Solar Alliance (ISA).
• ISA to operationalise ‘Solar Facility’
• New Vice-Presidents of Standing Committee
announced.
Pragati Maidan, Inaugurated by the Prime Minister (PM) of India
New Delhi
Narendra Modi.
• launched the first ever Global Police Metaverse
specifically designed for law enforcement
agencies worldwide.
SEPTEMBER 2022
New Delhi
To mark the double anniversaries of Ayushman Bharat(Delhi)
Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY) (4 years) & Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM)(1years). Clickhere
AUGUST 2022
-JULY 2022
Armenia,
Signed an MoU between them for High Impact
Yerevan
Community Development Projects (HICDP) in Armenia
Stockholm,
Sweden
JUNE 2022
India and Sweden hosted this dialogue as a part of the
India-Sweden joint initiative “Leadership for Industry
Transition (LeadIT).
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2022 Rotary International
Convention
Biotech Startup Expo – 2022
Houston,
Texas, USA
New Delhi,
Delhi
2-day Special ASEAN-India
Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
(SAIFMM) 2022
New Delhi,
Delhi
8th meeting of the Heads of the
Border Services of SCO
XV World Forestry Congress
(WFC 2021)
7th Annual Meeting of Board of
Governors of NDB
7th India-Canada Joint Science
and Technology Cooperation
Committee (JSTCC) meeting
BRICS Foreign Ministers’
Meeting 2022
Waterways Conclave-2022
It was virtually addressed by Prime Minister (PM)
Narendra Modi.
Organised - Department of Biotechnology and
Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council
(BIRAC).
Theme - “Biotech Startup Innovations: Towards
AatmaNirbhar Bharat”
Co-chair - S. Jaishankar, India’s External Affairs Minister
(EAM), and Dr. Vivian Balakrishnan, Singapore’s
Minister of Foreign Affairs.
• 12th edition of the Delhi Dialogue (DDXII) 2022,
a premium Track 1.5 Dialogue in the ASEANIndia calendar also hosted. Clickhere
New Delhi,
The plan for preparation and organisation of Joint
Delhi
Border Operation 2022 i.e. “Friendship Border – 2022”
was also reviewed and approved.
• Supported the initiative of the China to conduct
the 9th round of Joint Border Operations of the
border services of the competent authorities of
the SCO member states i.e. “Solidarity – 2023” in
2023
MAY 2022
Coex, Seoul,
Organised - Korea Forest Service (KFS) & Food and
Republic of
Agricultural Organisation (FAO)
Korea
• 141 Participant countries endorsed the Seoul
Forest Declaration to convey the urgent need for
action to achieve a green, healthy and resilient
future with forests.
Virtual
Nirmala Sitharaman, Union Minister of the Ministry of
Finance and Ministry of Corporate Affairs and also an
India’s Governor for the New Development Bank (NDB)
chaired this meet with the theme of NDB: Optimising
Development Impact.
Ottawa, Canada Two Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) were
renewed, articulating new strategic directions for the
implementation of the 2005 Agreement for Scientific
and Technological Cooperation between the
Government of Canada and the Government of the
Republic of India.
Virtual
External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar
participated virtually in the BRICS Foreign Ministers’
Meeting 2022, hosted by China.
• BRICS countries established the “BRICS Joint
Committee on Space Cooperation “, bringing a
new era of cooperation in the fields of remote
sensing satellite observation and data sharing.
APRIL 2022
Dibrugarh,
Organizer- Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways &
Assam
Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI)
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•
Wings India 2022
8th Annual Meeting of the IndoGerman Working Group on
Quality Infrastructure
3rd Edition of ‘NIC Tech
Conclave 2022’
Fifth session of the United
Nations Environment Assembly
(UNEA-5.2)
Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) &
Gauhati University (GU) signed MoU in this
conclave
MARCH 2022
Hyderabad,
Organizer - Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA), Airports
Telangana
Authority of India (AAI) & Federation of Indian
Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI).
• Airports Authority of India (AAI) signed an
agreement with Bharat Electronics
Limited (BEL) for the joint, indigenous
development of Air Traffic Management
Systems (ATMS).
FEBRUARY 2022
virtual
The Outcome of the Global Quality Infrastructure Index
(GQII) study was shared in this meet and as per this
report, India ranked at 7th position on standardization
aspect, 9th for Accreditation activities and 19th for the
Metrology related activities.
New Delhi,
Theme - “Next Gen Technologies for Digital
Delhi
Government”
Organiser - National Informatics Centre (NIC).
Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Union Minister for Electronics &
Information Technology(E&IT) released the ebook
titled “75 Digital Solutions from NIC”
Nairobi, Kenya
Theme - ‘Strengthening Actions for Nature to Achieve
the Sustainable Development Goals’
• 175 nations endorsed a historic resolution titled
‘End Plastic Pollution: Towards an
internationally legally binding instrument’ to
end plastic pollution and forge an international
legally binding agreement by 2024.
• Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the
creation of UNEP (United Nations Environment
Programme) in 1972.
JANUARY 2022
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COMMITTEES & MEETING
COMMITTEES FORMED
Name of the Committee
High-level committee
9-member Task Force
Head
Facts about the Committee
NOVEMBER 2022
K. Radhakrishnan
To enhance the assessment and accreditation
of Higher Educational Institutions.
OCTOBER 2022
-To monitor the introduction of Cheetahs in
Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh and
other suitably specified locations.
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Commodity Derivatives Advisory
Committee (CDAC) & Alternative
Investment Policy Advisory
Committee (AIPAC).
Committee for nationwide
implementation of technologybased crop yield estimation
&
Committee for standardization
and improvement of weather
data infrastructure
Insurance Regulatory and
Development Authority of India
(IRDAI)’s 15-member
consultative committee
Insurance Regulatory and
Development Authority of India
(IRDAI)’s 24-member committee
National Real Estate
Development Council
(NAREDCO) Finance Committee
(NFC)
6-Member High-level panel on
cyber security
11-Company Law Committee
47-member National level
committee
Committee to moderate gas
price
Six-Member Committee
5-member high-level
committee
Advisory Committee for
secondary steel
Task Force to control the
Monkeypox cases in India
20-member Market Data
Advisory Committee (MDAC)
15 – member FPI (Foreign
Portfolio Investment) Advisory
Committee (FAC)
Ashok Dalwani & N R
Narayana Murthy
It was re-constituted by Securities and
Exchange Board of India (SEBI)
C. S. Murthy (Current)
To reduce the delay in crop loss/damage
estimation and ensure timely settlement of
claims by farmers.
Rakesh Joshi
For increasing health insurance coverage in
India.
Thomas M. Devasia
To develop and suggest an affordable and
comprehensive cover for the rural
population.
To support large-scale developers to access
funds through financial institutions.
Satish Kumar
SEPTEMBER 2022
Navin Kumar Singh
It now expanded to 6 members from 4
members.
It is extended upto one year (sept 2023)
Ministry of Corporate
Affairs (MCA) Secretary
(Tarun Bajaj)
Suresh Prabhakar
Prabhu
For drafting of the National Cooperation
Policy Document.
Dr. Kirit Shantilal
Parikh(Kirit S Parikh)
To review the formula to formalise the
pricing of gas produced by companies.
M. Damodaran
To suggest measures to boost Venture
Capital and Private Equity (VC/PE)
investments.
To review marketing practices of
pharmaceutical companies in India.
Vinod Kumar (VK) Paul
AUGUST 2022
Jyotiraditya M. Scindia
Dr. Vinod K. Paul
M. S. Sahoo
KV Subramanian
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It was constituted by Ministry of Steel.
To monitor and provide guidance on the
expansion of diagnostic facilities.
Ashish Kumar Chauhan (Member MDAC), the
newly appointed CEO of the National Stock
Exchange (NSE) replaced Vikram Limaye,
NSE’s former MD and CEO.
To increase foreign investments and to
simplify investment process in the capital
markets.
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IRDAI’s 9 Member task force
IRDAI’s 7 Member task force
3-member delimitation
commission
Board of Trade (BOT)
Committee to Develop a
Comprehensive Framework on
the Right to Repair
Apex Committee for Performance
and Efficiency Audit
29-member committee
14- member Risk Management
Review Committee (RMRC)
JULY 2022
Bhargav Dasgupta (MD &
CEO, ICICI Lombard
General Insurance)
Naveen Tahilyani(MD &
CEO, Tata AIA Life
Insurance)
Vijay Kumar Dev
(Chairman)
Union Minister of
Commerce and Industry
(Piyush Goyal)
Nidhi Khare
Defence Secretary (Ajay
Kumar)
Sanjay Agrawal
JUNE 2022
Jayanth R Varma
Central Advisory Board on
Archaeology (CABA)
25-member Advisory Committee
on Mutual Funds
Union Minister of
Culture as chairperson
Usha Thorat
7-member Building Advisory
Committee
B K Katyal
20-member Hybrid Securities
Advisory Committee (HySAC)
Kundapur Vaman
Kamath (KV Kamath)
18-member Secondary Market
Advisory Committee (SMAC) of
Securities and Exchange Board of
India (SEBI)
MAY 2022
Gurumoorthy
Mahalingam
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To sort out the issues between non-life
insurers and re-insurers
To sort out the life insurance segment and reinsurers
Other two members are Pankaj Kumar Singh
& Randhir Sahay
It was established by Ministry of Home
Affairs (MoHA) to assist the Central
Government in delimitation of municipal
wards in Delhi and carrying out other
functions related to it.
It has nominated 29 non-official members
from large and small enterprises with diverse
sectoral and geographical representation.
It was formed by Department of Consumer
Affairs (DoCA) of the Ministry of Consumer
Affairs, Food and Public Distribution (MoCA,
F & PD)
It was set up by Ministry of Defence (MoD).
To make the Minimum Support Price (MSP)
more effective and transparent, and to
promote zero-budget based farming.
To review the risk management framework
for the Cash and Derivatives (including
Commodity derivatives).
It was reconstituted by The President for a
three years term
To advise the SEBI on issues related to the
regulation of mutual funds for ensuring
investor Protection.
To advise and assist on premises related
matters like planning, acquisition and
furnishing.
To make recommendations for boosting the
growth of such instruments, including
measures focusing on ease of issuance and
attracting domestic & global capital.
ToIt was restructured by Securities and
Exchange Board of India (SEBI) to the capital
markets regulator on improving market
safety, efficiency, and transparency.
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Advisory committee of SEBI
Navneet Munot
For advising on Environmental Social and
Governance (ESG) related matters pertaining
to the securities markets.
6 – member Committee for
Review of Customer Service
Standards in RBI Regulated
Entities (REs)
Bibhu Prasad Kanungo
Inter-State Council
Prime Minister of India,
Narendra
Modi(Chairman)
Cotton Council of India
Suresh Bhai Kotak
This is to examine and review the state of
customer service in REs, as well as the
adequacy of customer service regulations,
and make recommendations to improve
customer service.
It was reconstituted along with six Union
Ministers as members and Ten Union
Ministers as permanent invitees.
• Also reconstituted the Standing
Committee of the Inter-State Council
with the Union Home Minister Amit
Shah as its Chairman.
The Government of India (GOI) announced
the formation of Cotton Council of India
under his chairmanship.
Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming
and Comics (AVGC) Promotion
Task Force
Advisory committee for Semicon
India Programme
Working group on sponsors of
Mutual Fund & Working group
on MF trustees
7- Member Advisory Committee
for Leveraging Regulatory and
Technology Solutions (ALeRTS)
Market Data Advisory Committee
22-member National Committee
on Dam Safety
APRIL 2022
Apoorva Chandra
Ashwini Vaishnaw
A.Balasubramanian & Dr
Manoj Vaish respectively
Sunil Bajpai
M S Sahoo
MARCH 2022
Chairman of the Central
Water Commission
(CWC) (Present
Chairman – R.K. Sinha)
under the Ministry of Jal
Shakti.
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To submit its first action plan within 90 days
and will also be responsible for framing a
National AVGC policy.
To drive the Rs 76,000 crore project,
Semicon India, to make the country a global
leader in semiconductor manufacturing,
design and innovation.
Securities and Exchange Board of India
(SEBI) established 2 separate Working
Groups for Asset Management Companies
(AMC)
• To review the Role and Eligibility of a
Sponsor of a Mutual Fund to facilitate
growth and innovation in the
industry
• To streamline the role and
obligations of Trustees of Mutual
Funds
The committee will also guide SEBI in
designing and framing requirements for the
various in-house systems.
SEBI has rejigs this committee to recommend
policy measures pertaining to areas like
securities market data access and privacy.
National Dam Safety Authority also
constituted that seeks to maintain standards
related to dam safety, prevent dam-related
disasters and resolve inter-state issues
related to dams.
• will be headed by a chairman &
assisted by 5 members to lead its 5
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wings – policy and research,
technical, regulation, disaster &
resilience and administration &
finance.
Advisory committee on
settlement orders and
compounding of offences
Advisory committee on Investor
Protection and Education Fund
(IPEF)
Ken-Betwa Link Project
Authority (KBLPA)
Alternative Investment Policy
Advisory Committee
High level ministerial task force
Task force under the Technology
Innovation Group (TIG) on 6G
(6th Generation) technology.
FEBRUARY 2022
Jai Narayan Patel
Securities and Exchange Board of India
(SEBI) restructured its four-member highpower advisory committee on settlement
orders and compounding of offences.
Other members:
• M S Sahoo
• Poornima Advani
• PK Malhotra
Gurumoorthy
SEBI restructured its eight-member
Mahalingam
committee. The new members inducted in
the panel are Vijay Kumar Venkataraman and
Mrin Agarwal.
CEO (Chief Executive
For the implementation of the Ken-Betwa
Officer) of additional
interlinking of rivers (ILRs) project.
secretary rank
• also formed a 20-member National
Steering Committee (SC) which will
monitor the implementation.
• Committee will be chaired by the
Secretary (Currently- Pankaj Kumar),
Ministry of Jal Shakti.
NR Narayana Murthy
This 20-member committee was formed to
advise the SEBI on a range of issues that
impact further development of the
Alternative Investment Fund (AIF) industry,
and startup ecosystem in India.
Secretaries and senior
To analyse the impact on India by the
officials (from External sanctions made against Russia by the United
Affairs, Defence, Finance, States of America (USA), the European Union
Home, Commerce &
(EU), United Kingdom (UK), Japan, Canada,
Industry and Petroleum Taiwan, and New Zealand.
and Natural Gas)
JANUARY 2022
6 task Forces on:
To explore technological innovations and
various commercial uses.
• Multi-Platform
for Next
Generation
NetworksBhaskar
Ramamurthy
• Spectrum PolicyAbhay
Karandikar
• MultiDisciplinary
Innovative
Solutions and
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Energy Transition Advisory
Committee(ETAC)
Market Data Advisory Committee
(MDAC)
Devices Bharadwaj
Amrutur
• Devices - Kiran
Kumar Kuchi
• International
standards - NG
Subramaniam
• Group for
Financing
Research And
Development –
Ashok Kumar
Tiwari
Tarun Kapoor
S.Sahoo
To prepare a step-by-step plan for complete
transitioning from fossil fuels to clean
energy.
A 20-member committee was reconstituted
to recommend policy measures in areas like
securities market data access and privacy.
MEETINGS/DIALOGUE/COUNCIL/FORUM
Name of Meeting
Place
Facts about the meeting
NOVEMBER 2022
--OCTOBER 2022
--Reliance Industries Limited
(RIL)’s 45th Annual General
Meeting
First Shoonya Forum
47th Annual Gathering and
20th Asia-pacific Institute of
Broadcasting Development
(AIBD) General Conference
(GC) and Associated Meeting
2022
India-Mauritius 3rd Joint
Committee Meeting 2022
38th meeting of the Ministerial
level Joint Rivers Commission
(JRC) of India and Bangladesh
SEPTEMBER 2022
Virtual
Reliance Jio to launch ‘World’s Largest’ 5G services by
October 2022
• Reliance Jio & Qualcomm Collaborate to
Develop 5G Solutions. Clickhere
Delhi
To commemorate the first anniversary of Shoonya,
India’s zero-pollution e-mobility campaign.
New Delhi
India’s Presidency of the prestigious AIBD has been
extended for another year.
• Currently, Sh. Mayank Kumar Agrawal, is the
President of AIBD
AUGUST 2022
New Delhi, Delhi 2 Mou signed - b/w SME Mauritius Ltd. and the
Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India
(EDII)-Ahmedabad & b/w SME Mauritius Ltd and the
National Institute for Micro, Small and Medium
Enterprises (ni-msme), an institute
New Delhi, Delhi Both sides finalized the text of Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) on Interim Water Sharing of
Kushiyara river.
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47th Goods and Services Tax
(GST) Council 2022
11th World Urban Forum
(WUF)
Third G20 Finance Ministers
and Central Bank Governors
Meeting 2022
BRICS 8th Labour and
Employment Ministers’
Meeting 2022
17th Confederation of Indian
Industry (CII) Exim Bank
Conclave on India-Africa
Growth Partnership
2022 Supply Chain Ministerial
Forum
26th Commonwealth Heads of
Government Meeting (CHOGM)
second India-Indonesia
Security Dialogue (IISD)
3rd India – Maldives Defence
Cooperation Dialogue(DCD)
2022
JULY 2022
Chandigarh
Concessional GST rate rationalised from 5% to 12%
for goods supplied for Petroleum/ Coal bed methane
operations.
Poland
National Institute of Urban Affairs’ (NIUA) Climate
Centre for Cities (NIUA C-Cube) partnered with World
Resources Institute India (WRI India) launched ‘India
Forum for Nature-based Solutions (Nbs) under the
‘Cities4Forests initiative’
Nusa Dua, Bali,
Nirmala Sitharaman, Union Finance Minister attended
Indonesia
the meet.
• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the Bank
Indonesia (BI) signed a Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) to improve mutual
cooperation.
virtual
“Declaration of the Eighth BRICS Labour and
Employment Ministers’ Meeting 2022” was adopted.
• Union Minister Bhupender Yadav, Ministry of
Labour and Employment (MoLE), virtually
attended the meet.
New Delhi, Delhi NTPC signs MoU with Moroccan Agency for
sustainable energy for cooperation in renewable
energy.
virtual
India has adopted the United States (US) Joint
Statement on Cooperation on Global Supply Chains.
JUNE 2022
Kigali, Rwanda
Theme 2022 - “Delivering a Common Future:
Connecting, Innovating, Transforming.”
• EAM S Jaishankar and United Kingdom’s
(UK’s), Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has
announced the establishment of a joint IndiaUK Commonwealth ‘Diplomatic Academy
programme’.clickhere
MAY 2022
--APRIL 2022
---MARCH 2022
Jakarta,
Signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for
Indonesia
Security Dialogue between the Coordinating Ministry
for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs of Indonesia
and the National Security Council Secretariat of India.
Maldives
FEBRUARY 2022
Ajay Kumar, Defence Secretary of India Co- chaired
this meet, and also inaugurated the Composite
Training Center Phase-I Annex in the Maldives, which
was built with the support of India’s financial
assistance.
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4th India–Australia Energy
Dialogue 2022
virtual
A Letter of Intent (LoI) was signed between India and
Australia to reduce the cost of renewable energy (RE)
technologies and to increase the manufacturing and
deployment of ultra low-cost solar and clean hydrogen
to reduce global emissions.
58th meeting of Central
Sanctioning and Monitoring
Committee (CSMC)
virtual
9th meetings of the Joint
Working Group (JWG, Joint
Secretary level) and the Joint
Steering Committee (JSC,
Secretary level) on bilateral
power sector cooperation.
MSME Conclave 2022
Kathmandu,
Nepal
Govt sanctions construction of 60,000 homes under
Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana – Urban (PMAY-U) in 5
States such as Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Himachal
Pradesh, Karnataka and Rajasthan.
Booklets on ‘Transformative Reforms Towards
Housing for All’ & Proceedings of ‘Awas Par Samvaad’
released by Manoj Joshi.
Nepal and India have agreed to form a Joint Hydro
Development Committee
Sindhudurg,
Maharashtra
19th Meeting of National Tiger
Conservation Authority
(NTCA)
---
Joint Science and Technology
(S&T) Committee meeting
virtual
15th BRICS STI Steering
Committee meeting
---
India-Sri Lanka 5th Joint
Committee on S&T (Science &
Technology) Cooperation
2nd ASEAN Digital Ministers
(ADGMIN) meeting
virtual
Launched the Union MSME RuPay Credit Card which is
being offered by Union Bank of India in partnership
with the National Payments Corporation of India
(NPCI).
• Announced the establishment of MSMETechnology Centre with an outlay of Rs 200
Crore in Sindhudurg, Maharashtra.Click here
JANUARY 2022
He launched an action plan for introduction of cheetah
in India, This plan supports to introduce 50 cheetah in
the next 5 years in various parks and also released a
Water Atlas, mapping all the water bodies in the tiger
bearing areas of India.
India and Denmark signed an agreement to work
together in joint research and development on green
fuels including green hydrogen.
It decided that India will host five events in 2022.
India handed over the chairmanship to China. China
will be the Chair for 2022.
Theme for BRICS 2022 -“Foster High-Quality BRICS
Partnership Usher in a New Era for Global
Development”.
India and Sri Lanka extended the existing Programme
of Cooperation (POC) on S&T for three more years.
virtual
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India-ASEAN Digital work plan 2022 was approved by
the Ministers. It was co-chaired by Devusinh Chauhan,
Indian Minister of State for Communications and H.E.
Admiral Tin Aung San, Ministry of Transport and
Communications, Myanmar.
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MOU’s & AGREEMENTS
MOU'S WITH OTHER COUNTRY
MoU between
Field
NOVEMBER 2022
-OCTOBER 2022
-SEPTEMBER 2022
India & Madagascar
For the training of diplomats between India and Madagascar
JMC Projects (India)
Limited & Maldives
Department for
Promotion of Industry
and Internal Trade
(DPIIT) & Embassy of the
Netherlands
For the Maldives Hanimaadhoo International Airport Project around USD 136
million
To formalize the bilateral Fast-Track Mechanism (FTM).
AUGUST 2022
Indian Oil Corporation
Limited (IOCL) &
Bangladesh Roads and
Highways department
India & Bangladesh
For an interim set up to facilitate emergency supply of petroleum goods.
Telecommunications
Consultants India
Limited (TCIL) &
Madagascar
India & Namibia
For participating in the e-VBAB (e-VidyaBharati and e-AarogyaBharati)
network project.
India & the United
Kingdom (UK)
Signed two consultancy contracts for the construction of a new broad-gauge
line between Khulna & Darsana and converstion of meter gauge into a dualgauge line between Parbatipur & Kaunia
JULY 2022
Historic Wildlife Conservation and Sustainable Biodiversity Utilization
Agreement
Inked a pact for Mutual Recognition of Educational Degrees including maritime
education and a Framework agreement on the health care workforce.
JUNE 2022
India & Canada
To boost bilateral cooperation on climate action, environmental protection, and
conservation.
MAY 2022
India & UAE
Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav & UAE’s Sultan Al Jaber signed MoU on
climate actions
APRIL 2022
India & Maldives
Seven MoU signed for projects to be built under the Indian grant assistance
scheme for the High Impact Community Development Project (HICDP) through
local bodies.
MARCH 2022
India & Nepal
For long-term supply of Urea and DAP (Di-ammonium Phosphate) fertilizers
from India to Nepal under a Government to Government (G2G) arrangement.
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FEBRUARY 2022
India & Nepal
For the construction of a motorable bridge over the Mahakali River connecting
Dharchula (India) with Darchula (Nepal), under Indian grant assistance.
To enhance cooperation and encourage expansion of bilateral relations in
tourism.
JANUARY 2022
India & Australia
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MOU’S WITH STATE
State
MoU with
Field/Purpose
NOVEMBER 2022
-Haryana
Meghalaya
Finance Department
of the Government
of Meghalaya
Assam
Vedanta
Assam
Meghalaya
Andaman Nicobar
Command (ANC)
Arunachal Pradesh
West Bengal
Andhra Pradesh
(AP)
NLC India Ltd.
(NLCIL), Tamil
Nadu
Dubai
North Eastern
Electric Power
Corporation Limited
(NEEPCO)
Credit Guarantee
Fund Trust for Micro
and Small
Enterprises
(CGFTMSE)
Bright Star
Investments Private
Limited
OCTOBER 2022
For cooperation in various economic activities
For the development of Wah Umiam Hydro Electric Project
(50 megawatts (MW)) Stage-I and Wah Umiam Hydro
Electric Project (100 MW) Stage-II.
To enable the flow of credit to MSME borrowers
For the infrastructure development of a medical college in
Assam.
SEPTEMBER 2022
Foxconn
To set up a Rs 1.54 lakh crore (USD 19.5 billion)
manufacturing unit in the Coastal State (near the city of
Ahmedabad. Gujarat).
Government of India
Tripartite peace accord with 8 tribal militant groups of
(GOI)
Assam, in the presence of Amit Shah, Union Ministry of
Home Affairs (MHA) for bringing peace in the areas.
Tamil Nadu
For supporting Meghalaya in recruitment and training of
medical professionals.
AUGUST 2022
Airport Authority of
To boost inter-island connectivity under UDAN (Ude Desh ka
India (AAI)
Aam Naagrik) Scheme.
NITI Aayog & Reach
For a large-scale transformation in school education.
to Teach organisation
Maharashtra
To prevent the migration and trafficking of women.
National Institute for Entered into agreement as a part of implementation of YSR
Smart Government
Jagananna Saswatha Bhu Hakku Bhu Raksha scheme.
(NISG)
Assam Power
To develop 1,000 MW of solar power projects in Assam.
Distribution
Company Limited
(APDCL)
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Odisha
Department of
Administrative
Reforms and Public
Grievances
(DARPG),Ministry of
Personnel, Public
Grievances &
Pensions
Godrej Agrovet
National Institute of
Ocean Technology
(NIOT)
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam, Manipur &
Tripura
Tata Steel Limited
Punjab
Andhra Pradesh,
Karnataka, Kerala,
Odisha, Tamil Nadu
Garden Reach
Shipbuilders and
Engineers Limited
(GRSE)
REC Ltd (formerly
Rural Electrification
Corporation
Limited)
Agricultural and
Processed Food
Products Export
Development
Authority (APEDA)
NHPC Limited
Telangana
Flipkart
Bihar State Skill
Development Mission
(BSDM)
North East Space
Application Centre
(NESAC)
Tripura
Tamil Nadu (TN)
Telangana
Assam Government
West Bengal’s (WB)
transport
department
For protecting its coastline.
To create a “District Good Governance Portal” to track and
assess the performance of each district in the state on a
monthly basis.
For the development and promotion of oil palm cultivation
in the region under the National Mission on Edible Oils-Oil
Palm (NMEO-OP) scheme.
For setting up a 0.75 million tonne per annum (MnTPA) long
products steel scrap-based electric arc furnace (EAF) steel
plant in Ludhiana, Punjab.
JULY 2022
A first-of-its-kind Inter-State Declaration of Intent to Work
in Collaboration to Combat Human Trafficking was signed by
6 states. This will be called as ‘Hyderabad Declaration’.
For design and construction of the next generation
environment-friendly electric ferry.
Council on Energy,
Environment and
Water (CEEW)
To collaborate on activities of operational and financial
sustainability of distribution companies (discoms).
Assam Agriculture
University (AAU),
Jorhat (Assam)
To conduct various training programs on pre-harvest and
post-harvest management and other research activities for
the promotion of export.
Ladakh
For the development of ‘pilot green hydrogen technologies’
in Leh and Kargil district of Union Territory (UT) of Ladakh.
To launch the initiatives of the Supply Chain Operations
Academy (SCOA).
India Post Payments
Bank (IPPB)
Karnataka-based
Elest
NLC India Ltd
For 21 projects including disaster management and resource
mapping in Shillong, Meghalaya.
JUNE 2022
To obtain life certificates from pensioners through the Postal
Department’s Door Step Services
India’s first Display Fabrication (fab) Unit that will be set up
in Hyderabad, Telangana with investments worth Rs 24,000
crore.
To set up a first-of-its-kind joint venture company (JVC) for
generating 1 Giga Watt (GW) solar power with an
investment of 5000 crore.
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Andhra Pradesh
Byju’s
Karnataka
Sanjeevini –
Karnataka State
Rural Livelihood
Promotion Society
(KSRLPS) & National
Rural Economic
Transformation
Programme (NRETP)
Assam
Uttarakhand
Andhra Pradesh
(AP)
Directorate of
School Education,
Kashmir (DSEK)
Manipur
Industries &
Commerce
Department of the
Government of
Telangana
Sikkim State
Disaster
Management
Authority
Tripura
Kerala
Government of
Himachal Pradesh
(HP)
Odisha Government
Telangana
government
Agence Francaise de
Development (AFD)
& Office National des
Forets International
(ONFI)
Bharat Petroleum
Corporation Limited
(BPCL)
Adani Green Energy
Limited(AGEL)
Institute of Chartered
Accountants of India
(ICAI)
Samsung Data
System India Pvt Ltd
& Abhitech IT
Solutions Pvt Ltd
Ministry of
Commerce, the Royal
Thai government
To impart quality education to students of government
schools.
To help economic activities of women self-help groups and
facilitate organic farmers to sell their produce directly to
consumers.
MAY 2022
For a Tripartite Park and Biodiversity Partnership
For the development of new and renewable energy projects.
For an investment of ₹ 60,000 crores in AP.
APRIL 2022
For promoting Commerce Education among students of the
Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) for a period of
five years.
To set up a world-class “Sports Digital Experience Centre”.
To promote trade and investments between Telangana and
Thailand.
Geological Survey of
India (GSI)
To develop a regional level Early Warning System (EWS)
that predicts excessive rainfalls resulting in landslides.
NIXI-CSC Data
Services Centre
Netherlands
To establish an international standard Data Centre at
Indranagar, headquarters of IT Bhavan, Tripura.
For the ‘Cosmos Malabaricus Project’ that aims to illustrate
the historical significance of Kerala using the 18th century
documents.
Ministry of Civil
Aviation
To develop a Greenfield Airport with the project cost of Rs
900 crore in Nagchala, Mandi district of Himachal Pradesh.
Bharat Petroleum
Corporation Limited
(BPCL)
Google
For a period of five years to set up a renewable energy plant
and green hydrogen plant.
To develop the digital economy and focus on the change in
youth, students, citizen services and women entrepreneurs.
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Himachal Pradesh
National Institute of
Pharmaceutical
Education and
Research (NIPER)
Indian Renewable
Energy
Development
Agency Limited
(IREDA)
Karnataka
Kerala
Goa Shipyard Limited
(GSL)
Karnataka
Amazon India
Maharashtra
United Nation
Environment
Programme (UNEP)
British Council
New Zealand
Telangana
Jammu & Kashmir
(J&K)
Ather Energy
Social Alpha’s Energy
Lab
Gujarat
QX Global Group
Limited
Jharkhand
Indian School of
Business (ISB)
National Dairy
Development Board
(NDDB)
Haryana
Assam
Himachal Pradesh
(HP)
MARCH 2022
As Knowledge Partner for upcoming Medical Devices Park,
Nalagarh in Solan, HP.
FEBRUARY 2022
To provide its techno-financial expertise to set-up a rooftop
solar power project.
To set up 1000 fast-charging stations for electric 2-wheelers
To support innovative and clean energy technology
programmes in Kerala, an MOU was signed between Kerala
Government with the Social Alpha’s Energy Lab representing
“Clean Energy International Incubation Centre (CEIIC)”
Amazon India signed a Memorandum of Understanding
(MoU) with Karnataka State Rural Livelihood Promotion
Society (KSRLPS) to support the growth of women
entrepreneurs
To empower citizens with knowledge on the impacts of
climate change and environmental issues and to support its
‘Majhi Vasundhara’ campaign.
To renew the partnership in education, English and arts.
For the transformation of the sheep farming sector in the
J&K Union Territory (UT).
For the holistic development of the Information Technology
(IT) and Information Technology Enabled Services (ITeS)
sector in the State.
JANUARY 2022
To empower Jharkhand’s forest economy.
To set up Joint venture (JV) worth Rs.2000 Crore for dairy
development.
For the construction of a Adi Badri dam on 77 acres in HP
near the Adi Badri area of Yamunanagar, Haryana for the
revival of the Saraswati river.
MOU’S BETWEEN ORGANIZATIONS
Organization
MoU with
Bureau of Indian
Standards (BIS)
IIT Kanpur, IIT
Indian school of
Mines (ISM)
Dhanbad & the
National Institute of
Technology (NIT)
Rourkela
Field/Purpose
NOVEMBER 2022
For the establishment of ‘BIS Standardization Chair Professor’
at these institutes.
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Garuda Aerospace
Private Limited
GAIL (India)
Limited
Indian Army
Cochin Shipyard
Limited (CSL)
Ministry of Rural
Development
Indian Council for
Cultural Relation
(ICCR)
Department of
Agriculture and
Farmers Welfare
(DA&FW)
National Thermal
Power Corporation
(NTPC)
Indian Railway
Finance
Corporation
Limited (IRFC)
Textile committee
(TC)
United Nations
Development
Programme
(UNDP)
Global Alliance for
Mass
Entrepreneurship
(GAME)
Ministry of Youth
Affairs and Sports
(MYAS)
Bharat Electronics
Ltd (BEL)
Indian Institute of
Science (IISc)
Bengaluru
Abu Dhabi National
Oil Company
(ADNOC), United
Arab Emirates (UAE)
Tata Power
Company Limited
Indian Institute of
Technology (IIT)
Madras
Patanjali Ayurved
Google
National Agricultural
Cooperative
Marketing
Federation of India
Limited (NAFED)
GE Gas Power
India Infrastructure
Finance Company
Limited (IIFCL)
United Nations
Environment
Programme (UNEP)
Arya.ag & Friends of
Women’s World
Banking India
(FWWB India)
DAY-NRLM
(Deendayal
Antyodaya Yojana National Rural
Livelihood Mission)
Food Safety and
Standards Authority
of India (FSSAI) &
the National Forensic
Sciences University
(NFSU)
United States (US)
Triton Electric
Vehicle (TEV)
For collaborative research projects.
To explore Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Supply and
Decarbonization Opportunities including short and long term
LNG sales agreements.
To set up 17 EV charging stations at various locations in Delhi
Cantonment.
To support start-ups in the maritime sector
For marketing of products made by women self help
groups(SHGs)
OCTOBER 2022
To ease searching the Internet in Sanskrit
To raise awareness and promote Millet based products, on the
sidelines of International Year of Millets (IYOM)-2023
celebrations.
To explore the feasibility of hydrogen (H2) co-firing blended
with natural gas in GE’s 9E gas turbines installed at NTPC’s
Kawas gas power plant in Gujarat.
To strengthen cooperation in financing railway infrastructure
projects with forward and backward linkages to the Indian
Railways sector.
To minimise the negative environmental impacts of the Indian
textile industry by promoting sustainable practices and
mainstreaming knowledge of circular production best
practices in the textile and apparel sector.
To improve the incomes of 10,000 farmer households through
agri-value chain intervention, enterprise promotion and
skilling in agriculture sector.
To enable financial access for the growth of 10 lakh women
entrepreneurs over 3 years.
To set up the testing facility for dietary supplements at the
NFSU, Ahmedabad, Gujarat
To manufacture hydrogen fuel cells
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National Health
Authority (NHA)
REC Limited &
Power Finance
Corporation
Limited (PFC)
Keppel
Infrastructure
Holdings Pte Ltd
(Keppel
Infrastructure) &
Greenko Group
(Greenko)
Bharat Electronics
Limited (BEL)
National
Accreditation Board
for Hospitals &
Healthcare Providers
(NABH)
SJVN (Satluj Jal
Vidyut Nigam)
Thermal Private
Limited (STPL)
Greenko ZeroC
Private Limited
Meslova Systems
NHPC Limited
PTC India Limited
Ministry of
Panchayati Raj
(MoPR)
United Nations
(UN)-International
Organization for
Migration (IOM)
United Nations
Environment
Programme
(UNEP)
Tata-owned
airlines – Air India,
AirAsia India and
Vistara (Tata SIA
Airlines)
Institute of Rural
Management Anand
(IRMA)
Confederation of
Indian Industry (CII)
Bharat Petroleum
Corporation
Limited (BPCL)
Centre for
Development of
Telematics (CDOT)
International Solar
Alliance (ISA)
Industrial
Promotion and
To expedite the implementation of the Ayushman Bharat
Digital Mission (ABDM).
For financing two 660 MW coal based Buxar Thermal Power
Plant (BTPP)
To jointly explore green ammonia and renewable energy
prospects.
For cooperation in the field of Artificial Intelligence and
Machine Learning (AI/ML) for Air Defence (AD) systems for
the armed forces.
SEPTEMBER 2022
For sale of power to be generated from upcoming West Seti &
Seti River-6 Projects in Nepal
To strengthen Panchayati Raj institutions across India
To collaborate on strengthening the safe migration of Indian
citizens.
National Cadet Corps
(NCC)
To tackle the issue of plastic pollution and achieve the
universal goal of clean water bodies through ‘Puneet Sagar
Abhiyan’ and ‘Tide Turners Plastic Challenge programme.
Council of Scientific
and Industrial
Research – Indian
Institute of
Petroleum (CSIR–
IIP)
Petrobras (Petróleo
Brasileiro S.A)
For Sustainable Aviation Fuel.
Indian Institute of
Technology-Delhi
(IITD)
For collaboration in several areas of telecom, including
Internet of Things (IoT)/ Machine-to-machine (M2M),
Artificial Intelligence (AI) / Machine Learning (ML), Cyber
Security, and 5G & Beyond technologies.
To check the growth of CO2 emissions in the aviation sector
and also to reduce carbon emissions.
International Civil
Aviation
Organization (ICAO)
Federation of Indian
Chambers of
To diversify its crude oil sourcing for energy security in India.
AUGUST 2022
For the Make in Odisha (MIO) Conclave 2022
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Investment
Corporation of
Odisha Limited
(IPICOL)
Indian Institute of
Science (IISc)
Indian Oil
Corporation
Limited (IOCL)
National Institute
for
Entrepreneurship
and Small Business
Development
(NIESBUD)
Ministry of Micro,
Small & Medium
Enterprises
(MoMSME)
Army Design
Bureau (ADB)
OneWeb
Indian Coast Guard
(ICG)
Indian Navy (IN)
NHPC Limited
National Health
Authority (NHA),
Ministry of Health
and Family
Welfare (MoHFW)
Ministry of
Electronics and
Information
Technology
(MeitY)
National Highways
Logistics
Management
Limited (NHLML),
Inland Waterways
Authority of India
(IWAI)
Commerce and
Industry (FICCI)
Indian Navy
National Tiger
Conservation
Authority (NTCA)
Hindustan Unilever
Limited (HUL)
Ministry of Tourism
(MoT) & National
Small Industries
Corporation (NSIC)
Drone Federation of
India (DFI)
Eutelsat
8 Banks (Axis Bank,
HDFC Bank, Yes
Bank, Punjab
National Bank (PNB),
IDFC First Bank, and
ICICI Bank)
Space Applications
Centre (SAC), ISRO
Bharat Electronics
Limited (BEL)
Department of Social
Justice and
Empowerment
(DoSJE), Ministry of
Social Justice and
Empowerment
(MoSJE)
Ministry of
Ayurveda, Yoga &
Naturopathy, Unani,
Siddha and
Homoeopathy
(Ayush) (MOA)
Rail Vikas Nigam
Limited (RVNL)
to boost self-reliance in key technologies & collaborate on
aviation research and development
For transcontinental relocation of ‘Cheetah’ in its historical
range in India.
For developing entrepreneurial skills among the youth and
creating sustainable livelihood opportunities.
For sharing Udyam data.
To develop high-impact drones for Indian soldiers.
For merger, entailing an all-share transaction.
To provide customized banking services for its personnel
deployed across India for the welfare of its troops.
On data sharing and cooperation on Satellite based Naval
Applications in Oceanology and Meteorology.
To set up a large capacity solar equipment manufacturing
facility.
To deliver an inclusive and comprehensive health package for
transgender people under the Ayushman Bharat – Pradhan
Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY).
To provide technical support to the Ministry of Ayush for
digitalization of Ayush Sector under the Ayush Grid Project for
a period of 3 years.
development of modern Multi Modal Logistics Parks (MMLP)
under Bharatmala Pariyojna across India
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Andhra Pradesh
Pharmacopoeia
Commission for
Indian Medicine
and Homoeopathy
(PCIM&H)
Ministry of Heavy
Industries (MHI)
Department of
Telecommunicatio
ns (DoT)
Greenko Group
NTPC Renewable
Energy Limited
(NTPC REL)
Ministry of
Panchayati Raj
(MoPR)
Department of
Agriculture &
Farmer Welfare
(DA&FW)
Rashtriya Ispat
Nigam Limited
(RINL)
Indian Chamber of
Commerce – North
Eastern Initiative
(ICC-NE)
NTPC Ltd
Department of
Chemicals and
Petrochemicals
(DCPC)
Indian Vegetable
Oil Producers’
Association (IVPA)
Centre for
Development of
Telematics (C-
Parley for the
Oceans, US
Indian
Pharmacopoeia
Commission (IPC)
Ministry of Skill
Development and
Entrepreneurship
(MSDE)
Indian Telephone
Industries (ITI)
Limited & Bharat
Sanchar Nigam
Limited (BSNL)
Indian Institute of
Technology (IIT)
Hyderabad
Rajasthan
For plastic-waste management.
For Inter-Ministerial cooperation for promotion and
facilitation of ‘One Herb, One Standard’.
JULY 2022
To create a collaborative ecosystem to offer skill development
training in the capital goods sector.
To fund pilot projects under the Universal Service Obligation
Fund (USOF).
To launch ‘Greenko School of Sustainable Science and
Technology’ (GSSST), India’s first dedicated School for
Sustainable Science and Technology.
For the development of 10 GW (Gigawatts) Ultra Mega
Renewable Energy Park in Rajasthan.
Central TB Division,
Ministry of Health &
Family Welfare
(MoH&FW)
International Rice
Research Institute
(IRRI)
To establish inter-ministerial collaborations and strategic
partnerships with the goal of eradicating TB in India by 2025.
Software Technology
Parks of India (STPI),
STPINEXT
North Eastern
Development
Finance Corporation
Limited (NEDFi)
National Institute for
Transforming India
(NITI) Aayog
International Labour
Organisation (ILO)
For Industry 4.0 Centre of Excellence (CoE) named Kalpataru
Malaysian Palm Oil
Council (MPOC)
To enhance cooperation between Malaysia and India in the
palm oil industry and to promote the usage of palm oil.
VVDN Technologies
Private Limited
JUNE 2022
To collaborate in the area of Open RAN (Radio Access
Network) based Radio Network for 5G solution.
On the commencement of Phase -2 activities of IRRI South Asia
Regional Centre (ISARC) to boost food and nutrition security
in the South Asian region.
To jointly work towards promoting investment in Assam and
other North Eastern (NE) states.
To develop a net zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions
roadmap for NTPC.
For adopting the International Chemical Safety Cards (ICSCs).
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DOT), WiSig
Networks Private
Limited
Indian Air Force
Indian Navy
Centre for
Development of
Telematics (CDOT)
Government e
Marketplace (GeM)
Government eMarketplace (GeM)
Centre for
Development of
Telematics(C-DOT)
Ministry of Heavy
Industries
NTPC GE Power
Services Private
Limited (NGSL)
Ministry of Skill
Development and
Entrepreneurship
(MSDE)
Ministry of Home
Affairs (MHA)
Etsy Inc
Bharat Petroleum
Corporation
Limited (BPCL),
Indian Oil
Corporation
Limited (IOCL)
Chandigarh
administration
National Centre for
Medium Range
Weather Forecasting
(NCMRWF)
Galore Networks
Common Services
Centers (CSC) eGovernance Services
India Limited &
Department of Posts
Self Employed
Women’s Association
(SEWA)
Vodafone Idea
Limited
For setting up of a First-of-its kind Indian Air Force Heritage
Centre in Union Territory of Chandigarh.
For Cooperation on Numerical Model-Based Applications in
Meteorology and Oceanology.
To boost indigenous development of end-to-end 5G (fifth
generation) Radio Access Network (RAN) products and
solutions.
MAY 2022
For the advocacy, outreach, mobilization and capacity-building
of last-mile government buyers, sellers, and service providers
in public procurement.
To engage last mile women-led enterprises as sellers and
service providers on GeM.
To develop and deploy IoT/M2M(Internet to things/Machine
to Machine) solutions in India.
National Research
Development
Corporation (NRDC)
The Lake Region
Economic Bloc
(LREB) & Procorp
Enertech Private
Limited (PEPL)
Indian Space
Research
Organisation (ISRO)
For undertaking various activities for smooth implementation
of the Scheme for enhancement of competitiveness in the
Indian capital goods sector.
To work towards the development of ground-mounted and
floating solar Photovoltaic (PV) projects in the Lake region of
Kenya
Solar Energy
Corporation of India
Limited (SECI)
North Eastern
Handicrafts and
Handloom
Development
Corporation
(NEHHDC)
Hindustan
Petroleum
Corporation Limited
(HPCL)
For jointly undertaking the solar rooftop Photovoltaic (PV)
power plants.
To upskill the technical staff at the Department of Space (DoS)
for 5 years
To support small and traditional artisans, weavers and sellers
of the North Eastern India.
It signed a Long Term Purchase Agreement (LTPA) for
upcoming five dedicated ethanol plants across India.
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Prasar Bharati
Air India
Engineering
Services Ltd
(AIESL)
Ministry of
Agriculture and
Farmers Welfare
(MoAFW)
Ministry of Rural
Development
(MoRD)
Madagascar’s official
ORTM (Office de la
Radio et de la
Television)
Boeing
It aims at cooperation and co-production of Programmes,
Training and Exchange of Personnel.
United Nations
Development
Programme (UNDP)
To provide technical assistance to Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima
Yojana (PMFBY) and Kisan Credit Card-Modified Interest
Subvention Scheme (KCC-MISS).
Amazon Seller
Services Private
Limited (Amazon)
To enable the Self Help Group (SHG) entrepreneurs under
Deen Dayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Rural Livelihoods
Mission (DAY-NRLM) to offer their products to the buyers
across India through AmazonSaheli Storefront.
To set up Skill India International Centre at Varanasi, Uttar
Pradesh.
National Skill
Development
Corporation
(NSDC)
International
(NSDCI)
Ministry of Ayush
Hindustan Ports
Private Limited
(HPPL)
Agri-startup Fasal
India Meteorological
Department (IMD)
Bharat Dynamics
Limited (BDL)
Tawazun Economic
Council (TEC),
United Arab
Emirates (UAE)
Gujarat Gas Limited
(GGL)
NTPC Limited
Hindustan
Aeronautics
Limited (HAL)
Unique
Identification
Authority of India
(UIDAI)
SJVN (Satluj Jal
Vidyut Nigam)
Limited
Department of
Biotechnology
Israel Aerospace
Industries (IAI)
National Remote
Sensing Centre
(NRSC) of Indian
Space Research
Organisation (ISRO),
Hyderabad,
Telangana
BHEL (Bharat Heavy
Electricals Limited)
& REMC Limited
(Railway Energy
Management
Company)
For maintenance of its critical equipment on key defence
platforms used by the Navy(P-8I) and VVIP aircrafts (777 VI)
operated by the Indian Air Force (IAF).
To explore the possibility of cooperation, convergence, and
synergy in bringing out expertise under one platform towards
evidence-based biotechnological interventions in the Ayush
sector.
For research in weather forecast models to make farming
climate-smart.
APRIL 2022
To explore new business opportunities in various areas of
mutual interest in the field of defence.
The project is the first of its kind in India and a step toward
the decarbonization of the cooking sector and achieving selfsufficiency in the energy requirements.
To convert civil passenger aircraft to “Multi Mission Tanker
Transport” (MMTT) aircraft in India.
Signed for technical collaboration.
• As part of the new arrangement, NRSC will develop the
Bhuvan-Aadhaar portal.
To develop renewable energy projects for the Indian Railways.
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IIT Guwahati
NTPC Limited
India Electronics
and
Semiconductor
Association (IESA)
Indian Air Force
(IAF)
United States’
Semiconductor
Industry Association
(SIA)
Indian Institute of
Technology Madras
(IIT-M)
United Nations
Development
Programme (UNDP)
United Nations
Children’s Fund
(UNICEF) India
Union Ministry of
Panchayati Raj
(MoPR)
National
Institution for
Transforming
India (NITI) Aayog
Agricultural and
Processed Food
Products Export
Development
Authority (APEDA)
Council of
Scientific and
Industrial
Research (CSIR)
NTPC Limited
To collaborate in the areas of knowledge sharing and
strengthening monitoring mechanisms for the localisation of
the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
To achieve the United Nations’ sustainable development goals
concerning children in India.
To infuse and disseminate technology in the areas of ClimateResilient Agriculture related to Zero-Carbon emission farming
to produce Carbon-free food products for exports.
iCreate
(International Centre
for Entrepreneurship
and Technology)
Energy Vault
Holdings, Inc.
To foster rapid economic development and help create world
class start-ups by harnessing the country’s technological
strength.
Centre for
Development of
Telematics (C-DOT)
Technology
Development
Board (TDB)
National Institute
of
Entrepreneurship
and Small Business
Development
(NIESBUD)
Ministry of Ayush
Skyshade Daylights
Private Limited,
Hyderabad
Ministry of Rural
Development
(MoRD)
Adani Group of
India
For various developmental projects to support the IAF’s
Indigenisation efforts for achieving ‘Atma Nirbhar Bharat’
National Research
Development
Corporation (NRDC)
Ministry of
Railways
Adani Solar
To design and develop a highly energy-efficient plant to
capture carbon dioxide (CO2) from power plants.
To foster collaboration and identify potential opportunities
between the two countries’ Semiconductor ecosystem.
Council of Scientific
& Industrial
Research (CSIR) &
Indian Council of
Agricultural
Research (ICAR)
Smart Power India
(SPI)
Sri Lanka
To deploy the firm’s EVx™ gravity-based energy storage
technology and software solutions to support the state-run
power generation company’s clean energy transition.
For coordination and resource sharing with respect to
provision of telecommunication facilities in the delivery and
implementation of C-DOT’s Telecom solutions and services.
MARCH 2022
To promote possibly India’s first Start-up in indigenously built
latest Daylight Harvesting Technology to reduce carbon
footprint and improve the building energy efficiency
To develop a sustainable model for promoting
entrepreneurship at the grassroots by initiating the Start-up
Village Entrepreneurship Programme (SVEP).
For Inter-Ministerial co-operation for the promotion, and
facilitation of research and development and to draw
synergies to the medicinal plants and traditional agricultural
practices of India.
For equitable access to last-mile electricity and to encourage
energy transition in rural areas of Uttar Pradesh (UP), Bihar,
Jharkhand and Odisha.
This will be executed in two locations of Sri Lanka- Mannar,
north-western coast, and Pooneryn, south of Jaffna Peninsula.
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Border Roads
Organisation
(BRO)
Garden Reach
Shipbuilders and
Engineers (GRSE)
Cochin Shipyard
Limited (CSL)
Dredging
Corporation of India
Limited (DCI) &
Industriële Handels
Combinatie (IHC)
Holland
Indian Institute of
Technology (IIT)
Kharagpur
National Mineral
Development
Corporation
(NMDC)
Indian Potash
limited (IPL)
Indo-German
Science and
Technology Centre
(IGSTC)
Indian Institute of
Entrepreneurship
(IIE)
Larsen & Toubro
Limited (L&T)
Atal Innovation
Mission (AIM) of
NITI Aayog
Indian Institute of
Management
Kozhikode (IIM-K)
Flipkart
National Skill
Development
Corporation
(NSDC)
India
Vedanta Limited
Israel Chemicals
Limited (ICL)
Tata Steel Ltd
Ministry of Rural
Development
(MoRD)
Micro
soft India
U.S. (United States)
Agency for
International
Development
(USAID)
Development
Monitoring and
Evaluation Office
(DMEO), NITI Aayog
Indian Institute of
Management,
Sambalpur ((IIM-S),
Odisha
Common Service
Centres (CSC)
World Food
Programme (WFP)
Hon Hai Technology
Group (also known
as Foxconn)
A worth of around Rs 60 crore for fabrication, supply,
erection and launching of 27 carriageway double lane
galvanised modular bridges of 7.5 meters with Indian Road
Congress (IRC) Load Class 70 in border areas.
To build India’s first Make in India dredger and it’s cost
around Rs 920 crore
For Drone-Based Mineral Exploration
It will be supply of Muriate of Potash (MOP) from Israel to
India for 5 years, 2022 to 2027.
For Research & Innovation (R&I) framework to facilitate new
technologies development.
• It also signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with BASF
Chemicals India Pvt Ltd (BASF) to support the science
and technology.
To support the Start-up Village Entrepreneurship Programme
(SVEP) by promoting entrepreneurship.
FEBRUARY 2022
To develop a regulated sector-focused cloud offering to
empower customers with the best-of-breed cloud computing
and infrastructure service.
To improve access to affordable and quality healthcare for
vulnerable populations in tier-2, tier-3 cities, rural and tribal
regions of India under ‘Sustainable Access to Markets and
Resources for Innovative Delivery of Healthcare’ (SAMRIDH)
initiative.
It focuses on strategic and technical collaboration to boost
India’s overall monitoring and evaluation environment with a
special focus on building a data monitoring and evaluation
stack.
To provide market access to artisans and weavers of Odisha to
sell their products online.
For the delivery of services related to various skill
development programmes for the youths in remote and rural
areas across India.
For the distribution of 50,000 MT of Wheat to Afghanistan as
part of a humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan through the
land bordered with Pakistan.
Signed an MOU to form a joint venture (JV) for manufacturing
semiconductors in India.
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Ministry of
Tourism
Tata Power
Renewable Energy
Limited
Adani Group
Alliance Air Aviation
Limited (AAAL)
RWE Renewables
GmbH (RWE)
To boost tourism across in India
Ballard Power
Systems
Defence Accounts
Department (DAD)
CSC (Common
Service Centres) eGovernance Services
India Limited, a
special purpose
vehicle (SPV)
National Institute of
Urban Affairs (NIUA)
of India
To evaluate a joint investment case for the commercialisation
of hydrogen fuel cells in mobility and industrial applications in
India.
To onboard pension services under the SPARSH (System for
Pension Administration (Raksha)) Initiative across more than
4 lakh CSCs across India.
World Economic
Forum (WEF)
Bharti Airtel
Limited
National Institute
of Rural
Development and
Panchayati Raj
(NIRDPR),
Hyderabad
Ministry of Skill
Development &
Entrepreneurship
(MSDE)
International
Financial Services
Centers Authority
(IFSCA)
Amazon India
OneWeb
Jio Platforms (JPL)
Council of Scientific
and Industrial
Research (CSIR)
(India)
Hughes
Communications
India Private Limited
(HCIPL)
National Centre for
Good Governance
(NCGG), New Delhi
To explore the potential for joint development of offshore
wind projects in India.
To collaborate on a jointly designed Sustainable Cities- India
Program.
JANUARY 2022
Formed a Joint venture(JV) to provide satellite broadband
services in India
HCIPL and Airtel will hold a 67 & 33 percent stake in JV
respectively
To promote inclusive good governance, strengthen local
institutions and effective implementation of government
programmes
Indira Gandhi
National Open
University (IGNOU)
To further strengthen the vocational and technical training
framework.
Insurance Institute of
India (III)
For capacity building of insurance professionals in
International Financial Services Centres (IFSCs).
NIF Incubation and
Entrepreneurship
Council (NIFientreC)
Hughes Network
For online distribution of products of grassroots innovations,
student creativity based innovations and outstanding
traditional knowledge-based ready to market products.
It signed a 6-year distribution agreement to provide satellite
broadband services across India.
To accelerate research and standardisation in 6G technology.
To develop scientific & technological (S&T) cooperation and
networking in advanced and emerging areas of Human Health
between scientists and institutes/laboratories of CSIR and
Institut Pasteur.
University of Oulu
Institut Pasteur
(France)
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INDEX
RANKING
INDIA’S RANK
Index /Survey Name
Performance Grading Index (PGI)
for States/Union Territories (UTs)
for 2020–21
Unified District Information
System for Education Plus
(UDISE+) 2021-2022
7th Best Countries 2022
15th Global Innovation Index
Released By
NOVEMBER 2022
Department of School
Education and Literacy
(DoSE&L), Ministry of
Education (MoE)
Ministry of Education
(MoE)
US News & World Report
OCTOBER 2022
World Intellectual
Property Organization
(WIPO)
Ranks of India & Top 3 Ranks
7 States/UTs—Kerala, Punjab,
Chandigarh, Maharashtra, Gujarat,
Rajasthan, and Andhra Pradesh—
achieved Level II (scores of 901–950).
Gross Enrollment Ratio(GER) in higher
secondary made significant improvement
from 53.8 percent to 57.6 percent in 202122
India bagged the 31st rank among 85
countries
Top Three countries:
• Switzerland topped the list
followed by Germany and Canada.
India ranked at 40th position
Top three position:
• Switzerland
• United states
• Sweden
4th Commitment to Reducing
Inequality Index 2022 (CRI Index)
Development Finance
International (DFI) &
Oxfam International.
India climbed six places to rank 123 out of
161 countries.
Top three countries:
• Norway
• Germany
• Australia
15th Global Hunger Index (GHI)
2022
Concern Worldwide and
Welthungerhilfe.
India slipped 6 places to rank at 107th out
of 121 countries with a score of 29.1.
Clickhere
Global Multidimensional Poverty
Index 2022
Oxford Poverty and
Human Development
Initiative (OPHI) &
United Nations
Development
Programme (UNDP)
CFA Institute, Monash
Centre for Financial
Studies (MCFS) & Mercer
415 million people in India have been able
to liberate from poverty over a 15-year
period between 2005–2006 and 2019–21,
which is a “historic change.”
2022 Mercer CFA Institute Global
Pension Index (MCGPI)
Speedtest Global Index
(September 2022 edition)
Ookla
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India ranks 41st out of the 44 countries.
Top three Countries:
• Iceland
• Netherlands
• Denmark
India’s rank in global median mobile
download speeds fell from 117 to 118.
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Ministry of Commerce and
Industry (MoCI) data
Human Development Index (HDI)
2021
3rd Global Crypto Adoption Index
2022
Global Startup Ecosystem Index
2022
3rd edition of the States’ Startup
Ranking 2021
Delta ranking of Shyama Prasad
Mukherji Rurban Mission
(SPMRM)
Ranking of International Economic
Resilience (IER) 2022
Department of
Commerce
India’s rank in global median fixed
broadband speeds fell from 78 to
79. Click here
Russia moved from 25th place in 2021 to
become India’s seventh-largest trading
partner
Top three countries:
• United States (US)
• China
• United Arab Emirates (UAE)
SEPTEMBER 2022
United Nations
India ranked 132nd among 191 countries
Development Program’s
and territories.
(UNDP)
Top three Position
• Switzerland
• Norway
• Iceland
Chainalysis
India stood at 4th with an index score of
0.663.
Top three Position:
• Vietnam
• Philippines
• Ukraine
AUGUST 2022
--JULY 2022
Startup Blink
Bengaluru ranks 8th among the world’s
top 10 cities and ranks 19th in country
wise ranking.
United states(US), United Kingdom(UK) &
Israel are top three spots in country wise
ranking
Top three cities
• San Francisco Bay
• New York
• London
Department for
The Best Performer States are Gujarat and
Promotion of Industry
Karnataka in Category A, and Meghalaya
and Internal Trade
in Category B. Clickhere
(DPIIT), Ministry of
Commerce and Industry
(MoCI)
Union Ministry of Rural
Jharkhand secured the first position in the
Development
delta ranking with a composite score of
76.19 in the month of June 2022.
PHD Chamber of
Indian economy has risen from 6th place
Commerce and Industry
in 2019 to 4th place in 2020, 3rd place in
(PHDCCI)
2021, and 2nd in 2022.
Top countries:
• Germany and Canada both ranked
first in the IER 2022
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Global Gender Gap Index 2022
World Economic Forum
(WEF)
Henley Passport Index 2022
Henley & Partners
India Innovation Index 2021
NITI Aayog (National
Institution for
Transforming India)
InterNations
Expat Insider 2022 Rankings
Global Air Powers Ranking (2022)
Karnataka topped the major states’
category followed by Telangana and
Haryana. Clickhere
India is ranked 36th out of 52 nations on
the list.
• Mexico topped the Expat Insider
2022 Rankings. Kuwait, ranked
52nd, is the worst country for
expats
JUNE 2022
World Directory of
Modern Military Aircraft
(WDMMA)
Environmental Performance Index
(EPI) 2022
Earth Institute of Yale &
Columbia University
World Competitiveness Index
2022
International Institute
for Management
Development (IMD)
Global Skills Report (GSR) 2022
Coursera
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India ranks low at 135th place among a
total of 146 countries.
Top three countries:
• Iceland
• Finland
• Norway
India, along with Mauritius and Tajikistan,
has been ranked 87th ranked and grants
visa-free access to 60 countries.
Top three countries:
• Japan
• Singapore & South Korea
• Germany & Spain
Indian Air Force (IAF) has secured the 6th
Global Rank and emerged as the 3rd
strongest Air Force, only after the United
States Air Force (USAF) and Russian Air
Force.
Top three Global rank.
• The United States Air Force
(USAF)
• The United States Navy
• Russian Air Force.
India has been ranked 180 which is at the
bottom amongst other countries with a
total score of 18.9.
Top three countries:
• Denmark
• United Kingdom (UK)
• Finland
India ranked 37th in 2022, jumped 6
positions from 43rd in 2021
Top three Countries:
• Denmark
• Switzerland
• Singapore
India ranked at the 68th position globally
and Asia’s 19th position in overall skills
proficiency.
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India’s West Bengal state ranked
No.1 in terms of skills proficiency
across the three domains.
Top three countries
• Switzerland
• Denmark
• Indonesia
World Investment Report 2022
entitled “International tax reforms
and sustainable investment “
United Nations
Conference on Trade and
Development (UNCTAD)
India ranked 7th in the top 10 global
economies for Foreign Direct Investment
(FDI) in 2021
Top three ranking
• United States (US)
• China
• Hong Kong
Renewables 2022 Global Status
Report
REN21
Gold refining and recycling
World Gold Council
(WGC)
India placed third in the world for total
renewable power capacity additions in
2021, with 15.4 GW (giga watts),
following only China (136 GW) and the
United States (US) (43 GW).
India ranked 4th in global gold recycling
in 2021 recycling 75 tonnes, or 6.5 per
cent of the total gold recycled across the
globe
Top three countries
• China
• Italy
• United States of America (USA).
Global Liveability Index 2022
Economic Intelligence
Unit’s (EIU)
New Delhi ranked 112th on the list of
the most liveable cities, whereas Mumbai
(Maharashtra) ranked 117th.
Top three cities
• Vienna, Austria
• Copenhagen, Denmark
• Zurich, Switzerland
Performance Grading Index for
Districts of India (PGI-D)
Combined Report For 2018-19 &
2019-20
Department of School
Education and Literacy
(DoSE&L)
Rajasthan’s Sikar (488 out of 1000 points)
district is the highest performing district
for 2019-20 in school education, followed
by its Jhunjhunu (486), and Jaipur (482)
in the grade of ‘Utkarsh’ category (scoring
81-90% on a scale of 100). Clickhere
20th World Press Freedom Index
2022
MAY 2022
Reporters Without
Borders (RSF)
Travel and Tourism Development
Index 2021
World Economic Forum
(WEF)
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India ranked 150th in 2022 from 142 in
2021 out of 180 countries.
Top three Position
• Norway
• Denmark
• Sweden
India ranked 54th position (down from
46th in 2019) with a score of 4.1, but still
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India remains top performer within South
Asia
The bottom position (117) is occupied by
the country Chad
Top three Country
• Japan
• United States of America (USA)
• Spain
Cryptocurrency Gains 2021
The Economic Impact of Real-Time
Payments-April 2022
16th edition of The Wealth Report
2022
APRIL 2022
Chainalysis
Centre for Economics
and Business Research
(CEBR) & ACI Worldwide
MARCH 2022
Knight Frank
‘Democracy Report 2022:
Autocratisation Changing Nature’
V-Dem (Varieties of
Democracy) Institute
London & Partners analysis of
Dealroom.co investment data
London & Partners and
Dealroom.co
World Happiness Report 2022
United Nation
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India ranked at 21st with realized gains of
around $1.85 billion.
Top Three Position:
• United States (US)
• United Kingdom (UK)
• Germany
India accounted for the highest volume of
real-time payments (1st rank) among
businesses around the world, with 48.6
billion real-time payments through 2021.
Top three Position:
• India
• China
• Thailand
India ranked 3rd in billionaire population
globally. The number of ultra-high-networth-individuals (UHNWIs) globally
increased by 9.3 percent in 2021.
Top Three position:
• United States (US)
• Chinese Mainland
• India
India ranked 93rd on the Liberal
Democracy Index (LDI) out of 179
countries
Top 5 LDI Countries
Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Costa rica
and new Zealand.
India secured the 2nd largest global
venture capital investment hub for digital
shopping companies.
Top three countries
• United States (US)
• India
• China
India’s rank has been improved by 3 spots
to 136 out of 146 countries from 139 in
2021 with a score of 3.777.
Top Three Countries
• Finland
• Denmark
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2022 Global Digital Skills Index
FEBRUARY 2022
Salesforce
Iceland
India has scored 63 out of 100, leads the
digital skills readiness and has the highest
readiness index among the 19 countries.
The report highlights the growing global
digital skills crisis and the need for action.
9th annual ranking of top 10
countries outside of the United
States (US) for Leadership in
Energy and Environmental Design
(LEED) 2021
Global Entrepreneurship Monitor
(GEM) 2021/2022 Global Report:
Opportunity Amid Disruption
US Green Building
Council (USGBC)
India ranked 3rd with 146 projects
followed by China and Canada.
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India is among the top five easiest places
to start a new business.
• India topped amongst low-income
economies (according to GDP per
capita) on different
Entrepreneurial Framework
Conditions.
• India ranked fourth globally
followed by Saudi Arabia
Netherlands & Sweden to start a
business in the Survey of Indian
respondents.
TomTom Traffic Index 2021
TomTom
Democracy Index 2021
Economist Intelligence
Unit (EIU)
10th edition of International
Intellectual Property (IIP) Index,
‘Compete for Tomorrow’(IIP Index
2022)
Global Innovation Policy
Centre (GIPC) of United
States Chambers of
Commerce (USCC)
India’s Mumbai, Maharashtra and New
Delhi, Delhi were ranked as 5th and 11th
most congested cities in the world.
Top three ranking
• Istanbul, Turkey
• Moscow region (Oblast), Russia
• Kyiv, Ukraine
India is ranked 46 on the global index
with an overall score of 6.91.
Afghanistan is the least democratic
country with an overall score of 0.32.
Top three ranking
• Norway
• New Zealand
• Finland
India has ranked 43 out of 55 countries on
the 2022 IIP Index.
• United States (US)
• United Kingdom (UK)
• Germany
Henley Passport Index: Q1 2022
Global Ranking
JANUARY 2022
Henley & Partners
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India has been ranked as 84th Most
Powerful Passport, improved by 7 places
from 90th in Q4 2021.
Top three countries:
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Global Artificial Intelligence
(AI)Adopters
Brookings Institution
Study
Corruption Perceptions Index
(CPI) 2021
Transparency
International
• Japan; Singapore
• Germany; South Korea
• Finland; Italy; Luxembourg; Spain
India is among the top 10 nations in the
world in terms of technological
advancements and funding in artificial
intelligence (AI).
• India ranks 6th in terms of
spending and investments on AI.
• United States, China, the United
Kingdom, France, Japan and
Germany are leading AI
achievements ahead of India and
Canada, South Korea and Italy are
behind India.
India has ranked 85th on the index that
ranks 180 countries and territories.
Top Three Countries:
• Denmark
• Finland
• New Zealand
STATE/CITY WISE RANKING
Index/Survey Name
Provisional data for the State’s Own
Tax Revenue (SOTR) collections
Association of Mutual Funds in
India (AMFI) ‘s Data
Released by
NOVEMBER 2022
Comptroller and Auditor
General of India
AMFI
State or City in the rank
Maharashtra emerged as the largest state
in State’s Own Tax Revenue (SOTR)
collections between April-September
2022 i.e. first six months of the current
fiscal (H1FY23)with Rs 1,15,211 crore
followed by Uttar Pradesh (UP) and Tamil
Nadu(TN).
Maharashtra, New Delhi, and Goa have the
maximum mutual fund (MF) penetration
in India, due to high income levels, higher
literacy rates, and substantial inflows
from corporations and high-net-worth
individuals (HNIs).
OCTOBER 2022
--SEPTEMBER 2022
-AUGUST 2022
-ASK Private Wealth Hurun India
Future Unicorn Index 2022
JULY 2022
Hurun Research Institute
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Hurun Research identified 122 Indian
future Unicorns from 25 cities
• Bengaluru remains top with 46
probable unicorns followed by
Maharashtra’s Mumbai (16) &
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Asia Pacific Sustainability Index
2021
Knight Frank
QS Best Student Cities Ranking
2023
Quacquarelli Symonds
(QS)
5th Edition of Business Reforms
Action Plan
Department for
Promotion of Industry
and Internal Trade
(DPIIT)
1st ‘State Ranking Index For
National Food Security Act (NFSA)’
2022
Ministry of Consumer
Affairs, Food & Public
Distribution
(MoCA,F&PD)
Delhi (National Capital Region
(NCR)) (25).
4 Indian cities made it to the top 20 of the
Asia Pacific (APAC) Sustainably Led Cities
Index Ranking.
• Bengaluru (Karnataka) – 14 – Gold
Standard category
• Other 3 cities - Delhi (17),
Hyderabad (18) & Mumbai (20) Silver standard category
The top five green-rated cities Singapore, Sydney (Australia), Wellington
(New Zealand), Perth (Australia), &
Melbourne (Australia)
Mumbai ranked at 103 has emerged as
India’s highest-ranked student city.
Top three cities are
• London
• Munich
• Seoul
Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Telangana
Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Odisha,
& Madhya Pradesh are the seven states
among top achievers in 'ease of doing
business' ranking.
Top three ranking in General Category
States/UTs
• Odisha
• Uttar Pradesh
• Andhra Pradesh
Tripura ranked 1st among the North
Eastern States, Himalayan States, & the
Island Regions.
JUNE 2022
India’s top sugar producer
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4th State Food Safety Index 20212022
Food Safety and
Standards Authority of
India (FSSAI)
2nd edition “National e-Governance
Service Delivery Assessment
2021(NeSDA 2021): Reaching
citizens through seamless service
delivery”
Global Startup Ecosystem Report
2022(GSER 2022)
Department of
Administrative Reforms
and Public Grievances
(DARPG)
Startup Genome
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Maharashtra became the India’s top sugar
producer after a five-year gap, followed by
Uttar Pradesh (UP) in the lead.
Top three among larger states,
• Tamil Nadu (TN)
• Gujarat
• Maharashtra
During the event, also launched logo of
AyushAahar, and other initiatives.
clickhere
Union Territory (UT) of Jammu and
Kashmir (J&K) has topped among UTs in
e-Governance services delivery. Clickhere
Bengaluru, Karnataka ranked 22nd on the
global ranking followed by Delhi (26) and
Mumbai (36).
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Bengaluru has ranked 5th on the
global stage for tech venture
capital (VC) investment in 2022.
Top three Ranking:
• Silicon Valley
• New York City and London(tied)
• Boston(4th)
MAY 2022
--Unemployment rate in India
1st State Energy & Climate Index
(SECI)-Round I April 2022
Per Capita Net State Domestic
Product at Current Prices
APRIL 2022
Centre for Monitoring
Indian Economy (CMIE)
NITI (National
Institution for
Transforming India)
Aayog
The states of Gujarat, Kerala, and
Punjab are the top 3 among larger states
while Goa, Tripura, and Manipur are top 3
among smaller states.
• Among UTs, Chandigarh, Delhi,
and Daman & Diu and Dadra &
Nagar Haveli ranked 1st, 2nd, and
3rd respectively.
MARCH 2022
Ministry of Statistics and
Programme
Implementation (MoSPI)
SKOCH Governance Report Card for
2021
SKOCH Group
National Family Health Survey
(NFHS)-5
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Chhattisgarh has been ranked first among
states with the lowest unemployment rate
of 0.6 percent in the country followed by
Madhya Pradesh and Karnataka.
Top three Highest unemployment rate
states
• Haryana
• Rajasthan
• Jammu and Kashmir
Telangana became the top performing
state in India with a population over one
crore in terms of growth rate of Per Capita
Net State Domestic Product at Current
Prices
The ranking states according to their
performance in various projects at state,
district and municipal level.
Top Three states are:
• Andhra Pradesh
• West Bengal
• Odisha
Odisha became top state in the list of full
immunisation in India with 90.5 per cent
coverage under Mission Indradhanush
Telangana turned out to be the first state
in India to adopt the Crop Diversification
Index (CDI)
• The districts of Nirmal, Vikarabad,
and Sangareddy emerge as the
most diverse, ranking in the top 3
in the state
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India Press Freedom Report 2021
FEBRUARY 2022
Rights and Risks Analysis
Group (RRAG)
Delta Rankings for December 2021
NITI Aayog
Overall installed renewable energy
capacity in India
Ministry of New and
Renewable Energy
(MoNRE)
Implementation of Swachh Bharat
Mission (Grameen) Phase-II
programme till December 31, 2021
India’s First ‘District Good
Governance Index (DGGI)’
Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) topped the list
of States and Union Territories followed
by Uttar Pradesh (UP), Madhya Pradesh
(MP) and Tripura.
Malkangiri (Odisha) secured first rank in
the list followed by Chhatarpur (Madhya
Pradesh) held second rank in the list.
Tamil Nadu (TN) achieved the first
position in overall installed renewable
energy capacity in India surpassing
Karnataka.
• Rajasthan and Gujarat added the
highest renewable capacity (4.8
GW and 2.4 GW respectively) in
the current fiscal year till 31st
January 2022.
JANUARY 2022
Ministry of Jal Shakti
Department of
Administrative Reforms
& Public Grievances
(DARPG) & Government
of Jammu and
Kashmir(J&K)
Telangana has stood first in India in the
list of the highest number of Open
Defecation Free (ODF) Plus villages
followed by Tamil Nadu and Karnataka
J&K became the first Indian UT with a
Good Governance Index.
It is prepared for the 20 Districts of UT of
J&K
ORGANIZATION RANKING
Index/Survey Name
World’s Best Employer Rankings
2022
QS Asia University Rankings 2023
released by Quacquarelli
Symonds(QS)
Released by
Organisation/Institution in the rank
NOVEMBER 2022
Forbes
Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) has
emerged as the world’s 20th best firm to
work for and India’s best employer
Top three Position
• Samsung Group
• Microsoft
• IBM
Quacquarelli Symonds
19 Indian Universities are featured among
(QS)
the top 200 on the QS Asia University
Rankings 2023
Top three Indian Universities:
• Indian Institute of Technology –
Bombay (IITB)
• IIT -Delhi (IITD)
• Indian Institute of Science (IISc)
Bangalore
Top three Universities:
• Peking University
• National University of Singapore
(NUS)
• Tsinghua University
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Times Higher Education World
University Rankings 2023
world’s 10th busiest global airport
OCTOBER 2022
Times Higher Education
(THE)
OAG Aviation Worldwide
Limited
Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru
(IISc Bengaluru) in Karnataka has secured
the number one spot among Indian
universities(251-300 band )
Top three institutes:
• University of Oxford, United
Kingdom
• Harvard University, United States
• University of Cambridge , United
Kingdom
Delhi Airport (ranked 10th) also known as
Indira Gandhi International Airport or IGI
Airport in New Delhi, Delhi has been
named the world’s 10th busiest global
airport
Top three Global Report
• Atlanta Hartsfield-jackson Intl Apt
• Dubai International
• Tokyo International Airport
(Haneda Airport)
SEPTEMBER 2022
--2022 Nature Index Rankings for
Research Output
Practus Hurun India PE
Performers 2022
National e-Governance Service
Delivery Assessment
India Rankings 2022- Ranking of
Higher Educational Institutions on
Performance
AUGUST 2022
Nature Index data
Practus (earlier MyCFO)
and Hurun India
JULY 2022
Department of
Administrative Reforms
and Public Grievances
(DARPG), NASSCOM
(National Association of
Software and Services
Companies) and KPMG
National Institutional
Ranking Framework
(NIRF), Ministry of
Education (MoE)
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University of Hyderabad (UoH),
Telangana, was placed first among Indian
universities & 16th among all academic
institutions in India
Top 3 Indian Institutions under research
Output.
• Indian Institute of Science (IISc)
,Bengaluru in Karnataka.
• Homi Bhabha National Institute
(HBNI), Mumbai in Maharashtra.
• Indian Institute of Technology
Bombay (IIT Bombay) ,Mumbai in
Maharashtra.
Mamaearth’s parent company Honasa
Consumer Private Limited (HCPL) topped
the list followed by Encube Ethicals &
Ecom Express.
Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) website is
ranked first under the Central Ministries
Portal.
• The Digital Police Portal is ranked
number 2 under the Central
Ministry Services Portal
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)
Madras topped the overall ranking
followed by Indian Institute of Science
(IISc), Bengaluru (Karnataka) & IIT
Bombay, Mumbai (Maharashtra). clickhere
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Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World
University Rankings 2023
JUNE 2022
Quacquarelli Symonds
(QS)
THE Impact Rankings 2022 (4th
edition)
MAY 2022
Times Higher Education
(THE)
12th QS World University Rankings
by Subject 2022
APRIL 2022
QS Quacquarelli
Symonds
Indian Institute of Science (IISc),
Bengaluru, Karnataka, ranked 155 gaining
31 places since 2022 ranking.
Top three institutes
• Massachusetts Institute of
Technology (MIT) Cambridge,
United States
• University of Cambridge, United
Kingdom
• Stanford University, United States
India has become the 4th most wellrepresented country (Jointly with
Turkey).
Top three University with India’s position
in list
• Western Sydney University
• Arizona State University (Tempe)
• Western University.Clickhere
Indian Institute of Technology(IIT)Bombay ranked 65th and Indian Institute
of Technology(IIT)- Delhi ranked 72nd
under the Engineering and Technology
category.
• Massachusetts Institute of
Technology (MIT)(United States of
America – USA) – Engineering and
Technology Category.
• Indian Institute of Technology
Kharagpur (IIT KGP) has been
named as one of the world’s top
100 universities for studying 19
subjects in the domain of
Engineering.
MARCH 2022
Global Powers of Retailing 2022:
Resilience Despite Challenges
Deloitte
Reliance Retail Limited (RRL) has ranked
56th on the list of Top 250 global retailers
Top Five ranks are: Walmart Inc, Amazon
Inc. Costco Wholesale Corporation,
Schwarz Group, and The Home Depot, Inc.
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NOVEMBER 2022
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OCTOBER 2022
➢ Nine experts from Puducherry in World’s Top Scientist list which includes Rakesh Aggarwal &
Subhash Chandra Parija in Stanford University rankings 2022.
SEPTEMBER 2022
-AUGUST 2022
➢ According to Bloomberg Billionaires Index, Adani Group’s chairman Gautam Adani becomes the
world’s third-richest person with a total net worth of USD 137billion, after overtaking Louis Vuitton
chairman Bernard Arnault (France).
JULY 2022
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REPORT
Report/Survey/Study Title
Reinvigorating India’s Economic
Engagements with Southern Africa
Vision document of Employee
Provident Fund Organisation
(EPFO) November 2022
Released by
Points to be noted
NOVEMBER 2022
EXIM Bank
EPFO
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India emerged as a leading defence
exporter in recent years and could be
able to fulfil Africa’s maritime, aerospace,
and defence needs, with Mauritius,
Mozambique, and the Seychelles
becoming major buyers of Indian
armaments during 2017 – 2021.
Delhi topped the chart in terms of the
EPFO coverage with 61.5% of their
working population under the social
security ambit of the organisation
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The Adaptation Gap Report 2022:
Too Little, Too Slow – Climate
adaptation failure puts world at
risk
(Centralised Public Grievance
Redress and Monitoring System)
CPGRAMS Monthly Report October
2022
United Nations
Environment Programme
(UNEP)
Adaptation needs require $340 billion a
year by 2030 but currently it stands at
less than one-tenth of that amount.
Department of
Administrative Reforms
and Public Grievances
(DARPG)
Unique Identification Authority of India
(UIDAI) topped the Grievance Redressal
Index amongst all Group A Ministries,
Departments and Autonomous Bodies.
State of Food and Agriculture
(SOFA) 2022
Food and Agriculture
Organization (FAO)
How Just Transition Can Deliver
the Paris Agreement
United Nations
Development Programme
(UNDP)
It examined how automation in our
agrifood systems might contribute to
reaching Sustainable Development Goals
(SDGs).
It states that fail to recognize the
opportunities given by a “green
revolution” face increased social
inequality, civil unrest, and less
competitive economy if suggested netzero emissions paths are not carried out
efficiently.
OCTOBER 2022
Sample Registration System (SRS)Statistical Report 2020
“Education 4.0 Report” 2022
Ministry of Home Affairs’
Office of the Registrar
General & Census
Commissioner
World Economic Forum
(WEF)
Global forest sector outlook 2050
Food and Agriculture
Organization of the
United Nations (FAO)
Assessment of Lead Impact on
Human and India’s Response
NITI Aayog (National
Institution for
Transforming India) &
Council of Scientific &
Industrial Research
(CSIR)
World Wide Fund For
Nature (WWF)
Living Planet Report 2022
4th LEADS (Logistics Ease Across
Different States) 2022 Survey
Report
National Statistical Office (NSO)
report
Logistics division of the
Department for
Promotion of Industry
and Internal Trade
(DPIIT)
Ministry of Statistics and
Programme
Implementation (MoSPI)
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The Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) for males
and females in India finally equalized in
2020.
outlines how digital and other
technologies can bridge learning gaps
and make education accessible to
everyone
The global threats to climate, biodiversity
and a healthy environment are mainly
caused by the excessive use of nonrenewable materials
India bears the world’s highest health
and economic burden due to lead
poisoning
Monitored wildlife populations such as
mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles,
and fish have declined by 69% on
average since 1970.
Andhra Pradesh, Assam and Gujarat are
among the 15 States and Union
Territories (UTs) which were categorised
as achievers. clickhere
Andhra Pradesh (AP) emerged as the top
performer in agriculture & allied Gross
Value Output (GVO).
Top five states:
• Andhra Pradesh, Madhya
Pradesh, Telangana, Chhattisgarh,
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“Global Status of Multi-Hazard
Early Warning Systems – Target G”
Vision—Developed India:
Opportunities and Expectations of
MNCs
“Using Technology to Improve a
Billion Livelihoods”
United Nations Office for
Disaster Risk Reduction
(UNDRR) & World
Meteorological
Organization (WMO)
Confederation of Indian
Industries (CII) and EY
(Ernst and Young)
World Economic Forum
(WEF)
The Centi-Millionaire Report – The
Emergence of a New Class of
Super-Rich
Henley & Partners
“WHO Fungal Priority Pathogens
List”
World Health
Organization (WHO)
‘NDC Synthesis Report 2022’
United Nations
Framework Convention
on Climate Change
(UNFCCC)
World Energy Outlook 2022
International Energy
Agency (IEA)
The coldest year of the rest of their
lives: Protecting children from the
escalating impacts of heatwaves
United Nations Children’s
Fund (UNICEF)
‘Lancet Countdown on health and
climate change: health at the
mercy of fossil fuels’
Lancet
3rd Advance Estimates of the area
and production of various
horticultural crops for 2021-22
“Decarbonising India: Charting a
Pathway for Sustainable Growth,”
Ministry of Agriculture
and Farmers Welfare
(MoA&FW)
McKinsey & Company
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and Tamilnadu are the top five
states with higher GVO
around half of the countries in the world
do not have Multi-Hazard Early Warning
Systems(MHEWS)
India has the potential to attract Foreign
Direct Investment (FDI) flows of USD 475
billion in the next 5 years
deploying drones at the forefront of a
technology-led transformation of Indian
agriculture can enhance Gross Domestic
Product (GDP) by 1%-1.5% or could
enhance the GDP growth with USD 100Billion.
India has the third-highest number of
centi-millionaires in the world,
surpassing the United Kingdom (UK),
Switzerland & Russia.
Top three countries:
• United States (US)
• China
• India
To highlight the first-ever list of fungal
“priority pathogens,” a catalogue of the
19 fungi that pose the greatest harm to
public health
Issued a warning that the climate plans of
governments around the world are still
insufficient to keep global warming to 1.5
degrees Celsius (1.5°C), as mandated by
the 2015 Paris Agreement.
The global emissions will reach their
peak in 2025 as rising energy prices
brought on by Russia’s invasion of
Ukraine encourage investment in
Renewable Energy sources
It estimates that by 2050, every child
over 2 billion across the globe will be
exposed to more frequent, longer lasting,
and more severe heatwaves up from 24%
of children in 2020.
India suffered loss of 167.2 billion
potential labour hours in 2021 due to
heat waves which resulted in income loss
equal to 5.4% of India’s GDP, the highest
among the G20 nations in 2021
A record 342.33 million tonnes are
estimated to be produced in an area of
28.08 million hectares.
India’s decarbonisation will require an
estimated USD 12.1 trillion (5.9% of GDP)
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Emissions Gap Report 2022: The
Closing Window
United Nations
Environment Programme
(UNEP)
Global Tuberculosis Report 2022
World Health
Organization (WHO)
Globalise to Localise: Exporting at
Scale and Deepening the
Ecosystem Are Vital to Higher
Domestic Value Addition
Tech Cities: The Global
Intersection of Talent and Real
Estate
Preserving Progress on Nutrition
in India: Poshan Abhiyaan in
Pandemic Times
SEPTEMBER 2022
Indian Council for
Research on International
Economic Relations
(ICRIER) & India Cellular
and Electronics
Association (ICEA)
Cushman & Wakefield
report
NITI Aayog (National
Institution for
Transforming India)
Global Economic and Insurance
Outlook
Swiss Re Institute
(Switzerland)
Scientific journal Nature Climate
Change
-
28th ‘India’s External Debt: A Status
Report 2021–22’
External Debt
Management Unit
(EDMU)
Transforming Trucking in India:
Pathways to Zero-Emission Truck
Deployment
Progress on WASH in health care
facilities 2000–2021: special focus
on WASH and infection prevention
and control (IPC)
6th National Health Accounts
(NHA) Estimates Report of India
for 2018-19 data
National Institute for
Transforming India (NITI)
Aayog
World Health
Organization (WHO) &
United Nations Children’s
Fund (UNICEF)
National Health Systems
Resource Centre (NHSRC)
Global Estimates of Modern
Slavery-Forced Labour and Forced
Marriage
International Labour
Organization (ILO)
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in green investments until 2050 under
the “accelerated” scenario.
India’s per capita Greenhouse Gas
Emissions (GHGs) at 2.4 tCO2e (tonne
carbon dioxide equivalent) are below the
world average of 6.3 tCO2e in 2020
An estimated 10.6 million people
worldwide were sickened by tuberculosis
in 2021, a 4.5% rise from 2020, and 1.6
million people died
India can reach its goals of USD 300
billion in electronics production and USD
120 billion in exports by 2025–2026.
Beijing, China tops the technology hubs
list in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region and
is followed by Bengaluru, Karnataka.
Maharashtra (MH), Andhra Pradesh (AP),
and Gujarat (GJ) are found to be the top
three states in terms of total
implementation among larger states at
the national level in 2020.
• Sikkim performed the best out of
the eight small states, followed by
Meghalaya, Tripura, and Goa.
India will emerge as the 6th largest
insurance market in the world by 2032,
supported by regulatory push and rapid
economic expansion.
India’s updated climate pledge to the
Paris Agreement has been ranked 5th in
compliance and 4th in ambition.
India’s external debt increased to USD
620.7 billion at the End-March 2022, an
increase of 8.20%, from USD 573.7 billion
at the End-March 2021.
India’s trucking market is expected to
grow over 4 times by 2050.
Around 3.85 billion people across the
globe depend on these facilities.
The centre’s share in the total
government health expenditure dropped
to 34.3 percent in 2018-19 from 40.8
percent in 2017-2018.
Approximately 50 million (49.6 million)
people living in modern slavery on any
given day in 2021, up from 40 million in
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13th Global Wealth Report 2022
Credit Suisse
Report on the Fourth Round of
Quarterly Employment Survey
Labour Bureau, Ministry
of Labour and
Employment (MoL&E)
Ministry of Tourism
(MoT)
“India Tourism Statistics 2022”
UNAIDS Global AIDS Update 2022:
In Danger
AUGUST 2022
United Nations
Programme on HIV/AIDS
(UNAIDS)
Third brief of the Global Crisis
Response Group (GCRG) on Food,
Energy and Finance
United Nations
Conference on Trade and
Development (UNCTAD)
Worldline India Digital Payments
Report Q1 2022
Worldline India
Three policy briefs of UNCTAD
United Nations
Conference on Trade and
Development (UNCTAD)
Forbes Asia’s 200 “Best Under A
Billion” 2022 Ranking
Forbes
Mercom India Research Report
Mercom India
Department of Commerce
Restructuring Dossier
Ministry of Commerce
and Industry (MoCI)
Renewing wind growth to power
the energy transition: India Wind
Energy Market Outlook 2026
Tracking the performance of the
industry
Global Wind Energy
Council (GWEC) & MEC
Intelligence (MEC+)
Benori Knowledge
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2016 and a 25% increase over the last 5
years.
The report estimates that global wealth
totaled USD 463.6 trillion at the end of
2021, a rise of USD 41.4 trillion (9.8
percent).
The total employment created by 9
selected non-farm sectors was 3.18 crore
in 5.31 lakh establishments.
Maharashtra (MH) and Tamil Nadu (TN)
had the highest numbers of foreign
tourist visits, with 1.26 million and 1.23
million, respectively, in 2021.Clickhere
only half (52%) of children living with
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
are on life-saving therapy globally,
considerably behind adults, who receive
three quarters (76%) of antiretrovirals.
84% of nearly $1 trillion of global
investment in energy transition
technologies in 2021 was deployed in
China, India, Japan, the US and Europe.
India saw 9.36 billion transactions
amounting to Rs 10.25 trillion in the first
quarter (January-March period) via
various payment modes led by Unified
Payment Interface (UPI)
7.3% of the Indian population possessed
digital currency in 2021, placing India
7th out of the top 20 global economies for
digital currency ownership as a share of
population.
24 Indian companies made the list, a
decrease from 26 in 2021 & this placed
India in fourth place among Asian
countries, one spot ahead of China, which
had 22 firms on the list
India adds a record breaking 7.2 gigawatt
(GW) of solar installations in the first half
of 2022
• Rajasthan became the first state
to cross 10 GW of cumulative
large-scale solar installations at
the end of March 2022.
To prepare India to become a leading
global player in world trade and to attain
a USD 2 trillion export target by 2030.
India can add another 23.7 Gigawatts
(GW) within next 5 years (2026).
India is now the 10th largest Life
Insurance market in the world almost at
par with the global average of 3.3%. and
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Competitiveness Roadmap for
India@100
Forecasting Penetration of Electric
Two-Wheelers (e-2W) in India- A
Bottom-Up Analysis
World Cities Report 2022:
Envisaging the Future of Cities
seeks
Economic Advisory
Council to the Prime
Minister (EAC-PM)
JULY 2022
National Institution for
Transforming India (NITI)
Aayog & Technology
Information Forecasting
and Assessment Council
(TIFAC)
United Nations Human
Settlements Programme
(UN-Habitat)
Take Home Ration: Good Practices- NITI Aayog & United
Across the States/UTs
Nations World Food
Programme (WFP)
Mitigation and Management of
COVID-19: Compendium of AyushBased Practices from Indian States
and Union Territories
NITI Aayog
Harnessing Green Hydrogen:
Opportunities for Deep
Decarbonisation in India
NITI Aayog & Rocky
Mountain Institute (RMI)
The Sustainable Development
Goals Report 2022
United Nations (UN)
2022 World Population Prospects
United Nations
Department of Economic
and Social Affairs,
Population Division
The State of Food Security and
Food and Agriculture
Nutrition in the World (SOFI) –
Organization (FAO),
Repurposing Food and Agricultural International Fund for
Policies to Make Healthy Diets
Agricultural Development
More Affordable
(IFAD), United Nations
Children's Fund
(UNICEF), World Food
Programme (WFP) &
World Health
Organization (WHO).
The Global Findex Database 2021: World Bank (WB)
Financial Inclusion, Digital
Payments, and Resilience in the
Age of COVID-19
Addressing The Cost-Of-Living
United Nations
Crisis in Developing Countries:
Development Programme
(UNDP)
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is ahead of China (at 2.4%) and the
United Kingdom (UK) (at 3%).
India’s journey to becoming a higherincome economy by 2047.
The report forecasts 100% penetration of
electric two-wheelers in the Indian
market by FY 2026–27.
India’s urban population is estimated to
rise to around 675 million in 2035 &
become the 2nd highest country
following China’s 1 billion.
It highlights a collection of good and
innovative practices used by the States
and Union Territories (UTs) to
implement the Take Home Ration (THR)
value chain.
It details the information about various
Ayush-based initiatives and practices
adopted by the States and UTs in India
for containing and managing the COVID19 outbreak.
It provides a way to enhance the
emergence of a green hydrogen economy,
which is critical for India to achieve its
net-zero ambitions by 2070.
The combined crisis led to an additional
75 million to 95 million people living in
extreme poverty in 2022 as compared
with pre-pandemic projections.
India is projected to surpass China as the
world’s most populous country in 2023.
2.3 billion people, an estimated 29.3
percent of the global population were
moderately or severely food insecure,
and 11.7 percent (923.7 million people)
faced severe food insecurity.
India is among seven countries which
home to half the world’s 1.4 billion adults
without access to formal banking.
This report stated that nearly 71 million
people in the developing world have
fallen into poverty.
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Poverty and Vulnerability
Projections and Policy Responses
India BioEconomy Report 2022
Digital Banks: A proposal for
Licensing and Regulatory Regime
for India
Youth in India 2022
India Innovation Index 2021
report
Electricity Market Report (July
2022 update)
Road accidents in India — 2020
“Global Plastics Outlook Policy
Scenarios to 2060”
‘Digital payments in India: A US$10
trillion opportunity ‘
Biotechnology Industry
Research Assistance
Council’s (BIRAC)
National Institution for
Transforming India (NITI)
Aayog
Ministry of Statistics and
Programme
Implementation (MoSPI)
National Institution for
Transforming India
(NITI) Aayog
International Energy
Agency (IEA)
JUNE 2022
Transport Research Wing
(TRW) of the Ministry of
Road Transport and
Highways (MoRTH).
Organisation for
Economic Co-operation
and Development (OECD)
PhonePe & Boston
Consulting Group (BCG)
Mercom India Solar Open Access
Market Report Q1 2022
Mercom India
“Macroeconomic and Foreign
Exchange Policies of Major Trading
Partners of the United States”
United States (US)
Department of the
Treasury
Periodic Labour Force Survey
(PLFS) – 4th Annual Report (July,
2020 – June, 2021)
National Statistical Office
(NSO)
41st Micrometer Report for Q4
Financial Year 2021-22 (FY22)
Microfinance Institutions
Network (MFIN)
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India’s bioeconomy is likely to touch USD
150 billion by 2025 and over USD 300
billion by 2030
It offers a template and roadmap for
licensing and regulatory regime for India.
India’s elderly population projected to
reach 14.9% & youth population to
decline at 22.7% in 2036.
India’s gross expenditure on research
and development (R&D) is one of the
lowest in the world with USD 43 per
capita.
A 2.4 % rise in global electricity demand
is seen in 2022 and India’s annual
electricity demand increased from 6% to
7% in 2022.
The number of road accidents has been
on decline since 2016 except for a
marginal increase of 0.46 per cent in
2018.
It states that the Global plastic waste set
to almost triple by 2060 due to economic
and population growth.
The value of digital payments (non-cash)
in India is expected to increase three-fold
from current US$3 trillion to US$10
trillion by 2026.
India added 513 MW (megawatt) of new
open access solar capacity in the
Q1(January – March) of the calendar year
(CY) 2022.
India is one of the 12 major economies
that merit close attention to their
currency practices and macroeconomic
policies
• The Monitoring list comprises
China, Japan, South Korea,
Germany, Italy, India, Malaysia,
Singapore, Thailand, Taiwan,
Vietnam and Mexico.
The Unemployment Rate (UR) saw a
decrease of 0.6% and fell to 4.2% in
2020-21, compared with 4.8% in 201920.
Tamil Nadu has overtaken West Bengal
as the state with the largest outstanding
portfolio of microfinance loans.
Top three Position.
• Tamil Nadu
• Bihar
• West Bengal
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14th Periodic Labour Force Survey
(PLFS) – Quarterly Bulletin
[January-March 2022]
National Statistical Office
(NSO)
Global Trends Report
United Nations High
Commissioner for
Refugees (UNHCR)
Registrar General &
Census Commissioner
Sample Registration System (SRS)Abridged Life Tables 2015-2019
Financing India’s 2030
Renewables Ambition
BloombergNEF (BNEF) &
Power Foundation of
India
Creating Jobs and Cutting Bills: the
economic opportunities of a clean
energy transition
We Mean Business
Coalition & Cambridge
Econometrics
Making the right to social security
a reality for domestic workers: A
global review of policy trends,
statistics and extension strategies
India’s Booming Gig and Platform
Economy- Perspectives and
Recommendations on the Future of
Work
International Labour
Organization (ILO)
NITI (National Institution
for Transforming India)
Aayog
The State of Inequality in India
Report
MAY 2022
Institute for
Competitiveness
“Severe Wasting: An Overlooked
Child Survival Emergency.”
United Nations Children’s
Fund (UNICEF)
Global Food Policy Report (GFPR)
2022- Climate Change & Food
Systems
International Food Policy
Research Institute (IFPRI)
Global Land Outlook (GLO2)
United Nations
Convention to Combat
Desertification (UNCCD)
Quarterly Employment Survey
(QES) for the period October –
December 2021
Ministry of Labour and
Employment (MOLE)
The State of the World’s Forests
(SOFO) 2022: Forest Pathways for
Green Recovery and Building
Inclusive, Resilient and Sustainable
economies
Food and Agriculture
Organization(FAO)
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The Unemployment Rate (UR) for
persons of 15 years and above in urban
areas dipped to 8.2% in January-March
2022 from 9.3% in January-March 2021.
It stated that nearly 5 million people in
India were internally displaced due to
climate change and disasters in 2021.
India’s life expectancy at birth has
increased up to 69.7 from 2015-2019
period and is still lower than the global
average of 72.6.
India will need USD 223 billion
investment to achieve the goals of the
government of India to increase the nonfossil power, wind and solar, capacity to
500 gigawatts (GW) by 2030.
It states that rapidly implementing
policies to end dependency on fossil fuels
and switching to clean energy could lead
to the creation of 1.5 crore new jobs in
India by 2025.
Only 6% of domestic workers from
across the globe are legally covered for
all benefits under social insurance
schemes.
The Indian gig workforce is expected to
expand to 23.5 million workers by 202930, a near 200 percent jump from 7.7
million by 2020–21.
It was released by Dr. Bibek Debroy,
Chairman of the Economic Advisory
Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM).
India has the world’s most severely
wasted children under the age of five,
with 5,772,472 affected children.
It states that the number of Indians at
risk from hunger is expected to be 73.9
million by 2030 i.e. an increase by 23%;
and 45 million by 2050
There are 23 countries who have
experienced drought emergencies in the
last two years (2020-2022), including
Pakistan.
Formal sector employment in India
increased by 4 lakhs in OctoberDecember 2021, to 3.145 crore workers
across nine sectors.
The report stated that 420 million
hectares (mha), approximately 10.34 per
cent of its total forest area in the last 30
years.
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“Global Report on Food Crises
2022: Joint analysis for better
decisions” (GRFC 2022)
National Family Health Survey
(NFHS)– National Family Health
Survey 2019–21 (NFHS-5)
Global Network Against
Food Crises (GNAFC) &
Food Security
Information Network
(FSIN)
Ministry of Health and
Family Welfare (MoHFW)
Q4 & Annual India Solar Market
Update report
Mercom India Research
13th Periodic Labour Force Survey
(PLFS)
National Statistical Office
(NSO)
Vital Statistics of India Based on
the Civil Registration System (CRS)
2020
Office of the Registrar
General
Fostering Effective Energy
Transition 2022
World Economic Forum
(WEF) & Accenture
1st Global Report on Infection
Prevention and Control
World Health
Organization (WHO)
India’s foreign direct investments
(FDI) inflow
Department for
Promotion of Industry
and Internal Trade
(DPIIT)
National Achievement Survey
(NAS) 2021 report
Department of School
Education and Literacy,
Ministry of Education
First Global Report on Assistive
Technology (GReAT)
World Health
Organisation (WHO) &
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It states that around 193 million people
in 53 countries suffered acute food
insecurity in 2021 due to conflict,
weather extremes, and the economic
effects of the coronavirus pandemic.
The Total Fertility Rates (TFR), an
average number of children per woman,
has dropped from 2.2 to 2.0 at the
national level between NFHS-4 & 5.
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India installed a record 10 GW of new
solar capacity in 2021.
• In 2021, Rajasthan added the
highest utility-scale solar capacity
with 4.5 GW, followed by Gujarat
with 1.2 GW and Uttar Pradesh
with 885 MW.
The Unemployment Rate (UR) for
persons of 15 years and above in urban
areas dipped to 8.7% in OctoberDecember (Q3) 2021 from 10.3% in Q32020.
The number of registered births has
decreased from 2.48 crore in 2019 to
2.42 crore in the year 2020 showing a
decrease of about 2.40%.
• Bihar saw the maximum increase
in the death rate followed by
Maharashtra and Assam.
It stated that urgent action is required by
both private and public sectors to ensure
a resilient transition amid the most
severe energy crisis since the 1970s.
It stated that 70% of those infections can
be prevented with good hand hygiene
and other cost-effective practices.
India’s foreign direct investments (FDI)
inflow was increased by 1.95% on-year
to the highest ever annual figure of
USD83.57 billion in the FY22
Top three Investing Country in India
• Singapore
• United States (US)
• Mauritius
Top three recipient states are Karnataka,
Maharashtra and Delhi.
According to NAS 2021, majority of the
states performed below the overall
national score, but states like Kerala,
Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Punjab
performed better than the national
average.
As per the report, 90% of those who need
AT do not have access to it globally.
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ILO Monitor on The World of
Work—Ninth Edition
United Nations Children’s
Fund (UNICEF)
International Labour
Organization (ILO)
Breed-wise report on Livestock
and Poultry
Union Minister of
Fisheries, Animal
Husbandry and Dairying
Burden of cancers in Indiaestimates of cancer crude
incidence, YLLs, YLDs and DALYs
for 2021 and 2025 based on
National Cancer Registry Program
Migration and Development Brief
36, May 2022: A War in a
Pandemic: Implications of the
Ukraine crisis and COVID-19 on
Global Governance of Migration
and Remittance Flows
Indian Council of Medical
Research (ICMR)
World Bank (WB)
The number of hours worked globally
decreased in the first quarter of 2022 and
remains 3.8 % lower than the fourth
quarter of 2019. This implies that about
11.2 crores (112 million) jobs may have
been lost over this time.
It was released by Parshottam Rupala,
Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal
Husbandry and Dairying.
• The total number of indigenous
cattle declined by 6% to 14.21
crore in 2019 from 15.12 crore in
2012 and their share in the total
cattle population fell to 73% from
79% during the period 2012-19.
The number of Indians suffering from
cancer is projected to increase to 29.8
million in 2025 from 26.7 million in
2021.
India has emerged as the largest
remittance receiving country globally in
2021 worth $89.4 billion as compared to
$82.73 billion in 2020.
• It is followed by Mexico at 2nd
place and China( 3rd,) Philippines
(4th), and Egypt (5th)
APRIL 2022
Production of 2021–22 Crop Year
(CY) (July–June)
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State of World Population 2022:
Seeing the Unseen
United Nations
Population Fund (UNFPA)
Climate Change 2022: Mitigation of
climate change
Intergovernmental Panel
on Climate Change (IPCC)
Working Group III report
World Wildlife Fund
(WWF)
“Going viral: Myanmar’s wildlife
trade escalates online 2021”,
Global Wind Report 2022
Global Wind Energy
Council (GWEC)
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Uttar Pradesh (UP) become the top
producer of vegetables, getting back its
first position by demoting West Bengal to
the second position, with a difference of a
million tonnes in production in 2021–22
Crop Year (CY) (July–June).
• Andhra Pradesh remains the top
fruit producer followed by
Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh
(UP).
It shows that nearly half of all
pregnancies Worldwide (around 121
million annually) are unintended.
Global emissions can be halved by 2030
with major transitions in the energy
sector.
The online illegal wildlife trade in
Myanmar has increased by 74% from
2020 to 2021.
Wind energy installations worldwide
must quadruple from the 94
GigaWatts(GW) installed in 2021 within
this decade if the world is to stay on track
for a 1.5C pathway and net zero by 2050.
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WHO Air Quality Database
World Health
Organization (WHO)
National Time Release Study
(NTRS) 2022
Central Board of Indirect
Taxes and Customs
(CBIC)
World Trade Organisation
(WTO)
Trade statistics and outlook
2022 Financing for Sustainable
Development Report: Bridging the
Finance Divide
United Nations
Department of Economic
and Social Affairs
Poverty in India has Declined over
the last decade But Not As Much As
Previously Thought
Trends in World Military
Expenditure, 2021
World Bank (WB)
World Review of Capture Fisheries
and Aquaculture Insurance 2022
Global Land Outlook Second
Edition (GLO2): Land Restoration
for Recovery and Resilience
Food and Agriculture
Organization (FAO)
United Nations (UN)
Convention to Combat
Desertification (UNCCD)
Our World at Risk: Transforming
Governance for a Resilient Future
United Nations Office for
Disaster Risk Reduction
(UNDRR)
Second part of the Sixth
Assessment Report titled, “Climate
Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation
and Vulnerability”
9th edition of ‘State of India’s
Environment Report 2022’
Stockholm International
Peace Research Institute
(SIPRI)
MARCH 2022
Intergovernmental Panel
on Climate Change (IPCC)
Down To Earth
‘Innovation in India’s Rural
Economy: Disruptive business
models are stimulating inclusive
growth in agriculture and rural
finance’
Confederation of Indian
Industry (CII) & Bain &
Company
2021 Q4 & Annual India Solar
Market Update
Mercom India Research
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about 99% of the world’s population
breathes air that does not meet WHO’s
air quality standards.
For assessing the cargo clearance process
of International Trade.
Declined its projection for global
merchandise trade volume growth (in
volume) for 2022 to 3% from 4.7% amid
Ukraine-Russia War.
The COVID-19 plunged 77 million more
people into extreme poverty in 2021 and
many developing countries can’t recover
because of debt repayments.
Extreme poverty is estimated to have
declined 12.3 percentage points between
2011-2019 in India
India’s military spending of $76.6 billion
is 3rd highest in the world followed by
the United States (US)-1st and China
(2nd).
It analyses developments in the
insurance industry over the past decade.
If the current trends continue, around 16
million square kilometers of land(the size
of South America) will be degraded by
2050.
The 6th edition of Global Assessment
Report on Disaster Risk Reduction 2022
(GAR2022) titled “Our World at Risk:
Transforming Governance for a Resilient
Future” highlights that violence against
women and girls increases in the
aftermath of disasters.
There will be rise in water level of The
Indus, Ganga and Brahmaputra river
basins by 2050 and 2100.
India slipped three spots to 120 from 117
in 2021 on the 17 Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs).
On the state-wise preparedness
• Kerala
• Tamil Nadu
• Himachal Pradesh
The agriculture sector has grown by a
Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR)
of 11 percent during 2015-2020 with the
support of government and other private
sectors initiatives towards physical and
digital infrastructure.
India installed a record 10 Gigawatt (GW)
of solar capacity during 2021 as
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Stockholm International Peace
Research Institute(SIPRI) Fact
Sheet March 2022 – “Trends In
International Arms Transfers,
2021”
SIPRI
Mercom India Solar Open Access
Market Report Q4 & Annual 2021
Mercom India
Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR) for
2017–2019
Registrar General of India
11th Periodic Labour Force Survey
(PLFS)
National Statistical Office
(NSO)
12th Periodic Labour Force Survey
(PLFS)
National Statistical Office
(NSO)
2021 World Air Quality Report
IQAir
2nd edition of Export Preparedness
Index 2021
National Institution for
Transforming India (NITI
Aayog) & Institute of
Competitiveness
Annual Frontier Report 2022,
titled ‘Noise, Blazes and
Mismatches’
United Nations
Environment Program
(UNEP)
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compared to 3.2 GW of solar capacity
installations during 2020.
India remained the largest importer
globally even though Indian arms
imports have decreased by 21% between
2012-2016 and 2017-2021.
• 5 largest arms imports are India,
Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Australia and
China
India has added 1.2 Giga Watts (GW) of
new solar open access capacity in the
calendar year (CY) 2021, marking a
growth of 222% during the year.
The top 3 states are
• Uttar Pradesh
• Tamil Nadu
• Maharashtra
India’s MMR has reduced to 103, a
decrease of 10 points, when compared to
the previous data of 113 in 2016–2018, a
decline of about 8.8%.
• Kerala had recorded the lowest
MMR of 30/lakh live births.
India’s urban unemployment rate
(persons of age 15 years and above) has
jumped to 12.6% in April-June quarter of
2021, when compared to 9.3% in the
January-March 2021.
Unemployment Rate (UR) for persons of
age 15 years and above in urban areas
dipped to 9.8% in July-September (Q2)
2021 from 13.2% in Q2-2020
Delhi, India, is the most polluted capital
in the world for the fourth consecutive
year in 2021.
• Dhaka, the capital of
Bangladesh was second on
the list of capital cities,
while N’Djamena, the
capital of Chad, was third.
Gujarat has retained the top position in
the overall ranking with its total share in
exports accounting for 20.83% as of
2020-2021
Top three position:
• Gujarat
• Maharashtra
• Karnataka
Moradabad in Uttar Pradesh is the
second most noise polluted city with a
maximum recorded noise pollution level
of 114 decibels (dB)
Top three position:
• Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Rollout of Small Cells for 5G
Networks by leveraging Street
Furniture and Internet of Things
(IoT)/ Information
Communication and Technology
(ICT) Standards for Smart Cities
India TB Report 2022 – Coming
Together to End TB Altogether
Global 500 2022: The annual
report on the world’s most
valuable and strongest brands
Moradabad, India
Islamabad, Pakistan.
Telecommunication
Engineering Centre (TEC)
These two report was released by
K.Rajaraman, Secretary of the
Department of Telecommunications
(DoT) , Ministry of Communications.
Ministry of Health and
Family Welfare
India has recorded a 19% increase in
Tuberculosis (TB) cases in 2021 over
2020
• As per ‘National TB Prevalence
Survey in India 2019-2021’
Report, Delhi has topped the TB
Prevalence in India with 534
cases per 1 lakh population and
747 per 1 Lakh population
respectively.
FEBRUARY 2022
Brand Finance
‘Global analysis of health care
waste in the context of COVID-19 –
Status, impacts and
recommendations’
World Health
Organisation (WHO)
‘Reimagining Healthcare in India
through Blended Finance’
NITI (National Institution
for Transforming India)
Aayog
Comscore report
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Deloitte 2022 CxO Sustainability
Report: The Disconnect Between
Ambition and Impact
Global Trade Update (February
2022)
Deloitte Touche
Tohmatsu Limited (DTTL)
United Nations
Conference on Trade and
Development (UNCTAD)
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Apple retained its title as the World’s
Most Valuable Brand in 2022 followed by
Amazon and Google.
TikTok has become the World’s fastestgrowing brand.
India sees the fastest growth over course
of COVID-19 pandemic among the top
nations up 42%.
The report stated that India generated
approximately 101 tonnes of COVID-19related healthcare waste per day during
the first wave of the pandemic (58), in
addition to the 609 tonnes of waste
generated daily from routine health
services (a total of 710 tonnes).
It revealed that about 65 percent of
hospital beds in India cater to almost 50
percent of India’s population.
The number of beds must be increased by
at least 30 percent to ensure equitable
access to healthcare facilities for people.
Paytm has the highest digital payments
with over 45% penetration in Fintech.
Paytm is followed by Google Pay (mobile
App) at 43% penetration (reach as
percentage of total digital population)
Indian businesses ranks 5th amongst 21
countries in their concern for climate
change.
A global trade in goods and services has
reached a record high of USD 28.5 trillion
in 2021, an increase of around 25%
relative to 2020 and an increase of
around 13% relative to the pre-COVID-19
level of 2019.
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Frontiers 2022: Noise, Blazes and
Mismatches – Emerging Issues Of
Environmental Concern
‘COVID-19-India’s Vaccine
Development Story’ and ‘India’s
COVID – 19 Vaccination
Administration Journey’
2nd edition of Hurun India Wealth
Report 2021
United Nations
Environment Programme
(UNEP)
Institute for
Competitiveness
The report states that wildfires are
becoming more frequent, larger, and
more intense due to climate change.
It highlights the success of the COVID-19
vaccination development journey of
India.
Hurun Report
The number of dollar-millionaire
households in India increased by 11% to
4,58,000 households compared to 2020.
Code of Practice for Securing
Consumer Internet of Things (IoT)
JANUARY 2022
Telecommunication
Engineering Centre (TEC)
IHS Markit Ltd report
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2nd quarter (Q2FY22- JulySeptember 2021) of Quarterly
Employment Survey (QES)
Ministry of Labour &
Employment (MoL&E)
India State of Forest Report (ISFR)
2021
Forest Survey of India
(FSI), Ministry of
Environment, Forest &
Climate Change
The Global Risks Report 2022:
17th Edition
World Economic Forum
(WEF)
‘World Employment and Social
Outlook (WESO) Trends 2022’
International Labour
Organization (ILO)
‘Electricity Market Report’
International Energy
Agency (IEA)
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This report is a baseline requirement
aligned with global standards and best
practices to secure Consumer IoT
devices.
India will overtake Japan as Asia’s
second-largest economy by 2030
India is currently the sixth-largest
economy in the world, behind the United
States (US), China, Japan, Germany and
the UK.
The report estimated that total
employment in the nine non-farm sectors
is 10crore approximately, which is 2
lakhs higher than the estimated
employment (3.08 crore) from the first
round of QES (Q1FY22- April-June, 2021).
The overall percentage of female workers
stood at 32.1%, higher than Q1FY22
when it was 29.3%.
The report showed that the forest and
tree cover in India has risen by 2,261
square Kilometers (sq km) in 2 years
(compared to 2019).
Andhra Pradesh has grown the maximum
forest cover of 647 sq km followed by
Telangana (632 sq km) & Odisha (537 sq
km)
It was released in partnership with
Marsh McLennan, SK Group and Zurich
Insurance Group.The report stated that
developing economies (excluding China)
will have fallen 5.5% below their prepandemic expected GDP growth by 2024,
while advanced economies will have
surpassed it by 0.9%.The global economy
was expected to be 2.3% smaller by
2024.
It projected global unemployment at 207
million in 2022, surpassing its 2019 level
(186 million) by 21 million and the global
unemployment rate is projected to reach
5.9% in 2022.
A power demand in India is expected to
grow at an annual rate of 6.5 percent
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‘Investment Trends Monitor’
United Nation Conference
on Trade and
Development (UNCTAD)
Banking on Electric Vehicles in
India- A Blueprint for Inclusion of
EVs in Priority Sector Lending
Guidelines
NITI (National Institution
for Transforming India)
Aayog, Rocky Mountain
Institute (RMI), & RMI
India
G20 People’s Climate Vote 2021
report
United Nations
Development Programme
(UNDP) & University of
Oxford
Global Cybersecurity Outlook 2022
World Economic Forum
(WEF)
between 2022 and 2024 and projected
that Global electricity demand grew by 6
percent in 2021.
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) flows to
India in 2021 had decreased by 26
percent.
The world’s overseas direct funding
flows have rebounded in 2021, which
rose at 77 percent to an estimated USD
1.65 trillion, from USD 929 billion in
2020.
It estimated that banks and non-banking
financial companies (NBFCs) have a
potential to achieve an EV financing
market size of Rs 40,000 crore (USD 5
billion) by 2025 and Rs 3.7 lakh crore
(USD 50 billion) by 2030.
It reveals that in India around 67 percent
of the young population under the age of
18 years considers climate change a
global emergency, compared to about 58
percent adults.
It revealed that advances in digitalization
and their growth due to the COVID-19
have led to increasingly frequent, costly,
and damaging cyber incidents.
APPOINTMENTS & RESIGNS
APPOINTMENTS
NATIONAL
Name
Appointed As
Vetsa Ramakrishna
Gupta
Subhrakant Panda
Chairman and
Managing Director
(CMD) (Additional
charge)
Chief Executive Officer
(CEO)
President-Elect
Manish Chopra
Interim Head
Energy Efficiency
Services Limited (EESL)
Federation of Indian
Chambers of Commerce
& Industry (FICCI)
Meta India
Rituraj Awasthi
Chairperson &
Members
Law Commission of
India
Vishal Kapoor
Entity/Place
NOVEMBER 2022
Bharat Petroleum
Corporation Limited
(BPCL)
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He succeeds Arun Kumar Mishra.
He appointed as its presidentelect for 2022-2023.
Ajit Mohan, Vice-President and
Managing Director (MD), India at
Meta Platforms Inc (formerly
Facebook) resigns after a nearly 4
years stint.
Appointed as the chairperson of
the 22nd Law Commission of
India.
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Ramesh Kejriwal
President
Bjorn Gulden
CEO
All India Rubber
Industries Association
(AIRIA)
Adidas Group
OCTOBER 2022
Department of
Commerce
Sunil Barthwal
Secretary
Anish Dayal Singh
32nd Director General
(DG)
Governor(additional
charge)
Indo-Tibetan Border
Police (ITBP)
Meghalaya
Sanjeev Kishore
Director General
Ordnance
Sujoy Lal Thaosen
37th Director General
(DG)
Director General
Ordnance at the
Directorate of Ordnance
(Coordination &
Services)
Central Reserve Police
Force (CRPF)
Pankaj Mithal
Prasanna B Varale
Ali Mohammad
Magrey
Chief Justice(CJ)
Chief Justice(CJ)
Chief Justice(CJ)
Vinayak Godse
chief Executive Officer
(CEO)
50th Chief Justice of
India
B D Mishra
Dhananjaya
Yeshwant
Chandrachud
Arun Bansal
Ravi Kumar
Chief Executive Officer
(CEO)
President
Sankarasubramanian Principal Scientist
K
Bharati Das
Controller General of
Accounts (CGA)
Jaxay Shah
Chairman
Sangeeta Verma
Chairperson (Acting)
Shefali Juneja
Chairperson of Air
Transport Committee
Rajasthan High Court.
Karnataka High Court.
Jammu and Kashmir
(J&K) and Ladakh High
Courts(HC)
Data Security Council of
India (DSCI)
India
Adani Airport Holdings
Limited
Cognizant Americas
ISRO’s Aditya-L1
mission
India
Quality Council of India
(QCI)
Competition
Commission of India
(CCI)
International Civil
Aviation Organization
(ICAO)
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He succeeds Sawar Dhanania.
With effect from 1st January
2023.
He succeeded Subrahmanyam,IAS
officer of 1987-batch of the
Chhattisgarh cadre.
He was appointed till 2024
He will succeed Satya Pal Malik
whose tenure ends on October 3,
2022.
with effect from 1st October 2022
The approval was given by the
Appointments Committee of the
Cabinet (ACC) headed by the
Prime Minister (PM).
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with effect from 1st October 2022
He will succeed the current CJI
Justice Uday Umesh Lalit (49th
CJI) who retires on 8th November
2022
He replaced Malay Mahadevia
He succeeds Dharmendra Kumar
(DK) Sinha.
-with effect from 18th October
2022
For a period of 3 years with effect
from 21st October 2022.
With effect from 26th October
2022 for 3 months till the
appointment of regular
Chairperson.
She became the first woman from
India to hold the position
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Pradeep Singh
Kharola
Chairman and
Managing Director
(CMD)
India Trade Promotion
Organization (ITPO)
Appointed on a contract basis for
two years.
SEPTEMBER 2022
Santhosh Iyer
Rajesh Kumar
Srivastava
MD & CEO
Chairman and
Managing Director
(CMD) (additional
charge)
Chairman and
Managing Director
(CMD)(interim)
President
Mercedes-Benz
Oil and Natural Gas
Corporation (ONGC)
He will replace Martin Shwenk
For a period of 4 months
GAIL (India) Limited
He has been appointed for a
period of 3 months.
All India Football
Federation (AIFF)
He replaced Praful Patel
(2009-2022).
Chairman &
Managing Director
(CMD)
Chief Executive
Officer (CEO) &
Country Manager
Trustees
Shipping Corporation
of India Limited (SCI)
--
American Express
Banking Corporation
(AEBC) India
Prime Minister’s
Citizen Assistance and
Relief in Emergency
Situations Fund (PM
CARES Fund)
--
Atul Chaturvedi
Chairman
Asian Palm Oil Alliance
(APOA)
India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka,
Bangladesh and Nepal formed
Asian Palm Oil Alliance (APOA).
Rajiv Bahl
Director General (DG)
Anil Chauhan
Chief
Indian Council of
Medical Research
(ICMR)
Defence Staff (CDS) of
India
R. Venkataramani
(16th)
Rajendra Kumar
--
He appointed as Secretary of the
Department of Health Research,
for a period of 3 years.
He is the 2nd person to hold the
post of CDS after General Bipin
Rawat, who died in a chopper
crash.
For a period of 3 years
succeeding K. K. Venugopal.
He replaces Mukhmeet S. Bhatia.
Nand Kishore
Managing Director
Rajiv Gauba
Cabinet Secretary
M V Iyer
Kalyan
Chaubey(West
Bengal)
Binesh Kumar
Tyagi(BK Tyagi)
Sanjay Khanna
Ratan Tata, K.T.
Thomas & Kariya
Munda
Director General
Attorney General (AG)
for India
Employees’ State
Insurance Corporation
(ESIC)
Infrastructure Leasing &
Financial Services
(IL&FS) Limited
AUGUST 2022
--
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To provide wider perspectives
on the functioning of the PM
CARES Fund.
with immediate effect till March
2023
For a further period of one-year
beyond August 30, 2022.
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Jagdeep Dhankhar
Nallathamby
Kalaiselvi
Vice President of India
((14th)
Director General
-Council of Scientific and
Industrial Research
(CSIR)
--
Uday Umesh Lalit
49th Chief Justice of
India (CJI)
Nitish Kumar
Chief Minister (CM)
Bihar
Tejashwi Yadav
Gopal Vittal
Deputy CM
MD & CEO
Bihar
Bharti Airtel
Meenesh C Shah
Chairman
Samir V Kamat
Chairman & Secretary
Akshaya Moondra
CEO
Kottayan Katankot
(K.K) Venugopal
Attorney General (AG)
of India
National Dairy
Development Board
(NDDB)
Defence Research and
Development
Organisation (DRDO) &
Department of Defence
Research and
Development (R&D)
Vodafone Idea Limited
(VIL)
JULY 2022
--
Eknath Shinde
Chief Minister
Maharashtra
Sandeep Kumar
Gupta
GAIL (India) Limited
Lt. Gen. Subramanian
Chairman and
Managing Director
(MD)
Force Commander
Jyotiraditya
Madhavrao Scindia
Ministry of Steel
(additional charge)
Smriti Zubin Irani
Ministry of Minority
Affairs (additional
charge)
United Nations Mission
in South Sudan
(UNMISS)
--
--
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He replaced incumbent Vice
President M Venkaiah Naidu.
He becomes the first woman
director general of the CSIR.
He would demit office on 8th
November 2022 after holding the
charge as the CJI for 3 months.
He submitted his resignation to
Bihar Governor Phagu Chauhan
to stake a claim to form a new
government with the support of
164 MLAs and took oath as the
Chief Minister (CM) of Bihar for
the 8th consecutive time
-For the span of five years with
the effect from February 1, 2023
to January 31, 2028.
For another six months until
November 30, 2022.
He succeeded Dr G Satheesh
Reddy.
He will succeed incumbent CEO
Ravinder Takkar
He was appointed for a period of
three months(July- September)
or until further orders.
He was sworn in as the 20th Chief
Minister(CM) of Maharashtra,
while Devendra Fadnavis took
oath as the deputy chief minister.
He will replace Manoj Jain.
He succeeded Lt. Gen. Shailesh
Tinaikar.
He is also currently holding the
portfolio of Ministry of Civil
Aviation
She is also currently holding the
portfolio of Ministry of Women
and Child Development
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PT Usha, Ilaiyaraaja,
V Vijayendra Prasad,
& Veerendra
Heggade
R. Dinesh
Members
Rajya Sabha
They were nominated by the
president on the advice of the
Union Cabinet.
President-Designate
Confederation of Indian
Industry (CII)
Amitabh Kant
(Former NITI Aayog
CEO)
La. Ganesan
(Governor of
Manipur)
Droupadi
Murmu(Former
Governor of
Jharkhand)
India’s New G20
Sherpa
G20
Governor
West Bengal (additional
charge)
President (15th)
India
The CII also elected Sanjiv Puri,
chairman and managing director
of ITC Ltd as the Vice President.
He replaced Piyush Goyal, Union
minister of commerce and
Industry
He was appointed as 28th
governor of West Bengal
(additional charge).
She would be the first tribal
woman to be elected President of
India, the highest office in the
country.
Pradip Kumar (PK)
Mohanty
Pankaj Sharma
Chairperson
(additional charge)
Part time Member
Rajesh Gera
Director General
Sandip Pradhan
Director General
Sujoy Lal Thaosen (S
L Thaosen)
Director-General
Mayank Kumar
Agrawal
Chief Executive
Officer(CEO)(
additional charge)
Chief Justice
Chief Justice
Vipin Sanghi
Amjad A. Sayed
JUNE 2022
Lokpal
Pension Fund
Regulatory &
Development Authority
(PFRDA)
National Informatics
Centre (NIC)
Sports Authority of
India (SAI)
Sashastra Seema Bal
(SSB)
Prasar Bharati
Sambhaji Shivaji
Shinde (S S Shinde)
Rashmin
Manharbhai Chhaya
Ujjal Bhuyan
Chief Justice
Uttarakhand High Court
Himachal Pradesh High
Court
Rajasthan High Court
Chief Justice
Gauhati High Court
Chief Justice
Telangana High Court
Parameswaran Iyer
Chief Executive Officer
(CEO)
Nitin Gupta
chairman
Tapan Kumar Deka
Samant Kumar Goel
Director
Chief
NITI Aayog (National
Institution for
Transforming India)
Central Board of Direct
Taxes (CBDT)
Intelligence Bureau (IB)
Research and Analysis
Wing (R&AW)
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He replaces first chairperson of
Lokpal Pinaki Chandra Ghose.
He succeeds erstwhile DFS
Additional Secretary Vandita
Kaul.
--It extended for other two years.
He has been serving as the
Special Director General of the
Border Security Force (BSF).
He replaced Shashi Shekhar
Vempati.
He replaced Sanjay Kumar Mishra
He replaced Mohammad Rafiq
He replaced Manindra Mohan
Shrivastava
He replaced N Kotiswar Singh
He replaced Satish Chandra
Sharma
For a period of 2 years or until
further orders and replaced
Amitabh Kant.
He replaced Sangeeta Singh.
He replaced Arvind Kumar.
He has been given an extension of
one year in his tenure which
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Dinkar Gupta
Chief
Shyam Saran
President
D J Pandian
Director-General
Akash M. Ambani
Chairman of the board
of directors
National Investigation
Agency (NIA)
India International
Centre (IIC)
New Development Bank
(NDB)’s India Regional
Office (IRO), Gujarat
International Finance
Tec-City (GIFT City),
Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
Reliance Jio
MAY 2022
BSE (Formerly Bombay
Stock Exchange) Limited
Central Board of
Secondary Education
(CBSE)
Andhra Pradesh (AP)
Subhash Sheoratan
Mundra (SS Mundra)
Nidhi Chibber
Chairman
Sameer Sharma
Chief Secretary
Vivek Kumar
Dewangen
Chairman and
Managing Director
Sangeeta Singh
Chairman
Nand Mulchandani
Chief Technology
Officer (CTO)
Central Intelligence
Agency (CIA)
Nongmeikapam
Kotiswar Singh (N
Kotiswar Singh)
Acting Chief Justice
(CJ)
Gauhati High Court
Campbell Wilson
Chief Executive Officer
(CEO) and Managing
Director (MD)
Air India
Vineet Sood
Chief Executive Officer
(CEO)
Alliance Air
Sanjiv Bajaj
President
Confederation of Indian
Industry (CII)
Chairperson
REC Ltd.,(formerly Rural
Electrification
Corporation Limited)
Central Board of Direct
Taxes (CBDT)
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comes to an end on 30th June
2022
-He replaced Narinder Nath Vohra
(N N Vohra).
--
He replaced Mukesh Ambania
and will continue to be the
Chairman of Jio Platforms Ltd.
He replaced the incumbent
Justice Vikramajit Sen.
Nidhi Chibber is currently
Additional Secretary, Ministry of
Heavy Industries.
He was extended by 6 months
beyond 31st May 2022.
---
She was appointed after the
incumbent chairman Jagannath
Bidyadhar Mohapatra retired on
April 30, 2022
He also becomes the first-ever
Indian Origin Person to become
the CTO of the CIA.
Supreme Court will start
functioning at its full strength of
34(including CJI) from 9th May
2022.
He is currently in the position of
CEO of Scoot Pte Ltd, which will
be replaced by Former Vistara.
CEO Leslie Thng.
Alliance Air will function as an
independent business unit under
the Government of India with
immediate effect from 15th April
2022.
Pawan Munjal, chairman and CEO
of Hero MotoCorp, has taken over
as CII president-designate for
2022-23
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Manik Saha
Chief Minister (CM)
Tripura
Rajiv Kumar
25th Chief Election
Commissioner (CEC)
Election Commission of
India
Salil Parekh
CEO & MD
Infosys
Vinai Kumar
Saxena
Governor
Delhi
Gopal Vittal
CEO & MD
Bharti Airtel
Pieter Elbers
CEO
IndiGo
S Raju
Director General (DG)
APRIL 2022
Geological Survey of
India
Harsh Vardhan
Shringla
Chief Coordinator
G20 Summit
Manoj Soni
Chairman
Mahesh Verma
Chairman
Kamlesh Nilkanth
Vyas
Manoj
Chandrashekhar
Pande
Naresh Kumar
Chairman
Union Public Service
Commission (UPSC)
National Accreditation
Board for Hospitals and
Healthcare providers
(NABH)
Atomic Energy
Commission(AEC)
Chief of Army Staff
(COAS)
Chief
Chief Secretary
Delhi
He was sworn in as the 12th CM
of Tripura following the
resignation of Biplab Kumar Dev.
He replaces the Incumbent Sushil
Chandra who retired on May 14
2022.
He was appointed for five years
with effective from July 1, 2022.
He replaced the Incumbent LG
Anil Baijal, who resigned due to
‘Personal Reasons’.
He was appointed for a further
period of 5 years till 31st January
2028.
He will replace incumbent
Ronojoy Dutta.
He succeeded R. S. Garkhal who
superannuated on 31st March
2022
India will hold the Presidency of
the G20 from 1 December 2022
to 30 November 2023 and will
host the G20 Leaders’ Summit for
the first time in 2023.
His tenure as the Chairman will
end on 27th June 2023.
He received the Padma Shri in
2014 for Medicine
For a period of 1 year beyond 3rd
May 2022.
He will succeed General Manoj
Mukund Naravane on May 1,
2022.
Rajeev Verma has been
appointed as the Chief Secretary
of Puducherry.
•
Dharmendra has been
appointed as the Chief
Secretary of Arunachal
Pradesh.
Ajay Kumar Sood
--
Principal Scientific
Advisor
He was appointed as Principal
Scientific Advisor for a period of
3 years, succeeded by renowned
biologist K Vijay Raghavan.
Suman K Bery
Vice Chairman
NITI Aayog
He will succeed Rajiv Kumar who
will step down on April 30, 2022.
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Krishnan
Ramanujam
Chairperson
Vijay Sampla
Chairperson
National Association of
Software and Services
Companies (NASSCOM)
National Commission
for Scheduled Castes
(NCSC)
MARCH 2022
National e-Governance
Division (NeGD)
Jet Airways (India)
Limited
Abhishek Singh
CEO & President
Sanjiv Kapoor
CEO
Dhirubhai Naranbhai
Patel
Chairperson
Aarushi Verma
Represent India
Ajay Bhushan
Pandey
Chairperson
AK Sikri
Chairperson
Natarajan
Chandrasekara
Bhagwant Singh
Mann
Chairman
National Financial
Reporting Authority
(NFRA)
High Powered
Committee on
Chardham project
Air India
Chief Minister (CM)
Punjab
Ranjit Rath
Chairman and
Managing Director
(CMD)
Chief Minister(CM)
Oil India Limited (OIL)
CM
Uttarakhand
CM
Uttar Pradesh
Nongthombam (N)
Biren Singh
Pushkar Singh
Dhami
Yogi Adityanath
Telecom Disputes
Settlement and
Appellate Tribunal
(TDSAT)
2041 Climate Force
Antarctica Expedition
Manipur
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He will succeed Ms. Rekha M.
Menon.
The Government of India(GoI)
also reappointed S Iqbal Singh
Lalpura, Former IPS officer, as
Chairperson of the National
Commission for Minorities(NCM).
--Jet Airways, which ceased its
operation on April 17, 2019 has
now planned to resume the
operation of flights in the first
quarter of the financial year
2022-2023
He will serve the Chair for a
period of 4 years.
He is a national level shooter in
Pistol and trap shooting and a
State & Northern India Champion
& National medalist, and an
active environmentalist.
Also appointed 2 full-time
members - Praveen Kumar
Tiwari & Smita Jhingran for NFRA
He succeeded Professor Ravi
Chopra
---He is the leader of Aam Aadmi
Party (AAP) in Punjab, that won
92 seats out of 117 seats in the
Punjab Assembly elections 2022.
---
He sworn in as the CM of Manipur
for the second consecutive term
He took oath as CM of
Uttarakhand for his second
consecutive term in Dehradun’s
Parade Ground administered by
the Governor Lt Gen (retd)
Gurmit Singh.
He was elected as second
consecutive term.
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Pramod Sawant
CM
Goa
He took oath as the Chief Minister
(CM) of Goa, for a second
consecutive term (2022-2027).
FEBRUARY 2022
University Grants
Commission (UGC)
Mamidala Jagadesh
Kumar
Chairperson
Ravi Mittal
Chairperson
Rahul Bhatia
Managing Director
Insolvency and
Bankruptcy Board of
India (IBBI)
IndiGo
Binesh Kumar Tyagi
(BK Tyagi)
Sonali Singh
Chairman & Managing
Director (CMD)
Controller General of
Accounts (CGA)
Shipping Corporation of
India
Controller General of
Accounts of India
Dinesh Prasad
Saklani
Director
Natarajan
Chandrasekaran
Executive Chairman
National Council of
Educational Research
and Training (NCERT)
Tata Sons
Vineet Joshi
Chairman
G Ashok Kumar
India’s first National
Maritime Security
Coordinator (NMSC)
Sanjeev Sanyal
Member
Economic Advisory
Council to the Prime
Minister (EAC-PM)
KS Mani
Board of Directors
National Cooperative
Dairy Federation of
India (NCDFI)
Central Board of
Secondary Education
(CBSE)
National Security
Council Secretariat
M. Jagadesh Kumar will succeed
Prof D P Singh and appointed for
a period of five years (20222027).
He was appointed as the new
Chairperson of IBBI for a period
of 5 years or till the age of 65.
He was appointed for a period of
5 years.
He will succeed current CMD of
SCI, HK Joshi.
He was appointed as the CGA
following the superannuation of
Deepak Das, who has been
serving as CGA since August
2021.
He was appointed for a period of
5 years or till he attains the age of
65 years.
He was appointed as for the
period of another five year term
(2022-2027), starting from
February 2022.
He will succeed former CBSE
Chairman Manoj Ahuja.
This is a part of India’s efforts to
enhance maritime security
following the 26/11 Mumbai
terror attack (2008)
He was appointed for two years
and this council is chaired by
Bibek Debroy (Former member
of Niti Aayog)
NCDFI is the apex body of dairy
and edible oil cooperatives in
India and established in 1970.
JANUARY 2022
Vinay Kumar
Tripathi
G Asok Kumar
Alka Mittal
Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer
(CEO)
Director General
Chairman and
Managing Director
(CMD)
Railway Board
He replaced Chairman and CEO
Suneet Sharma.
National Mission for
Clean Ganga (NMCG)
Oil and Natural Gas
Corporation (ONGC)
He succeeded Director General,
Rajiv Ranjan Mishra.
She becomes the 1st woman
Chairman and Managing Director
(CMD) of ONGC, on additional
charge replacing Subhash Kumar.
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Vijay Paul Sharma
Chairman
Commission for
Agricultural Costs and
Prices (CACP)
Navrang Saini
Chairperson
S Somanath
Chairman
Insolvency and
Bankruptcy Board of
India (IBBI)
Indian Space Research
Organisation (ISRO)
Narendra Kumar
Goenka
Chairman
Vikram Dev Dutt
Chairman and
Managing Director
(CMD)
Managing Director
(MD)
Chanchal Kumar
Dileep Sanghani
Chairman
Vinod Rai
Independent chairman
Raghuvendra
Tanwar
Chairman
Vinodanand Jha
Chairperson
Arun Kumar Purwar
Chairman
Pushp Kumar Joshi
Chairman and
Managing Director
(CMD)
Chief Economic
Advisor of India (CEA)
V Anantha
Nageswaran
Apparel Export
Promotion Council
(AEPC)
Air India
National Highways &
Infrastructure
Development
Corporation Ltd
(NHIDCL)
Indian Farmers
Fertiliser Cooperative
(IFFCO) Limited
Unity Small Finance
Bank (Unity SFB)
Indian Council of
Historical Research
(ICHR)
Prevention of Money
Laundering Act, 2002
(PMLA) Adjudicating
Authority
IIFL Finance
Hindustan Petroleum
Corporation Ltd
Ministry of Finance
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The CACP recommends the
Minimum Support Prices (MSPs)
to the Cabinet Committee of
Economic Affairs (CCEA) to
incentivise cultivators.
He was extended as Chairperson
(additional charge) of the IBBI for
3 months till 5th March 2022.
He was appointed as 10th
chairman of ISRO and will
succeed K Sivan, who is set to
retire on 14th January 2022.
He succeeds Padma Shri Dr A
Sakthivel
He will succeed Rajiv Bansal
----
He was appointed as a 17th
chairman of IFFCO.
Sandip Ghose, Basant Seth and
Subhash Kutte are appointed as
the other board members of
Unity Small Finance Bank (Unity
SFB).
He was appointed as chairman
for a period of 3 years.
He was appointed as chairperson
till the completion of his tenure
i.e. upto 22nd June 2023
He is a former chairman of State
Bank of India(SBI) and appointed
as chairman of IIFL Finance with
effect from April 1, 2022.
He will succeed Mukesh Kumar
Surana.
He will succeed K V Subramanian,
who left the office of CEA vacant
in December 2021
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INTERNATIONAL
PRESIDENTS OF INTERNATIONAL COUNTRIES
Name
Country
Points to be noted
NOVEMBER 2022
Luiz Inacio Lula da
Silva
Brazil
Abdul Latif Rashid
Iraq
He elected as the new President of Brazil after defeating the
current President Jair Bolsonaro.
OCTOBER 2022
The lawmakers of Iraq elected as the New President of Iraq
SEPTEMBER 2022
João Manuel Gonçalves
Lourenço
Angola
He served as the president of Angola from 2017-2022 (first
term).
AUGUST 2022
William Samoei Arap
Ruto
Kenya
He will be succeeding 4th President Uhuru Kenyatta
JULY 2022
Ranil Wickremesinghe
Sri Lanka
Bajram Begaj
Albania
Gustavo Francisco
Petro Urrego (Gustavo
Petro)
Colombia
He sworn in after the speaker of the parliament, Mahinda
Yapa Abeywardenaon, accepted a resignation letter sent by
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa.
Took the oath as the 8th President of the Republic of
Albania.
JUNE 2022
He will succeed Iván Duque Márquez.
MAY 2022
Rodrigo Chaves
Costa Rica
Ferdinand
“Bongbong” Marcos
Junior
Sheikh Mohamed bin
Zayed Al Nahyan
Hassan Sheikh
Mohamud
Philippines
United Arab
Emirates (UAE)
Somalia
He is also the Ruler of Abu Dhabi (UAE).
Aleksandar Vucic
Serbia
José Ramos-Horta
Timor-Leste, or
East Timor
France
He re-elected for the second term by winning the presidential
election 2022 in Serbia.
He has secured 62.09%, against incumbent President
Francisco Guterres, who secured 37.91% of the vote.
He was re-elected as president by defeating his far-right rival
Marine Le Pen in a runoff election.
Emmanuel JeanMichel Frédéric
Macron
He will succeed Carlos Andrés Alvarado Quesada, the
outgoing President.
He won 2022 Presidential Election of Philippines with more
than 30.8 million votes.
He defeated Mohamed Abudallahi Mohamed(also known as
Farmajo).
APRIL 2022
MARCH 2022
Yoon Suk-yeol
South Korea
Katalin Novak
Hungary
He succeeded Moon Jae-in, Former President of South
Korea.
He is elected as Republic of Hungary’s first-ever female
President.
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Serdar
Berdimuhamedow
Turkmenistan
Sergio Mattarella
Italy
Paul-Henri Sandaogo
Damiba
Frank Walter
Steinmeier
Burkina Faso
Maria Elisa Quinteros
Chile
Daniel Ortega
Nicaragua
Germany
He took over from his father, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow
by securing nearly 72.97% of the votes.
FEBRUARY 2022
He was re-elected for a second term in office after his sevenyear term ended.
He was appointed as president after overthrowing the
elected President Roch Kabore.
He was re-elected by the parliamentary assembly for the
next five years (2022-2027).
JANUARY 2022
He replaces Indigenous Mapuche professor and
activist Elisa Loncon
He sworn in as president for 5th term.
PRIME MINISTER’S OF INTERNATIONAL COUNTRIES
Name
Country
Points to be noted
NOVEMBER 2022
Benjamin Netanyahu
(Binyamin Netanyahu)
Israel
Ulf Kristersson
Sweden
Rishi Sunak
United
Kingdom (UK)
Abdoulaye Maiga(Interim)
Mali
Ana Brnabic
Serbia
Elizabeth Truss (Liz Truss)
Amadou Ba
United
Kingdom(UK)
Burundi (East
Africa)
Senegal
Giorgia Meloni
Italy
Mohammed bin Salman Al
Saud
Saudi Arabia
James Marape
Papua New
Guinea
Gervais Ndirakobuca
He won the 25th elections of Israel’s parliament (Knesset)
defeating the interim PM Yair Lapid of Yesh Atid, a centre-left
political party.
OCTOBER 2022
Replaced Social Democrat leader Magdalena Andersson
Became the 57th United Kingdom’s (UK) Prime Minister and
was appointed by King Charles III.
SEPTEMBER 2022
after Mali’s Civilian Prime Minister (PM) Choguel Kokalla
Maiga was admitted to hospital.
He has been nominated as prime minister (PM) of Serbia.
Appointed as the 56th Prime Minister (PM) of the United
Kingdom(UK) succeeding Boris Johnson.
He replaces Alain Guillaume Bunyoni (2020 – 2022)
Macky Sall President of Senegal reinstated the post of Prime
Minister(PM)( abolished in April 2019).
He won 26% of the vote in Italy’s National Election by
defeating Mario Draghi and becomes Italy’s 1st Woman
Prime Minister.
The former Prime Minister King Salman bin Abdulaziz will
continue to chair the Cabinet meetings.
AUGUST 2022
Elected unopposed and sworn in for a second term.
JULY 2022
Yair Lapid
Israel
He became the 14th Prime Minister (PM) of Israel replacing
PM Naftali Bennett, Israel’s shortest-serving Prime Minister.
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Dinesh Gunawardena(15th)
Sri Lanka
Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad AlSabah
Kuwait
Hamza Abdi Barre
Somalia
He was sworn-in as the Prime Minister in the presence of
President Ranil Wickremesinghe and Chief Justice Jayantha
Jayasuriya at the Parliament.
He replaced caretaker PM Sheikh Sabah Khalid Al-Hamad AlSabah, who took the position in 2019.
JUNE 2022
He replaced Mohamed Hussein Roble
MAY 2022
Anthony Norman Albanese
Australia
He was sworn in as 31st Prime Minister (PM) of Australia.
Ranil Wickremesinghe
Sri Lanka
Elisabeth Borne
France
He was appointed as PM of Sri Lanka, following the
resignation of his predecessor Mahinda Rajapaksa, who
resigned from his post amid mass protest over the economic
crisis.
He succeeds Jean Castex, who had led the French cabinet
since July 2020
APRIL 2022
Robert Abela
Malta
Viktor Orban
Hungary
Mian Mohammad Shehbaz
Sharif
Pakistan
Patrick Achi
Côte d’Ivoire
Robert Golob
Slovenia
He was sworn in for a 2nd term as the Prime Minister (PM) of
Malta with vote of 55.1 % against the Nationalist Party’s (PN)
41.7%.
His nationalist ruling Fidesz party defeated the opposition,
the United for Hungary party (a six-party opposition bloc),
led by Peter Marki-Zay.
He was appointed as 23rd Prime Minister (PM) of Pakistan &
become the first PM in Pakistan’s history to get removed by
No-Confidence motion.
He was reappointed by Alassane Ouattara, President of Côte
d’Ivoire.
The Liberal Freedom Movement Party’s Robert Golob
defeated three-time Prime Minister (PM) Janez Janša
belonging to Slovenian Democratic Party (SDS) in the
Slovenian Parliamentary Elections.
MARCH 2022
----FEBRUARY 2022
Antonio Costa
Portugal
Aníbal Torres Vásquez
Peru
He secured 117 seats out of 230 seats in the country’s
Parliament.
He succeeds Héctor Valer who served as PM for just 3 days
JANUARY 2022
Alikhan Smailov
Kazakhstan
Dimitar Kovacevski
North
Macedonian
Barbados
Mia Amor Mottley
He was appointed after the resignation of the Askar Mamin
Cabinet during the ongoing violent 2022 Kazakh protests.
He is the leader of the Social Democratic Union of Macedonia
(SDSM).
She is also the first female PM of Barbados to lead a second
term as the PM
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OTHER INTERNATIONAL APPOINTMENTS
Name
Appointed as
Entity/place
Points to be noted
NOVEMBER 2022
--OCTOBER 2022
AK Anil Kumar
Vice-President (VP)
International
Astronautical
Federation (IAF)
Dr K P Ashwini
(Karnataka)
Special Rapporteur
Elon Musk
CEO
United Nations
Human Rights
Council (UNHRC)
Twitter
Gopal Vittal
Deputy Chair of the
GSMA Board of
Directors
Volker Türk
(Austria)
Prince Charles
(King Charles III)
High Commissioner for
Human Rights
King of Britain
United Nations
Guillermo Pablo
Ríos
Head of Mission and
Chief Military
Observer
---
Auguste Tano
Kouamé
Alkesh Sharma
World Bank’s Country
Director for India
Member
United Nations
Military Observer
Group in India and
Pakistan (UNMOGIP)
World Bank
Anurag Sharma
Commonwealth
Parliamentary
Association (CPA)
treasurer
Internet Governance
Forum (IGF)
Leadership Panel
--
He was appointed as one of the
members of 10-member United
Nations ‘s IGF Leadership panel
He was appointed at its 65th CPA
conference held at Halifax in Canada.
GSMA (Groupe
Speciale Mobile
Association)
SEPTEMBER 2022
United Kingdom
(UK)
AUGUST 2022
He was appointed during Annual
Conference International
Astronautical Congress (IAC) 2022
held in Paris (France) on 18-22
September 2022.
She becomes the first Indian and Asian
to be appointed as UNHRC’s special
rapporteur
He replaced Parag Agrawal, as new
CEO.
--
He replaces Verónica Michelle
Bachelet Jeria.
He replaces Queen Elizabeth.
He replaces Junaid Kamal Ahmad
JULY 2022
Seif Ahmed
(Egypt)
President (Acting)
International Hockey
Federation
(Fédération
Internationale de
Hockey – FIH)
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He was appointed as acting president
after the resignation of India’s Dr
Narinder Dhruv Batra from the post
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Indermit Gill
Chief Economist &
Senior Vice President
World Bank
He will be the 2nd Indian, after
Kaushik Basu, to serve as the chief
economist at the world bank
JUNE 2022
Krishna Srinivasan
Director
International
Monetary Fund
(IMF)’s Asia and
Pacific Department
(APD)
United Nations (UN)
Rabab Fatima
Under Secretary
General or Assistant
Secretary General
Mohammed Hasan
Jalood(Iraq)
President
International
Weightlifting
Federation (IWF)
MAY 2022
Anwar Hussain
Shaik
Chair
Rajesh Bhushan
Chairperson of
Committee B
World Trade
Organisation
(WTO)’s Committee
on Technical
Barriers to Trade
(TBT)
World Health
Organisation (WHO)
Tedros Adhanom
Ghebreyesus
Director-General (DG)
World Health
Organisation (WHO)
Ruchira Kamboj
India’s Permanent
Representative
United Nations (UN),
New York
He will succeed Changyong Rhee
He also appointed as High
Representative for the Least
Developed Countries, Landlocked
Developing Countries, and Small
Island Developing States (UNOHRLLS)
He is also the first Asian who became
president in International
Weightlifting Federation
He will take role rom Elisa Maria
Olmeda de Alejandro from Mexico.
He has been appointed as the
chairperson of committee B at the
75th World Health Assembly, at
Geneva, Switzerland.
He was appointed for a second 5 year
term as the Director-General (DG) of
WHO
He will succeed T S Tirumurti
APRIL 2022
Arunabha Ghosh
High-Level Expert
Group
Net-Zero Emissions
Commitments of
Non-State Entities
Aprajita Sharrma
vice-chair
Council Standing
Committee on
Administration and
Management of the
International
Telecommunication
Union (ITU)
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To develop stronger and clearer
standards for net-zero emissions
pledges by non-state entities including
businesses, investors, cities and
regions and speed up their
implementation.
India has secured a leadership
position in the Council Standing
Committee on Administration and
Management of the International
Telecommunication Union (ITU), the
United Nations(UN) specialized
agency for information and
communication.
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Dr Ian Fry (Tuvalu
negotiator)
United Nations (UN)
Special Rapporteur
United Nations
Human Rights
Council (UNHRC)
MARCH 2022
Ian Fry is the world’s 1st independent
expert for human rights and climate
change
Junaid Kamal
Ahmad
Vice President
(Operation Side)
He is the current World Bank country
director for India.
T. Raja Kumar
(Singapore)
Jay Shah
President
Multilateral
Investment
Guarantee Agency
(MIGA)
Financial Action Task
Force (FATF)
Asian Cricket Council
(ACC)
Jens Stoltenberg
Secretary-General
Jayati Ghosh
Member
India (KN
Raghavan)
Chairmanship
President
North Atlantic Treaty
Organization (NATO)
Advisory Board on
Effective
Multilateralism
FEBRUARY 2022
International Rubber
Study Group (IRSG)
He succeeded Dr Marcus Pleyer of
Germany and appointed for two years
It extended the tenure of Jay Shah as
ACC President, its Executive Board
and Committees until 2024
It extended the term by one year until
30 September, 2023.
She is included into a new 12-member
high-level Advisory Board on Effective
Multilateralism in the UN
India succeeds Cote’d Ivoire as the
chairman of IRSG and He will officiate
as the Chairman of IRSG for the next 2
years.
JANUARY 2022
Zhang Ming
Secretary General (SG)
Shanghai
Cooperation
Organization (SCO)
T. S. Tirumurti
Chaired
Urjit Patel
Vice President
Haitham Al
Ghais
Secretary General
Pierre-Olivier
Gourinchas
Economic Counsellor
and Head of Research
Department
President
United Nations
Counter Terrorism
Committee (UNCTC)
Asian Infrastructure
Investment Bank
(AIIB)
Organization of the
Petroleum Exporting
Countries (OPEC)
International
Monetary Fund
(IMF)
European Union
(EU) Parliament
International Labour
Organization (ILO)
Roberta Metsola
Gilbert Fossoun
Houngbo(Togo)
Director-General (DG)
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He succeeded the former diplomat
from Uzbekistan, Vladimir Norov.
India will assume the presidency of
SCO for the period of 2022-2023 for
the first time.
Taken over the Chair of the United
Nations Counter Terrorism
Committee (UNCTC) for 2022.
He was appointed for a three years
tenure (2022-2025) starting from
1st February, replacing D J Pandian.
He succeeded Nigeria’s Mohammad
Barkindo and appointed for a three
years tenure (2022-2025).
He will succeed Gita Gopinath
She succeeded David Sassoli
He will take office on 1st October
2022 for five years.
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BRAND AMBASSADOR
Name
Lionel Andrés Messi
Cuccitini
Kriti Sanon
Ram Charan
Kiara Advani
Smriti Mandhana
Ajay Devgn
Amitabh Bachchan
Sourav Ganguly
Saif Ali Khan &
Suryakumar Yadav
Vijay Deverakonda
Suryakumar Yadav
Akshay Kumar
Jasprit Bumrah
Kiccha Sudeep
Sunil Chhetri
Vanessa Nakate
(Uganda)
Rohit Sharma & Ritika
Sajdeh
Sourav Ganguly
Entity/Organization Points to be Noted
NOVEMBER 2022
Byju’s
He appointed as the 1st global brand ambassador of Byju’s
social impact arm ‘Education For All’.
Skechers India
--OCTOBER 2022
Hero MotoCorp
He will feature in its campaign of Glamour XTEC – Gazab
Style, Gazab Technology
Fire-Boltt
She will be a part of the marketing campaigns of the brand
alongside cricketing icon, Virat Kohli and Indian actor,
Vicky Kaushal.
Gulf Oil
She will join famous cricketers and current brand
ambassadors Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Hardik Himanshu
Pandya.
Walkaroo
It is a footwear brand and would unveil a series of
television commercials featuring the actor
Omara Dates
To enhance the adoption of this healthy food for daily
snacking and gifting.
Bandhan Bank
To amplify the brand message of the bank and endorse the
products and services of the bank
Boult Audio
-Fire-Boltt
He will be a part of the marketing campaign of the brand
alongside an Indian actress, Kiara Advani, cricketing icon,
Virat Kohli and Indian actor, Vicky Kaushal.
Pintola
To endorse the company’s exclusive range of nut butter
and rice cakes across platforms.
Emami Limited
Appointed as the new brand ambassador for its BoroPlus
ayurvedic antiseptic cream
SEPTEMBER 2022
Acefour Accessories
For its eco-friendly luggage brand “Uppercase” for two
years.
Karnataka
For its ‘Punyakoti Dattu Yojana’, a cattle adoption scheme.
Pintola
his first partnership with an FMCG company in India.
Goodwill Ambassador She was a prominent member of the Fridays For Future
of the UN Children’s
movement.
Fund (UNICEF)
Max Life Insurance
To increase the awareness of life insurance among the
younger generation and help the company grow further.
Lux Industries
as its brand ambassador for its brand Lux Cozi.
Limited
AUGUST 2022
Rishabh Pant
Uttarakhand
Kriti Sanon
Sourav Ganguly
Heads Up For Tails
(HUFT)
DreamSetGo
Ravi Shastri
FanCode
Uttarakhand Chief Minister (CM) Pushkar Singh Dhami
named him as brand ambassadors of Uttarakhand, who
would inspire youth in the field of sports.
HUFT aims to help remove hunger and provide health,
safety, and shelter for street animals
He was appointed as its first brand ambassador.
JULY 2022
He will lead the upcoming campaigns for India’s tour of the
West Indies, and ECB’s The Hundred, a 100-ball cricket
tournament.
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Shahid Kapoor
PokerBaazi
Ajay Devgn
Insecticides India
Kaustubh Radkar
Garmin Ltd
Lakshya Sen, Kidambi
Srikanth, Satwiksairaj
Rankireddy and Chirag
Shetty
Mastercard
MS Dhoni
Garuda Aerospace
AR Rahman
India-United
Kingdom (UK)
Together Season of
Culture
Deepika Padukone
Louis Vuitton (LV)
Aamir Khan
PharmEasy
Robin Uthappa
Karnataka Health
Department
Lloyd
Sourav Ganguly
Babita Singh
Asia Africa
Consortium (AAC) –
Global Peace
Ambassador 2022
Amitabh Bachchan
UpGrad
Vidya Balan
Mary Kom
Shubman Gill &
Ruturaj Gaikwad
Hrithik Roshan
Disha Patani
Akshay Kumar
Pankaj Tripathi
Shah Rukh Khan
He was appointed with an aim to create a robust ecosystem
for Poker in India.
He was appointed with an intent to spread the message of
judicious use of agrochemicals.
Kaustubh Radkar is an Ironman certified coach and is the
first and only Indian to complete the Ironman Triathlon on
30 occasions
To spread awareness about the safety, security, and
convenience of digital payments
JUNE 2022
He will also be one of their minority shareholders of
Garuda Aerospace
AR Rahman was a key consultant to the Season of Culture
MAY 2022
She becomes the first Indian to hold the position of House
Ambassador for Louis Vuitton.
APRIL 2022
Appointed as the brand ambassador of its new campaign –
#GharBaitheBaitheTakeItEasy campaign, conceptualised
by FCB India.
as the brand ambassador for Karnataka Brain Health
Initiative (KA-BHI).
as the Brand Ambassador of Lloyd for markets in eastern
part of India.
She was conferred with this honour for her exemplary
contribution to her Peacebuilding initiatives via Sports and
Culture.
MARCH 2022
He will support upGrad’s brand value through
endorsements and promotions of services.
Bharti AXA Life
As the brand ambassador will help in promoting the
Insurance
#DoTheSmartThing of Bharti AXA Life Insurance.
Lupin Ltd
As the Brand Ambassador for its Women’s Cardiovascular
Health Awareness Initiative – ‘Shakti Campaign’.
Games24x7
These two Indian cricketers were appointed as brand
ambassador for its My11Circle fantasy gaming platform
FEBRUARY 2022
RummyCircle
Games24x7 has appointed renowned bollywood actor,
Hrithik Roshan as the brand ambassador for
‘RummyCircle’, an online skill gaming platform.
Bata India
She will promote the brand and strengthen the youth
connection to enhance footwear fashion among them.
Uttarakhand’s Brand
He has honoured him with the Padma Shri in 2009 for Arts.
Ambassador
Krishi Network
This startup provides grassroot level information support
to farmers’ doubts.
Gaming app A23
Shahrukh Khan will feature in A23’s ‘Chalo Saath Khele’
campaign, along with a first of its kind responsible gaming
campaign.
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Manoj Tiwari
Khadi & handicrafts
of Bihar
Manika Batra
Adidas
Tanishka Kotia and
Riddhika Kotia
‘Beti Bachao Beti
Padhao’ scheme for
the Gurugram District
JANUARY 2022
Bank of Baroda (BoB) --Legends League
To promote Women’s Empowerment initiatives of the LLC
Cricket (LLC)
and to increase participation of women in cricket
RenewBuy
To increase the spread of insurance policies digitally for
the consumers
Universal Acceptance Universal Acceptance Steering Group, is an international
Steering Group
organization that works on developing and recommending
standards for languages script.
Shafali Verma
Jhulan Goswami
RajKummar Rao
Vijay Shekhar Sharma
Manoj Tiwari, a Member of Parliament(MP) – Lok Sabha
and Bhojpuri singer appointed as the brand ambassador of
Khadi and other handicrafts of Bihar
Manika Batra is the first Indian woman to win gold in table
tennis at the Commonwealth Games 2018.
This scheme was launched in 2015 at Panipat, Haryana.
RESIGNATION
Name
Resigned as
Imp points to be Noted
NOVEMBER 2022
-OCTOBER 2022
Albert Pahimi
Padacke
S Ravi Kumar
Chad’s prime minister
Elizabeth Truss (Liz
Truss)
Hardayal prasad
United Kingdom (UK)’s He resigned from the post just six weeks after her
Prime Minister (PM)
appointment due to the economic programme.
MD & CEO of PNB
He is replaced by Girish Kousgi
Housing Finance
Limited (PNBHF)
SEPTEMBER 2022
Magdalena
Andersson
Prime Minister (PM) of
Sweden
Infosys’s President
As the country decided to push back elections by 2 years
(2024)
---
Resigned from the post after her centre-left bloc lost the
2022 Parliamentary Elections to a bloc of right-wing
parties, 176 seats to 173.
AUGUST 2022
-JULY 2022
Boris Johnson
Mario Draghi
United Kingdom (UK)
Prime Minister (PM)
Prime Minister (PM) of
Italy
He would serve as the PM until his successor was elected.
He will remain as the caretaker Prime Minister until a new
leader is appointed.
JUNE 2022
-MAY 2022
Vasudevan Pathangi
Narasimhan
Narinder Dhruv
Batra
Managing Director and
CEO
President
He decided to step down as Managing Director and CEO of
Equitas Small Finance Bank.
He stepped down as the President of the Indian Olympic
Association (IOA), at the end of his tenure to focus on his
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role as the President of the International Hockey
Federation (FIH).
APRIL 2022
Abdrabbuh Mansur
Hadi
Yemen
He stepped down under pressure from Saudi Arabia
• He announced a new 8-member presidential
leadership council headed by Rashad Al-Alimi and
transferred his powers to the council.
MARCH 2022
Ashneer Grover
MD & Director of the
board
BharatPe
FEBRUARY 2022
----Abdalla Hamdok AlKinani
Mohamed Hussein
Roble
Armen Sarkissian
JANUARY 2022
Prime Minister (PM) of Due to political deadlock and protests in the capital city
Sudan
Khartoum, Sudan.
Prime Minister (PM) of He was suspended by Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed,
Somalia
President over allegations of corruption
President of Armenia
He was resigned from his presidential position because his
office was unable to influence policy during times of
national crisis.
AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS
AWARDS
66th Ballon d’Or: Real Madrid’s Karim Benzema won the Ballon d’Or 2022; Alexia Putellas wins
Women’s Ballon d’Or 2022
Nobel Prizes
NOBEL LAUREATES
Ballon d’Or (Men)
Real Madrid’s Karim Benzema
Ballon d’Or (Women)
Alexia Putellas(Barcelona)
Kopa Award
Gavi (Barcelona)
Gerd Muller Award
Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona)
Yashin Trophy
Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid)
Club of the Year Award
Socrates Award
Manchester City
Sadio Mane (Liverpool)
Highlights & Overview Of The 2022 Nobel Prizes
Nobel Prizes
Physics
NOBEL LAUREATES
Alain Aspect, John F. Clauser & Anton
Zeilinger
Chemistry
Carolyn R. Bertozzi, K. Barry Sharpless
& Morten Meldal
Physiology or Medicine
Professor Svante Pääbo
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Literature
Annie Ernaux
Peace
Ales Bialiatski, Memorial(Russian
Human Rights Organization), Center for
Civil Liberties(CCL)(Ukrainian Human
Rights Organization)
The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Ben S. Bernanke, Douglas W. Diamond &
Economic Sciences in Memory
Philip H. Dybvig.Clickhere
of Alfred Nobel
UEFA Player of The Year 2021/2022 Title
Award
Winner
Country/Club
UEFA Men’s Player of the Year
Karim Mostafa Benzema
France/ Real Madrid
UEFA Women’s Player of the
Year
Alexia Putellas Segura
UEFA Men’s Coach of the Year
Carlo Ancelotti
UEFA Women’s Coach of the
Year
UEFA President’s award
Spain/FC Barcelona Femeni
Madrid, Spain
England, United Kingdom
Sarina Weigman
Italy
Arrigo Sacchi
2021-2022 All India Football Federation (AIFF) Awards Announced
➢ Sunil Chhetri named the 2021-2022 All India Football Federation (AIFF) Men’s Footballer of the Year
for 7th time and Manisha Kalyan bagged her maiden award for the 2021-22 season in the Women’s
Category.
AIFF Award 2021-2022
2021-22 AIFF Women’s Emerging
Footballer of the Year
Winner
Martina Thokchom
2021-22 AIFF Men’s Emerging
Footballer of the Year
Vikram Partap Singh
2021-22 AIFF Best Referee of the Year
Crystal John
2021-22 AIFF Best Assistant Referee of
the Year
Ujjal Halder
68th National Film Awards 2022 announced
• The Best Actor award shared by Suriya and Ajay Devgn
• The Best Actress award bagged by Actress Aparna Balamurali.Clickhere
Swarna Kamal Award for Feature Film
Category
Film
Language
Best Feature Film
Soorarai Pottru
Tamil
Best Direction
Ayyappanum Koshiyum
Malayalam
Best Children’s Film
Sumi
Marathi
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23rd Laureus World Sports Awards 2022
The winners of the 23rd Annual Laureus World Sports Awards – 2022 (Laureus22) were announced over a
digital ceremony broadcasted from Seville, Spain. Clickhere
Category
Winners
Sport/Country
Laureus World
Max Verstappen
Motor Racing
Sportsman Of The Year
The Netherlands
Laureus World
Elaine Thompson-Herah Athletics
Sportswoman Of The
Jamaica
Year
Laureus World
Emma Raducanu
Tennis
Breakthrough Of The
United Kingdom(UK)
Year
Laureus Academy
Robert Lewandowski
Football
Exceptional Achievement
Poland
Award
Sahitya Akademi Awards, Yuva Puraskar and Bal Sahitya Puraskar 2021 announced
The Executive Board of the Sahitya Akademi under the Ministry of Culture has announced Sahitya Akademi
Awards 2021 in 20 languages, YuvaPuraskar 2021 in 22 languages and Bal Sahitya Puraskar 2021 in 22
languages.
Important awardees:
Awardee
Title of Book/Poem/
Language
Novel
Namita Gokhale
Things to Leave Behind
English
Vindeshwariprasad
Srijati Shankhnadam Kil, Sanskrit
Mishr ‘Vinay’
Kavita
Sanjiv Verenkar
Raktachandan
Konkani
Megha Majumdar
A Burning
English
Hrushikesh Mallick
Sarijaithiba Apera
Odia
Click here for awardees
3rd National Water Awards 2020
Union Minister of Jal Shakti Gajendra Singh Shekhawat announced 3rd National Water Awards-2020.
❖ Uttar Pradesh (UP) awarded first prize in the Best State category, followed by Rajasthan and Tamil
Nadu (TN).
❖ Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh received the best district award in the northern zone followed by
Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar in Punjab.Click here
Overview of 79th Annual Golden Globe Awards 2022
The winners of the 79th edition of the Annual Golden Globe Awards (2022) was announced by Hollywood
Foreign Press Association (HFPA) in Beverly Hilton, Beverly Hills, California, United States of America (USA).
Important awardees:
Category
Winner
Best Picture Drama
The Power of the Dog directed by
Jane Campion
Best Actor – Motion
Will Smith for King Richard
Picture Drama
Best Actress – Motion
Nicole Kidman for Being the Ricardos
Picture Drama
Best Supporting Actress
Ariana DeBose for West Side Story
– Motion Picture
(2021)
Best Drama Series
Succession
Click here for more awardees
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Overview of The Best FIFA Football Awards 2021
Best Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) Football Awards 2021 was held in Zurich,
Switzerland
Category
Winner
Best FIFA Men’s Player
Robert Lewandowski (Poland)
Best FIFA Women’s Player
Alexia Putellas (Spain)
FIFA Fan Award
Denmark and Finland Fans
The Best FIFA Men’s Coach
Thomas Tuchel (Germany)
The Best FIFA Women’s
Coach
Emma Hayes (United
Kingdom)
FIFA Fair Play Award
Denmark National Team and
Staff
The Best FIFA Men’s
Goalkeeper
Edouard Mendy (France)
The Best FIFA Women’s
Goalkeeper
Christiane Endler (Chile)
Puskas Award
Erik Lamela (Argentina)
FIFA Best Special Award
Christine Sinclair (Canada)
and Cristiano Ronaldo
(Portugal)
2021 edition of ICC awards was announced
International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced the 2021 edition of ICC awards
Category
Winner
Country
Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy
for ICC Women’s Cricketer of
the Year
Smriti Mandhana (25)
India
Men’s T20I Cricketer of the Year
Mohammad Rizwan (29)
Pakistan
Women’s T20I Cricketer of the
Year
Tammy Beaumont (30)
England
Men’s ODI Cricketer of the Year
Babar Azam (27)
Pakistan
Women’s ODI Cricketer of the
Year
Lizelle Lee (29)
South Africa
Men’s Test Cricketer of the Year
Joe Root (31)
England
Emerging Men’s Cricketer of the
Year
Janneman Malan (25)
South Africa
Emerging Women’s Cricketer of
the Year
Fatima Sana (20)
Pakistan
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Men’s Associate Cricketer of the
Year
Zeeshan Maqsood (34)
Oman
Women’s Associate Cricketer of
the Year
Andrea-Mae Zepeda (26)
Austria
Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for
ICC Men’s Cricketer of the Year
Shaheen Afridi (21)
Pakistan
Umpire of the year
Marais Erasmus (57)
South Africa
Padma Awards 2022
The Padma Awards, one of the highest civilian Awards of the country are conferred under 3 categories namely,
Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri.
List of Key Persons who Received the Award:Click here for all award winner
Category
Winner
KeyPoints
Padma Vibhushan
4 receives Padma
• Bipin Rawat, India’s 1st Chief of Defence
Vibhushan and
Staff (CDS) of Indian Armed Force
• Former Uttar Pradesh chief minister, Kalyan second-highest
civilian award of
Singh
India, after the
Bharat Ratna.
Padma Bhushan
17 receives Padma
• Google’s CEO Sundar Pichai
Bhushan.It is the
• Cyrus Poonawalla of the Serum Institute of
third-highest civilian
India
award
• Former Union Home Secretary Rajiv
Mehrishi
Padma Shri
• Neeraj Chopra, India’s first-ever track-and- 107 receives Padma
Shri Awards.It is
field gold in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
fourth-highest
• singer Sonu Nigam
civilian award.
2022 EE British Academy Film Awards(BAFA)
75th edition of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts(BAFTA)’s annual film awards – 2022 EE British
Academy Film Awards(BAFA) announced at the Royal Albert Hall in London, the United Kingdom(UK).
➢ Will Smith won the BAFTA under the Leading Actor category for his role in King Richard
➢ The Power Of The Dog, a New Zealand-led Western psychological drama film, written and directed by
Jane Campion has won 2 awards, Best Film and Best Director. Click here
94th Academy Awards- Oscars 2022
The 94th Academy Awards (Oscars 2022) were announced at the ceremony held at the Dolby Theatre at
Ovation Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States of America(USA).Click here
Category
Winners
Actor In A Leading Role
Will Smith for King Richard
Actress In A Leading Role
Jessica Chastain for The Eyes
Of Tammy Faye
Directing
Jane Campion for The Power
Of The Dog
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Best Picture
CODA- Philippe Rousselet,
Fabrice Gianfermi And Patrick
Wachsberger, Producers
64th Annual GRAMMY Awards 2022
The 64th Annual Grammy Awards (Grammy 2022) was held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas,
Nevada, United States(US). Click here
• Indian-American singer Falguni Shah also known as ‘Falu’ has won the Best Children’s Music Album
award for ‘A Colorful World’.
• Bengaluru-based Music composer Ricky Kej along with American musician Stewart Copeland won the
grammy for Best New Age Album for “Divine Tides”.
• Olivia Rodrigo an American singer-songwriter won 3 awards (Best New Artist, Best Pop Vocal Album
for “Sour” & Best Pop Solo Performance “Drivers License”).Click here
AWARDS FOR LITERATURE/JOURNALISM/ACADEMIC
Name of Awards
Award Winner
Field
Points to be noted
NOVEMBER 2022
--OCTOBER 2022
6th Power Finance
Corporation (PFC)Valley of Words Book
Awards 2022
Rudrangshu
Mukherjee
Booker Prize 2022
Shehan
Karunatilaka(Sri
Lanka)
SEPTEMBER 2022
64th Ramon Magsaysay
Award 2022
Sotheara Chhim
(Cambodia),
Bernadette Madrid
(Philippines), Tadashi
Hattori (Japan) & Gary
Bencheghib
(Indonesia)
Asghar Wajahat
31st Vyas Samman Award
He was awarded under
English non-fiction for his
book “Tagore & Gandhi:
Walking Alone, Walking
Together”
For his 2nd novel titled “The
Seven Moons of Maali
Almeida”.
--
The award is regarded around
the world as “Asia’s Nobel
Prize”
--
prestigious award for his play
‘Mahabali’
AUGUST 2022
--JULY 2022
--JUNE 2022
THE Awards Asia 2022
Shoolini University of
Biotechnology and
Management
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Outstanding
Support for
Students (highly
commended)
It is one of among the three
institutes recognized from
India including Savitribai Phule
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Sciences,Himachal
Pradesh
World Health
Organization (WHO)’s
Regional Director Special
Recognition Award
UNESCO King Hamad Bin
Isa Al-Khalifa Prize
Women’s Prize for Fiction
2022
Pune University and Amity
University.
The winner of this field is
Taylor’s University, Malaysia.
Recognising its efforts in
advancing tobacco control. The
e-RCTC comes under the
Department of Community
Medicine and School of Public
Health at PGIMER, Chandigarh
Resource Centre for
Tobacco Control (eRCTC), the
Postgraduate Institute
of Medical Education
and Research
(PGIMER), Chandigarh
Central Institute of
Education Technology
(CIET)
--
--
For the use of Information and
Communication Technology
(ICT) in Education for the year
2021.
Ruth Ozeki
--
For her novel title “The Book of
Form & Emptiness”
2022 with 30,000pound (USD
36,000) prize.
MAY 2022
5th Romain Rolland Book
Prize 2022
Bengali translation of
the French novel
“Meursault, contreenquête” (The
Meursault
Investigation)
--
2022 Pulitzer Prizes
Adnan Abidi, Sanna
Irshad Mattoo, Amit
Dave, and the late
Danish Siddiqui of
Reuters
‘Tomb of Sand’ by
Geetanjali Shree and
translated by Daisy
Rockwell
Journalism
Wesley Morgan
Literature
2022 International
Booker Prize for
Translated Fiction
William E. Colby Military
Writers’ Award 2022
Literature
The award was presented to
translator Trinanjan
Chakraborty and publisher
Esha Chatterjee of Patra
Bharati.
• Meursault, contreenquête is the debut
novel of Algerian writer
and journalist Kamel
Daoud.
Four Indians were awarded for
2022 Pulitzer Prizes in
Journalism under the Feature
Photography category. Click
here
Geetanjali Shree is the first
Indian to win the International
Booker Prize.
The Prize money of GBP
(British pound sterling) 50,000
(USD 63,000) will be split
between the author and the
translator.
He was conferred with this
award for his work The
Hardest Place: The American
Military Adrift in Afghanistan’s
Pech Valley
APRIL 2022
Chameli Devi Jain Award
Aarefa Johari
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Outstanding
Woman
Mediaperson
2021
It was announced by the Media
Foundation
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Saraswati Samman 2021
Ramdarash Mishra
Poet
O.Henry Prize for Short
Fiction 2022
Amar Mitra
Poet
For his Hindi Poetry collection
titled “Mein to Yahan Hun”.
He received the prize for the
English fiction of his 45 years
old novel “Gaonburo” in
Bengali, which has been
translated into English as The
Old Man of Kusumpur in 1990
by Anish Gupta.
MARCH 2022
---FEBRUARY 2022
---JANUARY 2022
QS-Wharton Reimagine
Education Award 2021
Chennai-based
Rhapsody Music
Foundation
Arts and
Humanities
Reimagine Education Award is
considered as the Oscar in the
Education space.
AWARDS GIVEN TO THE SPORTS PERSONALITIES
Name of Awards
Award Winner
Field
NOVEMBER 2022
Points to be noted
OCTOBER 2022
FIH Rising Star of the Year Mumtaz Khan
2021-22 award
He received award from
Federation Internationale de
Hockey (FIH)
• Timothee Clement of
France was conferred
with Rising Star of the
Year 2021-22 award in
men’s category
International Hockey Federation
(FIH) announced her name in FIH
Hockey stars Awards 2021-22.
International Hockey Federation
(FIH) announced his name in FIH
Hockey stars Awards 2021-22.
FIH Women’s Goalkeepers Savita Punia
of the Year 2021-22
FIH Men’s Goalkeepers of PR Sreejesh
the Year 2021-22
SEPTEMBER 2022
-AUGUST 2022
-JULY 2022
-JUNE 2022
-MAY 2022
--APRIL 2022
Wisden’s ‘Cricketers of
the Year’ 2022
Rohit Sharma (India), -Jasprit Bumrah(India),
Devon Conway(New
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There are five players in Wisden’s
‘Cricketers of the Year’ in the 2022
edition of the Almanack. Clickhere
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Zealand), Ollie
Robinson(England) &
Dane van
Niekerk(South Africa)
Maldives Sports Awards
2022
2022 Sportstar Aces
Awards
MARCH 2022
‘Sports Icon’
award
Suresh Raina
Neeraj Chopra
Sportstar of the
Year (Male)
award
BBC Indian Sportswoman Saikhom Mirabai
Of The Year(ISWOTY) Chanu
2021
--
It was awarded by Government of
Maldives
Mirabai Chanu along with Lovlina
Borgohain has been awarded
Sportswoman Of The Year
(Individual Sports).Click here
Karnam Malleswari, won BBC
Lifetime Achievement Award
2021.
FEBRUARY 2022
World Games Athlete of
the Year 2021
Parattu Raveendran
(PR) Sreejesh
Hockey
He became the 1st Indian man &
2nd Indian to receive this
saccolade after hockey captain
Rani Rampal
International Cricket
Council(ICC) Spirit of
Cricket Award 2021
New Zealand
cricketer, Daryl
Mitchell
Cricket
He was awarded for his gesture
of refusing to take a single in the
high-pressure 2021 ICC Men’s
T20 World Cup Semi-Finals
against England at the Sheikh
Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi .
2021 ICC (International
Cricket Council) Women’s
T20I team of the year
Smriti Mandhana
Cricket
He is also the 3rd time Smriti
Mandhana won the title for the
T20I team of the year after 2018
(opener) and 2019 (number
three)
ICC Men’s Test Team of
the Year 2021
Rohit Sharma,
Ravichandran Ashwin,
Rishabh Pant
Mithali Raj, Jhulan
Goswami
Cricket
New Zealand’s Kane Williamson
will be the captain of the team.
Cricket
England’s Heather Knight is the
captain of the team.
JANUARY 2022
ICC Women’s ODI Team of
the Year for 2021
AWARDS GIVEN TO ORGANIZATIONS/BANKS/MINISTRIES/STATE/CITY
Name of Awards
Award Winner
Field
Points to be noted
NOVEMBER 2022
-OCTOBER 2022
Swachh Survekshan
Grameen (SSG) 2022
Awards
Telangana
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Large State
CategoryPopulation of
over 30 lakh
It is followed by Haryana
and Tamil Nadu
Small States/UT Category:
• Andaman and
Nicobar Islands
• Dadra and Nagar
Haveli and Daman
and Diu
• Sikkim
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AIPH (International
Association of
Horticultural
Producers) World
Green City Awards
2022
National Digital
Transformation
Awards ‘DX 2022
Awards’
The city of
Hyderabad
‘Living Green for
Economic
Recovery and
Inclusive
Growth’
For its initiative titled
“Green Garland to the State
of Telangana”.
Karnataka Bank
Limited (KBL)
--
Pradhan Mantri Awas
Yojana-Urban (PMAYU) Awards 2021
Uttar Pradesh (UP)
Best Performing
State
For Best Practice in Digital
Transformation under the
Banking, Financial Services
and Insurance (BFSI)
segment.
It was followed by Madhya
Pradesh(MP) and Tamil
Nadu(TN).
International Travel
Award 2023 For ‘Best
Destination for Culture’
Dun & Bradstreet’s 22nd
edition of ‘India’s Top
500 Companies’
corporate awards
West Bengal
SEPTEMBER 2022
--
AUGUST 2022
Muthoot Finance
Best Growth
Limited
Performance
Award
Coal Minister’s Awards
for 2021-22
Mahanadi Coal Fields
Ltd (MCL)
Safety, Production
& Productivity,
and Quality
National Corporate
Social Responsibility
(CSR) Awards 2020
Hindustan Petroleum
Corporation Limited
Corporate
Awards for
Excellence in CSR
Best Performing Bank
Award
Indian Bank
World’s Best SME Bank
2022
DBS Bank
JULY 2022
SHG (Self Help
Group) Bank
Linkage
Programme
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It is given by the Pacific Area
Travel Writers Association
(PATWA), an affiliate member
of the United Nations World
Tourism Organization
(UNWTO).
It was given under the category
of Financial Institutions (FIs) /
Non-Banking Financial
Companies (NBFCs) / Financial
Services.
Union Minister of Coal, Mines
and Parliamentary Affairs,
Pralhad Joshi addressed the
2nd edition of Coal Minister’s
awards ceremony
To the improvement of the
society through their creative
and sustainable CSR
activities.Clickhere
It was awarded by National
Bank for Agriculture and Rural
Development (NABARD)( 41st
Foundation Day – 12 July
2022)
DBS bank also clinched three
first-time awards at
Euromoney’s Awards for
Excellence 2022
• World’s Best ‘Financial
Innovation of the year’
2022,
• ‘Asia’s Best Bank for
Wealth Management
2022’,
• ‘Asia’s Best Bank for
SME award 2022’
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Most Preferred
Workplaces of 2022
2nd edition of Awards
for Excellence in District
Skill Development
Planning’ (DSDP)
2022 Skytrax World
Airport Awards
PM Award for Excellence
in Public Administration
2020
NTPC Limited
--
For maximizing employee wellbeing, engagement &
productivity alongside
organizational performance.
JUNE 2022
Top three ranks
--• Rajkot, Gujarat
• Cachar, Assam
• Satara,Maharas
htra
Delhi’s Indira Gandhi
--International (IGI)
airport the finest in
India and South Asia
for the 4th consecutive
year, ranked 37th
position in 2021.
MAY 2022
Department of Food
--and Public Distribution
(DFPD)
30 districts were felicitated for
their innovative best practices
in skill development in the
region.
Top three Airports
• Hamad International
Airport, Qatar
• Tokyo International
Airport (Haneda), Japan
• Singapore Changi
Airport,Singapore.
For its ‘One Nation One Ration
Card’ (ONORC) scheme under
the category Innovation
(General)-Central.
It won 6 national awards from
Pension Fund Regulatory and
Development Authority
(PFRDA) in different categories
for outstanding achievement
under enrolment of Atal
Pension Yojana (APY).
National awards from
Pension Fund Regulatory
and Development
Authority (PFRDA)
Karnataka Vikas
Grameena (KVG) Bank
Best Performing Bank in
Self Help Group (SHG)
Linkage
HDFC Bank
Digital CX Awards 2022
IndusInd Bank’s ‘Indus
Merchant Solutions’
App
Outstanding
Digital CX – SME
Payments
‘Celent Model Bank’
award
IndusInd Bank
Payments System
Transformation
6th Entrepreneur
Leadership Awards 2022
Vivek Lall
Global Leader in
Defence and
Aviation Sector
National Award for
Outstanding
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APRIL 2022
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MARCH 2022
Jammu and Kashmir
---Bank (J&K Bank)
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It was adjudged Best
Performing Bank in Self Help
Group (SHG) Linkage by
Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana –
National Rural Livelihood
Mission(DAY-NRLM), Ministry
of Rural Development(MoRD),
Government of India.
To recognizing pioneering
innovation in Digital Customer
Experience across the Financial
Services ecosystem.
It was awarded for its best-inclass Enterprise Payments Hub
(EPH).
It was given by the IndoAmerican Chamber of
Commerce (IACC) to recognise
his contribution to the defence
sector.
Giriraj Singh, Union Minister of
Rural Development, honoured
this award for recognition of its
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Performance for FY
2020-21
best performance in Self-Help
Group Bank Linkage.
IFR Asia Awards 2021
Axis Bank
Asian Bank of The
Year 2021 and
India Bond House
It was adjudged as the Asian
Bank of The Year 2021 and
India Bond House at the IFR
Asia Awards 2021
ASSOCHAM Award
Karnataka Bank
Limited
Best MSME Bank
of the Year
(Private Category)
award
Governor of the year
Award 2022
Mario Marcel Cullell
(Mario Marcel)
--
Major Award winners:
• Best MSME Bank of the
Year (PSU Category)Punjab National Bank
• Best Technology
Enabler of the Year Karur Vysya Bank Ltd
He won this award at the 9th
edition of the Central Banking
Awards 2022.
Digital Transformation
Award (DX 2021
Awards)
Karnataka Bank
17th Annual Banking
Technology Awards
2021
South Indian Bank
(SIB)
FEBRUARY 2022
Best Practice in
Digital
Transformation
Business
Standard Sandeep Bakhshi
Banker of the Year 202021
Hilal-e-Pakistan
UiPath Automation
Excellence Awards 2021
Global Private Banking
Awards 2021
IBSi Innovation Awards
2021
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Bill Gates
JANUARY 2022
South Indian Bank
Best Automation
(SIB)
HDFC Bank
Best Private Bank
Axis Bank &
CRMNEXT
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Best CRM
(Customer
Relationship
Management)
System
Implementation.
It was awarded by
Confederation of Indian
Industry (CII) in recognition of
the “innovative” best practice
‘KBL VIKAAS’.
It won 6 awards at the Indian
Banks’ Association (IBA)’s 17th
Annual Banking Technology
Awards 2021. The 6 awards for
South Indian banks include the
‘Best Technology Bank of the
Year 2021’ under the “small
bank” segment.
He was awarded for his role in
turning around ICICI Bank and
changing perceptions of the
bank during his three-and-ahalf-year tenure as MD and CEO
of ICICI Bank.
He was honoured with Hilal-ePakistan, the second Highest
Civilian Honour of Pakistan for
his efforts towards eradicating
polio in Pakistan.
It won Best Automation under
‘Crisis for Business Continuity’
It organised by Professional
Wealth Management (PWM).
It is one of the most prominent
awards for the global bankers
and IT (Information
Technology) consultants across
the world
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AWARDS GIVEN FOR SOCIAL SERVICE, SCIENCE & BRAVERY
Name of Awards
Award Winner
Field
Points to be noted
NOVEMBER 2022
Silver Trumpet &
Trumpet Banner
2022 Bailey K Ashford
Medal & 2022 Fellow
of the American
Society of Tropical
Medicine and Hygiene
(FASTMH)
President’s
Bodyguard (PBG)
Dr Subhash Babu
Lifetime Achievement
Award by the United
States (US) President Joe
Biden
2022 United Nations
High Commissioner for
Refugees (UNHCR)
Nansen Refugee Award
SASTRA Ramanujan
Prize for 2022
Vivek Lall
4th Advanced Industrial
Revolution (4IR) Digital
Lighthouse award
European Parliament’s
2022 Sakharov Prize for
Freedom of Thought
Sir Syed Excellence
Award for 2022
Union Home Minister
(HM)’s Trophy for the
Best Police Training
Institutions 2020-21
National Intellectual
Property Awards 2021 &
2022
Pingat Jasa Gemilang
(Tentera) [Meritorious
Service Medal (Military)]
Honorary rank of
General of Nepal Army
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OCTOBER 2022
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Dr. Angela Merkel
(Former German
chancellor)
--
Yunqing Tang
--
Mondelez India’s stateof-the-art Sri City
factory, Andhra
Pradesh
People of Ukraine &
their President
Volodymir Zelenskyy
Barbara Daly Metcalf
--
National Industrial
Security Academy
(NISA) premier
training institute of
CISF(Central Industrial
Security Force),
Hyderabad(Telangana)
Hyderabadi Haleem
--
---
‘Most Popular
Geographical
Indications (GI)
of India’ (Food
stuff)
SEPTEMBER 2022
Admiral Sunil Lanba
-(Retd)
Bidya Devi Bhandari
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It is presented by Droupadi
Murmu, President of India.
It was awarded by American
Society of Tropical Medicine
and Hygiene
He was awarded with the citation
of ‘With Grateful Recognition’.
For providing asylum to more
than 1.2 million refugees and
asylum seekers in 2015 and 2016
during the Syrian crisis.
For displaying a remarkable
combination of sophisticated
techniques in arithmetic and
geometry of modular curves and
Shimura varieties.
It was awarded by the World
Economic Forum (WEF).
To honour their resistance to
Russia’s invasion and ongoing
war.
It is conferred by the Aligarh
Muslim University (AMU)
It was awarded under the
Gazetted Officers (GO) Training
Institutes Category.
Other Winners:
• Agriculture- Kandhamal
Haladi (Odisha)
• Handicraft- Thanjavur Art
Plate(Tamil Nadu).
Conferred by Halimah Yacob, the
President of the Republic of
Singapore at the Ministry of
Defence, Singapore.
It was conferred by Bidya Devi
Bhandari, the President of Nepal.
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Chevalier de la Legion
d’Honneur’ (Knight of
the Legion of Honour)
2022 Goalkeepers Global
Goals Awards
2022 United Nations
(UN) Interagency Task
Force, and WHO Special
Programme on Primary
Health Care Award
1st Queen Elizabeth II
Woman of the Year
award
UN SDG (United Nations
Sustainable Development
Goals) Action Awards
Chevalier de l’Ordre
National du Mérite (the
Knight of the Order of
the Merit)
Ladakh dPal rNgam
Dusdon Award 2022
Heritage Wall of Fame’ of
the Society for
Personality and Social
Psychology (SPSP)
World Women
Entrepreneurs’ Award
2022
Chevalier de la Legion
d’Honneur (the Legion of
Honour)
2022 Liberty Medal
Félix Houphout-Boigny,
the United Nations
Educational, Scientific
and Cultural
Organization (UNESCO)
Peace Prize 2022
National MSME Awards
2022
Swati Piramal
--
Dr Radhika Batra
(India), Zahra Joya
(Afghanistan), Vanessa
Nakate (Uganda), and
Ursula von der Leyen
(Germany).
India
--
Suella
Braverman(Home
Secretary of UK)
--
Srishti Bakshi
‘Changemaker‘
award
--
AUGUST 2022
Kannan Sundaram
--
For her contribution to business,
science, medicine, arts, culture,
and Indo-French ties.
Recognises their efforts to
advance progress towards the
United Nations’ (UN) Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs).
For its ‘India Hypertension
Control Initiative (IHCI)’, a Largescale hypertension intervention
under the National Health
Mission (NHM)
He was named as the winner of
the 1st Queen Elizabeth II
Woman of the Year award at the
Asian Achievers Awards (AAA)
2022 ceremony in London,
England.
To recognise the efforts of Srishti
Bakshi to raise awareness of
gender-based violence and
inequality.
It was honoured by French
government for his contribution
to the publishing collaboration
between India and France
It was conferred by the Ladakh
Autonomous Hill Development
Council (LAHDC), Leh.
He become the first Indian Social
Psychologist to be inducted to the
list in the United States(US)
Tenzin Gyatso (14th
Dalai Lama)
--
Ramadhar Singh
--
Sangeetha Abhayan
--
Instituted by the Junior Chamber
International Hong Kong (JCIHK).
Shashi Tharoor
--
for his writings and speeches
Ukrainian President
Volodymyr Zelensky
--
Angela Merkel (Former
German Chancellor)
--
He will be honoured at the
National Constitution Centre
(NCC), Philadelphia, the United
States (US).
for her courageous decision in
2015 to welcome more than 1.2
million refugees from Syria, Iraq,
Afghanistan and Eritrea.
JULY 2022
MSME Department,
States/UTs for
Government of Odisha outstanding
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It was awarded for its various
developmental initiatives taken
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contribution in up for the development of
the promotion MSMEs. Clickhere
& development
of MSME Sector
-He was awarded by the United
Kingdom (UK) Parliament for
contribution in the field of
growth of Ayurveda at global and
national level.
-It was instituted by the Karnataka
government, in honour of Kempe
Gowda, founder of Bengaluru city.
Ayurveda Ratna Award
2022
Tanuja Nesari
1st edition of
Kempegowda
International Award
2022
Airwards ‘s Best Drone
Organization award
S M Krishna, N R
Narayana Murthy &
Prakash Padukone
IG Drones
Start-up
Category
Fields Medal 2022
Maryna Viazovska
(Ukraine’s
mathematician)
Mathematics
Order of the Rising Sun,
Gold and Silver Star
Narayanan Kumar
--
Collar of the Supreme
Order of the
Chrysanthemum
Former Japan Prime
Minister (PM) Shinzo
Abe(posthumously)
--
Global Energy Prize 2022
Kaushik Rajashekara
--
The Delhi-based IG Drones, won
the “Best Drone Organization
award under the Start-up
Category” by Airwards.
She became the second woman
ever to receive the award.
Other recipients – Hugo DuminilCopin of France, June Huh of the
United States (US), and James
Maynard of Britain
He is a vice chairman of Sanmar
Group, for his contribution to
strengthening economic relations
between Japan and India.
He has been awarded the Junior
First Rank of Court and Grand
Cordon of the Supreme Order of
the Chrysanthemum
Posthumously.
For outstanding contributions to
transportation electrification and
energy efficiency technologies
while reducing power generation
emissions.
JUNE 2022
Queen’s Birthday
Honours list 2022
2022 United Nations
Public Service Award
(UNPSA)
Meghdoot Awards 2021
Sir Ahmed Salman
Rushdie
--
Mo Bus, Odisha
--
Ashok Kumar Sahoo,
Prem Lal, Dhananjay T,
Vijender Singh Rana,
Sandeep Gundu
Kadgaonkar, Randhir
Kumar, Challa Sri
Nagesh & K. Kalaivani
--
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He won 1981 Booker Prizewinning novel “Midnight’s
Children”.
This is one of the 10 global
initiatives (Brazil, Canada, India,
Ireland, Panama, Philippines,
Poland, Saudi Arabia, Thailand,
and Ukraine) that have been
recognised for their innovative
public service delivery.
To recognize the good
performance of employees of
Department of Posts.
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National Highways
Excellence Awards
(NHEA) 2021
Welspun Enterprises
Excellence in
Ltd &
Project
KrishnagiriWalajahpet
ManagementTollway Pvt Ltd
PPP
MAY 2022
Anna Qabale Duba
--
To recognize India’s bestperforming road assets and toll
plazas. Clickhere
India’s ASHA Workers
--
They were among the 6 awardees
for their “crucial role” in
providing direct access to
healthcare facilities in rural areas.
Ajay Piramal
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Whitley Gold Award
2022
Charudutt Mishra
--
World Food Prize 2022
Cynthia Rosenzweig
Science
He received the award for
services to the UK-India trade
relationship as India co-chair of
the UK-India CEO forum.
He honoured with the Whitley
Fund for Nature (WFN)’s Whitley
Gold Award 2022 for his work in
12 snow leopard range countries
including Afghanistan, China and
Russia.
The Des Moines-based World
Food Prize Foundation conferred
this award to her in recognition
of her modelling of the climate
crisis’ impact on food production
It was provided by the Royal
Institute of British Architects
(RIBA), London, United Kingdom
(UK)
American Theoretical physicist
and author, Dr Frank Wilczek,
who won the Nobel Prize
(Physics) 2004, awarded the
Templeton Prize 2022, the
world’s largest individual lifetime
achievement award, valued at
over USD 1.3 million.
First Aster Guardians
Global Nursing Award
2022
World Health
Organisation (WHO)
Director-General’s Global
Health Leaders Award
2022
Order of The British
Empire (CBE)
Royal Gold Medal 2022
Balkrishna Vithaldas
Doshi
Templeton Prize 2022
Frank Wilczek
--
Kishore
Jayaraman(President
of Rolls-Royce for India
and South Asia region)
--
For his services to international
trade and investment with a key
focus on promotion of IndiaUnited Kingdom (UK) trade deal
Immunisation Champion
award
Umar Nisar
--
He has been awarded the ’01 Best
Content Award’ and the
Immunization Champion award
by United Nations International
Children’s Emergency Fund
(UNICEF).
2022 Wangari Maathai
Forest Champions Award
Cécile Ndjebet
--
For her contribution to preserve
forests and improve the lives of
people dependent on forests.
Order of the British
Empire (OBE)
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Architecture
She is a nurse from Marsabit
County in Kenya.
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APRIL 2022
Stockholm Water Prize
Laureate 2022
2022 Malcolm
Adiseshiah Award
Wilfried Brutsaert
International Gandhi
Award for Leprosy, 2021
Bhushan Kumar &
Sahyog Kushtha Yagna
Trust
Prime Minister’s Award
for Excellence in Public
Administration 2020
UDAN (Ude Desh ka
Aam Nagrik)
Innovation
(General) –
Central
United Nations
Environment
Programme (UNEP)’s
Champions of the Earth
Award 2021
John F. Kennedy Profile
in Courage Award 2022
David Attenborough
Lifetime
Achievement
Ukrainian President
Volodymyr Zelenskyy
---
Lata Deenanath
Mangeshkar Award
PM Narendra Modi
--
United Nations (UN)’s
World Summit on the
Information Society
(WSIS) Prizes 2022 –
Champion Project
Order of “Merit in the
Diplomatic Service of
Peru José Gregorio Paz
Soldán”
Meghalaya Enterprise
Architecture (MeghEA)
Implementation
--
Ardeshir B K Dubash
---
IBC Awards for
Excellence in Built
Environment 2021
Atal Tunnel
Prabhat Patnaik
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Best
Infrastructure
Project
For his work to quantify
environmental evaporation.
The Malcolm Adiseshiah Award &
The Elizabeth Adiseshiah Award
will be instituted by Malcolm &
Elizabeth Adiseshiah Trust every
year
For their notable efforts towards
spreading awareness about
Leprosy and providing care to
those who are afflicted by it.
To honour, recognise, and reward
remarkable and innovative work
done by Districts and
Organizations of
State/Government.
For his dedication to research,
documentation, and advocacy for
the protection of nature and its
restoration
John F. Kennedy Library
Foundation has given this award
to five individuals -Ukrainian
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy,
United States (US)
Representative Liz Cheney,
Michigan Secretary of State
Jocelyn Benson, Arizona
Representative Russell “Rusty”
Bowers, & Wandrea “Shaye”
Moss.
For his ‘selfless service to the
country and society’
• This award is Instituted
by the Pune-based
Master Deenanath
Mangeshkar Smruti
Pratishthan.
It was selected under the
category of ‘The role of
governments and all stakeholders
in the promotion of ICTs for
development’.
It was conferred by the Ministry
of Foreign Affairs, Government of
Peru. H. E. Carlos R Polo,
Ambassador of Peru in India
presented the decoration, issued
by the Minister of Foreign Affairs
of Peru.
The 9.02 km long Atal Tunnel
built by the Border Roads
Organisation (BRO), Himachal
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India Pharma and India
Medical Devices Awards
2022
Cipla Limited
India Pharma
Leader of The
Year
Pradesh (HP) won this award
under Best Infrastructure Project.
Bhagwanth Khuba, Union
Minister of State (MoS), Ministry
of Chemicals & Fertilizers
(MoC&F) conferred India Pharma
and India Medical Devices
Awards 2022. Clickhere
MARCH 2022
Boltzmann Medal 2022
Deepak Dhar
Statistical
Physics
31st GD (Ghanshyam
Das) Birla Award for
Scientific Research 2022
Abel Prize for 2022
Narayan Pradhan
Material
sciences
Dennis Parnell
Sullivan
Mathematics
Indian Naval Ship (INS)
Valsura
President’s Colour
--
20 DOGRA and 21
DOGRA
President’s Colour
--
He became the first Indian to be
awarded the Boltzmann Medal
and will share the medal with
John J Hopfield of Princeton
University
It was given by the KK Birla
foundation.
It was awarded by Norwegian
Academy of Science and Letters
for his groundbreaking
contributions to topology in its
broadest sense, and in particular
its algebraic, geometric and
dynamical aspects.
The President of India, Ram Nath
Kovind, bestowed the Indian
Naval Ship (INS) Valsura with the
prestigious President’s Colour at
the ceremony held at Jamnagar in
Gujarat.
General Manoj Mukund
Naravane, Chief of the Army staff
presented the prestigious
‘President’s Colours’ also known
as ‘Nishaan’ to two battalions of
the Dogra Regiments.
FEBRUARY 2022
18th late Madhavrao
Limaye award 2020-21
Nitin Gadkari
Karyakram
Khaasdar
2022 Genesis Prize
Albert Bourla
Service
Prime Minister’s Banner
Maharashtra
Directorate of the
National Cadet Corps
(NCC)
Service
It was announced by Nashik
Public Library, Sarvajanik
Vachanalay.
JANUARY 2022
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Albert Bourla, Chief Executive
Officer (CEO) and Chairman of
Pfizer as the 2022 USD 1
Million Genesis Prize Laureate
for his efforts in leading the
development of the COVID-19
vaccine.
Major General Y P Khanduri,
Additional Director General,
NCC Directorate, Maharashtra
received the PM Banner from
PM Modi
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AWARDS GIVEN TO FILM/MUSIC INDUSTRY/ART
Name of Awards
Award Winner
Field
NOVEMBER 2022
‘Karnataka Ratna’
Puneeth Rajkumar
-award
Chevalier de l’Ordre
National du Mérite, the
Knight of the Order of
the Merit
Dadasaheb Phalke
Award for 2020
National Tourism
Award 2018-19
Best International Film
Award
Aruna Sairam
-
Points to be noted
He was conferred
Posthumously at 67th
Kannada Rajyotsava
In recognition of her singing
talent and her contribution to
the development of IndoFrance relations
OCTOBER 2022
Asha Parekh
President Droupadi Murmu
presented this award during
the 68th National Film
Awards for the year 2020
ceremony. Clickhere
India Exposition
Best Standalone It was awarded by the
Mart Ltd(IEML’s)
Convention
Ministry of Tourism, at the
India Expo Centre &
Centre
National Tourism Award
Mart
2022
“RRR-Rise Roar
It won at the 47th edition of
Revolt”
Saturn Awards 2022 by the
Academy of Science Fiction,
Fantasy, and Horror Films,
held in Los Angeles,
California, United States of
America(USA).
SEPTEMBER 2022
2022 Creative Arts
Emmy Award
Barack Obama
Outstanding
Narrator
National Lata
Mangeshkar Award
Kumar Sanu
(2021),Shailendra
Singh(2019) and
Anand & Milind
Shrivastav(2020)
Indian Council for
Cultural Relations (ICCR)
Distinguished Indologist
for 2021
Jeffrey Armstrong
(Kavindra Rishi)
For his Netflix series “OurGreat
National Parks: A World of
Wonder”, a 5-part documentary
series.
AUGUST 2022
--
In recognition of his outstanding
contribution to the research in
India’s philosophy, thought,
history, art, culture.
--
For his comprehensive
contribution to the Malayalam
film industry.
JULY 2022
JC Daniel Award 2021
KP Kumaran
L’OEil D’Or Award 2022
Shaunak Sen’s ‘All That
Breathes’
JUNE 2022
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Documentary
He won for the best
documentary at the 75th Cannes
Film Festival.
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•
Golden Conch award
“Turn Your Body to the
Sun”
Documentary
India, 1st ‘Country of
Honour’ at Cannes Film
Market.
Triangle of Sadness
wins Palme d’Or 2022.
Clickhere
“Turn Your Body to the Sun”, a
dutch documentary film
directed by Aliona Van der
Horst won the Golden Conch
award for the Best Documentary
Film at the 17th Mumbai
International Film
Festival(MIFF) 2022.
MAY 2022
--APRIL 2022
--MARCH 2022
Pritzker Architecture
Prize 2022
Dadasaheb Phalke
International Film
Festival (DPIFF) Awards
2022
Diebedo Francis Kere
Architecture
FEBRUARY 2022
Best Actor
Ranveer Singh
An architect Diebedo Francis
Kere from Burkina Faso ,West
Africa became the first African
to win this prize
Bollywood stars Ranveer Singh
and Kriti Sanon received awards
in the Best Actor and Best
Actress category for their
performances in movies ’83’ and
‘Mimi’. Click here
JANUARY 2022
International Craft Award
for 2021
Kerala Arts and Crafts
Village Organization
(KACV)
Crafts
Bharat Ratna Dr
Ambedkar Award 2022
Harshaali Malhotra
Film
20th Dhaka International
Film Festival
Indian Movie
Koozhangal
Best Film (Asian)
Award
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The KACV from Kovalam
received this award for the
best craft village in the world
by the World Crafts Council
International.
He received the award from
Bhagat Singh Koshyari,
Governor of Maharashtra for
her performance as Munni in
the 2015 film Bajrangi Bhaijaan
starring Salman Khan.
It was organised by the
Rainbow Film Society.
• Malayalam Actor
Jayasurya won the Best
Actor award in the
Asian Film Competition
Section for the film
titled “Sunny” directed
by Ranjith Sankar.
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OTHER AWARDS CONFERRED
Name of Awards
9th edition of FICCI
Water Awards
Award Winner
Field
NOVEMBER 2022
-OCTOBER 2022
-SEPTEMBER 2022
-AUGUST 2022
-JULY 2022
--JUNE 2022
-MAY 2022
-APRIL 2022
-MARCH 2022
National Mission for
Clean Ganga (NMCG)
Special Jury
Award
Points to be noted
Acknowledged with this award
to bring about a paradigm shift
in water management, besides
its involvement in reviving the
river Ganga.
FEBRUARY 2022
Institute of Chartered
Accountants of India
(ICAI) award for
excellence
‘Most Dependable Public
Sector in India award
2022’
RailTel Corporation of
India Ltd
Public Sector
Entities (PSE)
Category
Coal India Limited
(CIL)
Public Sector
“Presidential Colours”
Award
Four Parachute
Battalions
12th Annual Aegis
Graham Bell Awards
Centre for
Development of
Telematics (C-DOT)
----
Telecom
He won this award for in
‘financial reporting’ for the
year 2020-21 in Public Sector
Entities (PSE) Category.
It was awarded by Associated
Chambers of Commerce &
Industry of India (ASSOCHAM),
Kolkata
The four Parachute Regiment
battalions that were presented
President’s Colours: 11 PARA
(SPECIAL FORCE), 21 PARA
(SPECIAL FORCE), 23 PARA
and 29 PARA.
It won 3 awards under three
categories (Tech For Social
Good category, Innovative in
the lockdown management
category and Preventive
measures for COVID19
category)
JANUARY 2022
Global Women’s Health
Tech Awards 2022
NIRAMAI Health
AnalytixPvt.
Health Technology
startups
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World Bank Group in
partnership with The
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Ltd.(NIRAMAI) &
InnAccel
Technologies Pvt.
Ltd.(InnAccel)
Netaji Award 2022
Shinzo Abe
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TX2 Award 2022
India’s
Sathyamangalam
Tiger Reserve (STR)
in Erode, Tamil Nadu
& Nepal’s Bardiya
National Park
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Consumer Technology
Association (CTA) launched the
Global Women’s Health Tech
Awards that recognises the
innovative startups that
leverage technology to improve
women’s health and safety in
emerging markets.
Netaji Research Bureau, has
honoured this awards to
Shinzo Abe, former Prime
Minister(PM) of Japan on the
occasion of the 125th Birth
Anniversary of Netaji Subhas
Chandra Bose.
These two won the TX2 award
2022 for doubling their tiger
populations since 2010
The award for Tiger
Conservation Excellence 2022
was presented to Khata Forest
Conservation Area in Nepal.
Other Important Awards
NOVEMBER 2022
--OCTOBER 2022
➢ The 136 feet tall Durga Puja pandal, situated in Jankipuram, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh (UP) is to be
certified by Guinness Book as the tallest ever pandal.
➢ South Indian Bank bagged a world record for organizing a first-of-its-kind category event
‘Onnichirikkam Oonjaladam’ (sit together and swing) by staging and swinging 101 ‘Oonjals’ (swings)
simultaneously in Kochi, Kerala.
SEPTEMBER 2022
➢ Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) presented Smart
Solutions Challenge & Inclusive Cities Awards 2022.Clickhere
➢ According to Fortune India’s list of ‘India’s Richest’ for 2022, the wealth of 142 billionaires based in
India is collectively worth USD 832 billion (Rs 66.36 trillion).
➢ Federal Bank Ltd was ranked 63rd on the Best Workplaces in Asia 2022 and became the only bank in
India to be listed by Great Place to Work.
➢ Gautam Adani, an Indian billionaire became the 2nd Richest person in World on Forbes real-time
billionaire list (On 16th September 2022) by surpassing Bernard Arnault, LVMH (Louis Vuitton)
chairman and CEO.
➢ According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index (daily ranking index as of 27th September 2022),
Gautam Adani slipped to the 3rd spot from 2nd with a total net worth of USD 135 Billion(Rs10.98 lakh
crore).
➢ Akash Ambani, the Chairman of Reliance Jio is the only Indian to be featured on the TIME100 NEXT
emerging leaders’ list, TIME magazine’s list of the world’s rising stars.
AUGUST 2022
➢ The south London home at 72 Anerley Park, Penge, London, United Kingdom (UK), where Dadabhai
Naoroji, lived for around 8 years at the end of the 19th century, was honoured with a commemorative
Blue Plaque.
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➢ On 31st July 2022, Vice-President of India Muppavarapu Venkaiah Naidu presented the
distinguished award “President’s Colour” for the Tamil Nadu (TN) Police to M.K. Stalin, Chief Minister
(CM) of Tamil Nadu.
JULY 2022
➢ Minister of State (MoS) Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions Dr
Jitendra Singh announced the setting up of Dr. Rajendra Prasad Memorial Award in public
administration in the field of academic excellence, in memory of the first President of India, Rajendra
Prasad.
➢ Maharashtra’s Maha Metro & the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) facilitated with the
Asia Book of Records and India Book of Records certifications for jointly constructing the longest
Double Decker Viaduct in Asia and 3 metro stations with Highway Flyover & Metro Rail Supported on
single column under Nagpur Metro Rail Project.
➢ Saugata Gupta(Marico Limited) emerged as the highest-paid Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG)
CEO as his total pay in FY22 jumped by 157% from ₹14.03 crore in FY21 to ₹36.1 crore in FY22.
JUNE 2022
➢ LeBron Raymone James Sr. has become the 1st ever active NBA player to become a billionaire
with a net worth of USD 1 billion.
MAY 2022
--APRIL 2022
➢ Vice President (VP) of India, M. Venkaiah Naidu presented the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship and
Award for 2018 and Lalit Kala Akademi Fellowships for 2021 and 62nd National Exhibition of Art
Awards for 2021.
MARCH 2022
➢ Airports Council International (ACI) World has honoured Six Indian Airports with the Airport
Service Quality (ASQ) Awards 2021 under the Asia Pacific Category. Clickhere
➢ National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog presented the 5th Women Transforming
India (WTI) Awards to 75 women achievers through its Women Entrepreneurship Platform (WEP).
FEBRUARY 2022
➢ Airports Council International (ACI) has awarded 18 Indian Airports with the ‘Voice of the
Customer’ award for 2021, including Chennai, Goa & Mangaluru Airport.
JANUARY 2022
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RECOGNITIONS
Name of the
Person/Organisation
Recognition
Key Points
NOVEMBER 2022
India’s Namita Thapar,
Ghazal Alagh & Soma
Mondal
Forbes’ 2022 Asia’s Power
Businesswomen list
Shivnarine
Chanderpaul(West
Indies), Charlotte
Edwards(England) &
Abdul Qadir(Pakistan)
International Cricket Council
(ICC) Hall of Fame
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3 Indian Businesswomen are featured on the
Forbes 2022 Asia’s Power Businesswomen list
featured in the November issue of Forbes Asia
Inducted in the ICC Hall of Fame
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OCTOBER 2022
Samantha Cristoforetti
(Italy)
1st European Female ISS
commander
Gautam Adani
2022 Forbes List of India’s
100 Richest (released on 12th
October 2022)
EdelGive Hurun India
Philanthropy List 2022
Shiv Nadar
She became the 1st European woman to take
over command of the International Space
Station (ISS).
He topped the list with a net worth of USD 150
billion followed by Mukesh Ambani(88 billion)
& Radhakishan Damani(27.6 billion)
He reclaimed the ‘India’s Most Generous’ title
with an annual donation of Rs 1,161 crore.
• He is followed by Azim Premji &
Mukesh Ambani
• Shiv Nadar Honoured with USISPF
Lifetime Achievement Award 2022
SEPTEMBER 2022
11 start-up companies
from India
Reliance Industries
Limited (RIL)
‘Forbes Asia-100 to Watch
2022’
India’s 10 most valued
companies
11 start-up companies from India along with 19
companies from Singapore, followed by 16
start-ups from Hong Kong, 15 from South
Korea, and 13 from China.
Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) (11)
is pushed out of the list of India’s 10 most
valued companies in market capitalization by
Bajaj Finance (9) and Adani Transmission (10)
Top three companies:
•
•
•
Indian cities of Nilambur
& Thrissur in Kerala &
Warangal in Telangana
Tata Consultancy Services
(TCS)
Gautam Adani and family
Nikhil Kamath
United Nations Educational,
Scientific, and Cultural
Organization (UNESCO)
Global Network of Learning
Cities (GNLC)
Kantar BrandZ Most Valuable
Indian Brands 2022 report
IIFL Wealth Hurun India Rich
List 2022
Reliance Industries Limited (RIL)
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)
HDFC Bank
It becomes the First Entrants from India
HDFC Bank has ranked No 2 followed by
Infosys.
Gautam Adani and family has topped with an
estimated wealth of Rs. 10,94,400 crore
followed by Mukesh Ambani (Rs. 7,94,700
crore).
• Falguni Nayar became India’s richest
self-made woman.
• Kaivalya Vohra is the youngest selfmade and the youngest rich individual.
IIFL Wealth Hurun India 40 & He topped with a net worth of Rs 17,500 crore
Under Self-Made Rich List
followed by Bhavish Agarwal and Divyank
2022
Turakhia.
AUGUST 2022
Savitri Jindal
Asia’s richest woman
Life Insurance
Corporation (LIC)(98th )
2022 Fortune Global 500 list
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As per the Bloomberg Billionaires Index (as on
29th July 2022), she surpassed Yang Huiyan
(China) due to the property crisis in China.
Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) ranked 104th
& LIC is the only Indian company ranked
among the top 100.
Top three companies
• Walmart
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Mrs. Sargam Koushal
Aarya Walvekar
Mrs India World 2022-2023
Miss India USA 2022
Razorpay Software
Private Limited(49th)
2022 Forbes Cloud 100 List
Amitabh Chaudhry (Axis
Bank Ltd)
Highest paid MD & CEOs of
India FY22
• Amazon
• State Grid
He hails form Jammu and Kashmir
Akshi Jain from Washington was crowned Mrs
India USA 2022 and Tanvi Grover from New
York was crowned Miss Teen India USA 2022.
It becomes the 1st Indian company to be named
in the 2022 Forbes Cloud 100 List of the top
100 private cloud companies in the world.
Executive Director of HDFC Bank, Kaizad
Bharucha is the highest paid banker of FY22,
received Rs 10.64crore remuneration in FY22
JULY 2022
Sini Shetty
58th Femina Miss India World
2022
Jayshree V Ullal(15)
Forbes' list of America's
Richest Self-Made Women
Gita Gopinath
‘Wall of Former Chief
Economists’
Ahmedabad & Kerala
World’s 50 Greatest Places of
2022
Varanasi,Uttar Pradesh
(UP)
First Cultural & Tourism
Capital of the Shanghai
Cooperation Organization
(SCO)
Forbes’ Real-Time Ranking of
the World’s Billionaires list
(July 2022)
Gautam Adani (4th )
Lleyton Hewitt
International Tennis Hall of
Fame Class of 2021
Pallavi Singh(Uttar
Pradesh)
Mrs Universe Divine Title
Roshni Nadar Malhotra
(1st)
Kotak Private Banking Hurun
– Leading Wealthy Women
List 2021
Kantar India’s annual Brand
Footprint report 2022
Parle Products Pvt
Limited (Parle)
She is from Karnataka, crowned this award at
the grand finale of VLCC Femina Miss India, copowered by Sephora, Moj and Rajnigandha
Pearls.
Other Indian American women are Neerja Sethi
(24), Neha Narkhede (57), Indra Nooyi (85)
and Reshma Shetty (97)
Top Three position - Diane Hendricks, Judy
Faulkner & Judy Love
She became the first woman and second Indian
to feature on the ‘Wall of Former Chief
Economists’ of the International Monetary
Fund (IMF).
The TIME Magazine in its first list of the
World’s Greatest Places of 2022 named India’s
Ahmedabad (Gujarat), & Kerala among the 50
extraordinary destinations to explore.
It was named under a new rotating initiative to
promote people-to-people contacts and
tourism among the member states.
Gautam Adani with a net worth of over USD
114 billion surpassed Microsoft founder Bill
Gates, fifth rank with an estimated USD 102
billion net worth.
He is the 34th Australian to be inducted into
the Hall of Fame.
It was held at Yeosu City, South Korea.
Roshni Nadar is followed by Falguni Nayar of
Nykaa, overtaking Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw of
Biocon with a total wealth of Rs.57,520 crore.
Parle Products Pvt Limited (Parle), topped the
ranking of most chosen Fast-Moving Consumer
Goods (FMCG) brands in India in 2021 followed
by Amul and Britannia.
JUNE 2022
Elon Musk (1st)
Fortune 500’s list of the
World’s top 10 highest paid
CEO
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He topped the list followed by Tim Cook, CEO of
Apple (USD 770.5 million) ranked 2nd and
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Jensen Huang, co-founder of NVIDIA (USD 561
million) ranked 3rd.
Mukesh Ambani(8th)
Bloomberg Billionaire Index
(as of 3rd June 2022)
Mukesh Ambani (6th)
Forbes’ “The Real-Time
Billionaires List” (as of 3rd
June 2022)
Reliance Industries
Limited (RIL)
Tata Consultancy Service
(TCS) (46), HDFC Bank
(61), Infosys (64) and Life
Insurance Corporation
(LIC) (92)
Ramkrishna Mukkavilli
Khushi Patel (United
Kingdom (UK))
Burgundy Private Hurun
India 500 Special Report (SR)
Kantar Brandz’s 2022 ‘Most
Valuable Global Brands
report’
Global Sustainable
Development Goal (SDG)
Pioneer
29th edition Miss India
Worldwide 2022
Mukesh Ambani, Chairman and Managing
Director (CMD) of Reliance Industries Limited
(RIL) became the richest man in India as well
as in Asia with a net worth of USD 99.7 billion,
surpassing Gautam Adani (USD 98.7 billion)
Top three position
• Elon Musk (US)
• Jeff Bezos (US)
• Bernard Arnault (France)
Elon Musk retains his position as the World’s
Richest Person with a net worth of USD 233.7
billion followed by Bernard Arnault and Jeff
Bezos.
Reliance Industries Limited(RIL) has become
India’s most valuable company with a value of
Rs 18.9 lakh crore followed by Tata
Consultancy Services (TCS) and HDFC Bank
Apple retains its 1st position to become the
first trillion-dollar brand with a brand value of
USD 947.1 billion followed by Google, Amazon
and Microsoft.
He became the first Indian to be recognised as
the Global Sustainable Development Goal (SDG)
Pioneer for water stewardship by the United
Nations Global Compact (UNGC).
Vaidehi Dongre from the United States was
declared the 1st runner up while Shrutika
Mane became the 2nd runner up.
• Roshani Razack from Guyana was
declared Miss Teen India Worldwide
2022.
MAY 2022
Mukesh Ambani(53rd)
Forbes Global 2000 List 2022
Lionel Messi
Forbes’ Highest-Paid Athletes
List For 2022
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Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) led by
Mukesh Ambani ranked 53rd on the list
(global) and ranked first among Indian
companies.
Top three companies globally
• Berkshire Hathaway, United States of
America.
• Industrial and Commercial Bank of
China (ICBC), China.
• Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi
Aramco), Saudi Arabia.
Lionel Messi(Argentina) is reportedly earning
pre-tax gross earnings of $130 million a year
from on-field and off-field pursuits on the
Forbes’ Top 10 List 2022 of the World’s
Highest-Paid Athletes followed by LeBron
James( American basketball player) & Cristiano
Ronaldo(Portuguese Professional Footballer).
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Gautam Adani, Karuna
Nundy and Khurram
Parvez
Shreyans Sancheti &
Harish Uthayakumar,
Vivan Marwaha
100 Most Influential People of
2022
It was published by TIME magazine.
7th edition of Forbes 30
Under 30 Asia List 2022
India tops the list in terms of the number of
entries with 61, followed by Singapore (34),
Japan (33), Australia (32), Indonesia (30) and
China (28).
APRIL 2022
Falguni Nayar of
Nykaa(10)
Hurun Richest Self-Made
Women in the World 2022
Elon Musk(1)
36th Forbes World’s
Billionaires List 2022
Gautam Adani
Bloomberg Billionaire Index
Falguni Nayar
EY Entrepreneur of The Year
Award 2021 India
Hyderabad & Mumbai
Tree City Of The World –
2021
Cyrus S. Poonawalla
Hurun Global Healthcare Rich
List 2022
Raghav Chadha, Radhika
Gupta & Mykhailo
Fedorov
Gautam Adani(5th)
WEF’s 2022 Class of Young
Global Leader
‘Forbes’ real-time billionaires
list’
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Falguni Nayar ranked 10th with a wealth of USD
7.6 billion.
Top 3 on the list
• Wu Yajun co-founder of Longfor
• Hengli Petrochemical Co Ltd(China)
• Wang Laichun of Luxshare Precision
Industry(China)
Elon Musk CEO of Tesla and SpaceX topped the
list with a net worth of USD 219 billion,
followed by the founder of Amazon, Jeff Bezos,
and Bernard Arnault, CEO of LVMH Moët
Hennessy – Louis Vuitton SE.
• Mukesh Ambani ranked 10th and is the
only Indian among the top 10 on the
list.
Forbes India’s 10 Richest Billionaires 2022
• Mukesh Ambani topped the list
followed by Gautam Adani, head of
Adani Group.
As of 2nd April 2022, Gautam Adani, Founder
and Chairman of the Adani Group joined the
USD 100 billion club and surpassed Mukesh
Ambani to become India’s and Asia’s richest
person.
She will represent India at the EY World
Entrepreneur of the Year Award (WEOY) on
June 9, 2022, in Monaco.
• Lifetime Achievement Award: A M Naik,
group chairman of Larsen & Toubro.
Recognised by Arbor Day Foundation in
association with Food and Agriculture
Organisation (FAO) for maintaining urban
greenery.
He became the richest billionaire in the
healthcare sector 2022.
• Cyrus Poonawalla is followed by
Thomas Frist Jr & Family of HCA
Healthcare, Li Xiting and Xu Hang of
Mindray at the 2nd position with a net
value of USD 19 billion.
They are among the World Economic Forum
(WEF)’s Young Global Leaders (YGLs) Class of
2022.
As of April 25 2022, Adani Group chairman
Gautam Adani surpassed Berkshire Hathaway
chairman Warren Buffett to become the fifth
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richest person in the world, according to the
‘Forbes’ real-time billionaires list’.
MARCH 2022
RailTel Corporation of
India Limited(RailTel)
2022 M3M Hurun Global
Rich List
Karolina Bielawska
Eldrick Tont “Tiger”
Woods
Brand Valuation Report
2021 (7th Edition) titled
“Digital Acceleration 2.0.”
Hoysala temples of Belur,
Halebid and
Somnathapura, the
‘Sacred Ensembles of the
Hoysala’, in Karnataka.
People’s Liberation Army
(PLA) regiment
commander Qi Fabao
Best state tableau of 73rd
Republic Day parade 2022
Bloomberg Billionaires
Index
Atal Tunnel as the World’s
Longest Highway Tunnel
Meghalaya’s “Living Root
Bridges or Jingkieng Jri”
Clive Lloyd (Former West
Indies Cricketer)
8th Edition Fortune India The
Next 500 (2022 edition)
Hurun India
It ranked 124th in this list of top midsize
companies operating in India.
Mukesh Ambani of Reliance Industries Limited
(RIL) emerged as the Richest Indian and
Richest Asian & Ranked 9th Globally
Top three position:
• Elon Musk
• Jeff Bezos
• Bernard Arnault
Miss World (Miss World
Karolina Bielawska from Poland won the 70th
2021) pageant
edition of the Miss World (Miss World 2021)
pageant that was held in Coca-Cola Music Hall,
San Juan, Puerto Rico.
World Golf Hall of Fame 2022 He has won 82 all-time Professional Golfers’
Association (PGA) TOUR.
Virat Kohli
It was released by Duff & Phelps Report.
Top three position:
• Virat Kohli
• Ranveer Singh
• Akshay Kumar
FEBRUARY 2022
India’s nomination for United It has been finalised as India’s nomination for
Nations Educational, Scientific United Nations Educational, Scientific and
and Cultural Organisation’s
Cultural Organisation’s (UNESCOs) World
(UNESCOs) World Heritage
Heritage List for the year 2022-2023.
List
Torchbearer of 2022 Winter
2022 Winter Olympics, officially called the XXIV
Olympic
Olympic Winter Games and commonly known
as Beijing 2022, will be organized between 420 February 2022 in Beijing, China.
Uttar Pradesh(UP)
Maharashtra (MH) that won in popular choice
category and the Central Industrial Security
Force (CISF) was named as the best marching
contingent among Central Armed Police Forces
(CAPF) Click here
Asia’s richest person
Gautam Adani (59) net worth reached $88.5
billion overtaking Mukesh Ambani’s $87.9
billion becoming Asia’s richest person
World Book (WB) of Records
It was received by Lieutenant General Rajeev
United Kingdom (UK)
Chaudhry, Director General of Border Roads
(DGBR)
United Nations Educational,
It added on a tentative list of World heritage
Scientific and Cultural
sites.
Organisation (UNESCO)
• Geoglyphs of Konkan region of
Maharashra, Sri Veerabhadra Temple
and Monolithic Bull (Nandi) at Lepakshi
of Andhra Pradesh
JANUARY 2022
Knighthood
He received Knighthood from Prince William,
the Duke of Cambridge at Windsor Castle, for
his services towards the game of cricket.
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Shaylyn Ford
Mrs World 2022
Prajakta Koli
United Nations Development
Programme (UNDP) India’s
1st Youth Climate Champion
It was organized in Las Vegas, Nevada, United
States (US) and She became the 8th American
woman to win the title.
She was selected for her immense contribution
towards mental health, women’s rights and girl
child education through global social
campaigns
WORD OF THE YEAR
Word of the year
Language
“Permacrisis”
English
Anxiety
English
Recognized by
NOVEMBER 2022
Collins Dictionary
OCTOBER 2022
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Oxford University Press
Key Points
It is a noun which describes an
extended period of instability and
insecurity.
It has declared ‘Anxiety’ as the
Children’s Word of the Year 2021.
GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATION(GI) TAG
PRODUCT
Mithila Makhana
STATE IT BELONG TO
NOVEMBER 2022
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Mithila region of Bihar
JULY 2022
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APRIL 2022
-Narasingapettai Nagaswaram
MARCH 2022
Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
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ECONOMY & BUSINESS
NOVEMBER 2022
➢ The Netherlands emerged as the top destination for India’s petroleum product exports such as
petrol and diesel in the first half of FY22.
➢ Google launched the new FloodHub, an Artificial Intelligence (AI) flood forecasting platform that
displays flood forecasts and shows the area and time where floods could occur to help people at risk.
OCTOBER 2022
➢ Adani Enterprises Limited announced the establishment of 2 new Subsidiaries - Adani Disruptive
Ventures Limited (ADVL) (wholly-owned subsidiary) and Alwar Alluvial Resources Limited (AARL).
➢ Alphabet Inc’s Google will set up its 1st cloud region in Greece.
➢ For the Sugar Season (October–September) 2021–22, a record amount of more than 5000 Lakh Metric
Tons (LMT) of sugarcane was produced in the country, making India the largest producer, consumer,
and 2nd largest exporter of sugar in the world.
➢ World Trade Organization (WTO) drastically reduced its forecast for the growth of global trade volume
in 2023 from 3.4% to 1%, citing escalating downside risks.
➢ World Economic Forum (WEF) announced the addition of 11 factories and industrial sites, including
three pharmaceutical companies from India including Cipla, Dr Reddy’s Laboratories & Mondelez were
added to the list of Global Lighthouse Network.
➢ Google launched Google Play Points, a reward point system in India, which can be redeemed for making
purchases at Google Play Store.
➢ JSW Steel joined the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) network as a participant.
➢ Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) enhanced its Quartz™ solution to enable central and commercial banks
to support the lifecycle of Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) issuance, book-keeping and
transactions.
➢ Government of India (GoI) scrapped the privatization of the Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL)’s
Visvesvaraya Iron and Steel Plant (VISP), Bhadravathi in Karnataka due to insufficient bidder interest.
➢ Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) authorised Google Cloud to use cloud
technology to address challenging issues for governmental organisations.
➢ As per the International Monetary Fund (IMF) World Economic Outlook database, India may overtake
Germany and Japan to become the third-biggest economy in the world by FY28 i.e. in the next 5-years.
➢ Nokia (Finland) & Ericsson (Sweden) signed multi-year contract with Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited
(Jio)to build one of the largest 5G networks in the world & to build India’s first 5G Standalone network
to achieve India’s digital leadership.
➢ The Netherlands overtaken China and Bangladesh to become India’s 3rd-largest export destination,
marking a significant shift in the export ranking for the fiscal year 2022–2023 (FY23).
➢ Shiprocket International (Shiprocket) went live on Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC)
network and became the first Inter-city logistics provider to join the ONDC network.
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SEPTEMBER 2022
➢ All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) signed a partnership agreement with Adobe to
accelerate digital creativity skills across India.
➢ According to the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy Pvt. Ltd (CMIE), India’s unemployment rate
surged to a one-year high of 8.3% in August 2022 as employment sequentially fell by 2 million to 394.6
million.
➢ According to Bloomberg, India overtaken the United Kingdom (UK) to become the fifth largest economy
in the world.
➢ Japan-based USD 170 million Drone Fund (DF) plans to invest up to USD 40 million in Indian companies
operating in the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) ecosystem.
➢ As per the report by the State Bank of India (SBI) Research Ecowrap, India is set to become the world’s
3rd largest economy by 2029.
➢ According to the Verite Research, India become Sri Lanka’s biggest lender in 2022, providing a loan of
USD 377 million as it faced political crisis and economic unrest.
➢ Saudi Arabia became the 2nd-biggest oil supplier to India after a three months gap, overtaking Russia
(first is Iraq). India also became Russia’s second biggest oil purchaser after China.
➢ Government of India (GoI) accorded the status of Maharatna Central Public Sector Enterprise (CPSE) to
REC Limited (formerly Rural Electrification Corporation Limited).
➢ Amazon India launched ‘AmazeWIT Circles’, which is a unique networking and virtual event to educate
women and prepare them for careers in technology.
AUGUST 2022
➢ As per the revenue-expenditure data released by the Controller General of Accounts (CGA), India’s fiscal
deficit for April-June 2022 stood at Rs 3,51,871 crore, which is about 21.2% of its full financial year
target.
➢ Amazon India partnered with Indian Railways to boost its delivery services in India by transporting
packages in more than 110 inter-city routes, ensuring one to 2-day delivery for its customers.
➢ Google launched an online project named “India Ki Udaan”, featuring the milestone achievements of
India in its 75 years of Independence.
➢ Microsoft joined the ONDC platform as the first significant technology company, with the intention of
introducing social e-commerce to the Indian market.
➢ According to the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) data released by the National Statistical Office
(NSO), Ministry of Statistics and Program Implementation (MoSPI), Retail inflation softened to 6.71% in
July 2022 due to moderation in food prices.
➢ ReNew Power raised a USD 1 billion project loan through External Commercial Borrowings (ECB) in
partnership with 12 international banks for the finance.
➢ Tata Group Chairman Emeritus Ratan Tata unveiled the new start-up ‘Goodfellows’ designed to provide
companionship services to senior citizens with young graduates.
➢ Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) to open its first international marketing and sales office in Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia.
➢ IndiGo joins World Economic Forum’s (WEFs) ‘Clear Skies for Tomorrow’ Campaign.
JULY 2022
➢ Google announced an initiative, Startup School India, to organise accumulated knowledge into a
structured curriculum to enable startups in small cities to overcome various challenges.
➢ Tata Power Company Limited (Tata Power) is set to spend Rs 75000 crore to expand capacity in its
renewable business in the next 5 years.
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➢ According to the Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MoCI), Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflows
into India’s Research and Development (R & D) sector hiked to USD 343.64 million in Calendar Year
(C.Y.) 2021, rising 516% from USD 55.77 million in C.Y. 2020.
➢ Google Maps launched its “Street View” service across 10 cities in India which will offer a 360-degree
view of landmarks, streets, residential areas, or any location, in partnering with Genesys International &
Tech Mahindra
JUNE 2022
➢ According to the official data from the government of India (GoI) on the aggregate Goods and
Services Tax (GST) registrations in the 2017-2022 period, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh (UP) have
topped in the GST registration by businesses and dealers followed by Gujarat and Tamil Nadu.
➢ Blue Dart Express Limited has signed the ‘Climate Neutral Now’ (CNN) pledge framed by the United
Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
➢ The combined Index of Eight Core Industries stood at 143.2 in April 2022, which is an increase of
8.4% (provisional) as compared to April 2021, as per data of the Office of Economic Adviser,
Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT).
➢ As per estimates by outsourcing consultancy Everest Group, Tata Consultancy Service (TCS) has
retained its 10th position among the top global Business Process Management (BPM) providers in
2021.
➢ IndiGo & American Airlines launched a codeshare agreement that allows American Airlines to sell
seats on the IndiGo’s flights operating on Delhi-Bengaluru and Delhi-Mumbai routes.
➢ WhatsApp India launched the ‘SMBSaathi Utsav’ initiative to help small businesses use digital media
like the WhatsApp Business App to handle their business.
➢ WhatsApp India & the Government of India (GoI) announced plans to expand the bot’s features to
include dedicated medical opinion for online cancer consultation and patient electronic history
capturing.
➢ Russia overtaken Saudi Arabia to become India’s 2nd-biggest oil supplier next to Iraq, as Russian
crude is currently available at discount following the war in Ukraine.
➢ Adani Enterprises Limited (AEL) & TotalEnergies, France have formed a strategic alliance to build
the world’s largest green hydrogen ecosystem.
➢ Yamuna International Airport Private Limited (YIAPL) selected Tata Projects to undertake the
Engineering, Procurement and Construction (‘EPC’) of the new greenfield airport, Noida International
Airport (NIA), at Jewar, Uttar Pradesh.
➢ The Export-Import Bank of India (India Exim Bank) forecasted India’s total merchandise exports to
reach USD 117.2 billion, growing at 22.7% in the first quarter (Q1) of FY23.
➢ India’s overall exports (Merchandise and Services combined) are estimated to reach USD 62.21 billion
in May 2022, an increase of 24.03 % over May 2021.
➢ The Wholesale Price Index (WPI) inflation rose to a record high of 15.88% in May 2022 from 15.08% in
April 2022, as per the Office of the Economic Adviser, Department for Promotion of Industry and
Internal Trade (DPIIT).
➢ Bharti Airtel (Airtel), launched Xstream multiplex, India’s first multiplex in the metaverse on the
Partynite Metaverse platform.
➢ GE Steam Power inked a USD 165 million pact with state-run engineering firm Bharat Heavy Electricals
Limited (BHEL) to supply three nuclear steam turbines.
MAY 2022
➢ Adani Wilmar Limited (AWL) became the largest Fast Moving Consumer Goods Company (FMCG) in
India beating Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL), after the announcement of its Quarter Four results for
the Financial year 2022 (Q4FY2022).
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➢ Boeing India collaborated with Air Works Group to deliver Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO)
services for the Indian Navy’s P-8I maritime patrol aircraft fleet.
➢ Japan based Toyota Group plans to invest 48 billion rupees (USD 624 million) to make Electric Vehicle
(EV) components in India.
➢ Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOC) rolled out M15 petrol, the 15 % blend of methanol with petrol, on
a pilot basis in the Tinsukia district of Assam.
➢ WPI (Wholesale Price Index) was stood at 15.08% (Provisional) for the month of April, 2022 (Y-o-Y) as
compared to 10.74% in April, 2021and hits 30-year high.
➢ Retail inflation in India surged to 7.79% on an annual basis in the month of April 2022 owing to higher
edible oil & fuel prices.
➢ Directorate General of Civil Aviation(DGCA) granted Jet Airways the Air Operator Certificate (AOC)
permit after its bankruptcy proceedings was acquired by a consortium of UAE-based businessman
Murari Jalan and UK-based Kalrock Capital.
➢ Foreign direct investment (FDI) equity inflows into India contracted marginally by 1 per cent to $58.77
billion (~ INR 437,188 Crores) during FY22 as compared to $59.63 billion (~INR 442,569 Crores)
during FY21, in accordance with the data from the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal
Trade (DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MoCI).
➢ Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has become the first exploration and production (E&P)
company to trade domestic gas on the Indian Gas Exchange (IGX).
➢ According to data from the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, United States (US)( USD 119.42 billion
in 2021-22) has surpassed China to become India’s top trading partner in 2021-22, showing the growth
of India-US economic ties.
➢ Oil giant Saudi Aramco has surpassed Apple Inc. to become the world’s most valuable company due to
the recent surge in oil prices.
➢ India has surpassed Germany to become 4th largest vehicle market in the world after China, China,
followed by the US and Japan, according to the report released by Organisation Internationale des
Constructeurs d’Automobiles (OICA).
APRIL 2022
➢ India’s trade deficit increased by 87.5% to $192.41 billion in FY22 as against $102.63 billion in
FY21 in accordance with the preliminary data released by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
➢ According to Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Exports of agricultural products from India surpassed
the USD 50 billion mark for the first time during the financial year 2021-22 (FY22).
➢ Retail inflation in India, as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), increased to 6.95% in March
2022, as per National Statistical Office (NSO) of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme
Implementation (MoSPI).
• Manufacturing output of India, measured in terms of Index of Industrial Production (IIP),
witnessed a growth of 1.7% in February 2022.
➢ RIL became the 1st Indian company to reach the Rs 19 lakh crore market valuation mark.
➢ Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) signed a formal shareholder agreement for over USD 2 billion
with Abu Dhabi Chemicals Derivatives Company RSC Limited (TA’ZIZ) for the joint venture, TA’ZIZ EDC
& PVC project.
MARCH 2022
➢ Hero MotoCorp Limited launched its new Electric Vehicle(EV) brand for electric mobility, Vida,
Powered by Hero at a one-of-its-kind Carbon Neutral event in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE).
➢ The merchandise exports sector of India successfully met the $400 billion target which was set
for 2021-22 (FY22), nine days ahead of schedule, which translated into a 37% increase over exports
worth $292 billion in FY21.
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➢ The Central Government’s total liabilities rose to Rs 128.41 lakh crore in December quarter
(Q3FY22) from Rs 125.71 lakh crore in Q2FY22 in accordance with the latest public debt
management report by the Ministry of Finance.
➢ India and Australia have committed to invest USD 6 million jointly to explore Lithium and Cobalt
mines in Australia in the next six months.
FEBRUARY 2022
➢ Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) signed a partnership agreement with Hyperion Global Group, to
manufacture and supply Internet of Things (IoT) devices for the US (United States) market.
➢ Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Energy has decided to purchase 40,000 metric tonnes petrol and 40,000
metric tonnes diesel from the Indian Oil Corporation (India) as part of the Sri Lankan government’s
bid to face the current fuel and energy crisis.
➢ Tata Sky rebranded itself as ‘Tata Play’ to expand its television-cum-OTT (Over-The-Top) offerings in
combined packages.
➢ Samsung Electronics replaced United States (U.S) chipmaker Intel’s first position in World’s Top
Semiconductor Company in 2021, as per the report released by Counterpoint Technology Market
Research.
➢ Google introduced a new line of secure and sustainable Chromebook devices for education.
➢ Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) launched convenience stores under the brand
name ‘HappyShop’.
➢ According to the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy Pvt. Ltd.(CMIE), the unemployment rate of
India has declined to 6.57% in January 2022, the lowest since March 2021(6.50%).
➢ Dabur India Limited(Dabur) announced that the company has become India’s 1st 100% Plastic Waste
Neutral company.
➢ Renault India partners CSC e-Governance Services to support PM Gramin Digital Saksharta Abhiyaan.
➢ Retail inflation rate based on CPI has increased to a seven-month high of 6.01 percent in January
2022, crossing the 6 percent mark as per National Statistical Office (NSO) data.
➢ Aditya Birla Group has invested an undisclosed amount in Zand, an upcoming digital bank in the
United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Zand become the first digital bank to provide both retail and
corporate services
➢ BSE (formerly Bombay Stock Exchange) announced its collaboration with four regional associations
from Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu after receiving in-principle approval from SEBI to launch the
Electronic Gold Receipts (EGR) segment to promote such products.
➢ NHPC Limited (Ltd) set up a new wholly owned subsidiary company namely ‘NHPC Renewable
Energy Limited (NREL)’, for development of Renewable Energy, Small Hydro and Green Hydrogen
based business of NHPC Ltd.
➢ India’s fuel demand is likely to grow 5.5 percent in FY23 as per the estimates released by the
Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell (PPAC), under the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural gas.
➢ Ideal Finance Ltd, a subsidiary of Mahindra and Mahindra Financial Services Ltd, announced to
rebrand its company as Mahindra Ideal Finance Ltd (MIFL).
JANUARY 2022
➢ The Central Government’s fiscal deficit at the end of November 2021 (April-November) decreased to
46.2% due to revenues and rise in tax collections in accordance with the the official data by India’s
Controller General of Accounts (CGA).
➢ India’s merchandise export in December 2021 was about USD 37.29 billion, the highest ever monthly
exports achievement, according to data provided by Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
➢ Apple Inc. become the first company to raise above USD 3 trillion Market Cap.
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➢ Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) launched a mega bond sale as it desired to raise USD 3 to 5 billion from
offshore investors and it becomes largest-ever foreign currency bond issuance from India.
➢ Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) selected Tata Consultancy Services Ltd (TCS) for implementing the
second phase of the passport seva programme (PSP) for over 10 years.
➢ Nepal Power Exchange Ltd (NPEL) signed an energy trading agreement with India’s Manikaran
Power Ltd to sell electricity produced by the domestic private sector to India through India’s
Manikaran Power.
➢ Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (POWERGRID) signed a Joint Development Agreement with
Africa50 to continue to develop Africa’s 1st public-private partnership (PPP) mode transmission
project in Kenya, “Kenya Transmission Project”.
➢ Adani Group signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with South Korean’s
POSCO to explore business cooperation opportunities in sectors like Steel, Renewable energy and
others.
➢ India’s benchmark inflation rate, measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) firmed up to 5.59%
year-on-year in December 2021 (highest in 5 months) from 4.91% in November 2021, as per the data
released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI).
➢ India’s merchandise exports in December 2021 increased to 38.91 percent on an annual basis to
USD 37.81 billion and trade Deficit Increase to USD 21.68 billion, as per the data of the Ministry of
Commerce and Industry (MoCI).
➢ India is set to achieve the targeted Export level of $650 Billion in the current financial year (FY)
2021-22, informed by Union Minister of Commerce & Industries (MoCI), Piyush Goyal.
➢ National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) has emerged as the world’s largest derivatives exchange
for the third consecutive year in 2021 in terms of the number of contracts traded: Futures Industry
Association (FIA)
➢ NSE Indices launched Nifty India Defence index to track the performance of a portfolio of stocks that
broadly represent the Defence theme.
➢ ReNew Power signed an agreement with the United States (US) based Fluence to form a 50:50 joint
venture (JV) to provide BESS (Battery Energy Storage System) solutions to customers of Indian
market.
➢ Jio Platforms (JPL) signed a pact with the University of Oulu, Finland, to accelerate research and
standardisation in 6G technology.
➢ India has exported $114 million worth of Cucumber & Gherkins in April-October 2021 to became
the World’s largest exporter of Cucumber and Gherkins: Ministry of Commerce and Industry
➢ Bharti Airtel (Airtel) signed a long term, multi-year agreement with Google to enhance the
growth of the digital ecosystem of India and Google is set to invest up to USD 1 billion in Airtel.
➢ AirAsia Group Berhad based in Malaysia has renamed its listed holding company as, Capital A
Berhad (Capital A), to highlight the diversity of AirAsia’s business portfolio and its aim to grow in
the non-airline revenue.
➢ Meta (formerly Facebook) joined hands with Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce &
Industry (FICCI) to support five lakh women-led small businesses across India under its
#SheMeansBusiness programme.
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ACQUISITIONS & MERGERS
ACQUISITION BETWEEN
Life Insurance Corporation of
India (LIC) & Capri Global Capital
Limited (CGCL)
Google & Alter
Bain Capital (BC) & Axis Bank
AirAsia Aviation Group Limited
(AAAGL) & Air India Limited
Life Insurance Corporation of
India (LIC) & Dr Reddy’s
Laboratories Ltd (DRL)
AMOUNT
NOVEMBER 2022
Rs 257.37 crore
$100 million USD
Rs 1,497 crore
Rs 155 crore
OCTOBER 2022
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Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) &
IDBI Bank Limited
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LIC & United Nilgiri Tea Estates
Company Ltd
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NMDC Steel Limited & NMDC
Limited
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National Securities Depository
Limited (NSDL) & Open Network
for Digital Commerce (ONDC)
Invesco Developing Markets Fund
& Zee Entertainment Enterprises
Limited (ZEE)
Nomura Singapore Limited (NSL)
& CSB Bank Limited
Rs 10 crore
Life Insurance Corporation of
India (LIC) & GlaxoSmithKline
Pharmaceuticals (GSK Pharma)
India
USD 169.5 million
Rs 61.31 crore
SEPTEMBER 2022
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It acquired around 2% of stake in
Capri Global Capital Limited (CGCL)
Alter, an artificial intelligence (AI)
avatar startup that was working on
using AI to generate avatars for social
media users and brands to express
their virtual identity.
It sold 0.54 percent stake in Axis Bank
It sold its remaining stake(16.33%) in
its India operations, AirAsia(India)
Private Limited, to Air India Limited
owned by Talace Private Limited, a
subsidiary of Tata Sons.
It elevated its stake to 7.7% from
5.65% in an Indian multinational
pharmaceutical company Dr Reddy’s
Laboratories Ltd (DRL).
It will divest a 60.72% stake in IDBI
Bank Limited through sale of GoI’s and
LIC’s equity stake along with transfer
of management control in IDBI Bank.
Reduced its stake in United Nilgiri Tea
Estates Company Ltd from 4.81 lakh
shares to 3.80 lakh shares
Demerger of NMDC Steel Limited, a 3million tonne Greenfield steel plant at
Nagarnar in Chhattisgarh, from NMDC
Limited
It acquired a 5.6% stake in the digital
commerce platform Open Network for
Digital Commerce (ONDC).
Offloaded a 5.51% stake in ZEE in a
block trade which will fetch as much
as USD 169.5 million.
It sold a 1.52% share in the private
lender CSB Bank Limited, formerly
known as Catholic Syrian Bank
Limited
It cut its stake from 6.402% to
4.357%.
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State Bank of India (SBI) & State
Bank of India Global Factors Ltd
(SBIGFL)
Rs 67.84 crore.
Axis Bank Limited & Go Digit Life
Insurance
Rs 49.9 crore – Rs 69.9
crore
Bank of India (BoI) & Open
Network for Digital Commerce
(ONDC)
Rs 10 crore
Bandhan Financial Holdings
(BFHL)-led consortium & IDFC
Asset Management Company Ltd
and IDFC AMC Trustee
Bank of Baroda(BoB) & IndiaFirst
Life Insurance Company Limited
(IFLIC)
Uber Technologies & Zomato Ltd
AUGUST 2022
4,500 crore
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Rs.3,088 crore
Life Insurance Corporation of
India (LIC) & Mahindra &
Mahindra Limited (M&M)
Rs 2,222.49 crore
Abu Dhabi Investment Authority
(ADIA) & Aditya Birla Health
Insurance Company Limited
(ABHICL)
HDFC Limited & HDFC Bank
Rs 665 crore
BRDN Investment Management &
HDFC Asset Management
Company (AMC)
Bharat Gas Resources Limited
(BGRL) & Bharat Petroleum
Corporation Limited (BPCL)
over Rs 2,300 crore
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Acquired the 13.82% stake of State
Bank of India Global Factors Ltd
(SBIGFL) from its existing
shareholders Small Industries
Development Bank of India (SIDBI)
6.53%; Bank of Maharashtra (BoM);
4.34%; and Union Bank of India (UBI)
2.95%
Signed a non-binding term sheet for a
9.94% stake in Initial Public Offering
(IPO) bound Go Digit Life Insurance.
It acquired over 5.56% stakes in ONDC
under the private placement route.
The transaction includes acquisition
of 99.96% stake in IDFC Asset
Management Company Ltd and 100%
shareholding in IDFC AMC Trustee
Company Ltd.
The board of BoB approved the
divestment of up to 12.5% of its
shareholdings in its subsidiary IFLIC.
Uber Technologies, through its arm
Uber BV, offloaded its entire 7.8%
stake by selling 61.2 crore shares of
Zomato Ltd for Rs.3,088 crore through
an open market transaction
By selling 2% of its shareholding in
Mahindra & Mahindra Limited(M&M)
that leads to reduce its stake from
8.43 % to 6.42%.
For a 9.99 percent stake value.
Approved the merging of both entities.
• After the merger, HDFC Bank
will be 100 percent owned by
public shareholders and
existing shareholders of HDFC
will own 41 percent of the
bank.
It divested 5.58% stake in HDFC Asset
Management Company(AMC).
Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA)
approved the amalgamation of Bharat
Gas Resources Limited (BGRL) with its
parent company Bharat Petroleum
Corporation Limited (BPCL).
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Adani group’s AMG Media
Network Limited (AMNL) & New
Delhi Television Ltd (NDTV)
Bharti Telecom Limited (BTL) &
Bharti Airtel from Singtel
HDFC Bank Limited & Go Digit Life
Insurance Limited
Google International LLC (Limited
Liability Company) & Bharti Airtel
Limited (BAL)
Neelachal Ispat Nigam Limited
(NINL) & Tata Steel Long products
Limited (TSLP)
Ageas Federal Life Insurance
Company Limited & Ageas
Insurance International NV
Life Insurance Corporation of
India (LIC) & Sun Pharmaceutical
Industries Ltd. (Sun Pharma)
Bharti Airtel & Google
Citibank, N.A.’s (Citi) and Citicorp
Finance India Limited’s (Citicorp)
& Axis Bank
Housing Development Finance
Corporation Limited (HDFC) &
HVCL (HDFC Venture Capital
Limited)
Panasonic India & Panasonic Life
Solutions India
--
It will indirectly acquire a 29.18%
stake in NDTV through the conversion
of loans into an equity stake in NDTV.
2.25 billion (Rs 12,895
It will acquire a 3.33% stake in Bharti
crore)
Airtel from Singapore-based
telecommunications company
(Singtel) for Singapore dollars 2.25
billion (Rs 12,895 crore) in 90 days.
B/w Rs 49.9 crore to Rs 69.9 To pick up around 9.994% (~10%)
crore
stake in Go Digit Life Insurance
Limited owned by promoters of
(Initial Public Offering) IPO-bound Go
Digit General Insurance.
JULY 2022
--It approved the acquisition of a
minority and non-controlling stake of
1.28% in Bharti Airtel Limited (BAL)
by Google International LLC (Limited
Liability Company).
-Announced the completion of
strategic disinvestment transaction
for Neelachal Ispat Nigam Limited
(NINL) with the transfer of 93.71%
shares of the joint venture partners to
the strategic buyer Tata Steel Long
products Limited (TSLP), a subsidiary
of Tata Steel Limited (Tata Steel).
-It approved the acquisition of Ageas
Federal Life Insurance Company
Limited (AFLI) by its group company
Ageas Insurance International
NV(Ageas).
-By selling 2.002% stake for around Rs
3882 crore, decreasing its
shareholding from 7.026% to 5.024%
of the paid-up capital.
-Google will hold ~1.2% of the total
post-issue equity shares of Bharti
Airtel,which is about 1.17% on fullydiluted basis.
Rs. 12,325 crore
It is payable after the entire Citi
Bank’s business is transferred to Axis
Bank.
-By buying out the State Bank of India
(SBI)’s 19.5% stake in HDFC
JUNE 2022
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The Chandigarh bench of the National
Company Law Tribunal (NCLT)
approved this two entities
amalgamation.
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Abu Dhabi Investment Authority
(ADIA) & IIFL Home Finance
Limited
Tencent & Flipkart
Rs 2200 crore
USD 264 million (about Rs
2,060 crore)
AirAsia (India) Private Limited
(Air Asia India) & Air India Ltd.
(AIL)
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IIFL Wealth Management
(IIFLWM) Limited & BC Asia
Investments X Limited (BC Asaia)
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DBS Bank India Limited (DBIL) &
Svakarma Finance
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State Bank of India (SBI), HDFC
Bank and ICICI Bank & Perfios
Account Aggregation Services
Private Limited
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Star9 Mobility Private Limited
& Pawan Hans Limited (PHL)
MAY 2022
Rs 211.14 crore
Magma HDI General Insurance
Company Limited & Sanoti
Properties LLP
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Covidshield Technologies Private
Limited (CTPL) & Biocon Biologics
Limited
Larsen & Toubro Infotech (LTI) &
Mindtree
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It is set to invest Rs 2200 crore in IIFL
Home Finance Limited for 20% of its
stake.
It has bought a stake in Walmartowned Flipkart from its co-founder
Binny Bansal through its European
subsidiary Tencent Cloud Europe BV
and now owns 0.72 % of Flipkart.
Approved the acquisition of the entire
equity share capital of AirAsia (India)
Private Limited (Air Asia India) by Air
India Ltd. (AIL), a wholly-owned
subsidiary(indirect) of Tata Sons
Private Limited (TSPL).
• TSPL hold 83.67% of the
equity share capital of Air Asia
India
Approved the acquisition of up to
24.98% shareholding of IIFL Wealth
Management Limited (IIFL) by BC
Asia Investments X Limited (BC Asia)
It acquired a 9.9 percent stake in
Svakarma Finance to deliver financial
solutions to micro enterprises
through a combination of direct
lending and co-lending.
It acquired a 9.54 per cent stake each
in Perfios Account Aggregation
Services Private Limited (Perfios AA).
It is the highest bid of Star9 Mobility
Private Limited, quoting Rs 211.14
crore, for the sale of the entire
shareholding of the Government of
India (GoI) – 51% of Shareholding, of
Pawan Hans Limited (PHL) & transfer
of management control
It approved the acquisition of a 55.39
percent stake in the Magma HDI
General Insurance Company Limited
by Sanoti Properties LLP.
The proposed merger would acquire
15 percent equity shareholding in
Biocon Biologics Limited
The newly formed entity will be called
‘LTIMindtree’ and will be led by
Debashis Chatterjee, Current Chief
Executive Officer (CEO) and Managing
Director (MD) of Mindtree.
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e&(Etisalat and) & Vodafone
Group Plc (Vodafone)
USD 4.4 billion
Adani Group & Ambuja Cements
and its subsidiary ACC
$10.5 bn (around Rs 81,361
crore)
SMW Ispat Private Limited (SMW
Ispat) & OFB Tech Private Limited
(OFB Tech or OfBusiness)
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PhonePe & WealthDesk, OpenQ
USD 75 million
Coal India Ltd (CIL) & Bharat
Coking Coal Ltd (BCCL)
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Adani Defence Systems and
Technologies Ltd & Bengaluru
(Karnataka)-based startup General
Aeronautics Private Ltd
GIC Private Limited & Aditya Birla
Fashion and Retail (ABFRL)
--
Union Bank of India (UBI) & Bank
of Baroda (BoB)
PhonePe will acquire WealthDesk for
USD 50 million and acquire OpenQ at
USD 25 million. Both the acquisition
deals will be a mix of cash and stock.
It is set to divest the 25% paid-up
share principle of its unlisted
subsidiary, Bharat Coking Coal Ltd
(BCCL).
It signed a definitive agreement to
acquire 50% stake in Bengaluru
(Karnataka)-based startup General
Aeronautics Private Ltd.
GIC is acquiring a 7.5% equity stake in
Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail
(ABFRL) for Rs 2,195 crore
Rs 2,195 crore
APRIL 2022
Rs. 766.29 crore
HDFC Ltd & HDFC Bank
$40 billion
Axis Bank & CitiBank
$1.6 billion (12,235 crore)
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e&(Etisalat and) has acquired a 9.8%
stake in Vodafone Group Plc
(Vodafone) for USD 4.4 billion.
It acquired swiss multinational
company Holcim’s stake in Indian
companies Ambuja Cements and its
subsidiary ACC for $10.5 bn (around
Rs 81,361 crore).
Competition Commission of India
(CCI) approved the acquisition of the
majority stake in SMW Ispat Private
Limited (SMW Ispat) by OFB Tech
Private Limited (OFB Tech or
OfBusiness)
Union Bank of India (UBI) has sold
21% stake in IndiaFirst Life Insurance
Company Limited (IFLIC), to Bank of
Baroda (BoB) for Rs. 766.29 crore
Approved the amalgamation of HDFC
Investments Limited and HDFC
Holdings Limited with HDFC Ltd, and
HDFC Ltd with HDFC Bank.
• After the merging, the HDFC
Bank will be 100 percent
owned by public shareholders
and existing shareholders of
HDFC Ltd will own 41 per cent
of HDFC Bank through the
transformational merger.
Citibank signed a deal with Axis Bank
to sell its entire consumer bank
business including credit cards,
savings accounts,retail consumer
accounts,consumer loans and wealth
management.
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Elon Musk & Twitter
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Union Bank of India (UBI) & India
SME Asset Reconstruction
Company (ISARC)
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Bandhan Financial Holdings
Limited (BFHL)-led consortium &
IDFC Asset Management Company
(AMC) and IDFC AMC Trustee
Company
Rs 4,500 crore
Bank of Maharashtra (BoM) &
India SME Asset Reconstruction
Company (ISARC)
Housing Development Finance
Corporation Limited (HDFC Ltd) &
Abu Dhabi Investment Authority
(ADIA)
Rs 3.92 crore
Elon Musk & Twitter
~$44 billion
UCO Bank & India Debt Resolution
Company Limited (IDRCL)
ICICI Bank and Punjab & Sind
Bank & National Asset
Reconstruction Company Limited
(NARCL)
State Bank of India (SBI) & Open
Network for Digital Commerce
(ONDC)
Elon Musk, Chief Executive Officer
(CEO) of Tesla Inc., has purchased a
9.2% stake in Twitter Inc.
UBI signed an agreement for the sale
of its 8% stake in India SME Asset
Reconstruction Company (ISARC) to
benefit Dhansamridhi Finance.
BFHL will own 60% of the AMC, while
GIC and ChrysCapital will each own
20%. Click here
• HDFC Ltd sold 4.96 crore
shares in Bandhan Bank (for a
total of 49,632,349 equity
shares), for a sum of almost
Rs. 1,522 crores.
It will divest its entire stake of 4% in
India SME Asset Reconstruction
Company (ISARC)
It signed binding agreements to sell
10% of the share capital of HDFC
Capital Advisors Ltd (HDFC Capital) to
a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Abu
Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA).
Elon Musk has acquired social
networking service Twitter Inc. for
approximately $44 billion with shares
valued at $54.20.
Rs 184 crore
MARCH 2022
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Rs 137.5 crore & Rs 55
crore respectively
Rs 10 crores
SBIFML (State Bank of India
Mutual Fund Limited), other SBI
Group companies & ICICI Bank
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ICICI Bank Ltd (ICICI Bank) &
HDFC Bank and India Debt
Resolution Company Ltd (IDRCL)
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UCO Bank became one of the
stakeholders of India Debt Resolution
Company Limited (IDRCL) by
acquiring 3% of stake
ICICI Bank will be investing Rs 137.5
crore to acquire a 5% stake
• Punjab & Sind Bank will put in
Rs 55 crore for a 2% stake.
SBI has invested Rs 10 crores to pick
up 7.84% stake in ONDC.
• Kotak Mahindra Bank and Axis
Bank has invested Rs 10 crore
each and acquired 7.84%
stake each in ONDC
RBI approved SBIFML (State Bank of
India Mutual Fund Limited), along
with other SBI group companies, to
acquire up to 9.99% equity capital in
the ICICI Bank.
It signed for a 15% stake in IDRCL.
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Central Government & Oil and
Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC)
Neelachal Ispat Nigam Limited
(NINL) & Tata Steel Long Products
(TSLP) Limited
--
It is selling its 1.5% stake in Oil and
Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC)
through an Offer for Sale (OFS) to
raise worth ~Rs 3,000 crore.
The Central Government owns a
60.41% stake in ONGC.
FEBRUARY 2022
Rs 12,100 crore
NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam
(NVVN) Limited & Power
Exchange of India Limited (PXIL)
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Escorts Ltd & Kubota Corporation
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ICICI Bank & India International
Clearing Corporation (IICC)
Rs 4.43 crore
Reliance New Energy Limited
(RNEL) & Sterling & Wilson
Renewable Energy Limited
(SWREL)
Rs.738 crore
Bank of Baroda (BoB) & IndiaFirst
Life Insurance Company Limited
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ICICI Bank & Verve Financial
Services (VFSPL)
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Life Insurance Corporation of
India (LIC) & Capri Global Capital
Ltd (CGCL)
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Bharti Airtel Limited, Vodafone &
Indus Towers
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The government of India (GoI)
approved the sale of ~93.71 percent
stake in Neelachal Ispat Nigam
Limited (NINL) to Tata Steel Long
Products (TSLP) Limited, at an
enterprise value of Rs 12,100 crore.
NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam (NVVN)
Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of
NTPC Limited has acquired a 5
percent equity stake in Power
Exchange of India Limited (PXIL).
Previously, the Kubota Corporation
announced to increase its
shareholding in Escorts Ltd to 53.5
per cent from the current 9 per cent,
with an investment of 9,400 crores in
2 trenches.
ICICI Bank Limited has bought
additional stake in India International
Clearing Corporation (IICC) for Rs
4.43 crore, raising to 9.90 percent.
It has acquired an additional 10.37%
stake in Sterling & Wilson Renewable
Energy Limited (SWREL).
After the acquisition, RNEL holds
40.00% of the total paid-up equity
share capital of SWREL.
Bank of Baroda (BoB) is set to acquire
a 21% stake in IndiaFirst Life
Insurance Company Limited
(IndiaFirst Life / IFLIC) from Union
Bank of India (UBI)
The bank acquired a 9.49% stake for
a cash investment of INR 19.99 crore
in the equity shares of VFSPL.
LIC acquired 0.085% additional stakes
of Capri Global Capital Ltd (CGCL)
through market purchase and
increased its stake in CGCL from
4.959% to 5.044%.
To purchase 4.7% equity interest in
Indus Towers.
It is expected to be in the range of Rs
3,000 crore.
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Jindal Power Limited (JPL) &
Worldone Private Limited
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An acquisition of a 96.42% stake in
Jindal Power Limited (JPL), a
subsidiary of Jindal Steel & Power
Limited (JSPL), by Worldone Private
Limited.
British Pound Sterling
Reliance New Energy Solar
Limited (RNESL) & Faradion Ltd (GBP) 94.42 million
Reliance Retail Ventures Limited
(RRVL)& Dunzo (Dunzo Digital
Private Limited)
Vi or Vodafone Idea Limited
(VIL)& Government of
India(GOI)
USD 200 Million (~ Rs 1489
crore)
Reliance Retail Ventures
Limited(RRVL) & Addverb
Technologies Private Limited
GlaxoSmithKline Asia Private
Limited (GSKAPL) &
GlaxoSmithKline Consumer
Healthcare Overseas Limited
(GSKCHOL) and GlaxoSmithKline
Consumer Healthcare UK
Trading Limited (GSKCHUKTL)
Future Generali India Life
Insurance Company Limited
(FGLIC) & Generali
Participations Netherlands N.V
(GPN)
USD 132 million (~Rs 983
crore)
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Reliance New Energy Solar Limited
(RNESL), a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Reliance Industries
signed a definitive agreement to
acquire 100 percent shareholding
in Faradion Ltd.
RRVL purchased a 25.8% stake in
Dunzo
VIL approved the interest on
spectrum and Adjusted Gross
Revenue (AGR) dues into
government equity , which
indicates that Indian government
will own almost 35.8% of VIL’s
stake followed by Vodafone Group
which owns 28.5% and 17.8% by
Aditya Birla Group.
RRVL acquired a 54% stake
(majority stake) in Addverb
Technologies Private Limited.
It involves the collective acquisition
of 100% shares in GSKAPL by
GSKCHOL and GSKCHUKT
This acquisition will increase its
shareholding 49% to approximately
71%
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APP & WEB PORTAL
Mobile app/portal
Launched by
Purpose
NOVEMBER 2022
‘CM dashboard’ & ‘eUphaar portal’
Haryana
For Live Monitoring of Departments & To auction the
gifts received by him during various functions.
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Complaint Management
System portal
NMNF portal (National
Mission On Natural
Farming (NMNF)
Management And
Knowledge Portal)
Central Vigilance
Commission (CVC)
It was launched by Prime minister Narendra Modi.
• release a series of pictorial booklets on ‘Ethics
and Good Practices’.
Ministry of
It contains information about the mission,
Agriculture and
implementation outline, resources, implementation
Farmers Welfare(Mo progress, farmer registration, blog and others.
A&FW)
OCTOBER 2022
Satya Nishtha
Himachal Pradesh
Post-Matric Scholarship
Mobile Application
‘Delhi e-monitoring’
Rajasthan
‘Maa Bharati Ke Sapoot
(MBKS)’
Ministry of Defence
(MoD)
Single Integrated
Pensioners’ Portal
Minister of
State(MoS) for
Personnel, Public
Grievances &
Pensions
Kerala
Kunjapp
‘SAFAL‘ (Simplified
Application for
Agricultural Loans)
Delhi
Odisha
The App was developed by kangra district police under
the guidance of Kushal Sharma, Kangra Superintendent of
Police to help investigate and control criminal activities.
in an effort to stimulate e-governance initiatives in the
state
To keep track of all ongoing and upcoming projects
across various departments.
To enable citizens to contribute to the Armed Forces
Battle Casualties Welfare Fund (AFBCWF), 2022.
• Amitabh Bachchan will be the Goodwill
Ambassador for this initiative
Aimed at “Ease of Living” for the Central Government
Pensioners.
Developed in collaboration with State Bank of India(SBI)
To prevent cyber crimes against children in the state.
For the welfare of farmers
SEPTEMBER 2022
Integrated
Pharmaceutical
Database Management
System 2.0 (IPDMS 2.0)
& the upgraded Pharma
Sahi Daam 2.0 App.
“CAPF e-Awas“ portal
e-FAST India (Electric
Freight Accelerator for
Sustainable Transport –
India)
Dashboard of the
Department of Science
and Technology (DST)
“Swachhata” Portal
National
Pharmaceutical
Pricing Authority
(NPPA)
This was launched while inaugurating Silver Jubilee (25
years) Celebrations of the National Pharmaceutical
Pricing Authority (NPPA)
Ministry of Home
Affairs (MHA)
National Institute
for Transforming
India (NITI Aayog) &
World Resources
Institute (WRI) India
Ministry of Science
and Technology
(MoS&T)
Department of
Administrative
Reforms and Public
Grievances (DARPG)
For the purpose of allocating residential quarters to the
Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) personnel.
To enable road based electric freight (e-freight)
transition.
For nationwide monitoring and feedback to facilitate
successful execution of DST-funded projects, schemes,
scholarships, and fellowships.
For the Special Campaign 2.0.
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Green Fins Hub
CM Da Haisi(Let’s
inform the CM)
SCALE (Skill
Certification
Assessment for Leather
Employees) app
Convergence Portal
Sign Learn app
JALDOOT App
Indian Virtual
Herbarium
Automated online data
transfer
Manthan
Lucky Bill App (first-ofits-kind initiative)
National Integrated
Database on Arrested
Narco offenders
(NIDAAN)
DigiYatra app (beta
version)
website
(www.swachhsagar.org)
United Nations
Environmental
Programme (UNEP)
& Reef-World
Foundation, UK
Manipur
To provide a major boost to sustainable marine tourism.
Leather Skill Sector
Council (LSSC)
This is one-stop solution for the skilling, learning,
assessment, and employment needs of the leather
industry.
It enables people to quickly rectify their grievances.
Ministry of
It is the Convergence Portal between the Agriculture
Agriculture &
Infrastructure Fund (AIF), the Pradhan Mantri
Farmers Welfare
Formalisation of Micro Food Processing Enterprises
(MoAFW) &
(PMFME) scheme, and the Pradhan Mantri Kisan
Ministry of Food
Sampada Yojana (PMKSY)
Processing
Industries (MoFPI)
Indian Sign
It was launched by the Union Minister of State (MoS) for
Language Research Social Justice and Empowerment Pratima Bhoumik
And Training Centre
(ISLRTC).
Ministry of Rural
For the monitoring of ground water tables by capturing
Development
the water level of selected 2-3 wells in a village.
(MoRD) & Ministry
of Panchayati Raj
(MoPR)
AUGUST 2022
-Ministry of Heavy
Industries (MHI)
Office of the
Principal Scientific
Adviser (PSA)
Kerala
Narcotics Control
Bureau (NCB)
Delhi International
Airport Limited
(DIAL)
Ministry of Earth
Sciences (MoES)
This is India’s largest online herbarium database
developed by Botanical Survey of India (BSI).
For capturing critical data related to Domestic Value
Addition (DVA) in the Production Linked Incentive (PLI)
scheme for the auto sector.
Powered by NSEIT Limited to enable and empower all
spheres of science and technology within India.
To encourage consumers to upload invoices in a bid to
curb Goods and Service Tax (GST) evasion
This first-of-its-kind database was made operational for
the use by various central and State prosecution agencies
tasked to enforce anti-drugs laws in India.
It is among the first few airports to introduce this system
in India
To support the ongoing “Swachh Sagar Surakshit
Sagar/Clean Coast Safe Sea” Campaign 2022—a 75-day
citizen-led campaign. And also launched the Campaign
Logo “Vasuki”.
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MoneyAndMe website
PGIM India Mutual
Fund
The launch of a consumer awareness campaign ‘Aapka
HappinessPlanned’ to promote the MoneyAndMe
Initiative
JULY 2022
‘Pariksha Sangam’
Portal
Central Board of
Secondary
Education (CBSE)
Centre of Excellence
on Satellite &
Unmanned Remote
Vehicle Initiative
(CoE-SURVEI) &
Bhabha Atomic
Research Centre
(BARC)
Ministry of Youth
Affairs and Sports
(MoYAS)
To streamline all CBSE board exams and result related
activities for classes 10th and 12th
Ministry of
Agriculture and
Farmers’ Welfare
It was launched by Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar
to promote trade & marketing of agriculture produce for
getting better prices of agriculture commodities to
farmers.
It was developed by the Center of Excellence (CoE) for
Khadi to provide design directions to the Khadi
institutions
It was launched by Union Minister Narayan Tatu Rane of
the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises.
An Artificial Intelligence
(AI)-based software
Web Portals for
Schemes of Department
of Sports and National
Sports Development
Fund Website
e-NAM (National
Agriculture Market)
Platform of Platform
(PoP)
Knowledge Portal
‘Repos Pay’ (Mobile
Electric Charging) &
‘Phy-gital’ (Fintech)
AadhaarFaceRd
Bal Raksha mobile app
Minister’s dashboard
for Animal Husbandry
and Dairying
Rashtriya Puraskar
Portal
(https://awards.gov.in)
Ayushman Bharat
Digital Mission (ABDM)
public dashboard
KVIC (Khadi and
Village Industries
Commission)
Ministry of Micro,
Small and Medium
Enterprises
Unique
Identification
Authority of India
(UIDAI)
Union Minister of
Ayush
Union Ministry of
Fisheries, Animal
Husbandry and
Dairying (FAHD)
India
National Health
Authority (NHA)
To detect change on ground, including unauthorised
constructions and encroachments in a time series using
Satellite Imagery.
It also launched revised schemes for Cash Awards,
National Welfare and Pension to sportspersons.
A face authentication feature to verify Aadhaar number
holder’s identity.
Sarbananda Sonowal, Union Minister of
AYUSH(Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha
and Homeopathy) inaugurated the Vaccination Centre for
children and launched this mobile app, at the All India
Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA) in New Delhi, Delhi.
To monitor and report real-time scheme data.
to bring together all the awards of the various Ministries,
Departments and agencies of the government under one
platform.
JUNE 2022
For real-time information sharing and to act as a one-stop
solution for information on the ABDM’s progress at state
or Union Territory (UT) level.
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ACB 14400
Andhra Pradesh
Beach Vigil App
Goa
Management
Information System
(MIS) dashboard for
Padhan Mantri Matsya
Samapada Yojana
(PMMSY)
Rashtriya Puraskar
Portal
Jan Samarth Portal–
National Portal for
Credit Linked
Government schemes
NETRA (New e-Tracking
and Remote
Administration) portal
& Mobile Application for
India Development and
Economic Assistance
Scheme (IDEAS)
Dak Karmayogi
Union Minister of
Fisheries, Animal
Husbandry and
Dairying
Pay Roll Automation for
Disbursement of
Monthly Allowances
(PADMA)
National Open Access
Registry (NOAR)
Vehicle Movement
Tracking System
(VMTS) mobile app
Android App ‘Shaili’
Government of India
Government of India
Export-Import Bank
of India (EXIM)
To combat corruption in government offices across the
state.
To benefit tourists and the institutions working in the
beach tourism sector in a holistic management of
beaches.
For aggregating information on one platform.
India aims to double marine product exports to Rs.1 lakh
crore in the next 5 years from the present around Rs
50,000 crore.
For inviting nominations for national awards of the
various Ministries, Departments and agencies.
This first of its kind platform provides single window
facility for 13 Government Schemes application
submission and 125+ Member Lending Institutions.
For the efficient management and monitoring of the LOC
(Line of Credit) and Concessional Finance Projects
extended by Export-Import Bank of India (EXIM) under
NETRA
• Extends concessional finance to low and middleincome countries under IDEAS
Department of Posts
It was launched by Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw,
Ministry of Communications (MOC), and Minister of State
(MoS) Devusinh Chauhan.
It was developed under the Central Government’s vision
of Mission Karmayogi.
Ministry of Defence This automated Pay & Allowances module for the Indian
Coast Guard (ICG) has been developed under the aegis of
Defense Accounts Department (DAD) and will be
operated by Pay Accounts Office Coast Guard, Noida
(Uttar Pradesh).
MAY 2022
India
Haryana
Kerala
CAPF Punarvaas
Ministry of Home
Affairs (MHA)
Flood Reporting and
Information
Management System
(FRIMS)
Assam
To promote open access in the power sector.
To help in tracking vehicles carrying sand and other
mining material.
Launched by the Kerala State Health Department under
the ‘Nava Kerala Karma plan’ with an intent to diagnose
and control lifestyle diseases among the people.
For the benefit of personnel belonging to Central Armed
Police Forces (CAPF) seeking re-employment after their
retirement.
It became the 1st state in India to adopt an online flood
reporting system.
Developed - Assam State Disaster Management
Agency(ASDMA) & United Nations Children’s
Fund(UNICEF).
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Kalam Website
Prabha Khaitan
Foundation (PKF)
National Data &
Analytics Platform
National Institution
for Transforming
India (NITI) Aayog
Department of
Telecommunications
(DoT), Ministry of
Communications
(MoC)
Department of
Biotechnology,
Ministry of Science
and Technology
(MoS&T)
Union Minister of
State For Commerce
& Industry
Gatishakti Sanchar
Portal
Biological Research
Regulatory Approval
Portal (BioRRAP)
Indian Business Portal
Revamped version of
Ayushman Bharat
Health Account (ABHA)
mobile application
New health and
wellness app AAYU
National Health
Authority (NHA)
Fast and Secured
Transmission of
Electronic Records’
(FASTER)
Portal of ‘Mukhya
Mantri Bagwani Bima
Yojana’
Supreme Court of
India
‘Temple 360’
Ministry of Culture
Broadcast Seva (BS)
Portal
‘Kaaval Uthavi’ app
Ministry of
Information and
Broadcasting (MIB)
Tamil Nadu
Tata Neu
Tata Group
Corruption-Free
Uttarakhand App- 1064
Uttarakhand
Karnataka
Haryana
Lok Sabha (LS) Speaker Om Birla launched the one-of-itskind literary initiative, Kalam website, of the Prabha
Khaitan Foundation (PKF) to support and encourage
vernacular literature.
To improve access and use of published Indian
government data.
Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, Ministry of
Communications (MoC) launched GatiShakti Sanchar
portal for Centralised Right of Way (RoW) approvals and
developed by Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh (MP)-based MP
state Electronics Development Corporation.
It was launched by Jitendra Singh, Union Minister of State
(Independent Charge), Ministry of Science and
Technology (MoS&T) for Biotechnology researchers and
start-ups.
It was launched by Union Minister of State for Commerce
& Industry Smt. Anupriya Patel as an International Trade
Hub for Indian Exporters and Foreign Buyers
Designed & Developed - Federation of Indian Export
Organisation (FIEO) & GlobalLinker.
The ABHA application was previously known as ‘National
Digital Health Mission (NDHM) Health Records’
application.
To address and help heal chronic diseases and lifestyle
disorders through yoga and meditation.
APRIL 2022
It was launched by Chief Justice of India (CJI), NV Ramana
to communicate interim orders, stay orders, bail orders
etc., of the Supreme Court to authorities concerned
through a secured electronic communication channel.
Under which the farmers will be compensated for the
damage caused to their crops due to adverse weather and
natural calamities with an initial corpus of Rs 10 crore for
the scheme.
It will enable people to visit or do darshan of famous
temples from any location and was launched by
Meenakshi Lekhi, Union Minister of State(MoS) for
Culture.
For people for speedy filing and processing of
applications of broadcasters for licenses, permissions,
registrations, etc
To provide police assistance to the people particularly
women during any emergency situation.
This is India’s first super app for public
This anti-corruption mobile app aims to make the state
corruption-free and ensure good governance carried out
in a transparent manner.
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India Alumni Portal
e-DAR (Digitised
Detailed Accident
Report)
Computerized
Registration of pesticide
(CROP) & Plant
Quarantine
Management System
(PQMS)
Jan Nigrani
Indian Council for
Cultural Relations
(ICCR)
Ministry of Road
Transport and
Highways (MoRTH)
Ministry of
Agriculture and
Farmers’ Welfare
(MoA&FW)
It acts as a platform to connect with foreign students
around the world who have studied in India.
It provides information on road accidents
instantaneously, helping easier claims under insurance
and check on fake claims conducting a search of vehicles
involved in the accident
These two portals are launched by Union Minister
Narendra Singh Tomar, Ministry of Agriculture and
Farmers’ Welfare (MoA&FW).
Jammu and Kashmir To help people lodge their complaints related to various
(J&K) - Department schemes online.
of Rural
Development and
Panchayati raj
MARCH 2022
Religare Pre Apply LIC
IPO App
Religare Broking
Limited (RBL)
‘My EV’ Portal
Delhi
Dishaank App
Karnataka
It will be a one-stop solution for investors to open a
demat account and share intent to pre-apply for the Life
Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) Initial Public
Offering (IPO).
To the purchase and registration of electric autos.
To provide seamless access of land records to the people
of Karnataka.
FEBRUARY 2022
Quit Tobacco App
World Health
Organization (WHO)
To help people quit tobacco use in all forms including
smokeless and other related products.
India’s first Night
Navigation mobile
application (app) for
ferry services on River
Assam
For ferry services on the Brahmaputra river in Guwahati,
Assam.
developed - the State Transport Department & K Raju, the
principal scientist of IIT (Indian Institute of Technology)
Madras.
‘Janbhagidari
Empowerment’ portal
KISAN mobile
application
Jammu and Kashmir
To provide easy and ready accessibility to the general
public.
It will provide agro-meteorological services to the
farmers.
A book in Hindi titled ‘Agrometeorological Advisory
Services for Cereal Crops, Horticultural Crops, and
Livestock‘ released at the event.
Pradhan Mantri Awaas
Yojana Gramin (PMAYG)
Dashboard
Ministry of Rural
Development
IIT Roorkee
Union Minister Giriraj Singh, Ministry of Rural
Development (MoRD) launched this Dashboard to
monitor the implementation of the scheme.
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•
It was developed by National Informatics Centre
(NIC) of Ministry of Electronics and Information
Technology (MeitY).
Ombudsperson App
Ministry of Rural
It was launched for Mahatma Gandhi National Rural
Development
Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), a step towards
e-governance for ensuring transparency and
accountability.
JANUARY 2022
Union Minister of This award acknowledges, recognizes and rewards the
Web Portal for PM’s
State (MoS),
extraordinary and innovative work done by
(Prime Minister’s)
Ministry
of
Districts/Organizations of the Central and State
Awards for Excellence in
Personnel,
Public
Governments since 2014.
Public Administration for
Grievances and
the year 2021-22
Pensions Dr
Jitendra Singh
Saa₹thi
Securities and
It aims to create awareness and provide education to
Exchange Board
investors about the basic concepts of the securities
of India (SEBI)
market.
‘Apna Kangra’ App
Himachal Pradesh To provide a hassle-free experience for tourists and to
boost sales of local handicrafts.
Spice Xchange India
Spices Board India India’s first virtual platform for spices exports namely
‘Spice Xchange India (spicexchangeindia.com)’ was
launched by Minister of state (MoS) Som Parkash,
Ministry of Commerce and Industry during a hybrid event
held in Kochi, Kerala.
Koyla Darpan
Ministry of Coal
To share the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) related
to the Coal Sector.
Yogyata
Common Services It will provide vocational education and skill
Centers (CSC)
enhancement opportunities to youth and citizens living in
rural areas.
MyCGHS
Ministry of Health Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) website
and Family
(www.cghs.gov.in) and mobile app, ‘MyCGHS’ with
Welfare
multiple user friendly features was launched by Mansukh
Mandaviya Union Minister for the Ministry of Health and
Family Welfare (MoHFW).
National Institute of
Ministry of
It was created by Department of Pharmaceuticals to
Pharmaceutical Education Chemicals and
capture the research activities of all seven NIPERs and to
and Research (NIPER)
Fertilisers
enhance industry–Academia collaboration.
Research Portal
Digital Sansad
Lok Sabha
The Lok Sabha secretariat launched a ‘Digital Sansad’, an
initiative of Lok Sabha Speaker, Om Birla, to make the
Parliament proceedings accessible to the public at large.
SATELLITES
NAME OF THE SATELLITE
Mengtian
LAUNCHED BY
NOVEMBER 2022
China
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PURPOSE
The lab was launched by Long March5B Y4, one of China’s biggest rockets
from Wenchang Spacecraft Launch
Site on the coast of the southern
island province of Haina.
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Falcon Heavy
SpaceX
Ghaem-100
Iran
SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy, the world’s
most powerful active rocket was
launched into space from NASA’s
Kennedy Space Center in Florida’s
Cape Canaveral, United States (US) for
the first time since 2019.
Iran’s paramilitary, Islamic
Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)
reported the successful suborbital
launch of a new satellite-carrying
rocket, Ghaem-100.
OCTOBER 2022
GLONASS-K1 No. 17 navigation
satellite
Russia
Kuafu-1
China
LVM3 M2/OneWeb India-1 mission
Indian Space Research
Organization (ISRO)
Yaogan-33 02
SEPTEMBER 2022
China
Shiyan-14 & Shiyan-15
China
NROL-91(US Spy satellite)
United States (US)
The Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter
(KPLO) (nicknamed Danuri)
AUGUST 2022
South Korea
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by using a Soyuz-2.1b rocket from the
State Testing Cosmodrome of the
Russian Defence Ministry
It launched its first Advanced Spacebased Solar Observatory (ASO-S),
nicknamed Kuafu-1 to unravel the
mysteries of the Sun from Jiuquan
Satellite Launch Centre, Mongolia.
The Indian Space Research
Organization’s (ISRO) heaviest rocket
Launch Vehicle Mark 3 (LVM3 or GSLV
Mark 3) in its first commercial
mission, ‘LVM3 M2/OneWeb India-1
mission’, successfully placed 36 Gen -1
broadband communication satellites
of the United Kingdom (UK)-based
customer Network Access Associated
Limited (OneWeb Ltd) into the Low
Earth Orbit (LEO)
Used for scientific experiments, land
resources surveys, crop yield
estimation, and disaster prevention
and relief.
Launched using the Kuaizhou-1A(KZ1A) carrier rocket from the Taiyuan
Satellite Launch Centre in the
northern province of Shanxi, China.
For the National Reconnaissance
Office (NRO) and the United States
Space Force’s Space Systems
Command (SSC) from Vandenberg
Space Force Base in Santa Barbara
County, California.
Its first ever lunar mission was
launched onboard a SpaceX Falcon-9
from launch complex 40 at the Cape
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Terrestrial Ecosystem Carbon
Monitoring Satellite
China
Earth Observation Satellite (EOS-02)
and students satellite AzaadiSAT
India
Khayyam satellite
Russia
16 new satellites (including Jilin 1
Gaofen 03D09 satellite and Yunyao 1
04-08)
China
Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle
(PSLV)-C53 (PSLV-C53), carrying 3
Singaporean satellites: DS-EO,
NeuSAR, and SCOOB-1
7 United States (US) Defence
Department satellites
Canaveral Space Force Station in Cape
Canaveral in Florida
It also launched other two satellite
namely HEAD 2G and Minhang Youth
Satellite in Shanxi Province, North
China.
Indian Space Research Organisation
(ISRO) launched its first 34 metre tall
Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV),
named SSLVD1/EOS-02 mission.
• Placed the satellites into 356
km x 76 km elliptical orbit
instead of planned 356 km
circular. So, satellites are no
longer usable.
Launched Soyuz-2.1b rocket carrying
Iran’s high resolution, remote sensing
Khayyam satellite from the Russiacontrolled Baikonur cosmodrome in
Kazakhstan.
Launched into space from the
Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre in
Shanxi province, China for commercial
remote sensing and atmospheric
imaging
JULY 2022
Indian Space Research
Organisation (ISRO)
Virgin Orbit
Zuljanah
Iran
Wentian Lab Module
China
ZK 1A- Largest solid-propellant
rocket
China
It was launched at an altitude of 570
kilometres (km) measured from the
equator, with a low inclination of 10
degrees.
A Virgin Orbit’s fully mobile
LauncherOne system conducted its
first-ever evening flight from a
modified Boeing 747 called Cosmic
Girl at the Mojave Air and Space Port
in California
It launched its second solid-fuelled
rocket with a satellite carrier into
space by the Ministry of Defense and
Armed Forces Logistics.
It was launched from the Wenchang
Spacecraft Launch Site on the coast of
China’s southern island province of
Hainan.
It is one among the six newly launched
satellites from the Jiuquan Satellite
Launch Centre in north-western
China.
JUNE 2022
Shenzhou-14 spacecraft
China
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Dong, Liu Yang & Cai Xuzhe) on a 6month mission to complete the
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Korea Satellite Launch Vehicle
(KSLV) II, called as “Nuri”
South Korea
GSAT (Geosynchronous Satellite)-24
satellite
NewSpace India Limited’s
(NSIL)
Yaogan-35 series
China
NASA Black Brant IX suborbital
sounding rocket
National Aeronautics and
Space Administration
(NASA)
CAPSTONE, 12-unit CubeSate lunar
orbiter
National Aeronautics and
Space Administration
(NASA)
LakshayaSAT Nanosatellite
Seven Jilin-1 Gaofen 03D and one
Jilin-1 Kuanfu 01C satellite
MAY 2022
B2Space Limited, United
Kingdom (UK)
China
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construction of China’s Tiangong
Space Station, a space station.
Launched its first indigenously built
space rocket – Korea Satellite Launch
Vehicle (KSLV) II, called as “Nuri”,
from Naro Space Center at a launch
site in Goheung, Jeollanam-do
Province, South Korea.
This India’s 1st ‘demand-driven’
communication satellite launched
through Ariane-5 Rocket/Ariane
Flight VA257 by French company
Arianespace from the Guiana Space
Centre, in Kourou, French Guiana in
South America.
• leased the entire satellite
capacity to Tata Play for 15
years.
• also carried the MEASAT-3d
satellite for Malaysia.
It launched 2nd Batch of three new
remote sensing satellites of Yaogan-35
series by a Long March (LM)-2D
carrier rocket, from the Xichang
Satellite Launch Center (XSLC) in
Sichuan Province, southwest China.
It was launched from the Arnhem
Space Center(ASC) on the Dhupuma
Plateau near Nhulunbuy in Australia.
• It was the first occasion that
NASA had launched a rocket
from Northern Territory of
Australia in 27 years, since
1995.
It launched on Rocket Lab’s Electron
rocket from the Rocket Lab Launch
Complex 1 on the Mahia Peninsula,
New Zealand.
This 1U Cubesat nanosatellite is a
class of research spacecraft was
designed and developed by Kurapati
Sai Divya belonging to Andhra
Pradesh (AP).
It deployed eight remote sensing
satellites into the Low Earth Orbit
(LEO) using its Long March (Chang
Zheng) 2D carrier rocket from
Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre, in the
northern province of Shanxi, China.
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Secret military spacecraft using
Russia’s new Angara 1.2 rocket
Russia
Endurance mission through NASA’s
three stage Oriole IIIA Sounding
Rocket
Andøya Space’s NyÅlesund, Svalbard Launch
Facility in Norway
Starliner Space Capsule- OFT 2
(Orbital Flight Test-2)
Boeing Company &
National Aeronautics and
Space Administration
(NASA)
Zircon Hypersonic Cruise Missile
Russia
It took place at the Plesetsk
Cosmodrome in the town of Mirny in
the north-western Russian region of
Arkhangelsk Oblast.
NASA launched this mission with an
altitude of 475 miles into the
atmosphere. This mission is aimed at
investigating how Earth supports life
while other planets like Mars, Venus
don’t
It was launched from Space Launch
Complex-41 on Cape Canaveral Space
Force Station in Florida, United States
of America (USA) to carry astronauts
to and from the International Space
Station (ISS).
It had successfully test fired its Zircon
Hypersonic Cruise Missile, travelling
1,000 kilometres (540 nautical miles),
from the Admiral Gorshkov frigate of
the Northern fleet in the Barents Sea
of Arctic Ocean.
APRIL 2022
Shakuntala (TD-2)
Pixxel
Axiom-1(Ax-1)
SpaceX
Gaofen-3 03
China
NROL-85 Mission
SpaceX Falcon 9
Zhongxing-6D
China
Indian space-tech startup Pixxel’s first
satellite ‘Shakuntala (TD-2)’ hosting
one of the highest resolution
hyperspectral commercial cameras
ever flown to space via the SpaceX
Falcon 9 rocket under its ‘Transporter
4 mission.
Launched “Axiom-1(Ax-1)” to the
International Space Station (ISS).
• It is a joint mission of NASA
(National Aeronautics and
Space Administration) and
Axiom Space
To improve the country’s land sea
radar satellite constellation launched
from North China’s Shanxi Province.
the United States (U.S.) National
Reconnaissance Office (NRO)’s NROL85 mission was launched from Space
Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at
Vandenberg Space Force Base,
California, United States of
America(USA).
To provide Radio and Television
transmission and communication
services.
MARCH 2022
22 satellites by launching a ‘Long
March-8 rocket
China
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to place 22 satellites in space from the
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GOES-T
National Aeronautics and
Space Administration
(NASA)
Noor 2 satellite
Iran
NROL-87
FEBRUARY 2022
United States (US) National
Reconnaissance Office
(NRO)
COSMO (Constellation of small
Satellites for the Mediterranean
basin Observation)-SkyMed Second
Generation FM2 (CSG-2) satellite
SpaceX
Earth Observation Satellite (EOS-04)
Indian Space Research
Organisation (ISRO)
Maritime Domain Awareness
Satellite (MDASat)
first solid-fuel satellite carrier rocket
JANUARY 2022
South Africa
Iran
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‘Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site’ in
south China’s Hainan Province with
the China Aerospace Science and
Technology Corporation (CASC).
It launched the third in a series of
‘Geostationary Operational
Environmental Satellites (GOES)-R’
weather satellites namely GOES-T
through United Launch Alliance Atlas
V 541 rocket from Space Launch
Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space
Force Station in Florida, United States
(US).
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
(IRGC) of Iran put a second military
Noor 2 satellite or “light” in Persian
Into orbit at an altitude of 500
kilometres (311 miles).
It was launched into space through a
two-stage SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket
from Vandenberg Space Force Base
(VSFB) in California, US.
An Italian Earth-observation
satellite aboard its Falcon 9
rocket from Cape Canaveral Space
Force Station in Florida, United
States (US) was launched.
Along with this also launched other
two satellites- INSPIREsat-1 & INS2TD into sun-synchronous polar
orbit of 529 km altitude from Satish
Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC),
Sriharikota Range (SHAR), Andhra
Pradesh (AP).
It launched the first indigenously
developed constellation of satellites
called MDASat constellation from
Cape Canaveral in the United States
(US) as part of SpaceX’s Transporter3 mission.
Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary
Guard launched its first solid-fuel
satellite carrier rocket into space that
is made of a cost-efficient composite
material instead of metal.
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MOUs IN RELATED TO SCIENCE
MoU between
Purpose
NOVEMBER 2022
--OCTOBER 2022
NewSpace India Limited
(NSIL) & M/s Network Access
Associated Limited (M/s
OneWeb), United Kingdom,
For launching OneWeb LEO Broadband Communication Satellites on board
Launch Vehicle Mark 3 (LVM3).
SEPTEMBER 2022
--AUGUST 2022
-JULY 2022
Hindustan Aeronautics
Limited (HAL) & Safran
Helicopter Engines (France)
To establish a new 50-50 Joint Venture (JV) to manufacture helicopter
engines.
JUNE 2022
--MAY 2022
Indian Institute of Technology
(IIT)-Bombay & Indian
Meteorological Department
(IMD)
To develop climate solutions for stakeholders at the village, city, and
district levels.
APRIL 2022
Amazon & Arianespace, Blue
Origin, and United Launch
Alliance (ULA)
New Space India Limited
(NSIL) & OneWeb
To deploy the majority of satellites for its Project Kuiper, which aims to
provide high-speed, low-latency broadband to a wide range of customers
across the globe.
Inked an agreement to complete oneweb’s Satellite Launch Programme.
MARCH 2022
India & Singapore
On cooperation in the fields of Science, Technology and Innovation signed
b/w the Department of Science & Technology, Government of India &
Ministry of Trade & Industry, Government of Singapore.
FEBRUARY 2022
----JANUARY 2022
----
NEW INITIATIVE/INNOVATION
NOVEMBER 2022
➢ An international team of astronomers discovered the 1.5 kilometer (0.9 mile) wide asteroid, named
2022 AP7 whose orbit crosses that of Earth, creating a small chance far in the future of a catastrophic
collision.
➢ Radar Imaging Satellite-2 (RISAT-2) made an uncontrolled re-entry into the Earth’s atmosphere at
the predicted impact point in the Indian Ocean near Jakarta, Indonesia.
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➢ ISRO conducted a hot test of the “Agnilet,” a single-piece 3D-printed rocket engine developed by
Agnikul Cosmos Pvt. Ltd.
OCTOBER 2022
➢ The World’s first successful cloned Arctic wolf (Canis lupus arctos), Maya, was born to a beagle in
a Beijing (China)based firm Sinogene Biotechnology Co. by using biotechnology.
➢ Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) confirmed that the Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM),
commonly referred as Mangalyaan mission has come to an end as it has lost communication with the
ground station due to a long eclipse happened in April 2022 and it is non-recoverable.
➢ Iran launched a space tug, which is capable of shifting satellites between orbits.The Saman test
spacecraft was built by Iran’s Space Research Center and launched by the Defense Ministry of Iran.
➢ National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) found new evidence for the possible
existence of liquid water beneath the south polar ice cap of Mars using NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance
Orbiter (MRO).
➢ According to a recent report published in ‘The Astrophysical Journal Letters’, Chandrayaan-2
mapped the abundance of sodium on the Moon for the first time using the Chandrayaan-2 Large Area
Soft X-ray Spectrometer (CLASS).
➢ President of India Droupadi Murmu inaugurated a supercomputer facility namely ‘Param-Kamrupa’
at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati in Assam.
➢ Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) planned to launch the 3rd mission to the moon,
Chandrayaan-3(C-3) in June 2023 onboard Launch Vehicle Mark-3 (LVM3).
➢ National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is set to launch Dragonfly rotorcraft in
2026 and it is scheduled to reach the Selk Crater region on Saturn’s moon (natural satellite) Titan in
2034.
➢ A team of Indian Scientists from the Indian Institute of Geomagnetism (IIG), (Navi Mumbai,
Maharashtra) have developed the first indigenous Overhauser (OVH) Magnetometer as part of IIG’s
technology development program.
➢ Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) Propulsion Research Complex (IPRC) conducted the
‘Pressure Chamber Test’ of the cryogenic engine (C20 E11 MK III) at Mahendragiri in Tirunelveli
district, Tamil Nadu (TN).
SEPTEMBER 2022
➢ India joins elite club with Army set to possess Quantum Communication Technology, developed by
QNu Labs.
➢ Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully conducted tests of an Inflatable
Aerodynamic decelerator (IAD) that will be used for landing payloads on Mars and Venus in future.
➢ Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) and Larsen & Toubro (L&T) were given Rs 860 crore to
build 5 Polar Satellite Launch Vehicles (PSLVs) rockets.
➢ National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and Axiom Space signed a mission order
for Axiom Mission 2 (Ax-2), the 2nd private astronaut mission (PAM) to the International Space Station
(ISS).
➢ China successfully tested its first fully solar-powered Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)/drone namely
‘Qimingxing-50′ or Morning star-50 which can fly uninterrupted for months and can function even as a
satellite if required.
➢ RattanIndia Enterprises’ launched its first anti-drone product called “Defender”, which can work both
manually and via Artificial Intelligence (AI).
➢ NASA’s Experiment Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilisation Experiment (MOXIE), a lunchbox
sized instrument has successfully generated Oxygen (O2) by carrying out the work of a tiny tree on
Mars.
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➢ Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully tested a 30 kN hybrid motor, a new
propulsion system for the forthcoming launch vehicles, at ISRO Propulsion Complex (IPRC) at
Mahendragiri in Tamil Nadu (TN).
➢ Indian Coast Guard (ICG) inducted ICG Ship(ICGS) ‘Samarth’ to strengthen the coastal security
mechanism.
➢ Indian Navy launched two indigenously designed and built Diving Support Vessels (DSVs) –
Nistar and Nipun, built by Hindustan Shipyard Limited in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh (AP).
➢ Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) developed 1.6 kg Microprocessor-Controlled Knees
(MPKs), an intelligent artificial limb, which will benefit above-knee amputees to walk with a
comfortable gait.
➢ National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART),
the world’s first planetary defence technology demonstration, successfully crashed into the asteroid
Dimorphos 6.8m miles from Earth.
➢ An indigenous loitering munition, ALS 50 developed by TATA Advanced Systems Limited (TASL),
has been successfully tested by demonstrating its strike capability tests at Pokhran, Rajasthan.
➢ Navigation with Indian Constellation (NavIC) is an indigenous independent stand-alone navigation
satellite system developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and controlled by India.
AUGUST 2022
➢ Tata Advanced Systems Limited (TASL) has delivered the indigenously developed combat vehicles
Quick Reaction Fighting Vehicle-Medium (QRFV) to the Indian Army to boost border surveillance.
➢ Five officers of the Indian Navy (led by Aanchal Sharma) created history by completing the first allwomen independent maritime reconnaissance and surveillance mission in the north of the Arabian Sea,
onboard a Dornier-228 aircraft
➢ Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully carried out the test-firing of the Low
Altitude Escape Motor (LEM) of the Crew Escape System (CES) of Gaganyaan project from Sriharikota,
Andhra Pradesh (AP).
JULY 2022
➢ National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) tested a first-of-its-kind waste disposal
technology by releasing around 78 kg (172 lbs) of garbage from the International Space Station (ISS).
➢ Agnikul Cosmos opened its first rocket Making Facility – Rocket Factory-1, India’s first-ever rocket
facility for 3D printed rocket engines at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) – Madras research park,
Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
➢ Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras developed PIVOT, an Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based
tool that can predict cancer-causing genes in humans.
➢ South Korea-based Samsung developed industry’s first, new graphics Dynamic Random-Access
Memory (DRAM) chip with a faster speed and improved power efficiency.
➢ James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
recorded the distinct signature of water, along with proof of clouds and haze, in the atmosphere of a
hot, puffy gas giant planet orbiting a distant Sun-like star.
➢ NASA awarded a NASA Launch Services (NLS) II contract to Elon Musk’s Space Exploration
Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) to provide launch service for the Nancy Grace Roman Space
Telescope (Roman Space Telescope) mission.
JUNE 2022
➢ PARAM ANANTA, a state-of-the art Supercomputer has been commissioned at Indian Institute of
Technology Gandhinagar (IITGN), Gujarat under National Supercomputing Mission (NSM).
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➢ According to the 59th edition of Top500 list of world’s most powerful supercomputers, ORNL’s
Supercomputer, ‘Frontier’ from US(United States), a supercomputer built using Hewlett Packard
Enterprise (HPE) architecture outperformed Japan’s Supercomputer Fugaku to become the world’s
fastest supercomputer.
➢ Datair Technology Private Limited (Ambee) joined the PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean
Ecosystem) mission of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as an early adopter.
➢ India is set to simultaneously launch the first Human Space Mission “Gaganyaan” as well as the first
manned Human Ocean Mission in 2023.
➢ China released a new comprehensive geologic map of the moon, which is the world’s “most
detailed to date” map of the moon, was published by Science Bulletin with the new map of scale
1:2,500,000.
➢ NASA’s Venus Mission, Deep Atmosphere Venus Investigation of Noble gases, Chemistry, and
Imaging (DAVINCI) mission named after visionary Renaissance artist and scientist Leonardo da
Vinci(Italy) is tentatively scheduled to launch in June 2029 and enter the atmosphere of Venus in June
2031.
➢ Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-M) developed ‘HomoSEP,’ a robot to eliminate manual
scavenging in India, is all set for field deployment in Tamil Nadu.
➢ S Somanath, Chairman of ISRO inaugurated the Ananth Technologies’ new state of the art
spacecraft manufacturing facility at Karnataka Industrial Area Development Board (KIADB) Aerospace
Park, Bengaluru, Karnataka.
➢ Indian Coast Guard’s (ICGs) inducted a first made in India Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) Mark III
aircraft in the Coast Guard Region East which is headquartered in Chennai,Tamilnadu, by creating ‘840
Squadron’.
➢ Indian Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACe) authorised two Indian private
firms, Dhruva Space Private Limited in Hyderabad (Telangana) and Digantara Research and
Technologies Private Limited in Bengaluru (Karnataka), to launch their payloads into space.
➢ The Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO), Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) received
the crew module fairing (CMF), a critical structure that will protect the Gaganyaan module carrying the
astronauts during launch, from Bengaluru, Karnataka.
MAY 2022
➢ Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is all set to build an identical pair of satellites/twin
satellites namely ‘DISHA (Disturbed and quiet time Ionosphere-thermosphere System at High
Altitudes)’ in L and H variants, for studying the earth’s upper atmosphere.
➢ Indian Coast Guard (ICG) launched the Fast Patrol Vessel (FPV) ‘Yard 2118’ named as Kamla Devi,
in honour of the Social reformer and freedom fighter Kamladevi Chattopadhyay, in the Titagarh area of
North 24 Parganas District, West Bengal.
➢ Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Hyderabad announced the demonstration of the Extreme
Massive (Multiple-Input Multiple-Output) MIMO, a vital technology for 5G advanced and 6G
deployment.
➢ Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) announced a Mission to Venus, the hottest planet in
the solar system, by December 2024.
➢ Indian Navy is looking to acquire a dedicated earth imaging satellite — Geo Imaging Satellite-2(GISAT
2) or EOS-05 and its launching vehicle will be Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV)-F12.
➢ Bengaluru-based Bellatrix Aerospace tested India’s first high-performance green propulsion system
for satellites that cuts a new path from the hydrazine-dependent fuel systems.
➢ Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has successfully completed the static test of humanrated solid rocket booster (HS200) at Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC), Sriharikota,Andhra Pradesh
for its Gaganyaan programme.
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➢ Digital anti-skid brake management system designed for SARAS Mark 2(SARAS MK II), 19 seat
Light Transport aircraft, has been successfully validated by the National Aerospace Laboratories(NAL)
in Bengaluru, Karnataka.
➢ Gaganyaan 1st first uncrewed mission or G1 will propel the orbital module, into a 170×408
kilometre (KM) orbit through the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark 3 (GSLV-Mk3) or
Human-Rated Launch Vehicle (HRLV) by 2023.
➢ China plans for a space project named Closeby Habitable Exoplanet Survey (CHES) to survey the
sky through a space-borne telescope to hunt for habitable Earth-like planets outside the solar system,
about 32 light-years from Earth.
➢ Skyroot Aerospace successfully tested a solid fuel-based engine, Kalam-100 Engine that would be used
in the third stage of the launch vehicle called Vikram 1.
➢ James Webb Space Telescope, the world’s largest and most powerful space-based observatory,
completed the first test to track a moving object and this test was conducted on a small asteroid in the
Main Belt: 6481 Tenzing, named after Tenzing Norgay.
➢ The state-of-the-art Supercomputer PARAM-PORUL developed by the Centre for Development of
Advanced Computing (C-DAC), was inaugurated at NIT-Tiruchirappalli under Phase 2 of the National
Supercomputing Mission (NSM).
➢ The second of the four Survey Vessels (Large) (SVL) ‘Nirdeshak’ (Yard 3026), was launched at
Kattupalli, Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It was built by Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers (GRSE) in
collaboration with L&T Shipbuilding Limited for the Indian Navy.
APRIL 2022
➢ China’s modified Long March-6 carrier rocket with solid strap on boosters made its maiden flight
from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre in north China’s Shanxi Province, China and sent 2 satellites
into the planned orbits.
➢ European Space Agency’s (ESA) antennas will be in action to track the satellites of Indian Space
Research Organisation (ISRO) such as Aditya-L1 (Lagrangian point 1 ) solar observatory and
Chandrayaan-3 lunar lander and rover.
➢ Union Minister Anurag Singh Thakur, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (MoYAS) launched
indigenously developed six new and rare Reference Materials (RMs) which are the purest form of
chemical required globally for anti-doping analysis in all WADA (World Anti-Doping Agency) accredited
Laboratories.
➢ Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) hands over the first set of Gaganyaan mission hardware to
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) in Bengaluru, Karnataka.
➢ The scientists of the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA) along with researchers from France
discovered a faint new star-forming galaxy named as UVIT J202258.73-441623.8 or UVIT J2022.
➢ Astronomers discovered an identical twin of Jupiter dubbed as K2-2016-BLG-0005Lb that has
similar mass and is at a similar location (420 million miles away) from its star as Jupiter is from our Sun
(462 million miles away).
➢ India’s first indigenously developed polycentric prosthetic knee – Kadam was launched by the
Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT-M), developed in association with Society for Biomedical
Technology (SBMT) and Mobility India.
➢ MeitY launched three smart Indigenous Intelligent Transportation Systems solutions for Indian
Traffic Scenario launched under Intelligent Transportation System Endeavour for Indian Cities
(InTranSE – II) Phase-II program.
• Onboard Driver Assistance and Warning System (ODAWS), Bus Signal Priority System & Common
SMart iot Connectiv (CoSMiC).
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MARCH 2022
➢ Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) developed Monolithic Microwave
Integrated Circuits (MMICs), which will be used in radar imaging satellite modules of EOS 04 (Earth
Observation Satellite – 04).
➢ National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) started the assembly of ‘Europa Clipper
Spacecraft’ a new spacecraft that will carry out the Europa clipper mission.
➢ Petascale Supercomputer ‘PARAM Ganga’ with a supercomputing capacity of 1.66 Petaflops (Peta
Floating-Point Operations Per Second) installed at IIT (Indian Institute of Technology) Roorkee,
Uttarakhand under National Supercomputing Mission.
➢ Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully carried out the ground testing of the
newly developed solid booster stage (SS1) for its new launch vehicle Small Satellite Launch Vehicle
(SSLV) at Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC), at Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh(AP).
➢ National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) rolled out the integrated Space Launch
System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft (crew capsule) of Artemis 1, the first mission of NASA’s
Artemis Program at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Florida, USA.
➢ China developed a microwave machine ‘Relativistic Klystron Amplifier (RKA)’ to jam/destroy
satellites or sensitive electronics in satellites in space. It will function as a high-powered laser
weapon.
➢ Omnispace, & Nelco Limited have signed a strategic cooperation agreement to enable and distribute
5G non-terrestrial network (NTN), direct-to-device satellite services.
➢ NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) have confirmed the existence of 5,000 plus exoplanets
beyond our solar system.
➢ Jagdeep Dhankhar, Governor of West Bengal inaugurated the Petascale Supercomputer PARAM
Shakti under the National Supercomputing Mission (NSM) at Indian Institute of Technology(IIT)
Kharagpur in West Bengal.
FEBRUARY 2022
➢ Indian Institute of Science (IISc) has installed and commissioned ‘Param Pravega’, one of the
most powerful supercomputers in India, & the largest in an Indian academic institution under the
National Supercomputing Mission (NSM).
➢ National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has selected two science missions –
the Multi-slit Solar Explorer (MUSE) and HelioSwarm to help improve our understanding of the
dynamics of the Sun, the Sun-Earth connection, and the constantly changing space environment.
➢ The indigenously developed manned underwater submersible vehicle, Matsya 6000 that is
capable of taking 3 humans to a depth of 6,000 metres (m), will be ready as for its launch in 2024 for
the Samudrayaan Mission.
➢ Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), in collaboration with Indian
Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi demonstrated Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) link (more
than 100 Kilometres) between Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh (UP) and Vindhyachal, UP for the 1st time.
JANUARY 2022
➢ Chinese scientists have built a research facility, “artificial moon”, located in the city of Xuzhou,
Jiangsu province that enable them to simulate low-gravity environments using magnetism.
➢ World’s Fastest AI (Artificial Intelligence) Supercomputer- AI Research SuperCluster (RSC)
was launched by Meta’s (erstwhile Facebook) CEO (Chief Executive Officer) Mark Zuckerberg to train
machine learning systems across company’s businesses.
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NOVEMBER 2022
-OCTOBER 2022
-SEPTEMBER 2022
-AUGUST 2022
➢ Russia will pull out of the International Space Station after 2024 and focus on building its own orbiting
outpost.
JULY 2022
➢ LUX-ZEPLIN(LZ) Detector, the world’s most sensitive dark matter detector, presented the first
science results from the Sanford Underground Research Facility in South Dakota, United States (US).
JUNE 2022
--MAY 2022
-APRIL 2022
--MARCH 2022
➢ A third moon (130 Elektra) orbiting the main-belt asteroid Elektra was discovered by researchers
from Thailand and France led by Anthony Berdeu of the National Astronomical Research Institute,
Thailand & Elektra is now called as the 1st known quadruple asteroid system in our solar system.
FEBRUARY 2022
➢ National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), International Space Station (ISS),
launched in 1998 will deorbit in January 2031 that drops into the remotest point in the Pacific Ocean
in 2031.
➢ Scientists from Ahmedabad-based Space Applications Centre (SAC) and Physical Research
Laboratory (PRL) successfully demonstrated quantum entanglement based real time Quantum Key
Distribution (QKD), a major step towards satellite-based quantum communication.
➢ Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) decommissioned the INSAT-4B, an Indian
communications satellite that forms part of the Indian National Satellite System through 11 reorbiting manoeuvres that pushed the satellite into the desired orbit mandated by the IADC space
debris mitigation guidelines.
➢ Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) delivered the three Floating Border Out-Post (FBOPs) vessels to the
Border Security Force (BSF) for its water wing.
➢ An international team of astronomers led by researcher Toni Santana-Ros confirmed the existence of
a second Earth Trojan that was discovered by the Pan-STARRS S1 telescope in Hawaii survey in 2020
and is named 2020 XL5.
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➢ Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL)’s Jio Platform Ltd (JPL) announced the joint venture with Société
Européenne des Satellites (SES), a Luxembourg firm, to offer satellite-based broadband
communication in India
➢ Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) received an order from Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) to
manufacture, assemble, test and supply compact heat exchanger sets for its 83 LCA (Light Combat
Aircraft) Tejas MK1A aircrafts.
➢ Navars Edutech Pvt Ltd in collaboration with Skyroot Aerospace will launch 100 studentdeveloped satellites constellations in the next 5 years.
➢ SpaceX engineer Anna Menon will be among the crew of a unique space mission named “Polaris
Dawn” announced by Jared Isaacman, who led the world’s first all-private space crew in ‘Inspiration4
mission’ into orbit in 2021.
➢ Bharti Airtel announced its integration in ‘SEA-ME-WE-6 undersea cable consortium’, while
Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited (RJIL) will introduce its next generation multi-terabit India-AsiaXpress (IAX) undersea cable system in Hulhumale, Maldives in collaboration with Ocean Connect
Maldives.
➢ European astronomers, led by Martijn S.S.L. Oei of Leiden University, reported the detection of a new
giant radio galaxy (GRG) dubbed GRG Alcyoneus as part of the Low-Frequency Array (LOFAR) Twometer Sky Survey (LoTSS).
➢ National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) delayed the test launch of Artemis 1
Lunar Mission, formerly known as Exploration Mission 1 (EM-1) at Kennedy Space Center at Cape
Canaveral in Florida, United States of America (USA) for testing in March 2022.
JANUARY 2022
➢ Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully conducted the qualification test of
Cryogenic Engine for Gaganyaan programme for a duration of 720 seconds at ISRO Propulsion
Complex (IPRC), Mahendragiri, Tamil Nadu.
➢ Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has successfully tested its liquid propellant-based
High Thrust Vikas engine which is to be used under the Gaganyaan mission, was conducted at the
ISRO Propulsion Complex in Mahendragri, Tamil Nadu.
➢ A new gaseous planet called ‘TOI-2180 b’ from NASA’s (National Aeronautics and Space
Administration) Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, or TESS was discovered by Citizen scientist
Tom Jacobs of Bellevue, Washington (United States-US).
➢ On January 18, 2022, A Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (PHA) 7482 (1994 PC1) passed safely
close to the Earth’s orbit at a distance of 1.2 million miles or 1.93 million kilometres.
➢ Astronomers have announced that the Potato shaped planet, initially discovered in 2014, named
WASP-103b is located in the constellation “Hercules”, at a distance of about 1,800 light-years from
the solar system.
➢ India signed an interim agreement to confirm commitment to work on the mega astronomy
project, Square Kilometre Array Observatory (SKAO), that will be established in South Africa and
Australia.
ENVIRONMENT
NOVEMBER 2022
➢ The Travancore Nature History Society’s odonata research group discovered a new species of damselfly
named, Francy’s Reedtail (Protosticta francyi), in the Kanichar grama panchayat of Kannur district
(Kerala), which forms a part of the Brahmagiri Hills of Western Ghats.
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➢ Apis karinjodian, a new species of endemic honeybee discovered in the Western Ghats after a 200year gap, and given the common name “Indian black honey bee.”
OCTOBER 2022
➢ Scientists at the National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources (NBFGR) & Indian Council of
Agricultural Research (ICAR) discovered a new catfish species of the genus Pangasius, named Pangasius
Icaria from mettur dam, Salem, Tamil Nadu (TN).
➢ Serbian scientists named a new species of beetle(Duvalius Dokovici) after the tennis player Novak
Djokovic, a Serbian tennis player due to its speed, strength, flexibility, durability and ability to survive in
a difficult environment.
➢ Researchers discovered a new species ‘Dravidacris Annamalaica’ of Pygmy Grasshopper, also known
as grouse locust, in Tamil Nadu, which is named after Dravidian landscape as a tribute to the Dravidian
language group.
SEPTEMBER 2022
➢ The Uttar Pradesh (UP) cabinet, led by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, approved the “first” Tiger
Reserve in the ‘Bundelkhand region’ to promote tiger conservation in UP.
AUGUST 2022
➢ A group of researchers has discovered a new species of bent-toed gecko named Cyrtodactylus
aravindi from Agasthyamalai hills (Western Ghats, Tirunelveli District, Tamil Nadu) in the Western
Ghats.
➢ Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park (PNHZP) in Darjeeling, West Bengal has been recognized
as the best zoo in India.
JULY 2022
➢ India added 540 species to its faunal database that reaches to a total of 1,03,258 animal species in
India and also 315 taxa has been added to the Indian flora, that reaches to a total of 55,048 floral
species
JUNE 2022
➢ 176 Fishing Cats found in the Chilika lake in Odisha during world’s 1st population estimation of
Fishing Cat, conducted by Chilika Development Authority (CDA) in collaboration with The Fishing Cat
Project (TFCP).
➢ The Indian government finalised deals with South Africa and Namibia to get the planet’s fastest
animals, cheetahs that became extinct in India and will be released at Kuno Palpur National Park in
Sheopur district, Madhya Pradesh, by the end of 2022.
➢ Haploptychius sahyadriensis, India’s newest recorded snail, was discovered in the western Ghats
(northern part) of Maharashtra and is endemic to the Vishalgad Conservation Reserve in Kolhapur,
Maharashtra.
➢ A new species of thick-thumbed, bamboo-dwelling bat, Glischropus meghalayanus, discovered by
the Uttam Saikia in the forest of Nongkhyllem Wildlife Sanctuary in Ri Bhoi district of Meghalaya.
MAY 2022
➢ A new plant species, Peperomia Albertiae, in Idukki district of Kerala was discovered by researchers
at the Postgraduate and research department of Botany at St Albert’s college in Kochi, Kerala.
➢ Herpetologists in Mizoram have identified a new species of non-venomous snake named lenrul
near Murlen National Park in Champhai district of Mizoram.
➢ A team of herpetologists have discovered a new species of venomous snake – Trimeresurus
mayaae or Maya’s Pit viper from Umroi Military station in Ri-Bhoi district of Meghalaya.
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➢ The twin cyclones named Cyclone Karim and Cyclone Asani originated in the Indian Ocean region,
southern and northern hemispheres respectively. The name Karim was given by Seychelles (South
Africa) and the name Asani was suggested by Sri Lanka.
➢ A new species of old world monkey named as Sela macaque (Macaca selai) after Arunachal’s Sela
Pass was recorded in the Arunachal Pradesh region by a team of experts from the Zoological Survey of
India (ZSI) and the University of Calcutta.
APRIL 2022
➢ Scientists from the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)-National Bureau of Fish
Genetic Resources (NBFGR) discovered a new species of shrimp named “Actinimenes koyas” to
honour Koyas, the local community on the Lakshadweep islands, Arabian Sea.
➢ Indian scientists have discovered a new species of eel belonging to the Congrid eels group and has
been named as “Ariosoma indicum”
MARCH 2022
---FEBRUARY 2022
➢ Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) has identified a new carangid (Vatta) species
named “Scomberoides pelagicus” from the Indian coast.
➢ A new gecko species, named Hemidactylus easai from the hills of Attappady was identified in the
Western Ghats, Kerala that belongs to the genus Hemidactylus goldfuss.
➢ A new species of spider “Carrhotus tholpettyensis” from the Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary, Kerala
and a new species of millipede “Delarthrum anomalans” from the University of Calicut campus,
Thenhipalam, Kerala was discovered.
➢ A new species of bent-toed gecko from a Umroi Military Station in Meghalaya was discovered. Its
scientific name is Cyrtodactylus Exercitus (in Latin ‘exercitus’ means army) and its English name is
‘Indian Army’s bent-toed gecko’.
➢ Researchers discovered another new frog species named Euphlyctis Jaladhara commonly
known as “Jaladhara skittering frog” from the freshwater bodies of the western coastal plains of India.
JANUARY 2022
➢ International team led by Abel Batista of Panama and Konrad Mebert of Switzerland discovered a
new species of rain frog, Pristimantis gretathunbergae, named after the Swedish Climate Activist,
Greta Thunberg.
➢ A new gecko species named Protoblepharus Apatani, at Talle Valley Wildlife Sanctuary in
Arunachal Pradesh discovered and is named after the Apatani tribe of Arunachal Pradesh’s Ziro
valley.
➢ Two new Species of Fungi Ganoderma keralense & G. pseudoapplanatum associated with Basal
Stem Rot found in Kerala and published in the Journal Mycologia.
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DEFENCE
EXERCISES
Name of the
Exercise
Participating
Countries
3rd ‘Indo-Pacific
Endeavour (IPE)
2022’ exercise
India &
Australia
11th edition of the
annual Joint Military
Training (JMT) 2022
26th Malabar Naval
Exercise
India &
Singapore
India,
Australia,
Japan &
United States
of America
(USA)
‘Prasthan’ an
offshore exercise
Eastern Naval
Command
7th IBSAMAR
Maritime Exercise
India, Brazil &
South Africa
2nd ‘Tiger Triumph
2022’ (Tri-Services
Humanitarian
Assistance and
Disaster Relief
(HADR) Exercise)
29th Singapore-India
Maritime Bilateral
Exercise (SIMBEX)
18-day long bilateral
exercise ‘Garuda VII2022’
India & United
states (US)
Exercise(Ex) Vostok2022(East 2022)
Exercise “Gagan
Strike”
Venue
KeyPoints
NOVEMBER 2022
Visakhapatnam,
Royal Australian Navy ships HMAS Anzac, an
Andhra Pradesh
Anzac-class frigate and HMAS Adelaide, a
Canberra-class landing helicopter dock arrived
to participate this exercise.
Air Force Station,
Su-30 MKI, Jaguar, MiG-29 and LCA Tejas
Kalaikunda, West
aircraft participated from Indian side.
Bengal (WB)
Yokosuka,Japan
Two warships- Indian Naval Ship (INS) Shivalik
a multi-role guided missile stealth frigate; & INS
Kamorta an anti–submarine corvette
participated.
OCTOBER 2022
Offshore Defence This exercise is conducted every six months and
Area off Kakinada is an important element of ensuring offshore
in Andhra
security.
Pradesh (AP)
Port Gqeberha
Indian Naval Ship (INS) Tarkash participated in
(also known as
this exercise.
Port Elizabeth),
South Africa
Visakhapatnam,
Interoperability and validate procedures for
Andhra Pradesh
conducting HADR operations
(AP)
India &
Singapore
Visakhapatnam,
The Harbour Phase in Visakhapatnam & the Sea
Andhra Pradesh
Phase in the Bay of Bengal.
(AP)
India & France Air Force Station, It is being held between the Indian Air Force
Jodhpur,
(IAF), and French Air and Space Force (FASF).
Rajasthan
SEPTEMBER 2022
Algeria,
Training grounds
Indian Army contingent, made up of personnel
Russia, China,
of Russia’s
from the 7/8 Gorkha Rifles participated this
India, Laos,
Eastern Military
Exercise.
Mongolia,
District
Nicaragua,
Syria, & other
ex-Soviet
countries
Kharga Corps
Punjab
To demonstrate the strength and prowess of the
of the Indian
armed forces.
Army & Indian
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Air Force
(IAF)
India & Japan
Bay of Bengal
It involves 2 Phases that includes one at sea and
another is the harbour phase at Visakhapatnam.
India &
Nigeria
Gulf of Guinea
(GoG)
Exercise Parvat
Prahar
Indian Army
Eastern Ladakh
Exercise Kakadu
2022 (KA22)
25 Countries
Australia
Indian Naval Ship (INS) Tarkash took part in a
Joint Maritime Exercise with Nigerian Navy
Patrol Ships (NNS).
It was held in the Ladakh plateau at an altitude
of 14,000 feet, by the Mathura-based 1 strike
Corps of the Indian Army.
Indian Naval Ship (INS) Satpura and a P8 I
Maritime Patrol Aircraft of the Indian Navy
participates from India
Abhyas-01/22
Indian Coast
Guard (ICG) &
United States
Coast Guard
(USCG)
Combined
Maritime
Forces (CMF)
Chennai coast in
Tamil Nadu (TN)
6th Japan India
Maritime Exercise
2022 (JIMEX 22)
Joint Maritime
Exercise
Capacity-building
exercise “Operation
Southern Readiness”
4th AL NAJAH -IV
(Military Exercise)
3rd Ex VINBAX 2022
India & Oman
Maritime
Partnership Exercise
(MPX)
India & France
Vietnam &
India
Seychelles
AUGUST 2022
Rajasthan
Indian Army (IA) will be represented by troops
from 18 Mechanised Infantry Battalion.
Chandimandir,
The theme of Ex VINBAX – 2022 is employment
Haryana
and deployment of an Engineer Company and a
Medical Team as part of United Nations
Contingent for Peace Keeping Operations.
North Atlantic
Ocean
The replenishment at sea was exercised
between the Indian Navy Ship (INS) Tarkash
and the French Fleet Tanker French Navy Ship
(FNS) Somme.
To test and evaluate its entire satellite-based
communication network to ensure operational
readiness.
Skylight (Pan-India
exercise)
Indian Army
--
13th Ex Vajra Prahar
2022
India & USA
Bakloh, Himachal
Pradesh (HP)
‘Udarashakti’
Exercise Pitch Black
2022
India &
Malaysia
India &
RMAF Air Base
Kuantan,
Malaysia
Darwin, Australia
Australia
10th National
Maritime Search and
Rescue Exercise
(SAREX) 2022
24 foreign
observers
from 16
countries
Indian Naval Ship (INS) Sunayna participated
this exercise.
Chennai,
Tamilnadu
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To improve inter-operability between the
special forces of both the countries.
The Su-30 MKI and C-17 aircrafts from the IAF
and Su-30 MKM aircraft from the Malaysian
force participated in the air exercise.
An Indian Air Force (IAF) contingent of over 100
air warriors arrived in Australia with 4 Sukhoi30 MKI (Su-30 MKI) fighters and 2 C-17
Globemaster-III aircraft.
It was conducted by Indian Coast Guard (ICG)
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28th Rim of the
Pacific 2022
(RIMPAC 2022)
26 nations
(Including
India)
Ex SAMPRITI-X
2022
India &
Bangladesh
BALTOPS (Baltic
Operations) 2022
NATO
countries
Ex Khaan Quest
2022
16 countries
38th India-Indonesia
Coordinated Patrol
(IND-INDO CORPAT)
India &
Indonesia
Defender Europe
2022 & Swift
Response 2022
North Atlantic
Treaty
Organisation
(NATO)
countries
India &
Bangladesh
4th Indian NavyBangladesh Navy
(IN-BN) Coordinated
Patrol (CORPAT)
3rd Bongosagar 2022
Indian &
Bangladesh
1st Indian Ocean
Naval Symposium
(IONS) Maritime
Exercise 2022
(IMEX-22)
Navies of
Bangladesh,
France, India
and Iran & 22
Observers
from 15 IONS
member
navies
India & France
20th Bilateral Naval
Exercise “VARUNA –
2022”
9th LAMITIYE-2022
9th ‘Khanjar 2022′
India &
Seychelles
IndiaKyrgyzstan
JULY 2022
Island of Oahu,
It commenced at Joint Base Pearl HarborHawaii
Hickam(JBPHH),a United States military base on
the island of Oahu, Hawaii.
• INS Satpura and one P8I maritime patrol
aircraft from the Indian Navy were
participated.
JUNE 2022
Jessore military This is a join military exercise between them as
station,
a part of ongoing India Bangladesh bilateral
Bangladesh
defence cooperation
Baltic Sea
It was hosted by Sweden and This is scheduled
to end in the German port of Kiel on 17th June
2022.
Five Hills
This is a 14-day long annual Multinational
Training Area
Peacekeeping Military Exercise. Ladakh Scouts
near Ulaanbaatar, of Indian Army represented this exercise.
Mongolia
Andaman Sea & It was held between the Indian Navy (IN) Units
Straits of Malacca of Andaman & Nicobar Command (ANC) and
Indonesian Navy.
MAY 2022
Poland and 8
Exercise Swift Response is an annual U.S. Army
countries
Europe and Africa multinational training
exercise that takes place this year in Eastern
Europe, the Arctic High North, Baltics, and
Balkans.
Northern Bay of This was conducted to ensure maritime security
Bengal
in the region.
• Both sides undertook joint patrolling
along the International Maritime
Boundary Line (IMBL).
Port Mongla,
It was held between Indian Navy and
Bangladesh
Bangladesh Navy and consists of Harbour Phase,
and a Sea Phase in the Northern Bay of Bengal.
APRIL 2022
Harbour phase (
IONS cooperates and collaborates navies of
Mormugao port
littoral states of the Indian Ocean Region.
in Goa )
&
Sea Phase
(Arabian Sea)
Arabian Sea
Bilateral naval exercises between India’s and
France’s navies began in 1993
Seychelles
Defense
Academy,
Seychelles
Bakloh, Himachal
Pradesh (HP)
It was conducted between Indian Army and
Seychelles Defence Forces (SDF) and focused on
broadening the aim of cooperation towards coexistence in the Indo-Pacific region.
This India-Kyrgyzstan Joint Special Forces
Exercise strengthened the mutual confidence &
interoperability
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Exercise KRIPAN
SHAKTI
Indian Army’s
Trishakti
Corps
Siliguri, West
Bengal
NATPOLREX-VIII
National Level
Pollution
Response
Exercise
North Atlantic
Treaty
Organisation
(NATO) &
Cooperative
Cyber Defence
Centre of
Excellence
(CCDCOE)
Mormugao
harbour, Goa
Locked Shields 2022
Ex Dharma
Guardian-2022
India & Japan
‘SLINEX-21’
India & Sri
Lanka
Exercise Vayu
Shakti(Postpone)
Indian Air
Force (IAF)
Cold Response 2022
North Atlantic
Treaty
Organisation
(NATO)
Indian Army’s
“Agnibaaz
Division”
India &
Uzbekistan
Suraksha Kavach 2
3rd Edition of
Exercise Dustlik (ExDustlik)-2022
‘Prasthan’
Western
Naval
Command
Eastern Bridge-VI
India & Oman
‘MILAN 2022’
more than 40
countries
Tallinn, Estonia
To showcase the jointmanship and
synchronisation capabilities of Indian Army and
the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) to fight
in an integrated battle.
It was conducted by The Indian Coast Guard
(ICG).
This world’s largest and most complex annual
international live-fire cyber defence exercise
was conducted to practice the protection of
national civilian and military IT systems in a
large-scale cyber-attack.
MARCH 2022
Belagavi
3rd Edition of the annual joint military exercise,
(Belgaum,
‘EX DHARMA GUARDIAN-2022’, between India
Karnataka)
and Japan was conducted at Foreign Training
Node, Belagavi (Belgaum, Karnataka) from
February 27, 2022 to March 10, 2022.
Visakhapatnam,
9th edition of SLINEX is conducting in two
Andhra Pradesh phases, the Harbour Phase at Visakhapatnam on
(AP)
March 7-8, and Sea Phase on March 9-10 in the
Bay of Bengal.
Pokhran ranges Indian Air Force (IAF) has decided to postpone
in Rajasthan
its firepower demonstration, Exercise Vayu
Shakti, and it’s reason was not disclosed
Norway
The Cold Response exercise is a bi-annual
exercise aimed to test how Norway would
manage allied reinforcements on its soil, in line
with Article 5 of NATO‘s charter.
Lullanagar, Pune The exercise aimed to counter any terrorist
actions.
Yangiarik,
Uzbekistan
It focus on Counter-Terrorism operations in
semi-urban terrain under a United Nations(UN)
Mandate.
It conducts offshore security exercise ‘Prasthan’
in B-193 platform of Oil and Natural Gas
Corporation (ONGC).
Offshore
Development
Area (ODA) off
Mumbai
FEBRUARY 2022
Jodhpur Air Force A 6th edition of 5-day bilateral air exercise
Station,
between the Indian Air Force (IAF) and the
Rajasthan
Royal Air Force of Oman (RAFO) namely
‘Eastern Bridge-VI’ commenced at Jodhpur Air
Force Station in Rajasthan.
Visakhapatnam,
Andhra Pradesh
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exercise ‘MILAN 2022’ was conducted in two
phases (Harbour phase & Sea Phase)
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Sea Dragon 22
US, Australia,
Canada, India,
Japan & South
Korea
PASSEX exercise
India & Russia
Maritime
Partnership Exercise
India & Japan
Paschim Lehar
Indian Navy
Theme – ‘Camaraderie – Cohesion –
Collaboration’ which aims to project India as a
responsible maritime power to the world at
large
JANUARY 2022
Andersen Air
P-8 Poseidon Maritime Patrol and
Force Base,
Reconnaissance Aircraft (MPRA) with Patrol
Guam, in the
Squadron (VP) – 47 and Tridents of VP- 26
western Pacific
joined the multilateral anti-submarine warfare
(ASW) exercise.
P-8I long-range maritime reconnaissance
aircraft of the Indian Navy has participated
the port of Cochin Indian Navy’s built guided-missile destroyer,
in the Arabian
INS (Indian Navy Ship) Kochi and Russian
Sea
Federation Navy’s destroyer Admiral Tributs
has undertaken the international PASSEX
(Passage Exercise).
Bay of Bengal
It was held between Indian Navy (IN) and Japan
Maritime Self-Defence Force (JMSDF) with
Arabian Sea
A 20-day joint intra-theatre maritime exercise
Paschim Lehar 2022 aka XPL-22 at the Arabian
Sea under the aegis of FOC-in-C (Flag Officer
Commanding-in-Chief), Western Naval
Command (WNC) Vice Admiral Ajendra
Bahadur Singh.
MISSILES
Name of the Missile
Testing Location
Other Key facts
NOVEMBER 2022
Phase-II Ballistic Missile
Defence (BMD) interceptor
AD-1 missile
A nuclear capable
Submarine Launched
Ballistic Missile (SLBM)
Agni Prime (Agni-P)
Quick Reaction Surface to
Air Missile (QRSAM) system
APJ Abdul Kalam Island off
the coast of Odisha
It was conducted by Defence Research and
Development Organisation (DRDO)
OCTOBER 2022
Bay of Bengal
Indian Naval Ship (INS) Arihant, India’s first
indigenous nuclear Ballistic Missile Submarine
(SSBN-Submersible Ship Ballistic Missile
Nuclear), successfully launched a nuclear
capable SLBM
Off the coast of Odisha
India successfully test-fired ‘Agni Prime (AgniP)’, a new generation nuclear-capable ballistic
missiles.
SEPTEMBER 2022
Integrated Test Range (ITR)
Chandipur, off the coast of
Odisha
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It was successfully test fired Defence Research
and Development Organisation (DRDO) & the
Indian Army
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Enhanced Range Pinaka
Multi-Barrel Rocket
Launcher (MBRL)
Unarmed LGM-30G
Minuteman III
intercontinental ballistic
missile (ICBM)
‘Gabriel V’(surface-tosurface missile)
Balasore, Odisha & Pokhran,
Rajasthan
2 - Very Short Range Air
Defence System
(VSHORADS) missile
Defence Research and
Development Organisation
(DRDO)
Designed by the Armament Research and
Development Establishment (ARDE), a
laboratory of the DRDO.
It was launched by Air Force Global Strike
Command Airmen.
Vandenberg Space Force
Base in California
It is the 5th generation of anti-ship missiles
developed by Israeli Aerospace Industries
(IAI) and the Defense Ministry’s Directorate of
Research and Development (MAFAT).
It successfully conducted the flight tests from
a ground based portable launcher at the
Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur, off
the coast of Odisha.
Israeli Navy
AUGUST 2022
Laser-Guided Anti-Tank
Guided Missiles (ATGM)
from Main Battle Tank
(MBT) Arjun Mark 1A
Vertical Launch Short Range
Surface-to-Air Missile (VLSRSAM)
Ahmednagar, Maharashtra
It was successfully test fired by Defence
Research and Development Organisation
(DRDO) and Indian Army.
Chandipur off the coast of
Odisha
It was successfully flight-tested Defence
Research & Development Organisation
(DRDO) & Indian Navy.
JULY 2022
ABHYAS, High speed
Expendable Aerial Target
(HEAT)
Chandipur off the coast of
Odisha
Air-Launched Rapid
Response Weapon (ARRW)
& Defence Advanced
Research Projects Agency
(DARPA)
United States (US)
It was successfully flight-tested from the
Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur off the
coast of Odisha by Defence Research and
Development Organisation (DRDO).
It was successfully tested two Lockheed
Martin Corporation hypersonic missiles
amidst the test carried out by Russia and
China of their own hypersonic missiles.
JUNE 2022
Nuclear-capable Agni4(“Fire”) IntermediateRange Ballistic Missile
(IRBM)
Eight ballistic missiles
APJ Abdul Kalam Island in
Odisha
surface-to-surface ShortRange Ballistic Missile,
Prithvi-II
Vertical Launch Short Range
Surface to Air Missile (VLSRSAM)
Integrated test range,
Chandipur, Odisha
An indigenously-developed
Laser-Guided Anti-Tank
Guided Missile (ATGM)
KK Ranges near
Ahmednagar, Maharashtra
--
Integrated Test Range (ITR),
Chandipur off the coast of
Odisha
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It is a two stage Surface to Surface missile with
range of around 3500-4,000 kilometres
Designed & Developed - Defence Research and
Development Organisation (DRDO).
The US & South Korean militaries launched
eight ballistic missiles into the sea that
equaled the North Korean missile display.
India successfully carried out the night launch
of a Short-Range Ballistic Missile, Prithvi-II,
along with 250 km extended range.
It was successfully flight-tested by the Defence
Research and Development Organisation
(DRDO) and the Indian Navy (IN) at the range
of 40km to 50km and at an altitude of around
15km.
It was successfully test-fired from Main Battle
Tank (MBT) Arjun by Defence Research and
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Development Organisation (DRDO) and Indian
Army.
MAY 2022
AGM-183A ARRW (Airlaunched Rapid Response
Weapon)
Southern California coast
Naval Anti-ship missile
Balasore, Odisha
Anti-Ship version of the
BrahMos Supersonic Cruise
Missile
Andaman and Nicobar
Islands
Extended Range Version of
BrahMos Supersonic Cruise
Missile (Air launched
version)
Sukhoi Su-30 MKI fighter jet
Ship based surface-to-air
missile (SAM) system
Talwar Class Indian Navy
warship – INS Teg
It was launched by B-52H Stratofortress
bomber and developed by the Lockheed
Martin Corporation with operational range of
1000 mi (1600 km).
The Indian Navy in association with the
Defence Research and Development
Organisation (DRDO) successfully test fired
the first indigenously developed air launched
Naval Anti-ship missile from a Seaking 42B
Helicopter.
The Indian Navy and the Andaman and
Nicobar Command successfully test-fired an
Anti-Ship version of the BrahMos Supersonic
Cruise Missile that destroyed the target at sea
from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
In a first, Extended Range Version of BrahMos
Supersonic Cruise Missile (Air launched
version) was successfully test fired from
Sukhoi Su-30 MKI fighter jet with a range of
350 km from its original 290 km.
The Indian Navy’s guided-missile antisubmarine stealth frigate successfully tests a
low flying target with its surface-to-air missile
(SAM) system.
APRIL 2022
Solid Fuel Ducted Ramjet
(SFDR) booster missile
system
Chandipur off the coast of
Odisha
Pinaka Mark-I (Mk-I)
(Enhanced) Rocket System
(EPRS) and Pinaka Area
Denial Munitions (ADM)
Rocket System
Pokhran Firing
Ranges,Rajasthan
Shaheen-III (surface-tosurface medium-range
Ballistic missile)
Helina (Helicopter based
NAG)
Pakistan
To revalidate various design and technical
characteristics of the weapon system.
Pokhran, Rajasthan
This Anti-Tank Guided Missile (ATGM) was
tested from an indigenously-developed
Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH).
• It was jointly conducted by the
scientists of the Defence Research and
Development Organisation (DRDO),
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This is air-to-air missile that has the
operational range of 350km and maximum
speed of Mach 4.5.
Developed - Defence Research and
Development Laboratory (DRDL), Hyderabad,
Research Centre Imarat, Hyderabad & High
Energy Materials Research Laboratory, Pune.
Launched by - Armament Research &
Development Establishment, High Energy
Materials Research and Development, Pune,
Maharashtra and Indian Army.
• The enhanced range Pinaka Mk-1,
which is an upgraded version, has a
range of 45 km.
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Iron Beam (laser missile
defence system)
Negev Desert, Israel
BrahMos supersonic cruise
missile
Sukhoi-30 MkI (Su30-MkI)
aircraft
RS-28 Sarmat
Plesetsk, Northwest Russia
BrahMos supersonic cruise
missile
Indian Navy Ship (INS) Delhi
Indian Army and Indian Air Force
(IAF)
This world’s first energy-based weapons
system is developed by the Rafael Advanced
Defence Systems.
It was successfully test fired by Indian Air
Forces (IAF) from a Sukhoi-30 MkI (Su30-MkI)
aircraft on the Eastern seaboard,
demonstrating its operational preparedness.
Russia had test-launched a new nuclearcapable Intercontinental Ballistic Missile
(ICBM) ‘RS-28 Sarmat’ for the 1st time and hit
targets in the Kamchatka peninsula, nearly
6,000 km (3,700 miles) away.
Indian Navy has successfully test-fired a
BrahMos supersonic cruise missile from the
guided-missile destroyer Indian Navy Ship
(INS) Delhi.
MARCH 2022
Brahmos supersonic cruise
missile
India
Indian Navy successfully tested the accuracy
of an extended range of Brahmos supersonic
cruise missile from the stealth destroyer INS
Chennai
This surface-to-surface 290 Km Missile range
has a top speed of Mach 2.8 nearly three times
the speed of sound and missile range will be
extended.
--
‘BrahMos’ supersonic cruise
missile extended range
Andaman and Nicobar
Island, India
Intercontinental ballistic
missile “Hwasong-17”
Medium Range Surface-toAir Missiles (MRSAMs)
North Korea
Hwasong-12
North Korea
North Korea successfully test fired
Intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM),
:Hwasong-12″ from North Korea’s Jagang
Province toward the East Sea.
Khaibar-buster
Iran
It is a domestically-made long range ballistic
Surface to Surface missile, ‘Khaibar Shekan’
(Khaibar buster) with a range of 1,450
kilometres (km) (900 Miles).
BrahMos Supersonic Cruise
Missile
India
Indian Navy’s warship INS Visakhapatnam, a
type of stealth guided missile destroyer
carried out the test-firing of the advanced sea
to sea variant of BrahMos supersonic cruise
missile off the western seaboard.
“C-Dome or Protective
Dome” naval defence system
based on Iron Dome
Israel
It was successfully tested for the first time
from Saar-6 Corvette INS Magen, Israel’s Naval
Warship.
Chandipur, off odisha coast,
DRDO tested fired two version of MRSAMs
India
FEBRUARY 2022
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Tsirkon (Zircon) hypersonic
cruise missiles
BrahMos Supersonic Cruise
Missile
Man Portable Anti-Tank
Guided Missile (MPATGM)
Tupolev Tu-160M strategic
missile-carrying bomber
nicknamed ‘White Swan’
JANUARY 2022
It test-fired around 10 new Tsirkon (Zircon)
hypersonic cruise missiles from a frigate and
other two missiles from a submarine.
West coast, India
It was test-fired an advanced sea to sea variant
of BrahMos Supersonic Cruise missile from
INS (Indian Navy Ship) Visakhapatnam
warship off the west coast.
Southern India
Defence Research and Development
Organisation (DRDO) flight tested the final
deliverable configuration of the Man Portable
Anti-Tank Guided Missile (MPATGM).
Russia
It is the world’s heaviest supersonic military
aircraft to date and performed its debut flight
from the aerodrome of the Kazan Aviation
Enterprise.
Russia
Arrow-3 ballistic missile
interceptor
Israel & the United States
(US)
BrahMos supersonic cruise
missile
Chandipur, off Odisha coast
It was developed in a joint project between
Israel’s Missile Defense Organization and the
American Missile Defense Agency.
It was conducted by Brahmos Aerospace in
close coordination with the teams of Defence
Research and Development Organisation
(DRDO).
COMMISSION/DECOMMISSION
NOVEMBER 2022
-OCTOBER 2022
-SEPTEMBER 2022
➢ The Indian Naval Ship (INS) Ajay (P34), the second Abhay class anti-submarine warfare ship of the
Western Naval Command, was decommissioned at the Naval Dockyard in Mumbai, Maharashtra, after
32 years of outstanding service to the nation.
AUGUST 2022
-JULY 2022
➢ Indian Naval Air Squadron (INAS) 324, named ‘Kestrels’, the 1st naval squadron on the eastern
seaboard operating the indigenously built Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) DHRUV MK III (MR)
helicopters was commissioned in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh (AP).
➢ Indian Navy Ship (INS) Sindhudhvaj, the submarine has been decommissioned by the Indian Navy
(IN) in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh after serving for about 35 years.
JUNE 2022
➢ Indian Naval Air Squadron (INAS) 325, operating the indigenously built Advanced Light Helicopter
(ALH) MK-III aircraft, was commissioned into the Indian Navy, in an Indian Naval Ship (INS) Utkrosh,
Port Blair of Andaman and Nicobar Island.
➢ The Indian Naval Ship (INS), ‘Nishank'(K43), 4th of Veer Class Missile Corvette Killers and ‘INS
Akshay'(P35), Abhay class corvette were decommissioned at Naval Dockyard in Mumbai, Maharashtra
after 32 years of glorious service to the nation.
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➢ Indian Coast Guard (ICG) commissioned the 835 Squadron (CG), indigenous advanced light
helicopter (ALH) DHRUV MK-III aircraft at Porbandar port, Gujarat.
MAY 2022
➢ Indian Coast Guard (ICG) Director General (DG) Virender Singh Pathania commissioned ICG’s
second Air Squadron, 845 Squadron (CG) under the administrative and operational control of Coast
Guard Air Enclave at Nedumbassery in Kochi, Kerala.
➢ Indian Navy Ship (INS) Gomati was decommissioned from the naval dockyard at Mumbai,
Maharashtra after 34 years of service.
APRIL 2022
➢ The sixth and last submarine of the Indian Navy’s Kalvari class submarines of Project 75, “INS
Vagsheer(Yard 11880)“ was launched by Mrs.Veena Ajay Kumar in Kanhoji Angre Wet Basin of
Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL), Mumbai.
MARCH 2022
➢ Defence Secretary of India Dr Ajay Kumar commissioned Indian Coast Guard Ship (ICGS)
Saksham, the fifth in the series of 105-metre Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs) class, at Goa.
➢ Chief of Naval Staff (CNS) Admiral Radhakrishnan Hari Kumar commissioned a second P-8I
aircraft squadron of four aircraft named ‘Indian Naval Air Squadron (INAS) 316’ at the INS (Indian
Naval Ship) Hansa Naval air base in Goa.
FEBRUARY 2022
➢ The Indian Navy’s new submarine, Vagir, the fifth of six French-designed Scorpene-class
submarines (Kalvari-class), built as part of Project 75 commenced its first sea trial.
JANUARY 2022
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IMPORTANT DEALS & MoU’s
Armed Force/Entity
India
DEFENCE MoU
Entity
NOVEMBER 2022
-OCTOBER 2022
Armenia
Indian Navy
Royal New Zealand Navy
Garuda Aerospace Private
Limited
Lockheed Martin Canada CDL
Systems
The Technology
Development and
Acceleration Cell (TDAC) of
the Naval Innovation and
Drone Federation of India (DFI)
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Purpose of MoU
a remarkable export order for missiles,
rockets, and ammunition, valued around
USD 250 Million (~Rs 2000 crores).
On White Shipping Information Exchange
to promote greater transparency in the
Maritime Domain.
To integrate Garuda Aerospace’s Made-InIndia drones with Lockheed Martin
Canada CDL Systems’ advanced uncrewed
aerial systems (UAS) software solutions
for defence and commercial purposes.
To promote indigenous development,
manufacturing and testing of a drone,
counter-drone, and associated
technologies for the Indian Navy.
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Indigenisation Organisation
(NIIO)
Ministry of Defence (MOD)
Bharat Electronics Limited
(BEL)
Ministry of Defence (MoD)
Bharat Electronics Limited
(BEL)
Indian Navy
Hindustan Aeronautics
Limited (HAL)
SEPTEMBER 2022
BrahMos Aerospace Pvt. Ltd.
(BAPL)
AUGUST 2022
Ministry of Defence (MoD)
JULY 2022
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Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL)
Defense Initiatives (DI), Belarus,
& Defense Initiatives Aero Pvt
Ltd India
Directorate General (DG) of
Shipping
MAY 2022
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Nigerian Army
Indian Navy
M/s Larsen and Toubro (L&T)
Ministry of Defence (MoD)
Ministry of AYUSH
Indian Air Force (IAF) &
Indian Navy
Defence Research and
Development Organisation
(DRDO)
Hindustan Aeronautics
Limited (HAL)
MARCH 2022
-----FEBRUARY 2022
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Mauritius government
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For the purchase of additional dual-role
capable Surface-to-Surface BrahMos
missiles at an approximate cost of
Rs.1700 Crore under the “Buy-Indian”
Category.
Signed a contract worth Rs. 250 crore for
the supply of 9 integrated Anti-Submarine
Warfare (ASW) complex (IAC) MOD ‘C’
Systems.
For the supply of ASTRA MARK (MK)-I
Beyond Visual Range (BVR) Air-to-Air
Missile (AAM) and related equipment to
the Indian Air Force (IAF) and Indian
Navy worth Rs. 2,971 crores.
To collaborate on the supply of Airborne
Defense Suite (ADS) for Indian Air Force
(IAF) helicopters.
To facilitate transition of Indian Navy
personnel into the merchant navy’s
various designations.
For Phase II flying training on Chetak
Helicopter for six officers of Nigerian
Army Aviation.
To engage as a knowledge partner for
nurturing and Induction of various
contemporary and emerging technologies
into the Indian Navy.
Two MoUs for setting up of Ayurveda
Centres at 37 Cantonment Hospitals and
12 Military Hospitals of Armed Forces
Medical Services (AFMS) respectively.
To use CHAFF Technology in the Indian
Airforce Aircrafts and Indian Naval Ships
(INS) in order to protect from enemy
radar-guided missiles during hostile
situations.
To export one Advanced Light Helicopter
(ALH Mk-III), for the Mauritius police
force.
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BrahMos Aerospace Private
Limited (India)
Philippines
Indian Naval Placement
Agency (INPA)
IIFL (formerly India Infoline
Limited) Home Finance Limited
(IIFL HFL)
A deal was signed with a worth of USD
374.96 Million for the supply of shorebased anti-ship variants of the BrahMos
supersonic cruise missiles.
To look into the opportunities for the
recruitment of naval veterans.
IMPORTANT DEFENCE EVENTS
NOVEMBER 2022
➢ The Indian Army registered the “Intellectual Property Rights” (IPR) of the new Camouflage Pattern
and Design of the Improved Combat Uniform.
➢ Indian Army approved Project Sanction Orders (PSOs) for 5 Make II projects, providing a significant
stimulus to the ongoing “Make Projects.” Clickhere
➢ Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) launched the Hull Module of the
Submersible Platform for Acoustic Characterization & Evaluation (SPACE) facility at the Naval Physical
& Oceanographic Laboratory (NPOL) in Kochi, Kerala.
OCTOBER 2022
➢ Indian Air Force (IAF) retired the No. 51 ‘swordarms’ MiG-21 fighter Squadron based in Srinagar,
Jammu & Kashmir (J&K).
➢ Indian Air Force (IAF) inducted the first indigenously developed multirole Light Combat Helicopters
(LCH), named Prachanda (Fierce), into its 143 Helicopter Unit at the Jodhpur Air Force Station,
Rajasthan.
➢ Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) tested three remotely unmanned,
weaponized boats at Bhama Askhed Dam in Pune, Maharashtra.
➢ Indian Army’s northern command inducted Kalyani M4, an indigenous all-terrain high mobility
combat troop carrier with armour and mine protection, in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K ).
➢ Saab, a Sweden’s defence company, announced plans to set up a production facility in India for the
Carl-Gustaf M4 shoulder-fired weapon system India’s ‘Make in India’ initiative
➢ Ministry of Defence (MOD) approved the creation of a new branch, called the Weapon Systems (WS)
Branch, in a historic move for the Indian Air Force (IAF).
SEPTEMBER 2022
➢ The 5th Nilgiri-Class stealth frigate of the Indian Navy’s (IN) Project 17A namely ‘Taragiri’ (YD
12653) was launched in Mumbai, Maharashtra by Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd. (MDL).
AUGUST 2022
➢ Union Minister Rajnath Singh, Minister of Defence (MoD), has handed over indigenously developed
equipment and systems to the Indian Army. Clickhere
➢ India presented a Dornier Maritime Surveillance Aircraft (Dornier 228) to the Sri Lanka Navy.
➢ In a first-of-its-kind effort, the Indian Navy Ships (INS) (warships) set sail to 6 continents – North
America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia.Clickhere
➢ The Ministry of Defence (MoD) approved the three Defence Research and Development Organisation
(DRDO) projects – Guided Extended Range Rocket Ammunition, AerialDenial Munition Type I & Infantry
Combat Vehicle – Command for Pinaka rocket launchers.
➢ Indian Navy received the first-ever indegeniously produced 30mm gun ammunition by the M/s
Economic Explosives Limited(EEL), (Nagpur, Maharashtra) that will be used in AK-630 guns, which is
fitted on warships.
➢ Union Minister Rajnath Singh, Ministry of Defence approved the third Positive Indigenization List
(PIL) of 780 strategically important Line Replacement Units (LRUs)/Sub-systems/Components.
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JULY 2022
➢ Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully carried out the maiden flight
of the Autonomous Flying Wing Technology Demonstrator from the Aeronautical Test Range,
Chitradurga, Karnataka.
➢ Union Minister Rajnath Singh, Ministry of Defence (MoD) launched an indigenously built Y- 3023
Dunagiri, Project-17 Alpha frigates (P-17A) onto the river Hooghly in Kolkata (West Bengal) for Indian
Navy.
➢ Ministry of Defence (MoD) approved Arms procurement proposals worth Rs.28,732 crore under Buy
Indian Indigenously Designed, Developed and Manufactured (IDDM) and Buy Indian Categories.
➢ Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) concluded a contract with Honeywell Aerospace worth over USD
100 million for the supply and manufacture of 88 TPE331-12B engines/kits (Honeywell), as well as
maintenance and support services, to power HAL’s indigenous Hindustan Turbo Trainer – 40 (HTT-40).
➢ The Indian Navy (IN) received two MH-60R Multi-Role Helicopters (MRH) – Romeo Helicopters
from the United States of America (USA).
➢ The Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) handed the Indian Navy with the India’s First Indigenous Aircraft
Carrier (IAC) Vikrant, the largest warship built in India.
➢ The Indian Air Force (IAF) has planned to phase out four MiG-21 fighter squadrons by 2025.
JUNE 2022
➢ China launched its first fully domestically built catapult aircraft carrier, ‘Fujian’ which is its most
advanced naval vessel.
➢ Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), chaired by Union Minister Rajnath Singh, Ministry of Defence
(MoD), has granted Acceptance of Necessity (AoN) for Armed Forces Capital Acquisition Proposals
worth Rs 76,390 crore.
MAY 2022
➢ People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) of China launched an unidentified/mysterious missile from
its Type 055 (Renhai Class) guided-missile cruiser on April 19, 2022.
➢ Defence Minister Rajnath Singh launched two Indian Navy frontline warships–the Indian Naval
Ship (s) (INS)—‘INS Surat’ & ‘INS Udaygiri’—at Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (previously known
as Mazagon Docks Limited) (MDL) in Mumbai, Maharashtra
➢ The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)-National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL)
designed and developed, ‘HANSA-NG’, India’s First Indigenous Trainer Aircraft was successfully
completed in-flight engine relight test at Challakere, Chitradurga district of Karnataka.
APRIL 2022
➢ The United States (US), United Kingdom (UK) and Australia created a security pact and defence
alliance known as AUKUS to develop hypersonic missiles and electronic warfare capabilities.
➢ Union Minister of Defence, Rajnath Singh released the third positive indigenisation list of 101 items,
comprising major equipment and platforms to develop India as a defence manufacturing hub.
➢ Defence Ministry allocated 25% of the Domestic Capital Procurement/Acquisition Budget,
amounting to Rs 21,149.47 Cr has allocated for domestic private industry in Financial Year (FY)202223.
➢ The Neptune Missile system was inducted into the Ukrainian Defence Forces in March 2021 and
Neptune is a Ukrainian homemade anti-ship cruise missile capable of destroying targets within a range
of 300 km.
➢ Chief of Army Staff (COAS) inducted the first set of indigenously developed specialist vehicles into the
army
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Quick Reaction Fighting Vehicle Medium (QRFV), Infantry Protected Mobility Vehicle (IPMV), Ultra
Long Range Observation System developed by Tata Advanced System Limited (TASL).
➢ Indian Coast Guard (ICG) commissioned the 1st Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) MK-III squadron
in Bhubaneswar, Odisha.
➢ Indian Coast Guard (ICG) Ship Urja Pravaha, an auxiliary barge was inducted into ICG at Shoft
Shipyard in Bharuch, Gujarat.
➢ Defence Acquisition Procedure (DAP) 2020 has been amended to further promote Make in India and
Aatmanirbharta (self-reliance) in defence; and enable Ease of Doing Business
• Domestic industry will not have to furnish Integrity Pact Bank Guarantee (IPBG) for acquisitions
costing more than Rs 100 crore.
➢ HAL and Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) signed a contract to co-develop long range dual band
Infra-Red Search and Track System (IRST) for Sukhoi Su-30 MKI.
MARCH 2022
➢ Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) accorded Acceptance of Necessity (AoN) for capital acquisition
proposals of armed forces worth INR 8,357 crore under ‘Buy (Indian IDDM [Indigenously Designed,
Developed and Manufacture])’ category.
➢ Ministry of Defence (MoD) bans imports of 107 strategically important Line Replacement Units
(LRUs)/sub-systems with the aim to promote self-reliance in defence manufacturing and to minimise
imports by Defence Public Sector Undertakings (DPSUs) under ‘Atma Nirbhar Bharat’.
➢ Goa shipyard Limited inks an agreement with the Sri Lanka Navy to build a Floating Dock with the
valuation of USD 20 Million.
➢ Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) introduced a 19-seater aircraft ‘Hindustan 228’ in a first of
its kind attempt to develop small civil transport aircraft under the UDAN (Ude Desh Ka Aam Naagrik)
Scheme.
➢ Ministry of Defence (MoD) signed a contract with Larsen and Toubro (L & T) Limited to
purchase two Multi-Purpose Vessels (MPVs) for the Indian Navy at a total cost of Rs.887 Crore under
the “Buy-Indian” Category.
➢ Indian Air Force (IAF) in collaboration with Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) started an
initiative called ‘Fleet Card – Fuel on Move’ for the management of fuel supply chain and energy
security for IAF.
➢ The Ministry of Defence (MoD) signed a contract worth Rs 473 crore with Goa Shipyard Limited
(GSL) for the construction of eight Fast Patrol Vessels (FPV) for the Indian Coast Guard.
➢ Ministry of Defence (MoD) signed a Contract with Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) Bengaluru and
BEL Hyderabad for supply of Advanced Electronic Warfare (EW) suite for Fighter aircraft & for
Instrumented Electronic Warfare Range (IEWR) for the Indian Air Force (IAF) respectively with a
total outlay of Rs.3,102 Crore.
➢ Indian Coast Guard(ICG) unit Karaikal inducted Interceptor Boat (IB) ‘ ICGS C-436’, into its fleet
to improve surveillance along the coastline of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.
FEBRUARY 2022
➢ The Indian Armed Forces received the first batch of 70,000 Ak-203 Kalashnikov assault rifles from
Russia, which will be commissioned into the Indian Air Force.
➢ The Indian Navy successfully flight tested the marine version of French-made Rafale-Maritime
(Rafale-M) fighter jets at Shore Based Test Facility at Indian Navy Ship (INS) Hansa in Goa.
➢ A contract inked between Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) and the Indian Army worth Rs
3,131.82 crore for the manufacturing and supply of Konkurs-M, anti-tank guided missile, by BDL
under a license agreement with a Russian Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM).
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➢ Ministry of Defence (MoD) signed up a design and development contract with NewSpace Research
& Technologies to develop a HighAltitude Pseudo Satellite (HAPS).
➢ Indian Air Force (IAF) contingent participated in the Singapore Air Show 2022 held from 15th
to 18th February 2022 at the Changi Exhibition Centre, Singapore.
➢ The first batch of three MH-60R Multi-Role Helicopters are expected to arrive India in the month
of July 2022 in Kochi, Kerala and this will replace existing Sea King 42/42A helicopters.
➢ Indian Army conducted the first of its kind Hackathon “Sainya Ranakshetram – 2021” from 1st
October to 31st December 2021, to promote proficiency and expertise in the use of emerging
technologies, and showcase the technological side of the Indian Army.
➢ Ministry of Defence (MoD) signed a contract for Rs 1075 crore with Bharat Electronics Limited
(BEL) for the retro-modification of Commander Sight in 957 India’s premier Battle Tanks i.e. T-90 of
the Indian Army.
➢ United States (US)-based aerospace company Boeing delivered 12th Maritime Patrol Aircraft
Poseidon-8I (P-8I) and becomes the 4th of the four additional aircraft delivered under the options
contract signed by the Ministry of Defence in 2016.
JANUARY 2022
➢ Indian Army signed its first contract with Anadron Systems Pvt Ltd under Make-II for
Maneuverable Expendable Aerial Target, for Army Air Defence and Indian Air Force worth Rs 96
crore.
➢ Swedish defence company ‘Saab’ had been selected by the Indian Armed Force through a
competitive programme for the supply of single-shot anti-armour weapon AT4.
➢ Indigenous Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) MK III aircraft was formally inducted at INS Utkrosh
by Commander-in-Chief, Andaman and Nicobar Command (CINCAN) Lieutenant General Ajai Singh at
Port Blair, Andaman & Nicobar manufactured by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL).
SPORTS
Overview of 36th National Games 2022; Services Tops for the 4th Consecutive Time
• Service team has been conferred with the Raja Bhalindra Singh Trophy
• Services team’s under the aegis of Services Sports Control Board (SSCB) clinched 61 Gold, 35 Silver
and 32 Bronze medals. Clickhere
2022 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXII Commonwealth Games (CWG) or Birmingham
2022 held at Birmingham, England.
India stood at 4th position with a total medal tally of 61, consisting of 22 Gold, 16 Silver, and 23 Bronze medals
• Long jumper Murali Sreeshankar(Kerala) created history by becoming the first Indian male athlete to
win a silver medal in the long jump.
• .Tejaswin Shankar(Delhi), with an effort of 2.22m, won India’s first medal in the high jump at the
Commonwealth Games.
• India’s men’s doubles badminton pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy(Andhra Pradesh) and Chirag
Shetty(Maharashtra) won the gold medal in the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
• PV Sindhu’s women’s singles badminton gold medal marked India’s 200th gold medal in
Commonwealth Games history in Birmingham, by defeating Mitchell Li(Canada).Clickhere
4th edition of Khelo India Youth Games (KIYG) 2021 hosted by Haryana at the Tau Devi Lal Stadium in
Panchkula, Haryana
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Haryana won the KIYG 2021 with 52 gold medals, followed by Maharashtra with 45 and Karnataka with 22.
• Haryana athlete Unnati Hooda, the youngest Indian badminton player to make it to the Uber Cup team
clinched Badmintons Girl Singles Event.
Highlights of the 2021 Summer Deaflympics held in Caxias do Sul, Brazil
• India holds 9th position in 24th edition of 2021 Summer Deaflympics whereas Ukraine placed first
position followed by USA and Iran
• India won on total 17 medals at the Deaflympics 2021
• The Indian Shooter Abhinav Deshwal won the Gold in men’s 10m air pistol event. Clickhere
2nd Khelo India University Games 2021 held in Bengaluru, Karnataka
• Jain (Deemed-to-be University) emerged as overall champions followed by Lovely Professional University
(LPU), Punjab and Champions Panjab University, Chandigarh.
• Ann Mariya sets new National record in 87 kg women weightlifting competition. Clickhere
Highlights of Winter Olympics 2022 held in Beijing, China
24th edition of winter Olympics i.e. 2022 Winter Olympics/ Beijing 2022(called the XXIV Olympic Winter
Games) held on February 4-20, 2022 at Beijing National Stadium in Beijing, China.
• The official mascot of the 2022 Winter Beijing Olympics is “Bing Dwen Dwen”.
• Norway topped the medal tally for the second successive Winter Olympics by winning a total of 37
medals, of which 16 were gold.
• Indian diplomats to boycott Beijing Winter Olympics.
• Beijing 2022 passes Winter Olympics to Milano-Cortina 2026.Click here
APPOINTMENTS IN SPORTS
Name
Appointed as
Roger Binny
36th president
Shaji
Prabhakaran
Dilip Tirkey
Secretary General (SG)
Arkady
Dvorkovich
(Russia)
Viswanathan
Anand
President
Lovlina
Borgohain
Chairman
President
Deputy President
Association
NOVEMBER 2022
-OCTOBER 2022
Board of Control for
Cricket in India (BCCI)
SEPTEMBER 2022
All India Football
Federation (AIFF)
Hockey India (HI)
AUGUST 2022
Fédération
Internationale des
Échecs (FIDE)
Fédération
Internationale des
Échecs (FIDE)
JULY 2022
--JUNE 2022
MAY 2022
International Boxing
Association (IBA)’s
Athletes Committee
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Replaces the former Indian
cricket team captain Sourav
Ganguly.
-This is Hockey India’s first
player-president.
He was re-elected for a 2nd
term as the President
--
He has been selected as the
Chairman and a voting member
on the Board of Directors (BoD)
for the IBA’s Athletes
Committee.
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APRIL 2022
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International Olympic
Committee (IOC)
Athletes’ Commission
(AC)
Chair
Shiva Thapa (IND) was
appointed as vice chair
of the IBA’s Athletes
Committee.
The table tennis player Seung
Min Ryu of Republic of Korea as
its first Vice-Chair (VC).
It also elected cyclist Sarah
Walker of New Zealand as
second VC of the Commission.
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TENNIS
NOVEMBER 2022
➢ Denmark’s Holger Rune wins his 1st Paris Masters Single’s Title and Koolhof-Skupski wins Men’s
Double Title in 2022 Paris Masters.
OCTOBER 2022
➢ Former World No. 1 Novak Djokovic from Serbia won the men’s singles title 2022 against Marin
Cilic of Croatia in Tel Aviv Open 2022.
➢ Novak Djokovic (Serbia) clinched his 90th ATP (Association of Tennis Professionals) title, and 4th
title of 2022 after winning the singles’ title of 3rd Astana Open 2022 by defeating Stefanos Tsitsipas
(Greece) with 6-3, 6-4.
➢ Barbora Krejcikova (Czech Republic) clinched a 2nd successive WTA (Women’s Tennis Association)
title by defeating Iga Swiatek (21) of Poland to win the Women’s singles tennis title of J&T Banka
Ostrava Open 2022.
SEPTEMBER 2022
➢ 142nd edition of US Open Championship-2022 held in New York City, New York, United States
Event
Winner
Runner-up
Men’s Singles
Carlos Alcaraz (Spain)
Casper Ruud (Norway)
Women’s Singles
Iga Świątek (Poland)
Ons Jabeur (Tunisia)
Men’s Doubles
Rajeev Ram (United States)
Joe Salisbury (Britain)
Wesley Koolhof (Dutch)
Neal Skupski (Britain)
Women’s Doubles
Barbora Krejcikova
(Czechia)
Katerina Siniakova
(Czechia)
Caty McNally (United States)
Taylor Townsend (United
States)
Mixed Doubles
Storm Sanders (Australia)
John Peers (Australia)
Kirsten Flipkens (Belgium)
Edouard Roger-Vasselin
(France)
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AUGUST 2022
➢ Casper Ruud won the Swiss Open Tennis Tournament 2022 in Gstaad, Switzerland by defeating Matteo
Berrettini (Italy).
➢ 2022 Washington Open/Citi Open held in Washington, D.C., United States (US).
Event
Winner
Runner-up
Men’s Singles
Nick Kyrgios (Australia)
Yoshihito Nishioka (Japan)
Women’s Singles
Liudmila Samsonova
(Russia)
Kaia Kanepi (Estonia)
Men’s Doubles
Nick Kyrgios, and Jack Sock
(US)
Ivan Dodig (Croatia), and
Austin Krajicek (US)
Women’s Doubles
Jessica Pegula (US), and
Erin Routliffe (New
Zealand)
Anna Kalinskaya (Russia), and
Caty McNally (US)
➢ 2022 National Bank Open Tennis Tournament held in Montreal, Canada.
Event
Men’s Singles
Winner
Pablo Carreño Busta
(Spain)
Hubert Hurkacz (Poland)
Women’s Singles
Simona Halep (Romania)
Beatriz Haddad Maia (Brazil)
Men’s Doubles
Wesley
Koolhof(Netherlands)
/ Neal Skupski(United
Kingdom)
John Peers (Australia) / Dan
Evans (United Kingdom)
Coco Gauff (United States)
/ Jessica Pegula (United
Women’s Doubles
States)
Runner-up
Nicole Melichar-Martinez
(United States) / Ellen Perez
(Australia)
JULY 2022
135th edition of the oldest Tennis Grand Slam event “The Wimbledon Championships (Wimbledon) 2022
 This was Novak Djokovic’s 7th Wimbledon title and his 4th straight Wimbledon Gentlemen’s Singles
title.
Event
Gentlemen’s
Singles
Winner
Runner-up
Novak Djokovic (Serbia)
Nick Kyrgios (Australia)
Ladies’ Singles
Elena Rybakina
(Kazakhstan)
Ons Jabeur (Tunisia)
Gentlemen’s
Doubles
Matthew Ebden (Australia)
Max Purcell (Australia)
Nikola Mektić (Croatia)
Mate Pavić (Croatia)
Ladies’ Doubles
Kateřina Siniaková
(Czech Republic)
Barbora Krejčíková
(Czech Republic)
Zhang Shuai (China)
Elise Mertens (Belgium)
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Mixed Doubles
Desirae Krawczyk
(United States)
Neal Skupski
(United Kingdom)
Matthew Ebden (Australia)
Samantha Stosur (Australia)
JUNE 2022
➢ ROLAND-GARROS (French Open) 2022, held at Court Philippe-Chatrier, Paris, France.
 Rafael Nadal becomes the first player in history to win 22 Grand Slam titles in Men’s Singles.
Event
Winner
Runner-up
Men’s Singles
Rafael Nadal (Spain)
Casper Ruud (Norway)
Women’s Singles
Iga Swiatek (Poland)
Coco Gauff (US)
Men’s Doubles
MarceloArévalo
(El Salvador)
Jean-JulienRojer
(Netherlands)
IvanDodig
(Croatia)
AustinKrajicek
(US)
Women’s Doubles
CarolineGarcia (France)
KristinaMladenovic
(France)
JessicaPegula (US)
CocoGauff (US)
Mixed Doubles
EnaShibahara (Japan)
WesleyKoolhof
(Netherlands)
JoranVliegen (Germany) &
Ulrikke Eikeri (Norway)
➢ Stuttgart Open 2022 was the men’s and women’s tennis tournament held in Stuttgart,Germany.
• Matteo Berrettini (Italy) won men’s singles title against Andy Murray (Britain) in 2022 BOSS
Open (men’s tournament).
• Iga Swiatek (Poland) won the women’s singles title against Aryna Siarhiejeŭna Sabalenka
(Belarus) in 2022 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix (women’s tournament).
Event
Winner
Runner-up
Men’s Singles
Rafael Nadal (Spain)
Casper Ruud (Norway)
Women’s Singles
Iga Swiatek (Poland)
Coco Gauff (US)
Men’s Doubles
MarceloArévalo
(El Salvador)
Jean-JulienRojer
(Netherlands)
IvanDodig
(Croatia)
AustinKrajicek
(US)
Women’s Doubles
CarolineGarcia (France)
KristinaMladenovic
(France)
JessicaPegula (US)
CocoGauff (US)
Mixed Doubles
EnaShibahara (Japan)
WesleyKoolhof
(Netherlands)
JoranVliegen (Germany) &
Ulrikke Eikeri (Norway)
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MAY 2022
➢ According to the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) rankings 2022 (as of 3rd May 2022
Manika Batra ranked 38th position in the women’s singles and Sathiyan Gnanasekaran(G Sathiyan)
gained 34th position in the Men’s Singles category.
➢ 2022 Madrid Open Title was held at La Caja Mágica Stadium located in Madrid, Spain.
Event
Winner
Runner-up
Men’s Singles
Carlos Alcaraz (Spain)
Alexander Zverev (Germany)
Women’s Singles
Ons Jabeur (Tunisia)
Jessica Pegula (United States)
Men’s Doubles
Wesley Koolhof (Dutch) &
Neal Skupski (Britain)
Juan Sebastián (Colombia) &
Robert Farah (Colombia)
Gabriela Dabrowski
(Canada) & Giuliana Olmos
Women’s Doubles
(Mexico)
Desirae Krawczyk (United
States) & Demi Schuurs
(Netherland)
➢ 79th edition of the 2022 Internazionali BNL d’Italia of Rome title (Italian Open) held at Foro
Italico, Rome, Italy.
Event
Winner
Runner-up
Men’s Singles
Novak Djokovic (Serbia)
Stefanos Tsitsipas (Greece)
Women’s Singles
Iga Świątek (Poland)
Ons Jabeur (Tunisia)
Nikola Mektić (Croatia) &
Mate Pavić (Croatia)
John Isner (United States) &
Diego Schwartzman
(Argentina)
Men’s Doubles
Women’s Doubles
Veronika Kudermetova
(Russia) & Anastasia
Pavlyuchenkova (Russia)
Gabriela Dabrowski (Canada) &
Giuliana Olmos (Mexico)
APRIL 2022
Miami Open 2022, held in Miami Gardens, Florida, United States, from Mar 21 to Apr 3, 2022.
Event
Winner
Runner-up
Men’s Singles
Carlos Alcaraz (Spain)
Casper Ruud (Norway)
Women’s Singles Iga Natalia Swiatek (Poland)
Men’s Doubles
John Isner (United States)
Hubert Hurkacz (Poland)
Women’s Doubles
Vera Zvonareva (Russia)
Laura Siegemund (Germany)
Naomi Osaka (Japan)
Neal Skupski (United
Kingdom) & Wesley Koolhof
(Netherlands)
Veronika Kudermetova
(Russia)
Elise Mertens (Belgium)
➢ Stefanos Tsitsipas, a Greek professional tennis player, won the Men’s Singles title at the Rolex MonteCarlo Masters 2022, 115th edition, held at the Monte-Carlo Country Club in Monte Carlo, Monaco.
➢ Russian Tennis player Andrey Rublev, defeated Novak Djokovic to win the Men’s Singles Title in
Serbia Open 2022. Ariel Behar & Gonzalo Escobar won Doubles Title in Serbia Open 2022.
MARCH 2022
➢ Rafael Nadal defeated Cameron Norrie of the United Kingdom in Mexican Open 2022 (Hard court) and
claimed his 4th Mexican Open ATP-500 title in Acapulco, Mexico.
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Event
Winner
Runner-up
Cameron Norrie (United
Men’s Singles
Rafael Nadal (Spain)
Kingdom)
Feliciano López (Spain)
Jean-JulienRojer (Netherlands)
Men’s Doubles Stefanos Tsitsipas (Greece) Marcelo Arévalo (El Salvador)
➢ India has won 2 medals(1 Bronze and 1 Silver) at the World Table Tennis (WTT) Contender 2022
championship, held at the Lusail Sports Arena in Doha, Qatar
Event
Winner
Runner-up
Men’s Singles
Yuan Licen (China)
Dang Qiu(Germany)
Men’s Doubles
Fan Siqi(China))
Zhang Rui(China)
FEBRUARY 2022
Overview of 2022 Australian Open
110th edition of 2022 Australian Open was held at Melbourne Park, Melbourne in Australia on January 17-30,
2022.
Event
Winner
Men’s Singles
Rafael Nadal (Spain)
Women’s Singles
Runner-up
Daniil Sergeyevich Medvedev
(Russia)
Danielle Rose Collins (United
States)
Matthew Ebden (Australia)
Ashleigh Barty (Australia)
Thanasi Kokkinakis
Men’s Doubles
(Australia)
Nicholas Hilmy Kyrgios
Max Purcell (Australia)
(Australia)
Barbora Krejcikova (Czech
Anna Danilina (Kazakhstan)
Republic)
Women’s Doubles
Katerina Siniakova Czech
Beatriz Haddad Maia (Brazil)
Republic)
Kristina Mladenovic (France)
Jaimee Fourlis (Australia)
Mixed Doubles
Ivan Dodig (Croatia)
Jason Kubler (Australia)
➢ Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz Garfia (18 years old) won the Men’s Singles title at the 2022 Rio Open,
defeating Diego Schwartzman of Argentina and become the youngest ATP 500 Winner.
JANUARY 2022
Overview of 2022 Adelaide International
3rd edition of Adelaide International 2022 is held at The Memorial Drive Tennis Centre, Adelaide, Australia.
Event
Winner
Runner-up
Men’s Singles
Gael Monfils (France)
Karen Khachanov (Russia)
Women’s Singles
Ashleigh Barty (Australia)
Rohan Bopanna &
Ramkumar Ramanathan
Men’s Doubles
(India)
Ashleigh Barty and Storm
Women’s Doubles
Sanders (Australia)
Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan)
Ivan Dodig (Croatia) &
Marcelo Melo (Brazil)
Darija Jurak (Croatia) and
Andreja Klepac (Slovenia)
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Overview of Melbourne Summer Set 1 trophy 2022
Rafael Nadal wins Melbourne Summer Set 1 trophy 2022, ATP 250 in “Hard-Court” at Rod Laver Arena,
Melbourne.
Event
Winner
Men’s Singles
Rafael Nadal (Spain)
Women’s Singles
Simona Halep (Romania)
Runner-up
Maxime Cressy (USA)
Veronika Kudermetova
(Russia)
Aleksandr Nedovyesov –
Wesley koolhof – Neal
Skupski
Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
(Netherland – United
(Kazakhstan – Pakistan)
Kingdom)
Asia Muhammad – Jessica Sara Errani – Jasmine Paolini
Women’s Doubles
Pegula (USA -USA)
(Italy – Italy)
Note:Amanda Anisimova (USA) wins Women’s Singles in Melbourne Summer Set 2, that was also organized
simultaneous at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia.
Men’s Doubles
Overview of 2022 Sydney Tennis Classic
2022 Sydney Tennis Classic(2022 Sydney International) held in Sydney, Australia, held from 10th to 15th
January 2022
Event
Winner
Runner-up
Andy Murray (United
Aslan Karatsev (Russia)
Men’s Singles
Kingdom)
Barbora Krejčíková (Czech
Paula Badosa (Spain)
Women’s Singles
Republic)
John Peers (Australia) & Filip Simone Bolelli(Italy) & Fabio
Men’s Doubles
Polasek(Slovakia)
Fognini(Italy)
Anna Danilina (Kazakhstan) Vivian Heisen(Germany) &
Women’s Doubles & Beatriz Haddad Maia
Panna Udvardy (Hungary)
(Brazil)
CRICKET
NOVEMBER 2022
➢ Mumbai Cricket Team won Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy defeating the Himachal Pradesh team by 3
wickets in the final of Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2022/23 at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata, West Bengal.
OCTOBER 2022
➢ India women’s cricket team captain Harmanpreet Kaur and Pakistan wicketkeeper batter
Mohammad Rizwan won the ICC Player of the Month awards for September 2022 in women’s and men’s
categories respectively.
➢ International Cricket Council (ICC) partnered with United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to
empower women and girls and promote gender equality through cricket.
➢ Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced implementing a pay equity policy for its
contracted Women cricketers in the 15th BCCI Apex Council meeting.
SEPTEMBER 2022
➢ Overview of 15th Edition of DP World T20 Asia Cup 2022
• The Championship title was grabbed by Sri Lanka by beating Pakistan in the finals.
• Rohit Sharma overtakes Virat Kohli to become India’s second most-successful T20I captain.
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• Virat Kohli breaks Rohit Sharma’s record of fastest to 3500 T20I runs.Clickhere
➢ ICC World Test Championship (WTC) Final will be hosted by The Oval, London, England in June 2023
and the 2025 edition of WTC Final will be played at Lord’s, London.
➢ The West zone defeated the South zone by 294 runs to win their 19th title in the final day of 2022
Duleep Trophy.
➢ Indian Women’s cricket team won the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) Women’s Twenty20 (T20) Asia
Cup 2022 defeating the Sri Lanka women’s team in the final match held in Sylhet International Cricket
Stadium in Sylhet, Bangladesh.
➢
AUGUST 2022
➢ International Cricket Council (ICC) announced India will host the 2025 ICC Women’s One Day
International (ODI)World Cup.
➢ International Cricket Council (ICC) awarded membership status to three countries –Cambodia and
Uzbekistan from Asia, and Cote D’Ivoire from Africa.
➢ Kieron Adrian Pollard, former West Indies cricketer (Trinidadian), has become the first-ever cricketer
to play in 600 Twenty20 (T20) cricket matches.
➢ Indian Cricket Team won the Kajaria Cup India Tour of Zimbabwe One Day International (ODI)
Series 2022 (3-0) defeating Zimbabwe.
• Shubman Gill brokes Sachin Tendulkar’s 24-year-old massive ODI record in the innings.
JULY 2022
➢ England cricket team lead by Red Ball Captain – Ben Stokes defeated the Indian cricket team led by
Jasprit Bumrah in the 5th Test match (Rescheduled) and drawn the five-match series 2021/2022 (2-2)
and the Pataudi Trophy was shared between two teams. Clickhere
➢ Overview of India Tour of England, India Wins the T20I and ODI Series in England Soil
• Hardik Pandya became the first Indian player to scalp four wickets and score a half-century (51
runs) in a single T20I match.Clickhere
JUNE 2022
➢ Gujarat Titans (GT) led by Captain Hardik Himanshu Pandya won the 15th edition of TATA
sponsored Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 and lifted their maiden IPL trophy in their first IPL season,
by defeating Rajasthan Royals (RR). Clickhere
Award
Orange Cap (Batting)
Team/ Player
Jos Buttler (England) Rajasthan Royals
(863 Runs)
Yuzvendra Chahal (India) Rajasthan Royals
Purple Cap (Bowling)
(27 wickets)
➢ According to the International Cricket Council (ICC) Women’s ODI (WODI) Player Rankings (June
2022) – WODI ODI Batting Rankings, India’s Mithali Raj has retained the 7th rank and Smriti Mandhana
has retained the 9th rank.
➢ The Paytm sponsored 5 match Twenty20 International (T20I) was hosted by India (IND) against
South Africa (SA) ended in a tie-breaker (2-2) and India fast bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar was adjudged
the player of the series.
➢ Indian Cricket Team led by Hardik Pandya for the Ireland series – 2022 defeated Ireland cricket
team led by Andrew Balbirnie in both the Twenty 20 International (T20I) and won “Joy E-Bike
Electrifying Cup”.
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MAY 2022
➢ In the ICC’s (International Cricket Council) annual update 2022, Australia topped in the ICC men’s
Test team rankings, while India and New Zealand remain the No.1 teams in the T20I (Twenty 20
Internationals) and ODI (One Day International) rankings, respectively.
APRIL 2022
Overview of ICC (International Cricket Council) Women’s Cricket World Cup
12th edition of the ICC (International Cricket Council) Women’s Cricket World Cup was held in New Zealand
from March to April 2022.
•
•
Alyssa Healy (Australia) has been named as the ‘Player of the Tournament’ for scoring 509 runs in 9
matches.
Jhulan Goswami (Bowler) of India became the highest wicket-taker in the World Cup Tournament
bagging overall of 43 wickets. Click here
MARCH 2022
Overview of Sri Lanka Tour Of India – 2022
India whitewashed Sri Lanka in both the formats with the lead of 3-0 in T20I series and 2-0 in tests series.
• Shreyas Iyer adjudged as the Player of the Series for his consecutive Half-Centuries in all the 3 T20I,
scoring 204 overall runs.
• Jasprit Bumrah became the first Indian player to take a five-wicket haul on five different continents Click
here
FEBRUARY 2022
Overview of West Indies Tour of India 2021-22
India defeated West Indies by 3-0 in the ODI cricket and India defeated West Indies by 3-0 in the T20I cricket
• The Indian Cricket Team is the first ever team to play 1000 ODI matches, followed by Australia which
played 958 ODI matches.
• The Indian cricket team became the second team to win 100 T20I matches followed by Pakistan.Click
here
JANUARY 2022
Overview of India Tour of South Africa 2021-22
South Africa defeated India by winning the 3 match series by 2-1 and in the ODI series, South Africa defeated
India by winning the 3 match series by 3-0.
• Rishabh Pant becomes fastest Indian keeper to reach 100 dismissals in Tests; breaks MS Dhoni’s record.
• Jasprit Bumrah becomes fastest Indian bowler to take 100 overseas Test wickets.
• Mohammad Shami becomes 5th Indian pacer to take 200 Test wickets.
• Virat Kohli becomes India’s highest run-scorer in away ODIs. Click here
FOOTBALL
NOVEMBER 2022
--OCTOBER 2022
➢ Tazuni unveiled as the official Mascot of the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA)
Women’s World Cup Australia and New Zealand 2023.
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SEPTEMBER 2022
➢ India clinched the 2022 SAFF (South Asian Football Federation) under-17 (U-17)
Championship title after defeating Nepal in Sri Lanka.
➢ Bengaluru Football Club(BFC) and its captain Sunil Chhetri won their 1st ever Durand Cup
by defeating Mumbai City FC (MCFC) in the Durand Cup 2022 in Kolkata, West Bengal.
➢ Bangladesh won their first South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) title at SAFF Women’s
Championship 2022 defeating Nepal (3–1) at Dashrath Rangshala Stadium, Kathmandu, Nepal.
AUGUST 2022
➢ India lifted the 2022 South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Under-20 (U-20) football
championship trophy by defeating Bangladesh in Bhubaneswar, Odisha.
• Gurkirat Singh was named the Most Valuable Player of SAFF U20 championship 2022.
➢ FIFA (International Federation of Association Football) suspended All India Football Federation
(AIFF) for undue influence from third parties.
➢ Indian Footballer(striker) Manisha Kalyan from Hoshiarpur, Punjab, become the first Indian to
play in the Union of European Football Association (UEFA) Women’s Championship League.
➢ FIFA lifted the ban imposed on the All India Football Federation (AIFF) after the Supreme Court
(SC) terminated the mandate of the Committee of Administrators (CoA).
➢ England won the 2022 Union of European Football Associations (UEFA)’s European Women’s
Football Championship for the first time after extra-time in the 2-1 Euro 2022 Final by defeating
Germany.
JULY 2022
--JUNE 2022
➢ FIFA World Cup 2026 to be jointly hosted by the United States (US), Canada, and Mexico.
➢ Indian Men’s football team captain Sunil Chhetri scored his 84th International goal, equalled the
record of Real Madrid and Hungarian Football Legend Ferenc Puskás and became the joint fifth highest
goalscorer in international football.
➢ Indian Men’s Hockey Team won the Inaugural men’s Champion of Hero FIH Hockey5s Lausanne 2022
defeating Poland in the finals. Uruguay women’s Hockey Team defeated the Switzerland team to
become the inaugural women’s champion.
MAY 2022
➢ Kerala Football team captained by Jijo Joseph has won the 2021-22 Santosh Trophy, the 75th edition
of the tournament defeating 32-time champions West Bengal.
➢ Inter Milan (FC Internazionale Milano) defeated Juventus, 14 times champions, for 4-2 at the Stadio
Olimpico in Rome, Italy and won the Italian Cup (Coppa Italia) 2021/2022.
APRIL 2022
➢ Adidas unveiled the official ball ‘Al Rihla’ for the 2022 FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football
Association) Qatar World cup matches.
➢ FIFA unveiled La’eeb as the official mascot for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022.
MARCH 2022
➢ Chelsea Football Club (Chelsea FC) of United Kingdom (UK), by defeating Brazilian club Palmeiras,
won the 2021 FIFA Club World Cup hosted by United Arab Emirates (UAE)
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➢ Cristiano Ronaldo become the all-time leading scorer (professional football) with 807 goals, after
scoring 3 goals against Tottenham Hotspur during the English Premier League 2022.
➢ India wins 3rd edition of South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Under – 18 (U-18) Women’s
Championship 2022 by defeating Bangladesh women’s football U-18 team, which took place in JRD
Tata Sports Complex, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand.
FEBRUARY 2022
➢ China PR (People’s Republic) won the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Women’s Asian Cup
India 2022 defeating South Korea in the finals held at the D.Y. Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai,
Maharashtra.
➢ Senegal won the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) (officially French: Coupe d’Afrique des
Nations (CAN)) championship for the first time, defeating Egypt, organised by the Confederation of
African Football (CAF).
JANUARY 2022
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RETIREMENT
Name of the Person
Stephan Myburgh(DutchSouth African)
Sport they belong to/ Country
NOVEMBER 2022
Netherland, Cricket
Colin de Grandhomme
OCTOBER 2022
---SEPTEMBER 2022
New Zealand, Cricket
Mushfiqur Rahim
Bangladesh, cricket
Suresh Raina
India, cricket
Aaron James Finch
Australia, Cricket
Rahul Sharma
India, Cricket
Robin Uthappa
India, Cricket
Rachael Haynes
Australia, Cricket
Roger Federer
Switzerland, Tennis
Mohammad Rubel
Hossain
Bangladesh, Cricket
Jhulan Goswami
India, Cricket
Sebastian Vettel
AUGUST 2022
Germany, Formula 1
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He announced his retirement from
International Cricket
He announced his retirement from
international cricket
He announced his retirement from
Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is) cricket
He announced his retirement from all
forms of cricket including the Indian
Premier League (IPL) & Domestic Cricket.
He announced his retirement from ODI
cricket.
He announced his retirement from all
international and first class cricket
He announced his retirement from all
forms of Indian cricket
He announced her retirement from
International cricket and State cricket
He announced his retirement from the ATP
(Association of Tennis Professionals) Tour
and Grand Slams.
He announced his retirement from Test
cricket.
He announced her retirement from
international cricket.
He announced his retirement after the end
of the 2022 season
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Serena Williams
USA, Tennis
73 career singles titles, 23 career doubles
titles and over USD 94 million in career
winnings.
Announced his retirement from
international cricket.
Kevin Joseph O’Brien
Ireland, Cricket
Eoin Morgan
England, Cricket
Denesh Ramdin
West Indies, Cricket
Lendl Simmons
West Indies, Cricket
Ben Stokes
England, Cricket
Tamim Iqbal
Bangladesh, Cricket
Karuna Vijaykumar Jain
India, Cricket
Mithali Raj
India, Cricket
JULY 2022
He announced his retirement from
international cricket
He announced his retirement from
international cricket
He announced his retirement from
international cricket
He announced his retirement from ODI
Cricket.
He announced retirement from T20
Internationals
He announced retirement from all forms of
cricket
JUNE 2022
He announced her retirement from all
forms of international cricket, completing
her 23 years of international career.
MAY 2022
----Hamish Bennett
APRIL 2022
New Zealand, Cricket
Kieron Pollard
West Indies, Cricket
He represented New Zealand in one Test,
19 One Day International (ODIs) and 11
Twenty-20 Internationals (T20Is).
He announced his retirement International
Cricket.
MARCH 2022
Shanthakumaran Nair
Sreesanth
Ashleigh Barty
India, Cricket
Retired from Indian domestic (first class
and all formats) cricket
She was the one who won singles major
championships on three different surfaces
— on clay at the 2019 French Open, on
grass at Wimbledon 2021and on the hard
courts of Melbourne Park in 2022.
Australia, Tennis
Ben Cooper
FEBRUARY 2022
Netherlands, Cricket
Suranga Lakmal
Sri Lanka, Cricket
Quinton de Kock
JANUARY 2022
South Africa, Cricket
Mohammad Hafeez
Pakistan, Cricket
Bhanuka Rajapaksa
Sri Lanka, Cricket
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He announced his retirement from
international cricket and played 71 whiteball internationals.
He announced retirement from
international cricket.
He retired from Test Cricket and
committed to play international limitedovers cricket.
He announced his retirement from
international cricket.
Announced his retirement from
International cricket.
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Danushka Gunathilaka
Sri Lanka, Cricket
Chris Morris
South Africa, Cricket
Sania Mirza
India, Tennis
He is an open batsman and announced his
retirement from Test cricket at the age of
30 years.
He announced retirement from all forms of
cricket at the age of 34.
She is an Indian professional tennis player
and will retire at the end of the 2022
season.
BADMINTON
NOVEMBER 2022
➢ Highlights of 2022 Hylo Open
Event
Winner
Men’s Singles
Anthony Sinisuka Ginting (Indonesia)
Women’s Singles
Men’s Doubles
Han Yue (China)
Lu Ching-yao (Taiwan) & Taipei Yang Po-han (Taiwan)
Women’s Doubles
Benyapa Aimsaard (Thailand) & Nuntakarn Aimsaard
(Thailand)
Mixed Doubles
Rehan Naufal Kusharjanto (Indonesia) & Lisa Ayu Kusumawati
(Indonesia)
➢ Pramod Bhagat (Odisha) won the Men’s Singles (SL3) title (gold) at the Hulic Daihatsu BWF
(Badminton World Federation) Para-Badminton World Championships 2022.
OCTOBER 2022
➢ The Denmark Open 2022 presented by VICTOR, a badminton tournament, was held at the Arena Fyn in
Odense, Denmark, from 18 to 23 October 2022
Event
Men’s Singles
Winner
China’s Shi Yuqi
Women’s Singles China’s He Bingjiao
Indonesia’s Fajar Alfian &
Men’s Doubles
Muhammad Rian Ardianto
Runner-up
Indonesia’s Lee Zii Jia
China’s Chen Yufei
Indonesia’s Marcus Fernaldi
Gideon and Kevin Sanjaya
Sukamuljo
Women’s Doubles Chen Qingchen (China) & Jia South Korea’s Baek Ha-na and
Yifan (China)
Lee So-hee
China’s Feng Yanzhe and
Mixed Doubles
China’s Zheng Siwei and
Huang
Huang Yaqiong
SEPTEMBER 2022
➢ Japanese badminton players, Kenta Nishimoto and Akane Yamaguchi won the men’s
singles and women’s singles titles at the Daihatsu Yonex Japan Open 2022, HSBC BWF World
Tour Super 750 tournament.
➢ Haseena Sunil Kumar (Prannoy HS) topped the latest (6th September 2022) Badminton
World Federation (BWF) World Tour Rankings in Men’s Singles category.
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AUGUST 2022
27th edition of Badminton World Federation (BWF) World Championships held in Tokyo, Japan
Event
Men’s Singles
Winner
Viktor Axelsen (Denmark)
Women’s Singles Akane Yamaguchi (Japan)
Runner-up
Kunlavut Vitidsarn (Thailand)
Chen Yufei (China)
Mohammad Ahsan
(Indonesia) & Hendra
Men’s Doubles
Aaron Chia (Malaysia) & Soh
Setiawan (Indonesia)
Wooi Yik (Malaysia)
Women’s Doubles Chen Qingchen (China) & Jia Kim So-yeong (South Korea) &
Yifan (China)
Kong Hee-yong (South Korea)
Mixed Doubles
Zheng Siwei (China) & Huang Yuta Watanabe (Japan) & Arisa
Higashino (Japan)
Yaqiong (China)
JULY 2022
➢ Indian Badminton Player Pusarla Venkata (PV) Sindhu (27) grabbed the Singapore Open 2022
Super 500 trophy in Women’s Singles final after defeating China’s Wang Zhi Yi.
Event
Men’s Singles
Winner
Anthony Sinisuka Ginting
(Indonesia)
Women’s Singles PV Sindhu (India)
Runner-up
Kodai Naraoka (Japan)
Wang Zhiyi (China)
Fajar Alfian (Indonesia) &
Leo Rolly Carnando
Muhammad Rian Ardianto
Men’s Doubles
(Indonesia) & Daniel Marthin
(Indonesia)
(Indonesia)
Apriyani Rahayu (Indonesia)
Women’s Doubles & Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti Zhang Shuxian (China) & Zheng
(Indonesia)
Yu (China)
Dechapol Puavaranukroh
Wang Yilyu (China) & Huang
Mixed Doubles
(Thailand) & Sapsiree
Dongping (China)
Taerattanachai (Thailand)
➢ Perodua Malaysia Masters 2022 was held in Axiata Arena, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Event
Winner
Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo
Men’s Singles
(Indonesia)
An Se Young
Women’s Singles (South Korea)
Runner-up
Agnus Ng Ka Long
(Hong Kong)
Chen Yu Fei
(China)
Mohammad Ahsan and
Fajar Alfian and Muhammad
Rian Ardianto
(Indonesia)
Women’s Doubles Chen Qing Chen and Jia Yi
Fan(China)
Hendra Setiawan
Men’s Doubles
Mixed Doubles
Zheng Si Wei and Huang Ya
Qiong(China)
(Indonesia)
Nami Matsuyama and Chiharu
Shida(Japan)
Rinov Rivaldy and Pitha
Haningtya Mentari
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(Indonesia)
➢ Petronas Malaysia Open 2022 was held in Axiata Arena, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Event
Winner
Viktor Axelsen
Men’s Singles
(Denmark)
Ratchanok Intanon
Women’s Singles (Thailand)
Runner-up
Kento Momota
(Japan)
Chen Yu Fei
(China)
Fajar Alfian and Muhammad
Takuro Hoki and Yugo
Kobayashi
(Japan)
Apriyani Rahayu and Siti
Women’s Doubles Fadia Silv Ramadhanti
(Indonesia)
Rian Ardianto
Men’s Doubles
Mixed Doubles
Zheng Si Wei and Huang Ya
Qiong
(China)
(Indonesia)
Zhang Shu Xian and Zheng
Yu(China)
Dechapol Puavaranukroh and
Sapsiree Taerattanachai
(Thailand)
➢ Yonex Taipei Open 2022 badminton tournament was held in Taipei, Chinese Taipei
Event
Winner
Chou Tien-Chen (Chinese
Men’s Singles
Taipei)
Tai Tzu-ying (Chinese
Women’s Singles Taipei)
Runner-up
Kodai Naraoka(Japan)
Saena Kawakami(Japan)
Wang Chi-lin and Lee Yang of
Men’s Doubles
Man Wei Chong (Malaysia) &
Chinese Taipei
Tee Kai Wun (Malaysia)
Women’s Doubles Ng Tsz Yau (Hong Kong) & Yuna Kato and Rui Hirokami of
Tsang Hiu Yan (Hong Kong) Japan
Chasinee Korepap and
Mixed Doubles
Lee Chun Hei (Hong Kong) & Ruttanapak Oupthong of
Thailand
Ng Tsz Yau (Hong Kong)
JUNE 2022
➢ Indonesia Open 2022 was held from June 14 to 19 at Istora Stadium in Jakarta, capital of Indonesia.
Event
Men’s Singles
Winner
Viktor Axelsen (Denmark)
Runner-up
Zhao Jun Peng (China)
Women’s Singles Tai Tzu Ying (Chinese Taipei) Wang Zhi Yi (China)
Choi Sol Gyu and Kim Won Ho
Men’s Doubles
Liu Yu Chen and Ou Xuan Yi
(South Korea)
(China)
Women’s Doubles Matsuyama Nami and Shida Fukushima Yuki and Hirota
Chiharu (Japan)
Sayaka (Japan)
Mixed Doubles
Zheng Si Wei and Huang Ya Watanabe Yuta and Higashino
Arisa (Japan)
Qiong (China)
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MAY 2022
➢ Indian Badminton Player Pusarla Venkata(PV) Sindhu won the Bronze medal in Women’s Singles at
the 39th edition of 2022 Badminton Asia Championships.
Event
Men’s Singles
Winner
Lee Zii Jia (Malaysia)
Women’s Singles Wang Zhiyi (China)
Pramudya Kusumawardana
Men’s Doubles
and Yeremia Erich Yoche
Yacob Rambitan (Indonesia)
Women’s Doubles Chen Qing Chen and Jia Yi
Fan (China)
Runner-up
Jonatan Christie (Indonesia)
Akane Yamaguchi (Japan)
Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik
(Malaysia)
Iwanaga Rin and Nakanishi Kie
(Japan)
Mixed Doubles
Zheng Si Wei and Huang Ya Huang Dong Ping and Wang Yi
Lyu (China)
Qiong (China)
➢ 2022 BWF Thomas and Uber Cup held at Impact Arena, Bangkok, Thailand from 8 to 15 May 2022.
Event
Winner
First Men’s Singles
Lakshya Sen (India)
Runner-up
Anthony Sinisuka Ginting
(Indonesia)
Second Men’s Singles
Kidambi Srikanth (India)
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy
(India) & Chirag Shetty
(India)
Jonatan Christie (Indonesia)
Mohammad Ahsan
(Indonesia) & Kevin Sanjaya
Sukamuljo (Indonesia)
First Men’s Doubles
•
South Korea won the 2022 BWF Uber Cup Final, badminton’s world women’s team championship,
defeating the 15-time Champions China (defending champion).
➢ Indian para badminton team finished with 23 medals, including 7 Golds, 3 Silver and 13 bronze at
1st Bahrain Para Badminton International Championships 2022 in Manama, Bahrain.
APRIL 2022
➢ Indian shuttler Mithun Manjunath (world Rank 74(Men’s singles)) has won silver in Men’s Singles at
the Orléans Masters 2022.
MARCH 2022
Overview of Yonex Gainward German Open 2022
Indian Shuttler Lakshya Sen (20) grabbed silver after losing to Kunlavut Vitidsarn of Thailand in men’s singles
at Yonex Gainward German Open 2022 was held at the Westenergie Sporthalle in Mülheim, Germany, on March
8-13, 2022.
Event
Men’s Singles
Winner
Kunlavut Vitidsarn
(Thailand)
Women’s Singles
He Bingjiao (China)
Runner-up
Lakshya Sen (India)
Chen Yufei (China)
Liu Yuchen (China) & OU Xuan
Men’s Doubles
Goh Sze Fei and Nur Izzuddin
Yi (China)
(Malaysia)
Women’s Doubles Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan Gabriela Stoeva (Bulgaria) &
(China)
Stefani Stoeva (Bulgaria)
Dechapol Puavaranukroh /
Ou Xuanyi (China) & Huang
Mixed Doubles
Sapsiree Taerattanachai
Yaqiong (China)
(Thailand)
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➢ Pusarla Venkata Sindhu defeated Thailand’s Busanan Ongbamrungphan to secure Gold medal in
women’s singles YONEX Swiss Open 2022 (Swiss Open Super 300) badminton tournament at Basel,
Switzerland.
• Jonatan CHRISTIE (Indonesia) -Men’s singles(Gold).
FEBRUARY 2022
Overview of Odisha Open 2022
The Odisha Open 2022, a Badminton World Federation(BWF) Super 100 tournament held at Jawaharlal Nehru
Indoor Stadium, Cuttack, Odisha from 25th to 30th January 2022.
Event
Winner
Runner-up
Men’s Singles
Kiran George(India)
Priyanshu Rajawat (India)
Women’s Singles
Unnati Hooda(India)
Nur Mohammad Azriyum
Ayub Azriyn
Men’s Doubles
Lim Khim Wah
(Malaysia)
Treesa Jolly
Women’s Doubles Gayatri Gopichand Pullela
(India)
Mixed Doubles
Smit Toshniwal(India)
Ravikrishna PS
Sankar Prasad Udayakumar
(India)
Sanyogita Ghorpade
Shruti Mishra
(India)
MR Arjun
Treesa Jolly
(India)
Sachin Dias
Thilini Hendahewa
(Sri Lanka)
JANUARY 2022
Overview of Yonex-Sunrise Open 2022
The Yonex-Sunrise India Open 2022 was held from 11th to 16th January 2022 at the K.D.Jadhav Indoor
Hall in New Delhi, India.
Event
Winner
Runner-up
Men’s Singles
Lakshya Sen (India)
Busanan Ongbamrungphan
Women’s Singles
(Thailand)
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy
Men’s Doubles
(India) & Chirag Shetty
(India)
Nuntakarn Aimsaard
Women’s Doubles
(Thailand) & Benyapa
Aimsaard (Thailand)
Terry Hee Yong Kai
Mixed Doubles
(Singapore) & Jessica Tan
Wei Han (Singapore)
Loh Kean Yew (Singapore)
Supanida Katethong (Thailand)
Mohammad Ahsan
(Indonesia) & Hendra
Setiawan (Indonesia)
Anastasiia Akchurina (Russia)
& Olga Alekseevna Morozova
(Russia)
Chen Tang Jie (Malaysia) &
Peck Yen Wei (Malaysia)
Overview of Syed Modi International Badminton Championship 2022
Badminton World Federation (BWF) organised Syed Modi International Badminton Championship 2022 at the
Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh (UP).
Event
Winner
Men’s Singles
No Match
Women’s Singles
PV Sindhu (India)
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Men’s Doubles
Man Wei Chong (Malaysia) & Kai Wun Tee
(Malaysia)
Women’s Doubles Anna Ching Yik Cheong (Malaysia) and Teoh Mei
Xing (Malaysia)
Mixed Doubles
Ishaan Bhatnagar (India) and Tanisha Crasto
(India)
SHOOTING
NOVEMBER 2022
-OCTOBER 2022
➢ India’s shooting contingents finished 2nd on the medal tally of the International Shooting Sport
Federation (ISSF) World Championship Rifle/Pistol 2022 with a total of 34 medals (12 golds, 9 silvers
and 13 bronze). China topped with 58 medals (27 gold, 16 silver and 15 bronze).
SEPTEMBER 2022
-AUGUST 2022
➢ India won 15 medals, (5 gold, 6 silver and 4 bronze medals) and topped the medals list in
International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup Changwon 2022 Rifle/ Pistol/ Shotgun held
at South Korea.
• Mairaj Ahmad Khan becomes the 1st Indian shooter to win the gold medal in the men’s skeet
event.
JULY 2022
--JUNE 2022
➢ India won a total of five medals, with 2 gold, 3 silver, and holds 5th position in overall championship of
International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup 2022, was held in Baku, Azerbaijan.
• Swapnil Kusale and Ashi Chouksey won gold 50m rifle 3 positions (3P) mixed team shooting
event.
MAY 2022
➢ India won 33 medals at the ISSF Junior Shooting World Cup 2022 held in Suhl, Germany.
• India’s Sift Kaur Samra bags Gold at women’s 50 metre (m) rifle 3 positions (3P).
• Esha Singh & Saurabh Chaudhary won Gold in 10M Air Pistol Mixed Team Junior event.
APRIL 2022
---MARCH 2022
➢ India topped the medals tally of International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup 2022 Cairo
with a total of 7 medals (4 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze) followed by Norway and France.
FEBRUARY 2022
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BOXING
NOVEMBER 2022
--SEPTEMBER 2022
--AUGUST 2022
-JULY 2022
➢ Alfiya Pathan (+81kg category) & Gitika (48kg category) won the gold medal at the inaugural (1st)
edition of the Elorda Boxing Cup 2022 held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan.
JUNE 2022
---MAY 2022
➢ 2022 IBA Women’s World Boxing Championships held at Istanbul; Turkey tops medal tally
• Indian Boxer Nikhat Zareen, who hails from Nizamabad city of Andhra Pradesh (now
Telangana), won the gold in flyweight (52kg) division with 5-0 points against Thailand’s Jitpong
Jutamas. India won total medal tally of 3.
APRIL 2022
➢ Indian boxers bagged 10 medals (3 Gold, 4 Silver, 3 Bronze medals) at the 2022 Thailand Open
International Boxing Tournament, which took place in Angsana Convention And Exhibition Space
(ACES), Phuket.
MARCH 2022
--FEBRUARY 2022
---JANUARY 2022
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CHESS
OCTOBER 2022
➢ World Number 1 Magnus Carlsen, Norwegian chess Grandmaster (GM) won the Julius Baer
Generation Cup against Indian Grand Master (GM) Arjun Erigaisi in the rapid online chess tournament.
➢ World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen (Norway) wins Meltwater Champions Chess Tour 2022 by
defeating Indian Grand Master (GM) Arjun Erigaisi during the semifinals of the Aimchess Rapid
tournament.
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➢ Grandmaster Praggnanandhaa R and Women Grandmaster Nandhidhaa P V became the Asian
Champions by winning the Asian Continental Chess Championship 2022 in the Open and Women’s
sections respectively.
SEPTEMBER 2022
➢ Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi (India) won the 28th Abu Dhabi Masters Chess Tournament 2022.
➢ Indian Grandmaster (GM) Aravindh Chithambaram won the 22nd Dubai Open Chess Tournament
2022.
➢ Pranav Anand (Bengaluru, Karnataka) became India’s 76th Chess GrandMaster (GM) after winning
against International Master (IM) Emin Ohanyan of Armenia in Round 10 of the World Youth Under-16
Open.
➢ India’s Pranav Anand (Karnataka) won the Under-16(Open) title and A R Ilamparthi (Tamil Nadu)
won the Under 14 (Open) title at the World Youth Chess Championship 2022.
AUGUST 2022
➢ V Pranav became India’s 75th Grandmaster (GM) and Tamil Nadu’s (TN’s) 27th by winning the
Limpedea Open in Baia Mare, Romania.
➢ 44th Chess Olympiad 2022 held in Chennai, Tamil Nadu
• Uzbekistan defeated the Netherlands and secured the gold medal in Open Section.
• Ukraine claimed their second gold in the Women’s event.
• India ‘B’ team settled for a bronze medal in the Open section.
• India ‘A’ women’s team also finished third and won bronze in the Chess Olympiad.Clickhere
➢ India’s GM R Praggnanandhaa defeats World No.1 Magnus Carlsen in the final round, finished
Runner-up in FTX Crypto Cup 2022.However,Magnus Carlsen won the event with high score.
JULY 2022
➢ Ukraine’s Grandmaster (GM) Vitaly Sivuk won the first prize in the 2nd edition of La Plagne
International Chess Festival – Masters Tournament (2022) in France.
➢ Young Indian Grandmaster (GM) R Praggnanandhaa defeated Alexandr Predke to win the Open A
section of the 15th International Chess Festival ‘’Paracin 2022’’.
➢ Aravindh Chithambaram won the 41st Villa de Benasque International Open chess tournament in
Benasque, Spain.
JUNE 2022
➢ Wesley Barbossa So, Filipino-American chess Grandmaster (GM), won the 10th edition of the 2022
Norway Chess Blitz tournament held in Finansparken, Stavanger, Norway.
➢ Tamil Nadu(TN) Chief Minister(CM) MK Stalin, launched the official logo and mascot named
‘Thambi’ (which means younger brother in Tamil) for 44th International Chess Federation (FIDEFédération Internationale des Échecs) Chess Olympiad to be held at Mamallapuram, Chennai, Tamil
Nadu.
➢ Farrukh Amonatov from Tajikistan, won the inaugural (1st) Maharashtra International Open
Grandmaster chess tournament 2022 held in Pune, Maharashtra.
➢ Magnus Carlsen won Norway Chess 2022 against Bulgarian GrandMaster Veselin Topalov to keep the
title for the fourth successive year and for the fifth time in 10 editions.
➢ Indian Grand Master, top-seeded player R Praggnanandhaa wins Norway Chess Group ‘A‘ event
with 7.5 points from nine rounds.
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➢ Rahul Srivatshav P of Telangana become India’s 74th Grandmaster (GM) after breaking the 2500 (Elo
points) barrier in live International Chess Federation (FIDE) ratings during the 9th Cattolica Chess
Festival 2022 in Italy.
MAY 2022
➢ Indian Grand Master (GM) D Gukesh became champion in the 1st Chessable Sunway Formentera
Open 2022 chess tournament held in Spain.
➢ Indian Grand Master (GM) Arjun Erigaisi from Telangana finished second in the 2022 TePe Sigeman
Chess Tournament in Malmo, Sweden & Hans Moke Niemann (US) is the champion of the tournament.
➢ World No.2 Grandmaster Ding Liren of China won the tournament against India’s teenaged
Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa in the final of Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Chessable Masters
2022 online tournament.
APRIL 2022
➢ Indian Grandmaster (GM) Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa won the ReyKjavik Open Chess 2022
tournament at Harpa Conference Centre in Reykjavík,captial of Iceland.
➢ The Indian GrandMaster (GM) Dommaraju Gukesh defeating Israel GM Victor Mikhalevski to win
the 48th La Roda International Open Chess tournament held at Castilla La Mancha, Spain.
➢ GM Dommaraju Gukesh won the Group A of the Menorca Open chess tournament 2022 held at
Ciutadella de Menorca, Spain.
MARCH 2022
➢ Priyanka Nutakki, from Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, secured her final WGM-norm at the MPL 47th
National Women Chess Championship 2022, held in Bhubaneshwar, Odisha.
➢ Indian Grandmaster(GM) S L Narayanan won the 1st Grandiscacchi Cattolica International Open
(Cattolica Open),in Cattolica, Italy
➢ India is set to host the 44th World Chess Olympiad(44th Chess Olympiad) 2022 in Chennai, Tamil
Nadu.
FEBRUARY 2022
➢ Norwegian Grandmaster (GM), Magnus Carlsen has won the title of Tata Steel Chess
Tournament 2022, organised by the Tata Steel Chess Tournament, who defeated Italian-American
GM Fabiano Caruana.
➢ Indian Grandmaster (GM) R Praggnanandhaa (16-year old) defeated World Number 1 Magnus
Carlsen (Norway) in the 8th round of the Airthings Masters, an online rapid chess tournament.
JANUARY 2022
➢ Nodirbek Abdusattorov (Uzbekistan) won the World Rapid Chess Champion of 2021 by defeating
Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia) in a tiebreaker and dethroning Magnus Carlsen.
➢ Bharath Subramaniyam, Tamil Nadu becomes India’s 73rd chess Grandmaster (GM) during 9-round
Swiss tournament of Vergani Cup Open 2022 in Cattolica, Italy.
RANKING
IMP. NOTE - All sports ranking revised/checked by our team with its official sports sites on
November 14th, 2022.In tabular column, we had provided the ‘As on date’ which updated in
appropriate official sports sites.
TENNIS
Men’s Singles Ranking (As on
14.11.2022 Last updated in official
site)
Women’s Singles Ranking (As on
14.11.2022 Last updated in official
site)
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Rank
Player
Rank
Player
1
Carlos Alcaraz (Spain)
1
Iga Swiatek (Poland)
2
Rafael Nadal (Spain)
2
Ons Jabeur(Tunisia)
3
Stefanos Tsitsipas (Greece)
3
Jessica Pegula (United states)
Indian Player Ranking
Indian Player Ranking
289
Ramkumar Ramanathan
223
Karman Thandi
349
Mukund Sasikumar
302
Ankita Raina
BOXING
Indian Men Ranking(As of SEP. 2020
updated in official site) in AIBA World
Men’s Ranking 2020
Rank Player
1
Amit Panghal in 52kg category
CRICKET
Men’s T20I Ranking
Team Ranking (Last
Updated on 14th
November, 2022)
Rank
Country
Indian Women’s Ranking(As of SEP
updated in official site) in AIBA World
Women’s Ranking 2020
Rank Player
2
Manju Rani in 48 kg category
Men's Batting Rankings
(Last Updated on 6th
November, 2022)
Rank
Player
Men's Bowling Rankings (Last
Updated on 6th November,
2022)
Rank
Player
Men's All-Rounder
Rankings (Last Updated
on 6th November, 2022)
Rank
Player
1
1
1
India
1
2
England
2
3
Pakistan
Suryakumar
Yadav(India)
Wanindu
Hasaranga(Sri Lanka)
Shakib Al
Hasan
(Bangladesh)
Mohammad
Nabi
(Afghanistan)
Hardik
Pandya(India)
Mohammad
2
Rashid
2
Rizwan
Khan(Afghanistan)
(Pakistan)
3
Devon
3
Josh
3
Conway (New
Hazlewood(Australia)
Zealand)
Indian Player’s Ranking Indian Player’s Ranking
11
Virat Kohli
12
Bhuvneshwar Kumar
16
Lokesh Rahul
13
Ravichandran Ashwin
18
Rohit Sharma
23
Arshdeep Singh
41
Ishan Kishan
40
Akshar Patel
52
Shreyas Iyer
46
Yuzvendra Chahal
Men’s ODI Ranking
Team Ranking
(Last Updated on
12th October,
2022)
Rank Country
Men's Batting Rankings
(Last Updated on 11th
October2022)
Men's Bowling Rankings (Last
Rank
Rank
Player
Updated on
2022)
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Player
October
Men's All-Rounder Rankings
(Last Updated on 11th October
2022)
Rank
Player
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3
India
1
England
2
New
Zealand
1
Babar Azam
(Pakistan)
2
Imam-ulHaq(Pakistan)
3
Rassie van der
Dussen (South
Africa)
Indian Player’s Ranking
7
Virat Kohli
8
Rohit Sharma
17
Shikhar Dhawan
33
Shreyas Iyer
Men’s Test Ranking
Team Ranking
Men's Batting Rankings
(Last Updated
(Last Updated on 12th
th
on 12
September 2022)
September, 2022)
Rank Country Rank Player
2
India
1
Joe
Root(England)
1
2
3
Trent Boult (New
Zealand)
Josh Hazlewood
(Australia)
Mujeeb Ur
Rahman(Afghanistan)
Indian Player’s Ranking
10
Jasprit Bumrah
20
Yuzvendra Chahal
25
Kuldeep Yadav
36
Mohammed Siraj
1
2
3
Shakib Al Hasan
(Bangladesh)
Mohammad Nabi
(Afghanistan)
Rashid Khan
(Afghanistan)
Indian Player’s Ranking
18
Hardik Pandya
Men's Bowling
Rankings (Last Updated
on 12th September
2022)
Rank Player
1
Pat Cummins
(Australia)
Men's All-Rounder
Rankings(Last Updated
on 12th September
2022)
Rank Player
1
Ravindra Jadeja
(India)
2
1
Australia 2
2
3
South
Africa
Marnus
Labuschagne
(Australia)
3
Babar
Azam(Pakistan)
Indian Player’s
Ranking
5
Rishabh Pant
Ravichandran
Ashwin(India)
3
9
Rohit Sharma
17
12
Virat Kohli
21
Mohammad
Shami
Ravindra Jadeja
24
Mayank
Agarwal
25
Ishant Sharma
Shaheen
Afridi(Pakistan)
Indian Player’s
Ranking
4
Jasprit Bumrah
BADMINTON (Last Updated on 14th November
Men’s Singles Ranking
Rank Player
1
Viktor Axelsen (Denmark)
2
Lee Zii Jia(Malaysia)
3
Loh Kean Yew(Singapore)
Indian Player Ranking
6
Lakshya Sen
11
Kidambi Srikanth
Ben
Stokes(England)
3
Ravichandran
Ashwin (India)
Indian Player’s
Ranking
17
Akshar Patel
2022)
Women’s Singles Ranking
Rank
Player
1
Akane Yamaguchi(Japan)
2
An Se-young (South Korea)
3
Chen Yufei(China)
Indian Player Ranking
5
Pusarla V. Sindhu
33
Saina Nehwal
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FOOTBALL
Men’s Team Ranking (6th October,
2022)
Rank Team
106
India
1
Brazil
2
Belgium
3
Argentina
Women’s Team Ranking (13th October, 2022)
Rank
61
1
2
3
Team
India
USA
Sweden
Germany
CHESS (Updated as on 14th November 2022)
Rank
Player
Country
Indian Players
Viswanathan Anand
Dommaraju Gukesh
Arjun Erigaisi
Top 3 Players
Magnus Carlsen
Liren Ding
Ian Nepomniachtchi
9
23
24
1
2
3
India
India
India
Norway
China
Russia
OTHER SPORTS
NOVEMBER 2022
➢ Red Bull’s double world champion and the Dutch driver Max Verstappen won the 2022 Mexico
City Grand Prix.
➢ Indian junior men’s hockey team defeated Australia to win the 10th Sultan of Johor Cup 2022 held at
Taman Daya Hockey Stadium in Johor Bahru, Malaysia.
➢ India is set to host the 2023 International Boxing Association (IBA) Women’s World Boxing
Championship in New Delhi, Delhi.
OCTOBER 2022
➢ Sergio Perez (team Red Bull) won the Formula One (F1) 2022 Singapore Grand Prix (GP) race
➢ Saudi Arabia to host the 2029 Asian Winter Game at a planned mountain resort, Trojena under the
country’s USD 500 billion Neom futuristic megacity project.
➢ All India Football Federation (AIFF) signed a MoU with the Saudi Arabian Football Federation (SAFF)
for the promotion of football activities.
➢ India’s Pankaj Advani won the 2022 IBSF (International Billiards & Snooker Federation) World
Billiards Championship in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
➢ Red Bull’s Max Verstappen, a Belgian-Dutch motorsports racing driver, won the Formula 1 Honda
Japanese Grand Prix 2022.
➢ Team World won the Laver Cup 2022 title defeating Team Europe. This marks the Team World’s firstever Laver Cup title.
➢ The 2023 Asian Cup, the quadrennial international men’s football championship of Asia organised by
the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) will be hosted by Qatar for the 3rd time.
➢ Jyothi Yarraji (Railways) became the first Indian woman to clock a legal sub-13 second time for 100
meter Hurdles at the 61st Athletics Federation of India (AFI) National Open Athletics Championships in
Bengaluru, Karnataka.
➢ The 5th edition of Khelo India Youth Games (KIYG) 2022 will be held in 8 cities in Madhya Pradesh
from 31st January to 11th February 2023.
➢ Belgian-Dutch Max Verstappen of Red Bull Racing won the 2022 Formula 1 Aramco United States
Grand Prix.
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SEPTEMBER 2022
➢ Red Bull Driver Max Verstappen (Belgian, Dutch), won the Formula 1(F1) Heineken Dutch Grand Prix
(GP) 2022.
➢ Union Home Minister, Amit Shah launched the mascot (Saavaj) & anthem (Ek Bharat Shreshtha
Bharat) for 36th National Games at Trans Stadia in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
➢ Neeraj Chopra became the 1st Indian to win the Diamond League Finals Title.
➢ Red Bull’s Max Verstappen won the 2022 Italian Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula 1 Pirelli
Gran Premio d’Italia 2022).
➢ Red Bull-backed racer, Jehan Daruvala became the first Indian to win FIA Formula 2 (F2) feature
race.
➢ 17th edition of the World Wrestling Championships 2022 was held in Belgrade, Serbia
• India is ranked 24th with 2 medals. United States of America (USA) lead the table with 15
medals followed by Japan (2nd place) and Turkey (3rd place)
• Bajrang Punia wins bronze at 2022 World Wrestling Championships.
• Vinesh Phogat wins her 2nd World Wrestling Championships Medal.
AUGUST 2022
➢ Max Verstappen (team Red Bull) won the Hungarian Formula one (F1) Grand Prix 2022.
➢ Madhya Pradesh (MP) para athlete Pooja Ojha won the silver medal in VL1 Women’s 200m Race
final with a timing of 1:34.18 at the 2022 ICF(International Canoe Federation) Canoe Sprint &
Paracanoe World Championships.
➢ Meghalaya will host the 2nd edition of the North East Olympics 2022 in Shillong, from October 30,
2022, to November 06, 2022.
➢ Tokyo Olympic champion (javelin throw), Neeraj Chopra won Athletissima Wanda Lausanne
Diamond League 2022 title at La Pontaise Olympic stadium in Switzerland.
➢ India defeated South Korea (3-2) and bagged the Bronze medal in the 14th Asian Men’s U18
Volleyball Championship 2022 in Tehran, Iran.
➢ Red Bull’s Max Verstappen, won the Formula 1 Rolex Belgian Grand Prix 2022 and extended his lead
in the FormulaOne World Championship 2022.
➢ Athletics Federation of India (AFI) partners with HSBC India to support women athletes in India,
especially youngsters.
➢ India ranks 3rd in 45th edition of 2022 World U20 Wrestling Championships with 16 medals followed
by Iran & United States of America(USA).
• Antim Panghal Becomes India’s First-Ever U-20 World Wrestling Champion.
➢ Linthoi Chanambam (Manipur) won a historic Gold, in the Women’s 57kg contest (any age group
category), India’s first-ever medal in the World Cadet Judo Championship, in Sarajevo, Bosnia and
Herzegovina.
JULY 2022
➢ Spain’s Carlos Sainz Jr. of team Scuderia Ferrari, won the Formula 1 Lenovo British Grand Prix 2022.
➢ Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc has won the 2022 Austrian Grand Prix, followed by Red Bull’s Max
Verstappen finishing 2nd position and Mercedes’ seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton finishing
third in the race.
➢ 2022 U-15 and U-20 Asian Wrestling Championship held at the Khalifa Sports City arena in
Manama,Bahrain.
• India’s U-20 wrestlers bagged 22 medals including 4 gold, 9 silver and 9 bronze medals in the
Asian U-20 Wrestling Championships held in Manama, Bahrain.
• India won 2022 U-15 Asian Wrestling Championship in Freestyle Wrestling team ranking with 4
gold, 2 silver, and 1 bronze medal.
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➢ Adani Sportsline become an official partner with the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) for the
upcoming Birmingham Commonwealth Games 2022 in England, Hangzhou Asian Games 2022 in China,
and Paris Olympic Games 2024 in France.
➢ Red Bull racer Max Verstappen (Dutch) won the 2022 French Grand Prix (Formula 1(F1) Lenovo
Grand Prix de France 2022).
➢ Indian Olympic Association (IOA) signed an MoU with the Gujarat Government & the Gujarat Olympic
Association (GOA) for the joint conduct of the 36th National Games, Gujarat 2022.
➢ 18th edition of the World Athletics Championships (WCH) 2022 held in Eugene, Oregon, United
States (US).
• India ranked at 33rd place with one Silver medal at this championship.
• India’s Neeraj Chopra won silver medal in the men’s javelin throw which reached at 88.13m.
➢ Netherland won 2022 FIH Women’s Hockey World Cup for the 9th time by defeating Argentina.
➢ The Organising Committee of the Olympic & Paralympic Games Paris 2024 revealed the new
slogan for the Olympic and Paralympic Games Paris 2024 – “Games Wide Open”.
➢ World Athletics Council (WAC) is set to introduce a repechage round to all individual track events
from 200m to 1500m in distance, including the hurdles events at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
➢ Los Angeles to host 2028 Summer Olympic Games in July 2028.
➢ Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) announced a long-term partnership with Indian Olympic
Association (IOA) to set up the first ever India House at Paris Olympics 2024.
JUNE 2022
➢ International Hockey Federation’s (FIH – Fédération Internationale de Hockey) World Rankings
2022 has ranked the Indian Women’s Hockey team, at the 6th position, topped by the Netherlands
(Rank 1) followed by Argentina (rank 2) And Australia (rank 3). Indian Men’s Hockey Team has slipped
to the 4th rank.
➢ Indian Para Canoeist Prachi Yadav (from Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh), the first-ever Indian, has won
the bronze medal in the women’s VL2 200m event at the 2022 ICF Paracanoe World Cup,in Poznan,
Poland.
➢ India beat Japan and won the bronze medal at 2022 Hero Men’s Hockey Asia Cup, the quadrennial
international men’s field hockey championship of Asia.
➢ Red Bull’s Max Verstappen (Belgium) won the Azerbaijan Formula One Grand Prix 2022 held at Baku
Azerbaijan.
➢ 2021 Formula One World Champion and a red bull racer, Max Verstappen has won his 6th
Formula One(F1) title of the 2022 season in the Canadian Grand Prix 2022.
➢ Anahat Singh won the gold medal in the girls Under-15 category at the 29th Asian Junior Squash
Individual Championships defeating Kwong Ena of Hong Kong.
➢ Indian javelin ace and Olympic Gold Medalist Neeraj Chopra won the gold medal by winning the
Javelin throw event (86.69 meters) at the Kuortane Games 2022 in Kuortane, Finland.
➢ Ronaldo Singh became the first Indian cyclist to win silver in the senior category of men’s sprint
event at Asian Track Cycling Championships (ATCC) 2022 – 41st Senior, 28th Junior Asian & 10th Para
Track Cycling Championships in New Delhi, Delhi.
➢ Gurunaidu Sanapathi(Andhra Pradesh) won the gold medal at the 55 Kg Men event at the 2022 IWF
(International Weightlifting Federation) Youth World Championships in León, Mexico.
➢ India’s National champion Aman Sehrawat won the gold medal in the freestyle Men’s 57 Kg category
at the United World Wrestling (UWW)’s Bolat Turlykhanov Cup 2022.
MAY 2022
➢ Ronnie O’Sullivan (England) won the 2022 World Snooker Championship (officially 2022 Betfred
World Snooker Championship) by defeating Judd Trump (England) at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield,
England.
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➢ Red Bull driver Max Verstappen (Belgian-Dutch) won the first edition of the Formula 1(F1) 2022
Miami Grand Prix title, defeated the Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc (Monacan).
➢ Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur and Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar unveiled
the mascot ‘Dhakad,’ as well as the official emblem and jersey of the 4th Khelo India Youth Games (KIYG)
2021 in Panchkula, Haryana.
➢ India won 3 medals in International Weightlifting Federation’s (IWF) 2022 Junior World
Weightlifting Championships at Heraklion Indoor Sports Arena, Heraklion, Greece.
• Harshada Sharad Garud Becomes 1st Indian to win gold medal in 45 kilogram (kg) Women’s
Category.
➢ Adani Sportsline acquired the rights to own and operate a franchise in the six-member United Arab
Emirates (UAE) T20 League.
➢ Justin Thomas (American professional golfer) won the 104th PGA Championship (2022) and
claimed his 2nd Wanamaker Trophy, defeating Will Zalatoris (America).
➢ Red Bull racing driver Sergio Pérez (Mexican) has won the Formula 1 (F1) Grand Prix (GP) De
Monaco 2022 held at Circuit de Monaco, Monaco, Europe.
➢ Red Bull’s Max Verstappen, wins Grand Prix 2022 at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Spain.
APRIL 2022
➢ Max Emilian Verstappen wins the first race in the 2022 season of Formula 1 in Saudi Arabian Grand
Prix (GP) 2022 in Jeddah Corniche Circuit, Saudi Arabia.
➢ Logo and official mascot - Veera of the 2nd edition of Khelo India University Games 2021 (KIUG 2021)
was launched by Governor of Karnataka, Thaawar Chand Gehlot and Union Minister of Youth Affairs
and Sports Anurag Singh Thakur in Bengaluru, Karnataka.
➢ Fencing Association of India(FAI) has won the bid to host the Asian Junior & Cadet Fencing
Championship 2023.
➢ India won maiden Women’s Doubles and Mixed Doubles at World Squash Federation (WSF) World
Doubles Squash Championships – 2022 in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom (UK).
• Dipika Pallikal pairing with Joshna Chinappa and Saurav Ghosal won the Women’s Doubles
Squash Championship and Mixed Doubles Squash championships respectively.
➢ Australia’s Victoria state will be the host for 2026 Commonwealth Games (CWG) that will be held in
four towns such as Geelong, Ballarat, Bendigo and Gippsland of Australia.
➢ Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc won a Pole-to-Flag victory with the fastest time gap of 20.524 seconds at the
Australian Grand Prix 2022.
➢ Chief Minister (CM) of Odisha, Naveen Patnaik revealed the logo of 15th edition of International
Hockey Federation (FIH) Senior Men’s Hockey World Cup 2023 at Kalinga Stadium and it will take place
in Bhubaneswar and Rourkela.
➢ Netherlands won International Hockey Federation (FIH – Fédération Internationale de Hockey)
Hockey Women’s Junior World Cup 2021, 9th edition of the under 22 Womens Outdoor tournaments,
held in Potchefstroom, South Africa.
➢ In a First of its kind initiative, ‘Khelo India Uni Games 2021’ – a mobile app was launched for the
2nd edition of Khelo India University Games in Bangalore, Karnataka.
➢ India secures a total of 17 Medals in 35th Edition of Asian Wrestling Championships 2022. Ravi
Kumar Dahiya is the only gold medalist representing India.
➢ Belgian-Dutch racing driver Max Emilian Verstappen won the 3rd edition of Emilia Romagna Grand
Prix 2022 held at Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari (Imola) circuit, Italy.
MARCH 2022
➢ Indian Wushu player, Sadia Tariq won a gold medal in the Junior Tournament at Moscow Wushu
Stars Championship 2022.
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➢ Pooja Jatyan became 1st Indian to win Individual Silver in Recurve Women Open in Dubai 2022
World Archery Para Championships.
➢ National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI)‘s flagship product RuPay as an official partner
for the Tata IPL 2022 announced by Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)’s Indian Premier
League (IPL) Governing Council.
➢ International Paralympic Committee(IPC) banned the athlete’s entries from the Russian
Paralympic Committee(RPC) and National Paralympic Committee(NPC) Belarus (83 athletes from
Russia and Belarus which hosted troops for Moscow’s attack) for the Beijing 2022 Winter
Paralympics due to the war in Ukraine.
➢ Tata Communications announced its multi-year strategic collaboration as the official broadcast
connectivity provider for Formula 1 (F1) racing.
➢ Pankaj Advani won his eighth title at the 19th Asian 100 UP Billiards Championship 2022 in Doha,
Qatar.
➢ Ferrari’s driver Charles Leclerc (Monaco) won the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix 2022 of
Formula one held at Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir, Bahrain.
➢ Taylor Harry Fritz (US) beat Rafael Nadal to win Men’s Singles at the ATP Indian Wells Masters in
California, United States.
➢ Byju’s has become the official sponsor of (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) FIFA
World Cup Qatar 2022.
FEBRUARY 2022
➢ Asian Games 2022(19th edition) is set to take place from 10th to 25th September 2022 in
Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China will feature 40 sports with a total of 61 disciplines including several
Olympic Sports. Cricket (in T20 format) is set to be featured in the Asian Games after 11 years.
➢ A proposal to include Surfing, Skateboarding and Sport Climbing for the 2028 Summer Olympics
Games that will be organized in Los Angeles (LA), United States (US) was approved by International
Olympic Committee (IOC).
➢ Indian Under-19 (U19) cricket team lifted a record-extending fifth International Cricket
Council (ICC) U19 Cricket World Cup (CWC) title after defeating England in the final that was held
at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in North Sound, Antigua and Barbuda.
➢ India won the bidding rights to host the 2023 IOC session in Mumbai, Maharashtra. India will host
for the first time in 40 years since 1983.
➢ Sakibul Gani, an Indian cricketer hailing from Motihari in Bihar, created a world record by becoming
the first cricketer to score a triple century on his debut in a first-class match, 2021–22 Ranji Trophy.
➢ Australia’s Hannah Green won TPS Murray River 2022 in Australia and becomes 1st Woman to Win
Pro Mixed-Gender Event.
➢ Saikhom Mirabai Chanu, the Indian weightlifter from Manipur state wins Gold medal in 55kg
category in Singapore Weightlifting International 2022 and also secured her position for the
Commonwealth Games 2022 in 49kg and 55kg category in Birmingham, United Kingdom.
JANUARY 2022
➢ International Committee of Sports for the Deaf (ICSD) gave the approval to All India Sports
Council of the Deaf (AISCD) to host the 1st World Deaf T20 Cricket Championship in Kerala from
January 10 to 20, 2023.
➢ Karnataka to host Khelo India Games in 2023.
➢ Tasnim Mir became the first Indian to grab World no 1 in Under-19 (U-19) Girls Singles category
with 10,810 points in the latest Badminton World Federation (BWF) Junior rankings(as of January 14,
2022)
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➢ Boxing Federation of India (BFI) pulled out of the Asian Under-22 Championships for men and
women that is scheduled to be held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, citing COVID-19 pandemic.
➢ Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (TCS) signed an agreement with Canada Running Series to become
the new title sponsor & official technology consulting partner of Toronto Waterfront Marathon and
Virtual Race through November 2026
➢ India under 19(U-19) cricket Team, led by Yash Dhull has won the Asian Cricket Council (ACC)
U-19 Asia Cup 2021, a record eighth title, defeating Sri Lanka by 9 wickets held at Dubai International
Cricket Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates(UAE).
➢ Ladakh women’s ice hockey team has won the 9th National women’s ice hockey championship in
2022, held in the Kaza in tribal districts Lahaul and Spiti in Himachal Pradesh.
➢ Indian National Women’s Hockey Team captained by Savita Punia won the bronze medal in the
Women’s Asia Cup Muscat 2022 defeating China in the bronze match held at the Sultan Qaboos Sports
Complex, Muscat, Oman.
SPORTS PERSON IN NEWS
Name
Sport & Country they belong
NOVEMBER 2022
--OCTOBER 2022
--SEPTEMBER 2022
--AUGUST 2022
-JULY 2022
-JUNE 2022
--MAY 2022
-APRIL 2022
---MARCH 2022
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Points to be Noted
UPCOMING SPORTS EVENTS
OLYMPICS GAMES
➢ Mumbai to host 2023 International Olympic Committee (IOC) session.
➢ World athletics championships which is to be held in Eugene, Oregon, US (United States) will be
postponed to 2022.
➢ India won the bidding rights to host the 2023 IOC session in Mumbai, Maharashtra
Summer Olympic :
➢ Venue of Summer Olympic & Paralympic Games 2024 – Paris, France.
➢ Venue of Summer Olympic & Paralympic Games 2028 – Los Angeles, United States.
Winter Olympic :
➢ Venue of Winter Olympic Games 2022 – Beijing, China
➢ Venue of Winter Olympic Games 2026 – Italy’s Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo
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ASIAN GAMES
➢ Venue of Asian Games 2022 – Hangzhou, China.
➢ Venue of Asian Games 2026 – Nagoya, Japan
➢ India-to host Asian Football Confederation(AFC) Women’s Asian Cup 2022- for the 1st time since
1979.
➢ 2022 Asian Games (19th edition) mascot “smart triplets” unveiled in Hangzhou, China.
 Smart Triplets - Congcong, Lianlian and Chenchen.
➢ 4th Asian Para Games 2022-scheduled to be held in Hangzhou, China from 9 – 15 October 2022Official Mascot - ‘Fei Fei’.
➢ Qatar’s Doha city will be host of 2030’s edition, while the runner-up in voting, Saudi Arabia will host
2034 edition of Asian games at Riyadh city.
Commonwealth Games (CWG)
➢ Venue of CWG Games 2022 – Birmingham, England.
➢ 7th season of 2021 Commonwealth Youth Games which is to be held in Port of Spain, Trinidad and
Tobago has been postponed to 2023.
➢ Australia’s Victoria state will be the host for 2026 Commonwealth Games (CWG).
NATIONAL LEVEL GAMES
➢ 39th National Games in 2022-Meghalaya.
TENNIS
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CRICKET
Asia Cup
➢ Pakistan to host 2022 Edition of Asia Cup.
ICC ODI World Cup Cricket
➢ Venue of ICC ODI World Cup 2023 – India.
ICC World Cup T20
➢ Venue of Men’s T20-World Cup 2020 – postponed to 2022 -Australia will host in 2022.
ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup
➢ Venue of ICC ODI Women Cricket World Cup 2022 – New Zealand.
 It will be held in 6 cities namely Auckland, Wellington, Hamilton, Tauranga, Dunedin and
Christchurch.
 Christchurch to host the final.
 India among 5 teams seals direct qualification for Women’s World Cup 2022.
ICC Women’s World Cup T20
2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup is scheduled to be held in South Africa.
FOOTBALL
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Venue of FIFA World Cup 2022 – Qatar.
China-to host-football Asian Cup 2023.
India to host 2022 AFC(Football)Women’s Asian Cup.
Australia and New Zealand to Host The 2023 Women’s Football World Cup.
BADMINTON
----HOCKEY
Hockey Men’s World Cup
➢ 2023 FIH Men’s hockey world cup- Bhubaneswar and Rourkela, Odisha, India.
Hockey Women’s World Cup
➢ International Hockey Federation (FIH) 2022 Women's FIH Hockey World Cup-will be held inTerrassa, Spain and Amstelveen, Netherlands.
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OTHER SPORTS
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2023 IAAF World Championships- Budapest,Hungary.
Belgrade, Serbia to host its first-ever World Athletics Indoor Championships 2022.
Yangzhou, China - host city of the World Athletics Half Marathon Championships 2022.
India to host 2022 Commonwealth Archery and Shooting Championships in Chandigarh.
Swimming Federation Internationale de Natation(FINA) - postponed - 2021 aquatics world
championships, Fukuoka, Japan to May 2022.
2020 World Archery Field Championships-postponed-2022- to be held in-National Field Archery
Association(NFAA) Easton Yankton Archery Centre(NEYAC).
2021 World Games in Birmingham, Alabama postponed to 2022.
2023 ITTF World Table Tennis Championships-to be held in Durban, South Africa.
Tokyo, Japan to host the 2025 World Athletics Championships.
BOOKS & AUTHORS
Book Name
“De la Nucléarisation de
l’Asie“(Nuclearization of
Asia)
Engineered In India: From
Dreams to billion dollar
Cyient
Agenda for Members of
Panchayati Raj Institution
for Rural Development
E. K. Janaki Ammal: Life and
Scientific Contributions
Ambedkar: A Life
The Last Heroes
India’s Pakistan
Conundrum: Managing a
Complex Relationship
Against All Odds: The IT
story of India
Pandemic Disruptions and
Odisha’s Lessons in
Governance
The Philosophy of Modern
Song
A confused mind story
The Corbett Papers
From dependence to SelfReliance: Mapping India’s
Author
Other Information
NOVEMBER 2022
Rene Naba
It discusses the nuclear emergency and threat
posed by the nexus of Pakistan and China.
B.V.R. Mohan Reddy
It was published by Penguin Business
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It was unveiled by Giriraj Singh, Union Minister for
Rural Development and Panchayati Raj.
Nirmala James
This Book features the life and remarkable
achievements of Edavalath Kakkat Janaki Ammal
(E. K. Janaki Ammal), India’s first woman botanist.
OCTOBER 2022
Shashi Tharoor
This is a biography of Dr Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar
(B.R.Ambedkar)
Palagummi Sainath (P
It will be published by Penguin Random House
Sainath)
India (PRHI).
Sharat Sabharwal
It is published by Routledge India
S. ‘Kris’ Gopalakrishnan,
N Dayasindhu &
Krishnan Narayanan
Amar Patnaik
Published by Penguin Random House India (PRHI)
It was released by Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik
Bob Dylan
Published by Simon & Schuster
Sahil Seth
Union Health Minister Mansukh L. Mandaviya
received the first copy of the book.
It is published by Black Kite Publishing.
Akshay Shah & Stephen
Alter
Bimal Jalan
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Published by Rupa Publications of India.
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Rise as a Global
Superpower
DELHI UNIVERSITY:
Celebrating 100 Glorious
Years
When the Heart Speaks:
Memoirs of a Cardiologist
Forging Mettle: Nrupender
Rao and the Pennar Story
Will Power: The Inside
Story of the Incredible
Turnaround in Indian
Women’s Hockey
20th Century Indian Art:
Modern, PostIndependence,
Contemporary
Rajini’s Mantras: Life
lessons from India’s mostloved Superstar
Ambedkar and Modi:
Reformer’s Ideas
Performer’s
Implementation
Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas
Sabka Vishwas
Pt. Deendayal Upadhyay –
Jeevan Darshan Aur
Samsamyikta (five
volumes)
Wildlife India @50
5-Volume ‘Encyclopaedia of
Tribes’
The Journey of a Nation: 75
Years of Indian Economy:
Re-emerge, Reinvest, Reengage
The Light We Carry:
Overcoming in Uncertain
Times
Riding the De (Mon)
Do Different: The Untold
Dhoni
Through The Rear View
Mirror
Hardeep Singh Puri
Amitabh Bachchan, Indian Actor, has written the
foreword of the book.
SEPTEMBER 2022
Dr. Upendra Kaul
The book is an honest account of the heart
touching events of Kashmiri Pandit Dr. Upendra
Kaul
Pavan C Lall
The book will be published by HarperCollins
Publishers India.
Sjoerd Marijne
highlights the experiences of Sjoerd Marijne, when
he was appointed the Chief Coach of the Indian
Women’s Hockey Team in 2017
Partha Mitter, Parul Dave
Mukherji, & Rakhee
Balaram
P.C. Balasubramanian
It showcases the history of Indian art across India
and South Asia.
Published by Jaico Publishing House (India).
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This book was released by Former President of
India Ram Nath Kovind
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It is unveiled by former Vice President (VP) of
India, M. Venkaiah Naidu
It was released by Vice President (VP) of India,
Jagdeep Dhankhar and published by ‘Kitabwale’
publication.
Bajrang Lal Gupta (Chief
Editor)
Manoj Kumar Misra
The book was published in the 50th anniversary of
the Wildlife Protection Act 1972 (9th September).
-It is released by Chief Minister (CM) of Odisha
Naveen Patnaik and published by Scheduled Castes
and Scheduled Tribes Research and Training
Institute (SCSTRTI).
AUGUST 2022
Sanjaya Baru
It published by Rupa Publications India Pvt Ltd.
Michelle Obama
The book will be published by Penguin Random
House.
Murali Raghavan
Amit Sinha & Joy
Bhattacharjya
K.R.A. Narasiah
It is published by Leadstart Publishing Pvt. Ltd
It was imprinted by India Viking.
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It is the autobiography of Author and historian
K.R.A. Narasiah
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How China Sees India and
the World
Rusty Skies and Golden
Winds
BRAVO YADAV – Journey of
Honorary Captain Subedar
Yogendra Singh Yadav
India’s Youngest Param Vir
Chakra Recipient
“Heartfelt- The Legacy of
Faith” & “Modi@20:
Dreams Meet Delivery”
Putin – His Life and Times
Shyam Saran
It was published by Juggernaut Books, New Delhi
Sannidhya Sharma
Union Minister Jitendra Singh launched this 100page poetry book.
It is the biography of Param Vir Chakra (PVC)
Awardee Subedar Major and Honorary Captain
Yogendra Singh Yadav.
Deepak Singh
National Institute of
Design (NID) Foundation
& Dr Bharat Barai
Philip Short
The Dolphin and the Shark:
Stories on
Entrepreneurship
Fish and Seafood- a
collection of 75 gourmet
recipes
Namita Thapar
Bibi: My Story
“Transforming IndiaGovernance for
Atmanirbhar Bharat” &
“Adhigam”, ISTM Journal on
‘Research on Training and
Governance’
Indians at Herod’s Gate: A
Jerusalem Tale
Men of Steel- Military
Leadership for India
Madam Sir: The Story of
Bihar’s First Lady IPS
Officer
NETAJI: Subhas Chandra
Bose’s Life, Politics and
Struggle
Sing, Dance, and Pray: The
Inspirational Story of Srila
Prabhupada FounderAcharya of ISKCON
A New India: Selected
Writings 2014-19
Benjamin Netanyahu
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Gambling on Development:
Why Some Countries Win
and Others Lose
Lies Our Mothers Told Us:
The Indian Woman’s
Burden
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It was unveiled by Meenakshi Lekhi, Minister of
State (MoS) for External Affairs and Culture.
A biography of the Russian President Vladimir
Putin
It was released by Penguin Random House India
(PRHI)’s business imprint ‘Penguin Portfolio”
Parshottam Khodabhai Rupala, Union Minister,
Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and
Dairying (MoFAHD) launched a Culinary Coffee
Table Book.
It is set to be published by Threshold Edition
Union Minister of State (MoS) Science &
Technology Dr Jitendra Singh released this book
Navtej Sarna
It is unveiled by Israeli President Isaac Herzog
Yash Mor & Ajay Kumar
Singh
Manjari Jaruhar
Indian Army Chief General Manoj Pande released
this book
The book detailing the life and times of Bihar’s first
lady IPS officer is expected to be Published in
October.
The book was edited and translated (to English
from Bengali) by Indian political scientist
Sumantra Bose, son of Krishna Bose
The book is published by India Penguin Ananda
imprint of Penguin Random House India (PRHI).
Krishna Bose
Hindol Sengupta
Arun Jaitley(former
Union Minister and BJP
leader)
Stefan Dercon
Nilanjana Bhowmick
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Former Vice President of India, M Venkaiah Naidu
released Arun Jaitley’s book(pubished
posthumously)
Published by C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd.
Published by Rupa & Co; Aleph Book Company.
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India’s Economy From
Nehru To Modi: A Brief
History
Indian Banking in
Retrospect – 75 years of
Independence
The Hero of Tiger Hill:
Autobiography of a Param
Vir
The Life and Times of
George Fernandes
Pulapre Balakrishnan
Ashutosh Raravikar
Yogendra Singh Yadav
The book is published by Aswad Prakashan Private
Limited.
This autobiography is published by Srishti
Publishers & Distributors.
.JULY 2022
Rahul Ramagundam
This is a new biography of former Union Minister
of India, George Fernandes.
Ganga: ReImagining,
Rejuvenating, ReConnecting
Swadhinata Sangram Na
Surviro
Rajiv Ranjan Mishra &
Puskal Upadhyay
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Mind Master: Winning
Lessons from a Champion’s
Life
Dharma of Justice in the
Sanskrit Epics: Debates on
Gender, Varna and Species
Architect of the New BJP:
How Narendra Modi
Transformed The Party
The Resilient Entrepreneur:
Strategies to set you up for
Success
Beyond The Misty Veil,
Temple Tales of
Uttarakhand
Viswanathan Anand &
Susan Ninan
“E-book on 8 Years
Achievements of DoPPW –
2014 - 2022” and “E-Book
on 8 Years Achievements of
Department of
Administrative Reforms &
Public Grievances (DARPG)”
Business of Sports: The
Winning Formula for
Success
“Loktantra Ke Swar” Khand
4 in Hindi & “The
Republican Ethic”(volume
4) in English.
Published by Permanent Black.
It published by Rupa Publications India
This book is released by Union Minister of state for
External Affairs and Culture Meenakshi Lekhi in
Gujarati commemorating the contributions of
freedom fighters.
It was published by Hachette India
Ruth Vanita
The book was published by Oxford University
Press.
Ajay Singh
The book was published by Penguin Random
House India (PRHI).
Dhruti Shah
Aradhana Johri
---
The book is published by Ocean Reeve Publishing
It was released by Uttarakhand Chief Minister
(CM) Pushkar Singh Dhami.
JUNE 2022
It was released by Dr Jitendra Singh, Union
Minister of State (MoS), Ministry of Personnel,
Public Grievances & Pensions.
Vinit Karnik
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This India’s first-ever book on Sports Marketing
was launched by the International Institute of
Sports & Management (IISM), Mumbai.
Published - Publication Division of the Ministry of
Information and Broadcasting (MIB).
These books are a compilation of selected
speeches of Ram Nath Kovind, the President of
India.
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Bhartiya Samvidhan:
Ankahi Kahani (Indian
constitution: untold stories)
Gautam Adani: The Man
Who Changed India
A Place Called Home
E-book Civil List-2022 of
IAS officers
Paramardham
Leaders, Politicians,
Citizens: Fifty Figures Who
Influenced India’s Politics
INDO-PAK WAR 1971Reminiscences of Air
Warriors
The Struggle for Police
Reforms in India: Ruler’s
Police to People’s Police
AIM-PRIME (Program for
Researchers in Innovations,
Market-Readiness &
Entrepreneurship)
Playbook
Listen to Your Heart: The
London Adventure
Crunch Time: Narendra
Modi’s National Security
Crises
Queen of Fire
Ram Bahadur Rai
It was released by Prime Minister (PM) of India
Narendra Modi and published by Prabhat
publication.
RN Bhaskar
This is a biography of Gautam Adani, founder and
Chairman of Adani Group & is published by
Penguin Business Imprint.
MAY 2022
Preeti Shenoy
The new novel is about secrets, family, and finding
yourself.
-Jitendra Singh, Union Minister of State (MoS),
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances &
Pensions released this book at North Block,
Secretariat Building, New Delhi.
K R B H N Chakravarthi
This Telugu book was released by Biswa Bhusan
Harichandan, Governor of Andhra Pradesh (AP) .
--Other book titled “Combating Corruption in India
– Role of Anti Corruption Agencies” penned by
HRC member Dr G Srinivas Rao was also released.
Rasheed Kidwai
It compiles stories of 50 personalities who
influenced India’s political landscape.
Jagjeet Singh &
Shailendra Mohan
Prakash Singh
---
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh released this book
at the 37thAir Chief Marshal PC Lal Memorial
Lecture organised by the Air Force Association in
New Delhi, Delhi.
This book was released by Vice President (VP) of
India, M Venkaiah Naidu that documents the
efforts made to bring about police reforms in India.
It was launched by Atal Innovation Mission (AIM),
NITI (National Institution for Transforming India)
Aayog at the event organised at the Dr Ambedkar
International Center, New Delhi, Delhi.
Ruskin Bond
It was published by Penguin Random House India
(PRHI) on Ruskin Bond’s 88th birthday.
APRIL 2022
Sreeram Chaulia
It was published by Rupa publications India.
Devika Rangachari
Decoding Indian Babudom
Ashwini Shrivastava
Birsa Munda – Janjatiya
Nayak
Prof. Alok Chakrawal
“Tiger of Drass: Capt. Anuj
Nayyar, 23, Kargil Hero”
The Maverick Effect: The
Inside Story of India’s IT
Revolution
Meena Nayyar & Himmat
Singh Shekhawat
Harish S. Mehta
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The book is published by Duckbill Books, an
imprint of Penguin Random House
This is a first-of-its-kind book by a journalist
covering the bureaucratic system of India.
The book highlights the struggle of Bhagwan Birsa
Munda and the contribution of forest dwellers in
the freedom movement of India.
---It brings out the story of NASSCOM and the life
story of Harish Mehta.
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The Boy Who Wrote a
constitution
Hear Yourself: How to Find
Peace in a Noisy World
Sikh History of Eastern
India
Chinese Spies: From
Chairman Mao to Xi Jinping
Not Just A Nightwatchman:
My Innings in the BCCI
Udaan Ek Majdoor Bachhe
Ki
The Millennial Yogi: A
modern-day parable about
reclaiming one’s life
Ungalil Oruvan -1
Rajesh Talwar
It is published by Ponytale Books and is a factbased drama on Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar’s own
recollections of his childhood
Prem Rawat
To help the readers to develop better self
understanding and understand their own
potential.
Abinash Mohapatra
Chief Minister (CM) of Odisha, Naveen Patnaik
released this book along with coffee table book
titled “The Magic of Mangalajodi” by Avinash
Khemka.
Roger Faligot
This book is translated by writer, editor and
translator, Natasha Lehrer.
Vinod Rai
The book features his 33-month stint as the
Chairman of the Supreme Court-appointed
Committee of Administrators (CoA) of the Board of
Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).
MARCH 2022
Mithilesh Tiwari
It was released by the famous Bhajan Samrat Anup
Jalota in Mumbai, Maharashtra.
Deepam Chatterjee
This is a book that mixes mysticism and music that
takes readers on a journey of awakening.
MK Stalin
The Great Tech Game:
Shaping Geopolitics and the
Destinies of Nations
WISE-KIRAN: At a Glance
Anirudh Suri
On Board: Test. Trial.
Triumph. My years in BCCI
Ratnakar Shetty
The Queen of Indian Pop:
The Authorised Biography
of Usha Uthup
Soli Sorabjee: Life and
Times
Sristhi Jha
The Blue Book: A Writer’s
Journal
Role of Labour in India’s
Development
Amitava Kumar
Pastoral Breeds of India
--
Abhinav Chandrachud
------
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This is the first volume of the autobiography of MK
Stalin, Chief Minister (CM) of Tamil Nadu (TN).
The book offers the framework that outlines the
major factors which will determine the ability of a
nation to succeed in this technology dominant era.
Jitendra Singh, Union Minister of State
(Independent Charge) Science & Technology,
released this Booklet.
• 3 new Programmes under Women in
Science & Engineering (WISE)- KIRAN
(Knowledge Involvement in Research
Advancement through Nurturing) Scheme
was announced.
The book is an autobiography, narrating his
experience as an administrator in Board of Control
for Cricket in India.
It was originally written by Vikas Kumar Jha in
Hindi titled “Ullas Ki Naav”and translated by
Sristhi Jha.
This autobiography of former Attorney General
(AG) of India, Soli Sorabjee highlights the personal
details of his life.
This is a memory book with hybrid literary and
artistic parentage.
Bhupender Yadav, Union Minister for Labour and
Employment released this book and It was written
by eminent academicians and practitioners.
The book was compiled by Sahjeevan andan
“APEKSHA (Expectations) PATRA” shared by a
group of Maldharis from Saurashtra & Kutch.
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Empowering CitizensPowering India
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The Crossing
Manjeet Mann
More than Just Surgery: Life
Lessons Beyond the OT
Wrist Assured: An
Autobiography
Tehemton Erach
Udwadia
Gundappa Vishwanath &
R Kaushik
The Shield: Covishield
Prakash Kumar Singh
Unfilled Barrels: India’s oil
story
The Little Book of Joy
Richa Mishra
Dalai Lama & Archbishop
Desmond Tutu
India Meteorological
Department (IMD)
Climate Hazards and
Vulnerability Atlas of IndiaState: Tamil Nadu
Spoorthi Pradatha Sri
K. Syam Prasad
Somayya
Indian Agriculture towards
---2030: Pathways for
Enhancing Farmers’
Income, Nutritional Security
and Sustainable Food and
Farm Systems
Modi@20: Dreams Meet
--Delivery
“Monsoon”- A Poem of Love
& Longing
Rahul Bajaj: An
Extraordinary Life
Fearless Governance
Last Among Equals: Power,
Caste & Politics in Bihar’s
Villages
The Class of 2006: Sneak
Peek into the
Misadventures of the Great
Indian Engineering Life
Union Minister of Rural Development and
Panchayati Raj, Giriraj Singh released an e-book on
Land Governance Reforms titled “Empowering
Citizens-Powering India.
It was shortlisted for the United Kingdom’s (UK)
Yoto Carnegie Medal 2022.
He is widely known as the ‘Father of laparoscopy
in India’
The book traces the cricketing journey of
Gundappa Vishwanath who played Test Cricket for
India between 1969 and 1986
Union Home Minister Amit Shah unveiled this
coffee table book that encapsulates the journey of
Serum Institute of India(SII).
This book highlights the story of India’s upstream
sector (Oil and Gas).
This book focuses on the meaning of true
happiness.
The e-atlas would help disaster management
agencies take preventive steps.
This book was released by Venkaiah Naidu, Vice
President of India.
It was published by Springer Publications.
The book is a compilation of chapters authored by
eminent intellectuals & domain experts, edited &
compiled by BlueKraft Digital Foundation and
published by Rupa publications.
Abhay Kumar
It was released by Sahitya Akademi in the event of
its 68th anniversary (March 12, 2022)
Gita Piramal
It was published by India Portfolio, Imprint of
Penguin Random House India(PRHI) launched on
21 March 2022
FEBRUARY 2022
Kiran Bedi
The book portrays her memories and ground
realities as the Lt Governor of Puducherry from
2016 and 2021 and her experience of 40 years in
the Indian Police Service (IPS).
M.R. Sharan
The book is an account of the field study by MR
Sharan, in a group of Villages in Bihar that he
undertook as a part of this PhD Programme.
Akash Kansal
This is India’s first-ever season style book.
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India, That is Bharat:
Coloniality, Civilisation,
Constitution
Golden Boy Neeraj Chopra
J Sai Deepak
India-Africa Relations:
Changing Horizons
Rajiv Bhatia
Humane: How the United
States Abandoned Peace
and Reinvented War
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Samuel Moyn
Dignity in a Digital Age:
Making Tech Work for All of
Us
A History of Sriniketan:
Rabindranath Tagore’s
Pioneering Work in Rural
Construction
How To Prevent The Next
Pandemic
The Founders: The Story of
Paypal and the
Entrepreneurs Who Shaped
Silicon Valley
A Nation To Protect
Ro Khanna
Mamata: Beyond 2021
Gandhi’s Assassin: The
Making of Nathuram Godse
and His Idea of India
Indomitable: A Working
Woman’s Notes on Life,
Work and Leadership
Ratan N. Tata: The
Authorized Biography
Bose: The Untold Story of
An Inconvenient Nationalist
Navdeep Singh Gill
Sagarika Ghose
Uma Das Gupta
Bill Gates
Jimmy Soni
The book highlights how colonialism changes the
socio religious culture, history, education,
language and racial patterns in India.
It was published by Lokgeet Prakashan and is from
the genre of Children’s literature.
It explores the emergence and assertion of Africa
as a significant actor and stakeholder in global
affairs and the transformation of the relationship
between India and Africa.
It highlights the United States of America (USA)
strategy on fighting wars.
This is the 2nd book of the trilogy on Prime
Ministers of India by Sagarika Ghose.
The first book of the trilogy was on Indira Gandhi,
titled “Indira: India’s Most Powerful Prime
Minister” published in 2018.
It highlights the effects of changing lifestyle
patterns of Americans due to technological
progress.
The book highlights the efforts of Rabindranath
Tagore in improving the condition of the peasantry
by using scientific methods of cultivation through
laboratory experiments.
It was published by Knopf in the United States (US)
and Penguin Random House internationally.
It highlights the story of multinational digitalpayments company PayPal and how it covered the
journey of a start-up.
Priyam Gandhi-Mody
The book is about the leadership of Indian Prime
Minister (PM) Narendra Modi tackling the Covid19 crisis.
JANUARY 2022
Jayanta Ghosal
It was translated by Arunava Sinha, The book
explores and examines why the Bharatiya Janata
Party (BJP) lost the 2021 West Bengal Election
Dhirendra K. Jha
The book explores Godse’s relationship with the
organizations and draws out the gradual
hardening of Godse’s resolve that led to Mahatma
Gandhi’s assassination.
Arundhati Bhattacharya
HarperCollins is set to publish the autobiography
of former Chairperson of the State Bank of India
(SBI) Arundhati Bhattachary.
Thomas Mathew
This book chronicles the life of Ratan Tata to be
published by HarperCollins
Chandrachur Ghose
This book contains thoughts and opinions of
Subhas Chandra Bose about development of
independent India, communalism, geopolitics and
political ideology.
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Handbook on Sahakar
Pragya Good Practices for
Cooperatives
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The Legend of Birsa Munda
Tuhin A Sinha & Ankita
Verma
Ruskin Bond
A Little Book of India:
Celebrating 75 years of
Independence
Liberty After Freedom
India’s Women Unsung
Heroes
Operation Khatma
The $10 Trillion Dream
Rohan J. Alva
Ministry of Culture in
collaboration with Amar
Chitra Katha
RC Ganjoo & Ashwini
Bhatnagar
Subhash Chandra Garg
A policy recommendation handbook developed by
Laxmanrao Inamdar National Academy for
Cooperative Research and Development (LINAC)
of NCDC.
The Book is the story of a lesser-known tribal hero,
Birsa Munda
The book is the blend of “physical and spiritual”
attributes of India and also highlights the last 75
years of India’s progress as a nation.
The book features the origin of Article 21:
Protection of Life and Personal Liberty, one of the
important fundamental rights in the Indian
Constitution
Meenakashi Lekhi launched this pictorial comic
book in New Delhi.
The book is based upon the operation by Special
Operations Group of Jammu & Kashmir Police
The book explores the economic policy issues of
India and suggests reformative ideas to make India
a USD 10 trillion economy by the mid-2030s.
OBITUARY
NATIONAL
Name of the person who
passed away
Field
Jamshed J Irani
Indian
Industrialist
Ela Ramesh Bhatt
Noted
Women’s
Rights Activist
Tulsi R Tanti
Arun Bali
Mulayam Singh Yadav
Founder and
Chairman &
Managing
Director (CMD)
Veteran Actor
& National
award winning
producer
Samajwadi
Party founder
& Former
Uttar Pradesh
Birth Place
Points to be noted
NOVEMBER 2022
Nagpur, Maharashtra
Ahmedabad, Gujarat
OCTOBER 2022
Rajkot, Gujarat
He was also known as the “Steel man of
India”.
• He conferred the Padma
Bhushan (2007) for his
contribution to the steel
industry.
He received Padma Bhushan (1986 –
Social Work)
He was regarded as the ‘Wind Man of
India” and was a stalwart of the Indian
and global renewable energy industry.
Punjab
--
Saifai village, Etawah
district, UP
He served as the CM of UP for 3 nonconsecutive terms (1989-91, 1993-95,
and 2003-2007).
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Temsula Ao
Subbu Arumugam
(UP) Chief
Minister (CM)
Indian English
poet
Folk art
(Villupaattu)
Jorhat, Assam
She won Padma Shri Awardee in 2007
Tirunelveli, Tamil
Nadu
He was conferred with Padma Shri
‘India’s 4th-highest civilian award’ in
2021.
He introduced Oral Rehydration
Solutions (ORS).
Received 2 National Film Awards for
Best Feature Film in Bengali for
‘Sanghat’ (Conflict) in 1996 and for
‘Ballygunge Court’ in 2007.
Dilip Mahalanabis
Physician
Kolkata, West Bengal
Pinaki Chaudhuri
Bengali film
Director
Kolkata, West Bengal
T. V. Sankaranarayanan
Carnatic singer
Cyrus Mistry
Birju Sah
Indian-born
Irish
businessman
Bhojpuri folk
dancer
Former
Director
General (DG) of
the
Archaeological
Survey of India
(ASI)
Indian boxer
Acharya Ram Yatna
Shukla
Sanskrit
scholar
Ramchandra Manjhi
Braj Basi Lal (B. B. Lal)
P V Kamaraj
Former
International
Athlete
Rakesh Jhunjhunwala
Billionaire
business &
Veteran
Investor
Former
Jharkhand
Governor
Indian
Economist &
Former
Syed Sibtey Razi
Abhijit Sen
SEPTEMBER 2022
Mayiladuthurai,
Madras Presidency,
British India (present
day Chennai, Tamil
Nadu)
Mumbai, Maharashtra
Saran District, Bihar
Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh
Jamshedpur,
Jharkhand
Bhadohi district, Uttar
Pradesh (UP)
AUGUST 2022
Pudhukottai, Tamil
Nadu
Hyderabad, Andhra
Pradesh (Now in
Telangana)
Rae Bareli, Uttar
Pradesh (UP)
Jamshedpur,
Jharkhand.
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He won Padma Bhushan in 2003 in the
field of arts for his contributions to
Carnatic music.
Cyrus became the 6th and youngest
chairman of Tata Sons in 2012,
succeeding Ratan Tata.
He was honoured with the Padma Shri
award in the Arts field in 2021.
He won Padma Bhushan in 2000 and
Padma Vibhushan in 2021 for his
contribution to archaeology.
He won a bronze medal at 1994
Commonwealth Games and 1994 Asian
Games.
He was awarded the Padma Shri in
2021 for immense contribution in
social work
He was a part of the 4x400m Indian
men’s relay team that won bronze at
the 1979 Asian Championships in
Tokyo, Japan.
He was also known as ‘India’s Warren
Buffett’.
He served as the Governor of
Jharkhand from the year 2004- 2009
and as the Governor of Assam in 2009
He was awarded the Padma Bhushan
for public service in 2010.
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Planning
Commission
Tarun Majumdar
Bengali film
director
Padmanabha Pillai
Gopinathan Nair (P. P.
Gopinathan Nair)
Brijendra Kumar
Syngal(BK Syngal)
Freedom
Fighter
Dr Enamul Haque
Peter Brook
Avdhash Kaushal
Pratap Pothen
Former
Chairman of
Videsh Sanchar
Nigam Ltd
(VSNL)
Renowned
Archaeologist
British theatre
Director
Renowned
social worker
JULY 2022
Bengal Presidency,
British India (now in
Bangladesh)
Neyyattinkara, Kerala
Ambala, Haryana
He received Padma Shri in 2020
He was conferred with the Padma Shri
award in 2014 for his contribution to
the field of Science and Technology.
He was awarded the Padma Shri in
2020 for his contribution in the field of
medicine
Ajay Parida
Sushovan Banerjee
Physician
Bhagabanpur village
in Jajpur district,
Odisha
Bolpur, West Bengal
Pandit Bhajan Lal Sopori
Santoor
Maestro
JUNE 2022
Sopore in Kashmir
Valley
Gopi Chand Narang
Urdu scholar,
Indian theorist,
& Linguist
Professor.
Former
chairman of
SAIL
Dukki, present-day
Balochistan, Pakistan
Industrialist
and chairman
of Shapoorji
Pallonji group
Bombay (Mumbai),
Maharashtra
Pallonji Shapoorji Mistry
He was honoured with Padma Shri in
2016 for his contributions to society (in
the field of Social Work)
He was referred to as the “Father of
Indian Internet”.
Bogra, Bengal
Presidency (now in
Bangladesh) British
India
London, United
Kingdom
Dehradun,
Uttarakhand (native
of Meerut, Uttar
Pradesh (UP))
Thiruvananthapuram,
Kerala
Malayalam
actor and
filmmaker
Scientist
Venkataraman
Krishnamurthy
He won Padma Shri in 1990 in the field
of Arts.
Karuveli village,
Tiruvarur district,
Tamil Nadu
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He was conferred the Padma Shri in
2021 in the field of Art.
He won Padma Shri award in 1986 for
social work.
He won the Indira Gandhi Award for
Best Debut Film of a Director (1985).
He received Padma Shri in 2004 (ArtMusic-Instrumental), the Sangeet Natak
Akademi Award in 1992, and the
Jammu and Kashmir State Lifetime
Achievement Award.
He received the title of Padma Bhushan
(2004) for Literature & Education and
Padma Shri (1990) for Literature &
Education in India.
He was known as the father of PSUs in
India.
• He received Padma Shri (1973)
, Padma Bhushan (1986) , and
Padma Vibhushan (2007).
He was awarded the Padma Bhushan in
2016 for his contributions in the field
of trade and industry.
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Varinder Singh
Pandit Shiv Kumar
Sharma
Rajat Kumar Kar
Pandit Sukh Ram
Rama Kant Shukla
Bhagirath Prasad Tripathi
Prafulla Kar
Mwai Kibaki
Hockey Player
Jalandhar, Punjab
(then British Raj),
India
MAY 2022
Musician and
Jammu, British India
Santoor player (now Jammu &
Kashmir(J&K))
Odia littérateur Mahanga village of
Cuttack district,
Odisha
Former Union
Kotli town of Mandi
Minister of
district Himachal
Communication Pradesh (HP)
and
Information
Technology
Sanskrit and
Khurja city in
Hindi Scholar
Bulandshahr district,
Uttar Pradesh (UP).
Sanskrit
Khurai town of Sagar
Scholar
District, Madhya
Pradesh
APRIL 2022
Singer & Music Puri, Odisha
director
President of
-Kenya
Binapani Mohanty
Odia writer
--
James Dringwell Rymbai
Former Chief
Minister (CM)
of Meghalaya
Molecular
biophysicist &
structural
biologist
Meghalaya
Mamannamana Vijayan
General Sunith Francis
Rodrigues
Ramesh Chandra Lahoti
Bhim Bahadur Gurung
(B.B. Gurung)
Former Chief of
Army Staff
(COAS)
Former Chief
Justice of India
(CJI)
Chief Minister
(CM) of Sikkim
---
MARCH 2022
Mumbai, Maharashtra
Guna, Madhya
Pradesh (MP)
Chakung, Sikkim
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His achievements include a Gold medal
at the 1975 Men’s Hockey World Cup in
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and conferred
with the prestigious Dhyan Chand
Lifetime Achievement Award in 2007.
He was honoured with Padma Shri
1991 & Padma Vibhushan 2001 for his
contribution in the field of Arts.
He conferred with the Padma Shri
award 2021 for Literature and
Education.
He held the portfolio of Minister of
Communication and Information
Technology (Independent charge) from
1993 to 1996.
He honoured with Padma Shri 2013 for
literature and education.
He won Padma Shri 2018 for his
contributions in the field of Literature
and Education.
He received Padma Shri award in the
field of art in 2015.
He served two terms as President of
Kenya, the East African Country, ruling
from 2002 to 2013.
She was conferred with Padma Shri in
Literature and Education category in
2020.
He was elected Chief Minister of
Meghalaya in 2006 and served until
March 2007
He was honoured with Padma Shri
(2004) for science and engineering.
He served as 15th Chief of the Army
Staff (India) from 1 July 1990 – 30 June
1993
He was appointed as the 35th CJI on 1st
June 2004 & retired on 1st November,
2005.
He served as the 3rd CM of Sikkim from
11 May to 24 May 1984, the shortest
term in the history of Sikkim.
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Kumudben Joshi
Former
Governor of
Andhra
Pradesh(AP)
and Union
Minister
Baba Iqbal Singh
Indian sociospiritual leader
Additional
Solicitor
General (ASG)
of India
Singer
Rupinder Singh Suri
Lata Mangeshkar
Praveen Kumar Sobti
Rahul Bajaj
Hammer throw
& discus throw
player, film
actor,
politician, &
soldier with
Border Security
Force (BSF)
Industrialist
Sandhya Mukhopadhyay
Bengali singer
Chennaveera Kanavi
Kannada
litterateur
Shakuntala Choudhary
Social Worker
Maheshwari Amma
Veteran
Malayalam
actress
Former Odisha
Chief Minister
(CM)
Hemananda Biswal
--
She served as the Governor of Andhra
Pradesh from 1985 to 1990.
• served as the Union Deputy
Minister of Information and
Broadcasting (1980 to 1982) &
as the Union Deputy Minister of
Health and Family Welfare
(1982 to 1984).
FEBUARY 2022
Bharyal Lehri, Punjab
Hoshiarpur, Punjab
He won Padma Shri 2022 for his social
works.
----
Indore, Madhya
Pradesh (MP)
Bharat Ratna-in 2001, for the
contribution to the arts. She became
2nd vocalist to receive this honour
apart from late Carnatic singer M S
Subbulakshmi.
She won Padma Vibhushan (1999) &
Padma Bhushan (1969).
Sarhali Kalan, Punjab
He has won 4 medals in the Asian
Games. In 1996 he won a Gold for
Discus throw and a Bronze for Hammer
throw; In 1970 he won a Gold for
Discus throw and in 1974 he won a
Silver for Discus throw
Calcutta, Bengal
Presidency, British
India (now Kolkata,
West Bengal)
Kolkata
He was honoured with Padma Bhushan
for Trade and Industries in 2001.
Hombal village in
Gadag district of
Karnataka.
Guwahati, Assam
Kayamkulam,
Alappuzha, Kerala
Thakurpada village of
Jharsuguda, Odisha
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He won National Film Award in the
Best Female Playback Singer category
in 1970.
He won Sahitya Akademi award for his
book ‘Jeevadhwani’
He won Padma Shri award (2022) for
distinguished service in the field of
social work.
She won 2 National Film Awards for
Best Supporting Actress for Amaram in
1991 and Shantham in 2001
He appointed as the CM of Odisha twice
(1989-1990, 1999- 2000) and also was
the first tribal CM of Odisha.
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Steve Wilhite
Graphics
Interchange
Format (GIF)
inventor
Sindhutai Sapkal
Social Worker
Neil Nongkynrih
Concert
pianist
Shillong, Meghalaya
Birju Maharaj
Kathak dancer
Handia, Uttar Pradesh
Saoli Mitra
Theatre
Personality
West Bengal
Shanti Devi
Social Activist
Balasore, Odisha
HPS Ahluwalia
Mountaineer
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Narayan Debnath
Bengali
cartoonist
Subhas Bhowmick
Indian
footballer and
coach
Tamil
Nadu(TN)
Archaeologist
& Epigraphist
Hungarian
Gymnast
Kathakali
dancer
Hockey Player
Howrah, Bengal
Presidency, British
India
Malda, West Bengal
R Nagaswamy
Szilveszter Csollány
Milena Salvini
Charanjit Singh
Milford, Ohio, USA
JANUARY 2022
Pune, Maharashtra
He was awarded a Lifetime
Achievement award at The Webby
Awards in 2013, who invented GIF in
1987.
She won Padma Shri (2021) in the
Social Work category.
He is the founder of Shillong Chamber
Choir (SCC) and won Padma Shri
(2015) in the field of arts.
He won Padma Vibhushan 1986 under
art category
He received Sangeet Natak Akademi in
2003 and the Padma Shri in 2009 in
arts.
He won Padma Shri for the year 2021
under social work category.
He was awarded the Padma Bhushan
(2002) and Padma Shri (1965) for his
contributions and received India’s
second-highest sporting honour, the
Arjuna Award (1965).
He was honoured with Padma Shri in
2021 for arts.
He represented India at the Bronze
medal winning 1970 Asian Games.
Kodumudi in Erode,
TN
He was awarded the Padma Bhushan
(2018) for his outstanding contribution
to archaeology
Sopron, Hungary
He won the gold in the Men’s rings at
the 2000 Olympics held in Sydney.
He won Padma Shri in 2019 in the field
of performing arts.
He won the gold medal in the 1964
Tokyo Olympics.
Milan in Italy
Una, Himachal
Pradesh
INTERNATIONAL
Name of the
person who
passed away
Mikhail
Sergeyevich
Gorbachev
Field
Former Soviet Union
President
Birth Place
NOVEMBER 2022
-OCTOBER 2022
--SEPTEMBER 2022
Krasnogvardeysky
District, Stavropol
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Points to be noted
He won Nobel Prize for Peace in 1990
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Queen Elizabeth
II
Jean-Luc Godard
Fidel Valdez
Ramos
David Gaub
McCullough
Ralph Eggleston
Mohammad
Barkindo
Shinzo Abe
United Kingdom’s
(UKs) or Britain’s
longest-serving
monarch
Filmmaker
Former Philippine
President
American author and
historian
American animator,
art director,
storyboard artist,
writer, film director &
production designer
Secretary-General of
Organization of
Petroleum Exporting
Countries (OPEC)
Former Prime
Minister (PM) of
Japan
territory (Now in
Russia)
Bruton Street, London,
United Kingdom
Paris, France
AUGUST 2022
Lingayen, Pangasinan
Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, U.S.
Lake Charles, Louisiana
(United States)
JULY 2022
Yola, Adamawa State,
Nigeria
Shinjuku City, Tokyo,
Japan
Luanda, Angola
The plan to deal with the death of the
head of state in Britain was termed
Operation London Bridge.
He won Academy Award (2011),
Praemium Imperiale (2002), an
Honorary Academy Award (2010), an
Honorary César (1987 and 1998),
Golden Lion (1983), Golden Bear
(1965)
He served as the 12th President of the
Philippines from 1992 to 1998.
He won the Pulitzer Prize in 1993 &
2002
He won the award for Best Animated
Short at the 74th Academy Awards
(2002).
He was steering OPEC as the group
entered into an agreement known as
OPEC+.
He was assassinated(shot) in the city
of Nara in Japan.
• He was served as PM of Japan
and President of the Liberal
Democratic Party (LDP) from
2006 to 2007 and again from
2012 to 2020
He served as the President of Angola
from 1979 to 2017.
He served as the 57th President of
Mexico from 1970 to 1976.
He played 21 Tests for New Zealand
between 1963 and 1968 and scored
1148 runs at 29.43.
José Eduardo
Dos Santos
Luis Echeverria
Alvarez
Barry Sinclair
Former Angolan
President
Former Mexico
President
Former New Zealand
Cricket
William David
Trimble
Former Northern
Irish first minister
Belfast, Northern
Ireland
He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1998
and was the key architect of the Good
Friday Agreement (GFA) in 1998.
James Edmund
Caan
American actor
New York City, USA
He was nominated for Academy Award
1972 for Best Supporting Actor-The
Godfather.
Mexico City, Mexico
Wellington, New
Zealand
JUNE 2022
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Charles Anthony
Standish Brooks
(Tony Brooks)
Leonid
Makarovych
Kravchuk
(Leonid
Kravchuk)
Sheikh Khalifa
bin Zayed Al
Nahyan
Andrew
Symonds
British racing driver
MAY 2022
United Kingdom(UK)
Former Ukraine
President
Velykyi Zhytyn, Rivne
region, Ukraine
He won the first-ever national
presidential election in Ukraine and
became the first-ever President of
Ukraine in 1991.
UAE President
Inland oasis of Al Ain,
Eastern Region of Abu
Dhabi
Birmingham, United
Kingdom
Bujar Nishani
Former Albania
President
He was appointed as the 2nd President
of UAE and the ruler of Abu Dhabi in
November 2004
He played 26 test matches and 198
One-Day Internationals (ODIs) for
Australia and won Two back-to-back
50 over World Cups in 2003 and 2007
He served as president from 2012
until 2017.
Former Australian
Cricketer
Durrës, Albania
Poet
APRIL 2022
Cleveland, Ohio, United
States
Alan Walbridge
Ladd Junior
Producer
MARCH 2022
Los Angeles, California,
United States (US)
Sonny Ramadhin
West Indies Spinner
St Charles village near
Port of Spain, Trinidad
and Tobago
Shane Keith
Warne
Australian spinner
Ferntree Gully, Victoria,
Australia
Rafiq Tarar
Former Pakistani
President
Peer Kot, Pakistan
Eugene Newman
Parker
American
Astrophysicist
Houghton, Michigan,
USA
Rupiah Bwezani
Banda
Former President of
the Republic of
Zambia
Gwanda, Southern
Rhodesia
Richard Howard
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He won six Formula One grands prix in
the 1950s
He was an American poet, literary
critic, essayist, teacher, and translator
and received Pulitzer prize in 1970 for
‘’Untitled Subjects’’.
He won the Academy Award (Oscar
award) for Best Picture ‘Braveheart’
directed by Mel Gibson in 1995
He had made his Test debut against
England at Old Trafford in 1950 and
has played 43 Tests and took 158
wickets at an average of 28.98.
He was named one of the Five
Cricketers of the Century by Wisden
Cricketers (stands 4) ‘Almanack in
2000.
He served as a Supreme Court judge
from 1991 to 1994 and Pakistan’s
President for the period of 1997 to
2001.
Eugene Parker witnessed the launch of
National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA)’s Parker Solar
Probe in 2018, the first NASA Mission
named after a living person, and
became the first person to witness the
launch of a spacecraft named after
them.
He served as the fourth president of
Zambia from 2008 to 2011.
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Shahabuddin
Ahmed
Soumeylou
Boubeye Maiga
Christos
Sartzetakis
Luc Montagnier
Former President of
Bangladesh
Former Prime
Minister (PM) of Mali
Netrokona, Bangladesh
Gao, Mali
Greek President
FEBRUARY 2022
Thessaloniki, Greece
French virologist
France
Ray Illingworth
Cricket
JANUARY 2022
Pudsey, West
Yorkshire, England
Viktor
Danilovich
Saneyev
Deon Lendore
Triple Jump
Georgia
Sprinter
Trinidad and Tobago
Toshiki Kaifu
Former Prime
Minister (PM) of
Japan
Mali’s Former
President
Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
Ibrahim
Boubacar Keïta
Mali
He served as the President of
Bangladesh from 1996 to 2001.
He served as the PM of Mali for the
tenure of 2 years (2017- 2019)
He served as the President of Greece
for a four year term (1985 to 1990).
He shared the 2008 Nobel Prize for
Medicine particularly in identifying the
virus that causes AIDS with his fellow
French scientist Francoise BarreSinoussi.
He is a former England cricket
captain and the coach of the England
Cricket team (1995-1996).
He clinched four Olympic titles (3
Gold & 1 Silver medal)
He won a bronze medal in 4×400
meter relay in the London Olympics
in 2012
He served as the PM from 1989 to
1991
He was in the office as president of
Mali for 7 years from 2013-2020.
IMPORTANT DAYS
Observed
date/week
November 1
November 1- 5,
2022
November 2
November 5
November 6
November 7
Day
Other information
NOVEMBER 2022
World Vegan Day
To promote veganism and a vegan diet
7th India Water Week
To promote awareness about the importance of
available water.
Theme 2022 - “Water Security for Sustainable
Development with Equity”
International Day to End
To condemn all attacks against journalists and
Impunity for Crimes against
media workers
Journalists
World Tsunami Awareness
To create awareness about Tsunami and to
Day
promote the measures for risk reduction.
International Day for
To raise awareness about the consequences that
Preventing the Exploitation of war and conflict have on the environment.
the Environment in War and
Armed Conflict
National Cancer Awareness
To emphasise the importance of the disease and
Day
raise awareness about its diagnosis, treatment,
and early identification
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November 7
Infant Protection Day
November 7
CV Raman Birth Anniversary
2022
International Day of Radiology
November 8
To create awareness about the efforts and
measures taken to save infant lives and provide
required protection and care during the early
stages of life.
This year marks the 134th birth anniversary of CV
Raman
To raise awareness of the benefits of medical
imaging that incorporates radiology and to honour
the discovery of X-rays by German engineer
Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen Roentgen in 1895.
Theme of this day as per European Society of
Radiology (ESR): “Radiologists & radiographers
supporting patients”.
November 8
November 9
November 10
October 1
Theme of this day as per International Society of
Radiographers and Radiological Technologists
(ISRRT): “Radiographers at the Forefront of
Patient Safety”.
World Urbanism Day
To recognise and promote the role of thorough
planning in creating livable communities.
National Legal Services Day
To commemorate the enactment of the National
Legal Services Authorities Act 1987, which came
into force on 9th November 1995.
World Science Day for Peace
To highlight the important role of science in
and Development
society and the need to engage the general people
in discussions about rising scientific concerns.
Theme 2022 - ‘Basic Sciences for Sustainable
Development‘
OCTOBER 2022
World Vegetarian Day
To promote the joy, compassion and lifeenhancing possibilities of vegetarianism.
• World Vegetarian Day marks the beginning
of Vegetarian Awareness Month, which
begins on 1st October and concludes on 1st
November, World Vegan Day.
October 1
International Coffee Day
October 1
International Day for Older
Persons
October 1
National Pension System
Diwas
National Voluntary Blood
Donation Day
275th Annual Day of Defence
Accounts Department 2022
October 1
October 1
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To promote and celebrate coffee drinking and to
spread awareness about the stakeholders in the
coffee industry.
To honour the contribution of older persons and to
raise public awareness about the opportunities
and challenges presented to the ageing
populations
Theme - “Resilience of Older Persons in a Changing
World.”
To promote pension and retirement planning
among the citizens of India.
To spread awareness about donation among the
people.
MoD Rajnath Singh gave away the Raksha Mantri
Awards for Excellence 2022
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•
October 1
October 2
97th Raising Day of Military
Nursing Service (MNS)
International Day of NonViolence
October 3
World Habitat Day
October 2-8
Wildlife Week 2022
October 4
World Animal Day
October 4-10
World Space Week 2022
October 5
World Teachers’ Day
October 6
World Cerebral Palsy Day
October 7
World Cotton Day
October 8
World Migratory Bird Day
October 8
Indian Air Force Day
October 8
World Hospice and Palliative
Care Day
October 9
World Post Day
October 9-13
India’s National Post Week
2022
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Pay System for Agniveers & SPARSH
mobile app among key digital initiatives
launched during the event.clickhere
To observe the birth anniversary of Mahatma
Gandhi, leader of the Indian Independence
movement and pioneer of the philosophy and
strategy of non-violence.
To highlight the importance of habitat for mankind
and to remind people that they are responsible for
the habitat of future generations
Theme 2022- ‘’Mind the Gap. Leave No One and No
Place Behind’’
To promote the conservation and protection of
animal and plant life.
To create awareness about improving animal
welfare standards across the world.
To celebrate the contributions of space science and
technology to the betterment of the human
condition.
Theme 2022 - “Space and Sustainability”
To celebrate and honour teachers for their
contributions to their students.
Theme 2022 - “The Transformation of Education
begins with Teachers”
To express pride for the lives and achievements of
people suffering from Cerebral Palsy(CP).
To show the enduring positive impact on Cotton
and raise awareness of the importance of cotton
and cotton-related products.
Theme 2022 - ‘Weaving a better future for Cotton’
2 occasions each year (2nd Saturday in May and in
October) to raise awareness of migratory birds
and issues related to their conservation
Theme 2022 – Light Pollution
To pay respect and honour to our brave Indian Air
Force who protects the country and makes people
feel safe and secure
Theme of 2022 anniversary celebrations is IAF:
Transforming for the Future
To celebrate and support hospice and palliative
care around the world.
Theme 2022 - “Healing Hearts and Communities”
To mark the establishment of the Universal Postal
Union(UPU) in 1874 in Bern, Switzerland.
Theme 2022 - “Post for Planet”
To highlight the roles and activities of the India
Post and the importance of postal services across
India. India Post is the largest postal system in the
world.
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October 10
World Mental Health Day
October 10
World Day Against the Death
Penalty
October 11
International Day of the Girl
Child
October 12
World Arthritis Day
October 13
World Sight Day
October 13
International Day for Disaster
Risk Reduction
October 14
World Standards Day
October 14
World Egg Day
October 15
International Day of Rural
Women
October 15
Global Handwashing Day
October 15
World Students’ Day
October 16
World Food Day
October 17
International Day for the
Eradication of Poverty
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To raise awareness about mental health around
the world and to mobilize efforts to support those
experiencing mental health issues
Theme 2022 - “Make Mental Health For All a
Global Priority.”
To raise awareness about the inhumane and cruel
practice of capital punishment and the need to get
rid of the death penalty from our justice systems
To recognize girls’ rights and the unique
challenges girls face around the world.
Theme 2022 - “Our time is now – Our Rights, Our
Future“.
To raise awareness about the existence and impact
of rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases, often
referred to as Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal
Diseases (RMDs).
Theme 2022 - ‘It’s in your hands, Take Action‘.
To raise awareness among people regarding eye
health and to recognize the work done by
thousands of ophthalmologists across the world to
fix the problem of vision impairment.
Theme 2022 - “Love Your Eyes”
To promote a global culture of risk awareness and
disaster reduction.
Theme 2022 - “Early Warning”
To educate consumers, policymakers, and
businesses about the value of standardisation.
Theme 2022 - ‘Shared Vision for a Better World’
To support not just human health outcomes, but
planetary health and people’s livelihoods too.
Theme 2022 - Eggs for a better life
To the millions of women who live in remote, rural
areas.
Theme 2022 - ‘Rural women confront the global
cost-of-living crisis’
To raise awareness about the importance of
handwashing with soap and water as a way to
prevent disease.
Theme - “Unite for Universal Hand Hygiene.”
To Mark the birth anniversary of the former
President (11th president – 2002 to 2007) and the
Missile Man of India Dr. A P J (Avul Pakir
Jainulabdeen) Abdul Kalam
To focus on the millions of people across the globe
who cannot afford a healthy diet and to highlight
the need for regular access to nutritious food.
Theme 2022 - “Leave no one Behind”
To highlight the issues of poverty, hunger, and
violence
Theme 2022 - “Dignity For All in Practice”
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October 17
World Trauma Day
October 20
World Osteoporosis Day
October 20
National Solidarity Day
October 20
International Chefs Day
October 21
Global Iodine Deficiency
Disorders Prevention Day
October 21
Police Commemoration Day
October 22
International Stuttering
Awareness Day
Ayurveda Day
October 23
October 23 – 29
October 24
October 24
October 24
10th International Lead
Poisoning Prevention Week
United Nations Day
61st Indo-Tibetan Border
Police Raising day
World Polio Day
October 24
World Development
Information Day
October 24-30
Disarmament Week 2022
October 24-30
International Open Access
Week 2022
October 24-31
Global Media and Information
Literacy Week 2022
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To raise awareness about trauma and educate
people on ways to address traumatic incidents and
deaths.
To create awareness about the prevention,
diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis.
Theme of campaign 2022 - “Step Up for Bone
Health”
To honour the Armed Forces.
To celebrate the Culinary arts and to educate the
people about the significance of culinary
professionals (Chefs).
Theme 2022 - “Growing A Healthy Future”
To create awareness about the importance of
Iodine, an essential micronutrient which is
required for normal thyroid function, growth and
development.
To remember the sacrifices of police officers who
lost their lives in the line of duty and pay tribute to
them
To create awareness about the speech disorder
known as stuttering or stammering.
To create awareness about the importance and
significance of Ayurveda and to promote the
Ayurvedic principles of healing in society.
Theme 2022 - “Har Din Har Ghar Ayurveda”
(Ayurveda Everyday, Ayurveda Everywhere
(AEAE))
To raise awareness about health effects of lead
exposure
To mark the anniversary of the coming into force
of the charter of the United Nations(UN).
For reorganizing the frontier intelligence and
security set-up along the Indo-Tibetan border.
To highlight the importance of the efforts to
eradicate poliomyelitis (polio), the infectious
disease which commonly affects children aged
under 5.
Theme 2022 - “ World Polio Day 2022 and Beyond:
A healthier future for mothers and children”
To create awareness of the world development
problems and the need to strengthen international
cooperation to solve them
To promote awareness about several disarmament
issues and encourage to study and research on
disarmament.
To create awareness about open access to
scholarly publishing among researchers and
publishers.
Theme 2022 - “Open For Climate Justice”
To highlight the importance of media and
information week.
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October 26
October 27
October 27
October 28
October 29
October 31
October 31
October 31
October 31 –
November 6
September 1 to 7,
2022
September 2, 2022
September 1 to 30,
2022
September 3, 2022
September 5, 2022
Theme 2022 - “Nurturing trust – A Media and
Information Literacy Imperative”
World Sustainability Day
To raise awareness of the value of environmental
protection and the actions that may be taken
World Day for Audiovisual
To recognise those professionals and
Heritage
organisations who work in audiovisual
preservation and contribute to preserving the
heritage for future generations.
Theme 2022 - “Enlisting documentary heritage to
promote inclusive, just and peaceful societies”
76th Infantry Day
To commemorate the contributions of the Infantry,
the largest fighting arm of the Indian Army.
International Animation Day
To commemorate the birth of animation, the first
public performance of projected moving images at
Emile Reynaud’s Theatre Optique in Paris, France
World Stroke Day
To raise public awareness of the serious nature
and high rates of stroke and the preventative steps
that can be taken.
National Unity Day (Rashtriya To mark the birth anniversary of the “Iron Man of
Ekta Diwas)
India” Vallabhbhai Jhaverbhai Patel, who is
endeared as ‘Sardar’.
World Cities Day
To promote the international community’s interest
in global urbanization and push for global
cooperation in sustainable urban development.
Theme 2022 - “Better City, Better Life: Act Local to
Go Global”
World Savings Day
To raise awareness regarding the importance of
saving and the financial security of individuals.
Theme 2022 - “Saving prepares you for the Future”
Vigilance Awareness Week
It is celebrated the week in which the birth
2022
anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel falls (the
week on which 31st October falls).
Theme 2022 - “Corruption Free India For A
Developed Nation” (Bhrashtaachaar Mukt Bhaarat
– Vikasit Bhaarat).
SEPTEMBER 2022
National Nutrition Week 2022 To create awareness about good nutrition and
health, and its importance in human lives.
Theme - “World of Flavours”
World Coconut Day
To promote coconuts and bring awareness
regarding its value and health benefits.
Theme - “Cultivate Coconut For A Happy Life And
Future”
5th Rashtriya Poshan Maah
To improve nutritional outcomes for children
under 6 years of age, pregnant women and
lactating mothers.
International Vulture
To create awareness about the importance of
Awareness Day
Vultures.
International Day of Charity
To sensitise and mobilise the people across the
world to help others through volunteer and
philanthropic activities.
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September 5, 2022
50th National Teachers’ Day
September 7, 2022
International Day of Clean Air
for Blue Skies
September 8, 2022
International Literacy Day
September 8, 2022
World Physical Therapy Day
September 9, 2022
International Day to Protect
Education from Attack
September 9, 2022
September 10, 2022
World Electric Vehicle (EV)
Day
World Suicide Prevention Day
September 10, 2022
World First Aid Day
September 11, 2022
National Forest Martyrs Day
September 12, 2022
International Day for SouthSouth Cooperation
Hindi Diwas
National Engineers Day
September 14, 2022
September 15, 2022
September 15, 2022
September 16, 2022
International Day of
Democracy
International Day for the
Preservation of the Ozone
Layer
September 17, 2022
World Patient Safety Day
September 17, 2022
Hyderabad Liberation Day
September 17, 2022
International Red Panda Day
September 17, 2022
International Coastal Cleanup
Day
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To commemorate the birth anniversary of Bharat
Ratna Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
To highlight the importance to raise public
awareness to promote and facilitate actions to
improve the quality of air.
Theme - “The Air We Share”
To highlight the importance of literacy for
individuals, communities and societies.
Theme - “Transforming Literacy Learning Spaces”
To honour the contributions of physiotherapists in
the healthcare sector.
Theme - Osteoarthritis and The Role of
Physiotherapists
To raise awareness regarding the importance of
safeguarding schools as places of protection and
safety for students and educators.
To spread awareness about the benefits of using
electric vehicles.
To focus attention on the issue of suicide and
reduce the stigma around it.
Theme - Creating hope through action.
To promote the significance and create awareness
about first aid.
Theme - Lifelong First Aid Learning
To honour people who gave their lives to preserve
India’s forests and wildlife.
To highlight the importance of cooperation among
people and countries of the developing world.
To mark the importance of the Hindi language.
To commemorate the birth anniversary of Bharat
Ratna Awardee Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya,
who is considered one of the greatest engineers of
India.
To mark the importance of democracy and create
awareness among people about democratic rights.
To bring attention to the ozone layer and the
dangers of ozone depletion.
Theme - “Montreal Protocol@35: global
cooperation protecting life on earth”
To create awareness about various preventative
measures which should be taken to make sure
safety of patients.
Theme - ‘Medication Safety’
To commemorate 75 years of liberation of
Hyderabad.
To create awareness about the importance of the
conservation of Red Pandas and to promote and
encourage people to save them.
To encourage people to clean up the coastal line
and create awareness about the importance of
preserving and protecting the oceans and
waterways.
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September 18, 2022
World Bamboo Day
September 18, 2022
International Equal Pay Day
September 18, 2022
World Water Monitoring Day
September 20, 2022
38th Raising Day of Railway
Protection Force (RPF)
September 20, 2022
International NFT (NonFungible Token) Day
September 20, 2022
September 21, 2022
11th Foundation Day of Solar
Energy Corporation of India
Limited (SECI)
International Day of Peace
September 21, 2022
World Alzheimer’s Day
September 22, 2022
World Rhino Day
September 22, 2022
World Car-Free Day
September 22, 2022
World Rose Day
September 23, 2022
International Day of Sign
Languages
September 25, 2022
World Pharmacist Day
September 25, 2022
Antyodaya Diwas
September 25, 2022
World Rivers Day
September 25, 2022
International Day for the Total
Elimination of Nuclear
Weapons
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Association for Community Awareness (ASCOA) ‘s
Theme 2022 - “Connecting People For A Trash
Free Coastline”
To create awareness about Bamboo, which is
considered to be Green Gold.
To represent the efforts towards the achievement
of equal pay for work of equal value.
To increase public awareness of water monitoring
and recognizes the importance of protecting the
world’s water resources.
RPF was constituted under the Railway Protection
Force Act 1957 for providing security to Railway
property.
To commemorate the anniversary of publication of
‘NFT’ and also to celebrate the efforts of the
creators and collectors in the NFT community.
To facilitate the implementation of the National
Solar Mission (NSM).
To strengthen the ideals of peace by following 24
hours of non-violence and cease-fire.
Theme 2022-End racism. Build peace
To raise awareness about Alzheimer’s disease,
dementia and the importance of a timely diagnosis,
warning signs of dementia.
To spread awareness about the different types of
Rhinos and the existential risks they face.
Theme 2022 - Five Rhino Species Forever
To encourage people to give up their cars for a day
and adopt using non-motorized transport like
riding a bicycle or walking.
To encourage and acknowledge cancer survivors
all over the world
To support and protect the linguistic and cultural
identity of deaf people and others who use sign
language.
Theme 2022- Sign Language Unite Us
To encourage pharmacists and value their
contributions and to promote and raise awareness
about their profession.
Theme - “Pharmacy united in action for a healthier
world”
To commemorate the birth anniversary of Indian
politician Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya.
To promote awareness about the importance of
rivers and the increasing threat posed to rivers by
climate change.
Theme - ‘The importance of Rivers to Biodiversity’
To raise public awareness regarding the risk
created by nuclear weapons.
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World Contraception Day
September 26, 2022
World Environment Health
Day
September 27, 2022
World Tourism Day
September 28, 2022
World Rabies Day
September 28, 2022
International Day for Universal
Access to Information
September 29, 2022
World Heart Day
September 29, 2022
International Day of
Awareness of Food Loss and
Waste
World Maritime Day
September 29, 2022
September 30, 2022
August 1, 2022
August 1 to 7, 2022
August 1, 2022
August 6, 2022
August 7, 2022
To improve awareness of contraception and to
enable young people to make informed choices on
their sexual and reproductive health.
To raise awareness about the important role of
environmental health and to highlight the
environmental concerns on human health.
Theme - Strengthening Environmental Health
Systems for the implementation of the Sustainable
Development Goals
To raise awareness among the international
community of the importance of tourism and its
social, cultural, political and economic value.
Theme 2022 - ‘Rethinking Tourism’
To celebrate rabies prevention efforts and unite
against rabies.
Theme 2022 - “Rabies: One Health, Zero Death”
To raise awareness regarding the need to expand
laws related to information
To raise awareness about the rising concerns of
heart health and cardiovascular diseases (CVD).
Theme 2022 - Use Heart For Every Heart
To raise awareness about reducing food loss and
waste.
To recognize the contribution of the people who
work in the maritime industry.
Theme 2022- ‘New technologies for greener
shipping‘
International Translation Day To honour the work of translators and language
professionals across the world.
Theme - A World without Barriers: The Role of
Language Professionals in Building Culture,
Understanding and lasting Peace’
AUGUST 2022
Muslim Women Rights Day
To commemorate the enactment of the Muslim
Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act,
2019 which prohibits the practice of Triple talaq in
India.
World Breastfeeding Week
To create public awareness and support for
breastfeeding.
Theme 2022 - “Step up for Breastfeeding:
Educated and Support”
World Lung Cancer Day
To spread awareness about the causes and
treatment of lung cancer
Hiroshima Day
To the remembrance of the world’s first atomic
bomb attack on Hiroshima, Japan in 1945, at the
end of World War II.
National Javelin Day
To commemorate Neeraj Chopra’s 2020 Tokyo
Olympic gold medal
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August 8, 2022
8th National Handloom Day
August 9, 2022
International Day of the
World’s Indigenous Peoples
August 9, 2022
Nagasaki Day
August 10, 2022
World Lion Day
August 10, 2022
World Biofuel Day
August 12, 2022
World Elephant Day
August 12, 2022
International Youth Day
August 12, 2022
World Sanskrit Day
August 13, 2022
World Organ Donation Day
August 13, 2022
International Lefthanders Day
August 14, 2022
August 15, 2022
Partition Horrors
Remembrance Day
76th Independence Day
August 19, 2022
World Humanitarian Day
August 19, 2022
World Photography Day
August 20, 2022
World Mosquito Day
August 20, 2022
Sadbhavana Diwas
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To honour India’s handloom-weaving community
and to highlight the sector’s contribution to India’s
socio-economic development.
To highlight the role of indigenous people and the
importance of preserving their rights,
communities and knowledge they gathered and
passed down over centuries.
To promote peace among nations and to create
awareness about the devastating results of nuclear
weapons.
To spread awareness about the lions and efforts
for their conservation and protection.
To highlight the importance and significance of
non-fossil-fuels or biofuels.
Theme 2022 - “Biofuels towards a Carbon Neutral
World”
to create awareness on elephant conservation and
to share knowledge and positive solutions for the
better protection and management of wild and
captive elephants
To raise awareness regarding issues that are faced
by the world’s youth
Theme 2022 - “Intergenerational solidarity:
creating a world for all ages”
To create awareness, promote and revive Sanskrit,
one of the ancient Indian languages.
To raise awareness of the need for donating
organs and to thank donors for their life-saving
contributions.
To mark the uniqueness of the left-handed people
around the world.
To acknowledge the difficulties faced by the
Indians during the partition of India in 1947.
PM Narendra Modi urged the nation to move
forward while focusing on the “Panch Pran” (5
pledges) for the upcoming 25 years
• PM Modi Gives ‘Jai Anusandhan’ Slogan to
Push for Innovation.
• India Celebrates ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’
Campaign. Clickhere
To commemorate the humanitarian workers who
have committed their lives to help others in the
most extreme circumstances around the world.
To celebrate the art of Photography.
Theme 2022 - “Pandemic Lockdown Through The
Lens”
To honour British doctor Sir Ronald Ross who
discovered the relationship between mosquitoes
and the transmission of malaria between humans.
To mark the birth anniversary of the former Prime
Minister (PM) of India Rajiv Gandhi.
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August 21, 2022
August 21, 2022
August 22, 2022
August 23, 2022
August 23, 2022
International Day of
Remembrance Of and Tribute
to the Victims of Terrorism
World Senior Citizen’s Day
International Day
Commemorating the Victims of
Acts of Violence based on
Religion or Belief
International Day for the
Remembrance of the Slave
Trade and its Abolition
Internaut Day
August 23 to
September1, 2022
World Water Week
August 26, 2022
Women’s Equality Day
August 29, 2022
National Sports Day
August 29, 2022
International Day against
Nuclear Tests
International Day of the
Victims of Enforced
Disappearances
National Small Industry Day
August 30, 2022
August 30, 2022
August 30, 2022
August 31, 2022
July 1, 2022
July 1, 2022
July 1, 2022
July 2, 2022
July 2, 2022
To honour the survivors of terrorism and also pay
tribute to the victims of terrorism.
Theme 2022 - “Memories”
To acknowledge the contributions of elderly
people in human society and honour them
This day strongly condemns the continuing
violence and acts of terrorism targeting
individuals.
To abolish the practice of slave trading and to
remember the tragedy of the slave trade across the
globe during colonial rule.
To commemorate the invention of the World Wide
Web (WWW).
To address the global water issues and related
concerns of international development.
Theme 2022 - “Seeing the unseen: The value of
water”
To honour the women of America for gaining the
constitutional right to vote.
To commemorate the birth anniversary of hockey
legend Major Dhyan Chand.
To bring awareness regarding the harmful effects
of testing nuclear weapons.
To commemorate and pay respect to those who
have undergone enforced disappearances.
To recognise the importance and contribution of
the small-scale businesses in India.
International Whale Shark Day To spread awareness about the importance of
whale sharks.
Theme 2022 - “The Future of Sharks: Guardians of
Our Seas.”
International Day for People of To promote the extraordinary contributions of the
African Descent
African diaspora around the world.
JULY 2022
National Doctors Day
The day also marks both the birth and death
anniversary of Bharat Ratna Dr Bidhan Chandra
Roy(BC Roy).
National Chartered Accountant To commemorate the formation of the Institute of
Day
Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) on 1st July
1949.
Goods and Services Tax Day
To commemorate the implementation of the Goods
and Services Tax (GST) system, the unprecedented
reform of the Indian taxation.
World Sports Journalists Day
To commemorate the establishment of the
International Sports Press Association also known
as the Association Internationale de la Presse
Sportive (AIPS) in 1924.
World Unidentified Flying
To create awareness about the Unidentified Flying
Object Day
Objects (UFO).
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July 2, 2022
International Day of
Cooperatives
July 3, 2022
International Plastic Bag Free
Day
July 6, 2022
World Zoonoses Day
July 7, 2022
1st World Kiswahili Language
Day
July 9, 2022
National Students Day
July 10, 2022
National Fish Farmers Day
July 11, 2022
World Population Day
July 12, 2022
International Malala Day
July 12, 2022
World Paper Bag Day
July 15, 2022
World Youth Skills Day
July 17, 2022
Day of International Criminal
Justice
July 18, 2022
Nelson Mandela International
Day
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It observed across the globe on the first Saturday
of July to create awareness about the contributions
of cooperatives toward the development of
society.
Theme/Slogan - “Cooperatives Build a Better
World”
To spread awareness about the harmful effects of
plastic and ways to eliminate the use of plastic
bags.
The day commemorates the anniversary of the
administration of the first rabies vaccine to a
human on 6th July 1885 by French Biologist Louis
Pasteur.
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization (UNESCO) celebrated this day to
recognise Kiswahili language.
Theme- “Kiswahili for peace and prosperity”.
To commemorate the foundation of Akhil
Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP)(July 1949) ,
a student organization.
To commemorate the demonstration of Dr K. H.
Alikunhi and Dr H. L. Chaudhary for the successful
contribution in demonstrating Hypophysation in
Indian Major Carps.
• The day is also observed as the National
Fisheries Development Board (NFDB)
Foundation day.
To focus on the urgency and importance of
population issues and their relation to
environment and development issues.
It was celebrated on the occasion of young activist
Malala Yousafzai’s birthday
To create awareness about the importance of
using paper bags and encourage the use of
environment-friendly alternatives
Theme 2022 - “If You’re ‘Fantastic’, Do Something
‘Dramatic’ To Cut the ‘Plastic’, Use ‘Paper Bags’.”
To provide proper training to the youth and create
skills for decent work, employment and
entrepreneurship.
Theme 2022- Transforming youth skills for the
future
To recognise the efforts of organisations working
towards bringing justice to international criminal
acts like crimes against humanity, genocide, war
crimes and crimes of aggression.
To recognise Nelson Mandela’s immense
contribution towards justice, peace and his long
years of struggle for justice against apartheid.
Theme 2022 - “Do what you can, with what you
have, where you are”
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July 20, 2022
World Chess Day
July 20, 2022
First International Moon Day
July 22, 2022
World Brain Day
July 22, 2022
Pi Approximation Day
July 23, 2022
National Broadcasting Day
July 24, 2022
National Income Tax
Day(Aaykar Diwas)
National Thermal Engineer
Day
World Drowning Prevention
Day
July 24, 2022
July 25, 2022
July 25, 2022
World In Vitro Fertilization
(IVF) Day
July 26, 2022
July 26, 2022
International Day for the
Conservation of the Mangrove
Ecosystems
23rd Kargil Vijay Diwas
July 27, 2022
84th CRPF Raising Day
July 28, 2022
World Hepatitis Day
July 28, 2022
July 28, 2022
World Nature Conservation
Day
Earth Overshoot Day
July 29, 2022
International Tiger Day
July 30, 2022
World Day Against Trafficking
in Persons
July 30, 2022
International Day of
Friendship
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To recognise the important role of chess as an
affordable and inclusive activity.
To commemorate the anniversary of the first
landing of the lunar surface by humans on July 20,
1969, with the United States’ Apollo 11 mission.
To create awareness on neurological diseases and
their effects.
Theme 2022 - “Brain Health for all”
To honour the concept of “pi” which is represented
by using the Greek alphabet – ‘ π ‘.
To commemorate the first radio broadcast aired
from the Indian Broadcasting Company (IBC) on
23 July 1927.
To commemorate the introduction of income tax in
India
To celebrate the contribution of the thermal
engineers.
To highlight the impacts of death by drowning on
families and communities and to provide solutions
to prevent death by drowning.
Theme 2022 - “Do one thing – to prevent
drowning”
To commemorate the birth of Louise Joy Brown,
the World’s first IVF baby, on 25th July 1978 in
Manchester, England.
To raise awareness of the importance of mangrove
ecosystems as “a unique, special and vulnerable
ecosystem”
To commemorate the Indian soldiers who
sacrificed their lives for the Nation
To mark the establishment of the Force (27 July
1939)
To raise awareness of viral hepatitis, which causes
inflammation of the liver that leads to severe
disease and liver cancer.
Theme 2022 - ‘Bringing Hepatitis Care Closer to
You’
To raise awareness about the significance of
natural resources around the world.
It is the day of the year on which humanity’s
demand on nature exceeds the Earth’s annual
biological capacity to regenerate.
To create awareness about the decreasing
population of Tigers and to highlight the
importance of the conservation of Tigers
(Panthera tigris).
To create awareness about the state of victims of
human trafficking and for the promotion and
protection of their rights.
Theme 2022 - “Use and abuse of technology”
To honour the friendship
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June 1,2022
June 1,2022
June 2,2022
June 3,2022
June 4,2022
June 5,2022
June 5,2022
June 5 - 11,2022
June 6,2022
June 6,2022
June 7,2022
June 8,2022
June 8,2022
World Ranger Day
To commemorate Rangers killed or injured in the
line of duty and to celebrate the work Rangers do
to protect the planet’s natural treasures and
cultural heritage.
Theme 2022 - “DIVERSITY”.
JUNE 2022
Global Day of Parents
To honour and appreciate the parents throughout
the world.
World Milk Day
To recognize milk as global food and to celebrate
the dairy industry.
International Sex Workers Day To recognise the exploited working conditions of
the sex workers and honour the sex workers who
are the victims of cruelty and violence.
• It focuses on the theme of “Access to
Justice” every year.
World Bicycle Day
To create awareness about the social, economic
and environmental benefits of cycling.
International Day of Innocent
To recognise and acknowledge the pain suffered
Children Victims of Aggression by children across the globe, who were the victims
of physical, mental and emotional abuse.
World Environment Day
To create awareness about the importance of
protecting the environment.
Theme – Only one Earth
Host country – Sweden
It also marks the 50-year anniversary of the 1972
Stockholm Conference.
International Day for the Fight To highlight Fish as one of the important
against Illegal, Unreported and commodities for achieving food security.
Unregulated Fishing
The year 2022 declared as the “International Year
of Artisanal Fisheries and Aquaculture”
World Allergy Week
To create awareness about allergic diseases and
related disorders.
Theme 2022 - Breathe Better: The Asthma &
Allergy Connections
World Pest Day
To create awareness about the need for pest
management and the role of pest management
organisations in protecting public health.
UN Russian Language Day
This marks the birth anniversary of Russian poet
2022
Aleksandr Sergeev Pushkin (A.S. Pushkin), the sun
of Russian poetry, and the founder of modern
Russian literature.
World Food Safety Day
To create awareness about the importance of
improving food safety.
Theme - “Safer food, better health”.
World Oceans Day
To create awareness about the importance of the
Oceans as the major source of food and medicine
and a critical part of the biosphere.
Theme 2022- “Revitalization: collective action for
the ocean”
World Brain Tumour Day
To create awareness about brain tumours,
abnormal growth or mass of cells in or around
your brain.
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June 9,2022
World Accreditation Day
June 9,2022
International Level Crossing
Awareness Day
June 12,2022
World Day Against Child
Labour
June 3 to 12, 2022
Week of Action against Child
Labour
Elimination of Child Labour
Week
June 12 to 20, 2022
June 13,2022
International Albinism
Awareness Day
June 14,2022
World Blood Donor Day
(WBDD)
June 15,2022
World Elder Abuse Awareness
Day
June 15,2022
Global Wind Day
June 16,2022
International Day of Family
Remittances
June 16,2022
World Sea Turtle day
June 13 to 17, 2022
Sea Turtle Week
June 17,2022
World Day to Combat
Desertification and Drought
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Theme 2022 - “Together We Are Stronger”
To promote the value of accreditation in the
economy.
Theme 2022 - “Accreditation: Sustainability in
Economic Growth and the Environment”
To create awareness about level crossing safety.
The motto of 2022 ILCAD is “Don’t put your life at
risk, stay away from tracks!”.
The year2022 focus is “Vulnerable People”
To create awareness about the harmful effects of
child labour on individuals.
Theme 2022- “Universal Social Protection to End
Child Labour”
This week is a part of celebration of World Day
Against Child labour.
It was celebrated by National Commission for
Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) in the honour
of World Day Against Child Labour in the 75 places
as part of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav.
To create awareness about albinism and to
highlight the human rights of the people with
albinism.
Theme 2022 - “United in making our voice heard”
To create awareness about the importance of
blood donation and to promote voluntary, nonremunerated blood donation.
The theme/slogan of WBDD 2022 is “Donating
blood is an act of solidarity. Join the effort and save
lives”.
To provide a platform to offer a better
understanding about the abuse and neglect of
older persons.
The 2022 WEAAD focus on “Combatting Elder
Abuse”
To provide a platform to discover wind energy, its
power and the possibilities in shaping the energy
system.
To recognise more than 200 million migrant
workers across the globe who send money home
to more than 800 million family members.
This day also marks the birth anniversary of Dr
Archie Carr, the founding scientific director of Sea
Turtle Conservancy (STC).
A week-long celebration of the conservation is
centred around World Sea Turtle Day
To create awareness about Drought, one of the
most destructive natural disasters in terms of loss
of life, arising from impacts like wide scale crop
failure, wildfire and water stress.
Host - Spain
Theme 2022 - “Rising up from drought together”
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June 18,2022
Sustainable Gastronomy Day
June 18,2022
June 19,2022
First International Day for
Countering Hate Speech
International Day for the
Elimination of Sexual Violence
in Conflict
National Reading Day
June 19,2022
World Sickle Cell Day
June 20,2022
World Refugee Day
June 21,2022
World Music Day
June 21,2022
International Day of Yoga
June 21,2022
World Hydrography Day
June 21,2022
International Day of the
Celebration of the Solstice
June 23,2022
International Olympic Day
June 23,2022
International Widows’ Day
June 23,2022
United Nations Public Service
Day
Day of the Seafarer
June 19,2022
June 25,2022
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To raise public awareness of gastronomy’s role in
sustainable development.
To highlight the exponential spread and
proliferation of hate speech across the globe.
To create awareness about the conflict-related
sexual violence.
To encourage the habit and culture of reading and
to promote literacy.
This day also marks the death anniversary of
Puthuvayil Narayana Panicker (PN Panicker).
• P N Panicker National Reading/ Digital
Reading Month is celebrated across India
from 19th June 2022 to 18th July 2022.
To create awareness of sickle cell disease and the
challenges experienced by people with sickle cell
diseases.
To honour refugees around the world and to
create awareness and sensitivity towards the
people who have been displaced due to war,
persecution, political turmoil or violence.
Theme 2022- “The Right to Seek Safety”
Tagline 2022- “Whoever. Wherever. Whenever.
Everyone has the right to seek safety”
To encourage young and talented musicians across
the globe
Theme 2022 - “Music on the intersections”
To create awareness about the importance of Yoga
and promote the benefits of practising yoga.
Theme 2022 - “Yoga for Humanity”
The government of India envisaged a unique, one
of a king and innovative programme “The
Guardian Ring”.
To create awareness about Hydrography and its
importance in improving knowledge of the seas
and oceans.
Theme 2022 - “Hydrography – contributing to the
United Nations Ocean Decade”
To create awareness about the importance and
significance of the solstice in various religions and
ethnic cultures across the globe.
The day also celebrates the founding of the
International Olympic Committee (IOC) at the
Sorbonne, Paris, on 23rd June 1894.
Theme 2022- “Together, For a Peaceful World”
To voice out the experiences of the widows and to
take action to provide the support they need.
To recognise the value and virtue of the public
service to the community.
To create awareness about the seafarers and the
challenges they face.
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June 26,2022
June 26,2022
June 27,2022
June 28,2022
June 29,2022
June 29,2022
June 30,2022
June 30,2022
May 1, 2022
May 1, 2022
May 1, 2022
May 2, 2022
May 3, 2022
May 3, 2022
The theme/Campaign theme of Day of the Seafarer
2022 is “Your voyage – then and now, share your
journey”.
World Vitiligo Day
To create awareness about vitiligo, a long-term
skin condition caused due to lack of melanin.
Theme 2022 - ‘Learning To Live With Vitiligo’
International Day in Support of To create awareness and remind people that
Victims of Torture
human torture is a crime against humanity.
International Day Against Drug To strengthen the action and cooperation to
Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
achieve the goal of a world free of drug abuse.
Theme 2022 - “Addressing drug challenges in
health and humanitarian crises”
Micro-, Small and MediumTo create awareness about the contribution of
sized Enterprises Day
small businesses to job creation, economic growth
and thriving communities.
National Insurance Awareness To create awareness about Insurance which offers
Day
security in several situations and to make people
aware of the benefits of investing in insurance
plans.
National Statistics Day
It marks the celebration of the birth anniversary of
Professor(late) Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis (PC
Mahalanobis), known as the “Father of Indian
Statistics”.
Theme 2022 - “Data for Sustainable Development”
International Day of the
To create awareness about the specific challenges
Tropics
faced by tropical areas and to highlight the
important role of the tropical countries in
achieving the Sustainable Development
Goals(SDGs).
International Asteroid Day
To create awareness about the hazards of an
asteroid impact.
International Day of
To recognise the importance of the parliaments in
Parliamentarism
national plans and strategies.
MAY 2022
International Labour Day
To create awareness about labour rights and to
recognize the efforts of the working class.
Ujjwala Diwas
To celebrate the achievements of Pradhan Mantri
Ujjwala Yojana(PMUY).
World Laughter Day
To create awareness about laughter and the
healing benefits of laughing.
World Tuna Day
To create awareness about the importance of tuna
resources for food security and nutrition,
economic development, employment, government
revenue, livelihoods, culture and recreation.
World Asthma Day
To create awareness about asthma, a condition in
which the airways narrow and swell and may
produce extra mucus.
Theme - ‘Closing Gaps in Asthma Care’
World Press Freedom Day
To celebrate the fundamental principles of press
freedom and to assess the state of press freedom
throughout the world.
Theme - Journalism under digital siege
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May 4, 2022
International Firefighters Day
May 4, 2022
Coal Miners Day
May 5, 2022
World Hand Hygiene Day
May 6, 2022
International No Diet Day
May 7, 2022
World Athletics Day
May 7, 2022
63rd raising day of Border
Roads Organisation (BRO)
May 8, 2022
World Red Cross and Red
Crescent Day
May 8, 2022
International Thalassaemia
Day
May 8, 2022
International Mother’s Day
May 8-9, 2022
May 10, 2022
Time of Remembrance and
Reconciliation for Those Who
Lost Their Lives during the
Second World War
International Day of Argania
May 11, 2022
National Technology Day
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To create awareness about the significant role of
firefighters in ensuring the safety of the people
and property and to recognise and honour the
sacrifices of the firefighters.
To raise awareness of the challenges and
importance of coal miners around the world.
To maintain global promotion, visibility, and
sustainability of hand hygiene in health care.
• The campaign theme of WHHD 2022 &
Theme of WHHD 2022 is “a health care
‘quality and safety climate or culture’ that
values hand hygiene and infection
prevention and control”
To celebrate body acceptance, including fat
acceptance and body shape diversity.
To encourage sports activities throughout the
world and to promote the importance of fitness
and health.
To recognise the contribution of the BRO
personnel toward the creation and maintenance of
infrastructure across the border region.
• It was established on 7th May 1960.
The day 8th May marks the birth anniversary of
Jean Henry Dunant, (born on 8th May 1828), the
founder of the International Committee of the Red
Cross (ICRC) and the first Nobel Peace Prize
laureate (1901)
Theme 2022 - “Be Human Kind”
To create awareness about Thalassaemia, an
inherited blood disorder caused when the body
doesn’t make enough of a protein called
haemoglobin.
Theme 2022 - “Be Aware. Share. Care: Working
with the global community as one to improve
Thalassaemia knowledge.”
This day usually falls on second Sunday of may
month to commemorate the efforts of mothers and
honour their value in our lives.
To pay tribute to the victims of 2nd World War
(WW2), that took place between 1939 and 1945.
To create awareness about the importance of
Argan Tree in achieving the 3 dimensions of
sustainable development (economic, social and
environmental) at the local level.
Theme 2022- “The argan tree, Symbol of
Resilience”
It commemorates the day on which India
successfully conducted the Pokhran nuclear test
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May 12, 2022
International Nurses Day
May 12, 2022
UN’s First International Day of
Plant Health
May 14, 2022
World Migratory Bird Day
May 15, 2022
International Day of Families
May 16, 2022
National Dengue Day
May 16, 2022
May 16, 2022
International Day of Living
Together in Peace
International Day of Light
May 16, 2022
Vesak Day or Buddha Purnima
May 17, 2022
World Telecommunication and
Information Society Day
May 17, 2022
World Hypertension Day
May 17, 2022
International Day against
Homophobia, Transphobia and
Biphobia
May 18, 2022
International Museum Day
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(Pokhran II) code-named Operation Shakti on 11th
May 1998.
Theme 2022 - ‘Integrated Approach in Science and
Technology for Sustainable Future’
The day is observed to mark the birth anniversary
of British Nurse and statistician Florence
Nightingale
Theme 2022 - “Nurses: A Voice to Lead – Invest in
Nursing and respect rights to secure global health”
To create global awareness on the importance of
plant health towards end hunger, reduce poverty,
protect biodiversity and the environment, and
boost economic development.
This day is being celebrated twice per year in the
second Saturday of May and October, with an aim
to create awareness about the importance of the
conservation of migratory birds and their habitats.
Theme 2022 - “Impact of Light Pollution on
Migratory Birds”
To create awareness about the issues related to
the family and to increase the knowledge of the
social, economic and demographic processes
affecting families.
Theme 2022 - “Families and Urbanization”
To create awareness about Dengue, a viral
infection transmitted to humans through the bite
of infected mosquitoes.
To promote inclusion, tolerance, solidarity and
peace amongst the diverse communities of people.
The day marks the anniversary of the first
successful operation of the laser in 1960 by
physicist and engineer, Theodore Maiman.
It is celebrated by members of the Buddhist
community across the world on the first full moon
day of the month of Vaisakh, which usually falls in
April-May of the Gregorian calendar.
The day also marks the anniversary of the signing
of the 1st International Telegraph Convention and
the creation of the International
Telecommunication Union (ITU).
Theme 2022 - “Digital technologies for older
persons and healthy ageing”.
To create awareness and promote hypertension
prevention, detection and control.
Theme 2022 - “Measure Your Blood Pressure
Accurately, Control It, Live Longer”.
To commemorate the decision of the World Health
Organization (WHO) to declassify homosexuality
as a mental disorder in 1990.
Theme 2022 - “Our Bodies, Our Lives, Our Rights”
To create awareness about the Museums.
Theme 2022 - “The Power of Museum”.
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May 18, 2022
May 19, 2022
May 19, 2022
May 20, 2022
May 20, 2022
May 20, 2022
May 21, 2022
May 21, 2022
May 21, 2022
May 22, 2022
May 23, 2022
May 23, 2022
World AIDS Vaccine Day
To create awareness and provide information
about Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome
(AIDS).
• It also known as HIV Vaccine Awareness
Day(HVAD).
World Inflammatory Bowel
To create awareness about the people who suffer
Disease Day
from Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, which
are collectively known as Inflammatory Bowel
Disease (IBD).
Global Accessibility Awareness To get everyone to talk, think and learn about
Day
digital access or digital inclusion and people with
different disabilities.
Endangered Species Day
To celebrate and educate about the importance of
taking actions to protect threatened and
endangered species.
World Metrology Day
To create awareness about the Metrology, the
science of measurement and its application.
Theme 2022- “Metrology in the Digital Era”
World Bee Day
To raise awareness of the essential role bees and
other pollinators play in keeping people and the
planet healthy.
• Theme 2022: ‘Bee Engaged: Celebrating
the diversity of bees and beekeeping
systems’.
Anti-Terrorism Day
To mark the death anniversary of former Indian
Prime Minister (PM) Rajiv Gandhi, who was
assassinated in 1991 at Sriperumbudur, Tamil
Nadu
World Day for Cultural
To highlight the richness of the World’s culture
Diversity for Dialogue and
and to create awareness about the essential role of
Development
intercultural dialogue in achieving peace and
sustainable development.
International Tea Day
To promote the production and consumption of
tea across the globe and to create awareness about
the significance of tea in combating global poverty
and hunger.
International Day for Biological To create awareness about the importance of
Diversity
biodiversity and highlight the issues and provide
an understanding of the importance of biodiversity
as a global asset of high value to the future
generation.
Theme 2022 - “Building a shared future for all life”
International Day to End
To raise awareness and promote action towards
Obstetric Fistula
treating, preventing, and ending obstetric fistula,
as well as urging post-surgery follow-up and
tracking of fistula patients.
Theme 2022 - End Fistula Now: Invest in Quality
Healthcare, Empower Communities!
World Turtle Day
To create awareness about the plight of turtles and
tortoises and their natural habitats.
Theme 2022- “Shellebrate!” Asks Everyone to Love
and Save Turtles.
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May 25, 2022
Africa Day
May 25, 2022
World Thyroid Day
May 25, 2022
International Missing
Children’s Day
May 25-31, 2022
International Week of
Solidarity with the People of
Non-Self-Governing Territories
May 28, 2022
May 28, 2022
International Day of Action for
Women’s Health or
International Women’s Health
Day
World Hunger Day
May 28, 2022
World Menstrual Hygiene Day
May 29, 2022
International Day of United
Nations Peacekeepers
May 29, 2022
International Everest Day
May 29, 2022
World Digestive Health Day
May 30, 2022
World Vape Day
To create awareness about the alternatives to
harmful tobacco products.
May 31, 2022
World No Tobacco Day
To create awareness about the harmful effects of
using tobacco and inform the public about the
dangers of tobacco use and the business practices
of tobacco companies.
Theme 2022 - Tobacco: Threat to our environment
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To commemorate the founding of the Organisation
of African Unity (OAU).
Theme 2022- Strengthening Resilience in
Nutrition and Food Security on the African
Continent
To create awareness about the vital roles of the
thyroid and to educate the general public on the
treatment and prevention of thyroid diseases.
Theme 2022 - Thyroid and Communication
• International Thyroid Awareness Week
2022 is observed from 25th to 31st May
To create awareness about child abduction and
educate the general public on the measures to
protect and safeguard their children.
To highlight the efforts to safeguard and guarantee
the rights of the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing
Territories to their natural resources, including
land
To highlight the demands towards the fulfilment of
women’s rights to health.
Theme 2022 - #ResistAndPersist amid crises and
global uncertainty
To highlight the importance of ending hunger.
Theme 2022 - #YouthEndingHunger.
To create awareness about the importance of good
menstrual health and hygiene (MHH) for all
women and girls.
To pay tribute to the uniformed and civilian
personnel who contributed to the work of the UN.
Theme 2022 - People. Peace. Progress. The Power
of Partnerships
To commemorate the first summit of Mount
Everest by Sir Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and
Tenzing Norgay, a Nepali-Indian Sherpa
mountaineer on 29th May 1953.
To highlight the importance of digestive health and
create awareness about digestive disorders and
diseases and promote the prevention, prevalence,
diagnosis, management and treatment of the
disease.
Theme 2022 - Colorectal Cancer Prevention:
Getting Back on Track
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April 2, 2022
April 3, 2022
April 4, 2022
April 5, 2022
April 5, 2022
April 6, 2022
April 6, 2022
April 1- 7, 2022
April 7, 2022
April 7, 2022
April 8, 2022
April 9, 2022
April 10, 2022
April 11, 2022
APRIL 2022
World Autism Awareness Day
to create awareness about the need to help
improve the quality of life of people with autism
and support them to lead a full and meaningful life
as an integral part of society
Theme - “Inclusion in the Workplace”
International Children’s Book
To inspire children toward reading and to call
Day
attention to books and also mark the birth
anniversary of Hans Christian Andersen.
258th Raising Day of Army
To celebrate the founding of AMC and to pay
Medical Corps
tribute to the medical personnel who have
sacrificed their lives in the line of duty.
International Day for Mine
To create awareness about landmines and work
Awareness and Assistance in
toward their eradication.
Mine Action
Theme - “Safe Ground, Safe Steps, Safe Home”
International Day of
To promote a culture of peace with love and
Conscience
conscience in accordance with the culture and
other appropriate circumstances or customs of
their local, national and regional communities.
59th National Maritime Day
To recognise and remember the glorious maritime
history of India
Theme- “Propelling Indian Maritime Industry to
Net Zero”
International Day of Sport for
To create a platform to recognise the role of sports
Development and Peace
and physical activities in communities and lives of
the people across the globe.
Theme - “Securing a Sustainable and Peaceful
Future for All: The Contribution of Sport”
World Table Tennis Day
to celebrate table tennis, as well as the universality
and social inclusiveness the sport represents
Prevention of Blindness Week
To create awareness about blindness.
International Day of Reflection To commemorate the beginning of the genocide
on the 1994 Genocide against
perpetrated against members of the Tutsi minority
the Tutsi in Rwanda
by the Hutu extremist-led government.
World Health Day
To bring attention to a specific topic of concern to
people across the world.
Theme - “Our Planet, Our Health”
247th Army Ordnance Corps
The AOC came into existence with the
(AOC) Day
establishment of ‘Board of Ordnance’ on 8th April
1775.
57th Central Reserve Police
To commemorate the 1965 battle at Sardar Post in
Force (CRPF) Valour Day
Rann of Kuchh, Gujarat against Pakistan.
World Homoeopathy Day
The day also marks the birth anniversary of
German physician Dr Christian Friedrich Samuel
Hahnemann, the founding father of Homeopathy.
• The theme of the Scientific Convention on
WHD 2022 is “Homoeopathy: People’s
Choice for Wellness”.
National Safe Motherhood Day The day also marks the birth anniversary of
Kasturba Gandhi, an Indian political activist and
wife of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi.
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April 11, 2022
World Parkinson’s Day
April 12, 2022
International Day of Human
Space Flight
April 12, 2022
International Day of Street
Children
38th Siachen Day
April 13, 2022
April 13, 2022
103rd Anniversary of
Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
April 13, 2022
International Turban Day
April 14, 2022
Day of Equality
April 14, 2022
World Chagas Disease Day
April 14, 2022
National Fire Service (NFS)
Day
April 15, 2022
World Art Day
April 16, 2022
World Voice Day
April 17, 2022
World Hemophilia Day
April 18, 2022
April 19, 2022
International Day for
Monuments and Sites/ World
Heritage Day
World Liver Day
April 20, 2022
UN Chinese Language Day
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To create awareness about Parkinson’s disease
(PD), a neurodegenerative disorder that affects
predominately dopamine-producing
(“dopaminergic”) neurons in the substantia nigra,a
critical brain region.
To mark the beginning of the space era for
mankind.
• The day also marks the anniversary of the
first human space flight was carried out by
Yuri Gagarin.
To acknowledge the strength and resilience of
millions of street children across the world.
To commemorate the Indian Army’s “Operation
Meghdoot”(1984).
The commemoration of the anniversary of the
Jallianwala Bagh Massacre aims (1919) to pay
homage to all the people who were martyred
during the massacre
To create awareness about the strict requirement
of Sikhs to don the turban as a mandatory part of
their religion.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin declared that
the birth anniversary of Dr B.R. Ambedkar on April
14 will be celebrated as the ‘Day of Equality’.
To raise public awareness about Chagas disease, a
potentially life-threatening illness caused by the
protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi (T.cruzi).
Theme - “Finding and reporting every case to
defeat Chagas disease.”
To highlight the importance of fire service and pay
homage to the firefighters who sacrificed their
lives in the line of duty.
Theme - “Learn Fire Safety, Increase Productivity”
To promote the development, diffusion, and
enjoyment of art.
To showcase the value of voice in the daily life of
people.
To create awareness about Hemophilia, a rare
disorder in which the blood doesn’t clot since it
does not have enough blood-clotting proteins
(clotting factors).
Theme - “Access for All: Partnership. Policy.
Progress. Engaging your government, integrating
inherited bleeding disorders into national policy”
To celebrate and spread awareness about the
cultural heritage and diversity on the planet.
Theme- “Heritage and Climate”
To create awareness about various liver-related
diseases and conditions and the importance of the
liver.
To build a platform for people from all over the
world to get to know the Chinese language.
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April 21, 2022
National Civil Services Day
April 21, 2022
April 23, 2022
World Creativity and
Innovation Day
International Mother Earth
Day
World Book and Copyright Day
April 23, 2022
UN English Language Day
April 23, 2022
UN Spanish Language Day
April 24, 2022
13th National Panchayati Raj
Day
April 24, 2022
April 25, 2022
International Day of
Multilateralism and Diplomacy
for Peace
World Day for Laboratory
Animals
World Malaria Day
April 25, 2022
International Delegate’s Day
April 25, 2022
World Penguin Day
April 26, 2022
International Chernobyl
Disaster Remembrance Day
World Intellectual Property
Day
April 22, 2022
April 24, 2022
April 26, 2022
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To celebrate the Civil Servants who serve the
nation in different terrains and across different
sectors.
Theme - “Vision India@2047 – Bringing Citizens
and Government closer”
To raise the awareness of the role of creativity and
innovation in all aspects of human development.
To honour the Earth and the concept of peace.
Theme - “Invest In Our Planet”
To celebrate and promote the enjoyment of books
and reading.
This day also marks the birth and death
anniversary of William Shakespeare.
This day also marks the death anniversary of
Miguel de Cervantes.
It marks the historic day on which decentralization
of power to the grassroots, with the
institutionalization of Panchayati Raj, through the
Constitution (73rd Amendment) Act, 1992 came
into force.
To create awareness about preserving the values
of multilateralism and international cooperation.
To highlight the movement to end the suffering of
animals in laboratories around the world.
To highlight the need for investment and
commitment toward the prevention and control of
Malaria.
Theme 2022- “Harness innovation to reduce the
malaria disease burden and save lives”
• World Health Organization (WHO)’s World
Malaria Report 2022 states that 3
countries accounted for 99.7% of the
estimated cases in the South-East Asia
Region which includes India being the
largest contributor (82.5%).
To create awareness about the role of the
representatives and delegates of the Member
States to the UN.
To create awareness about the threats and
challenges faced by the Penguins.
To commemorate the anniversary of the 1986
Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster.
To inform the general public about the role of
Intellectual Property (IP) rights in encouraging
innovation and creativity and to increase the
general understanding of IP.
Theme 2022- “IP and Youth: Innovating for a
Better Future”
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April 28, 2022
April 28, 2022
April 29, 2022
April 30, 2022
April 30, 2022
April 30, 2022
March 1, 2022
March 1, 2022
March 3, 2022
March 3, 2022
March 3, 2022
World Immunization Week
To highlight the collective action needed and to
promote the use of vaccines to protect people of all
ages against disease.
Theme 2022 - “Long Life for All”
World Day for Safety and
To create awareness about the prevention of
Health at Work
occupational accidents and diseases globally.
• The observance of the World Day for Safety
and Health at Work 2022 will focuses on
the theme of “Act together to build a
positive safety and health culture”
International Girls in ICT Day
To inspire the next generation girls and young
women to prosper in science, technology,
engineering and mathematics (STEM) careers
International Dance Day
This day also marks the birth anniversary of JeanGeorges Noverre, the creator of modern ballet.
International Jazz Day
To raise awareness about the importance of jazz as
an educational tool, and a force for promoting
peace and dialogue among people from diverse
cultures.
Theme 2022- ‘A Call for Global Peace and Unity’
World Veterinary Day
To celebrate the importance and contribution of
the Veterinarians and promote animal health and
welfare.
Theme 2022 - “Strengthening Veterinary
Resilience”
Ayushman Bharat Diwas
To create awareness about healthcare schemes of
the government of India (GoI) among the people in
rural areas.
MARCH 2022
Zero Discrimination Day
To celebrate the right of everyone to live a full and
productive life and to live with dignity and free
from discrimination.
Theme- “Remove laws that harm, create laws that
empower”
World Civil Defence Day
To honour the significance of Civil Defence and the
personnel who have sacrificed their lives for it
Theme - “Civil defence and management of
displaced populations in face of disasters and
crises; role of volunteers and the fight against
pandemics”.
World Wildlife Day (WWD)
To celebrate and create awareness about the
importance of wild fauna and flora.
Theme - “Recovering key species for ecosystem
restoration”
World Hearing Day
To raise awareness on the prevention of deafness
and hearing loss and promote ear and hearing care
across the world.
Theme - “To hear for life, listen with care”
World Birth Defects Day
To create awareness about birth defects and to
highlight the importance for improving
knowledge, prevention and management of these
conditions
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Theme -“Many births defects, one voice”
March 4, 2022
World Obesity Day
March 4, 2022
National Security Day
March 4, 2022
51st National Safety Day
March 4, 2022
World Engineering Day for
Sustainable Development 2022
March 7, 2022
4th Jan Aushadhi Diwas
March 8, 2022
International Women’s Day
March 10, 2022
World Kidney Day
March 10, 2022
International Day of Women
Judges
March 14, 2022
International Day of
Mathematics
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To promote practical solutions to end the global
obesity crisis.
The Message/Theme of the World Obesity Day is
‘Everybody Needs to Act’
To pay tribute and show gratitude to the national
security forces of India, which includes the
military, para-military, commandos, police
officials, guards and those who maintain the peace
and security of India.
To create and spread safety awareness across all
sectors.
National Safety Week is annually observed from
4th March to 10th March
The theme for the National Safety Day/Week
Campaign 2022 is “Nurture Young Minds Develop
Safety Culture”
To observe how Engineers across the world were
celebrating and recognized for their great work.
Theme: Build Back Wiser – Engineering the Future
To create awareness about the usage of generic
medicines and the benefits of Pradhan Mantri
Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana (PMBJP).
Theme of the 4th Jan Aushadhi Diwas is “Jan
Aushadhi-Jan Upyogi”
Jan Aushadhi Diwas week 2022 was observed
from 1st March to 7th March 2022
To recognise women’s achievements regardless of
divisions, whether national, ethnic, linguistic,
cultural, economic, or political.
Theme - “Gender equality today for a sustainable
tomorrow”
Ministry of Women and Child Development
(MoWCD) celebrated International Women’s Day
Week from 1st to 8th March 2022
To create awareness about several kidney diseases
and to educate about the significance of kidneys in
our overall health.
Theme - “Kidney Health for All: Bridge the
Knowledge Gap to Better Kidney Care.”
To promote the full and equal participation of
women at all levels of the judiciary.
This year marks United Nation’s first ever
observance of International Day of Women Judges.
To celebrate mathematics and connect maths with
all sorts of subjects, fields, and ideas.
The theme for the 2022 IDM by IDM314.org is
“Mathematics Unites”.
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March 14, 2022
International Day of Action for
Rivers
March 14, 2022
World Rotaract Day
March 15, 2022
World Consumer Rights day
March 16, 2022
National Vaccination Day
March 18, 2022
Global Recycling Day
March 18, 2022
World Sleep Day
March 20, 2022
World Sparrow Day(WSD)
March 20, 2022
International Day of Happiness
March 20, 2022
World Oral Health Day
March 20, 2022
UN’s French Language Day
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To create awareness about the importance and
value of rivers.
The Focus of the International Day of Action for
Rivers 2022 is “To highlight the importance of
Rivers to Biodiversity.”
To recognise and appreciate the service provided
by the Rotaractors, members of Rotaract Clubs,
across the globe.
2022 World Rotaract Week was observed from 7th
to 13th March 2022.
To create awareness about consumer rights and
needs
• The theme of World Consumer Rights Day
2022 is “Fair Digital Finance.
• India organises “Consumer Empowerment
Week” – 14th to 20th March 2022.
To create awareness about the importance of
vaccination against not only polio but also other
viral diseases
• Theme of National Vaccination Day 2022 is
“Vaccines Work for all”
To help recognise, and celebrate, the importance of
recycling in securing the future of our planet.
• The theme of event for Global Recycling
Day 2022 will focus on the ‘Recycling
Fraternity’
To celebrate sleep and acts as a call to action on
major issues related to sleep.
• The slogan for 2022 World Sleep Day is
“Quality Sleep, Sound Mind, Happy World”.
To create awareness and celebrate the ecological
significance of sparrows, or common house
sparrows (Passer domesticus).
• The theme for WSD is “I LOVE Sparrows”.
To recognise the importance of happiness in the
lives of people around the world.
• The theme of International Day of
Happiness 2022 is “Build Back Happier”.
To create awareness about the importance of oral
health.
• The three-year campaign theme 20212023 of World Oral Health Day is “Be
Proud of Your Mouth”
To create awareness among the international
community about the history, culture and use of
the French Language.
• International Organization of La
Francophonie (OIF) celebrated this day
under the theme « La Francophonie de
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March 21, 2022
World Down Syndrome Day
March 21, 2022
International Day of Nowruz
March 21, 2022
World Puppetry Day
March 21, 2022
International Day of
Forests(IDF)
March 21, 2022
International Day for the
Elimination of Racial
Discrimination
March 21, 2022
World Poetry Day
March 22, 2022
World Water Day
March 23, 2022
World Meteorological Day
March 23, 2022
Shaheed Diwas
March 24, 2022
World Tuberculosis Day
March 24, 2022
International Day for the Right
to the Truth Concerning Gross
Human Rights Violations and
for the Dignity of Victims
March 24, 2022
International Day for
Achievers
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l’avenir » (english: The Francophonie of
the Future).
To raise public awareness about Down Syndrome
that affects approximately 3,000 to 5,000 children,
every year.
• The theme of WDSD 2022 is
“InclusionMeans”.
To create awareness about Nowruz that promotes
values of peace and solidarity between
generations and within families as well as
reconciliation and neighbourliness
To recognize puppetry as a global art form and to
pay tribute to and honor puppeteers from around
the world.
To celebrate and raise awareness of the
importance of all types of forests
• The IDF 2022 was observed on the theme
‘Forests and sustainable production and
consumption’.
To address the issues of racial discrimination and
to create awareness about the need for the
elimination of racial discrimination
• Theme - “Voices for Action against
Racism”.
It celebrates humanity’s most treasured forms of
cultural and linguistic expression and identity
To celebrate water and focus on the importance of
freshwater.
• The theme of World Water Day 2022 is
“Groundwater: Making the invisible
visible”.
To create awareness about the environmental
condition of our planet.
• Theme of World Meteorological Day 2022
is “Early Warning and Early Action”
To pay tribute to Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and
Sukhdev who were hanged to death in 1931 in the
Central Jail at Lahore (now in Pakistan). This day
also known as Martyr’s Day.
To create awareness about the global epidemic of
tuberculosis (TB) and highlight the health, social
and economic consequences of TB.
• The theme of World TB Day 2022 is “Invest
to End TB. Save Lives”.
To pay tribute to the memory of Monsignor Óscar
Arnulfo Romero, who was murdered on 24 March
1980 after denouncing violations of the human
rights of the most vulnerable individuals in El
Salvador.
To celebrate achievers and their strong sense of
purpose and confidence.
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March 24, 2022
March 25, 2022
March 25, 2022
March 25, 2022
187th Raising Day of Assam
Rifles
International Day of
Remembrance of the Victims of
Slavery and the Transatlantic
Slave Trade
International Day of Solidarity
with Detained and Missing
Staff Members
International Day of the
Unborn Child
March 26, 2022
Earth Hour
March 27, 2022
World Theatre Day
March 29, 2022
World Piano Day
March 31, 2022
To mark the inception of the oldest Paramilitary
Force of India.
To commemorate the memory of the victims of
Transatlantic Slave Trade.
• Theme- “Stories of Courage: Resistance to
Slavery and Unity against Racism”
To recognise the dangers encountered by the UN
staff members in their line of work.
To remember the millions of unborn children
whose lives have been ended by the violence of
abortion.
By turning off the lights between 8.30 pm to 9.30
pm (Local Time) as a symbolic gesture towards the
commitment to preserve the Earth and to support
actions against Climate Change.
To promote the art forms across the world and to
create awareness about the value of these art
forms.
It was observed with an aim to celebrate the Piano,
an acoustic, keyboard, stringed percussion
instrument.
International Transgender Day To celebrate the accomplishments and
of Visibility
perseverance of transgender and gendernonconforming individuals.
FEBRUARY 2022
February 1-7, 2022
UPI Safety and Awareness
Week
February 1, 2022
46th Raising Day of the Indian
Coast Guard(ICG)
February 1-7, 2022
World Interfaith Harmony
Week
February 2, 2022
World Wetlands Day
February 4, 2022
World Cancer Day
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This initiative aims to raise awareness among
consumers, mainly the vulnerable and first-time
customers to overcome the fear regarding
adoption of digital payments.
ICG was established by the Coast Guard Act, 1978
of the Parliament of India.
Indian Coast Guard is the 4th Largest Coast Guard
in the World.
To promote cultural peace and nonviolence.
The theme of this year is “Faith and Spiritual
Leadership to Combat Stigma and Conflict During
Pandemic Recovery”.
This is to create awareness about the critical
importance of Wetlands and their roles in
maintaining the natural cycles and supporting a
wide range of biodiversity.
The theme of World Wetlands Day 2022 is
“Wetlands Action for People and Nature”.
To create awareness about Cancer and prevent the
millions of deaths due to cancer.
The Campaign theme of World Cancer Day for
2022 to 2024 is “Close the Care Gap”.
The Campaign theme of World Cancer Day 2022 is
“Close the Care Gap- Realising the problem”.
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February 4, 2022
International Day of Human
Fraternity
February 6, 2022
International Day of Zero
Tolerance for Female Genital
Mutilation
February 8, 2022
Safer Internet Day
February 10, 2022
National Deworming Day
(NDD)
February 10, 2022
World Pulses Day
February 11, 2022
International Day of Women
and Girls in Science
February 11, 2022
World Unani Day
February 12, 2022
National Productivity Day
February 12-18,
2022
National Productivity week
February 12, 2022
Darwin Day
February 13, 2022
World Radio Day
February 13, 2022
National Women’s Day
February 13, 2022
APEDA’s 36th Foundation Day
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To honour religious and cultural diversity. The day
also focuses on interfaith harmony, dialogue, and
mutual respect.
To create awareness about the effects of Female
Genital Mutilations (FGM) on gender equality and
women empowerment.
The theme of International Day of Zero Tolerance
for Female Genital Mutilation 2022 is
“Accelerating Investment to End Female Genital
Mutilation”.
It was observed on the 2nd day (Tuesday) of the
2nd week of February to promote the safe and
positive use of digital technology, especially among
children and young people.
Theme: “Together for a better internet”
To eradicate intestinal worms also referred to as
Soil-Transmitted Helminths (STH), among children
of age 1-19 years.
To create awareness about the nutritional and
environmental benefits of pulses as part of
sustainable food production.
The theme of World Pulses Day 2022 is “Pulses to
empower youth in achieving sustainable agrifood
systems”
To recognize the critical role women and girls play
in science and technology.
The theme is “Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion:
Water Unites Us”.
To commemorate the birth anniversary of
Mohammad Ajmal Khan, better known as “Hakim
Ajmal Khan”, a great Indian Unani Scholar and
social reformer.
To commemorate the formation of the National
Productivity Council of India (NPC).
The theme of the National Productivity Week
2022(12th to 18th February 2022) is “Self
Reliance Through Productivity”.
To commemorate the birth anniversary of the
19th-century British naturalist, Charles Darwin,
who is well known for his work “The Theory of
Natural Selection”.
To keep the popularity of radio alive and to
promote the use of it among everyone.
The theme of this day is “Radio and Trust”
To commemorate the birth anniversary of Sarojini
Naidu, popularly known as the “The Nightingale of
India” or “Bharat Kokila”.
Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export
Development Authority (APEDA) was established
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February 15, 2022
International Childhood
Cancer Day
February 14 to 18,
2022
Financial Literacy Week
February 19, 2022
World Pangolin Day
February 20, 2022
World Day of Social Justice
February 21, 2022
International Mother Language
Day
February 22, 2022
World Thinking Day
February 22, 2022
44th foundation of Apparel
Export Promotion Council
(AEPC)
February 24, 2022
Central Excise Day
February 27, 2022
World Non-Governmental
Organisation (NGO) Day
February 27, 2022
3rd National Protein Day
February 27, 2022
Polio National Immunization
Day
National Science Day
February 28, 2022
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under the APEDA Act passed by the Parliament in
December 1985.
To create awareness about the dangers and
impacts of cancer among children.
The theme for 2022 is ‘Better Survival’ is
achievable #throughyourhands.
To propagate financial education messages on
various themes among members of the public
across the country.
The theme of FLW 2022 is “Go Digital, Go Secure”
It was observed on 3rd Saturday of February.
To create awareness about Pangolins a unique
endangered mammal and their plight.
To speak out against injustice and promote
worldwide social justice.
The theme of World Day of Social Justice 2022 is
“Achieving Social Justice through Formal
Employment”
To promote multilingualism and to create
awareness about linguistic and cultural diversity.
The theme of International Mother Language Day
2022 is “Using technology for multilingual
learning: Challenges and opportunities”
22nd February was chosen to mark the birth
anniversary of both Lord Robert Baden-Powell and
Olave Baden-Powell.
The theme for World Thinking Day 2022 is “Our
World, Our Equal Future: The Environment &
Gender Equality”.
It was virtually attended by Upendra Prasad Singh,
Secretary, Ministry of Textiles as a Guest of
Honour.
To honour the contributions of the Central Board
of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC), a part of the
Department of Revenue under the Ministry of
Finance.
To recognise, celebrate, and honour all nongovernmental and nonprofit organizations that
contribute to society
The universal concept of World NGO Day is to
‘Celebrate, Commemorate and Collaborate’ the
NGOs across the globe
To create public awareness and educate India
about the health benefits of protein.
The theme of National Protein Day 2022 is “Food
Futurism”
India conducts one nationwide NID and 2 SubNational Immunization Day (SNIDs) for polio.
To commemorate the day (28th February 1928)
on which Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman (CV
Raman) discovered the Raman effect.
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February 28, 2022
January 1, 2022
January 3, 2022
January 4, 2022
January 6, 2022
January 6, 2022
January 9, 2022
January 10, 2022
January 12, 2022
January 14, 2022
National Science Week is celebrated from 22nd to
28th February 2022
Theme of NSD 2022 is “Integrated Approach in
Science and Technology for Sustainable Future”
Rare Disease Day
It observed across the globe on the last day of
February (either 28th February or 29th February
in case of leap year) to create awareness about
rare diseases and ensure access to treatment and
medical representation for individuals with rare
diseases.
Theme - “Share Your Colours!”.
JANUARY 2022
64th Foundation Day of
It was established on 1st January 1958 by
Defence Research and
amalgamating the Technical Development
Development Organisation
Establishment (TDEs) of the Indian Army and
(DRDO)
the Directorate of Technical Development &
Production (DTDP) with the Defence Science
Organisation (DSO).
5th Power System Operation
To commemorate the day (3rd January 2017) on
Corporation Limited (POSOCO) which POSOCO stated its independent
Day
functioning under the Ministry of Power as one
of the Power Public sector undertakings (PSUs).
World Braille Day
This day marks the birth anniversary of 19thcentury French educator, Louis Braille, who
invented Braille
World Day of War Orphans
To create awareness about the condition of the
children who were orphaned as a result of war
or other conflicts.
75th Bureau of Indian
It commemorates the day on which BIS came
Standards (BIS) day
into existence as the Indian Standards
Institution (ISI) (6th January 1947).
Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas
This day also known as “Non-Resident Indian
(NRI) Day and is to mark the contribution of the
Overseas Indian community to the development
of India.
World Hindi Day or Vishwa
To promote the worldwide use of the Hindi
Hindi Diwas
language.
National Youth Day (Rashtriya To commemorate the birth anniversary of the
Yuva Diwas)
social reformer, great thinker and philosopher,
Swami Vivekananda.
Theme- It’s all in the mind
As the part of celebration, Prime Minister (PM)
Narendra Modi virtually inaugurated the 25th
National Youth Festival in Puducherry.
6th Armed Forces Veterans
To recognize the sacrifice of our veterans in
Day
serving the nation. This day honours the
services rendered by Field Marshal Kodandera
Madappa Cariappa OBE, the first Indian
Commander-in-Chief (C-in-C) of the Indian
Armed Forces.
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January 15, 2022
74th Indian Army Day
January 16, 2022
1st National Startup Day
January 17-21,
2022
Open Data Week
January 19, 2022
17th National Disaster
Response Force (NDRF)
Raising Day
44th Kokborok Day
January 19, 2022
January 10-17,
2022
Agri Nutri Garden Week
January 23, 2022
Parakram Diwas
January 24, 2022
International Day of Education
January 24, 2022
National Girl Child Day
January 25, 2022
National Tourism Day
January 25, 2022
12th National Voters’ Day
(NVD)
January 26, 2022
73rd Republic Day
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To commemorate the day on which Field
Marshal Kodandera M Cariappa (KM Cariappa)
took charge as the first Indian Commander in
Chief (C-in-C) of the Indian Army
To support the startup culture spread across
India
It was conducted by the Smart Cities Mission
(SCM), Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
(MoHUA) to encourage the adoption of open
data and promote innovation across India’s
urban ecosystem.
To mark the formation of NDRF, under the
Ministry of Home Affairs on 19th January 2006.
Kokborok Day, also known as the Tripuri
Language Day,is celebrated by the state of
Tripura The day marks the recognition of
Kokborok as the official language in 1979.
The week was celebrated by Deendayal
Antyodaya Yojana – National Rural Livelihood
Mission (DAY-NRLM) to encourage the
establishment of ‘Agri Nutri Gardens’ in rural
households.
It was observed on the birth anniversary of
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose to honour and
remember the efforts and contribution of Netaji
Subhas Chandra Bose.
Vinod Sharma of Sikkim State Disaster
Management Authority has been honoured with
the Subhas Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan
Puraskar 2022
To celebrate the role of education for peace and
development.
The theme of the 2022 International Day of
Education is “Changing Course, Transforming
Education”.
To support and provide opportunities to the
girls in India.
To create awareness of the importance of
travelling and protecting nature.
The theme of National Tourism Day 2022 is
‘Rural and Community Centric Tourism’.
To spread awareness about the importance of
voting, and participating in the electoral process.
Theme of 2022 NVD – ‘Making Elections
Inclusive, Accessible and Participative.’
The celebration of Republic Day 2022 is
observed during the 75th year of Independence,
celebrated as Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav.
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January 26, 2022
International Customs Day
January 27, 2022
International Day of
Commemoration in memory of
the victims of the Holocaust
January 30, 2022
World Leprosy Day (WLD)
January 30, 2022
World Neglected Tropical
Diseases Day (NTD)
January 30, 2022
Martyrs Day
January 30, 2022
Anti-Untouchability Day
31st January 31,
2022
30th Foundation Day of the
National Commission for
Women (NCW)
Olympic Gold Medalist, Neeraj Chopra, a
Subedar in the Indian Army has been honoured
with the Param Vishisht Seva Medal Click here
To recognize the contributions and roles of the
customs officials and agencies in maintaining
border security.
Theme – Scaling up Customs Digital
Transformation by Embracing a Data Culture
and Building a Data Ecosystem’. The theme for
2022 was chosen by World Customs
Organisation (WCO).
The theme of this day is “Memory, Dignity and
Justice”.
This day marks the 77th anniversary of the
liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau, Nazi
German concentration and extermination camp.
The last Sunday of January is celebrated
annually as World Leprosy Day (WLD) on the
theme ‘United for Dignity’.
WLD is celebrated annually as Anti Leprosy day
on January 30 i.e. on the death anniversary of
the Father of Nation, Mohandas Karamchand
Gandhi aka Mahatma Gandhi in India.
The theme of World NTD Day 2022 is ‘Achieving
health equity to end the neglect of povertyrelated diseases.
To create awareness about the Neglected
Tropical Diseases (NTD) and to focus on
strengthening the interventions to promote
equitable health services for all.
It is also known as Shaheedi Diwas and observed
to pay respect to the martyrs who lost their lives
during India’s freedom struggle.
Tamil Nadu(TN) observed this day to mark the
death anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.
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Other News Related on Important Days
➢ Controller General of Accounts (CGA), under the Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance, the
Government of India celebrated the 46th Civil Accounts Day on 2nd March 2022.
➢ Government of India (GoI) has decided to proclaim December 26th of every year from 2022 as the
Veer Baal Diwas to honour the sacrifice of Sahibzada Zorawar Singh and Sahibzada Fateh Singh to defend
the dignity and honour of Sikhism.
➢ National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) celebrated its 17th Foundation Day at
Red Fort, New Delhi (Delhi) and launched the new motto of NCPCR ‘भविष्यो रक्षवि रवक्षि:
➢ Every year Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) will observe its Raising Day on March 10. This year
it’s 53rd raising day ceremony was conducted on March 6, 2022 with an unknown reason.
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➢ United Nations General Assembly(UNGA) adopted the resolution A/RES/76/254 and proclaimed the
15th March of every year as the ‘International Day to Combat Islamophobia’.
➢ Minister for Minorities Welfare and Non-Resident Tamils Welfare Gingee K S Masthan informed that
Minorities Rights Day would be observed on December 18 every year in Tamil Nadu.
➢ Southern Railway celebrated 67th Railway Week, that is annually celebrated across India from 10th
to 16th April to commemorate the first train run on Indian soil on 16th April 1853 from Bori Bunder to
Thane
➢ Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) (since
1997) celebrated the 25th Foundation Day of BIMSTEC 2022 or BIMSTEC Day 2022on 6th June 2022 in
Dhaka, Bangladesh.
➢ Northern Command of the Indian Army celebrated its 51st Raising Day (since 17th June 1972) at its
headquarters in Udhampur district, Jammu and Kashmir(J&K).
➢ 7th anniversary of the Skill Indian Mission was observed on 15th July 2022, which was launched by
the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.
➢ The Regiment of Artillery, annually celebrates the 28th of September as “Gunners Day” to
commemorate the raising of the 5th(Bombay) Mountain Battery, the first Indian Artillery unit on
September 28, 1827.
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