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Static GK Digest

Dear Readers, This Static GK Digest is a complete docket of important news and events. It is very important and relevant for all competitive exams like Banking, Insurance, SSC and UPSC Exams.

LIST OF NATIONAL PARK AND WILDLIFE SANCTUARIES

States National park Remarks Andhra Pradesh Papikonda National Park -

Sri Venkateswara National Park - Coringa Wildlife Sanctuary Krishna Wildlife Sanctuary Arunachal Pradesh Mouling National Park -

Namdapha National Park - Kamlang Wildlife Sanctuary Assam Kaziranga National Park One-Horned Rhinoceros, UNESCO World Heritage Site

Dibru-Saikhowa National Park Feral horse, Golden Langur Manas National Park Golden Langur, Red Panda, UNESCO World Heritage Site Nameri National Park - Orang National Park - Bihar Valmiki National Park -

Kaimur Wildlife Sanctuary Chhattisgarh Indravati National Park -

Kanger Valley National Park - Ghasi Das (Sanjay) National Park - Achanakmar Wildlife Sanctuary Goa Mollem National Park -

Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary Gujarat Gir Forest National Park Asiatic lion

Blackbuck National Park Black Buck Marine National Park, Gulf of Kutch - Vansda National Park - Indian Wild Ass Sanctuary -

Sultanpur National Park -

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Himachal Pradesh Pin Valley National Park -

Great Himalayan National Park UNESCO World Heritage Site Inderkilla National Park - Khirganga National Park - Simbalbara National Park - Jammu & Kashmir Dachigam National Park Kashmir stag

Hemis National Park - Kishtwar National Park - Salim Ali National Park - Jharkhand Betla National Park Forest owlets, Sloth bear, Bison Karnataka Dandeli National Park - Nagarhole National Park (Rajiv Gandhi National Park) - Bandipur National Park - Bannerghatta National Park Sloth Bear Kudremukh National Park - Anshi national park - Pambadum Shola National Park -

Eravikulam National Park Nilgiri Tahr (found in western ghats) Mathikettan Shola National Park - Silent Valley National Park Lion-tailed macaque (found in western ghats) Shola National Park - National Park - Bandhavgarh National Park -

Pench National Park - Kanha National Park - Panna National Park Madhav National Park - Mandla Plant Fossils National Park - Pench National Park - Sanjay National Park - Satpura National Park - Van Vihar national park - Kuno Wildlife Sanctuary Maharastra Sanjay Gandhi National Park -

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Chandoli National Park - Navegaon National Park - Tadoba National Park - Gugamal national park - Manipur Keibul Lamjao National Park Sangai or Dancing Deers, Only floating park in the world

Sirohi National Park - Meghalaya Balphakram National Park Red Panda

Nokrek National Park Red Panda, UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve Mizoram Murlen National Park -

Phawngpui Blue National Park -

Dampa Tiger Reserve Nagaland Ntangki National Park -

Odisha Similipal National Park -

Bhitarkanika National Park Mangroves, Salt water crocodile Keoladeo National Park UNESCO World Heritage Site

Sariska National Park -

Ranthambore National Park -

Mukundra Hills (Darrah) National Park - Desert National Park Great Indian bustard Mount Abu Wildlife Sanctuary Khangchendzonga National Park UNESCO World Heritage Site, Musk Deer Tamil Nadu Mudumalai National Park -

Mukurthi National Park Nilgiri tahr Indira Gandhi (Annamalai) National Park - Guindy National Park - Gulf of Mannar Marine National Park - Telangana Kasu Brahmananda Reddy National Park - Mahavir Harina Vanasthali National Park - Mrugavani National Park -

Kawal Wildlife Sanctuary Tripura Bison(Rajbari) National Park -

Clouded Leopard National Park - Uttarakhand Rajaji National Park - 4

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Jim Corbett National Park - Gangotri National Park - Valley of Flowers National Park - Govind Pashu Vihar - UNESCO World Heritage Site, UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve, Nanda Devi National Park Snow Leopard (Himalayan region) Dudhwa National Park -

West Bengal Buxa Tiger Reserve Sunderbans Wildlife Sanctuary UNESCO World Heritage Site, Royal Bengal Tigers Jaldapara National Park Indian rhinoceros

Buxa National Park - Neora Valley NationalPark - Singalila National Park - Gorumara National Park - Andaman and Mahatama Gandhi Marine (Wandoor) Nicobar National Park -

Middle Button Island National Park - Mount Harriett National Park - North Button Island National Park - Rani Jhansi Marine National Park - Saddle Peak National Park - South Button Island National Park - Campbell Bay National Park - Galathea Bay National Park -

IMPORTANT DAMS WITH RIVERS

Some Facts about dams- Longest dam in the world- Hirakund dam (Orissa) Longest dam in - Hirakund dam (Orissa) Highest dam in India- Tehri dam (Uttarakhand) Highest straight gravity Dam in India- Bhakra dam First dam of India-Kallanai Dam (Grand Anicut) on river kaveri (Tiruchirapalli, Tamilnadu)

LIST OF IMPORTANT DAMS IN INDIA

State Dam River Andhra Pradesh Nagarjuna Sagar Dam Krishna

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Srisailam Dam Krishna Polavaram Project Godavari Somasila Dam Penna Arunachal Pradesh Ranganadi Dam Ranganadi River, a tributary of the Brahmaputra River Bihar Nagi Dam Nagi

Kohira Dam Kohira Chhattisgarh Minimata (Hasdeo) Bango Dam Hasdeo

Dudhawa Dam Mahanadi Gujarat Ukai Dam Tapti

Kadana Dam Mahi Sardar Sarovar Dam Narmada Karjan Dam Karjan Mitti Dam Mitti Aji Dam Aji Sipu Dam Sipu Himachal Pradesh Pong Dam Beas

Bhakra Dam Satluj Kol Dam Satluj Chamera Dam Ravi Nathpa Jhakri (Sjvnl) Dam Satluj Jammu and Kashmir Baglihar Dam Chenab

Salal Dam Chenab Uri Dam Jhelum Pakal Dul Dam Marusudar Nimoo Bazgo Dam Indus Kishenganga Dam KISHANGANGA Jharkhand Panchet Dam Damodar

Maithon Dam Barakar Tenughat Dam Damodar Konar Dam Konar North Koel North Koel Karnataka Krishnarajasagar Dam Cauvery Basava Sagar Dam (Narayanpur Dam) Krishna Hemavathy Dam Hemavathy

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Kabini Dam Kabini Tungabhadra Dam Tungabhadra Hidkal Dam Ghataprabha Almatti Dam Krishna Bhadra Dam Bhadra Supa dam Kalinadi Lakhya Dam Lakhya hole Kerala Dam Cheruthoni

Kakki Dam Kakki Periyar Idukki Dam Periyar Kilivillithode Madhya Pradesh Ban Sagar Dam Son

Gandhi Sagar Dam Chambal Indira Sagar Dam Narmada Omkareshwar Dam Narmada Tawa Dam Tawa Bhatsa Dam Bhatsa and chorna

Koyna Dam Koyna Warna Dam Varna Ujjani Dam Bhima Aruna Dam Aruna Upper Wardha Dam Wardha Odisha Hirakud Dam Mahanadi

Indravati Dam Indravati Kapur Dam Kapur Podagada Dam Podagada Rengali Dam Brahmani Upper Kolab Dam Kapur Haladia Dam Haladia Lower Indra Dam Indra Punjab Ranjit Sagar Dam Ravi Rajasthan Bisalpur Dam Banas

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Jawahar Sagar Dam Chambal Mahi Bajaj Sagar Dam Mahi Rana Pratap Sagar Dam Chambal Jaswant Sagar Dam Luni Jakham Main Dam Jakham (Mahi) Sikkim Rangit III Dam Ranjit

Tamilnadu Bhavani Dam Bhavani

Mettur Dam Kaveri

Sholaiyar Dam Sholaiyar

Pillur Dam Bhavani

Telangana Nagarjuna Sagar Dam Krishna (Some Part of Dam also in Telangana)

Srisailam Dam Krishna (Some Part of Dam also in Telangana)

Nizam Sagar Dam Manjira

Musi Dam Musi

Singur Dam Manjira

Sri Rama Sagar (Pochampadu Project) Godavari Uttarakhand Jamrani Dam Gola

Lakhwar Dam Yamuna

Koteshwar Bhagirathi

Ramganga Dam Ramganga

Tehri Dam Bhagirathi

Uttar Pradesh Rihand Dam Rihand

West Bengal Kangsabati Kumari Dam Kasai

LIST OF AWARDS IN VARIOUS FIELDS

1. Bharat Ratna: It is the highest civilian award of the 2. Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prize is widely regarded as the India. The award was given for outstanding most prestigious award available in the fields of achievements in the arts, literature, science and public literature, medicine, physics, chemistry, peace, and services but the government expanded the criteria to economics. include "any field of human endeavour". The number of 3. Saraswati Samman (Literature): The award was annual awards is restricted to a maximum of three in a instituted in 1991 by the K. K. Birla Foundation. It is an particular year. annual award given for outstanding prose or poetry literary works in any 22 Indian languages.

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4. Jnanpith award (Literature): The award was instituted 12. Dhyan Chand Award (sports): The award that is given in 1961 and it is It is presented by the Bharatiya to the veteran sportspersons of India for their lifetime Jnanpith, a trust founded by the Sahu Jain family, the achievement in their respective field of sport is named publishers of the newspaper The Times of India. It is an as the Dhyan Chand Award for Life Time Achievement in annual award given for outstanding prose or poetry Sports and Games. literary works in any 22 Indian languages. 13. Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award: It is the highest honour 5. Vyas Samman (Literature): The award annually by the bestowed to a sportsperson for his/her achievements in K.K. Birla Foundation in recognition of the literary India. work published in past 10 years. 14. Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize (for Science & 6. Bihari Puraskar (Literature): It is Bihari Puraskar is a Technology): It is a science award in India given annually literary award instituted by K. K. Birla Foundation. The by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research award is named after the famous Hindi poet Bihari and (CSIR) for notable and outstanding research, applied or is awarded to an outstanding work published in Hindi or fundamental, in biology, chemistry, environmental Rajasthani by a Rajasthani writer. science, engineering, mathematics, medicine and 7. Moorti Devi Award (Literature): It is an annual literary Physics. award in India presented by the Bharatiya Jnanpith 15. Kalinga Prize (Science): It is an award given by UNESCO organization for a work which emphasizes Indian for exceptional skill in presenting scientific ideas to lay philosophy and culture. people. 8. Booker Prize (Literature): It is an annual award for the 16. Pulitzer Prize (Journalism): It is an award for best original novel, written in the English language, and achievements in newspaper and online journalism, published in the UK literary award literature, and musical composition in the United 9. Dadasaheb Phalke Award (Cinema/Films): It is India's States. highest award in cinema. It is presented annually at the 17. Abel Prize (Mathematics): It is an international prize National Film Awards ceremony by the Directorate of awarded annually by the Government of Norway to one Film Festivals, an organisation set up by the Ministry of or more outstanding mathematicians. Information and Broadcasting. 18. Grammy Award (Music): It is an accolade by the 10. Arjuna Award (sports): Outstanding performance from National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the the sportspersons in sports and games. United States to recognize outstanding achievement in The Government has modified the format of Arjuna the music industry. Award very recently and as per the revised schematic 19. Stirling Prize (Architecture): The Royal Institute of guidelines a sportsperson must have very good British Architects Stirling Prize is a British prize for consistent performances for the previous 3 years at the excellence in architecture. international level to be considered as eligible for the 20. Aga Khan Award (Architecture): It is an architectural Award. prize established by Aga Khan IV in 1977. It aims to 11. Dronacharya Award (eminent coaches of any identify and reward architectural concepts that particular sport): The award is named after the very successfully address the needs and aspirations of famous archery coach, mentioned in the epic of India Islamic societies in the fields of contemporary design, known as the Mahabharata. This very award is not social housing, community development and related with the sportspersons who are still playing in improvement. the field; instead this is related to those eminent 21. Pritzker Prize (Architecture): It is awarded annually "to coaches of any particular sport. honour a living architect.

NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS IN INDIA

State Nuclear Power Station Gujarat Kakrapar Nuclear power station Haryana Gorakhpur Atomic Power Station

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Karnataka Kaiga Nuclear power station Maharashtra Tarapur Atomic power station (first in India) Tamil Nadu (i) Kundakulam Nuclear Power Plant (ii) Kalpakkam Nuclear Power Plant Uttar Pradesh Narora Atomic Power Station Rajasthan Rawatbhata

LIST OF AIRPORTS WITH THEIR CITIES AND STATES

Airport City State Rajiv Gandhi International Airport Hyderabad Telangana Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport Guwahati Assam Indira Gandhi International Airport New Delhi Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport Ahmedabad Gujarat Kempegowda International Airport Bengaluru Karnataka Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport Mumbai Maharashtra Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport Nagpur Maharashtra Chaudhary Charan Singh Airport Lucknow Uttar Pradesh Lal Bahadur Shastri Airport Varanasi Uttar Pradesh Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport Kolkata West Bengal Agatti Airport - Lakshadweep (UT)

Classical Dances of India

Dance State Famous Personalities Rukmani devi Arundale, Krisna murthy, Shovana Narayan Sonal Bharatnatyam Tamil nadu Mansingh, Vaijayantimala, T Balakrishan, Padma Subramaniyam. Uttar Pradesh , Shovana Narayan. Mallika Sarabhai, Yamini Krishanmurthy, T Balasarswathi, Ragini Devi,G, Andhra Pradesh sarala, Raja Reddy Kerala Mukunda Raja, Koppan Nair, Gopinath Karishan Odisha Guuru Mayadhar Raut, Kelucharan Mohapatra Manipuri Manipur Jhaver Sisters, Rita devi Assam Anwesa Mahanta Mohiniyatta Kerala Kalyani Amma, Shanta Rao.

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Folk Dances

State Dance Andhra Pradesh Kuchipudi, Kolattam Arunachal Pradesh Assam , Jhumur Naach Jharkhand Karma/Munda Chhattisgarh Panthi, Raut Nacha, Gaur Maria, Dekhni Dance Goa Koli, Dashavatara, Dekhni, , Ghodemodni, Romta Mel, Divlyan Nach (Lamp dance) Gujarat , Raas, Dance Himachal Pradesh Kinnauri Haryana Saang, Ras Leela, , Jhumar, Teej, Phag ,Dhamal Karnataka , Bayalata. , Kathakali, Koodiyattam, , Thitambu Nritham, Aravanmuttu, Kerala . Madhya Pradesh Jawara, Maanch, Grida, Tertali, Phulpati Dance, Maharashtra Lavni, Tamasha ,Dangi ,Pavri Nach ,Povadas ,Koli ,Dindi Manipur Thang Ta, Dhol cholom Mizoram Nagaland Chang Lo or Sua Lua. Ghumura Dance, Ruk Mar Nacha (& ), Goti Pua, Nacni, Odissi, Baagh Naach or Odisha Tiger Dance, , Dhap, Ghumra Punjab , Giddh , Jhumar, Karthi, Ludi Rajasthan Ghoomar, , Bhavai, Kachchhi Ghodi. Sikkim Singhi Chham , Kamandi or Kaman Pandigai, Devarattam, , Kolattam, Karagattam or Tamil Nadu Karagam, Mayil Attam or Peacock dance

Paampu attam or Snake Dance Tripura West Bengal Gambhira, Nacni, , , Chow

LIST OF INTERNATIONAL CRICKET STADIUMS AND PLACE

International Cricket Stadiums Place Feroz Shah Kotla Ground Delhi Brabourne Stadium Mumbai, Maharashtra Green Park Stadium Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh Wankhede Stadium Mumbai, Maharashtra Barabati Stadium Cuttack, Odisha

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Eden Gardens Kolkata, West Bengal Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh M Chinnaswamy Stadium Bangalore, Karnataka M.A. Chidambaram Stadium Chennai, Tamil Nadu Sawai Mansingh Stadium Jaipur, Rajasthan Punjab Cricket Association Stadium Mohali, Holkar Cricket Stadium Indore, Madhya Pradesh

LIST OF SPORTS AND TROPHIES/CUPS

Sports Trophies/ Cups Ashes Cup, Asia Cup, C.K. Naidu Trophy, Deodhar Trophy, Duleep Trophy, Gavaskar Border Trophy, G.D. Birla Trophy, Gillette Cup, ICC World Cup, Irani Trophy, Jawharlal Nehru Cup, Rani Cricket Jhansi Trophy, Ranji Trophy, Rohinton Barcia Trophy, Rothmans Cup, Sahara Cup, Sharjah Cup, Singer Cup, Titan Cup, Vijay Hazare Trophy, Vijay Merchant Trophy, Wisden Trophy, Wills Trophy. Sultan Azlan Shah Cup, Aga khan Cup, Maharaja Ranjit Singh Gold Cup, Dhyanchand Trophy, Hockey Nehru Trophy, Sindhia Gold cup, Murugappa Gold Cup, Wellington Cup etc, Stanley Cup Rovers Cup, Bandodkar Trophy, Merdeka Cup, Confederation cup, DCM Trophy, Durand Cup, Rovers Cup, B. C. Raj Trophy (National Championship), FIFA world Cup, Jules Rimet Trophy, Football Kalinga Cup, Santosh Trophy, IFA Shield, Scissor Cup, Subroto Cup, Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee Trophy, Todd Memorial Trophy, Vittal Trophy, UEFA Champions League Amrit Diwan Cup, Asia Cup, Chaddha Cup, European Cup, Harilela Cup, Ibrahim Rahimatillah Badminton Challenger Cup, Konica Cup, Sophia Cup, Kitiakara Cup, Malaysian Open, Thomas Cup (men) Uber Cup (women) Table Tennis Travancore Cup (women), Swathling Cup (men), Bama Belleck Cup Lawn Tennis Davis Cup, Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon, US Open, Heineken Cup Golf Augusta Masters, British Open, US Maters Horse Racing Derby Rowing Wellington trophy

LIST OF SPORTS AND TERMINOLOGY

Sports Terminology Badminton Deuce, Smash, Drop, Let, Game, Love, Double Fault. Baseball Pitcher, Strike, Diamond, Bunting, Home, Put Out. Billiards Jigger, Break, Scratch, Cannons, Pot, Cue, In Baulk, In Off. Boxing Jab, Hook, Punch, Knock-out, Upper cut, Kidney Punch. Bridge Revoke, Ruff, Dummy, Little Slam, Grand Slam, Trump, Diamonds, Tricks. Chess Gambit, Checkmate, Stalemate, Check.

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Cricket LBW, Maiden over, Rubber, Stumped, Ashes, Hat-trick, Leg Bye, follow on, Googly, Gulley, Silly Point, Duck, Run, Drive, no ball, Cover point, Leg Spinner, Wicket Keeper, Pitch, Crease, Bowling, Leg-Break, Hit – Wicket, Bouncer, Stone-Walling. Football Dribble, Off-Side, Penalty, Throw-in, Hat-Trick, Foul, Touch, Down, Drop Kick, Stopper Golf Hole, Bogey, Put, Stymie, Caddie, Tee, Links, Putting the green. Hockey Bully, Hat-Trick, Short corner, Stroke, Striking Circle, Penalty corner, under cutting, Scoop, Centre forward, Carry, Dribble, Goal, Carried. Horse Racing Punter, Jockey, Place, Win, Protest. Lawn Tennis Volley, Smash, Service, Back-hand-drive. Rifle Shooting Bull's eyes. Swimming Stroke.

List of Cabinet Ministers of India & their Constituency

Portfolio Minister Name Constituency Prime Minister, Ministry of Personnel, Public Narendra Modi Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh Grievances and Pensions Ministry of Home Affairs Raj Nath Singh Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh Ministry of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh Ministry of Commerce and Industry Suresh Prabhu Andhra Pradesh, Rajya Sabha Ministry of Finance, Corporate Affairs Arun Jaitley Uttar Pradesh, Rajya Sabha Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Shipping, Water Resources, River Nitin Jairam Gadkari Nagpur, Maharashtra Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Ministry of Statistics and Programme D.V. Sadananda Gowda Bangalore North, Karnataka Implementation Ministry of Drinking Water & Sanitation Uma Bharati Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh Ministry of Science and Technology, Earth Sciences, Environment, Forest and Climate Dr. Harsh Vardhan Chandni Chowk, Delhi Change Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Ramvilas Paswan Hajipur, Bihar Distribution Ministry of Women and Child Development Maneka Sanjay Gandhi Pilibhit, Uttar Pradesh Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, Ananthkumar Bangalore South, Karnataka Parliamentary Affairs Ministry of Electronics and Information Ravi Shankar Prasad Bihar – Rajya Sabha Technology, Law and Justice Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Jagat Prakash Nadda Himachal Pradesh, Rajya Sabha Ministry of Steel Chaudhary Birender Singh Haryana, Rajya Sabha Suresh Prabhu (Additional Ministry of Civil Aviation Andhra Pradesh, Rajya Sabha Charge) Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Anant Geete Raigad, Maharashtra Enterprises 13

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Ministry of Food Processing Industries Harsimrat Kaur Badal Bathinda, Punjab Ministry of Rural Development, Panchayati Narendra Singh Tomar Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh Raj, Mines Ministry of Tribal Affairs Jual Oram Sundargarh, Odisha Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Radha Mohan Singh Purvi Champaran, Bihar Ministry of Textiles, Information and Smriti Zubin Irani Gujarat, Rajya Sabha Broadcasting Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment Thaawar Chand Gehlot Madhya Pradesh, Rajya Sabha Ministry of Human Resource Development Prakash Javadekar Madhya Pradesh, Rajya Sabha Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Skill Dharmendra Pradhan Deogarh, Odisha Development and Entrepreneurship Ministry of Coal, Railways Piyush Goyal Maharashtra, Rajya Sabha Ministry of Defence Nirmala Sitharaman Karnataka, Rajya Sabha Ministry of Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi Jharkhand, Rajya Sabha

List of Ministers of State (Independent Charge)

Portfolio Minister Name Ministry of Planning Inderjit Singh Rao Ministry of Labour and Employment Santosh Kumar Gangwar Department of AYUSH Shripad Yesso Naik Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region Dr. Jitendra Singh Ministry of Culture Dr. Mahesh Sharma Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Giriraj Singh Ministry of Communications Manoj Sinha Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore Ministry of Power, New and Renewable Energy Raj Kumar Singh Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri Ministry of Tourism Alphons Kannanthanam

Portfolio Ministers of India 2017

Ministers of State (Important)

Portfolio Minister Name Ministry of External Affairs V.K. Singh Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Dr. Mahesh Sharma Ministry of Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Anupriya Patel 14

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Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal, Parliamentary Affairs, Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Arjun Ram Meghwal Rejuvenation Rajyavardhan Singh Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Rathore Ministry of Civil Aviation Jayant Sinha Ministry of Railways Manoj Sinha Department of Atomic Energy, Space, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Prime Dr. Jitendra Singh Minister's Office

LIST OF IMPORTANT DATES – NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL

January 4th January World Braille Day 9th January Pravasi Bhartiya Divas (NRI Day) 10th January World Hindi Day World Laughter Day 12th January National Youth Day (Birth Day of Swami Vivekanand) 15th January Army Day 24th January National Girl Child Day 25th January National Voters Day National Tourism Day 26th January India’s Republic Day International Customs day 29th January National Immunization Day February 1st Feb Indian Coast Guard Day 2nd Feb World Wetland Day 4th Feb World Cancer Day 10th Feb National Deworming Day 13th Feb World Radio Day 21st Feb International Mother Language Day 28th Feb National Science Day March 1st March Zero Discrimination Day 3rd March World Wildlife Day National Defence Day 8th March International Women’s Day 14th March Pi Day (Greek letter “π”) 15th March World Consumer Rights Day

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20th March World Sparrow Day International Day of Happiness 21st March International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination 21st March World Poetry Day, International Day of Nowruz 21st March International Day of Forests World Down Syndrome Day 22nd March World Water Day 23rd March World Meteorological Day 24th March World Tuberculosis Day

25th March International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade 27th March World Theatre Day 28th March Earth Hour April 2nd April World Autism Awareness Day International Children’s Book Day 5th April National Maritime Day 6th April International Day of Sport for Development and Peace 7th April World Health Day 18th April World Heritage Day 21st April National Civil Services Day 22nd March World Earth Day 23rd April World Book and Copyright Day, English Language Day 24th April National Panchayati Day Women’s Political Empowerment Day, India 25th April World Malaria Day 26th April World Intellectual Property Day (World IP Day) 29th April World Dance Day, Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare 30th April International Jazz Day Anti-Child Labour Day May 1st May International Labour Day May Day Maharashtra Day 3rd May World Press Freedom Day International Sun Day International Energy Day

08th May World Red Cross Day, Remembrance and Reconciliation for Lost Lives of Second World War 08th May World Thalassaemia Day

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10th May International Migratory Bird Day 11 th May National technology day 12th May International Nurses Day 17th May World Tele-communication and Information Society Day, Wold AIDS Vaccination day, World Hypertension Day, International day against Homophobia and Transphobia 20th May World Meteorology Day 21th May National Anti Terrorism Day, National Day for Cultural Development 22th May International Day for Biological Diversity 24th May Commonwealth Day 31th May World Anti Tobacco Day June 01 Jun World Milk Day 05 Jun World Environment Day 08 Jun World Brain Tumor Day, World Oceans Day 12 Jun World Day Against Child Labor 14 Jun World Blood Donor Day 3rd Sunday of June World Father’s Day 20 Jun World Refugee Day 21 Jun World Music Day International Yoga Day

23 Jun International Olympic Day, United Nations Public Service Day, International Widows Day International Day against Drug abuse and Illicit Trafficking, International Day in support of Victims of 26 Jun torture July 01 Jul International Joke Day, World Doctor’s Day 07 Jul World Chocolate Day 11 Jul World Population Day 12 Jul International Malala Day 18 Jul International Nelson Mandela Day 26 Jul Kargil Vijay Diwas or Kargil Memorial Day or Kargil Victory Day 28 Jul World Nature Conservation Day, World Hepatitis Day 29 Jul International Tiger Day August 06 Aug Hiroshima Day, Anti Nuclear Day 09 Aug Nagasaki Day, International Day of the World’s Indigenous People, Quit India Day 12 Aug International Youth Day 14 Aug Pakistan’s Independence Day 17

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15 Aug India’s Independence Day, International Mourning Day 19 Aug World Humanitarian Day, World Photography Day National Sadbhavna Divas or Birthday of Rajiv gandhi, World Mosquito Day, Indain Akshay Urja 20 Aug Diwas

23 Aug International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition 29 Aug National Sports Day or Dhyanchand's Birthday September 05 Sep National Teacher’s Day or Dr. Radhakrishanan's Birth Day, Sanskrit Day 08 Sep World Literacy Day 14 Sep Hindi Diwas or Hindi Day, World First Aid Day 15 Sep International Day of Democracy, International Engineer’s Day 16 Sep World Ozone Day

21 Sep World Peace Day or International day for Peace an Nonviolence (UN), World Alzheimer’s Day 27 Sep World Tourism Day 28 Sep World Rabies Day October 1st Monday of World Habitat Day October 01 Oct World Vegetarian Day, International Day of the older/Elderly 02 Oct Gandhi Jayanti, International Day of Nonviolence 03 Oct World Nature Day 04 Oct World Animal Day 05 Oct World Teacher’s Day 06 Oct World Wildlife Day 08 Oct Indian Air Force Day 09 Oct World Postal or Postoffice Day 10 Oct World Mental Health Day, National Postoffice Day 11 Oct International Day of the Girl Child 13 Oct International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction 16 Oct World Food Day 17 Oct International Poverty Day for it's Eradication 20 Oct World Osteoporosis Day, World Statistics Day, National Solidarity day 24 Oct UN Day, World Development Information Day, World Polio Day 28 Oct International Animation Day November 06 Nov International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict 10 Nov World Science day for Peace and Development, Public Transport Day 18

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11 Nov National Education Day 12 Nov World Pneumonia Day, Public Service Broadcasting Day 14 Nov Children’s Day(India), World Diabetes Day 17 Nov International Students Day, Gurunanak Dev's Birth Anniversary, National eplilepsy day 19 Nov World Toilet Day, International Men’s Day, National Integration Day 20 Nov Universal Children’s Day 26 Nov National Law Day or National constitution Day 30 Nov National Flag Day December 01 Dec World AIDS Day 02 Dec World Computer Literacy Day, International Day for the Abolition of Slavery 03 Dec International Day of People with Disability or World Disability Day 04 Dec Indian Navy Day 07 Dec International Civil Aviation Day, Indian Armed Force Flag Day 09 Dec The International Anticorruption Day 10 Dec World Human Rights Day, International Children's Day of Broadcasting 11 Dec International Mountain Day, UNICEF Day 14 Dec National Energy Conservation Day (India) 16 Dec Vijay Diwas 18 Dec International Migrants Day, National Minority Rights Day 23 Dec National Farmer’s Day or Kisan Diwas 25 Dec Good governance day

LIST OF COUNTRIES WITH THEIR CAPITAL AND CURRENCIES

Country Name Capital Currency President Prime Minister Mohammad Ashraf - 1. Afghanistan Kabul Afghani Ghani 2. Algeria Algiers Dinar - - 3. Angola Luanda New Kwanza - - 4. Argentina Buenos Aires Peso - - 5. Armenia Yerevan Dram - - 6. Australia Canberra Australian dollar - Malcolm Turnbull Euro (formerly - - 7. Austria Vienna schilling) 8. Azerbaijan Baku Manat - - 9. Bahrain Manama Bahrain dinar - - 10. Bangladesh Dhaka Taka Abdul Hamid Sheikh Hasina 11. Belarus Minsk Belorussian Ruble - - Euro (formerly - - 12. Belgium Brussels Belgian franc)

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King- Jigme Khesar Tshering Tobgay 13. Bhutan Thimphu Ngultrum Namgyel Wangchuck La Paz - - 14. Bolivia (administrative); Boliviano Sucre (judicial) 15. Botswana Gaborone Pula - - 16. Brazil Brasilia Real Michel Temer - Bandar Seri - - 17. Brunei Brunei dollar Begawan 18. Bulgaria Sofia Lev - - 19. Burundi Bujumbura Burundi franc - - 20. Cambodia Phnom Penh Riel - - 21. Canada Ottawa Canadian dollar - Justin Trudeau 22. Central African - - Bangui CFA Franc Republic 23. Chad N'Djamena CFA Franc - - 24. Chile Santiago Chilean Peso - - 25. China Beijing Yuan/Renminbi Xi Jinping - 26. Colombia Bogota Colombian Peso - - 27. Cuba Havana Cuban Peso - - 28. Cyprus Nicosia Cyprus pound - - 29. Czech Republic Prague Koruna - - 30. Denmark Copenhagen Krone - - 31. Djibouti Djibouti Djibouti franc - - 32. Dominican Republic Santo Domingo Dominican Peso - - 33. Ecuador Quito U.S. dollar - - 34. Egypt Cairo Egyptian pound - - 35. El Salvador San Salvador Colón; U.S. dollar - - 36. Eritrea Asmara Nakfa - - 37. Estonia Tallinn Kroon - - 38. Ethiopia Addis Ababa Birr - Abiye Ahmed 39. Fiji Suva Fiji dollar - - Euro (formerly - - 40. Finland Helsinki markka) Euro (formerly Emmanuel Macron - 41. France Paris French franc) 42. The Gambia Banjul Dalasi - - 43. Georgia Tbilisi Lari - - Frank-Walter Angela Merkel 44. Germany Berlin Euro Steinmeier 45. Greece Athens Euro - - 46. Guinea Conakry Guinean franc - - 47. Guyana Georgetown Guyanese dollar - - 48. Haiti Port-au-Prince Gourde - - 49. Hungary Budapest Forint - - 50. India New Delhi Rupee Ram Nath Kovind Narendra Modi

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51. Indonesia Jakarta Rupiah - - 52. Iran Tehran Rial Hassan Rouhani - 53. Iraq Baghdad Iraqi Dinar - - 54. Ireland Dublin Euro - - Reuven Rivlin Binyamin 55. Israel Jerusalem Shekel Netanyahu 56. Italy Rome Euro - Paolo Gentiloni 57. Jamaica Kingston Jamaican dollar - - 58. Japan Tokyo Yen - Shinzo Abe 59. Jordan Amman Jordanian dinar - - 60. Kazakhstan Astana Tenge - - 61. Kenya Nairobi Kenya shilling - - 62. Korea, North Pyongyang Won King-Kim Jong-un - 63. Korea, South Seoul Won - - 64. Kuwait Kuwait City Kuwaiti dinar - - 65. Kyrgyzstan Bishkek Som - - 66. Laos Vientiane New Kip - - 67. Latvia Riga Lats - - 68. Lebanon Beirut Lebanese pound - - 69. Liberia Monrovia Liberian dollar - - 70. Libya Tripoli Libyan dinar - - 71. Liechtenstein Vaduz Swiss franc - - 72. Lithuania Vilnius Litas - - 73. Luxembourg Luxembourg Euro - - 74. Macedonia Skopje Denar - - 75. Madagascar Antananarivo Malagasy franc - - 76. Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Ringgit - - 77. Maldives Male Rufiya - - 78. Mali Bamako CFA Franc - - 79. Mauritania Nouakchott Ouguiya - - 80. Mauritius Port Louis Mauritian rupee - - 81. Mexico Mexico City Mexican peso - - 82. Mongolia Ulaanbaatar Tugrik - - 83. Montenegro Podgorica Euro - - 84. Morocco Rabat Dirham - - 85. Mozambique Maputo Metical - - Naypyidaw or Nay Win Myint - 86. Myanmar Kyat Pyi Taw Bidhya Devi K P Sharma Oli 87. Nepal Kathmandu Nepalese rupee Bhandari Amsterdam; The - - 88. Netherlands Hague (seat of Euro government) 89. New Zealand Wellington New Zealand dollar - Jacinda Ardern 90. Nigeria Abuja Naira - - 91. Norway Oslo Norwegian krone - - 92. Oman Muscat Omani rial - - 21

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Mamnoon Hussain Shahid Khaqan 93. Pakistan Islamabad Pakistani rupee Abbasi 94. Panama Panama City balboa; U.S. dollar - - 95. Papua New Guinea Port Moresby Kina - - 96. Peru Lima Nuevo sol (1991) - - 97. Philippines Manila Peso - - 98. Poland Warsaw Zloty - - Euro (formerly - - 99. Portugal Lisbon escudo) 100. Qatar Doha Qatari riyal - - 101. Romania Bucharest Leu - - Vladimir - 102. Russia Moscow Ruble Vladimirovich Putin King-Salman bin - 103. Saudi Arabia Riyadh Riyal Abdulaziz Al Saud 104. Seychelles Victoria Seychelles rupee - - 105. Sierra Leone Freetown Leone - - 106. Singapore Singapore Singapore dollar Halimah Yacob - 107. Somalia Mogadishu Somali shilling - - Pretoria Cyril Ramaphosa - (administrative); Cape Town 108. South Africa Rand (legislative); Bloemfontein (judiciary) 109. South Sudan Juba Sudanese Pound - - 110. Spain Madrid Euro - - Maithripala Ranil 111. Sri Lanka Colombo Sri Lanka rupee Sirisena Wickremesinghe 112. Sudan Khartoum Dinar - - 113. Sweden Stockholm Krona - - 114. Switzerland Bern Swiss franc - - 115. Syria Damascus Syrian pound - - 116. Taiwan Taipei Taiwan dollar - - Dar es Salaam; - - 117. Tanzania Dodoma Tanzanian shilling (legislative) 118. Thailand Bangkok baht - - 119. Tunisia Tunis Tunisian dinar - - 120. Turkey Ankara Turkish lira (YTL) - - 121. Turkmenistan Ashgabat Manat - - Vaiaku village, - - 122. Tuvalu Australian dollar Funafuti province Ugandan new - - 123. Uganda Kampala shilling 124. Ukraine Kyiv Hryvna - - 125. United Arab Khalifa bin Zayed Al Mohammed bin Abu Dhabi U.A.E. dirham Emirates Nahyan Rashid Al Maktoum

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126. United Kingdom London Pound sterling Queen- Elizabeth II Theresa May 127. United States of Donald Trump - Washington D.C. dollar America 128. Uruguay Montevideo Uruguay peso - - 129. Uzbekistan Tashkent Uzbekistani sum - - 130. Vatican City Vatican City Euro - - 131. Venezuela Caracas Bolivar - - 132. Vietnam Hanoi Dong - - 133. Yemen Sanaa Rial - - Emmerson - 134. Zimbabwe Harare - Mnangagwa

Complete list of International Organizations: Headquarter & Heads

International Organizations Headquarter President/ General Secretary Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) Beijing, China Jin Liqun New Development Bank (BRICS Development Shanghai, China K.V. Kamath Bank Asian Development Bank (ADB) Mandaluyong, Philippines Takehiko Nakao International Monetary Fund (IMF) Washington DC, US Christine Lagarde (MD) World Bank (WB) Washington DC, US Jim Yong Kim United Nations Organization (UN) New York, US António Guterres (Secretary-General) United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) New York, US Miroslav Lajčák United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) New York, US Henrietta Fore (Executive Director) United Nations Conference on Trade & Geneva, Switzerland - Development (UNCTAD) World Health Organization (WHO) Geneva, Switzerland Tedros Adhanom (Director- General) World Economic Forum (WEF) Geneva, Switzerland Klaus Schwab International Labour Organisation (ILO) Geneva, Switzerland Guy Ryder (Director- General) World Trade Organisation (WTO) Geneva, Switzerland Roberto Azevedo World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) Geneva, Switzerland - World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) Geneva, Switzerland - International Committee of the Red Cross Geneva, Switzerland - United Nations Educational Scientific & Cultural Paris, France Audrey Azoulay (Director- General) Organisation (UNESCO) Organisation for Economic Cooperation & Paris, France Jose Angel Gurria (Secretary-General) Development (OECD)

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International Maritime Organisation (IMO) London, UK - Head - Queen Elizabeth II Commonwealth of Nations London, UK Secretary-General- Patricia Scotland South Asian Association for Regional Kathmandu, Nepal Amjad Hussain B. Sial (Secretary-General) Cooperation (SAARC) Chairman- Rodrigo Duterte Association of South East Nations (ASEAN) Jakarta, Indonesia Secretary-General- Dato Lim Jock Hoi Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Singapore - Jens Stoltenberg North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) Brussels, Belgium (Secretary-General) President- Zaheer Abbas International Cricket Council (ICC) Dubai, UAE Chairman- Shashank Manohar Food & Agricultural Organisation (FAO) Rome, Italy - International Court of Justice (ICJ) The Hague, The Netherland Abdulqawi Yusuf International Olympic Committee (IOC) Lausanne, Switzerland Thomas Bach The Fédération Internationale de Football Zurich, Switzerland Gianni Infantino Association (FIFA) Avenue du Mont-Blanc, Gland, World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) - Vaud, Switzerland Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Dhaka, Bangladesh - Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) World Anti-Doping Agency Montreal, Canada Craig Reedie Bank for International Settlements (BIS) Basel, Switzerland - International Solar Alliance , Haryana, India H.E. Upendra Tripathy

LIST OF INDIAN STATES AND UNION TERRITORIES WITH THEIR CAPITAL, CHIEF MINISTERS AND GOVERNORS

States Capital Current Chief Minister Current Andhra Pradesh Hyderabad (Proposed Capital Amaravati) N. Chandrababu Naidu E. S. L. Narasimhan Arunachal Pradesh Itanaga Pema Khandu B. D. Mishra Assam Dispur Sarbananda Sonowal Bihar Patna Nitish Kumar Chhattisgarh Raipur Raman Singh Balram Das Tandon Goa Panaji Manohar Parrikar Gujarat Gandhinagar Vijay Rupani Om Prakash Kohli

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Haryana Chandigarh Manohar Lal Khattar Kaptan Singh Solanki Himachal Pradesh Shimla, Dharamsala (2nd capital) Jai Ram Thakur Acharya Dev Vrat Jammu and Kashmir Srinagar (summer), Jammu (winter) Mehbooba Mufti Narinder Nath Vohra Jharkhand Ranchi Raghubar Das Murmu Karnataka Bengaluru Siddaramaiah Kerala Thiruvananthapuram Pinarayi Vijayan P. Sathasivam Madhya Pradesh Bhopal Shivraj Singh Chouhan Maharashtra Mumbai Devendra Fadnavis C. Vidyasagar Rao Manipur Imphal N. Biren Singh Meghalaya Shillong Conrad Sangma Mizoram Aizawl Lal Thanhawla Nirbhay Sharma Nagaland Kohima Neiphiu Rio Padmanabha Acharya Odisha Bhubaneswar Naveen Patnaik Satya Pal Malik (In-charge) Punjab Chandigarh Amarinder Singh V. P. Singh Badnore Rajasthan Jaipur Vasundhara Raje Kalyan Singh Sikkim Gangtok Shriniwas Patil Tamil Nadu Chennai Edappadi K. Palaniswami Telangana Hyderabad K. Chandrashekar Rao E. S. L. Narasimhan (Additional Charge) Tripura Agartala Biplab deb Tathagata Roy Uttar Pradesh Lucknow Yogi Adityanath Ram Naik Uttarakhand Dehradun Trivendra Singh Rawat Krishan Kant Paul West Bengal Kolkata Mamata Banerjee Keshari Nath Tripathi

Union Territories Capital Current Chief Minister Current lieutenant governor Andaman and Nicobar Islands Port Blair - Devendra Kumar Joshi Chandigarh - - V. P. Singh Badnore and Nagar Haveli Silvasa - Praful Khoda Patel Daman and Diu Daman - Praful Khoda Patel Delhi - Arvind Kejriwal Anil Baijal Lakshadweep Kavaratti - Farooq Khan Puducherry Pondicherry V. Narayanasamy Kiran Bedi

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Important Cities on River Bank

City River Agra, Uttar Pradesh Yamuna Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh Confluence of Ganga, Yamuna and Saraswati Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh Saryu Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh Ganges Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh Ganges Mathura, Uttar Pradesh Yamuna Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh Gomti Ahmedabad, Gujarat Sabarmati Surat, Gujarat Tapi Vadodara, Gujarat Vishwamitri, Mahi, Narmada Bhagalpur, Bihar Ganges Patna, Bihar Ganges Gaya, Bihar Falgu (Neeranjana) Dibrugarh, Assam Brahmaputra Guwahati, Assam Brahmaputra Kolkata, West Bengal Hooghly Pune, Maharashtra Mula, Mutha Nashik, Maharashtra Godavari Cuttack, Odisha Mahanadi Rourkela, Odisha Brahmani Bangalore, Karnataka Vrishabhavathi Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh Chambal Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh Narmada Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh Shipra Madurai, Tamil Nadu Vaigai Chennai, Tamil Nadu Cooum, Adyar Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu Noyyal Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh Tungabhadra River Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh Krishna New Delhi Yamuna Haridwar, Uttarakhand Ganges

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Hyderabad, Telangana Musi Kota, Rajasthan Chambal Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir Jhelum

HEADS OF INDIAN INSTITUTIONS

NAME OF THE INSTITUTE HEADED BY Amitabh Kant (CEO) NITI Aayog Dr. Rajiv Kumar (Vice Chairman) National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) H. L. Dattu Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Om Prakash Rawat Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) Rajiv Mehrishi National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval Attorney General of India (AGI) K K Venugopal Chief Justice of India (CJI) Justice Dipak Misra Competition Commission of India (CCI) Devender Kumar Sikri Central Information Commission (CIC) R. K. Mathur Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) K. V. Chowdhary Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) Ram Sevak Sharma Archaeological Survey of India Rakesh Tewari Botanical Survey of India Dr. Paramjit Singh National Green Tribunal Justice Jawad Rahim Wildlife Institute of India Dr. V.B. Mathur Ordnance Factory Board Sunil Kumar Chourasia Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) K N Vyas Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) K Sivan Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre S Somnath Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) S Christopher Chief of the Army Staff General Bipin Rawat Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Sunil Lamba Chief of Integrated Defence Staff Air Marshal P. P. Reddy Military Intelligence Lieutenant General K. G. Krishna Intelligence Bureau (IB) Rajiv Jain National Security Guard (NSG) Sudeep Lakhtakia

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Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) Anil Dhasmana Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) R. K. Pachnanda National Investigation Agency (NIA) Y.C. Modi Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Alok Verma Enforcement Directorate (ED) Singh Border Security Force (BSF) K. K. Sharma Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) Rajiv Rai Bhatnagar National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) Sanjay Kumar Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) Rajesh Ranjan Railway Board Ashwani Lohani (Chairman) Food Corporation of India (FCI) Yogendra Tripathi Ashish Bahuguna, Chairperson Pawan Kumar Agarwal, Chief Executive Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) Officer Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Vinod Rai Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) Prof. David R. Syiemlieh G20 Sherpa Shaktikanta Das Cabinet Secretary of India Pradeep Kumar Sinha Principal Secretary to Prime Minister Nripendra Misra Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council Head Film and Television Institute of India Anupam Kher Central Board of Film Certification Anurag Srivastava (CEO) National Anti-Profiteering Authority B N Sharma Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Urjit Patel Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) Ajay Tyagi State Bank of India (SBI) Rajnish Kumar Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) V. K. Sharma National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) Harsh Kumar Bhanwala National Housing Bank (NHB) Sriram Kalyanaraman 7th Pay Commission Ashok Kumar Mathur Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) Muhammad Mustafa Industrial Finance Corporation of India Emandi Sankara Rao Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) T. S. Vijayan Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) Pankaj Patel

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Bank Board Bureau (BBB) Bhanu Pratap Sharma Quality Council of India Adil Zainulbhai Goods and Services Tax Network (GSTN) Ajay Bhushan Pandey 15th Finance Commission N K Singh Finance Secretary Hasmukh Adhiya Foreign Secretary Vijay Keshav Gokhale

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