CURRENT AFFAIRS 2021 P O R T A B L E P D F B Y G K S E R I E S Current Affairs February 2021 Table of Contents Awards and Honours 7 Economic Development 9 Geography, Environment, Biodiversity & Disaster Management 17 History, Art & Culture 20 Important Days & Events 22 International Affairs 24 Polity & Governance 28 Science & Technology 31 Security 35 Society and Social Justice 35 Sports 39 Miscellaneous 39 Awards and Honours 1. Scientist Bhavya Lal appointed Acting Chief of Staff of NASA 2. S.N. Subrahmanyan appointed as Chairman of the National Safety Council 3. Industrial parks and industries in the country 4. CCEA approves grant of ₹100 crore to Brahmaputra Valley Fertilizer Corporation 5. ISA announces Dr. Ajay Mathur as its new Director General 6. First Female to Head World Trade Organisation 7. Asia Environmental Enforcement Award 2020 8. Ayesha Aziz is emerging as a role model for Kashmir women 9. Pravas Kumar Singh takes oath as Member CERC 10. 10th National Awards for technology innovation in petrochemicals & downstream plastics processing industry Economic Development 1. EPFO net new Enrollments rise 29% to 78.58 lakh in FY21 2. 8th India International Silk Fair 3. Combined Social Sector Expenditure by Centre and States as Per Cent of GDP 4. India’s Sovereign Credit Ratings do not capture its Fundamentals 5. Improved Monetary Policy transmission; Repo Rate cut by 115 BPS 6. Fiscal deficit pegged at 6.8 per cent of GDP 7. FDI limit in insurance sector increased to 74% 8. Govt to introduce single Securities Markets Code 9. Qualitative strengthening of 15,000 schools to include all components of NEP 10. Key initiatives in Petroleum & Natural Gas sector 11. National Research Foundation Outlay to be ₹50,000 crore, over 5 years 12. ₹15,700 cr provided for MSME sector in Union Budget 13. Two PSBs, one general insurance company to be disinvested Page | 1 Report Errors in the PDF – [email protected] ©All Rights Reserved by Gkseries.com CURRENT AFFAIRS 2021 14. FM proposes increase of 137 per cent in Budget for Health and well-being 15. Govt to rationalise custom duties on gold, silver 16. 34.5 % increase in Capital Expenditure with be of ₹5.54 Lakh Crore 17. Union Budget for 2021-22 gives boost to Public Transport in Urban Areas 18. FM announces key tax benefits to senior citizens 19. Outlay for Ministry of Road and Transport and Highways 20. Record Outlay of ₹1,10,055 Crore for Railways 21. Weak Revenue Flow Combined with High Expenditure on Essential Relief 22. Government to step up Funding for National Infrastructure Pipeline 23. Scheme for Revamped Reforms -based Result-Linked Power Distribution Sector 24. Budget greenlights Maha's Metro Neo project in Nashik 25. Micro Irrigation Fund (MIF) has been created under NABARD 26. NITI Aayog study to track economic impact of green verdicts 27. Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana for 2021-22 28. PM dedicates Haldia LPG import terminal to the nation 29. Startup India Seed Fund Scheme (SISFS) 30. SEBI imposes ₹1 crore penalty on NSE in co-location case 31. Privatisation of two public sector banks 32. Mission Organic Value Chain Development for North Eastern Region 33. Nitin Gadkari to launch India's first CNG tractor 34. Technology Information, Forecasting and Assessment Council launched SAKSHAM 35. PM laid foundation stone and inaugurates various projects in Kochi, Kerala 36. PM Modi unveiled key projects in Tamil Nadu 37. PM Modi to launch several key projects of oil & gas sector in Tamil Nadu 38. Hike in petrol and diesel price in India 39. Prime Minister to inaugurate the Pugalur - Thrissur power transmission project 40. PM Modi to launch Kasaragod Solar Power Project in kerala. 41. Cabinet approves PLI scheme for telecom sector 42. Comprehensive Economic cooperation and Partnership Agreement 43. Ground set for LIC IPO 44. Central government issues MSP guidelines for sugar mills 45. Piyush Goyal dedicates series of projects for rail infrastructure in WB 46. RBI released Annual Report of Ombudsman Schemes for 2019-20 47. PM Modi inaugurated important Oil & Gas projects and Engineering Colleges in Assam 48. Centre lifts embargo on private banks 49. Cabinet approves Production Linked Incentive Scheme for IT Hardware 50. Cabinet approves Production Linked Incentive Scheme for Pharmaceuticals 51. PM inaugurated & laid foundation stone of various infra projects in Coimbatore 52. Indian economy to contract by 8% in 2020-21 Geography, Environment, Biodiversity & Disaster Management 1. Disputes on Projects of Krishna & Godavari River 2. Glacial lake burst in Uttarakhand 3. Glacial Lake Outburst Floods 4. Smallest reptile on earth discovered in Madagascar 5. Flash floods and their mitigation Page | 2 Report Errors in the PDF – [email protected] ©All Rights Reserved by Gkseries.com CURRENT AFFAIRS 2021 6. Sadananda Gowda calls upon farmers to use fertilizers based on soil health cards 7. The Koch Rajbongshi vote in Assam and West Bengal 8. Vijayanagara became Karnataka’s 31st district 9. Chamoli rescue ops briefly halted as water level rises 10. Hopes Dim for Three Climbers Missing in Winter K2 Attempt 11. The Farakka ‘lock’ and hilsa 12. Demolition process begins at Vembanad 13. A rare duck created a flutter in Upper Assam 14. The Andhra Pradesh-Odisha dispute over 21 border villages 15. India is putting out its mapping, geospatial data available for general use 16. Leatherback nesting sites could be overrun by Andamans project 17. Dhubri Phulbari Bridge in Assam 18. Hyderabad wins ‘Tree Cities of the World’ title 19. Swachh Tourist Destinations under Phase-IV 20. The caracal now critically endangered History, Art & Culture 1. PM cites example of Bhagyashree Sahu's efforts in promoting 'Pattachitra' painting 2. PM Modi inaugurated Chauri Chaura centenary celebrations 3. Museum to pride of Kodagu General Thimayya in Madikeri 4. Akashvani names music festival after Pandit Bhimsen Joshi 5. Jamtara turns a new page with public library movement 6. Schools under Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan to be renamed after Subhas Chandra Bose 7. Preserving and promoting the traditional cultural heritage of India 8. PM recognises India’s youngest martyr after 8 decades 9. Foundation stone of Maharaja Suheldev Memorial 10. 75 years of Shri Ram Chandra Mission 11. What is Saka Nankana Sahib? 12. Preservation of Laxmi Vilas Palace in Vadodara 13. PM Modi inaugurated toy fair Important Days & Events 1. 45th Raising Day of Indian Coast Guard 2. World Wetlands Day 2021 3. Groundhog Day 2021 4. Pandit Bhimsen Joshi Jayanti 5. Rashtriya Yuva Sashaktikaran Karyakram 6. World Cancer Day 2021 7. World Pulses Day 2021 8. International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2021 9. President to Open Rashtrapati Bhavan’s Annual Udyanotsav 10. World Unani Day 2021 11. World Radio Day 2021 12. Swami Dayanand Saraswati’s birth anniversary 13. 11th edition of 'Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahotsav' Page | 3 Report Errors in the PDF – [email protected] ©All Rights Reserved by Gkseries.com CURRENT AFFAIRS 2021 14. “Mushaira” to be organised by Union Ministry of Minority Affairs 15. Basant Panchami 2021 16. Shri Guru Ravidas Vishva Mahapeeth Rashtriya Adhiveshan 17. 66th Convocation of IIT Kharagpur 18. International Mother Language Day 2021 19. Farmers observe ‘Pagdi Sambhal Divas’ to protest farm laws 20. Saras Aajeevika Mela 2021 International Affairs 1. SJVNL bags 679 Megawatt hydro electric power project in Nepal 2. Special UK visa scheme for Hong Kong residents 3. Antifreeze has made US soldiers fall ill 4. The Colombo port setback for India 5. The ‘Walking While Trans’ ban, recently repealed in New York 6. The South African Covid variant 7. US extends New START Nuclear Arms Control Treaty with Russia for five years 8. First India-EU high-level dialogue on trade, investment held 9. Central Bank of Sri Lanka repays swap line facility with RBI 10. Canada designates the Proud Boys a terrorist group 11. Denmark Will Build Artificial Island to House Wind Energy Hub 12. India & Bahrain join hands for Renewable Energy 13. US moves to rejoin UN Human rights council 14. World Sustainable Development Summit 2021 15. Nord Stream 2 pipeline between Germany and Russia 16. MoU for the construction of the Lalandar “Shatoot” Dam in Afghanistan 17. AIM kick-starts India-Australia Circular Economy Hackathon 2021 18. Draghi sworn in as Italy's new PM as country hopes to turn page 19. Socialists win but separatists expand majority in Catalonia election 20. UK is set to conduct the first COVID-19 human challenge trials (HCT) 21. Turkey to build Space Port in Somalia 22. India, Maldives signed agreements on wide range of domains including fish processing 23. Dutch Indian Water Alliance for Leadership Initiative (DIWALI) 24. Chinese divorce court ordering ‘housework compensation’ for a woman 25. Japan appoints ‘Minister of Loneliness’ after suicide rates increase 26. Christians, Muslims and Jews to share faith centre in Berlin Polity & Governance 1. Meghalaya assembly speaker visits Arunachal assembly 2. Government sends notice to Twitter on restoring suspended accounts 3. Sub-categorisation of OBCs 4. What are government securities? 5. Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways issued guidelines for floating structures 6. Gujarat’s two-child policy 7. Parliament passed landmark Major Port Authorities Bill, 2020 8. Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Bill 2021 Page | 4 Report Errors in the PDF – [email protected] ©All Rights Reserved by Gkseries.com CURRENT AFFAIRS 2021 9. Devendra Kula Vellalar community not delisted from SC community 10. Kiran Bedi removed as the Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry 11. Amendments to the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 12. Shantanu Muluk gets transit anticipatory bail from Bombay HC 13. Delimitation process of UT of Jammu and Kashmir 14.