1 www.journalsofindia.com March 2021 Content AGRICULTURE ____________________________________________________________________ 6 FLORICULTURE MISSION ______________________________________________________________ 6 BHARATIYA PRAKRITIK KRISHI PADDHATI (BPKP) ______________________________________________ 6 KISAN RATH MOBILE APP _____________________________________________________________ 6 RED RICE FROM ASSAM _______________________________________________________________ 7 JAMMU'S PURPLE REVOLUTION _________________________________________________________ 7 ECONOMY _______________________________________________________________________ 8 NEW AICTE RULES__________________________________________________________________ 8 ETHANOL BLENDING _________________________________________________________________ 8 FACELESS INCOME-TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL (ITAT) ___________________________________________ 9 THE NATIONAL BANK FOR FINANCING INFRASTRUCTURE AND DEVELOPMENT (NABFID) BILL, 2021 ____________ 9 ATMANIRBHAR NIVESHAK MITRA PORTAL __________________________________________________ 9 TRUSTED TELECOM PRODUCTS _________________________________________________________ 10 NEW PRIVATE BANKS _______________________________________________________________ 10 UDAN 4.1 ______________________________________________________________________ 11 MSME CREDIT HEALTH INDEX _________________________________________________________ 12 OXFAM COMMITMENT TO REDUCING INEQUALITY (CRI) INDEX 2020 _______________________________ 12 BOARD FOR ADVANCE RULINGS (BAR) ___________________________________________________ 13 HIMACHAL PRADESH PLANS TO LEGALIZE HEMP CULTIVATION _____________________________________ 13 MARITIME INDIA VISION 2021 _________________________________________________________ 14 GST AMNESTY SCHEME _____________________________________________________________ 14 BARGE MOUNTED POWER PLANT _______________________________________________________ 14 WORLD DEVELOPMENT REPORT, 2021 ___________________________________________________ 15 OMCS TO SELL ETHANOL AS STANDALONE FUEL _____________________________________________ 15 CEPI INDEX _____________________________________________________________________ 16 ENVIRONMENT __________________________________________________________________ 17 GO ELECTRIC CAMPAIGN _____________________________________________________________ 17 ATMOSPHERIC & CLIMATE RESEARCH – MODELING OBSERVING SYSTEMS & SERVICES (ACROSS) ____________ 17 SPECIES RECOVERY PROGRAMME _______________________________________________________ 18 SENDAI FRAMEWORK _______________________________________________________________ 18 PROJECT RE-HAB OF KARNATAKA ______________________________________________________ 19 FOOD WASTE INDEX REPORT 2021______________________________________________________ 20 WORLD AIR QUALITY REPORT, 2020 _____________________________________________________ 20 WHALE SHARK ____________________________________________________________________ 21 PENCH TIGER RESERVE ______________________________________________________________ 21 SEA BUCKTHORN CULTIVATION IN HIMACHAL PRADESH _________________________________________ 21 BLACK-BROWED BABBLER ____________________________________________________________ 22 SWACHHTA SAARTHI FELLOWSHIP _______________________________________________________ 22 CLIMATE DATA SERVICE PORTAL ________________________________________________________ 23 CONTAMINATION OF GROUNDWATER DUE TO ARSENIC AND FLUORIDE_______________________________ 23 KEN BETWA RIVER LINK PROJECT ________________________________________________________ 23 WORLD WATER DAY 2021 ___________________________________________________________ 24 ASIATIC CHEETAH RELOCATION _________________________________________________________ 24 INDIAN RHINO VISION 2020 (IRV2020) __________________________________________________ 24 VOLUNTARY VEHICLE SCRAPPING POLICY ___________________________________________________ 25 WORLD WILDLIFE DAY ______________________________________________________________ 26 PANEL TO RECOMMEND NORMS TO CUT TREES _______________________________________________ 26 2 www.journalsofindia.com March 2021 INDIA: TRANSFORMING TO A NET-ZERO EMISSIONS ENERGY SYSTEM REPORT ___________________________ 26 IUCN STATUS OF AFRICAN ELEPHANT ____________________________________________________ 27 GULF OF MANNAR BIOSPHERE RESERVE ___________________________________________________ 27 GIR SANCTUARY ___________________________________________________________________ 28 KEIBUL LAMJAO NATIONAL PARK _______________________________________________________ 28 LION-TAILED MACAQUE _____________________________________________________________ 29 KHARAI CAMELS __________________________________________________________________ 29 QCI SURVEY ON WATER BODIES ________________________________________________________ 30 CSR AMENDMENT RULES 2021 ________________________________________________________ 30 MAHENDRAGIRI BIOSPHERE RESERVE _____________________________________________________ 31 MANAS NATIONAL PARK _____________________________________________________________ 32 GLOBAL WIND REPORT, 2021 _________________________________________________________ 32 FOREIGN AFFAIRS ________________________________________________________________ 33 HIGH SPEED RAIL - CHINA NEAR ARUNACHAL BORDER _________________________________________ 33 UK TURING SCHEME ________________________________________________________________ 33 VACCINE PASSPORTS _______________________________________________________________ 34 DUSTLIK EXERCISE _________________________________________________________________ 34 INTER-PARLIAMENTARY UNION (IPU) ____________________________________________________ 34 KALADAN MULTIMODAL TRANSIT TRANSPORT PROJECT (KMMTTP)________________________________ 34 TRILATERAL HIGHWAY PROJECT ________________________________________________________ 35 INDIA-PAKISTAN INDUS COMMISSIONERS MEETING ___________________________________________ 35 EU DECLARED AS LGBTIQ FREEDOM ZONE _________________________________________________ 36 AFGHAN PEACE PLAN AND INDIA ________________________________________________________ 37 MOSCOW CONFERENCE ON AFGHAN PEACE ________________________________________________ 37 REFUGEE ISSUE WITH MYANMAR _______________________________________________________ 38 MAITRI SETU_____________________________________________________________________ 38 INDO-KOREA FRIENDSHIP PARK ________________________________________________________ 39 GEOGRAPHY _____________________________________________________________________ 40 EASTERN RAJASTHAN CANAL PROJECT ____________________________________________________ 40 CAUVERY - VAIGAI – GUNDAR RIVER INTERLINKING PROJECT ______________________________________ 40 MYTHICAL SARASWATI RIVER __________________________________________________________ 40 MULLAPERIYAR DAM _______________________________________________________________ 41 MOUNT SINABUNG ________________________________________________________________ 41 DISCOVERY OF MOST DISTANT QUASAR ___________________________________________________ 42 CRISIS OF HELIUM IN INDIA ___________________________________________________________ 42 NITI AAYOG’S PROPOSAL FOR LITTLE ANDAMAN _____________________________________________ 43 CHINA'S GREEN LIGHT FOR FIRST DOWNSTREAM DAMS ON BRAHMAPUTRA ____________________________ 43 TULIP GARDEN OF SRINAGAR __________________________________________________________ 43 MARITIME CHOKE POINTS OF INDIAN OCEAN ________________________________________________ 44 REQUIREMENTS FOR INTERNATIONAL DRIVING PERMITS AMENDED: _________________________________ 45 GOVERNANCE ___________________________________________________________________ 45 NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR SCHEDULED CASTES ____________________________________________ 45 APPOINTMENT OF REGULAR CBI DIRECTOR ________________________________________________ 46 V-DEM INSTITUTE'S DEMOCRACY REPORT _________________________________________________ 46 WORLD'S HIGHEST RAIL BRIDGE ________________________________________________________ 47 VOLUNTARY CODE OF ETHICS __________________________________________________________ 47 OLYMPICS 2048 BIDDING BY NEW DELHI __________________________________________________ 48 STATES BARRING CBI INVESTIGATION ____________________________________________________ 48 3 www.journalsofindia.com March 2021 TEST-TRACK-TREAT PROTOCOL _________________________________________________________ 49 NATIONAL TECHNICAL ADVISORY GROUP ON IMMUNIZATION (NTAGI) ______________________________ 49 HISTORY ________________________________________________________________________ 50 DANDI MARCH ___________________________________________________________________ 50 SWAMINARAYAN SAMPRADAYA ________________________________________________________ 50 RAKHIGARHI _____________________________________________________________________ 51 BAMIYAN BUDDHA _________________________________________________________________ 51 SHAHEEDI DIWAS __________________________________________________________________ 52 TOMAR KING ANANGPAL II ___________________________________________________________ 52 SINGORGARH FORT ________________________________________________________________ 52 MAHARAJA CHHATRASAL BUNDELA ______________________________________________________ 53 BIDRIWARE ______________________________________________________________________ 53 LAW AND POLICY _________________________________________________________________ 54 UGC ALLOWS INSTITUTES OF EMINENCE TO SET UP OFFSHORE CAMPUSES _____________________________