฀฀฀฀฀฀ 15th CENSUS 2011 Since 1872 Uttar Pradesh 25 23.87 1872: Mayo; 1881: Rippon 23 21.54 21 Density 829 19 17.64 Population 1210.2 million Sex ratio 912 17 Density 382 0‐6 years 902 15 % Growth rate 1981‐1991 1991‐2001 2001‐2011 Sex ratio 943 Literacy rate 67.7% 0‐6 years 918 Literacy rate 73% INDIA NON MEMBER HEADQUARTER INDIA –MEMBER HEADQUARTER APEC(21) SCO(6) BRICS, BASIC, IBSA, IORA(20), NAM, Colombo, SAFTA, BIMSTEC, INTERPOL Singapore G5, G15, G20, G22, G77, Common wealth (54) OCED Shanghai, China ASEAN (10) Lyon, France SAARC (8) OPEC (12) Paris, France ADB NATO (28) Jakarta, Indonesia BIS (Banks for International Settlements) Kathmandu, Nepal European Union (28) Vienna, Austria IBSA Manila Basal, Switzerland UNEP Brussels, Belgium Kyoto protocol Arab league UNWTO GENEVA Nairobi ROME Cairo Madrid 1. UNIVERSAL: WHO, WIPO, WMO, ITU, ISO, IL POSTAL UNION: UNIDOO, Red Cross. (HIM RaSaTaL)GREEN PEACE: 2. WASINGTON: Food & Agricultural Organisation (FAO) & International fund f DC: or agricultural development (IFAD). 3. IBRD BERNE; : VIENNA; Canada. 4. IDA IMF & World banks. a. IFC b. MIGA (International Development Association) c. (International Finance Cooperation) ASIANd. ‐10: (Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency) )‐ e. ICSID (International Centre For Settlement of Investment Disput8th August 1967 Bangkok,e) Thailand 5. (BPL TV CM SIMBangkok DeclarationBrunei, Philippines, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Myanmar. ASEAN, was established on in , with the signing of the GASEAN ‐7: Declaration ( ) by the Founding Fathers of ASEAN, namely Indonesia, Malaysia, OPECPhilippines, Singapore and Thailand. ‐12 6. (CAB FR JIG/FRECA JIG): Canada, America, Britain, France, Russia, Japan, Italy, Germany. 7. Shanghai (ALEN‐VIA‐KISQU): Algeria, Libya, Ecuador, Nigeria, Ven Corporation Organisation ezuela, Iran, Angola, Qatar, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, GKuwait, UAE. ‐5 India 8. BIMSTEC India : Tajikistan, Russia, Uzbekistan, China, Khazikistan, Kirgizstan. 9. INDIAN (CM‐IBSA): China, Mexico, OCEAN RIM ASSOCIATION:, Brazil, South Africa. 20 INDIAN OCEAN 10. G20: : Bhutan, Bangladesh, , Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Nepal. 13.11. Kyoto protocol: A member nation of in the association. 12. BRICS + G7 + Argentina, Australia, Mexico, Indonesia, South Ko rea, South Arabia, Turkey. a. Emission trading— i. Carbon Credit, ii. Carbon Tax, MEETING iii. Carbon Transfer, 2015 2016 b. Clean Development Management (CDM)IBSA ASEAN (26th ) th G‐7 New Delhi, India (7th ) NAM Malaysia (26 st) SAARC Germany (41 ) G‐20 Venezuela, S. America th BRICS (7th ) ‐‐‐ th Islamabad, Pakistan (19th ) SCO Turkey (10 ) China (11 ) CHOGM Ufa, Russia BIMSTEC APEC Malta th NATO Nepal (4 ) th th World Trade Org. Manila (27 ) Lima, Peru (28 ) th Nuclear Security Summit ‐‐‐ th Warsaw, Poland (27 ) Nairobi, Kenya (10 ) USA 1 Navin Shukla Page | Monday, May 18, 2015 ฀฀฀฀฀฀ VARIOUS HONOURS/AWARDS GLOBAL BIODIVERSITY CONFERENCE th PADMA13 VIBHUSHAN Los Cabos, Mexico, 2015 (Total 9 Recipient)—26 Jan 2015 1. Lal Krishna Advani 5. Philanthropist Veerendra Heggade 2. Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal 6. Sanskrit Scholar Swami Rambhadracharya 3. Senior Advocate K. K. Venugopal 7. Actor Amitabh Bachchan, Actor Dilip Kumar NOBEL4. PRIZE:Nuclear Scientist M. R. Srinivasan 1901 [ROYAL SWEDISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES,8. 12Karim Al Hussiani Aga Khan Lac dollar] The Noble prize winner INDIANS (9): R N tagore [1913], CV Raman [1930], H. Khurana [1968], Mother Teresa PEACE BACHPAN BACHAO ANDOLAN [1979], S Chadrashekhara [1983], Amartyasen [1998], V.S. Naipal [2010], Venkatraman rama krishnan [2009]. PHYSICS ). 2014: Malala yusufzai (Education) & Kailash Satyarthi (Children right i.e. CHEMISTRY 2014: Isamu Akashaki, Hiroshi Amano, Shuji Nakamura. MEDICAL 2014: Eric Betzig, William E Moerner, Stefan W Hell LITERATURE 2014: Britt Mosar & Edvard Mosar (Discover Inner GPS of Brain) Doris Lessing 2014: Patrick Modiano, French novelist BHARAT RATNA Oldest recipient: AWARD, INDIA [1954] Total award: 45 (Upto 2015) th th RASHTRIYA1. 44 Atal Bihari Bajpai KHEL RATNA PRIZE: 2. 45 M. Madan Mohan Malviya PRAVASHI2012‐13 BHARTIYARONJAN SODI, shooting DIWAS‐MOIA (Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs)—7‐9 January 13th GANDHI2015 PEACEMahatma Mandir Gandhinagar Gujarat ( PRIZE ) THE2014 MAN BOOKERIndian Space Research Organisation. PRIZE, 1929 2014 BORLAUG AWARD,Richard Flanagan, To Narrow road to the deep North 1992 [Coromandel International, A Fertilizer Company] PULITZER2014 PRIZE,C S Prakash 1917 (JOURNALISM) JNANPITH2014 AWARDVijay Seshadri, 3 Sections’ poetry DADA2014 SAHEBBhalchandra Vanaji Nemade (Marathi litterateur) FALKE SARASWATI2014 Shashi Kapoor SAMMAN, 1991 (K. K. Birla foundation: Schedule VIII of constitution for literacy work) Ramayana Mahanveshana NATIONAL2014 SAHITYAM Veerappa Moily (5 volume Kannada poem ACADEMY AWARD—HINDI NOVEL ). ABEL2014 PRIZE—Raemsh Chandra Shah (Vinayak Novel) MATHEMATICS TYLER2015 PRIZE—ENVIRONMENTJohn Forbes Nash, Jr & Louis Nirenberg PROTECTION Folio2015 prize—LiteratureMadhav Gadgil; Report on western Gha t 2015 Akhil Sharma 2 Navin Shukla Page | Monday, May 18, 2015 ฀฀฀฀฀฀ BIOSPHERE RESERVES OF INDIA [18] 1) Nilgiri, 1986 10) Dehang debang, 1998, Arunachal Pradesh 2) Nanda Devi, 1988, UK 11) Pachamarhi, 1999, MP 3) Nokrek, 1988, Meghalaya 12) Kanchan Dzongha, 2000, Sikkim 4) Great Nikobar, 1989 13) Agashthyamalai, 2001, Kerala 5) Gulf of Mannar, 1989, TN 14) Achanakmar Amarkantak, 2005 6) Manas, 1989 15) Kutch, 2008 Gujrat 7) Sunderbans, 1989 16) Cold dessert, 2009, Himachal Pradesh 8) Simlipal, 1994 17) Seshachalam hills, 2010, Andhra Pradesh RAMSAR9) Dibru shikhowa, 1997, Assam WETLAND [26] 18) Panna, 2011, Madhya Pradesh 1st February 1982 The Convention on Wetlands c ame into force for India on . 1) Ashtamudi Wetland, Kerala 14) Nalsarovar Bird Sanctuary, Gujarat 2) Bhitarkanika Mangroves, Orissa 15) Point Calimere Wildlife Sanctuary, TN 3) Bhoj Wetland, Madhya Pradesh 16) Pong Dam Lake, HP 4) Chandertal Wetland, Himachal Pradesh 17) Renuka Wetland, HP 5) Chilika Lake, Orissa 18) Ropar, Punjab 6) Deepor Beel, Assam [Beas & Sutlej] 19) Rudrasagar Lake, Tripura 7) East Calcutta Wetlands, WB 20) Sāmbhar Lake, Rajasthan 8) Harike Lake, Punjab 21) Sasthamkotta Lake, Kerala 11)9) KeoladeoHokera Wetland Jammu & Kashmir National Park Rajasthan 22) Surinsar‐Mansar Lakes, J&K 10) Kanjli; Punjab [Krishna & Godavari] 23) Tsomoriri, J&K 24) Upper Ganga River, UP 12) Kolleru Lake, Andhra Pradesh 25) Vembanad‐Kol Wetland, Kerala UNESCO13) Loktak Lake, Manipur WORLD HERITAGE IN INDIA (32) 26) Wular lake, J&K Cultural Heritage sites 17) Group of Monuments at Hampi (1986) 1) Rani‐ki‐Vav at Patan, Gujarat (2014) 18) Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram (1984) 2) Hill Forts of Rajasthan (2013) 19) Group of Monuments at Pattadakal (1987) 3) The Jantar Mantar, Jaipur (2010) 20) Humayun's Tomb, Delhi (1993) 4) Red Fort Complex (2007) 21) Khajuraho Group of Monuments (1986) 7)5) RockChampaner‐Pavagadh Shelters of Bhimbetka,Archaeological Park (2004) MP (2003) 22) Mountain Railways of India (1999) 6) Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (2004) 23) Qutub Minar and its Monuments, Delhi (1993) Natural24) Sun Temple, Konârak (1984) 8) Mahabodhi Temple Complex at Bodh Gaya (2002) 25) Taj Mahal (1983) 9) Agra Fort (1983) 10) Ajanta Caves (1983) 1) Great Himalayan National Park (2014) 11) Buddhist Monuments at Sanchi (1989) 4)2) KeoladeoWestern Ghats (2012) National Park (1985) 12) Churches and Convents of Goa (1986) 3) Kaziranga National Park (1985) 13) Elephanta Caves (1987) 14) Ellora Caves (1983) 5) Manas Wildlife Sanctuary (1985) 15) Fatehpur Sikri (1986) 6) Nanda Devi & Valley of Flowers (1988) STRAITS16) Great Living Chola Temples (1987) 7) Sundarbans National Park (1987) Palk: Messina: Bosporus: India & Sri Lanka Gibraltar: Italy & Sicily Bass: Separate Europe from Asia Malacca: Spain & Morocco Bearing: Australia & Tasmania Davis: Malaysia & Indonesia Cook: Russia & Alaska Hormuz: Canada & Greenland La Perouse: North New Zealand & South New Zealand Arabian Sea & Persian Gulf Russia and Hokkaido, Japan 3 Navin Shukla Page | Monday, May 18, 2015 ฀฀฀฀฀฀ CONSTITUTION OF INDIA FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS [part III], USA, [Art 14 to 32] Art 19 [Britain, USA, Ireland, South Africa, Australia, Germany, Canada, GOI Act, 1935] Art 20 Art 21 Right to speech—(can suspended except case of armed rebellion.) Art 21(A) RightProtection in respect of convict to Education— added byion of offence— 86th amendment (Never suspended act, 2002 during emergency) Art 24 Protection of life & Liberty— (Never suspended during emergency) Prohibition of employment of children in factories, etc. 1.Remedies for enforcement of rights. The Supreme Court shall hav Habeas Corpus: Rowlett’se power to issue writs, including Act, 1909 Art 32 2.writs in the nature of Mandamus: 3. Prohibition: issued in case of unlawful detention. [e.g. ] 4. Quo Warranto:issued against those public officer who don’t fulfill their pub lic duty except governor, Prez. 5. Certiorari issued from superior court to inferior one to stop working outside its jurisdiction. DIRECTIVE PRINCIPLES OF STATEissued against those who occupy a public office unlawfully. POLICY [Part IV], Ireland, [Art 33 to 51] Art 39(A) : issued from superior court to inferior one to quash the order Equal justice and free legal aid Organization of village panchayats. Balawant Rai Mehta committee asked for 3 tier system, includes Art 40 1. Village panchayat 2. Panchayat samite rd3.o Zila Parishad 73 amendment 1991 added part IX: Panchayats th