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January 2022 Current Affairs CapsuleMonthly Current Affairs Magazine – January 2022UPSC Civil Services (Prelims) Examination 2021 was conducted on 10th October2021. The analysis of the question paper shows that majority of the questionswere current affairs oriented. For those who are going to appear in Civil Services(Mains) Examination, current affairs will play an important role to make theanswers attractive, effective and scoring. For those, who are preparing for UPSCCSE 2022, needless to say, a thorough study, understanding, and revision ofCurrent Affairs is a must!To ease the preparation, we are providing monthly current affairs compilationfor the aspirants. The magazine contains subject-wise distribution ofcomprehensive news articles, which have been derived from the sources likePIB, The Hindu, The Indian Express, etc.A separate section – ‘The Editorials Corner’ has been added to discuss theimportant Editorial articles published in The Hindu and Indian ExpressNewspaper"Every day is a chance to begin again. Don't focus on the failures ofyesterday, start today with positive thoughts and expectations."– Catherine Pulsifer2www.bankersadda.com www.sscadda.com www.careerpower.in Adda247 App

January 2022 Current Affairs CapsuleIndexPolity & Governance .7 Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements (ARIIA). 7 Azadi Ka Digital Mahotsav . 8 Beej Gram Yojana . 9 Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Scheme: 80% funds spent on advertisement . 9 Coal Controller Organisation (CCO) .10 Election Laws (Amendment) Bill 2021.10 Improvements in Quality of Life of Scheduled Tribes .11 KAPILA Campaign .12 Ken Betwa Link Project.13 Logo of Conformity Assessment Scheme of Milk Products .14 National Conference on Women Winning against TB .14 National Health Accounts (NHA) estimates .15 National Leprosy Eradication Programme.16 National Mission on Edible Oil- Oil Palm Business Summit .17 NDPS (Amendment) Act 2021.17 NITI Aayog signs a SoI with the UNWFP .18 NITI Aayog’s State Health Index .19 Online Dispute Resolution Policy Plan for India .20 Performance of UDAY Scheme .21 PM-EAC Calls for Unified Labour Law .22 PM SVANidhi Scheme: 'Main Bhi Digital 3.0' Campaign for Digital Onboarding of Street Vendors .22 PM-KISAN Scheme .23 Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY) Extended for 2021-26 .24 Prohibition of Child Marriage (Amendment) Bill 2021- Personal Laws in Marriage .24 Smart Cities Mission Extended .25 Underutilized POSHAN outlays.26International Relations . 27 3rd India-Central Asia Dialogue: Afghanistan Meet .27 21st India-Russia Annual Summit .28 India Votes Against the UN Resolution of Climate Change .29 International Maritime Organization (IMO) Award for Exceptional Bravery at Sea .29 International Solar Alliance (ISA) gets UN Observer Status .30 South-South Innovation Platform: First Agri-tech cohort announced .31 Democracy Summit: India Participated in the first Summit for Democracy .313www.bankersadda.com www.sscadda.com www.careerpower.in Adda247 App

January 2022 Current Affairs CapsuleEconomy . 33 Aatamanirbhar Skilled Employee-Employer Mapping (ASEEM) Portal .33Animal Husbandry Startup Grand Challenge 2.0 .33Anti-Dumping Duty: India imposed Anti-Dumping Duty on 5 Chinese products .34Belt and Road Initiative .35CAG Report on Indian Railways.35Consumer Protection (Direct Selling) Rules, 2021 .36Digitalisation of Agricultural Sector: Steps by Government .37Gender Mainstreaming in Agriculture .38Impact Study of Soil Health Card Scheme .39India Loses WTO Dispute over Sugar Subsidies.39Legal Entity Identifier.40Localization of SDGs through PRI report .41‘One Commodity One Exchange' Policy .41RBI brings NBFC under PCA.42Regulate Algo-trading, says SEBI .43Rupee Depreciation in 2021 .44SEBI Bans Derivative Trade in Agricultural Commodities .44State Finances: A Study of Budgets of 2021-22 .45Tariff guidelines for PPP projects in Major Ports .46Social Issues . 47 DIKSHA for Children with Disabilities .47National Helpline Against Atrocities on SCs/STs.47Raising Legal Age of Marriage for Women .48State of Foundational Literacy and Numeracy in India Report .49Schemes for Transgenders .50SOLAW Report 2021 .51State of India's Livelihood (Soil) Report 2021 .51World Inequality Report 2022 .52Environment & Biodiversity . 54 Biological Diversity (Amendment) Bill, 2021 .54Depletion of Groundwater Level: Steps by Government .54ESG Funds: Environmental Social and Governance Funds .55Expansion and Land Degradation in Thar Desert .56Global Methane Initiative .57Golden Peacock Environment Management Award 2021.58Green Hydrogen Production in India: Scaling-up Alkaline Electrolyser Technology .59Indian Pangolin .59Kasturirangan Committee on Western Ghats .60Olive Ridley Turtle: Olive Ridley Turtles tagging by Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) .61Policy Guidelines for Promoting Behaviour Change for Strengthening Waste Segregation at Source .62Roadmap Launched to make Urban India ‘Garbage Free’ .634www.bankersadda.com www.sscadda.com www.careerpower.in Adda247 App

January 2022 Current Affairs CapsuleScience & Technology . 64 Gaganyaan Mission .64 Ghost Particles Detected in LHC for the First Time .64 India International Science Festival (IISF) 2021 .65 James Webb Telescope.66 NASA Parker Solar Probe Mission .66 AIM NITI Aayog releases ‘Innovations for You’ & ‘The Ingenious Tinkerers’ .67 Online Gaming: Rajya Sabha Flags Issue .67 PRALAY: Successful launch of surface-to-surface missile .68 Context .68 Program for Development of Semiconductors and Display Manufacturing Ecosystem in India .69Security . 71 Exercise EKUVERIN .71 AFSPA Explained: Know everything about the Act .71 PANEX-21 Exercise: Pune hosted PANEX-21 Military Exercise.72History, Art & Culture . 74 Kala Sanskriti Vikas Yojna (KSVY): Scheme of Financial Assistance for the Development ofBuddhist/Tibetan Culture and Art .74 Mahaparinirvana Diwas: Death Anniversary of BR Ambedkar .74 National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA) Organizing ‘Kala Kumbh’ Artist Workshop .75 Kashi Vishwanath Corridor .76 Kolkata Durga Puja Inscribed on the UNESCO's Intangible Heritage List .76 Vande Bharatam Nritya Utsav .77 Dr. BR Ambedkar: International Ambedkar Conclave .78The Editorials Corner . 79 Age and Marriage .79 Omicron Shadow .79 Births and Rights .80 COP27, in Egypt, must focus on food systems.80 The gaps in the plan to tackle plastic waste .81 High LPG prices are scorching the air pollution fight .82 Home truths on climate change .83 Lack of Political will .84 Looking beyond the Forest Rights Act .85 A whiff of trouble in the Nord Stream pipeline .865www.bankersadda.com www.sscadda.com www.careerpower.in Adda247 App

January 2022 Current Affairs Capsule Road to Recovery .86 The challenge of achieving 9.5% growth rate .87 The Elders are assets, not dependents .88 The Need to Reopen Anganwadis .89 The Price of food must figure in the policy .90 Thinking before Linking .91 What rising inequality means .91 Drawing a Line .92 The NMP is hardly the Panacea for Growth in India .93 The Stepping Stones in the Post-pandemic World .94 Wrong Forum.956www.bankersadda.com www.sscadda.com www.careerpower.in Adda247 App

January 2022 Current Affairs CapsulePolity & GovernanceAtal Ranking of Institutions on InnovationAchievements (ARIIA)Context Recently, the Ministry of Education’s innovation cellreleased the Atal Ranking of Institutions onInnovation Achievements (ARIIA) 2021.Key Points About: Atal Ranking of Institutions on InnovationAchievements (ARIIA) is an initiative of Ministry ofEducation to systematically rank all major highereducational institutions and universities in India. Ranking Indicators: ARIIA ranks institutions hip Development” amongst studentsand faculties. Classification of Institutions: Atal Ranking ofInstitutions on Innovation Achievements (ARIIA)classifies participating institutions into five majorcategorieso Technical ando Non-technical. Major Indicators for consideration: The overallscore can take a maximum value of 100. ARIIA usesfollowing indicators to prepare ranking ofinstitutionso Budget & Funding Support.o Infrastructure & Facilities.o Awareness, Promotions & support for IdeaGeneration & Innovation.o Promotion & Support for EntrepreneurshipDevelopment.o Innovative Learning Methods & Courses.o Intellectual Property Generation, TechnologyTransfer & Commercialization.o Innovation in Governance of the Institution. Categorize for Classification: Atal Ranking ofInstitutions on Innovation Achievements (ARIIA)classifies institutions in six categories1. Non-technical higher educational institutions2. Centrally-funded institutions,3. State-funded universities,4. State-funded autonomous5. Institutions, private/deemed universities,6. Private institutions7Key Significance ARIIA ranking will inspire Indian institutions toreorient their mind-set and build ecosystems toencourage high quality research, innovation andentrepreneurship. ARIIA will focus on quality of innovations and willtry to measure the real impact created by theseinnovations nationally and internationally. ARIIA will set tone and direction for institutions forfuture development for making them globallycompetitive and in forefront of innovation.ARIIA 2021 Ranking list Institute of National Importance, CentralUniversities & CFTIso Rank 1: IIT-Madraso Rank 2: IIT-Bombayo Rank 3: IIT-Delhio Rank 4: IIT, Kanpuro Rank 5: IIT-Roorkeeo Rank 6: IISco Rank 7: IIT-Hyderabado Rank 8: IIT-Kharagpuro Rank 9: NIT-Calicuto Rank 10: Motilal Nehru National Institute ofTechnology Ingovernmentandgovernment-aideduniversities, the rank-holders were –o Rank 1: Panjab Universityo Rank 2: Delhi Technological Universityo Rank 3: Netaji Subhas University of Technologyo Rank 4: Chaudhary Charan Singh HaryanaAgricultural Universityo Rank 5: Avinashilingam Institute for HomeScience and Higher Education for Womeno Rank 6: Institute of Chemical Technologyo Rank 7: Gujarat Technological University Govt. and Govt. Aided College/Instituteso Rank 1: College of Engineering Puneo Rank 2: PSG College of Technologyo Rank 3: L. D. College of Engineeringo Rank 4: Thiagarajar College of Engineeringo Rank 5: Veermata Jijabai TechnologicalInstitutewww.bankersadda.com www.sscadda.com www.careerpower.in Adda247 App

January 2022 Current Affairs Capsule Private or Self-Financed Universities Participation: Azadi Ka Digital Mahotsav broughto Rank 1: Kalinga Institute of Industrialtogether leaders from the Government, bankingTechnology Khordhasector, fintech companies and startups.o Rank 2: Chitkara University Objective: The Digital Payment Utsav aims to bringo Rank 3: Lovely Professional Universitytogether players of the BFSI and fintech space undero Rank 4: S.R.M. Institute of Science Andone roof for cooperation and innovation.Technologyo It also aims to celebrate their hard work ando Rank 5: Pandit Deendayal Petroleum Universitycommitment towards the growth of digital Private or Self-Financed College/Institutespayments backed up by constant innovation.o Rank 1: G H Raisoni College of Engineering, Parent Ministry: Ministry of Electronics andNagpurInformation Technology (MeitY) is entrusted witho Rank 2: R.M.K. Engineering Collegeo Rank 3: KIET Group of Institutionsthe responsibility to organize Azadi Ka Digitalo Rank 4: Sri Krishna College of Engineering AndMahotsav.TechnologyKey Initiativeso Rank 5: Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology‘Azadi Ka Digital Mahotsav- Digital Payment Utsav’ saw Institute of National Importance, Centrallaunch of the following innovative solutionsUniversities & CFTIs (non-technical) Payments On the Go: Wearables are re-defining theo Rank 1: Indira Gandhi National Open Universitytrue paperless contactless payments, catalysingo Rank 2: Indian Institute of Managementthem further, Bank of Baroda and City Union BankKozhikodelaunched Rupay-on-the-Go. General (Non-Technical): Top 5 Ranks Inclusive Credit for All: Credit cards represent theo Rank 1: Entrepreneurship Developmentnext big in fintech and contactless is truly the wayInstitute of Indiao Rank 2: Sree Narayana Collegeforward. To drive it to the next level, India Posto Rank 3: Mahatma Gandhi UniversityPayments Bank-Punjab National Bank, Kotak Bank,o Rank 4: PSG College of Arts And ScienceYES Bank, Indian Overseas Bank, ICICI Bank, Indiano Rank 5: Holy Cross College, TiruchirappalliBank, Bank of Maharashtra, and City Union Banklaunched Contactless Credit cards on the RuPayAzadi Ka Digital Mahotsavnetwork.Context Empowering Small Merchants: India has close to Recently, the Ministry of Electronics and1.5 crore retail stores/ Kiryana stores. Union BankInformation Technology (MeitY) hosted a uniqueannounced an android-based SOFTPOS mobile appevent ‘Digital Payment Utsav’ as part of the weekfor point of sales, which will further the cause oflong ‘Azadi Ka Digital Mahotsav’.digital payment adoption.o The Azadi Ka Digital Mahotsav event held atthe India Habitat Centre. Azadi Ka Digital Mahotsav event witnessed theunveiling ofo The DIGIDHAN logo,o Digital Payments Sandesh Yatra: anawareness campaign.o Digital payments anthem titled ‘Chutki Baja ke’(cashless, touchless, paperless).Azadi Ka Digital Mahotsav About: ‘Azadi Ka Digital Mahotsav- Digital PaymentUtsav’ is being held to celebrate the journey and riseof digital payments in India.8www.bankersadda.com www.sscadda.com www.careerpower.in Adda247 App

January 2022 Current Affairs Capsuleo State Farms Corporation of India (SFCI),Beej Gram Yojanao State Seeds Certification Agencies,Contexto Department of Seed Certification. Recently, the Union Minister of Agriculture and Monitoring of the Beej Gram Yojana: The SeedFarmers Welfare released various implantationVillage Program will be monitored by the Seedsdetails of the Beej Gram Yojana in the Lok Sabha.Division of the Department of Agriculture andKey PointsCooperation.o The implementing agencies will be required to About: Seed Village Program (Beej Gram Yojana) issend quarterly progress to the Seeds Division ofbeing implemented by the government since 2014the Department of Agriculture and Cooperation.15 to upgrade the quality of farmer’s saved seeds. Key Objective: To upgrade the quality of farmerBeti Bachao Beti Padhao Scheme: 80% fundssaved seed, which is about 80-85% of the total seedused for crop production. Key Objectives of the Seedspent on advertisementVillage Program areContexto Increasing the seed production, Recently, the Parliamentary Committee ono Increasing the seed replacement rate,Empowerment of Women tabled a report in Loko Organizing seed production in cluster/compactSabha and said that the Central Government hasarea, replacing existing local varieties with newspent around 80% of the total funds allocated tohigh yielding varieties,BBBP scheme on advertisement.o Self-sufficiency and self-reliance of the village interms of quality seed productionKey pointso To meet the local demand and timely supply of In the same period, the scheme has underperformedquality seeds.at the state level despite Comptroller and Auditor Funding: Under Seed Village Program, financialGeneral (C&AG) pointing out “very less spending”assistance for distribution of foundation/certifiedin 2016-17.seeds at 50% of seed cost for cereal crops and 60% Between 2014-15 and 2019-20, the states havefor pulses, oilseeds, fodder and green manure cropsutilised only 25% of the total funds released by theis available for up to one acre per farmer.central government. The committee has reported thattheImplementation of the Schemeunderutilisation has caused ill performance of the Implementation: Union Government organizesscheme.Zonal Seed Review Meeting twice a year before Poshan Abhiyan, a scheme to address malnutritiononset of each sowing season (Kharif & Rabi).has also witnessed underutilisation of funds.o Department of Agriculture of different The panel has emphasised on the need to focus onStates/UTs, National & State Level Seededucation and health under BBBP rather than onProducing Agencies, Seed Certification Agenciesadvertisements

o Rank 9: NIT-Calicut o Rank 10: Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology In government and government-aided universities, the rank-holders were - o Rank 1: Panjab University o Rank 2: Delhi Technological University o Rank 3: Netaji Subhas University of Technology o Rank 4: Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana

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