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“Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas.”
1930s: The Civil Aviation came to India around 1930s coinciding more or less with the well publicised flight of late Sh. J.R.D. Tata from Karachi to Bombay, as Mumbai was earlier known. The airlines were initially primarily used for carrying mail. The Tata Airlines was one of the earliest private airlines. The aviation scenario, however, remained largely subdued till the conclusion of the Second World War. After the war Tata Airline went public and named itself Air India in July 1946. It, however, continued to operate largely to the neighbouring countries of Ceylon and Pakistan.
1930: The first airport of Delhi, the Safdarjung Airport, was built around 1930. During Second World War, Palam Airport was developed as an Air Force Station.
1948 (Jan): In pursuance of an appeal by the then Prime Minister, Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru in January, 1948, the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund (PMNRF) was established with public contributions to assist displaced persons from Pakistan.
1948 (Sep): It was only after independence that Govt. of India set up Air India International Limited and the first flight to London began in September, 1948. On August, 1, 1953 all the airlines were nationalised and Air India was merged with six other domestic operators.
1953: Natwar Singh: He joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1953 and worked as an IFS officer for 31 years. He was posted in important embassies such as China and the US. In 1984, he left the IFS and joined the Congress. He was elected in the eighth Lok Sabha from Bharatpur, Rajasthan. The same year, he was awarded the Padma Bhushan. He also served as the minister of external affairs in Manmohan Singh’s UPA government.
1953: E. Sreedharan joined the Indian Railway Service of Engineers (IRSE), after clearing the Indian Engineering Services Exam in 1953 conducted by the UPSC. His first assignment was in the Southern Railway as a Probationary Assistant Engineer in December 1954.
1955: Tirunellai Narayana Iyer Seshan, (TN Seshan) was a no-nonsense 1955 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre, best remembered as the man who cleaned up elections in India. He ws a bureaucrat who served with the Indian Administrative Service and as a politician. After serving in various positions in Madras and in various ministries of the Central Government, he served as the 18th Cabinet Secretary of India in 1989 and as India's 10th Chief Election Commissioner during 1990-96.
1957 (Apr): The Ramon Magsaysay Award (Filipino: Gawad Ramon Magsaysay) is an annual award established to perpetuate former Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay's example of integrity in governance, courageous service to the people, and pragmatic idealism within a democratic society. The prize was established in April 1957 by the trustees of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund based in New York City with the concurrence of the Philippine government. It is often called the "Nobel Prize of Asia".
1957: ECGC (Formerly Export Credit Guarantee Corporation of India Ltd.), wholly owned by Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India, was set up in 1957 with the objective of promoting exports from the country by providing Credit Risk Insurance and related services for exports.
1959: The US carried out its first ASAT test in 1959.
1960: A popular name and the first Finance Minister in Chandra Shekhar’s union cabinet, Yashwant Sinha was the first IAS officer who joined the Government in 1960. He remained an officer till 1984 and joined the Janata Dal before switching to BJP. In 2018, he quit the BJP as a result of differences with the current party leadership. His son Jayant Sinha is the minister of state for civil aviation. Sinha joined the Indian Administrative Service in 1960 and spent over 24 years holding important posts during his service tenure. He served as Sub-Divisional Magistrate and District Magistrate for 4 years. He was Under Secretary and Deputy Secretary in the Finance Department of the Bihar Government for 2 years after which he worked in the Ministry of Commerce as Deputy Secretary to the Government of India.
1962: National Defence Fund was setup in the year 1962 to take charge of voluntary donations in cash and kind received for promotion of the national defence effort, and to decide on their utilisation. The Fund is used for the welfare of the members of the Armed Forces (including Para Military Forces) and their dependents.
1962: With the increase in passenger traffic operations from Safdarjung were shifted to Palam in 1962. The passenger traffic until the late 70s was about 12 lakh per year which included about 7 lakh domestic passengers. Air passenger traffic after the 70s witnessed a world-wide growth and reached nearly six million, including 17 lakh international passengers.
1963: Mani Shankar Aiyar was born in Lahore. He joined the Indian Foreign Services in 1963. He was elected to the Lok Sabha from Mayiladuturai, Tamil Nadu, in 1991. Since then he served in many portfolios.
1967:[Space][US] The Saturn V is a retired American super heavy-lift launch vehicle developed by NASA under the Apollo program for human exploration of the Moon. The rocket was human-rated, had three stages, and was powered by liquid fuel. Flown from 1967 to 1973, it was used for nine crewed flights to the Moon, and to launch Skylab, the first American space station.
1968: IPS Ajit Kumar Doval (79YO, Aug'24) joined the Indian Police Service (IPS) in 1968 in the Kerala cadre as the Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) of Kottayam district. Ajit Kumar Doval KC PPM PM (born 20 January 1945) is a bureaucrat and spymaster and the current National Security Advisor (NSA) of India. Ajit Doval has been longest serving NSA of India. The present tenure is notably the Doval's third consecutive extension since 2014. He was Intelligence Bureau (IB) chief and a former Indian Police Service (IPS) officer from Kerala cadre.
1970 (Jun 4):[Pvt] Metal Extrusions (india) Private Ltd founded by Ajay Kumar Saboo, Amar Saboo and Sunita Saboo, a leading Aluminium supplier in Bangalore (aerospace hub of India) & across India. With over 1500 tons of stock in 4 warehouses located at various locations in Bangalore and Chennai.
1971: Neera Yadav, a 1971 batch IAS officer, became Uttar Pradesh's first woman chief secretary during the Samajwadi Party's regime in 2005. She opted for voluntary retirement in 2008. SC awards two-year jail to Neera Yadav in corruption case (Dasna district jail) on Nov 20, 2012. The CBI investigated nearly 36 cases of irregular allotment or conversion of plots in Noida, and chargesheeted Yadav as well as the then serving IAS officer Rajiv Kumar in 2002. The CBI undertook a probe following a 1998 Supreme Court order on a writ petition filed by the Noida Entrepreneur Association against the New Okhla Industrial Development Authority (NOIDA) the previous year. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) was the prosecuting agency against Neera Yadav, who was sentenced to three years of rigorous imprisonment on November 20, 2012, in connection with the irregular allotment of plots in Noida while serving as the area's chairperson-cum-chief executive officer from 1994 to 1995.
1972: Hall of Nations was an exhibition hall that was inaugurated in 1972 as part of the Pragati Maidan complex in New Delhi, India. It was built to celebrate 25 years of Indian independence. It was designed by the Indian architect Raj Rewal, and structurally engineered by Mahendra Raj. It was used for trade fair exhibitions. The construction took 22 months, and subsequently it became the venue for the 1972 International Trade Fair.
1972: IAS Pramod Kumar Mishra (born 11 August 1948), often abbreviated P. K. Mishra, is the 13th and current principal secretary to the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi. He is a 1972-batch Indian Administrative Service officer belonging to Gujarat cadre. Between 2001 to 2004, Mishra has also served as the principal secretary of Modi, when he was the Chief Minister of Gujarat.
1972: IPS Kiran Bedi PPMG PNBB (born 9 June 1949) is a former tennis player who became the first woman in India to join the officer ranks of the Indian Police Service (IPS) in 1972 and was the 24th Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry from 28 May 2016 to 16 February 2021.
1972: IAS Vinod Rai is a 1972 batch Kerala cadre officer of Indian Administrative Service (IAS).[11] He started his career as the sub-collector of Thrissur District. Later, he became the Collector and spent his eight years of career in Thrissur City. He was called the second Sakthan Thampuran for his role in the development of the Thrissur City. He was the MD of Kerala State Co-operative Marketing Federation from 1977 to 1980. Later he was appointed as Principal Secretary (Finance) in the State Government of Kerala. He had served senior positions in the Ministries of Commerce and Defence, Government of India. Prior to his appointment as CAG, he served as Secretary, Financial Services and Additional Secretary in the Banking Division including banks and insurance companies under Ministry of Finance.
1973:[Space][US] last flight of Saturn-V.
1973: IFS Meira Kumar was the first Lok Sabha Speaker from 2009 to 2014. She was the daughter of Jagjivan Ram. He served as the fourth Deputy Prime Minister of India. Meira Kumar joined Civil Services in 1973 and served as an IFS officer for more than a decade. She arrived in politics with a bang in 1985 by defeating Ram Vilas Paswan and Mayawati in the Bijnor by-election.
1974: Hardeep Singh Puri: Hardeep Singh Puri is currently minister of state for housing and urban affairs. Puri joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1974 and he served as an ambassador to the UK and Brazil. He was also India's Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva as well as in New York. He also served as chairman of the United Nations Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee in 2011-2012.
1975 (Apr 19):[Space][India] Aryabhata was India's first satellite, named after the astronomer. It was launched on 19 April 1975 from Kapustin Yar, a Soviet rocket launch and development site in Astrakhan Oblast using a Kosmos-3M launch vehicle. This was India's first indigenously designed and built satellite.
1975: Meet minister RK Singh, the DM who ordered Advani's arrest and halted Rath Yatra. Raj Kumar Singh: He was a former Bihar-cadre IAS officer of the 1975 batch who served as union home secretary. He was the district magistrate of Samastipur in 1990. He joined BJP in 2013 and was the minister of state for power and new & renewable energy till Jun'24.
1976 (Jun22):[Pvt] Bharati Defence and Infrastructure Limited (formerly known as Bharati Shipyard Limited) was incorporated on June 22, 1976. It began as a partnership firm in 1968 which was converted into a Limited company in 1976 and later to a public limited company in 1996. It has state of the art shipbuilding and fabrication facilities in, Dabhol, Ratnagiri, Goa, Mangalore, Chennai and Kolkata. Company’s IPO in 2004 was oversubscribed 78 times.
1978:[Space][India] Studies by the PSLV Planning group under S Srinivasan to develop a vehicle capable of delivering a 600 kg payload to a 550 km sun-synchronous orbit from SHAR began in 1978.
1979: Alphons Kannanthanam: Alphons Kannanthanam hails from the Kottayam district of Kerala, is a retired IAS officer of the 1979 batch. He was elected as an Independent MLA from Kanjirappally in Kottayam that year, with the backing of the Left Democratic Front. He joined the BJP in 2011 and six years later, became a Rajya Sabha MP from Rajasthan.
1980 (Jul 18):[Space][India] It was the first satellite successfully launched by the indigenous launch vehicle SLV. It provided data on the fourth stage of SLV (Satellite Launch Vehicle) - Experimental with 35kg of payload.
1980: IPS Satyapal Singh: He is a former Indian Police Service, IPS Officer of the 1980 batch of Maharashtra cadre. He also served as the police commissioner of Mumbai and played role in eliminating crime in Mumbai in the 1990s. In 2014, he resigned as the Mumbai Police chief and joined the BJP. He contested and won the Baghpat seat in the 2014 general elections, and was a minister of state for human resource development.
1980: He is an Indian bureaucrat and the former chief executive officer of NITI Aayog, a public policy think tank of the Government of India. He is a retired member of the 1980 Indian Administrative Service (IAS) batch, the central civil service of the Government of India.
1981:[Space][US] The Space Shuttle is a retired, partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system operated from 1981 to 2011 by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as part of the Space Shuttle program. Its official program name was Space Transportation System (STS), taken from the 1969 plan led by U.S. Vice President Spiro Agnew for a system of reusable spacecraft where it was the only item funded for development, as nuclear shuttle in the plan was cancelled.
1981:[Space][India] When Indian space scientists were unable to find a metal-free, portable platform for the first communication satellite, APPLE, (Ariane Passenger PayLoad Experiment), India's first geostationary satellite (GSAT) they chose a cost-effective solution and transported their satellite on a creaky, old bullock cart. It was launched into GTO (Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit) (Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit) by the third development flight of ESA'a Ariane vehicle from Kourou on June 19, 1981.
1981: Think Tank | Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER) established in 1981 with the motto of "linking India with the world," it has grown to become one of India's most well-known policy research think tanks in in the areas of Agriculture, Climate Change, Digital Economy, Economic Growth, Jobs and Gender, and Trade, Industry and Investment.
1981: Ganesh Gareeb was born to Chandan Singh Negi and Kanthi Devi on 1st March.1937 in a small village called Soola Patti.,Pauri Garhwal in the Indian state of Uttarakhand. He studied at DAV Inter College, Dehradun. He got married to Saraswati Devi in 1960. He went to Delhi in 1961 where he started the repairing work of radio from 1961 to 1981. But all along he kept thinking about the development of his native place in the hills. This brought him back to his village in 1981. He toured extensively. In 1992 he went to the districts of Shimla and Mandi in the neighbouring hill state of Himachal Pradesh to study the Land Consolidation Project. He published some journals like Pustika Ujjwal Bhavishya and Hamara Daiytwa (1978), Gagar Mein Sagar Smarika (1987), Parvatiya Vikas aur Chakbandi (1990). | Chakbandi Campaign in Uttarakhand
1981: IPS Rakesh Maria belongs to the 1981 batch of the Indian Police Service. His first posting was as an assistant superintendent of police in Akola and then in Buldhana districts of Maharashtra. Maria was transferred to Mumbai in 1986, and became the Deputy Commissioner Police (Traffic) in 1993. He was appointed the Commissioner of Mumbai Police on 15 February 2014. In 2015, he was promoted as the Director General of Home Guards. Maria retired on 31 January 2017, after 36 years of service.
1982:[US] The contract to build Pennsylvania was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut, on 29 November 1982 and her keel was laid down there on 10 January 1984. She was launched on 23 April 1988, sponsored by Mrs. Marilyn Garrett, and commissioned on 9 September 1989. USS Pennsylvania (SSBN-735) - Carries 48 torpedoes and 24 trident nuclear missiles.
1982:[Space][India] INSAT-1A (Indian National SATellite) was an Indian communications satellite which formed part of the Indian National Satellite System. Launched in 1982, it was operated in geostationary orbit at a longitude of 74° east. Following a series of failures, the satellite was abandoned in September 1982, less than six months into a seven-year mission.
1982: IAS Rajiv Gauba is a retired Indian civil servant who served as the Cabinet Secretary of India from 30 August 2019 till 30 August 2024. He is a retired Indian Administrative Service officer belonging to the 1982 batch of Jharkhand cadre. Prior to his appointment as Cabinet Secretary, he was Home Secretary of India.
1982: IAS Aruna Sundararajan is a former India's Telecom Secretary and Chairman of the Telecom Commission. A retired 1982 batch IAS officer from Kerala Cadre, Ms Sundararajan, is one of the most senior civil servants of the Indian Administrative Service in the country.
1982: IAS M Sathiyavathy, officer of AGMUT cadre; gold medalist from IITM, served in ministries of commerce, textiles, civil aviation and department of space. [Ethics, E-Governance, Rural Planning]
1983 (Apr 17): Satellite Launch Vehicle. SLV D2 flight for LEO Earth Observation satellite with 40kg of payload.
1984 (Apr 3):[Space][India] Rakesh Sharma became the first Indian born citizen to enter space through a joint Interkosmos mission between ISRO and Soviet space program, when he flew aboard the Soviet rocket Soyuz T-11 launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic on 3 April 1984.
1984: Ram Janmbhoomi Movement commences – Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) constitutes a group to start the Ram Janmbhoomi Movement. BJP leader LK Advani is made the leader of the campaign.
IAS Smita Nagaraj, officer of TN cadre, served as executive director of Central Social Welfare Board, is now a UPSC board member (2022)
1985: The Double Taxation Avoidance Agreements (DTAA) between India and Kenya that was initially signed in 1985 was renegotiated and revised by both countries. The revised DTAA was later signed on 11th July 2016 between India and Kenya.
1985:[PSU] Pawan Hans was incorporated in 1985 with the objective of providing helicopter support services to the oil sector for its off-shore operations, services in the remote and hill areas and chartered tourist services for the promotion of tourism.
1986: In order to decongest the Palam Airport, the present International Airport, known as Indira Gandhi International Airport, Terminal-II was completed in April 1986 at a cost of Rs. 95 crores. The new airport was commissioned on May 1, 1986. When the terminal was opened it had 60000 sq. meters. of space, nearly 4 times that of the old airport. The building had a peak hour handling capacity of 3300 passengers as against 1600 in the old airport.
1986:[Defence][Pvt] HBL Power Systems Limited HQ'd at Hyderabad, Telangana (Dubai Air Show). It manufactures and services different types of batteries, e-mobility, and other products. Flagship products: TCAS (Train Collison Avoidance System) for safety and TMS (Train Management System) for efficient track utilization. In 2021, Indian government adopted TCAS as India’s national Automatic Train Protection and named it KAVACH.
Defence: Company manufactures batteries for fighter aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles, submarine propulsion systems, torpedoes, battle tanks, missiles, artillery fuses and supplies Type 1 batteries for kilo class submarines and Varunasthra torpedo and Type 4 batteries for Scorpene class submarines for the Indian Navy. Company has also developed Submarine Type 2 (HDW) batteries, receiving production orders for Li-ion batteries for defense application from NSTL (Naval Science and Technological Laboratory). It is securing approval for artillery fuses and supplying thermal batteries to overseas contracts.
Battery: Indian Army awarded a defense order in FY22 for 2V VRLA batteries for its Data Center application. Additionally, it received orders from OEs and EPCs for NCPP and VRLA batteries for a number of Metro Rail projects. Company gained traction in Africa with export of 12V UPS batteries and concentrated on commercial exports and provided batteries for other international projects. Moreover, HBL powered 20K+ installations in FY22 as Preferred Partner for the Bharat Net Wi-Fi Project and also enhanced the 12V UPS battery capacity to meet surging demand.
1987: IAS Dr. T. V. Somanathan is a 1987 batch Indian Administrative Service officer of the Tamil Nadu cadre. At, present he is serving as the Cabinet Secretary of India since 30 August 2024 .Before this he served as the Finance Secretary of India.
1988 (Mar 1): National Association of Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM) is an Indian non-governmental trade association and advocacy group that primarily serves the Indian technology industry. Founded in 1988, NASSCOM operates as a nonprofit organization and serves as a key entity within the Indian technology sector.
1988: Ex-IAS A K Sharma made UP BJP's vice president in Jan'21.
1990s:[Space][India] The Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) project was initiated in 1990 with the objective of acquiring an Indian launch capability for geosynchronous satellites.
1990s: China fired 100 million employees from PSEs as a part of its economic reform.
1990:[Pvt] HimalayanHeli started Heli Skiing operations in Himachal Pradesh by wet-leasing SA 315B Lamas from Switzerland and Canada. Eventually, Himalayan Heli Services was established in 1998 to cater the rising demand in pilgrimage shuttle services. They then set new standards in conducting cost effective and passenger-friendly services at Shri Mata Vaishno Devi, Shri Amarnath ji and Shri Kedarnath ji shrines. Promoters, Mr. Harsh Vardhan Sharma and Mr. Wangchuk Shamshu, and their nuanced understanding of the Indian non-scheduled civil aviation market, and related policies and regulations. Leading the team from the front, they specialize in aviation consulting and work with a range of corporate and foreign clientele. They create partnerships for projects in India through joint ventures, where they provide AOP support, give policy guidance and devise logistical support solutions.
1990 (Dec 18): Agreement for avoidance of double taxation of income with USA
1993: Indian Venture and Alternate Capital Association (IVCA) is a non-profit organization that serves as a prominent apex industry body dedicated to promoting the alternate capital industry and nurturing a thriving investment environment in India. IVCA is resolutely committed to bolstering the ecosystem by advocating regulatory interventions, facilitating constructive dialogues with the Government of India, policymakers, and regulators. This collaborative approach fosters increased entrepreneurial activity, innovation, job creation, and contributes to positioning India as a pre eminent fund management hub. With 347 members and a combined AUM of over $280 billion, IVCA's esteemed membership comprises the most active domestic and global entities, including VCs, PEs, Infrastructure Funds, Real Estate Funds, Credit Funds, Limited Partners, Investment Companies, Family Offices, Corporate VCs, CATIII Funds, Hedge Funds, and Knowledge Partners. Vistra ITCL (India) Limited is the custodian of IVCA’s trust held shares.
1993:[Defence][Pvt] Zetatek Technologies Private Limited, HYD.
1994 (May 5):[Space][India] The ASLV (Advanced Satellite Launch Vehicle) made four launches, of which one was successful, two failed to achieve orbit, and a third achieved a lower than planned orbit which decayed quickly. The type made its maiden flight on 24 March 1987, and its final flight on 4 May 1994. The Augmented / Advanced Satellite Launch Vehicle was a small-lift launch vehicle five-stage solid-fuel rocket developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to place 150 kg satellites into LEO.
1994 (Oct):[Space][India] The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) was launched in October 1994 and is India's third-generation launch vehicle. It has successfully launched a multitude of Indian and international satellites. The PSLV played a key role in launching two significant spacecraft: Chandrayaan-1 and Mars Orbiter Spacecraft.
1994: DTAA between India and China came into force on the 21st of November 1994 in New Delhi. The agreement between the Government of the People's Republic of China and the Government of the Republic of India to avoid double taxes and prevent fiscal evasion of income taxes was signed on July 18, 1994. However, the treaty was amended between the two nations through a protocol signed on November 26, 2018. The amendment changed the existing provision related to information exchange and adhered to all international standards.
1994: IAS Ashwini Vaishnaw (born 18 July 1970) is an Indian politician, former IAS officer and a businessman who serving as 39th Minister of Railways, 35th Minister of Information and Broadcasting and 2nd Minister of Electronics and Information Technology since 2024. Vaishnaw joined the Indian Administrative Service in the Odisha cadre. He worked extensively in different parts of Odisha including serving as the District Collector of Balasore and Cuttack districts. At the time of super cyclone 1999, he managed to collect data related to real timing and place of cyclone, by collecting that data Government of Odisha took safety measurements for people of Odisha. [9] He worked in Odisha till 2003 when he was appointed as deputy secretary in the office of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. After his brief stint in the PMO where he contributed to creating the public-private-partnership framework in infrastructure projects, Vaishnaw was appointed as Vajpayee's private secretary after the BJP-led NDA lost the election in 2004.
1995 (Apr 1):[PSU] Airports Authority of India (AAI) was constituted by an Act of Parliament and came into being on 1st April 1995 by merging erstwhile National Airports Authority and International Airports Authority of India.
1995: IRS Arvind Kejriwal joined the Indian Revenue Service (IRS) as an Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax in 1995, after qualifying through the Civil Services Examination. In February 2006, he resigned from his position as Joint Commissioner of Income Tax in New Delhi. Arvind Kejriwal: He was an IITian, a mechanical engineer. He joined the Indian Revenue Services. Years later he became a campaigner for Indians for Right to Information and also won Ramon Magsaysay award for Emergent Leadership in 2006. He became the face of the Jan Lokpal movement in 2011. He launched Aam Aadmi Party in 2012. The party emerged as the second-largest party in the Delhi Assembly elections in 2013. He is the Chief Minister of Delhi ever since 2013.
1996: Vikas Divyakirti cleared the UPSC Civil Services Examination on his first attempt and got All India Rank (AIR) of 384 in 1996. After getting trained at Institute of Secretariat Training and Management, he was inducted into Central Secretariat Service by Government of India.
1997 (Feb 19):[Defence][Pvt] Ramco Enterprise Software | Aviation Software founded at Kamaraja Distt, Tamil Nadu by P.R. Venketrama Raja. (4 Jun 2017: 00331406/PUSAPADI RAMASUBRAMANIA RAJA VENKETRAMA RAJA; 4 Aug 2017: 07273249/ POOSAPADI VENKETRAMA RAJA ABINAVRAMASUBRAMANIAMRAJA)
1997:[Pvt] Global Vectra Helicorp was founded in 1997 as Azal and started off-shore operations in 1998 with 3 helicopters. The UK based businessman Ravi Rishi of the Vectra Group acquired it in 2004 and the company went public in 2006. India's largest private helicopter company. It has a fleet of 29 aircraft ranging from small light helicopters to medium-sized twin engined helicopters seating 4 to 15 passengers.
1998:[Defence] BrahMos JV between India and Russia.
1998:[Defence][Space][India] Avatar (Sanskrit: अवतार, ISO: Avatāra; from "Aerobic Vehicle for Transatmospheric Hypersonic Aerospace TrAnspoRtation") is a concept study for a robotic single-stage reusable spaceplane capable of horizontal takeoff and landing, by India's Defence Research and Development Organisation. The mission concept is for low cost military and commercial satellite space launches. The idea is to develop a spaceplane vehicle that can take off from conventional airfields. Its liquid air cycle engine would collect air in the atmosphere on the way up, liquefy it, separate oxygen and store it on board for subsequent flight beyond the atmosphere. The Avatar, a reusable launch vehicle, was first announced in May 1998 at the Aero India 98 exhibition held at Bangalore.
1998:[Defence][Pvt] Frost & Sullivan (founded in 1961) opens-up offices in Mumbai, India and Beijing, China after 37 years of founding.
2001 (Apr 18):[Space][India] first flight of GSLV. (GSLV Mk.1). The GSLV can place approximately 5,000 kg (11,000 lb) into an easterly low Earth orbit (LEO) or 2,500 kg (5,500 lb) (for the Mk II version) into an 18° geostationary transfer orbit. GSLV has been used in fifteen launches since 2001. The launcher was declared operational after the second development flight successfully launched the GSAT-2 satellite. During the initial years from the initial launch to 2014 the launcher had a checkered history with only 2 successful launches out of 7, resulting in the rocket gaining the nickname "naughty boy".
2001:[Defence][Pvt] Frost & Sullivan opens-up office in Chennai, India (Global Innovation Center) and Sydney, Australia after 40 years of founding.
2001:[Defence][Pvt] M K U Limited, Kanpur (GKG Group Co. founded by GK Gupta (1946-2012)) founded by Dheeraj Thawani, Sumit Khandelwal, Manoj Gupta, Neeraj Gupta, Manish Khandelwal, Neelam Gupta, Vaibhav Gupta and Manoj Mukund Naravane. Investor of UPDIC. General Manoj Mukund Naravane is a Director since 20-Feb-2024.
2001: IAS Smita Sabharwal is an Indian Administrative Service officer of 2001 batch belonging to Telangana cadre. She is popularly known as The People’s Officer for addressing citizen issues by involving people. She is the first lady IAS Officer to be appointed to the Chief Minister's Office.
2002: CIIE.CO is an Indian startup accelerator and incubator that supports early-stage startups located at IIM Ahmedabad in Ahmedabad, India. It was founded in 2002 to promote innovation and entrepreneurship in India. (Bharat Innovation Fund for IP-driven deep-tech solutions; Bharat Inclusion Seed Fund for Digitization-led inclusive solutions) Have 14 cos in portfolio as of 2024.
2002:[Defence][Pvt] Frost & Sullivan in Banglore to serve the growing tech market in India and connect it more strategically with Silicon Valley, next year they venture into Seoul market.
2002:[Pvt] Hon Hai (Foxconn) entered India.
2002 (Jan 18):[Pvt] HimalayanHeli got Non Scheduled Air Transport operator’s Permit NSOP No. 01/2002. As of Aug 2024, they operate a fleet of 3 AS 350 B3 and 3 AS350 B3e helicopters which are flown by a team of 15 highly experienced pilots. Their permit is endorsed for mountain flying, heli-skiing and aerial work operations.
2002: Sanjiv Chaturvedi graduated as an electrical engineer in 1995 from the Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, situated at Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh. He became an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer 2002 with Haryana cadre and later got transferred to Uttarakhand Cadre. Sanjeev's tussle with the GoH started with the start of his first posting in 2006, with the CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda's dream project Hansi-Butana canal. Kurukshetra, Saraswati Sanctuary., and transferred within 7-days. SC Central Empowerment Commiitee penalized with 1 crore of fine to GoH. In 2007 he was handed a chargesheet by GoH. Adv Kuldeep Tiwari. 2nd posting in Fatehabad during violation of herbal park on a private land and he got suspended this time for a year. He then applied for a review with Prez Patil and got the suspension order revoked, but the state gov didn't posted him for an year. 3rd posting in Mewat as LIne Posting (~ ranger), then after CAT's intervention he was transferred as DFO in Jhajjar. In 2009, he uncovered more than 5 crore scam in Hisar. He then became AIIMS CVO and uncovered the scam for poor construction quality material in AIIMS, Jhajjar construction. He uncovered more than 150 corruption cases. YT dated Aug 21, 2014. Center approved the inter-cadre transfer (req minimum 9 YOS) on Aug 12, 2015
2003:Pursuant to the enactment of the Electricity Act 2003, the State Electricity Regulatory Commissions (SERCs) are required to fix a minimum percentage of the total consumption of electricity in the area of a distribution licensee for purchase of energy from renewable energy sources. (RECs)
2003: Nestled within the Eastern Himalayas, Gangkhar Puensum stands as the highest mountain in Bhutan and is the world's highest unclimbed peak. Bhutan, deeply committed to environmental conservation and respect for its sacred mountains, banned climbing above 6,000 m in 2003.
2003: Ritu Maheshwari is a 2003 batch IAS officer. She started his career as a Joint Magistrate and Collector of Lucknow in 2005. In 2007, she held the post of District Magistrate and Collector of Ghazipur. Ritu has also served as a chief executive officer of Noida and Greater Noida.Presently (Aug'24), she is serving as Divisional Commissioner of Agra. She married Mayur Maheshwari, an IAS officer of the Uttar Pradesh cadre.
2004: Bastar DM Amit Kataria famous for sporting Ray-Ban sunglasses and wearing two different shirts (bright blue and white and blue pin-stripes) at the time of receiving and seeing off PM Modi while Dantewada DM K C Devsenapati wore a white shirt. Born and raised in Delhi, Amit Kataria achieved AIR 18 in UPSC IAS exam in 2004 and joined Chattisgarh cadre. Amit Kataria's wife Asmita Handa is a professional pilot. This is the reason that the household expenses are met quite well from his wife's salary and the income from the family business. When IAS Amit Kataria was asked why he takes a salary of ₹1, he said that he became an IAS officer to bring about a change in the system and not to earn money. Let us tell you that Amit Kataria owns property worth around 9 crores i.e. 8.80 crores. His annual income is 24 lakh rupees which comes from the family business. This business is run by his family members. Currently, Amit is holding the post of Joint Secretary Rural Development in Chhattisgarh. Actually, his family has a construction business in Gurgaon. First got famous in 2013 when he became collector of Raigad and he said 'get out' to BJP politician Roshan Lal in his office. He never compromised with the development. In 2009, as Raipur's commissioner worked actively to remove encroachment. In 2010, he becmae CEO of Raipur Dev Authority and est New Raipur and launched the biggest housing project, Kamla Vihar in Raipur. While in Raigad, 4 crore free medical treatment to poor people, improved RDA employees. He is IIT-D graduate in ECE.
2005:[Defence][Pvt] Amitec Electronics Limited, Delhi founded by Geetanjali Sharma, Amit Sharma, Vijay Kumar Sharma and Kartik Seth. Investor of UPDIC.
2005: Manoj Kumar Sharma (born 3 July 1975) is an Indian Police Service (IPS) officer from the 2005 batch, assigned to the Maharashtra cadre. He currently serves as an Inspector General of Police in the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF). He hails from an impoverished village in Chambal, a region historically notorious for dacoity. His journey from poverty to becoming an IPS officer was chronicled in Anurag Pathak's book Twelfth Fail, which was later adapted into the film 12th Fail (2023).
Between 2005 and 2012, IFS Sanjeev Chaturvedi was posted as divisional forest officer in various districts of Haryana.
2006 (Jan): The Velaro E is a version of the Velaro family used by RENFE for operations in Spain. In 2001, RENFE ordered sixteen Velaros[4] designated AVE Class 103. The order was later increased to a total of 26 trains. The first units were delivered in July 2005 and completed their first test runs in January 2006. The trains serve the 621 km (386 mi) Barcelona–Madrid line at speeds up to 310 km/h (195 mph) for a travel time of 2 hours 30 minutes.
2006 (May 18): The Government approved the National e-Governance Plan (NeGP), comprising of 27 Mission Mode Projects and 8 components, on May 18, 2006.
2006 (Sep 9):[Defence][Pvt] Tata Advanced Systems Ltd. (TASL), HYD set up in 2007, is Tata Group's strategic entity in the Aerospace & Defence industry. Tata Advanced Systems Limited (TASL), a wholly owned subsidiary of Tata Sons, is a significant player for aerospace and defence solutions in India.
2006 (Jul): Designated in Spain, Siemens Velaro is one of the fastest speed trains in the world. It achieved a speed of about 400kmph during its test speed in Spain. However, the operation speed is limited to 350 kmph. The rain operates on the Barcelona - Madrid line. In July 2006, a Siemens Velaro train-set (AVE S-103) reached 403.7 km/h (250.8 mph), which was the world record for railed and unmodified commercial service trainsets.
2006: IPS Sachin Atulkar hails from Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. At the young age of 23, he cleared the UPSC Civil Services examination in 2006 (AIR 258; SC Cat), securing a place in the IPS. In 2007, he became the youngest IPS officer in his batch.
2006: IPS (Dr.) Sanjukta Parashar, famous as Iron Lady of Assam who gunned down militancy, she is an encounter specialist. Securing the 85th rank in the All India Civil Services Examination, Sanjukta Parashar joined the prestigious Indian Police Service in 2006. Choosing the Meghalaya-Assam cadre. During her initial posting as an Assistant Commandant in Makum, Assam, Parashar swiftly gained recognition for her fearlessness. She was later tasked with controlling the violence between Bodos and Bangladeshis in Udalgiri. On Dec 26, 2023 the IPS officer promoted to IGP Rank. "Beauty with Bravery"
2007 (Jan 10):[Space][India] The Space Capsule Recovery Experiment (SCRE or more commonly SRE or SRE-1) is an Indian experimental spacecraft which was launched at 03:53 UTC on January 10, 2007, from Sriharikota by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). The launch was conducted using the C7 launch of the PSLV rocket, along with three other satellites. It remained in orbit for 12 days before re-entering the Earth's atmosphere and splashing down into the Bay of Bengal at 04:16 UTC on January 22.
2007 (Jan 11):[Space][China] On 11 January 2007, China conducted an anti-satellite (ASAT) missile test. A Chinese weather satellite—the FY-1C (COSPAR 1999-025A) polar orbit satellite of the Fengyun series, at an altitude of 865 kilometres (537 mi), with a mass of 750 kilograms (1,650 lb)[1]—was destroyed by a kinetic kill vehicle traveling with a speed of 8 km/s (18,000 mph) in the opposite direction[2] (see Head-on engagement). It was launched with a multistage solid-fuel missile from Xichang Satellite Launch Center or nearby.
2007: Deepak Rawat is an IAS officer from the 2007 batch. He has served in various positions as District magistrate and is recognized for conducting multiple raids during his tenure. He was posted as district magistrate of Bageshwar (2011) and was transferred as Managing Director of Kumaon Vikas Mandal (2012). Later transferred as district magistrate of Nainital (2014-2017) and Haridwar (2017-2019) respectively. He was further appointed as Haridwar Kumbh Mela officer. And is currently serving as Commissioner of Kumaon division, Uttarakhand.
2008:[Space][India] Chandrayaan-1, India's first mission to Moon, was launched successfully on October 22, 2008 from SDSC SHAR, Sriharikota. It made a major scientific breakthrough by detecting water molecules on the lunar surface. This mission elevated India to the ranks of nations advancing lunar exploration.
2008:[Pvt] Heli-pilgrim - Kestrel Aviation Pvt. Ltd provides a variety of services,specially helicopter for Chardham Yatra, making it a trusted brand in the area of helicopter services, connecting inaccessible areas, charter services, search and rescue work, VIP transportation, and Heli-pilgrims are some of the major services. Since 2008, we have been dedicated to providing Helicopter Air Transport and have grown to become the highly experienced Air Transport service provider in the aviation industry. As of Aug 2024, 3 helicopters, 60k charter trips, and 95k pax served.
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2008: Bhukhya Chandarakala Niru, also known as B. Chandrakala and famous for her fiery working style and as UP's Lady Singham and for her controversial statements in public (2016, B'shahar) when she sent an 18 YP boy to jail for clicking her pic without her permission. She is an Indian Administrative Service officer of 2008 batch in Uttar Pradesh. Born in Telangana, she is a graduate in geography and a post-graduation in economics. In her first /fourth attempt, she was able to clear the IAS exam and secure an all India rank of 409 in the year 2007. Her optional subjects were Geography and Public Administration. She worked as an SDM and CDO in Allahabad from the year 2009 to 2012. She has been the DM of 5 districts of UP (Hamirpur, Mathura, Bulandshahar, Bijnor and Meerut) from Apr 2012 to Mar 2017. Between 2012 to 2014 she was a DM of Hamirpur, this is when the illegal mining case happened. She was accused of corruption and was subject to a CBI raid on 5 Jan 2019 in connx with illegal sand mining case, of 11 accused in the case she is one of them that she she gave out mining leases allegedly in violation of the rules laid down by the UP govt and allowed mining even in the period when it was prohibited by the BGT. 'Crorepati in a year'. She had 8.5M page likes she is probably the only IAS officer with huge online popularity. Work: sanitation, child rights education, women empowerment and other dev work. She was accused of leaning towards Akhilesh Yadav led Samajwadi Party. After BJP won 2017 UP election, she demanded a transfer to Delhi and the NDA gov made her the Director of Swachh Bharat Mission and an under-secy in the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation for nearly a year. In Mar 2018, she was sent back to the GoUP to take the charge as special secy in the secondary education deptt. Just before 9 days of the CBI raids on her property, she had bought a residential plot in Telangana (registered on 27 Dec 2018) for Rs. 22.50 lakh without a bank loan i.e. in cash. On 1 Jan 2019, she had filed an IPR (Immovable Property Return) for the year 2018 and declared her total salary as Rs. 91,400/month. In 2010-11 (filed on 30-Apr-2011) she was posted as SDM (Sadar) Allahabad, she had pay of 16,880/month and no immovable property. In 2013, for FY12 she sowed first ever property, a plot in AP worth Rs. 30 lakh, in her FY13 filed 3 more prop. in her return (flat gifted by her parents worth 55L, a plot owned by her husband bought from his savings worth 10L and an agri land bought by her husband worth 4.39L; her declared salary as Rs. 44,998/month). FY14 No IPR submitted. filed on 1-Jan-2016. Since March 2021 she is posted as Special Secretary in Lucknow.
2009: India Stack is the largest open API in the world. Since its deployment, India has been organizing hackathons to develop applications for the APIs. India Stack is being implemented in stages, starting with the introduction in 2009 of the Aadhaar "Universal ID" numbers. The India Stack is a set of digital public infrastructure components that comprise three pillars: digital identification; payments; and data management. The four major layers of India Stack include the Consent Layer, Cashless Layer, Paperless Layer and Presence-less Layer.
2009 (Jan 28): Aadhaar UIDAI a biometrics identification system, is a 12-digit number, implemented in India since 2009 by the Indian Government as a unique identification system for Indians.
2009:[Defence][Pvt] Frost & Sullivan founds Strategic Consortium of Intelligence Professionals (SCIP) thru Frost & Sullivan Institute (also at Chennai)
2009: Invest India was formed in 2009 under Section 25 of the Companies Act 1956 for promotion of foreign investment with 49% equity of the then Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP, now DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce and Industry and 51% shareholding by FICCI.
2009: Armstrong Pame is an officer of the Indian Administrative Service of 2009 batch belonging to Manipur cadre. He belongs to Zeme Naga tribe of the Zeliangrong community from Manipur. He is also popularly known as the "Miracle Man" for building a 100 km road in one of the most remote parts of the country through crowd funding.
2009: HimalayanHeli started conducting low altitude heliborne geophysical surveys for Atomic Mineral Directorate-AMD, and National Geophysical Research Institute-NGRI. Today they have covered more than 350,000+ line kms in surveys.
2010 (Jun 17):[Defence][Pvt] Tonbo Imaging Private Limited, BLR founded by Kondangi Lakshmikumar Arvind, Ankit Kumar and Cecilia Dsouza.
2010: Durga Shakti Nagpal (born 25 June 1985) is an Indian bureaucrat and Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre and 2010 batch. IAS Durga Nagpal was born in Agra, Uttar Pradesh on 25 June 1985. Her father is a retired government officer who was awarded the President's Medal for distinguished service at the Delhi Cantonment Board. Her grandfather was a police officer who was murdered in 1954 while on duty in Sadar Bazaar, Delhi. In August 2012, Durga Shakti Nagpal IAS married Abhishek Singh also an IAS officer of 2010 batch and posted in Uttar Pradesh. As a result through a notification dated 3 August 2012, the cadre of Durga Shakti Nagpal was changed from punjab to Uttar Pradesh.
2010: Shah Faesal is an 2010-batch IAS of J&K cadre and an Indian bureaucrat currently posted as Deputy Secretary in the Ministry of Culture. In 2009, he became the first Kashmiri to top the Indian Civil Services Examination. He resigned from his post in 2019 and floated the Jammu and Kashmir People's Movement (JKPM) party. He was detained under the stringent Public Safety Act immediately after the abrogation of special status of Jammu and Kashmir. Faesal later withdrew his resignation and the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) reinstated the IAS officer to the post of Deputy Secretary in the Tourism Ministry on Mon, 19 Sep 2022 (set to expire on Fri, 18 Sep 2026) . He and former student leader Shehla Rashid were amongst the many petitioners against the abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir. They withdrew their pleas from the Supreme Court in July 2023. He was detained for over a year after Article 370 of the Constitution ceased to operate in Jammu & Kashmir. “Article 370 was no Noah's Ark. It was an old, broken ship, that would have sunk us in the future. Let's welcome the crossover. Supreme Court has affirmed once again that India is united and true empowerment is in being together. Post-370 future belongs to all. Wishing great success to the people of J&K in their pursuit for peace and prosperity,” Faesal said on X.
2011 (Sep 12):[Pvt] It was announced that Pipavav Shipyard (Reliance Defence) entered a joint venture with Mazagon Dock Limited to collaborately build warships and submarines using Pipavav's facilities.
2011:[Space][US] Space Shuttle got decommisioned.
2011: IAS Abhishek Singh was a 2011-batch IAS officer of the UP cadre. He was removed from active duty in February 2023 after the government got to know that he was missing from duty for 82 days without informing them. His work in Netflix's acclaimed series 'Delhi Crime' earned him recognition. He was also seen in the short film, 'Chaar Pandrah', and B Praak’s song 'Dil Tod Ke'. He also appeared in the son 'Third Party' with Sunny Leone which grabbed headlines. In Nov'23, Abhishek Singh and Sunny Leone were in Varanasi to attend the Ganga Aarti at night.
2011: ex-IPS K Annamalai, a mech engg graduate from PSGCT, Coimbatore (and MBA from IIML) cleared UPSC exam in 1st attempt, securing AIR 244. He quit as DCP Bengaluru South and joined BJP in 2019 and contested in the Lok Sabha election from Coimbatore in 2024. Score 1167/2300 marks.
2012 (Jan):[Space][India] ISRO announced that a scaled prototype, called Reusable Launch Vehicle-Technology Demonstrator (RLV-TD), was approved to be built and tested. The aerodynamics characterization on the RLV-TD prototype was done by National Aerospace Laboratories in India.
2012 (Jul 30):[Defence][Pvt] Mahindra Defence Systems Ltd. incorporated in Maharashtra.
2012:[Pvt] Global Vectra Helicorp Ltd. started Birdie airport shuttle service in Bangalore. No longer suffer stressful traffic jams lasting 2-3 hours getting to and from Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL), which is 40 km from the city centre. Just hop on Birdie at the HAL airport and hop off at BIAL. You can take Birdie from BIAL to four main locations: HAL airport, Whitefield, Electronic City, and Mysore.
2012: Prof. David R. Syiemlieh UPSC joined as Member, the Union Public Service Commission on 25 June. 2012. (whose board interviewed Dr. Tanu Jain)
2012: In the 2012 UPSC Civil Services Exam (CSE), Hailing from Haryana's Panchkula, IDES Gaurav Kaushal secured the 38th All India Rank (AIR). Subsequently, he joined the Indian Defence Estates Service (IDES), taking charge of administrative responsibilities within the Cantonment Board and overseeing military land. However, after 12 years of service, he chose to leave his government job to become a mentor for UPSC aspirants.
2012: From 2012 to 2016, IFS Sanjeev Chaturvedi was on a central deputation at AIIMS, where he served as the institute’s deputy director. At AIIMS, IFS Sanjeev Chaturvedi was also given an additional charge of chief vigilance officer (CVO) from 2012 to 2014.
2012 (Sep): Parliamentary standing committee: In September 2012, the then chairman of parliamentary standing committee for health and family welfare, Brajesh Pathak, in a letter to the then union health minister, Ghulam Nabi Azad, wrote this about IFS Sanjeev Chaturvedi being shifted from CVO office at AIIMS: “…this newly posted officer had a very credible track record of fight against the corruption, in his earlier stint in Haryana, during which Prime Minister Office had also intervened, in favour of the officer. Needless to say, this move of the ministry would only discourage the honest officers.”
2012 (Nov): Prime minister’s office: In November 2012, the prime minister’s office wrote to the then cabinet secretary, “The undersigned is directed to request that Cabinet Secretary may satisfy himself thoroughly before taking any decision in the CSB (Civil Services Board) and keep this office information.” (IFS Sanjeev Chaturvedi)
2013 (Feb 4): iSPIRT (Indian Software Products Industry Round Table), is a think tank for the Indian software products industry, incl. India Stack.
2013 (Jul 1):[Space][India] The constellations' first satellite (IRNSS-1A) was launched on 1st July 2013 and the eighth satellite IRNSS-1I was launched in April 2018. With the seventh launch of the constellation's satellite (IRNSS-1G), IRNSS was renamed NavIC by India's Prime Minister in 2016.
2013 (Nov 5):[Space][India] The Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), unofficially known as Mangalyaan (Sanskrit: Maṅgala 'Mars', Yāna 'Craft, Vehicle'), was a space probe orbiting Mars since 24 September 2014. It was launched on 5 November 2013 by ISRO.
2013:[Pvt] HimalayanHeli did the first heliborne powerline stringing project in India for Sterlite Power. Today, they are technically able to take on any kind of aerial work project.
2013: IAS Roman Saini: A former AIIMS topper, Roman Saini cleared the UPSC exam in 2013 with an all-India rank of 18. Despite being a successful doctor, he chose to resign from his prestigious position and pursued his passion for civil services to become an IAS officer.
2013: Pradeep Gawande is 39 years old and was born in Maharashtra. He is from the 2013 IAS officer batch. He is going to spend his entire life with the famous Rajasthan IAS officer Tina Dabi. Dr. Pradeep has also passed MBBS and chosen medico as a career.
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Mar:[Defence][Pvt] Mahindra Defence Naval Systems (MDNS) has posted revenue of Rs 20 crore in the current financial year and planning to double the revenue by end of next financial year.
May: Two Vigilance departmental chargesheets on charges of corruption were approved against Chawdhry by Nadda’s predecessors— Congress’s Ghulam Nabi Azad (Health Minister from 22 May 2009 to 26 May 2014) in May 2014 had recommended a minor penalty against Chawdhry while Harsh Vardhan (Health Minister from 26 May 2014 to 7 Jul 2021) in August 2014 had recommended major penalty against Vineet Chawdhry. Both the chargesheets (running into over 2,500 pages) were approved by CVO, AIIMS; Deputy Director, Director AIIMS and President of the Institute – who is the health minister.
The first chargesheet relates to charges of financial irregularities in purchase of livery items, resulting in the sanction of minor penalty by Azad. The second has seven charges including illegal extension in service of a Superintending Engineer, illegal appointment and payment to consultants, treatment of pet dog at cancer centre, allegedly deliberately misplacing a file on creation of post of CVO and misuse of official vehicles through forged entries. This set of charges resulted in a major penalty being recommended.
As per procedure, once the chargesheets are approved by the health minister, these are sent to Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) which after giving its opinion sends it back to AIIMS for taking up the issue with the cadre controlling authority, which is DoPT in case of IAS officers.
May: Union health secretary: In May 2014, the then union health secretary, Vishwas Mehta, in a note, said that the “performance of Shri (IFS) Sanjiv Chaturvedi has been exemplary and he is known for absolute integrity. He has been instrumental in exposing corruption and based on his finding inquiries have been initiated against some officers by investigating agencies like CBI”.
Aug: As the CVO at AIIMS, IFS Sanjeev Chaturvedi initiated action in over 200 corruption cases in the institute, including an inquiry against the then director of AIIMS Dr MC Mishra. This may have led to his removal from the post of CVO in August 2014.
Aug 23: PMJDY: Banks organised 77,892 camps around the country, and opened about 1.8 crore accounts. Guinness World Records recognised the achievement: “The most bank accounts opened in 1 week as part of a financial inclusion campaign is 18,096,130 and was achieved by Department of Financial Services, Government of India from 23 to 29 August 2014.”.
Make in India initiative was launched on September 25, 2014 with the objective of facilitating investment, fostering innovation, building best in class manufacturing infrastructure, making it easy to do business and enhancing skill development. The initiative is further aimed at creating a conducive environment for investment, modern and efficient infrastructure, opening up new sectors for foreign investment and forging a partnership between government and industry through positive mindset.
Sep 24:[Space][India] India made history with the Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), also known as Mangalyaan, becoming the first country to reach Mars orbit on its first attempt. It was launched on November 5, 2013, by the PSLV-C25 rocket from Sriharikota. Although its intended mission duration was six months, MOM continues to orbit Mars, celebrating seven years in space as of September 24, 2021.
Ira Singhal is an Indian Administrative Service officer and computer science engineer. She was the highest-scoring individual in the UPSC's Civil Services Examination for the year 2014.
Tanu Jain's journey with UPSC was not without its challenges. In her first attempt, she cleared the prelims exam in just two months but fell short in the mains. It was only in her third attempt in 2014 that she secured the 648th rank.
Saloni Khanna is a full-time teacher of Economics at Shaheed Bhagat Singh College.
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Digital India Foundation (DIF) founded by Arvind Gupta in Noida. It is a not-for-profit think-tank aiming to foster digital inclusion and adoption, and the use of the Internet and related technologies for the developmental process.
Feb 18-22: Bangalore Aero India Show 2015. HimalayanHeli were awarded the 'Operator of the year' award. They were later awarded the 'Captain Willian J. Kossler' Award by the American Helicopter Society-AHS International, for their efforts in conducting disaster management (search and rescue) operation during the catastrophic Uttarakhand floods of 2013.
Mar 5:[Defence][Pvt] Reliance Naval and Engineering Limited (R-Naval), formerly known as Reliance Defence & Engineering Limited and prior to that as Pipavav Shipyard Limited and Pipavav Defence & Offshore Engineering Company Limited is an Indian shipbuilding and heavy industry company headquartered in Mumbai.
Mar 25:[Defence][Pvt] Adani Defence Systems and Technologies Limited (ADSTL), later Adani Defence and Aerospace (ADA) is a Non-govt company, incorporated at Ahmedabad. It's a public unlisted company and is classified as'company limited by shares'. Rs. 6,000 crore of auth capital.
Apr 8: Pradhan Mantri MUDRA Yojana (PMMY) is a scheme launched by the Hon'ble Prime Minister on April 8, 2015 for providing loans up to 10 lakh to the non-corporate, non-farm small/micro enterprises. These loans are classified as MUDRA loans under PMMY. Mudra - Micro Units Development & Refinance Agency Ltd.
This initiative aims to provide micro-finance, low-interest rate loans to entrepreneurs from low socio-economic backgrounds.
Shishu < ₹50,000
Kishor above ₹50,000 and up to ₹5 lakh
Tarun above ₹5 lakh and up to ₹10 lakh (extendable upto ₹20 lakh, considering good credit history)
Jun:[Space][China] LandSpace Technology Corporation (doing business as LandSpace) is a Chinese commercial space launch provider based in Beijing. It was founded in 2015 by Zhang Changwu.
Jul 1: Digital India is a flagship programme of the Government of India with a vision to transform India into a digitally empowered society and knowledge economy. The programme was launched on July 1, 2015 by Hon' Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi.
Jul 1: Users need to possess an Aadhaar number to use DigiLocker. During registration, user identity is verified using a one-time password (OTP) sent to the linked mobile number. The beta version of the service was rolled out in February 2015, and was launched to the public by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 1 July 2015.
Jul 4: The Ministry of Health (MoH) has asked the director of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) to carry out a "preliminary determination" as to whether charges against Himachal cadre IAS officer Vineet Chawdhry "merit disciplinary proceedings or not", seemingly overturning an earlier decision by Health Minister JP Nadda that Chawdhry’s case would be handled by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT).
Jul 15: MoSDE's Skill India campaign was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 15 July 2015 to train over 30 crore people in India in different skills by 2022.
Jul 30: IFS Sanjeev Chaturvedi is the youngest and fourth Indian civil servant to receive the Magsaysay award. Before Chaturvedi, Kiran Bedi, TN Seshan, and James Michael Lyngdoh were the only civil servants to bag the award. While Kiran Bedi received the award after 22 years of her service, TN Seshan and Lyngdoh got it post retirement. Chaturvedi received it within just 13 years of his service.
Aug:[Defence][US] The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) is a United States Department of Defense organization founded to help the U.S. military make faster use of emerging commercial technologies. Launched in 2015, the organization has been called "the Pentagon's Innovation Experiment". Parent department: Secretary of Defense; The organization is headquartered in Mountain View, California — Silicon Valley — with offices in Austin, Boston, Chicago, and the Pentagon just outside Washington, D.C.
Sep 28:[Space][India] AstroSat, India's inaugural dedicated multi-wavelength space telescope, was launched on September 28, 2015, using a PSLV-XL rocket.
Oct 6: Uchhattar Avishkar Yojana, a joint MHRD-DST scheme has earmarked Rs. 250 crore annually to foster “very high quality” research amongst IIT students.
Nov 5: ‘IMPRINT India’, a pan-IIT and IISc joint initiative to develop a roadmap for research to solve major engineering and technology challenges in ten technology domains relevant to India was launched on November 5, 2015. Adopting engineering and technology as a vehicle to address the social needs, the Ministry of Human Resource Development (now renamed as Ministry of Education) has formulated a catalytic scheme for Impacting Research, Innovation and Technology (IMPRINT) as a pan-India initiative.
Dec 27: Jio was soft launched on 27 December 2015 with a beta for partners and employees, and became publicly available on 5 September 2016.
Sagarmala Project: It was approved in 2015, aims to develop port infrastructure along India's 7,516-km coastline through modernisation, mechanisation and computerisation.
the NALSAR Public Policy Forum was envisioned by a few students of the college in 2015 to kindle the interest of students in the field of Public Policy. The area of public policy has seen a revival in the last few years with the Government entities increasingly taking inputs from various policy think tanks and research institutes.
IAS Tina Dabi is an Indian Administrative Service officer working as the Commissioner of the Employment Guarantee Scheme in Jaipur, Rajasthan. She is the former chief executive officer of the District Council of Sri Ganganagar. The IAS officer cracked the examination in her first attempt and also emerged as the UPSC Topper with AIR 1 in 2015. IAS Tina Dabi Time Table went viral on social media which includes the Study Plan followed by her to clear the tough examination. Her father, Jaswant Dabi, is retired general manager of BSNL, while her mother, Himani Dabi, is an employee of the Indian Engineering Service.
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Jan 2: David R Syiemlieh appointed new UPSC chairman. Syiemlieh, a UPSC member, has been asked to take over charge on January 4 and will remain the head of the organisation till his retirement on January 21, 2018 or till further orders.
Jan 16: Since the launch of the initiative on 16th January, 2016, Startup India has rolled out several programs with the objective of supporting entrepreneurs, and transforming India into a country of job creators instead of job seekers. Rs. 10,000 crore startup funding pool. In order to provide funding support to Startups, Government will set up a fund with an initial corpus of Rs. 2,500 crore and a total corpus of Rs. 10,000 crore over a period 4 years (i.e. Rs. 2,500 crore per year till 2020). Credit guarantee mechanism through National Credit Guarantee Trust Company (NCGTC)/ SIDBI is being envisaged with a budgetary Corpus of INR 500 crore per year for the next four years. (total 2,000 crore till 2024)
Jan: With the amendment of the Tariff Policy in January 2016, the State Electricity Regulatory Commissions (SERCs) are required to reserve a minimum percentage for the purchase of solar energy which shall be such that it reaches 8% of the total consumption of energy, excluding hydropower, by March 2022 or as notified by the Central Government from time to time. (RECs)
Mar 10: Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016. The Act establishes a Real Estate Regulatory Authority (RERA) in each state for regulation of the real estate sector and also acts as an adjudicating body for speedy dispute resolution. The bill was passed by the Rajya Sabha on 10 March 2016 and by the Lok Sabha on 15 March 2016. It is mandatory for each State and Union Territory to establish their Real Estate Regulation Authorities (RERAs) following the notification of RERA regulations within one year of its enactment.
FY16: Ironically, as the deputy director at AIIMS, IFS Sanjeev Chaturvedi was given grade ‘zero’ by the health ministry for his appraisal for 2015-2016 – the same year in which he was conferred with the prestigious Ramon Magsaysay award for his crusade against corruption. Interestingly, the same reviewing and reporting authorities gave him an ‘outstanding’ grade for previous two years.
A look at the grades given to Chaturvedi since he took charge in 2005.
2016 – 2017: Outstanding
2015 – 2016: 1 (Zero)
2014 – 2015: 9.5 (Outstanding)
2013 – 2014: 9.5 (Outstanding)
2011 – 2012: 3.5 (Zero) – Later restored to ‘outstanding’ by the president
2010 – 2011: 3.5 (Zero) – Later restored to ‘outstanding’ by the president
2009 – 2010: Outstanding
2008 – 2009: Outstanding
2007 – 2008: Outstanding
2006 – 2007: Outstanding
2005 – 2006: Outstanding
According to the department of personnel and training, any grade between 0-4 is considered ‘zero’ and between 8-10 as ‘outstanding’ for the purpose of promotion and other service matters.
Between 2008 and 2014, the president of India passed four orders in Chaturvedi’s support, revoking the then Bhupinder Singh Hooda government’s charge sheets against him in Haryana.
Facilitate bank loans between Rs.10 lakh and Rs.100 lakh to at least one SC/ST borrower and at least one-woman borrower per bank branch of Scheduled Commercial Banks.
Jul 19: The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) is an executive agency of the Union Government of the Republic of India. It was carved out of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology on 19 July 2016 as a standalone ministerial agency responsible for IT policy, strategy and development of electronics industry. The work for developing and mandating standards for electronics goods is in advanced stage and the "Electronics & IT Goods (Requirements for Compulsory Registration) Order, 2012" Phase - V has been notified. As on date 63 electronics and IT product categories have been notified. In order to facilitate the same for the following technical resources are to be deployed.
Aug (Aug 28):[Space][India] ISRO successfully tested its scramjet engine on second developmental flight of its Advanced Technology Vehicle ATV-D02 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre. The scramjet engine will be integrated to the RLV at a later stage of development. SRO aims to bring down the cost of payload delivery to low Earth orbit by 80% from existing $20,000/kg to $4,000/kg. mini space shuttle. The RLV-TD was developed with an objective to test various aspects such as hypersonic flight, autoland, powered cruise flight, hypersonic flight using the air-breathing engine propulsion and Hypersonic Experiment. Total cost of the project was ₹95 crore (equivalent to ₹137 crore or US$16.4 million in 2023).
the rollout of payment solutions such as UPI — launched two years after the PMJDY — has eased and increased banking transactions. the JAM trinity. Jan-dhan account, Aadhaar and mobile.
Sep 2: National Initiative for Developing and Harnessing Innovations (NIDHI) has 8 components that support each stage of a nascent startup from its idea stage to the market stage. The first component PRAYAS was inaugurated on September 2nd 2016 and its goal is to back innovators to create prototypes of their start-up ideas. A Grand Challenge program called NIDHI (National Initiative for Developing and Harnessing Innovations) shall be instituted through Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development Centres (IEDCs) to support and award INR 10 lakhs to 20 student innovations.
The Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) is a flagship initiative set up by the NITI Aayog in 2016 to promote innovation and entrepreneurship across the length and breadth of the country.
The Atal Innovation Mission has following two core functions:
1. Entrepreneurship promotion through Self-Employment and Talent Utilization, wherein innovators would be supported and mentored to become successful entrepreneurs.
2. Innovation promotion: to provide a platform where innovative ideas are generated.
To promote creative, innovative mind set in schools. At the school level, AIM is setting up state of the art Atal Tinkering Labs (ATL) across all districts across the country. These ATLs are dedicated innovation workspaces of 1000-1500 square feet where do-it-yourself (DIY) kits on latest technologies like 3D Printers, Robotics, Internet of Things (IoT), Miniaturized electronics are installed using a grant of Rs 20 Lakhs from the government so that students from Grade VI to Grade XII can tinker with these technologies and learn to create innovative solutions using these technologies. This will enable create a problem solving, innovative mind set within millions of students across the country.
Promoting entrepreneurship in universities and industry. At the university, NGO, SME and Corporate industry levels, AIM is setting up world-class Atal Incubators (AICs) that would trigger and enable successful growth of sustainable startups in every sector /state of the country, thereby promoting entrepreneurs and job creators in the country addressing both commercial and social entrepreneurship opportunities in India and applicable globally.
To promote the benefits of technology led innovation to the unserved/underserved regions of India including Tier 2, Tier 3 cities, aspirational districts, tribal, hilly and coastal areas, AIM is setting up Atal Community Innovation Centres (ACIC) with a unique partnership driven model wherein AIM would grant upto Rs 2.5 crores to an ACIC subject to a partner proving equal or greater matching funding.
- Establishing 10000 Atal Tinkering Labs (ATLs),
- Establishing 101 Atal Incubation Centers (AICs),
- Establishing 50 Atal Community Innovation Centers (ACICs) and
- Supporting 200 startups via the Atal New India Challenges.
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Feb 21: With ~25 YOE, Indian economist and historian Sanjay Sanyal, ex-Chief Economist, Deutsche Bank hired as Principal Economic Advisor, Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance and worked in the role for next 5 years and later promoted as Member of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM). (probably screened-in by UPSC)
FY17: IFS Sanjeev Chaturvedi’s current reporting authority BP Gupta [chief conservator of forests (research and biodiversity conservation), Haldwani] and reviewing authority Rajendra Kumar [Uttarakhand’s principal chief conservator of forests] also consider his work as outstanding. Even Uttarakhand’s forest minister, Harak Singh Rawat, is all praises for him.
Apr 10:[Defence] Defence Innovation Organisation (DIO), a Section 8 company (NPO) formed by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) and Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL)
Apr: Hall of Nations, ITP demolished. Legal interventions were still ongoing in the Delhi High Court when the structure was demolished in April 2017. The demolition of the building, which was considered iconic for its architecture, led to widespread national and global disapproval. It was described in The New York Times as a "Brutalist masterpiece" and one of the world's largest-span space frame concrete structures, when built.
Jun 5:[Space][India] The GSLV-Mk III is designed to launch satellites weighing up to 4 tons into Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO). The GSLV Mk III-D1 successfully launched the GSAT-19 on June 5, 2017.
The Launch Vehicle Mark-3 or LVM3 (previously referred as the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark III or GSLV Mk III) is a three-stage medium-lift launch vehicle developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). Primarily designed to launch communication satellites into geostationary orbit,it is also due to launch crewed missions under the Indian Human Spaceflight Programme. LVM3 has a higher payload capacity than its predecessor, GSLV.
Jun: RERA established in UP and TN.
Jul 9: SWAYAM launched by Pranab Mukherjee, Honorable President of India. SWAYAM has been developed cooperatively by the Ministry of Education and All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), with the help of Microsoft. The current SWAYAM platform can facilitate 2,000 courses. SWAYAM (meaning 'Self' in Sanskrit) is an acronym that stands for "Study Webs of Active-Learning for Young Aspiring Minds".
Aug 1: Bootstrap Incubation & Advisory Foundation is a Private incorporated on 01 August 2017. It is classified as Non-government company and is registered at Defence Colony, Delhi. Directors of Bootstrap Incubation & Advisory Foundation are Archana Jahagirdar and Deepak Bansal.
Sep 29: Zetatek Technologies Private Limited, Hyderabad got new director Ravi Kumar Rachakonda.
Sep 7: HC orders early hearings on Sanjeev Chaturvedi submitting before the court the case has been listed on 11 occasions but “no effective hearing” has taken place.
Sep: IFS Sanjeev files an RTI application before CPIO, CBI regarding zero grading in FY16 APAR in AIIMS, Delhi corruption cases.
Nov 23: Unified Mobile Application for New-Age Governance (UMANG) has been developed as a single mobile platform to deliver major Government services. Hon'ble Prime Minister has dedicated UMANG to nation on 23rd November, 2017.
The first phase of Bharatmala, announced in 2017 and initially set to be completed by 2022, has now had its deadline extended to 2027-28. 4.23 lakh crore has been spent under Bharatmala Pariyojana Phase-I up to Decmeber 2023.
Aggressive hybrid fund category was created in 2017 after the re-categorisation of mutual funds by Sebi. Earlier, these schemes used to be known as equity hybrid schemes and balanced schemes. They used to invest in a mixed portfolio of equity and debt, mostly above 65% in equity to qualify for equity mutual fund taxation. However, there was no official investment mandate before the recategorisation norms were introduced.
UPSC Cadre Allocation Policy-2017 shall be applicable w.e.f. Civil Services Examination(CSE)-2019 onwards.
Anudeep Durishetty, IAS officer of 2018 batch and All India Rank 1 in the UPSC Civil Services Examination 2017. I secured this rank in my 5th attempt.
IPS Navjot Simi secured AIR 735 in UPSC CSE 2017. * She belongs to SC category. * In 2016, she cleared Punjab Civil Services (PCS). * Currently, she is posted as the DSP of Patna.
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Jan: The One District One Product (ODOP) mission was launched by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in January 2018, to promote state's handicrafts and to help handicrafts workers financially for the all 75 districts across the state, enabling development of 167 specific products under 62 unique ODOP products from UP. "Vocal for Local" and "Atmanirbhar Bharat"
Jan: UP, the first state to establish REAT (Real Estate Appellate Tribunal)
Feb 26:[Defence] Recently, the Prime Minister visited the exhibition models of the Aligarh node of the upcoming Defence Industrial Corridor in Uttar Pradesh. It was announced by the Prime Minister while inaugurating the UP Investors Summit in Lucknow in 2018. It will have 6 nodes – Aligarh, Agra, Kanpur, Chitrakoot, Jhansi and Lucknow.
Uttar Pradesh is the fourth largest state in India and the third largest economy within the country.
With a population of more than 200 million, UP has the highest number of available labour force and is one of the top five manufacturing states in India. (other are GJ, MH, TN, and KA)
Mar: Smartphone Manufacturing: In FY 2017-18, mobile phone imports were USD 3.6 billion, while exports were a mere USD 334 million, resulting in a -USD 3.3 billion trade deficit.
Apr:[Space] The constellations' first satellite (IRNSS-1A) was launched on 1st July 2013 and the eighth satellite IRNSS-1I was launched in April 2018. With the seventh launch of the constellation's satellite (IRNSS-1G), IRNSS was renamed NavIC by India's Prime Minister in 2016.
Apr:[Defence] Innovations for Defence Excellence (iDEX), a flagship initiative of Department of Defence Production (Ministry of Defence) to modernize and indigenize Indian defence industry is launched by PM. iDEX will be funded and managed by Defence Innovation Organization (DIO), and will function as the executive arm of DIO.
2018 (Jun 15):[GoI] DOPT publishes "Lateral Recruitment of (10) Joint Secretaries - Last Date and Time for submission of online application through https://lateral.nic.in portal is today, 30.07.2018 till 05:00PM IST" In 2018, the government approved lateral entry for certain civil services positions, such as Joint Secretary-level posts, to experienced private sector candidates. They were to be screened-in by UPSC on a three-year contract, extendable by two years with the same pay and perks as their peers in the permanent bureaucracy. But they can't be retained beyond five years, even if they are outstanding.
- Revenue
- Financial Services
Aug 11:[Defence] Uttar Pradesh Defence Industrial Corridor (UPDIC) took off to an encouraging start with the announcement of investments worth over Rs. 3700 crores in Defence production at the Meet organized at Aligarh. The Uttar Pradesh Expressways Industrial Development Authority (UPEIDA) is the nodal agency to execute this project in conjunction with various other state agencies. Ordnance Factories, Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (HAL), Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL), Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) and BrahMos Aerospace are the major giants which have planned investments in the state to further strengthen Defence manufacturing.
UPDIC took off to a great start with an announcement of investment over Rs. 3700 crore in defence production at Industry Meet organized at Aligarh, today. The event was graced by Raksha Mantri Smt Nirmala Sitharaman, Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Shri Yogi Adityanath, Rajya Raksha Mantri, Dr. Subhash Bhamre, Minister of Industrial Development UP, Shri Satish Mahana, Member of Parliament Shri Satish Kumar Gautam and several other Ministers and MLAs.
HAL -Rs. 1200 crore, OFB - Rs. 1077 crore, MKU - Rs. 900 crore, BEL- Rs. 240 crore,Bharat Forge - Rs. 200 crore and PTC - Rs. 115 crore. The total amount of investment announced was of the order of Rs. 3732 crore. Boeing India announced setting up of a skill centre in cooperation with HAL.
Aug: The Scheme for Promotion of Academic and Research Collaboration (SPARC) is a Ministry of Human Resource Development initiative that aims at improving the research ecosystem of India’s Higher Educational Institutions by facilitating academic and research collaborations between Indian Institutions and the best institutions in the world. The Government in August 2018 had sanctioned the scheme at a total cost of Rs.418 Cr for implementation up to 31.3.2020. Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur is the National Coordinating Institute to implement the SPARC programme.
Oct 23: The Indian School of Public Policy was formally launched on 23 October, 2018 at the Constitution Club of India, New Delhi by dignitaries including Shri N.K. Singh, Shri Rajiv Mehrishi and Shri Gurcharan Das. Notable experts from TISS, Twitter Inc. India, Brookings Institution, Uber India and GMR established the urgent need for a new generation of policy professionals through a panel discussion.
:[Defence] N Chadrasekharan Task Force was set up in 2018 to study implications of AI in national security.
Dec 24/27:[Pvt] Foxconn, which already makes phones for Xiaomi Corp, will invest $356 million to expand the plant, including investment in iPhone production (for the first iPhone production in India) at Foxconn’s plant in Sriperumbudur town in Tamil Nadu. Foxconn will be assembling the most expensive models, such as devices in the flagship iPhone X family, the source said, potentially taking Apple’s business in India to a new level. 25k jobs.
Until now, Cupertino, California-based Apple has only assembled the lower-cost SE and 6S models in India through Wistron Corp’s local unit in the Bengaluru technology hub.
IRCTC has been printing and publishing Trains At A Glance (TAG) for Indian Railways since 2018 with the 41st, 42nd and 43rd edition launched in 2018, 2019 and 2022 respectively.
Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officers cadre strength: 9,775 members 4,192 (Income Tax - 43%) and 5,583 (Customs and Indirect Taxes - 57%). Sanctioned strength for IRS(IT) = 4914
The single judge bench was hearing Chaturvedi’s application requesting an early hearing of a contempt petition filed by him in 2018, stating that the CBI officials – Vineet Vinayak, joint director and Gagandeep Gambhir, DIG – failed to comply with an HC order dated September 7, 2017. Chaturvedi submitted before the court the case has been listed on 11 occasions but “no effective hearing” has taken place.
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Jan 14: Dr. TCA Anant joined the UPSC as Member on Jan 14, 2019, prior to which he was Professor and Head, Department of Economics, Delhi School of Economics (DSE), University of Delhi. He has earlier served as the Chief Statistician of India (CSI) and Secretary, Ministry of Statistics and Program Implementation from 2010 to 2018, and as Member Secretary, Indian Council for Social Science Research (ICSSR) from 2006 to 2009.
Jan 19: Sony-Zee Subhash's letter to SEBI
Jan 20:[Defence] The government has established another Defence Industrial Corridor in Tamil Nadu (TANDIC) inaugurated by Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman. It comprises Chennai, Tiruchirappalli, Coimbatore, Salem and Hosur.
Feb 15: The first Vande Bharat Express was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on February 15, 2019. Varanasi – New Delhi (22435) / New Delhi – Varanasi (22436) On February 18, 2019, the first Vande Bharat Express train was inaugurated, and its very first route connecting the capital city of Delhi to the holy city of Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh). It makes stops at Prayagraj and Kanpur. This is the longest route, stretching over 759 kilometers and taking approximately 8 hours to complete. It connects the capital city, New Delhi, with the holy city of Varanasi, known for its cultural and spiritual significance.
Feb 28: Scheme for Transformational and Advanced Research in Sciences (STARS) for promoting translational, India-centric research in sciences, to be implemented and managed by Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore. Scheme for Translational and Advanced Research in Science (STARS) scheme was launched on the National Science Day, 28th February 2019 by MHRD (now renamed as Ministry of Education) worth Rs. 250 crore for funding 500 science projects. With the key objective of supporting socially relevant research, the following six basic thrust areas have been identified:
- Physical Sciences
- Chemical Sciences
- Biological Sciences
- Nanosciences
- Data Sciences and Mathematics
- Earth Sciences
Scheme for Trans-disciplinary Research for India's Developing Economy' (STRIDE): The University Grants Commission (UGC) had approved this scheme in 2019.
- Socially relevant
- Locally need-based
- Nationally important
- Globally significant
- To identify young talent, strengthen research culture, build capacity, promote innovation and support trans-disciplinary research for India’s developing economy and national development.
- To fund multi-institutional network high-impact research projects in humanities and human sciences.
Skye Air Mobility Private Limited, Hyderabad founded by Chandra Prakash, Srikanth Sarda, Ankit Kumar Kumar and Mohammed Ali Shariff.
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Feb 5:[Defence] DefExpo2020 (11th edition) was held in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh from Wed, Feb 5th to Sat, Feb 8th. This is for the first time the defence exhibition is being held in the northern state to explore potential available for defence productions. MoD has already announced Uttar Pradesh Defence Corridor to attract investments in defence manufacturing.
Feb: IFS Sanjeev Chaturvedi filed a petition in CAT in February 2020 requesting the tribunal to direct the center not to reject the case of his deputation of which has been on any ulterior/subjective/oblique consideration, and decide the same objectively, on merit, facts and in accordance with law only. In 7 months, in Sep 2020, on the request of the officer, the CAT had passed an order that until the matter is disposed, the NOC provided to the IFS officer cannot be 'disturbed'. CAT is the body which decides on services matter of all India services such as IAS, IPS, IFS and others. The petition also stated that the IFS has a proven track record in the field of vigilance/anti-corruption which had been substantiated as well as appreciated in the orders passed by various constitutional authorities including President, Prime Minister, Supreme Court and various other Tribunals/ Courts as well as being invited by all the prestigious national academies as resource person on the subject of anti-corruption.
Mar: The Production Linked Incentive Scheme (PLI) scheme was conceived to scale up domestic manufacturing capability, accompanied by higher import substitution and employment generation. Launched in March 2020, the scheme initially targeted three industries:
- Mobile and allied Component Manufacturing
- Electrical Component Manufacturing
- Medical Devices
Later, it was extended to 11 more sectors. The sectors are
- automobiles and auto components
- pharmaceuticals and drugs
- specialty steel
- telecom & networking products
- electronic products
- white goods (ACs and LEDs)
- food products
- textile products
- solar PV modules
- advanced chemistry cell (ACC) battery
- drones and drone components.
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Jan 16: Ministry of Commerce and Industry's the Startup India Seed Fund Scheme was announced on 16 January 2021 during the Prarambh Summit. DPIIT created the fund with an outlay of 945 crore rupees. It provides financial assistance to startups for purposes like- proof of concept. market entry. Development of prototypes, product trials, and commercialization. The govt’s focus has been on 3 C’s – capital, courage and connections – which Prime Minister Modi describes as the main pre-requisites for setting up a business.
[A startup defined as an entity that is headquartered in India, which was opened less than 10 years ago, and has an annual turnover less than ₹100 crore.]
Jan: In January 2021, Chaturvedi had filed a writ petition before the High Court of Uttarakhand, seeking, a "criminal investigation by CBI into the criminal offence of forgery, fabrication of Government records and criminal conspiracy by a Committee consisting of four officers including Mr Srinivas R Katikithala, who then happened to be Establishment Officer (EO), in the department of Personnel and Training (DoP&T), Government of India". High Court issued notices to Central Government, Postal Department, and Uttarakhand Government in February 2021. The next hearing of the case is due on January 10th, 2023.
Feb: UP disposed over 25,000 RERA cases
Mar 12: Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav was launched by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi on 12th March 2021 from Sabarmati Ashram. "Har Ghar Tiranga"
Jun 19: Ex-IAS officer and MLC A K Sharma (1988 batch) made UP BJP's vice president.
Jun 20: Early arrival of the monsoons in northern India has triggered heavy rains in the hills and plains and Ganges was in spate after the release of 3.75 lakh cusec water from Haridwar on Saturday morning. Besides, 1.30 lakh cusec water was released from the Bijnore Ganga barrage which was likely to increase the water level of Ganga further by evening and was likely to maroon villages located in the river valley in western UP. Widespread rains were reported from across the state in the past 24 hours and the weathermen predicted more rains in the next 48 hours in Purvanchal and western UP.
Jul: In July 2021, the CRRC 600 maglev, planned to travel at up to 600 km/h (370 mph), was unveiled in Qingdao. It was reported to be the world's fastest ground vehicle.
Oct: UPSC had again recommended 31 lateral candidates for the appointment as joint secretaries (3), directors (19), and deputy secretaries (9) in different central government departments, the officials quoted above said. As of 1 Mar 2024, a total of 38 private sector specialists — including 10 joint secretaries and 28 directors/deputy secretaries — have joined the government so far, they said.
Nov: Scheme for Promotion of Culture of Science (SPCS) Considering the gradual decline in the interest level of young students to pursue careers in the field of S & T in the country, there is a pressing need to strengthen STEM (science, technology, engineering & mathematics) education by creating additional infrastructure for hands-on and engaging activities, especially in non-formal mode of education. There is also a need to have an adequate level of awareness of science and technology in society.
:[Defence] iDEX, which has also been awarded the prestigious Prime Minister Award for Public Policy in Innovation Category for the year 2021, has emerged as a game changer in the defence eco-system through its flagship programmes like DISC, Prime and Open Challenges (OC). iDEX has been able to build the required momentum and generate a critical mass of start-ups in the defence sector.
Dec 15: GoI cleared a INR 760 billion (>US$10 billion) package to boost semiconductor and display manufacturing. The program aims to provide attractive incentive support to companies / consortia that are engaged in Silicon semiconductor fabs, display fabs, compound semiconductors / silicon photonics / sensors (including MEMS) fabs, semiconductor packaging (ATMP / OSAT), semiconductor design. Incentives worth INR 2.3 trillion (approx. US$30.16 billion)will be available to position India as global hub for electronics manufacturing. Currently, about 70% of the world's semiconductor manufacturing is concentrated in South Korea, Taiwan, China, the United States, and Japan.
Dec 21: The Programme for Development of Semiconductors and Display Manufacturing Ecosystem in India was notified on 21 December 2021 with a total outlay of Rs 76,000 crore.
As per the World Bank’s Findex database, 78 per cent of Indian adults (population with 15 years or more of age) had a bank account in 2021 as compared to 53 per cent in 2014. (PMJDY)
Ravi Kumar Sihag secured an impressive 18th rank (4th attempt) in the UPSC exam in 2021.
Ashutosh Kumar's ascent to becoming the 77th All India Rank (AIR) holder in the UPSC Civil Services Examination 2021 is a testament to his dedication, perseverance, and strategic approach to one of the most challenging exams in India.
Ria Dabi younger sister of Tina Dabi (2016 batch), is an Indian Administrative Service officer of 2021 batch.
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Jan 1:[Pvt] India announced on December 30, 2021 that the government will start receiving proposals from companies for semiconductor and display manufacturing from January 1, 2022. Guidelines for the schemes have been notified. See here for information on the application process and fiscal support available: Semiconductor Companies Can Submit Proposals to Indian Govt. from January 1, 2022.
https://www.india-briefing.com/news/setting-up-a-semiconductor-fabrication-plant-in-india-what-foreign-investors-should-know-22009.html/
Feb 22: After 5 years of initial tenure with MoF, Sanjeev Sanyal promoted to Member of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM).
Mar: Apple has been assembling smartphones in India through contract manufacturers since 2017. However, until 2022, the Cupertino-based firm had used manufacturing facilities in India primarily for assembling entry-level or legacy handsets. This changed in 2021-22 when Apple started assembling the iPhone 14 models in India.
Mar 25: Minister of State for PMO; Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Jitendra Singh told Lok Sabha on Wednesday that as on January 1, 2021, there were 5,231 IAS officers in the country — 1,515 (22.45%) fewer than the sanctioned strength of 6,746. A total 3,787 officers (73%) were direct recruits to the IAS, while 1,444 (27%) were promotees (State Civil Services/ non-SCS).
On Thursday, the Department-Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Grievances, Law and Justice headed by Sushil Kumar Modi in its 112th report tabled in both Houses of Parliament said: “…There is a huge shortage. The gap between the sanctioned strength and the in-position strength of IAS officers is as large as 104 in UP cadre, 94 in Bihar cadre and 87 in AGMUT cadre.”
Jul 1: The windfall tax, which is revised every 15 days based on international crude oil prices, was first introduced on 1 July 2022 to tax the supernormal profits of energy companies. The tax formula is managed by the Department of Revenue and adjusts according to fluctuations in global oil prices. Queries about removing the windfall tax if crude prices stay below $71 are considered hypothetical
Jul 18: Lt. Gen. Raj Shukla (Retd.) apptd as UPSC member, till 26-Mar-2027. Senior-most member of UPSC (62YO as of Apr'24)
Aug: To develop a roadmap for "India as a Semiconductor Talent Nation", a committee was constituted in August 2022 with the representatives from semiconductor industry, academia and Government.
Aug 10:[Pvt] CubeSat Aerospace LLP founded by Bansi Attara and Ena Krutish Ruparelia in Ahmedabad, Gujrat. (exhibited at Dubai Airshow)
Sep 13:[Pvt] Vedanta and Foxconn moved the project to Gujarat, signing a pact to invest $19.5 billion to set up the semiconductor and display production plant. Modi called the MoU “an important step accelerating India's semiconductor manufacturing ambitions”.
Sep 23: In a letter dated 23.09.2022 addressed by Srinivas R Katikithala to participants, he underlined one of the main objectives of this training programme is 'De-siloization' so as to create partnership and collaboration with multiple departments. Uttarakhand Government had issued permission on September 21st to IFS Sanjiv Chaturvedi to participate in the Common Mid-Career Training programme (CMCT) under the Mission Karmayogi project of the Central Government. This training was for officers who had completed 20 years of service and was scheduled from October 27th to 31st.
Oct 7: In his 105-page letter dated October 7th, annexed with various affidavits and notifications, IFS Sanjiv Chaturvedi has alleged regarding Srinivas that, "Government documents mentioned in para 3 above clearly show that statutory notifications of prestigious organizations and departments like University Grant Commission (UGC), Forest Research Institute (FRI) and Postal Department as well as Government of Uttarakhand were simply negated and rubbished, without any sort of reasoning at all, just for certain ulterior considerations, under his own signature and which has led to a very unfortunate and completely avoidable situation wherein two such important departments of the central government are openly at loggerheads in a court of law". He has also expressed his inability to join the CMCT training programme mentioning these, 'very serious legal as well as ethical grounds, involving conflict of interest.
Oct 18:[Defence] The 5-day DefExpo (DefExpo2022, 12th edition) was held in Gandhinagar,. Gujarat between Tue, Oct 18 - Sat, Oct 22 in a first ever four-venue format. An investor outreach event 'Invest for Defence' was organised bringing together businesses and investors, with a focus on indigenisation and self reliance in the Indian defence industry, for the first time in the history of the expo.
Oct 18: Seven dead in helicopter crash in Kedarnath. A helicopter carrying pilgrims crashed near Kedarnath in Uttarakhand on October 18, 2022. Seven people, including the pilot, died after a helicopter ferrying pilgrims back from Kedarnath shrine crashed midway, before reaching the base station, near Garud Chatti on October 18.
Oct 30: IFS Sanjiv Chaturvedi has sought a CBI investigation against Mr Srinivas R Katikithala, Director at Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, (LBSNAA) Mussourie, into his allegations of 'forgery/ fabrication into the date of birth, educational qualification, postal receipt' regarding one of his central deputation case. The officer addressed the letter to Forest Secretary, in Uttarakhand Government, Mr Vijay Yadav.
Sanjiv Chaturvedi is presently posted as Chief Conservator of Forest (Working Plan) under the Government of Uttarakhand and received Ramon Magsaysay Award in the year 2015 for his fight against corruption. Before coming to Uttarakhand cadre, he had worked in Haryana Government and as Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) at AIIMS, Delhi. (ANI)
Nov 16:[Space][US] The Space Launch System (SLS) is an American super heavy-lift expendable launch vehicle used by NASA. As the primary launch vehicle of the Artemis Moon landing program, SLS is designed to launch the crewed Orion spacecraft on a trans-lunar trajectory. The first SLS launch was the uncrewed Artemis 1, which took place on 16 November 2022. Project cost: US$23.8 billion nominal. Cost per launch: Over US$2 billion excluding development (estimate). 130 tonne to LEO.
Hong Kong is back in the game to attract talent from top universities. A Top Talent Pass program, introduced in late 2022, is luring graduates of prestigious universities globally by offering a 24-month visa even if they don’t have job offers in hand. In the first nine months, the city gave out 100,000 work permits, nearly 2 1/2 times as many as it did last year.
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Jan 30:Philips to lay off 6,000 employees in drive to improve profitability. The new reorganisation comes on top of a plan announced last October to layoff 4,000 employees
Feb 13:[Defence] Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi inaugurated the 14th edition of Asia's biggest aero show - Aero India 2023 – at Air Force Station, Yelahanka in Bengaluru on February 13, 2023. A commemorative stamp was also released by the Prime Minister on the occasion. It is anticipated that more than 700 companies will be represented at the exhibition. The theme of 2023 is Fixed Wing Platform, which is to showcase India's growth in the aircraft industry. The upcoming Aero India Show Bengaluru is scheduled for 2025, as this prestigious event occurs biennially.
Feb 18: All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has launched the following model curriculum for UG, Diploma, Minor Degree in Semiconductor domain on 18.02.2023 as a step towards creation of Talent pool in Semiconductor domain: B. Tech in Electronics Engineering (VLSI Design and Technology), Diploma in IC manufacturing, Minor Degree in Electronics Engineering (VLSI Design and Technology), Under the Chips to Startup (C2S) Programme being implemented at 113 academic institutions/ R&D organizations/ Start-ups/ MSMEs, 85,000 number of high-quality and qualified engineers are being trained in several areas. These include Very large-scale integration (VLSI) and Embedded System Design as well as development of 175 ASICs (Application Specific Integrated Circuits), working prototypes of 20 System on Chips (SoC), 30 FPGA based designs and 30 IP Cores over a period of 5 years.
Mar 21: According to the latest data from layoff.fyi, a website that is tracking tech sector job cuts, close to 1 lakh tech employees lost jobs globally in January, dominated by companies like Amazon, Microsoft, Google, Salesforce and others. (layoff)
Mar: Success in Smartphone Manufacturing: By FY 2022-23, imports reduced to USD 1.6 billion, while exports surged to nearly USD 11 billion, yielding a positive net exports of USD 9.8 billion.
Apple experienced a remarkable surge in iPhone exports from India, soaring from US$6.27 billion in the fiscal year 2022-23 to US$12.1 billion in 2023-24, marking nearly a 100 percent increase.
Apr 3: Of ₹24,000 crore promised, UP & TN defence corridors get ₹6,000 crore from 163 MoUs.
Apr 15: NITI Aayog and Department of Expenditure sets an upper cap limit for number of individual consultant to 450 (incl. Senior Consultat to Young Professional)
Apr 24:[Pvt] Amalisha Management And Consultancy Services LLP founded by Veena Naravane and Manoj Mukund Naravane.
May 23: 1st Edition of India Defence Conclave'23 at The Lalit, Delhi by ETGovernment - Propelling self-reliance in Aerospace and Defence sector, co-hosted by BrahMos and MIDHANI, powered by Dell Technologies, Intel and Microsoft. 8+ sessions, 30+ speakers, 150+ delegates
May 25: Ms. Suman Sharma apptd. as UPSC member till 24-May-2029. Second youngest amongst all incumbent members. (Feb'24)
Jun 1: Sh. Bidyut Behari Swain apptd. as UPSC member till 4-Sep-2028
Jun 2: three trains collided in Balasore district in the east Indian state of Odisha. The accident occurred around 19:00 IST when Coromandel Express, a passenger train, collided with a stationary goods train near Bahanaga Bazar railway station on the Howrah–Chennai main line. 300 died, 1200+ injured.
Jun 5: यूपी में सैनिक स्कूल खोले जाने की योजना बनाई जा रही है. इसके तहत कुल 16 सैनिक स्कूल खोले जाएंगे. यह सभी स्कूल पीपीपी मॉडल (Public-Private Partnership, incl. NGOs) के आधार पर खोले जा रहे हैं. जिन जिलों में सैनिक स्कूल खोले जा रहे हैं, उनके नाम हैं- आगरा, अलीगढ़, प्रयागराज, आजमगढ़, बस्ती, बरेली, मुरादाबाद, बांदा, झांसी, देवीपाटन, अयोध्या, कानपुर, मेरठ, सहारनपुर, मिर्जापुर और वाराणसी है.उत्तर प्रदेश में तीन सैनिक स्कूल है रक्षा मंत्रालय द्वारा संचालित किए जा रहे हैं. यह स्कूल अमेठी, झांसी और मैनपूरी में है. इसके अलावा गोरखपुर में एक सैनिक स्कूल बनाने के लिए राज्य सरकार की ओर से 90 करोड़ रुपए बजट दिए गए हैं. राज्य सरकार लखनउ के एक सरकारी स्कूल को संचालित भी कर रही है.
Jun: the Union Cabinet approved the first proposal for setting up a semiconductor unit in Sanand, Gujarat. American chipmaker Micron Technology will set up India's first high-end semiconductor fabrication plant in Sanand, Gujarat, which is anticipated to become operational by late 2024, and first production out by Jun 2025. Phased construction of the new assembly and test facility in Gujarat is expected to begin in 2023. Phase 1, which will include 500,000 square feet of planned cleanroom space, will start to become operational in late 2024, and Micron will ramp capacity gradually over time in line with global demand trends.
Jul 5:The Supreme Court of India on Tuesday refused to grant relief to whistleblower Indian Forest Service officer Sanjiv Chaturvedi who sought a probe by the CBI into allegations of discrimination and irregularities in the selection process for a post on the Staff Selection Commission (SSC), for which his application was allegedly overlooked without reasonable
Jul 10:[Pvt] Foxconn is ending its $19.5 billion JV with Vedanta Ltd to make semiconductors in India and will remove its name from the fully-owned entity. Meanwhile, after Foxconn's withdrawal from chip JV, Vedanta says it has lined up other potential partners to set up India's first foundry.
"Vedanta reiterates that it is fully committed to its semiconductor fab project and we have lined up other partners to set up India’s first foundry. We will continue to grow our Semiconductor team, and we have the license for production-grade technology for 40 nm from a prominent Integrated Device Manufacturer (IDM)," Vedanta said in a statement.
Earlier the Anil Agarwal-led Vedanta Group said that it will acquire 100 per cent stake in semiconductor and display units from sister concern Twin Star Technologies, the conglomerate. Twin Star Technologies is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Volcan Investments Limited which is the ultimate holding company of Vedanta Limited. The new structure will make Vedanta India's first company in Integrated Semiconductor and Display Fab Business.
Vedanta and Foxconn had earlier finalised Dholera Industrial City, Gujarat as the location. Chips manufacturing projects: 700 acres of land prepared at Dholera for Vedanta-Foxconn's semiconductor plant.
Jul 14:[Space][India] India Becomes First Country to Reach the Moon's South Pole. India on the moon! Chandrayaan-3 becomes 1st probe to land near lunar south pole. Chandrayaan-3 is the third mission in the Chandrayaan programme, a series of lunar-exploration missions developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation. The mission consists of a Vikram ('valor') lunar lander and a Pragyan ('wisdom') lunar rover was launched from Satish Dhawan Space Centre on 14 July 2023 demonstrating a challenging soft-landing on moon's south pole on Aug 23 18:03 IST. Chandrayaan-3 was India's second try at landing near the moon's south pole, a largely uncharted region of immense interest to scientists and exploration advocates alike. The south polar region is thought to harbor large amounts of water ice, which, if accessible, could be mined for rocket fuel and life support for future crewed missions. The country's first attempt at a lunar touchdown, in September 2019, failed when the Chandrayaan-2 lander crashed into the moon due to a software glitch.
The Chandrayaan-3 mission, which costs a modest 6 billion rupees ($73 million US at current exchange rates), is unfolding at a time when multiple nations — notably, the U.S. and China — are eyeing the moon for future crewed missions. NASA, for example, aims to land astronauts near the lunar south pole in late 2025 or 2026 on its Artemis 3 mission, and to build one or more bases in the region shortly thereafter.
Aug 15: The Ganga in many parts of western Uttar Pradesh flowed above the danger level set at 220m on Monday even as Haridwar barrage, among a large number of places in Uttarakhand to receive massive rains, released over 3 lakh cusec water downstream. Officials feared the situation could worsen in the plains too.District magistrate (Bijnor) Umesh Mishra said, "About 3.13 lakh cusec water will reach Bijnor on Monday evening and a high alert has been sounded. Ganga is flowing at a level of 220m and there is 2.3 lakh cusec water in the river. Over a dozen rivers including Ganga, Malan, Kho, Ramganga, Banaili, Dhara, Pili, Gagan and Nakta pass through Bijnor and have caused floods of varying intensity in 326 villages.
In Shamli district, the water level in the Yamuna river currently stands at 228.8m, near the danger mark set at 231.5m. Meanwhile, in Hathnikund barrage, the water level increased by 2.1 m in eight hours to 381.8m on Monday, following heavy rainfall.
Aug 16:[Pvt] Apple Supplier Foxconn Begins iPhone 15 Production in India, marking the first instance of an iPhone assembled in India being available for sale right from the launch stage.
Sep 2:[Space][India] Aditya-L1 India's First Solar Mission, is a coronagraphy spacecraft for studying the solar atmosphere, designed and developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation and various other Indian Space Research Institutes. In 2008, ISRO announced it by the name Aditya-1. It is India’s first solar mission aimed to study Sun’s Corona.
Sep 9: The 18th G20 Summit was successfully conducted at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi during 9-10 September, 2023.
Sep 12:[Pvt] Apple debuts iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus. The Foxconn's Sunguvarchatram plant still assembled fewer than 10% of all iPhone 15 models. Foxconn makes the larger Plus and more advanced Pro models exclusively in China.
Sep 13: In a single stroke, the state government has ordered the transfer of 2 Indian Police Service (IPS) officers and 33 Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) officers. IPS Sweety Sehrawat transferred as SDPO Aurangabad to ASP, Patna and appointed as SDPO (Sub-Divisional Police Officer) in Patna Sadar. ASP Kamya Mishra (IPS 2019 batch), currently posted in Patna, has been transferred to the role of Assistant Police Superintendent in the Crime Investigation Department in Patna.
Sep 23: US based chipmaker Micron Technology, Inc. carried out the groundbreaking of its $2.75 billion assembly, testing and packaging plant (ATMP) in Sanand, Gujarat, on Saturday. The event took place at Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation’s (GIDC) industrial estate in Sanand where the company has been allotted 93 acres of land for the project. The groundbreaking event is a direct outcome of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent visit to the United States in June 2023, which took place upon the invitation of US President Joe Biden. Meity minister, Rajeev Chandrasekhar said, “In January 2022, PM Modi laid out his vision for India in the global semiconductor ecosystem. He wanted India to rapidly catch up after decades of our country having missed opportunities and failed to make a mark in semiconductors.” Tata Projects on Saturday announced its collaboration with Micron Technology to construct an advanced semiconductor assembly and test plant in Sanand and said it will roll out semiconductor chips next year. The contract awarded to Tata Projects solidifies the company’s proficiency in large-scale, sustainable infrastructure development in the Indian mfg landscape.
Sep 29: Dr. Dinesh Dasa apptd. as UPSC member till 28-Sep-2029. Youngest amongst all incumbent members. (Feb'24)
Sep 29: The Delhi High Court has issued contempt notices to two senior CBI officers in response to a request for an early contempt hearing by Sanjiv Chaturvedi, a Magsaysay awardee and former chief vigilance officer of AIIMS. Chaturvedi had filed a contempt petition in 2018, alleging that the CBI officials failed to comply with a previous court order. He argued that the delay in the hearing could negatively impact his career. The court has set a date for the hearing, cancelling the previously scheduled date.
Oct 12: The Union Cabinet has approved the cadre review and restructuring proposal of the Indian Foreign Service (IFS) to address the need for specialized manpower and meet the increasing demand for Indian missions abroad. Approximately 215 officers will be added over the next five years. This decision comes after 19 years since the last restructuring and aims to strengthen the cadre.
Oct 16:[IT] LinkedIn lays off 668 employees in second round of job cuts this year. Microsoft-owned LinkedIn laid off more than 500 employees, including engineers, on Monday in its second round of job cuts this year as the social media network grapples with a slowdown in hiring, a person familiar with the matter said.
Oct 20: Speaking at the Vijayabheri public meeting in Peddapally in Telangana, Congress MP and AICC former chief Rahul Gandhi said, "I want to tell you something important. The country is not run by MPs. Ninety IAS officers decide where India's massive budget of 44 lakh crore should go, how much should be spent on each scheme... But these two (Modi and Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao) never talk about the fact that only three of these 90 are OBC officers and they have been given unimportant departments. They decide only 5% of the budget. Is the OBC population so small in the country?"
Oct 29: two passenger trains collided in southern India's Vizianagaram district in Andhra Pradesh state killing at least 14 people and leaving about 60 others injured. Three carriages of a stationary passenger train were derailed after it was hit by another train. 14 died, 60+ injured.
Oct 29: a series of improvised explosive device blasts took place during a convention of Jehovah's Witnesses in Kalamassery, a suburb of Kochi, India. 8 died, 50+ injured.
Nov: In November 2023, India granted incentives to companies like Dell, HP and Foxconn to make IT hardware locally as part of its bid to become a powerhouse in the global electronics supply chain.
Nov 21: Whistle-blower officer IFS Sanjeev Chaturvedi praised for his legal knowledge by HC CJ
Dec 24:[IT] These companies - Facebook (Meta Platforms), Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, Netflix and Google (Alphabet) -registered a 90% drop in active job postings in India in 2023 compared with the previous year, according to data put together for ET by specialist staffing firm Xpheno.
Dec 25:[IT] Indian Fintech giant Paytm has laidoff over 1,000 employees, cutting costs and optimizing operations, saving 15% in staff costs. This marks one of the largest job cuts in the Indian FinTech sector this year.Fintech giant Paytm lays off over 1000 employees as cost-cutting measure.
Dec 31:[IT] As tech layoffs are set to continue unabated in 2024, the cybersecurity industry was not immune from job losses and more than 110 cybersecurity companies fired thousands of employees in 2023. (layoff)
Indian Police Service (IPS) officers cadre strength: 5,047 members (2023) (4,344 officers in position; 703 position vacant)
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The government intends that companies will be able to benefit from these changes for financial years commencing on or after 1 October 2024.
We have launched the satellite in an inclined orbit compared to the Sun Synchronous Polar Orbit (SSPO). Given India’s areas of interest, an inclined orbit allows for more frequent time-dispersed revisits to areas of interest than the SSPO of a certain kind.
"Working together can help develop strategies, guidelines, and technologies to mitigate risks and ensure the sustainable use of space" he said addressing the 42nd Inter-Agency Space Debris Coordination Committee (IADC) Annual Meeting here.Somanath pointed out the increasing congestion in space, especially in Earth-moon systems and other regions of solar planetary exploration. "This congestion is primarily due to the accumulation of space debris and the rising number of satellites, spacecraft, and missions," he said.
Himachal Pradesh becomes the first state to pass such a bill, which stipulates that individuals disqualified under the Tenth Schedule are ineligible for pensions. The bill, which was passed by voice vote, aims to address the lack of provisions in the 1971 Act to discourage defections and preserve democratic values. The bill will become law once it receives the governor's consent.
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Feb xx: 15th edition of Asia's biggest aero show - Aero India 2025 – at Air Force Station, Yelahanka in Bengaluru. 2500/pp. (biannual event)
Mar 19: 32nd Convergence India and 10th Smart Cities India 2025 expo Pragati Maidan.
Mar 30: Apple's Indian workforce will comprise 200,000 direct jobs being created by March-end with women making up a dominant 70%, according to estimates and data submitted by the company as well as its suppliers to the government.
Sep 9: 4-day Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEi), London (biannual event) is a pivotal event for the global defence industry. The world's leading defence organisations and most influential stakeholders rely on DSEI's unique.
Oct 29: 5-day Seoul International Aerospace &. Defense Exhibition (ADEX) 2025, Seoul (biannual event)
Nov 17: 5-day 18th edition of Dubai Airshow, DWC, Dubai. The 18th edition of the Dubai Airshow showcased a remarkable gathering of over 1,400 exhibitors from 98 countries, with 350+ distinguished international speakers, 90+ innovative start-ups, and 20 impressive country pavilions. Together, they reshaped the future landscape of the industry, complemented by a stunning display of 190+ aircraft in both static and flying exhibitions. Anticipate an even bigger showcase in the 2025 edition, promising to surpass all expectations. Don't miss the opportunity to be a part of this extraordinary event – secure your space now and be part of the aerospace evolution.
Jun : American chip maker Micron's high-end semiconductor fabrication plant at Gujarat's Sanand, which is India's first, is coming up at a rapid pace. It is expected to be operational in late 2024. and first chip out by Jun 2025.
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An identical structure, with a State Executive Committee led by a State President, exists at the state level. The National Executive sets up a Parliamentary Board consisting of Party President and ten other members.
The Central Election Committee, is also set up by the National Executive, and consist of the 11 members of the Parliamentary Board and 8 other members elected by the National Executive. The role of the CEC is to select candidates for all Legislative and Parliamentary elections throughout India.
The National Council consists of members that are elected by the State Councils, 10% of the parliamentary party, former national Presidents, leaders of state legislative assemblies and state legislative councils, members nominated by the national president, all members of the National Executive, presidents of Morchas and Cells.
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