28th February #Edufacts: Important Facts of the Day for UPSC IAS Current Affairs
1. 95% of politicians under CBI’s scanner since 2014 are from opposition.
2. Top onion producing states; Maharashtra (40%), Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Gujarat.
3. India tops list with 84 internet shutdowns for the 5th year.
4. e sanjeevani has benefitted 10 Cr people.
25th February #Edufacts: Important Facts of the Day for UPSC IAS Current Affairs
1. FATF suspends membership of Russia over Ukraine invasion
2. MGNREGS: Over 40% of gram panchayat do not report digital attendance on National Mobile Monitoring System.
3. It’s centre’s call, says SC on menstrual leave policy.
24th February #Edufacts: Important Facts of the Day for UPSC IAS Current Affairs
1. 60% of Indian voters linked Aadhar to voter id.Tripura had the highest linkage with 92%: RTI
2. NSE gets final nod from SEBI for Social Stock Exchange
3. Over 5 lakh patients benefitted from OR code based registration under Ayushaman Bharat Digital Mission
4. Karnataka lost Rs 99 lakh daily to cybercrime in 2022.
23rd February #Edufacts: Important Facts of the Day for UPSC IAS Current Affairs
1. Kolkata’s journey to being medical hub of Southeast Asia has begun
2. 6 years should be the minimum age of admission to class 1: Ministry of Education
3. Seattle becomes the 1st city in US to ban caste discrimination.
4. Workers who possess advanced digital skills can boost India’s GDP by $507 billion.
5. UP target $1 trillion economy with it’s biggest ever budget.
22nd February #Edufacts: Important Facts of the Day for UPSC IAS Current Affairs
1. Russia suspends the last remaining major nuclear treaty- New Start Treaty-with the US
2. Speaker is deciding authority to rule under anti defection law:SC
3. CAPF facing 83k vacancies.
4. Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka to organise the 1st synchronised vulture survey
5. Australia to host its 1st Malabar Naval drill consisting of India, USA and Japan
6. Children have the right to protect their genetic data. DNA testing to be used as last resort in divorce proceedings to establish infidelity: SC
21st February #Edufacts: Important Facts of the Day for UPSC IAS Current Affairs
1. In Bihar and West Bengal, the share of women marrying before 18 years of age was 40% in 2019-21.
2. The Cabinet Committee on Appointments has appointed B.V.R Subrahmanyam as the CEO of NITI Aayog.
3. Only Parliament can amend the law to provide a uniform marriage age:SC.
4. Funds sent abroad by students under RBI’s Liberalised Remittance Scheme fall by over 42% in first 9 months of FY23.
5. Turkey, Syria rocked by another quake of 6.3 magnitude.
6. HDFC raises 25k Cr in India’s largest ever private bond issue.
16th February #Edufacts: Important Facts of the Day for UPSC IAS Current Affairs
1. 5 southern states- Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, TN-accounted for 93% of off budget liabilities of 11 major states analysed-CAG report.
2. A record 75% of the defence capital procurement budget has been earmarked for domestic industry in 2023-24, up from 68% last year
3. First G20 culture meet to be held in khajuraho, MP.
4. 75% of MSME’s stagnant since past 5 years: survey by Consortium of Indian Associations.
5. Current account deficit for the 1st half of 2022-23 stood at 3.3% of GDP.
6. EU to ban gas powered cars by 2035.
7. Centre aims to double seafood exports to $14 bn by 2025.
14th February #Edufacts: Important Facts of the Day for UPSC IAS Current Affairs
1. Saudi Arabia to send its first woman astronaut to space in AX-2 Space mission.
2. Top 5 states with most custodial deaths in 5 years-Gujarat (80), Maharashtra, UP, Tamil Nadu and Bihar.
3. Not even a single ordinance was bought in by the government last year-PRS legislative research.
4. India being the largest defence importer for decades, has set a target to increase defence exports from $1.5bn to $5bn by 2024-25-PM.
5. Only Gujarat, Goa, Telangana and Haryana have 100% coverage of eligible households with piped water- Jal Jeevan Mission dashboard.
6. The term Akashvani for AIR was christened by Rabindranath Tagore.
13th February #Edufacts: Important Facts of the Day for UPSC IAS Current Affairs
1) The 14th edition of biennial Aero India being conducted in Bengaluru, sees participation of 98 nations
2) New Zealand PM asks citizens to be prepared for Cyclone Gabrielle
3) Uttar Pradesh, despite being the most populous state in the country, is the 5th largest economy in India
4) Former SC judge among 6 new governors appointed by President
10th February #Edufacts: Important Facts of the Day for UPSC IAS Current Affairs
1) A 7km underwater tunnel to be built for bullet train project in Maharashtra’s Thane creek
2) India to be the 4th country (after Gaganyaan) to have human space flight capability after US, Russia and China
3) 5th Regional dialogue on Afghanistan held in Moscow and attended by Iran, China and Central Asian countries
9th February #Edufacts: Important Facts of the Day for UPSC IAS Current Affairs
1) Animal Welfare Board of India wants to name February 14 as ‘Cow hug day’- appealed public to embrace cows
2) MPC has raised the benchmark lending rate by 25bps to 6.5%
3) Constitution does not allow nominated members of a municipality the right to vote in meetings- SC
4) As on date, Amravati is the capital of Andhra Pradesh: Home ministry
5) People in India ( around 15 million) are at the highest risk of flooding from glacial lakes
6) 6775 URLs blocked in 2022 under Information Technology (Procedure and Safeguards for blocking’s for access of Information for Public) Rules 2009- Meity
The previous highest was 9849 in 2020.
8th February #Edufacts: Important Facts of the Day for UPSC IAS Current Affairs
1) Left wing extremism related violence down by 76% in 2022 and number of districts affected declined from 90-45: Home minister
2) 3 pronged strategy used to curb LWE: curbing violence, better coordination among affected states and public participation
3) Virginity test unconstitutional, archaic even on accused: Delhi HC
4) India is the largest producer and second largest exporter of millets
7th February #Edufacts: Important Facts of the Day for UPSC IAS Current Affairs
1. The Supreme Court got 5 new judges increasing it’s strength to 32 out of 34 sanctioned seats
2. Rajasthan plans zoo construction inside Keoladeo National Park, a world heritage site, popularly known as Bharatpur bird sanctuary.
3. PM unveils India’s largest chopper unit HAL helicopter factory in Karnataka.
4. Over 2600 killed as a 7.8 magnitude earthquake hits Turkey and Syria
5. A white tiger has a lifespan of 12-14 years in the wild- they are a pigmentation variant of Bengal tiger.
6. Rajasthan’s open prison, with inmates staying on community land witgout walls or strict surveillance, transforms lives of inmates.
7. Investments made in the aerospace sector in the past 8-9 years is 5 times the investment made before 2015- PM.
3rd February #Edufacts: Important Facts of the Day for UPSC IAS Current Affairs
1) Defence budget rises 13%- capital expenditure for modernisation of military jumps 6.7%
2) Department of Space gets 8% less than previous year- biggest cut is for space technology under Central Sector schemes.
3) The allocation for Semi conductor laboratory, an autonomous body, has gone to zero since the facility has been moved out from Department of Space as part of India Semiconductor Mission
4) MGNREGS fund cut by 33%- activists accuse the centre of “killing the law”
5) Government to set up 100 5G labs to develop new apps.
6) Protection under Domestic Violence Act not available to male member- Delhi High Court
7) Odisha has the highest number of Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTG) while Punjab and Haryana have none.
8) Handed it’s highest ever allocation of 2.4 lakh Cr, Railways plans more lines, Vande Bharat factories.
9) Over the next 3 years, focus will be to facilitate 1Cr farmers to adopt natural farming for which 10000 Bio input resource centre will be set up.
1st February #Edufacts: Important Facts of the Day for UPSC IAS Current Affairs
Economic Survey reports:
1) Budgetary allocation for education as a percentage of total expenditure has dropped from 10.4% to 9.5%.
2) UPI accounted for 52% of all digital transactions
3) Almost half of all health spending is still paid by patients themselves even though out of pocket expenditure has dropped from 64% in 2013-14 to 48.2% in 2018-19.
4) India’s total health expenditure was 3.2% of GDP in 2018-19.
5) India ranks 3rd worldwide in terms of production of pharma by volume and 14th by value.
6) India was the largest producer of generic medicines globally having a 20% share in global supply by volume.
7) Government’s fiscal deficit touched 59.8% of the full year Budget Estimate.
8) India’s GDP will grow 6.5% in 2023-24, compared to 7% in 2022-23 and 8.7% in 2021-22- the slowest in 3 years
9) Year on Year decline in MGNREGS work is emanating from the normalization of rural economy due to strong agricultural growth and swift bounce back from covid 19.
10) Despite layoffs, number of direct jobs created by Indian start ups rose 36%.
11) Headline inflation projected at 6.8%, outside the comfort zone of 2%-6%.
12) India will remain the fastest growing major economy in the world.
