MoF Announced ‘One State, One RRB’ Implementation from May 01, 2025

In April 2025, the Department of Financial Services (DFS), Ministry of Finance (MoF) announced ‘One State-One RRB’ through official notification for amalgamation of 26 Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) across 11 States which include 10 states and 1 Union Territory (UT), effective from May 01, 2025.

✓ The merger of these RRBs is in line with the powers granted under Section 23A (1) of RRB Act, 1976. This also marks the 4th round of consolidation of RRBs, thereby reducing the number of RRBs from existing 43 to 28.

India & Israel Forge Strategic Partnership to Boost Agricultural Productivity

In April 2025, the Government of India(GoI) and the Government of Israel signed key agreements to enhance bilateral cooperation in agriculture, aiming to boost agricultural productivity, innovation, and sustainability.

✓ The primary purpose of this partnership is to address the challenges posed by climate change and population growth. A central initiative of the discussions was the proposal of a Five-Year Seed Improvement Plan (FYSIP).

❇️ 14-May-1796

🧪 Dr. Edward Jenner discovered the first vaccine to save life of a boy against smallpox.

🦠 A virus is an infectious agent that replicates only inside the living cells of an organism.
Viruses consist of genetic material, DNA or RNA, with a coat of protein around them.
The virus was discovered by Dmitri Ivanovsky.
The study of viruses is known as virology.

🟢 DISEASE CAUSED BY VIRUS
Smallpox, Chickenpox, COVID-19, Influenza, SARS, Human papillomavirus, Polio, Rabies, Mumps, Dengue fever, Measles, Common cold

🟢 DISEASE CAUSED BY BACTERIA
Cholera, Leprosy, Tuberculosis, Typhoid, Plague, Syphilis, Anthrax, Diphtheria, Pneumonia, Pertussis.

🟢 DISEASE CAUSED BY PROTOZOA
Malaria, Kala Azar, Amoebiasis, Giardiasis, Trypanosomiasis (African sleeping sickness), Leishmaniasis.

🟢 DISEASE CAUSED BY FUNGUS
Ringworm, Athlete's foot, Yeast infections, Aspergillosis, Candidiasis.

✍ Credit : Arvιnd Kυмar ⛥

First-Ever PAI Baseline Report for FY23: Gujarat and Telangana Lead as Front Runners

In April 2025, the Ministry of Panchayati Raj (MoPR)
launched the first-ever ‘Panchayat Advancement
Index (PAI) baseline report’ for the Financial Year 2022-23 (FY23) toward localizing Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

✓ This transformative tool evaluates the performance of over 2.5 lakh Gram Panchayats (GPs) across India using a comprehensive, evidence-based framework aligned with the SDG 2030 Agenda.

✓ Based on the PAI and thematic scores achieved by different GPs, these GPs are grouped into one of the categories of performance: Achiever (90 and above), Front Runner (75 to below 90), Performer (60 to below 75), Aspirant (40 to below 60) and Beginners (below 40).

Cabinet Approvals on April 09,

2025 On April 09 2025, the Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi has approved the following proposals/schemes:

✓ Approved Rs 1,600 crore new sub-scheme named ‘Modernisation of Command Area Development and Water Management (M-CADWM)’ under the Pradhan MantriKrishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY) for the period 2025-2026.

✓ Approved the construction of 6-lane access controlled Zirakpur Bypass in the state of Punjab and Haryana on Hybrid Annuity Mode (HAM).

✓ Approved the doubling of 104 kilometre(km)- long Tirupati-Pakala-Katpadi single railway line section in Andhra Pradesh (AP) and Tamil Nadu (TN) with an estimated cost of Rs 1,332 crore.

❇️ 18 May

🔴 International Museum Day
अंतरराष्ट्रीय संग्रहालय दिवस 

Theme25: "The Future of Museums in Rapidly Changing Communities"

🏛 To raise awareness about the role of museums in society & their contribution to education, cultural exchange, & heritage preservation.

🔷 International museum day was first held in 1977

🟢 NEWS
🔷PM Narendra Modi Inaugurates Banjara Virasat Museum In Maharashtra

🔶Sandalwood Museum : Mysore, Karnataka

🔷India’s First Constitution Museum Inaugurated At O.P. Jindal University

🔶Vice President Dhankhar Inaugurates GSI Geoscience Museum In Gwalior

🔷Archaeological Experiential Museum Launched In Vadnagar

🔶India And France Collaborate To Establish World’s Largest Museum

🔶Arunachal Pradesh To Get Northeast’s First Fish Museum

🔷Amit Shah Inaugurates ‘Gatha Swaraj Ki’ Gallery In Scindia Museum, Gwalior

✍ Credit : Arvιnd Kυмar ⛥

🏆 President Droupadi Murmu conferred the 58th Jnanpith Award on Sanskrit scholar Jagadguru Rambhadracharya Ji at Vigyan Bhavan in New Delhi today on May 16 .

❇️ 21st MAY

🧨 National Anti-terrorism Day
राष्ट्रीय आतंकवाद विरोधी दिवस

🧨 Observed across India to commemorate the death anniversary of the former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.

🕊 He was assassinated on this day in 1991, by LTTE cadres in a suicide bombing attack at a rally at Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu.

🕊Rajiv Gandhi was the youngest prime minister of India when he was sworn in at 40.

🕊The Anti Terrorism Day is observed to spread the message of peace and humanity. Unity in diversity is India's greatest strength.

NOTE :
🟢 Sadbhavana Diwas is observed on 20 August every year to commemorate the birth anniversary.
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❇️ 21st May
☕️ International Tea Day (5th)
अंतर्राष्ट्रीय चाय दिवस

Theme25 : “Tea for Better Lives”

🔶India - 2nd largest producer and 4th largest exporter of tea in the world!

🔶Assam - largest tea-producing state

✍ Credit : Arvιnd Kυмar ⛥

🟢 Previous Chess Grandmasters of India (Most Recent First)

1. P Shyaamnikhil – 85th Grandmaster (Tamil Nadu)
2. Vaishali Rameshbabu – 84th Grandmaster (Tamil Nadu)
3. Aditya S Samant – 83rd Grandmaster (Maharashtra)
4. Vuppala Prraneeth – 82nd Grandmaster (Telangana)
5. Sayantan Das – 81st Grandmaster (West Bengal)
6. Vignesh N R – 80th Grandmaster (Tamil Nadu)

❇️ 23rd May

🐢 World Turtle Day
विश्व कछुआ दिवस

Theme25: "Dancing Turtles Rock!"

🐢To raise awareness about the importance of turtle conservation and the preservation of their natural habitats.

🐢World turtle day was founded by American Tortoise Rescue and was celebrated the first time in 2000.

🐢The Tennessee Aquarium and a variety of zoological institutions and conservation organizations have officially declared 2020 “The Year of the Turtle”

🟢FACTS ABOUT TURTLES
🐢India's 1st of its Kind Turtle Rehabilitation Center :- Bihar (Bhagalpur)

🐢The upper shell of a turtle is known as a carapace, while the lower crust is known as plastron.

🐢India Biodiversity Portal launched the 1st edition of ‘Turtle Spotting Week

🐢Newly Born Olive Ridley Turtles in the Gahirmatha coast

🐢The largest Number Nests of rare Leather Back sea Turtles were Spotted in Thailand after Almost 20 years

✍ Credit : Arvιnd Kυмar ⛥

❇️ 25th May

👼International Missing Children’s Day
अंतर्राष्ट्रीय गुमशुदा बाल दिवस

💠 The day honors the dedicated professionals who work tirelessly protecting children around the country.

💠According to the Polly Klaas Foundation, 99.8 percent of children reported missing come home.

💠ICMEC HQ: Alexandria, Virginia, US

🟢 IMPORTANT OPERATION FOR MISSING PERSON & CHILDREN
💠OPERATION SMILE
🔷Muskan and Operation Milap aim to rescue missing children

💠 OPERATION MILAP
🔷 Delhi Police

💠 OPERATION SMILE
🔷 Hyderabad Police

💠 OPERATION MUSKAN
🔷Telangana Police

🟢 NEWS
🔷REC Limited Partners With UNISED To Support Education Of Children In Siddharthnagar, UP

🔶LIC Launches A Non-Participating Product ‘Amritbaal’ For Children

🔷Israeli Film ‘Children Of Nobody’ Wins Golden Bengal Tiger Award

🔶Union WCD Minister Launches ‘Anganwadi Protocol For Divyang Children’

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit #Gujarat on 26th and 27th May

➡️PM to lay the foundation stone and inaugurate multiple development projects worth around Rs 24,000 crore in Dahod

➡️PM to lay the foundation stone and inaugurate development projects worth over Rs 53,400 crore at Bhuj

➡️PM to participate in the celebrations of 20 years of Gujarat Urban Growth Story

RRB NTPC EXAM DATE AND CITY DETAILS OUT 🔥

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🟢 SOURCES OF INDIAN CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISION

- Government of India Act, 1935:
- Service Commission
- Federal structure
- Judiciary Power Division
- Office of Governor

- United States of America:
- Fundamental Rights
- Supreme Court
- Impeachment process of Supreme Court and High Court Judges
- Independence of Judiciary and judicial review
- Preamble
- Impeachment of President
- Office of Vice-president
- Written Constitution

- Canada:
- Appointment of State Governors by Center
- Distribution of powers between centre and the states. Residuary Powers with the centre.

- Russia:
- Preamble and Fundamental Duties
- Five Year Plan

- Ireland:
- Directive Principles of State Policy
- Method of Election process of the President and Nomination of members in Rajya Sabha by the President

- Britain:
- Writs and Bicameralism
- Office of the CAG
- Cabinet system of Ministers
- Bicameral Parliamentary System
- Single Citizenship
- Rule of Law
- Legislation
- Speaker in Lok Sabha

- Japan:
- Procedures established by law (functioning of Supreme Court)

- Germany:
- Emergency provisions and suspensions of Fundamental Rights during Emergency

- Australia:
- Provision regarding Trade and Commerce
- Concurrent List
- Joint sitting of Parliament

- South Africa:
- Amendment Procedure of the Constitution
- Indirect election of members of the Rajya Sabha


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