Goods and Services Tax Facts

• The Tax came into effect from 1 July 2017 through the implementation of the 101st Amendment to the Constitution of India by the Government of India.

• Article 279A - GST Council to be formed by the President to administer & govern GST. It's Chairman is Union Finance Minister of India.

• France was the First country to implement GST in 1954.

• Assam was the First State to ratify the GST Bill.

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Important Years to Remember (Economics)

1935 - 1st April , RBI was Established.
1948 - Minimum Wages Act Introduced.
1949 - RBI was Nationalised.
1950 - Planning Commission was Setup.
1952 - National Development Council was Setup.
1956 - Khadi & Village Industries Commission Act was Passed.
1976 - Regional Rural Banks Act was Passed.
1982 - NABARD was Established.
1986 - Consumer Protection Act Enacted.
2005 - MGNREGA was Passed.

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Autobiographies of Some Famous Personalities

Autobiographies of Some Famous Presidents & Prime Ministers

• A.P.J. Abdul Kalam - Wings Of Fire
• A.P.J Abdul Kalam - My Journey : Transforming Dreams into Actions
• Barack Obama - Dreams from my Father
• Benazir Bhutto - Daughter of Destiny
• Dr. Manmohan Singh - Changing India
• Inder Kumar Gujral - Matters of Discretion
• Jawaharlal Nehru - An Autobiography : Toward Freedom
• Maulana Abul Kalam Azad - India Wins Freedom
• Nelson Mandela - Long Walk To Freedom
• Rajendra Prasad - Athma Katha

Autobiographies of Some Famous Sportsmen and Athletes

• Abhinav Bindra - A Shot At History: My Obsessive Journey to Olympic Gold
• Kapil Dev - Sraight From The Heart
• Mary Kom - Unbreakable
• Milkha Singh - The Race of my Life
• Mushtaq Ali - Cricket Delightful
• P.T Usha - Golden Girl
• Sachin Tendulkar - Playing it my Way
• Sania Mirza - Ace against Odds
• Sourav Ganguly - A Century Is Not Enough
• Sunil Gavaskar - Sunny Days
• Usain Bolt - Faster Than Lightning
• Vishwanathan Anand - Mind Master
• Yuvraj Singh - The Test of My Life

Autobiographies of Some Famous Artists

• Anupam Kher - Lessons Life Taught Me Unknowingly
• Dilip Kumar - The Substance and the Shadow
• James Brown - The Godfather of Souls
• Michael Jackson - Moon Walk
• Sonu Sood - I am no Messiah

Autobiographies of Some Other Personalities

• L.K. Advani - My Country My Life
• Baba Ramdev - My Life, My Mission
• Dalai Lama - Freedom In Exile
• Mahatma Gandhi - My Story Of Experiments with Truth
• Stephen Hawking - A Brief History Of Time
• Bhagat Singh - Why am I an Atheist
• Malala Yousafzai - I’m Malala

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Books In News 2023-2024

• Ambedkar: A Life - Shashi Tharoor

• Irrfan Khan: A Life in Movies - Shubhra Gupta

• Victory City - Salman Rushdie

• Jaadunama : Javed Akhtar's Journey - Arvind Mandloi 

• The Golden Years: The Many Joys of Living - Ruskin Bond 

• Made In India: 75 Years of Business and Enterprise” - Amitabh Kant

• Breaking the Mould - Raghuram Rajan

• The Fire on the Ganges: Life Among the Dead in Banaras - Radhika Iyengar

• Welcome to Paradise - Twinkle Khanna

• The Book of Life: My Dance with Buddha for Success - Vivek Agnihotri

• Zeba: An Accidental Superhero - Huma Qureshi

• The Conspiracy - Sri Lanka ex-President Gotabaya Rajapaksa

• Knife - Salman Rushdie

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Biosphere Reserves In India

The Programme of Biosphere Reserve was initiated by UNESCO in 1971. Presently, there are 18 notified Biosphere Reserves in India.


• Achanakmar-Amarkantak - MP & Chhattisgarh
• Agasthyamala - Karnataka , Tamil Nadu & Kerala
• Cold Desert - Himachal Pradesh
• Dehang-Debang - Arunachal Pradesh
• Dibru-Saikhowa - Assam
• Great Nicobar - Andaman & Nicobar Island
• Gulf of Mannar - Tamil Nadu
• Kachchh - Gujarat
• Khangchendzonga - Sikkim
• Manas - Assam
• Nanda Devi - Uttrakhand
• Nilgiri - Tamil Nadu & Kerala
• Nokrek - Meghalaya
• Pachmarhi - Madhya Pradesh
• Panna - Madhya Pradesh
• Seshachalam - Andhra Pradesh
• Similipal - Odisha
• Sundarban - West Bengal

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Important Passes In India

Arunachal Pradesh
• Dihang Pass
• Diphu Pass

Himachal Pradesh
• Shipki La Pass
• Rohtang Pass

Jammu & Kashmir
• Pir Panjal Pass
• Banihal Pass
• Burzil Pass

Ladakh
• Khardung La Pass
• Zoji La Pass

Sikkim
• Nathu La Pass
• Jelep La Pass

Uttarakhand
• Lipu Lekh Pass
• Mana Pass

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Important Committees in India

• Swaran Singh Committee (1976) - It recommended inclusion of Fundamental Duties. (42nd Constitutional Amendment)

• Mandal Commission (1979) - It recommended that members of OBCs be given 27% reservations for jobs under the Central government and public sector undertakings. The Committee is headed by BP Mandal.

• Sarkaria Commission (1983) - Its charter was to examine the relationship and balance of power between state and central governments. The Commission was headed by Rajinder Singh Sarkaria.

• Dinesh Goswami Committee (1990) - It was formed to make recommendations on Electoral  Reforms.

• Kelkar committee - The committee was set up by India's central government to study and evaluate the public-private partnership (PPP) model in India and it is headed by Vijay Kelkar.

• Malimath Committee Report - The Report deals with Criminal Justice System Reforms. It was constituted by the Ministry of Home Affairs under the chairmanship of Justice V.S. Malimath.

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