National Appointment of Chief Election Commissioner A 1980-batch IRS officer, Sushil Chandra has been appointed as the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), on 12 April 2021. He assumed the charge on April 13, 2021. He would relinquish office on May 14, 2022. International Ranger Award 2021 Ramanathapuram Forest Range Officer S. Sathish was awarded ‘International Ranger […]

National ‘SARTHAQ’, the NEP Implementation Plan for School Education Union Education Minister Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ chaired a high level meeting on implementation of NEP-2020 in New Delhi on 08 April 2021. NEP Implementation Plan: During the meeting, Union Education Minister launched ‘SARTHAQ’, the NEP Implementation Plan for School Education. In pursuance of the goals

National Awards During 58th National Maritime Day Celebration The grand finale function of ‘58th National Maritime Day’ was celebrated on 5th April 2021 in online mode. Theme: The theme of this year’s celebration was ‘Sustainable Shipping beyond Covid-19’. Awards: During this program, various awards were conferred upon the meritorious persons and excellent organizations. National Maritime

National Appointment of Economic Affairs Secretary in the Finance Ministry The government has appointed IAS Ajay Seth as Economic Affairs Secretary in the Finance Ministry. He is 1987-batch Karnataka cadre Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer. Outgoing Secretary in the Department of Economic Affairs, IAS Tarun Bajaj has been appointed as Revenue Secretary in the Finance

National Book ‘Odisha Itihaas’ Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi released the Hindi translation of the book ‘Odisha Itihaas’ written by ‘Utkal Keshari’ Dr Harekrushna Mahtab on 9th April 2021 from New Delhi. The releasing event of the Hindi version of book was organized by Harekrushna Mahtab Foundation. Hindi Translator: So far available in Oriya and

National Capacity Building Commission The government on 31 March 2021 approved a commission under National Programme for Civil Services Capacity Building (NPCSCB), also known as ‘Mission Karmayogi’, to train civil servants at all levels. The approved Capacity Building Commission will coordinate with and supervise all the government offices, training institutes to monitor and evaluate the

National Integrated Health Information Platform (IHIP) The Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare, Dr Harsh Vardhan virtually launched the Integrated Health Information Platform (IHIP) on 05 April 2021. Union Minister termed this as the world’s biggest online disease surveillance platform. He said, India the first country in the world to adopt Such an Advanced

National TRIFED’s Two Interesting Competition Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation Ltd (TRIFED), Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Government of India has launched two interesting competitions, ‘Be the Brand Ambassador of Tribes India’ and ‘Be a Friend of TRIBES INDIA’ Contest in association with ‘MyGov.in’. Objective: These competitions have been launched with the sole objective of promoting