Civil Services Chronicle September 2025

1 NEP 2020: Building the Foundations of Viksit Bharat

2 AI in Traditional Medicine: Bridging Ancient Knowledge with Modern Science

3 India’s Urban Cyber Preparedness: Challenges and Imperatives

4 Terrorist Financing Risks: A Threat beyond Borders

5 India’s Clean Energy Milestone: A Beacon for the World

6 Biostimulant Controversy in India

7 Urban Resilience in India: Blueprint for Sustainable Survival

8 India’s Bioeconomy: A Catalyst for Sustainable and Equitable Development

9 Roadmap to Boost Sustainable Farming

10 National Sports Policy, 2025

11 Skills for the Future: Transforming India’s Workforce Landscape

12 India’s Current Trade Negotiations

13 NISAR: A New Era in Earth Observation

1 Cabinet Approves PM Dhan-Dhaanya Krishi Yojana

2 IBA Urges Swift Migration to ISO 20022 to Safeguard Cross-Border Payments

3 Small and Medium Real Estate Investment Trust

4 Internal Insurance Ombudsman Framework

5 Code of Conduct for Regtech Firms

6 SEBI Proposes SSE-EBP Platform for NPO Fundraising

7 NSE Issues Rulebook for Retail Algorithmic Trading

8 SEBI Consultation Paper on Categorization of Mutual Fund Schemes

9 Draft RBI (Digital Banking Channels Authorisation) Directions, 2025

10 ADEETIE Scheme

11 India Rolls Out First-Ever e-Truck Incentive Scheme

12 Research Development and Innovation Scheme

13 Call Money Market

14 External Debt

15 Reverse Flipping

16 IRDAI Forms Investigation Panels to Probe Regulatory Breaches

17 Multi Commodity Exchange Clearing Corporation Limited (MCXCCL)

18 Maharashtra Grants Agricultural Status to Livestock & Poultry Farming

19 e-National Agriculture Market (e-NAM)

20 BSE Insurance Index

21 Financial Conditions Index (FCI)

22 SEBI Launches Securities Market Hackathon

23 Framework for Rating of Properties for Digital Connectivity

24 Anti-dumping Duties

25 Indian Agriculture: Initiatives & Achievements

1 Devolution of Funds under Panchayati Raj System

2 Bharat NCX 2025

3 RPL Launched under Aadi KARMAYOGI Mission

4 Grant in Aid to National Cooperative Development Corporation Scheme

5 Swachh Survekshan 2024-25

6 Constitution of National Crisis Management Committee

7 NSCSTI 2.0 Framework

8 National Conference on Making Cities Cyber Secure

9 Social Audit on Manual Scavenging

10 Issues in MGNREGS Digital Attendance System

11 10 Years of Digital India

12 SC Verdict on Disqualification under the Tenth Schedule

13 Supreme Court Flags Ecological Imbalance in Himachal Pradesh

14 Supreme Court Issues Notice on Presidential Reference

15 Central Empowered Committee (CEC)

16 Meri Panchayat App

17 26th NeSDA Report

18 India’s First Digital Nomad Village

19 Enforcement Case Information Report (ECIR)

20 Article 67(a)

1 India-UK Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement: Towards A New Era

2 India & Maldives Strengthen Partnership

3 China Begins Construction of World’s Largest Dam on Brahmaputra

4 India & Namibia Deepen Engagement

5 India–Argentina: Advancing Strategic Partnership

6 India–Trinidad and Tobago: Deepening Ties across the Caribbean

7 17th BRICS Summit 2025

8 US Announces Withdrawal from UNESCO

9 Thailand-Cambodia Border Conflict

10 Israel Carries Out Airstrikes in Syria

11 France and UK Sign Historic Nuclear Coordination Pact

12 France to Recognise Palestinian State at UN in September

13 India and China Review LAC Situation

14 US Designates The Resistance Front (TRF)

15 India Ranked 77th on Henley Passport Index 2025

16 Russia Formally Recognises Taliban Government in Afghanistan

17 Golden Visa Scheme

1 NASA Launches Sounding Rocket to Study Sun’s Chromosphere

2 Black Hole Merger Detection

3 Indigenous Pollution Control Vessel ‘Samudra Prachet’

4 Indian Navy Launches Final ASW Shallow Water Craft ‘Ajay’

5 Indian Navy Commissions ‘INS Nistar’

6 India Successfully Test-Fires Prithvi-II, Agni-I and Akash Prime Missiles

7 Senegal Declared Free of Trachoma by WHO

8 WHO Recommends Injectable Lenacapavir for HIV Prevention

9 RDSNS Breakthrough Could Revolutionize Magnetometry

10 Vera C Rubin Observatory

11 Earth’s Shortest Day Recorded

12 New Pterosaur Species Discovered in Arizona

13 Indian Astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla Returns to Earth

14 Comet Browser

15 Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS Confirmed

16 Buck Moon 2025

17 Research in Science & Tech in India

1 International Court of Justice Ruling on Climate Change

2 Melting Glaciers Could Trigger Volcanic Eruptions

3 Centre Relaxes Rules on Sulphur Dioxide Emission Controls in TPP

4 Kaziranga Conducts First-Ever Grassland Bird Census

5 New Frog Species Discovered in Meghalaya

6 Rare Orchid Discovered in Mizoram

7 National Crisis Management Committee Constituted

8 Flash Floods in India: New Study Highlights Alarming Trends

9 Toxic Algal Bloom Off South Australia Declared Natural Disaster

10 Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development

11 India Achieves 20% Ethanol Blending in Petrol

12 Centre of Excellence for Hornbill Conservation

13 Cheetah Reintroduction in Banni Grasslands

14 India’s First Dedicated Wildlife Corridor on a National Highway

15 Genetic Analysis of Rhino Horns in Assam

16 New Wolf Spider Species: Piratula acuminata

17 Tamil Nadu Government to Develop Chola Gangam Lake

18 First Equine Disease-Free Compartment (EDFC)

19 New Dragonfly Species Discovered in Western Ghats

20 Baltic Grey Seals

21 Cat Bonds

22 Earthquake Swarm

23 Tiger Population in India

1 Shubhanshu Shukla

2 V. Narayanan

3 Geetanjali Shree

4 Deepika Padukone

5 Lee Jae-myung

6 Prof. Aseem Kumar Ghosh

7 Pusapati Ashok Gajapathi Raju

8 Kavinder Gupta

9 Sonali Mishra

10 Zhou Jiayi

11 Parag Jain

12 Abhijit Sheth

13 Prof. Uma Kanjilal

14 V.S. Achuthanandan

15 Muhammadu Buhari

16 Alan Bergman

17 Hulk Hogan

18 Kevin Nickel

19 Shefali Jariwala

20 Julian McMahon

21 Important Days

22 Exercise Bold Kurukshetra 2025

23 Exercise Talisman Sabre

24 JA-MATA Naval Exercise

25 SIMBEX Exercise

26 Chola Gangam Lake

27 Bitra Island

28 Kariyachalli Island

29 Majuli Island

30 National Commission for Minorities (NCM)

31 National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC)

32 Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)

33 Savitribai Phule National Institute of Women and Child Development

34 International Olympic Committee (IOC)

35 Swachh Survekshan 2024-25 Awards

36 Sansad Ratna Awards 2025

37 United Nations Population Award 2025

38 57th International Chemistry Olympiad

1 Kala Utsav 2025

2 Behdienkhlam Festival

3 Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara Temple

4 Maratha Military Landscapes Added to UNESCO World Heritage List

5 1,000 Years of Rajendra Chola’s Legendary Maritime Expedition

6 Ashokan Pillar

7 Marungur Excavation

8 Bal Gangadhar Tilak

9 Hemam Neelmani Singh

10 Paithani Sarees

11 Trimbakeshwar Shiva Temple

12 Gavri Festival

13 Brihadisvara Temple

14 Preah Vihear Temple

15 Ponneri Lake

1 Demographic Dividend to Development Drive: India's Youth in Focus

2 Kashi Declaration

3 SC Guidelines to Protect Mental Health of Students

4 India Accounted for 6.4% of Global ‘Zero-dose Children’ in 2024

5 Findings of PARAKH Rashtriya Sarvekshan 2024

6 Expansion of Sanchar Mitra Scheme

7 Bima Sakhi Scheme

8 Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA)

9 PARAKH Rashtriya Sarvekshan Dissemination Portal

10 7 Years of ‘Eat Right India’ Initiative

11 Chins

Uttar Pradesh

1 India’s First Globally Recognized Equine Disease‑Free Compartment

2 India’s First AI University

3 Agri‑Tech Innovation Hub & Agri‑Tech Startup & Technology Showcase

4 CM Yuva Conclave & Expo 2025

Bihar

1 State Cleanliness Workers Commission

2 35% Reservation for Women in Government Jobs

3 SVEEP Icons for Bihar Elections

Uttarakhand

1 Carrying Capacity of Himalayan Cities

2 Geothermal Energy Policy 2025

Jharkhand

1 India’s First Mining Tourism Initiative

Himachal Pradesh

1 First State to Introduce Aadhaar‑based Face Authentication

Odisha

1 Puri Granted Corporation Status

Gujarat

1 First State to Lead the “Cruise India Mission”

2 India’s First Tribal Genome Project

Athletics

1 NC Classic 2025

Tennis

1 Wimbledon 2025

Chess

1 Cairns Cup 2025

2 UzChess Cup Masters 2025

Grand Prix

1 Belgian Grand Prix

2 British Grand Prix 2025

3 Austrian Grand Prix 2025

Hockey

1 First Hockey India Masters Cup, 2025

2 15th Hockey India Sub-Junior Women’s National Championship, 2025

Football

1 FIFA Club World Cup 2025

2 UEFA Women's Euro Cup 2025

3 10th Junior National Rugby 7s Championship, 2025

4 Durand Cup Tournament 2025

1 Info Bytes From Govt. News Services like PIB, AIR, etc

1 Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana

2 India’s Prosperity Depends on the Middle Class

3 Panchayati Raj Institutions: Empowering Rural Women

4 Gender Budget: Women’s Participation in Inclusive Economic Development

5 Environmental Crisis: Nitrogen Pollution and Climate Action Are Imperative for India

6 Decade of Digital India

7 Constitution Murder Day

8 One Voice, One Goal: Prosperity through Cooperation

9 Promoting Shared Prosperity through Technological Empowerment of PACS

10 NCDC Empowering India’s Cooperative Revolution

11 National Cooperative Exports Limited Strengthening India’s Agricultural Exports

12 India’s First Cooperative University

13 Multi-State Cooperative Societies (MSCS) (Amendment) Act and Rules, 2023

14 National Cooperative Organics Limited

15 Jayant Narlikar’s Astronomical Legacy

16 Jayant Vishnu Narlikar

17 Success of SPADEX Mission: A Giant Leap for India in Space Technology

18 Nomads of the Solar System - Comets

19 Vetiver - A Useful Grass Species

1 September 2025 Current Affairs Based Model MCQs

1 National Cooperation Policy, 2025

2 Draft National Telecom Policy, 2025

3 National Anti-Doping (Amendment) Bill, 2025

4 Bills of Lading Act, 2025

5 National Sports Governance Bill, 2025

6 Environment Protection (Management of Contaminated Sites) Rules, 2025

1 A Roadmap for Strengthening State S&T Councils

2 North Eastern Region District SDG Index 2023-24

3 Growing Retail Digital Payments: The Value of Interoperability

4 The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2025

5 OECD‑FAO Agricultural Outlook 2025‑2034

6 Towards Resilient and Prosperous Cities in India

7 Global Wetland Outlook 2025

8 Frontiers 2025: The Weight of Time Report

1 TALASH Initiative

2 PM-VIKAS Skill Development and Women Entrepreneurship Programme

Indian Economy & Socio-economic Development

Economic Growth And Development

1 India’s Economic Growth: Key Statistics & Trends

2 Rising Employment Gap despite Strong GDP Growth

3 Potential GDP: Determinants and Hindrances

4 Inclusive Growth in India

5 Rising Income Inequality

6 Informal Sector Inclusion in GDP

7 Viksit Bharat@2047 & $5 Trillion Economy Roadmap

Fiscal Policy & Public Finance

1 Debt Management

2 GST: Current Scenario, Impacts & Concerns of States

3 Centre-State Fiscal Imbalances

4 Direct vs Indirect Subsidies - WTO Concerns

5 Need for Monetary-Fiscal Policy Coordination

Monetary Policy & Banking Sector

1 RBI’s Monetary Policy Framework

2 Digital Banking

3 Inflation: WPI vs CPI Trends and Targeting

4 Tools of Liquidity Management

5 Banking Health Indicators

6 NBFC Sector

7 Priority Sector Lending

8 Role of Scheduled Commercial Banks & PCA Framework

Agriculture & Rural Economy

1 Agriculture’s Role in GDP and Employment

2 Minimum Support Price (MSP)

3 Public Distribution System (PDS)

4 Agricultural Credit

5 Recent Agricultural Marketing Reforms

6 Integrated Farming Systems & Agro-Tech (AgriStack)

7 Crop Diversification: Challenges and Technological Opportunities

8 Horticulture & Allied Sector

9 Food Processing Industry

10 Import Dependence in Edible Oils

11 Scalability Challenges in Natural Farming

Industry

1 Manufacturing Sector in India

2 MSMEs

3 Textile Industry

4 Automobile Industry

5 India's Pharmaceutical Sector

Infrastructure

1 Investment in Infrastructure: Role in Inclusive Growth

2 Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) in Infrastructure

3 Regional Air Connectivity

4 Logistics Infrastructure & Supply Chain Resilience

5 Smart Cities Mission & Urban Infrastructure

6 Railway Infra

7 Defence Industrial Corridors

8 Inland Waterways

Services Sector & Knowledge Economy

1 Services Sector: Contribution to GDP and Employment Trends

2 E-Commerce & Quick Commerce

3 Telecom Sector

4 IP Regime

5 India’s Focus on R&D and Innovation

Employment, Labour & Social Protection

1 Labour Market Dynamics

2 Four Labour Codes: Merits, Criticisms & Progress

3 Skill India & Entrepreneurship

4 Social Protection for Gig Workers

External Sector & Trade

1 Trade Trends 2024-25: Deficit, Composition, Export Markets

2 DI Inflows: Sectoral Distribution & Reforms

3 WTO Negotiations: Agriculture, TRIPS, Subsidies, Fisheries

4 India’s Export Competitiveness

UPSC

Paper I

1 Discuss the mythological significance of the Chakra symbol in Indian traditions.

2 While regionalism in India has often served as a medium for cultural assertion and developmental demands, it can also pose challenges to national integration. Analyse.

3 In India, fertility rate has fallen below replacement level. Analyse the implications of this in the context of India’s demographic transition.

4 The concept of "Sponge Cities" is gaining attention in urban areas. Discuss this in the context of ecological stress caused by unplanned urbanisation in India.

5 Mental health challenges among youth in India are not just personal struggles but indicators of systemic developmental gaps. Examine.

Paper II

1 Digital access has become the 'new gateway' to participatory democracy in India. In this context, how does the 2025 Supreme Court judgment declaring digital access as a fundamental right strengthen participatory democracy? Explain with suitable examples.

2 The Small Island Developing States (SIDS) of the Indian Ocean are not only vulnerable regions but also strategic partners in India’s Indo-Pacific vision. Discuss.

3 In the Indian parliamentary system, Department-Related Standing Committees (DRSCs) are often called 'mini-parliaments.' Examine.

4 In India’s parliamentary structure, the Rajya Sabha is often considered a secondary chamber. Critically examine.

5 Highlight the constitutional and legal provisions governing the Delimitation Commission in India and discuss why the upcoming delimitation exercise has raised concerns in southern states.

Paper III

1 What is Flexible Inflation Targeting (FIT)? In the context of India’s emerging macroeconomic scenario, evaluate its effectiveness in achieving its stated objectives.

2 "Emerging technologies offer transformative capabilities in border management, but also pose operational challenges." Analyze this statement in the context of India’s efforts to modernize its border infrastructure and surveillance capabilities.

3 “India’s air defence system stands as a multi-layered, technologically sophisticated framework that shields the nation from diverse aerial threats.” Explain.

4 How can the AgriStack initiative contribute to increasing agricultural productivity and income in India? What concerns have emerged regarding its implementation?

5 The Government of India recently stated that “The end of Left-Wing Extremism has begun.” In this context, examine the broader strategy behind India’s special campaign to eliminate Naxalism by 2026.

Paper IV

1 Reports of deepfake videos and AI-generated misinformation are steadily rising in India, often resulting in reputational harm and mental distress. In light of such developments, what are the ethical dimensions of human behaviour in the digital world? How can families and educational institutions contribute to fostering digital responsibility and empathy among youth?

2 “Punishing corruption without addressing the mindset behind it is a short-term fix.” How can a shift in attitudes among public servants and citizens contribute to long-term anti-corruption efforts?

3 “The consequences of moral actions may not be immediate, but they are enduring.” Explain this statement with examples.

4 A constructive attitude is crucial for public servants dealing with complex challenges and high-pressure situations. What factors contribute to developing such an attitude in individuals?

5 Political apathy among citizens weakens democratic institutions and accountability. Discuss the ethical dimensions of political apathy and suggest measures to promote responsible civic participation.
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