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LIST OF NATIONAL PARK AND WILDLIFE SANCTUARIES
States National park Remarks
Andhra Pradesh Papikonda National Park -
Sri Venkateswara National Park -
Coringa Wildlife Sanctuary
Krishna Wildlife Sanctuary
Arunachal
Pradesh Mouling National Park -
Namdapha National Park -
Kamlang Wildlife Sanctuary
Assam Kaziranga National Park One-Horned Rhinoceros, UNESCO World Heritage Site
Dibru-Saikhowa National Park Feral horse, Golden Langur
Manas National Park
Golden Langur, Red Panda, UNESCO World Heritage
Site
Nameri National Park -
Orang National Park -
Bihar Valmiki National Park -
Kaimur Wildlife Sanctuary
Chhattisgarh Indravati National Park -
Kanger Valley National Park -
Guru Ghasi Das (Sanjay)
National Park -
Achanakmar Wildlife Sanctuary
Goa Mollem National Park -
Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary
Gujarat Gir Forest National Park Asiatic lion
Blackbuck National Park Black Buck
Marine National Park, Gulf of
Kutch -
Vansda National Park -
Indian Wild Ass Sanctuary
Haryana Kalesar National Park -
Sultanpur National Park -
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Himachal
Pradesh Pin Valley National Park -
Great Himalayan National Park UNESCO World Heritage Site
Inderkilla National Park -
Khirganga National Park -
Simbalbara National Park -
Jammu &
Kashmir Dachigam National Park Kashmir stag
Hemis National Park -
Kishtwar National Park -
Salim Ali National Park -
Jharkhand Betla National Park Forest owlets, Sloth bear, Bison
Karnataka Dandeli National Park -
Nagarhole National Park (Rajiv
Gandhi National Park) -
Bandipur National Park -
Bannerghatta National Park Sloth Bear
Kudremukh National Park -
Anshi national park -
Kerala Pambadum Shola National Park -
Eravikulam National Park Nilgiri Tahr (found in western ghats)
Mathikettan Shola National Park -
Silent Valley National Park Lion-tailed macaque (found in western ghats)
Anamudi Shola National Park -
Periyar National Park -
Madhya Pradesh Bandhavgarh National Park -
Pench National Park -
Kanha National Park -
Panna National Park
Madhav National Park -
Mandla Plant Fossils National
Park -
Pench National Park -
Sanjay National Park -
Satpura National Park -
Van Vihar national park -
Kuno Wildlife Sanctuary
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Maharastra Sanjay Gandhi National Park -
Chandoli National Park -
Navegaon National Park -
Tadoba National Park -
Gugamal national park -
Manipur Keibul Lamjao National Park
Sangai or Dancing Deers, Only floating park in the
world
Sirohi National Park -
Meghalaya Balphakram National Park Red Panda
Nokrek National Park Red Panda, UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve
Mizoram Murlen National Park -
Phawngpui Blue National Park -
Dampa Tiger Reserve
Nagaland Ntangki National Park -
Odisha Similipal National Park -
Bhitarkanika National Park Mangroves, Salt water crocodile
Rajasthan Keoladeo National Park UNESCO World Heritage Site
Sariska National Park -
Ranthambore National Park -
Mukundra Hills (Darrah) National
Park -
Desert National Park Great Indian bustard
Mount Abu Wildlife Sanctuary
Sikkim Khangchendzonga National Park UNESCO World Heritage Site, Musk Deer
Tamil Nadu Mudumalai National Park -
Mukurthi National Park Nilgiri tahr
Indira Gandhi (Annamalai)
National Park -
Guindy National Park -
Gulf of Mannar Marine National
Park -
Telangana
Kasu Brahmananda Reddy
National Park -
Mahavir Harina Vanasthali
National Park -
Mrugavani National Park -
Kawal Wildlife Sanctuary
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Tripura Bison(Rajbari) National Park -
Clouded Leopard National Park -
Uttarakhand Rajaji National Park -
Jim Corbett National Park -
Gangotri National Park -
Valley of Flowers National Park -
Govind Pashu Vihar -
Nanda Devi National Park
UNESCO World Heritage Site, UNESCO World
Biosphere Reserve, Snow Leopard (Himalayan region)
Uttar Pradesh Dudhwa National Park -
West Bengal Buxa Tiger Reserve
Sunderbans Wildlife Sanctuary UNESCO World Heritage Site, Royal Bengal Tigers
Jaldapara National Park Indian rhinoceros
Buxa National Park -
Neora Valley NationalPark -
Singalila National Park -
Gorumara National Park -
Andaman and
Nicobar
Mahatama Gandhi Marine
(Wandoor) National Park -
Middle Button Island National
Park -
Mount Harriett National Park -
North Button Island National
Park -
Rani Jhansi Marine National Park -
Saddle Peak National Park -
South Button Island National
Park -
Campbell Bay National Park -
Galathea Bay National Park -
IMPORTANT DAMS WITH RIVERS
Some Facts about dams-
• Longest dam in the world- Hirakund dam (Orissa)
• Longest dam in India- Hirakund dam (Orissa)
• Highest dam in India- Tehri dam (Uttarakhand)
• Highest straight gravity Dam in India- Bhakra dam
• First dam of India-Kallanai Dam (Grand Anicut) on river kaveri (Tiruchirapalli, Tamilnadu)
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LIST OF IMPORTANT DAMS IN INDIA
State Dam River
Andhra Pradesh Nagarjuna Sagar Dam
Srisailam Dam
Polavaram Project Godavari
Somasila Dam Penna
Arunachal Pradesh Ranganadi Dam
Ranganadi River, a tributary of the Brahmaputra
River
Bihar Nagi Dam Nagi
Kohira Dam Kohira
Chhattisgarh
Minimata (Hasdeo) Bango
Dam Hasdeo
Dudhawa Dam Mahanadi
Gujarat Ukai Dam Tapti
Kadana Dam Mahi
Sardar Sarovar Dam Narmada
Karjan Dam Karjan
Mitti Dam Mitti
Aji Dam Aji
Sipu Dam Sipu
Himachal Pradesh Pong Dam Beas
Bhakra Dam Satluj
Kol Dam Satluj
Chamera Dam Ravi
Nathpa Jhakri (Sjvnl) Dam Satluj
Jammu and Kashmir Baglihar Dam Chenab
Salal Dam Chenab
Uri Dam Jhelum
Pakal Dul Dam Marusudar
Nimoo Bazgo Dam Indus
Kishenganga Dam KISHANGANGA
Jharkhand Panchet Dam Damodar
Maithon Dam Barakar
Tenughat Dam Damodar
Konar Dam Konar
North Koel North Koel
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Karnataka Krishnarajasagar Dam Cauvery
Basava Sagar Dam
(Narayanpur Dam) Krishna
Hemavathy Dam Hemavathy
Kabini Dam Kabini
Tungabhadra Dam Tungabhadra
Hidkal Dam Ghataprabha
Almatti Dam Krishna
Bhadra Dam Bhadra
Supa dam Kalinadi
Lakhya Dam Lakhya hole
Kerala Cheruthoni Dam Cheruthoni
Kakki Dam Kakki
Mullaperiyar Dam Periyar
Idukki Dam Periyar
Kulamavu Dam Kilivillithode
Madhya Pradesh Ban Sagar Dam Son
Gandhi Sagar Dam Chambal
Indira Sagar Dam Narmada
Omkareshwar Dam Narmada
Tawa Dam Tawa
Maharashtra Bhatsa Dam Bhatsa and chorna
Koyna Dam Koyna
Warna Dam Varna
Ujjani Dam Bhima
Aruna Dam Aruna
Upper Wardha Dam Wardha
Odisha Hirakud Dam Mahanadi
Indravati Dam Indravati
Kapur Dam Kapur
Podagada Dam Podagada
Rengali Dam Brahmani
Upper Kolab Dam Kapur
Haladia Dam Haladia
Lower Indra Dam Indra
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Punjab Ranjit Sagar Dam Ravi
Rajasthan Bisalpur Dam Banas
Jawahar Sagar Dam Chambal
Mahi Bajaj Sagar Dam Mahi
Rana Pratap Sagar Dam Chambal
Jaswant Sagar Dam Luni
Jakham Main Dam Jakham (Mahi)
Sikkim Rangit III Dam Ranjit
Tamilnadu Bhavani Dam Bhavani
Mettur Dam Kaveri
Sholaiyar Dam Sholaiyar
Pillur Dam Bhavani
Telangana Nagarjuna Sagar Dam Krishna (Some Part of Dam also in Telangana)
Srisailam Dam Krishna (Some Part of Dam also in Telangana)
Nizam Sagar Dam Manjira
Musi Dam Musi
Singur Dam Manjira
Sri Rama Sagar (Pochampadu
Project) Godavari
Uttarakhand Jamrani Dam Gola
Lakhwar Dam Yamuna
Koteshwar Bhagirathi
Ramganga Dam Ramganga
Tehri Dam Bhagirathi
Uttar Pradesh Rihand Dam Rihand
West Bengal Kangsabati Kumari Dam Kasai
LIST OF AWARDS IN VARIOUS FIELDS
1. Bharat Ratna: It is the highest civilian
award of the India. The award was given for
outstanding achievements in the arts,
literature, science and public services but the
government expanded the criteria to include
"any field of human endeavour". The number
of annual awards is restricted to a maximum of
three in a particular year.
2. Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prize is widely
regarded as the most prestigious award
available in the fields of literature, medicine,
physics, chemistry, peace, and economics.
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3. Saraswati Samman (Literature): The award
was instituted in 1991 by the K. K. Birla
Foundation. It is an annual award given for
outstanding prose or poetry literary works in
any 22 Indian languages.
4. Jnanpith award (Literature): The award was
instituted in 1961 and it is It is presented by
the Bharatiya Jnanpith, a trust founded by the
Sahu Jain family, the publishers of the
newspaper The Times of India. It is an annual
award given for outstanding prose or poetry
literary works in any 22 Indian languages.
5. Vyas Samman (Literature): The award
annually by the K.K. Birla Foundation in
recognition of the Hindi literary work published
in past 10 years.
6. Bihari Puraskar (Literature): It is Bihari
Puraskar is a literary award instituted by K. K.
Birla Foundation. The award is named after the
famous Hindi poet Bihari and is awarded to an
outstanding work published in Hindi or
Rajasthani by a Rajasthani writer.
7. Moorti Devi Award (Literature): It is an
annual literary award in India presented by the
Bharatiya Jnanpith organization for a work
which emphasizes Indian philosophy and
culture.
8. Booker Prize (Literature): It is an annual
award for the best original novel, written in the
English language, and published in the UK
literary award
9. Dadasaheb Phalke Award
(Cinema/Films): It is India's highest award
in cinema. It is presented annually at the
National Film Awards ceremony by the
Directorate of Film Festivals, an organisation
set up by the Ministry of Information and
Broadcasting.
10. Arjuna Award (sports): Outstanding
performance from the sportspersons in sports
and games.
The Government has modified the format of
Arjuna Award very recently and as per the
revised schematic guidelines a sportsperson
must have very good consistent performances
for the previous 3 years at the international
level to be considered as eligible for the Award.
11. Dronacharya Award (eminent coaches of
any particular sport): The award is named
after the very famous archery coach,
mentioned in the epic of India known as the
Mahabharata. This very award is not related
with the sportspersons who are still playing in
the field; instead this is related to those
eminent coaches of any particular sport.
12. Dhyan Chand Award (sports): The award
that is given to the veteran sportspersons of
India for their lifetime achievement in their
respective field of sport is named as the Dhyan
Chand Award for Life Time Achievement in
Sports and Games.
13. Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award: It is the
highest honour bestowed to a sportsperson
for his/her achievements in India.
14. Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize (for
Science & Technology): It is a science award
in India given annually by the Council of
Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) for
notable and outstanding research, applied or
fundamental, in biology, chemistry,
environmental science, engineering,
mathematics, medicine and Physics.
15. Kalinga Prize (Science): It is an award given
by UNESCO for exceptional skill in presenting
scientific ideas to lay people.
16. Pulitzer Prize (Journalism): It is an award
for achievements in newspaper and online
journalism, literature, and musical composition
in the United States.
17. Abel Prize (Mathematics): It is an
international prize awarded annually by the
Government of Norway to one or more
outstanding mathematicians.
18. Grammy Award (Music): It is an accolade by
the National Academy of Recording Arts and
Sciences of the United States to recognize
outstanding achievement in the music industry.
19. Stirling Prize (Architecture): The Royal
Institute of British Architects Stirling Prize is a
British prize for excellence in architecture.
20. Aga Khan Award (Architecture): It is an
architectural prize established by Aga Khan IV
in 1977. It aims to identify and reward
architectural concepts that successfully
address the needs and aspirations of Islamic
societies in the fields of contemporary design,
social housing, community development and
improvement.
21. Pritzker Prize (Architecture): It is awarded
annually "to honour a living architect.
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NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS IN INDIA
State Nuclear Power Station
Gujarat Kakrapar Nuclear power station
Haryana Gorakhpur Atomic Power Station
Karnataka Kaiga Nuclear power station
Maharashtra Tarapur Atomic power station (first in India)
Tamil Nadu (i) Kundakulam Nuclear Power Plant (ii) Kalpakkam Nuclear Power Plant
Uttar Pradesh Narora Atomic Power Station
Rajasthan Rawatbhata
LIST OF AIRPORTS WITH THEIR CITIES AND STATES-
Airport City State
Rajiv Gandhi International Airport Hyderabad Telangana
Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport Guwahati Assam
Indira Gandhi International Airport New Delhi Delhi
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport Ahmedabad Gujarat
Kempegowda International Airport Bengaluru Karnataka
Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport Mumbai Maharashtra
Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport Nagpur Maharashtra
Chaudhary Charan Singh Airport Lucknow Uttar Pradesh
Lal Bahadur Shastri Airport Varanasi Uttar Pradesh
Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport Kolkata West Bengal
Agatti Airport - Lakshadweep (UT)
LIST OF STATE, FOLK DANCE, AND CLASSICAL DANCE
State Folk Dance Classical Dance
Andhra Pradesh Changu Kuchipudi
Assam Bihu Sattriya
Bihar Jat-Jatin
Gujarat Garba
Jammu and Kashmir Dumhal
Kerala Padayani, Chakyar Koothu Kathakali, Mohiniyattam
Karnataka Dollu Kunitha, Veeragase
Maharashtra Lavani
Madhya Pradesh Gaur, Grida, Maanch
Manipur Manipuri
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Odisha Chhau, Goti Pua, Ghumra Odissi
Punjab Bhangra, Giddha
Rajasthan Kalbelia, Ghoomar, Tera Tali
Tamil Nadu Karagam, Kolattam, Thappattam,
Bommalattam
Bharatanatyam
Uttar Pradesh Rasleela Kathak
West Bengal Gambhira, Nacni, Domni, Chow
Arunachal Pradesh Bardo Chham
Goa Fugdi
Himachal Pradesh Nati
Haryana Dhamal Dance, Manjira Dance
Mizoram Cheraw dance
LIST OF INTERNATIONAL CRICKET STADIUMS AND PLACE
International Cricket Stadiums Place
Feroz Shah Kotla Ground Delhi
Brabourne Stadium Mumbai, Maharashtra
Green Park Stadium Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
Wankhede Stadium Mumbai, Maharashtra
Barabati Stadium Cuttack, Odisha
Eden Gardens Kolkata, West Bengal
Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh
M Chinnaswamy Stadium Bangalore, Karnataka
M.A. Chidambaram Stadium Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Sawai Mansingh Stadium Jaipur, Rajasthan
Punjab Cricket Association Stadium Mohali, Chandigarh
Green Park Stadium Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
Holkar Cricket Stadium Indore, Madhya Pradesh
LIST OF SPORTS AND TROPHIES/CUPS
Sports Trophies/ Cups
Cricket
Ashes Cup, Asia Cup, C.K. Naidu Trophy, Deodhar Trophy, Duleep Trophy,
Gavaskar Border Trophy, G.D. Birla Trophy, Gillette Cup, ICC World Cup, Irani
Trophy, Jawharlal Nehru Cup, Rani Jhansi Trophy, Ranji Trophy, Rohinton Barcia
Trophy, Rothmans Cup, Sahara Cup, Sharjah Cup, Singer Cup, Titan Cup, Vijay
Hazare Trophy, Vijay Merchant Trophy, Wisden Trophy, Wills Trophy.
Hockey
Sultan Azlan Shah Cup, Aga khan Cup, Maharaja Ranjit Singh Gold Cup,
Dhyanchand Trophy, Nehru Trophy, Sindhia Gold cup, Murugappa Gold Cup,
Wellington Cup etc, Stanley Cup
Football
Rovers Cup, Bandodkar Trophy, Merdeka Cup, Confederation cup, DCM Trophy,
Durand Cup, Rovers Cup, B. C. Raj Trophy (National Championship), FIFA world
Cup, Jules Rimet Trophy, Kalinga Cup, Santosh Trophy, IFA Shield, Scissor Cup,
Subroto Cup, Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee Trophy, Todd Memorial Trophy, Vittal
Trophy, UEFA Champions League
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Badminton
Amrit Diwan Cup, Asia Cup, Chaddha Cup, European Cup, Harilela Cup, Ibrahim
Rahimatillah Challenger Cup, Konica Cup, Sophia Cup, Kitiakara Cup, Malaysian
Open, Thomas Cup (men) Uber Cup (women)
Table Tennis Travancore Cup (women), Swathling Cup (men), Bama Belleck Cup
Lawn Tennis Davis Cup, Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon, US Open, Heineken Cup
Golf Augusta Masters, British Open, US Maters
Horse Racing Derby
Rowing Wellington trophy
LIST OF SPORTS AND TERMINOLOGY
Sports Terminology
Badminton Deuce, Smash, Drop, Let, Game, Love, Double Fault.
Baseball Pitcher, Strike, Diamond, Bunting, Home, Put Out.
Billiards Jigger, Break, Scratch, Cannons, Pot, Cue, In Baulk, In Off.
Boxing Jab, Hook, Punch, Knock-out, Upper cut, Kidney Punch.
Bridge Revoke, Ruff, Dummy, Little Slam, Grand Slam, Trump, Diamonds, Tricks.
Chess Gambit, Checkmate, Stalemate, Check.
Cricket LBW, Maiden over, Rubber, Stumped, Ashes, Hat-trick, Leg Bye, follow on, Googly, Gulley,
Silly Point, Duck, Run, Drive, no ball, Cover point, Leg Spinner, Wicket Keeper, Pitch, Crease,
Bowling, Leg-Break, Hit – Wicket, Bouncer, Stone-Walling.
Football Dribble, Off-Side, Penalty, Throw-in, Hat-Trick, Foul, Touch, Down, Drop Kick, Stopper
Golf Hole, Bogey, Put, Stymie, Caddie, Tee, Links, Putting the green.
Hockey Bully, Hat-Trick, Short corner, Stroke, Striking Circle, Penalty corner, under cutting, Scoop,
Centre forward, Carry, Dribble, Goal, Carried.
Horse Racing Punter, Jockey, Place, Win, Protest.
Lawn Tennis Volley, Smash, Service, Back-hand-drive.
Rifle Shooting Bull's eyes.
Swimming Stroke.
LIST OF CABINET MINISTERS
Cabinet Ministers
Portfolio Minister Name Constituency
Prime Minister, Ministry of Personnel,
Public Grievances and Pensions Narendra Modi
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
Ministry of Home Affairs Raj Nath Singh Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
Ministry of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh
Ministry of Commerce and Industry Suresh Prabhu Andhra Pradesh, Rajya Sabha
Ministry of Finance, Corporate Affairs Arun Jaitley Gujarat, Rajya Sabha
Ministry of Road Transport and
Highways, Shipping, Water Resources,
River Development and Ganga
Rejuvenation
Nitin Jairam Gadkari
Nagpur, Maharashtra
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Ministry of Statistics and Programme
Implementation
D.V. Sadananda
Gowda
Bangalore North, Karnataka
Ministry of Drinking Water & Sanitation Uma Bharati Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh
Ministry of Science and Technology,
Earth Sciences, Environment, Forest
and Climate Change
Dr. Harsh Vardhan
Chandni Chowk, Delhi
Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and
Public Distribution Ramvilas Paswan
Hajipur, Bihar
Ministry of Women and Child
Development
Maneka Sanjay
Gandhi
Pilibhit, Uttar Pradesh
Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers,
Parliamentary Affairs Ananthkumar
Bangalore South, Karnataka
Ministry of Electronics and Information
Technology, Law and Justice Ravi Shankar Prasad Bihar – Rajya Sabha
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Jagat Prakash Nadda Himachal Pradesh, Rajya Sabha
Ministry of Steel
Chaudhary Birender
Singh
Haryana, Rajya Sabha
Ministry of Civil Aviation
Ashok Gajapathi Raju
Pusapati
Vizianagaram, Andhra Pradesh
Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public
Enterprises Anant Geete
Raigad, Maharashtra
Ministry of Food Processing Industries Harsimrat Kaur Badal Bathinda, Punjab
Ministry of Rural Development,
Panchayati Raj, Mines
Narendra Singh
Tomar
Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh
Ministry of Tribal Affairs Jual Oram Sundargarh, Odisha
Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers
Welfare Radha Mohan Singh
Purvi Champaran, Bihar
Ministry of Textiles, Information and
Broadcasting Smriti Zubin Irani
Gujarat, Rajya Sabha
Ministry of Social Justice and
Empowerment
Thaawar Chand
Gehlot
Madhya Pradesh, Rajya Sabha
Ministry of Human Resource
Development Prakash Javadekar
Madhya Pradesh, Rajya Sabha
Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas,
Skill Development and
Entrepreneurship Dharmendra Pradhan
Deogarh, Odisha
Ministry of Coal, Railways Piyush Goyal Maharashtra, Rajya Sabha
Ministry of Defence Nirmala Sitharaman Karnataka, Rajya Sabha
Ministry of Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi Jharkhand, Rajya Sabha
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LIST OF MINISTERS OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE)
Ministers of State (Independent Charge)
Portfolio Minister Name
Ministry of Planning Inderjit Singh Rao
Ministry of Labour and Employment Santosh Kumar Gangwar
Department of AYUSH Shripad Yesso Naik
Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region Dr. Jitendra Singh
Ministry of Culture Dr. Mahesh Sharma
Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Giriraj Singh
Ministry of Communications Manoj Sinha
Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
Ministry of Power, New and Renewable Energy Raj Kumar Singh
Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri
Ministry of Tourism Alphons Kannanthanam
LIST OF MINISTERS OF STATE
Ministers of State (Important)
Portfolio Minister Name
Ministry of External Affairs V.K. Singh
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Dr. Mahesh Sharma
Ministry of Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Anupriya Patel
Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal, Parliamentary Affairs, Water Resources, River
Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Arjun Ram Meghwal
Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
Ministry of Civil Aviation Jayant Sinha
Ministry of Railways Manoj Sinha
Department of Atomic Energy, Space, Ministry of Personnel, Public
Grievances and Pensions, Prime Minister's Office Dr. Jitendra Singh
LIST OF IMPORTANT DATES – NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL
January
4th January World Braille Day
9th January Pravasi Bhartiya Divas (NRI Day)
10th January World Hindi Day
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World Laughter Day
12th January National Youth Day (Birth Day of Swami Vivekanand)
15th January Army Day
24th January National Girl Child Day
25th January National Voters Day
National Tourism Day
26th January India’s Republic Day
International Customs day
29th January National Immunization Day
February
1st Feb Indian Coast Guard Day
2nd Feb World Wetland Day
4th Feb World Cancer Day
10th Feb National Deworming Day
13th Feb World Radio Day
21st Feb International Mother Language Day
28th Feb National Science Day
March
1st March Zero Discrimination Day
3rd March World Wildlife Day
National Defence Day
8th March International Women’s Day
14th March Pi Day (Greek letter “π”)
15th March World Consumer Rights Day
20th March World Sparrow Day
International Day of Happiness
21st March International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
21st March World Poetry Day, International Day of Nowruz
21st March International Day of Forests
World Down Syndrome Day
22nd March World Water Day
23rd March World Meteorological Day
24th March World Tuberculosis Day
25th March
International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic
Slave Trade
27th March World Theatre Day
28th March Earth Hour
April
2nd April World Autism Awareness Day
International Children’s Book Day
5th April National Maritime Day
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6th April International Day of Sport for Development and Peace
7th April World Health Day
18th April World Heritage Day
21st April National Civil Services Day
22nd March World Earth Day
23rd April World Book and Copyright Day, English Language Day
24th April National Panchayati Day
Women’s Political Empowerment Day, India
25th April World Malaria Day
26th April World Intellectual Property Day (World IP Day)
29th April World Dance Day, Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare
30th April International Jazz Day
Anti-Child Labour Day
May
1st May International Labour Day
May Day
Maharashtra Day
3rd May World Press Freedom Day
International Sun Day
International Energy Day
08th May
World Red Cross Day, Remembrance and Reconciliation for Lost Lives of Second
World War
08th May World Thalassaemia Day
10th May International Migratory Bird Day
11 th May National technology day
12th May International Nurses Day
17th May World Tele-communication and Information Society Day,
Wold AIDS Vaccination day, World Hypertension Day,
International day against Homophobia and Transphobia
20th May World Meteorology Day
21th May National Anti Terrorism Day, National Day for Cultural Development
22th May International Day for Biological Diversity
24th May Commonwealth Day
31th May World Anti Tobacco Day
June
01 Jun World Milk Day
05 Jun World Environment Day
08 Jun World Brain Tumor Day, World Oceans Day
12 Jun World Day Against Child Labor
14 Jun World Blood Donor Day
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3rd Sunday of
June World Father’s Day
20 Jun World Refugee Day
21 Jun World Music Day
International Yoga Day
23 Jun
International Olympic Day, United Nations Public Service Day, International Widows
Day
26 Jun
International Day against Drug abuse and Illicit Trafficking, International Day in
support of Victims of torture
July
01 Jul International Joke Day, World Doctor’s Day
07 Jul World Chocolate Day
11 Jul World Population Day
12 Jul International Malala Day
18 Jul International Nelson Mandela Day
26 Jul Kargil Vijay Diwas or Kargil Memorial Day or Kargil Victory Day
28 Jul World Nature Conservation Day, World Hepatitis Day
29 Jul International Tiger Day
August
06 Aug Hiroshima Day, Anti Nuclear Day
09 Aug Nagasaki Day, International Day of the World’s Indigenous People, Quit India Day
12 Aug International Youth Day
14 Aug Pakistan’s Independence Day
15 Aug India’s Independence Day, International Mourning Day
19 Aug World Humanitarian Day, World Photography Day
20 Aug
National Sadbhavna Divas or Birthday of Rajiv gandhi, World Mosquito Day, Indain
Akshay Urja Diwas
23 Aug International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition
29 Aug National Sports Day or Dhyanchand's Birthday
September
05 Sep National Teacher’s Day or Dr. Radhakrishanan's Birth Day, Sanskrit Day
08 Sep World Literacy Day
14 Sep Hindi Diwas or Hindi Day, World First Aid Day
15 Sep International Day of Democracy, International Engineer’s Day
16 Sep World Ozone Day
21 Sep
World Peace Day or International day for Peace an Nonviolence (UN), World
Alzheimer’s Day
27 Sep World Tourism Day
28 Sep World Rabies Day
October
1st Monday of
October World Habitat Day
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01 Oct World Vegetarian Day, International Day of the older/Elderly
02 Oct Gandhi Jayanti, International Day of Nonviolence
03 Oct World Nature Day
04 Oct World Animal Day
05 Oct World Teacher’s Day
06 Oct World Wildlife Day
08 Oct Indian Air Force Day
09 Oct World Postal or Postoffice Day
10 Oct World Mental Health Day, National Postoffice Day
11 Oct International Day of the Girl Child
13 Oct International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction
16 Oct World Food Day
17 Oct International Poverty Day for it's Eradication
20 Oct World Osteoporosis Day, World Statistics Day, National Solidarity day
24 Oct UN Day, World Development Information Day, World Polio Day
28 Oct International Animation Day
November
06 Nov
International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and
Armed Conflict
10 Nov World Science day for Peace and Development, Public Transport Day
11 Nov National Education Day
12 Nov World Pneumonia Day, Public Service Broadcasting Day
14 Nov Children’s Day(India), World Diabetes Day
17 Nov
International Students Day, Gurunanak Dev's Birth Anniversary, National eplilepsy
day
19 Nov World Toilet Day, International Men’s Day, National Integration Day
20 Nov Universal Children’s Day
26 Nov National Law Day or National constitution Day
30 Nov National Flag Day
December
01 Dec World AIDS Day
02 Dec World Computer Literacy Day, International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
03 Dec International Day of People with Disability or World Disability Day
04 Dec Indian Navy Day
07 Dec International Civil Aviation Day, Indian Armed Force Flag Day
09 Dec The International Anticorruption Day
10 Dec World Human Rights Day, International Children's Day of Broadcasting
11 Dec International Mountain Day, UNICEF Day
14 Dec National Energy Conservation Day (India)
16 Dec Vijay Diwas
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18 Dec International Migrants Day, National Minority Rights Day
23 Dec National Farmer’s Day or Kisan Diwas
25 Dec Good governance day
LIST OF COUNTRIES WITH THEIR CAPITAL AND CURRENCIES
Country Name Capital Currency President Prime Minister
1. Afghanistan Kabul Afghani Mohammad
Ashraf Ghani
-
2. Algeria Algiers Dinar - -
3. Angola Luanda New Kwanza - -
4. Argentina Buenos Aires Peso - -
5. Armenia Yerevan Dram - -
6. Australia Canberra Australian dollar - Malcolm
Turnbull
7. Austria Vienna Euro (formerly
schilling)
- -
8. Azerbaijan Baku Manat - -
9. Bahrain Manama Bahrain dinar - -
10. Bangladesh Dhaka Taka Abdul Hamid Sheikh Hasina
11. Belarus Minsk Belorussian
Ruble
- -
12. Belgium Brussels Euro (formerly
Belgian franc)
- -
13. Bhutan Thimphu Ngultrum
King- Jigme
Khesar Namgyel
Wangchuck
Tshering Tobgay
14. Bolivia La Paz
(administrative);
Sucre (judicial)
Boliviano
- -
15. Botswana Gaborone Pula - -
16. Brazil Brasilia Real Michel Temer -
17. Brunei Bandar Seri
Begawan Brunei dollar
- -
18. Bulgaria Sofia Lev - -
19. Burundi Bujumbura Burundi franc - -
20. Cambodia Phnom Penh Riel - -
21. Canada Ottawa Canadian dollar - Justin Trudeau
22. Central African
Republic Bangui CFA Franc
- -
23. Chad N'Djamena CFA Franc - -
24. Chile Santiago Chilean Peso - -
25. China Beijing Yuan/Renminbi Xi Jinping Li Keqiang
26. Colombia Bogota Colombian Peso - -
27. Cuba Havana Cuban Peso - -
28. Cyprus Nicosia Cyprus pound - -
29. Czech Republic Prague Koruna - -
30. Denmark Copenhagen Krone - -
31. Djibouti Djibouti Djibouti franc Ismail Omar
Guelleh
Abdoulkader
Kamil Mohamed
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32. Dominican
Republic Santo Domingo Dominican Peso
- -
33. Ecuador Quito U.S. dollar - -
34. Egypt Cairo Egyptian pound - -
35. El Salvador San Salvador Colón; U.S.
dollar
- -
36. Eritrea Asmara Nakfa - -
37. Estonia Tallinn Kroon - -
38. Ethiopia Addis Ababa Birr Mulatu
Teshome
Hailemariam
Desalegn
39. Fiji Suva Fiji dollar - -
40. Finland Helsinki Euro (formerly
markka)
- -
41. France Paris Euro (formerly
French franc)
Emmanuel
Macron
-
42. The Gambia Banjul Dalasi - -
43. Georgia Tbilisi Lari - -
44. Germany Berlin Euro - -
45. Greece Athens Euro - -
46. Guinea Conakry Guinean franc - -
47. Guyana Georgetown Guyanese dollar - -
48. Haiti Port-au-Prince Gourde - -
49. Hungary Budapest Forint - -
50. India New Delhi Rupee Ram Nath
Kovind
Narendra Modi
51. Indonesia Jakarta Rupiah - -
52. Iran Tehran Rial Hassan Rouhani -
53. Iraq Baghdad Iraqi Dinar - -
54. Ireland Dublin Euro - -
55. Israel Jerusalem Shekel Reuven Rivlin Binyamin "Bibi"
Netanyahu
56. Italy Rome Euro - Paolo Gentiloni
57. Jamaica Kingston Jamaican dollar - -
58. Japan Tokyo Yen - Shinzo Abe
59. Jordan Amman Jordanian dinar - -
60. Kazakhstan Astana Tenge - -
61. Kenya Nairobi Kenya shilling - -
62. Korea, North Pyongyang Won King-Kim Jong-
un
-
63. Korea, South Seoul Won - -
64. Kuwait Kuwait City Kuwaiti dinar - -
65. Kyrgyzstan Bishkek Som - -
66. Laos Vientiane New Kip - -
67. Latvia Riga Lats - -
68. Lebanon Beirut Lebanese pound - -
69. Liberia Monrovia Liberian dollar - -
70. Libya Tripoli Libyan dinar - -
71. Liechtenstein Vaduz Swiss franc - -
72. Lithuania Vilnius Litas - -
73. Luxembourg Luxembourg Euro - -
74. Macedonia Skopje Denar - -
75. Madagascar Antananarivo Malagasy franc - -
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76. Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Ringgit - -
77. Maldives Male Rufiya - -
78. Mali Bamako CFA Franc - -
79. Mauritania Nouakchott Ouguiya - -
80. Mauritius Port Louis Mauritian rupee - -
81. Mexico Mexico City Mexican peso - -
82. Mongolia Ulaanbaatar Tugrik - -
83. Montenegro Podgorica Euro - -
84. Morocco Rabat Dirham - -
85. Mozambique Maputo Metical - -
86. Myanmar Naypyidaw or
Nay Pyi Taw Kyat
Htin Kyaw -
87. Nepal Kathmandu Nepalese rupee Bidhya Devi
Bhandari
K P Sharma Oli
88. Netherlands Amsterdam; The
Hague (seat of
government)
Euro
- -
89. New Zealand Wellington New Zealand
dollar
- Jacinda Ardern
90. Nigeria Abuja Naira - -
91. Norway Oslo Norwegian
krone
- -
92. Oman Muscat Omani rial - -
93. Pakistan Islamabad Pakistani rupee - Shahid Khaqan
Abbasi
94. Panama Panama City balboa; U.S.
dollar
- -
95. Papua New
Guinea Port Moresby Kina
- -
96. Peru Lima Nuevo sol
(1991)
- -
97. Philippines Manila Peso - -
98. Poland Warsaw Zloty - -
99. Portugal Lisbon Euro (formerly
escudo)
- -
100. Qatar Doha Qatari riyal - -
101. Romania Bucharest Leu - -
102. Russia Moscow Ruble
Vladimir
Vladimirovich
Putin
-
103. Saudi Arabia Riyadh Riyal
King-Salman bin
Abdulaziz Al
Saud
-
104. Seychelles Victoria Seychelles
rupee
- -
105. Sierra Leone Freetown Leone - -
106. Singapore Singapore Singapore dollar Halimah Yacob -
107. Somalia Mogadishu Somali shilling - -
108. South Africa
Pretoria
(administrative);
Cape Town
(legislative);
Bloemfontein
(judiciary)
Rand
Jacob Zuma -
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109. South Sudan Juba Sudanese Pound - -
110. Spain Madrid Euro - -
111. Sri Lanka Colombo Sri Lanka rupee Maithripala
Sirisena
Ranil
Wickremesinghe
112. Sudan Khartoum Dinar - -
113. Sweden Stockholm Krona - -
114. Switzerland Bern Swiss franc - -
115. Syria Damascus Syrian pound - -
116. Taiwan Taipei Taiwan dollar - -
117. Tanzania Dar es Salaam;
Dodoma
(legislative)
Tanzanian
shilling
- -
118. Thailand Bangkok baht - -
119. Tunisia Tunis Tunisian dinar - -
120. Turkey Ankara Turkish lira
(YTL)
- -
121. Turkmenistan Ashgabat Manat - -
122. Tuvalu Vaiaku village,
Funafuti
province
Australian dollar
- -
123. Uganda Kampala Ugandan new
shilling
- -
124. Ukraine Kyiv Hryvna - -
125. United Arab
Emirates Abu Dhabi U.A.E. dirham
Khalifa bin
Zayed Al
Nahyan
Mohammed bin
Rashid Al
Maktoum
126. United Kingdom London Pound sterling Queen-
Elizabeth II
Theresa May
127. United States of
America Washington D.C. dollar
Donald Trump -
128. Uruguay Montevideo Uruguay peso - -
129. Uzbekistan Tashkent Uzbekistani sum - -
130. Vatican City Vatican City Euro - -
131. Venezuela Caracas Bolivar - -
132. Vietnam Hanoi Dong - -
133. Yemen Sanaa Rial - -
134. Zimbabwe Harare - Emmerson Mnangagwa
-
LIST OF INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION, HEADQUARTER &
PRESIDENT/GENERAL SECRETARY
International Organizations Headquarter President/ General Secretary
Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
(AIIB)
Beijing, China Jin Liqun
New Development Bank (BRICS
Development Bank
Shanghai, China K.V. Kamath
Asian Development Bank (ADB) Mandaluyong, Philippines Takehiko Nakao
International Monetary Fund (IMF) Washington DC, US Christine Lagarde (MD)
World Bank Washington DC, US Jim Yong Kim
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United Nations Organization (UN) New York, US António Guterres (Secretary-
General)
United Nations General Assembly
(UNGA)
New York, US Miroslav Lajčák
United Nations Children’s Fund
(UNICEF)
New York, US Henrietta H. Fore (Executive
Director)
United Nations Conference on Trade &
Development (UNCTAD)
Geneva, Switzerland -
World Health Organization (WHO) Geneva, Switzerland Tedros Adhanom (Director-
General)
World Economic Forum Geneva, Switzerland Klaus Schwab
International Labour Organisation (ILO) Geneva, Switzerland Guy Ryder (Director- General)
World Trade Organisation Geneva, Switzerland Roberto Azevedo
World Meteorological Organisation Geneva, Switzerland -
World Intellectual Property
Organisation
Geneva, Switzerland -
International Committee of the Red
Cross
Geneva, Switzerland -
United Nations Educational Scientific &
Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)
Paris, France Audrey Azoulay (Director- General)
Organisation for Economic Cooperation
& Development (OECD)
Paris, France Jose Angel Gurria (Secretary-
General)
International Atomic Agency Vienna, Austria
Yukiya Amano
Organisation of Petroleum Exporting
Countries (OPEC)
Vienna, Austria Mohammed Barkindo (Secretary
General)
Amnesty International London, UK Kumi Naidoo (Secretary General)
International Maritime Organisation London, UK -
Commonwealth of Nations London, UK Head - Queen Elizabeth II
Secretary-General- Patricia
Scotland
South Asian Association for Regional
Cooperation (SAARC)
Kathmandu, Nepal Amjad Hussain B. Sial (Secretary-
General)
Association of South East Nations
(ASEAN)
Jakarta, Indonesia Chairman- Rodrigo Duterte
Secretary General- Le Luong Minh
Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation
(APEC)
Singapore -
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
(NATO)
Brussels, Belgium Jens Stoltenberg
(Secretary-General)
International Cricket Council (ICC) Dubai, UAE President- Zaheer Abbas
Chairman- Shashank Manohar
Food & Agricultural Organisation (FAO) Rome, Italy -
International Court of Justice The Hague, The
Netherland
Ronny Abraham
International Olympic Committee Lausanne, Switzerland Thomas Bach
The Fédération Internationale de
Football Association (FIFA)
Zurich, Switzerland Gianni Infantino
World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Avenue du Mont-Blanc,
Gland, Vaud, Switzerland
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Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-
Sectoral Technical and Economic
Cooperation (BIMSTEC)
Dhaka, Bangladesh
LIST OF INDIAN STATES AND UNION TERRITORIES WITH THEIR CAPITAL,
CHIEF MINISTERS AND GOVERNORS
States Capital
Current Chief
Minister Current governor
Andhra Pradesh
Hyderabad (Proposed Capital
Amaravati)
N. Chandrababu
Naidu E. S. L. Narasimhan
Arunachal
Pradesh Itanaga Pema Khandu B. D. Mishra
Assam Dispur Sarbananda Sonowal Jagdish Mukhi
Bihar Patna Nitish Kumar Satya Pal Malik
Chhattisgarh Raipur Raman Singh Balram Das Tandon
Goa Panaji Manohar Parrikar Mridula Sinha
Gujarat Gandhinagar Vijay Rupani Om Prakash Kohli
Haryana Chandigarh Manohar Lal Khattar Kaptan Singh Solanki
Himachal Pradesh Shimla, Dharamsala (2nd capital) Jai Ram Thakur Acharya Dev Vrat
Jammu and
Kashmir
Srinagar (summer), Jammu
(winter) Mehbooba Mufti Narinder Nath Vohra
Jharkhand Ranchi Raghubar Das Draupadi Murmu
Karnataka Bengaluru Siddaramaiah Vajubhai Vala
Kerala Thiruvananthapuram Pinarayi Vijayan P. Sathasivam
Madhya Pradesh Bhopal
Shivraj Singh
Chouhan
Om Prakash Kohli (Additional
Charge)
Maharashtra Mumbai Devendra Fadnavis C. Vidyasagar Rao
Manipur Imphal N. Biren Singh Najma Heptulla
Meghalaya Shillong Mukul Sangma Ganga Prasad
Mizoram Aizawl Lal Thanhawla Nirbhay Sharma
Nagaland Kohima T. R. Zeliang Padmanabha Acharya
Odisha Bhubaneswar Naveen Patnaik S. C. Jamir
Punjab Chandigarh Amarinder Singh V. P. Singh Badnore
Rajasthan Jaipur Vasundhara Raje Kalyan Singh
Sikkim Gangtok
Pawan Kumar
Chamling Shriniwas Patil
Tamil Nadu Chennai
Edappadi K.
Palaniswami Banwarilal Purohit
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Telangana Hyderabad
K. Chandrashekar
Rao
E. S. L. Narasimhan (Additional
Charge)
Tripura Agartala Manik Sarkar Tathagata Roy
Uttar Pradesh Lucknow Yogi Adityanath Ram Naik
Uttarakhand Dehradun
Trivendra Singh
Rawat Krishan Kant Paul
West Bengal Kolkata Mamata Banerjee Keshari Nath Tripathi
Union Territories Capital Current Chief Minister Current lieutenant governor
Andaman and Nicobar Islands Port Blair - Devendra Kumar Joshi
Chandigarh - - V. P. Singh Badnore
Dadra and Nagar Haveli Silvasa - Praful Khoda Patel
Daman and Diu Daman - Praful Khoda Patel
Delhi - Arvind Kejriwal Anil Baijal
Lakshadweep Kavaratti - Farooq Khan
Puducherry Pondicherry V. Narayanasamy Kiran Bedi
Important Cities on River Bank
City River
Agra, Uttar Pradesh Yamuna
Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh Confluence of Ganga, Yamuna and Saraswati
Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh Saryu
Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh Ganges
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh Ganges
Mathura, Uttar Pradesh Yamuna
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh Gomti
Ahmedabad, Gujarat Sabarmati
Surat, Gujarat Tapi
Vadodara, Gujarat Vishwamitri, Mahi, Narmada
Bhagalpur, Bihar Ganges
Patna, Bihar Ganges
Gaya, Bihar Falgu (Neeranjana)
Dibrugarh, Assam Brahmaputra
Guwahati, Assam Brahmaputra
Kolkata, West Bengal Hooghly
Pune, Maharashtra Mula, Mutha
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Nashik, Maharashtra Godavari
Cuttack, Odisha Mahanadi
Rourkela, Odisha Brahmani
Bangalore, Karnataka Vrishabhavathi
Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh Chambal
Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh Narmada
Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh Shipra
Madurai, Tamil Nadu Vaigai
Chennai, Tamil Nadu Cooum, Adyar
Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu Noyyal
Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh Tungabhadra River
Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh Krishna
New Delhi Yamuna
Haridwar, Uttarakhand Ganges
Hyderabad, Telangana Musi
Kota, Rajasthan Chambal
Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir Jhelum
HEADS OF INDIAN INSTITUTIONS
NAME OF THE INSTITUTE HEADED BY
NITI Aayog Amitabh Kant (CEO)
Dr. Rajiv Kumar (Vice Chairman)
National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) H. L. Dattu
Chief Election Commissioner Achal Kumar Jyoti
Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) Rajiv Mehrishi
National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval
Attorney General of India (AGI) K K Venugopal
Chief Justice of India (CJI) Justice Dipak Misra
Competition Commission of India (CCI) Devender Kumar Sikri
Central Information Commission (CIC) R. K. Mathur
Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) K. V. Chowdhary
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) Ram Sevak Sharma
Archaeological Survey of India Rakesh Tewari
Botanical Survey of India Dr. Paramjit Singh
National Green Tribunal Umesh Dattatraya Salvi
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Wildlife Institute of India Dr. V.B. Mathur
Ordnance Factory Board Sunil Kumar Chourasia
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) K N Vyas
Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) A. S. Kiran Kumar
Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) S Christopher
Chief of the Army Staff General Bipin Rawat
Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa
Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Sunil Lamba
Chief of Integrated Defence Staff Air Marshal P. P. Reddy
Military Intelligence Lieutenant General K. G. Krishna
Intelligence Bureau (IB) Rajiv Jain
National Security Guard (NSG) Sudhir Pratap Singh
Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) Anil Dhasmana
Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) R. K. Pachnanda
National Investigation Agency (NIA) Y.C. Modi
Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Alok Verma
Enforcement Directorate (ED) Karnal Singh
Border Security Force (BSF) K. K. Sharma
Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) Rajiv Rai Bhatnagar
National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) Sanjay Kumar
Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) O. P. Singh
Railway Board Ashwani Lohani (Chairman)
Food Corporation of India (FCI) Yogendra Tripathi
Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI)
Ashish Bahuguna, Chairperson Pawan Kumar Agarwal, Chief Executive
Officer
Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Vinod Rai
Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) Prof. David R. Syiemlieh
G20 Sherpa Shaktikanta Das
Cabinet Secretary of India Pradeep Kumar Sinha
Principal Secretary to Prime Minister Nripendra Misra
Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council Head Bibek Debroy
Film and Television Institute of India Anupam Kher
Central Board of Film Certification Anurag Srivastava (CEO)
National Anti-Profiteering Authority B N Sharma
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Urjit Patel
Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) Ajay Tyagi
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State Bank of India (SBI) Rajnish Kumar
Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) V. K. Sharma
National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) Harsh Kumar Bhanwala
National Housing Bank (NHB) Sriram Kalyanaraman
7th Pay Commission Ashok Kumar Mathur
Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) Muhammad Mustafa
Industrial Finance Corporation of India Emandi Sankara Rao
Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) T. S. Vijayan
Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) Pankaj Patel
Bank Board Bureau (BBB) Vinod Rai
Quality Council of India Adil Zainulbhai
Goods and Services Tax Network (GSTN) Ajay Bhushan Pandey
15th Finance Commission N K Singh
Finance Secretary Hasmukh Adhiya
Foreign Secretary Vijay Keshav Gokhale
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