UPSC 2017 Civil Services (IAS) Exam: January PIB Articles Summary and Analysis

PIB Articles for UPSC 2017	Date
Committee set up by Ministry of Sports	2-Jan-2017
Shri Anoop Kumar Srivastava has taken over the charge of Secretary in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs
Preeti Sudan assumed charge as Secretary, Department of Food and Public Distribution in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
IIP – Index of Eight Core Industries
Service Charges
104th Session of the Indian Science Congress is being held at Tirupati	3-Jan-2017
Pravasi Bharatiya Divas
Swachchhata Pakhwada
Maternity Benefit Programme – a conditional cash transfer scheme
UDAY- App and Web Portal launched	4-Jan-2017
Bunkar Mitra – helpline for weavers
Indian Skill Development Services (ISDS) notified
Cabinet approves Agreement between India and Uruguay
About MERCOSUR
MoU between India and Portugal approved by cabinet
MoU between India and Kenya approved by cabinet
Shri Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar was sworn in as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India at a ceremony held today at Rashtrapati Bhavan
Committee set up by the government	5-Jan-2017
Festive of India	5-Jan-2017
India and Kazakhstan	6-Jan-2017
National Book Trust will be celebrating its 60 years of foundation this year	6-Jan-2017
SLNP (Street Lighting National Programme)	8-Jan-2017
National Conference on e-Governance (NCeG)	8-Jan-2017
India Development Foundation of Overseas Indians (IDF-OI)	9-Jan-2017
Additional levy on use of cards at petrol bunks
Tax Collections (For the period of April to December 2016)
Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Awards
Jal Manthan-III
Income Tax Department wins an Award	10-Jan-2017
India and Portugal to sign agreement
Usually such agreements will have following features
Silver Jubilee Expo at Handloom Haath
21st National Youth Festival
Regional Conference of Labour Ministers
Tamil Nadu signs Power for All and UDAY framework
Tourist Arrivals based on e-Tourist Visa	11-Jan-2017
DEFCOM – 2017
Promoting cashless transactions
Agreement to boost cyber security
Consultative Committee meeting on Accessible India campaign held
38th meeting of CoC (Committee on Convention) held	12-Jan-2017
Submarine ‘Khanderi’Launched
Project 75
Indian Olympic Association (IOA)	13-Jan-2017
JAL MANTHAN-III
Expert Group on SECC submits report to MoRD
Inter-Session Meeting of the Parliamentary Consultative Committee of Ministry of Agriculture
Saksham – 2017	14-Jan-2017
Khelo India National Competitions	14-Jan-2017
SEZ India App	15-Jan-2017
Adoption Regulations, 2017 to be effective from 16th January 2017	15-Jan-2017
Saksham (Sanrakshan Kshamta Mahotsav) 2017	16-Jan-2017
India & Mauritius Sign MoU for Cooperation in the field of Cooperatives
Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) Commissions Higher Resolution Weather Prediction Model
Nagaland Health Project
Draft National Steel Policy
Namami Gange-Swachhta Doots	18-Jan-2017
Mission 3000 – PMBJK
Listing of Government owned General Insurance Companies at the stock exchanges
Repealing Obsolete laws
Exclusion of States from the investments of National Small Savings Fund (NSSF) from 1.4.2016
India’s Membership to IVI (International Vaccine Institution-South Korea)
Augmentation of the Corpus of Credit Guarantee Trust for Micro and Small Enterprises (CGTMSE)
ShaGun web portal	19-Jan-2017
Eastern Bridge IV
MoU with IORA (Indian Ocean Rim Association) countries tomorrow
PDS reforms
India concludes MoU on MSME Cooperation with Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) Member Countries	20-Jan-2017
Corporate push to Namami Gange
Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Deposit Scheme (PMGKDS), 2016 – Amendment
Government to support Tangaliya weavers in purchasing looms
CCI (Competition Commission of India)
Population based Prevention, Screening and Control for NCDs (Non-Communicable Diseases)	22-Jan-2017
About NHM
About ASHA
About ANM
The committee on FRBM submits the report	23-Jan-2017
About the Terms of Reference (TOR) given to the committee	23-Jan-2017
National Plan of Action for Children, 2016	24-Jan-2017
Cabinet approves a New Scheme for promotion of Rural Housing in the country
Rubber Soil Information System (RubSIS) for Rubber Growers
Government e-Marketplace (GeM)
CBDT issues Guiding Principles for determination of Place of Effective Management (POEM) of a Company
BHARAT PARV
Varishtha Pension Bima Yojana (VBPY) – 2017
Cabinet approves ratification of the Second Commitment Period of Kyoto Protocol
Cabinet approves Indian Institute of Management Bill, 2017
CMs Committee on Digital Payments presents interim report to the Prime Minister	25-Jan-2017
“ARUN” Mobile Application Launched
Extending Outreach of Passport Services through Network of Post Offices
TOP Scheme-Committee to be set up	27-Jan-2017
TROPEX 17
GAAR provisions under IT Act 1961 – clarifications
National Entrepreneurship Awards 2016
About MoSDE
‘Bharat Parv’ – Inaugurated
UIDAI (Unique Identification Authority of India)
Aadhaar implementation in phases
National MSME Policy
Nirbhaya Fund (NF)	28-Jan-2017
Mahila Police Volunteers (MPVs)
Schemes of the Ministry of Home Affairs under the NF
Schemes of the Railways Ministry under the NF
President launches countrywide Pulse Polio Programme for 2017
India Pharma & India Medical Device 2017
Film Condition Assessment Project under NFHM (National Film Heritage Mission) launched
Meghalaya’s first ever Apparel and Garment Centre	30-Jan-2017
India Post Payments Bank (IPPB
Task Force for constituted for preparing Action Plan for Next three Olympic Games