Yearly Current Affairs 2018 PDF with Complete Events, Schemes & Awards 2026

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Current Affairs Year Book 2018 PDF
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ThisnPDFnisnancompletendocketnofnimportantnCurrentnAffairsnnewsnandneventsnthatnoccurredninnthenyearn2018.nThisnfilenisn
importantn andn relevantn forn alln competitiven examsn like,n SSC,n Railways,n IB,n andn othern Govt.n Exams.




Schemes
Launchedn byn Union/Staten Govt.


December

1. SCnintroducednWitnessnProtectionnScheme,n
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spouse.
2018ninn India  1100nseniorncitizensnfromneachnAssemblyn
 Then Supremen Courtn (SC)n introducedn an witnessn Constituencyn wouldn nown undertaken free
protectionn regimen inn then countryn notingn thatn
onen ofn thenmainn reasonsn fornwitnessesn turningn
hostilen isn thatn theyn aren notn givenn securityn byn
then State.
 Itn alson announcedn thatn then Witnessn
Protectionn Scheme,n2018nwillncomenintoneffectn
immediatelyn acrossn alln States.
 Thisn schemen isn aimedn atn enablingn an witnessn
ton deposen fearlesslyn andn truthfully,n wouldn
ben then lawn ofn thenlandn tilln Parliamentn
enactedn suitablen legislation.
 Then Witnessn Protectionn Schemen 2018n wasn
framedn byn thenCentraln governmentn basednonn
then inputsn receivedn fromn 18n States/Unionn
Territories,n 5n Statesn Legaln Servicesn
Authoritiesn andn openn sourcesn includingn civiln
society,n threen Highn Courtsn andn policen
personnel,n asn well.
2. DelhinGovt.n launchesnFreenPilgrimagenSchemen
forn Seniorn Citizens
 DelhinChiefnMinisternArvindnKejriwaln
launchedn then 'Mukhyamantrin Tirthn Yatran
Yojana'n whichn offersn freen traveln packagesn
forn seniorn citizensn fromn Delhin ton fiven
religiousn circuits.
 Undern thisn freen pilgrimagen scheme,n an Delhin
residentn aboven60n yearsn willn ben eligiblen ton
taken freen pilgrimagen alongn withn hisn orn hern
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pilgrimageneveryn year,n thenexpensesn forn
whichn willn ben bornen byn then government.
3. Jammun &nKashmirnGovt.n launchesnAB-PMJAYnScheme
 Jammun andn Kashmirn Governorn Satyan Paln
Malikn launchedn then ambitiousn “Ayushmann
Bharat-n PradhannMantrinJannArogyan
Yojanan(AB-PMJAY)”n schemen whichn
wouldn benefitn overn 31n lakhn residentsn inn
then state.
 Thengovernorndistributedn goldenncardsn
amongn10n eligiblen beneficiariesn forn
availingn then annualn healthn covern facility,n
markingn then launchn ofn then schemen inn then
state.
4. PradhannMantrinMatrunVandananYojana
 Pradhann Mantrin Matrun Vandanan Yojanan isn
an conditionaln cashn transfern schemen forn
pregnantn andn lactatingn womennofn 19n
yearsn ofn agen orn above.
 Then schemen isn launchedn byn then Ministryn
ofn WomennandnChildnDevelopmentn
Governmentnofn India.
 Thenprogramme,nwhichnbecamen
applicablenfromn Januaryn 1,n 2017n
providesn an cashn incentiven ofn Rsn 5,000n inn
threen instalmentsn ton pregnantn womenn
andn lactatingnmothersnforn thenfirstn childn
throughn Directn Benefitsn Transfern (DBT).
5. PRASADnSchemenofn Ministrynofn Tourism
 Then Centren hasn includedn Gangotrin andn
Yamunotrin innUttrarakhand,nAmarkantakninn
MadhyanPradeshn andn Parasnathn inn
Jharkhandn undern an centraln schemen ton
developn pilgrimagen andn heritagen
destinationsn inn then country.




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 Withn then newn additions,n then numbern ofn sitesn  Undern then schemen ‘Prasad’,n then Ministryn ofn
undernthenPRASADnschemenhasn nownbecomen TourismnprovidesnCentralnFinancialn
41n inn 25n states. Assistancen (CFA)n ton Staten
 Then schemen wasn launchednbyn thenMinistryn Governments/Unionn Territoryn
ofn Tourismn inn 2014-15. Administrationsn forn developmentn andn
 PRASADn standsn forn -Pilgrimagen beautificationn ofn then identifiedn pilgrimagen
Rejuvenationn andnSpiritual,nHeritagen destinations.
AugmentationnDrive.

November

1. MinistrynofnHRDnlaunchesnfacultyn Objectivenofn LEAP
developmentn programmesn -n LEAPn &n ARPIT
 An uniquen initiativen ofn onlinen professionaln
developmentnofn15nlakhnhigherneducationn
facultyn usingn then MOOCsn platformn SWAYAM,n
Annualn Refreshern Programmen inn Teachingn
(ARPIT)n wasn launchedn onn 13thn Nov.
 Then ministryn ofn humann resourcen developmentn
alson launchedn Leadershipn forn Academiciansn
Programmen(LEAP)nwhichnwillnben
implementedn throughn 15n topn institutionsn liken
IITs,n TISS,n DU,n JNUn andn IISERsn andn alson
includen an weekn trainingn inn an foreignn campusn
ofn then likesn ofn Harvardn University,nOxfordn
University,nPurduenUniversityn andn NTUn
Singapore,n amongn others.

Aboutn LEAPnprogramme
 LEAPn isn an three-weekn flagshipn leadershipn
developmentntrainingnprogrammen(two-
weeksn domesticn andn one-weekn foreignn
trainingn forn secondn leveln academicn
functionariesn inn publicn fundedn highern
educationn institutions.
 LEAPn programmen willn ben offeredn byn 15n NIRFn
topn rankedn Indiann Institutionsn namely,n IITn
Roorkee,n IITn Kanpur,n NITn Trichy,n Indiann
Instituten ofn SciencenEducationnandnResearchn
(IISER)nKolkata,n JawaharlalnNehrunUniversity,n
UniversitynofnDelhi,n IITn Bombayn andn TISSn
Mumbai,n amongn others.



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