What to Read in PIB (Topic and Syllabus wise)

• Vice President’s Secretariat

  • Digital dystopia where humans serve algorithms or a humane society where technology serves the people, questions VP
  • Text of Vice-President’s Address at the Releaseof Book ‘AI on Trial’ Authored by Shri Sujeet Kumar, Hon’ble Member of Rajya Sabha (Excerpts)

• Prime Minister’s Office

  • PM calls on Maha Vajiralongkorn, the King of Thailand
  • Joint Declaration on the Establishment of India-Thailand Strategic Partnership
  • Prime Minister’s Royal Audience with the King and the Queen of Thailand
  • Prime Minister meets Prime Minister of Nepal on the sidelines of the BIMSTEC Summit
  • Prime Minister’s visit to Wat Pho
  • Prime Minister condoles the loss of lives in an accident in Nanded, Maharashtra
  • Prime Minister meets Chief Advisor of Bangladesh on the sidelines of BIMSTEC Summit
  • Prime Minister’s meeting with Sr. Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, Chairman of State Administration Council on the sidelines of the BIMSTEC Summit
  • On the occasion of Ram Navami, PM to visit Tamil Nadu and inaugurate New Pamban Rail Bridge connecting Rameswaram to the mainland
  • List of Initiatives : Prime Minister’s participation in the 6th BIMSTEC SUMMIT
  • Prime Minister participates in the 6th BIMSTEC Summit, Thailand
  • Prime Minister meets PM of Bhutan
  • English Translation of Prime Minister’s Statement during the 6th BIMSTEC Summit
  • PM proposes a 21-point Action Plan covering different aspects of cooperation amongst BIMSTEC nations
  • PM meets Senior General Min Aung Hlaing of Myanmar
  • PM condoles the passing of legendary actor and filmmaker Shri Manoj Kumar
  • PM highlights the grace that Maa Jagdambe brings as a new dawn of happiness in the lives of devotees
  • PM hails the passage of the Waqf bills by both Houses of Parliament as a watershed moment

• Lok Sabha Secretariat

  • LOK SABHA SPEAKER TO LEAD PARLIAMENTARY DELEGATION TO 150TH ASSEMBLY OF INTER-PARLIAMENTARY UNION (IPU) AT TASHKENT, UZBEKISTAN FROM 5 to 9 APRIL, 2025
  • PRODUCTIVITY DURING FOURTH SESSION OF 18TH LOK SABHA WAS AROUND 118 PERCENT: LOK SABHA SPEAKER

• Cabinet

  • Cabinet approves “Vibrant Villages Programme-II (VVP-II) for financial years 2024-25 to 2028-29

• Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA)

  • Cabinet approves four multitracking projects across Indian Railways

• AYUSH

  • Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi announces Centre of Excellence for Traditional Medicine during the BIMSTEC Summit in Thailand
  • Yogotsav Programme organised in Karbi Anglong; Assam Unites for Yoga
  • Central Sector Scheme for Promotion of International Cooperation for AYUSH to give boost to the export of AYUSH products and services
  • AYUSH Chair in foreign universities to promote and strengthen traditional Indian medicine systems globally

• Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare

  • Remunerative Price of Perishable Agriculture Produces
  • Promotion of New Technologies in Agriculture

• Ministry of Civil Aviation

  • Parliament passes the Protection of Interest in Aircraft Objects Bill, 2025

• Ministry of Coal

  • India’s Coal Boom

• Ministry of Commerce & Industry

  • Empowering Indian Startups: Union Minister Shri Piyush Goyal Reaffirms Government’s Commitment at Startup Mahakumbh

• Ministry of Communications

  • Annual Report of Telecom Regulatory Authority of India for the year 2023-24

• Ministry of Defence

  • BILATERAL NAVAL EXERCISE INDRA-2025
  • DRDO & Indian Army conduct four successful flight-tests of Army version of Medium-Range Surface-to-Air Missile
  • IMPROVEMENT IN COASTAL SECURITY
  • CURTAIN RAISER: NAVAL COMMANDERS’ CONFERENCE 2025

• Ministry of Electronics & IT

  • Government of India Taking Measures To Tackle Deepfakes

• Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

  • India set to launch a pioneering inter-ministerial scientific study to address zoonotic spillover risks at the human-wildlife-environment interface
  • Measures taken by the Government for detection and prevention of Cancer
  • Update on National Tele Mental Health Programme (NTMHP)
  • Measures taken by the government to improve institutional delivery among tribal women
  • Steps taken by the Government for prevention and management of Thalassemia

• Ministry of Heavy Industries

  • VEHICLES COVERED UNDER PME-DRIVE SCHEME
  • SUBSIDY FOR PROMOTING E-VEHICLES
  • TARGET SET FOR INSTALLING OF EV CHARGING STATIONS AND IMPLEMENTATION OF FAME-III
  • PLI SCHEME FOR AUTOMOBILE AND AUTO COMPONENT INDUSTRY

• Ministry of Home Affairs

  • Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation, Shri Amit Shah hails Union Cabinet’s decision to approve Vibrant Villages Program-2
  • Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation, Shri Amit Shah, moved a statutory resolution in the Rajya Sabha for the approval of the imposition of President’s Rule in Manipur, house adopted the resolution
  • Cabinet approves “Vibrant Villages Programme-II (VVP-II) for financial years 2024-25 to 2028-29

• Ministry of Labour & Employment

  • Ministry of Labour and Employment Disburses Over 32 Crores as Scholarship to More Than 92,000 Wards of Beedi, Cine and Non-Coal Mine Workers

• Ministry of Law and Justice

  • Directive for the Efficient and Effective Management of Litigation by the Government of India

• Ministry of Minority Affairs

  • The Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2025: An overview of the Act vs Bill
  • Waqf Amendment Bill, 2025: Reform through Stakeholder Engagement

• Ministry of Panchayati Raj

  • Union Ministers of State Prof. S.P. Singh Baghel and Shri Sanjay Seth Celebrate Tribal Heritage at “Hamari Parampara Hamari Virasat” event in New Delhi, commemorating Bhagwan Birsa Munda’s 150th Birth Anniversary Year

• Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs

  • Budget Session, 2025 of Parliament adjourns sine-die

• Ministry of Railways

  • Indian Railways and DMRC Sign MoU for Automatic Wheel Profile Measurement Systems
  • Bridging Progress: The Rise of the New Pamban Bridge
  • Wagon Production Hits Record 41,929 Units in FY 2024-25, Marking a 11% YoY Growth and a Threefold Surge Over 2004-14 Average
  • Cabinet approves four multitracking projects across Indian Railways

• Ministry of Road Transport & Highways

  • Clarification on Private Structure Causing Delay in Completion of Delhi – Dehradun Expressway

• Ministry of Rural Development

  • FAKE RECRUITMENT DRIVE BY NATIONAL RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND RECREATION MISSION
  • SEEKING LOAN THROUGH GRAMEEN CREDIT SCORE
  • WORKING OF MGNREGS
  • GROWTH OF VILLAGE e-COMMERCE FOR STRENGTHENING RURAL ECONOMY

• Ministry of Science & Technology

  • A potential new autism therapy may help patients become more self-sufficient
  • CSIR’s Indigenously Designed and Developed HANSA-3(NG) Trainer Aircraft Signifies Giant Leap for Creating India’s Robust Aviation Ecosystem: Dr. Jitendra Singh
  • IIIM Field Station Bonera sets to Indigenize Tulips: Scientists aim at Import Substitution, Viksit Farmers

• Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways

  • PM GATI SHAKTI NATIONAL MASTER PLAN
  • UPGRADATION OF PORTS
  • GROWTH DISPARITY BETWEEN MAJOR AND MINOR PORTS
  • INDIA AS TOP MARITIME NATION

• Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation

  • All India Workshop of Trainers for the Comprehensive Modular Survey on Education
  • Conference of State Government Ministers on Strengthening of Statistical Systems to be held on 5th April, 2025 at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi

• Ministry of Steel

  • IMPORT OF STEEL AND ITS DOMESTIC PRODUCTION

• Ministry of Women and Child Development

  • Centre Allocates Rs 5,000 Crore for New Women Hostels Across 28 States; Centre Releases 1stInstalment to 28 States for Construction of Women Hostels during the financial year 2024-25

• NITI Aayog

  • NITI Aayog Hosts National Workshop on ‘Mainstreaming Climate Adaptation into Local Development Planning’