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the legend's name for meritorious hockey players of the state.
f Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has appointed 'Guardian Ministers' to oversee the
implementation of government policy decisions, administrative reforms, and other welfare schemes in all
the 34 districts of the state. 13 'Guardian Ministers' have been appointed for all 34 districts in Assam, for
balanced, speedy and sustainable developments of these districts. The assigned ministers will be
responsible for the implementation of government policy decisions, administrative reforms, and other
welfare schemes in all the 34 districts of the state. 13 'Guardian Ministers' have been appointed for all 34
districts in Assam, for balanced, speedy and sustainable developments of these districts. The assigned
ministers will be responsible for the implementation of all centrally-sponsored schemes as well as the
state's own priority programmes.

f Chief Minister of Kerala, Pinarayi Vijayan has announced a secretary-level committee will formulate
guidelines and recommendations on implementation of the “Smart Kitchen Scheme” in state to fulfil
commitments of the Left Democratic Front (LDF). It aims to account and reduce the workload of women's
domestic labour. Smart Kitchen Scheme will be launched by July 10, 2021. Schemes/Committees

f New Bhaupur- New Khurja section of Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor (EDFC) will be inaugurated by
the PM Narendra Modi on 29th December, 2020 at 11 AM through video conferencing. During the event,
Prime Minister will also inaugurate EDFC's Operation Control Centre (OCC) at Prayagraj.

f Prime Minister Narendra Modi has flagged off the country’s first-ever fully-automated driverless train
service on the Magenta Line of the Delhi Metro. Apart from this, PM also launched fully operational
National Common Mobility Card (NCMC) on the Airport Express Line of Delhi Metro, to connect DMRC
with the NCMC service.

f Prime Minister Narendra Modi has flagged off the 100th Kisan Rail' on 28th December 2020. The 100th
run of the Kisan Rail was flagged off from Sangola in Maharashtra to Shalimar in West Bengal virtually.
Kisan Rail is a mobile cold storage to move perishable things like fruits, vegetables, milk, fish, etc., with
complete security.

f The Central government has further extended the deadline to file an income tax return (ITR) for FY 2019-
20 by 10 days, up to January 10, 2021. Earlier this deadline was December 31, 2020.
f Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of Light House projects (LHPs) at six sites across
six States through video conference on 1st January 2021. The LHPs will be implemented at Indore
(Madhya Pradesh), Rajkot (Gujarat), Chennai (Tamil Nadu), Ranchi (Jharkhand), Agartala (Tripura) and
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh).
f India has been chosen as the co-chair of the IUCN supported Asia Protected Areas Partnership (APAP) for
a period of three years till November 2023.
f India will replace South Korea, which held the post for 3 years until November 2020. The Union
Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank' and Union Minister WCD and Textiles Smt. Smriti Zubin
Irani jointly launched Toycathon-2021 and the Toycathon Portal.
f Toycathon is being organized to develop India as the global Toy manufacturing hub. Toycathon will
provide a platform to conceptualize innovative toys based on the Indian value system which will inculcate
the positive behaviour and good value among the children.
f The Central Government has set up a high-level group to build a South Asia-focused energy security
architecture. The high-level group, named the South Asia Group for Energy (SAGE), will be headed by
former Union Power Secretary Ram Vinay Shahi. SAGE has been set up under the Ministry of External

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