Current Affairs
Current affairs in this exam is not a random headline quiz: it checks whether you can connect recent developments to agriculture, horticulture, institutions and Andhra Pradesh. Prepare by theme rather than by newspaper date.
Core themes
- Central schemes: PM-KISAN, PMFME, MIDH, PMKSY, Agri Infrastructure Fund, Digital Agriculture Mission and e-NAM.
- Institutions: ICAR, Dr. Y.S.R. Horticultural University, ANGRAU, AP Horticulture Department and NABARD.
- AP developments: horticulture clusters, micro-irrigation, cyclone and water issues, state budget and farmer welfare schemes.
- Awards, sports, books and appointments: record name, field and year.
Worked example
If asked which ministry runs PMFME (Pradhan Mantri Formalisation of Micro Food Processing Enterprises), answer Ministry of Food Processing Industries, not Agriculture. Reason: the scheme name signals food processing; MIDH is under Agriculture.
Traps
- Using outdated scheme names after restructuring.
- Mixing central and state funding shares.
- Memorizing a person’s post without tenure.
- Confusing a scheme’s launch year with its current name.