India 2022 by Rajiv Mehrishi and Vatsal Mehrish continues to provide its readers a comprehensive coverage of national and international events and issues in the form of this annual publication. Specially curated for students appearing for various competitive examinations, this thoroughly revised and updated reference book gives its readers knowledge and awareness which prepares them not only for answering questions in General Studies paper but also confidently attending to interviews questions and group discussions. Salient features: 1. A comprehensive reference book best suited for students who need to brush up their knowledge irrespective of what subject-area they have studied in. 2. New to this edition:(a) Thoroughly revised and updated Parts on Current Affairs and General Knowledge along side updates in Current Affairs section in Part I-India. (b) Updated facts and figures about demographic characteristics of India, recent developments on the political front impacting Indian and World Economy, recent initiatives in the area of digitization and other scientific advancements ranging from Fusion Energy to RN Vaccines, from Living Bots to Human Anatomy in India and world-wide. (c) Separate chapter dedicated to brief history about J&K tracing its independence journey till date 3. Tables and full page maps for last-minute revision 4. Monthly dose of current affairs from December 2021 onwards will be available on About the Author Rajiv Mehrishi, educated at St. Xaviers School, Jaipur and St. Stephens College, Delhi (B.A. and M.A), did his MBA from UK. Shri Mehrishi joined the IAS in 1978, retiring in 2017 after 39 years of a successful and remarkable career. In the State Government of Rajasthan, he was posted in the two most important posts in State Governments, namely: (i) Principal Secretary Finance (ii) Chief Secretary In the Central Government, he was posted to the two most important Secretary level posts, namely (i) Union Finance Secretary, and (ii) Union Home Secretary In the 70 years since independence, he is the only civil servant to have occupied all the four posts, and the only one to have been both Union Finance and Home Secretary. Subsequent to his retirement he was appointed by the President of India to the Constitutional position, as the 13th Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India. To his books, he brings his rich and varied experience. Vatsal Mehrish is an Engineer in Electronics and Communication. He worked as a network engineer with Reliance Communications for a short stint before completely turning his attention towards content writing and analysis of the Civil Service examination to meaningfully guide aspirants with his knowledge and experience. He has been closely associated with guiding Civil Services aspirants for a very long time. He has been an offline faculty at the Civils Academy Meerut since 2018 teaching International Affairs, History & Environment. To the book, he brings his teaching experience and his learnings from interaction with various Civil Services aspirants over the years.
