Study Guide · Chapter 19
Appendix: Static GK Compendium
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This closing chapter consolidates the "static" reference facts scattered across the previous 17 chapters into single lookup tables — the kind of information exams frequently pair with a piece of current news (e.g., "the RBI Governor announced X — who is the RBI Governor?"). Rather than repeat context, each entry here is deliberately terse; use it as a revision checklist after you've read the fuller chapters.
18.1 Union Ministries Referenced This Month
| Ministry | Cabinet Minister | Minister(s) of State |
|---|---|---|
| Finance | Nirmala Sitharaman | Pankaj Chaudhary |
| Home Affairs | Amit Shah | Nityanand Rai, Bandi Sanjay Kumar |
| Defence | Rajnath Singh | Sanjay Seth |
| External Affairs | S. Jaishankar | — |
| Health & Family Welfare | J. P. Nadda | — |
| Petroleum & Natural Gas | Hardeep Singh Puri | Suresh Gopi |
| Commerce & Industry | Piyush Goyal | Jitin Prasada |
| Road Transport & Highways | Nitin Gadkari | Ajay Tamta, Harsh Malhotra |
| Housing & Urban Affairs | Manohar Lal Khattar | Tokhan Sahu |
| Environment, Forest & Climate Change | Bhupender Yadav | Kirti Vardhan Singh |
| Textiles | Giriraj Singh | Pabitra Margherita |
| Electronics & Information Technology | Ashwini Vaishnaw | Jitin Prasada |
| Information & Broadcasting | Ashwini Vaishnaw | L. Murugan |
| Education | Dharmendra Pradhan | Jayant Chaudhary, Sukanta Majumdar |
| Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution | Pralhad Joshi | B. L. Verma, Nimuben Jayantibhai Bambhaniya |
| New & Renewable Energy | Pralhad Joshi | Shripad Yesso Naik |
| Skill Development & Entrepreneurship | (led by) Jayant Chaudhary | — |
| Panchayati Raj | Rajiv Ranjan (Lalan) Singh | S. P. Singh Baghel |
| Coal & Mines | G. Kishan Reddy | Satish Chandra Dubey |
| Ports, Shipping & Waterways | Sarbananda Sonowal | Shantanu Thakur |
| Social Justice & Empowerment | Virendra Kumar Khatik | Ramdas Athawale, B. L. Verma |
| Communications | Jyotiraditya Scindia | — |
| Rural Development | Shivraj Singh Chouhan | Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani, Kamlesh Paswan |
| Agriculture & Farmers Welfare | Shivraj Singh Chouhan | — |
| Culture & Tourism | Gajendra Singh Shekhawat | — |
| Chemicals & Fertilizers | J. P. Nadda | Anupriya Patel |
| Civil Aviation | Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu | Murlidhar Kisan Mohol |
| Cooperation | Amit Shah | Krishan Pal, Murlidhar Mohol |
| Ayush | — | Prataprao Ganpatrao Jadhav |
| Parliamentary Affairs | Kiren Rijiju | Arjun Ram Meghwal, L. Murugan |
| Minority Affairs | Kiren Rijiju | — |
| Science & Technology / Earth Sciences | — | Dr. Jitendra Singh |
| Youth Affairs & Sports | Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya | Raksha Nikhil Khadse |
18.2 State/UT Leadership Snapshot (as covered this month)
| State/UT | Chief Minister | Governor / L-G |
|---|---|---|
| Telangana | A. Revanth Reddy | Shiv Pratap Shukla |
| Gujarat | Bhupendra Patel | Acharya Dev Vrat |
| Uttar Pradesh | Yogi Adityanath | Anandiben Patel |
| Andhra Pradesh | N. Chandrababu Naidu | Syed Abdul Nazeer |
| Assam | Himanta Biswa Sarma | Lakshman Prasad Acharya |
| Odisha | Mohan Charan Majhi | Dr. Hari Babu Kambhampati |
| West Bengal | Suvendu Adhikari | R. N. Ravi |
| Ladakh (UT) | — | Vinai Kumar Saxena (L-G) |
| Madhya Pradesh | Mohan Yadav | Mangubhai Chhaganbhai Patel |
| Jharkhand | Hemant Soren | Santosh Kumar Gangwar |
| Kerala | V. D. Satheesan | Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar |
| Rajasthan | Bhajan Lal Sharma | Haribhau Bagade |
| Maharashtra | Devendra Fadnavis | Jishnu Dev Varma |
| Himachal Pradesh | Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu | Kavinder Gupta |
| Bihar | Samrat Choudhary (Dy CM) | Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd.) |
| Meghalaya | Conrad Kongkal Sangma | C. H. Vijayashankar |
| Sikkim | Prem Singh Tamang | Om Prakash Mathur |
| Karnataka | D. K. Shivakumar | — |
18.3 International & UN Bodies — Headquarters and Chiefs
| Organisation | Headquarters | Chief/Head |
|---|---|---|
| United Nations | New York, USA | Secretary-General António Guterres |
| Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) | Rome, Italy | Director-General Qu Dongyu |
| World Health Organization (WHO) | Geneva, Switzerland | Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus |
| International Labour Organization (ILO) | Geneva, Switzerland | Director-General Gilbert F. Houngbo |
| UN Human Rights Council | Geneva, Switzerland | — |
| UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) | Vienna, Austria | Executive Director Monica Juma |
| International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) | Monaco | — |
| International Olympic Committee (IOC) | Lausanne, Switzerland | President Kirsty Coventry |
| International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, D.C., USA | Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva |
| World Bank | Washington, D.C., USA | President Ajay Banga |
| Asian Development Bank (ADB) | Manila, Philippines | President Masato Kanda |
| New Development Bank (NDB) | Shanghai, China | — |
| International Finance Corporation (IFC) | Washington, D.C., USA | Managing Director Makhtar Diop |
| International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA) | New Delhi, India | — |
| World Economic Forum (WEF) | Cologny, Switzerland | Chairman Larry Fink |
| Financial Action Task Force (FATF) | Paris, France | — |
| Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) | Stockholm, Sweden | — |
| UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) | Geneva, Switzerland | Secretary-General Rebeca Grynspan |
| Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) | Ebene, Mauritius | Secretary-General Sanjiv Ranjan |
| International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) | Abu Dhabi, UAE | — |
| International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) | Hamburg, Germany | — |
| Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | Director General Jean Kaseya |
| International Cricket Council (ICC) | Dubai, UAE | Chairman Jay Shah; CEO Sanjog Gupta |
| Badminton World Federation (BWF) | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | President Khunying Patama Leeswadtrakul |
| FIFA | Zurich, Switzerland | President Gianni Infantino |
| International Chess Federation (FIDE) | Lausanne, Switzerland | President Arkady Dvorkovich |
| World Athletics | Monaco | President Sebastian Coe |
| United World Wrestling (UWW) | Lausanne, Switzerland | President Nenad Lalović |
| International Hockey Federation (FIH) | Lausanne, Switzerland | President Tayyab Ikram |
| International Tennis Federation (ITF) | London, UK | President David Haggerty |
18.4 Key Indian Institutions — Establishment Year & Headquarters
| Institution | Established | Headquarters |
|---|---|---|
| Reserve Bank of India (RBI) | 1935 | Mumbai |
| Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) | 1988 (statutory 1992) | Mumbai |
| Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) | 1999 | Hyderabad |
| Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) | 2003 (statutory 2013) | New Delhi |
| National Stock Exchange (NSE) | 1992 | Mumbai |
| Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) | 1875 | Mumbai |
| Competition Commission of India (CCI) | 2003 | New Delhi |
| Food Corporation of India (FCI) | 1965 | New Delhi |
| National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) | 1982 | Mumbai |
| National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) | 1988 | New Delhi |
| Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) | 1969 | Bengaluru |
| Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) | 1958 | New Delhi |
| Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) | 1916 | Kolkata |
| Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA) | 1972 | Kochi |
| Agricultural & Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) | 1986 | New Delhi |
| Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) | 2008 | New Delhi |
| University Grants Commission (UGC) | 1956 | New Delhi |
| National Health Authority (NHA) | 2018 | New Delhi |
| Intelligence Bureau (IB) | 1887 | New Delhi |
| National Testing Agency (NTA) | 2017 | New Delhi |
| Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) | 1950 | New Delhi |
| National Film Development Corporation (NFDC) | 1975 | Mumbai |
| National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) | 1986 | New Delhi |
| National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI) | 2003 | New Delhi |
| Land Ports Authority of India (LPAI) | 2012 | New Delhi |
18.5 Key Individuals in Current Roles (as of June 2026)
| Role | Name |
|---|---|
| President of India | Droupadi Murmu |
| Vice President of India | C. P. Radhakrishnan |
| Prime Minister of India | Narendra Modi |
| Chief Justice of India | Surya Kant |
| RBI Governor | Sanjay Malhotra |
| SEBI Chairman | Tuhin Kanta Pandey |
| NITI Aayog Vice Chairperson | Ashok Kumar Lahiri |
| NITI Aayog CEO | Nidhi Chhibber |
| Chief of Army Staff (from 30 June) | Lt Gen Dhiraj Seth |
| Chief of the Air Staff | Air Chief Marshal Amar Preet Singh |
| Solicitor General of India | Tushar Mehta |
| Comptroller and Auditor General | K. Sanjay Murthy |
| Chairman, Railway Board | — |
| ISRO Chairman | V. Narayanan |
| DRDO Chairman | Rajesh Kumar Singh (additional charge) |
| Director, Intelligence Bureau | Mahesh Dixit |
18.6 A Note on Using This Volume
Static-GK tables date quickly — governors get reassigned, chiefs of intergovernmental bodies rotate, and figures like "current defence production" or "installed solar capacity" are revised in subsequent monthly releases. Treat every table in this appendix as a snapshot for June 2026, cross-check against the following month's update before an exam, and use the chapter-level Recall Boxes throughout this volume as your primary revision tool, since they're tied to specific, dated events rather than a role that may since have changed hands.