The second-highest Gross GST collection has been made in the month of January this year, breaching the earlier second-highest record in October last year. Over one lakh 55 thousand crore rupees gross GST revenue has been collected in the last month. It is the second highest collection ever, after one lakh 68 thousand crores gross collection in April last year. GST collection has crossed the one lakh 50 thousand crore mark for the third time in 2022-23. Revenues in the current financial year up to January this year are 24 percent higher than the GST revenues during the same period last year.

The G 20 education working group began its deliberations at Chennai. The meeting was inaugurated by Union Minister of State Dr L. Murugan. The focus of the deliberations will be on ensuring foundational literacy and numeracy, especially in the context of blended learning. Its objective is to make tech-enabled learning more inclusive, qualitative, and collaborative at every level. The remarks will be made by Indonesia, Brazil, and other countries. Bangladesh, Egypt, Mauritius, Netherlands, Nigeria, Oman, Singapore, Spain, and the United Arab Emirates will be the guest countries attending the education working group.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate India Energy Week at Bengaluru International Exhibition Centre. It is a mega event integrating energy exhibition and conference focusing on the full spectrum of subjects related to energy security with high level domestic and international participation from across the global energy value chain. It will discuss energy transition, sustainability, security and access to technology.

A laser sound-and-light show on the G20 theme - “Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam” or “One Earth, One Family, One Future” was organised for the G 20 delegates at Sukhna Lake, Chandigarh. As many as 93 delegates from 50 nations, including both representatives of G20 as well as guest countries and international organisations, arrived for the first meeting of the International Financial Architecture Working Group. Many cultural performances by folk artists were also presented for the delegates.  

Assam will host the 1st Sustainable Financial Working Group (SFWG) meeting under India’s G20 Presidency in Guwahati with the theme ‘One Earth, One Family, One Future’ and with the motto “Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam”.   The 1st Sustainable Financial Working Group (SFWG) meeting will be held in Guwahati on February 2 and 3 and will be attended by 94 delegates from the member countries of G20, guest countries and different international organizations.  The Youth 20 Inception meeting will also be held in Guwahati on February 7-8 and will be attended by 250 delegates. 

Uttar Pradesh government has launched a campaign to empower girls from the underprivileged class. The Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan will work under the Aarohini Initiative Training Programme for the safety and security of girls in 746 Kasturba Gandhi Residential Girls Schools in the state. In the first phase, which will start on February 1, teachers will be trained. Two teachers of every Kasturba Gandhi Residential Girls' School will receive the training, who will then educate the students of their respective schools.

World Wetlands Day is celebrated every year on 2 February. This day marks the date of the adoption of the Convention on Wetlands on 2 February 1971, in the Iranian city of Ramsar on the shores of the Caspian Sea. The UN General Assembly on 30 August 2021 established 2 February as World Wetlands Day. India became a party to the Ramsar Convention in 1982, and as on 14 August 2022 has 75 sites designated as Wetlands of International Importance (Ramsar Sites), with a surface area of 13,26,677 ha hectares, the highest in South Asia.

PUMA India has announced the onboarding of India's women's cricket captain Harmanpreet Kaur as its brand ambassador. According to the company, Kaur will endorse the brand's footwear, apparel and accessories through multiple activities and campaigns throughout the year, under the partnership. For the company, Kaur will join the company's roster of sportspersons, including names such as Virat Kohli, Usain Bolt, Sunil Chhetri, Mary Kom, Harleen Deol, and Avani Lekhara, among others.

The Indian armed forces conducted a 10-day joint training exercise, ‘Trishakri Prahar’, in West Bengal to check its combat readiness. The exercise that began on January 21 culminated with an integrated fire power exercise in Teesta field firing ranges. The aim of the exercise was to practice battle preparedness of the security forces using the latest weapons and equipment in a networked, integrated environment, involving all arms and services of the Army, the Indian Air Force and CAPFs.

Rajeev Singh Raghuvanshi has been recommended to be the next Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI). The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has recommended to the government his name as the successor to Dr V G Somani, whose extended tenure will end mid-February. The DCGI heads the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) which is responsible for ensuring quality drugs supply across the country. It also has authority to give approval to new drugs and regulating clinical trials.