- Jnanpith Award Winner – Raghuveer Chaudhari
- Who is No.1 (men's) ranked in ATP Tennis Ranking – Andy Murray
- China Open super series Badminton Championship won by – P.V Sindhu
- UPI launched by – National Payments Corporation of India(NPCI)
- GST Slab structure – 4 tier Structure 5%, 8%, 18%, 28%
- Dada sahab Phalke 2016 won by – Manoj Kumar
- India growth rate 2017 by S&P – 8%
- Companies to spend at least how much of their profits every year on corporate social responsibility (CSR) – 2%
- Capital of Lithuania – Vilnius
- Periyar national park – Kerala
- January 9 – Pravasi Bharatiya Divas
- Pushkar festival related to – Rajasthan
- 2018 ASIAN Games to be held at – Jakarta, Indonesia
- Goal of Shyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban Mission (SPMRM) – Development of rural growth clusters
- Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana annual budget – Rs.500 billion(Irrigation )
- Tialong 4 satellite launched by – China
- Noble prize 2016 in literature won by – Bob Dylan
- Airtel payment bank is opened at – Rajasthan
- Israel President – Reuven Rivlin
- Minister of Statistics and Programme Implementation – D. V. Sadananda Gowda
- Economics Nobel prize for – Contract theory(Oliver Hart Bengt and Holmström)
- Repo rate according to 4th Bi-Monthly – 6.25%
- Walt Disney 2016 – 45th anniversary
- APEC summit 2016 theme – Quality Growth and Human Development
- ‘Wealth of Nation’ book Author – Adam smith
- Currency of Namibia – Namibian dollar
- DeenDayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY) annual fund – 76,000 crore
- Capital of Zambia – Lusaka
- South Africa President – Jacob Zuma
- Fiedel castro politician from – Cuba
- Kabaddi world cup 2016 final , India defeated– Iran
- FDI investment in white label ATMs – 100%
- Currency of Namibia – Namibian Dollar
- World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business 2017 topped by – New Zealand
