• No changes.

• No changes.

• Minor change in Union and its Territory topic relating to states and union territories and addition of some new information after Bifurcation of J&K. (pg. 25 of IYB 2020)
• Citizenship (Amendment) Act topic (pg. 26 of 2020)
• National e-Governance Service Delivery Assessment (pg. 48 of IYB 2020)
• Rest everything is same.

• Project Monitoring Group topic (pg. 35 of IYB 2019)
• Modernisation Scheme topic (pg. 38 of IYB 2019)

• Some minor changes and addition of new information in the Production topic (pg. 66 of IYB 2020)
• Addition of new information in the topic Soil and Water Productivity and addition of new information in the topic Genetic Resources of IYB 2020. (pg. 69 of IYB 2020)
• Rest everything is same.

• New topic: Achievements: 1. Mumbai gets World Heritage Building. 2. International Kala Mela. 3. Seva Bhoj Yojana. 4. 550^th Birth Anniversary Celebration of Guru Nanak. 5. Kabir Mahotsav. (pg. 76 of IYB 2020)
• Topic: e-Visa facility updated. (pg. 100 of IYB 2020)
• Rest everything is same.

• Two topics: 1. Consumer Price Index (Urban) and 2. Wholesale Price Index (Outgoing). (pg. 108 of IYB 2020)
• Rest everything is same.

• 1. Real Income and Net National Income. 2. National Income. 3. Services Sector. 4. Services Trade. (pg. 81 of IYB 2019)
• Some information excluded from India 2019 in IYB 2020 under the topic Index of Industrial Production. (pg. 107 of IYB 2020) (pg. 82 of IYB 2019)

• Few topics included.
• Rest everything is same.

• Some topics excluded from IYB 2019. (pg. 112-122 of IYB 2020)

• India Post Payments Bank updated. (pg. 126 of IYB 2020)
• Estate management and material management. (pg. 129 of IYB 2020)
• Topic: Philately updated. (pg. 135 of IYB 2020)
• New topics introduced. (pg. 137-138 of IYB 2020)
• Two new topics: Indian Post Office Rules and Digital Life Certificate. (pg. 140 of IYB 2020)
• Few new topics. (pg. 147-151 of IYB 2020)
• Unique Identification Authority of India topic. (pg. 152 of IYB 2020)
• Topics: India Computer Emergency Response Team, Centre for Development of Advanced Computing and Society for Applied Microwave Electronics Engineering and Research. (pg. 155-156 of IYB 2020)
• Rest everything is same.

• Introduction updated and new topics introduced. (pg. 162 to pg. 166 of IYB 2020)
• Topic: Headquarters of Integrated Defence Staff. (pg. 167 of IYB 2020)
• Topic: Army updated. (pg. 168 of 2020)
• Topic: Military Role updated. (pg. 170 of IYB 2020)
• Topic: Air Force updated. (pg. 172 of IYB 2020)
• Rest everything is same.

• Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan. (pg. 204 of IYB 2020)
• New topics. (pg. 205 and pg.206 of IYB 2020)
• Rest everything is same.

• Topic: Sahaj (pg. 229 of IYB 2020)
• Topics explained in brief. (pg. 236 of IYB 2020)
• Rest everything is same.

• National Tiger Conservation Authority / Project Tiger, Project Tiger updated.
• Rest everything is same.

• Topic: Balance of Payments updated.
• Some minor changes in information and few topics. (pg. 217 to pg. 274 of IYB 2020)
• Changes made. (pg. 278 to pg. 279 of IYB 2020)
• Two sub-points: 1. Pension Authorization Retrieval and Accounting System (PARAS) and 2. Other Salient Web Facilities. (pg. 285 of IYB 2020)
• Topic: Narcotics updated. (pg. 298 of IYB 2020)
• Topic: Banking (pg. 300 of IYB 2020)
• Topic: Agriculture Credit. (pg. 302 of IYB 2020)
• Rest everything is same.

• Topic: Reforms in budget 2018-19.
• Topic: CBEC-GST Application.

• No changes.

• Minor change Topic: Stock in Central Pool. (pg. 331 of IYB 2020)
• Minor change Topic: Mid-Day Meal Scheme and Wheat Based Nutrition Programme. (pg. 333 of IYB 2020)
• Minor change Topic: Scheme for Adolescent Girls (pg. 334 of IYB 2020)
• Topic: Sugar production updated. (pg. 337 of IYB 2020)
• Topic: Ethanol Blending Petrol Programme updated. (pg. 339 of IYB 2020)
• Topic: Food Processing and Make in India explained in short (pg. 343 of IYB 2020)
• Topics:  Food Parks and Cold Chain, Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana, Mega Food Parks Scheme and Scheme of Operation Greens. (pg. 343 and pg. 344 of IYB 2020)
• Rest everything is same.

• Minor exclusion of few sentences. Not much difference. (pg. 337 of IYB 2020)
• Topics: Sugarcane Pricing Policy and De-regulation of Sugar sector.
• Topic: Production Subsidy for sugar mills.
• Topics: Vegetable Oil Industry, Ban on Export of Edible Oils and Import Duty on Edible Oils.
• Topic: Fixed Capital in Food Processing Industries.

• Topic: Family Planning updated. (pg. 355 of IYB 2020)
• Topic: HIV & AIDS. (pg. 358 of IYB 2020)
• Topic: Food Regulation updated. (pg. 361 of IYB 2020)
• Topic: Drug Regulation updated. (pg. 362 of IYB 2020)
• Topic: AYUSH updated. (pg. 365 of IYB 2020)
• Topic: Autonomous Institutes imparting ASU&H education updated. (pg. 369 of IYB 2020)
• Topics: Regulatory Councils and Public Sector Undertaking. (pg. 373 and pg. 374 of IYB 2020)
• Rest everything is same.

• Topic: Global presence (pg. 266 of IYB 2019)

• Topic: Progress of the Scheme updated. (pg. 376 of IYB 2020)
• Topic: Smart Cities Mission updated. (pg. 377 of IYB 2020)
• Topics: The Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016, Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Act, 2014 (pg. 379 and pg. 380 of IYB 2020)
• Four new short topics added. (pg. 381 of IYB 2020)
• Rest everything is same.

• Topic: Finances.

• Introduction has changes where some paragraphs slightly updated & introduced. (pg. 382 to pg. 386 of IYB 2020)
• Topic: Neighbourhood, updated information. In terms of countries’ names are similar. (pg. 386 to pg. 390 of IYB 2020)
• Topics: East Asia, minor change. In topic, Eurasia new countries introduced.
• Topic: The Gulf and West Asia updated.
• Topics: updated and minor changes and exclusion of few things with regards to the theory provided in previous year IYB 2019. (pg. 393 to pg. 398 of IYB 2020)
• Rest everything is same.

• There is a significant difference in IYB 2020 on page 390 introduces South East Asia and Asia Pacific and Association of Southeast Asian Nations but compared to pg. 289-290 of IYB 2019 the countries are not included in IYB 2020.

• New: Second paragraph added. (pg. 401 of IYB 2020)
• Topic: Ease of Doing Business updated. (pg. 405 of IYB 2020)
• The topic: Make in India updated.
• Topic: Project Monitoring-Invest India Cell. (pg. 406 of IYB 2020)
• Topic: Intellectual Property Right and National IPR Policy have updated. (pg. 407 of IYB 2020)
• Topic: National Design Policy. (pg. 410 of IYB 2020)
• Topic: Fertilizers updated and four short paragraphs included. (pg. 432 of IYB 2020)
• Topic: Medical Devices, one short paragraph added. (pg. 439 of IYB 2020)
• Rest everything is same.

• A difference between IYB 2020 and IYB 2019 is that the last four paragraphs on page 302 of IYB 2019 not included in IYB 2020.

• Topic: National Mission for Justice Delivery and Legal Reforms updated and three new paragraphs added. (pg. 464 of IYB 2020)
• Topic: Commando Battalion for Resolute Action. (pg. 474 of IYB 2020)
• Rest everything is same.

• Topic: Judicial Infrastructure, a few data relating to budget allocation and sharing of fund pattern scheme excluded (pg. 466 of IYB 2020)
• Topic: e-Courts Integrated Mission Mode Project, few Data regarding courts to be computerized and installation of hardware and software data excluded. (pg. 466 of IYB 2020)
• Topic: Access to Justice for the Marginalised, one paragraph excluded. (pg. 467 of IYB 2020)
• Topic: Rapid Action Force one paragraph excluded. (pg. 474 of IYB 2020)
• Topic: Civil Defence, a minor difference data regarding centrally sponsored scheme and Civil Defence Training Institutes mentioned. (pg. 476 of IYB 2020)

• Topic: Shram Yogi Maan-Dhan Yojana. (pg. 493 of IYB 2020)
• Rest everything is same.

• Topic: FM Rainbow updated. (pg. 514 of IYB 2020)
• Topic: Social Media Cell. (pg. 518 of IYB 2020)
• Topics: Modernization of Photo Division and National Photography Awards. (pg. 533 of IYB 2020)
• Topics: e-version of Rozgar Samachar, Mobile App “Digital DPD” and Redesigned Dynamic Website. (pg. 534 of IYB 2020)
• Topics: International Film Festival of India, National Film Awards and 65^th National Film Awards updated. (pg. 539 of IYB 2020)
• Topic: 150^th Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.  (pg. 541 of IYB 2020)
• Topic: Bureau of Outreach and Communication. (pg. 542 of IYB 2020)
• Rest everything is same.

• Topic: Mahatma Gandhi Film Festival.
• Topics not included. (from pg. 404 to pg. 406 in IYB 2019)
• Topic: Publications Division one last paragraph not included (pg. 397 of IYB 2019)

• Topic: Atal Innovation Mission updated. (pg. 557 of IYB 2020)
• New Topics added. (pg. 559 and pg. 560 of IYB 2020)
• Rest everything is same.

• Topics: Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister and Third Meeting of the Governing Council
• Topic: Fourteenth Finance Commission.
• Old topics not included. (pg. 418-419 of IYB 2019)

• Topic: Nanami Gange updated. (pg. 575 of IYB 2020)
• Rest everything is same.

• Topic: Indian Space Programme updated and introduction of two new topics namely Chandrayaan-2 Mission and Other Activities. (pg. 588 of IYB 2020)
• Topic: Space Commerce updated. (pg. 591 of IYB 2020)
• Topic: Forecasts for Heat and Cold Waves updated. (pg. 593 of IYB 2020)
• Topics: Ocean Services, Technology, Observations, Resource Modelling and Science and Atmospheric and Climate Research, Observations Science Services. (pg. 594 and pg. 595 of IYB 2020)
• Topic: Biotechnology updated.
• Rest everything is same.

• One paragraph excluded. (pg. 589 of IYB 2020)
• Topic: Improved Weather and Cyclone Predictions
• Topic: Ocean Observing System

• The topic: Passenger Business updated. (pg. 608 of IYB 2020)
• Topics: Catering Services and Rail Tourism.
• Topic: Roads updated. (pg. 609 of IYB 2020)
• Topic: Bharatmala Pariyojana updated. (pg. 610 of IYB 2020)
• Topics: Setu Bharatam and Char Dham Mahamarg Vikas Pariyojana and National Highways Authority of India updated. (pg. 611 of IYB 2020)
• Topic: National Highways Development Project. (pg. 612 of IYB 2020)
• Rest everything is same.

• Topic: Freight Traffic.

• Topic: Jal Manthan.
• Topics: Flood Management Programme and River Management Activities related to Border Areas (pg. 636 of IYB 2020)
• Topic: Flood Forecasting updated.
• Rest everything is same.

• Topics: Celebration of Constitution Day and Birth Anniversary of Babasaheb. (pg. 652 and pg. 653 of IYB 2020)
• Topic: Mahila Shakti Kendra. (pg. 687 of IYB 2020)
• Topics: Swadhar Greh and Reservation for Women in Police Force. (pg. 687 and pg. 688 of IYB 2020)
• Topic: Relating to Women safety and acts introduced. (pg. 292 of IYB 2020)
• Topics: National Creche Scheme and National Early Childhood Care and Education and Enrolment of Children below Six Years Under Aadhaar. (pg. 700 and pg. 701 of IYB 2020)
• Topic: Organisations under WCD. (pg. 702 of IYB 2020)

• Topic: Rashtriya Mahila Kosh (pg. 514 of IYB 2019)

• No changes.

• Topic: Agriculture to Punjab Energy Development Agency. (pg. 774 of IYB 2020)
• Topic: Fairs and Festivals updated. (pg. 776 of IYB 2020)
• Topics: Agriculture and Irrigation, Tourism, Social Welfare Programmes. (pg. 784 to pg. 785 of IYB 2020)
• Ladakh. (pg. 812 of IYB 2020)
• Rest everything is same.

• Topic: History and Geography. The first paragraph printed twice. (pg. 729 of IYB 2020)

• Updated with new current affairs from January 1, 2019— December 31, 2019 January, 2019

• Nanaji Deshmukh (Posthumus) (1916-2010)
• Dr. Bhupen Hazarika (Posthumus) (1926-2011)
• Pranab Mukherjee (b-1935) 2019

New Recipient of Nobel

• ABHIJIT VINAYAK BANERJEE

Similarly other Padma award recipients etc.

• List of Ministers and Members of Parliament (MP) updated