Current affairs relevant to GS2.
On 5 July 2026 the Rural Development Ministry released the first instalment of ₹25,863 crore to States for VB-G RAM G, the rural jobs law that replaced MGNREGA nationwide from 1 July 2026. The Act guarantees 125 days of wage work a year, and no State now has a notified wage below ₹300 a day.
5 Jul 2026
The Academic Bank of Credits (ABC), a Ministry of Education platform regulated by UGC, stores, transfers and redeems the credits a student earns. APAAR is the 12-digit "One Nation, One Student ID" linked to it. By 2 July 2026, 26.35 crore verified APAAR IDs had been generated, and 2,899 higher education institutions had registered on ABC.
4 Jul 2026
LokOS (Lok = People, OS = Operating System) is the web and mobile platform of DAY-NRLM that digitises Self-Help Groups and their federations. It covers 94.16 lakh SHGs with 10.03 crore members across 762 districts and tracks about ₹2 lakh crore of SHG transactions a year. SHE-LEAPS, for women entrepreneurs, runs on it from 29 June 2026.
4 Jul 2026
UIDAI now lets residents add or update their email ID in Aadhaar through the Aadhaar App, with no centre visit. The service is free for six months from 1 July 2026, and over 2.5 lakh people used it in the first two days. A linked email brings real-time alerts whenever an Aadhaar authentication request is made.
3 Jul 2026
Japan's Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae made her first official visit to India from 1 to 3 July 2026 for the 16th India-Japan Annual Summit. The leaders adopted a Joint Declaration on Economic Security Cooperation and statements on energy resilience and AI, agreed in principle on UNICORN, and set a fourth 2+2 meeting in Tokyo by year-end.
2 Jul 2026
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved better-quality rice for PMGKAY and other welfare schemes: broken grains are capped at 10% in raw rice (from 25%) and 5% in parboiled rice (from 16%). It is the first revision in nearly three decades. Over 80 crore beneficiaries gain, with savings of about ₹2,161 crore a year.
2 Jul 2026
NITI Aayog released a report, "Strategic Roadmap for Making Ayurveda Global", on 2 July 2026. Prepared by its Health Division with PwC, it maps Ayurveda's global footprint and sets a phased plan up to 2047 on three pillars: Availability, Acceptability and Propagation. It calls for a whole-of-government approach with time-bound implementation.
2 Jul 2026
On 1 July 2026 the Prime Minister marked 11 years of the Digital India initiative. He said it has made governance more transparent, efficient and citizen-centric, through digital payments, Direct Benefit Transfers and digital public infrastructure used by over a billion Indians, and that it now opens doors in AI, semiconductors and quantum computing.
1 Jul 2026
On 30 June 2026 the Union Home Minister launched the FCRA 2.0 portal and the e-OCI card. FCRA 2.0 makes applications, renewals and annual returns under the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act fully digital on the MeghRaj government cloud. The e-OCI card gives over 50 lakh OCI cardholders a digital card and ends booklet re-issue on a new passport after 20.
30 Jun 2026
The Ministry of Panchayati Raj released a two-volume national study on "Low Participation in Gram Sabha across States and Union Territories" on 30 June 2026. Prepared by NIRD&PR, it covered nearly 7,800 respondents in about 400 Gram Panchayats across 26 States and UTs and 213 districts, including PESA and Women-Friendly Gram Panchayats.
30 Jun 2026