Current affairs relevant to GS3.
As on 4 September 2026, India had sown kharif crops on 1,086.31 lakh hectares, against 1,104.00 lakh ha a year earlier, a fall of 17.69 lakh ha. Rice was down 16.37 lakh ha at 421.82 lakh ha. Pulses and jute and mesta were higher than last year, with Uttar Pradesh adding the most pulses area.
8 Sep 2026
On 8 September 2026 the Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying said it had stepped up control of Lumpy Skin Disease after sporadic cases since July 2026, mainly in UP, Rajasthan, Himachal, Haryana, Punjab and Uttarakhand. A Central Expert Team went to UP in August. Over 36.18 crore cattle have been vaccinated, and 3,461 cases were active.
8 Sep 2026
A Fisheries Ministry note of 7 September 2026 says 9,467 Recirculatory Aquaculture Systems and 4,573 biofloc units have been approved under PMMSY, backed by ₹4,120 crore. RAS recycles up to 90 to 95 per cent of water. India's fish output rose from 95.79 lakh tonnes in 2013-14 to a record 198 lakh tonnes in 2024-25.
7 Sep 2026
On 7 September 2026 the Defence Acquisition Council, chaired by the Raksha Mantri, gave Acceptance of Necessity to capital acquisition proposals worth about ₹1,10,000 crore. They include CBRN reconnaissance vehicles and mine layers for the Army, Arudhra radars and marine gas turbines for the Navy, and jammers for the forces. About 98 per cent will be bought from Indian industry.
7 Sep 2026
On 7 September 2026, at the 5th e-FAST India Summit, NITI Aayog launched PACT, the Platform for Aggregating Clean Transport, to pool freight demand from shippers and logistics firms and turn it into zero-emission truck deployments on chosen corridors. A ZET Marketplace was also introduced. E-freight vehicle deployments rose from 201 in FY25 to 826 in FY26.
7 Sep 2026
The National Biodiversity Authority held the 16th National Meet of State Biodiversity Boards and UT Biodiversity Councils at Chandigarh on 6 and 7 September 2026. The Environment Minister asked States to align their rules with the Biological Diversity (Amendment) Act, 2023 and the 2024 Rules, and to make over 2.76 lakh Biodiversity Management Committees work.
6 Sep 2026
A PIB backgrounder of 6 September 2026 explains the Vibrant Villages Programme for villages on India's land borders. Its two phases, VVP-I for the northern border and VVP-II for all other land borders, have a combined outlay of ₹11,639 crore and cover more than 2,616 villages. By July 2026 MHA had sanctioned 1,248 VVP-I projects.
6 Sep 2026
On 5 September 2026 the National Biodiversity Authority said its cumulative Access and Benefit-Sharing disbursements had crossed ₹200 crore. It sanctioned ₹8.23 crore to 27 State Biodiversity Boards and 5 UT Biodiversity Councils, from seed companies' use of bitter gourd, okra, chilli and onion. Money is shared by crop area because the source farmers cannot be traced.
5 Sep 2026
On 5 September 2026 the Ministry of Coal said reports that its ₹37,500 crore Scheme for Promotion of Surface Coal/Lignite Gasification Projects had no applicants were premature. The first round was open till 7 September, and Talcher Fertilisers and NTPC had applied. The scheme, approved on 13 May 2026, backs conversion of coal into syngas, methanol, ammonia and urea.
5 Sep 2026
ECLGS 5.0, approved on 5 May 2026 and run by NCGTC, gives government-backed guarantees so lenders can give extra working capital to firms hit by external shocks. It aims at up to ₹2.55 lakh crore of credit. By 20 August 2026, 6,73,979 guarantees worth ₹2,50,024 crore had been issued, 97.3 per cent of them to MSMEs.
5 Sep 2026