2025 reforms recap: four Labour Codes, next-gen GST
Gig workers come under social security for the first time. States' rules will decide how far that goes.
30 Dec 2025GS3
Current affairs relevant to GS3.
IndiaAI Mission: ₹10,300 crore and 38,000 GPUs
Compute is only one part. Data in Indian languages and trained people matter as much.
30 Dec 2025
MoD signs ₹4,666 crore deals for CQB carbines and heavy-weight torpedoes
Infantry modernisation is less glamorous than jets but matters for daily operations.
30 Dec 2025
DAC clears ₹79,000 crore of proposals
Astra Mk-II is indigenous, so the order backs local missile production.
29 Dec 2025
GDP grows 8.2% in Q2 FY26; unemployment falls to 4.7%
It gives the RBI room to cut rates. Watch whether private capex follows.
29 Dec 2025
Pinaka long-range guided rocket hits 120 km in maiden test
A 120 km guided rocket costs less than a missile and adds deep-strike artillery.
29 Dec 2025
Rabi sowing at 614.30 lakh ha; gram up 4.66 lakh ha
More gram fits the pulses mission. Wheat area is flat, so the crop size will depend on February-March temperatures.
29 Dec 2025
SHANTI Bill on nuclear energy
India targets 100 GW of nuclear power by 2047. That cannot happen with NPCIL alone.
28 Dec 2025
BIS releases standards for bomb-disposal kits and electric tractors
Common standards let police forces buy equipment that has passed the same tests. For e-tractors, a test code is a first step to subsidy and finance.
28 Dec 2025
₹7,280 crore scheme for rare earth permanent magnets
China's 2025 export curbs showed the risk. Domestic capacity is insurance.
27 Dec 2025