Current affairs grouped by GS paper (filter view; topic-level grouping uses syllabus_topic).
On 2 October 2026 the Ministry of Mines reported that two limestone blocks in Anantnag, Koot-Kapran and Wantrag, had been auctioned, a first for the UT of Jammu and Kashmir. The J&K Government entrusted the auction to the Union Ministry of Mines, which used a transparent competitive process under the Central mineral auction system.
2 Oct 2026
On 2 October 2026 the Mumbai Port Authority declared its Jawahar Dweep Marine Oil Terminal plastic-free, making it India's first plastic-free oil terminal. The Union Ports Minister marked it at the port's Swachhata Abhiyan on Gandhi Jayanti, honoured sanitation workers and dedicated the port's Oil Spill Response facilities to the nation.
2 Oct 2026
On 2 October 2026 tigress T138, translocated from Valmiki Tiger Reserve in Bihar, was released in Buxa Tiger Reserve, West Bengal. It begins a phased Tiger Reintroduction Programme to rebuild a self-sustaining tiger population in Buxa, after years of prey build-up, grassland restoration and community work under a project supported by NTCA and WII.
2 Oct 2026
On 2 October 2026 the Government, in consultation with the UT of Ladakh, identified 28 places and features in Ladakh by standard names on the official Survey of India map. They include peaks such as Atisha Giri, Kanishka Peak and Zorawar Peak, the Chapchingal and Shachmirk passes, Skamri Glacier, Guru Rinpoche Lake and Yangpa River.
2 Oct 2026
At the G20 Trade Ministers' Meeting in Milwaukee, USA, concluding on 2 October 2026, India said it has no structural excess capacity in the sectors named by the G20 Presidency. It argued that trade distortions should be handled through WTO-consistent anti-dumping and countervailing duties, backed MFN and consensus, and wanted the two-tier dispute settlement system restored.
2 Oct 2026
On 1 October 2026 the Petroleum Minister launched GOBARdhan, a Central Sector Scheme for compressed biogas (CBG) approved by the Cabinet on 6 August 2026 with ₹23,731 crore. It runs from 2026-27 to 2035-36 and aims to raise domestic CBG output nearly 10-fold to about 5 MMSCMD through assured offtake, a fixed price, capital aid and pipeline support.
1 Oct 2026
The Centre has capped sugar dealers' stocks at 1,000 quintals and a holding period of 15 days from 15 October to 30 November 2026, to stop hoarding in the festive season. Kolkata's metro area and Assam get a 2,000-quintal limit. Retail sugar prices are down 15 per cent from the August peak and ex-mill prices about 28 per cent.
1 Oct 2026
On 1 October 2026 the Ministry of Mines launched the auction of two offshore mineral blocks in the Andaman Sea, Sewell Rise-01 and West Sewell Ridge-01 off Great Nicobar, for Composite Licence. Together they cover over 1,632 sq km and hold polymetallic nodules and crusts with cobalt, nickel, manganese, copper and rare earth elements.
1 Oct 2026
The Centre released ₹1,423.30 crore to States and UTs over 2022-23 to 2024-25 to implement the Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1955 and the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. States report 217 Exclusive Special Courts in 15 States and UTs. Yet 65,646 cases were registered in 2024 and 3,92,006 were pending trial at year end.
1 Oct 2026
MoSPI released the Annual Survey of Industries 2024-25 on 30 September 2026. Registered manufacturing GVA rose 9.59 per cent to ₹2694.2 thousand crore, output grew 7.81 per cent and employment 7.19 per cent, crossing 2 crore after adding over 14 lakh workers. Factories rose from 2.60 lakh to 2.67 lakh.
30 Sep 2026