Current affairs grouped by GS paper (filter view; topic-level grouping uses syllabus_topic).
On 30 September 2026 the Union Cabinet approved Green Energy Corridor Phase-III, with an outlay of ₹1,86,405 crore by 2032-33. It will strengthen intra-State transmission to carry up to 135 GW of renewable energy and add 50 GWh of battery storage. Central financial support is ₹54,082 crore, to keep transmission charges and power costs down.
30 Sep 2026
On 30 September 2026 the Ministry of Power notified new Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) norms for passenger vehicles, in force from 1 April 2027 to 31 March 2032. The fuel-use benchmark tightens from 3.996 to 3.3273 litres per 100 km, an improvement of about 16.7 per cent, and the reference weight rises to 1,229 kg.
30 Sep 2026
On 30 September 2026 the CCEA approved Minimum Support Prices for Rabi crops for marketing season 2027-28. Wheat MSP is ₹2,610 a quintal, up ₹25. Safflower got the largest increase, ₹675, followed by rapeseed and mustard at ₹413. Expected margins over cost range from 50 per cent for safflower to 106 per cent for wheat.
30 Sep 2026
At its 30th Full Commission meeting on 28 September 2026, CAQM revised the Graded Response Action Plan for NCR. Curbs on DG sets and old buses now start at Stage I, and BS-III petrol and BS-IV diesel car curbs extend to Sonipat. The schedule now has 48 actions across four stages.
29 Sep 2026
On 29 September 2026 the Environment Minister handed over the first PRAMAAN certificates under the Indian Forest and Wood Certification Scheme. Andhra Pradesh Forest Development Corporation got one for 33,000 hectares of plantations, and an Odisha bamboo farmer got another. IIFM Bhopal runs the scheme, launched in December 2023.
29 Sep 2026
The 10th India-Republic of Korea Joint Committee Meeting on Defence Industries and Logistics Cooperation was held in New Delhi on 29 September 2026. It was co-chaired by the Additional Secretary (Defence Production) and the Vice Minister of Korea's DAPA. Companies from both sides, including L&T, BEML and Hanwha Aerospace, took part.
29 Sep 2026
A PIB backgrounder of 29 September 2026 says the Education Ministry has, for the first time, defined literacy as reading, writing and computing with comprehension, plus life skills like digital and financial literacy. A State or UT at 95 per cent counts as fully literate. PLFS 2025 puts India's literacy rate at 81.1 per cent.
29 Sep 2026
At the 28th session of the FAO Committee on Forestry in Rome (28 September to 2 October 2026), India said its forest and tree cover is 82.74 million hectares, or 25.17 per cent of its area. FAO's Global Forest Resources Assessment 2025 ranks India 9th in forest area and 3rd in net annual forest gain.
28 Sep 2026
MoSPI's Quick Estimate shows the Index of Industrial Production grew 8.0 per cent in August 2026 over August 2025, up from 6.7 per cent in July. Manufacturing grew 9.0 per cent and electricity and gas 12.3 per cent, while mining fell 5.6 per cent. The index, on the new base 2022-23, stood at 123.3.
28 Sep 2026
At the 70th meeting of the International Whaling Commission in Hobart, Australia (28 September to 2 October 2026), India called for science-based conservation of whales and other cetaceans. The meeting marks 80 years of the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling, signed in 1946. India has been an IWC member since 1981.
28 Sep 2026