Current affairs grouped by GS paper (filter view; topic-level grouping uses syllabus_topic).
GST, launched on 1 July 2017, completed nine years. A PIB backgrounder says GST taxpayers grew from 66.5 lakh in 2017 to 1.65 crore in May 2026, and gross collection rose from about ₹13.76 lakh crore in 2021-22 to about ₹22.27 lakh crore in 2025-26. The Next-Gen GST reforms of September 2025 moved to two main slabs, 5% and 18%.
30 Jun 2026
The boards of Power Finance Corporation and REC Limited approved a scheme to merge REC into PFC under Sections 230 to 232 of the Companies Act, 2013. The merged lender will have a loan book of over ₹11 lakh crore. REC shareholders will get 88 PFC shares for every 100 REC shares, and the entity must stay a Government Company.
30 Jun 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
UPI went live in Greece on 30 June 2026 through a partnership between Eurobank and NIPL, launched at Eurobank's headquarters in Athens in the presence of the Union Commerce and Industry Minister. Eligible customers can now send money instantly and securely at a fraction of the cost of conventional transfers. The visit also pushed India-Greece trade and investment ties.
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
The Government notified revised wage rates under the VB-G RAM G Act, 2025, effective 1 July 2026 when the Act began. A new ₹300 interim base wage means no notified wage is below ₹300 a day. The national average rose from ₹298.8 under MGNREGA to ₹327.4, and States such as Uttar Pradesh and Bihar get rises of 15% to 25%.
30 Jun 2026
India's Index of Industrial Production grew 5.1% in May 2026, MoSPI said on 29 June 2026, led by manufacturing (5.5%) and electricity and gas (9.9%), while mining fell 1.6%. MoSPI also replaced WPI with the new Output Producer Price Index as deflator for value-based items in the IIP base 2022-23, re-releasing the whole series.
29 Jun 2026
The Petroleum Ministry withdrew, from 1 July 2026, temporary curbs on retail petrol and diesel sales at public sector outlets. The order of 12 June 2026 had capped diesel at 200 litres per customer or vehicle a day and made bulk users buy from consumer pumps, after a West Asia crisis created a gap between retail and bulk prices.
29 Jun 2026
The Health Ministry launched the Unified Health Interface (UHI) on 29 June 2026. UHI is the service layer of the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission: an open network with common standards that lets patients and verified providers find and book each other across any compatible app. Live services include blood bank, ambulance, Jan Aushadhi and PMJAY hospital search.
29 Jun 2026
At the 16th Conference of the Central Council of Health and Family Welfare on 29 June 2026, the Health Ministry launched SUMAN Roadmap 2030 to cut the Maternal Mortality Ratio below 70 per 100,000 live births by 2030, focusing on 130 districts in 13 States. It also launched SSBSK, a single home-care programme for children from birth to 36 months.
29 Jun 2026