Daily and monthly current affairs mapped to syllabus topics and related PYQs.
The PM Viksit Bharat Rojgar Yojana completed one year on 1 August 2026, a PIB backgrounder said. It pays first-time employees and employers who create new formal jobs, through an EPFO-linked system. The outlay is ₹99,446 crore for 1 August 2025 to 31 July 2027. Over 72 lakh first-time employees have joined, nearly 30 per cent of them women.
1 Aug 2026
India and Rwanda held the first session of their Joint Trade Committee in New Delhi on 30 and 31 July 2026, the Commerce Ministry said on 1 August. They named critical minerals, healthcare and digital technologies as priorities. India supplies about 24.5 per cent of Rwanda's pharmaceutical imports, and is its second largest foreign investor.
1 Aug 2026
NHAI rolled out Multi-Lane Free Flow (MLFF) tolling at the Shahjahanpur toll plaza on the Delhi-Jaipur section of NH-48 in Rajasthan, the Road Transport Ministry said on 1 August 2026. It is the third barrier-free plaza after Daulatpura and Manoharpura. Travel from Manesar to Jaipur is now fully barrier-free. Vehicles pay without stopping.
1 Aug 2026
The Union Government released an additional tax devolution instalment of ₹1,09,019 crore to the States on 1 August 2026, the Finance Ministry said. It comes on top of the normal monthly devolution due on 10 August. The aim is to help States speed up capital and development spending. Uttar Pradesh got the largest share, ₹19,208 crore.
1 Aug 2026
The External Affairs Ministry answered four questions in Parliament on 30 and 31 July 2026. Operation Amistad sent relief and an Army field hospital to Venezuela after two earthquakes in June. The Tehran embassy helped 2,557 Indians leave Iran by land. India has met its USD 120 million Chabahar commitment, but the US sanctions waiver ended in April.
31 Jul 2026
The Union Cabinet approved Samudra Manthan, the National Offshore Exploration Scheme, on 31 July 2026. It is a Central Sector Scheme of the Petroleum Ministry with an outlay of ₹84,084 crore up to FY 2030-31. It pays for seismic surveys, 60 deepwater wells, shared offshore infrastructure and a manufacturing zone. The aim: add over 600 MMTOE of reserves.
31 Jul 2026
The Maldives Monetary Authority announced on 30 July 2026 that its instant payment system, Favara, is now linked with India's UPI, the Finance Ministry said on 31 July. People in the Maldives can send money in real time from their mobile banking apps to UPI-enabled bank accounts in India. Payments start in Rufiyaa and arrive in Rupees.
31 Jul 2026
The Petroleum Ministry defended the Ethanol Blended Petrol (EBP) Programme on 31 July 2026. It said that when the Indian crude basket hit about US$135 a barrel, unblended petrol would have cost about ₹125 a litre in Delhi. Consumers paid ₹94.77 instead. It also said only surplus or damaged grain goes to ethanol, after food security needs.
31 Jul 2026
India's social protection systems now cover about 101 crore people, or over 68 per cent of the population, Labour Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on 31 July 2026. He spoke at the 4th Global Industrial Relations Summit in New Delhi. The ILO had highlighted the figure at the BRICS Labour Ministers' Meeting in Hyderabad the week before.
31 Jul 2026
The Union Cabinet approved continuing PM-KISAN from 2026-27 to 2030-31 with an outlay of ₹3.15 lakh crore on 31 July 2026. Launched in February 2019, the scheme pays eligible landholding farmer families ₹6,000 a year in three equal instalments by DBT. Over ₹4.47 lakh crore has been paid so far through 23 instalments.
31 Jul 2026