Daily and monthly current affairs mapped to syllabus topics and related PYQs.
DARPG launched the portal for the National e-Governance Service Delivery Assessment (NeSDA) 2025 in a meeting with nodal officers of Central Ministries and States/UTs on 25 May 2026. NeSDA is DARPG's biennial framework to measure e-governance service delivery from the citizen's perspective, based on the UN e-Government Survey's Online Service Index and customised for India.
28 May 2026
NHAI has finalised a tentative list of National Highway stretches proposed for monetisation under Toll-Operate-Transfer (TOT) and Infrastructure Investment Trust (InvIT) modes in FY 2026-27, the Ministry said on 28 May 2026. The list does not include assets proposed through Raajmarg Infra Investment Trust (RIIT) for that year. Aim: raise capital from operational highways for further network expansion.
28 May 2026
On 28 May 2026 the Rural Development Ministry released a Mother Sanction of ₹10,021.42 crore to 12 States under PMAY-G. Against a target of 4.95 crore houses, 3.91 crore have been approved and more than 3.05 crore completed. Nearly 75% of sanctioned houses are in women's names or joint ownership. Goal: Housing for All by March 2029.
28 May 2026
The 12th round of India–Korea Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (IK CEPA) upgrade negotiations was held in New Delhi from 25 to 27 May 2026. It followed the Joint Declaration of 20 April 2026, signed during the Korean President's State Visit, committing both sides to accelerate the upgrade. Both sides reviewed progress and discussed the way forward.
28 May 2026
India and Singapore held the 16th Defence Policy Dialogue in Singapore on 28 May 2026. The two sides reviewed ongoing defence engagements and discussed military cooperation, defence industry collaboration, capacity building and regional security. Newer areas named include cyber security, artificial intelligence, maritime security, unmanned systems and advanced defence technologies.
28 May 2026
The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, in force since 2016, completed ten years in May 2026. By March 2026, 1,419 cases had yielded resolution plans and creditors had realised over ₹4 lakh crore—about 95% of fair value and 167% of liquidation value. Banking GNPAs fell from nearly 11.8% in 2017 to 2.1% as of September 2025.
28 May 2026
MDoNER and the Tripura government launched Mission Queen Pineapple, a ₹236 crore convergence initiative, on 27 May 2026. It runs from Q2 FY2026 to Q4 FY2028 to build the value chain around Tripura's GI-tagged Queen Pineapple—from cultivation and aggregation to processing, branding and exports—with multiple Central ministries and agencies.
27 May 2026
The CCEA approved continuation of SARTHAK-PDS as an umbrella scheme with ₹25,530 crore as Central share for the 16th Finance Commission cycle. It merges assistance for intra-State foodgrain movement and FPS dealers' margins under NFSA with SMART PDS. The merged scheme runs to 31 March 2031 and serves about 81.35 crore NFSA beneficiaries.
27 May 2026
The Health Ministry released National Health Accounts estimates for 2022-23 on 27 May 2026, the tenth NHA report. Out-of-pocket expenditure fell from 64.2% of Total Health Expenditure in 2013-14 to 43.4% in 2022-23. Government Health Expenditure rose from 1.15% of GDP to 1.43% (1.48% on the new GDP series with base 2022-23).
27 May 2026
The Agriculture Ministry's Third Advance Estimates for 2025-26 put total foodgrain production at a record 376.563 million tonnes, nearly 18.8 million tonnes (5.3%) above last year's 357.732 million tonnes. Rice (154.024 MT), maize (55.093 MT), groundnut, rapeseed-mustard and sugarcane (500.063 MT) are also at record levels.
27 May 2026