Current affairs compilation: April 2026
Pick a date on the calendar to read that day's current affairs. Full month list below for revision.
Thursday, 30 April 2026
5 items- UPI completes 10 years: 24,162 crore transactions in FY26GS3 · Digital payments
- TRAI consults on V2X communication frameworkGS3 · Telecom / transport
- Online Gaming Rules, 2026 in force from 1 MayGS2 · Regulation / IT
- Jammu–Srinagar direct passenger train service beginsGS3 · Infrastructure / J&K
- 58 companies eligible under ₹1,500 crore critical mineral recycling schemeGS3 · Critical minerals
Full April list
1 April
- ₹1,536 crore XV FC grants to panchayats in 8 States
- Antariksh Venture Fund for space startups operational (₹1,005 crore)
- Backgrounder: GLP-1 drugs: use, risks and regulation
- Bill to make Amaravati sole capital of Andhra Pradesh
- Census 2027 begins with digital houselisting; PM self-enumerates
- Concessional customs duty for SEZ-to-DTA sales
- MoD fully uses ₹1.86 lakh crore capital budget in FY26
2 April
- Backgrounder: Multi-Hazard Early Warning Decision Support System
- Full customs duty exemption on critical petrochemicals amid West Asia conflict
- India–Australia ECTA four years: trade USD 24.1 billion
- PM-WANI crosses 4 lakh hotspots
3 April
4 April
- Backgrounder: resilient farm production: foodgrains 357.73 MMT in 2024-25
- Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill, 2026 passed
- MoSJE records highest-ever spending of ₹11,810.82 crore in FY26
5 April
- Major ports handle record 915 MT cargo in FY26
- Mission Karmayogi course for scientists in administrative capacity
6 April
- First Annual Survey of Incorporated Services Sector Enterprises launched
- GeM crosses ₹18.4 lakh crore gross merchandise value
- Grass pollen helps trace early farming in Ganga plain
- Kavach 4.0: ₹1,364.45 crore approved for several zones
7 April
- Draft GSVA and district GDP guidelines on base 2022-23
- ICAR task force on farm resilience amid geopolitical shifts
- Mineral (Auction) Second Amendment Rules, 2026 notified
- Two institutions notified as repositories under Biological Diversity Act
8 April
- India third in renewable energy capacity; 55.3 GW non-fossil added in FY26
- Jaipur Metro Phase-2 approved: 41 km, ₹13,037.66 crore
- National Quantum Mission achieves 1,000-km secure communication
- NBS subsidy rates for Kharif 2026 approved
- PM MUDRA completes 11 years: ₹40.07 lakh crore via 57.79 crore loans
- Two Arunachal hydro projects approved: Kamala (1,720 MW) and Kalai-II (1,200 MW)
- India welcomes West Asia ceasefire, calls for free passage through Hormuz
9 April
- FIU-IND and I4C sign MoU on cyber fraud
- India–Bhutan sign Punatsangchhu-II tariff protocol
- Kandla advances methanol bunkering
- EAM at the 9th Indian Ocean Conference in Mauritius
10 April
- 52 new applications approved under textiles PLI Round III
- First survey of unincorporated construction sector
- NITI reports on Ease of Doing R&D
- WII study: wildlife underpasses work on Delhi–Dehradun corridor
11 April
- Backgrounder: Sagarmala: 845 projects worth ₹6.06 lakh crore
- Barabanki–Bahraich highway as India–Nepal trade link
- Digital-only toll collection on National Highways
- India-born cheetah gives birth to four cubs in the wild at Kuno
12 April
- Centre advises States to align bonus policies to promote pulses
- India–Uzbekistan exercise DUSTLIK, 7th edition
13 April
- Backgrounder: e-NAM integrates 1,656 mandis
- IMD first-stage forecast: below-normal monsoon at 92% of LPA
- Startup India Fund of Funds 2.0 notified with ₹10,000 crore
14 April
- Backgrounder: Mission Poshan 2.0
- Delhi–Dehradun Economic Corridor inaugurated
- Mineral Concession Rules amended for low-grade iron ore ASP
15 April
- First BRICS Health Working Group meeting of India’s 2026 chairship
- First wildlife crime prosecuted by CBI: Shahtoosh trader convicted
- Urban Challenge Fund guidelines: ₹1 lakh crore to leverage ₹4 lakh crore
- WPI inflation 3.88% in March 2026; CPI 3.40%
16 April
- AI Governance and Economic Group constituted
- Austria Chancellor’s visit: outcomes
- FIU-IND signs MoU with PFRDA against money laundering
- Tata’s Dholera chip fab notified as SEZ
17 April
- Backgrounder: River Basin Management Scheme
- India–Norway trade dialogue reviews TEPA
- Record 55,200 startups recognised in FY26; total 2.23 lakh
- RELIEF scheme for exporters extended to Egypt and Jordan
18 April
- Backgrounder: ASI protects 3,686 monuments
- Cabinet creates Bharat Maritime Insurance Pool with ₹12,980 crore guarantee
- Lok Sabha’s seventh session: 93% productivity
- Nearly one-third of CSE 2025 toppers are women
- PMGSY-III extended to March 2028
- Two rail multitracking projects (601 km) in UP and Andhra Pradesh
19 April
- ₹90,000 crore rail projects under execution in Odisha
- Backgrounder: high-value crop diversification
- India’s first advanced 3D semiconductor packaging unit: groundbreaking in Odisha
- Vice President in Sri Lanka: OCI to sixth generation
20 April
- Core sector contracts 0.4% in March 2026
- India–South Korea elevate ties to Special Strategic Partnership
- NSO 2025 health survey: insurance reaches nearly half the population
- UDID card holders can travel in unreserved Divyangjan coaches
21 April
- ₹975 crore contracts for mine-clearing trawls on T-72/T-90 tanks
- Backgrounder: PLI for food processing (₹10,900 crore)
- NMCG adds sewage capacity through 18 projects in FY26
- First India-Japan AI Strategic Dialogue
22 April
- Atal Pension Yojana crosses 9 crore enrolments
- India–Germany defence industrial cooperation roadmap
- PM Internship Scheme opened to final-year students
- Shekha Jheel (Aligarh) becomes India’s 99th Ramsar site; UP tally 12
- Wind capacity addition hits record 6.1 GW in FY26
23 April
- Backgrounder: insurance coverage and social security
- First structured pulse procurement in Bihar; NCCF drive in Chhattisgarh
- IAF activates Emergency Landing Facility on Purvanchal Expressway at Sultanpur
- NAMASTE scheme for sanitation workers
- SAF-blended jet fuel brought under ATF Control Order
- India to host fourth India-Africa Forum Summit on 31 May
24 April
- ₹5,000 crore incentive for State mining reforms under SASCI 2026-27
- Bharat Taxi, the cooperative ride-hailing platform, expands to Mumbai
- MoSPI plans city-level statistics for 47 million-plus cities
- Silicon photonics design kit and test engine developed at IIT Madras launched
25 April
- DRDO unveils Advanced Armoured Platforms
- NITI framework for effective city government: directly elected mayors
- NMBA 2.0 app launched
- Startup India Fund of Funds 2.0 guidelines: ₹10,000 crore via SIDBI
26 April
- Five-year project to green panchayats and strengthen BMCs in TN and Meghalaya
- Small Hydro Power Development Scheme: ₹2,584.60 crore for 1,500 MW
27 April
- Backgrounder: 111 National Waterways, 32 operational
- India–New Zealand FTA signed: zero duty on all Indian exports
- PFBR at Kalpakkam achieves criticality: India second after Russia with commercial-scale FBR
- TRAI paper on expanding public Wi-Fi
28 April
- ₹3,566 crore PMGSY-IV roads approved for J&K
- First coal mine agreements with underground coal gasification provisions
- IIP grows 4.1% in March 2026
- NITI’s DPI@2047 roadmap
- South Coast Railway zone notified; Andhra Pradesh 100% electrified
29 April
- NSO health survey: zero median OPD spending in public facilities
- Panchayat Advancement Index 2.0: 3,635 front-runner panchayats
- PM inaugurates 594-km Ganga Expressway in UP
- Shipping plan: 62 vessels with ₹51,383 crore in FY27
- West Bengal records 91.66% turnout in Phase II, highest since Independence
- “Women and Men in India 2025”: sex ratio at birth rises to 917