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Current affairs compilation: September 2026

The whole month in one page, day by day. Use it for revision before Prelims.

October 2026 · 101September 2026 · 142August 2026 · 169July 2026 · 165June 2026 · 139May 2026 · 125

Tuesday, 1 September

5 items
  1. Ahmedabad becomes third spoke under international aviation hub strategyGS3 · Infrastructure
  2. CARA Adoption Awareness 2026: “Say No to Illegal Adoption”GS2 · Child rights
  3. PM at 26th SCO Summit in Bishkek, SCO’s 25th anniversaryGS2 · Regional groupings
  4. Shakti Sharma becomes first non-medical woman two-star officerGS1/GS2 · Gender, defence
  5. Sugar stock limit for dealers cut to 2,000 quintalsGS3 · Food security, prices

Wednesday, 2 September

5 items
  1. 18th BRICS heads of IP offices meet in New DelhiGS2/GS3 · IPR
  2. GIFT IFSC banking units mobilise $52.8 bn under RBI FCNR(B) swapGS3 · Financial sector
  3. JCR upgrades India’s sovereign rating to A- (stable)GS3 · Economy
  4. Legal Metrology (Indian Standard Time) Rules, 2026 notified: “One Nation, One Time”GS2/GS3 · Governance, S&T
  5. New GDP series with base 2022-23 and double deflationGS3 · National income

Thursday, 3 September

4 items
  1. Decentralised grain storage plan through PACS: backgrounderGS3 · Food security, cooperatives
  2. Defence Minister releases RAKSHA defence-diplomacy roadmapGS3 · Security, IR
  3. Jal Sanchay Jan Bhagidari backgrounder: community water conservationGS1/GS3 · Water
  4. Sonowal pushes green shipping corridors, shore power and green bunkeringGS3 · Maritime decarbonisation

Friday, 4 September

5 items
  1. Belgian PM visit: India–EU FTA and Antwerp-Bruges link highlightedGS2 · India–EU
  2. CAQM finds 17 of 35 industrial units non-compliant in Nuh, HaryanaGS3 · Air pollution
  3. GSLV-F17 launches EOS-05, India’s first imaging satellite in geosynchronous orbitGS3 · Space
  4. NFRA sets up advisory committee on audit quality and technologyGS3 · Corporate governance
  5. PIB backgrounder: National Policy on Geothermal EnergyGS1/GS3 · Energy

Saturday, 5 September

4 items
  1. Coal Ministry: ₹37,500-crore coal gasification scheme applications under wayGS3 · Energy
  2. ECLGS 5.0 backgrounder: credit guarantees for firms hit by external shocksGS3 · MSMEs, credit
  3. NBA crosses ₹200 crore in Access and Benefit-Sharing payoutsGS3 · Biodiversity
  4. Vice President launches India Valve Registry for cardiac careGS2 · Health

Sunday, 6 September

3 items
  1. 16th National Meet of State Biodiversity Boards at ChandigarhGS3 · Biodiversity governance
  2. New chairperson and members appointed to National Commission for Safai KaramcharisGS2 · Social justice
  3. Vibrant Villages Programme: ₹11,639 crore for border villagesGS3 · Border management

Monday, 7 September

5 items
  1. Aquaculture backgrounder: RAS and biofloc for the blue economyGS3 · Fisheries
  2. DAC clears ₹1.10 lakh crore of defence acquisitionsGS3 · Defence
  3. e-FAST India launches PACT to scale zero-emission trucksGS3 · Clean transport
  4. Jute backgrounder: India produced 76 lakh bales of raw jute in 2025-26GS1/GS3 · Agriculture, industry
  5. Speaker: 33% reservation will open new avenues for women’s leadershipGS2 · Polity, gender

Tuesday, 8 September

4 items
  1. DoT’s Financial Fraud Risk Indicator stopped ₹5,000 crore of suspected fraudGS3 · Cyber security
  2. IAF–JASDF air exercise Veer Guardian-2026 at JodhpurGS2 · India–Japan
  3. Kharif sowing at 1,086.31 lakh ha; pulses and jute ahead of last yearGS3 · Agriculture
  4. Centre steps up Lumpy Skin Disease control; expert team sent to UPGS3 · Animal husbandry

Wednesday, 9 September

4 items
  1. Cabinet clears five rail multitracking projects worth ₹10,021 croreGS3 · Infrastructure
  2. India endorses Call to Action for 6G Leadership and SecurityGS3 · Telecom
  3. ORV Sagar Manthan, indigenous ocean research vessel, launched at KolkataGS3 · Ocean science
  4. UIDAI launches Aadhaar Face Authentication SDK and sandboxGS2/GS3 · E-governance, fintech

Thursday, 10 September

6 items
  1. 9th ASEAN–India agriculture ministers’ meeting held in New DelhiGS2 · ASEAN
  2. Bakhira Lake sediments reveal 25,000 years of Central Ganga Plain climateGS1/GS3 · Geography, climate
  3. DILRMP 3.0 guidelines: Land Stack, Bhu-Aadhaar for every parcelGS2/GS3 · Land reforms, e-governance
  4. E-commerce rules amended: dark patterns, sponsored listings, seller disclosuresGS2 · Consumer protection
  5. First regional review of Forest Rights Act held in BengaluruGS2 · Tribal rights
  6. NSO releases first-ever district-level estimates for unincorporated sectorGS3 · Economy, statistics

Friday, 11 September

5 items
  1. 80 lakh HPV vaccine doses given; UP leads with 22 lakh girlsGS2 · Health
  2. Bankers’ Books Evidence Act, 2026 in force from 1 OctoberGS2/GS3 · Banking law
  3. Cochin Shipyard–Drydocks World JV to run International Ship Repair FacilityGS3 · Ports, shipbuilding
  4. Critical minerals key to energy and national security, says Science MinisterGS3 · Resources
  5. India at G20 Energy Ministerial in Houston under US presidencyGS2/GS3 · Energy, G20

Saturday, 12 September

3 items
  1. BRICS New Delhi Declaration adopted at 18th SummitGS2 · International groupings
  2. Modi–Xi meet at BRICS: “differences should not become disputes”GS2 · India–China
  3. Steel slag roads could cut construction cost by 40%, says Science MinisterGS3 · Infrastructure, waste

Sunday, 13 September

5 items
  1. At BRICS, PM calls for Global South to move from “rule-taker to rule-shaper”GS2 · International groupings
  2. CAZRI moth bean varieties survive 35-day dry spell in El Niño kharifGS3 · Agriculture
  3. India–CEPI partnership enters new phase; India is largest vaccine producer by volumeGS2/GS3 · Health, biotechnology
  4. India hosts World Circular Economy Forum 2026 in Gandhinagar, a first for South AsiaGS3 · Environment
  5. New incentive scheme to expand domestic PNG connectionsGS3 · Energy

Monday, 14 September

4 items
  1. India and MERCOSUR launch talks to expand their Preferential Trade AgreementGS2 · International relations, trade
  2. India approves up to 654 MW power export to flood-hit NepalGS2 · India–Nepal
  3. PIB backgrounder: data centres get infrastructure status and incentivesGS3 · Digital infrastructure
  4. WPI inflation 9.92% and CPI inflation 4.82% in August 2026GS3 · Inflation

Tuesday, 15 September

6 items
  1. CCPA fines Rapido ₹10 lakh for dark patterns in tipping promptsGS2 · Consumer protection, governance
  2. Exports up 15.55% in Apr–Aug 2026-27; electronics exports nearly double in AugustGS3 · External sector
  3. PLFS August 2026: LFPR 55.6%, female LFPR 34.8%, unemployment 5.0%GS3 · Employment
  4. UPI stays free for P2P and 96% of merchant payments; MDR only above ₹2,000GS3 · Banking, digital payments
  5. Yudh Abhyas 2026: 22nd India–US Army exercise opens at Auli and MahajanGS2/GS3 · India–US, defence
  6. Varuna Elevated Corridor: ₹10,998-crore, 43.2-km road project for VaranasiGS3 · Infrastructure, urbanisation

Wednesday, 16 September

6 items
  1. 10 years of the Authorised Economic Operator programme in customsGS3 · Trade facilitation
  2. Cabinet raises EPFO wage ceiling from ₹15,000 to ₹25,000 a monthGS2/GS3 · Social security, labour
  3. Net Zero Portal and NAPCC Dashboard launched on World Ozone DayGS3 · Climate policy
  4. No RCMC needed for export consignments up to ₹3 lakh (FTP 2023 amended)GS3 · Exports, MSMEs
  5. India rejects Pakistan-China Boundary Joint CommissionGS2 · IR
  6. CAQM finds 16 of 22 industries non-compliant in Hapur (UP); 12 show-cause noticesGS3 · Air pollution governance

Thursday, 17 September

6 items
  1. 16th round of commercial coal mine auctions launched; CMDPAs signed for six minesGS3 · Energy resources, mining policy
  2. Health Ministry advisory: stem cell therapy only for approved indications; autism use only in trialsGS2 · Health regulation
  3. India’s first soil-carbon payments: ₹2.9 crore to 2,550 farmers in Punjab and HaryanaGS3 · Agriculture, carbon markets
  4. Semicon 2.0: ~₹1 lakh crore commitments; focus on design, equipment, packaging, talentGS3 · Semiconductors, industrial policy
  5. Textile exports up 16.1% to ₹29,776 crore in August 2026GS3 · Exports, textiles
  6. India on the US Sanctioning Russia and Iran ActGS2 · IR / GS3 · Energy

Friday, 18 September

5 items
  1. HAL hands over Tejas twin-seat trainers, HTT-40 trainers and Dhruv NG helicoptersGS3 · Defence indigenisation
  2. NSO releases district-level labour market indicators for the first timeGS3 · Employment data
  3. PM Vishwakarma turns three: 30 lakh artisans registered, 24.5 lakh trainedGS2 · Welfare schemes
  4. SCO trade ministers meet in Dushanbe; India pitches “Security, Connectivity, Opportunity”GS2 · Regional groupings
  5. Sugar stock limit for bulk consumers relaxed to 30 days; retail prices down ~10%GS3 · Food prices, agri-trade

Saturday, 19 September

5 items
  1. 20th Rozgar Mela: 51,000+ appointment letters; Minister cites unemployment fall from 6% to 3.2%GS3 · Employment
  2. Aadhaar biometric authentication mandatory for subsidised LPG refills from 1 Oct 2026GS2 · Welfare delivery
  3. Keel laid for first Next Generation Missile Vessel at Cochin ShipyardGS3 · Defence technology
  4. PM-AJAY: 16,022 villages declared Adarsh Gram; ₹11,186 crore released in 12 yearsGS2 · Welfare of SCs
  5. ₹252 crore approved for Kavach 4.0 on 607.7 route km of Lucknow Division (NER)GS3 · Railways safety

Sunday, 20 September

4 items
  1. 9 lakh Community Resource Persons: the frontline of rural service deliveryGS2 · Governance, SHGs
  2. Central Silk Board at 77: target to make India No. 1 in silkGS3 · Agriculture-allied (sericulture)
  3. President at NGT climate conference: community-based adaptation rooted in traditional knowledgeGS3 · Climate change
  4. SLINEX-26: 13th India–Sri Lanka naval exercise at VisakhapatnamGS2 · India–Sri Lanka

Monday, 21 September

5 items
  1. 7th National Formulary of India launched; new Biovigilance Programme approvedGS2 · Health regulation
  2. Core industries grow 4.8% in August 2026 (base 2022-23)GS3 · Economy (industry data)
  3. Exercise Nomadic Elephant (18th): India–Mongolia, at PithoragarhGS2 · India–Central/East Asia
  4. India–New Zealand FTA to enter into force on 20 October 2026GS2 · Bilateral relations
  5. “Sources and Methods” for the new National Accounts series (base 2022-23) releasedGS3 · National income

Tuesday, 22 September

5 items
  1. 7th OPEC–India Energy Dialogue held in New DelhiGS2 · Energy diplomacy
  2. AB PM-JAY at 8 years: 13.25 crore admissions worth ₹2.03 lakh croreGS2 · Health, welfare schemes
  3. Dadasaheb Phalke Award (2024) to Anant Nag; 72nd National Film Awards presentedGS1 · Culture
  4. National Single Window System: how DPIIT’s investor approvals portal worksGS3 · Ease of doing business
  5. TRAI 13th amendment to consumer protection rules: shorter voice-and-SMS-only vouchersGS2 · Regulation

Wednesday, 23 September

6 items
  1. Cooperative “Bharat Taxi” launched in Lucknow and four more UP citiesGS2/GS3 · Cooperatives, gig work
  2. Dallirajhara–Rowghat rail line completed: iron ore link to Bhilai through BastarGS3 · Infrastructure
  3. Domestic Tourism Expenditure Survey 2025-26: pilgrimage tops overnight tripsGS3 · Economy data
  4. ECI: all decisions, including SIR, are unanimous decisions of the full CommissionGS2 · Constitutional bodies
  5. KAVACH 4.0 commissioned for the first time on South Central RailwayGS3 · Railways, safety technology
  6. India rejects OIC Contact Group remarks on J&KGS2 · IR

Thursday, 24 September

5 items
  1. ASEAN-India economic ministers meet in Manila; trade at $128.38 billion in 2025-26GS2 · India-ASEAN
  2. Edible oil import duty cut: crude sunflower to nil, soybean and palm to 5%GS3 · Inflation, agriculture trade
  3. Exercise VARUNA 2026: INS Trishul at Toulon for 24th India–France naval exerciseGS2 · India–France
  4. First commercial bio-based PLA plastic under BioE3: Balrampur Chini Mills pilotGS3 · Biotechnology, plastic pollution
  5. FSSAI draft: only milk-derived products can be called “Paneer”GS2 · Health regulation

Friday, 25 September

5 items
  1. ₹200 crore RDI Fund support to Agnikul for a fully reusable Agnibaan launch vehicleGS3 · Space technology
  2. CGTMSE credit-guarantee cover goes live on TReDS for MSE invoice discountingGS3 · MSMEs, credit
  3. H2 FY27 borrowing: ₹7.86 lakh crore, including ₹15,000 crore sovereign green bondsGS3 · Fiscal policy, public debt
  4. QUAD-at-Sea Ship Observer Mission: ICG ship Shaunak sails Chennai to PerthGS2 · Quad, Indo-Pacific
  5. TRAI launches Digital Connectivity Rating platform for buildingsGS3 · Infrastructure (telecom)

Saturday, 26 September

5 items
  1. ECI eases SIR verification: BLOs to collect documents at home, hearings online only in exceptional casesGS2 · Elections, constitutional bodies
  2. India at UN High-Level Meeting on pandemic preparedness: equity and pathogen access-benefit sharingGS2 · Health, international institutions
  3. India’s first port-based e-methanol plant: foundation stone at KandlaGS3 · Energy, shipping decarbonisation
  4. ‘She-Mart’ cooperative outlets launched in Keralam to link women SHGs to marketsGS2/GS3 · Cooperatives, women empowerment
  5. World Tourism Day 2026: tourism 5.22% of GDP, 8.46 crore jobs (2023-24)GS3 · Economy (services)

Sunday, 27 September

4 items
  1. Bharat Maritime Insurance Pool: domestic cover up to US$1.5 bn for Indian ships and cargoGS3 · Economy (insurance), security
  2. Exercise Tarang Shakti 2026 at Jodhpur with seven partner air forcesGS3 · Defence
  3. NMDC commissions slurry pipeline and pellet plant linking Bailadila mines to NagarnarGS3 · Industry
  4. Swachh Bharat waste-to-energy: biogas and bio-CNG from organic wasteGS3 · Environment (waste management), energy

Monday, 28 September

5 items
  1. At FAO COFO-28, India cites 25.17% forest and tree cover and 3rd rank in net forest gainGS3 · Environment (forests)
  2. IIP grows 8.0% in August 2026 on new base 2022-23; manufacturing 9.0%GS3 · Economy (indicators)
  3. India–France space cooperation: human spaceflight, TRISHNA and start-upsGS2 · IR (India–France)
  4. IWC-70 in Hobart: India backs science-based cetacean conservationGS3 · Environment (international bodies)
  5. PM-AJAY backgrounder: one merged scheme for Scheduled Caste developmentGS2 · Welfare schemes, vulnerable sections

Tuesday, 29 September

4 items
  1. 10th India–Republic of Korea Joint Committee on defence industries and logisticsGS2 · IR (India–Korea)
  2. CAQM revises GRAP: earlier dust and DG-set actions, BS-III/IV car curbs extended to SonipatGS3 · Environment (air pollution)
  3. First PRAMAAN certificates issued under India’s own forest and wood certification schemeGS3 · Environment (forestry, trade)
  4. Literacy backgrounder: Education Ministry defines literacy; 95% counts as “full literacy”GS2 · Education

Wednesday, 30 September

4 items
  1. Annual Survey of Industries 2024-25: GVA up 9.59%, employment crosses 2 croreGS3 · Economy (industry)
  2. Green Energy Corridor Phase-III: ₹1.86 lakh crore for intra-State transmission and 50 GWh battery storageGS3 · Energy infrastructure
  3. New CAFE norms for cars: ~16.7% fuel-efficiency improvement from 2027 to 2032GS3 · Environment, energy efficiency
  4. Rabi MSP 2027-28: safflower gets the biggest hike, wheat ₹2,610GS3 · Agriculture (MSP)