New base years for GDP, CPI and IIP: release dates fixed
Base revisions can change growth and inflation numbers. Expect questions on why statisticians update weights.
UPSC angle: Prelims: base years.
23 Dec 2025Current affairs for UPSC
Daily notes mapped to syllabus topics, with “Asked before” PYQs and original practice MCQs.
Latest current affairs
CAQM issues notices to six thermal plants over crop-residue co-firing
The rule exists. Plants are not following it. Enforcement is the test.
UPSC angle: Prelims: Biomass co-firing rules.
23 Dec 2025
Akash-NG completes user trials
Completing user trials is the step before an order. Indigenous air defence matters more after recent drone and missile threats.
UPSC angle: Prelims: Akash-NG.
23 Dec 2025
PESA at 29: Mahotsav and the state of PESA rules
Without state rules, Gram Sabha powers remain on paper. Jharkhand, with a large tribal population, is still without final rules.
UPSC angle: Prelims: PESA, Article 244. · Mains: tribal self-rule.
22 Dec 2025
NITI Aayog report on internationalisation of higher education
Keeping talent and fees at home is the economic case.
UPSC angle: Mains: Higher education reform.
22 Dec 2025
India–New Zealand FTA concluded
Investment-linked FTAs (EFTA, now NZ) are becoming India's template.
UPSC angle: Prelims: India–NZ FTA.
22 Dec 2025
Health Ministry and WHO hold influenza preparedness Chintan Shivir
Bird flu in poultry and the One Health idea make influenza a shared job of the health, animal husbandry and environment ministries.
UPSC angle: Prelims: IDSP, NCDC.
22 Dec 2025
VB-G RAM G Act replaces MGNREGA: 125 days guaranteed
More days helps workers. Whether states can pay their share will decide what actually happens on the ground.
UPSC angle: Prelims: G RAM G provisions. · Mains: Rural employment guarantee.
21 Dec 2025
GeM: 11.25 lakh MSE sellers, ₹7.44 lakh crore orders
An open portal lets small firms reach government buyers without contacts.
UPSC angle: Prelims: GeM, MSE procurement quota.
21 Dec 2025
Foundation stone for Namrup ammonia-urea project in Assam
It revives the old Namrup fertiliser base and creates jobs in the North East.
UPSC angle: Prelims: Urea self-sufficiency.
21 Dec 2025Monthly compilations
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