Tehri: India’s first variable-speed pumped storage plant adds third unit
Solar floods the grid at noon and vanishes at night. Pumped storage is the cheapest large-scale way to shift that power.
UPSC angle: Prelims: pumped storage, Tehri.
9 Dec 2025Current affairs for UPSC
Daily notes mapped to syllabus topics, with “Asked before” PYQs and original practice MCQs.
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PM-JANMAN: 25 roads for 30 PVTG habitations in Tripura
PVTG hamlets are small and scattered, which is why normal PMGSY population norms missed them.
UPSC angle: Prelims: PVTGs, PM-JANMAN.
9 Dec 2025
Organic exports: revised NPOP and global market at $147 billion
India has many organic farmers but a small share of the market. Certification costs and residue rejections abroad are the usual problems.
UPSC angle: Prelims: NPOP, APEDA.
9 Dec 2025
DPIIT working paper on AI and copyright proposes a hybrid licence
This is a live question for news publishers, musicians and Indian-language creators whose work trains AI models.
UPSC angle: Prelims: Copyright Act, DPIIT. · Mains: regulating AI.
9 Dec 2025
UPI: world’s largest retail fast-payment system
Interoperability is why UPI scaled: any app can pay any bank account. The weak spot is revenue, since merchant payments carry zero MDR.
UPSC angle: Prelims: NPCI, PIDF. · Mains: digital public infrastructure.
8 Dec 2025
Smart meters: 4.76 crore installed against 20.33 crore sanctioned
Smart meters cut billing theft and let discoms charge by time of day. Prepaid meters can upset consumers if rolled out without notice.
UPSC angle: Prelims: RDSS, TOTEX.
8 Dec 2025
PM Surya Ghar: 23.96 lakh homes, about a quarter of the target
Rooftop solar turns consumers into producers. Its growth depends on discom cooperation with net metering, which varies by state.
UPSC angle: Prelims: PM Surya Ghar.
8 Dec 2025
National Mission on Edible Oils: oil palm and oilseeds targets
India imports more than half of its edible oil. Oil palm needs a lot of water, so planting is concentrated in the North-East, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
UPSC angle: Prelims: NMEO, oilseeds. · Mains: import dependence.
8 Dec 2025
MNRE denies “pause” on renewable lending; flags solar manufacturing glut
Overbuilding at one stage of the chain while depending on imports at another is a known risk in industrial policy.
UPSC angle: Mains: solar supply chain.
7 Dec 2025
India hosts UNESCO’s intangible heritage committee for the first time
Intangible heritage means living practices: festivals, crafts, music. Listing brings attention but the real work is keeping the practice alive in communities.
UPSC angle: Prelims: ICH list, 2003 Convention.
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