DPIIT recognises 1,97,692 startups
Cash-flow-based credit scoring helps MSMEs that have no collateral.
UPSC angle: Prelims: Startup recognition.
2 Dec 2025Current affairs for UPSC
Daily notes mapped to syllabus topics, with “Asked before” PYQs and original practice MCQs.
Latest current affairs
AI monsoon-onset forecasts sent to 3.88 crore farmers
For a rain-fed farmer the onset date matters more than the all-India seasonal total. A wrong sowing date can mean resowing costs.
UPSC angle: Prelims: M-Kisan, IMD. · Mains: technology in agriculture.
2 Dec 2025
Paddy season 2025 ends with fewer farm fires in Punjab and Haryana
Fewer fires is progress. Wheat-season burning still gets less attention.
UPSC angle: Prelims: Stubble management.
1 Dec 2025
Installed power capacity crosses 5.05 lakh MW; non-fossil share above half
Non-fossil sources are now just over half of installed capacity. Remember that capacity is not generation: coal still produces most of the electricity because solar and wind run only part of the day.
UPSC angle: Prelims: installed capacity mix, ISTS waiver. · Mains: energy transition and grid storage.
1 Dec 2025
IIP growth slows to 0.4% in October 2025
Output bounced back to 7.8% growth by December.
UPSC angle: Prelims: IIP release.
1 Dec 2025
Atal Pension Yojana crosses 8.34 crore; women 48%
Nearly half the enrolments are women, which shows reach. The concern is people dropping out before 60.
UPSC angle: Prelims: APY.
1 Dec 2025
World AIDS Day: theme and India’s law
The theme asks for services that keep working when funding or supply is disrupted.
UPSC angle: Prelims: HIV Act 2017.
30 Nov 2025
India 8th at WorldSkills Asia on debut
Medals show talent exists; scale and quality across ITIs is the larger problem.
UPSC angle: Prelims: skilling bodies.
30 Nov 2025
60th DGP/IGP conference in Raipur
Forensic-led investigation matters more under the new criminal laws.
UPSC angle: Mains: police reforms.
30 Nov 2025
Meghalaya block-level climate vulnerability: 25 of 39 blocks high-risk
District and block assessments make state climate action plans practical.
UPSC angle: Prelims: NMSHE.
29 Nov 2025Monthly compilations
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