Rabi NBS rates: ₹37,952 crore
Fixed subsidy per nutrient aims at balanced use; urea remains outside, which skews use.
UPSC angle: Prelims: NBS.
28 Oct 2025Current affairs for UPSC
Daily notes mapped to syllabus topics, with “Asked before” PYQs and original practice MCQs.
Latest current affairs
IIP grows 4.0% in September 2025
Mining contracted (-0.4%) as heavy rain hit output.
UPSC angle: Prelims: IIP release.
28 Oct 2025
Central Supervisory Board on the PC&PNDT Act
Enforcement against portable machines and online sales is the gap.
UPSC angle: Prelims: PC&PNDT Act.
28 Oct 2025
EAM at the 20th East Asia Summit
The speech is a compact statement of India's worldview in 2025; the line on selective principles is aimed at trade and energy restrictions.
UPSC angle: Prelims: EAS (founded 2005), Timor-Leste joining. · Mains: India and the Indo-Pacific order.
27 Oct 2025
ECMS first batch: seven projects, ₹5,500 crore
Moving from assembly to components is the real test of electronics policy. (Second tranche: see 17 Nov.)
UPSC angle: Prelims: ECMS.
27 Oct 2025
₹15,096 crore pulses and oilseeds procurement for four states
PDPS pays the price gap instead of buying, which saves storage but needs good price data.
UPSC angle: Prelims: PSS, PDPS.
27 Oct 2025
Maritime India: 95% of trade by volume goes by sea
Shipbuilding is where India lags; most cargo moves on foreign ships.
UPSC angle: Prelims: MIV 2030.
26 Oct 2025
Jal Jeevan Mission: 15.72 crore homes with tap water
Pipes without water are the problem; source sustainability and O&M decide success.
UPSC angle: Prelims: JJM numbers.
26 Oct 2025
22nd ASEAN-India Summit: Timor-Leste joins ASEAN
India's trade deficit with ASEAN drives its push to review AITIGA.
UPSC angle: Prelims: ASEAN members.
26 Oct 2025
Two more Centres of Excellence under critical mineral mission
Processing technology is the bottleneck, not just mining.
UPSC angle: Prelims: NCMM.
25 Oct 2025Monthly compilations
October 2026
144 items
September 2026
142 items
August 2026
169 items
July 2026
165 items
June 2026
139 items
May 2026
125 items
April 2026
124 items
March 2026
122 items
February 2026
110 items
January 2026
110 items
December 2025
126 items
November 2025
110 items
October 2025
121 items
September 2025
109 items
August 2025
119 items
July 2025
106 items
June 2025
110 items
May 2025
114 items
April 2025
111 items