Defence Procurement Manual 2025 released
Revenue buys, such as spares and services, keep forces ready; delays there hurt quietly.
UPSC angle: Prelims: DPM vs DAP.
23 Oct 2025Current affairs for UPSC
Daily notes mapped to syllabus topics, with “Asked before” PYQs and original practice MCQs.
Latest current affairs
DAY-NRLM: 10 crore households in 90.9 lakh SHGs
SHG credit has strong repayment, but moving women from micro-loans to real enterprises is harder.
UPSC angle: Prelims: NRLM numbers.
23 Oct 2025
DAC clears ₹79,000 crore proposals
LPDs give amphibious and disaster-relief reach in the Indian Ocean.
UPSC angle: Prelims: NAMIS, LPD.
23 Oct 2025
Banking Laws Amendment: up to four nominees from 1 November
Clear nomination cuts the pile of unclaimed deposits and disputes after death.
UPSC angle: Prelims: banking law changes.
23 Oct 2025
NHAI to survey 20,933 km with network survey vehicles
Regular condition data moves maintenance from complaints to planning.
UPSC angle: Prelims: NSV.
22 Oct 2025
India 9th in forest area, 3rd in annual forest gain: FAO
Area gains do not show forest quality; plantations count the same as natural forest.
UPSC angle: Prelims: FRA 2025.
22 Oct 2025
Goyal at UNCTAD XVI in Geneva
UNCTAD is a forum where India speaks for the Global South on trade.
UPSC angle: Prelims: UNCTAD.
22 Oct 2025
Benefit sharing: ₹67 lakh to Dapur BMC for soil microbes
Microbes are a growing source of products; benefit sharing reaching a village is the Nagoya idea at work.
UPSC angle: Prelims: ABS, BMC.
22 Oct 2025
XV FC grants of ₹730 crore to rural local bodies in Gujarat and Haryana
Untied grants let panchayats choose local priorities, but release conditions such as audited accounts often delay them.
UPSC angle: Mains: fiscal decentralisation.
21 Oct 2025
UDAN at 9: 649 routes, 93 airports
Many routes shut once subsidy ends; route viability is the weak spot.
UPSC angle: Prelims: UDAN.
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