Daily notes mapped to syllabus topics, with “Asked before” PYQs and original practice MCQs.
India and Rwanda held the first session of their Joint Trade Committee in New Delhi on 30 and 31 July 2026, the Commerce Ministry said on 1 August. They named critical minerals, healthcare and digital technologies as priorities. India supplies about 24.5 per cent of Rwanda's pharmaceutical imports, and is its second largest foreign investor.
UPSC angle: Prelims: Africa map.
1 Aug 2026
The PM Viksit Bharat Rojgar Yojana completed one year on 1 August 2026, a PIB backgrounder said. It pays first-time employees and employers who create new formal jobs, through an EPFO-linked system. The outlay is ₹99,446 crore for 1 August 2025 to 31 July 2027. Over 72 lakh first-time employees have joined, nearly 30 per cent of them women.
UPSC angle: Prelims: PM-VBRY design.
1 Aug 2026
India became effectively free of Left Wing Extremism on 31 March 2026, with no district still LWE-affected, a PIB backgrounder said on 1 August 2026. Affected districts fell from 126 in 2014 to zero. Incidents dropped from 870 in 2014 to 33 in 2026. It credits security operations, roads and towers, surrender policy and tribal welfare.
UPSC angle: Mains: Ending LWE: security vs development.
1 Aug 2026
The Union Government released an additional tax devolution instalment of ₹1,09,019 crore to the States on 1 August 2026, the Finance Ministry said. It comes on top of the normal monthly devolution due on 10 August. The aim is to help States speed up capital and development spending. Uttar Pradesh got the largest share, ₹19,208 crore.
UPSC angle: Prelims: divisible pool; FC share.
1 Aug 2026
The External Affairs Ministry answered four questions in Parliament on 30 and 31 July 2026. Operation Amistad sent relief and an Army field hospital to Venezuela after two earthquakes in June. The Tehran embassy helped 2,557 Indians leave Iran by land. India has met its USD 120 million Chabahar commitment, but the US sanctions waiver ended in April.
UPSC angle: Prelims: Operation Amistad (Venezuela, 2026); BHISHM Cube. · Mains: HADR as diplomacy.
31 Jul 2026
The Union Cabinet approved the Pradhan Mantri Surya Sarovar Yojana (PM-SSY) on 31 July 2026, with an outlay of ₹5,070 crore. It backs 5,000 MW of floating solar projects on reservoirs and ponds, each with storage of at least two hours, or 10,000 MWh. Projects get ₹1 crore per MW after commissioning. Floating solar today is only about 700 MW.
UPSC angle: Prelims: floating solar benefits.
31 Jul 2026
The Union Cabinet approved continuing PM-KISAN from 2026-27 to 2030-31 with an outlay of ₹3.15 lakh crore on 31 July 2026. Launched in February 2019, the scheme pays eligible landholding farmer families ₹6,000 a year in three equal instalments by DBT. Over ₹4.47 lakh crore has been paid so far through 23 instalments.
UPSC angle: Prelims: PM-KISAN amount and mode.
31 Jul 2026
India's social protection systems now cover about 101 crore people, or over 68 per cent of the population, Labour Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on 31 July 2026. He spoke at the 4th Global Industrial Relations Summit in New Delhi. The ILO had highlighted the figure at the BRICS Labour Ministers' Meeting in Hyderabad the week before.
UPSC angle: Mains: Universal social security for informal workers.
31 Jul 2026
The Petroleum Ministry defended the Ethanol Blended Petrol (EBP) Programme on 31 July 2026. It said that when the Indian crude basket hit about US$135 a barrel, unblended petrol would have cost about ₹125 a litre in Delhi. Consumers paid ₹94.77 instead. It also said only surplus or damaged grain goes to ethanol, after food security needs.
UPSC angle: Mains: Is ethanol blending sustainable?
31 Jul 2026
The Maldives Monetary Authority announced on 30 July 2026 that its instant payment system, Favara, is now linked with India's UPI, the Finance Ministry said on 31 July. People in the Maldives can send money in real time from their mobile banking apps to UPI-enabled bank accounts in India. Payments start in Rufiyaa and arrive in Rupees.
UPSC angle: Prelims: UPI cross-border links.
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