Current affairs for UPSC
Daily notes mapped to syllabus topics, with “Asked before” PYQs and original practice MCQs.
GS2 · HealthA PIB backgrounder on 13 October 2026 says India's yearly emerging TB cases fell 21% from 2015 to 2024, against a 12% global fall. Treatment coverage is 92% versus 78% worldwide. The same day a JOSH youth campaign began in 11 States and 55 districts to push screening, treatment and stigma reduction.
UPSC angle: Prelims: NTEP, BPaLM, Nikshay Poshan, JOSH, WHO report figures. · Mains GS-II: health programmes; SDG 3; community mobilisation.
13 Oct 2026GS3 · EconomyOn 13 October 2026 the National Land Monetization Corporation held Day 1 of its first end-to-end e-auction of surplus RINL land in Visakhapatnam. Buyers took 150 plots for ₹366.33 crore against a ₹312.48 crore reserve. Phase 2, covering 216 plots, is set for 30 October 2026.
UPSC angle: Prelims: NLMC, RINL, auction figures. · Mains GS-III: asset monetisation and CPSE reform.
13 Oct 2026GS2 · International relationsIndia hosted the first BIMSTEC Home Ministers Meeting in New Delhi on 13 October 2026. The seven member States adopted the Delhi Declaration, condemning terrorism including cross-border terrorism, and called for full use of the BIMSTEC anti-terror and mutual legal assistance conventions. A Disaster Management Centre is planned in Jamnagar, Gujarat.
UPSC angle: Prelims: members, HMM, conventions and dates, Jamnagar centre. · Mains GS-II: regional groupings; India's neighbourhood and security cooperation.
13 Oct 2026GS3 · EconomyEPFO is reminding establishments that the Amnesty Scheme, 2026 for retrospective regularisation of Provident Fund Trust exemption status closes on 28 December 2026. It covers trusts recognised under the Income Tax Act but without a formal exemption order under the EPF Act or the Code on Social Security.
UPSC angle: Prelims: Amnesty dates and legal sections. · Mains GS-III: social security and labour compliance.
13 Oct 2026GS3 · InfrastructureThe 21st Maritime State Development Council met in Mumbai on 13 October 2026. It was the first MSDC after the Indian Ports Act, 2025 (notified 15 May 2026) made the Council a statutory body. Members adopted Vision 2030 and 2047 targets and set March 2027 deadlines for One Nation One Port Process and Maritime Single Window integration.
UPSC angle: Prelims: Ports Act 2025 date, MSDC, ONOP, Sagar Setu, SbPCP/BCSPS. · Mains GS-III: ports and shipbuilding; GS-II: cooperative federalism.
13 Oct 2026GS3 · InfrastructureThe PM GatiShakti National Master Plan turned five on 13 October 2026. A PIB backgrounder says the GIS platform now covers 58 Central Ministries and all 36 States and UTs. Its Network Planning Group has evaluated 396 projects worth about ₹18.66 lakh crore, and a new transport authority, ITLA, has been approved.
UPSC angle: Prelims: launch date, institutions, BISAG-N, ULIP, ITLA. · Mains GS-III: infrastructure, logistics, planning and environment.
13 Oct 2026GS3 · AgriculturePM Dhan-Dhaanya Krishi Yojana (PMDDKY) completed its first year on 11 October 2026. At a national conference in New Delhi the next day, Gaya, Nagaur and Umaria were ranked the best-performing districts. The scheme covers 100 lagging farm districts and pulls 36 Central schemes of 11 Ministries into one district plan.
UPSC angle: Prelims: PMDDKY facts, Khet Bachao Abhiyan, cropping intensity. · Mains GS-III: agricultural productivity, convergence, farm credit.
13 Oct 2026GS3 · Disaster managementOn 12 October 2026 the India Meteorological Department dedicated a Cyclone Warning and Marine Weather Services Decision Support System to the nation. The WebGIS platform shows cyclone track, intensity, winds, rainfall, storm surge and district-wise warnings on one map for disaster managers and the public.
UPSC angle: Prelims: IMD, cone of uncertainty, storm surge. · Mains GS-III: early warning and disaster preparedness.
13 Oct 2026GS2 · IRThe 16th India-UK Joint Economic and Trade Committee (JETCO) met in New Delhi on 12 October 2026. It was the first JETCO since CETA talks began in January 2022. Both sides reviewed early trade under CETA, agreed to share data every year on its use, and fixed the 17th JETCO for the UK in 2027.
UPSC angle: Prelims: JETCO, CETA, eCoO 2.0, tariff-rate quota. · Mains GS-II/GS-III: India-UK relations; FTAs and exports.
12 Oct 2026GS2 · HealthOn 12 October 2026 the Union Health Minister laid the foundation stone of the ICMR Centre for High Altitude Medicine and Public Health Research at Keylong, Himachal Pradesh. ICMR, the Armed Forces Medical Services and AIIMS Bilaspur will study how low oxygen and extreme cold affect Himalayan communities and soldiers.
UPSC angle: Prelims: location and partners of the centre. · Mains GS-II: health in remote and border areas.
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