Daily notes mapped to syllabus topics, with “Asked before” PYQs and original practice MCQs.
The Department of Fertilizers invited Expressions of Interest for green urea plants in India and held a pre-EoI meeting at PDIL, Noida, the Ministry said on 26 June 2026. Discussions covered SECI's green ammonia price-parity mechanism, a 7.24 lakh MT a year green ammonia procurement target, and NTPC's 150 TPD green urea pilot at Pudimadaka.
UPSC angle: Prelims: green ammonia and urea.
26 Jun 2026
Bharat Taxi, India's first driver-owned ride-hailing service run by Sahkar Taxi Cooperative Limited, was set for a formal launch in 14 Gujarat cities on 27 June 2026, the Cooperation Ministry said. It runs on a zero-commission, surge-free model under "Saarthi Hi Maalik". Of 7 lakh Saarthis nationwide, more than 1.5 lakh are from Gujarat.
UPSC angle: Mains: gig workers and platform cooperatives.
26 Jun 2026
At a Centre-State review in Lucknow on 25 June 2026, the Union Agriculture and Rural Development Ministry approved 6,18,482 pucca houses for Uttar Pradesh under the new PMAY-G phase and extended MSP procurement of wheat, gram and masoor for Rabi Marketing Season 2026-27 from 24 June to 8 July. District contingency plans were ordered for El Niño.
UPSC angle: Prelims: PMAY-G.
25 Jun 2026
India had 1,343.10 million telephone subscribers and 1,080.15 million broadband subscribers at the end of May 2026, as per TRAI data released on 25 June 2026. Overall tele-density was 94.02%, but rural tele-density stood at only 60.83% against 152.80% in urban areas. 14.46 million users sought mobile number portability.
UPSC angle: Prelims: TRAI data points.
25 Jun 2026
The Department of Social Justice and Empowerment said on 25 June 2026 that its SHATAYU dashboard, launched on 22 May 2026, lets trained geriatric caregivers register to serve senior citizens who need care. It is managed by the National Institute of Social Defence. The Ministry said early glitches are being fixed and social media claims are misleading.
UPSC angle: Mains: ageing and care economy.
25 Jun 2026
The Health Ministry amended the Drugs Rules, 1945 to bring all vaccines, antimicrobials, NDPS drugs and anti-cancer medicines under Schedule H2, which requires a bar code or QR code for authentication and tracing. Earlier only the top 300 brands were covered. Vaccines, NDPS and anti-cancer drugs comply from 1 July 2027, antimicrobials from 1 July 2028.
UPSC angle: Prelims: Schedules of Drugs Rules.
25 Jun 2026
DRDO handed over the Final Operational Clearance certificate for the indigenous Netra Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) system to the Indian Air Force in Bengaluru on 25 June 2026. Initial Operational Clearance came in 2017. The IAF cited Netra's use and reliability during Operation Sindoor and the Balakot strikes.
UPSC angle: Prelims: AEW&C vs AWACS.
25 Jun 2026
The Civil Aviation Ministry and Delhi International Airport Limited launched Air Suvidha 2.0 on 25 June 2026, a contactless health self-declaration portal for international arrivals. It follows WHO's declaration on 17 May 2026 of the Ebola/Bundibugyo virus outbreak in DR Congo and Uganda as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern under IHR 2005.
UPSC angle: Prelims: PHEIC, IHR 2005, Ebola species.
25 Jun 2026
The National Mission for Clean Ganga and the National Institute of Urban Affairs have completed Urban River Management Plans for 13 cities. Phase-I covers 27 cities and Phase-II 33 more, taking overall coverage to 60 Ganga basin cities under Namami Gange. The long-term aim is all 97 cities on the main stem of the Ganga.
UPSC angle: Mains: urban rivers and planning.
24 Jun 2026
MoSPI released a discussion paper on methodological approaches for monetary asset accounts of coal in India, aligned with the UN System of Environmental-Economic Accounting Central Framework. Since 2018 MoSPI has compiled physical asset accounts via EnviStats India. The paper recommends the OECD 2025 Net Present Value method and invites comments.
UPSC angle: Prelims: SEEA, EnviStats.
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