Daily notes mapped to syllabus topics, with “Asked before” PYQs and original practice MCQs.
A PIB backgrounder of 7 June 2026 sums up India's Ease of Doing Business reforms. India rose from 142 to 63 in the World Bank Doing Business ranking (2014 to 2019). The Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Act, 2026, in force from 7 April 2026, decriminalised 717 provisions, and over 47,000 compliances have been reduced.
UPSC angle: Mains: EoDB reforms and federalism (BRAP).
7 Jun 2026
MeitY's Digital India BHASHINI Division signed an MoU with Kathmandu University's Centre for Digital Public Infrastructure and AI on 6 June 2026. They will build Nepali language datasets, speech corpora, translation and speech tools, so Nepal can offer digital public services in people's own languages. The exchange took place before both Foreign Ministers.
UPSC angle: Prelims: BHASHINI.
6 Jun 2026
The Finance Ministry announced on 5 June 2026, and PIB explained on 6 June, a set of reforms for foreign investors in Government Securities. FPIs will pay no income tax on G-Sec interest or capital gains arising on or after 1 April 2026. The Fully Accessible Route now covers new 15, 30 and 40-year bonds and Sovereign Green Bonds.
UPSC angle: Prelims: FAR, FPI.
6 Jun 2026
A PIB backgrounder of 6 June 2026 reviews India's health system over 12 years. Ayushman Bharat rests on four pillars: PM-JAY insurance, Ayushman Arogya Mandirs for primary care, PM-ABHIM for pandemic readiness and ABDM for digital health. Over 1.86 lakh Arogya Mandirs work, 44.14 crore Ayushman Cards exist and 12 new AIIMS are functional.
UPSC angle: Mains: progress and gaps in health.
6 Jun 2026
The Jai Prakash Narayan Bird Sanctuary, also called Surha Tal, in Ballia, Uttar Pradesh, became India's 100th Ramsar site, as the Prime Minister noted on 5 June 2026. The wetland is rich in resident and migratory birds. India's Ramsar list has grown from 26 sites in 2014, and UP now has 13 sites.
UPSC angle: Prelims: Ramsar sites by State, Convention facts.
5 Jun 2026
India's seventh Regional Meteorological Centre opened at Jammu on 5 June 2026. It will serve Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh and Himachal Pradesh with district-level and mountain forecasts and warnings for flash floods, cloudbursts, avalanches and landslides. J&K and Ladakh had no Doppler Weather Radar in 2014; four now work.
UPSC angle: Prelims: IMD RMCs.
5 Jun 2026
MoSPI's Provisional Estimates released on 5 June 2026 put India's real GDP growth for 2025-26 at 7.7%, up from 7.1% in 2024-25. Real GDP reached ₹323.12 lakh crore and nominal GDP ₹346.36 lakh crore. Growth in the January-March quarter was 7.8%. The estimates use the new 2022-23 base year.
UPSC angle: Prelims: estimate cycle (AE, PE, RE).
5 Jun 2026
E85 fuel, with 80 to 85 per cent ethanol, went on sale at 48 public sector retail outlets on World Environment Day, 5 June 2026. It is meant only for flex-fuel vehicles and costs about ₹20 a litre less than petrol. Outlets will rise to 500 by December 2026 and about 5,000 by December 2027.
UPSC angle: Prelims: E20/E85, flex-fuel.
5 Jun 2026
The University of Liverpool received a Letter of Approval on 4 June 2026 to open a branch campus in Bengaluru, Karnataka. It had got a Letter of Intent on 26 May 2025 under the UGC Regulations, 2023 for foreign university campuses. The campus will teach UG and PG courses in business, computer science, game design, finance and biomedical sciences.
UPSC angle: Prelims: UGC foreign campus regulations.
4 Jun 2026
PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana crossed 40 lakh beneficiary households in two years, the MNRE said on 4 June 2026, and aims for 75 lakh by December 2026. A Utility-Linked Aggregation (ULA) model will help underserved homes. Launched on 13 February 2024 with ₹75,021 crore, the scheme has paid over ₹22,750 crore in subsidy.
UPSC angle: Prelims: scheme targets.
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