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Syllabus: UPSC Mains GS1: Indian society, diversity, women, population, urbanisation, globalisation, communalism, regionalism, secularism
Waqf Act for UPSC: what a waqf is, Waqf Boards and tribunals, the 1995 Act, the 2025 amendment, waqf by user, non-Muslim…
Women empowerment for UPSC: equality vs equity, constitutional provisions, laws, schemes, PLFS and NFHS data, the 2023 reservation Act and challenges.
Urbanisation for UPSC: statutory and census towns, Census 2011 data, causes, slums, urban floods, 74th Amendment, Smart Cities, AMRUT, PMAY-U and way…
Communalism for UPSC GS-I: meaning, Bipan Chandra's three stages, colonial roots, riots after 1947, causes, laws, committees and remedies.
Uniform Civil Code for UPSC: Article 44, Assembly debate, Shah Bano and Sarla Mudgal, Law Commission views, Goa code and Uttarakhand UCC…
Self-help groups for UPSC: how SHGs work, NABARD SHG-Bank Linkage (1992), DAY-NRLM, Kudumbashree model, Lakhpati Didi, benefits, problems and PYQs.
On 9 October 2026 the Tribal Affairs Ministry held the second regional review of the Forest Rights Act, 2006 in Kolkata with eight States. Nationally, over 54 lakh claims have been filed, about 25 lakh titles given, about 11 lakh are pending and over 18 lakh rejected. The focus is quick disposal, record updating, CFR rights and PVTG habitat rights.
UPSC angle: Prelims: FRA provisions, PVTG habitat rights. · Mains GS-II: welfare of STs; GS-III: forest governance.
10 Oct 2026
On 3 October 2026 four CAQM flying squads inspected 25 stretches, about 35 km, of Delhi's Inner and Outer Ring Road managed by PWD. They found 17 violations of heavy visible road dust and construction and demolition waste. CAQM directed agencies to clean roads regularly to stop traffic from lifting dust back into the air.
UPSC angle: Prelims: CAQM, pollution sources. · Mains GS-III: urban air pollution.
4 Oct 2026
On 26 September 2026 the Union Minister of Cooperation launched She-Mart at Kollam, Keralam. Announced in the Budget, She-Mart links women Self-Help Groups and rural women entrepreneurs directly to buyers. More than 300 She-Mart stores are planned across Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, selling local and Bharat Brand products.
UPSC angle: Mains: Can cooperatives solve the market-access problem of women SHGs?
26 Sep 2026
A PIB backgrounder of 20 September 2026 describes India's rural frontline cadres. Over 9 lakh Community Resource Persons (CRPs), mostly SHG women under DAY-NRLM, work with over 10.40 lakh ASHAs and 10.58 lakh trained Anganwadi Workers. Nearly 4.08 lakh CRPs work on livelihoods as Krishi, Pashu, Matsya and Van Sakhis; the rest on banking, insurance and gender.
UPSC angle: Mains: Community cadres as a governance innovation: strengths and limits.
20 Sep 2026
The Varuna Elevated Corridor, approved by the Union Cabinet in July 2026, is a ₹10,998-crore, 43.218-km road along the Varuna river in Varanasi. It will link NH-31 with the Varanasi Ring Road. NHAI will build it, with a cable-stayed bridge. Travel time from NH-31 to Kashi Railway Station should fall from about 40 to 20 minutes.
UPSC angle: Mains: Balancing heritage conservation and urban infrastructure.
15 Sep 2026
PM SVANidhi, the collateral-free loan scheme for urban street vendors launched on 1 June 2020, completed one year of its restructured phase on 27 August 2026. Lending now runs till 31 March 2030 for 1.15 crore vendors. In the first year, 21.86 lakh loans worth ₹6,294 crore went to 10.56 lakh new beneficiaries.
UPSC angle: Prelims: SVANidhi ministry, purpose.
27 Aug 2026