UP current affairs: 10 March 2026
Every item from 10 March 2026, mapped to the syllabus with an exam angle and practice MCQs.
UPPCS GS-VOn 10 March 2026 the UP Cabinet approved its share of ₹356.07 crore in the Lakhwar multipurpose project on the Yamuna in Uttarakhand and ₹361.04 crore in the Renukaji dam on the Giri in Himachal Pradesh. Both shares are based on UP's 31.05 per cent water-use share. Both are national projects and will feed UP's Yamuna canals.
UPPCS angle: GS-VI: rivers and irrigation of UP. Link upstream storage with the Eastern Yamuna and Agra canal systems.
10 Mar 2026UPPCS GS-VIOn 10 March 2026 the UP Cabinet approved guidelines (policy)-2026 for two components of PMAY-Urban 2.0: Affordable Housing in Partnership (AHP) and Affordable Rental Housing (ARH). For homes for middle to weaker income groups, the Centre gives ₹1.50 lakh and the state ₹1 lakh. Developers and buyers get fee and stamp duty waivers.
UPPCS angle: GS-VI: urban housing in UP. Use AHP and ARH in answers on housing for migrants and the urban poor.
10 Mar 2026UPPCS GS-VIOn 10 March 2026 the UP Cabinet approved a One-Time Settlement (OTS) 2026 scheme for defaulting allottees of the UP Housing and Development Board, development authorities and special area development authorities. It covers all kinds of property and dues on map approvals. Defaulters pay only simple interest, with no penal interest, and get three months to apply.
UPPCS angle: GS-VI: urban governance in UP. Use OTS as an example of recovering dues for urban local agencies.
10 Mar 2026UPPCS GS-VIOn 10 March 2026 the UP Cabinet approved the Mukhyamantri Gram Parivahan Yojana-2026. Private bus operators will connect every gram panchayat with block, tehsil and district headquarters. Vehicles of 15 to 28 seats, up to 8 years old, will run without a permit, and every gram panchayat will get service at least twice a day.
UPPCS angle: GS-VI: rural infrastructure and transport in UP. Use as an example of PPP in last-mile rural transport.
10 Mar 2026UPPCS GS-VIOn 10 March 2026 the UP Cabinet again named MSTC Ltd as the auction platform provider and SBI Capital Markets Ltd as transaction adviser for e-tender-cum-e-auction of major mineral blocks. The earlier contract ended on 9 February 2026. SBI Capital Markets is engaged for one year. UP has so far auctioned 6 composite licence and 3 mining lease blocks.
UPPCS angle: GS-VI: mineral resources and governance in UP. Use as an example of transparent allocation of natural resources.
10 Mar 2026UPPCS GS-VIOn 10 March 2026 the UP Cabinet approved amending Section 21 of the UP Prohibition of Beggary Act, 1975 to remove leprosy-related provisions. It follows a Supreme Court order of 7 May 2025. The provisions are also aligned with the Mental Healthcare Act, 2017. An amendment Bill of 2026 will be placed before the state legislature.
UPPCS angle: GS-VI: social justice in UP. Use as an example of removing discriminatory provisions from state law.
10 Mar 2026UPPCS GS-VIOn 10 March 2026 the UP Cabinet approved ₹21381.93 lakh, the capital cost assessed by the Expenditure Finance Committee, to build an Integrated Manufacturing and Logistics Cluster near the Ganga Expressway in Meerut on EPC mode. It is part of UPEIDA's industrial corridor project, which plans such clusters at 29 sites along the state's expressways.
UPPCS angle: GS-VI: industry and expressways of UP. Use IMLCs to explain how expressways become industrial corridors.
10 Mar 2026UPPCS GS-VIOn 10 March 2026 the UP Cabinet approved cashless medical treatment for teachers of aided colleges, self-financed recognised colleges and state universities, including self-financed course teachers, and their dependent family members. At the Chief Minister's initiative, non-teaching staff were also brought in. It implements an announcement made on Teachers' Day, 5 September 2025.
UPPCS angle: GS-VI: health and education in UP. Use as an example of employee health cover.
10 Mar 2026UPPCS GS-VIOn 10 March 2026 the UP Cabinet cleared centage charges for Indian Dairy Machinery Company, the turnkey agency for two Bundelkhand package projects. A new dairy plant of 20 thousand litres a day will come up in Banda. The Jhansi plant will expand from 10 thousand to 30 thousand litres a day. The state bears the cost.
UPPCS angle: GS-VI: animal husbandry and Bundelkhand development. Use dairy processing as a drought-proof livelihood example.
10 Mar 2026UPPCS GS-VIOn 10 March 2026 the UP Cabinet approved the UP Anand Marriage Registration Rules, 2026 for registering Sikh marriages, known as Anand Karaj. Section 6 of the Anand Marriage Act, 1909, as amended in 2012, empowers states to make such rules. The decision follows a Supreme Court order of 4 September 2025 in Amanjot Singh Chadha vs Union of India.
UPPCS angle: GS-VI: minority welfare in UP. Use as an example of the state completing a central law through rules.
10 Mar 2026UPPCS GS-VIOn 10 March 2026 the UP Cabinet approved a bridge over the Ganga with approach roads to connect Trans Ganga City with Kanpur city, under the Atal Industrial Infrastructure Mission. UPSIDA is developing Trans Ganga City to shift industrial units from Kanpur. Instead of one 4-lane bridge, two separate 2-lane bridges are proposed to avoid jams.
UPPCS angle: GS-VI: urban and industrial infrastructure of UP. Use Trans Ganga City as an example of decongesting an old industrial city.
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