Every item from 25 August 2026, mapped to the syllabus with an exam angle and practice MCQs.
On 25 August 2026 the UP Cabinet agreed to give 6 hectares of vacant usar (barren) gram sabha land near Saman Bird Sanctuary, Kishni tehsil, Mainpuri, free of cost to the Tourism Department for visitor facilities. Saman is a wetland and Ramsar site, home to the Sarus crane and many migratory birds.
UPPCS angle: GS-V: eco-tourism.
25 Aug 2026
On 25 August 2026 the UP Cabinet agreed to reopen the post-matric (dashmottar) scholarship portal one time, as a special case, for SC, ST, General, OBC and minority students who were not paid their scholarship or fee reimbursement in 2025-26. The money will come from the 2026-27 budget.
UPPCS angle: GS-VI: scholarship delivery.
25 Aug 2026
On 25 August 2026 the UP Cabinet raised the monthly internship allowance for MBBS and BDS students doing their compulsory rotating internship in state medical colleges, institutes and medical universities from ₹12,000 to ₹25,000. The ₹12,000 rate had been fixed by a government order of 5 January 2021.
UPPCS angle: GS-VI: medical education.
25 Aug 2026
On 25 August 2026 the UP Cabinet approved ₹27225.33 lakh to build infrastructure for an Integrated Manufacturing and Logistics Cluster (IMLC) near the Purvanchal Expressway in Sultanpur district. Work will be on EPC mode under the Industrial Corridor scheme, and global bids will be invited to pick the builder.
UPPCS angle: GS-VI: industrial corridors.
25 Aug 2026
On 25 August 2026 the UP Cabinet approved ₹40,000 lakh in 2026-27 for UPSRTC to buy 250 new air-conditioned electric buses: 100 of 50 seats and 150 of 41 seats. The total cost is ₹42,550 lakh; the corporation will meet the remaining ₹2,550 lakh from its own funds.
UPPCS angle: GS-VI: public transport.
25 Aug 2026
On 25 August 2026 the UP Cabinet approved adding new rules 22(ka), 22(kha) and 22(ga) to the UP Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Rules, 2014. Senior citizens will be able to evict children or relatives from their property if they do not maintain them or ill-treat them. The change follows the 7th State Law Commission's 13th report.
UPPCS angle: Note the role of the UP State Law Commission (7th, 13th report): a likely one-liner.
25 Aug 2026
On 25 August 2026 the UP Cabinet approved the 106.30 km Jhansi Link Expressway. It starts on the Bundelkhand Expressway near Phoolpura in Jalaun, passes the Defence Corridor node near Garautha and ends at Ambabai on NH-44 in Jhansi. The estimated state cost is ₹7968.30 crore, on EPC mode, with no central share.
UPPCS angle: Pair with the Bundelkhand Expressway and the Defence Corridor node at Jhansi for a Bundelkhand answer.
25 Aug 2026
On 25 August 2026 the UP Cabinet approved extending the Ganga Expressway to Haridwar. The extension is about 147 km long, with an estimated state cost of ₹10,761 crore and no central share. It will give Bijnor a direct link to Haridwar and, through the Ganga Expressway, to Lucknow and Prayagraj.
UPPCS angle: UPPCS often asks about UP expressways: note this one is state funded with no central share, and that it ends outside UP, in Haridwar.
25 Aug 2026