UP current affairs for UPPCS
Original notes on Uttar Pradesh only: schemes, budget, cabinet decisions, districts and UPPSC notices, mapped to GS-V and GS-VI.
UPPCS GS-VIOn 7 April 2026 the UP Cabinet approved amending the UP Revenue Code, 2006 to give land ownership to families displaced at Partition and living in Pilibhit, Lakhimpur Kheri, Rampur and Bijnor. New clauses will be added to Section 76(2) through an ordinance. The families will get non-transferable bhumidhar rights.
UPPCS angle: GS-VI: land and social justice in UP. Use for land rights of displaced communities.
7 Apr 2026UPPCS GS-VIOn 7 April 2026 the UP Cabinet approved a bridge over the Ganga at Chiyasar Ghat near Chyavan Rishi Ashram in Chhibramau, Kannauj, with approach roads and protection works, on EPC mode at ₹28899.22 lakh. Today only boats cross here, and they stop in the rains. About 4 lakh people of Kannauj and Hardoi will benefit.
UPPCS angle: GS-VI: infrastructure in UP. Cite as an example of river bridges ending seasonal isolation.
7 Apr 2026UPPCS GS-VIOn 7 April 2026 the UP Cabinet approved the Dr B.R. Ambedkar Murti Vikas Yojana to protect and beautify statues of great personalities installed by 31 December 2025. Many lack a canopy and boundary wall. Ten sites in each of the 403 Assembly constituencies will be developed at ₹10 lakh each, a likely total of ₹403 crore.
UPPCS angle: GS-VI: UP schemes and culture. Use for heritage protection and public spaces.
7 Apr 2026UPPCS GS-VIOn 7 April 2026 the UP Cabinet approved a new autonomous state medical college in Ballia on 14.05 acres of district jail land transferred to the Medical Education Department. The expenditure of ₹437.0021 crore was cleared. The college will be named after Maharshi Bhrigu, and a memorial to freedom fighter Chittu Pandey will be built nearby.
UPPCS angle: GS-VI: health infrastructure in UP. Mention Ballia's new medical college and the Chittu Pandey memorial.
7 Apr 2026UPPCS GS-VIOn 7 April 2026 the UP Cabinet approved redeveloping 49 bus stations of the UP State Road Transport Corporation on public-private partnership in the second phase. The original list of 54 dropped 6 unsuitable stations and added Chandauli. They will be built on the DBFOT model with malls, cinemas and passenger facilities, at no financial burden on the State.
UPPCS angle: GS-VI: urban infrastructure in UP. Use as an example of PPP asset recycling in public transport.
7 Apr 2026UPPCS GS-VIOn 7 April 2026 the UP Cabinet approved the final bid document for buying 25 lakh tablets to be given free under the Swami Vivekanand Yuva Sashaktikaran Yojana. The CM was authorised to approve changes in tender terms and device numbers, select bidders and issue purchase orders. The tablets go to students and trainees across courses.
UPPCS angle: GS-VI: UP welfare schemes. Mention the scheme with digital empowerment of youth.
7 Apr 2026UPPCS GS-VIOn 4 April 2026 the UP Chief Minister launched the School Chalo Abhiyan for 2026-27 at a composite school in Shivpur, Varanasi, to ensure full enrolment and transition. The first phase runs till 15 April and a second from 1 to 15 July. About 60 lakh new children joined basic schools in 9 years.
UPPCS angle: GS-VI: education in UP. Quote Operation Kayakalp, dropout fall and the Bal Vatika push.
4 Apr 2026UPPCS GS-VIOn 3 April 2026 the Chief Ministers of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh opened the three-day Mahanatya Samrat Vikramaditya at the BLW ground in Varanasi, part of Vikramotsav-2026. The MP Chief Minister gifted a 700 kg Vikramaditya Vedic clock, based on Indian time-reckoning, to be installed at Shri Kashi Vishwanath temple.
UPPCS angle: GS-VI: culture and heritage of UP. Use Kashi-Ujjain links and Chunar Fort restoration.
3 Apr 2026UPPCS GS-VIOn 2 April 2026 the Union Communications Minister released a commemorative postage stamp in New Delhi for the Platinum Jubilee of the Postal Training Centre, Saharanpur. Set up on 2 April 1951 on a 56.71-acre campus, the centre now trains nearly 3,000 postal employees a year from eight States and UTs of North India.
UPPCS angle: GS-VI: institutions in UP. Saharanpur PTC is a one-line fact for UP special.
2 Apr 2026UPPCS GS-VIOn 30 March 2026 the Union Agriculture Minister approved Uttar Pradesh's proposal to buy about 14.31 lakh metric tonnes of gram, masoor and mustard at MSP for the Rabi 2026 season, worth around ₹9,341 crore. The purchase is under the Price Support Scheme. The full masoor demand of 6,77,000 tonnes was approved.
UPPCS angle: GS-VI: agriculture in UP. Use masoor and mustard procurement in answers on crop diversification and MSP.
30 Mar 2026