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Capacity Building for Service Providers – Skilling the Tourism Sector

Capacity Building for Service Providers – Skilling the Tourism Sector

Why in news? The Ministry of Tourism has announced that more than 6.4 lakh people have been trained under its Capacity Building for Service Providers ...

Bharat Ranbhoomi Darshan – Promoting Border and Battlefield Tourism

Bharat Ranbhoomi Darshan – Promoting Border and Battlefield Tourism

Why in news? The Chief Minister of Sikkim recently opened the historic mountain passes Cho La and Dok La to tourists under the Bharat Ranbhoomi Darsha...

Ratle Hydroelectric Project on the Chenab River

Ratle Hydroelectric Project on the Chenab River

Why in news? The Ratle Hydroelectric Project in Jammu and Kashmir has been back in the headlines after the engineering firm building it warned of pull...

International Fund for Agricultural Development – Partnering for Rural Prosperity

International Fund for Agricultural Development – Partnering for Rural Prosperity

Why in news? At the IFAD–India Day held in Rome, the Government of India showcased its achievements in rural development and women’s empowerment. ...

National Mission on Edible Oils – Oil Palm and Oilseeds

National Mission on Edible Oils – Oil Palm and Oilseeds

Why in news? In November 2025, the Ministry of Agriculture reported progress under the National Mission on Edible Oils. Additional area was brought un...

Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority (IEPFA)

Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority (IEPFA)

Why in news? The Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority (IEPFA) and the Securities and Exchange Board of India jointly organised a Niveshak ...

Progress of the PM Formalisation of Micro Food Processing Enterprises Scheme

Progress of the PM Formalisation of Micro Food Processing Enterprises Scheme

Why in news? The Union Ministry of Food Processing Industries released an update on the PM Formalisation of Micro Food Processing Enterprises (PMFME) ...

Infrastructure Investment Trust (InvIT) for National Highways

Infrastructure Investment Trust (InvIT) for National Highways

Why in news? The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has given in‑principle approval for the creation of the Raajmarg Infrastructure Inves...

Open Market Operations (OMO) – Injecting and Absorbing Liquidity

Open Market Operations (OMO) – Injecting and Absorbing Liquidity

Why in news? Alongside the December 2025 repo rate cut, the Reserve Bank of India announced that it would purchase government securities worth ₹1 tr...

RBI’s Integrated Ombudsman Scheme – Surge in Consumer Complaints

RBI’s Integrated Ombudsman Scheme – Surge in Consumer Complaints

Why in news? The Reserve Bank of India’s Integrated Ombudsman Scheme (RB‑IOS) received over 13.34 lakh complaints in the financial year 2024‑25,...

Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana – Securing Farmers’ Harvests

Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana – Securing Farmers’ Harvests

Why in news? The Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY), India’s flagship crop insurance scheme, completed nearly nine years of implementation by ...

TEAM scheme – bridging MSMEs to e‑commerce via ONDC

TEAM scheme – bridging MSMEs to e‑commerce via ONDC

Why in news? On 1 December 2025 the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) announced the Trade Enablement and Marketing (TEAM) Initi...

Understanding Masala Bonds and the Kerala controversy

Understanding Masala Bonds and the Kerala controversy

Why in news? The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has issued show‑cause notices to the Kerala Chief Minister and officials of the Kerala Infrastructure ...

Darjeeling Mandarin Orange receives GI status

Darjeeling Mandarin Orange receives GI status

Why in news? The Darjeeling Mandarin orange, a citrus variety grown on the hills of West Bengal, was granted a Geographical Indication tag on 24 Novem...

CBIC’s GST & Customs Pavilion Wins Public Outreach Award

CBIC’s GST & Customs Pavilion Wins Public Outreach Award

Why in news? The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) received the Gold Prize in the “Public Outreach & Communication” category at t...

Tex‑RAMPS Scheme

Tex‑RAMPS Scheme

Why in news? The Ministry of Textiles has unveiled the Textiles Focused Research, Assessment, Monitoring, Planning and Start‑up (Tex‑RAMPS) scheme...

Scheme to Promote Manufacturing of Sintered Rare Earth Permanent Magnets

Scheme to Promote Manufacturing of Sintered Rare Earth Permanent Magnets

Why in news? The Union Cabinet approved a Rs 7,280 crore scheme to establish India’s first integrated supply chain for sintered rare‑earth permane...

Capital Gains Account Scheme – New Rules Explained

Capital Gains Account Scheme – New Rules Explained

Why in news? The Ministry of Finance has notified the Capital Gains Accounts (Second Amendment) Scheme, 2025. The changes expand the list of banks aut...

Limestone Auction in Jammu & Kashmir

Limestone Auction in Jammu & Kashmir

Why in news? For the first time since becoming a Union Territory, Jammu & Kashmir announced that it will auction seven limestone blocks covering about...

Inland Waterways Authority of India

Inland Waterways Authority of India

Why in news? The Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) signed a series of agreements worth about ₹3,000 crore during India Maritime Week 2025. ...

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