UPSC Current Affairs
Every day SeriousPrep reads The Hindu, Indian Express and PIB, keeps only the stories that matter for the UPSC Civil Services exam, and turns each into a study note mapped to the GS syllabus. Browse 1450 notes by month, GS paper or subject.
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Delhi Draft Rolls Show Skewed Exclusion Under SIR Process
The Election Commission's ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls has drawn scrutiny. An investigation of Delhi's draft rolls found a pattern of disproportionate exclusion of Muslim electors. They…
15 Oct 2026 · GS2 · Polity
New Audit Order Mandated for Multi-State Cooperative Societies
The Ministry of Cooperation has notified the Multi-State Co-operative Societies (Auditor's Report) Order, 2026 (MSCARO). It used powers under Section 73(6) of the Multi-State Co-operative Societies (Amendment) Act…
15 Oct 2026 · GS3, GS2 · Economy
Cabinet Extends and Renames National Social Assistance Programme Till 2030-31
The Union Cabinet has approved the continuation of the National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP) for five years, from 2026-27 to 2030-31, with an outlay of ₹53,428 crore. NSAP, launched in 1995 under Article 41 of the…
15 Oct 2026 · GS2 · Polity
Government Launches BHAVYA Scheme for Industrial Parks
BHAVYA (Bharat Audyogik Vikas Yojna) is a central scheme, approved with an outlay of ₹33,660 crore, to build 'plug-and-play' industrial parks across India over six years (FY2026-27 to FY2031-32). It gives financial…
15 Oct 2026 · GS3 · Economy
Government Approves Sale of IDBI Bank to Strategic Buyer
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved the sale of a 60.72% stake in IDBI Bank to 10955230 Canada Inc., a unit of Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd, for about Rs 52,878 crore. The stake being sold comprises…
15 Oct 2026 · GS3 · Economy
India to Join Southern Indian Ocean Fisheries Agreement as Full Member
The Union Government has approved India's accession to the Southern Indian Ocean Fisheries Agreement (SIOFA). India is upgrading from a limited Cooperating Non-Contracting Party (CNCP, a status held since 2022) to a…
15 Oct 2026 · GS2, GS3 · IR
Arunachal Protests Grow Over Siang Hydel Project Amid China Factor
Protests have intensified in Arunachal Pradesh's Siang valley against the proposed 11,200-MW Siang Upper Multipurpose Project. Security deployment, detention of protestors under the state's Unlawful Activities…
14 Oct 2026 · GS2, GS3 · IR
Retail Inflation Spreads Across Items, Pressuring RBI on Rates
Retail inflation rose to 5.54% in September. This is its highest level in nearly two years. The RBI itself acknowledged evidence of inflation generalisation. This means price pressures are spreading from food and fuel…
14 Oct 2026 · GS3 · Economy
Unapproved GM Cotton Traits Spread Despite Regulatory Ban
A large share of India's cotton area now carries genetically modified traits. These include herbicide tolerance and the next-generation Bt gene Vip3A. These traits have never received regulatory approval from the…
14 Oct 2026 · GS3 · Economy
Parties Back Caste Census but Avoid OBC Quota Amendment
OBC groups have long demanded a caste census and a constitutional amendment. They want to expand their reservation in proportion to their actual population share. They claim this exceeds 50% based on the 1931 Census.…
14 Oct 2026 · GS2, GS1 · Polity
India's Need for a Trained Elderly Caregiver Workforce
India's elderly population, persons aged 60 and above, was about 149 million in 2022. It is projected to reach 347 million by 2050. Most elderly care in India is informal, unpaid, and provided mostly by women. NSO data…
14 Oct 2026 · GS2, GS3 · Society
India's Low R&D Spending Hurts Basic Science Research
India's low investment in research, at about 0.64% of GDP, compared with over 3% in the US, Germany and Japan and over 5% in South Korea, is often blamed for its weak record in transformative, Nobel-level science. A…
14 Oct 2026 · GS3 · S&T