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Daily Current Affairs: 1 May 2026

Current affairs of 1 May 2026: Women and Men in India 2025: Key Gender Data Points; Green Methanol Plant at Kandla Port from Prosopis Wood; Critical Mineral Recycling Incentive: 58 Firms Approved, and 10 more topics. Key facts for every exam, with a quiz.

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In this issue: 13 topics

National Affairs

  1. Critical Mineral Recycling Incentive: 58 Firms Approved
  2. Piprahwa Buddha Relics Exhibited in Ladakh: Tathagata Explained
  3. NCLT President: Justice Anupinder Singh Grewal Appointed

Government Schemes

  1. E-PRAAPTI: EPFO Portal to Trace 31.83 Lakh Inoperative Accounts

Banking & Finance

  1. Federal Bank Buys Part of Standard Chartered Card Book

Economy

  1. Index of Service Production: NSO’s Monthly Services Gauge
  2. Monthly Economic Review: Nine of 18 States in Revenue Deficit

Science & Technology

  1. C-ART Weather Testbed Inaugurated at Visakhapatnam

Environment & Ecology

  1. Green Methanol Plant at Kandla Port from Prosopis Wood

Defence & Security

  1. NASM-SR Salvo Launch From Sea King Helicopter

Reports & Indexes

  1. Women and Men in India 2025: Key Gender Data Points
  2. PAI 2.0: Panchayat grades, pillars and state results
  3. World Press Freedom Index 2026: India Ranks 157th of 180

National Affairs

Economy

1. Critical Mineral Recycling Incentive: 58 Firms Approved

  • The Ministry of Mines finalised the first beneficiary list for the ₹1,500-crore critical mineral recycling incentive scheme.
  • 58 companies were approved, with about ₹5,000 crore of investment commitments and 850 KTPA of recycling capacity targeted.
  • JNARDDC served as the project management agency for technical evaluation of proposals.
  • Payouts are performance-linked and released only after projects begin actual production.
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History, Art & Culture

2. Piprahwa Buddha Relics Exhibited in Ladakh: Tathagata Explained

  • The sacred Piprahwa relics of the Buddha were brought to Ladakh for a public exposition in 2026.
  • Tathagata combines Tatha (thus) with Gata (gone) or Agata (come), describing one who moved from ignorance to enlightenment.
  • The Five Wisdom Buddhas are Vairocana, Akshobhya, Ratnasambhava, Amitabha and Amoghasiddhi, each tied to a colour, direction and mudra.
  • Sukhavati, the Pure Land of the West, is presided over by Amitabha.
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Polity & Governance

3. NCLT President: Justice Anupinder Singh Grewal Appointed

  • Justice Anupinder Singh Grewal was appointed President of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) on 30 April 2026.
  • Tenure is five years from taking charge or until he turns 67, whichever comes first.
  • He follows Justice Ramalingam Sudhakar, who held the post from 1 November 2021.
  • Born 10 March 1964 in Ludhiana district, he became an Additional Judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court on 25 September 2014.
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Government Schemes

Banking & Finance

Economy

Science & Technology

Environment & Ecology

Defence & Security

Reports & Indexes

Polity & Governance

12. PAI 2.0: Panchayat grades, pillars and state results

  • PAI 2.0 is a data-driven framework to track and encourage over 2.5 lakh Gram Panchayats on Localization of SDGs.
  • Panchayats get a composite score from 0 to 100 and are placed in five grades, from A+ Achiever to D Beginner.
  • No Panchayat reached A+ in 2024, 3,635 were Front Runners (A) and 1,18,824 were Performers (B), the biggest group.
  • Tripura led, with about 80% of its Panchayats in Grade A; Uttar Pradesh had all 57,678 Gram Panchayats take part.
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