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Daily Current Affairs: 15 April 2026

Current affairs of 15 April 2026: UNDP Report on West Asia Escalation and India’s Poverty; AQRF Amaravati: Sovereign Quantum Hardware Push in India; Ambedkar Jayanti: Contributions and Key Works Explained, and 12 more topics. Key facts for every exam, with a quiz.

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In this issue: 15 topics

National Affairs

  1. Ambedkar Jayanti: Contributions and Key Works Explained
  2. Constitution of India Released in Sindhi by Vice President
  3. Samrat Choudhary Sworn In as Bihar CM, First from BJP

Government Schemes

  1. Startup India FoF 2.0: ₹10,000 Crore Fund for Deep Tech
  2. e-SafeHER: Cyber Sakhi Programme for Rural Women

Banking & Finance

  1. Shriram Finance Gets Investment Grade BBB- From Fitch
  2. Utkarsh 2029: RBI Medium-Term Strategy and Six Pillars
  3. SEBI RegTech Suite: SUPCOMS 2.1, e-Adjudication and C-SAC
  4. DoT and SEBI Sign MoU to Curb Financial Fraud

Economy

  1. IMF Raises India FY27 Growth Forecast to 6.5%

International Affairs

  1. UNDP Report on West Asia Escalation and India’s Poverty
  2. World Art Day 2026: Date, Theme and Background

Agriculture & Rural

  1. Digital Urea and DAP Tracking Platform Planned by Centre

Science & Technology

  1. AQRF Amaravati: Sovereign Quantum Hardware Push in India

Defence & Security

  1. Exercise DUSTLIK 2026: India-Uzbekistan 7th edition at Namangan

National Affairs

Government Schemes

Economy

4. Startup India FoF 2.0: ₹10,000 Crore Fund for Deep Tech

  • Startup India Fund of Funds 2.0 was notified on 13 April 2026 with a corpus of ₹10,000 crore.
  • Focus shifts to deep tech and indigenous manufacturing from general startup support.
  • DPIIT funds SIDBI, which invests in SEBI-registered AIFs, which then back startups.
  • A new co-investment framework lets government and institutional investors invest alongside VCs.
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Banking & Finance

Economy

6. Shriram Finance Gets Investment Grade BBB- From Fitch

  • Fitch upgraded Shriram Finance's long-term foreign currency rating to BBB-, investment grade, from BB+ on April 14, 2026.
  • The trigger was a capital infusion by Japan's MUFG Bank: nearly ₹40,000 crore for a 20% stake.
  • Debt to equity fell from 4.2x to 2.5x; short-term IDR rose from B to F3.
  • Domestic agencies CRISIL, ICRA and India Ratings already rate the company AAA/Stable.
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Banking & Finance

7. Utkarsh 2029: RBI Medium-Term Strategy and Six Pillars

  • RBI launched Utkarsh 2029 in April 2026, a medium-term strategy covering the three years ending March 2029.
  • It rests on six pillars and 49 deliverables spanning regulation, customers, markets, technology, organisation and global integration.
  • Unified Lending Interface (ULI) is meant to do for credit what UPI did for payments.
  • Project Sa-Mudra modernises currency management; RBI also plans its own indigenous LLM for internal use.
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Banking & Finance

8. SEBI RegTech Suite: SUPCOMS 2.1, e-Adjudication and C-SAC

  • SEBI launched three IT platforms in March 2026 under Chairman Tuhin Kanta Pandey.
  • SUPCOMS 2.1 is a single platform for all communication between SEBI and regulated entities, replacing email threads.
  • The e-Adjudication Portal runs SEBI's quasi-judicial proceedings digitally, from notice to final order.
  • C-SAC uses AI to scan cyber audit reports of exchanges and depositories and flag compliance gaps.
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Banking & Finance

9. DoT and SEBI Sign MoU to Curb Financial Fraud

  • DoT and SEBI signed an MoU in New Delhi on 15 April 2026 to prevent financial fraud.
  • It links telecom data with financial surveillance through DoT's Digital Intelligence Platform.
  • Data shared includes the Financial Fraud Risk Indicator and the Mobile Number Revocation List.
  • Signatories were Sanjeev Kumar Sharma for DoT and Sandip Pradhan for SEBI.
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Economy

Economy

10. IMF Raises India FY27 Growth Forecast to 6.5%

  • IMF's April 14, 2026 World Economic Outlook raised India's FY27 growth forecast to 6.5%, up 10 basis points from January.
  • US extra tariffs on Indian goods were cut from 50% to 10%, the main reason for the upgrade.
  • India's FY26 growth estimate was revised to 7.6%.
  • Other FY27 forecasts range from S&P Global at 7.1% to OECD at 6.1%.
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International Affairs

Economy

11. UNDP Report on West Asia Escalation and India’s Poverty

  • UNDP's report of April 14, 2026 flagged the West Asia escalation as a threat to India's socioeconomic stability.
  • People pushed into poverty may rise from about 400,000 to 2.5 million; poverty rate may reach 24.2% from 23.9%.
  • India could lose 0.03 to 0.12 years of HDI progress.
  • 9.37 million Indians in GCC countries supply 38-40% of India's inward remittances.
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Agriculture & Rural

Government Schemes

13. Digital Urea and DAP Tracking Platform Planned by Centre

  • The Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers is building a central digital platform to track urea and DAP sales.
  • The aim is to stop diversion to industry and hoarding; last fiscal's subsidy bill was ₹1.24 trillion.
  • Buyers will be verified through Aadhaar biometrics or mobile OTP; farmers can place advance orders.
  • The model draws on Haryana's Meri Fasal Mera Byora, linking Aadhaar with land and crop data.
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Science & Technology

Science & Technology

14. AQRF Amaravati: Sovereign Quantum Hardware Push in India

  • Amaravati Quantum Reference Facilities (AQRF) were launched on April 14, 2026, as the anchor of Amaravati Quantum Valley.
  • Amaravati 1S at SRM University focuses on education and research; 1Q at Medha Towers, Gannavaram, on testing and commercialisation.
  • AQRF gives open access to cryogenics, amplifiers and control electronics instead of closed 'black box' systems.
  • TIFR, IISc and DRDO form the national consortium behind the project.
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Defence & Security

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