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Daily Current Affairs: 14 January 2026

Current affairs of 14 January 2026: Jharkhand PESA Rules Notified: Tribal Self-Governance Begins; BHASHINI Samudaye: MeitY Platform for Indian-Language AI; National Sports Governance Rules 2026: Key Provisions, and 12 more topics. Key facts for every exam, with a quiz.

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In this issue: 15 topics

National Affairs

Jharkhand PESA Rules Notified: Tribal Self-Governance Begins
National Sports Governance Rules 2026: Key Provisions

Banking & Finance

PFRDA Expert Panel on Assured NPS Payouts
TGB on Wheels: Solar-Powered ATM Van in Tripura
RBI Mulls Licensing for Corporate Business Correspondents
RBI Discussion Paper to Restart Urban Co-operative Bank Licensing
NBFC Owned Funds: RBI Proposal to Count Quarterly Profits
FEMA Guarantees Regulations 2026: New RBI Framework
RBI Data: 97.3% of Bank Deposit Accounts Fully Insured

Economy

Crypto Exchange Regulation: SEBI-Led Framework Under Discussion
World Bank Lifts India’s FY27 Growth Forecast to 6.5%

Science & Technology

BHASHINI Samudaye: MeitY Platform for Indian-Language AI
PSLV-C62 Anomaly: ISRO Reports Issue After PS3

Environment & Ecology

Valley of Flowers Forest Fire: Uttarakhand Seeks IAF Help

Awards & Persons

Tyler Prize 2026: Toby Kiers Honoured for Fungal Network Research

National Affairs

Polity & Governance

1. Jharkhand PESA Rules Notified: Tribal Self-Governance Begins

Jharkhand notified PESA rules in January 2026, 25 years after the state's formation.
PESA, enacted on 24 December 1996, extends Part IX of the Constitution to Fifth Schedule areas.
Under PESA the Gram Sabha is the primary authority over local governance, land, forests and community resources.

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Polity & Governance

2. National Sports Governance Rules 2026: Key Provisions

MYAS notified the National Sports Governance Rules, 2026 on 12 January 2026 under the 2025 Act.
Each National Sports Body needs at least 4 SOMs in its General Body, half of them women.
SOMs must be 25 or older and retired; a 10-tier system classifies them.

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Banking & Finance

Banking & Finance

3. PFRDA Expert Panel on Assured NPS Payouts

PFRDA formed a 15-member panel under M. S. Sahoo on assured NPS payouts.
NPS is defined contribution and market-linked, so retirement income is uncertain.
Payouts must be legally enforceable and market-based, not fiscally guaranteed.

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Banking & Finance

4. TGB on Wheels: Solar-Powered ATM Van in Tripura

Tripura Gramin Bank became the first Regional Rural Bank to introduce India's first fully solar-powered mobile ATM van, 'TGB on Wheels'.
The initiative was formally inaugurated in July 2023 by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman during a Tripura visit.
Solar power allows uninterrupted service in remote, power-deficient rural areas.
The bank won the SKOCH Silver Award for governance and innovation.

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Banking & Finance

5. RBI Mulls Licensing for Corporate Business Correspondents

RBI considered a licensing framework for corporate Business Correspondents (BCs), including fintechs.
Today sponsor banks answer for BC conduct; corporate BCs hold no direct RBI licence.
BCs are bank agents offering basic banking in underserved areas.

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Banking & Finance

6. RBI Discussion Paper to Restart Urban Co-operative Bank Licensing

RBI's Discussion Paper proposes resuming UCB licensing, paused since 2004.
Proposed: minimum capital ₹300 crore, CAR at least 12%, net NPA at most 3%.
Applicants need 10 years of operations and a five-year good financial record.

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Banking & Finance

7. NBFC Owned Funds: RBI Proposal to Count Quarterly Profits

RBI proposed that quarterly profits can count as part of free reserves in an NBFC's owned funds.
Quarterly results need a limited review by statutory auditors and adjustment for three-year average dividend payout.
The final includible amount follows a formula prescribed by RBI.

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8. FEMA Guarantees Regulations 2026: New RBI Framework

RBI issued the Foreign Exchange Management (Guarantees) Regulations, 2026 under FEMA.
AD Category-I banks must follow them for guarantees involving non-residents.
Quarterly reporting of trade credit guarantees ends from the quarter ending March 2026.

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Banking & Finance

9. RBI Data: 97.3% of Bank Deposit Accounts Fully Insured

As of September 2025, 97.3% of bank deposit accounts in India were fully insured, per RBI data.
The deposit insurance limit is ₹5 lakh per depositor per bank.
By value, 42.1% of total deposits were insured, up from 41.5% in March 2025.

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Economy

10. Crypto Exchange Regulation: SEBI-Led Framework Under Discussion

The Finance Ministry held talks with SEBI and RBI on a formal framework for crypto exchanges ahead of Budget 2026-27.
Indian crypto exchanges would have to register with SEBI, the primary regulator.
RBI would oversee FDI in crypto entities, cross-border transactions and capital flow risks.

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11. World Bank Lifts India’s FY27 Growth Forecast to 6.5%

The World Bank raised India's FY27 GDP growth forecast to 6.5% from 6.3% projected in October 2025.
Stronger domestic demand and resilient exports drove the upgrade.
FY28 growth is projected at 6.6%, and India stays the fastest-growing major economy.

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Science & Technology

Government Schemes

12. BHASHINI Samudaye: MeitY Platform for Indian-Language AI

MeitY convened BHASHINI Samudaye in New Delhi.
It is a collaborative platform under BHASHINI for building and scaling Indian-language AI.
The Digital India BHASHINI Division leads it under the National Language Translation Mission.

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Science & Technology

13. PSLV-C62 Anomaly: ISRO Reports Issue After PS3

ISRO reported an anomaly at the end of the PS3 stage during the PSLV-C62 mission on 12 January 2026.
The primary payload was EOS-N1 (Anvesha), a DRDO hyperspectral satellite, among 16 payloads in total.
It was the second consecutive PSLV problem after PSLV-C61 in May 2025.

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Environment & Ecology

Environment & Ecology

14. Valley of Flowers Forest Fire: Uttarakhand Seeks IAF Help

Uttarakhand sought Indian Air Force help for a forest fire that burned five days in a row.
The fire is in the Valley of Flowers, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Chamoli district.
It broke out in the Painkhanda forest area inside Nanda Devi National Park.

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Awards & Persons

Environment & Ecology

15. Tyler Prize 2026: Toby Kiers Honoured for Fungal Network Research

Toby Kiers is the 2026 Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement winner, with the announcement reported on 14 January 2026.
The Tyler Prize carries a USD 250,000 cash award plus a medallion and is administered by the University of Southern California.
Kiers's work shows mycorrhizal fungal networks sequester about 13 billion tonnes of CO2 each year.
She co-led the Underground Atlas and co-founded the Society for the Protection of Underground Networks (SPUN).
Kiers is a University Research Chair at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.

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