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Daily Current Affairs: 15 October 2025

Current affairs of 15 October 2025: UNTCC Chiefs’ Conclave 2025: India Hosts First Edition; India-Mongolia Talks: 10 MoUs, Free e-Visas, $1.7 Billion Credit Line; LEAPS 2025: Logistics Excellence Shield Launched at GatiShakti Event, and 13 more topics. Key facts for every exam, with a quiz.

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In this issue: 16 topics

National Affairs

India Out of AFC Asian Cup Race After 2-1 Loss to Singapore

Government Schemes

EPFO Employees Enrolment Scheme 2025 and Withdrawal Rules

Banking & Finance

POSB and EPFO: Government Seeks RBI Oversight
EPFO’s Proposed PF Withdrawal Overhaul: 13 Rules to 3
NTT Data and NIPL Sign MoU to Bring UPI Payments to Japan
SEBI Eases Minimum Public Shareholding for Big Listings
Foreign Investors Back Indian Banks: Routes and FDI Limits
Muse Ring One: India’s First Wearables Payment Ecosystem with NPCI
Instant Mutual Fund Redemption via UPI: Curie and ICICI
NABARD Digital Platform for Rural Cooperative Banks

Economy

IMF Lifts India’s FY26 Growth Forecast to 6.6%

International Affairs

India-Mongolia Talks: 10 MoUs, Free e-Visas, $1.7 Billion Credit Line

Agriculture & Rural

IFBA World Food Day Drive Busts Food Myths
Kalyana Karnataka: Farmer Training and Agro-Processing Centres Opened

Defence & Security

UNTCC Chiefs’ Conclave 2025: India Hosts First Edition

Awards & Persons

LEAPS 2025: Logistics Excellence Shield Launched at GatiShakti Event

National Affairs

1. India Out of AFC Asian Cup Race After 2-1 Loss to Singapore

India lost 2-1 to Singapore at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium.
The result ended India's hope of qualifying for the AFC Asian Cup for a third consecutive time.
India had played with plenty of promise but still suffered the defeat.

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Government Schemes

2. EPFO Employees Enrolment Scheme 2025 and Withdrawal Rules

Employees Enrolment Scheme 2025 runs from 1 November 2025 to 30 April 2026.
Employers opting in pay only ₹100 as penal damage.
EPF withdrawal categories were cut from 13 to three, with up to 75% withdrawable.

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Banking & Finance

Banking & Finance

3. POSB and EPFO: Government Seeks RBI Oversight

Posts Department and Labour Ministry separately asked RBI to oversee POSB and EPFO.
POSB audit found 60+ misappropriation cases in 14 postal circles.
RBI urged EPFO to separate regulatory and investment functions.

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Banking & Finance

4. EPFO’s Proposed PF Withdrawal Overhaul: 13 Rules to 3

Central Board of Trustees approved EPFO proposals simplifying partial PF withdrawals.
13 withdrawal conditions become 3 categories; 25% of contributions must stay as minimum balance.
Full settlement after quitting a job waits 12 months; EPS waits 36 months.

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Banking & Finance

5. NTT Data and NIPL Sign MoU to Bring UPI Payments to Japan

NTT Data signed an MoU with NPCI International Payments Ltd (NIPL) to enable UPI acceptance in Japan.
The focus is Indian tourists visiting Japan, who would pay using UPI.
The two will jointly study merchant networks, regulatory compliance and technical enablement.

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6. SEBI Eases Minimum Public Shareholding for Big Listings

SEBI relaxed Minimum Public Shareholding (MPS) rules for large companies at listing.
They may list with public shareholding as low as 2.5%.
They get 10 years to reach the standard 25% MPS.

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7. Foreign Investors Back Indian Banks: Routes and FDI Limits

FDI in private banks is capped at 74%.
One foreign financial entity can hold 15% without RBI approval.
Foreign voting rights in private banks are capped at 26%.

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Banking & Finance

8. Muse Ring One: India’s First Wearables Payment Ecosystem with NPCI

Muse Wearables, an IIT-Madras incubated startup, and NPCI launched India's first device-based wearables payment ecosystem.
The device is Ring One, running on the RuPay network with hardware-level tokenisation.
Card details become a token held in a Secure Element chip, and the ring works only when worn.

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Banking & Finance

9. Instant Mutual Fund Redemption via UPI: Curie and ICICI

Curie Money and ICICI Prudential AMC enable instant UPI redemption of liquid funds.
Up to 90% of the invested amount can be redeemed, within a ₹50,000 daily limit.
The usual 1-2 business day wait is removed.

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Banking & Finance

10. NABARD Digital Platform for Rural Cooperative Banks

NABARD plans a digital solution platform for rural cooperative banks.
Launch is expected in the second half of FY2025-26.
Similar infrastructure is being built for Regional Rural Banks.

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Economy

11. IMF Lifts India’s FY26 Growth Forecast to 6.6%

IMF raised India's FY26 growth forecast to 6.6% from 6.4%.
The FY27 forecast was raised to 6.2%.
IMF's global growth: 3.2% for 2025 and 3.1% for 2026.

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International Affairs

International Relations

12. India-Mongolia Talks: 10 MoUs, Free e-Visas, $1.7 Billion Credit Line

PM Modi and President Khurelsukh Ukhnaa of Mongolia signed 10 MoUs and released stamps marking 70 years of ties.
Free e-visas for Mongolians and yearly visits by young cultural ambassadors were announced.
A $1.7 billion credit line backs Mongolia's Oil Refinery Project.

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Agriculture & Rural

Agriculture & Rural Development

13. IFBA World Food Day Drive Busts Food Myths

IFBA launched a World Food Day awareness drive with NIFTEM-Kundli and IHM Delhi.
It aims to bust food myths and promote science-backed choices.
Topics: palm oil, processed foods, A1 vs A2 ghee, protein supplements.

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14. Kalyana Karnataka: Farmer Training and Agro-Processing Centres Opened

Nirmala Sitharaman inaugurated farmer training and agro-processing centres in Kalyana Karnataka.
Projects were funded with MPLADS contributions in collaboration with NABARD.
Districts covered: Koppal, Raichur, Ballari and Vijayanagara.

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Defence & Security

International Relations

15. UNTCC Chiefs’ Conclave 2025: India Hosts First Edition

India hosted the first Conclave of Chiefs of UN Troop Contributing Countries in New Delhi, 14-16 October 2025.
Over 30 chiefs and officials from 32 nations attended.
India's Defence Minister stressed the '4C formula'.

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Awards & Persons

16. LEAPS 2025: Logistics Excellence Shield Launched at GatiShakti Event

LEAPS 2025 was launched by the Commerce and Industry Minister at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi.
The occasion was the 4th anniversary of PM GatiShakti.
It has 13 award categories and aligns with the National Logistics Policy 2022.

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Test yourself

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