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Daily Current Affairs: 17 July 2025

Current affairs of 17 July 2025: Delhi Plans Net-Zero E-Waste Eco Park in Holambi Kalan; SDG Report 2025: 35% of Targets Stagnating or Reversing; Gujarat Tribal Genome Sequencing Project: India’s First, and 13 more topics. Key facts for every exam, with a quiz.

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In this issue: 16 topics

Government Schemes

PM Dhan-Dhaanya Krishi Yojana: ₹24,000 Crore Farm Scheme

Banking & Finance

SEBI Plans Domestic Spot Pricing for Gold and Silver ETFs
Unified Lending Interface: RBI Reviews Slow Adoption
SEBI Penalty Rationalisation for Stock Brokers Near Final
EximPe Gets RBI In-Principle Nod for PA-CB Licence

Economy

Fitch on RBI Liquidity and a 100 bps Rate Cut in 2025
Global Capability Centres and India’s Services Export Strategy
RBI ₹32,000 Crore Bond Switch Auction on 21 July 2025

International Affairs

India-Argentina Agriculture JWG: 2nd Meeting Priority Areas
PM Modi Maldives Visit and India’s Neighbourhood Outreach

Agriculture & Rural

ICAR 97th Foundation Day: Key Announcements and Body Profile

Science & Technology

Gujarat Tribal Genome Sequencing Project: India’s First

Environment & Ecology

Delhi Plans Net-Zero E-Waste Eco Park in Holambi Kalan

Defence & Security

F-35B Emergency Landing at Thiruvananthapuram Airport

Reports & Indexes

SDG Report 2025: 35% of Targets Stagnating or Reversing
Global Findex 2025: India’s Inactive Bank Accounts

Government Schemes

Government Schemes

1. PM Dhan-Dhaanya Krishi Yojana: ₹24,000 Crore Farm Scheme

The Cabinet approved PM Dhan-Dhaanya Krishi Yojana (PMDDKY), announced in Union Budget 2025-26.
Outlay is ₹24,000 crore a year for 6 years, covering 1.7 crore farmers.
It merges 36 schemes of 11 Union Ministries/Departments, with 117 KPIs tracked monthly.

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Banking & Finance

Banking & Finance

2. SEBI Plans Domestic Spot Pricing for Gold and Silver ETFs

SEBI proposed valuing ETF gold and silver at domestic exchange spot prices.
Funds now use LBMA prices adjusted for duties and taxes.
MCX is an example of a domestic source.

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Banking & Finance

3. Unified Lending Interface: RBI Reviews Slow Adoption

The RBI and DFS met banks and NBFCs to review ULI, a digital public infrastructure described as UPI for loans.
ULI pools financial, non-financial and alternative data for real-time credit decisions.
Adoption lagged due to integration delays, scrutiny of small personal loans and few use cases.

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Banking & Finance

4. SEBI Penalty Rationalisation for Stock Brokers Near Final

SEBI is finalising a framework to rationalise penalties on stock brokers after a sub-committee report.
Warnings, not penalties, for minor violations; stricter action for intentional ones.
Only the exchange where the broker is a trading member may penalise.

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Banking & Finance

5. EximPe Gets RBI In-Principle Nod for PA-CB Licence

EximPe received in-principle approval from RBI for a Payment Aggregator-Cross Border (PA-CB) licence.
EximPe serves over 5,000 SME clients and has processed more than $450 million.
It targets 10X business growth by FY26.
Six entities hold full PA-CB licences.

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Economy

6. Fitch on RBI Liquidity and a 100 bps Rate Cut in 2025

Fitch said RBI's liquidity steps will aid transmission of an expected 100 bps rate cut in 2025.
RBI injected ₹5.6 trillion since January 2025, mainly through G-Sec purchases.
The 100 bps CRR cut will free ₹2.7 trillion in phases.

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7. Global Capability Centres and India’s Services Export Strategy

GCCs are emerging as a key frontier in India's services export strategy.
The government is preparing a national framework to encourage GCC growth beyond metro cities.
India had over 6,500 GCCs as of 2024.

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8. RBI ₹32,000 Crore Bond Switch Auction on 21 July 2025

RBI will hold a ₹32,000 crore bond switch auction on 21 July 2025.
It acts on behalf of the Central Government.
Aim: lower short-term redemption pressure and support fiscal consolidation.

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International Affairs

Agriculture & Rural Development

9. India-Argentina Agriculture JWG: 2nd Meeting Priority Areas

India and Argentina held the 2nd Joint Working Group (JWG) meeting on agriculture.
Priority areas included mechanisation, genome editing, biopesticides and farmer carbon credits.
Joint Secretary Muktanand Agrawal presented India's innovations.

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International Relations

10. PM Modi Maldives Visit and India’s Neighbourhood Outreach

PM Narendra Modi was scheduled to visit the Maldives on 25-26 July 2025.
Nepal's Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli was also expected to visit India.
The two visits reflect India's push to deepen ties with South Asian neighbours amid shifting geopolitical alignments.

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Agriculture & Rural

Government Schemes

11. ICAR 97th Foundation Day: Key Announcements and Body Profile

ICAR marked its 97th Foundation Day on 16 July 2025.
Viksit Krishi Sankalp Abhiyan identified 500+ research priorities.
A toll-free helpline will take reports of spurious inputs.

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Science & Technology

Science & Technology

12. Gujarat Tribal Genome Sequencing Project: India’s First

Gujarat launched India's first Tribal Genome Sequencing Project to build a reference genetic database.
GBRC will cover 2,000 tribal individuals across 17 districts.
It will look for markers of sickle cell anaemia, thalassemia and hereditary cancers.

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Environment & Ecology

Environment & Ecology

13. Delhi Plans Net-Zero E-Waste Eco Park in Holambi Kalan

Delhi plans India's first net-zero emission e-waste eco park at Holambi Kalan, Narela.
India is the third-largest e-waste generator, producing over 1.6 million tonnes yearly.
The park draws on Norwegian and Hong Kong models.

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Defence & Security

International Relations

14. F-35B Emergency Landing at Thiruvananthapuram Airport

A UK Royal Air Force F-35B Lightning II made an emergency landing at Thiruvananthapuram International Airport, Kerala.
The landing was on 14 June 2025, after technical problems.
The jet is a fifth-generation stealth multirole fighter, noted for vertical landing.

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Reports & Indexes

International Relations

15. SDG Report 2025: 35% of Targets Stagnating or Reversing

The UN's SDG Report 2025, released at the High-Level Political Forum, warns that 35% of measurable targets are stagnating or reversing.
Hunger hit 713-757 million people (9.1% of the world) in 2023; 2.33 billion faced moderate or severe food insecurity.
HIV infections fell 40% since 2010, and social protection now covers over 50% of people.

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Banking & Finance

16. Global Findex 2025: India’s Inactive Bank Accounts

Global Findex 2025 found 35% of Indian account holders had inactive accounts in 2021.
That is seven times the 5% seen in other developing economies excluding India.
PMJDY, launched August 2014, added 450 million accounts by April 2022.

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