Daily Current Affairs: 8 & 9 June 2025

Current affairs of 8 & 9 June 2025: CRS Vital Statistics 2022: Bihar Sex Ratio at Birth Lowest; World Bank Poverty Line Raised to $3 a Day; MGNREGS Work Demand Climbs in May and June 2025, and 12 more topics. Key facts for every exam, with a quiz.

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In this issue: 15 topics

National Affairs

All India Radio Renamed on 8 June 1936: Quick Notes

Government Schemes

MGNREGS Work Demand Climbs in May and June 2025

Banking & Finance

RBI Gold and Silver Loan Directions 2025: Key Rules
RBI June 2025 Policy: Repo Cut to 5.5% and Neutral Stance
NPA Interest Tax Relief Proposal: Government Review
RBI Hindi Book Scheme: Prize for Economics and Finance Authors

Economy

India’s Apparel Exports Stuck at 3% Global Share: Why

International Affairs

ICDRI 2025: India’s Five Priorities for Resilient Infrastructure

Agriculture & Rural

BICOTA Rice Stem Borer Solution Launched by Bayer in India
Ethanol Blending Beyond E19: Delays in India’s New Policy

Science & Technology

DRUM App: IIT Kharagpur Route Planner for Clean Air
Axiom-4: Shubhanshu Shukla’s Journey to the ISS Explained

Environment & Ecology

Seed Ball Plantation: Community Push for Forest Regeneration

Reports & Indexes

CRS Vital Statistics 2022: Bihar Sex Ratio at Birth Lowest
World Bank Poverty Line Raised to $3 a Day

National Affairs

History, Art & Culture

1. All India Radio Renamed on 8 June 1936: Quick Notes

The Indian State Broadcasting Service became All India Radio (AIR) on 8 June 1936.
2025 marked 89 years since the renaming.
The date is seen as a red-letter day in India's cultural, information and broadcasting history.

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Government Schemes

Economy

2. MGNREGS Work Demand Climbs in May and June 2025

MGNREGS work demand surged in May and early June 2025, which economists link to seasonal patterns rather than rural distress.
MGNREGA began in 2005 and guarantees 100 days of work per financial year to willing rural adults.
Work is due within 15 days of demand, else unemployment allowance; at least one-third beneficiaries are women.

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Banking & Finance

3. RBI Gold and Silver Loan Directions 2025: Key Rules

RBI notified the Lending Against Gold and Silver Collateral Directions, 2025 for all its regulated entities.
Loan-to-value can go up to 85% for loans of ₹2.5 lakh or less.
Assaying must be in the borrower's presence, with reference prices from IBJA or SEBI-regulated exchanges.

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Economy

4. RBI June 2025 Policy: Repo Cut to 5.5% and Neutral Stance

The MPC cut the repo rate by 50 bps to 5.5% in June 2025.
CRR is to fall 100 bps to 3% in four tranches, freeing ₹2.5 trillion.
The stance moved from accommodative to neutral; FY26 GDP growth stayed at 6.5%.

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Economy

5. NPA Interest Tax Relief Proposal: Government Review

Banks proposed aligning tax treatment of NPAs with RBI norms.
RBI's NPA test is over 90 days overdue; the tax law's is over 6 months.
Gross NPAs of scheduled commercial banks were ₹4.16 lakh crore at Q4 FY25.

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Banking & Finance

6. RBI Hindi Book Scheme: Prize for Economics and Finance Authors

RBI offers ₹1,25,000 each to the three best original Hindi books on economics, banking or finance.
Eligible authors are working or retired professors from UGC-recognised universities.
Entries closed on June 30, 2025.

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Economy

7. India’s Apparel Exports Stuck at 3% Global Share: Why

Apparel exports are $37.8 billion in a $897.8 billion global T&A market: a 3% share.
The sector employs 45+ million; about 70% of workers are women.
Goal: $40 billion apparel exports by 2030.

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International Affairs

Environment & Ecology

8. ICDRI 2025: India’s Five Priorities for Resilient Infrastructure

ICDRI 2025 was hosted in Europe for the first time, on coastal region resilience.
CDRI was launched by India in 2019 and is headquartered in New Delhi.
It has 46 member countries and 8 partner organisations.
India put forward five global priorities, including recognising SIDS as Large Ocean Countries.

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Agriculture & Rural

Agriculture & Rural Development

9. BICOTA Rice Stem Borer Solution Launched by Bayer in India

Bayer launched BICOTA to control stem borer pests in rice, on sale from June 2025.
It is granular, quick-acting and offers longer protection from a single application.
It will be sold in 11 key rice-growing states.

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Economy

10. Ethanol Blending Beyond E19: Delays in India’s New Policy

India planned to raise ethanol blending in petrol from the current 19% (E19) to between 27% and 100%.
Supply-side, demand-side and geopolitical headwinds slowed the new ethanol policy.
Ethanol blending is said to have saved ₹1.1 trillion in foreign exchange.
The EBP Programme targeted 10% blending by 2021-22 and 20% by 2025.

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Science & Technology

Environment & Ecology

11. DRUM App: IIT Kharagpur Route Planner for Clean Air

DRUM, built by IIT Kharagpur researchers, suggests routes with least exposure to air pollution.
It has been simulated in Delhi; real-world trials are due.
It can cut exposure by up to 50% in dense areas such as Central Delhi.

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Science & Technology

12. Axiom-4: Shubhanshu Shukla’s Journey to the ISS Explained

Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla was to pilot Axiom-4 and become the first Indian astronaut to reach the ISS.
Axiom Space, a US company, runs the private mission using a repurposed SpaceX Crew Dragon, launched from Florida.
The mission is the fourth Axiom flight with NASA and lasts 14 days on the station.
Shukla is also one of four astronaut-designates chosen for Gaganyaan.

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Environment & Ecology

13. Seed Ball Plantation: Community Push for Forest Regeneration

India lost 2.33 million hectares of forest cover between 2001 and 2023.
Seed balls wrap native seeds in soil and compost.
Seed balls sown rose from 1.3 million in 2023 to 1.6 million in 2024.

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Reports & Indexes

Health & Social Issues

14. CRS Vital Statistics 2022: Bihar Sex Ratio at Birth Lowest

Bihar had the lowest 2022 sex ratio at birth: 891 girls per 1,000 boys, down from 964 in 2020.
Nagaland was highest at 1,068; Maharashtra, Telangana and Gujarat were low at 906-908.
Registered births rose to 254.4 lakh; registered deaths dropped to 86.5 lakh; SRS 2022 was pending.

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Economy

15. World Bank Poverty Line Raised to $3 a Day

World Bank revised the global poverty line to $3 a day (2021 PPP) from $2.15 a day (2017 PPP).
At $3/day, India's extreme poverty fell from 27.1% in 2011-12 to 5.3% in 2022-23.
India's poverty rate in 2024 at $3/day was 5.44%, covering 54.7 million people.
The new line is about 15% above the earlier one and reflects inflation, including India's 2017-2021 trend.

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Daily Current Affairs: 8 & 9 June 2025

In this issue: 15 topics

National Affairs

1. All India Radio Renamed on 8 June 1936: Quick Notes

Government Schemes

2. MGNREGS Work Demand Climbs in May and June 2025

Banking & Finance

3. RBI Gold and Silver Loan Directions 2025: Key Rules

4. RBI June 2025 Policy: Repo Cut to 5.5% and Neutral Stance

5. NPA Interest Tax Relief Proposal: Government Review

6. RBI Hindi Book Scheme: Prize for Economics and Finance Authors

Economy

7. India’s Apparel Exports Stuck at 3% Global Share: Why

International Affairs

8. ICDRI 2025: India’s Five Priorities for Resilient Infrastructure

Agriculture & Rural

9. BICOTA Rice Stem Borer Solution Launched by Bayer in India

10. Ethanol Blending Beyond E19: Delays in India’s New Policy

Science & Technology

11. DRUM App: IIT Kharagpur Route Planner for Clean Air

12. Axiom-4: Shubhanshu Shukla’s Journey to the ISS Explained

Environment & Ecology

13. Seed Ball Plantation: Community Push for Forest Regeneration

Reports & Indexes

14. CRS Vital Statistics 2022: Bihar Sex Ratio at Birth Lowest

15. World Bank Poverty Line Raised to $3 a Day

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