One Liner Current Affairs: September 2025

National Affairs

1. SAHYOG is an MHA-developed portal to tackle cybercrime and streamline blocking orders. Notes ›

Banking & Finance

2. Banks may revise some spread components before the earlier three-year gap; borrowers can switch to fixed rate at reset. Notes ›
3. SEBI barred Man Industries and three top executives, including the chairman, for two years. Notes ›
4. RBI cautioned NBFCs, microfinance institutions and housing finance companies against aggressive growth without strong risk management. Notes ›
5. India is moving from MIBOR to the Secured Overnight Rupee Rate (SORR), in line with the global shift away from Libor-type rates. Notes ›
6. TATA AIG General Insurance signed a bancassurance partnership with Equitas Small Finance Bank for non-life insurance distribution. Notes ›

Economy

7. IIP grew 4% in August 2025, below July's revised 4.3%. Notes ›
8. RBI retained WACR, the overnight weighted average call rate, as its monetary policy operating target. Notes ›
9. Moody's affirmed India's long-term issuer ratings at Baa3 with a stable outlook. Notes ›

Science & Technology

10. The Ministry of Ayush inaugurated an integrative oncology research and care centre at AIIA Goa. Notes ›

Environment & Ecology

11. Gokul Jalashay (Buxar) and Udaipur Jheel (West Champaran) in Bihar were designated Ramsar sites. Notes ›
12. Stubble burning clears paddy residue before wheat sowing, mainly in Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh. Notes ›

Reports & Indexes

13. Crime in India 2023 recorded 6.24 million cases, up 7.2%, at 448.3 per lakh population. Notes ›

Awards & Persons

14. Arya.ag won the SmartAG Award 2025, organised by responsAbility. Notes ›
15. Para athlete Rinku Singh was crowned world champion at the World Para Athletics Championships. Notes ›

National Affairs

1. India started an anti-dumping investigation into imports of Ethambutol Hydrochloride. Notes ›
2. India is exploring a standalone Digital Competition Act with upfront conduct rules for Big Tech. Notes ›
3. Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announced the first bullet train section will open in 2027. Notes ›
4. Sheetal Devi, 18, became the first woman armless archer to win world championship gold in compound individual. Notes ›
5. Bhairabi Roy won the women's triple jump title despite venue-related confusion. Notes ›

Government Schemes

6. Over 1,300 railway stations are being redeveloped under the Amrit Bharat Station Scheme. Notes ›

Banking & Finance

7. RBI told Bengaluru-based BNPL firm Simpl to shut its payments operations immediately. Notes ›
8. NaBFID is building a $1 billion risk-sharing facility with the World Bank and ADB. Notes ›
9. IBJA wants India Good Delivery gold and silver bars accepted for MCX contracts and ETFs. Notes ›
10. Non-government NPS subscribers may invest 100% in equities. Notes ›
11. IndiGo launched a co-branded premium credit card with SBI Card. Notes ›
12. Only 1.37% of eligible staff had opted for UPS as of July 2025. Notes ›
13. RBI issued new digital payment authentication guidelines. Notes ›
14. SWIFT and over 30 international banks launched an initiative for instant cross-border payments using blockchain. Notes ›

Economy

15. Non-bank channels such as NBFCs, bonds, equity and foreign capital are rising in credit delivery. Notes ›
16. GST Council exempted individual life and health insurance premiums from GST, removing insurers' Input Tax Credit. Notes ›

Agriculture & Rural

17. Five new seed breeding facilities are planned at ICAR institutes, taking the total to seven by FY26. Notes ›

Science & Technology

18. AstroSat, launched on 28 September 2015 by PSLV-C30 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, completed 10 years. Notes ›
19. Global malaria deaths in 2023 were about 6 lakh, 95% in Africa. Notes ›

Environment & Ecology

20. Cold Desert Biosphere Reserve (Himachal Pradesh) joined UNESCO's World Network of Biosphere Reserves. Notes ›
21. Post-1990s droughts in the Ganga basin are worse than any in 1,300 years. Notes ›

National Affairs

1. Jonathan Antony won the air pistol gold at the Junior World Cup, beating Luca Arrighi of Italy. Notes ›
2. PM Modi flagged off Gujarat's first Amrit Bharat Express by video link. Notes ›

Government Schemes

3. Swachhata Hi Seva 2025 runs 17 September to 2 October; PM Modi urged citizens to join Ek Din, Ek Ghanta, Ek Saath. Notes ›
4. Prayas, opened by the Ministry of Ayush at AIIA Goa, is billed as India's first integrated neuro-rehabilitation facility. Notes ›
5. Ministry of Panchayati Raj will launch the People's Plan Campaign 'Sabki Yojana, Sabka Vikas' from 2 October 2025. Notes ›

Banking & Finance

6. IFSCA authorised Bank of Baroda to act as a Trading-Cum-Clearing Member on the India International Bullion Exchange IFSC Limited at GIFT City. Notes ›
7. NIPL and QNB launched QR-based UPI for Indian travellers in Qatar in September 2025. Notes ›
8. RBI renewed its Statement of Commitment to the FX Global Code in September 2025. Notes ›
9. SEBI raised custodians' minimum net worth from ₹50 crore to ₹75 crore in September 2025. Notes ›
10. Societe Generale opened an IFSC Banking Unit (IBU) at GIFT City. Notes ›
11. Kerala Bank and Kerala Startup Mission (KSUM) launched a FinTech Innovation Zone for cooperative banking. Notes ›
12. EPFO planned Nidhi Aapke Nikat on 29 September 2025 across several districts. Notes ›
13. RBI issued Settlement of Claims in respect of Deceased Customers of Banks Directions, 2025. Notes ›

Economy

14. RBI bought no dollars in July 2025, the first such month since February 2014. Notes ›
15. The rupee touched a record low of 88.6 per US dollar on 23 September. Notes ›

Science & Technology

16. Central University of Rajasthan grew wheat in Ajmer desert land using soilification. Notes ›

Environment & Ecology

17. The Cold Desert Biosphere Reserve in Himachal Pradesh was inducted into the UNESCO World Network of Biosphere Reserves. Notes ›

Defence & Security

18. The IAF formally decommissioned its last MiG-21 squadron on 26 September 2025. Notes ›

Reports & Indexes

19. RBI's ITBS survey covers Indian banks abroad and foreign banks in India. Notes ›

Government Schemes

1. The Election Commission introduced Aadhaar-based e-sign verification on its ECINET portal and app in September 2025. Notes ›

Banking & Finance

2. RBI issued directions making two-factor authentication mandatory for all digital payments from 1 April 2026. Notes ›
3. NIPL, the NPCI subsidiary, and Qatar National Bank launched UPI acceptance in Qatar. Notes ›
4. Sebi's 19 September 2025 circular limits Annual Impact Report audits to social enterprises that raised funds via SSE. Notes ›
5. RBI's sDQI rose to 89.9 in June 2025 from 89.3 in March 2025. Notes ›
6. A real-time US dollar settlement platform is likely to open in GIFT City on 7 October 2025. Notes ›
7. Moody's Ratings expects NBFC retail NPAs to rise 20-30 basis points in FY26. Notes ›
8. NDB, set up by BRICS countries, plans its first rupee-denominated bond in India before March 2026. Notes ›

Economy

9. GSTAT is a statutory appellate body giving taxpayers a specialised GST dispute forum. Notes ›
10. An RBI Bulletin study found policy transmission to NBFC rates is incomplete. Notes ›

Defence & Security

11. Rajnath Singh inaugurated India's first overseas defence manufacturing facility at Berrechid, Morocco. Notes ›
12. DRDO and the Strategic Forces Command test-fired the Agni-Prime IRBM under full operational conditions. Notes ›
13. The IAF held an official MiG-21 farewell ceremony at Chandigarh Air Force Station on 26 September 2025. Notes ›

Reports & Indexes

14. MoSPI released India's first forest accounting publication for 2010-11 to 2021-22, following the UN SEEA framework (2018). Notes ›

Awards & Persons

15. UNEP named three Young Champions of the Earth for 2025, from India, Kenya and the United States. Notes ›

National Affairs

1. The 10th National Ayurveda Day was observed at the All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA), Goa. Notes ›

Government Schemes

2. The Education Ministry launched the Viksit Bharat Buildathon 2025, an innovation contest for school students. Notes ›
3. The government approved 25 lakh additional LPG connections under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY). Notes ›

Banking & Finance

4. RBI told banks to run a 3-month drive, October to December 2025, to settle unclaimed funds. Notes ›
5. FACE was recognised by RBI in July 2024 as India's first fintech self-regulatory organisation. Notes ›
6. RIA numbers fell from 1,350 to 962 despite demand for unbiased advice. Notes ›
7. Bank of Baroda launched eRUPI P2P digital gifting on its UPI app, powered by NPCI's e-RUPI. Notes ›

Economy

8. S&P Global Ratings kept India's FY2025-26 GDP growth forecast at 6.5%. Notes ›
9. MSME Ministry is exploring letting the Centre empanel private ODR firms for delayed payment cases. Notes ›
10. Flash manufacturing PMI was 58.5 in September 2025, down from 59.3 in August. Notes ›

Environment & Ecology

11. Kerala's Forest department registered a case over the unexplained deaths of nine bonnet macaques near Palode, Thiruvananthapuram. Notes ›
12. India's first AI-enabled nature experience centre is planned at Betla National Park, Palamu Tiger Reserve, Jharkhand. Notes ›

Defence & Security

13. HQ IDS launched the CORE Programme in New Delhi, a five-day civil-military engagement. Notes ›

Reports & Indexes

14. NITI Aayog is reviewing Global Innovation Index indicators to improve India's rank. Notes ›

Awards & Persons

15. 12th Fail won Best Feature Film at the 71st National Film Awards, covering 2023 films. Notes ›

National Affairs

1. The Supreme Court reaffirmed secularism as part of the Constitution's basic structure. Notes ›
2. World Food India 2025, the 4th edition, ran 25-28 September at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi. Notes ›
3. The sixth edition of Nadi Utsav was set to begin on the 25th of September 2025 in New Delhi. Notes ›
4. World Food India 2025 is scheduled for 25-28 September in New Delhi. Notes ›

Banking & Finance

5. SEBI proposed excluding after-hours malfunctions and issues beyond a broker's control from technical glitches. Notes ›
6. RBI clarified NBFC-P2P rules: minimum ₹2 crore capital before registration. Notes ›
7. Baroda BNP Paribas MF merges Banking and PSU Bond Fund into Short Duration Fund on 17 October 2025. Notes ›

International Affairs

8. On 21 September 2025 the UK, Canada, Australia and Portugal recognised the State of Palestine. Notes ›

Agriculture & Rural

9. NABARD's 7th rural sentiment survey (September 2025) showed weaker confidence amid US tariffs. Notes ›
10. ICAR launched Maitri 2.0, the second Brazil–India agritech cross-incubation programme, in New Delhi. Notes ›

Science & Technology

11. 2025 PN7 was discovered on 2 August 2025 by the Pan-STARRS 1 telescope at Haleakala Observatory, Hawaii. Notes ›

Environment & Ecology

12. CPCB's 2023 assessment uses BOD as the key indicator; BOD above 3 mg/litre means unfit for bathing. Notes ›

Awards & Persons

13. NAeG 2025 added a new Gram Panchayat category for digital services. Notes ›

National Affairs

1. A terracotta sarcophagus at Kilnamandi, Tiruvannamalai (Tamil Nadu), was dated to 1692 BCE. Notes ›

Government Schemes

2. PM Narendra Modi inaugurated developmental works at the Mata Tripura Sundari temple. Notes ›

Banking & Finance

3. EPFO told offices not to reject PF claims hit by contribution gaps or transfer delays. Notes ›
4. FACE issued self-regulatory debt collection norms aligned with RBI's digital lending guidelines. Notes ›
5. Stablecoins like USDT and USDC are pegged 1:1 to the US dollar. Notes ›
6. NBFC SMFG India Credit (SMICC) partnered with PhonePe for collateral-free merchant credit. Notes ›
7. Paytm and Suryoday SFB launched Paytm Postpaid, a UPI credit line. Notes ›
8. Tax loss harvesting means selling securities at a loss to offset capital gains. Notes ›

Economy

9. CBIC was developing an advanced GST invoice management system to stop needless mismatch notices. Notes ›
10. On 19 September 2025 RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra asked CCIL to enable currency pairs beyond USD-INR. Notes ›
11. From 22 September 2025, individual life and health insurance policies and their reinsurance are fully exempt from GST. Notes ›

Agriculture & Rural

12. HyFarm, part of HyFun Group, launched Paathshala, a field-based farm school. Notes ›

Reports & Indexes

13. UN's Gender Snapshot 2025: about 28% of women's jobs at AI risk versus 21% of men's. Notes ›
14. States' salary bills rose 2.5 times in a decade to ₹16.6 lakh crore. Notes ›
15. LEADS is administered by DPIIT and was released during Make in India's 10-year celebrations. Notes ›

Awards & Persons

16. Actor Mohanlal was announced as the Dadasaheb Phalke Award recipient for 2023. Notes ›

Banking & Finance

1. SEBI and RBI were in talks on corporate bond index derivatives to lift debt trading. Notes ›
2. PFRDA discussed letting pension funds enter select commodity derivatives with SEBI. Notes ›
3. PFRDA announced a Multiple Scheme Framework for non-government NPS subscribers. Notes ›
4. DBS Bank India is the first wholly owned foreign-bank subsidiary authorised as an RBI agency bank. Notes ›
5. SEBI revived incentives for distributors bringing new individual investors from beyond the top-30 cities. Notes ›

Economy

6. Japan's R&I upgraded India's sovereign rating to BBB plus. Notes ›

International Affairs

7. A Trump proclamation sets a $100,000 charge for every H-1B sponsorship by US firms. Notes ›
8. India was re-elected to the UPU Council of Administration and Postal Operations Council. Notes ›
9. The Intervision Song Contest 2025 was held on 20 September 2025 at Live Arena, Novoivanovskoye, near Moscow. Notes ›

Agriculture & Rural

10. BASAI wants GST clarity on biostimulants; rates applied vary between 5% and 18%. Notes ›

Defence & Security

11. Androth, inducted by the Navy, is the second ship of the ASW-SWC (Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft) class. Notes ›

Awards & Persons

12. Muzaffarpur, Bihar, led INSPIRE Award-MANAK 2025 rankings with 7,403 student ideas. Notes ›

National Affairs

1. A February 2024 NSS household consumption survey, the first in over a decade, enables poverty estimates. Notes ›

Government Schemes

2. EPFO launched Passbook Lite on 18 September 2025, announced by Labour Minister Mansukh Mandaviya. Notes ›

Banking & Finance

3. RBI issued a revised Master Direction for payment aggregators (PAs) in September 2025. Notes ›
4. On 18 September 2025 SEBI concluded its probe into Hindenburg Research's allegations against the Adani Group. Notes ›
5. PhonePe received final RBI authorisation as an online payment aggregator (PA). Notes ›

Economy

6. RBI held two variable rate repo (VRR) auctions on Friday to inject liquidity. Notes ›

Science & Technology

7. Neysa has been empanelled as a cloud service provider under the IndiaAI Mission. Notes ›
8. The National Policy on Geothermal Energy 2025 was notified on 19 September 2025. Notes ›

Reports & Indexes

9. India ranked 99th of 167 in the SDG Index in June 2025, its best, up from 109 in 2024. Notes ›
10. Only about a third of global rivers had normal flow in 2024. Notes ›
11. India ranked 38th among 139 economies in GII 2025, up from 39th in 2024 and 48th in 2020. Notes ›

National Affairs

1. Neeraj Chopra reached the men's javelin final of the World Athletics Championships 2025 in Tokyo. Notes ›
2. The Supreme Court reaffirmed safeguards against misuse of Section 498A in Shivangi Bansal vs Sahib Bansal. Notes ›

Banking & Finance

3. RBI's Regulatory Review Cell starts 1 October 2025. Notes ›
4. SEBI planned to consult the government on letting banks, insurers and pension funds trade non-agricultural commodity derivatives. Notes ›
5. Bima Sugam India Federation launched its official website. Notes ›
6. CRED launched a credit card programme with rewards across all e-commerce platforms. Notes ›

Agriculture & Rural

7. BASAI is the Biological Agri Solutions Association of India; BASAI 2025 is a two-day conference. Notes ›
8. EDII and NABARD launched a regional GI facilitation centre at EDII, Ahmedabad, on 15 September 2025. Notes ›
9. A new Madurai centre in Tamil Nadu will support startups and FPOs in agriculture. Notes ›

Science & Technology

10. Bharat Innovates 2026 will be held 17–19 June 2026 in Nice, France. Notes ›
11. The CAG's first large language model is expected by November 2025. Notes ›

Environment & Ecology

12. India's power-sector CO2 fell 1% in H1 2025, the first such dip outside Covid years. Notes ›

Defence & Security

13. The Combined Commanders' Conference 2025 in Kolkata announced plans for three joint military stations. Notes ›

Awards & Persons

14. R. Vaishali defended her Grand Swiss Chess title. Notes ›

Banking & Finance

1. Non-bank payment aggregators must be authorised by RBI under the 2007 PSS Act. Notes ›
2. SEBI launched SWAGAT-FI, Single Window Automatic & Generalised Access for Trusted Foreign Investors, on 12 September 2025. Notes ›
3. PFRDA lets pension fund houses launch tailor-made plans. Notes ›
4. Netbanking 2.0 is an interoperable netbanking switch built by NPCI Bharat BillPay Ltd (NBBL). Notes ›
5. NPCI approved Hyderabad-based Viyona Fintech as a Third-Party Application Provider for UPI. Notes ›
6. RBI approved changes to Yes Bank's Articles of Association on appointing nominee directors. Notes ›

Agriculture & Rural

7. The 2025 southwest monsoon began withdrawing slightly early after about 7% excess rainfall. Notes ›

Science & Technology

8. Sentient launched what it calls the first open-source AGI network, opening to 2 million+ waitlisted users. Notes ›
9. NITI Aayog launched the AI for Viksit Bharat Roadmap and the Frontier Tech Repository. Notes ›
10. Malaria affects vertebrates and spreads through Anopheles mosquitoes. Notes ›
11. ISRO Chairman Dr V. Narayanan said firms in on-orbit servicing and refuelling will be invited to work with ISRO. Notes ›

Defence & Security

12. The 21st Yudh Abhyas, an annual India-US joint military exercise, concluded on 14 September 2025 after two weeks. Notes ›
13. INS Nistar joined Exercise Pacific Reach 2025, a biennial submarine rescue exercise, in Singapore. Notes ›

National Affairs

1. The Manki-Munda system is the Ho tribe's traditional, decentralised self-governance model in Jharkhand's Kolhan region. Notes ›

Government Schemes

2. Swasth Nari, Sashakt Parivar Abhiyaan (Healthy Woman, Strong Family Campaign) was set to start on 17 September 2025. Notes ›

Banking & Finance

3. SEBI plans to link India Digital Signature with the FPI Common Application Form. Notes ›
4. Banks now worry more about opening deposit accounts than loans because dormant accounts are misused as mule accounts. Notes ›
5. SEBI moved REITs from hybrid to equity status for mutual fund investments. Notes ›
6. Securitisation volumes are projected at ₹63,000 crore in Q2FY26 versus ₹70,000 crore a year earlier. Notes ›
7. RBI imposed a ₹21 lakh penalty on PhonePe for non-compliance with Prepaid Payment Instrument rules. Notes ›
8. ICICI Bank renewed its partnership with Amazon Pay for another 7 years for the co-branded credit card. Notes ›

Economy

9. RBI stepped up activity in the offshore NDF market to steady the rupee. Notes ›

International Affairs

10. The 5th Coast Guard Global Summit will be held in Chennai in 2027. Notes ›

Agriculture & Rural

11. CSIR-NBRI grew Eustoma (Lisianthus) in Odisha for the first time, at Sanatanpali, Sambalpur. Notes ›
12. The Centre announced the opium licensing policy for crop year 1 October 2025 to 30 September 2026. Notes ›

Environment & Ecology

13. Erra Matti Dibbalu, near Visakhapatnam, and Tirumala Hills in Tirupati district have joined UNESCO's Tentative List. Notes ›

Defence & Security

14. MoD approved Defence Procurement Manual 2025, replacing the 2009 edition. Notes ›

Reports & Indexes

15. Only 45% of students feel ready for life beyond school, says a Cambridge global survey. Notes ›

National Affairs

1. Indian Sign Language Research and Training Centre (ISLRTC) and Amity University, Noida organised Purple Fest 2025. Notes ›
2. The 51.38 km Bairabi-Sairang broad-gauge line, Mizoram's first railway, was inaugurated by PM Modi on 13 September 2025. Notes ›
3. International Day of Democracy falls on 15 September every year. Notes ›

Banking & Finance

4. The Bill proposes raising insurance FDI from 74% to 100% for firms investing the entire premium in India. Notes ›
5. NPCI plans UPI cash withdrawal at over 2 million Business Correspondents. Notes ›
6. SEBI's reforms target primary and secondary markets to widen participation and transparency. Notes ›

Economy

7. About 56% of India's outward FDI in 2024-25 was routed via low-tax jurisdictions such as Singapore, Mauritius and UAE. Notes ›
8. CPI inflation rose to 2.07% in August 2025 from 1.61% in July, as per the NSO. Notes ›

International Affairs

9. China's State Council approved the Huangyan Island National Nature Reserve at Scarborough Shoal on 10 September 2025. Notes ›
10. The UN General Assembly endorsed the New York Declaration by 142 votes to 10, with 12 abstentions, on 12 September 2025. Notes ›

Agriculture & Rural

11. Corteva Agriscience launched two pesticides in India for grape downy mildew and potato late blight. Notes ›
12. The Agriculture Ministry sent AI-based monsoon forecasts by SMS to nearly 3.8 crore farmers in 13 states. Notes ›

Science & Technology

13. PM Modi inaugurated India's first bamboo-based bioethanol plant in Golaghat, Assam. Notes ›

Defence & Security

14. Amit Shah to open the 2nd National ANTF Heads conference, New Delhi, 16-17 September 2025. Notes ›
15. INS Aravali, a land-based Navy establishment in Gurugram, Haryana, was commissioned on 12 September 2025. Notes ›

Banking & Finance

1. At PSB Manthan 2025, the government aimed for at least two PSBs in the world's top 20 by 2047. Notes ›
2. Anchor investor reservation rises from 33.33% to 40%, with one-third for domestic mutual funds. Notes ›
3. SEBI told the Bombay High Court that listed companies must disclose Deeds of Family Settlement under LODR. Notes ›
4. SEBI approved an automatic window with a simplified, largely automated registration route for certain FPIs. Notes ›

Agriculture & Rural

5. FPOs are seen as vital platforms to speed agtech adoption among small and marginal farmers. Notes ›
6. MoAFW used AI for farmer-centric monsoon forecasts, a first-of-its-kind initiative. Notes ›
7. India is testing diesel blended with 10% isobutanol; the Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI) is doing the evaluation. Notes ›

Environment & Ecology

8. Cyrtodactylus vanarakshaka is a newly described bent-toed gecko from Dima Hasao district, Assam. Notes ›

National Affairs

1. Great Nicobar is planned as a logistics, trade and defence hub. Notes ›

Government Schemes

2. PM Narendra Modi was to launch the Gyan Bharatam portal at an international conference on manuscript heritage. Notes ›
3. News in September 2025 said the government was likely to refocus the PM Vishwakarma Scheme. Notes ›

Banking & Finance

4. NaBFID will prepare a report on infrastructure financing challenges for the Department of Financial Services, Ministry of Finance. Notes ›
5. RBI plans to let banks and NBFCs remotely lock phones bought on credit when borrowers default. Notes ›
6. NABARD's Centralised Digital Credit Infrastructure for RRBs is expected to roll out by end of September 2025. Notes ›

International Affairs

7. Sushila Karki was sworn in on 12 September 2025 as Nepal's interim prime minister. Notes ›

Science & Technology

8. AIIMS New Delhi launched 'Never Alone', an AI-based student mental health programme, on World Suicide Prevention Day. Notes ›

Environment & Ecology

9. India's vulture numbers fell over 95% since the 1990s, mainly from the veterinary drug diclofenac. Notes ›
10. IISER Bhopal found Indian dams have lost nearly 50% of storage capacity to silt. Notes ›

Defence & Security

11. MHA considered raising Border Wing Home Guards (BWHG) along the China border. Notes ›
12. Samudra Pradakshina is India's first tri-service all-women circumnavigation, flagged off at Gateway of India, Mumbai. Notes ›

Reports & Indexes

13. NSO (MoSPI) will conduct AIDIS and the SAS of Agricultural Households from July 2026 to June 2027 in the 81st NSS round. Notes ›

National Affairs

1. Amit Shah launched FTI-TTP at five airports on 12 September 2025. Notes ›
2. India's first overseas Atal Innovation Centre opened at IIT Delhi-Abu Dhabi. Notes ›
3. Municipal Corporation of Delhi launched an integrated property tax module portal for factory owners. Notes ›

Government Schemes

4. The Tribal Affairs Ministry launched the beta of Adi Sanskriti on 10 September 2025. Notes ›

Banking & Finance

5. RBI launched indiancurrency.rbi.org.in, a dedicated microsite on Indian banknotes. Notes ›
6. PhonePe, the MSME Ministry and SIDBI joined hands to bring more small merchants onto Udyam. Notes ›
7. Revised SEBI rules for government-bond-only FPIs apply from 8 February 2026. Notes ›
8. EPFO's Central Board of Trustees was to discuss EPFO 3.0 on 10-11 October 2025. Notes ›
9. RBI approved Yes Bank's proposed changes to its Articles of Association. Notes ›
10. DeFi is a blockchain-based system for saving, borrowing and investing without traditional banks. Notes ›
11. AMFI proposed MF-VRA, modelled on the U.S. 401(k). Notes ›
12. SEBI cut the minimum allotment lot for privately placed InvITs to Rs 25 lakh. Notes ›
13. ICRA raised concern over lenders' exposure to the SME sector as a potential risk area for the banking system. Notes ›
14. Bank of Baroda introduced the bob Aspire NRE Savings Account for prospective NRIs. Notes ›

Economy

15. A government document of September 2025 indicates India is unlikely to bring a dedicated law for cryptocurrencies. Notes ›

Agriculture & Rural

16. FPOs pool small farmers' resources to raise bargaining power and market access. Notes ›

Science & Technology

17. On 10 September 2025 scientists reported possible signs of ancient microbial life in a Perseverance rock sample. Notes ›
18. ISRO and HAL signed an SSLV technology transfer pact on 10 September 2025. Notes ›
19. MACS-Agharkar Research Institute, Pune, under DST, discovered two new Aspergillus section Nigri species in the Western Ghats. Notes ›

Reports & Indexes

20. Unicef's 'Feeding Profit' report blames the ultra-processed food industry for poor child diets. Notes ›

National Affairs

1. The Supreme Court directed the Election Commission to accept Aadhaar as a 12th document in Bihar's Special Intensive Revision (SIR). Notes ›
2. World Suicide Prevention Day is observed every year on 10 September. Notes ›

Economy

3. SEBI chief Tuhin Kanta Pandey has courted FPIs and PE funds since March 2025. Notes ›

International Affairs

4. UKIIFB began in September 2024 to channel global private capital into Indian infrastructure. Notes ›
5. Drones from Russia entered Polish airspace on the night of 9-10 September 2025. Notes ›

Agriculture & Rural

6. NCEL and APEDA signed an MoU to boost cooperative-led agricultural exports. Notes ›

Science & Technology

7. NASA announced on 10 September 2025 a potential biosignature in the Cheyava Falls rock sampled by the Perseverance rover. Notes ›

Environment & Ecology

8. Swachh Vayu Sarvekshan 2025 covered 130 NCAP cities; Indore, Amravati and Dewas topped their categories. Notes ›
9. Surveys between September and November 2024 confirmed Giant African Snail populations in and around Chennai. Notes ›

Defence & Security

10. An Indian Armed Forces contingent left for Russia to join the multilateral exercise Zapad 2025. Notes ›

National Affairs

1. Anuvad, a Hindi collection of Bhil folk tales from Madhya Pradesh, will be on the Adi Vaani website and app. Notes ›
2. CP Radhakrishnan and Justice B. Sudershan Reddy contested the Vice Presidential election. Notes ›
3. SBI's Start-up Branch held its first Startup Pitch Fest, Dream2Demo. Notes ›
4. The inaugural Sunrise Festival will be held at Dong village, Anjaw district, Arunachal Pradesh. Notes ›

Government Schemes

5. The Census 2027 budget is ₹14,618.95 crore, handled by the Registrar General of India under the Home Ministry. Notes ›

Banking & Finance

6. SEBI altered the settlement schedule for the cash and SLBM segments. Notes ›
7. SAT gave Sebi three weeks on 10 September 2025 to explain withheld documents in the Jane Street case. Notes ›
8. Jio Financial Services and Allianz Germany formed Allianz Jio Reinsurance Ltd (AJRL). Notes ›
9. Ujjivan SFB expects RBI's decision on a universal banking licence by December 2025, said CEO Sanjeev Nautiyal. Notes ›

International Affairs

10. The 80th session of the UN General Assembly opened on 9 September 2025. Notes ›

Science & Technology

11. 2FA needs something you know (password) plus something you have (authenticator app or hardware token). Notes ›

Environment & Ecology

12. WWF-India and Arunachal's forest department got the first photographic evidence of Pallas's cat in the state. Notes ›

Defence & Security

13. MQ-28A Ghost Bat is Australia's first major home-designed and built combat aircraft in over 50 years. Notes ›

Reports & Indexes

14. SIDBI and CRIF High Mark released the Small Business Spotlight report. Notes ›

National Affairs

1. 21 traditional products of Assam's Bodoland Territorial Region received GI tags. Notes ›
2. CoWIN was unavailable from early August 2025, blocking COVID-19 certificates. Notes ›

Banking & Finance

3. IRDAI Chairman Ajay Seth said on 30 June 2026 that initial Bima Sugam products should arrive by end-September 2026. Notes ›
4. RBI's revised co-lending guidelines of 6 August 2025 cover all regulated entities. Notes ›
5. A secured credit card is issued against a fixed deposit kept with the issuing bank. Notes ›
6. The e-rupee is RBI-issued digital legal tender, in retail (e-R) and wholesale (e-W) forms. Notes ›

Economy

7. NIC is the standard industry classification maintained by the National Statistics Office; NIC-2025 is the planned revision. Notes ›

Agriculture & Rural

8. NABARD began moves to obtain GI tags for nine traditional Jharkhand products. Notes ›
9. Samunnati and NABARD organised the 5th National FPO Conclave at Hyderabad International Convention Centre. Notes ›

Science & Technology

10. Indian Railways has tested a hydrogen-powered train developed at the Integral Coach Factory, Chennai. Notes ›

Environment & Ecology

11. The Environment Audit Rules 2025 let private accredited auditors supplement existing regulators. Notes ›
12. Bhubaneswar is the first Indian city to launch an Integrated Heat and Cooling Action Plan (IHCAP). Notes ›

Defence & Security

13. An encounter erupted in the Guddar forest of Kulgam, J&K, when militants fired on forces during a search. Notes ›
14. TPCR-2025 is a 15-year defence technology and capability plan extending to 2040, released by India's Ministry of Defence. Notes ›

Reports & Indexes

15. SRS Bulletin 2023 (Vol. 58 No. 1) from the Registrar General's office shows India's birth rate at 18.4 per 1,000. Notes ›

Government Schemes

1. Cabinet approved a ₹1,500 crore scheme for e-waste and battery recycling, FY 2025-26 to 2030-31. Notes ›
2. Angikaar 2025 is MoHUA's outreach campaign under PMAY-Urban 2.0. Notes ›

Banking & Finance

3. Axis Bank's 3rd Sparsh Week ran 1-5 September 2025 under the theme Raise the Bar. Notes ›
4. PhonePe partnered with NBFC DSP Finance to launch Loans Against Mutual Funds (LAMF). Notes ›
5. SEBI approved Bandhan AMC in September 2025 to launch Specialised Investment Funds as 'Arudha SIF'. Notes ›
6. NSE and BSE penalised MTNL for breaching SEBI board-composition norms on three committees. Notes ›

Economy

7. Combined AUM of REITs and InvITs in India has crossed ₹9 lakh crore in just nine years. Notes ›

Agriculture & Rural

8. India makes about 41% of global millets (~16 MT a year), the largest producer. Notes ›
9. SLCM tied up with IDBI Bank and Punjab & Sind Bank for unified collateral management. Notes ›

Science & Technology

10. India's first port-based green hydrogen pilot opened at VOC Port, Tamil Nadu. Notes ›
11. MeitY announced on 4 September 2025 that India joined Health AI GRN. Notes ›

Environment & Ecology

12. India's first vulture conservation knowledge portal, The Vulture Network, was launched in Assam on 2 September 2025. Notes ›

Reports & Indexes

13. IIT Madras ranked first Overall for the 7th year and in Engineering for the 10th year. Notes ›

National Affairs

1. Vrindavani Vastra is a 16th-century Assamese silk textile made under the guidance of Srimanta Sankardeva. Notes ›

Banking & Finance

2. Long-duration debt funds hold paper maturing beyond 7 years. Notes ›
3. bob Digi Udyam is Bank of Baroda's digital, collateral-free lending platform for Micro and Small Enterprises. Notes ›

Economy

4. The 56th GST Council meeting on 3 September 2025 approved GST 2.0, the biggest overhaul in eight years. Notes ›
5. ARTHA is a financing framework for repurposing de-coaled mines. Notes ›
6. RBI planned an eight-day VRRR auction to drain ₹1.5 trillion from banks. Notes ›

Agriculture & Rural

7. Textiles Minister Giriraj Singh launched the Kapas Kisan app on 2 September 2025. Notes ›

Science & Technology

8. ESA's Solar Orbiter detected over 300 bursts of energetic electrons between November 2020 and December 2022. Notes ›

Environment & Ecology

9. Under Section 2(i) of the DPTA, 1994, a tree is a woody plant with branches supported by a trunk. Notes ›

Defence & Security

10. The 14th edition of Exercise MAITREE began on 1 September 2025 and runs until 14 September. Notes ›

Reports & Indexes

11. NARI 2025 gave a national safety score of 65%, based on 12,770 women in 31 cities. Notes ›
12. About 727,000 people died by suicide worldwide in 2021. Notes ›

Government Schemes

1. PM Modi inaugurated Bihar Rajya Jeevika Nidhi Saakh Sahkari Sangh Limited on 2 September 2025 by video conferencing. Notes ›
2. NCERT marked its 65th Foundation Day by unveiling several digital and inclusive learning initiatives. Notes ›

Banking & Finance

3. SEBI's entity-level intraday framework for equity index options takes effect on 1 October 2025. Notes ›
4. IRDAI toughened its stand on insurance manufacturing licences for venture capital-backed fintechs. Notes ›
5. Suryoday Small Finance Bank launched secured credit cards that use fixed deposits as collateral. Notes ›
6. The Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority (IEPFA) launched Phase II of Niveshak Didi in Hyderabad. Notes ›

Economy

7. Draft changes to the Indian Insurance Companies (Foreign Investment) Amendment Rules, 2015 aim to ease compliance. Notes ›

Agriculture & Rural

8. APEDA launched BHARATI, a platform to nurture 100 agri-food startups. Notes ›
9. An RBI Bulletin article says farming is shifting from staples to high-value horticulture. Notes ›

Science & Technology

10. At the 4th SEMICON India Conference, Modi spoke of a full-stack semiconductor nation. Notes ›
11. Matanomadh village in Kutch, Gujarat, holds jarosite dating back about 55 million years. Notes ›

Environment & Ecology

12. SWARNA expands to Swarnamukhi Waterbody Action for River and Nala Awareness. Notes ›

Reports & Indexes

13. India ranked 115th of 163 countries in GPI 2025 with score 2.229, better by 0.58%. Notes ›
14. Star Health topped CIO 2023-24 complaints with 13,308, over 10,000 of them on claim rejections. Notes ›
15. The report puts India's lifetime cancer risk at 11%. Notes ›

National Affairs

1. Ajay Seth assumed charge as IRDAI Chairman on 1 September 2025. Notes ›

Government Schemes

2. PMJAY (2018) gives ₹5 lakh cover per household yearly and reached 58.8 crore people in 2023–24. Notes ›

Banking & Finance

3. Deutsche Bank is reportedly inviting bids for its Indian retail banking assets. Notes ›

Economy

4. RBI announced withdrawal of ₹2000 notes on 19 May 2023; almost all were back by 31 August 2025. Notes ›
5. CAD was $2.4 billion (0.2% of GDP) in Q1FY26 versus $8.6 billion (0.9%) a year earlier. Notes ›
6. ECBs are foreign loans raised by Indian companies, governed by RBI under FEMA, 1999. Notes ›

International Affairs

7. A 7.1 earthquake struck a remote part of Tibet in China, about 75 km from the Everest region. Notes ›
8. Xi Jinping introduced the Global Governance Initiative (GGI) at the SCO Plus meeting in Tianjin, China. Notes ›

Science & Technology

9. DBT and BIRAC launched High-Performance Biomanufacturing Platforms in New Delhi under BioE3. Notes ›
10. Modi unveiled 'Vikram', billed as India's first indigenous chip, at SEMICON India 2025. Notes ›
11. ISRO issued an Announcement of Opportunity for using Chandrayaan-3 data. Notes ›
12. PRATUSH is a radiometer built to explore the Cosmic Dawn, when the first stars and galaxies formed. Notes ›

Defence & Security

13. Yudh Abhyas is an annual bilateral exercise between the Indian Army and the US Army. Notes ›

Reports & Indexes

14. UDISE+ is an annual school data system for Grades I-XII, begun in 2018. Notes ›

Government Schemes

1. PMVBRY was announced by PM Modi on 15 August 2025 from the Red Fort. Notes ›
2. Aadi Vaani is the Tribal Affairs Ministry's AI translator for Adivasi languages, in beta. Notes ›

Banking & Finance

3. Rural bank loans grew 30 times during 2000-2025, against an all-India average of 41 times. Notes ›
4. RBI is likely to approve Fino Payments Bank's conversion into a Small Finance Bank by March 2026. Notes ›
5. RBI fined Bandhan Bank ₹44.70 lakh after inspection based on its 31 March 2024 position. Notes ›
6. SEBI clarified CSCRF with graded, size-based compliance for market intermediaries. Notes ›
7. ULIPs failing exemption conditions are capital assets; gains attract capital gains tax, even for pre-February 2021 policies. Notes ›
8. FPIs took ₹34,993 crore (about $4 billion) out of Indian equities in August 2025, the biggest exit in six months. Notes ›

International Affairs

9. PM Modi met Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the SCO Summit in Tianjin. Notes ›
10. The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled 7-4 on 29 August 2025 that several Trump tariff announcements were illegal. Notes ›

Agriculture & Rural

11. Krishi Nivesh portal began in September 2024 under the Agriculture Ministry. Notes ›
12. CSIR-IIIM, Pulwama, produced India's first mono-floral lavender honey. Notes ›

Environment & Ecology

13. China and India accounted for nearly 88% of new coal power capacity proposed worldwide in H1 2025. Notes ›
14. Dioscorea balakrishnanii is a newly described wild yam from the evergreen shola forests of Wayanad, Kerala, in the Western Ghats. Notes ›

Reports & Indexes

15. BEE and AEEE released SEEI 2024 on 29 August 2025, the sixth edition since 2018. Notes ›