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Daily Current Affairs: 30 April 2026

Current affairs of 30 April 2026: NSO 80th round on health: median OOPE, delivery and insurance data; E100 and B100: Draft Rule Change to Allow 100% Biofuels; DPI@2047: NITI Aayog’s Digital Roadmap for Viksit Bharat, and 11 more topics. Key facts for every exam, with a quiz.

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In this issue: 14 topics

National Affairs

  1. E100 and B100: Draft Rule Change to Allow 100% Biofuels
  2. Oor Pare: Prehistoric Rock Art Site Found in the Nilgiris
  3. Ladakh Gets Five New Districts, Total Rises to Seven

Government Schemes

  1. DPI@2047: NITI Aayog’s Digital Roadmap for Viksit Bharat
  2. E-PRAAPTI Portal: Tracing Inoperative EPF Accounts

Banking & Finance

  1. Type I NBFC Deregistration: RBI’s Exit Route for Small NBFCs
  2. IPPB SHG Savings Account: Zero-Balance Account Launched
  3. UCB Lending Norms: RBI’s Revised Unsecured and Housing Loan Rules

International Affairs

  1. UAE Announces Exit from OPEC and OPEC+ from 1 May 2026

Agriculture & Rural

  1. Wheat Procurement Norms Relaxed: Lustre Loss Up to 70%

Science & Technology

  1. Google Cloud AI Hub in Visakhapatnam: USD 15 billion FDI foundation

Environment & Ecology

  1. UNESCO Adds 12 New Global Geoparks, Network at 241

Defence & Security

  1. Exercise Pragati 2026: Indian Army’s First Multilateral IOR Drill

Reports & Indexes

  1. NSO 80th round on health: median OOPE, delivery and insurance data

National Affairs

Economy

1. E100 and B100: Draft Rule Change to Allow 100% Biofuels

  • India proposed amending the Central Motor Vehicle Rules, 1989, to let vehicles run on 100% ethanol (E100) and 100% biodiesel (B100).
  • The draft replaces 'E85' with 'E85 or E100' and 'B10' with 'B100'.
  • The ethanol programme had saved $19.3 billion in forex by January 2026, and over $15 billion went to farmers in a decade.
  • India is studying Brazil, where 90% of new vehicle sales are flex-fuel.
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History, Art & Culture

2. Oor Pare: Prehistoric Rock Art Site Found in the Nilgiris

  • Yaakai Heritage Trust documented the re-discovery of Oor Pare, a prehistoric rock art site in the Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu.
  • The rock shelter lies near Vellarikombai at 1,100 m, behind a seasonal waterfall, reachable only in summer.
  • About 30 figures, all in red ochre, show conical-headed humans, dot-filled rectangles and ladder-like forms.
  • Irulas treat it as sacred; Kurumbas rest there during honey gathering.
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Government Schemes

Economy

4. DPI@2047: NITI Aayog’s Digital Roadmap for Viksit Bharat

  • NITI Aayog's Frontier Tech Hub, with EkStep Foundation and Deloitte, launched the DPI@2047 roadmap.
  • It shifts India's digital public infrastructure from welfare delivery to productivity-led growth.
  • DPI 2.0 runs 2025 to 2035 (Realising Aspirations); DPI 3.0 runs 2035 to 2047 (Achieving Prosperity).
  • The aim is a $30 trillion economy and $18,000 per capita income.
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Banking & Finance

5. E-PRAAPTI Portal: Tracing Inoperative EPF Accounts

  • Union Minister Mansukh Mandaviya launched E-PRAAPTI, a portal to trace and reactivate inoperative EPF accounts.
  • As of March 2024, 2.15 million inoperative accounts held ₹8,505 crore; unclaimed deposits grew fivefold in five years.
  • The portal uses Aadhaar authentication to link old accounts to the member's active UAN.
  • Rollout is in two phases: known Member ID first, name-and-DOB search later.
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Banking & Finance

Banking & Finance

8. UCB Lending Norms: RBI’s Revised Unsecured and Housing Loan Rules

  • RBI finalised UCB lending norms after consultation: more flexibility for sound banks, stricter risk control for smaller ones.
  • Aggregate unsecured loans may reach 20% of total advances, against the earlier 10% of total assets.
  • ECBA-qualifying UCBs can exclude priority sector unsecured advances up to ₹50,000 per borrower from the limit.
  • Housing loan tenure for Tier-I and II is capped at 20 years including moratorium; moratorium only for under-construction homes.
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International Affairs

Agriculture & Rural

Science & Technology

Environment & Ecology

Defence & Security

International Relations

13. Exercise Pragati 2026: Indian Army’s First Multilateral IOR Drill

  • Exercise Pragati, a drill of regional armies in the Indian Ocean Region, debuts at Umroi, Meghalaya, on May 18-31, 2026.
  • Of 15 invited ASEAN and IOR nations, 11 friendly foreign countries confirmed participation.
  • It focuses on counter-insurgency, humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, and collective security.
  • A defence industry exposition on May 30-31 shows indigenous hardware such as UAVs, SDRs and robotic mules.
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Reports & Indexes

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