Daily Current Affairs: 30 August 2025

Current affairs of 30 August 2025: NARI 2025: Women’s Safety Index Across 31 Indian Cities; Samudrayaan Project: India’s Manned Deep-Sea Mission; BioCARe: DBT women scientists await grants and salaries, and 6 more topics. Key facts for every exam, with a quiz.

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In this issue: 9 topics

National Affairs

National Small Industry Day (30 August): History and MSME Data

Government Schemes

BioCARe: DBT women scientists await grants and salaries

Banking & Finance

Jio Payments Bank to Offer ‘Savings Pro’ Auto-Investing Account

Economy

IIP Grows 3.5% in July 2025: Components and Weights

International Affairs

International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances

Agriculture & Rural

Financial Assistance in Agriculture: Forms, Policy Push, Gaps
Revised National Action Plan on Glanders narrows containment zones

Science & Technology

Samudrayaan Project: India’s Manned Deep-Sea Mission

Reports & Indexes

NARI 2025: Women’s Safety Index Across 31 Indian Cities

National Affairs

Economy

1. National Small Industry Day (30 August): History and MSME Data

National Small Industry Day is observed on 30 August to recognise the role of SSIs and MSMEs in growth and employment.
On 30 August 2000, PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee unveiled a policy package for small-scale industries.
The first observance was on 30 August 2001.
MSMEs contribute 30.1% of GDP; over 6.56 crore were registered on Udyam by July 2025.

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Government Schemes

2. BioCARe: DBT women scientists await grants and salaries

Nearly five months after selection, none of the 75 women scientists chosen for DBT's BioCARe have received grants or salaries.
BioCARe stands for Biotechnology Career Advancement and Re-orientation Programme.
The Department of Biotechnology launched it in 2011 to support unemployed women scientists.
It targets women early in their research careers or returning after a career break.

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Banking & Finance

Economy

3. Jio Payments Bank to Offer ‘Savings Pro’ Auto-Investing Account

Jio Financial Services announced Savings Pro at its second AGM, to come under Jio Payments Bank.
It is pitched as the country's first savings account to sweep idle balances into overnight mutual funds.
Jio Payments Bank began in April 2018, promoted by RIL and SBI.

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Economy

4. IIP Grows 3.5% in July 2025: Components and Weights

IIP grew 3.5% in July 2025, a four-month high, a day after the US imposed 25% penalty tariffs on Indian goods.
NSO (MoSPI) publishes IIP monthly with a six-week lag; base year 2011-12.
Manufacturing weighs 77.63%, mining 14.37%, electricity 7.99%.

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International Affairs

International Relations

5. International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances

The UN observes the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances on 30 August every year.
UN General Assembly Resolution 65/209 of 21 December 2010 established the day; it was first observed in 2011.
The day honours people forcibly disappeared and raises awareness about the issue.
The International Convention on enforced disappearance was adopted on 20 December 2006 and entered into force on 23 December 2010.
Hundreds of thousands of people have disappeared in at least 85 countries.

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Agriculture & Rural

Government Schemes

6. Financial Assistance in Agriculture: Forms, Policy Push, Gaps

Financial aid helps farmers manage cash gaps, adopt technology and guard against climate risks.
PM-Kisan gives eligible farmers ₹6,000 a year; PMFBY covers crop loss.
Kisan Credit Card coverage has widened to livestock and fisheries.

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Agriculture & Rural Development

7. Revised National Action Plan on Glanders narrows containment zones

The revised plan cuts the glanders infected zone from 5 km to 2 km.
The surveillance zone is now 2 to 10 km, against 5 to 25 km earlier.
Glanders is caused by Burkholderia mallei and affects horses, mules and donkeys; it can also infect humans.
The Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying rolled out the plan, with ICAR-NRCE Hisar supporting diagnostics.

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Science & Technology

Environment & Ecology

8. Samudrayaan Project: India’s Manned Deep-Sea Mission

Two Indian aquanauts dived over 5,000 metres in the Atlantic on the French submersible Nautile, training for Samudrayaan.
Samudrayaan, India's first manned deep-sea mission, was approved in 2021 with a ₹4,077 crore budget for five years.
Matsya-6000 carries 3 aquanauts to 6,000 metres; NIOT, Chennai is the nodal agency.

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Reports & Indexes

Health & Social Issues

9. NARI 2025: Women’s Safety Index Across 31 Indian Cities

NARI 2025 is a survey index covering 31 cities with responses from 12,770 women.
About 40% of urban women feel unsafe or not so safe; 60% feel safe, mostly by day.
Only 1 in 3 women report harassment, so NCRB data understates it.

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Daily Current Affairs: 30 August 2025

In this issue: 9 topics

National Affairs

1. National Small Industry Day (30 August): History and MSME Data

Government Schemes

2. BioCARe: DBT women scientists await grants and salaries

Banking & Finance

3. Jio Payments Bank to Offer ‘Savings Pro’ Auto-Investing Account

Economy

4. IIP Grows 3.5% in July 2025: Components and Weights

International Affairs

5. International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances

Agriculture & Rural

6. Financial Assistance in Agriculture: Forms, Policy Push, Gaps

7. Revised National Action Plan on Glanders narrows containment zones

Science & Technology

8. Samudrayaan Project: India’s Manned Deep-Sea Mission

Reports & Indexes

9. NARI 2025: Women’s Safety Index Across 31 Indian Cities

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