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Daily Current Affairs: 5 & 6 August 2026

Current affairs of 5 & 6 August 2026: India–Rwanda Joint Trade Committee: First Session Held; Project SARATHI: Student Volunteers for Hospital Patient Help; Nasha Mukt Yuva Sankalp Abhiyan: 100-Week Anti-Drug Drive, and 16 more topics. Key facts for every exam, with a quiz.

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In this issue: 19 topics

National Affairs

  1. Puri Rath Yatra UNESCO ICH Nomination Sought by Odisha
  2. Organ Donation Day India: 3 August and Jug Jug Jiyo Campaign
  3. World Breastfeeding Week 2026: Dates and Theme

Government Schemes

  1. Project SARATHI: Student Volunteers for Hospital Patient Help
  2. Nasha Mukt Yuva Sankalp Abhiyan: 100-Week Anti-Drug Drive

Banking & Finance

  1. RBI Policy August 2026: Repo Rate Held at 5.25%
  2. RBI On-Tap Licensing for Urban Cooperative Banks Resumes

Economy

  1. Taxation and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill 2026: Key Provisions
  2. SBI Research Sees About 7% Growth for Q1 FY27

International Affairs

  1. India–Rwanda Joint Trade Committee: First Session Held
  2. Andhra Pradesh–Australia MoUs: Solar Centre at IIT Tirupati

Agriculture & Rural

  1. Framework for Fertilizer Sale: QR-token pilot in 56 districts
  2. BIOFACH 2026: India Named Country of the Year
  3. Cotton Corporation of India Foundation Day: Kapas Darshan Bulletin

Science & Technology

  1. e-Pratyaropan: National Digital Organ Donation Platform

Environment & Ecology

  1. Glaw Lake Named India’s 101st Ramsar Site

Defence & Security

  1. Tri-Services Future Warfare Course: 4th Edition in Delhi
  2. Air Marshal Tejpal Singh Is New Deputy Chief of Air Staff
  3. Xtreme Weather Grade Diesel Launched for Army Use

National Affairs

Government Schemes

Government Schemes

4. Project SARATHI: Student Volunteers for Hospital Patient Help

  • Project SARATHI is a student-volunteer scheme that helps patients find their way around public hospitals; the name expands to Students' Alliance for Responsible Action to Transform Healthcare Institutes.
  • J.P. Nadda chaired a review on 1 August 2026 about extending it across central government hospitals.
  • Registration, attendance and certification of volunteers run via the MY Bharat portal.
  • Volunteers never take on clinical, medical or administrative tasks.
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Banking & Finance

Economy

6. RBI Policy August 2026: Repo Rate Held at 5.25%

  • The Monetary Policy Committee voted 6-0 on 5 August 2026 to hold the repo rate at 5.25% and stay neutral.
  • SDF stands at 5.00%; MSF and the Bank Rate at 5.50%, giving a corridor 25 basis points either side of repo.
  • FY27 CPI inflation projected at 5.0% (cut by 10 bps); FY27 real GDP growth raised to 6.7% from 6.6%.
  • The next MPC meeting falls on 5-7 October 2026; the previous rate change was in December 2025.
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Economy

Economy

8. Taxation and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill 2026: Key Provisions

  • The Bill replaces an income-tax Ordinance of 2026 and amends three laws, including the 2007 payments law.
  • Tax holiday for contract electronics manufacturing by foreign firms is extended by 10 more years, up to 2040-41.
  • The Centre could permit fees on UPI, opening the door to a Merchant Discount Rate (MDR).
  • The surcharge on SPVs of business trusts is proposed to rise from 10% to 25%.
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International Affairs

Agriculture & Rural

Government Schemes

12. Framework for Fertilizer Sale: QR-token pilot in 56 districts

  • FFS covered 56 districts in 23 states as of 4 August 2026, up from 40 districts in 20 states in late July.
  • It was built jointly by the Department of Fertilizers and the Agriculture Ministry, with state consent.
  • Flow: mobile registration, pre-booking, QR token, PoS scan by retailer, release after Aadhaar biometric check.
  • iFMS tracks fertiliser movement; AgriStack's farmer registry holds about 10.28 crore farmer IDs.
Full notes and 3 MCQs ›

Science & Technology

Environment & Ecology

Defence & Security

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