Daily Current Affairs: 26 March 2026

Current affairs of 26 March 2026: Revamped UDAN Scheme: 5-Year Subsidy and ₹28,840 Crore Outlay; Indian Railways Reform Express 2026: Five New Reforms; India’s NDC 2035: 60% Non-Fossil Power and Carbon Sink Goals, and 8 more topics. Key facts for every exam, with a quiz.

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In this issue: 11 topics

National Affairs

Indian Railways Reform Express 2026: Five New Reforms
Steel Girders Portal for rail-road inspection launched

Government Schemes

Revamped UDAN Scheme: 5-Year Subsidy and ₹28,840 Crore Outlay

Banking & Finance

RBI Cancels T-Bill Auction: Yield Bids Rejected, Liquidity Aim
SEBI–Google Tie-Up Against Misleading Finfluencers
RBI Proposal: Collateral-Free MSME Loans Up to ₹20 Lakh

Agriculture & Rural

Agriculture Ministry Special Cell for Farm Inputs

Science & Technology

Biopharma SHAKTI Strategy: Biologics and Biosimilars Explained
Agnikul Cosmos Tests ‘Agnite’, a Fully 3D-Printed Booster Engine

Environment & Ecology

India’s NDC 2035: 60% Non-Fossil Power and Carbon Sink Goals

Defence & Security

Vayu Baan: IAF’s Helicopter-Launched Drone with 50 km Strike Reach

National Affairs

Economy

1. Indian Railways Reform Express 2026: Five New Reforms

Indian Railways added five reforms under 'Reform Express', making nine in 2026.
Passengers can change boarding station up to 30 minutes before departure.
Bids over 5% below estimate need an extra performance guarantee.

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Government Schemes

2. Steel Girders Portal for rail-road inspection launched

Nitin Gadkari and Ashwini Vaishnaw launched the Portal for Rail-Road Inspection and Stages Management.
It is also called the Steel Girders Portal and was launched in New Delhi.
The aim is efficiency, transparency and inter-agency coordination in infrastructure development.

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Government Schemes

3. Revamped UDAN Scheme: 5-Year Subsidy and ₹28,840 Crore Outlay

Revamped UDAN extends the subsidy period from 3 years to 5 years.
Subsidy now comes from direct budgetary support instead of a levy on airline tickets.
Total outlay is ₹28,840 crore, aimed at reviving underused Tier-2 and Tier-3 routes.

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Banking & Finance

Economy

4. RBI Cancels T-Bill Auction: Yield Bids Rejected, Liquidity Aim

The RBI cancelled a Treasury Bill auction after rejecting all bids because yields were high.
The move aimed to support liquidity before the financial year-end and avoid signalling higher interest rates.
T-bills are zero-coupon, short-term government securities of 91, 182 and 364 days.

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Banking & Finance

5. SEBI–Google Tie-Up Against Misleading Finfluencers

SEBI and Google are working together to monitor finfluencers.
Over 1 lakh misleading links have been removed by SEBI.
Apps of SEBI-registered intermediaries get a verified tick on Google Play Store.

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Banking & Finance

6. RBI Proposal: Collateral-Free MSME Loans Up to ₹20 Lakh

RBI proposed that MSME loans up to ₹20 lakh need no mandatory collateral.
Borrowers may still offer gold or silver voluntarily.
The aim is to promote cash-flow-based lending and widen MSME credit access.
Cash-flow lending uses bank transactions, GST returns and digital payments data, and needs strong data systems.

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Agriculture & Rural

Government Schemes

7. Agriculture Ministry Special Cell for Farm Inputs

The Agriculture Ministry set up a Special Cell to monitor availability of farm inputs amid global supply disruption.
It works 24x7, reports weekly to the minister and coordinates with states.
Strict action against black marketing was announced.

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Science & Technology

8. Biopharma SHAKTI Strategy: Biologics and Biosimilars Explained

Union Budget 2026 promoted biologics under the Biopharma SHAKTI strategy.
Focus: domestic production of biologics and biosimilars, and non-animal testing models.
Biologics are medicines made using living organisms; biosimilars are near-identical, lower-cost versions.

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Science & Technology

9. Agnikul Cosmos Tests ‘Agnite’, a Fully 3D-Printed Booster Engine

Agnikul Cosmos tested its 'Agnite' rocket engine at its launchpad in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
It is described as the world's first fully 3D-printed booster engine and is one metre long.
Reports call it the largest Inconel rocket engine made as a single unit, printed in about seven days.
It is the first engine of this scale tested with electric motor-driven pumps.

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Environment & Ecology

10. India’s NDC 2035: 60% Non-Fossil Power and Carbon Sink Goals

India updated its climate commitments under the Paris Agreement through its Nationally Determined Contributions.
Target for 2035: 60% of installed power capacity from non-fossil sources.
Emissions intensity to fall by 47% from the 2005 base year.
Carbon sink target: 3.5-4 billion tonnes of CO2 equivalent.

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Defence & Security

Science & Technology

11. Vayu Baan: IAF’s Helicopter-Launched Drone with 50 km Strike Reach

The Indian Air Force launched Vayu Baan, billed as India's first helicopter-launched drone system.
Developed by the Directorate of Aerospace Design (DAD), it offers stand-off strike capability beyond 50 km.
It serves both as a surveillance drone and as a kamikaze weapon.
It keeps helicopters outside the range of MANPADS threats.

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Daily Current Affairs: 26 March 2026

In this issue: 11 topics

National Affairs

1. Indian Railways Reform Express 2026: Five New Reforms

2. Steel Girders Portal for rail-road inspection launched

Government Schemes

3. Revamped UDAN Scheme: 5-Year Subsidy and ₹28,840 Crore Outlay

Banking & Finance

4. RBI Cancels T-Bill Auction: Yield Bids Rejected, Liquidity Aim

5. SEBI–Google Tie-Up Against Misleading Finfluencers

6. RBI Proposal: Collateral-Free MSME Loans Up to ₹20 Lakh

Agriculture & Rural

7. Agriculture Ministry Special Cell for Farm Inputs

Science & Technology

8. Biopharma SHAKTI Strategy: Biologics and Biosimilars Explained

9. Agnikul Cosmos Tests ‘Agnite’, a Fully 3D-Printed Booster Engine

Environment & Ecology

10. India’s NDC 2035: 60% Non-Fossil Power and Carbon Sink Goals

Defence & Security

11. Vayu Baan: IAF’s Helicopter-Launched Drone with 50 km Strike Reach

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