Current Affairs — 19 March 2025

📋 Central Schemes 📍 India Must know

PFRDA ne Unified Pension Scheme ke regulations notify kiye — 1 April 2025 se laagu

Gazette notification 19 March 2025; UPS notification 24 January 2025.

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🔬 Space 📍 United States Must know

Sunita Williams aur Crew-9 Earth par laute — 286 din space mein

Splashdown: 18 March 5:57 pm EDT = 19 March 2025, 3:27 am IST, Tallahassee (Florida) ke paas.

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💹 Economy 📍 Jharkhand Important

BCCL ne Jharkhand mein Dugda coal washery monetise ki — India mein pehli baar

19 March 2025: 2 MTPA Dugda washery, Bokaro, Jharkhand.

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💹 Markets & Finance 📍 India Important

SEBI ne unclaimed assets kam karne ke liye demat aur MF holdings DigiLocker mein laaye

19 March 2025 circular, 1 April 2025 se effective.

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🚄 Railways, Roads & Aviation 📍 Maharashtra Important

CCEA ne JNPA Port (Pagote) se Chowk tak 6-lane greenfield highway manzoor kiya

19 March 2025: 29.219 km, BOT (Toll), ₹4,500.62 crore, Maharashtra.

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💹 Banking & RBI 📍 India Important

Cabinet ne low-value BHIM-UPI P2M transactions ke liye ₹1,500 crore incentive scheme manzoor ki

19 March 2025: small merchants ke ₹2,000 tak ke UPI P2M par 0.15% incentive.

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📋 Central Schemes 📍 India Important

Cabinet ne revised Rashtriya Gokul Mission ko ₹3,400 crore ke saath manzoori di

19 March 2025: ₹1,000 crore extra, 15th FC cycle (2021-26).

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💹 Economy 📍 Assam Important

Cabinet ne Assam mein Namrup-IV ammonia-urea complex ko manzoori di

19 March 2025: ₹10,601.40 crore, 12.7 LMT urea/saal, BVFCL Namrup.

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🔬 IT, AI & Digital 📍 India Important

C-DOT ne telecom startups ke liye 'Samarth' incubation programme launch kiya

19 March 2025: pehla cohort, STPI implementation partner.

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📋 Central Schemes 📍 India Important

Cabinet ne revised National Programme for Dairy Development ko manzoori di

19 March 2025: Central Sector Scheme, kul ₹2,790 crore (2021-26).

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🛡️ Defence & Security 📍 Delhi Important

Rajnath Singh ne 5th Major Bob Khathing Memorial Event ko sambodhit kiya

19 March 2025, Delhi Cantt: Army, Assam Rifles aur USI ka aayojan.

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🏆 National Awards 📍 Delhi

President Murmu ne 19th Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards diye

19 March 2025, New Delhi.

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🌿 Climate Change 📍 Delhi

'India 2047: Building a Climate-Resilient Future' symposium Bharat Mandapam mein shuru

19 March 2025 se 4 din; Harvard ke 2 institutes + MoEFCC.

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