Current Affairs One-liners — 01 October 2025

Wed, 01 Oct 2025

• The Union Cabinet on 1 October 2025 approved the Mission for Aatmanirbharta in Pulses for 2025-26 to 2030-31 with an outlay of ₹11,440 crore, aiming to raise pulses output to 350 lakh tonnes.
• The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on 1 October 2025 raised Minimum Support Prices for all Rabi crops for marketing season 2026-27, taking wheat to ₹2,585 per quintal.
• The Union Cabinet on 1 October 2025 approved a 3% increase in Dearness Allowance and Dearness Relief, from 55% to 58% of basic pay or pension, with effect from 1 July 2025.
• The RBI's Monetary Policy Committee on 1 October 2025 unanimously kept the repo rate unchanged at 5.50% with a neutral stance, raised the 2025-26 GDP growth forecast to 6.8% and cut the inflation forecast to 2.6%.
• The India–EFTA Trade and Economic Partnership Agreement (TEPA) came into force on 1 October 2025, with an objective of USD 100 billion investment and one million direct jobs in India over 15 years.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh centenary celebrations on 1 October 2025 and released a commemorative postage stamp and coin marking the RSS's contributions.
• The Union Government released an additional tax devolution instalment of ₹1,01,603 crore to State Governments on 1 October 2025, ahead of the festive season.
• The Financial Intelligence Unit-India (FIU-IND) said on 1 October 2025 that it had issued non-compliance notices to 25 offshore Virtual Digital Asset service providers under Section 13 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002.
• The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on 1 October 2025 approved 57 new Kendriya Vidyalayas in the civil sector at a cost of about ₹5,862.55 crore over nine years.
• The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on 1 October 2025 approved four-laning of the 85.675 km Kalibor–Numaligarh section of NH-715 in Assam, including wildlife-friendly measures on the Kaziranga National Park stretch, at ₹6,957 crore.
• The Union Cabinet on 1 October 2025 approved Phase III of the Biomedical Research Career Programme, run by the Department of Biotechnology with the UK's Wellcome Trust, at a total cost of ₹1,500 crore.
• Delhi's average AQI for January–September 2025 was 164, its best for the period since 2018 apart from the 2020 lockdown year, the Environment Ministry said on 1 October 2025.
• The Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) celebrated NPS Diwas on 1 October 2025 in New Delhi, where Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said pension planning is a necessity for every citizen.
• The Union Cabinet on 1 October 2025 approved nationwide celebrations to mark 150 years of the national song 'Vande Mataram', with a focus on youth and students.
• The closing ceremony of MONDIACULT 2025, UNESCO's World Conference on Cultural Policies and Sustainable Development, was held in Barcelona on 1 October 2025.