Current Affairs One-liners — 10 March 2026

Tue, 10 Mar 2026

• The Union Cabinet on 10 March 2026 extended the Jal Jeevan Mission up to December 2028, raising its total outlay to ₹8.69 lakh crore and shifting its focus from building infrastructure to delivering water services under JJM 2.0.
• The Union Cabinet on 10 March 2026 amended the FDI rules for investments from countries sharing a land border with India, allowing non-controlling beneficial ownership of up to 10% under the automatic route and a 60-day decision timeline for specified manufacturing sectors.
• The Agriculture Ministry released the Second Advance Estimates of crop production for 2025–26 on 10 March 2026, putting Kharif foodgrain output at 1,741.44 lakh tonnes and Rabi foodgrain at 1,745.13 lakh tonnes, both higher than last year.
• The Department of Fertilizers said on 10 March 2026 that the Natural Gas (Supply Regulation) Order, 2026 places fertilizer plants in 'Priority Sector-2', assuring them at least 70% of their average gas consumption of the last six months.
• The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved on 10 March 2026 two railway multitracking projects worth about ₹4,474 crore in West Bengal and Jharkhand, adding about 192 km to the network.
• On 10 March 2026 in Lucknow, the Uttar Pradesh Cabinet chaired by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath approved the Mukhyamantri Gram Parivahan Yojana-2026 to extend bus services to all 59,163 gram sabhas in the state.
• The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved on 10 March 2026 the four-laning of the 80.45-km Badnawar–Petlawad–Thandla–Timarwani section of NH-752D in Madhya Pradesh at a cost of ₹3,839.42 crore, completing a four-lane link from Ujjain to the Delhi–Mumbai Expressway.
• Union Jal Shakti Minister C. R. Paatil inaugurated the new office of the National Dam Safety Authority in New Delhi on 10 March 2026 and launched its website and the AI-enabled platform NETRA.
• On 10 March 2026 at South Block, New Delhi, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh released 'Defence Forces Vision 2047: A Roadmap for a Future-Ready Indian Military', prepared by Headquarters Integrated Defence Staff.
• The Union Cabinet approved on 10 March 2026 the declaration of Madurai Airport in Tamil Nadu as an international airport.
• The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved on 10 March 2026 a revised cost of ₹3,630.77 crore for the 31.42-km greenfield road linking Jewar International Airport with the Delhi–Faridabad–Ballabhgarh–Sohna spur of the Delhi–Mumbai Expressway.
• Dr Partha Biswas assumed charge as a Member of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC), the constitutional body under Article 338, on 10 March 2026.
• Union Textiles Minister Giriraj Singh released the report 'Mapping of Textile Waste Value Chain in India' in New Delhi on 10 March 2026, which estimates India's textile waste at about 70.73 lakh tonnes a year.
• On 10 March 2026 at the Army Hospital (Research & Referral), Delhi, surgeons performed the world's first implantation of the Hydrus Microstent guided by intraoperative aqueous angiography, together with cataract surgery.