Current Affairs One-liners — 13 March 2026

Fri, 13 Mar 2026

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi released the 22nd instalment of PM-KISAN, about ₹18,640 crore to over 9.32 crore farmers, from Guwahati, Assam, on 13 March 2026.
• The Andhra Pradesh Cabinet chaired by Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu approved an employment-generation scheme for micro-entrepreneurs, seven multi-village water schemes and hostels for working women on 13 March 2026.
• Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal urged industry on 13 March 2026, at a session marking two years since the India–EFTA Trade and Economic Partnership Agreement was signed, to use its $100-billion investment commitment.
• A High-Level Committee chaired by Union Home Minister Amit Shah approved ₹1,912.99 crore of additional central assistance from the National Disaster Response Fund for Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Nagaland and Jammu & Kashmir, the Home Ministry said on 13 March 2026.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated and laid foundation stones for projects worth about ₹19,480 crore in Guwahati, Assam, on 13 March 2026 and handed land pattas to tea-garden families.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated and laid foundation stones for works worth over ₹4,570 crore in Kokrajhar, Assam, by video conference from Guwahati on 13 March 2026.
• The Union Health Ministry approved food-safety reforms on 13 March 2026, including perpetual validity of FSSAI registrations and licences and a higher turnover limit for basic registration.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated the Pandu Port–NH-27 elevated corridor and began three more Inland Waterways Authority of India projects on the Brahmaputra (NW-2), worth ₹526 crore in all, on 13 March 2026.
• Union Jal Shakti Minister C. R. Paatil released the Sujal Gaon ID, a unique digital identifier for every rural piped water supply scheme, on 13 March 2026.
• Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav said on 13 March 2026 that two Great Indian Bustard chicks had hatched at Rajasthan's conservation breeding centre, taking the captive population to 70.
• NMDC Limited became the first mining company in India to produce 50 million tonnes of iron ore in a single financial year, the Steel Ministry announced on 13 March 2026.
• The Ministry of Minority Affairs launched an Accounts & Audit Module on the UMEED Central Portal for Waqf institutions on 13 March 2026.
• The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India released the draft Telecom Commercial Communications Customer Preference (Third Amendment) Regulations, 2026 for consultation on 13 March 2026.
• Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath inaugurated the second phase of Lucknow's Green Corridor and laid the foundation stone for its third and fourth phases on 13 March 2026.
• Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi said on 13 March 2026 that about 34.24 lakh farmers in the State received ₹684 crore under the 22nd PM-KISAN instalment.