BPSC TRE Current Affairs One-liners — Last 6 months

Sat, 11 Apr 2026

• Fisheries Minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh said at the Seafood Exporters Meet 2026 in New Delhi that India's seafood exports grew from ₹62,000 crore last year to about ₹68,000 crore this year, driven largely by non-US markets.
• The India-flagged LPG vessel Jag Vikram, carrying about 20,400 MT of LPG, safely crossed the Strait of Hormuz, and over 2,009 Indian seafarers have been repatriated from the Gulf, the Government said on 11 April 2026.

Fri, 10 Apr 2026

• The Ministry of Mines notified the Minerals (Other than Atomic and Hydro Carbons Energy Minerals) Concession (Third Amendment) Rules, 2026 on 10 April 2026, providing a method to publish the average sale price of haematite iron ore below the 45% Fe threshold, including BHQ and BHJ.
• Union Minister Manohar Lal attended the ceremony for the pour of concrete of the dam at the Punatsangchhu-I Hydropower Project in Bhutan on 10 April 2026, the second day of his visit.
• All user fee payments at National Highway fee plazas are processed only through FASTag or UPI from 10 April 2026, except in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam, West Bengal and Puducherry, where the Model Code of Conduct is in force.
• NHAI and the Wildlife Institute of India released 'Landscapes Reconnected', a study documenting about 40,444 images of 18 wild species using animal underpasses on the Ganeshpur–Asharodi stretch of the Delhi–Dehradun Economic Corridor, the Ministry said on 10 April 2026.
• MoSPI released on 10 April 2026 a technical report of a pilot study estimating that 98.54 lakh households undertook own-account construction and 10.27 lakh unincorporated agencies were engaged in construction over a 365-day reference period.
• SĀDHANA Saptah 2026, the National Learning Week under Mission Karmayogi held from 2 to 10 April 2026, recorded over 3.18 crore course completions on the iGOT Karmayogi platform, nearly ten times the 2024 edition.
• Vice President C. P. Radhakrishnan released the updated Constitution of India in Sindhi, in both Devanagari and Persian scripts, on Sindhi Bhasha Diwas, 10 April 2026.
• The Government approved 52 new applications under Round III of the PLI Scheme for Textiles, with committed investment of ₹6,708 crore and expected turnover of ₹21,186 crore, the Ministry of Textiles said on 10 April 2026.

Thu, 09 Apr 2026

• The Ministry of Women and Child Development launched the 8th Poshan Pakhwada at Vigyan Bhawan on 9 April 2026, running until 23 April with the theme 'Maximizing Brain Development in the First Six Years of Life'.
• The Financial Intelligence Unit-India (FIU-IND) and the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) signed an MoU, announced on 9 April 2026, to share information and coordinate against cyber fraud and financial crimes.
• NITI Aayog released the 'Ease of Doing Research & Development in India' report and a companion survey report on 9 April 2026, drawing on 400+ institutional leaders and 850+ scientists.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on 9 April 2026 that reservation for women in legislative bodies is the need of the hour and any delay would be deeply unfortunate; Article 330A reserves about one-third of directly elected Lok Sabha seats for women.

Wed, 08 Apr 2026

• Pradhan Mantri MUDRA Yojana, launched on 8 April 2015, completed 11 years on 8 April 2026, with over 57.79 crore loans sanctioned and ₹40.07 lakh crore disbursed.
• India ranks third in the world for installed renewable energy capacity, ahead of Brazil, according to IRENA's Renewable Energy Statistics 2026, Union Minister Pralhad Joshi said on 8 April 2026.
• A 1,000-km quantum communication network built with QNu Labs' indigenous technology has been demonstrated under the National Quantum Mission, against a target of 2,000 km over eight years, Dr Jitendra Singh was told on 8 April 2026.
• The Union Cabinet on 8 April 2026 approved Nutrient Based Subsidy rates on phosphatic and potassic fertilisers for Kharif 2026 (1 April–30 September), with a tentative requirement of about ₹41,533.81 crore.

Tue, 07 Apr 2026

• NITI Aayog CEO Nidhi Chhibber released the second edition of 'From Borrowers to Builders: Women and India's Evolving Credit Market' on 7 April 2026; it finds women hold a ₹76 lakh crore credit portfolio, 26% of system credit.
• The Ministry of Heavy Industries held a pre-bid conference on 7 April 2026 for the ₹7,280 crore Scheme to Promote Manufacturing of Sintered Rare Earth Permanent Magnets, which aims for 6,000 MTPA of integrated NdFeB magnet capacity.

Mon, 06 Apr 2026

• The National Statistics Office announced on 6 April 2026 the launch of the first-ever Annual Survey of Incorporated Services Sector Enterprises (ASISSE), covering about 1.21 lakh enterprises with 2024-25 as the reference year.
• Indian Railways on 6 April 2026 announced approval of works worth ₹1,364.45 crore, including Kavach 4.0 on 232 Southern Railway locomotives and electronic interlocking at 49 South Central Railway stations.

Sun, 05 Apr 2026

• National Maritime Day was observed on 5 April 2026; it marks the voyage of the SS Loyalty, owned by the Scindia Steam Navigation Company, from Mumbai to London on 5 April 1919.
• The government said on 5 April 2026 that Delivery Authentication Code-based LPG deliveries had risen to 90% and that over 7,02,000 passengers had returned to India since 28 February amid the West Asia situation.

Sat, 04 Apr 2026

• Indian Railways loaded a record 1,670 million tonnes of freight in 2025-26 and produced 1,674 locomotives and 6,677 LHB coaches, the Railway Ministry said on 4 April 2026.
• Vice President C.P. Radhakrishnan on 4 April 2026 addressed the 3rd convocation of Mahatma Gandhi Central University at Motihari, East Champaran, Bihar, and urged students to adopt 'Nation First'.