Delhi Police Current Affairs One-liners — Last 12 months

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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

Thu, 12 Mar 2026

• India's retail inflation measured by the Consumer Price Index (base 2024=100) rose to 3.21% in February 2026 from 2.74% in January, according to provisional data released on 12 March 2026.
• Petroleum Minister Hardeep Singh Puri told the Lok Sabha on 12 March 2026 that India's crude supply was secure and LPG output had been raised 28%, 13 days after the West Asia conflict disrupted the Strait of Hormuz.
• Paralympic champion Sumit Antil won the men's F43/F44/F64 javelin gold with a throw of 69.25 m on day two of the World Para Athletics Grand Prix in New Delhi on 12 March 2026.
• The Technology Development Board under the Department of Science & Technology announced financial support for OrbitAID Aerospace's satellite docking and refuelling technology on 12 March 2026.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke by telephone with Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian on 12 March 2026, urging dialogue and diplomacy amid the West Asia conflict.

Wed, 11 Mar 2026

• On 11 March 2026 in New Delhi, the Lok Sabha rejected by voice vote the Opposition's resolution under Article 94(c) seeking the removal of Speaker Om Birla, the first such motion in nearly four decades.
• On 11 March 2026 at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi, President Droupadi Murmu graced the national event of Jal Mahotsav 2026, the first nationwide campaign of its kind under the Jal Jeevan Mission, running from 8 to 22 March.
• On 11 March 2026 in Paris, the 32 member countries of the International Energy Agency unanimously agreed to make 400 million barrels of emergency oil stocks available, and India welcomed the decision as an IEA Associate Member.
• On 11 March 2026 in New Delhi, Union Minister Pralhad Joshi addressed the International Solar Alliance's Foundation Day, noting that the alliance now has 125 member and signatory countries.
• The Railway Ministry said on 11 March 2026 that version 4.0 of Kavach, India's indigenous automatic train protection system, has been commissioned on 1,452 route km covering the high-density Delhi–Mumbai and Delhi–Howrah routes.
• On 11 March 2026 at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi, Paralympic champion Praveen Kumar won the men's T44 high jump with 1.96 m and Preeti Pal won the women's 100m T35/T37 in 14.46 s on day one of the World Para Athletics Grand Prix.

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.
• 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.
• 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.

Mon, 09 Mar 2026

• Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on 9 March 2026 called for making India's intellectual property approval system one of the top five in the world for speed and transparency, at the National IP Awards and IP Conference in New Delhi.
• NHAI on 9 March 2026 released the first annual report on the National Highways Green Cover Index, prepared with ISRO's National Remote Sensing Centre, covering about 30,000 km of highways in 24 states.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 9 March 2026 spoke by phone to RSP Chairman Rabi Lamichhane and senior leader Balendra Shah, congratulating them on the party's success in Nepal's general election.
• Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya met a New Zealand delegation led by Chris Bishop in New Delhi on 9 March 2026 to expand sports cooperation in the centenary year of ties dating to the 1926 Indian Army hockey tour.

Sun, 08 Mar 2026

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of projects worth about ₹33,500 crore in Delhi on 8 March 2026, including two Metro corridors that complete the Pink Line as India's first fully operational ring metro.
• Iran's Assembly of Experts chose Mojtaba Khamenei, son of the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as the country's new Supreme Leader at a session on 8 March 2026, about a week after his father was killed in a US–Israeli strike.