JPSC Current Affairs One-liners — All time

Tue, 08 Apr 2025

• PMMY, launched on 8 April 2015, completed 10 years on 8 April 2025, having extended over ₹33.65 lakh crore through 52.37 crore collateral-free loans, with nearly 68% of accounts sanctioned to women.
• The Department of Financial Services on 8 April 2025 notified the amalgamation of 26 RRBs in 10 states and 1 UT on the principle of 'One State One RRB', reducing the number of RRBs from 43 to 28.
• The Ministry of Women and Child Development's 7th Poshan Pakhwada runs from 8 to 22 April 2025, focusing on the first 1000 days of life, the Poshan Tracker beneficiary module, CMAM and childhood obesity.
• The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship and the World Economic Forum deliberated on the 'India Skills Accelerator', a national public-private collaboration platform for skilling, at a roundtable in New Delhi on 8 April 2025.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, in New Delhi on 8 April 2025.
• The Ministry of Coal on 8 April 2025 signed Coal Mine Development and Production Agreements for Marwatola-II and Namchik West, auctioned in the 11th round of commercial coal mining, taking the total to 120 mines.
• The Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority and India Post Payments Bank signed a Memorandum of Agreement on 8 April 2025 to launch Phase 2 of 'Niveshak Didi', a financial literacy initiative led by women.

Mon, 07 Apr 2025

• On 7 April 2025, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla met Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev in Tashkent on the sidelines of the 150th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU).
• World Health Day was observed on 7 April 2025 with the theme 'Healthy Beginnings, Hopeful Futures', which launches a year-long campaign on maternal and newborn health.
• On 7 April 2025, the Ministry of Defence signed a ₹2,385.36 crore contract with Bharat Electronics Limited for Electronic Warfare suites and aircraft modification kits for the IAF's Mi-17 V5 helicopters under the Buy (Indian-IDDM) category.
• On 7 April 2025, Lt Gen AK Ramesh flagged off 'Samudra Pradakshina', a 12-member all-women tri-services sailing expedition from Mumbai to Seychelles and back aboard IASV Triveni.
• On 7 April 2025, the Digital Threat Report 2024 for the Banking, Financial Services and Insurance (BFSI) sector, prepared by CERT-In, CSIRT-Fin and cybersecurity company SISA, was launched in New Delhi.
• On 7 April 2025, President Droupadi Murmu held engagements in Lisbon with President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, including the launch of postage stamps marking 50 years of India–Portugal diplomatic relations, and received the City Key of Honour of Lisbon.
• On 7 April 2025, MeitY held an event for technology transfers under the National Mission on Power Electronics Technology (NaMPET), including an indigenous 1.5 kW wireless EV charger developed by C-DAC (T) and VNIT Nagpur.

Sun, 06 Apr 2025

• The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation released the 26th edition of 'Women and Men in India 2024', showing the labour force participation rate (usual status, 15+) rising from 49.8% in 2017-18 to 60.1% in 2023-24.
• On 6 April 2025 in Anuradhapura, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Sri Lanka President Anura Kumara Disanayaka inaugurated the 128 km Maho–Omanthai railway line refurbished with Indian assistance and visited the Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi temple.

Sat, 05 Apr 2025

• On 5 April 2025 in Colombo, India and Sri Lanka exchanged seven MoUs, including on defence cooperation, HVDC power interconnection and a trilateral MoU with the UAE on developing Trincomalee as an energy hub, during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's State visit.
• The Stand-Up India Scheme completed nine years on 5 April 2025, with total loans sanctioned of Rs 61,020.41 crore by 17 March 2025, the Finance Ministry said.
• On 5 April 2025, Sri Lanka President Anura Kumara Disanayaka conferred the 'Sri Lanka Mitra Vibhushana', the country's highest honour for foreign leaders, on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the first Indian leader to receive it.
• India marked the 62nd National Maritime Day on 5 April 2025 on the theme "Prosperous Seas - Developed India and Youth for Blue Economy and Green Growth", with the central celebration in New Delhi.

Fri, 04 Apr 2025

• The Union Cabinet approved the Vibrant Villages Programme-II (VVP-II) on 4 April 2025 as a fully Centre-funded scheme with an outlay of Rs 6,839 crore for villages along international land borders other than the Northern border.
• Parliament cleared the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2025 when the Rajya Sabha passed it in the early hours of 4 April 2025, after the Lok Sabha had passed it on 3 April.
• The 6th BIMSTEC Summit, hosted by Thailand in Bangkok on 4 April 2025, adopted the BIMSTEC Bangkok Vision 2030 and saw the signing of the BIMSTEC Maritime Transport Agreement.
• The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved four Indian Railways multitracking projects costing about Rs 18,658 crore on 4 April 2025, adding about 1,247 km across 15 districts of Maharashtra, Odisha and Chhattisgarh.
• Union Minister Jitendra Singh formalised the transfer of technology of CSIR's indigenous HANSA-3(NG) two-seater trainer aircraft to Pioneer Clean Amps Pvt Ltd in New Delhi on 4 April 2025.
• Indian Railways produced an all-time high of 41,929 wagons in FY 2024-25, the Railways Ministry said on 4 April 2025, up from 37,650 in FY 2023-24.

Thu, 03 Apr 2025

• India and Thailand elevated their relations to a Strategic Partnership on 3 April 2025, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra witnessed the exchange of the joint declaration in Bangkok.
• The Lok Sabha passed the Protection of Interest in Aircraft Objects Bill, 2025 on 3 April 2025, completing its passage through Parliament after the Rajya Sabha had already accepted it.
• Jal Shakti Minister C.R. Patil launched the Water Resource Census application and portal in New Delhi on 3 April 2025 for four censuses, including the 7th Minor Irrigation Census and the first Census of Springs.
• Defence Minister Rajnath Singh flagged off an Indian Army expedition to Mount Everest, a joint Indian Army-Nepali Army expedition to Mount Kangchenjunga and an NCC Everest expedition from South Block, New Delhi, on 3 April 2025.