KVS / NVS Current Affairs One-liners — Last 12 months

Fri, 17 Jul 2026

• The Government of India announced on 17 July 2026 that it has notified the commencement of the National Anti-Doping Act, 2022 and the National Anti-Doping (Amendment) Act, 2025.
• Bharat Tex 2026 at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, drew about ₹14,300 crore of textile investment commitments with 30+ MoUs and 1,647 exhibitors in its first three days, the Textiles Ministry said on 17 July 2026.
• PM Narendra Modi launched projects worth over ₹4,700 crore in Chandigarh on 17 July 2026 and inaugurated the Advanced Mother and Child Centre and Advanced Neurosciences Centre at PGIMER.

Thu, 16 Jul 2026

• Union Minister Pralhad Joshi inaugurated the 'White Rabbit Technology'-based Indian Standard Time (IST) Distribution Demonstration Network at RRSL, Jakkur, Bengaluru, on 16 July 2026 under the 'One Nation, One Time' vision.
• NITI Aayog's 'Roadmap for Building India as a Leading Bioeconomy Powerhouse by 2035', launched by Dr Jitendra Singh on 16 July 2026, aims to grow India's bioeconomy to $691 billion by 2035 and $2.6 trillion by 2047.
• APEDA flagged off the first export shipment of premium Areko cherries and Scentrose plums from Shopian and Pulwama, Jammu & Kashmir, to Singapore on 16 July 2026.
• The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet approved the appointment of oceanographer Dr Srinivasa Kumar Tummala as Secretary, Ministry of Earth Sciences, for two years, as announced on 16 July 2026.
• Indian Railways approved doubling of the 14-km Tadali–Ghugus section in Maharashtra at ₹228 crore on 16 July 2026, on the Delhi–Chennai High Density Network.
• At a meeting at Vidhan Bhawan, Mumbai, on 16 July 2026, the Maharashtra Legislature committed to adopting the National e-Vidhan Application (NeVA), with consensus to expedite an MoU with the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs.
• The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs approved guidelines for the ₹9,585-crore PARIVARTAN Scheme on 16 July 2026 to replace old, polluting trucks and buses in the National Capital Region with BS-VI or electric vehicles.
• Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu flagged off the inaugural Daman–Delhi–Daman flight of Alliance Air from NAMO Airport, Daman, on 16 July 2026, Daman's first-ever direct air link.
• The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) celebrated its 98th Foundation Day on 16 July 2026, with Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan saying ICAR developed 386 improved varieties across 44 crops in the past year.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi extended greetings on the occasion of Rath Yatra on 16 July 2026, seeking the blessings of Mahaprabhu Jagannath.

Wed, 15 Jul 2026

• The India–UK Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) and the Agreement on Social Security (Double Contribution Convention) entered into force on 15 July 2026, giving zero-duty access to nearly 99% of India's exports.
• The Union Cabinet approved Semicon 2.0 on 15 July 2026 with a total outlay of ₹1,27,500 crore to build India's semiconductor design and manufacturing ecosystem on six pillars.
• The Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways gave in-principle approval on 15 July 2026 under the Shipbuilding Development Scheme to a greenfield shipbuilding cluster in Porbandar and a ₹1,570-crore ship repair facility at Vadinar, Gujarat.
• On World Youth Skills Day, 15 July 2026, MoS Jayant Chaudhary unveiled the IndiaSkills Competition 2026–27 guidelines covering 63 skill categories, launched the WorldSkills India Champions Club and announced a ~₹530-crore Skills Outcomes Fund.
• The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved the National Investment Policy for Urea-2026 for Atmanirbhar Bharat (NIPU-2026) on 15 July 2026 to attract new investment in gas-based urea plants.
• The Union Cabinet approved the Mobile Phone Manufacturing Scheme (MPMS) on 15 July 2026 with an outlay of ₹62,500 crore for FY 2026-27 to FY 2030-31.
• Union Minister G. Kishan Reddy launched the eighth tranche of e-auction of 20 critical and strategic mineral blocks across nine States on 15 July 2026, at the curtain raiser of India Mining Week 2026.
• Vice-President C. P. Radhakrishnan addressed the valedictory session of the Vidhayi Gaurav Yatra, part of the 75th-year celebrations of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly, in Jaipur on 15 July 2026.
• The CCEA approved two railway multitracking projects worth about ₹3,907 crore in Odisha and Jharkhand on 15 July 2026 — Paradeep–Haridaspur doubling and Rajkharsawan–Dangoaposi 4th line — adding about 145 km.
• The CCEA approved two Varanasi decongestion corridors on 15 July 2026: a 43.218-km corridor along the Varuna (₹10,998.32 crore) and a 46.039-km corridor along the Ganga between NH-19 and the Ring Road (₹14,447.64 crore).
• The Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) monthly bulletin for June 2026, released on 15 July 2026, put the unemployment rate (15+ years) at 5.5% and the labour force participation rate at 54.4%.

Tue, 14 Jul 2026

• The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) on 14 July 2026 brought out its first release of the trial Index of Services Production (ISP) for 19 sub-sectors, with base year 2024-25.
• Tribhuvan Sahkari University, India's first national university dedicated to the cooperative sector, held its first convocation at Anand, Gujarat, on 14 July 2026.
• Union Minister Jitendra Singh visited the North Eastern Space Applications Centre (NESAC) at Umiam, Meghalaya, on 14 July 2026 and reviewed nearly 130 space application projects, including geospatial mapping of the India–Myanmar border.
• Union Labour Minister Mansukh Mandaviya inaugurated the 15th BRICS Trade Union Forum Summit in Hyderabad on 14 July 2026, ahead of the BRICS Labour and Employment Ministers' Meeting on 15–16 July.
• Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan chaired a review meeting in Kolkata with West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on 14 July 2026, covering 19 infrastructure projects worth over ₹82,000 crore and an ₹8,508 crore rural development package.
• Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announced eight more structural reforms under 'Reform Express' on 14 July 2026, taking the total to 17 against a target of 52 reforms in 52 weeks.