NABARD Grade A Current Affairs One-liners — Last 12 months

Tue, 07 Jul 2026

• The Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS) 5.0 has issued 4,11,497 guarantees worth ₹1,55,229 crore, with 98% of guarantees by number going to MSMEs (Finance Ministry, 7 July 2026).
• The 4th National Steering Committee of PM-SETU on 7 July 2026 approved a nationwide rollout across all 200 ITI clusters and Strategic Investment Plans worth ₹1,237.58 crore in Odisha, Gujarat and Telangana.
• PM Narendra Modi announced on 7 July 2026 that IIM Bangalore will set up its first international campus at Singhasari SEZ, Malang, Indonesia.
• President Prabowo Subianto conferred the 'Bintang Adipurna of the Republic of Indonesia', the country's highest civilian honour, on PM Narendra Modi on 7 July 2026.

Mon, 06 Jul 2026

• The Department of Consumer Affairs amended the Legal Metrology (General) Rules, 2011 (announced 6 July 2026), cutting the standard weights needed to verify instruments of one tonne and above from 50% to 20% of capacity after a repeatability test.
• An international team including Dr Aru Beri of the Indian Institute of Astrophysics used the e-MERLIN radio array to study 280 nearby galaxies and found weakly active black holes in nearly a quarter of them (DST, 6 July 2026).
• Union Cooperation Minister Amit Shah addressed the 5th Foundation Day of the Ministry of Cooperation on 6 July 2026, citing nine national-level cooperative societies and a database of over 32 crore members.
• MoSPI released the report of the Expert Committee on Energy Statistics, chaired by IIT Delhi Director Dr Rangan Banerjee, on 6 July 2026, recommending methods for biofuels and filling data gaps in captive power and EV electricity use.
• India produced 42.1 Mt of crude steel in April–June 2026, up 3.0%, while finished steel consumption rose 8.3% to 41.6 Mt, the Steel Ministry reported on 6 July 2026.

Sun, 05 Jul 2026

• Rural Development Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan released the first instalment (Mother Sanction) of Rs 25,863 crore to States under VB-G-RAM-G on 5 July 2026, and said no State will have a wage rate below Rs 300 a day.
• India, represented by Consumer Affairs Secretary Nidhi Khare, will chair the Ninth Session of UNCTAD's Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Consumer Protection Law and Policy at the Palais des Nations, Geneva, from 6 to 8 July 2026, the Department of Consumer Affairs said on 5 July 2026.
• INS Udaygiri, INS Shakti and INS Kavaratti of the Indian Navy's Eastern Fleet, led by Rear Admiral Alok Anand, concluded a three-day port call at Changi Naval Base, Singapore (reported 5 July 2026).
• The Department of Fertilizers said on 5 July 2026 that 15 vessels carrying fertilisers and raw materials for India had safely crossed the Strait of Hormuz, and that urea output in April-June 2026 reached 71.55 LMT against a target of 67.86 LMT.

Sat, 04 Jul 2026

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the next phase of UDAN, the Modified UDAN Scheme with an outlay of about Rs 29,000 crore over ten years, and inaugurated the Rs 480 crore new terminal at Jodhpur Airport on 4 July 2026.
• The Bilateral Investment Agreement between India and Israel, signed in New Delhi on 8 September 2025, entered into force on 4 July 2026, the Ministry of Finance said.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Keiko Fujimori on 4 July 2026 after Peru's electoral authority declared her the winner of the 7 June presidential runoff with 50.135% of the vote.
• The Ministry of Home Affairs designated 23 more individuals as terrorists under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act on 4 July 2026; 17 are Pakistani and 6 Indian nationals, all operating from Pakistan and PoK.
• The government raised the procurement price of onions for the Price Stabilisation Buffer by 13%, from Rs 1,875 to Rs 2,125 per quintal, effective 4 July 2026, with procurement through NAFED and NCCF.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeted President Donald Trump and the American people on the 250th anniversary of US independence on 4 July 2026, the day sail training ship INS Sudarshini sailed into New York for the Sail4th 250 celebrations.

Fri, 03 Jul 2026

• The Defence Acquisition Council chaired by Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh accorded Acceptance of Necessity to proposals worth about Rs 52,000 crore on 3 July 2026, including the anti-UAV EW system 'Akash Tarang', MPATGM, MRSAM and FW-HAPS.
• Home Minister Amit Shah and Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan reviewed below-normal rainfall and possible drought in parts of India due to El Nino on 3 July 2026, urging a shift to low-water crops such as fodder, millets and pulses.
• Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal chaired the Board of Trade in New Delhi on 3 July 2026, laying out a seven-point export agenda, a USD 1 trillion export target and a 90-day drive in 120 priority districts, and urging States to use the BHAVYA Industrial Parks Scheme.
• Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and French Economy and Finance Minister Roland Lescure co-chaired the India-France Economic and Financial Dialogue in Aix-en-Provence on 3 July 2026, discussing critical minerals, cross-investment and high-speed rail.
• The Department of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation launched the 7th National Water Awards on the MHA's Rashtriya Puraskar portal on 3 July 2026, with applications due by 28 August 2026.

Thu, 02 Jul 2026

• The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on 2 July 2026 approved cutting the permissible broken grains in PMGKAY rice to 10% for raw rice and 5% for parboiled rice, the first revision of PDS rice specifications in nearly three decades.
• Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae paid an official visit to India from 1 to 3 July 2026 for the 16th India-Japan Annual Summit with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, her first official visit to India.
• Indian Navy stealth frigate INS Trikand responded to a piracy attempt on the bulk carrier MV Golden Arsenal about 300 nautical miles east-northeast of Djibouti in the Gulf of Aden on 1 July 2026, and its boarding team sanitised the ship on 2 July.
• The Centre amended the Drugs Rules, 1945 on 2 July 2026 to bring cell or stem cell derived products, gene therapeutic products and xenografts under the Centrally License Approving Authority (CLAA) framework.
• Union Jal Shakti Minister C.R. Paatil chaired the 19th meeting of the Empowered Task Force on River Ganga on 2 July 2026, which reviewed the Namami Gange Programme.
• India's coal imports fell to 21.13 million tonnes in April 2026 from 24.27 MT a year earlier, a drop of about 12.95%, the Ministry of Coal said on 2 July 2026.