OPSC OCS Current Affairs One-liners — All time

Fri, 13 Mar 2026

• Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi said on 13 March 2026 that about 34.24 lakh farmers in the State received ₹684 crore under the 22nd PM-KISAN instalment.

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.
• 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.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid homage on 12 March 2026 to those who took part in the Dandi March, which began on 12 March 1930, and invoked it at the NXT Summit the same evening.
• C-DOT's AI-driven fraud detection platform FraudPro was named among the top finalists of the GSMA's Global Mobile (Glomo) Awards at Mobile World Congress 2026 in Barcelona, the Communications Ministry said on 12 March 2026.
• The Publications Division of the Information and Broadcasting Ministry released 'Bharat 2026 – A Reference Annual' in English and Hindi on 12 March 2026.

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.
• NITI Aayog released the second Fiscal Health Index on 11 March 2026 in New Delhi; Odisha topped the 18 major states with a score of 73.1 and Arunachal Pradesh led the 10 North-Eastern and Himalayan states.
• 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.
• The Unique Identification Authority of India announced on 11 March 2026 its first structured bug bounty programme, with 20 security researchers testing the UIDAI website, myAadhaar portal and Secure QR Code app.
• Union Textiles Minister Giriraj Singh launched Bharat Tex 2026 in New Delhi on 11 March 2026; the third edition of the global textile fair will be held at Bharat Mandapam from 14 to 17 July 2026.

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.
• Union Textiles Minister Giriraj Singh released the report 'Mapping of Textile Waste Value Chain in India' in New Delhi on 10 March 2026, which estimates India's textile waste at about 70.73 lakh tonnes a year.

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.
• Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh released the Ministry of Defence's new Manual of Security Instructions 2026 at South Block, New Delhi, on 9 March 2026.
• The Technology Development Board under DST announced on 9 March 2026 financial support to BabyCue Pvt Ltd, Cuttack (Odisha), to commercialise DiaCue, a paper-based kit that tells bacterial from non-bacterial diarrhoea in children.