Punjab State Staff Selection Current Affairs One-liners — All time

Thu, 27 Mar 2025

• The Government of India and JICA signed six loan agreements worth JPY 191.736 billion in New Delhi on 27 March 2025 under Japan's Official Development Assistance, covering projects in Tamil Nadu, Delhi, Assam and Punjab.

Sat, 22 Mar 2025

• Union Minister of State Ravneet Singh Bittu announced at Bathinda, Punjab, on 22 March 2025 that the Ministry of Food Processing Industries will fund 100 new NABL-accredited food testing laboratories in 2025-26.

Thu, 27 Feb 2025

• The Punjab Cabinet chaired by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on 27 February 2025 approved adopting Parliament's Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Amendment Act, 2024, enacted under Article 252, and an excise policy aiming at ₹11,020 crore in 2025-26.

Fri, 10 Jan 2025

• MeitY-funded technology developed by IIT Ropar and NIT Warangal goes to startups in Punjab and Telangana.

Wed, 20 Nov 2024

• On 20 November 2024, all 288 Maharashtra assembly seats voted in a single phase and 38 Jharkhand seats voted in Phase 2, concluding both assembly elections, the ECI said.

Tue, 19 Nov 2024

• On 19 November 2024 in New Delhi, DPIIT celebrated the 8th anniversary of four industrial corridors — AKIC, CBIC, ECEC and BMIC — approved on 20 November 2016.

Sat, 09 Nov 2024

• On 9 November 2024, the Food Ministry said FCI and state agencies had procured 120.67 lakh metric tonnes of paddy in Punjab as of 8 November in Kharif Marketing Season 2024-25.

Thu, 07 Nov 2024

• On 7 November 2024, CAQM ordered Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Delhi to impose revised, doubled environmental compensation for stubble burning under amendment rules notified by the Environment Ministry on 6 November.

Sun, 03 Nov 2024

• On 3 November 2024, the Centre said FCI and state agencies had procured 85.41 LMT of paddy in Punjab in KMS 2024-25 as of 2 November.

Fri, 01 Nov 2024

• On 1 November 2024, PM Narendra Modi greeted Haryana and Chhattisgarh on their State Foundation Days; Haryana was formed on 1 November 1966 under the Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966, and Chhattisgarh on 1 November 2000.

Tue, 29 Oct 2024

• On 29 October 2024, PM Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of four Centres of Excellence at NIPERs in Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Guwahati and Mohali, inaugurated five PLI-scheme units for medical devices and bulk drugs, and opened the country's biggest Jan Aushadhi Kendra at AIIMS, New Delhi.

Mon, 28 Oct 2024

• On 28 October 2024, Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh inaugurated the new complex of India's first biomanufacturing institute, the BRIC-National Agri-Food Bio-Manufacturing Institute, at Mohali and launched a BioNest incubation centre.

Sat, 12 Oct 2024

• On 12 October 2024, in India, the CAQM used Section 14 of the CAQM Act, 2021 to authorise district authorities in Punjab, Haryana and NCR areas to prosecute officials for inaction on paddy stubble burning.

Wed, 09 Oct 2024

• On 9 October 2024, in India, the Union Cabinet approved construction of 2,280 km of roads in border areas of Rajasthan and Punjab at an investment of ₹4,406 crore.