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Sat, 03 Jan 2026

• On 3 January 2026 at New Delhi Railway Station, Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw inspected India's first Vande Bharat Sleeper train, which will run between Guwahati and Howrah after completing trials and certification.
• On 3 January 2026 at Kalaivanar Arangam, Chennai, Vice-President C. P. Radhakrishnan inaugurated the 9th Siddha Day celebrations, themed 'Siddha for Global Health'.

Fri, 02 Jan 2026

• The Ministry of Electronics and IT on 2 January 2026 approved 22 more proposals under the Electronics Component Manufacturing Scheme, with projected investment of ₹41,863 crore and 33,791 direct jobs.
• The Commerce Ministry on 2 January 2026 launched two interventions under the NIRYAT PROTSAHAN sub-scheme of the Export Promotion Mission: interest subvention on export credit and a CGTMSE-backed collateral guarantee for MSME exporters.
• The Mumbai–Ahmedabad bullet train project achieved the breakthrough of its first mountain tunnel in Maharashtra, the 1.5 km MT-5 in Palghar, Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announced on 2 January 2026.
• Cabinet Secretary T. V. Somanathan told the media in New Delhi on 2 January 2026 that the PRAGATI mechanism has reviewed over 3,300 projects worth more than ₹85 lakh crore and resolved 7,156 of 7,735 issues raised.
• On 2 January 2026 at Dr. Ambedkar International Centre, New Delhi, Union Health Minister J. P. Nadda released Indian Pharmacopoeia 2026, the 10th edition of India's official book of drug standards, with 121 new monographs.

Thu, 01 Jan 2026

• The Odisha government launched 'Sweekruti' on 1 January 2026, a rights-based umbrella scheme run by the SSEPD department for the education, livelihood, health and legal support of transgender persons.
• NHAI announced on 1 January 2026 that the Know Your Vehicle (KYV) process will be discontinued for all new car FASTags from 1 February 2026, with mandatory VAHAN-based validation before activation instead.
• The PFRDA board approved in principle a framework letting Scheduled Commercial Banks set up pension funds to manage NPS, and appointed former SBI Chairman Dinesh Kumar Khara as Chairperson of the NPS Trust Board, the Finance Ministry said on 1 January 2026.
• On 1 January 2026 at the Rashtrapati Bhavan Cultural Centre, President Droupadi Murmu launched the #SkillTheNation Challenge under MSDE's SOAR (Skilling for AI Readiness) initiative and virtually inaugurated the IGNOU Regional Centre and Skill Centre at Rairangpur, Odisha.
• On its 68th Foundation Day on 1 January 2026, DRDO said 22 Acceptances of Necessity worth about ₹1.30 lakh crore were accorded in 2025 for DRDO-developed systems to be made by Indian industry, the highest in any single year.
• On 1 January 2026 at a special Gram Sabha in Loni Budruk, Ahmednagar district, Maharashtra, Rural Development Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan outlined the Viksit Bharat – G RAM G Act, 2025, which guarantees 125 days of work.
• Air Marshal Nagesh Kapoor took charge as Vice Chief of the Air Staff on 1 January 2026, as Air Marshals Tejinder Singh and Seethepalli Shrinivas took over South Western Air Command and Training Command.
• Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced on 1 January 2026 the 'Nijut Babu Asoni' scheme, giving ₹1,000 a month to male undergraduate and ₹2,000 to postgraduate students from families earning under ₹4 lakh.

Wed, 31 Dec 2025

• On 31 December 2025 in New Delhi, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved the 374 km six-lane greenfield access-controlled Nashik–Solapur–Akkalkot corridor in Maharashtra on BOT (Toll) mode at ₹19,142 crore.
• India's broadband subscriber base crossed 1 billion (100.37 crore) at the end of November 2025, more than six times the 13.15 crore of November 2015, the Communications Ministry said on 31 December 2025.
• The Union Cabinet on 31 December 2025 approved widening the Mohana–Koraput section of NH-326 in southern Odisha to two lanes with paved shoulders on EPC mode, at ₹1,526.21 crore.
• DRDO successfully carried out a salvo launch of two Pralay missiles in quick succession from the same launcher off the Odisha coast on 31 December 2025, as part of user evaluation trials.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired the 50th meeting of PRAGATI on 31 December 2025, reviewing five infrastructure projects across five states worth over ₹40,000 crore and setting the mantra 'Reform to Simplify, Perform to Deliver, Transform to Impact'.
• The Sports Ministry notified on 31 December 2025 that select provisions of the National Sports Governance Act, 2025, including those on National Sports Bodies and the National Sports Board, come into force on 1 January 2026.
• Registrations for Pariksha Pe Charcha 2026 crossed a record 3 crore from students, parents and teachers as of 30 December 2025, the Ministry of Education said on 31 December 2025.

Tue, 30 Dec 2025

• Rural Development Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan held a video-conference with over 2 lakh MGNREGA functionaries on 30 December 2025, assuring them that the transition to the VB-G RAM G Act, 2025 will not affect their services.
• Indian Railways commissioned the indigenous automatic train protection system Kavach 4.0 on the 96-km Bajwa (Vadodara)–Ahmedabad section, Gujarat's first, Railways said on 30 December 2025.
• A diarrhoea and vomiting outbreak from contaminated municipal water in Indore's Bhagirathpura locality led Madhya Pradesh on 30 December 2025 to announce ₹2 lakh for bereaved families, free treatment, suspensions and a three-member probe.
• Sagarmala Finance Corporation Limited (SMFCL) approved loan sanctions of about ₹4,300 crore at its 51st Board Meeting on 30 December 2025, formally starting its lending operations.
• Vice-President C. P. Radhakrishnan inaugurated the 93rd Sivagiri Pilgrimage at the Sivagiri Mutt in Varkala, Kerala, on 30 December 2025, highlighting Sree Narayana Guru's teachings.
• Vice-President C. P. Radhakrishnan addressed the valedictory function of Kashi Tamil Sangamam 4.0 at Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu, on 30 December 2025.
• The Ministry of Defence signed contracts worth ₹4,666 crore on 30 December 2025 for over 4.25 lakh Close Quarter Battle carbines and 48 heavyweight torpedoes for the Kalvari-class submarines.
• The results of PM-YUVA 3.0, the Prime Minister's Scheme for Mentoring Young Authors run by the National Book Trust, were declared on 30 December 2025, selecting 43 authors under 30.