WBPSC WBCS Current Affairs One-liners — All time

Thu, 29 May 2025

• The MoSPI Comprehensive Modular Survey: Telecom 2025 (January–March 2025), released on 29 May 2025, found 85.5% of Indian households had at least one smartphone and 86.3% had internet access at home.

Wed, 28 May 2025

• The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on 28 May 2025 approved higher Minimum Support Prices for 14 kharif crops for marketing season 2025-26, with common paddy raised by ₹69 to ₹2,369 per quintal.
• India's foodgrain production in 2024-25 is estimated at a record 3,539.59 lakh tonnes, about 6.5% higher than 2023-24, according to the Third Advance Estimates released by the Agriculture Ministry on 28 May 2025.
• The Centre notified rules under the Inter-Services Organisations (Command, Control and Discipline) Act 2023, effective 27 May 2025, to strengthen command and jointness in the armed forces, the Defence Ministry said on 28 May 2025.
• India's Index of Industrial Production grew 2.7% year-on-year in April 2025, led by 3.4% growth in manufacturing, according to MoSPI's quick estimate released on 28 May 2025.
• The Union Cabinet on 28 May 2025 approved continuing the interest subvention component of the Modified Interest Subvention Scheme for 2025-26 at the existing 1.5%, keeping KCC loans up to ₹3 lakh at 7% (4% with prompt repayment).
• Indian all-party parliamentary delegations held meetings in Riyadh and Jakarta on 28 May 2025 to convey India's stance against terrorism, meeting Saudi Arabia's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and ASEAN's Secretary-General among others.
• The Union Public Service Commission announced a new online application portal on 28 May 2025, with four parts — Account Creation, Universal Registration, Common Application Form and Examination — replacing the old One Time Registration module.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a PRAGATI meeting on 28 May 2025, reviewing three infrastructure projects worth over ₹62,000 crore and asking states to ensure mandatory RERA registration of eligible real estate projects.

Tue, 27 May 2025

• The India Meteorological Department on 27 May 2025 forecast 2025 southwest monsoon rainfall (June–September) at 106% of the Long Period Average with a model error of ±4%, indicating above-normal rainfall.
• Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh on 27 May 2025 approved the Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA) Programme Execution Model, under which the Aeronautical Development Agency will execute the programme through industry partnership open to private and public sectors.
• India's FDI inflow rose 14% to USD 81.04 billion (provisional) in FY 2024-25 from USD 71.28 billion in FY 2023-24, the Commerce Ministry said on 27 May 2025.
• The Department of Posts on 27 May 2025 launched the 'Know Your DIGIPIN' and 'Know Your PIN Code' web portals to modernise India's addressing system, in line with the National Geospatial Policy 2022.
• Indian all-party parliamentary delegations began engagements in South Africa, Italy and Greece and held meetings in Singapore on 27 May 2025 to convey India's message of zero tolerance for terrorism, according to Indian mission releases published by PIB.
• India's coal imports fell 7.9% to 243.62 million tonnes in FY 2024-25 from 264.53 MT a year earlier, saving about USD 7.93 billion in foreign exchange, the Coal Ministry said on 27 May 2025.
• The Ministry of Mines said on 27 May 2025 that Tranche V of critical and strategic mineral auctions ended with 10 of 15 blocks auctioned, including the first-ever successful auction of a potash block by the Government of India.
• The Central Board of Direct Taxes on 27 May 2025 extended the due date for filing Income Tax Returns for AY 2025-26, originally 31 July 2025, to 15 September 2025.
• The Government on 27 May 2025 restored RoDTEP benefits for exports by Advance Authorisation holders, Export-Oriented Units and SEZ units, applicable to eligible exports from 1 June 2025.
• Sabal, the sixth 25-tonne Bollard Pull tug built for the Indian Navy, was launched at Titagarh Rail Systems Limited (TRSL), Kolkata on 27 May 2025.

Mon, 26 May 2025

• Union Earth Sciences Minister Dr Jitendra Singh on 26 May 2025 dedicated the Bharat Forecast System, an indigenously developed high-resolution weather forecast system by IITM Pune that improves resolution from 12 km to 6 km.
• The Department of Atomic Energy said on 26 May 2025 that the 2025 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics was awarded to the ATLAS, CMS, ALICE and LHCb collaborations at CERN's Large Hadron Collider, with Indian scientists playing a significant role in ALICE and CMS.
• The 38th meeting of the Central Apprenticeship Council, chaired by MoS (IC) Jayant Chaudhary on 26 May 2025, recommended a 36% increase in stipend under NAPS and NATS, revising the range from ₹5,000–₹9,000 to ₹6,800–₹12,300.
• Maldives Foreign Minister Dr Abdulla Khaleel, visiting India from 25 to 27 May 2025, led the Maldives side at the 2nd India–Maldives High Level Core Group meeting on 26 May to review implementation of the Vision Document on Comprehensive Economic and Maritime Security Partnership.
• Communications Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on 26 May 2025 unveiled 'Innovate to Transform' as the theme of the 9th India Mobile Congress, to be held from 8 to 11 October 2025 at Yashobhoomi, New Delhi, and launched the student volunteer-led Sanchar Mitra Scheme.
• NITI Aayog on 26 May 2025 released the report 'Designing a Policy for Medium Enterprises', noting that medium enterprises are only 0.3% of MSMEs but contribute 40% of MSME exports.
• The Ministry of Panchayati Raj launched the Panchayat Advancement Index (PAI) 2.0 portal on 26 May 2025 at a national writeshop on PAI 2.0 for FY 2023-24 in New Delhi.
• An Indian all-party parliamentary delegation led by MP Sanjay Kumar Jha began its engagements in the Republic of Korea on 26 May 2025, meeting former Korean foreign minister Dr Yoon Young-kwan and others to convey India's stance of zero tolerance against terrorism.
• Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh on 26 May 2025 reviewed the performance of eight Defence Public Sector Undertakings with their CMDs at South Block, New Delhi, and directed them to enhance production and R&D in emerging technologies.

Sun, 25 May 2025

• In the 122nd episode of Mann Ki Baat on 25 May 2025, Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke of the first bus reaching Katejhari village in Gadchiroli, CBSE's 'sugar boards', India's honey output of about 1.25 lakh metric tonnes and drone-flying women in Telangana's Sangareddy district.
• On 25 May 2025 an Indian all-party delegation led by MP Shashi Tharoor began a 25–27 May visit to Guyana by calling on Vice President Dr Bharrat Jagdeo, while another multi-party delegation in Qatar met Shura Council Deputy Speaker Dr Hamda bint Hassan Al Sulaiti.