India Current Affairs One-liners — All time

Fri, 30 May 2025

• India's real GDP grew 6.5% in FY 2024-25 and 7.4% in the January–March 2025 quarter, according to the provisional estimates released by the NSO on 30 May 2025.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated Unit-1 (660 MW) of the 3×660 MW Ghatampur Thermal Power Project in Kanpur Nagar, Uttar Pradesh, to the nation on 30 May 2025, during his Kanpur visit with projects worth about ₹47,600 crore.
• The first-ever batch of 17 female cadets passed out of the National Defence Academy, Khadakwasla, on 30 May 2025 with the 148th Course, in a parade reviewed by Mizoram Governor General (Dr) VK Singh (Retd).
• VEM Technologies handed over the first centre fuselage assembly for the LCA Tejas Mk1A to HAL in Hyderabad on 30 May 2025, the first major Tejas sub-assembly made by a private Indian company.
• India's common compute capacity under the IndiaAI Mission crossed 34,000 GPUs, and Soket AI, Gnani AI and Gan AI were selected to build indigenous foundation models, Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announced on 30 May 2025.
• Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant declared Goa fully literate under the ULLAS – Nav Bharat Saaksharta Karyakram on 30 May 2025, Goa's 39th Statehood Day, making it the second state to cross the 95% benchmark.
• The Government of India's provisional accounts for 2024-25, released on 30 May 2025, show total receipts of ₹30,78,247 crore (97.8% of RE) and total expenditure of ₹46,55,517 crore (98.7% of RE).
• Central Government NPS subscribers who retired on or before 31 March 2025 with at least 10 years of qualifying service, or their spouses, can claim additional Unified Pension Scheme benefits by 30 June 2025, the Finance Ministry said on 30 May 2025.
• President Droupadi Murmu presented the National Florence Nightingale Awards 2025 to nurses at Rashtrapati Bhavan on 30 May 2025.
• Ayush MoS (Independent Charge) Prataprao Jadhav launched the AyushSuraksha Portal on 30 May 2025 to tackle misleading advertisements and monitor adverse drug reactions linked to Ayush products.
• The Department of Posts released DHRUVA (Digital Hub for Reference and Unique Virtual Address), a policy framework for a national Digital Address Digital Public Infrastructure, on 30 May 2025.

Thu, 29 May 2025

• Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh flagged in INSV Tarini in Goa on 29 May 2025 as Lt Cdr Dilna K and Lt Cdr Roopa A completed Navika Sagar Parikrama II, becoming the first from India to circumnavigate the globe in double-handed mode.
• Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan launched the 15-day Viksit Krishi Sankalp Abhiyan from Sakhigopal in Puri district and at ICAR-CIFA, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, on 29 May 2025, aiming to reach over 1.5 crore farmers.
• Defence Minister Rajnath Singh approved Miniratna (Category-I) status for three DPSUs — Munitions India Ltd, Armoured Vehicles Nigam Ltd and India Optel Ltd — on 29 May 2025.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the ₹1,200 crore new terminal building at Jay Prakash Narayan International Airport, Patna, and laid the foundation stone of a civil enclave at Bihta on 29 May 2025.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the 'Sikkim@50' programme in Gangtok by videoconference on 29 May 2025, marking 50 years of Sikkim's statehood, and launched projects including a 500-bed hospital.
• The Centre imposed stock limits on wheat for traders, wholesalers, retailers, big chain retailers and processors in all states and UTs, valid until 31 March 2026, through an order issued on 27 May 2025, the Food Ministry said on 29 May 2025.
• An Indian all-party parliamentary delegation led by MP Shashi Tharoor visited Colombia from 29 to 31 May 2025 to convey India's message of zero tolerance for terrorism, according to the Embassy of India in Bogotá.
• The Coal Ministry's Nominated Authority issued vesting orders for seven commercially auctioned coal blocks on 29 May 2025, taking the total to 116 blocks; Western Coalfields became the first Coal India subsidiary to win a block in commercial auction.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of a City Gas Distribution project worth over ₹1,010 crore for Alipurduar and Cooch Behar in West Bengal on 29 May 2025, to bring piped gas to over 2.5 lakh households.
• Union Home Minister Amit Shah chaired a high-level security review in Jammu on 29 May 2025 for the Shri Amarnath Ji Yatra, scheduled from 3 July to 9 August 2025.
• The Home Ministry decided on 29 May 2025 to confer an honorary rank one level higher on CAPF and Assam Rifles personnel from Constable to Sub-Inspector on their day of retirement, without financial or pension benefits.
• Jal Shakti Minister C R Patil launched Swachh Survekshan Grameen 2025, a rural sanitation survey covering 21,000 villages in 761 districts of 34 States and UTs, in New Delhi on 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 Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on 28 May 2025 approved the 108.134 km four-lane Badvel–Nellore corridor on NH-67 in Andhra Pradesh at a cost of ₹3,653.10 crore in DBFOT mode.
• 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).