India Current Affairs One-liners — Last 12 months

Tue, 14 Oct 2025

• The Election Commission said on 14 October 2025 that all political parties and candidates in the Bihar Assembly election and the bye-elections must get political advertisements on electronic and social media pre-certified by the Media Certification and Monitoring Committee.
• The Department of Posts announced on 14 October 2025 that all categories of international postal services to the USA would resume from 15 October 2025, using a Delivery Duty Paid mechanism to meet new US customs rules.
• India's annual inflation based on the Wholesale Price Index was 0.13% (provisional) in September 2025, with WPI food index inflation falling to (-)1.99%, DPIIT said on 14 October 2025.
• On 14 October 2025 IndiaAI launched the IndiaAI Face Authentication Challenge, inviting startups and companies to build AI tools for photo verification and de-duplication in large public examinations, with a ₹2.5 crore prize pool.
• PIB opened media accreditation on 14 October 2025 for the 56th International Film Festival of India, to be held in Panaji, Goa, from 20 to 28 November 2025; the portal closes on 5 November.
• On 14 October 2025 at Naval Base Karwar, Karnataka, Navy Chief Adm Dinesh K Tripathi inaugurated housing for senior sailors and defence civilians under Phase IIA of Project Seabird.
• On 14 October 2025 in New Delhi, the Ministry of Labour and Employment signed an MoU with Zomato, which will list about 2.5 lakh flexible livelihood opportunities a year on the National Career Service portal under a new 'Aggregator' category.
• On 14 October 2025 in Mumbai, Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal and Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis reviewed preparations for India Maritime Week 2025, which is expected to draw over 1 lakh delegates from more than 100 countries.

Mon, 13 Oct 2025

• India's retail inflation based on the All India Consumer Price Index fell to 1.54% in September 2025, the lowest since June 2017, with food inflation at -2.28%, MoSPI said on 13 October 2025.
• MoSPI said on 13 October 2025 that the National Household Income Survey, India's first pan-India survey measuring household income, will be launched in February 2026, and released its pre-testing report and draft questionnaire for feedback.
• On 13 October 2025 in Jaipur, Rajasthan, Home Minister Amit Shah performed the ground-breaking for investment proposals worth ₹4 lakh crore and inaugurated a state-level exhibition on the three new criminal laws.
• Marking four years of the PM GatiShakti National Master Plan on 13 October 2025 in New Delhi, Piyush Goyal launched 'PM GatiShakti – Offshore', the 'PM GatiShakti Public' platform and the roll-out of District Master Plans to all 112 Aspirational Districts.
• On 13 October 2025 in New Delhi, the 238th meeting of EPFO's Central Board of Trustees, chaired by Mansukh Mandaviya, merged 13 partial-withdrawal provisions into one rule allowing up to 100% of the eligible balance, and launched the 'Vishwas Scheme' to cut litigation over penal damages.
• The Ministry of Labour and Employment announced the Employees' Enrolment Scheme 2025 on 13 October 2025, letting employers enrol workers who joined between 1 July 2017 and 31 October 2025 but were left out of EPF, with a nominal Rs 100 penalty; it runs from 1 November 2025 to 30 April 2026.
• The Government opened applications on 13 October 2025 for three Global Impact Challenges — AI for All, AI by HER and YUVAi — under the India-AI Impact Summit 2026, with total awards of ₹5.85 crore and a deadline of 31 October 2025.
• NITI Aayog released 'India's Blue Economy: Strategy for Harnessing Deep-Sea and Offshore Fisheries' on 13 October 2025, setting out six policy interventions and a three-phase roadmap from 2025 to 2033 and beyond.
• On 13 October 2025 Civil Aviation Minister Rammohan Naidu launched Alliance Air's 'Fare Se Fursat' scheme, offering a single fixed fare regardless of booking date, as a pilot on select routes until 31 December 2025.
• The Ministry of Defence said on 13 October 2025 that it had spent Rs 92,211.44 crore, or 51.23% of its Rs 1,80,000 crore capital allocation for 2025-26, by the end of September.
• On 13 October 2025 in Puducherry, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari inaugurated and laid foundation stones for three national highway projects worth over ₹2,000 crore, including a 4 km elevated corridor on NH-32.
• A PIB explainer on 13 October 2025 said the GST rationalisation cuts tax on processed Mizo Bird's Eye Chilli, ginger and turmeric from 18% to 5%, and brings bamboo and cane products, processed fruit and hotel rooms up to ₹7,500 a night under the 5% slab.
• On 13 October 2025 at the RPF Zonal Training Centre, Valsad, Gujarat, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw was chief guest at the Railway Protection Force Raising Day Parade and felicitated 41 award-winning RPF personnel.
• On 13 October 2025 at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, Piyush Goyal launched the Logistics Excellence, Advancement, and Performance Shield (LEAPS) 2025 of DPIIT; entries are open on the Rashtriya Puraskar Portal until 15 November 2025.

Sun, 12 Oct 2025

• On 11 October 2025 in New Delhi, alongside the launch of PM Dhan-Dhaanya Krishi Yojana, livestock and dairy projects worth ₹947 crore were inaugurated, including the North-East's first IVF laboratory in Guwahati, Assam, and a ₹219 crore project's foundation was laid (PIB, 12 October 2025).
• On 12 October 2025 Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya visited the Sports Authority of India's National Centre of Excellence in Sonipat, inspecting its Archery Centre of Excellence and the upcoming High-Performance Centre.
• On 12 October 2025 at IMD headquarters in New Delhi, Dr Jitendra Singh reviewed the Web-GIS Multi-Hazard Early Warning Decision Support System, credited with saving about ₹250 crore by ending dependence on foreign vendors, and the village-level 'Mausamgram' forecast platform.
• A PIB explainer on 12 October 2025 said lower GST rates would cut costs across Goa's economy, where tourism contributes 16.43% of GSDP and pharmaceuticals make up 51% of merchandise exports.
• A PIB explainer on 12 October 2025 said the IndiaAI Mission, approved in March 2024 with an outlay of ₹10,371.92 crore over five years, has onboarded 38,000 GPUs available at a subsidised ₹65 an hour.
• On 11 October 2025 at the International Purple Fest in Goa, DEPwD Secretary Rajesh Aggarwal launched three initiatives, including an IELTS Training Handbook for Persons with Disabilities and an ISLRTC training programme in American and British Sign Language (PIB, 12 October 2025).
• On 12 October 2025 in Elista, Kalmykia (Russia), UP Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya and Kalmykia's head Batu Khasikov opened three exhibitions during the first-ever exposition of Lord Buddha's holy relics in the Russian republic (11–18 October 2025).
• The ITU's 'Robotics for Good Youth Challenge India 2025', co-hosted with the Department of Telecommunications at India Mobile Congress 2025 in New Delhi, ended with Team Heyansh (Junior) and The Ambitious Avengers (Senior) selected for the Global Grand Finale in Geneva in July 2026 (PIB, 12 October 2025).