Sikkim Current Affairs One-liners — All time

Thu, 03 Sept 2026

• On 3 September 2026, Union Home Secretary Govind Mohan reviewed the preparedness of five Himalayan States and UTs against Glacial Lake Outburst Floods and snow avalanches.

Tue, 21 Jul 2026

• On 21 July 2026, Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed anguish over deaths in the collapse of an under-construction tunnel in Namchi, Sikkim, and announced ex-gratia from the PMNRF.

Tue, 09 Jun 2026

• On 9 June 2026, the Department of Drinking Water & Sanitation signed a reform-linked MoU with Sikkim under Jal Jeevan Mission 2.0, in the presence of C.R. Patil and Sikkim CM Prem Singh Tamang.

Tue, 02 Jun 2026

• On 2 June 2026, the President appointed Justice Meenakshi Madan Rai, a Judge of the Sikkim High Court, as Chief Justice of the Patna High Court with effect from 5 June 2026, after the retirement of Justice Sangam Kumar Sahoo on 4 June.

Sun, 31 May 2026

• Under Phase III of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, the enumeration phase began on 30 May 2026 in Odisha, Mizoram, Sikkim and Manipur.

Thu, 28 May 2026

• President Droupadi Murmu presented the 'President of India's Police Colour' to the Sikkim Police at Gangtok on 28 May 2026, making Sikkim the 15th State and third in the North-East to receive it.

Wed, 27 May 2026

• Sikkim was declared a fully literate State under ULLAS – Nav Bharat Saaksharta Karyakram on 27 May 2026, at the seventh convocation of Sikkim University in Gangtok attended by President Droupadi Murmu.

Sat, 16 May 2026

• On 16 May 2026 Vice President C.P. Radhakrishnan addressed Sikkim's 51st Statehood Day celebrations in Gangtok, where 21 MDoNER-supported projects worth ₹223 crore were inaugurated or had foundation stones laid.

Thu, 14 May 2026

• On 14 May 2026 the Election Commission of India ordered Phase III of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in 16 States and 3 UTs, covering 36.73 crore electors; only Himachal Pradesh, J&K and Ladakh remain.

Tue, 28 Apr 2026

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 28 April 2026 attended the closing ceremony of Sikkim's 50th Year of Statehood celebrations at Paljor Stadium, Gangtok, and launched and inaugurated over 30 development projects; Sikkim became a full state through the Constitution (Thirty-sixth Amendment) Act, 1975.

Mon, 30 Mar 2026

• The Registrar General announced on 30 March 2026 that Census 2027 – India's first digital census with a self-enumeration option – would begin its first phase (House Listing) from 1 April 2026.

Thu, 26 Feb 2026

• Minister of State for Defence Sanjay Seth inaugurated the 28-km Chungthang–Lachen axis and the 400-ft Taram Chu Bailey suspension bridge in North Sikkim, restored by the Border Roads Organisation, on 26 February 2026.

Fri, 23 Jan 2026

• The Sikkim State Disaster Management Authority (institutional) and Lt Col Seeta Ashok Shelke (individual) were selected for the Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar 2026.

Mon, 19 Jan 2026

• The Standing Committee of the National Board for Wildlife, chaired by Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav, considered 70 proposals in and around protected areas at its 88th meeting in New Delhi on 19 January 2026.

Thu, 15 Jan 2026

• The Union Government released ₹643.50 lakh as the first instalment of XV Finance Commission untied grants for 2025-26 to rural local bodies in Sikkim, the Panchayati Raj Ministry said on 15 January 2026.

Sun, 07 Dec 2025

• Defence Minister Rajnath Singh dedicated 125 Border Roads Organisation (BRO) projects worth about ₹5,000 crore to the nation from the Shyok Tunnel in Ladakh on 7 December 2025, the most BRO projects ever inaugurated at once.

Sun, 16 Nov 2025

• The Ministry of Tourism concluded the 13th International Tourism Mart (ITM) 2025 in Gangtok, Sikkim on 16 November 2025, after four days showcasing the tourism potential of the North Eastern Region.

Sat, 25 Oct 2025

• The National Biodiversity Authority released ₹18.3 lakh in Access and Benefit Sharing money to two Biodiversity Management Committees in Uttar Pradesh and Sikkim.

Thu, 23 Oct 2025

• The 14th India–Bhutan Meeting on Border Management and Security was held in Thimphu on 16–17 October 2025, the first since 2019.

Thu, 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.