Uttar Pradesh Current Affairs One-liners — Last 12 months

Wed, 30 Sept 2026

• On 30 September 2026 Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan approved ₹5,547.99 crore procurement of 7.06 lakh MT of pulses and oilseeds at MSP under the Price Support Scheme for Kharif 2026-27 in Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka and Telangana.
• MoSPI released Annual Survey of Industries 2024-25 results on 30 September 2026: Gross Value Added of registered manufacturing grew 9.59% and total employment rose 7.19% to over 2 crore, with Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana the top five states in employment.

Tue, 29 Sept 2026

• The Commission for Air Quality Management approved a revised Graded Response Action Plan for the National Capital Region at its 30th full Commission meeting chaired by Rajesh Verma; PIB announced it on 29 September 2026.
• On 29 September 2026 Indian Railways approved two MEMU services — Khurja–Meerut City (64573/64574) and Saharanpur–Meerut City (64580/64579) — stopping at all stations en route.

Mon, 28 Sept 2026

• On 28 September 2026 Indian Railways approved Kavach Version 4.0 on 614.75 route km of the Varanasi Division of North Eastern Railway at a cost of ₹223 crore.

Sun, 27 Sept 2026

• Addressing the UP International Trade Show in Greater Noida on 27 September 2026, Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal said Uttar Pradesh aims to raise annual exports from about ₹2 lakh crore to ₹5 lakh crore by 2030.

Wed, 23 Sept 2026

• On 23 September 2026, the cooperative cab service Bharat Taxi was formally launched in Lucknow and, the same day, in Gorakhpur, Varanasi, Kanpur and Prayagraj.

Tue, 22 Sept 2026

• On 22 September 2026, World Rhino Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Assam holds nearly 80% of the world's rhino population and shared that Project Rhino has been initiated to support rhino range states.

Sun, 20 Sept 2026

• On 19 and 20 September 2026, the Indian Air Force's Suryakiran Aerobatic Team (SKAT) performed over Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, for the first time, drawing more than 1 lakh spectators.

Sat, 19 Sept 2026

• On 19 September 2026, Indian Railways approved Kavach version 4.0 on 607.7 route kilometres of the Lucknow Division of North Eastern Railway at a cost of ₹252 crore.

Tue, 15 Sept 2026

• On 15 September 2026, the Chief Ministers of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Haryana and Delhi signed the Kishau Multipurpose Project agreement in New Delhi, in the presence of Home Minister Amit Shah and Jal Shakti Minister C. R. Patil.
• On 15 September 2026, the Commission for Air Quality Management in NCR and Adjoining Areas (CAQM) inspected 22 industrial units in Hapur, Uttar Pradesh, found 16 non-compliant and issued 12 show cause notices.

Fri, 11 Sept 2026

• On 11 September 2026, the Health Ministry said more than 80 lakh HPV vaccine doses have been given under the National HPV Vaccination Campaign, with Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Mizoram reaching 100% coverage.

Thu, 10 Sept 2026

• On 10 September 2026, the Department of Science and Technology reported a Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences study that used magnetic minerals in Bakhira Lake sediments in Uttar Pradesh to track monsoon changes over 25,000 years.

Wed, 09 Sept 2026

• On 9 September 2026, the Ministry of Women and Child Development launched the 9th Rashtriya Poshan Maah at Varanasi, a month-long nutrition Jan Andolan focused on dietary diversity, protein intake and hot cooked meals.

Tue, 01 Sept 2026

• On 1 September 2026, Indian Railways approved ₹170 crore to install Kavach 4.0 on the remaining 712 route kilometres of Moradabad Division, Northern Railway.

Sun, 30 Aug 2026

• On 30 August 2026, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath performed the Bhoomi Pujan for 14 development projects worth over ₹100 crore at Lucknow Cantonment.

Wed, 26 Aug 2026

• A flash flood triggered by a glacier collapse on the Nepal–Tibet border devastated central Nepal on 26 August 2026; PM Modi offered all possible help and the Centre put Bihar and Uttar Pradesh on alert.

Tue, 25 Aug 2026

• The Uttar Pradesh Cabinet on 25 August 2026 approved 25 lakh free tablets for youth, lifetime free UPSRTC bus travel for women aged 60 and above, and a ₹10,761 crore Ganga Expressway extension to Haridwar.

Wed, 19 Aug 2026

• The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence busted a wildlife trafficking syndicate in Lucknow on 19 August 2026, seizing 54 carved ivory artefacts and arresting four people.

Tue, 18 Aug 2026

• The Commission for Air Quality Management, at its 29th full meeting on 18 August 2026, approved Direction No. 102 for phased restrictions on registering diesel, petrol and CNG light goods vehicles in Delhi-NCR from 2027.

Sat, 15 Aug 2026

• Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath announced a new integrated 'Youth Policy' at the state's Independence Day function at Vidhan Bhavan, Lucknow, on 15 August 2026.

Sat, 25 Jul 2026

• The 'Ancient Buddhist Site of Sarnath' in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List on 25 July 2026 at the 48th session of the World Heritage Committee in Busan, South Korea, becoming India's 45th World Heritage property.

Sun, 19 Jul 2026

• Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath inaugurated the new headquarters building of the Uttar Pradesh State Disaster Management Authority (UPSDMA) in Lucknow on 19 July 2026.

Fri, 17 Jul 2026

• A 12.5-tonne consignment of Dashehari and Langra mangoes from Amroha, Uttar Pradesh, reached Dubai by sea on 17 July 2026 using a sea-route protocol developed by ICAR-CISH and APEDA.

Wed, 15 Jul 2026

• The CCEA approved two Varanasi decongestion corridors on 15 July 2026: a 43.218-km corridor along the Varuna (₹10,998.32 crore) and a 46.039-km corridor along the Ganga between NH-19 and the Ring Road (₹14,447.64 crore).

Sun, 12 Jul 2026

• Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on 12 July 2026 launched the state's plantation drive under 'Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam' to plant 35 crore saplings.

Fri, 03 Jul 2026

• Ports Minister Sarbananda Sonowal unveiled India's first export-import shipping container made in India for A.P. Moller-Maersk at the Maersk-CONCOR Inland Container Depot in Dadri, Uttar Pradesh on 3 July 2026, and Maersk ordered 1,000 more.

Thu, 02 Jul 2026

• The NHRC took suo motu cognizance on 2 July 2026 of a report that 12 bonded labourers were assaulted and forced to work without sufficient food and wages for nearly a year and a half at a paper plate factory in Mandi village, Muzaffarnagar district, Uttar Pradesh.

Wed, 01 Jul 2026

• The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on 1 July 2026 approved the 117.7 km Kanpur-Kabrai access-controlled greenfield highway in Uttar Pradesh at a capital cost of Rs 7,145.14 crore on BOT (Toll) mode.