UPSC CURRENT AFFAIRS

Sikkim’s Soreng district has become India’s first notified Organic Fisheries Cluster under the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY). The initiative aims to promote chemical-free fish farming, improve farmers’ incomes and expand market opportunities for organic fish products.

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman released a ₹250 commemorative coin to mark the 250th birth anniversary of Muthuswamy Dikshitar, a renowned composer of Carnatic classical music.

On 3 November 2026, the International Energy Agency (IEA) released the India Renewable Energy Market Report 2026 at the Bharat Renewable Energy Summit in New Delhi.

The Ministry of Labour and Employment has notified the constitution of two National Social Security Boards (NSSBs) for unorganised workers and gig/platform workers on October 30, 2026.

On October 30, 2026, the Central Government constituted a High-Level Committee on Banking for Viksit Bharat to review India's banking sector and recommend structural, institutional, regulatory and legislative reforms to make it globally competitive, financially inclusive and resilient.

India's extreme poverty rate declined from 27.1% to 2.6%, representing a reduction of 24.5 percentage points.

Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari has stated that India has overtaken Japan to become the world's third-largest automobile market, with the domestic automobile industry valued at approximately ₹22 lakh crore.

Jio Platforms Limited, the digital services subsidiary of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), made its stock market debut on 28 October 2026, following India's largest Initial Public Offering (IPO), valued at approximately ₹30,213 crore.

India’s AM Green Ammonia (India) Private Ltd and Japan’s energy company JERA have signed a binding agreement for the long-term supply of green ammonia from India to Japan. 

The Department of Commerce has extended the operational timeline of Component II of the Resilience & Logistics Intervention for Export Facilitation (RELIEF) scheme until March 31, 2027.