Relevance: GS III – Monetary Policy, Inflation Source: RBI Discussion Paper; The Hindu analysis; Economic Survey Why Inflation Targeting Matters India’s Flexible Inflation Targeting (FIT) framework—4% target with a ±2% band—comes up for review in March 2026. RBI’s recent discussion paper reassesses whether this target continues to protect growth, household welfare, and macroeconomic stability. Inflation is not…

Relevance: GS II – Governance; GS III – Science & Tech Source: Government notifications, expert commentary The News The Union Government has notified major provisions of the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act, 2023 along with the DPDP Rules, 2025, formally operationalising India’s new data governance framework.  Some provisions related to public-authority data processing and the RTI…

Relevance: GS II – Polity & Governance Source: NewYork Times, U.S. Congressional Briefs, The Washington Post The United States witnessed a 43-day government shutdown in 2025, the longest in its history, after Congress failed to approve federal spending.  Though a temporary funding bill reopened the government, the episode highlights how the U.S. system is structurally vulnerable to…

Relevance: GS Paper III – Space Technology Source: The Hindu; Reuters; NASA NASA’s ESCAPADE (Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers) twin-satellite mission to Mars was successfully launched aboard Blue Origin’s New Glenn heavy-lift rocket. The flight marked New Glenn’s first successful reusable booster landing, strengthening the commercial space launch ecosystem. What is ESCAPADE? ESCAPADE comprises two…

Relevance: GS Paper II – Comparative Politics, Governance;  Source: The Hindu, Reuters Pakistan’s Parliament has passed the 27th Constitutional Amendment, granting lifetime legal immunity to President Asif Ali Zardari and Army Chief Asim Munir, while elevating the Army Chief to a new position — Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) — with command over all three armed services….

Relevance: GS Paper III – Indian Economy (Energy Transition); GS Paper II – Governance (Sustainable Development);  Source: Press Information Bureau (PIB), Ajmal IAS Current Affairs India welcomed global policymakers, industry leaders and scientists for the 3rd International Conference on Green Hydrogen (ICGH-2025) held on November 11-12 at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi.  The event emphasised the role of…

Relevance: GS III (Agriculture & Rural Development), GS II (Cooperatives) Source: Hindu BusinessLine  Why India Needs a New Rural Strategy Over 85% of India’s farmers are small and marginal, facing challenges of tiny landholdings, high input costs, weak market access, fragmented value chains, and climate vulnerability. Existing models—cooperatives, Farmer Producer Organisations, livelihood missions—remain siloed, with limited scale….

Relevance: GS Paper II – Governance; GS Paper III – Environment Source: The Hindu, MoEFCC, Ajmal IAS  The Great Nicobar Holistic Development Project—comprising a transshipment port at Galathea Bay, a greenfield airport, township, and power plant—has moved ahead with key submissions made to the National Green Tribunal in 2025. Questions have emerged over the Environment Ministry’s fast-tracked…