🔆 Transgender Entrepreneurship Training — PIB Update
📍 What happened?
✅ 25 transgender persons completed entrepreneurship development training
✅ 2nd batch concluded with valedictory function (Dec 2025)
📍 Who organised?
✅ Department of Social Justice & Empowerment (DoSJE)
✅ NIESBUD (under Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship)
📍 Key Highlights
✅ Focus on job creators, not job seekers
✅ Training + post-training handholding
✅ Participants already running small businesses (bakery, artificial jewellery, etc.)
✅ More such trainings planned nationwide
📍 Why it matters?
✅ Social inclusion through entrepreneurship
✅ Aligns with Skill India & inclusive growth
✅ Supports economic empowerment of transgender community
📌 UPSC Mains (GS-II)
How can entrepreneurship-led skill development promote social justice and economic inclusion of transgender persons in India?
#GS2 #GS1 #SocialJustice #society
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📍 What happened?
✅ 25 transgender persons completed entrepreneurship development training
✅ 2nd batch concluded with valedictory function (Dec 2025)
📍 Who organised?
✅ Department of Social Justice & Empowerment (DoSJE)
✅ NIESBUD (under Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship)
📍 Key Highlights
✅ Focus on job creators, not job seekers
✅ Training + post-training handholding
✅ Participants already running small businesses (bakery, artificial jewellery, etc.)
✅ More such trainings planned nationwide
📍 Why it matters?
✅ Social inclusion through entrepreneurship
✅ Aligns with Skill India & inclusive growth
✅ Supports economic empowerment of transgender community
📌 UPSC Mains (GS-II)
How can entrepreneurship-led skill development promote social justice and economic inclusion of transgender persons in India?
#GS2 #GS1 #SocialJustice #society
https://t.me/upsc_society_gs
https://t.me/PIB_UPSC
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🔆 Base Revision of GDP, CPI & IIP — MoSPI
📍 What’s happening?
✅ MoSPI to hold Pre-release Consultative Workshop on 23 Dec 2025
✅ Venue: Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi
✅ Objective: Share methodological & structural changes and seek expert feedback
📍 Key Timelines
✅ CPI (Base: 2024 = 100) → 📅 12 Feb 2026
✅ GDP / National Accounts (Base: FY 2022–23) → 📅 27 Feb 2026
✅ IIP (Base: 2022–23) → 📅 28 May 2026
📍 Why important?
✅ Reflects current consumption patterns & production structure
✅ Improves accuracy of inflation, growth & industrial output data
✅ Strengthens policy credibility & transparency
📍 Mains Question
📝 Why is periodic base revision of GDP, CPI and IIP essential for economic policymaking in India?
#GS3 #IndianEconomy #economy
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📍 What’s happening?
✅ MoSPI to hold Pre-release Consultative Workshop on 23 Dec 2025
✅ Venue: Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi
✅ Objective: Share methodological & structural changes and seek expert feedback
📍 Key Timelines
✅ CPI (Base: 2024 = 100) → 📅 12 Feb 2026
✅ GDP / National Accounts (Base: FY 2022–23) → 📅 27 Feb 2026
✅ IIP (Base: 2022–23) → 📅 28 May 2026
📍 Why important?
✅ Reflects current consumption patterns & production structure
✅ Improves accuracy of inflation, growth & industrial output data
✅ Strengthens policy credibility & transparency
📍 Mains Question
📝 Why is periodic base revision of GDP, CPI and IIP essential for economic policymaking in India?
#GS3 #IndianEconomy #economy
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🔆 Investment Opportunities in Lakshadweep (Blue Economy)
✅ First-ever Investors’ Meet held in Lakshadweep to unlock untapped fisheries potential
✅ Focus sectors: Tuna & deep-sea fisheries, seaweed cultivation, ornamental fisheries, offshore cage farming
✅ Strategic edge: ~20% of India’s EEZ, rich tuna stocks, eco-labelling potential (MSC)
✅ Seaweed cluster: 4,200 sq km lagoons; scope for bioproducts, carbon sequestration & jobs
✅ Ease of business: Single-window clearance proposed; ₹500+ crore investment interest
📍 Mains Question (GS3):
How can the Blue Economy initiatives in Lakshadweep balance economic development with marine sustainability?
#GS3 #BlueEconomy
✅ First-ever Investors’ Meet held in Lakshadweep to unlock untapped fisheries potential
✅ Focus sectors: Tuna & deep-sea fisheries, seaweed cultivation, ornamental fisheries, offshore cage farming
✅ Strategic edge: ~20% of India’s EEZ, rich tuna stocks, eco-labelling potential (MSC)
✅ Seaweed cluster: 4,200 sq km lagoons; scope for bioproducts, carbon sequestration & jobs
✅ Ease of business: Single-window clearance proposed; ₹500+ crore investment interest
📍 Mains Question (GS3):
How can the Blue Economy initiatives in Lakshadweep balance economic development with marine sustainability?
#GS3 #BlueEconomy
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🔆 Indian Coast Guard inducts first Pollution Control Vessel
📍 SAMUDRA PRATAP (Yard 1267)
✅ First indigenously built Pollution Control Vessel (PCV) of ICG
✅ Built by Goa Shipyard Ltd under PCV project
✅ 60%+ indigenous content | Supports Aatmanirbhar Bharat
✅ Equipped for oil-spill response, pollution detection & recovery
✅ Enhances marine environmental protection within EEZ & beyond
📌 UPSC Mains (GS-III | Internal Security & Environment)
How do specialised vessels like Pollution Control Vessels strengthen India’s maritime security and environmental governance?
#GS3 #Environment
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📍 SAMUDRA PRATAP (Yard 1267)
✅ First indigenously built Pollution Control Vessel (PCV) of ICG
✅ Built by Goa Shipyard Ltd under PCV project
✅ 60%+ indigenous content | Supports Aatmanirbhar Bharat
✅ Equipped for oil-spill response, pollution detection & recovery
✅ Enhances marine environmental protection within EEZ & beyond
📌 UPSC Mains (GS-III | Internal Security & Environment)
How do specialised vessels like Pollution Control Vessels strengthen India’s maritime security and environmental governance?
#GS3 #Environment
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🔆 Draft Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) Bill, 2025 – FAQs
📍 What is proposed?
✅ Converts ISI from a registered society into a statutory body corporate
✅ Replaces ISI Act, 1959
✅ Aligns ISI with Institutions of National Importance (INIs) like IITs/IIMs
📍 Core principles of the Bill
✅ Excellence – academic rigour, innovation, global competitiveness
✅ Effective governance – clear structures, streamlined decision-making
✅ Autonomy – greater academic & administrative freedom
✅ Accountability – transparency, oversight, stakeholder responsiveness
📍 Key provisions
✅ Modernised governance framework on lines of IITs/IIMs
✅ Expanded scope of statistical sciences to include allied disciplines
✅ Greater autonomy to centres, faculty, and academic programmes
✅ Strengthened capacity for policy support, research & global engagement
📍 Consultation & timeline
✅ Pre-legislative public consultation conducted
✅ Revised draft placed on website: 28 Nov 2025
✅ Public comments extended till 5 Jan 2026
📍 Government clarification
✅ Media reports alleging dilution of autonomy are factually incorrect
✅ Bill aims to enhance, not weaken, ISI’s autonomy and credibility
📌 UPSC Mains (GS-II / GS-III)
Discuss how granting statutory status to the Indian Statistical Institute can strengthen institutional autonomy, governance, and evidence-based policymaking in India.
#gs2 #polity
#prelims #governance
#polity_governance
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📍 What is proposed?
✅ Converts ISI from a registered society into a statutory body corporate
✅ Replaces ISI Act, 1959
✅ Aligns ISI with Institutions of National Importance (INIs) like IITs/IIMs
📍 Core principles of the Bill
✅ Excellence – academic rigour, innovation, global competitiveness
✅ Effective governance – clear structures, streamlined decision-making
✅ Autonomy – greater academic & administrative freedom
✅ Accountability – transparency, oversight, stakeholder responsiveness
📍 Key provisions
✅ Modernised governance framework on lines of IITs/IIMs
✅ Expanded scope of statistical sciences to include allied disciplines
✅ Greater autonomy to centres, faculty, and academic programmes
✅ Strengthened capacity for policy support, research & global engagement
📍 Consultation & timeline
✅ Pre-legislative public consultation conducted
✅ Revised draft placed on website: 28 Nov 2025
✅ Public comments extended till 5 Jan 2026
📍 Government clarification
✅ Media reports alleging dilution of autonomy are factually incorrect
✅ Bill aims to enhance, not weaken, ISI’s autonomy and credibility
📌 UPSC Mains (GS-II / GS-III)
Discuss how granting statutory status to the Indian Statistical Institute can strengthen institutional autonomy, governance, and evidence-based policymaking in India.
#gs2 #polity
#prelims #governance
#polity_governance
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🔆 DoT’s Digital Intelligence Platform (DIP) & Financial Fraud Risk Indicator (FRI)
✅ ₹660 crore cyber fraud losses prevented in just 6 months
✅ 1000+ banks, TPPs & financial institutions onboarded on DIP
✅ FRI flags suspicious transactions in real time to banks & PSOs
✅ Citizen support: Sanchar Saathi enables reporting fraud calls/SMS, blocking SIMs & devices
📍 Why important?
Strengthens cyber security, digital payments trust & inter-agency coordination
📍 Mains Question
📝 How technology-driven inter-agency platforms can strengthen cyber fraud prevention in India?
#GS2
#goverment_schemes
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✅ ₹660 crore cyber fraud losses prevented in just 6 months
✅ 1000+ banks, TPPs & financial institutions onboarded on DIP
✅ FRI flags suspicious transactions in real time to banks & PSOs
✅ Citizen support: Sanchar Saathi enables reporting fraud calls/SMS, blocking SIMs & devices
📍 Why important?
Strengthens cyber security, digital payments trust & inter-agency coordination
📍 Mains Question
📝 How technology-driven inter-agency platforms can strengthen cyber fraud prevention in India?
#GS2
#goverment_schemes
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🔆 National Consumer Day 2025
📍 Theme: Efficient & Speedy Disposal through Digital Justice
✅ Key Highlights (2025):
✅ 1.4 lakh+ cases disposed
✅ 90,000+ virtual hearings (VC-based)
✅ ₹42.6 crore refunds across 30 sectors
✅ 63,800+ grievances resolved via National Consumer Helpline
✅ 450+ class action notices by CCPA
✅ ₹2.13 crore penalties for misleading ads & dark patterns
📍 Major Launches:
✅ AI-enabled NCH Dashboard
✅ Reparability Index Logo (Right to Repair)
✅ National Consumer Awareness Quiz (MyGov)
📍 Observed on: 24 December
📍 Law Basis: Consumer Protection Act, 2019
#GS2 #Governance
📍 Theme: Efficient & Speedy Disposal through Digital Justice
✅ Key Highlights (2025):
✅ 1.4 lakh+ cases disposed
✅ 90,000+ virtual hearings (VC-based)
✅ ₹42.6 crore refunds across 30 sectors
✅ 63,800+ grievances resolved via National Consumer Helpline
✅ 450+ class action notices by CCPA
✅ ₹2.13 crore penalties for misleading ads & dark patterns
📍 Major Launches:
✅ AI-enabled NCH Dashboard
✅ Reparability Index Logo (Right to Repair)
✅ National Consumer Awareness Quiz (MyGov)
📍 Observed on: 24 December
📍 Law Basis: Consumer Protection Act, 2019
#GS2 #Governance
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🔆 Constitution of India released in Santhali
📍 Key facts
✅ Released by Droupadi Murmu
✅ Language: Santhali | Script: Ol Chiki
✅ Marks 100 years of Ol Chiki script
✅ Santhali added to Eighth Schedule (92nd Amendment, 2003)
✅ Promotes constitutional literacy & inclusiveness
🔆 UPSC Mains Question
📍 “How does translating the Constitution into regional and tribal languages strengthen constitutional democracy and inclusiveness in India?”
(#GS2)
#GS2 #Polity
📍 Key facts
✅ Released by Droupadi Murmu
✅ Language: Santhali | Script: Ol Chiki
✅ Marks 100 years of Ol Chiki script
✅ Santhali added to Eighth Schedule (92nd Amendment, 2003)
✅ Promotes constitutional literacy & inclusiveness
🔆 UPSC Mains Question
📍 “How does translating the Constitution into regional and tribal languages strengthen constitutional democracy and inclusiveness in India?”
(#GS2)
#GS2 #Polity
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🔆 India to Chair Kimberley Process (KP) from Jan 1, 2026
📍 What is Kimberley Process
✅ Global initiative to curb conflict diamonds
✅ Tripartite framework: Governments + Diamond industry + Civil society
✅ Covers 99% of global rough diamond trade
📍 India’s role
✅ Vice Chair: 25 Dec 2025
✅ Chairperson: 1 Jan 2026 (3rd time)
✅ Focus on governance, compliance & traceability
📍 Why it matters
✅ Boosts ethical sourcing & transparency
✅ Enhances India’s global trade credibility
✅ Aligns with responsible supply chains
🔆 UPSC Mains Question
📍 “Discuss the significance of India assuming the Chairpersonship of the Kimberley Process. How does it strengthen global trade governance and ethical sourcing?”
(#GS2 / #GS3)
#GS2 #GS3
📍 What is Kimberley Process
✅ Global initiative to curb conflict diamonds
✅ Tripartite framework: Governments + Diamond industry + Civil society
✅ Covers 99% of global rough diamond trade
📍 India’s role
✅ Vice Chair: 25 Dec 2025
✅ Chairperson: 1 Jan 2026 (3rd time)
✅ Focus on governance, compliance & traceability
📍 Why it matters
✅ Boosts ethical sourcing & transparency
✅ Enhances India’s global trade credibility
✅ Aligns with responsible supply chains
🔆 UPSC Mains Question
📍 “Discuss the significance of India assuming the Chairpersonship of the Kimberley Process. How does it strengthen global trade governance and ethical sourcing?”
(#GS2 / #GS3)
#GS2 #GS3
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🔆 India–New Zealand Free Trade Agreement (FTA) – Key Highlights
(One of India’s fastest-concluded FTAs | Dec 2025)
📍 Why in News?
✅ India and New Zealand concluded a forward-looking FTA in Dec 2025, delivering 100% duty-free access for Indian exports and a USD 20 bn investment commitment over 15 years.
📍 Core Features
✅ Zero duty on 100% Indian exports (8,284 tariff lines) from Entry-into-Force
✅ USD 20 bn FDI commitment by NZ over 15 years
✅ Sensitive sectors protected: Dairy & key agri products excluded
✅ MSME & jobs boost via labour-intensive sectors
✅ Gateway to Oceania & Pacific markets
📍 Sectoral Gains (India)
✅ Textiles & Apparel, Leather & Footwear – tariffs up to 10% eliminated
✅ Engineering, Pharma, Plastics & Rubber – zero-duty market access
✅ Agri exports – fruits, vegetables, coffee, spices, processed foods
✅ Imports supporting industry – coking coal, wood logs, metal scrap
📍 Services & Mobility (Major Win)
✅ Best-ever services offer: Commitments across 118 sectors
✅ Health & Traditional Medicine Annex (First-ever by NZ) – Ayurveda, Yoga, AYUSH services
✅ Students: Post-study work visas (STEM: up to 3 yrs; PhD: 4 yrs)
✅ Professionals: 5,000 visas for skilled Indians (IT, Healthcare, AYUSH, Chefs, Yoga Instructors)
✅ Working Holiday Visa: 1,000 Indians/year
📍 Agriculture & Farmers
✅ Action Plans for apples, kiwifruit & honey
✅ Centres of Excellence + tech transfer
✅ TRQ + seasonal imports to protect Indian farmers
✅ Joint Agriculture Productivity Council
📍 Strategic Significance
✅ Strengthens Act East + Indo-Pacific outreach
✅ Enhances trade surplus for India
✅ Reinforces Viksit Bharat @2047 via exports, jobs & mobility
#GS3 #economy
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(One of India’s fastest-concluded FTAs | Dec 2025)
📍 Why in News?
✅ India and New Zealand concluded a forward-looking FTA in Dec 2025, delivering 100% duty-free access for Indian exports and a USD 20 bn investment commitment over 15 years.
📍 Core Features
✅ Zero duty on 100% Indian exports (8,284 tariff lines) from Entry-into-Force
✅ USD 20 bn FDI commitment by NZ over 15 years
✅ Sensitive sectors protected: Dairy & key agri products excluded
✅ MSME & jobs boost via labour-intensive sectors
✅ Gateway to Oceania & Pacific markets
📍 Sectoral Gains (India)
✅ Textiles & Apparel, Leather & Footwear – tariffs up to 10% eliminated
✅ Engineering, Pharma, Plastics & Rubber – zero-duty market access
✅ Agri exports – fruits, vegetables, coffee, spices, processed foods
✅ Imports supporting industry – coking coal, wood logs, metal scrap
📍 Services & Mobility (Major Win)
✅ Best-ever services offer: Commitments across 118 sectors
✅ Health & Traditional Medicine Annex (First-ever by NZ) – Ayurveda, Yoga, AYUSH services
✅ Students: Post-study work visas (STEM: up to 3 yrs; PhD: 4 yrs)
✅ Professionals: 5,000 visas for skilled Indians (IT, Healthcare, AYUSH, Chefs, Yoga Instructors)
✅ Working Holiday Visa: 1,000 Indians/year
📍 Agriculture & Farmers
✅ Action Plans for apples, kiwifruit & honey
✅ Centres of Excellence + tech transfer
✅ TRQ + seasonal imports to protect Indian farmers
✅ Joint Agriculture Productivity Council
📍 Strategic Significance
✅ Strengthens Act East + Indo-Pacific outreach
✅ Enhances trade surplus for India
✅ Reinforces Viksit Bharat @2047 via exports, jobs & mobility
#GS3 #economy
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🔆 Parliament Question: Nuclear Waste Management
✅ Type of waste: Mostly low & intermediate-level waste from nuclear power plants
✅ On-site management: Treated, compacted, immobilised (cement) & stored in reinforced concrete trenches/tile holes
✅ Closed fuel cycle: India follows a nearly closed nuclear fuel cycle
✅ Reprocessing: Spent fuel reprocessed to recover fissile material for reuse
✅ High-level waste: Immobilised by vitrification (glass matrix) and stored in Solid Storage Surveillance Facilities
✅ Disposal capacity: Existing Near Surface Disposal Facilities (NSDFs) are adequate
✅ R&D focus: Partitioning of long-lived radionuclides (actinides), waste volume reduction, radioisotope recovery
✅ Safety record: No radiation release; no adverse impact on public or environment reported
✅ Global standards: Practices aligned with IAEA guidelines
📝 UPSC Mains Question
📍 “India follows a nearly closed nuclear fuel cycle to manage radioactive waste.” Discuss the process, safety mechanisms, and challenges associated with nuclear waste management in India.
#GS3
✅ Type of waste: Mostly low & intermediate-level waste from nuclear power plants
✅ On-site management: Treated, compacted, immobilised (cement) & stored in reinforced concrete trenches/tile holes
✅ Closed fuel cycle: India follows a nearly closed nuclear fuel cycle
✅ Reprocessing: Spent fuel reprocessed to recover fissile material for reuse
✅ High-level waste: Immobilised by vitrification (glass matrix) and stored in Solid Storage Surveillance Facilities
✅ Disposal capacity: Existing Near Surface Disposal Facilities (NSDFs) are adequate
✅ R&D focus: Partitioning of long-lived radionuclides (actinides), waste volume reduction, radioisotope recovery
✅ Safety record: No radiation release; no adverse impact on public or environment reported
✅ Global standards: Practices aligned with IAEA guidelines
📝 UPSC Mains Question
📍 “India follows a nearly closed nuclear fuel cycle to manage radioactive waste.” Discuss the process, safety mechanisms, and challenges associated with nuclear waste management in India.
#GS3
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🔆 National Consumer Day 2025
📅 24 December
📍 Theme: Efficient & Speedy Disposal through Digital Justice
✅ Why it matters
📍 Commemorates Consumer Protection Act, 1986
📍 Strengthens consumer rights & grievance redressal
📍 Push for tech-enabled consumer justice
✅ Key Developments
📍 e-Jagriti: Unified digital platform for filing, tracking & virtual hearings
📍 100%+ disposal by 10 States & NCDRC
📍 National Consumer Helpline 2.0: AI-enabled, multilingual, faster refunds
📍 CCPA action against misleading ads & dark patterns
📍 BIS & Legal Metrology reforms improve quality & transparency
🔆 UPSC Mains Practice Question
📍 “Digital justice is redefining consumer protection in India.” Examine the role of technology-driven platforms in strengthening consumer grievance redressal. (GS II / GS III)
#GS2 #Governance #ECONOMY
📅 24 December
📍 Theme: Efficient & Speedy Disposal through Digital Justice
✅ Why it matters
📍 Commemorates Consumer Protection Act, 1986
📍 Strengthens consumer rights & grievance redressal
📍 Push for tech-enabled consumer justice
✅ Key Developments
📍 e-Jagriti: Unified digital platform for filing, tracking & virtual hearings
📍 100%+ disposal by 10 States & NCDRC
📍 National Consumer Helpline 2.0: AI-enabled, multilingual, faster refunds
📍 CCPA action against misleading ads & dark patterns
📍 BIS & Legal Metrology reforms improve quality & transparency
🔆 UPSC Mains Practice Question
📍 “Digital justice is redefining consumer protection in India.” Examine the role of technology-driven platforms in strengthening consumer grievance redressal. (GS II / GS III)
#GS2 #Governance #ECONOMY
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