India leads global green hydrogen offtake commitments at over 5.5 lakh MTPA
economy · ssc-cgl, upsc-prelims, ibps-po, rrb-ntpc
Why this mattersMTPA means metric tonnes per annum, so an offtake commitment is an agreement to buy a quantity, not a quantity already produced. The gap between committed and produced is what a careless question conflates.
Linked static GK: The National Green Hydrogen Mission was approved in January 2023 with an outlay of Rs 19,744 crore and a target of 50 lakh metric tonnes of annual production by 2030.
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Nineteenth meeting of the Ganga Flood Control Board held in New Delhi
governance · upsc-prelims, ssc-cgl, rrb-ntpc, ugc-net
Why this mattersThe Ganga Flood Control Board is a 1972 body and predates the Namami Gange programme by four decades, so a question pairing it with Namami Gange's start year is wrong. It sits under Jal Shakti, not Environment.
Linked static GK: The National Mission for Clean Ganga is the implementing arm of the National Ganga Council, which was set up in 2016 and is chaired by the Prime Minister.
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INS Trishul concludes its port call at Civitavecchia in Italy
defence · nda, cds, afcat, ssc-cgl
Why this mattersINS Trishul is a Talwar class frigate built in Russia, which separates it from the indigenously built Shivalik class ships that also make these deployments. Civitavecchia is the port of Rome, and that pairing is the geography a question tests.
Linked static GK: ITS Cavour is the Italian Navy's flagship aircraft carrier, and India's own carriers are INS Vikramaditya and the indigenous INS Vikrant.
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Twenty fourth instalment of PM-KISAN announced with the Prime Minister's Gujarat visit
schemes · ssc-cgl, rrb-ntpc, nabard, upsc-prelims
Why this mattersPM-KISAN pays Rs 6,000 a year in three equal instalments, so the instalment NUMBER is the running count since 2019 and not a yearly figure. Rashtriya Ekta Diwas marks Sardar Patel's birth anniversary on 31 October.
Linked static GK: PM-KISAN was launched in February 2019 and transfers Rs 6,000 per year to eligible landholding farmer families in three instalments of Rs 2,000.
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Narmada review committee approves settlement of outstanding dues of tribunal award projects
governance · upsc-prelims, ssc-cgl, mpsc-group-c, ugc-net
Why this mattersThe Narmada Water Disputes Tribunal award binds four states, and the Narmada Control Authority exists to implement it, so the review committee is the political layer above a technical body. The four riparian states are the detail a question swaps.
Linked static GK: The Narmada Water Disputes Tribunal was constituted in 1969 and gave its award in 1979, covering Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Rajasthan.
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Meghalaya holds state level training for Phase II population enumeration of Census 2027
polity · upsc-prelims, ssc-cgl, rrb-ntpc, ssc-chsl
Why this mattersCensus 2027 runs in two phases, and Phase II is population enumeration while Phase I is house listing. Getting the phase order the wrong way round is the commonest error on this topic.
Linked static GK: The Census of India is conducted under the Census Act, 1948, by the Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, which sits under the Ministry of Home Affairs.
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NCDC reports a net profit of Rs 1,475 crore and zero net NPA
economy · ssc-cgl, ibps-po, nabard, upsc-prelims
The 93rd meeting of the General Council of the National Cooperative Development Corporation was held at the Corporation's headquarters in New Delhi under the chairmanship of the Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation, Shri Amit Shah.
Sources: https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2330122
Why this mattersNCDC is a statutory corporation under the Ministry of Cooperation, which was carved out in 2021, and it lends to cooperatives rather than to individuals. Net NPA at zero is the figure quoted from this meeting.
Linked static GK: The National Cooperative Development Corporation was set up in 1963 under an Act of Parliament, and the Ministry of Cooperation was created in July 2021.
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All India Institute of Ayurveda launches an intellectual property rights facility for Ayurveda
health · ssc-cgl, upsc-prelims, ugc-net, ssc-chsl
The All India Institute of Ayurveda in New Delhi marked the sixth Foundation Day of its incubation centre with the launch of an Intellectual Property Rights Facility for Ayurveda and a national innovation challenge in Artificial Intelligence for Ayurveda.
Sources: https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2330195
Why this mattersThe All India Institute of Ayurveda is the apex Ayurveda institute under the Ministry of Ayush, which is a separate ministry from Health and Family Welfare. That split is the distinction a question tests.
Linked static GK: The Ministry of Ayush was created in 2014 and covers Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha, Sowa Rigpa and Homoeopathy.
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IIT Kharagpur and the Government of Tripura sign a letter of intent on higher education
education · ssc-cgl, ugc-net, ctet, rrb-ntpc
The Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur and the Higher Education Department of the Government of Tripura signed a Letter of Intent to establish a strategic collaboration in higher education, research, innovation, technology, skill development and institutional capacity building.
Sources: https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2329970
Why this mattersA Letter of Intent is weaker than a memorandum of understanding and weaker still than an agreement, and questions exploit that ladder. IIT Kharagpur is the oldest of the IITs, which is the fact most often paired with its name.
Linked static GK: IIT Kharagpur was established in 1951 and was the first Indian Institute of Technology, set up at the site of the Hijli Detention Camp.
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Financial Inclusion Saturation Campaign launched for a gram panchayat in Chikkaballapura
economy · ibps-po, nabard, ssc-cgl, rbi-grade-b
A launch event for the Financial Inclusion Saturation Campaign, for the Ajwara Gram Panchayat of Chikkaballapura district, was organised at Chikkaballapur on 28 October 2026 under the aegis of the State Level Bankers Committee.
Sources: https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2330135
Why this mattersThis is a central campaign of the Department of Financial Services run through a state level bankers committee, not a state government scheme, which is why it belongs to the national section. Saturation means covering every eligible household in a chosen area rather than a target number.
Linked static GK: The Department of Financial Services sits under the Ministry of Finance and owns the Jan Dhan Yojana, and a State Level Bankers Committee is convened by a lead bank in each state.
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