One-Liner Current Affairs

CCEA approved ₹20,804 crore for rail projects across 31 districts in 9 states

National Rail Plan targets increasing freight modal share from 27% to 45% by 2030

Projects include track doubling, multi-tracking, and electrification under PM Gati Shakti framework

BRICS expanded to 11 members (9 full members including Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, UAE; Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa)

Sherpas draft consensus agendas before summit; Sherpa = senior diplomat for high-level negotiations

Local currency settlement systems bypass USD and reduce dependence on Western financial infrastructure

PERM certification requires proof that hiring foreign workers won't harm US wages/employment conditions

FRA 2006 Section 4(5): Prior informed Gram Sabha consent mandatory for forest land diversion

Niyamgiri judgment (2013): Supreme Court upheld community veto over mining in tribal forest areas

1.1 lakh community forest titles granted nationally — largest decentralized forest rights recognition

Pallikaranai Marshland designated as Ramsar Site in July 2022 — India's largest urban wetland ecosystem

Wetlands function as natural sponges, reducing urban flooding and recharging aquifers in coastal zones

Thiruppugazh Committee (May 2023) identified uncontrolled real estate on drainage pathways as primary threat

80% RoW utilization + 90% sapling survival are now legally binding targets with penalties for NHAI contractors

One Health integrates human, animal, and environmental health under unified surveillance framework

National Institute for One Health established in Nagpur manages outbreak databases and AMR tracking

Zoonotic spillover causes 75% emerging infectious diseases—requires inter-ministerial coordination

National Mission for Manuscripts (NMM) established 2003 under Ministry of Culture manages India's manuscript preservation

FMC merged with SEBI in September 2015, consolidating commodity derivatives regulation under one authority.

Position limits restrict gross open positions to prevent speculative excess and ensure physical commodity market functionality.

Penalty framework now standardized on percentage of excess position and violation duration for uniformity.