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PIB NEWS

Paradip Port Authority marked its 65th Port Foundation Day by successfully conducting the 21st Paradip Marathon 2026, flagged off by Chairman Shri P. L. Haranadh and concluding at Gopabandhu Stadium where winners received prizes and Odisha sprinter Pratik Maharana was felicitated for his recent international achievements.

The Design Linked Incentive (DLI) Scheme under Semicon India Programme has strengthened India’s fabless semiconductor design ecosystem by supporting 95 startups, facilitating 16 chip tape-outs, six fabricated chips, and providing design infrastructure access to 1 lakh engineers through ChipIN Centre since its launch in December 2021.

ONGC signed a Memorandum of Understanding with NSTFDC on 5th January 2026 to empower over 35,000 tribal students across 144 Eklavya Model Residential Schools in 11 States and UTs through Rs. 28 crores CSR funding for digital learning infrastructure, health hygiene interventions, teacher capacity building, and career counselling initiatives.

Indian Railways achieved 80.54% Gross Budgetary Support expenditure of Rs. 2,03,138 crore out of Rs. 2,52,200 crore allocated for 2025-26 by end-December 2025, reflecting 6.54% increase over previous year with priority on safety works, capacity augmentation, and passenger amenities.

Union Minister for Jal Shakti Shri C.R. Paatil chaired the 17th Empowered Task Force meeting focusing on Namami Gange Programme progress where 15 pollution abatement projects were completed in 2025 led by Uttar Pradesh with six projects alongside advancements in drainage mapping GIS dashboard and treated water reuse policies.

Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh commissioned India’s first indigenously designed pollution control vessel ICGS Samudra Pratap built by Goa Shipyard Limited with over 60% indigenous content enhancing Coast Guard capabilities in pollution response firefighting and maritime surveillance across vast maritime zones.

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IMPORTANT CIRCULARS

The first meeting of the Payments Regulatory Board constituted under the amended Payment and Settlement Systems Act 2007 was held in Mumbai on 5th January 2026 under Governor Shri Sanjay Malhotra’s chairmanship reviewing payment systems functions, Payments Vision 2028 draft, and Digital Payments Survey findings.

INDUSTRY NEWS

ONGC entered strategic partnership with Japan’s Mitsui OSK Lines signing joint venture and capital contribution agreements to invest in two GIFT City companies each owning a Very Large Ethane Carrier for transporting ethane from United States to subsidiary OPaL securing 50% equity stake in Bharat Ethane One and Two IFSC Private Limited.

Tata Power Solaroof achieved 1GW solar rooftop capacity installation across India from April to December 2025 marking significant progress in renewable energy adoption and distributed solar generation supporting national clean energy targets.

Indian research and insights industry grew 10.9% to Rs 29,008 crore in FY25 driven by digital transformation demand for consumer insights and expansion of analytics capabilities across sectors reflecting robust economic recovery and business intelligence needs.

Sagarmala Finance maritime lending institution plans Rs 2,000 crore equity infusion from government to expand funding capacity for port development shipbuilding coastal infrastructure and maritime sector projects supporting national maritime infrastructure growth.

Central Public Sector Enterprises increased R&D spending by 25.6% to Rs 9,691 crore in FY25 reflecting strong commitment to innovation technology development and indigenous capability building across energy infrastructure defence and strategic sectors.

FINANCIAL NEWS

Indian lenders experienced accelerated loan growth in the December quarter following a sharp slowdown in mid-2025 due to stricter regulations, with overall systemic credit growth improving to 11.4% year-on-year from a low of 9% in May 2025, driven by festive spending and government consumption tax cuts as evidenced by HDFC Bank’s 11.9% growth, Bank of Baroda’s 14.6% rise, and smaller banks CSB Bank and AU Small Finance Bank achieving 29% and 24% increases respectively, though deposit growth lagged behind.

HDFC Asset Management Company entered the private credit market by launching Structured Credit Fund-I targeting a ₹2500 crore corpus including green-shoe option to provide alternative debt financing to mid-market companies, with International Finance Corporation committing up to ₹220 crore as anchor investor alongside ₹1290 crore raised in first close and ₹380 crore already committed across three deals aiming for 14-17% mid-teen returns over 4-6 years.

The Reserve Bank of India stated that Indian states are likely to borrow a record-high sum of 5 trillion rupees ($55.45 billion) in the January to March quarter after raising 7.13 trillion rupees through bond sales in the first three quarters, which would constitute their highest ever quarterly borrowing and push annual borrowing to an all-time high amid weakened bond demand across segments poised to push up yields.

The government launched two measures with an allocation of ₹7,295 crore over six years (FY26-31) comprising interest subvention for export credit and collateral support to enhance trade finance access for micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs), particularly small and first-time exporters facing working-capital constraints amid global trade headwinds, as part of the ₹25,060 crore export-promotion mission approved by the Union Cabinet in November.

Retail inflation in India likely edged up to 1.66 per cent in December 2025 from 0.71 per cent in November 2025 due to strengthening food prices across most segments as projected by Union Bank of India, though remaining well below 5.2 per cent recorded in December 2024 while core inflation rose to 4.68 per cent amid controlled overall inflation reflected in RBI’s revised 2025-26 forecast of 2.0 per cent and repo rate cut to 5.25 per cent.

NATIONAL & STATES NEWS

India has become the world’s largest rice producer with a total output of 150.18 million tonnes surpassing China’s 145.28 million tonnes as announced by Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan who released 184 new high-yielding varieties of 25 crops developed by ICAR to boost crop production and farmers’ income while highlighting the country’s transformation from food-deficiency to global food provider with abundant foodgrain stocks.

State government spokesperson Jitu Vaghani announced that Surat is poised to become India’s first slum-free city with a population exceeding 70 lakh after slum population decreased from 38 per cent to 5 per cent over two decades, following Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel’s directive to senior officials including the Chief Secretary to implement effective measures while planning phased slum-free initiatives for other Gujarat cities.

The Chhattisgarh government has proposed an investment of Rs 1.25 trillion for the development of former Naxal-affected regions to expand basic infrastructure and administrative reach in remote districts as announced by Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai during a media interaction in New Delhi on Tuesday.

The Chhattisgarh government has proposed an investment of Rs 1.25 trillion for the development of former Naxal-affected regions aimed at expanding basic infrastructure and administrative reach in remote districts as announced by Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai during a media interaction in New Delhi on Tuesday.

WORLD NEWS

Turkmenistan has legalised cryptocurrency mining and exchanges through legislation signed by President Serdar Berdimuhamedov which establishes cryptocurrencies as virtual assets under civil law with Central Bank oversight while prohibiting their use as legal tender and mandating licensing for exchanges alongside KYC and AML compliance requirements.

MISCELLANEOUS

The Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited (IFFCO) conferred the IFFCO Sahitya Samman 2025 upon eminent Hindi writer Maitreyi Pushpa for her outstanding contribution to Hindi literature particularly her nuanced portrayal of rural society and agrarian realities during a ceremony in the national capital where Ankita Jain also received the IFFCO Young Literary Award 2025 for her book “Oh Re! Kisan”.

World Braille Day observed annually on 4th January honours Louis Braille (1809-1852) who invented the six-dot tactile reading system in 1824 enabling literacy for visually impaired people worldwide with the United Nations proclaiming this date in 2018 for first global observance in 2019 to promote Braille access in education healthcare and digital content for 2.2 billion people living with vision impairment.

The Centre notified the appointment of four advocates as judges in Allahabad, Patna, and Uttarakhand High Courts on Monday, acting on the recommendations of the Supreme Court Collegium, whereby the President appointed advocates Ritesh Kumar and Praveen Kumar as judges of the Patna High Court, advocate Jai Krishna Upadhyay as a judge of the Allahabad High Court, and advocate Siddhartha Sah as an additional judge of the Uttarakhand High Court following earlier Collegium approvals.

Hockey India announced the appointment of Dutch coach Sjoerd Marijne as head coach of the Indian women’s hockey team on January 2 replacing Harendra Singh who resigned for personal reasons, with Marijne returning after leading the team to historic fourth place at Tokyo Olympics 2021 supported by analytical coach Matias Vila, scientific advisor Wayne Lombard, and others ahead of FIH World Cup Qualifiers in Hyderabad from March 8-14.

Andhra Pradesh attracted 25.3 per cent of all proposed investments across India during the first nine months of FY26 totaling ₹26.6 lakh crore in nationwide announcements as per Bank of Baroda report positioning the state as the top investment destination ahead of Odisha (13.1 per cent) and Maharashtra (12.8 per cent) driven by policy reforms and capex focus.

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