Current Affairs 1 October 2026

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1. 1 Oct — At Fatehpur (Sikar), Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma opened and laid foundations of 83 works costing over Rs 1,277 crore for Churu, Jhunjhunu and Sikar under the "Seva Sankalp Abhiyan".
2. 1 Oct — The foundation of a Rs 800 crore artificial reservoir at Hansiyawas (Sikar) was laid. It is linked to a plan worth over Rs 34,000 crore to bring Yamuna water from Hathnikund barrage (Haryana) to Shekhawati.
3. 1 Oct — The Banas river high-level bridge at Gahlod (Tonk) is the longest high-level bridge in the State, 3.34 km long and built at Rs 134.74 crore with 50 spans. It replaces an old causeway that used to be flooded.
4. 1 Oct — On International Day of Older Persons, the Chief Minister transferred Rs 684.21 crore to 50,94,831 old-age pension beneficiaries. Social security pension is to be raised to Rs 1,450 per month.
5. 1 Oct — Haryana was ranked first among states in voluntary blood donation for the third year in a row, collecting 5.89 lakh units in 2025-26; the award was received on National Voluntary Blood Donation Day.
6. 1 Oct — Gujarat published its Uniform Civil Code Act, 2026 in an extraordinary Gazette on 1 October 2026, after the President's assent on 17 September. It covers marriage, divorce, succession, adoption and live-in relationships, and starts on a date the state will notify.
7. 1 Oct — Maharashtra signed 67 MoUs worth Rs 8.57 lakh crore at the Invest Maharashtra summit in Mumbai on 1 October 2026, expected to create about 2.91 lakh jobs. Data centres, IT and semiconductors took the largest share.
8. 1 Oct — The Karnataka Revenue Department issued a draft notification on 1 October 2026 proposing to rename Dakshina Kannada district as Mangaluru district. Objections are invited for 30 days under the Karnataka Land Revenue Act, 1964.
9. 1 Oct — Karnataka has declared 217 of its 240 taluks drought-hit after adding 40 taluks on 1 October 2026. Crop losses in the first 177 taluks are estimated at about Rs 46,000 crore.

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Government & States

14 one-liners

International & Agreements

1 one-liners

Economy & Banking

7 one-liners

Science, Defence & Environment

2 one-liners

Sports, Days & Culture

5 one-liners

Awards, Appointments & Books

3 one-liners

Government & States

14 one-liners

Policy · laws · schemes · states.

National

• 1 Oct — At Fatehpur (Sikar), Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma opened and laid foundations of 83 works costing over Rs 1,277 crore for Churu, Jhunjhunu and Sikar under the "Seva Sankalp Abhiyan".
• 1 Oct — The Chief Minister said that about 78% of the promises in the BJP's manifesto (Sankalp Patra) have been fulfilled, and that 1.89 lakh government appointments had been made against a target of 4 lakh posts.
• 1 Oct — In Rajasthan, 3.82 lakh houses have been built under PMAY-Gramin and another 4.53 lakh are under construction. More than 18.5 lakh women have become "Lakhpati Didis".
• 1 Oct — The annual Kisan Samman Nidhi for Rajasthan farmers is now Rs 9,000, up from Rs 6,000, because the State adds its own amount to the Centre's payment.
• 1 Oct — Chief Secretary V. Srinivas reviewed Rajeevika (Rajasthan Grameen Aajeevika Vikas Parishad) at Udyog Bhawan, Jaipur. New motivational, marketing and innovation hubs will help self-help-group women and "Lakhpati Didis".
• 1 Oct — A special campaign to add names to the voter list began at the request of the Election Commission of India. The State's Chief Electoral Officer is Naveen Mahajan.
• 1 Oct — On International Day of Older Persons, the Chief Minister transferred Rs 684.21 crore to 50,94,831 old-age pension beneficiaries. Social security pension is to be raised to Rs 1,450 per month.
• 1 Oct — The Union Public Service Commission completed 100 years on 1 October 2026. It began as the Public Service Commission in 1926 and became the constitutional UPSC on 26 January 1950.
• 1 Oct — The National Cancer Institute (NCI), Jhajjar was named Haryana's best blood centre, and an ID-NAT machine facility was approved at the PGIMS Rohtak blood centre to improve screening for infections spread through transfusion.
• 1 Oct — For Census 2027, the reference date for snow-bound and remote regions, including Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Ladakh and Jammu and Kashmir, is 1 October 2026; the rest of India uses 1 March 2027.
• 1 Oct — A Shram Samvad awareness programme on the four Labour Codes was held in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar. The Codes merge 29 labour laws, came into force on 21 November 2025, and their Central Rules were notified on 8 May 2026.
• 1 Oct — Gujarat published its Uniform Civil Code Act, 2026 in an extraordinary Gazette on 1 October 2026, after the President's assent on 17 September. It covers marriage, divorce, succession, adoption and live-in relationships, and starts on a date the state will notify.
• 1 Oct — The Karnataka Revenue Department issued a draft notification on 1 October 2026 proposing to rename Dakshina Kannada district as Mangaluru district. Objections are invited for 30 days under the Karnataka Land Revenue Act, 1964.
• 1 Oct — Karnataka has declared 217 of its 240 taluks drought-hit after adding 40 taluks on 1 October 2026. Crop losses in the first 177 taluks are estimated at about Rs 46,000 crore.

International & Agreements

1 one-liners

World · summits · MoUs · exercises.

Summits, Agreements & Exercises

• 1 Oct — NPCIL and the Gujarat State Electricity Corporation (GSECL) signed an MoU on 1 October 2026 to identify sites in Gujarat for new nuclear power projects of about 4,000 MW, with investment of nearly Rs 1 lakh crore.

Economy & Banking

7 one-liners

RBI · markets · trade · reports.

Economy & Banking

• 1 Oct — The foundation of a Rs 800 crore artificial reservoir at Hansiyawas (Sikar) was laid. It is linked to a plan worth over Rs 34,000 crore to bring Yamuna water from Hathnikund barrage (Haryana) to Shekhawati.
• 1 Oct — The Banas river high-level bridge at Gahlod (Tonk) is the longest high-level bridge in the State, 3.34 km long and built at Rs 134.74 crore with 50 spans. It replaces an old causeway that used to be flooded.
• 1 Oct — The Pension Fund Regulator launched NPS Central, a single platform built by three record-keeping agencies, on NPS Diwas (1 October). Subscribers can log in with a mobile number, date of birth and OTP instead of the 12-digit PRAN.
• 1 Oct — APEDA helped a farmer-producer company, Aterna Foods, export 24 tonnes of frozen food (peas, sweet corn, samosas) from Sonipat, Haryana, to Canada, showing farmer groups moving into value-added exports.
• 1 Oct — Punjab began paddy procurement for 2026-27 at the Batala grain market on 1 October, with a target of 180 lakh metric tonnes and a Centre-approved cash credit limit of Rs 42,786.68 crore.
• 1 Oct — Maharashtra signed 67 MoUs worth Rs 8.57 lakh crore at the Invest Maharashtra summit in Mumbai on 1 October 2026, expected to create about 2.91 lakh jobs. Data centres, IT and semiconductors took the largest share.
• 1 Oct — From 1 October 2026 the railway line to Mangaluru moved from the Palakkad Division of Southern Railway to the Mysuru Division of South Western Railway.

Science, Defence & Environment

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Space · tech · forces · ecology.

Science & Technology

• 1 Oct — The Rajasthan Health Department announced the "Sahi Khan-Pan, Swasth Rajasthan" food safety campaign for 3 to 16 October 2026. Its message is "Eat safe, stay healthy, eat local, beat adulteration".

Defence & Security

• 1 Oct — Security forces killed Lashkar-e-Taiba commander Musa alias Asif Fauji at Gurwatkalan in Budgam under Operation Sheruwali; the Home Ministry says all four senior LeT commanders active in J&K since 2022 are now neutralised.

Sports, Days & Culture

5 one-liners

Results · important days · heritage.

Important Days

• 1 Oct — International Day of Older Persons on 1 October 2026 had the theme "The Age of Longevity: Rethinking Systems for Longer Lives". The UN General Assembly set the day in 1990.

Art, Culture & Tourism

• 1 Oct — The Shekhawati Haveli Sanrakshan Yojana gives financial help to owners of over 660 painted havelis in Jhunjhunu, Churu and Sikar, to save the havelis and boost tourism and local jobs.
• 1 Oct — A Madhya Pradesh delegation took part in Yuva Sangam Phase VII with Karnataka under Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat. The School of Planning and Architecture, Bhopal is the state's nodal institute, and Central University of Karnataka hosted the group.
• 1 Oct — Assam launched online homestay registration on the SewaSetu portal at the state World Tourism Day event in Umrangso, Dima Hasao; Tourism Minister Ajanta Neog launched it and a Dima Hasao Tourism website was also started.
• 1 Oct — The first air consignment of 15,000 A-grade lilium flowers grown in Ladakh was flagged off from Leh Airport by Lieutenant Governor V. K. Saxena, to boost commercial floriculture and rural livelihoods.

Awards, Appointments & Books

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Honours · new posts · books · obituaries.

Awards & Honours

Appointments

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At _____, Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma opened and laid foundations of 83 works costing over Rs 1,277 crore for Churu, Jhunjhunu and Sikar under the "Seva Sankalp Abhiyan".

Fatehpur (Sikar)

The foundation of a Rs 800 crore artificial reservoir at Hansiyawas (Sikar) was laid. It is linked to a plan worth over _____ to bring Yamuna water from Hathnikund barrage (Haryana) to Shekhawati.

Rs 34,000 crore

The Banas river high-level bridge at Gahlod (Tonk) is the longest high-level bridge in the State, _____ long and built at Rs 134.74 crore with 50 spans. It replaces an old causeway that used to be flooded.

3.34 km

On _____, the Chief Minister transferred Rs 684.21 crore to 50,94,831 old-age pension beneficiaries. Social security pension is to be raised to Rs 1,450 per month.

International Day of Older Persons

_____ was ranked first among states in voluntary blood donation for the third year in a row, collecting 5.89 lakh units in 2025-26; the award was received on National Voluntary Blood Donation Day.

Haryana

Maharashtra signed _____ worth Rs 8.57 lakh crore at the Invest Maharashtra summit in Mumbai on 1 October 2026, expected to create about 2.91 lakh jobs. Data centres, IT and semiconductors took the largest share.

67 MoUs

The Karnataka Revenue Department issued a draft notification on 1 October 2026 proposing to rename _____ district as Mangaluru district. Objections are invited for 30 days under the Karnataka Land Revenue Act, 1964.

Dakshina Kannada

Karnataka has declared _____ drought-hit after adding 40 taluks on 1 October 2026. Crop losses in the first 177 taluks are estimated at about Rs 46,000 crore.

217 of its 240 taluks

The _____ gives financial help to owners of over 660 painted havelis in Jhunjhunu, Churu and Sikar, to save the havelis and boost tourism and local jobs.

Shekhawati Haveli Sanrakshan Yojana

The Chief Minister said that about _____ in the BJP's manifesto (Sankalp Patra) have been fulfilled, and that 1.89 lakh government appointments had been made against a target of 4 lakh posts.

78% of the promises

MCQs

1. For Census 2027, the reference date for snow-bound regions such as Himachal Pradesh is:

   1. 1 March 2027
   2. 1 January 2027
   3. 1 April 2026
   4. 1 October 2026
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   Answer: 1 October 2026 — Snow-bound and remote areas (Ladakh, J&K, Himachal, Uttarakhand) use 1 October 2026; the rest of India uses 1 March 2027.

2. The Rs 800 crore artificial reservoir whose foundation was laid on 1 October 2026 is at which place?

   1. Hansiyawas (Sikar)
   2. Bisalpur (Tonk)
   3. Jawai (Pali)
   4. Mahi Bajaj Sagar
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   Answer: Hansiyawas (Sikar) — It is linked to bringing Yamuna water from Hathnikund barrage to Shekhawati.

3. The Ram Jalsetu Link Project, discussed at the Shekhawati Heritage and Development Summit in October 2026, belongs to which state?

   1. Haryana
   2. Rajasthan
   3. Gujarat
   4. Punjab
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   Answer: Rajasthan — Rajasthan CM Bhajan Lal Sharma said about Rs 41,000 crore of works under the roughly Rs 1 lakh crore Ram Jalsetu Link Project have already started.

4. The health campaign "Sahi Khan-Pan, Swasth Rajasthan" ran from 3 to 16 October on which topic?

   1. Road safety
   2. Tuberculosis
   3. Blood donation
   4. Food safety and adulteration
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   Answer: Food safety and adulteration — It spread awareness about safe, nutritious and adulteration-free food.

5. Which Gujarat body signed an MoU with NPCIL on 1 October 2026 to identify sites for new nuclear power projects?

   1. GSECL
   2. GUVNL
   3. GMDC
   4. GIDC
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   Answer: GSECL — NPCIL and the Gujarat State Electricity Corporation Limited (GSECL) signed the site-identification MoU.

6. Punjab's paddy procurement for 2026-27 began on 1 October at which grain market?

   1. Moga
   2. Sangrur
   3. Bathinda
   4. Batala
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   Answer: Batala — Procurement began at the Batala grain market with a target of 180 lakh metric tonnes.

7. How many MoUs worth Rs 8.57 lakh crore did Maharashtra sign at the Invest Maharashtra summit on 1 October 2026?

   1. 37
   2. 47
   3. 57
   4. 67
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   Answer: 67 — Maharashtra signed 67 MoUs expected to create about 2.91 lakh jobs.

8. To what monthly amount will social security pension be raised in Rajasthan?

   1. Rs 1,150
   2. Rs 1,250
   3. Rs 1,350
   4. Rs 1,450
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   Answer: Rs 1,450 — On International Day of Older Persons it was announced that pension will rise to Rs 1,450 per month.

9. How much central grant is expected for the 320 new PG medical seats approved for six Himachal Pradesh colleges?

   1. Rs 150 crore
   2. Rs 215 crore
   3. Rs 315 crore
   4. Rs 415 crore
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   Answer: Rs 415 crore — Union Health Minister Nadda said about Rs 415 crore will be provided under the Rs 15,000 crore scheme for 10,000 seats.

10. Haryana was ranked at which position among states in voluntary blood donation for the third year in a row?

    1. First
    2. Second
    3. Third
    4. Fifth
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    Answer: First — Haryana collected 5.89 lakh units in 2025-26 and was ranked first among states for the third consecutive year.