State PCS Exams Current Affairs – June 2026

National

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20 National — 20 Jun.

• The Government of India's DigiLocker platform has linked Rajasthan's Jan Aadhaar (family identity card), benefiting about 7.5 crore residents of the state.
• With the link, people can get, store and share Jan Aadhaar digitally and apply online for a new card. DigiLocker, a secure cloud document wallet, began in 2015 under Digital India.
• In the 23rd instalment of PM Kisan Samman Nidhi, over ₹18,880 crore went to more than 9.44 crore farmers across India, including over ₹1,320 crore to more than 66 lakh farmers of Rajasthan.
• Rajasthan has raised the yearly financial help for its farmers under this scheme from ₹6,000 to a total of ₹9,000.
• Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma addressed farmers at the state-level PM Kisan Utsav in Sumerpur, Pali district.
• Farmers in 26 Rajasthan districts now get daytime electricity for farming, and over ₹6,500 crore of claims have been paid under the PM Fasal Bima Yojana against more than 2.19 crore policies.
• CM Bhajan Lal Sharma launched the state's first electric buses under PM e-Bus Sewa: 29 in Jaipur and 18 in Bhilwara.
• Under PM e-Bus Sewa, 675 buses are sanctioned for 8 cities (Jaipur, Jodhpur, Udaipur, Kota, Bikaner, Bhilwara, Alwar, Ajmer); with 475 more, the state will get 1,150 e-buses. The first 675 are targeted before Diwali 2026.
• The new electric buses have AC, CCTV cameras and panic buttons, making travel safer for women, divyang people, students and senior citizens.
• Vibrant Villages Programme-II will develop 184 strategic villages in five border districts of Rajasthan: Sri Ganganagar 68, Bikaner 46, Barmer 36, Jaisalmer 30 and Phalodi 4.
• Vibrant Villages Programme-II runs from 2024-25 to 2028-29 with an outlay of ₹6,839 crore and is a Central Sector Scheme. Each strategic village can get up to ₹3 crore a year for development work.
• So far 515 development works worth over ₹232 crore have been proposed in 123 of the villages under this programme.
• The programme aims to stop migration from villages on the international border, create livelihood chances and strengthen border security, with roads, power, drinking water, health, education, tourism and self-employment.
• In Sirohi district, 41 development works worth over ₹74 crore were launched or inaugurated, including police buildings, sub-health centres, the Atal Pragati Path, hostels and a bus stand.
• At Sampla it was also announced that the village will become a municipality (nagar palika) and that its veterinary hospital will be upgraded to first class.
• Rajasthan issued two advisories on task scams (online part-time job fraud) and unauthorised instant-loan apps. Victims should call the cyber helpline 1930.
• The Supreme Court set up a five-member high-powered committee led by Kanchan Devi, Director General of the Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education, to settle the Aravalli definition and boundary issue. It must report by 3 August 2026.
• West Bengal became the 36th state or Union Territory to join Ayushman Bharat PM-JAY, so the scheme now covers the whole country. Each eligible family gets free treatment up to ₹5 lakh a year.
• The University of Bristol and the University of York (in Mumbai) and the University of New South Wales (in Bengaluru) received approval to open campuses in India.
• 20 Jun — PM Modi released the 23rd instalment of PM-KISAN from Hooghly, West Bengal, on 20 June 2026: over ₹8,880 crore to more than 9.44 crore farmers.

International

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1 International — State PCS Exams Current Affairs – June 2026.

• India's fall in the Global Peace Index was blamed on rising tension with Pakistan and Myanmar and ethnic violence in Manipur.

Economy & Banking

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14 Economy & Banking — State PCS Exams Current Affairs – June 2026.

• Oil India Limited found a new gas-bearing sand layer in the Dandewala area of Jaisalmer, which should cut India's dependence on imported energy. Oil India was set up on 18 February 1959 as a joint venture of the Government of India and Burmah Oil Company.
• Surveys by the Geological Survey of India and the Atomic Minerals Directorate found rare earth elements, niobium, tantalum, zirconium, hafnium and rubidium in the Siwana Ring Complex of Balotra district.
• The Siwana area lies in the Malani Igneous Suite, counted among the country's largest volcanic regions. Its caldera-based structure is of Neo-Proterozoic age, which explains why so many rare minerals occur there.
• These minerals matter for nuclear energy, missile defence, space technology, electric vehicles, semiconductors, strong magnets and wind turbines.
• The Centre has marked parts of the Siwana area as critical mineral blocks, and their auction and development are moving ahead, supporting India's critical mineral security and Atmanirbhar Bharat.
• NHAI began Rajasthan's first multi-lane free-flow (MLFF) tolling at the Dayalpura toll plaza on NH-48 on the Delhi-Jaipur corridor, using number-plate recognition plus FASTag-based electronic toll collection.
• In free-flow tolling vehicles need not stop, which cuts waiting time, fuel use and pollution. NHAI was set up under the National Highways Authority of India Act, 1988 and began work in February 1995.
• A new 20 kW AIR FM transmitter at Ramgarh, Jaisalmer was inaugurated virtually by Ashwini Vaishnaw. It covers an 80 km radius, about 20,000 sq km of the district, and raises Rajasthan's AIR FM transmitters to 39.
• The minister said strengthening Akashvani and Doordarshan in border areas from Kashmir to Kutch is a major aim, and urged a digital-first radio strategy with hyper-local content from local artists and craftspeople.
• The Jaipur-Darbhanga Amrit Bharat Express was flagged off from Khatipura station in Jaipur. It is the second Amrit Bharat train service for Rajasthan.
• The Railway Ministry announced a new station at Sundarpura in Sikar for devotees of Khatu Shyam Ji. It lies on the Sikar-Ringas section between Palsana and Bawdi Thikaria, about 11 km from the temple, with a booking office and waiting hall.
• Rajasthan's railway budget for 2026-27 rose to ₹10,228 crore. Projects worth over ₹76,800 crore are under way, and five pairs of Vande Bharat Express trains run in the state.
• The ₹2,500 crore Upper High Level Canal project in Banswara will irrigate about 42,000 hectares in 338 villages, benefiting tribal farmers of the Vagad region.
• A ₹1,359 crore project to make the Nagaur-Bikaner section of NH-62 four-lane on the Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) model was approved.

Science & Technology

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9 Science & Technology — 3 Jun.

• JLN Medical College, Ajmer started a robotic surgery programme, the first of its kind in the state government system, inaugurated by Assembly Speaker Vasudev Devnani. It should improve surgical accuracy and train doctors in advanced technology.
• Robotic surgery at JLN Medical College, Ajmer, is expected to make operations more precise, reduce errors and let doctors learn new technology.
• Pune-based Nibe Limited completed the first technical trial of its indigenous loitering munition system Vayu Astra-1 at the Pokhran firing range in Jaisalmer district.
• Vayu Astra-1 uses advanced Israeli loitering-munition technology adapted to Indian needs and can strike anti-personnel targets up to 100 km away with a 10 kg warhead. A 'no-cost, no-commitment' demo was also shown.
• A loitering munition is a weapon that keeps circling in the air until a target is fixed and then dives straight onto it. This is its key feature.
• Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announced an advanced quantum computing and communication lab and a separate AI lab at MNIT Jaipur. The quantum lab comes under MeitY's ICT academic project.
• The MNIT quantum lab will build indigenous capability in quantum key distribution (QKD), quantum computing simulation and quantum sensing hardware, and MNIT is to lead research in post-quantum cryptography. The AI lab will link to the IndiaAI Mission network.
• MNIT students will get access to Lam Research's Semiverse platform, a digital-twin system for learning chip making. More than 100 chips designed by students have already been made at the Semi-Conductor Laboratory (SCL), Mohali.
• 3 Jun — During the UK Foreign Secretary's visit, a mineral-security observatory was set up at IIT Dhanbad in partnership with the University of Cambridge.

Environment & Ecology

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7 Environment & Ecology — State PCS Exams Current Affairs – June 2026.

• The Supreme Court sharply reprimanded the Rajasthan government after toxic industrial waste was found flowing into the Jojri river in Jodhpur through an illegal underground pipeline about 4 km long. It ordered accountability and action against guilty officials.
• The Jojri is a major tributary of the Luni river. The court said a clean environment is part of the right to life under Article 21, and told the state, RSPCB and other agencies to act within time limits.
• Union Forest Minister Bhupender Yadav and MoS Sanjay Seth laid foundations of and inaugurated works worth over ₹46 crore in Alwar, including canal lining (₹42.80 crore) and the Bhandera anicut (₹3.34 crore).
• Sariska Tiger Reserve in Alwar currently has a family of 56 tigers, tigresses and cubs.
• The Aravalli committee will check whether mining is spreading unchecked beyond the fixed distance limits in the Aravalli hills.
• Jai Prakash Narayan Bird Sanctuary, Ballia (Uttar Pradesh), became India's 100th Ramsar site. It hosts many birds that migrate every year from Siberia and Central Asia.
• The Ramsar Convention, a treaty to protect wetlands, was adopted in 1971 in Ramsar, Iran, and came into force in 1975. Tamil Nadu has the most Ramsar sites among Indian states.

Sports

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2 Sports — State PCS Exams Current Affairs – June 2026.

• India won a record sixth SAFF Women's Championship at Goa in 2026, beating Bangladesh in the final.
• At the first World Yogasana Championship 2026 in Ahmedabad, India topped the medal table with 114 medals, including 102 gold. Athletes from 79 countries took part.

Awards & Honours

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1 Awards & Honours — State PCS Exams Current Affairs – June 2026.

Summits, Agreements & Exercises

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1 Summits, Agreements & Exercises — 3 Jun.

• 3 Jun — UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper visited India on 3-4 June, her first visit since taking office. The UK-India outcomes included a new University of Liverpool campus in Bengaluru and a Regional Maritime Security Centre of Excellence.

Important Days

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1 Important Days — State PCS Exams Current Affairs – June 2026.

• The CM announced a special yoga programme at Abu Raj on International Yoga Day under the theme 'Virasat Bhi, Vikas Bhi' (heritage as well as development).

Art, Culture & Tourism

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6 Art, Culture & Tourism — State PCS Exams Current Affairs – June 2026.

• A Rashtra Chetna Sankalp Sabha marked the 450th anniversary of the Battle of Haldighati and Maharana Pratap Jayanti at Maharana Bhupal Stadium, Udaipur, with RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat as the main speaker.
• Bhagwat said that, on available historical facts and contemporary records, Maharana Pratap was the winner of Haldighati, and urged people to draw on his ideals of patriotism, courage, sacrifice, self-respect and unity.
• At Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma's initiative, Mount Abu has again been given its old name Abu Raj, and the name was formally inaugurated.
• Bhoomi pujan was held at Sampla village in Ajmer district to build a grand temple of Dwarkadhish Gopal Maharaj after 608 years.
• Jharkhand received GI tags for 11 traditional products, including Kuchai silk saree, Dokra craft, Tasar silk and Jadopatia painting.
• Madhya Pradesh won GI tags for Mandu's Khurasani Imli, Seoni's Jumbo Sitaphal and Burhanpur's banana, and Tripura for a traditional musical instrument.

International

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16 International — 3 Jun – 5 Jun.

• UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development) was founded in 1964 and has its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland.
• The report finds serious challenges for India in 7 of the 17 SDGs. Hunger (SDG-2) is the worst, with the world's highest child malnutrition rate, while electricity access (SDG-7) and mobile internet use (SDG-9) improved.
• There are 17 Sustainable Development Goals with 169 targets, adopted by UN members in 2015 under the 2030 Agenda. In India, NITI Aayog is the nodal agency for the SDGs.
• Bangladesh's foreign minister Khalilur Rahman won the presidency of the 81st session of the UN General Assembly, defeating Cyprus's envoy Andreas S. Kakouris by 99 votes to 91, out of 190 valid votes.
• The UN General Assembly was founded in 1945 and is based in New York. It has 193 members with one vote each, meets every September, and its presidency rotates among five regional groups.
• Lithuania became the first country to withdraw from the Ottawa Treaty, the international treaty banning anti-personnel landmines, in March 2025.
• Malaysia ordered social media accounts of children under 16 to be closed, made age-check systems mandatory on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube, and set fines of up to ₹24 crore.
• The UAE became the first Arab country to keep children up to 5 years away from social media, the strictest age limit.
• Canada introduced a new Social Media Act in Parliament that blocks social media use up to age 16.
• A federal court in Boston held the Trump administration's $100,000 (about ₹86 lakh) fee on H-1B visa applications to be wrong.
• Venezuela declared a nationwide state of emergency after a series of earthquakes struck the country in June 2026.
• Venezuela is in South America with Caracas as capital. It has the world's largest oil reserves, plus coal, iron ore, bauxite and gold.
• Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky returned Poland's highest honour, the Order of the White Eagle.
• Sri Lanka decided that indelible ink, which is used to mark the fingers of voters, will not be used in its future elections.
• 3 Jun — The UN Security Council has 15 members: five permanent (China, France, Russia, UK, USA) and ten non-permanent, elected for two years with half renewed every year. India has been a non-permanent member eight times.
• 5 Jun — The G7 is an informal group with no permanent headquarters, begun in 1975 by six countries. Canada joined in 1976, Russia in 1998 (making it G8), and Russia was removed in 2014.

Awards & Honours

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8 Awards & Honours — State PCS Exams Current Affairs – June 2026.

Summits, Agreements & Exercises

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12 Summits, Agreements & Exercises — 1 Jun – 27 Jun.

• The Netherlands' Queen Maxima, the UN Secretary-General's Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance, visited India in late June to study India's UPI payment system.
• Uzbekistan became the newest member and the first from Central Asia of the New Development Bank (set up by BRICS in 2015, headquartered in Shanghai). Every member has one vote and none has a veto.
• India and Seychelles agreed on an Exim Bank umbrella line of credit, a UPI-based payment system, export of cheap generic medicines under Jan Aushadhi, an extradition treaty, and a 2026-31 agriculture action plan.
• During PM Modi's visit to France, both countries resolved to double bilateral trade within five years. The first "Bharat Innovates 2026" event was held at Nice.
• 1 Jun — Laos Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Thongsavanh Phomvihane made his first visit to India on 1-3 June, the 70th year of diplomatic ties. Both sides agreed to hold the Joint Commission meeting soon, and Laos invited Indian businesses to invest.
• 3 Jun — Venezuela's acting President Delcy Rodriguez Gomez visited India on 3-7 June, her sixth visit (earlier as foreign minister and vice-president). Both sides agreed to carry forward their long-term energy partnership.
• 3 Jun — On 3 June 2026, Latvia, Austria, Kyrgyzstan, Zimbabwe and Trinidad and Tobago were chosen as non-permanent members of the UN Security Council for 2027-28. Kyrgyzstan will sit on the Council for the first time.
• 5 Jun — The 52nd G7 Summit was held at Evian, France, on 5-7 June 2026 under President Emmanuel Macron, with India invited as a special guest. Its theme was building new partnerships and renewing international solidarity.
• 5 Jun — Besides India, the guests at the 2026 G7 Summit included Brazil, Egypt, South Korea, Qatar, Ukraine and the UAE.
• 5 Jun — G7 leaders agreed to prioritise cancer research (a French initiative), to cut dependence on outside countries for rare minerals below 60% by 2030, and to make children's chatbots and platforms safer with tech companies.
• 5 Jun — The G7 formed a new Critical Minerals Resilience and Production Alliance to keep the supply of minerals used in clean energy and digital technology reliable.
• 27 Jun — PM Modi made a state visit to Seychelles on 27-29 June 2026 and held talks with President Dr Patrick Herminie.