RBI GK Questions 2026

In the state-wise break-up published with the release, Uttar Pradesh was allotted the largest amount of the Rs 1,09,019 crore shared among twenty-eight states, which follows from its being the biggest claimant on the states' share of central taxes.

The Ministry of Finance said the early transfer would also let states finance expenditure related to development and welfare.

This was the regular instalment of tax devolution that the Union Government transferred to the state governments, and it was released on 5 November 2026.

The National Land Monetization Corporation is a wholly owned company of the Government of India under that department's administrative control, which is also why the Secretary of the same department chairs the Inter-Ministerial Group on asset monetisation.

The National Land Monetization Corporation was established pursuant to an announcement made in that budget, and it has since become the government's specialised institution for monetising surplus land and other non-core assets.

The Inter-Ministerial Group on asset monetisation is chaired by that officer, while the Secretary of the Department of Telecommunications, named in option C, is its co-chair; a candidate who remembers only that both departments are involved can easily swap the two roles.

Kotak Mahindra Bank is described as a scheduled commercial bank licensed by the central bank to carry on banking business, with its equity share capital listed on both these exchanges.

The target business is precisely the retail banking and private banking segment together with the wealth management arm that the seller runs through its branches in India, and it is moving as a going concern on a slump sale basis.

The competition regulator cleared the proposed combination, which covers both the purchase of the target business and the related referral arrangements between affiliates of the two sides.

The survey covers factories registered under sections 2m(i) and 2m(ii) of that Act, and in addition bidi and cigar manufacturing establishments registered under the law of 1966 for workers in that trade, electricity undertakings not registered with the Central Electricity Authority, and units with a hundred or more employees listed…

The survey names these five as the leading states in gross value added, with a combined share of more than 54 per cent of the country's manufacturing GVA.

That is the growth in gross value added recorded by the manufacturing corporate sector, which holds a share of more than 89 per cent in total GVA.

It forms the third component of VISTAR and will be undertaken by MoSPI together with the States and Union Territories.

Under the component called Comprehensive Statistical Operations and Strengthening of Ecosystem, the ministry proposes to conduct 59 surveys during the 16th Finance Commission cycle.

The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister, cleared this central sector scheme of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation for the period FY 2026-27 to FY 2030-31 with an outlay of Rs 4,371.10 crore.

The Minister addressed students there, calling on them to be ambitious and reminding them that they would be in their forties when India marks 100 years of independence, so their choices would shape the country's future.

Exports in the first six months of the financial year, from April to September, reached that figure, which is a growth of 14 per cent.

The Minister said India had deliberately chosen an ambitious export target for the current year, amounting to growth of about 16 per cent over the record of USD 863 billion achieved in the previous year, and that he was confident the country would get there.

The Commerce and Industry Minister said India recorded its highest-ever exports at that level in the previous year, and the target for the current year has been pitched at USD 1 trillion, which amounts to growth of about 16 per cent over it.

Over the April to October period, production from captive and commercial mines moved up from 105.33 MT to 117.23 MT, which is a growth of 11.30 per cent.