UPSC Civil Services Weekly Current Affairs Quiz: 28 September – 4 October 2026

Silvio Erkens, the Dutch Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries, Food Security and Nature, held bilateral talks with the Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare in New Delhi, and the discussions covered the Centres of Excellence being set up in agriculture and horticulture, cooperation in the seed sector, market access and…

PM-AJAY is the umbrella scheme for the Scheduled Castes and it is carried out by that ministry, which handles the welfare of Scheduled Castes, backward classes, senior citizens and persons with disabilities.

KAZIND takes its name from the two partners, Kazakhstan and India, and the ninth edition of the exercise is being held at Oskemen in Kazakhstan from 28 September to 11 October 2026.

Component 1-B of PM-MKSSY meets the cost barrier by paying an eligible aquaculture farmer a one-time incentive of up to 40% of the insurance premium for one crop cycle, transferred directly to the bank account through the National Fisheries Digital Platform.

The Commission is running Sadhana Shrinkhla 2026, a nationwide series of regional consultative engagements meant to carry the transformation of government Training Institutes under Mission Karmayogi into competency-driven Capacity Building Institutions.

GARC, which works under the National Automotive Board, is modernising its laboratories with funds from this scheme, and it has been allotted Rs 221.13 crore for the purpose.

That is the theme of the 10th edition of Swachhata Hi Seva, which is being observed from 17 September to 2 October 2026 and was launched jointly by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs and the Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation.

TRISHNA is described as the third joint satellite of India and France, and its realisation is progressing well. The two earlier joint satellites built by the Indian Space Research Organisation and the French space agency CNES are Megha-Tropiques and SARAL.

Factory output measured by the Index of Industrial Production rose at that rate in August 2026 over the same month a year earlier, helped by manufacturing and by a strong showing from electricity and gas supply.

New Delhi is wrong because although it hosts many bilateral meetings, this particular round was held in India's financial capital, a natural choice for a forum devoted to investment.

The Union Environment Minister asked that Jan Bhagidari events be organised at all thirty-seven identified hotspots in the capital by October 10, with relevant stakeholders taking part, and that a set of action points be drawn up for each one and its implementation watched closely.

The randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial enrolled that many apparently healthy adults between eighteen and seventy years of age, each of whom had already received a first, second or booster dose of the COVISHIELD vaccine, across seven study sites in India.

For the class of taxpayers who must get their accounts audited, the statutory last date to file the return of income for Assessment Year 2026-27 was 31 October 2026, and the Central Board of Direct Taxes has now pushed it forward by three weeks.

India used its Opening Statement there to argue for conservation grounded in science.

The correct answer is 1101.21 million, the broadband base at the close of that month.

The correct answer is Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital, where the two sides met to discuss military training, exercises, medical cooperation, peacekeeping and defence industries.

At the PRAHAAR conference in New Delhi the Union Home Minister launched this portal, whose purpose is to bring together and quicken the effort of returning fugitives who have fled abroad.

The second edition of the Indian Navy's Commanders' Conference for the year is being held there over three days, from 29 September to 1 October 2026.

The Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister, together with the Chief Minister of West Bengal, formally announced the city as host of the fifth edition, which will be held at the New Town Convention Centre from 28 to 31 January 2027.

India gave this pair of figures in its statement at the 28th session of the FAO Committee on Forestry in Rome, while describing the steady growth of its forest resources.

Esha Singh finished with the silver medal in this competition at the Asian Games 2026, and the Prime Minister congratulated her the same day, saying that she had put up a great score and had shown immense precision and composure on the range.

The second meeting of the bilateral Joint Working Group between India and Fiji was held in the Indian capital on 28 September 2026, where the two sides went through military training and capacity building, service-to-service engagement, maritime security, cyber training and collaboration in the defence industry.

He finished second in the men's 1500m at the Asian Games and collected the silver medal, and the timing he ran was his own personal best.

It was DRI that acted on intelligence about gold crossing the India-Bangladesh border, intercepted the courier parcels in several cities and seized the metal under the customs law.

The Council has been placed under the administrative control of the Ministry of Steel and its Secretary has been made its Chairman, with senior officers of the Ministry and the chief executives of integrated steel producers sitting as members.

Philippe Baptiste holds that combined portfolio in France, which is why his talks in New Delhi with the Union Minister for Education covered universities, research collaboration and innovation together.

The auction of mementos, gifts and souvenirs received by the Prime Minister is being held online in its eighth round and remains open for bidding until the second day of October, with participation through the auction portal.

Ministries and departments have said that the implementation phase of Special Campaign 6.0 covers exactly that month, beginning on Gandhi Jayanti and closing at the end of October, in line with the guidelines issued by the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances.

The Periodic Labour Force Survey of 2025 puts the country's overall literacy rate at that level, and this is the headline figure quoted for India's literacy today.

The Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change handed over the first certificates under this scheme in New Delhi, and the certificate itself carries the name PRAMAAN.