SSC GK Questions 2026

This standard sets out the caratages in which gold jewellery may be hallmarked, with fineness expressed in parts per thousand: 9K at 375, 14K at 585, 18K at 750, 20K at 833, 22K at 916, 23K at 958 and 24KS at 995, which is seven grades in all.

The Hallmark Unique Identification, or HUID, is a six-digit alphanumeric code generated by the Bureau of Indian Standards server for each article once it has been tested at a recognised assaying and hallmarking centre.

On that date gold hallmarking stopped being optional and became compulsory, at first in 256 districts; as more assaying and hallmarking centres came up, the requirement now extends to 392 districts.

The scheme has a three-tier governance structure. At the apex sits the Governing Council, chaired by the Secretary, Ministry of Mines, which gives strategic guidance, reviews progress, makes the final selection of beneficiaries and sanctions the capital support; it may also approve changes to the scheme guidelines with the Union…

The scheme funds four plants in all, two for lithium with a capacity of at least 30 kt each and two for nickel with a capacity of at least 50 kt each.

The Union Cabinet cleared the CAPEX Support Scheme to Promote Critical Mineral Processing on 4 November 2026 with exactly this outlay, spread over five financial years running from FY 2026-27 to FY 2030-31, and funded wholly from budgetary support.

The prison authorities permitted it for the persons accommodated in the Gender-Neutral Cell, and the National Human Rights Commission treated this, along with the cell itself, as compliance with the recommendation made after the Special Monitor's visit on 8 October 2026.

That officer visited the prison on 8 October 2026 and, during the visit, stressed the implementation of the advisories of the Commission and of the Ministry of Home Affairs for the welfare of transgender persons.

Its authorities informed the National Human Rights Commission that a separate Gender-Neutral Cell had been established for persons with diverse gender identities and expressions, so as to protect their dignity and give them appropriate living arrangements, and that affirmative clothing had also been permitted for those housed there.

Dr Chandra Sekhar Kumar, the Chief Executive Officer of the National Rainfed Area Authority, called for a harmonised Decision Support System at the national level that takes in the best features of the systems built by Odisha and Karnataka, so that watershed planning across States becomes integrated.

Joint Secretary in the Department of Land Resources, Shri Nitin Khade, noted at the consultation that the project timeline had been brought down progressively, from seven years in the first phase of the watershed development component to five years in the second phase, and he asked for faster implementation within…

The two-day consultation was organised in collaboration with this bureau and held on its campus, and its Director, Dr N.G.

The third national-level consultation on the draft National Technical Guidelines was held under the World Bank-assisted REWARD programme, whose expanded name is Rejuvenating Watersheds for Agricultural Resilience through Innovative Development.

It is the Ministry of Mines, Government of India, that is organising the 4th Conference of Mining Ministers in Goa on 5 and 6 November 2026, and that has invited Mining Ministers of various States along with senior officers of the Central and State Governments.

The Ministry of Mines is organising the 4th Conference of Mining Ministers on 5 and 6 November 2026 in Goa, and it has described the event as part of its continued engagement with State Governments for the collective advancement of the mining sector.

The Ministry of Mines, Government of India, is organising the 4th Conference of Mining Ministers in Goa on 5 and 6 November 2026.

The advisory repeats that every fodder development and livestock-supportive work must obey the provisions of the VB-G RAM G Act, 2025, and among the safeguards it lists is a district-level ceiling of 40 per cent on the material component.

The joint advisory names the State-specific Fodder Resource Development Plans prepared by this institute as guiding documents for planning at the district and block levels, and alongside them it encourages climate-resilient choices such as suitable fodder varieties, perennial grasses and integrated crop-livestock systems.

The Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Act, 2025, came into force on 1 July 2026 and carries a statutory guarantee of 125 days of wage employment for every rural household in a year.

The joint advisory of the Department of Rural Development and the Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying picks out exactly 22 works from the 375 works that the VB-G RAM G Act permits.