UPSC Civil Services GK Questions 2026

It is an industry-led collaborative platform that brings together telecom service providers, industry, startups, academia and research institutions to advance the country's 6G ambitions, and it works on indigenous research and innovation, the creation of intellectual property, engagement with international standards and partnerships for an affordable, secure, sustainable and globally…

The correct answer is Dr. Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani, Minister of State for Communications and Rural Development, who closed the symposium at Yashobhoomi in Dwarka, New Delhi.

A key outcome of the symposium was the exchange of five new memoranda of understanding, with GSMA, one6G, the GTI Alliance, the 6G Innovation Forum of Taiwan and VOICE, which open the way to international cooperation, joint research, trials and the sharing of knowledge.

The minister made special mention of this award-winning initiative of the Department of Telecommunications, whose Samriddhi Kendras show how a single digital base can carry government services, health care, schooling, farming and village enterprise to rural communities, demonstrating that connectivity and home-grown innovation can support inclusive growth.

The India Mobile Congress is put together jointly by the Department of Telecommunications, which comes under the Ministry of Communications, and the industry body COAI.

The scale of the tenth edition is set out in a cluster of figures: an exhibition area of 60,000 square metres, participation from over 100 countries, more than 2,000 technology use cases, over 400 startups and more than 900 thought leaders, besides industry partners, exhibitors, investors, incubators and accelerators.

The tenth edition of the India Mobile Congress is being held at Yashobhoomi in New Delhi under that theme, organised jointly by the Department of Telecommunications of the Ministry of Communications and the Cellular Operators Association of India.

To build a trust-based tax system while keeping a deterrent against fraud, the Council recommended lifting the prosecution threshold from ₹1 crore to ₹5 crore and withdrawing certain powers of arrest under GST.

One of the measures meant to speed up refunds is a shorter acknowledgement window: the period comes down from 15 days to 10 days, and where no response is issued within it the claim is treated as acknowledged by deeming.

The backgrounder records that the taxpayer base widened from roughly 60 lakh when the tax began to about 1.70 crore in September 2026, which is close to a threefold increase over nine years.

The backgrounder states that the process reforms covering registration, return filing, refunds, input tax credit and dispute resolution were recommended at the 57th meeting of the GST Council, held in October 2026.

NCEL is National Cooperative Exports Limited, NCOL is National Cooperative Organics Limited and BBSSL is Bharatiya Beej Sahakari Samiti Limited, the national seed cooperative.

The correct answer is Dr Ashish Kumar Bhutani, Secretary in the Ministry of Cooperation, who closed the workshop by calling the discussions productive and asking states to move from discussion to implementation.

The Secretary of the Ministry of Cooperation set that deadline for finishing the first phase of computerising Primary Agricultural Credit Societies, and asked in the same breath that audits for the years 2024-25 and 2025-26 be completed by October 2026.

The correct answer is Bastar in Chhattisgarh, where the two-day workshop was held on 8 and 9 October 2026 and ended with a call for state-specific and time-bound action plans.

It is a structured community engagement initiative meant to strengthen mental health literacy, cut the stigma attached to mental illness and prompt people to seek help early rather than late.

The programme runs under the National Mental Health Programme with support to states and union territories through the National Health Mission, and it funds outpatient care, counselling, psychosocial help, medicines, follow-up, outreach, referral and inpatient treatment at the district level.

The day falls on 10 October every year, and the theme for the 2026 observance asks that the voices of those who have lived with mental health conditions be heard and allowed to shape policy and services.

Tele-MANAS, which stands for Tele Mental Health Assistance and Networking Across States, offers free and confidential counselling on this number at any hour of the day, in several languages, without the caller having to reach a hospital.

More than four-fifths of the craft is of Indian origin, and it is propelled by three diesel engines that drive waterjets, which gives it the agility needed in shallow waters.