UPSC GK Questions 2026

Addressing the conference, the Joint Secretary for the creative economy described the Ministry's 43 organisations, together with this stock of protected monuments and its museums, archives, Akademis and Zonal Cultural Centres, as the public infrastructure on which a creative economy can be built.

The conference on collaborative models for the creative economy was convened by that ministry at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi, and the Union Culture Minister inaugurated it while the Culture Secretary and the Joint Secretary for the creative economy both addressed the gathering.

Almost every handset in use in the country is now assembled or manufactured within India, a reversal from the position a decade earlier when the country was a net importer of phones.

The correct answer is Rs 2,58,835 crore, roughly Rs 2.58 lakh crore, which is the investment companies had actually put on the ground by the end of June in 2026.

The scheme began in a narrower form, covering mobile manufacturing, certain electronic components, active pharmaceutical ingredients and medical devices, and was then widened until it spanned fourteen strategic sectors, among them pharmaceuticals, textiles and specialty steel.

The ministry has been holding Shilp Samagam Melas since that year to strengthen earnings for artisans from the communities it serves, and across the series the fairs have reached more than 1,000 artisans from Scheduled Castes, Other Backward Classes and Safai Karamchari communities.

The precise figure given for cumulative sales up to 12 November 2026 is Rs 88,36,416, which rounds to roughly Rs 88.36 lakh, and it covers the four participating national corporations together.

The fair at Dilli Haat, INA, is organised by this ministry, and the four national corporations that take part sit under it, namely NSFDC, NBCFDC, NSKFDC and NDFDC.

The Vice-President said Andhra Pradesh's Swarna Andhra 2047 vision was in line with the Prime Minister's vision of Viksit Bharat 2047, the two sharing both the target year and the aim of a developed future.

Addressing the valedictory session, the Vice-President said Andhra Pradesh had drawn 714 investment projects worth more than twenty-two lakh crore rupees since June 2024, and he read this as evidence of strong confidence among investors and of economic momentum in the state.

This was the stated theme of the thirty-first edition of the CII Partnership Summit, and the Vice-President referred to it directly when he spoke of unsettled geopolitics, shifts in technology, climate change and reordered supply chains reshaping the world economy.

Across the seven months from April to October of 2026-27, exports of goods and services together are estimated at US$ 568.84 billion, a growth of 16.66 percent.

Exports of petroleum products grew 140.21 percent during the month, moving from US$ 3.70 billion in October 2025 to US$ 8.89 billion in October 2026, the steepest rise among the groups named as drivers of export growth.

The trade estimate for October 2026 places total exports of goods and services together at US$ 89.99 billion, which works out to growth of 29.90 percent over the same month a year earlier.

The regulator opened that series in August for the service and transactional calls of such firms, so that consumers can recognise a genuine call about a bill or a delivery.

The regulator notes that the app accounts for that share of all complaints about unwanted commercial communication received by the access providers.

The quarterly report of the telecom regulator records that this many telecom resources had their outgoing service barred for fifteen days because of a first breach of the rules on unsolicited commercial communication.

The four professional training tracks recognised are the Geriatric Care Provider, the Geriatric Caregiver covering both institutional and home care, the Wellness Therapist for the elderly, and the Elderly Care Companion.

The platform is run by the Department of Social Justice and Empowerment within that ministry, and it was launched in May at a national workshop on building a well functioning care economy.

The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment stated that its geriatric care platform now carries that many caregivers in the national directory, drawn from States and Union Territories across the country.