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DAILY DOSE 25th JULY – 2025 CURRENT AFFAIRS
✅ Important National Affairs
- ‘Samudra Prachet’ Pollution Control Vessel (PCV)
- Second and final PCV built by Goa Shipyard Ltd for the Indian Coast Guard.
- 72% indigenous content; equipped with modern oil spill response systems.
- Operates in India’s EEZ; 114.5m long, 16.5m wide, displaces 4,170 tonnes.
- Crew: 14 officers & 115 sailors.
- Features: side-sweeping arms, radar to detect oil slicks, onboard oil separation tanks.
- Launched in Goa; Chief Guest – DG ICG Paramesh Sivamani.
- National Cooperation Policy 2025
- Launched by Amit Shah.
- Goal: Triple cooperative sector’s GDP share by 2034; 5 model cooperative villages per tehsil.
- Aim: 50 crore cooperative members; 30% increase in co-op societies.
- Focus on sectors like tourism, ride-hailing, green energy, insurance.
- White Revolution 2.0 for women empowerment.
- “Sahkar Taxi” scheme to launch by year-end.
- India Achieves 20% Ethanol Blending (2025)
- Target met 5 years early (original: 2030).
- Blending rose from 1.5% in 2014 to 20% in 2025.
- ₹1.36 lakh crore saved in forex; ₹1.96 lakh crore paid to distilleries.
- 1 crore litres ethanol production (June 2025).
- CO₂ emission reduction: 698 lakh tonnes.
- Ajay Seth Appointed IRDAI Chairman
- Former Finance Secretary; 1987 batch IAS (Karnataka cadre).
- Appointed for 3 years or until 65 years of age.
- IRDAI: Regulates India’s insurance industry (HQ: Hyderabad).
- Nitin Gupta Becomes NFRA Chairperson
- Took charge: 23 July 2025.
- Former CBDT Chairman (2022–2024); introduced AI in taxation.
- NFRA formed in 2018 to regulate auditors and accounting standards.
✅ Economic & Trade Developments
- India–UK CETA Signed (24 July)
- Signed by Piyush Goyal and UK counterpart Jonathan Reynolds.
- Nearly 99% of Indian exports to UK now duty-free.
- Services access for Indian professionals (engineers, chefs, IT).
- MSMEs, startups, women entrepreneurs to benefit.
- “Double Contribution Convention” exempts Indian workers from UK social security for 3 years.
- India to Become 3rd Largest Economy by 2028 (Morgan Stanley Report)
- GDP forecast: $10.6 trillion by 2035.
- States like Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, UP, Karnataka may reach $1 trillion GDP each.
- 20% global growth contribution expected from India next decade.
- Infrastructure boost: highways up by 60%, metro and airports expanded.
✅ Defense & Security
- Operation Shiva Reviewed for Amarnath Yatra
- Northern Army Commander Lt Gen Pratik Sharma conducted review in J&K.
- Joint ops by Army, Police, and Paramilitary for Yatra security (July 3–Aug 9).
- Delta Force HQ in Batote inspected.
✅ India–China Relations
- 34th WMCC Meeting Held in New Delhi
- Led by Gourangalal Das (India) and Hong Liang (China).
- Reviewed border situation; agreed to maintain diplomatic and military communication.
- India resumed issuing tourist visas to Chinese nationals after 5 years.
- 75 years of diplomatic ties in 2025.
✅ Environment & Climate
- India at Ramsar COP15 (Zimbabwe)
- Led by Bhupender Yadav (23–31 July 2025).
- India: 91 Ramsar sites (1.36 mn ha); 250% increase in 10 years.
- India ranks #1 in Asia, #3 globally for Ramsar sites.
- Indore & Udaipur: India’s 1st Ramsar-accredited Wetland Cities.
- Campaigns: Mission Sahbhagita, Save Wetlands, Mission LiFE.
📌 One-Liner Facts for Quick Revision
- India’s ethanol blending target (20%) met in 2025 – 5 years early.
- India–UK trade goal: Double $56 bn to $112 bn by 2030.
- IRDAI HQ: Hyderabad | NFRA HQ: New Delhi.
- Ramsar Convention: Signed in 1971 (Iran); in force since 1975.
- Ajay Seth succeeds Debasish Panda as IRDAI chief.
- Morgan Stanley predicts India will surpass Germany and Japan by 2028.
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