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DAILY DOSE 18th SEPT – 2025 CURRENT AFFAIRS
🔷 National Appointments
- Amit Khareappointed Secretary to Vice-President P. Radhakrishnan (Sep 14, 2025).
- Ex-Advisor to PM (since Oct 2021); key figure in NEP 2020.
- Former I&B and Higher Education Secretary; unearthed fodder scam.
- IAS (1985 batch, Jharkhand cadre); studied at St. Stephen’s and IIM Ahmedabad.
- Term: 3 yearsfrom date of joining.
🔷 Infrastructure & Energy
- India’s 1st National Geothermal Energy Policynotified by MNRE.
- Covers exploration, project dev., and resource eval.
- 381 hot springs identified by GSI across 10 geothermal provinces.
- Baseload renewable; 80%+ CUF.
- Supports direct-use applications: heating, agriculture, industry.
- Incentives: land allotment, viability gap funding, green bonds, 100% FDI.
- Promotes indigenous tech& international collaborations.
🔷 State News: Bihar
- CM Nitish Kumar: ₹1,000 monthly allowance for unemployed graduates (20–25 yrs).
- Duration: 2 years, under 7 Nischay Yojana.
- Scheme encourages skill dev. & exam prep.
- ₹802.46 cr transferred to 04 lakh construction workersunder clothing scheme.
- Pratigya web portallaunched for contractual workers.
🔷 State News: Madhya Pradesh
- PM Modi in Dhar, laid foundation stones and launched initiatives:
- PM MITRA Park(1,300 acres): ₹23,140 cr investment, 3 lakh jobs.
- Launched Swasth Nari Sashakt Parivar, National Nutrition Month.
- Over ₹19,000 cr disbursed under PM Matru Vandana Yojana.
- Distributed 1 crore sickle cell screening cards.
- Adi Seva Parvlaunched under Adi Karmyogi Abhiyan.
🔷 Economy/Banking/Finance
- IMF praises UPIas global model for digital payments.
- 20+ billion monthly transactions; ₹24.85 lakh crore (Aug 2025).
- NPCIraised P2M daily limit to ₹10 lakh (Sep 15).
- Powered by Jan Dhan, Aadhaar, and low-cost internet.
- UPI operational in UAE, Mauritius, Nepal, Bhutan, Singapore (via PayNow), and even at Eiffel Tower.
- Launched in 2016by NPCI.
🔷 Awards & Prizes
- BEE introduces NECA 2025 award for content creators/influencers.
- Focus: energy conservation awarenessvia social media.
- Eligibility: 10,000+ followers, 90-sec video entries.
- Themes: 24°C AC, 5-star appliances, green living, etc.
- Winners to be awarded on 14 Dec 2025by the President of India.
🔷 Summits/Conferences
- 13th India-UAE High-Level Joint Task Forceheld in Abu Dhabi (Sep 18, 2025).
- Co-chaired by Piyush Goyaland Sheikh Hamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
- Non-oil trade: $38 billion(H1 2025), up 34%
- Reviewed: Bharat Mart in Jebel Ali, payment integration, local currency trade, digital currency.
- Focus on maritime and space sector collaborations.
🔷 MoUs/Agreements
- DoP & BSNL signed MoU(Sep 17, 2025).
- India Post’s 65 lakh Post Officesto sell BSNL SIM cards & recharge services.
- Target: rural and underserved regions.
- Supports Digital India, financial inclusion.
- Pilot in Assam
- MoU valid for 1 year, extendable.
🔷 Indian Economy
- Updated GST advisoryissued (effective Sep 22, 2025).
- Revised MRP stickersallowed (optional) on pre-GST rate stock.
- Original MRP must remain visible.
- Newspaper publication rule abolished.
- Updated price lists to be shared with wholesalers, Legal Metrology Dept.
- Old packaging can be used till March 31, 2026.
- Aim: ease of doing business, consumer protection.
🔷 Government Schemes & Initiatives
- India AI Mission: 500+ AI data labsto be set up nationwide.
- Led by of IT Ashwini Vaishnaw.
- 8 firms selected: Tech Mahindra, Fractal, IIT Bombay’s BharatGen.
- ₹988.6 crore to IIT-B team for 1 trillion parameter LLM.
- Total budget: ₹10,300 crore.
- Focus: sovereign LLMs, AI talent, GPUs, R&D.
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