What to Read in PIB (Topic and Syllabus wise)

• Vice President’s Secretariat

  • Vice-President Shri C. P. Radhakrishnan Calls on President of Seychelles in New Delhi

• Prime Minister’s Office

  • India – Seychelles Joint Vision for Sustainability, Economic Growth and Security through Enhanced Linkages
  • Texts of PM’s interaction with Students in Episode 2 of “Pariskha Pe Charcha 2026” program
  • English Translation of Prime Minister’s Press Statement during the Joint Press Statement with the President of Seychelles
  • Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi interacts with students from Coimbatore, Raipur, Devmogra and Guwahati in the second episode of Pariksha Pe Charcha 2026
  • Prime Minister shares Sanskrit Subhashitam highlighting the limitless potential of students and the spirit of ‘Pariksha Pe Charcha’

• Rajya Sabha Secretariat

  • Text of the Felicitations made in the House today by Shri C. P. Radhakrishnan, Hon’ble Chairman, Rajya Sabha, on the outstanding achievement of the Indian Under-19 Cricket Team

• AYUSH

  • NIA Jaipur’s Golden Jubilee highlights 50 years of leadership in Ayurveda with launch of key infrastructure and outreach initiatives in Jaipur today

• Ministry of Communications

  • India shines in Network Readiness Index Report 2025, prepared by Portulans Institute based in Washington DC

• Ministry of Corporate Affairs

  • CCI registered 54 cases of anti-competitive practices/ antitrust, received 149 merger (M&A) filings in 2025

• Ministry of Culture

  • GRANTS FOR CULTURAL INSTITUTION, TRUST AND NGOs
  • CONSERVATION OF PROTECTED MONUMENTS AND HERITAGE SITES
  • PRESERVATION OF TANGIBLE AND INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE
  • PROVISIONS UNDER THE AMASR ACT

• Ministry of Defence

  • Raksha Mantri holds bilateral talks with Minister of National Defence of Hellenic Republic in New Delhi

• Ministry of Electronics & IT

  • From States to Summit: Regional AI Conferences Power India’s AI Vision
  • Yotta and BHASHINI Collaborate to Enable Sovereign AI Cloud, Showcasing India’s Readiness for Population-Scale AI
  • Shri Jitin Prasada Inaugurates STQC Lab Automation Portal ‘SATYA’

• Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change

  • NBA Disburses Rs 45.05 lakh to Biodiversity Management Committees across 10 States and Two UTs

• Ministry of Finance

  • Gross NPAs of Scheduled Commercial Banks (SCBs) for domestic operations reach a historic low of 2.15% as of September, 2025

• Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying

  • Institutional Finance to the Fisheries Sector

• Ministry of Food Processing Industries

  • Union Minister Shri Chirag Paswan Visits PLASTINDIA 2026; Releases Plastic Industry Status Report 2025

• Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

  • Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission Signs Three MoUs to Bolster Medicine Safety, Quality Standards, and Capacity Building

• Ministry of Home Affairs

  • Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation, Shri Amit Shah, attends the closing ceremony of Bastar Pandum 2026 in Chhattisgarh today as the Chief Guest
  • Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Shri Amit Shah to Deliver Keynote Address at National Conference on “Tackling Cyber-Enabled Frauds & Dismantling the Ecosystem”

• Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs

  • IMPROVEMENT UNDER PM SVANIDHI SCHEME
  • MEASURES TO PROMOTE AFFORDABLE HOUSING

• Ministry of Jal Shakti

  • Central Water Commission Organises One-Day Stakeholders’ Workshop on Flood Forecasting and Flood Management DPRs in New Delhi
  • WATER TESTING FACILITIES AND SERVICES IN THE COUNTRY
  • MONITORING SYSTEM FOR GROUNDWATER
  • PROJECTS UNDER FLOOD MANAGEMENT AND BORDER AREAS PROGRAMME

• Ministry of Labour & Employment

  • VV Giri Survey Confirms Widespread Endorsement of Labour Codes by Workers and Employers

• Ministry of Power

  • Thermal (coal and lignite) Installed Capacity Requirement Estimated at 3,07,000 MW by 2024-35
  • Draft Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2025 Intends to Remove Wasteful Duplication in Building Distribution Network

• Ministry of Railways

  • Tamil Nadu Railway Budget Allocation Jumps Over 8.5 Times Since 2014, Reaches ₹7,611 Crore in 2026–27
  • New Momentum to Northeast Development; Ashwini Vaishnaw Launches Blended Hospitality Services at Guwahati Station
  • Indian Railways Approves Major Projects Across India to Enhance Capacity, Safety, and Operational Efficiency

• Ministry of Science & Technology

  • Modi Govt’s Reforms Over the Past Decade promise to propel India as a Global Hub for Affordable Therapeutics and Diagnostics: Dr. Jitendra Singh
  • Satellites warn of declining vegetation in the Uttarakhand hills

• Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship

  • SWAVALAMBINI SCHEME
  • UPGRADATION OF ITIs AND ESTABLISHMENT OF NCoEs
  • AVAILABILITY OF SKILLED EMPLOYEES FOR VARIOUS SECTORS

• Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation

  • Output-Outcome Monitoring Framework is performance monitoring framework for monitoring schemes
  • MoSPI decides a comprehensive exercise for revision of base year of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), Index of Industrial Production (IIP) and Consumer Price Index (CPI)

• Ministry of Steel

  • H.D. Kumaraswamy launches PLI 1.2: Major Push to India’s Specialty Steel Ecosystem
  • Ministry of Steel Signs MoUs for 85 Specialty Steel Projects Involving Investment of ₹11,887 Crore

• Ministry of Textiles

  • Indian Delegation Visits Vietnam to Open New Opportunities in Silk, Sericulture, Handloom and Technical Textiles

• Ministry of Tourism

  • Redevelopment of Temple Corridors and Pilgrimage Sites
  • Status and Growth Potential of Medical Tourism
  • Promotion and Development of Medical Tourism
  • Measures to Curb the Fraudulent Practices in Tourism Sector
  • Establishment of Convention Promotion Bureaus for MICE

• Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports

  • Task Force Report on Coaching Ecosystem Strengthening

• PIB Headquarters

  • Artificial Intelligence for Culture and Languages
  • Swachh Aadat se Swachh Bharat: Sustaining a National Effort
  • India Achieves Landmark Trade Victory, Unlocks $30-Trillion U.S. Market for Exports Across Key Sectors

• National Human Rights Commission

  • NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported Indian migrant workers stranded in Dubai
  • NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported Delhi Police data indicating 807 people missing in Delhi during the first two weeks of January 2026; Only 235 of them traced so far