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Why it matters

This is a useful official-statistics update for questions on how the government reads investment trends. The survey measures reported and intended private-corporate capital expenditure; it is not a GDP estimate or a census of every business.

Background you need

NSO functions under the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation. The survey frame uses active enterprises registered with the Ministry of Corporate Affairs and the exercise is conducted under the Collection of Statistics Act, 2008. Individual enterprise data are kept confidential; published outputs are aggregate indicators.

Why it matters

The update connects food security, post-harvest management and scientific storage. An MoU starts an institutional collaboration; it should not be mistaken for a new procurement price, a change in the public-distribution entitlement or a completed nationwide storage rollout.

Background you need

ICAR is the national agricultural-research system under the Department of Agricultural Research and Education. FCI is the central public-sector agency that undertakes foodgrain procurement, storage and movement for the food-security system. Sound storage aims to limit quantity and quality losses between procurement and distribution.

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RoDTEP is a core trade-policy term: it addresses embedded duties, taxes and levies on exported products that are not otherwise refunded. For prelims, distinguish it from a direct cash incentive and from GST input-tax credit.

Background you need

RoDTEP is implemented through the foreign-trade policy framework. It supports eligible exports from Domestic Tariff Area units, Advance Authorisation holders, Special Economic Zones and Export Oriented Units, subject to the notified terms, rates and value caps.

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This is a cooperative-federalism and digital-infrastructure update. BharatNet is public broadband infrastructure for rural connectivity; it is not a retail internet plan operated solely by BSNL.

Background you need

Digital Bharat Nidhi is the statutory fund that succeeded the Universal Service Obligation Fund under the Telecommunications Act, 2023. BharatNet seeks to make high-speed broadband available to Gram Panchayats and villages on demand, with different public agencies participating in funding, execution and programme management.

Why it matters

The exam value is institutional: these are public-finance and digital-governance tools within defence administration. They do not alter the armed forces' command structure or replace the role of the Ministry of Finance in Union public finance.

Background you need

The Defence Accounts Department supports internal audit, accounting, payments and financial advice for the Ministry of Defence. A Treasury Single Account improves visibility and cash management; the new system is operationalised through PRISM and integrated with RBI e-Kuber for just-in-time releases to autonomous bodies.

Why it matters

This is a conservation-management update, not merely a wildlife sighting. It tests the difference between a Tiger Reserve, a landscape-level reintroduction programme and routine transfer of animals.

Background you need

Buxa was declared a Tiger Reserve in 1983 and forms part of the North Bengal landscape, with ecological connections to forests and protected areas in Bhutan and Assam. Reintroduction requires suitable habitat, prey, protection and community participation; releasing one animal alone does not establish a population.

Why it matters

This is a map-governance and geography update. Standardisation improves unambiguous official reference; it does not by itself create a new district, alter a boundary or change the constitutional status of Ladakh.

Background you need

Survey of India is India's national mapping agency. Official geographic naming helps maps, public records, emergency response, planning and communication refer to the same feature consistently. Examples in the release include Atisha Giri (peak), Chapchingal Pass, Parpik (glacier), Yangpa River and Guru Rinpoche (lake).

Why it matters

GOBARdhan is a major clean-energy and circular-economy update. Remember that it is a national scheme for compressed biogas, not a generic sanitation campaign or a synonym for every household biogas plant.

Background you need

The scheme has an outlay of ₹23,731 crore for FY 2026-27 to FY 2035-36 and aims to raise domestic CBG production nearly ten-fold to around 5 MMSCMD. It builds on earlier CBG-sector measures such as SATAT, organic-manure support, biomass-aggregation support and pipeline development.

Why it matters

This is a precise accessibility-and-transport policy change. An exempted FASTag is not a blanket toll exemption for every disabled person or every vehicle; eligibility remains tied to the vehicle category, disability records and National Highways Fee Rules.

Background you need

For eligible vehicles, the updated guideline gives a five-year validity for a recorded disability of 70% to 100%, and three years for 40% to below 70%, after which renewal remains subject to continued eligibility. Recognised records include a valid Disability Certificate or UDID card.