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April 2026
April 2026's current affairs recap — 179 topics across 11 subjects, curated by Vaidra's editorial team and tagged for UPSC Prelims and Mains.
Q1. Under the Jan Vishwas (Amendment) Bill, 2026's graduated response mechanism for minor offences, what is the correct sequence?
Q2. What does Phase I of Census 2027 (April-September 2026) consist of?
Q3. Who chairs the AI Governance and Economic Group (AIGEG)?
Q4. The Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2026 sought to amend Article 82 to do what?
Q5. Under the Online Gaming Authority's two-tier grievance redressal system, who is the Appellate Authority?
Q6. The removal (impeachment) process for Supreme Court and High Court judges in India is regulated by which act?
Q7. Parliamentary privileges under Article 105(3) extend to which of the following?
Q8. Under the Copyright Act, 1957, what is the maximum imprisonment for copyright infringement?
Q9. Which of the following is NOT one of the six factors in the UN Rabat Plan of Action's threshold test for incitement to hatred?
Q10. The Fifty-Second Constitutional Amendment, 1985 introduced which Schedule dealing with anti-defection?
Q11. World Health Day, marking WHO's founding in 1948, is observed on which date?
Q12. Article 324 of the Constitution vests which power in the Election Commission of India?
Q13. The Supreme Court struck down the Electoral Bonds Scheme for violating which fundamental right?
Q14. What does the NUDGE strategy in India's AI-driven tax governance stand for?
Q15. Under the RPwD Act, 2016, what is the reservation for persons with disabilities in government jobs?
Q16. Judicial review of a Delimitation Commission order — if it is clearly arbitrary or unconstitutional — was addressed in which case?
Q17. Under the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order, 1950, does conversion to another religion affect ST status?
Q18. Who verifies inter-state captive generating plant (CGP) status under the Electricity (Amendment) Rules, 2026?
Q19. Which constitutional article empowers Parliament to adjudicate inter-state river water disputes and can exclude court jurisdiction?
Q20. The FCRA Amendment Bill, 2026 proposes to reduce the maximum imprisonment for FCRA offences from how many years to how many?
Q21. Denial of equal career opportunity to women officers in the Armed Forces was held to violate which constitutional articles?
Q22. The law declaring Amaravati the permanent capital of Andhra Pradesh marks the first instance of Parliament doing what?
Q23. How many days' notice is required for a resolution to remove the Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman?
Q24. Within how many days of the declaration of the election result must an election petition be filed?
Q1. Which constitutional provision allows the Centre to delegate identification/deportation power to States/UTs?
Q2. The 'Clear, Hold, Build' approach against Left Wing Extremism is what type of doctrine?
Q3. Approximately what share of India's trade passes through the Indian Ocean Region, driving concern over grey-zone warfare?
Q1. Which was Nepal's first-ever Integrated Check Post (ICP) with India?
Q2. The Indian Ocean Conference (IOC) was started in 2016 by which organisation?
Q3. The Chiang Mai Initiative Multilateralisation (CMIM) was set up under which grouping following the Asian Financial Crisis?
Q4. What does the RELOS pact between India and Russia stand for?
Q5. The Investment Facilitation for Development (IFD) proposal at MC14 was to be added as what type of WTO agreement?
Q6. The OCI scheme was launched in December 2005 via an amendment to which Act?
Q7. Austria's TUGSAT-1/BRITE and UniBRITE satellites were launched (2013) from which Indian spaceport?
Q8. Approximately what share of global energy flow passes through the Strait of Hormuz?
Q9. India and Azerbaijan's 6th round of Foreign Office Consultations was their first high-level engagement since which year?
Q10. The World Bank was established in 1944 under which agreement?
Q11. Of the 128 countries supporting the IFD Agreement, how many are also Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) members?
Q12. Japan's post-WWII pacifist stance restricting military action derives from which constitutional article?
Q13. Disruption of the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait forces shipping to reroute via which route, adding 10-14 days?
Q14. In the IMF's worst-case scenario for 2026, what oil price (per barrel) is projected?
Q15. Which country acceded to the NPT but later announced its withdrawal in 2003?
Q1. What is the value of Reliance's 'Green Vision' plan, cited in this recap as an example of conscious capitalism in India?
Q2. India is the world's second-largest producer of which of the following?
Q3. Under the IBC (Amendment) Act, 2026, within how many days of default must the NCLT admit an insolvency application?
Q4. As per this recap, how has India's gig workforce grown between FY21 and FY25?
Q5. NPCI, which operates UPI, IMPS, RuPay and AePS, is registered as what kind of entity?
Q6. By how much did cyber fraud cases rise between 2021 and 2025, per the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal?
Q7. The PLI Scheme, launched in 2020, has attracted over how much FDI in electronics manufacturing since 2020-21?
Q8. PLFS 2025 shifted the survey design from what cycle to what cycle?
Q9. Per a PLFS 2023-24 analysis cited in this recap, what share of Indian workers earn less than the legally mandated minimum wage?
Q10. Which two missions specifically target India's edible oil self-sufficiency?
Q11. In Re: Phalodi Accident, within how many days must NHAI deploy BLS ambulances/cranes at intervals of at most 75 km?
Q12. What new unified term does the Income Tax Act, 2025 introduce, merging Financial Year and Assessment Year?
Q13. Which of the following is a Payments Bank NOT permitted to do?
Q14. The Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor runs between which two points?
Q15. Which state shows the highest rural land inequality (Gini) per the World Inequality Lab report?
Q16. Which country ranks 1st globally in food waste, ahead of India?
Q17. What was UPI's approximate share of global real-time payments as of 2026?
Q18. How did women's credit penetration change in India between 2017 and 2025?
Q19. Under PMMSY, what is the subsidy rate for general category beneficiaries versus SC/ST/women beneficiaries?
Q20. India's Major Ports are governed by which act?
Q21. In the PMI (Purchasing Managers' Index) compiled by S&P Global, what does a reading above 50 indicate?
Q22. What was India's forex reserve level cited amid the 2026 global tension-driven currency stress?
Q23. India is the world's largest cotton cultivator by area and the second-largest producer after which country?
Q24. What tax does the Finance Act, 2022 impose on income from Virtual Digital Assets (VDAs)?
Q25. Which Indian state is the leading producer of gold, from the Kolar and Hutti mines?
Q26. Under the FIT framework, for how many consecutive quarters must inflation stay outside the 2-6% range before RBI must report to the government?
Q27. What is the corpus of the Fund of Funds for Startups, managed by SIDBI?
Q28. What is RBI's projected CPI inflation for 2026-27?
Q1. By what target year does the Ministry of Defence aim to reach Rs 50,000 crore in annual defence exports?
Q2. Which agency is India's nodal cybersecurity incident response agency, to which banks must report suspicious incidents?
Q3. Under which programme was INS Aridaman built?
Q4. What leadership reservation for IPS officers does the CAPF Act prescribe at the Special DG and DG level?
Q5. What is the target year to eliminate Left Wing Extremism, per the National Policy and Action Plan?
Q6. How many member states does IONS presently have?
Q1. Per the Ember Global Electricity Review 2026, renewables overtook coal in global electricity generation for the first time in how long?
Q2. How does 'water bankruptcy' differ from ordinary 'water stress'?
Q3. Recycled plastic packaging under the 2026 Amendment Rules must meet which standard?
Q4. Why are HFCs targeted for phase-down despite not depleting the ozone layer?
Q5. Per the State of the World's Migratory Species report 2024, what share of the 1,200 CMS-listed species are threatened by illegal/unsustainable taking?
Q6. An AMOC collapse could shift the tropical rain belt southward, causing what effect on the Indian monsoon?
Q7. What is India's overall solar capacity target by 2030, cited as context for AgriPV's significance?
Q8. Why does India's heatwave classification miss high-humidity heat stress, per this recap?
Q9. What additional carbon sink does India's NDC 3.0 target through forest/tree cover by 2035?
Q10. The National Chambal Sanctuary is part of which conservation project launched in 1975?
Q11. Which of the following is NOT one of India's four bustard species?
Q12. Which two notable bird species are associated with Shekha Jheel Bird Sanctuary?
Q13. Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) in India is regulated by the BDA, 2002 and which 2025 regulations?
Q14. Which Antarctic species was moved to Vulnerable due to avian influenza (bird flu), not climate change?
Q15. By how much can Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) reduce CO2 emissions compared to conventional jet fuel?
Q16. What effect do microplastics have on the Sundarbans' role as a carbon sink, per the IISER Kolkata study?
Q17. How many river basin groups does India have in total, per this recap?
Q18. Are heatwaves officially classified as a disaster under India's Disaster Management Act, 2005?
Q19. Cold Spark Technology produces spark effects at what approximate temperature, compared to ~1200°C for traditional fireworks?
Q20. What is the 'masked stress' risk highlighted regarding projected forest carbon storage growth?
Q21. Which Indian Coast Guard initiative supports Olive Ridley turtle conservation, using Turtle Excluder Devices?
Q22. What percentage of India's total wind energy potential (~1,164 GW) has been utilised so far?
Q23. India previously hosted which UNFCCC COP, in 2002?
Q1. Which spacecraft carries Artemis II astronauts, built by NASA and Lockheed Martin?
Q2. India's PFBR is developed by IGCAR and operated by which company?
Q3. Genome India Project sampled individuals from how many distinct population groups, spanning four linguistic families?
Q4. Which type of gene therapy is inheritable by offspring — somatic or germline?
Q5. In which orbit does Starlink primarily place its satellites?
Q6. What is India's approximate Gross Expenditure on R&D (GERD) as a share of GDP?
Q7. Which technology, developed indigenously by QNu Labs, enabled India's 1,000-km secure quantum communication breakthrough?
Q8. How does nuclear fusion differ from nuclear fission in terms of radioactive waste?
Q9. Which spacecraft was the first to achieve a survivable soft landing on the Moon, in 1966?
Q10. What is the difference between 'population suppression' and 'population modification' gene drive strategies against malaria?
Q11. What is the approximate altitude range of Low Earth Orbit (LEO), where AssamSAT satellites will operate?
Q1. Which work by Jyotiba Phule, published in 1873, critiqued caste-based oppression?
Q2. The Konyak are the largest Naga tribe, historically known by which name for their past headhunting practice?
Q3. In which year did Dr. Ambedkar resign as Law Minister, over the Hindu Code Bill?
Q4. Who assassinated Michael O'Dwyer in 1940, in response to the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre?
Q5. What weapon did Shivaji Maharaj famously use to kill Afzal Khan?
Q6. Mahavira's philosophy that 'truth has multiple aspects' is known as what?
Q7. In which year was 'Orissa' officially renamed 'Odisha', via a constitutional amendment?
Q8. The HRA was later reorganised into which organisation under Bhagat Singh?
Q1. Which data source is used to select PMAY-G beneficiaries based on housing deprivation?
Q2. Under the Urban Challenge Fund's financing pattern, what minimum share must be mobilised from market sources?
Q3. PMGSY provides all-weather road connectivity to unconnected rural habitations with what minimum population, in plain areas?
Q4. Under Modified UDAN, what is the airfare cap support level for eligible seats?
Q5. What is the estimated cost of the RBM Scheme's continuation for the 16th Finance Commission period (2026-27 to 2030-31)?
Q6. MUDRA (Micro Units Development & Refinance Agency) is a subsidiary of which institution, and does it lend directly?
Q7. What is the ECMS scheme's outlay after being increased in Budget 2026-27?
Q8. Roughly what share of global GDP does the Orange (Creative) Economy account for?
Q9. Under the revised PM e-DRIVE, till when have e-2W and e-3W incentives respectively been extended?
Q10. Roughly what share of e-Visas does India process within 72 hours under IVFRT?
Q1. Scarborough Shoal, blocked by Chinese ships, is a disputed atoll in which sea, claimed by both China and which other country?
Q2. The Strait of Malacca is bounded by which countries?
Q3. Which Northeast Indian lake hosts Keibul Lamjao National Park, the world's only floating national park?
Q4. The Delhi-Dehradun Economic Corridor includes a wildlife corridor with elephant underpasses through which national park?
Q5. The Kalai-II Hydro Electric Project is being built on which river?
Q6. Zojila Pass was the site of which historic 1948 operation, notable for the first-ever use of tanks at such high altitude?
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Q1. Approximately what share of domestic consumption does India's middle class drive?
Q2. What is India's approximate 'learning poverty' rate, per the World Bank's definition (inability to read/understand a simple text by age 10)?
Q3. What is the SDG target for India's Maternal Mortality Ratio by 2030, already achieved by Kerala, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu?
Q4. The Los Angeles court ruling against Meta and YouTube for addictive platform design signals the end of which legal defense?