📰 PIB Notes for UPSC – 20 June 2026
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🧘 International Day of Yoga 2026 – Kolkata Red Road | Yoga for Healthy Ageing
- 12th IDY on 21 June 2026; national event at Red Road, Kolkata, West Bengal.
- PM Shri Narendra Modi leads Common Yoga Protocol (CYP); begins at 5:00 AM.
- Theme 2026: "Yoga for Healthy Ageing" (स्वस्थ आयु के लिए योग).
- Yoga Sangam Portal: Registrations crossed 6 lakh.
- 210+ Indian Missions abroad; events at 2,500+ locations worldwide.
- Ministry of Culture + ASI: Yoga at 100 iconic ASI locations — Red Fort, Hampi, Konark, Nalanda, Sarnath, Leh, Mahabalipuram.
- Guinness Record: 14 June 2026 — 4 lakh+ persons joined live yoga session simultaneously.
- Countdowns: 100-day Vigyan Bhawan; 75-day Lonar; 50-day Kanha Shanti Vanam; 25-day Khajuraho.
- New — Yoga 365: Daily yoga practice initiative throughout the year.
- New — Yoga for Air Travel: Protocol by MDNIY for long-distance travellers.
- New — 10 Yoga Protocols for NCDs: Diabetes, hypertension, asthma, mental health; special modules for children, elderly, pregnant women.
- IDY 2025 Visakhapatnam: 26 crore participants; 13 lakh events; 2 Guinness Records.
- UN declaration: PM Modi at 69th UNGA (2014); 175 nations; first IDY 2015 at Rajpath — 35,985 participants, 84 countries.
- UNESCO: Yoga on Intangible Cultural Heritage list — 2016.
- CYP = 45 min; yogasanas, Kapalabhati, Pranayama, meditation; in 6 UN languages.
⭐ Prelims Extra Points
- MDNIY = Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga — autonomous body under Ayush Ministry.
- Yoga Sutras = by Maharishi Patanjali; philosophical framework; ~2nd century BCE.
- Yoga roots: Indus-Saraswati Civilisation (~2700 BCE); "yoga" = Sanskrit = "to join/unite".
- NCD = Non-Communicable Disease — diabetes, hypertension, cancer, COPD.
- Y-Break = 5-minute workplace yoga module by Ministry of Ayush.
- IDY observed in 190+ countries.
❓ MCQ Practice
Q. The theme of International Day of Yoga 2026 is:
🏔️ VP C.P. Radhakrishnan Visits Ladakh – Hall of Fame, Sindhu Ghat, Pashmina & ITBP
- VP Shri C.P. Radhakrishnan: 3-day official visit to Ladakh (19–21 June 2026); with LG Shri Vinai Kumar Saxena.
- Hall of Fame War Memorial, Leh: Paid homage to soldiers; Indo-Pak & Indo-China war galleries; lauded "Nation First: Always and Every Time."
- Sindhu Ghat, Leh: Offered prayers; called River Sindhu "timeless symbol of Bharat's civilizational heritage."
- Pashmina Goat Farm, Upshi: Changthangi goat conservation; women's empowerment through Pashmina.
- First Rock Check Dam — Sindhu River: Under Sindhu Jal Samriddhi Abhiyan; eco-friendly irrigation solution.
- Met ITBP 5th Battalion; lauded frontier dedication.
- VP participates in IDY 2026 on 21 June in Ladakh.
⭐ Prelims Extra Points
- Pashmina = fine wool from Changthangi goat (Capra hircus); GI-tagged; "Diamond Fibre"; 12–16 microns.
- Changthangi goat = bred by Changpa nomads at 14,000–15,000 ft in Ladakh.
- ITBP = Indo-Tibetan Border Police; under MHA; guards 3,488 km India-China LAC; est. 1962.
- Sindhu River: Originates near Mansarovar Lake, Tibet; flows through Ladakh → Pakistan; ~3,180 km long.
- Ladakh: UT since 31 Oct 2019; no legislature; districts — Leh & Kargil.
❓ MCQ Practice
Q. Pashmina wool is obtained from which animal?
🌿 Ashtalakshmi – North East at the Heart of India's Growth Story
- Ashtalakshmi = 8 NE states: Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura, Sikkim.
- MDoNER: 3,746 projects sanctioned; 2,730 completed; worth ₹27,963 crore+.
- PM-DevINE: ₹6,600 crore (2022–26); 100% central funding; 48 projects.
- Act East Policy (2014): NE as ASEAN gateway; India-Myanmar-Thailand Trilateral Highway (Moreh → Mae Sot); Kaladan Multi-Modal Project.
- Roads: NH 10,905 km (2014) → 16,207 km (2025); PMGSY: 50,850 km rural roads in 12 years.
- Rail budget: ₹2,122 Cr avg (2009-14) → ₹11,486 Cr (2026-27); tracks: 333 km → 1,900+ km.
- Key bridges: Bogibeel 2018 (Brahmaputra, road+rail); Bhupen Hazarika Setu 2017 (9.15 km, Lohit River); Noney Bridge (141m, world's tallest railway pier bridge, Manipur).
- Sela Tunnel: 13,000 ft; BRO; ₹825 crore; Tezpur-Tawang; March 2024.
- Airports: 9 (2014) → 17 (2026); 78% rise; 90 routes under UDAN.
- National Waterways: 1 (2014) → 20 (2024).
- JJM: Arunachal & Mizoram = 100% tap water; JJM 2.0 — ₹8.69 lakh crore till Dec 2028.
- PMAY-G NE: 28.07 lakh completed of 37.77 lakh target.
- Fisheries: 4.03 lakh T (2014-15) → 6.78 lakh T (2024-25); 68% growth.
- GI Tags: 89 registered — Queen Pineapple, Lakadong Turmeric, King Chilli, Large Cardamom.
⭐ Prelims Extra Points
- Act East Policy: Replaced "Look East Policy" (1991); rebranded 2014; ASEAN focus.
- Kaladan Project: Kolkata → Sittwe port (Myanmar) → Paletwa (river) → Mizoram; saves ~1,000 km distance.
- NEC = North Eastern Council; statutory advisory body; HQ: Shillong; est. 1971.
- Noney Bridge: Jiribam-Imphal railway (111 km); 141m tall; surpasses Montenegro's Mala-Rijeka viaduct (139m).
- Lakadong Turmeric (Meghalaya): World's highest curcumin content (6–9%); GI tagged.
- King Chilli / Bhut Jolokia: Once world's hottest chilli; GI tagged.
❓ MCQ Practice
Q. The Noney Bridge in Manipur will be the world's tallest railway pier bridge at what height?
🌾 PM-KISAN 23rd Instalment – ₹18,880 Crore to 9.44 Crore Farmers
- PM released ₹18,880 crore as 23rd instalment on 20 June 2026 at Tarakeswar, Hooghly, West Bengal.
- 9.44 crore farmers benefitted; 2.18 crore women farmers; 1 crore+ joined virtually.
- Celebrated as "PM KISAN Utsav Diwas".
- Total disbursed since 2019: ₹4.46 lakh crore — one of world's largest DBT initiatives.
- Budget 2026-27: ₹60,000 crore for PM-KISAN.
- New WB initiatives: PMFBY + RWBCIS (1.10 cr farmers; ₹28,140 cr insured); AgriStack; Natural Farming (346 clusters, 17,300 ha); PM Dhan-Dhaanya Krishi Yojana.
- PM-KISAN basics: Launched 24 Feb 2019; ₹6,000/year in 3 × ₹2,000; DBT to Aadhaar-linked accounts.
- Kisan-eMitra: AI chatbot (Sep 2023); EkStep + BHASHINI; 24/7 in 11 languages; voice + text.
- e-KYC: OTP / Biometric / Face Authentication (2023).
- UP Study 2022: Paddy yield 3.08% higher; Wheat 1.93% higher; farm income 9.85% higher — beneficiary farmers vs non-beneficiaries.
⭐ Prelims Extra Points
- PM-KISAN: Launched 24 Feb 2019; covers all landholding farmer families; ₹6,000/year.
- DBT = Direct Benefit Transfer — directly to Aadhaar-seeded bank account; eliminates middlemen.
- AgriStack = Digital Public Infrastructure for agriculture — Farmers' Registry, Crop Sown Registry, Geo-referenced Village Maps.
- Natural Farming = zero-budget, chemical-free; promoted under BPKP; Subhash Palekar method.
- PM Dhan-Dhaanya Krishi Yojana: Covers 100 low-productivity districts; convergence of 12 schemes.
❓ MCQ Practice
Q. Under PM-KISAN, how much annual assistance is given per farmer family?
⛏️ NMDC Donimalai – Digitalisation, Sustainable Mining & 100 MTPA Vision
- NMDC = National Mineral Development Corporation — India's largest iron ore producer; Navratna PSU under Ministry of Steel.
- Donimalai Complex, Karnataka: Senior management reviewed capacity & digital initiatives.
- Targets: 10 MTPA (Kumaraswamy Mine); 17 MTPA (Donimalai); Vision: 100 MTPA company.
- Low-grade ore use: Ore with up to 35% Fe, slimes, BHJ, BHQ converted via beneficiation into usable raw material.
- Automated Gate Management System: Real-time dispatch monitoring; reduces manual intervention.
- CMD: Shri Amitava Mukherjee; inaugurated High-Rise Towers for employee welfare.
⭐ Prelims Extra Points
- NMDC: HQ Hyderabad; major mines at Bailadila (Chhattisgarh) & Donimalai (Karnataka); also India's largest diamond producer.
- Iron ore: Key steelmaking input; India = 3rd largest global producer (after Australia, Brazil).
- Beneficiation = increases iron content of low-grade ore by removing impurities.
- BHJ/BHQ = iron-bearing rocks traditionally treated as waste; now being processed.
- India's steel target: 300 MTPA by 2030 (National Steel Policy 2017).
❓ MCQ Practice
Q. NMDC's Donimalai iron ore complex is located in which state?
🎬 MIFF 2026 – Oscar-Winning Short Films & Alice in Wonderland Screened
- 19th Mumbai International Film Festival (MIFF) 2026 — final phase; short films, documentaries, animation.
- Oscar Winners Section — 4 films screened:
- "I Am Not a Robot" — Belgium/Netherlands; Dir. Victoria Warmerdam; 2025 Oscar, Best Live Action Short Film. Dark sci-fi comedy about CAPTCHA tests.
- "In the Shadow of Cypress" — Iran; Dir. Shirin Sohani & Hossein Molayemi; 2025 Oscar, Best Animated Short Film.
- "The Girl Who Cried Pearls" — Canada; Dir. Chris Lavis & Maciek Szczerbowski; 2026 Oscar (98th), Best Animated Short Film.
- "Two People Exchanging Saliva" — France/USA; Dir. Natalie Musteata & Alexandre Singh; 2026 Oscar (98th), Best Live Action Short Film.
- Special screening: Alice in Wonderland — animated classic; based on Lewis Carroll's novel.
- MIFF = biennial festival by Films Division under MIB; Asia's premier non-feature film festival.
⭐ Prelims Extra Points
- MIFF = organised by Films Division under MIB; short, documentary & animation films focus.
- IFFI = International Film Festival of India; held in Goa; Golden Peacock Award; started 1952.
- Academy Awards: By AMPAS; Los Angeles; 98th ceremony = 2026.
- Lewis Carroll = pen name of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson; "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" (1865).
❓ MCQ Practice
Q. MIFF is organised by which body under the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting?
🏠 PMAY-U 2.0 – 42,000+ Houses Sanctioned in MP; 38,000 Grih Pravesh
- Minister Shri Manohar Lal (MoHUA) led event at Sanwer, Indore, MP — 20 June 2026.
- 42,000+ sanction letters under PMAY-U 2.0; GoI subsidy: ₹1,050 crore.
- 38,000 families performed Grih Pravesh of newly built pucca houses across MP.
- Total at event: 80,000+ families benefitted.
- MP performance: Top state; 10.39 lakh sanctioned; 9.08 lakh completed.
- PMAY-U 2.0 (2024): Assistance up to ₹2.5 lakh; targets 1 crore additional urban households.
- Women empowerment: House ownership mandated in woman's name or joint ownership.
⭐ Prelims Extra Points
- PMAY-U: Launched 25 June 2015; "Housing for All"; 4 verticals — BLC, CLSS, AHP, ISSR.
- EWS = income <₹3 lakh/yr; LIG = ₹3–6 lakh; MIG = ₹6–18 lakh.
- BLC = Beneficiary-Led Construction — direct financial assistance for self-construction.
- PMAY-G = PMAY-Gramin (rural); under Ministry of Rural Development; target 2.95 crore houses.
- PMAY-U national: Over 1.18 crore houses completed (2026).
❓ MCQ Practice
Q. Under PMAY-U 2.0, what is the maximum financial assistance for EWS/LIG families?
🌿 India's ABS Framework – ₹266 Cr Mobilised; ₹145 Cr to 10,500+ BMCs
- ABS = Access and Benefit Sharing — under Biological Diversity Act, 2002; fair sharing of benefits from biological resources.
- NBA mobilised ₹266 crore+ since 2008; ₹21.26 crore in FY 2025-26.
- Disbursed to beneficiaries: ₹145 crore; including ₹78 crore in FY 2025-26.
- Reached: 10,500+ BMCs across 23 states + 4 UTs; 230+ farmers; 6 State Forest Departments.
- Sector-wise share: Red Sanders 45% (₹120 cr); Seeds 32.3% (₹84.61 cr); Pharma+AYUSH 13.8% (₹36.61 cr) — together 91% of total.
- NBA transfers 85–90% of ABS amount to State Biodiversity Boards → beneficiaries.
- Supports: Nagoya Protocol, NBSAP 2024-30, Kunming-Montreal GBF Target 13.
⭐ Prelims Extra Points
- Biological Diversity Act, 2002: Implements CBD; three-tier — NBA → State Biodiversity Boards → BMCs.
- NBA = National Biodiversity Authority; statutory body under MoEFCC; HQ: Chennai.
- BMC = Biodiversity Management Committee — maintains People's Biodiversity Register (PBR).
- Nagoya Protocol (2010): Supplementary to CBD; governs ABS internationally; India ratified 2012.
- Kunming-Montreal GBF Target 13 = equitable benefit sharing from genetic resources.
- Red Sanders (Pterocarpus santalinus): Endemic to AP's Eastern Ghats; CITES Appendix II.
❓ MCQ Practice
Q. The Nagoya Protocol under CBD specifically deals with:
🥚 APEDA – First Dried Egg Powder Export from Odisha to Austria
- APEDA facilitated first-ever export of dried whole egg powder from Balangir, Odisha to Austria.
- Exporter: OVO Farm Pvt. Ltd., Balangir — APEDA-registered; processing facility set up 2025.
- Consignment: 22.6 metric tonnes of dried whole egg powder.
- Certifications: FSSC 22000 V6, HALAL, KOSHER; meets EU hygiene standards.
- Product: Made via spray-drying; long shelf life; used in bakeries, confectionery, pharma.
- Flagged off virtually by APEDA Chairman Shri Abhishek Dev, IAS.
⭐ Prelims Extra Points
- APEDA = Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority; under Ministry of Commerce & Industry; est. APEDA Act 1985.
- FSSC 22000 = Food Safety System Certification; required for EU food exports.
- HALAL: Islamic dietary law; key for Gulf, Malaysia, Indonesia markets.
- KOSHER: Jewish dietary law; key for Israel & Jewish community markets.
- Spray drying = converts liquid to powder via hot gas; used for milk, egg, coffee powder.
- India's agri exports: ~$50 billion (2024-25); rice, spices, marine products — top categories.
❓ MCQ Practice
Q. APEDA operates under which ministry?
⚙️ BCGCL Coal-to-Ammonium Nitrate – ₹25,000 Crore Project at Lakhanpur, Odisha
- President Smt. Droupadi Murmu & PM Shri Narendra Modi remotely laid foundation stone on 20 June 2026 at Lakhanpur, Jharsuguda, Odisha.
- BCGCL = Bharat Coal Gasification & Chemicals Ltd — JV: CIL (51%) + BHEL (49%).
- MCL (CIL subsidiary): ~350 acres land + 0.79 MTY washed coal + 1.19 MTY rejects from Ib Valley Washery.
- Output: 0.66 MTPA Technical Grade Ammonium Nitrate.
- Technology: Pressurised Fluidised Bed Gasification (PFBG) — indigenous; developed by BHEL.
- Investment: ₹25,000 crore+; MoC incentive: ₹1,350 crore.
- Target commissioning: September 2029.
- Aligned with National Coal Gasification Mission.
⭐ Prelims Extra Points
- Coal Gasification = converts coal into syngas (H₂ + CO); cleaner than direct combustion.
- Ammonium Nitrate (NH₄NO₃): Fertiliser and industrial explosive; strategically important.
- PFBG = Pressurised Fluidised Bed Gasification — BHEL's indigenous tech; suited for high-ash Indian coals.
- National Coal Gasification Mission: Target — gasify 100 MT coal/year by 2030.
- CIL = Coal India Ltd — world's largest coal mining company; Maharatna PSU; HQ: Kolkata; ~80% of India's coal production.
- BHEL = Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd — Maharatna PSU; India's largest power equipment maker; HQ: New Delhi.
- India's coal reserves: 4th largest globally; ~319 billion tonnes.
❓ MCQ Practice
Q. BCGCL is a Joint Venture between which two companies?
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PIB Notes 20 June 2026 covers important government initiatives, schemes, international observances and economic developments relevant for UPSC, TNPSC, SSC, Banking and other competitive examinations. Key topics include International Day of Yoga 2026, PM-KISAN instalment release, NMDC digitalisation initiatives, PMAY-U 2.0 progress, APEDA exports and India's biodiversity framework.
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Important Topics Covered in PIB Notes 20 June 2026
- International Day of Yoga 2026 – Theme: Yoga for Healthy Ageing
- Vice President's Visit to Ladakh
- Ashtalakshmi and North-East Development Initiatives
- PM-KISAN 23rd Instalment Release
- NMDC Digitalisation and Vision 2030
- Mumbai International Film Festival (MIFF) 2026
- PMAY-U 2.0 Housing Progress
- India's ABS Framework and Biodiversity Benefits
- APEDA's Egg Powder Export to Austria
- BCGCL Coal-to-Ammonium Nitrate Project
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