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- PESTICIDE MANAGEMENT BILL
A new central bill to regulate pesticides, aligned with Jan Vishwas Act, is being drafted to replace the Insecticides Act 1968. Legislative changes like this are common Prelims/static GK material for agriculture governance.
- LAUNCHING OF VB-G RAM-G SCHEME
The Viksit Bharat - Guarantee for Rozgar and Aajeevika Mission (Gramin) Act, 2025 came into force from 1 July 2026 across all rural India, replacing/succeeding MGNREGA-type architecture — a brand-new Act with a clear commencement date, high Prelims relevance.
- India Emerges as World's Second-Largest Supplier of Seafarers
India rose from 5th (2015) to 2nd largest global seafarer supplier in 2026, contributing 12.16% of global maritime workforce — a notable ranking/statistic well suited for a Prelims fact-based question.
- STRENGTHENING OF AGRICULTURAL MARKETING
Reiterates e-NAM (National Agriculture Market) as a scheme integrating mandis electronically — e-NAM is a recurring Prelims topic, giving this a concrete fact hook despite being a routine reply.
- World’s Largest Grain Storage Plan in the Cooperative Sector
Gives concrete data on PACS godowns built (313 of 1,015) under the flagship World's Largest Grain Storage Plan in Cooperative Sector — a named scheme with hard numbers, a plausible Prelims fact hook.
- Government imposes stock holding limits on sugar dealers to prevent hoarding, protect consumer interests, maintain price stability and ensure a transparent and efficient sugar supply chain
Government imposes new sugar stock-holding limits effective 1 Aug 2026 to prevent hoarding — a concrete, dated regulatory action that could be tested as a factual policy update.