Friday, 20 February 2026

ODISHA BUDGET FY 2026/27

* ODISHA CM SHRI MOHAN CHARAN MAJHI PRESENTS ANNUAL BUDGET FOR FY 2026/27 . 


* TOTAL OUTLAY  - Rs. 3.10 Lakh Crores 

* EXPENDITURE - Rs. 1.80 Lakh Crores 

* CAPITAL OUTLAY - Rs. 72,100 Crores 

* FISCAL DEFICIT - Rs. 38,000 Crores 

* ESTIMATED DEBT STOCK - Rs. 1,55,710 Crores 


* 5 Crores - For Shree Jagannath Temple Administration 

* 5575 Crores - VB G RAM G SCHEME 

* 635 Crores - For ANGANWADI SCHEME 

* 100 Crores - MODEL MANDI 

* 100 CRORES - MUKYAMANTRI SMART CITY MISSION 

* 240 CRORES - WORLD GRAIN STORAGE PLAN 

* 10 CRORES - RARE EARTH CORRIDOR 

* 1000 CRORES - COMMUNICATION TO RURAL VILLAGES 

* 23 CRORES - STATE AI MISSION 

* 150 CRORES - TOURISM LAND BANK SCHEME 

* 220 CRORES - DAL KHAI 


* 10 CRORES - FIT ODISHA MISSION 

* 1359.29 Crores - Sports & Development 

* 16,153 Crores - Women & Child Development 

* 5558 Crores - Revenue & Disaster Management 

* 3664 Crores - Higher Education 

* 2804 Crores - Mission SHAKTI 

* 382 Crores - HANDICRAFT 

* 763 Crores - For MSME 

* 1022 Crores - For Tourism 

* 615 Crores - For ODIA LANGUAGE 

* 6088 Crores - AGRICULTURE & Development 

* 2030 Crores - CM KISAN Scheme 

* 2050 Crores - For SETU BANDH SCHEME 

* 5837 Crores - MADHU BABU PENSION SCHEME 

* 2019 Crores - For FISHERIES DEVELOPMENT 

* SUBHADRA SHAKTI SAMVAD 

* 10,145 CRORES - SUBHADRA SCHEME 

* 6309 Crores - For GOPABANDU JANA AROGYA YOJANA 

* 800 crores - MODERN MUSEUM 




*  ESTABLISHMENT OF 4 NEW UNIVERSITY ( KENDRAPADA, BHADRAK, JHARSUGUDA, JAGATSINGHPUR) 


* MUKHYAMANTRI KANYA SUMANGAL YOJANA - 

_ Under Which a Saving Instrument Of Rs 20,000 Will Be Created In The Name Of a Girl Born In An Economically Weaker Section Family. ( She Will Get 1,00000 On Completion Of Graduation) 


NEW SCHEME INTRODUCE  - 

* UDYAMI - For Promotion Of 6000 Nano Entrepreneurs With A Total Outlay Of Rs. 40 Crores In Next Two Years. 

* ODISHA HOMESTAY ESTABLISHMENT SCHEME - To Promote Community - Based Tourism By Encouraging Homestay Development Across Rural And Emerging Destinations 

* ECONOMIC SURVEY - 



DECEMBER - JANUARY DRDO CA IN 2025/26

DECEMBER 2025 - 

DRDO SUCCESSFULLY Conducted The High Speed Rocket Sled Test Of Fighter Aircraft Escape System At Rail Track Rocket Sled ( RTRS) Facility Of The Terminal Ballistic Research Laboratory ( TBRL) Chandigarh.

DRDO Handed Over The 7 Technologies Developed Under Fund Scheme To The Armed Forces 


- Indigenous High Voltage Power Supply For Airborne Self Protection Jammers 

- Tide Efficient Gangway For Naval Jetties 

- Advanced Very Low Frequency - High Frequency Switching Matrix System 

- VLF Loop Aerials For Under Water 

DRDO SUCCESSFULLY TESTED The New Morphing Wing Technology Capable Of Changing Geometry In Flight
 DRDO And Rashtriya RAKSHA University (RRU) SIGNED MoU To Collaboration In Research And Education.


TESTED - 

* DRDO SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THE USER EVALUATION TRIALS OF THE NEXT GENERATION AKASHI ( 
AKASH -NG) MISSILE SYSTEM.

* DRDO SUCCESSFULLY TESTED THE MAIDEN FLIGHT TEST OF THE PINAKA LONG RANGE GUIDED ROCKET 

* FROM CHANDIPUR, ODISHA ( ON 29TH DECEMBER 2025) 

* THE LONG RANGE GUIDED ROCKET ( LRGR 120) 120 KM 

JANUARY  2026 - 

* DRDO SUCCESSFULLY TESTED THE SALVO LAUNCH OF TWO PRALAY MISSILE IN ODISHA COAST AT CHANDIPUR, ON 31ST DECEMBER 2025 


* PRALAY IS AN INDIGENOUS DEVELOPED SOLID PROPELLENT QUASI BALLISTIC MISSILE.

* Defence Research And Development Laboratory ( DRDL) DRDO, Hyderabad Has Achieved a Milestone in The development Of Hypersonic Missile 

( State Of Art Scramjet Connect Pipe Test Facility At 9th January 2026) 


* DRDO SUCCESSFULLY TESTED THE 3RD GENERATION OF FIRE & FORGET MAN PORTABLE ANTI TANK GUIDED MISSILE ( MPATGM) 


* DEVELOPED BY DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT LABORATORY ( DRDL) HYDERABAD.

* INCLUDING IMAGING INFRARED ( IIR), 


 * Shri Gaddamanugu Chandramouliji, EX DRDO Scientist ( Who Worked on AKASH) Set To Received The PADMA SHRI Award 2026 

DEVELOPED - 

 DRDO Develops Portable Water Purification System ( SWaDeS ) For Soldiers ( Defence Laboratory Jodhpur, DRDO) 

{SEA WATER DESALINATION SYSTEM }

 DRDO Unveiled A New High Power Microwave ( HPM) SYSTEM, Under Development To Defeats SWARMS Of Unmanned Aircraft System ( UASs) Prototype 

AWARDS - 

* D 4 Counter drone System (DRDO) And Dharashakti Integrated EW SYSTEM Has Been Conferred With Prestigious SKOCH Award In Gold Category.

* THEME 2026 For DRDO Tableaux - on Republic Day 2026 Parade 

( Naval Technologies For COMBAT Submarines) 

Miranda House, Delhi In Collaboration With DRDO Has Developed a Prototype BioFET Sensor For Early Cardiac Arrest - Risk Detection.

Thursday, 19 February 2026

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 20TH FEBRUARY 2026:

1) India And France Launched Indo - French Centre For AI In Health At All India Institute Of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 

2) Ministry Of Electronics And Information Technology Has Launched The VoiceERA, An Open Source, End To End Voice AI stack.

3) Google Announced 15 Billion Dollar India - US Connect Initiative Through New Subsea Cables 

4) First Ever European Legal Gateway Office Inaugurated In New Delhi.

5) West Bengal Government Soil Project Fragnant Rice Varieties Earn Recognition From FAO.

6) Toshimitsu Motegi Has Reappointment As Foreign Minister Of JAPAN.

7) Major R Set To Assume Command As First Female Missile Ship Of Israel Navy.

8) The Soil Health Card Scheme Completed 10 Years.

9) Odisha Economy Survey 2025/26 

10) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Unveiled The MANAV Vision - At AI Impact SUMMIT 2026 
11) DRDO CONDUCTED The Qualification Test For Gaganyaan Drogue Parachute.

12) 13th Edition Of Exercise MILAN 2026 Commence At Vishakapatnam.

13) Bhavina Patel And Subham Wadhwa Wins ITTF World Para Future Gold Coast 2026 Title 

14) India's Women Cricketer And Captain Harmanpreet kaur Became The Most Capped Player in Women's Cricket History (356 Matches) 

15) Shri Rajesh Kumar Pandey Has Been Appointed As The General Manager Of Northern Railway.

16) VICE PRESIDENT C P RADHAKRISHNAN Has Launched The Book - The Sage Who Reimagined Hinduism: The Life Lesson & Legacy Of Shree Narayan In New Delhi.
17) India And Kenya Signed The Implementation Framework Agreement For A Digilocker Pilot Project In Kenya.

18) Geneva, Switzerland To Host 2027 AI SUMMITS.

19) Food Cooperation In India ( FCI) and The World Food Programme ( WFP) Have Signed MoU For Supply Of Rice In Support Of Global Humanitarian Operation.

20) An Extinct Ancient Species Of Crocodile Has Been Discovered in South West England ( Named - Galhadosuchus Jonesi) 

DECEMBER - JANUARY INAUGURATION IN 2025/26

DECEMBER 2025 - 
STATE - 

* India's Longest Glass Skywalk in Vishakapatanam Inaugurated ( 55 Meter Long And 862 Feet Above Sea Level ) 

* NTPC Limited Has Commissioned A 3.7 MW Solar Hydrogen Energy System At Chushul, Ladakh.

* Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal Has Virtually Flagged Off The Steel Cutting Ceremony For India's First All Electric Green Tug, Being Built For Deendayal Port Authority, Kandla, Under The Green Tug Transition Programme ( GTTP)

* UNION DEFENCE MINISTER RAJNATH SINGH INAUGURATED THE 125 STRATEGIC INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT BUILD BH BOARDER ROAD ORGANISATION (BRO) FROM LEH INCLUDING THE 920m CUT & COVER SHYOK TUNNEL (12,523 FEET) ON LADAKH.


* THESE INCLUDED 28 ROADS, 93 BRIDGES, 4 PROJECTS ACROSS 7 STATES - RAJASTHAN, ARUNACHAL PRADESH, SILKIM, WEST BENGAL, MIZORAM, UTTARKHAND, HIMACHAL PRADESH, JAMMU AND KASHMIR, LADAKH 

* Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Has Unveiled The Statue Of Late CDS GENERAL Bipin Rawat At Gorakhpur, On His 4th Death Anniversary 

* UNION PORTS AND SHIPPING MINISTER SARBANANDA SONOWAL HAS LAUNCHED THE INDIA'S FIRST INDIGENOUS HYDROGEN POWERED VESSEL AT VARANASI ( ON 11TH DECEMBER 2025 ) 


* IT WAS BUILT BY COCHIN SHIPYARD LIMITED ( CSL) 

* BEML Unveiled Driver Less Metro In Bengaluru 

 * Bihar Government Has Established Prakrit And Pali Academias To Preserve Ancient Language.

Sikkim Governor Om Prakash Mathur Inaugurated The PRERANA STHAL - Under The Battlefield Tourism Initiative At 15000 Feet ( CHO LA) 


* President Droupadi MURMU Has Inaugurated The Param Vir Dirgha At Rasthrapati Bhavan.


* Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta Has Inaugurated The Metro Museum in Delhi.

Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel Has Inaugurated Ahmedabad Metro's First Make In India Metro Coach At Titagarh Rail SYSTEM 


* Union Minister Manohar Lal Khattar And Madhya Pradesh CM Dr Mohan Yadav Has Inaugurated The Bhopal Metro ( India's 26th Metro) 


 Union Minister For Power Housing And Urban Affairs Shri Monohor lal Khattar Has Inaugurated The First Of The Eight Units (250 MW) Of Subansiri Lower Hydropower Project.

PM NARENDRA MODI ON VISIT TO ASSAM - 

* ON VISIT TO ASSAM, PM NARENDRA MODI (ON 20TH DECEMBER 2025) INAUGURATED THE NEW TERMINAL AT GUWAHATI AIRPORT.

( BAMBOO THEME TERMINAL) 

( BUILT AT RS 4000 CRORES, NATURE BASED AIRPORT) 


* PM NARENDRA MODI UNVEILED A SATUTE OF BHARAT RATNA GOPINATH BARDOLOI AT LGBI AIRPORT, GUWAHATI.



 A Bronze Statue Of Korean Queen Heo Hwang - Ok Has Been Unveiled in Ayodhya, 


 * President Droupadi MURMU Has Released The Constitution Of India In Santhali Language. 

* The Shantali Language Has Been Includes in 8th Schedule Of Indian Constitution (92nd Constitutional Amendment Act 2003) 

* Shantali Language Spoken in Odisha, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Bihar) 

* ) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister M Chandrababu Naidu Has Unveiled The Statue of Former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee on His 101st Birth Anniversary.

*) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Has Inaugurated The RASHTRA PRERANA STHAL In Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.
* The Complex Features Of 65 Feet Bronze Statue Of Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee, Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay, And Former PM ATAL BIHARI VAJPAYEE 


RELEASED - 

 Indian Post Released A Customised My Stamp On 100th Birth Anniversary of Industrialist And Philanthropy P Obbul Reddy.

Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia Has Released A COMMEMORATIVE POSTAGE STAMP Marking 150th Anniversary Of Bombay Gymkhana 

* ON 14TH DECEMBER 2025, VICE PRESIDENT SHRI C P RADHAKRISHNAN HAS UNVEILED A COMMEMORATIVE POSTAGE STAMP IN HONOUR OF EMPEROR PERUMBIDUGU MUTHARAIYAR II ( SUVARAN MARAN) 


 Union Minister Mansukh Mandaviya Has Unveiled The TROPHY Of UCI Class 2.2 Pune Grand Tour In New Delhi.

Union Minister Prahlad Joshi Has Released The Indian Standard For Electric Agricultural Tractor. ( TEST CODE - ) Developed By The BUREAU OF INDIAN STANDARDS ( BIS) 


Union Civil Aviation Minister K Ram Mohan Naidu Flagged Off The Inaugural Flight Of The Dhruv NG Helicopter In Bengaluru.


JANUARY 2026 - 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi Inaugurates The Grand International Exposition Of Sacred Piprahwa Relics Of Buddha.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi Inaugurates The Light And The Lotus : Relics Of Awakened One At Rai Pithora Cultural Complex, 

UNION Home Minister Amit Shah Inaugurated And Laid Foundation Stone Of Various Development Project At Andaman And Nicobar Islands.

Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan Has Unveiled 184 New ICAR Crop Verities, Cereals, Pulses, Oilseeds, COTTON, 

Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh Has Inaugurated The World's 2nd National Environmental Standard Laboratory And The World's 5th National Primary Standard Facility For Solar Cell Calibration at CSIR - National Laboratory  ( NPL). 

* Union Minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh Has Inaugurated The Smart Green Aquaculture Farm And Research Institute And State Of The Art Aquaculture System ( RAS) In Ranga Reddy District, Telengana 

* West Bengal CM Mamta Banarjee Has Laid Foundation Stone Of 5 km Bridge Connecting Sagar Island To Mainland. 

* Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan Releases 55 Scholarly Volumes In Classical Indian Languages 

Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh Has Inaugurated The India's First Namo Book Festival at Delhi 

COMMISSONED - 

Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited ( HPCL) Has Commissioned World's First LC MAX - Based Residue Up gradation Facility At Visakh Refinery 

Professor Abhay Karandikar Has Inaugurated The PARAM Rudra , 3 Petaflop National Super Computing Facility At IIT BOMBAY.

Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Along With Uttar Pardesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Has Inaugurated The Ashok Leyland Electric Vehicle in Sarojini Nagar, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh 

 IIT HYDERABAD Has Inaugurated The CODE Studio ( A Step Forwarding in Empowering MSME, Start-up, Students With Designs) 


FIRST IN - 

* PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI HAS FLAGGED OFF INDIA'S FIRST VANDE BHARAT SLEEPER TRAIN FROM HOWRAH - GUWAHATI ON 17TH JANUARY 2026 


FIRST IN - 

Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh Has Launched India's First Open Sea Marine Fish Farming Project At North Bay, Andaman Sea 
Tamilnadu Chief Minister M K Stallin Has Laid Foundation Stone of Rs 342.60 Crores Maamallan Water Project In State.

Mizoram CM LALDHUOMA Has Laid Foundation Stone of 24 MW TURINI Hydropower Project. ( On Turini River Worth Rs 676.98 Crores) 


Kerala Tourism Unveiled The State Of Wonder Pavilion At FITUR Madrid 2026 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi Flagged Off Three New Amrit Bharat Express In Kerala.

Vice President C P RADHAKRISHNAN Has Unveiled The INA Postal STAMP Gallery, Netaji Sanskruti Bhawan, At Cuttack 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi Inaugurates The SVANidhi Credit Card in Kerala

President Droupadi MURMU Has Inaugurated The GRANTH KUTIR At Rasthrapati Bhavan, 

( A Reach Collection Of Manuscripts And 2300  Books In 11 Classical Language Of India) 

Indian Railways Deploys Humanoid Robot ASC ARJUN - At Vishakapatnam Railway Station.

 Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan Has Inaugurated The 2nd Phase Of The Vizhinjam International Sea Port 
Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Has Inaugurated The India's First Aluminium Flat Rolled Product Unit & Aluminium Battery Foil Plant At LAPANGA, Sambalpur Spent Worth Rs 26,996 Crores 
 Tamilnadu Governor R N Ravi Unveiled The Statue Of Poet Saint KAVICHAKRAVARTHI At Chennai.

Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh Has Inaugurated The Shore Based Laboratory Of CSIR - National Institute Of Oceanography, Visakhapatnam.

ODISHA BUDGET FY 2026/27

* ODISHA CM SHRI MOHAN CHARAN MAJHI PRESENTS ANNUAL BUDGET FOR FY 2026/27 .  * TOTAL OUTLAY  - Rs. 3.10 Lakh Crores  * EXPENDITU...

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