UPSC Current Affairs 09 February 2026 — PIB

• Gross NPAs of Scheduled Commercial Banks (SCBs) for domestic operations reach a historic low of 2.15% as of September, 2025
• MoSPI decides a comprehensive exercise for revision of base year of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), Index of Industrial Production (IIP) and Consumer Price Index (CPI)
• H.D. Kumaraswamy launches PLI 1.2: Major Push to India’s Specialty Steel Ecosystem
• NITI Aayog Releases Study Reports on Scenarios Towards Viksit Bharat and Net Zero
• India Achieves Landmark Trade Victory, Unlocks $30-Trillion U.S. Market for Exports Across Key Sectors
• India – Seychelles Joint Vision for Sustainability, Economic Growth and Security through Enhanced Linkages
• India shines in Network Readiness Index Report 2025, prepared by Portulans Institute based in Washington DC
• PROVISIONS UNDER THE AMASR ACT
• Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Shri Amit Shah to Deliver Keynote Address at National Conference on “Tackling Cyber-Enabled Frauds & Dismantling the Ecosystem”
• VV Giri Survey Confirms Widespread Endorsement of Labour Codes by Workers and Employers
• Thermal (coal and lignite) Installed Capacity Requirement Estimated at 3,07,000 MW by 2024-35
• Draft Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2025 Intends to Remove Wasteful Duplication in Building Distribution Network
• NHAI Sponsored Public InvIT ‘Raajmarg Infra Investment Trust’ Successfully Won the Concessions of Five National Highway Assets
• Ministry of Steel Signs MoUs for 85 Specialty Steel Projects Involving Investment of ₹11,887 Crore
• CCI registered 54 cases of anti-competitive practices/ antitrust, received 149 merger (M&A) filings in 2025
• CONSERVATION OF PROTECTED MONUMENTS AND HERITAGE SITES
• PRESERVATION OF TANGIBLE AND INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE
• Raksha Mantri holds bilateral talks with Minister of National Defence of Hellenic Republic in New Delhi
• From States to Summit: Regional AI Conferences Power India’s AI Vision
• NBA Disburses Rs 45.05 lakh to Biodiversity Management Committees across 10 States and Two UTs
• Union Minister Shri Chirag Paswan Visits PLASTINDIA 2026; Releases Plastic Industry Status Report 2025
• Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission Signs Three MoUs to Bolster Medicine Safety, Quality Standards, and Capacity Building
• IMPROVEMENT UNDER PM SVANIDHI SCHEME
• MEASURES TO PROMOTE AFFORDABLE HOUSING
• WATER TESTING FACILITIES AND SERVICES IN THE COUNTRY
• MONITORING SYSTEM FOR GROUNDWATER