UPSC Current Affairs 12 March 2026 — PIB

• PARLIAMENT QUESTION: DEPLOYMENT OF SMALL MODULAR REACTORS (SMRs)
• PARLIAMENT QUESTION: RARE EARTH RESERVES IN THE COUNTRY
• POWER GENERATION CAPACITY FROM VARIOUS SOURCES
• PRESS RELEASE OF CONSUMER PRICE INDEX ON BASE 2024=100 FOR FEBRUARY, 2026
• Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla's statement in the House after the discussion on the motion to remove the Speaker of the Lok Sabha
• PARLIAMENT QUESTION: NUCLEAR ENERGY PROJECTS
• Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will release the 22nd installment of Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi tomorrow, providing direct benefit of ₹18,640 crore to 9.32 crore farmers
• PRESERVATION OF INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE
• PARLIAMENT QUESTION: DEEP-SEA MINING
• PMFME Scheme driving grassroots entrepreneurship: 59,202 micro food processing enterprises formalized, over ₹17,015 crore investment mobilized and 5.18 lakh jobs generated across India
• AVAILABILITY AND QUALITY OF POWER SUPPLY
• "National Geospatial Policy 2022" marked a landmark reform that democratized access to geospatial data, liberalised the sector: Dr Jitendra Singh
• V.O. Chidambaranar Port becomes First Indian Major Port to Implement Digital Twin
• PM to visit Assam on 13-14 March
• FREEDOM OF SPEECH IN PARLIAMENT IS SUBJECTED TO RULES; NO HON’BLE MEMBER IN THE HOUSE POSSESSES ANY PRIVILEGE TO SPEAK OUTSIDE THE FRAMEWORK OF THESE RULES: LOK SABHA SPEAKER
• ISRO Expanding Student Participation in Space Missions; 11 Student Satellites Launched with Mentorship and Launch Opportunities: Dr. Jitendra Singh
• PARLIAMENT QUESTION: RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS
• Status of 5G Rollout
• Post Office Passport Seva Kendras (POPSK)
• Development of 6G Technology
• National Seminar on “Transparency and Purity in Elections of Multi-State Cooperative Societies” held in New Delhi
• CONSERVATION OF PROTECTED MONUMENTS
• Progress of PM-DevINE scheme
• PARLIAMENT QUESTION: STATUS OF IMPLEMENTATION OF MISSION MAUSAM
• Digital India BHASHINI Division: National Hub for Language Technologies Powers End-to-End AI at Population Scale
• MoEFCC Organizes 2-day Workshop to Address Challenge of Elephant-train Collisions
• Deep-Sea Fishing promotion and incentives
• Strengthening Food Processing Sector through MoFPI Schemes: Infrastructure Development and Over 13 Lakh Employment Generated
• Government Boosts Millet Processing: ₹793 Crore Approved Under PLI Scheme, 4,612 Micro Units Supported Nationwide
• SAFE AND REGULAR WATER SUPPLY UNDER JAL JEEVAN MISSION
• E-COURTS MISSION MODE PROJECT
• Over 660.36 crore pages of court records have been digitized
• International Solar Alliance Reflects Power of Global Partnership: Union Minister Shri Pralhad Joshi on ISA Foundation Day
• Inter-Ministerial Briefing on recent Developments in West Asia
• Amrit Bharat Station Scheme Making Rapid Progress Nationwide; 8 More Stations Redeveloped in a Month, Total Now 180
• Indian Railways Deploys Advance AI & Machine Learning Devices to Enhance Safety and its Operational Efficiency by Adopting Smart Monitoring
• TDB-DST SUPPORTS ORBITAID AEROSPACE PVT. LTD. FOR DEVELOPMENT OF INDIGENOUS ON-ORBIT SATELLITE DOCKING AND REFUELING TECHNOLOGY
• PARLIAMENT QUESTION: ENCOURAGING PRIVATE SECTOR RESEARCH
• PARLIAMENT QUESTION: RESEARCH AND PROJECTS UNDER ANRF
• PROJECTS UNDER SWADESH DARSHAN
• Pucca Houses for ST Families under PM-JUGA
• Adi-Vaani, AI-Driven Platform for Tribal Language
• Adi Sanskriti Digital Learning Platform
• HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX OF TRIBAL PEOPLE
• Implementation of Adi Karmayogi Abhiyan