Daily Current Affairs 1 October 2026

The 1 October 2026 edition leads with the Rabi MSPs for 2027-28, in which wheat gets only Rs 25 and safflower Rs 675; the Cabinet’s Green Energy Corridor Phase III, a Rs 1.86 lakh crore plan for State grids with 50 GWh of battery storage; the CAFE-III fuel-efficiency norms for cars from 2027; the close of a deficient monsoon at 87 per cent of normal, with the east and north-east at their driest since 1901; and UPSC at 100, from the 1926 Public Service Commission to Articles 315 to 323.

The roundup covers the Bankers’ Books Evidence Act, 2026, in force from today, the Annual Survey of Industries 2024-25, the Union’s fiscal deficit to August, the extension of RoDTEP and RoSCTL, the Supreme Court on firecrackers, the National Coastal Mission 2.0, offshore mineral blocks in the Andaman Sea, the National Biodiversity Authority at 23, the ASEAN-India Maritime Exercise, the UN Crime Congress, the US withdrawal from Iraq, a hydrogen signal from the young universe, the Rajya Sabha code of conduct and the International Day of Older Persons. Nine editorials from The Hindu and The Indian Express take up industrial growth, drug trade margins, India-EFTA TEPA at one, household debt, financing the farm value chain, UPI’s merchant fee, the Smart Cities Mission, Netanyahu in Abu Dhabi and a library displaced by Central Vista, alongside a practice quiz.