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1. India’s semiconductor market was valued at 38 billion dollars in 2023, rose to 45-50 billion dollars in 2024-25, and is projected to reach 100-110 billion dollars by 2030.

2. India Semiconductor Mission (ISM) was approved by the Union Cabinet in December 2021 with an outlay of 76,000 crore rupees to support fabrication, display manufacturing, and chip design initiatives.

1. The Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Bill, 2025 was passed by Parliament on 21 August 2025 to prohibit harmful online money games and promote safer digital gaming.

2. The Bill seeks to protect citizens from addiction, financial ruin, social distress, and deceptive gaming platforms that exploit users through misleading promises of quick financial returns.

1. India Semiconductor Mission (ISM) was launched in 2021, and the government announced a ₹76,000 crore incentive programme to build a domestic semiconductor and display ecosystem.

2. Out of the ₹76,000 crore programme outlay, nearly ₹65,000 crore had already been committed by September 2025 toward approved semiconductor initiatives.

1. India’s bioeconomy grew from USD 10 billion in 2014 to USD 165.7 billion in 2024, contributing 4.25 percent to national Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and targeting USD 300 billion by 2030.

2. Four major subsectors drove the 2024 bioeconomy: BioIndustrial at USD 78.2 billion or 47 percent, BioPharma at USD 58.4 billion or 35.2 percent in total value terms nationally.

1. India observed a major rise in cybersecurity incidents, increasing from 10.29 lakh in 2022 to 22.68 lakh in 2024, showing the growing scale of cyber threats.

2. More than 86 percent of Indian households are now connected to the internet, reflecting the rapid expansion of the country’s digital ecosystem and online service access.

1. National Blockchain Framework was officially launched on 4 September 2024 as India’s indigenous architecture for secure, scalable, and trusted blockchain-based governance applications.

2. The framework was initiated in March 2021 with a budget outlay of ₹64.76 crore to support blockchain adoption across governance and industry.

1. Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In), operating under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), is India’s national agency for cyber incident response under Section 70B of the Information Technology Act, 2000.

2. In 2025, CERT-In handled more than 29.44 lakh cyber incidents, showing the scale of India’s national cyber response and threat-management capability across sectors.

1. The Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025 were notified on 14 November 2025, giving full operational effect to the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023.

2. Before finalisation, the consultation process on the draft Rules received 6,915 inputs from startups, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), industry bodies, civil society groups, government departments, and citizens.

1. Standard and Poor’s (S&P) Global upgraded India’s long-term sovereign credit rating from BBB- to BBB and its short-term rating from A-3 to A-2 on 16 August 2025.

2. The outlook attached to the upgraded sovereign rating remained stable, indicating confidence in India’s economic fundamentals, fiscal path, and broader policy management framework.

1. “Your Money, Your Right” was launched in October 2025 as a nationwide awareness and facilitation initiative to help citizens identify and reclaim unclaimed financial assets.

2. The initiative is coordinated by the Department of Financial Services (DFS) under the Ministry of Finance in collaboration with major financial sector regulators and institutions.