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1. India is revising the base year for Gross Domestic Product estimates from 2011-12 to 2022-23 to better reflect current economic structure, digitalisation, and newly emerging sectors.

2. The year 2022-23 was selected as the new GDP base because it is considered the most recent normal year after disruptions caused during 2019-20 and 2020-21.

1. One District One Product (ODOP) began in Uttar Pradesh in 2018, where Moradabad brassware was selected as a district signature product under a state-led economic initiative.

2. As of December 2025, ODOP had been adopted nationally and scaled to over 770 districts, extending its reach to millions of artisans, entrepreneurs, farmers, and producers.

1. As of December 2025, India had over 2 lakh DPIIT-recognised startups, placing it among the world’s largest startup ecosystems.

2. Around 50 percent of DPIIT-recognised startups come from Tier II and Tier III cities, showing broad regional spread of entrepreneurship.

1. World Wildlife Day is observed on 3 March, marking adoption of CITES, while the 2026 theme focuses on medicinal and aromatic plants, health heritage, and livelihoods.

2. India is among the world’s 17 mega biodiversity rich countries and holds nearly 7 percent of global biodiversity, giving special significance to medicinal plant conservation.

1. The Ministry of Women and Child Development anchors a life cycle approach through Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2.0, Mission Shakti,
and Mission Vatsalya for women and children.

2. Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2.0 targets children aged 0 to 6 years, adolescent girls, pregnant women, and lactating mothers through
nutrition, care, checkups, and education.

1. India has built population scale digital public infrastructure for over 1.4 billion people through open, interoperable systems linking identity, payments and data exchange to governance, welfare delivery and inclusion.

2. The JAM trinity combined Jan Dhan accounts, Aadhaar enrolment and mobile connectivity, creating the foundational digital rails that enabled direct benefit transfers, reduced leakages and strengthened service delivery.

1. Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana was launched on 22 January 2015 under Beti Bachao Beti Padhao to support long-term financial security of girls through savings for education and marriage.

2. Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana currently offers 8.2 percent annual interest, allows deposits from ₹250 to ₹1.5 lakh yearly, and provides tax-free interest and maturity benefits under Section 80C.

1. India’s energy system is being reshaped to provide reliable, affordable, cleaner, and more secure power for households, farms, industries, transport systems, and public services.

2. Average electricity availability in rural areas increased from 12.5 hours in 2014 to 22.6 hours, while urban power supply improved from 22.1 hours to 23.4 hours.

1. India’s cumulative exports during April-January 2025-26 reached USD 720.76 billion, recording 6.15 percent year-on-year growth, indicating resilient external performance despite continuing global uncertainty and trade-policy disruptions worldwide.

2. Services exports during April-January 2025-26 stood at USD 354.13 billion, registering 10.57 percent growth over the previous year and reinforcing India’s strength in technology, professional, and business services.

1. India recorded an approximate 27 percent increase in active registered companies, rising from 1.55 lakh in 2020–21 to 1.98 lakh in 2025–26 as on 3 February 2026.

2. The Union Budget 2026–27 proposed digital trade facilitation, tax certainty, reduced compliance burden, lower litigation, trust-based customs systems, and an investment-friendly tax regime to strengthen business conditions.