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Highlights of 29 December 2025 Current Affairs
- PMGSY has completed 25 years since its launch in December 2000, emerging as one of India’s most transformative rural infrastructure programmes with nearly 95% physical progress achieved by December 2025.
- Under PMGSY, around 8.25 lakh km of rural roads were sanctioned and about 7.87 lakh km completed, significantly improving last-mile connectivity, rural mobility, and access to markets, schools, and healthcare.
- The scheme evolved through multiple phases, from universal rural access (Phase I) to network consolidation (Phase II), connectivity strengthening (Phase III), and PMGSY-IV (2024–2028) focusing on last-mile inclusion of 25,000 habitations.
- Special focus on Left Wing Extremism–affected areas since 2016 highlights PMGSY’s dual role in addressing development deficits and supporting internal security.
- The CAG audit of PMKVY exposed major gaps such as skill–job mismatch, underutilisation of funds, weak Centre–State coordination, and poor placement outcomes with only a 41% employment rate.
- Serious data integrity issues in PMKVY were flagged, including invalid candidate records, duplicate bank accounts, and certifications issued through fictitious or ineligible training agencies.
- CAG recommended stronger alignment of training with labour market needs, strict IT controls in PMKVY 4.0, better data integration, and improved oversight and audit mechanisms.
- India’s Tsunami-Ready Villages Initiative aims to make 100 coastal villages disaster-resilient, with 24 villages in Odisha already recognised by UNESCO under the Tsunami Ready Recognition Programme.
- NITI Aayog’s “From Intent to Impact” report stresses that achieving gender parity at workplaces is crucial for India’s $30 trillion economy vision, highlighting barriers like maternity penalties, leadership gaps, and unpaid care burdens.
- The 126th birth anniversary of Shaheed Udham Singh reaffirmed his legacy as a revolutionary freedom fighter, symbol of composite nationalism, and the avenger of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre through the assassination of Michael O’Dwyer in 1940.
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