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Highlights of Current Affairs 27 January 2026
- The RBI’s State Finances 2025–26 report highlights India’s demographic transition, noting a median age of around 28 years and emphasizing the need for state-specific fiscal strategies as states move through different demographic stages.
- A NITI Aayog–TERI report on the circular economy recommends strengthening e-waste and lithium-ion battery recycling through expanded EPR, formalizing the informal sector, promoting advanced recycling technologies, and improving recovery of critical minerals.
- The World Economic Forum announced five new Centres for the Fourth Industrial Revolution globally, including a new centre in Andhra Pradesh, making it India’s third C4IR and strengthening its role in emerging technologies.
- India launched the ACASA-India Digital Climate Atlas to support location-specific climate adaptation in agriculture while marking 15 years of the NICRA programme focused on climate-resilient farming.
- The government introduced the PM SVANidhi Credit Card with a ₹30,000 revolving credit limit to improve formal credit access, digital payments, and financial inclusion for eligible street vendors.
- UNCTAD’s Global Investment Trends Monitor reported a 73% surge in India’s FDI inflows to $47 billion in 2025, driven by strong investments in services, manufacturing, and supply-chain diversification.
- The RBI report warns that ageing states face rising pension liabilities, shrinking tax bases, and higher fiscal stress, while youthful states must invest in education, healthcare, and job creation to harness their demographic dividend.
- India generated about 6.19 million metric tonnes of e-waste in 2024, ranking as the world’s third-largest e-waste generator, with recycling levels remaining significantly below the global average.
- The Fourth Industrial Revolution is reshaping economies through technologies such as AI, IoT, robotics, quantum computing, and biotechnology, while also creating challenges related to workforce disruption, cybersecurity, and energy demand.
- Climate-resilient agriculture has become increasingly important for India to address climate-induced crop losses, protect rural livelihoods, strengthen food security, and improve resilience in rainfed farming regions.
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