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Highlights of 9 January 2026 Current Affairs
- The Draft Pesticides Management Bill, 2025 proposes replacing the Insecticides Act, 1968 with a modern, science-based and digitally driven regulatory framework to address contemporary agricultural, health and environmental challenges.
- The Bill introduces stronger institutional mechanisms like the Central Pesticides Board and a fully digital registration and tracking system to improve transparency, curb counterfeit pesticides and streamline approvals.
- Provisions such as deemed registration for generic pesticides, poisoning surveillance, accredited testing laboratories and mandatory worker safety standards aim to balance ease of doing business with public health protection.
- The Union Government has relaxed norms for private and assisted afforestation on leased forest land by recognising afforestation and Assisted Natural Regeneration as forestry activities.
- As a result, compensatory afforestation and Net Present Value payments are waived for such activities, encouraging private participation and faster green cover expansion.
- Census 2027 has been formally initiated, with houselisting operations scheduled for 2026 and population enumeration in early 2027, marking India’s 16th decennial census.
- Census 2027 will be India’s first fully digital census and will include a historic nationwide caste enumeration along with innovations like self-enumeration portals and real-time monitoring systems.
- India has assumed the BRICS Chairmanship for 2026 and will host the 18th BRICS Summit, focusing on resilience, innovation, cooperation and environmental sustainability.
- The United States has announced withdrawal from participation and funding of 66 international organisations, potentially weakening multilateral cooperation on climate action, development and peacebuilding.
- Recent regulatory and institutional developments include concerns over unpaid TRAI penalties, the 125th anniversary of DGMS highlighting mine safety governance, and the commissioning of ICGS Samudra Pratap, India’s first indigenously designed pollution control vessel.
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