Mppsc current affairs

🔆 Board of Trade Meet – Boosting India’s Export Growth 📍 Key Highlights ✅ Govt pushing Centre–State partnership to expand exports & jobs ✅ Export Promotion Mission to support landlocked States ✅ Focus on high-quality standards to strengthen India’s export brand ✅ States urged to share best practices (Ease of Doing Business, Single Window) ✅ Aim: Healthy competition + efficient governance 📍 Digital & Policy Updates ✅ Trade Connect e-platform scaled up – 62+ lakh visits, 18 lakh users ✅ Jan Sunwai resolved 96% grievances ✅ RoDTEP extended till March 2026 for predictability ✅ Recent FTAs: India–EFTA (2024), India–UK (2025) 📍 Takeaway India aims to build a coordinated, competitive, high-quality export ecosystem. #IndianEconomy #GS3 #Economy Join https://t.me/PIB_UPSC https://t.me/Upsc_4_economy

🔆 Hayli Gubbi Volcano Eruption — Ethiopia ✅ Ethiopia’s long-dormant Hayli Gubbi volcano erupted for the first time in 12,000+ years ✅ Massive ash cloud spread across Red Sea & South Asia, reaching India and causing flight diversions 🔆 About Volcanic Eruptions 📍 Meaning ✅ Expulsion of gases, rock fragments, molten lava through a vent onto Earth’s surface or into the atmosphere 📍 How Eruptions Happen ✅ Mantle’s asthenosphere allows magma to rise ✅ Dissolved gases expand → pressure builds → magma pushes through cracks/fissures → eruption 📍 Key Eruption Materials ✅ Lava (magma reaching surface) ✅ Pyroclastic debris, volcanic bombs, ash, dust ✅ Gases: nitrogen compounds, sulphur compounds, etc. 📍 Recent Incidents ✅ Sabancaya (Peru, 2025) ✅ Ruang (Indonesia, 2025) ✅ Kilauea (USA, 2024) ✅ Etna (Italy, 2025) 📍 Consequences ✅ Positive: info on Earth’s interior, geothermal energy, temporary atmospheric cooling ✅ Negative: air pollution, acid rain, seismic disturbances, property & life loss. #places_in_news https://t.me/Mapping_prelims_mains

🔆 Hayli Gubbi Volcano Eruption: Impact on India 📍 Key Highlights ✅ Ash from Ethiopia’s Hayli Gubbi volcano drifting towards India. ✅ DGCA issues advisory to airlines to avoid affected altitudes. ✅ Ash can damage aircraft engines (melts → glass-like deposits), reduce visibility, contaminate runways. 📍 Ash Movement ✅ Entered from Western Rajasthan → moving NE towards Delhi, UP, Bihar, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh. 📍 Precautions ✅ Runway inspections ordered. ✅ Flight restrictions/diversions possible. 🔹 Mains Question: How do long-range volcanic ash clouds impact aviation safety in India? Discuss with mitigation measures. #DisasterManagement #Geography https://t.me/Mapping_prelims_mains

Integrated Child Development Services Programme  ✅Integrated Child Development Services programme has expanded widely and improved nutrition, education, and early childhood care through anganwadis. ✅Integrated Child Development Services programme Overview: Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) is India’s flagship early childhood care and development programme, providing a package of nutrition, health and pre-school education services to children under 6 years and their mothers through a nationwide network of Anganwadi centres. ✅ICDS is a centrally sponsored scheme launched on 2 October 1975 in line with the National Policy for Children and is today one of the world’s largest community‑based child development programmes. ✅Over time, ICDS has been restructured as Anganwadi Services and is now subsumed under the Saksham Anganwadi and POSHAN 2.0 umbrella to integrate nutrition and early childhood care. #goverment_schemes Join @PIB_UPSC @upsc_government_scheme

🔆 India’s First Major LPG Import Deal with the US 📍 Introduction India has signed its first-ever structured LPG import contract with the United States, marking a key milestone in diversifying energy sources. 📍 Key Highlights ✅ Indian PSUs will import 2.2 MTPA LPG from the US Gulf Coast in 2026 — nearly 10% of India’s annual LPG imports. ✅ Deal finalised after PSU teams from IOCL, BPCL, HPCL held discussions in the US (July 2025). ✅ Aimed at securing affordable & reliable LPG supplies amid global price volatility. ✅ Govt continues to shield families—Ujjwala beneficiaries pay only ₹500–550 per cylinder despite actual cost of ₹1100+. ✅ Govt spent ₹40,000 crore last year to protect households from rising LPG prices. ✅ Strengthens energy security + ensures access to clean cooking fuel. 📍 Conclusion A strategic move that enhances India’s energy resilience while supporting millions of households through stable LPG availability. 🔹 Mains Question “Assess the significance of India’s new LPG sourcing strategy with the United States. How does diversification of energy imports strengthen India’s energy security?” #Energy