3 published UPSC current-affairs articles
The Union Cabinet approved Samudra Manthan – National Offshore Exploration Scheme on 31 July 2026 as a Central Sector Scheme of the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, with an outlay of ₹84,084 crore up to FY 2030–31. It aims to accelerate offshore exploration and strengthen India ’s energy security. Focuses on deepwater and ultra deepwater exploration and frontier basins.
The Union Cabinet approved the GOBARdhan (Galvanizing Organic Bio Agro Resources Dhan) National Circular Bioenergy Scheme with a total financial outlay of ₹23,731 crore. Designed as an integrated national framework to unify the entire Compressed Biogas value chain, the initiative converts agricultural residues, cattle dung, press mud, municipal solid waste, and other organic biomass into clean fuel and high quality organic fertilizer.
The Union Cabinet has approved the National Circular Bioenergy Scheme (GOBARdhan – Galvanising Organic Bio Agro Resources Dhan) with a total outlay of ‑23,731 crore. Designed to scale up domestic compressed biogas (CBG) output tenfold, the scheme establishes a structured investment environment through managed pricing mechanisms, capital subsidies, pipeline infrastructure development, and easier access to finance. By addressing core machinery, feedstock aggregation, and bio manure processing, the initiative aims to expand operational CBG plants from around 300 to nearly 5,000, creating rural jobs and driving substantial reductions in greenhouse gas emissions by 2036.