10 December Current Affairs

🇮🇳 NATIONAL AFFAIRS

1️⃣ Rajasthan – 1st state to achieve 100% digitisation of electoral rolls

• Achieved under Special Intensive Revision (SIR) programme.

• Announced by CEO Navin Mahajan .

2️⃣ 11th India International Science Festival (IISF 2025)

• Venue: Panchkula, Haryana

• Dates: 6–9 December 2025

• Focus: Science, innovation, technology.

3️⃣ UPI recognised as the world’s largest retail Fast-Payment System

• IMF June 2025 report confirmed UPI as the largest FPS globally by transaction volume .

4️⃣ Centre + RBI crackdown on unauthorised digital loan apps

• Aim: Protect consumers, regulate digital lending.

5️⃣ RBI MPC Meeting (58th & 5th bi-monthly of FY26)

• Held: 3–5 December 2025

• Chaired by Governor Sanjay Malhotra

• Members: Nagesh Kumar, Saugata Bhattacharyya, Ram Singh, Poonam Gupta, Indranil Bhattacharyya.

6️⃣ 15th Foreign Collaboration Survey (RBI)

• Covers FY 2023–24 & 2024–25.

• Tracks foreign technical collaboration of Indian companies.

7️⃣ IFC invests USD 50 million in GFCL EV Products (GFL subsidiary)

• Through compulsorily convertible instruments.

• Supports EV manufacturing ecosystem.

8️⃣ RBI announces OMO purchase of ₹1 lakh crore + 3-year USD/INR swap ($5 billion)

• Objective: Inject durable liquidity into banking system.

9️⃣ SEBI launches PaRRVA

• Past Risk & Return Verification Agency

• Prevents misleading past-performance advertisements by RAs, IAs, brokers.

🔟 UPI transactions dipped in November 2025

• Slight fall after festival surge in October.

1️⃣1️⃣ SEBI approves ICICI Prudential AMC IPO

• Size: ₹10,000 crore .

1️⃣2️⃣ Apple appoints Amar Subramanya as Vice-President (AI)

• Strengthens global AI strategy.