In 2025, India has made a landmark in literacy with the Ministry of Education marking International Literacy Day under the theme of promoting literacy in the digital era. Himachal Pradesh was also the fifth State/UT to achieve full functional literacy, after Tripura, Mizoram, Goa and Ladakh. This achievement is an indicator of how India has developed in terms of traditional and new definitions of literacy.

Indian cities have been ranked in terms of their efforts to address air pollution in the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) as Swachh Vayu Survekshan 2025. This year of assessment as compared to previous surveys which primarily focused on the level of pollutants is focusing on the actual implementation of control measures against pollution sources.

Swachhata Hi Seva (SHS) 2025 campaign will be inaugurated on 17th September to 2 nd October 2025 by the Government of India and the theme is Swachhotsav. To combine the spirit of Indian festivals with the mission of cleanliness, the initiative, organized together by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs and the Ministry of Jal Shakti intends to make sanitation a community celebration.

India has gone a big mile in redefining international remittance through the initiation of the UPI-UPU Integration Project at the 28th Universal Postal Congress in Dubai. The project was announced by Union Minister of Communications Jyotiraditya M. Scindia and creates an interface between the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) of India and the Interconnection Platform (UPU-IP) of the Universal Postal Union (UPU), establishing a rapid, secure, and low-cost method of making cross-border payments.

The licensing of first indigenous multi-stage malaria vaccine AdFalciVax by India has been a significant milestone in the field of public health in the country. The vaccine was created by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and collaborating institutions and provides a low-cost, stable, and scalable remedy to deal with Plasmodium falciparum, the deadliest malaria parasite. This innovation will not only reduce the spread of malaria, but also it will substantially alleviate burden of disease in India as well as other endemic countries.