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The People’s Plan Campaign (PPC) 2026-27, with the theme “Sabki Yojana, Sabka Vikas”, will begin across India on October 2, 2026. The campaign will start the process for Gram Panchayats to prepare Gram Panchayat Development Plans (GPDPs) for the financial year 2027-28.
The Indian Air Force’s No. 17 Squadron, known as the Golden Arrows, completed 75 years on 1 October 2026. The squadron was raised on 1 October 1951 at Air Force Station Ambala, and Flight Lieutenant D. L. Springett served as its first commanding officer.
The second edition of the ASEAN-India Maritime Exercise (AIME-2026) began on 28 September 2026 at Subic Bay in the Philippines. Indian Naval Ships INS Sahyadri and INS Kulish are participating with maritime forces from all ASEAN Member States.
Narendra Bhooshan, an Indian Administrative Service officer of the 1992 batch from the Uttar Pradesh cadre, assumed charge as Secretary of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change on 1 October 2026. He was appointed to the post on 30 September 2026 and succeeded Tanmay Kumar, an IAS officer of the 1993 Rajasthan cadre, who superannuated on the same date.
Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd received approval from the Reserve Bank of India on 1 October 2026 for the appointment of Anup Kumar Saha as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer. His three-year tenure will begin on 1 January 2027, and he will succeed Ashok Vaswani, whose term ends on 31 December 2026.
International Coffee Day is observed on 1 October every year, and the 12th edition falls on 1 October 2026. The United Nations General Assembly adopted Resolution A/RES/80/248 on 10 March 2026 and formally designated 1 October as International Coffee Day.
India fixed a foodgrain production target of 373.93 million tonnes for the 2026-27 crop year on 29 September 2026. The target is lower than the record output of 376.56 million tonnes achieved in 2025-26. The announcement was made by the Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, Shivraj Singh Chouhan.
India is preparing a new National Steel Policy with a target of more than 600 million tonnes of steelmaking capacity and over 500 million tonnes of steel consumption by 2047. The draft policy is intended to replace the National Steel Policy, 2017, which had a horizon up to 2030 and a capacity target of 300 million tonnes.
India and Qatar agreed on 30 September 2026 to accelerate discussions on a Bilateral Investment Treaty and a Free Trade Agreement. The talks took place in Doha during the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank 2026 Annual Meeting and covered trade, investment, payments, and maritime connectivity.
India’s women’s compound archery team won the gold medal at the 2026 Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, on 30 September 2026. The team of Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Prithika Pradeep, and Chikita Taniparthi defeated China 238-234 in the final at Okazaki Chuo Sogo Park.
Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri was appointed Prime Minister of Morocco on 29 September 2026 by King Mohammed VI. She became the first woman to hold the office of prime minister in Morocco and the second woman prime minister in the Arab world after Tunisia’s Najla Bouden. Her appointment followed the parliamentary election of 23 September 2026, in which the Authenticity and Modernity Party won 97 of 395 seats.
Indian archers Chikitha Taniparthi and Sahil Jadhav won the gold medal in the compound mixed team event at the Asian Games 2026 in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, on 30 September 2026. The pair also secured India a qualification quota for the compound mixed team event at the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics, where compound archery will make its Olympic debut.