
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) issued guidelines on 21 September 2026 for planning and designing access-controlled high-speed National Highways. The guidelines cover upcoming 4-lane and 6-lane Greenfield and Brownfield corridors and exclude expressways.
The Ministry of Civil Aviation is scheduled to sign Memorandums of Understanding with 22 states on 22 September 2026 for the next phase of the Regional Connectivity Scheme-UDAN. The exercise will launch a Challenge Mode and a new Routes Bidding Round under the modified scheme.
India launched the Biovigilance Programme of India (BvPI) in New Delhi on 21 September 2026. The programme was announced during the 6th National Pharmacovigilance Week and is linked to patient safety in the use of medicines and biological products.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah is scheduled to inaugurate the third national conference of chiefs of the Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) on 22 September 2026 in New Delhi. The two-day conference is being organised by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) and will focus on the Vision Document on Narcotics Control (2026-29).
Prime Minister Narendra Modi distributed more than 51,000 appointment letters to newly appointed youth at the 20th Rozgar Mela on 19 September 2026. The letters were issued through video conferencing at 45 locations across India, and the recruits will join several Ministries and Departments of the Government of India.
The 100-week Nasha Mukt Yuva Abhiyan is scheduled to begin on 18 September 2026 with a nationwide Rashtriya Sankalp Samaroh. The initiative is titled “Nasha Mukt Yuva for Viksit Bharat Sankalp Abhiyan” and was launched on 2 August 2026 through a virtual address by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The Swachhata Hi Seva 2026 campaign began across India on 17 September 2026 and will continue for one month until 17 October 2026. The campaign is jointly organised by the Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation under the Ministry of Jal Shakti and the Department of Urban Development under the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs. The 2026 theme is “Swachhata Mein Sahbhag; Swachh Bharat, Viksit Bharat”.
The National Scheduled Tribes Finance and Development Corporation (NSTFDC) and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) signed a Memorandum of Understanding on 15 September 2026 for integrated computer labs-cum-smart classrooms in 29 functional Eklavya Model Residential Schools (EMRS) in Rajasthan. The project has a sanctioned budget of ₹16.01 crore and covers 11 districts, with facilities planned for more than 10,000 Scheduled Tribe students every year.
The PM Vishwakarma scheme was launched on 17 September 2023 for artisans and craftspeople engaged in 18 traditional trades. The scheme has a financial outlay of ₹13,000 crore for FY2023-24 to FY2027-28 and provides support through skill training, toolkits, credit, and market linkage measures.
The Ministry of Steel and its Public Sector Undertakings are participating in Special Campaign 6.0, which runs from 2 October to 31 October 2026. The campaign includes a preparatory phase from 15 September to 30 September 2026 for target identification and groundwork. E-waste management is one of the priority areas under the campaign, along with mechanised cleaning, disposal of pending references, and public awareness.
Kerala began a three-day roundtable conference under the ‘Reimagining Keralam’ initiative on 16 September 2026 in Thiruvananthapuram. The conference is linked to 73 major projects announced in the Kerala 2026-27 Budget and is scheduled from 16 to 18 September 2026 at Lemon Tree Premier and Hilton Garden Inn.
Telangana Police have facilitated the refund of ₹139.68 crore to 24,189 cyber fraud victims in 2026. The Telangana Cyber Security Bureau (TGCSB) used the Lok Adalat mechanism and the Money Restoration Module (MRM) to speed up the return of defrauded money.