📘 February 2025 – One-Liner Current Affairs Capsule
Current affairs play a crucial role in all competitive exams like UPSC, SSC, Banking, Railways, Defence, Teaching, and State PSCs. Whether you are preparing for UPSC CSE, IBPS PO, SSC CGL, SBI Clerk, RRB NTPC, or Defence exams, mastering the latest monthly current affairs in one-liner format is essential. One-liners save time, boost revision speed, and improve accuracy in current affairs quiz, GK tests, and general knowledge papers.
This Rojgar Plus Current Affairs Capsule provides a comprehensive monthly set of one-liner current affairs.
🟦 National Affairs
- Union Budget 2025–26 presented on 1 Feb: fiscal deficit target at 4.4% of GDP. (PIB/IndiaBudget)
- Capex outlay ₹11.21 lakh crore (~3.1% of GDP). (PIB)
- Green Bonds worth ₹12,000 crore announced for climate projects. (PIB)
- Income-Tax Bill 2025 tabled in Parliament to replace 1961 Act (effective Apr 2026). (Indian Express)
- Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission 2.0 launched with expanded health records coverage. (PIB)
- First hydrogen fuel bus service launched in Delhi by Ministry of Power. (PIB)
- Defence Acquisition Council cleared 97 Tejas Mk-1A fighters for the Indian Air Force. (PIB/Defence)
- Underwater Metro trial conducted successfully in Kolkata. (Indian Express)
- National Startup Day observed on 16 Feb with focus on “Viksit Bharat by Startups”. (PIB)
🟦 International Affairs
- PM Modi’s France visit (10–12 Feb) – co-chaired AI Action Summit with President Macron. (MEA)
- India–US Joint Statement (13 Feb) set “Mission 500” target: $500 bn trade by 2030. (MEA/PIB)
- Sri Lanka joined RCEP (Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership). (The Hindu/GKToday)
- India–UAE signed MoU on Green Hydrogen cooperation. (MEA)
- India chaired Wassenaar Arrangement meeting (Feb 2025 session). (PIB/MEA)
- EAM Jaishankar visited Egypt – MoUs on renewable energy and defence. (MEA)
- India hosted BIMSTEC Agriculture Ministers’ meet in New Delhi. (PIB)
🟦 Economy & Banking
- Direct tax collections grew 12% YoY (data till Jan 2025). (PIB)
- EPFO added 14.5 lakh new members in Dec 2024 (data released Feb). (PIB/EPFO)
- GST collections in Feb 2025 crossed ₹1.80 lakh crore. (PIB/Indian Express)
- UPI transactions exceeded 15 bn per month. (RBI/PIB)
- RBI expanded digital rupee (CBDC) pilot to 25 more cities. (RBI/PIB)
🟦 Science & Technology
- Genome India 2.0 Project launched – aims to sequence 1.5 lakh Indian genomes. (PIB/Indian Express)
- DRDO tested Agni-V missile with MIRV technology. (PIB/Defence)
- ISRO tested CE-20 cryogenic engine for Gaganyaan. (PIB/ISRO)
🟦 Sports
- India won U-19 Asia Cup Cricket 2025, defeating Sri Lanka in the final. (Indian Express/Jagran Josh)
- PV Sindhu clinched Malaysia Open Super 500 title. (Indian Express)
- Khelo India Winter Games 2025 inaugurated in Gulmarg, Jammu & Kashmir. (PIB/DoSports)
🟦 Environment
- India State of Forest Report 2025 released – forest cover stable with minor gains in NE states. (PIB)
- Kaziranga rhino census recorded 3,020 one-horned rhinos. (PIB/Assam Govt)
🟦 Awards & Honours
- Bharat Ratna 2025 announced for five eminent personalities – P.V. Narasimha Rao, Chaudhary Charan Singh, Karpoori Thakur, M.S. Swaminathan, Charan Singh. (PIB/President Secretariat)
- Padma Awards 2025 announced on 25 Jan; conferred in Feb. (PIB)
- Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Awards 2025 presented in New Delhi. (MEA/PIB)
🟦 Important Days
- 4 Feb – World Cancer Day, theme: “Close the Care Gap.” (WHO/GKToday)
- 11 Feb – Int. Day of Women & Girls in Science. (UNESCO)
- 13 Feb – World Radio Day, theme: “Radio: A Century Informing, Entertaining, Educating.” (UNESCO)
- 20 Feb – World Day of Social Justice. (UN)
- 21 Feb – International Mother Language Day, theme: “Multilingual education – a pillar of learning.” (UNESCO)
- 28 Feb – National Science Day, theme: “Science for Sustainable Future.” (DST/PIB)