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CDS / OTA Monthly Current Affairs — September 2026 (PDF)

Free CDS / OTA monthly current affairs PDF for 1 September 2026 to 30 September 2026, covering 90 exam-focused topics. Revision cards written by Cavalier faculty for the CDS / OTA GK paper.

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What this monthly covers

Each card in the PDF condenses one of these daily explainers into revision points. Read the full article for the MCQs and the exam-pattern note.

1 September 2026
- Stock Limits and Buffer Stocks: Two Tools, One Price Problem Economy
- Bishkek at 25: What the SCO Summit Actually Decided International Relations
- A Notice, Not a Verdict: How the NHRC's Suo Motu Power Works Polity
2 September 2026
- Tigers as Natural Capital: The IBCA-ADB Turn in Conservation Environment
- One Notch to A-: What a Sovereign Rating Upgrade Actually Says Economy
- The Officer at the Booth: Who Actually Builds the Electoral Roll Polity
3 September 2026
- Flanders to Brussels: Reading the India-Belgium Joint Statement International Relations
- When the Moraine Gives Way: Himalayan GLOF Preparedness Geography
- Godowns at the Village: The Cooperative Grain Storage Plan Economy
4 September 2026
- 3,800 Rescued: The Law Behind the NCPCR's Summer Campaign Polity
- 95% of Tariff Lines: What the India-EU FTA Actually Changes Economy
- Heat From Below: India's First Geothermal Wells at Puga Geography
5 September 2026
- Five Zones, One Chairman: The Western Zonal Council at Panaji Polity
- Who Owns a Chilli Seed: ₹200 Crore of Benefit-Sharing Environment
- ₹2.55 Lakh Crore on Paper: How a Credit Guarantee Works Economy
6 September 2026
- Nature's Cleaning System: How India Nearly Lost Its Vultures Environment
- Across the Palk Strait: What the Raksha Mantri's Sri Lanka Visit Rests On International Relations
- A Commission Without a Statute: The NCSK and the Law on Manual Scavenging Polity
7 September 2026
- Blue Skies by Numbers: What Seven Years of NCAP Have Delivered Environment
- Hamari Anganwadi Hamari Jimmedari: The Ninth Poshan Maah and Ten Years of PMMVY Governance
- The Golden Fibre Ledger: Jute, Its Mills, Its MSP and Its Law Economy
8 September 2026
- Moirang, 14 April 1944: The Flag, the Army and the Museum the Vice-President Visited History
- Three Judges, Two Additional Judges: How a High Court Bench Is Filled Polity
- ₹5,043 Crore That Never Left the Account: The Financial Fraud Risk Indicator Economy
9 September 2026
- One Milligram Too Many: Fluoride, Groundwater and the Fluorosis Programme Environment
- Fifteen Crypto Platforms, One Section: How India Regulates What It Has Not Legalised Economy
- Eight Projects, 1,196 Kilometres: The Economics of a Fourth Railway Line Economy
10 September 2026
- Twenty-One Gigawatts in the Streams: Small Hydro's Unfinished Business Environment
- From Relief to Risk Reduction: The Institutions Behind 'Zero Casualty' Governance
- 757 Districts, One Survey: India Maps Its Own Informal Economy Economy
11 September 2026
- Eighty Lakh Doses: India's Single-Shot Bet Against Cervical Cancer Science & Health
- Ledgers in the Cloud: A Law from 1891 Is Retired on 1 October Polity & Governance
- Eleven Nations at Bharat Mandapam: India's BRICS Chairship Reaches Its Summit International Relations
12 September 2026
- 631 Critical Care Blocks: Building a Health System for the Next Emergency Social Sector & Health
- Three Mutuals at Bharat Mandapam: Reading the Modi-Xi Meeting International Relations
- Digital Labour Chowks and Nirman Sakhi: The Construction Worker's Welfare Problem Economy & Society
13 September 2026
- Gandhinagar Hosts the Circular Economy Forum: A First for South Asia Environment & Economy
- Why 14 September: Hindi Diwas, Rajbhasha and the Language Articles Polity & Governance
- From Ten Years to Three: How a Gas Allocation Buys Kitchen Connections Economy & Energy
14 September 2026
- 654 MW for 18 Hours: India's Emergency Power Line to Nepal International Relations
- India and MERCOSUR: A First Protocol, and Talks to Widen a 2004 Pact International Relations
- A Soft Release Centre at Naliya: The Great Indian Bustard's Narrow Road Back Environment
15 September 2026
- Pension Sakhis: Sending the Self-Help Group After the Retirement Problem Schemes & Social Security
- Six Chief Ministers on the Tons: The Kishau Agreement and the Water Left for the River Polity & Governance
- A $147 Billion Goods Gap and an $87 Billion Services Surplus Economy
16 September 2026
- Two Portals on Ozone Day: Scope 1, Scope 2 and the Problem of Counting Carbon Environment
- From ₹15,000 to ₹25,000: The Number That Decides Who Gets a Provident Fund Economy
- Goa, Turmeric and the Bay of Bengal: Who Owns Traditional Knowledge International Relations
17 September 2026
- Only on the Approved List: The Court Order That Redrew Stem Cell Therapy Sci/Tech
- A Share of Every Tonne: How ₹1.09 Lakh Crore Reached India's Mining Districts Schemes
- Baseload, Permits and Critical Minerals: India's Case at the G20 Energy Table IR/Diplomacy
18 September 2026
- Three Complaints and an Algorithm: The New Rules Against Spam Calls Sci/Tech
- Surat at the Top, Darbhanga at the Bottom: India's First District Jobs Map Economy
- Shelter, Sticks and a Helpline: The Scheme Behind India's Ageing Policy Welfare
19 September 2026
- ₹5,000 Crore of Idle Land: The Company That Sells What the State Forgot Economy
- Polluter Pays, Public Trust: The Doctrines a Green Court Runs On Polity/Bodies
- 1,164 Batches in October: Rural Skilling Restarts on a Two-Year Clock Welfare
20 September 2026
- From 39 Per Cent to ODF Plus Model: What Rural Sanitation Counts Now Welfare
- 330 Days on Paper, 621 in Practice: The Insolvency Code at Ten Economy
- Four Silks, One Country: The Target That Would Overtake China Economy
21 September 2026
- 32 Conflict Points: Why Access Control Is the Whole Design Infrastructure
- A Pharmacopoeia Says What. A Formulary Says Which. Sci/Tech
- 100% One Way, 70% the Other: Reading the India–New Zealand FTA IR/Diplomacy
22 September 2026
- Let the States Nominate the Airstrip Infrastructure
- The Buyer Who Stopped Needing You as Much IR/Diplomacy
- Two Per Cent, and What Happens If You Don't Spend It Economy
23 September 2026
- Fifteen Digits That Decide Whether a Phone Can Be Found Polity/Bodies
- Half of India's Tourism Is a Pilgrimage Economy
- The Day They Moved Off the Lunar Calendar Sci/Tech
24 September 2026
- If It Never Saw a Cow, It Cannot Be Called Paneer Sci/Tech
- Nineteen Point Two Five: The Gap That Protects a Refinery Economy
- ASEAN Has Eleven Members Now, and Most Notes Still Say Ten IR/Diplomacy
25 September 2026
- The Cloth Bag Is the Easy Part Environment
- Twelve Years On, the Share Has Not Moved Economy
- ₹7.86 Lakh Crore, 23 Auctions, and a 50-Year Bond Economy
26 September 2026
- 428 Crore Against 2.53 Crore Economy
- The Treaty Nobody Can Sign Yet IR/Diplomacy
- The BLO Comes to You: What the Commission Changed Polity/Bodies
27 September 2026
- Tenth From Thirteenth, and Six Silvers Welfare
- 6,175 Entries, 270 Selected, 20 Awarded Culture/Sport
- The Chokepoint Nobody Guards Is an Insurance Policy Economy
28 September 2026
- 316 Districts, 90 Days, and the Codes Nobody Has Read Economy
- 82 Whales That Never Leave, and a Treaty Written to Hunt Them Environment
- $101 Billion in Trade, and a Bank That Changed Hands Economy
29 September 2026
- 10 Fully Literate States, and the 5% the Definition Allows Welfare
- 205 Lakh Tonnes, and a Calendar That Now Repeats Every Year Economy
- 33,000 Hectares and One Bamboo Farmer Environment
30 September 2026
- 78 of 1,255, and the Exam They Held Only in London Polity/Bodies
- The Pharmacy of the World Starts Paying for Discovery Sci/Tech
- 2.67 Lakh Factories, and the 2 Crore They Employ Economy

How to use it

Read the PDF once end to end, then use the bold figures and names as a self-test: cover the card, recall the number, check. Come back to the monthly the week before the paper — it is written as a revision sheet, not a news bulletin.

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