PIB Current Affairs 11 September 2026

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Modi Meets Putin on BRICS Summit Margins; Accepts Invitation for 24th Annual Summit

•Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Russian President Vladimir Putin on the margins of the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi, their second meeting of 2026 after Bishkek on 31 August on the sidelines of the 26th SCO Summit.
•The two reviewed political, economic, defence, energy, space, skill-mobility and people-to-people cooperation, welcomed Russia's INNOPROM India exhibition held in India for the first time from 9-11 September 2026, and visited it together; they also discussed the West Asia and Black Sea conflicts affecting maritime trade and Indian seafarers.
•President Putin invited the Prime Minister to Russia for the 24th India-Russia Annual Summit and the invitation was accepted, with dates to be fixed through diplomatic channels.

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IPC Releases Enoxaparin Sodium Reference Substance at National Biosimilars Conference

•The Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission held a two-day National Conference on the quality and safety of biosimilars on 10-11 September 2026 at C-CAMP, Bengaluru, with 160 participants from regulators, industry, academia and research bodies.
•Its main output was the release of an Indian Pharmacopoeia Reference Substance for enoxaparin sodium for bioassays, an authenticated reference material for testing the drug's biological activity.
•The conference was framed around the government's Biopharma SHAKTI vision and organised with IDMA, with BIRAC and C-CAMP as knowledge partners and KDPMA as associate partner.

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DoLR Secretary Sets Out Watershed-Led Dryland Strategy at Dryland Congress 2026

•Department of Land Resources Secretary Narendra Bhooshan told the Dryland Congress 2026 Partner Spotlight in New Delhi that India must shift from reacting to droughts to building resilient dryland landscapes through integrated watershed development.
•He placed the Watershed Development Component of PMKSY at the centre of that shift, citing 7,602 projects over about 34 million hectares in twelve years and a benefit-cost ratio of roughly 2:1.
•A proposed Watershed Portal is to serve as digital public infrastructure across the project lifecycle, carrying geospatial datasets so that landscape resilience, not just asset location, can be tracked.

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CCESS 2026: Minister calls for integrated 'Coastal India' approach linking ecology, security and blue economy

•Dr Jitendra Singh, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science and Technology and Earth Sciences, virtually addressed the National Conference on Coastal Ecology, Security and Sustainability (CCESS) 2026.
•He put India's coastline at 11,000-12,000 km and argued that coastal ecology, security, economy and technology must be handled as one integrated 'Coastal India' framework rather than by separate sectors.
•He cited the Deep Ocean Mission, the indigenous research vessel ORV Sagar Manthan and the Swachh Sagar, Surakshit Sagar clean-up running 12-19 September 2026.

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BRICS Bharat Innovates Exposition showcases 37 Indian deep-tech ventures at Bharat Mandapam

•The Ministry of Education, with the Ministry of External Affairs, held the BRICS Bharat Innovates Exposition on 11-12 September 2026 at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, alongside the 18th BRICS Summit.
•Thirty-seven Indian deep-tech startups are on show, drawn from the 120-venture cohort of the first Bharat Innovates edition held in Nice, France in June 2026.
•It advances 'Enhancing Research, Innovation and Start-up Ecosystems', one of five priority areas under India's BRICS Chairship 2026.

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CARA workshop in Delhi targets illegal adoption; theme set for Adoption Awareness Month 2026

•CARA, with the Delhi government's Department of Women and Child Development and the Delhi State Adoption Resource Agency, held an Adoption Awareness Workshop at the Delhi Secretariat for about 200 child-protection stakeholders.
•The theme for National Adoption Awareness Month 2026 is 'Legal Adoption. Safe Childhood. Secure Future. Say No to Illegal Adoption.'
•Illegal adoption violates the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015, which is the statutory basis for both CARA and the district-level child protection machinery.

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Seventh Gender Samvaad Puts Women's Leadership at the Centre of Rural Livelihoods

•The seventh edition of Gender Samvaad, on the theme 'Participation to Leadership: Enhancing Women's Agency in Livelihoods', was organised by DAY-NRLM with IWWAGE.
•Over 6 lakh stakeholders took part, against 1,400 at the first edition in April 2021.
•Rural Development Secretary Rohit Kansal put the SHG movement at over 10 crore women and Lakhpati Didis at more than 3.46 crore earning above ₹1 lakh a year.

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NSKFDC Has Disbursed ₹3,365.93 Crore to 6.10 Lakh Sanitation Workers Since Inception

•The National Safai Karamcharis Finance & Development Corporation has sanctioned and disbursed ₹3,365.93 crore since inception, covering 6,10,902 persons, up to 10 September 2026.
•It lends up to ₹30 lakh to an individual and up to ₹75 lakh to a group at concessional interest of 6 to 9 per cent a year.
•Women beneficiaries get a 1 per cent rebate on the interest rate, with a further 0.5 per cent for timely repayment.

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Critical Minerals Central to India's Energy and National Security, Says Jitendra Singh

•Dr Jitendra Singh told the 3rd Global Summit on Advanced Materials, Critical Minerals & Metals that critical minerals underpin India's energy security, industrial competitiveness and national security.
•He called for capability across the whole value chain — exploration, extraction, refining, processing, engineering and manufacturing — combining domestic resources with international partnerships.
•He cited the opening of the nuclear sector to private players and invited foreign investors, including from Canada, into the new framework.

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Bankers' Books Evidence Act, 2026 Takes Effect on 1 October, Replacing the 1891 Law

•The Bankers' Books Evidence Act, 2026 will come into force on 1 October 2026, appointed by a Gazette notification dated 10 September 2026.
•It received the President's assent on 13 August 2026 and replaces the Bankers' Books Evidence Act, 1891.
•The new Act is technology-neutral: it recognises banking records kept in physical, electronic, digital, virtual, cloud-based and other contemporary forms.

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Captive Coal Mines Produce 184 MT in FY 2025-26, a 10.10 Per Cent Rise

•Output from captive coal mines rose from 167.44 MT in FY 2024-25 to 184 MT in FY 2025-26, a growth of 10.10 per cent.
•With about 26 MT from commercial mines, the captive and commercial segment together produced 210 MT against 190.95 MT the previous year — around 21 per cent of domestic output.
•India's total coal production stood at 1,039 MT in FY 2025-26, staying above one billion tonnes for a second successive year.

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Coal Ministry Explains Tara (Revised) Block Auction After Hasdeo Arand Exclusion

•The Ministry of Coal has set out the sequence behind the auction of the Tara (Revised) coal block in Chhattisgarh, calling media reports incomplete.
•The block was offered in the 7th Tranche in 2023 and pulled out in July 2023 after Chhattisgarh asked that Hasdeo Arand blocks overlapping the Lemru elephant corridor be excluded.
•A State Government letter dated 11 December 2025 said Tara lies outside the Lemru Elephant Corridor and could be offered again.

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BRICS Business Forum in Delhi Pushes Local-Currency Trade and Open Markets

•The BRICS Business Forum met in New Delhi on 11 September 2026, ahead of the 18th BRICS Summit at Bharat Mandapam on 12-13 September under India's Chairship.
•Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal asked members to open markets, simplify regulatory procedures and diversify supply chains, noting that BRICS accounts for nearly one-fourth of global trade.
•He urged BRICS countries to link their payment systems and trade in each other's local currencies, citing UPI's 250 billion-plus transactions a year.

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National HPV Vaccination Campaign Crosses 80 Lakh Doses; Four States at Full Coverage

•More than 80 lakh (8 million) doses of HPV vaccine have been administered under the National HPV Vaccination Campaign since its launch in February 2026.
•The campaign gives 14-year-old girls a free, voluntary, single-dose HPV vaccination with parental consent at government health facilities.
•Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Mizoram have covered 100 per cent of their identified target cohorts; Uttar Pradesh has vaccinated the most girls, over 22 lakh.

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Seven Years of PM Kisan Maandhan Yojana: 24.96 Lakh Farmers Enrolled

•A PIB Backgrounder marks seven years of the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Maandhan Yojana (PM-KMY), the contributory old-age pension scheme for small and marginal farmers.
•Enrolment reached 24,96,252 farmers as on 6 February 2026, with Haryana leading at about 5.75 lakh and Bihar next at over 3.46 lakh.
•₹540.66 crore had been utilised under the scheme since 2019, as on February 2026.

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PIB Current Affairs — 11 September 2026

Modi Meets Putin on BRICS Summit Margins; Accepts Invitation for 24th Annual Summit

IPC Releases Enoxaparin Sodium Reference Substance at National Biosimilars Conference

DoLR Secretary Sets Out Watershed-Led Dryland Strategy at Dryland Congress 2026

CCESS 2026: Minister calls for integrated 'Coastal India' approach linking ecology, security and blue economy

BRICS Bharat Innovates Exposition showcases 37 Indian deep-tech ventures at Bharat Mandapam

CARA workshop in Delhi targets illegal adoption; theme set for Adoption Awareness Month 2026

Seventh Gender Samvaad Puts Women's Leadership at the Centre of Rural Livelihoods

NSKFDC Has Disbursed ₹3,365.93 Crore to 6.10 Lakh Sanitation Workers Since Inception

Critical Minerals Central to India's Energy and National Security, Says Jitendra Singh

Bankers' Books Evidence Act, 2026 Takes Effect on 1 October, Replacing the 1891 Law

Captive Coal Mines Produce 184 MT in FY 2025-26, a 10.10 Per Cent Rise

Coal Ministry Explains Tara (Revised) Block Auction After Hasdeo Arand Exclusion

BRICS Business Forum in Delhi Pushes Local-Currency Trade and Open Markets

National HPV Vaccination Campaign Crosses 80 Lakh Doses; Four States at Full Coverage

Seven Years of PM Kisan Maandhan Yojana: 24.96 Lakh Farmers Enrolled