PIB Current Affairs 19 September 2026

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SEMICON India 2026 concludes with 56 MoUs and RISC-V Grand Challenge winners

•SEMICON India 2026, the fifth edition of India's flagship semiconductor conference, concluded at Yashobhoomi, New Delhi after a three-day run from 17 to 19 September 2026 on the theme 'Silicon to Systems: Building the Ecosystem'.
•The concluding session carried 15 announcements covering indigenous processors, sovereign computing, AI and quantum platforms, fab automation and skilling; across three days the event recorded 56 MoUs, announcements and strategic initiatives.
•Winners of the Digital India RISC-V (DIR-V) Grand Challenge under MeitY's Chips to Startup programme were announced, with Rs 60 lakh shared by three teams building products on the indigenous SHAKTI and VEGA processors.

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Centre-State conference on Financing India's Journey towards Viksit Bharat concludes

•The Ministry of Finance concluded a two-day Conference on 'Financing India's Journey towards Viksit Bharat' in New Delhi, with Finance Ministers and Finance Secretaries of States and UTs with Legislature.
•Described as the first of its kind, it moved past the usual question of sharing Union tax revenue to how India's development over the next two decades will be financed.
•Day one covered macroeconomic priorities, savings and investment and fiscal resilience; day two covered agricultural transformation and the energy transition, with special sessions on GSDP measurement and new-age technology.

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PM-AJAY: Rs 11,186 crore released, 16,022 villages declared Adarsh Gram

•The Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment released component-wise performance figures for the Pradhan Mantri Anusuchit Jaati Abhyuday Yojana (PM-AJAY), the merged Centrally Sponsored Scheme for Scheduled Caste development.
•Rs 11,186 crore has been released across the scheme's three components from FY 2014-15 to date, through the Adarsh Gram, Grant-in-Aid and Hostel routes.
•16,022 of 48,811 selected villages have been declared Adarsh Gram; the Grant-in-Aid component has reached 34.61 lakh beneficiaries.

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Biometric Aadhaar Authentication Mandatory for Subsidised LPG Refills from 1 October 2026

•From 1 October 2026, a domestic LPG consumer must have completed Biometric Aadhaar Authentication to book refills at the regulated Retail Selling Price with subsidy.
•As on 19 September 2026, 27.43 crore active domestic consumers — 89.9 per cent — had already completed the process and need do nothing further.
•Authentication can be completed at the time of delivery, at the distributor's showroom, or on an Oil Marketing Company mobile app.

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Asian Games Open in Aichi-Nagoya; PM Sends Best Wishes to the Indian Contingent

•The Prime Minister extended his best wishes to the Indian contingent as the Asian Games commenced in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, on 19 September 2026.
•This is the 20th edition of the Games, hosted jointly by Aichi Prefecture and the city of Nagoya, and runs to 4 October 2026.
•The programme carries 43 sports, 71 disciplines and 469 medal events, with more than 11,000 athletes from 45 countries and regions expected.

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Ministry of Ayush Builds an AI Layer on Ayush Grid for Ayurveda and Traditional Medicine

•The Ministry of Ayush is extending Ayush Grid, the sector's digital health platform, from portals into artificial intelligence services for Ayurveda and the wider Ayush sector.
•Six AI assistants are named: the MAISP Chatbot, the ARP Research Assistant, the eLMS Chatbot, the e-CHARAK Chatbot, Yoga Saarthi and Nivesh Saarthi.
•An Ayush use case, 'AI-driven Decision Support for Ayurveda: A Retrieval-Augmented Generation Approach', featured in the AI Impact Casebook on Health released with the WHO at the IndiaAI Impact Summit 2026.

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Railways Sanctions Rs 252 Crore for Kavach 4.0 Across Lucknow Division

•Indian Railways has approved Kavach Version 4.0 on 607.7 route kilometres of the Lucknow Division of North Eastern Railway at a cost of Rs 252 crore.
•The sanction covers the identified balance sections of the division, extending Kavach across its remaining routes.
•Kavach is an indigenously developed Automatic Train Protection system that prevents Signal Passing at Danger and applies the brakes automatically when required.

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Keel Laid for Indian Navy's First Next Generation Missile Vessel at Cochin Shipyard

•The keel laying ceremony of the first ship of the Indian Navy's Next Generation Missile Vessel (NGMV) project was held at Cochin Shipyard Limited, Kochi, on 18 September 2026.
•Vice Admiral Sanjay Sadhu, Controller of Warship Production and Acquisition, was the Chief Guest.
•The construction contract was concluded with Cochin Shipyard Limited in March 2023, with all major role-defining equipment indigenously developed and manufactured.

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NLMC Board Recommends Monetisation Proposals Worth Over Rs 5,000 Crore

•The 21st Board meeting of the National Land Monetization Corporation Limited (NLMC) was held on 18 September 2026.
•The Board recommended monetisation proposals covering surplus land and building assets valued at over Rs 5,000 crore.
•It also approved NLMC's Annual Financial Statements and Directors' Report for the financial year 2025-26.

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DDU-GKY 2.0 Training Batches to Begin in 14 States and UTs from October 2026

•The Ministry of Rural Development will start DDU-GKY 2.0 training batches across most States and Union Territories from October 2026.
•In the first phase, 1,164 batches covering 34,920 rural youth begin training in 14 States/UTs, against a sanctioned target of 3,57,112 trainees by 31 December 2027.
•Targets for the two-year period 2026-28 have been allotted to all 31 participating States and UTs; 24 of them have already assigned 5.6 lakh targets across more than 1,200 projects.

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20th Rozgar Mela: 51,000 Appointment Letters Take Cumulative Tally to 12.75 Lakh

•The 20th National Rozgar Mela was held on 19 September 2026 at 45 locations, with the Prime Minister distributing over 51,000 appointment letters by video conferencing.
•The cumulative tally across 20 editions reached about 12.75 lakh appointment letters, against the original target of 10 lakh central government recruitments announced at launch.
•A PIB Backgrounder issued the same day set out the edition-wise record since the launch on 22 October 2022.

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PM Opens NGT's International Conference on the Future of Environment and Climate Dynamics

•The Prime Minister inaugurated the National Green Tribunal's two-day International Conference on 'The Future of Environment and Climate Dynamics' at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi, on 19 September 2026, and launched the NGT Mobile Application.
•The conference brings together jurists, policymakers and scientists from 17 countries, along with the United Nations Environment Programme and the Asian Development Bank, across four technical sessions.
•The Prime Minister argued that responsibility for carbon emissions has been wrongly placed on developing countries, with India's per-capita emissions less than half the global average.

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PIB Current Affairs — 19 September 2026

SEMICON India 2026 concludes with 56 MoUs and RISC-V Grand Challenge winners

Centre-State conference on Financing India's Journey towards Viksit Bharat concludes

PM-AJAY: Rs 11,186 crore released, 16,022 villages declared Adarsh Gram

Biometric Aadhaar Authentication Mandatory for Subsidised LPG Refills from 1 October 2026

Asian Games Open in Aichi-Nagoya; PM Sends Best Wishes to the Indian Contingent

Ministry of Ayush Builds an AI Layer on Ayush Grid for Ayurveda and Traditional Medicine

Railways Sanctions Rs 252 Crore for Kavach 4.0 Across Lucknow Division

Keel Laid for Indian Navy's First Next Generation Missile Vessel at Cochin Shipyard

NLMC Board Recommends Monetisation Proposals Worth Over Rs 5,000 Crore

DDU-GKY 2.0 Training Batches to Begin in 14 States and UTs from October 2026

20th Rozgar Mela: 51,000 Appointment Letters Take Cumulative Tally to 12.75 Lakh

PM Opens NGT's International Conference on the Future of Environment and Climate Dynamics