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Reimagining FCI: From Open-Ended Procurement to Smart Buffer Management

Published on: 27 February, 2026

After the six decades of establishment of the Food Corporation of India (FCI), India’s agricultural landscape has transformed, from scarcity to surplus, while food security remains non-negotiable, calling for a strategic recalibration of FCI’s role to ensure fiscal prudence, efficiency, and sustainability.

News In Short 26-02-2026

Context

  • The 5th National MSME Council has reviewed the progress of the World Bank supported RAMP Programme. 

    • Raising and Accelerating MSME Performance (RAMP)

  • RAMP is a World Bank supported Central Sector Scheme aimed at improving access of MSMEs to market, finance and technology upgradation by enhancing the outreach of existing MoMSME schemes. 
  • Objective:
  • Accelerating Centre- State collaboration in MSME promotion and development.

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    Explorations of Carbon Capture and Utilisation (CCU)  technologies for india 

    In News

  • Recently, it has been observed that Carbon Capture and Utilisation (CCU)  technologies are essential for achieving India’s net-zero emissions targets, particularly for hard-to-abate sectors like cement.

    • Carbon Capture and Utilisation (CCU) 

  • It refers to a set of technologies that capture carbon dioxide emissions from industrial sources or directly from the air and convert them into useful products.
  • It  removes carbon from the atmosphere and puts it into the economy as inputs for fuels, chemicals, building materials, or polymers.
  • Unlike carbon capture and storage, where captured CO₂ is permanently stored underground rather than reused, CCU uses up the captured carbon.

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    Blockchain Based Digital Governance

    Context

  • The Blockchain India Challenge, launched by the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY) is a national initiative aimed at encouraging visionary Indian startups to pitch & pilot cutting-edge Blockchain-based digital governance solutions. 

    • What is Blockchain?

  • Blockchain is a distributed, transparent, secure, and immutable database that functions like a ledger of records or transactions, resistant to tampering and accessible across a network of computers.
  • Understanding Types of Blockchain:
  • Public Blockchain: In this network, all nodes can access records, verify transactions, perform proof-of-work, and add new blocks.

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    Training of Large Language Models (LLMs) by Indian Firms

    Context

  • Bengaluru-based startup Sarvam AI unveiled two indigenous Large Language Models (LLMs), underscoring India’s push for sovereign, multilingual, and compute-efficient AI amid global competition.

    • Large Language Models (LLMs)

  • A large language model (LLM) is a type of artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm that uses deep learning techniques and massively large data sets to understand, summarize, generate and predict new content.
  • Deep learning involves the probabilistic analysis of unstructured data, which eventually enables the deep learning model to recognize distinctions between pieces of content without human intervention.
  • It helps to understand how characters, words, and sentences function together.

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    Energy Imbalance and the Changing Dynamics of El Niño

    Context

  • A recent study highlights that the 2022 increase in Earth’s energy imbalance was largely driven by a shift from a “triple-dip” La Niña to a warm El Niño, combined with long-term climate change.

    • Earth’s Energy Imbalance Study

  • Earth’s Energy Imbalance (EEI) refers to the difference between incoming solar radiation and outgoing heat energy. When more heat is trapped than emitted, global temperatures rise.
  • The 2022 increase in EEI explains the sharp global temperature spike since early 2023.
  • The “Triple Dip” Impact: During a La Niña, warm water remains deeper in the ocean, resulting in a cooler surface that emits less energy back into space.

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    India’s Innovation Mirage

    Published on: 26 February, 2026

    The India AI Impact Summit 2026 witnessed large participation and high enthusiasm. However, controversy arose after allegedly imported technology products were showcased as indigenous innovations, raising concerns about the quality and authenticity of India’s innovation ecosystem.

    संक्षिप्त समाचार 26-02-2026

    संदर्भ  

  • पाँचवीं राष्ट्रीय MSME परिषद ने विश्व बैंक समर्थित RAMP कार्यक्रम की प्रगति की समीक्षा की है।

    • रेजिंग एंड एक्सेलरेटिंग एमएसएमई परफॉर्मेंस (RAMP)  

  • RAMP एक विश्व बैंक समर्थित केंद्रीय क्षेत्र योजना है जिसका उद्देश्य MSMEs की बाज़ार, वित्त और प्रौद्योगिकी उन्नयन तक पहुँच को बेहतर बनाना है, तथा वर्तमान MoMSME योजनाओं की पहुँच को बढ़ाना है।
  • उद्देश्य:
  • MSME संवर्धन और विकास में केंद्र-राज्य सहयोग को तीव्र करना।

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    भारत के लिए कार्बन कैप्चर एवं उपयोग (CCU) प्रौद्योगिकियों की खोज

    समाचारों में

  • हाल ही में यह देखा गया है कि कार्बन कैप्चर एवं उपयोग (CCU) प्रौद्योगिकियाँ भारत के नेट-ज़ीरो उत्सर्जन लक्ष्यों को प्राप्त करने के लिए अत्यावश्यक हैं, विशेषकर सीमेंट जैसे कठिन-से-नियंत्रित क्षेत्रों में।

    • कार्बन कैप्चर एवं उपयोग (CCU)

  • यह उन प्रौद्योगिकियों का समूह है जो औद्योगिक स्रोतों या सीधे वायुमंडल से कार्बन डाइऑक्साइड उत्सर्जन को पकड़कर उसे उपयोगी उत्पादों में परिवर्तित करती हैं।
  • यह वातावरण से कार्बन को हटाकर उसे ईंधन, रसायन, निर्माण सामग्री या पॉलिमर जैसे आर्थिक इनपुट में परिवर्तित करती है।
  • कार्बन कैप्चर एवं स्टोरेज से भिन्न, जहाँ पकड़े गए CO₂ को स्थायी रूप से भूमिगत संग्रहित किया जाता है, CCU पकड़े गए कार्बन का पुनः उपयोग करता है।

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