Current Affairs 3 October 2026: 20 Exam-Tagged Daily GK Facts
Current Affairs 3 October 2026: 20 Exam-Tagged Daily GK Facts
September GST closed at ₹2.04 lakh crore, the Indian women's hockey team ended a 44-year wait for Asian Games gold, and the Bihar cabinet cleared a Green Hydrogen Policy that targets 1 lakh tonnes a year by 2031. That is the last 24 hours in three lines.
Below are 20 exam-relevant facts from 2 and 3 October 2026, each with the exams it actually matters for, and four quick-revision tables. The 15 objective questions built from these facts now sit in the separate daily quiz on ExamAtlas, so read the facts here and test yourself there.
National
- GOBARdhan has been approved with an outlay of ₹23,731 crore for FY 2026-27 to FY 2035-36 to push Compressed Biogas (CBG). Capital assistance goes up to ₹2 crore per TPD for eligible greenfield projects, the administered CBG price is ₹2,110 per MMBtu, and the scheme is expected to create about 5 lakh jobs. Exam tag: All exams
- The People's Plan Campaign "Sabki Yojana, Sabka Vikas" began across India on 2 October 2026, the annual exercise through which gram panchayats prepare their development plans. Exam tag: SSC / BPSC / BSSC
- The Comptroller and Auditor General, working with the Digital India BHASHINI Division, rolled out CAG-BHASHINI Anuvaad, an AI translation tool covering 36 Indian text languages, 23 Indian voice languages and 35 international languages. Exam tag: All exams
International
- Greece took over the rotating presidency of the UN Security Council on 1 October 2026 for one month. Its flagship high-level session, set for 29 October, is on freedom of navigation and maritime security under UNCLOS. Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis leads the agenda. Exam tag: All exams
- California became the first US state to ban child marriage outright by fixing 18 as the minimum age with no exceptions. Exam tag: SSC / Banking / State PSC
Economy and Banking
- Gross GST collections in September 2026 rose 14.7% year-on-year to about ₹2.04 lakh crore. This was the third straight month above ₹2 lakh crore. Domestic revenue grew about 10.1% while import-linked revenue grew about 25.9%. Exam tag: Banking / SSC / Railway
- State-wise September GST numbers were uneven: Assam up about 88%, Uttar Pradesh up about 18%, and Tamil Nadu down about 5%. Exam tag: Banking / BPSC
- The Centre extended RoDTEP (Remission of Duties and Taxes on Exported Products) by three months, up to 31 December 2026, with rates unchanged. Benefits stay available to DTA, Advance Authorisation, SEZ and EOU exporters. Exam tag: Banking / SSC
Sports
- The Indian women's hockey team beat China 1-0 in the Asian Games 2026 final, with Lalremsiami scoring the only goal. It is India's first women's hockey gold at the Games since 1982, a 44-year gap, and it books a direct berth at the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics. Exam tag: All exams
- Lovlina Borgohain won the women's 75kg boxing gold, beating China's Bao Ziyi. She becomes the second Indian woman after Mary Kom to take an Asian Games boxing gold, ending a 12-year Indian wait in the sport. Parveen Hooda (women's 65kg) and Ankush Panghal (men's 80kg) also won boxing gold. Exam tag: All exams
- India won its first women's recurve team archery gold at the Asian Games, with Ankita Bhakat, Kumkum Mohod and Kirti Sharma beating South Korea 5-3. After Day 13 India stood fifth with 16 gold, 25 silver and 35 bronze, a total of 76 medals. The Aichi-Nagoya Games run from 19 September to 4 October 2026. Exam tag: All exams
Awards
- The Ramon Magsaysay Award 2026 went to Tommy Koh (Singapore), Runa Khan (Bangladesh) and Bo Kyi (Myanmar). No Indian features on the 2026 list. The award was instituted in 1958. Exam tag: All exams
- The Nobel Prize 2026 announcement window opens on 5 October with Physiology or Medicine, followed by Physics on 6 October, Chemistry on 7 October, Literature on 8 October and the Peace Prize from Oslo on 9 October. Exam tag: All exams
Science and Defence
- ISRO is setting up an advanced space-object tracking facility near Guwahati, Assam, under Project NETRA (Network for Space Object Tracking and Analysis). It strengthens India's Space Situational Awareness. Exam tag: All exams
- The Indian Air Force's No. 17 Squadron, the Golden Arrows, completed 75 years on 1 October 2026 and marked its platinum jubilee at Ambala. It is the IAF's first Rafale squadron. Exam tag: Defence / SSC / Railway
Bihar and Jharkhand Special
- The Bihar cabinet approved the draft Green Hydrogen Policy 2026 on 1 October. Targets: 1 lakh tonnes of green hydrogen a year by 2031, 1 GW of electrolyser manufacturing and 2.5 GW of renewable capacity, with expected investment of about ₹16,000 crore and roughly 12,000 jobs. BREDA is the nodal agency. Exam tag: BPSC / BSSC / Bihar Police
- APEDA facilitated a 1 metric tonne makhana consignment from Purnea, Bihar to Greece, extending the GI-tagged crop's export map. Exam tag: BPSC / BSSC / SSC
- Bihar granted a one-time special remission to eligible convicts, released on 2 October, under Rule 430 of the Bihar Jail Manual, 2012 read with the BNSS. The same cabinet round cleared Mata Sita Mahila University, Patna and Ramdhari Singh Dinkar University, Begusarai, with ₹15 crore each. Exam tag: BPSC / BSSC / Bihar Police
- Jharkhand is holding a 10-km walkathon from the main gate of Van Bhawan, Doranda, Ranchi on 4 October at 6:30 am as part of Wildlife Week 2026, announced by Chief Minister Hemant Soren through the IPRD. Exam tag: JSSC / JPSC / JTET
Important Days
- 2 October carried three observances at once: Mahatma Gandhi's 157th birth anniversary, the International Day of Non-Violence (declared by a UN resolution in June 2007 with support from over 140 countries), and Lal Bahadur Shastri's 122nd birth anniversary. Exam tag: All exams
Quick Answers to What Readers Ask
What was India's GST collection in September 2026?
Gross collections were about ₹2.04 lakh crore, up 14.7% year-on-year. It was the third straight month above the ₹2 lakh crore mark.
Who won the women's hockey gold at Asian Games 2026?
India, beating China 1-0 in the final. Lalremsiami scored, and the win also delivered a direct Los Angeles 2028 Olympic berth.
How much has been approved for the GOBARdhan scheme?
₹23,731 crore, spread over FY 2026-27 to FY 2035-36, with the administered CBG price set at ₹2,110 per MMBtu.
Which Bihar policy was cleared on 1 October 2026?
The draft Green Hydrogen Policy 2026. It targets 1 lakh tonnes a year by 2031 and names BREDA as the nodal agency.
What is Project NETRA?
ISRO's Network for Space Object Tracking and Analysis. A new tracking facility under it is coming up near Guwahati, Assam, to improve Space Situational Awareness.
Which exams do these facts matter most for?
The economy and sports items cut across SSC, Railway and Banking. The Bihar block is where BPSC, BSSC and Bihar Police candidates should spend extra time, and the Jharkhand item belongs in JSSC and JPSC notes.
How to Revise This in Ten Minutes
Read the four tables first, then the Bihar section, then everything else. Tables hold the data that gets asked as a single-mark question, so they repay a second look. If you have only five minutes before class or a shift, the GST figure, the hockey result and the Green Hydrogen numbers are the three highest-yield items here.
The Asian Games medal numbers above are a Day 13 snapshot. The Aichi-Nagoya Games close on 4 October, so India's final tally will be higher than 76 and the fifth-place standing can move. Learn the named winners and the hockey and boxing results, because those are fixed. Treat the running total as provisional until the closing ceremony.
One more thing worth noticing: three of the 20 facts in this set are Bihar items, and two of them carry hard numbers that make clean one-mark questions. If you are preparing for BPSC, BSSC or Bihar Police, write the Green Hydrogen Policy figures into your notes tonight rather than next week. Those state-specific numbers are exactly where Bihar papers separate the serious candidate from the one who only read national news.
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