Welcome to Current Affairs Today In Odisha | 21st September Current Affairs 2026. This page provides important current affairs and MCQs useful for candidates preparing for OSSSC PEO, OPSC ASO, Odisha Police SI, Odisha Police Constable and other competitive examinations.
In today’s Odisha Current Affairs 2026, we cover important developments from Odisha as well as significant national and international events. Regular revision of current affairs can help aspirants strengthen their preparation for upcoming competitive examinations.
21st September Current Affairs 2026
Today’s current affairs preparation covers important topics including:
- Odisha government schemes and initiatives
- Odisha development and infrastructure
- Important national news
- Government schemes and policies
- Banking and economy
- Environment and agriculture
- Important reports and indexes
- Awards and appointments
- Sports
- Science and technology
- Important national and international events
Odisha Current Affairs 2026 for Competitive Exams
Current Affairs Today In Odisha is especially useful for candidates preparing for Odisha-based competitive examinations. Questions from recent events may be useful for OSSSC PEO, OPSC ASO, Odisha Police SI, Odisha Police Constable and other government examinations.
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1. Which department of the Odisha government launched the PMAY-(U) BANDHU initiative?
Housing & Urban Development Department
Agriculture Department
Rural Development Department
Revenue Department
The Housing & Urban Development Department of Odisha launched PMAY-(U) BANDHU to support urban housing coverage.
2. What is the new wage ceiling for mandatory coverage under the EPFO?
₹15,000 per month
₹20,000 per month
₹25,000 per month
₹30,000 per month
The new wage ceiling for mandatory EPFO coverage is ₹25,000 per month.
3. With which bank did the Odisha government sign an MoU to strengthen digital payments?
Bank of Baroda
State Bank of India
Punjab National Bank
Canara Bank
The Odisha Housing & Urban Development Department signed the MoU with State Bank of India through SBIePay.
4. What type of exercise was the Sagar Kavach exercise conducted in Odisha?
Mountain warfare exercise
Coastal-security exercise
Air-force exercise
Disaster-management exercise
Sagar Kavach was a multi-agency coastal-security mock drill designed to test maritime preparedness.
5. Which railway station in Odisha is set for a major infrastructure upgrade?
Puri Railway Station
Cuttack Railway Station
Bhubaneswar Railway Station
Rourkela Railway Station
Bhubaneswar Railway Station is undergoing major redevelopment with improved passenger facilities and access.
6. Which company is establishing a ₹1,000-crore textile plant in Khordha?
Aditya Birla Textiles
Sportking India
Raymond Textiles
Arvind Limited
Sportking India is establishing a greenfield spinning plant in Khordha with an investment of around ₹1,000 crore.
7. Near which location is the proposed Odisha Silicon Valley project?
Naraj near Cuttack
Paradip near Jagatsinghpur
Dhamra near Bhadrak
Berhampur near Ganjam
The proposed 870-acre Odisha Silicon Valley project is planned at Naraj near Cuttack.
8. Who was named the 2026 recipient of the Arthur M. Bueche Award?
Sundar Pichai
Sethuraman Panchanathan
Satya Nadella
Venkatraman Radhakrishnan
Sethuraman Panchanathan was named the 2026 recipient of the Arthur M. Bueche Award by the National Academy of Engineering.
9. What was GIFT City’s latest global ranking in the Global Financial Centres Index?
GIFT City climbed to 37th globally and entered the top 15 financial centres in the Asia-Pacific region.
10. Which scheme was launched by the West Bengal government for women’s empowerment?
Lakshmir Bhandar
Annapurna Yojana
Kanyashree Prakalpa
Rupashree Prakalpa
The Annapurna Yojana was launched to provide financial assistance to eligible women in West Bengal.
11. What green initiative was inaugurated at Lodhi Colony Park in New Delhi?
Bharat Vann
Green Delhi Mission
Van Mahotsav Park
Bharat Eco Park
Bharat Vann was inaugurated at Lodhi Colony Park as a green and environmental initiative.
12. Under which programme were India’s first soil-carbon payments made to farmers?
Aadi
PM-KUSUM
Soil Health Mission
National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture
India’s first soil-carbon payments were made under the Aadi farmer-carbon programme for adopting regenerative farming practices.
13. Which state is hosting the Northeast Zone Interstate Badminton Championship?
Assam
Tripura
Meghalaya
Manipur
Meghalaya hosted the North East Zone Inter-State Badminton Championship 2026 in Shillong. The championship has returned to Meghalaya for the first time since 2016. It is held at the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Sports Complex, Shillong. More than 250 shuttlers from all eight Northeastern States are participating. The eight States are Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland, Tripura and Sikkim. The tournament serves as the official qualifying event for the team events of the National Games 2027. Meghalaya will host the 39th National Games in 2027.
14. Where was the Yuva Namo Marathon organized to fight drug abuse?
Ambala, Haryana
Gurugram, Haryana
Chandigarh, Punjab
Hisar, Haryana
The Yuva Namo Marathon against drug abuse was organized in Ambala, Haryana.
15. Which organizations jointly launched the OneTag FASTag portability service?
IHMCL and NPCI
NHAI and RBI
NPCI and RBI
Ministry of Finance and NHAI
OneTag is a joint initiative of Indian Highways Management Company Limited (IHMCL), an NHAI-promoted company, and the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI).
16. Which international organization released the Forests for Food report?
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations released the report jointly with the Landscape Alliance.
17. What was India’s rank in the Global Gender Gap Index 2026?
India retained the 131st position among 145 economies in the Global Gender Gap Index 2026.
18. According to the Free to Think 2026 report, how is academic freedom in India categorized?
Open
Partially restricted
Severely restricted
Completely restricted
Scholars at Risk categorized academic freedom in India as severely restricted.
19. What is Elias 2-24 b, which was recently in the news?
A newly discovered asteroid
A young exoplanet
A space telescope
A lunar crater
Elias 2-24 b is a very young, Jupiter-sized exoplanet estimated to be less than one million years old.
20. Which scheme was launched in 2015 for the development of mining-affected areas?
PM-KISAN
PMKKKY
PMAY-Gramin
Aspirational Districts Programme
The Pradhan Mantri Khanij Kshetra Kalyan Yojana, or PMKKKY, was launched in 2015 for the welfare and development of mining-affected areas.
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