PRELIMS FACTS — JULY 2026

1. AAROH → Annual Report on Mine Closure.
2. AAROH prepared by → Coal Controller Organisation.
3. Scientific closed mines documented → 42.
4. Cotton → India's White Gold.
5. India ranks 1st in cotton cultivation area.
6. India's cotton area → 114.84 lakh ha.
7. India ranks 2nd in cotton production.
8. India ranks 2nd in cotton consumption.
9. Cotton production 2025–26 → 290.91 lakh bales.
10. AEW&C Mk-II → DRDO.
11. AEW&C Mk-II outlay → ₹19,000 crore.
12. Aircraft platform → Airbus A321.
13. Number of aircraft → 6.
14. Planned induction → 2032–33.
15. Zanzibar President → Hussein Ali Mwinyi.
16. IIT Madras Zanzibar → India's first international IIT campus.
17. NIRDPR recognised as → Dual Awarding Body.
18. Dual AB → Assessment + certification + awarding.
19. Standard AB → Certificate awarding.
20. NCVET Dual ABs → 107.
21. BHASHINI → BHASHa INterface for India.
22. BHASHINI Division established → 2022.
23. Indian text languages → 36.
24. Indian voice languages → 23.
25. NABARD + MAHAPREIT → Green rural infrastructure.
26. UNNATI AI 2.0 → Microsoft India + IIT Delhi.
27. SOFI 2026 → Global food security & nutrition.
28. Global hungry population in 2025 → 645 million.
29. Global hunger prevalence → 7.8%.
30. SDG-2 → Zero Hunger.
31. First AD-II for trade remittances → EbixCash.
32. Trade remittance limit → ₹25 lakh/transaction.
33. India's first UPI meal card → EnKash.
34. Q1 FY27 GDP projection by ICRA → 6.4–6.6%.
35. OSAT → Outsourced Semiconductor Assembly and Test.
36. MP OSAT proposed investment → ₹6,200 crore.
37. New NITI Aayog CEO → Anurag Jain.
38. Areion acquisition → ₹936 crore.
39. World Abilitysport Games bid → 2029.
40. National Flag Adoption Day → 22 July.