Overview

• The government formally launched Mission Sudarshan Chakra as an indigenous missile-defence and counter-strike architecture with a 2035 deployment goal.
• A National Deepwater Exploration Mission and plans for a tenfold expansion of nuclear capacity by 2047 were unveiled to curb reliance on imported energy.
• The PM Viksit Bharat Rozgar Yojana was announced with a ₹1 lakh crore fund to provide monthly stipends for three million new private-sector employees.
• Officials set a year-end deadline for the first Made-in-India semiconductor chips and approved multiple new fabrication units to boost domestic chip manufacturing.
• Next-generation GST reforms are scheduled for rollout by Diwali to ease tax burdens, even as outlets report conflicting GDP targets for 2047.