Overview
- The logistics directorate has pitched Sagarmala 2.0 together with the PM Gati Shakti master plan and proposed 85,482 crore in budgetary support to unlock roughly 3.6 lakh crore of envisioned investments for ports, inland waterways, freight corridors, terminals and digital integration.
- A Fast Track court in Bijnor convicted seven people in the 2012 murder of Prabal Agarwal and ordered probes into earlier police lapses, while a sessions court recently acquitted gangster Rustam in a 2016 case after sharply criticizing the police for slow, flawed investigation and a faulty charge sheet.
- A string of local public-safety incidents is under active probe: an army major died after his vehicle hit a camel in Jaisalmer, a labourer in Kanker was found buried after JCB work and the driver was detained, five suspects were arrested after an NH‑46 robbery and attempted gangrape in Guna, and the Dehari municipal EO was found beaten to death with his driver arrested as a suspect.
- Heavy monsoon rains have produced floods, landslides and official weather alerts across several states, prompting NDRF and state rescue teams to mount evacuations, relief operations and the opening of temporary shelters for displaced people.
- Political pressure is rising over unrelated policy: AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal has mobilized supporters to deliver a petition opposing the E20 ethanol policy to the prime minister’s residence, which adds short-term political risk to implementation of national programmes while courts and local probes continue to expose gaps in investigation, enforcement and safety oversight.