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Gross GST collections for October 2026 were ₹2,31,290 crore, up 22.9% from a year earlier, according to provisional government data released on 1 November. Domestic collections rose 15.8% to about ₹1.59 lakh crore, while GST on imports jumped 42.2% to ₹72,246 crore. Refunds rose 6.5% to ₹27,934 crore, leaving net collections of ₹2,03,356 crore, up 25.6%. Gross collections for April to October stand at about ₹14.77 lakh crore, up 13.2%.
Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on 31 October in Varanasi, while flagging off the Varanasi to New Delhi Vande Bharat Sleeper service, that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the north corridor of the bullet train project. The proposed high-speed line of about 1,500 km will run from Delhi through Agra, Kanpur, Lucknow, Ayodhya, Prayagraj, Varanasi, Patna and Siliguri to Guwahati. The minister said Delhi to Agra would take 59 minutes, Delhi to Kanpur 1 hour 45 minutes and Delhi to Lucknow 2 hours 12 minutes, and the Delhi to Siliguri journey would fall from about 20 hours to about 6 hours. The project is in the design phase and is to be built under Make in India, with fares he said would be well below airfares.
Air Chief Marshal Ashutosh Dixit assumed charge as the 29th Chief of the Air Staff of the Indian Air Force on 31 October 2026, succeeding Air Chief Marshal AP Singh, who retired after 42 years of service. A fighter pilot commissioned in December 1986, he was serving as Vice Chief of the Air Staff before his appointment and has more than 3,500 hours of flying on over 20 aircraft types. He paid homage at the National War Memorial and received a Guard of Honour at Air Force Station, New Delhi. On 1 November he named the indigenous Tejas Mk1A and Mk2 fighters and the Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft as the IAF's top priorities.
The Delhi government's winter action plan against air pollution took effect on 1 November, and vehicles without a valid Pollution Under Control (PUC) certificate will no longer be refuelled, with about 500 fuel stations using number plate recognition cameras to check. Petrol and diesel vehicles registered outside Delhi that do not meet BS-VI norms are barred from entering the city until 31 January, while CNG, electric and emergency vehicles are exempt. Dust-generating construction and demolition work is banned and government and private offices must keep 50% of staff working from home until 31 January, with essential services exempt. Charges at authorised parking sites are doubled until 28 February, except at Delhi Metro parking.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 31 October inaugurated 23 projects worth Rs 307.83 crore and laid foundation stones for eight more worth Rs 118.88 crore at Ekta Nagar in Gujarat's Narmada district, home to the Statue of Unity, as part of Rashtriya Ekta Diwas marking Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel's 151st birth anniversary. The inaugurated works include a Rs 50 crore IRCTC hotel, the Ekta Cruise, a Rain Forest attraction and Eco Trail, a sewage treatment plant, a water treatment plant, travelators and facade lighting at the statue campus. The new foundation stones cover the Gora-Bhandra road, a smart zero waste solid waste management facility, Khalwani eco-tourism development, a cactus and butterfly garden and a disaster control room for the Sardar Sarovar Dam.
ISRO's GSLV-F18, the 20th flight of the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle, lifted off at 11:51 pm IST on 30 October from the Second Launch Pad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, and placed the NVS-03 navigation satellite into a geosynchronous transfer orbit. ISRO Chairman V Narayanan said the launch restores the NavIC constellation to its minimum operational configuration of four satellites, and that it came just 56 days after the previous GSLV mission, GSLV-F17/EOS-05. NVS-03 carries an indigenous atomic clock along with procured atomic clocks and adds the L1 signal to the existing L5 and S signals, covering India and a region about 1,500 km around it. ISRO will now raise the satellite's orbit to its final slot.
53:47strategic national asset that provides the nation independent access to position, navigation and timing servicesV Narayanan, Chairman, ISRO, on NavIC
53:31Already three satellites are successfully working in the orbit.V Narayanan, Chairman, ISRO
Sansad TV recapped the 12th BRICS Parliamentary Forum, hosted by India at Samvidhan Sadan in New Delhi on 26 and 27 October under the theme of people-centric development. The forum adopted a joint declaration backing reform of the UN Security Council, condemning cross-border terrorism, terror financing and safe havens, and supporting work on digital public infrastructure and ethical AI. Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla handed the forum's chairship to China, which takes over in 2027.
2:59Effective legislatures are indispensable to delivering development that is inclusive, sustainable, and centered on people.Sansad TV narration
9:38Stronger parliaments, deeper cooperation and a more representative global order are essential to a peaceful and prosperous future.Sansad TV narration
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated, dedicated and laid foundation stones for development projects worth over ₹14,000 crore in Banaskantha, Gujarat, and released a new PM-KISAN instalment of more than ₹18,000 crore to about 10 crore farmers. The projects include the Bharat Bovine Breeding and Research Centre at Bhildi, two Banas Dairy bio-CNG plants at Tharad and Radhanpur, Ahmedabad Metro extensions to the airport and GIFT City, and widening of the Ahmedabad-Mehsana road from four to eight lanes. He also flagged off the Ahmedabad (Sabarmati)-Varanasi Express and the Mehsana-Becharaji-Sabarmati MEMU, and launched over 4,000 child-friendly Anganwadi centres across Gujarat.
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