Economics
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PM Surya Ghar achieves 5 million rooftop solar installations
The PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana crossed 50 lakh (5 million) rooftop solar installations, with July 2026 recording the highest-ever monthly addition The ...
Indian farmers may grow world’s first gene edited rice variety this winter
The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) is expected to sign a memorandum of understanding with a US-based agribusiness firm that holds a license f...
ICAR develops India’s first fully annotated T2T genome of pigeonpea variety Asha
The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) developed a fully annotated telomere-to-telomere (T2T) genome assembly of the pigeonpea (arhar/tur) variet...
Taxation laws (Amendment) Bill to attract more foreign capital, provide policy certainty introduced in LS
The Taxation and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2026 was introduced in the Lok Sabha, proposing amendments to the Income-tax Act, 2025, the Finance Act, 2026, ...
PM Surya Ghar achieves 5 million rooftop solar installations
The PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana crossed 5 million (50 lakh) rooftop solar installations nationally The pace of installation rose sharply, from about 5,0...
Mint Explainer | What is fuelling the surge in GST collections?
Gross GST revenue for July 2026 rose 15.4% year-on-year to ₹2.11 lakh crore, the fastest pace of growth in 14 months. Net GST revenue (after refunds) rose 15...
India’s distributed solar capacity jumps to 31.5 GW, but regulatory hurdles slow wider clean energy push
India's distributed (decentralized, small-scale) solar capacity reached 31.5 GW in FY26, up 17-fold from 1.8 GW in FY18 Rooftop solar capacity grew from 1.1 ...
India on e-wheels: How electricity began to enter country’s road transport energy mix
Electricity's share of India's road transport energy rose 110-fold, from 0.3 petajoules in 2016-17 to about 33 petajoules in 2025-26, but still remains under...
Taxation laws amendment bill tabled in Lok Sabha: What the new tax bill changes for foreign investors
The Taxation and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2026 was introduced in the Lok Sabha on August 4, 2026 The Bill relaxes conditions under Section 9A of the Inco...
Govt tables tax amendment Bill with FII relief, electronics manufacturing push
The government tabled the Taxation and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2026 in the Lok Sabha, combining relief for foreign institutional investors with fresh ta...
Parliament Monsoon Session Day 12 LIVE: FM Sitharaman to introduce Taxation and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill
On Day 12 of Parliament's Monsoon Session, the Finance Minister introduced the Taxation and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2026 in the Lok Sabha The Bill propo...
Modi seeks sweeping tax cuts for global funds
The government introduced the Taxation and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2026 in the Lok Sabha, proposing sweeping tax relief for foreign institutional and po...
Reconfigured tax laws to help activate investments, boost manufacturing & foreign capital
The government introduced the Taxation and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2026, proposing amendments to the Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2007, the Incom...
Centre moves to impose MDR on UPI, extend tax breaks for contract manufacturers
A proposal under consideration would reintroduce a Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) on Unified Payments Interface (UPI) transactions for large merchants, ending ...
Critical minerals, the foundation of strategic power
A recent analysis highlighted that critical mineral security has moved from being a sectoral policy concern to a central pillar of India's industrial and str...
Amid Opposition protests, Rajya Sabha passes MSME Bill
Parliament passed the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development (Amendment) Bill, 2026, replacing the MSME Development Act, 2006 The Bill makes registr...
India proposes extending tax breaks for contract manufacturing in a boost for Apple
A draft amendment proposes extending, from March 31, 2031 to March 31, 2041, a tax exemption for foreign companies that supply machinery and equipment to Ind...
Taxation laws amendment bill: Government proposes simplified exemption framework for offshore funds
A draft Taxation and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2026 proposes to relax the eligibility conditions offshore investment funds must meet to claim tax exemptio...
India, Uzbekistan should double bilateral trade in three years, says Piyush Goyal
India's Commerce and Industry Ministry called for doubling India-Uzbekistan bilateral trade — currently around $1.5 billion — within three years, at an India...
Rajya Sabha passes MSME bill to curb payment delays
The Rajya Sabha passed the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development (Amendment) Bill, 2026, which amends the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Devel...