Economics
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Union Minister of Commerce & Industry Shri Piyush Goyal Calls for Making India’s IP Approval System Among Top Five Globally in Speed, Transparency and Efficiency
Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal, addressing the National IP Awards and IP Conference in New Delhi, called for making India's Intellectua...
CGST Delhi South Commissionerate arrests director of a company for fraudulent availment of Input Tax Credit (ITC) amounting to ?60.59 crore through bogus invoices of ?397.23 crore
The Anti-Evasion Branch of the CGST (Central Goods and Services Tax) Delhi South Commissionerate arrested the director of a private limited company engaged i...
NITI Aayog Convenes Regional Best Practices Seminar (South) under ADP/ABP Visakhapatnam
NITI Aayog convened a Regional Best Practices Seminar (South) on 9 March 2026 at Visakhapatnam under the Aspirational Districts Programme (ADP) and Aspiratio...
India issues orders to oil refineries to increase LPG production
The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas issued orders on March 5-6, 2026, directing all oil refineries — both public and private sector — to maximise LPG p...
Our national interest, including energy security & trade flows, will always be paramount: EAM Jaishankar tells Parliament
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar made a suo moto statement in both the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha on March 9, 2026, on India's response to the West Asi...
Despite ‘Make-in-India’ focus, India remains 2nd largest arms buyer in world: SIPRI report
The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) released its annual arms transfer data for 2021-2025, ranking India as the world's second-larges...
Power sector reforms: Kerala receives nod for a further ₹2,924-crore borrowing space
The Union Finance Ministry sanctioned additional borrowing space of ₹2,924 crore to Kerala in recognition of power sector reforms implemented by the state. T...
A gradual fiscal correction
The Union Budget 2026-27 outlines a "gradual fiscal correction" strategy — reducing the fiscal deficit to 4.3% of GDP while simultaneously increasing capital...
India should partner with Japan in its mobility, clean energy journey: NITI Aayog member
NITI Aayog member V.K. Saraswat, speaking at the Japan-India Mobility Summit 2026 in Bengaluru (9 March 2026), stated that India and Japan bring "deeply comp...
US weighs easing Russian oil sanctions to cool global price surge, sources say
The US Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued a 30-day waiver on March 6, 2026, allowing Indian refiners to purchase Russian crude oil str...
Perspectives on the West Asian conflict
Analysts and former officials assessed that the West Asia conflict will have a significantly larger impact on India than the government initially anticipated...
Fertilizer supplies adequate to meet agricultural need for Kharif season: FAI
The Government of India has confirmed that fertilizer stocks are adequate for the upcoming Kharif 2026 season, with supplies at current prices to remain unch...
Prime Minister to launch projects worth ₹10,800 crore at Kochi event
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated and laid foundation stones for development projects worth approximately ₹10,800 crore in Kochi (Ernakulam), Kerala o...
Kiwi General Insurance, Allianz Jio Reinsurance get IRDAI nod
The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) granted fresh licences to two new entities: Kiwi General Insurance Limited (a 100% Indian...
Parliament Watch: Crude price rise, PM-SYM enrolment, GST ads and DRI seizures in focus
In Parliament, Finance Minister stated that rising crude oil prices are unlikely to significantly impact India's inflation at present, citing India's diversi...
Govt exceeds disinvestment target, boosts revenue with strong dividend collections
The government's combined disinvestment and asset monetisation receipts surpassed ₹34,400 crore in FY 2025-26, exceeding the revised estimate set in the Unio...
FinMin advises banks to speed up IBC resolutions
The Finance Ministry has advised public sector banks to adopt a more strategic and coordinated approach to speed up insolvency resolution under the Insolvenc...
FTAs, strong domestic demand boost MSME prospects: Jitin Prasada
Union Minister Jitin Prasada highlighted a convergence of India's expanding free trade agreement (FTA) network and a buoyant domestic market as twin engines ...
India must tap FTA opportunities: Piyush Goyal
Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal called on Indian businesses to proactively capitalise on the wave of Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) being operation...
Autonomous bodies should leverage risk-controls maturity scorecard to access financial prudence: CAG
Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) K. Sanjay Murthy urged autonomous institutions receiving government funding to adopt and use the Risk-Control Maturity ...