Economics
Trade, fiscal policy, banking, agriculture and economic indicators
TN Hotels’ body requests Centre to withdraw order on supply of commercial LPG cylinders
Amid the ongoing West Asia conflict and Strait of Hormuz disruptions, the Central Government invoked emergency powers directing oil marketing companies (OMCs...
Barring eight days, Andhra relied on borrowings from RBI during 2024-25, says CAG report
A Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report has revealed that the Andhra Pradesh government availed Rs 1.72 lakh crore through RBI's short-term liquidity ...
Government sets 30.3 million tonne wheat procurement target
The government set an ambitious wheat procurement target of 30.3 million tonnes for the 2026-27 Rabi Marketing Season (RMS), established at a meeting of Stat...
PM Modi: Make our agriculture export-oriented
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, speaking at a post-budget webinar on 'Agriculture and Rural Transformation', emphasised that the time is ripe for India to shif...
Customers to have zero liability in case of lender negligence: RBI’s draft guidelines on digital fraud
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) released draft guidelines — the "Draft Reserve Bank of India (Commercial Banks — Responsible Business Conduct) Third Amendmen...
Explained: Not just oil and gas, the West Asia conflict is hitting core Indian industries
While oil prices have attracted the most attention, the West Asia conflict is disrupting a far wider range of commodity flows — including fertilizers, LNG, a...
Why the US just gave India a 30-Day emergency window to buy ‘stranded’ Russian oil amid the Iran war
The United States Treasury Department, through its Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), issued General License 133 — a 30-day emergency waiver allowing I...
‘Essential partner’: US gives India one-month waiver to buy Russia oil
The US Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued a temporary 30-day general licence authorising the delivery and sale of Russian-origin crude...
Merchant ships continue to be stranded upstream of Strait of Hormuz
Following US-Israeli military strikes on Iran in late February 2026 — including the killing of Iran's supreme leader — Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Cor...
Maharashtra Budget: Fadnavis hands farmers another loan waiver even as 6 lakh await benefits of 1st one
Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis announced a new crop loan waiver of up to ₹2 lakh for Maharashtra farmers while presenting the State Budget 2026-27. The sch...
China lowers its growth target to least ambitious since 1991. Six charts explain its weakening economy
At the annual session of China's National People's Congress (NPC) in early March 2026, the government announced its official GDP growth target for 2026 at 4....
Why does India require U.S. nod for securing its energy needs, ask Opposition leaders
India's parliamentary opposition raised sharp questions after the US Treasury Secretary's remarks framed India's purchase of Russian oil as something the US ...
New MSMEs can also avail credit assistance for ecomm exporters
The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) launched Credit Assistance for E-Commerce Exporters in March 2026, as part of the ₹25,060 crore Export Promot...
Fadnavis presents ₹7.69 lakh crore Maharashtra Budget, loan waiver for farmers
Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who also holds the finance portfolio, presented the Maharashtra Budget 2026-27 with a total outlay of ₹7.69 lakh crore in t...
Artificial intelligence in Indian agriculture: The bus India cannot afford to miss
India is accelerating its transition to AI-driven agriculture through two flagship digital infrastructure initiatives: AgriStack (the foundational data layer...
Crude Politics: Centre hails US oil waiver as 'diplomatic win'; Opposition slams 'strategic surrender'
The US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued a temporary 30-day waiver on March 5–6, 2026, authorising Indian refiners to purc...
West Asia conflict could lift India's inflation, hit GDP growth: Economists
Economists from institutions including SBI Research and JPMorgan warned in early March 2026 that the ongoing West Asia conflict — triggered by the U.S.-Israe...
Self-reliance only way to stay relevant in era of global uncertainty: Rajnath Singh
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh stated that self-reliance is the "only way to stay relevant" in an era marked by global uncertainty, supply chain disruptions,...
RBI Issues Draft Amendment Directions for ‘Review of Framework of Limiting Customer Liability in Digital Transactions’
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) issued draft amendment directions for reviewing and revising the framework on limiting customer liability in unauthorised ele...
West Asia conflict: Govt orders refiners to maximise LPG production to ensure continued cooking gas availability
The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MoPNG) invoked emergency powers under the Essential Commodities Act (ECA), 1955 to direct all domestic oil refiner...