Economics
Trade, fiscal policy, banking, agriculture and economic indicators
FM Nirmala Sitharaman to push biopharma, semiconductor missions in Norway
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman undertook a visit to North America to promote two flagship manufacturing missions announced in Union Budget 2026: Biophar...
Make in India, funded by China? India can’t shut out Chinese cash
India is reviewing its Press Note 3 (2020) policy that mandates prior government approval for all FDI from countries sharing a land border, primarily targeti...
Governor, Reserve Bank of India meets select MSMEs and representatives of MSME associations in Mumbai on February 16, 2026
RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra held a stakeholder meeting with select MSMEs and MSME association representatives in Mumbai on February 16, 2026. The Governor s...
Foreign Exchange Management (Borrowing and Lending) (First Amendment) Regulations, 2026
The Reserve Bank of India notified the Foreign Exchange Management (Borrowing and Lending) (First Amendment) Regulations, 2026, significantly liberalising th...
To drive startup eco system, Cabinet gives nod to set up Rs 10,000crore fund
The Union Cabinet approved the Startup India Fund of Funds 2.0 (FoF 2.0) with a corpus of Rs 10,000 crore on 14 February 2026. FoF 2.0 will not invest direct...
Generative AI ups demand for skilled workers: Study
A new study reports that generative AI adoption is accelerating demand for skilled workers rather than displacing them, reversing earlier fears of mass unemp...
PM Modi lands on North-East's 1st highway airstrip in Assam
The northeast's first Emergency Landing Facility (ELF) was inaugurated at Moran in Assam's Dibrugarh district on 14 February 2026, with a historic landing ab...
Cabinet OKs India’s 1st underwater road-cum-rail tunnel in Assam
The Union Cabinet approved a Rs 18,662-crore project to construct a four-lane access-controlled greenfield corridor between Gohpur and Numaligarh in Assam, f...
‘I only see losses’: Omar warns of threat to Kashmir’s fruit growers from new Indo-US trade deal
Jammu & Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah warned that the India-US trade deal would cause severe losses for Kashmir's fruit growers, stating "I only see l...
Centre wants Kerala to scrap paddy bonus. The rice-loving state’s shrinking output makes that tough
The Union Expenditure Secretary wrote to Kerala's Chief Secretary directing the state to discontinue its additional bonus of Rs 6.31 per kg paid to paddy far...
As US reportedly weighs scaling back steel and aluminium tariffs, a look at who really foots the bill
The US administration is reportedly weighing selective adjustments to its Section 232 steel and aluminium tariffs, currently set at 50% on imports from nearl...
Why traceability trumps yield in modern farming
An analysis has highlighted that long-term food security depends equally on soil health preservation and farmer dignity, not merely on maximising crop yields...
Mint Interview: MoSPI chief confident new GDP series will resolve data concerns
The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) is set to release the new GDP series with the base year revised from 2011-12 to 2022-23, sche...
RBI curbs loans extended to brokers in blow to proprietary trading volumes
The Reserve Bank of India has issued amended directions requiring all credit facilities extended by banks to stockbrokers and SEBI-registered capital market ...
How industry–government collaboration can unlock India’s $100 billion agri-export potential
An analysis has argued that achieving India's $100 billion agricultural export target by 2030 requires moving beyond short-term fiscal incentives towards sys...
NABARD-NCDEX price protection scheme helps growers harvest benefits
NABARD and NCDEX have launched a price protection scheme that subsidises premiums for put options for Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs) across seven state...
How is U.S.-India trade deal being tweaked? | Explained
The White House revised the India-US trade deal factsheet, removing "pulses" from the list of products on which India would reduce tariffs, and changing the ...
What’s in store for garment exporters to the U.S.? | Explained
The United States and Bangladesh signed a reciprocal trade agreement under which Bangladeshi textile and apparel goods manufactured using US-produced cotton ...
Rs 1.5 lakh crore infra push: Cabinet clears road, rail & urban projects, launches Urban Challenge Fund
The Union Cabinet approved a Rs 1.5 lakh crore infrastructure package covering road, rail, and urban projects on 14 February 2026. The centrepiece is the Urb...
India at a ‘defining moment’: Tech and trade to drive next growth phase, says Jitin Prasada
The Union Minister of State for Commerce and Industry and Electronics and IT outlined India's growth strategy, anchoring it in technology and trade as twin d...