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Cabinet approves ₹1.27 lakh crore for Semicon Mission 2.0, for mobile manufacturing, new highways
The Union Cabinet approved 'Semicon 2.0', a new phase of the India Semiconductor Mission, with a total outlay of ₹1,27,500 crore to build design, fabrication...
Cabinet clears ₹1.9 Lakh crore push for chip, mobile phone manufacturing
The Union Cabinet approved two manufacturing schemes in a single sitting with a combined outlay of nearly ₹1.9 lakh crore: Semicon 2.0 (₹1.27 lakh crore) for...
Cabinet approves Rs 1.27 lakh crore for Semicon Mission 2.0
The Union Cabinet approved the second phase of the India Semiconductor Mission (ISM 2.0) with a total outlay of Rs 1.27 lakh crore The scheme is projected to...
Cabinet clears India Semiconductor Mission 2.0 with ₹1.27 lakh crore outlay
The Union Cabinet approved Semicon 2.0, the second phase of the India Semiconductor Mission, with a budget outlay of ₹1.27 lakh crore. The programme is struc...
Cabinet clears new Rs 62,500 crore mobile manufacturing scheme, Indian-brand phones to get fresh push
The Union Cabinet approved the Mobile Phone Manufacturing Scheme (MPMS) with a budgetary outlay of ₹62,500 crore The scheme runs for five financial years, fr...
India-UK FTA kicks in: What changes for consumers, industry
With the India-UK trade agreement in force from 15 July 2026, India's own tariff concessions to UK-origin goods took effect alongside the UK's concessions to...
Cabinet approves new investment policy for Urea
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved the National Investment Policy for Urea, 2026 (NIPU-2026), to attract fresh investment in domestic urea ma...
Centre invites global bids for 10 GWh ACC battery manufacturing under PLI scheme
A global tender was released inviting bids for setting up 10 GWh of Advanced Chemistry Cell (ACC) battery manufacturing capacity earmarked for Grid-Scale Sta...
India-UK trade pact takes effect, promising tariff cuts and services boost
The India-UK Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) came into force on 15 July 2026, alongside a companion Double Contribution Convention (DCC) on...
Cabinet approves₹1.27 lakh crore for Semicon Mission 2.0
The Union Cabinet approved the second edition of the India Semiconductor Mission (ISM 2.0) with a budgetary outlay of ₹1.27 lakh crore The approval was annou...
What are the gains from the India-U.K. trade deal? | Explained
The India-UK Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), signed in London on 24 July 2025, came into effect on 15 July 2026, alongside a companion Dou...
Cabinet approves ₹1.27 lakh crore for Semiconductor Mission 2.0: Here's what's new
The Union Cabinet approved the India Semiconductor Mission (ISM) 2.0 with an outlay of ₹1.27 lakh crore, expanding the incentive framework for the country's ...
Forced labour explained: Why India changed its import policy
The central government amended the Foreign Trade Policy (FTP), 2023, through a Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) gazette notification to prohibit t...
U.S. Senators unveil bill for 100% tariffs on India, four others for buying Russian oil
A bipartisan group of US Senators introduced an updated version of Russia sanctions legislation, the Sanctioning Russia Act of 2026, combining full blocking ...
Piyush Goyal hails India-UK Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement coming into force today
The India-UK Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) and the accompanying Agreement on Social Security officially entered into force on 15 July 202...
Mint Explainer | India-UK trade deal kicks in—what CETA means for exporters, services and MSMEs
The India-UK Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), together with a linked Double Contributions Convention (DCC) on social security, entered into...
Whisky, cars and more: What gets cheaper as India-UK FTA kicks in
With the India-UK Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) in force from 15 July 2026, India's import duties on a range of UK-origin goods fell, mak...
US Senators unveil sweeping Russia sanctions bill; name India among nations facing possible tariffs
A bipartisan group of US Senators introduced a bill proposing sweeping sanctions on Russia's economy, including its energy and financial sectors and its defe...
US Russia sanctions bill cuts India, China tariff threat from 500% to 100%
A revised, bipartisan Russia sanctions bill in the US Senate — the Sanctioning Russia Act of 2026 — was unveiled on 14 July 2026, lowering the proposed secon...
Piyush Goyal holds key meetings with EU, Belgian leaders to deepen trade, clean energy, agriculture cooperation
A high-level Indian business delegation visited Spain, Belgium, and Finland to advance India's economic partnership with the European Union. In Brussels, the...