Economics
Trade, fiscal policy, banking, agriculture and economic indicators
India wholesale inflation at 9-month high of 1.81% in January; up from 0.83% in December
India's Wholesale Price Index (WPI) based inflation rose to 1.81% in January 2026, a 10-month high, up from 0.83% in December 2025. The spike is the highest...
India’s unemployment rate rises marginally to 5% in January
India's unemployment rate rose marginally to 5% in January 2026, up from 4.7% in November 2025. The increase reversed a declining trend that had brought the...
RBI governor Malhotra urges MSMEs to formalize, digitize, and maintain credit discipline for resilience
RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra, at a stakeholder meeting with MSME enterprises and their representative associations in February 2026, emphasized that...
"FTA is another step in the deep relationship we have with India": New Zealand Minister Shane Reti
New Zealand Minister for Science and Technology Shane Reti described the India-New Zealand FTA as a significant milestone that will elevate bilateral...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
‘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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...