Economics
Trade, fiscal policy, banking, agriculture and economic indicators
India to resume train coach exports to Bangladesh, first shipment since Sheikh Hasina's ouster likely in July
India is set to export a rake of up to 20 broad-gauge passenger coaches to Bangladesh in July 2026 — the first export shipment since the political transition...
India's private sector growth slows to three-month low in June as demand weakens, costs rise: HSBC PMI
India's HSBC Flash Composite Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) fell to 57.4 in June 2026 from 59.3 in May — a three-month low, marking the weakest expansion s...
NITI Aayog proposes pharma chapter for future FTAs, urges India to move up value chain
NITI Aayog's Trade Watch Quarterly report (June 2026) proposed a standardised pharmaceutical chapter as a mandatory component in all future Free Trade Agreem...
Hormuz reopening to ease supply chains, strengthen energy security: Doval
India's National Security Adviser expressed cautious optimism about a US-Iran Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed on June 17, 2026, which has facilitate...
315 districts mapped for contingency measures to rescue farming operation as rain deficit rises to 43%
The Union government has drawn up district-level contingency plans for 315 districts identified as vulnerable to a weak monsoon, as the 2026 kharif season be...
56 critical and strategic mineral blocks auctioned till date: Government
The Ministry of Mines has completed the auction of 56 critical and strategic mineral blocks across seven tranches, achieving an overall success rate of appro...
RSS-affiliated farmer body seeks denotification of Bt cotton seeds
Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM), an RSS-affiliated farmers' and economic nationalist organisation, has formally demanded the denotification (withdrawal of approv...
India-US trade talks begin amid farmers’ concerns over agriculture market
As India-US trade talks commenced in New Delhi (June 22–23, 2026), farmers' organisations and agricultural stakeholders raised concerns about the potential m...
Goyal, US Trade Representative Greer begin talks on trade pact
US Trade Representative (USTR) Jamieson Greer arrived in New Delhi on June 22, 2026 for a two-day official visit — the first in-person ministerial-level enga...
India, US begin high-level trade talks as two nations rework deal amid tariff changes
High-level trade talks between India and the US have reopened to rework the bilateral trade framework after a US Supreme Court ruling in February 2026 struck...
Iran-U.S. MoU has had a positive impact on energy, fertiliser flow to India: MEA
On June 17, 2026, the United States and Iran signed the Islamabad Memorandum — a framework agreement formally ending the 2026 Iran war — which included reope...
Moving decisively towards finalizing trade deal with India, says US Ambassador Gor
The US Ambassador to India stated that the US is moving "decisively" toward finalising a bilateral trade agreement with India, with active high-level negotia...
Delayed rains likely to hit sowing of kharif crops, advance preparations underway: Chouhan
Deficient rainfall — running 43% below the long-period average — is threatening on-time sowing of kharif crops across at least 315 districts, with 111 distri...
India prepares contingency plans for 315 districts as monsoon falters
The Union Ministry of Agriculture has mapped 315 districts across twelve states — including Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, and Uttar Pradesh — as vulnerable to...
India launches anti-dumping probe into electrical steel imports from China, 3 other nations
India's Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR) has initiated an anti-dumping investigation into imports of Cold Rolled Grain Oriented (CRGO) electrical...
"Got to build on that and not go backwards": British MP Bob Blackman on India-UK FTA
The India-UK Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) — India and the UK's first comprehensive Free Trade Agreement — will enter into force on 15 Ju...
Piyush Goyal, US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer begin talks on trade pact
India's Commerce and Industry Minister and the US Trade Representative held two-day ministerial-level talks to advance the first phase of the India-US Bilate...
WTO to set up dispute panel in China's case against India's solar, IT goods measures
A WTO Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) panel has been established to adjudicate China's challenge to Indian measures covering solar cells, solar modules, and in...
Shah directs Nafed, NCCF to eliminate middlemen, buy pulses and oilseeds directly from farmers
The Ministry of Cooperation directed NAFED and NCCF to procure all pulses and oilseeds directly from farmers within two years, eliminating intermediaries fro...
RBI issues Final directions on Trade Receivables Discounting System (TReDS)
The Reserve Bank of India issued final Reserve Bank of India (Trade Receivables Discounting System) Directions, 2026 on June 23, 2026, following a public con...