Economics
Trade, fiscal policy, banking, agriculture and economic indicators
Reserve Bank of India (Trade Receivables Discounting System) Directions, 2026
The Reserve Bank of India issued the Reserve Bank of India (Trade Receivables Discounting System) Directions, 2026 on June 23, 2026, consolidating and modern...
Piyush Goyal-Greer talks start today, trade surplus with US down over 40%
Ministerial-level India-US trade negotiations commenced on 23 June 2026, with the Commerce Ministry and the US Trade Representative's office holding structur...
Aim is for India-EU FTA to be signed by end of the year, in effect by early 2027—Envoy Herve Delphin
Negotiations for the India-EU Free Trade Agreement were concluded in January 2026, when European Commission President and European Council President visited ...
U.S. waives sanctions on Iranian oil, ships
The US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued a general licence authorising activities related to the extraction, production, d...
Rate cuts transmission moderated in May 2026: RBI
Recent RBI data shows that the transmission of rate cuts to bank lending rates moderated in May 2026, meaning banks passed on a smaller share of the central ...
Ambuja Cements partners with U.K.’s Leilac Ltd to build low-carbon cement project in Gujarat’s Kutch
Ambuja Cements (part of the Adani Group) has partnered with UK-based Leilac Ltd to demonstrate advanced carbon capture technology at its Sanghipuram (Sanghi)...
India leads world in ship recycling, captures 35.4% global share
According to the latest report by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), India increased its share of global ship recycling to 35.4...
Meet with Jamieson Greer today; Piyush Goyal says India seeking export edge in US trade deal
India's Commerce Ministry is engaged in ministerial-level trade talks with the US Trade Representative (USTR) in New Delhi, with the focus on finalising a Bi...
Reclaiming Tamil Nadu’s fiscal autonomy and sustaining its growth model
Tamil Nadu faces a structural fiscal squeeze: the state's inclusive growth model — which involves heavy investment in welfare schemes, public health, educati...
Adverse monsoon may pose headwinds for domestic growth, inflation outlook: RBI Bulletin
The RBI's June 2026 Monthly Bulletin flagged a weak southwest monsoon as a significant headwind for both domestic growth and the inflation outlook, even as t...
RBI MPC: Growth rate could top 7% if oil prices fall further
The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Reserve Bank of India kept the policy repo rate unchanged at 5.25% in its June 2026 bi-monthly review, voting unan...
India-UK FTA sparks partnership rush among boutique law firms
The India-UK Free Trade Agreement, signed in July 2025 and entering into force on 15 July 2026, has triggered a wave of partnership discussions between India...
Keir Starmer turned India-UK FTA into his tenure defining deal. Here's how
The India-UK Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), concluded after 14 rounds of negotiations spanning over three years, will enter into force on...
How El Nino could affect India's monsoon and your household budget - explained
An El Niño event is developing in the equatorial Pacific Ocean, with the Niño 3.4 index having crossed the El Niño threshold by June 2026. IMD (India Meteoro...
India boosts Russian, UAE oil purchases in June ahead of full Hormuz recovery
India significantly ramped up crude oil purchases from Russia and the UAE in June 2026, according to Kpler tanker-tracking data, as refiners sought to lock i...
Commerce Dept begins charting export roadmaps for 20 priority markets chasing $1 trillion target
The Ministry of Commerce and Industry has initiated a structured exercise to develop export roadmaps for 20 priority markets, aimed at achieving India's $1 t...
India-U.S. interim deal requires only ‘final touches’; Greer to visit New Delhi on June 23-24
The India-US interim Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA) is reported to require only "final touches," with USTR Jamieson Greer visiting New Delhi on June 23–24, ...
Three Indian tankers re-emerge, pointing to Hormuz traffic uptick
Three Indian-linked supertankers — Desh Vibhor, Desh Vaibhav, and Sanmar Herald — re-emerged in the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea after having been last o...
India seeks to become a manufacturer in the defence sector, says PM Modi
At the commissioning ceremony of three indigenous warships in Kolkata, the constitutional head of government articulated a new national vision: India must tr...
Amid global uncertainties, parliamentary panel to study evolving economic conditions in India
A parliamentary standing committee has announced a study of India's evolving economic conditions in the context of global uncertainties. The examination is e...