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India has made its first direct benefit transfer (DBT) payments for soil carbon credits to more than 2,500 farmers in Punjab and Haryana. The payments, totalling over ₹2.9 crore, were linked to verified carbon credits fr...
For the first time in more than 50 years, India's coal-based power generation recorded no growth over two years, as clean energy met the increase in electricity demand. Between H1 2024 and H1 2026 (January-June), generat...
The seventh Global Fintech Fest (GFF) 2026 took place in Mumbai with the theme "Potential to Impact: Agentic Artificial Intelligence (AI), Tokenisation, Quantum". The three focus technologies were Agentic AI, Tokenisatio...
The Integrated Fertilizer Management System (iFMS) has moved into a new phase with digital tools aimed at greater transparency, better fertilizer availability and tighter supply-chain monitoring. New dashboards track pro...
India and MERCOSUR signed the First Additional Protocol to the India–MERCOSUR Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) to enable electronic Certificates of Origin, promoting paperless trade and cutting the time and cost of iss...
The GOBARdhan Central Sector Scheme, approved by the Union Cabinet on 6 August 2026, came into force on 1 September 2026 with a total outlay of ₹23,731 crore. Running until 2035–36, it seeks to expand production and use...
The Talabira II & III open-cast coal mine in Odisha, operated by NLC India Ltd, recorded its highest-ever annual coal production of 19.14 million tonnes (MT) in FY 2025–26. The mine is located in the Sambalpur and Jharsu...
Coastal Local Area Bank Limited has been included in the Second Schedule of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934, gaining Scheduled Bank status through an RBI notification. Headquartered in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, and...
The Ministry of Coal and Coal India Limited (CIL) unveiled India's first sector-wide Comprehensive Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Framework for coal companies in New Delhi. It is the first sector-specific CSR guid...
In August 2026, alternative-fuel passenger vehicles — CNG, LPG, hybrid and electric — together overtook petrol vehicles in India's retail passenger vehicle market for the first time, taking 41.95% of sales against 40.85%...
The Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways launched the One Tag system on September 11, 2026, at the Global Fintech Fest 2026 in Mumbai. Similar to mobile number portability, it lets users digitally shift their F...
India's direct tax buoyancy has remained above 1 for the third consecutive financial year, standing at 1.39 in 2024-25. The ratio was 1.27 in 2022-23 and 1.48 in 2023-24. Tax buoyancy measures how fast direct tax revenue...
