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Clear filtersThe Lok Sabha approved the Bankers' Books Evidence Bill, 2026 by voice vote on 5 August 2026. The legislation will replace the Bankers' Books Evidence Act, 1891, a law framed during the colonial era. The present Act perm...
The Department of Science and Technology (DST) released the Research and Development (R&D) Statistics 2025–26. India's Gross Expenditure on R&D (GERD) reached a record 0.84% of GDP in 2023–24, up from 0.64% in 2020–21, a...
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) released the updated list of Upper Layer Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs) for 2026–27, with 17 entities against 15 earlier. In June 2026 RBI set an asset-size threshold of ₹1 lakh c...
The government has operationalised the Inventory-based Cross-border E-Commerce Export Framework under the Foreign Trade Policy (FTP), 2023, allowing e-commerce companies to hold goods in India solely to fulfil confirmed...
The Bharat Maritime Insurance Pool (BMIP), launched by the Ministry of Finance's Department of Financial Services (DFS), is India's first sovereign-backed maritime insurance and risk-sharing mechanism.War risk premium ra...
The World Bank released the World Development Report 2026: The Promise of Artificial Intelligence (AI), highlighting AI's potential to reduce inequality in developing countries.It says generative AI could raise productiv...
The 'One Nation, One Fertilizer' initiative has improved fertilizer availability and distribution across India in the Kharif 2026 season.Launched on 24 August 2022 under the Pradhanmantri Bhartiya Janurvarak Pariyojana (...
India has reached near-universal banking coverage, with 99.92% of inhabited villages having a banking outlet within 5 km. Of 6,01,328 inhabited villages, 6,00,868 are served by a bank branch, Business Correspondent (BC)...
India's distributed solar capacity reached 31.5 gigawatts (GW) in FY 2026, more than 17 times the 1.8 GW recorded in FY 2018.Rooftop solar grew from 1.1 GW to 25.7 GW over the period, while solar pumps installed under th...
The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) amended the IRDAI (Registration, Capital Structure, Transfer of Shares and Amalgamation of Insurers) Regulations, 2026.Prior IRDAI approval is now requi...
The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) released India's first trial Index of Services Production (ISP), covering 19 sub-sectors. It will serve as the services counterpart of the Index of Industri...
World Fintech Day is observed every year on 1 August to draw attention to innovation and progress in financial technology (FinTech) around the world.FinTech covers digital payments, online lending, digital banking and re...
