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India's Index of Core Industries (ICI) rose 7.9% in September 2026, its best performance since the new data series started in April 2024. Coal expanded 10.7%, its strongest growth in 13 months, refinery products 10.3% an...
A new Silver Refinery Scheme has been rolled out by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) to certify silver bullion and coins and stamp them with a hallmark. Under the scheme, silver can be graded at any of three fineness...
The Trade and Development Report 2026 of United Nations Trade and Development (UNCTAD) shows that India attracted 5.7% of the world's greenfield investment between 2020 and 2025, ahead of China's 2.8%. Greenfield investm...
Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh is set to host Asia's first Telecom Manufacturing Zone (TMZ), with an estimated investment of ₹5,500 crore. The zone is meant to bring telecom equipment makers together in one location, encourag...
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...
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...
The Reserve Bank of India's special USD-INR forex swap facility has drawn in $136.377 billion. Of this, $127.226 billion came via FCNR(B) deposits, $5.260 billion via Overseas Foreign Currency Borrowings and $3.891 billi...
The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) clarified the revised GDP estimates for Q1 of 2026-27. A negative 1.5% manufacturing GVA deflator does not mean factory prices fell; under double deflation,...
National Small Industry Day is observed on August 30 to honour the contribution of small industries to India's economic and industrial growth. It was formally recognised in 2000, after the Government brought in a compreh...
India's buffalo meat exports grew 25.6% to $5.1 billion in 2025–26, making it the country's best-performing agricultural export. In April–June 2026, exports jumped 66.6% to nearly $1.5 billion, and the average value rose...
IntroductionDemonstrating robust structural expansion over the past decade, India's agriculture and allied sectors achieved historic milestones on 18 August 2026: the Agricultural Gross Value Added (GVA) expanded from ₹2...
IntroductionIn a pioneering currency modernization measure aimed at enhancing banknote longevity and curbing counterfeiting, the Government of India on 15 August 2026 approved a proposal by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI...
