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47 stories for “Economy” · January 2026
Clear filtersIn January 2026, India strengthened its focus on cultural heritage preservation and archaeological research, with new excavation updates and conservation initiatives across key historical sites. These developments provid...
India registered two high-yielding synthetic cattle breeds: Karan Fries, developed by NDRI Karnal (Tharparkar x Holstein-Friesian), and Vrindavani, developed by ICAR-IVRI Bareilly, both combining high milk productivity w...
Food prices in India fell overall in 2025, by about 0.2%, the first such annual decline since 2014. Lower food prices helped bring retail inflation down to 2.2%, a 12-year low. Low inflation gives the RBI more room on in...
The RBI will implement the Reserve Bank-Integrated Ombudsman Scheme (RB-IOS) 2026 from 1 July 2026, offering a cost-effective grievance-redress mechanism with a Centralised Receipt and Processing Centre and compensation...
Overview In January 2026, India accelerated its infrastructure development with a strong focus on improving connectivity, logistics efficiency, and urban transformation. The government increased investments in highways,...
The RBI notified the Foreign Exchange Management (Guarantees) Regulations, 2026 under FEMA 1999, providing a framework for guarantees involving non-residents and mandating reporting of all guarantee transactions by AD Ca...
India ended its Consumer Price Index series with 2012 as the base year and will launch a new CPI series with 2024 as the base year; the NSO released the final December 2025 data under the old base, with the new series ef...
The Financial Intelligence Unit-India introduced stricter KYC and Anti-Money Laundering rules for cryptocurrency users, requiring live-selfie identity verification, geo-tagging, bank validation and PAN linking, and banni...
The Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu released the Tamil Nadu Circular Economy Investment Policy 2026 in Chennai to promote recycling, resource efficiency and investment in circular-economy industries. Companies investing at...
The United States invited India and Australia to the G7 finance ministers' meeting on critical minerals in Washington in January 2026. The talks focus on secure supply chains for minerals used in defence, electronics and...
The Ministry of Textiles launched the District-Led Textiles Transformation (DLTT) initiative. It aims to turn 100 high-potential districts into global export champions and help 100 aspirational districts become self-reli...
The Government of India granted a Geographical Indication (GI) tag to Nagauri Ashwagandha from Nagaur district, Rajasthan - the State's second agricultural GI product after Sojat Mehendi. It grows well in Nagaur's dry cl...
