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81 stories for “Economy” · August 2026
Clear filtersThe Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) enabled the first-ever commercial shipment of GI-tagged Mithila Makhana from Bihar to Australia by sea. Mithila Makhana is an aquatic fox...
Union Minister of New and Renewable Energy Pralhad Joshi announced that the PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana has reached more than 50 lakh beneficiary households. Launched in 2024 as a central sector scheme under MNRE, it...
IntroductionOn the occasion of International Youth Day (IYD) on 12 August 2026, the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) awarded the Government of Tamil Nadu the prestigious 'UN Population A...
The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) is drafting a dedicated Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme for polysilicon manufacturing. India has virtually no polysilicon capacity today and relies largely on impo...
The Ministry of Railways has approved changes to the Model Concession Agreement (MCA) governing Container Train Operators (CTOs). Under the reform, a single All-India Licence will take the place of the earlier route-spec...
India's domestic coal production has exceeded one billion tonnes for two years in a row, with private participation rising sharply since commercial coal auctions began in 2020. Coal supplies nearly 55% of the country's p...
IntroductionParliament cleared the Taxation and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2026 during the Monsoon Session on 10 August 2026. One of the most notable aspects of the passage was a clarification from Finance Minister Nir...
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...
IntroductionThe Tamil Nadu School Education Department, in partnership with the Tamil Nadu e-Governance Agency (TNeGA) and the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-M), launched 'Thamizh Puthalvan' on 9 August 2026...
IntroductionTamil Nadu has secured the first rank in NITI Aayog's Export Preparedness Index (EPI) 2026, released on 8 August 2026, for the third consecutive year. The index evaluates states and union territories on their...
