At ₹9.8 lakh crore, fiscal deficit during April-Jan hits 63% of FY26 target
India's fiscal deficit for the first ten months of FY26 (April 2025 to January 2026) stood at ₹9.8 lakh crore, reaching 63% of the full-year budgetary target...
Science & Technology
Economics
7 min
India’s AI reckoning: will techno-optimism pay off in the long run?
India's AI governance and economic strategy has reached a pivotal moment — the country has made large bets on artificial intelligence as a driver of inclusiv...
International Relations
Economics
5 min
Brief Red Sea return ends as Maersk, Hapag-Lloyd reroute ships via Cape of Good Hope
Shipping giants Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd — operating under their Gemini Cooperation alliance — have reversed a brief return to Red Sea transits and reverted to...
India's Q3 GDP for FY26 likely at 8.3% despite adverse base effect: UBI Report
The Union Bank of India (UBI) Research report projected India's Q3 FY26 GDP growth at 8.3% (October-December 2025), buoyed by GST rate cuts boosting demand, ...
International Relations
Economics
5 min
Piyush Goyal gives big hint on India-US trade deal, says it would be 'rebalanced’ if circumstances change
Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal gave a strong public signal that the India-US Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA) would be "game-changing," indicatin...
Economics
Polity & Governance
5 min
Fino Payments Bank MD, CEO arrested under GST Act
Rishi Gupta, Managing Director and CEO of Fino Payments Bank, was arrested on February 27, 2026, under Section 132(1)(a) and 132(1)(i) of the Central Goods a...
Economics
International Relations
5 min
India focused on getting best trade deal with US: Piyush Goyal
Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal stated that India is focused on securing the best possible trade deal with the United States as bilateral trade negotiations c...
Economics
Science & Technology
Environment & Ecology
6 min
Inflexible electricity grids causing ‘dangerous’ situations, says CEA chief
Central Electricity Authority (CEA) Chairperson Ghanshyam Prasad has warned that inflexibility in India's electricity grid is creating "dangerous" situations...
New GDP series may lift FY growth to 7.6%, above govt’s 7.4% estimate
India's statistical authorities are developing a new GDP series that could revise upward the country's economic growth figures for FY2024-25, potentially sho...
Economics
International Relations
4 min
Q3 FDI inflows up 16.6% on-year, US second top source in April-December
India's Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) equity inflows rose 18% year-on-year to USD 47.87 billion during April–December FY26 (first nine months of fiscal yea...
Economics
Science & Technology
Internal Security
4 min
Singapore’s Thakral to manufacture drone components in India
Singapore-listed Thakral Corporation announced plans to manufacture drone components in India through its subsidiary Bharat Skytech, becoming one of the firs...
Economics
International Relations
5 min
India will have to notify EU in case of new export duty: India-EU FTA text
India and the European Union released the provisional chapter-level text of their Free Trade Agreement on February 27, 2026 — approximately one month after t...
India's April–Jan fiscal deficit hits ₹9.81 trillion, or 63% of full-year target
India's fiscal deficit for the April–January period of FY2025-26 stood at ₹9.81 trillion (approximately ₹9.81 lakh crore), equivalent to 63.0% of the governm...
Polity & Governance
Economics
4 min
Over ?275 Crores Disbursed to Jharkhand under XV Finance Commission to Boost Rural Governance
The Union Government has released ₹275.1253 crore to Jharkhand under the Fifteenth Finance Commission (XV-FC) grants for FY 2025–26 to strengthen Panchayati ...
Course correction? GDP revamp ‘reduced’ India’s economy size, not increased
A counter-intuitive finding from the new GDP series with base year 2022-23: the rebasing has effectively reduced the measured absolute size of India's econom...
New GDP series upgrades FY26 growth to 7.6%, but lowers size of India’s economy
The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) released a new series of National Accounts Estimates, shifting the base year from 2011-12 to ...
NEW SERIES OF GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT (GDP) ESTIMATES WITH BASE YEAR 2022-23
The National Statistics Office (NSO) under MoSPI released on February 27, 2026, the new series of Annual and Quarterly National Accounts with base year 2022-...
Science & Technology
Economics
6 min
PM to visit Gujarat on 28th February
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on February 28, 2026, inaugurated the Semiconductor Assembly, Test, Marking, and Packaging (ATMP) facility of Micron Semiconduct...
Downward revision in nominal GDP to push fiscal deficit upwards: Experts
The release of the revised GDP series with a 2022-23 base year on February 27, 2026 has created a significant fiscal arithmetic implication: the nominal GDP ...
GDP revision trims FY26 size to ₹345 lakh crore; $4 trillion mark may slip
The new GDP series released by MoSPI on February 27, 2026 — using the revised base year of 2022-23 — has produced a lower estimate for India's nominal GDP fo...