Economics
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Labour reforms: Government fully operationalises four new codes by publishing rules
The central government fully operationalised all four new Labour Codes by publishing the final rules required for enforcement, completing a process that bega...
Tariffs and rare earths: Lula da Silva positions Brazil as a global player in U.S. visit
Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva visited Washington in May 2026 for discussions with the US administration covering trade tariffs, critical miner...
Centre tightens labour law compliance for contract workers, links violations to blacklisting
The central government has issued binding directives tightening labour law compliance specifically for contractors engaged by government establishments, link...
Aggregators to be charged interest at 12% per annum if they fail to contribute toward social security of their gig workers
Under the rules notified for the Code on Social Security 2020, aggregator platforms that fail to make timely social security contributions for their gig and ...
PMJJBY, PMSBY settle claims worth Rs 25,160 cr since their launch in 2015
The three Jan Suraksha schemes — Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY), Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY), and Atal Pension Yojana (APY)...
Labour reforms: Govt fully operationalises four new codes by publishing rules
The Union Government fully operationalised four new labour codes by notifying all accompanying rules, completing a reform process that had been underway for ...
Finance ministry links government procurement with labour law compliance
The Procurement Policy Division of the Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance, issued an Office Memorandum on May 8, 2026, directing all central mini...
Govt land transfer code set up to pare disputes, boost monetisation
The Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance issued an Office Memorandum (No. 15(04)/2021-E.II(A)) dated May 5, 2026, introducing consolidated guidelin...
India didn’t discover ethanol in crisis — It prepared for it
India achieved 20% ethanol blending in petrol (E20) in 2025, roughly five years ahead of the original 2030 target set under the National Policy on Biofuels 2...
Indus Waters Treaty: One year since Operation Sindoor, how India and Pakistan have approached deadlock
Following the Pahalgam terrorist attack on 22 April 2025 — in which 26 civilians were killed in Jammu & Kashmir — India placed the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) ...
India hopes US-Iran peace deal will sort out sanctions on Chabahar port
The US sanctions waiver that had exempted India's activities at Iran's Chabahar Port expired on 26 April 2026, creating immediate uncertainty over India's de...
What ails governance in India’s cities? Heart of problem lies in mayor’s office, says NITI Aayog
NITI Aayog released the report "Moving Towards Effective City Government — A Framework for Million-Plus Cities" on April 25, 2026, focused on India's 47 citi...
U.S. trade court rules against Trump’s 10% tariff, but no relief yet for most traders
The US Court of International Trade (CIT) ruled in a 2-1 decision against a 10% global tariff imposed on all US imports, holding that the legal authority inv...
A year after Op Sindoor, China admits to providing ground support to Pakistan
One year after Operation Sindoor, Chinese state television (CCTV) broadcast admissions by Chinese engineers that they were physically present at Pakistani ai...
MGNREGS coverage and workdays fell sharply in 2025–26: LibTech India
A study by LibTech India, a research organisation that monitors rural employment schemes, found a national average decline of 10.4 percent in MGNREGS workday...
EU-Mercosur trade deal enforced amid farmers’ fears of unfair competition
The EU-Mercosur trade agreement provisionally came into effect on 1 May 2026, after approximately 25 years of on-again, off-again negotiations that first beg...
Labour Ministry notifies final rules for the Wage Code & Industrial Relations Code
The Ministry of Labour and Employment notified the final Central Rules under the Code on Wages, 2019 and the Industrial Relations Code, 2020, bringing both c...
India’s Pension Landscape
India's pension system has undergone a significant structural transition over the past two decades — from a fully government-funded defined-benefit scheme to...
MoSPI asks states to shift GSDP base year to 2022-23 for better economic data accuracy
The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) has directed all States and Union Territories to shift the base year for compiling Gross Stat...
MSME min scheme created 36 L jobs during FY22-26
The Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP), the flagship self-employment scheme under the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, ...