Economics
Trade, fiscal policy, banking, agriculture and economic indicators
Microplastics in India’s agriculture: A growing problem demanding urgent action
The National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS) has released a roadmap highlighting microplastic contamination as a critical and growing threat to India...
Gap between rich and poor nations growing even wider: U.N. report
A UN report (Financing for Sustainable Development Report 2026), released in April 2026, warned that the gap between rich and poor nations is growing even wi...
Windfall levy on export bound diesel, ATF raised
The government raised the windfall levy (export duty) on diesel sharply from ₹21.5 per litre to ₹55.5 per litre, effective immediately from April 11, 2026. T...
Goyal holds talks with Saudi trade minister on strengthening supply chains
Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal held bilateral talks with Saudi Arabia's Trade Minister Majid bin Abdullah Al Qassabi on strengthening supply cha...
Delhi EV Policy: Electric 3-Wheelers Only by 2027, 2-Wheelers by 2028
The Government of the National Capital Territory (GNCT) of Delhi has released the draft Delhi EV Policy 2026–2030, setting hard deadlines for mandatory elect...
Work resumes on Bhutan's Punatsangchhu-I hydropower project after 7-year halt
Construction on Bhutan's 1,200 MW Punatsangchhu-I Hydroelectric Project has resumed after a seven-year halt (2019–2026) caused by severe geological challenge...
Fuel shortages from Iran war threaten Asia’s biggest food staple
The six-week-old West Asia war (from February 28, 2026) has triggered a fuel and fertilizer supply crisis that is forcing rice farmers across Southeast Asia ...
1st Indian vessel crosses Strait of Hormuz after US-Iran ceasefire
The LPG tanker Jag Vikram, owned by Mumbai-based Great Eastern Shipping Company, became the first India-flagged vessel to transit the Strait of Hormuz follow...
Digital-only toll collection implemented at national highway fee plazas
All 1,150+ fee plazas on National Highways and Expressways have transitioned to exclusively digital toll collection from April 10, 2026, with cash payments n...
Piyush Goyal holds talks with Saudi Arabia trade minister on stronger supply chains
India's Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal met with Saudi Arabia's Trade Minister Majid bin Abdullah Al Qassabi on the sidelines of an international economic for...
Our fisheries exports have risen from Rs 60,000 cr to Rs 68,000 cr after US tariffs: MoS Baghel
India's fisheries exports have risen to approximately ₹68,000 crore from ₹60,000 crore, with the sector showing strong resilience despite the United States i...
Watch: Global oil crisis: Why is India’s transport sector far more exposed than China’s?
As crude oil prices surged nearly 67% in the weeks following the Strait of Hormuz closure (late February 2026), the differential impact on India and China's ...
India in final stages of formulating processing value chain for critical minerals: Mines Secretary
The Secretary of the Ministry of Mines stated that India is in the advanced stages of formulating a dedicated scheme to develop domestic processing value cha...
The week in charts: Monetary policy, fertilizer subsidy, weak monsoon forecast
The Reserve Bank of India's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) concluded its April 2026 meeting (April 6–8) by keeping the policy repo rate unchanged at 5.25%, ...
Untimely rains hit wheat procurement amid record harvest hopes
Unseasonal and untimely rains across key wheat-growing states — Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, and Rajasthan — since mid-March 2026 delayed ...
RBI proposes upper layer NBFCs to be defined by absolute asset size of ₹1 lakh crore+
The Reserve Bank of India released draft directions proposing to replace the existing complex methodology for identifying Upper Layer NBFCs with a simple abs...
Induction-based cooking to add 13-27 GW of energy requirements: Official
Officials from the Ministry of Power stated that a shift to induction-based cooking across India could add between 13 and 27 gigawatts (GW) to the country's ...
Trump says U.S. will have Strait of Hormuz 'open fairly soon'
President Donald Trump stated that the United States will have the Strait of Hormuz "open fairly soon," signalling continued pressure on Iran to lift its blo...
Federal court hears new case against Trump's latest global tariffs
The U.S. Court of International Trade in New York heard oral arguments in a case styled Oregon et al. v. Trump et al., filed on March 5, 2026, by a coalition...
RBI's Utkarsh 2.0 places focus on better service
The Reserve Bank of India's Utkarsh 2.0 medium-term strategy framework (covering 2023–2025) placed strong emphasis on improving customer service and financia...