Economics
International Relations
4 min
India to release product list for faster PN3 FDI approvals
Following the Union Cabinet's March 10, 2026 amendments to Press Note 3 (PN3), DPIIT will release a detailed product-level list specifying which items within...
Oil shock, inflation pressures dampen RBI rate-cut hopes
Crude oil prices have surged toward $100 per barrel amid the escalating West Asia conflict, disrupting LNG shipments and raising India's energy import costs....
Economics
International Relations
4 min
Eased FDI norms balance capital inflows and strategic safeguards: Experts
The Union Cabinet approved significant amendments to India's FDI framework for countries sharing a land border — primarily China — on March 10, 2026, relaxin...
International Relations
Economics
4 min
Most serious crisis we have faced in living memory: Ex-DyNSA Pankaj Saran on West Asia
Former Deputy National Security Advisor Pankaj Saran described the West Asia conflict as the "most serious crisis India has faced in living memory," more con...
Economics
International Relations
4 min
Amid Strait of Hormuz closure, India’s Russian oil imports surge by 50%; could rise further if crisis persists
India's Russian crude oil imports surged to approximately 1.5 million barrels per day (mb/d) in March 2026, up roughly 50% from 1.04 mb/d in February, as Ind...
Polity & Governance
Economics
5 min
What is the Essential Commodities Act, invoked by the Centre amidst the West Asian crisis?
The Central Government invoked the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 (ECA) to regulate LPG supplies amid the shortage caused by disruption to West Asian import...
Economics
International Relations
4 min
Low strategic stockpiles pose risk to economy, says S&P Global
S&P Global warned that India's current strategic petroleum reserves (SPR) provide only approximately 9.5 days of import coverage — significantly below intern...
International Relations
Economics
4 min
Iran's Hormuz control gives country leverage despite military struggles
Despite suffering significant military losses from US–Israel strikes since February 28, 2026 — including the killing of its Supreme Leader — Iran has retaine...
Economics
Polity & Governance
5 min
Land of milk and no money? Bread basket Punjab hits rock bottom in NITI Aayog Fiscal Health Index
Punjab ranks at the bottom of NITI Aayog's Fiscal Health Index (FHI) 2026, which assesses the fiscal performance of 18 major states for FY 2023-24, despite t...
Economics
International Relations
3 min
India displaces China as largest exporter of cotton products to US in 2025
India has displaced China to become the largest exporter of cotton products — including apparel, yarn, and home textiles — to the United States in 2025, acco...
Economics
International Relations
3 min
India’s crude oil supply is secure, assures government
The Indian government assured Parliament that crude oil and petroleum product supplies remain secure despite the ongoing West Asia conflict, which has disrup...
Economics
International Relations
6 min
FDI in rare earth magnets, advanced battery components from land border countries part of fast-track approval list
The Union Cabinet's March 10, 2026 amendment to Press Note 3 of 2020 specifically includes FDI proposals in rare earth permanent magnets, rare earth processi...
Internal Security
Economics
5 min
India’s defence shift: Rising capex, falling imports
India's defence expenditure data for recent years reveals a sustained structural shift: capital expenditure (capex) — spending on new equipment, platforms, a...
International Relations
Economics
5 min
India-bound Thai-flagged cargo ship attacked in Strait of Hormuz
On March 11, 2026, a Thai-flagged bulk carrier, the MV Mayuree Naree (178 metres long, 30,000 tonne displacement), was attacked while transiting the Strait o...
Economics
International Relations
5 min
Indian OMCs, GAIL face narrower buffers from prolonged Iran shock: Fitch
Credit rating agency Fitch issued a warning that Indian oil marketing companies (OMCs) — IOC, BPCL, and HPCL — and gas transmission company GAIL face "narrow...
Economics
International Relations
5 min
India’s Russian crude imports approach pre-Trump sanction levels amid Hormuz disruptions & US ‘waiver’
India's Russian crude oil imports have surged sharply in March 2026, approaching and potentially exceeding volumes seen before the Trump administration impos...
International Relations
Economics
5 min
Germany, Japan to unblock oil reserves as G-7 stands ‘ready’ to act
Germany and Japan announced they would release oil from their strategic petroleum reserves as part of a coordinated G7 and International Energy Agency (IEA) ...
Economics
International Relations
5 min
Govt says crude supply stable as 70% coming from routes outside Hormuz, helpline up for Indians in Gulf
Following the Iranian blockade of the Strait of Hormuz (in retaliation for US-Israeli strikes on Iran), the Indian government convened an inter-ministerial b...
Economics
International Relations
5 min
India fast-tracks Chinese investment approvals in key sectors
The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister, approved significant changes to India's FDI policy on March 10, 2026, amending the framework established un...
International Relations
Economics
Environment & Ecology
4 min
Energy shock widens: Sugar, food markets feel strain; IEA weighs record reserve release
The escalating conflict around the Strait of Hormuz has triggered an energy shock that has spread beyond oil and gas to affect global sugar, food, and agricu...