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Gasoline and diesel to drive consumption amid strong vehicle sales, manufacturing and agricultural activity.

CMD Gurdeep Singh added that green hydrogen could become a viable business but the priority is for it move from a pilot to commercial scale.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the rupee has reached a low against the U.S. dollar mainly due to global uncertainties, even though Indias macro-economic fundamentals, including forex reserves, are strong and the regulator RBI is ensuring that the domestic currency stays stable

Apart from the deal to allow Russia to sell diesel to the U.S. and global markets, U.S. President Donald Trump also announced an energy ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine

The Prime Minister cited the country's 7.8% economic growth in the April-June quarter, foreign-exchange reserves exceeding $700 billion and reforms spanning taxation, insolvency and labour laws as evidence of its resilience

Unfortunately, after years of the global economy being hit by shock after shock, debt levels have increased quite a lot, and at the same time, inflation has become a problem, says IMF deputy director of research

In its World Economic Outlook report, the Fund left its forecast for 2027 global growth unchanged at 3.4%

Indias 60-plus population is projected to touch 347 million by 2050, underscoring the need for a robust caregiving ecosystem; a formal training programme, building on existing small-scale initiatives, could promote gender parity in caregiving and recognise informal, unpaid family caregivers

ADNOC supplied more than 500,000 barrels of crude a day to India in 2025, almost one in ten barrels of [Indias] crude imports. The company is exploring opportunities with ISPRL to expand storage of crude oil, LNG and LPG, including strategic reserves

Inflation as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) in September 2026 was the highest since October 2024. The rate in September also marked a substantial increase over the 4.8% rate seen in August 2026

The research done by Robert E. Hall and Michael Woodford also provides an empirical basis for the idea that the effectiveness of economic policy is also determined by how well governments communicate why they are implementing those policies

The RBI said these measures would strengthen market discipline and ensure appropriate risk management in the foreign exchange market, while maintaining an orderly and transparent market environment

This years laureates in economic sciences, Robert E. Hall and Michael Woodford, have developed new macroeconomic models that have significantly improved our ability to implement effective stabilisation policy. On the basis of these models, well-timed fiscal and monetary policy measures can reduce the economys peaks and troughs, the Academy said

If every penny we spend leaves a digital footprint, what happens when strangers follow that indelible trail? For, a trail of transactions can reveal who a person actually is

This years theme was Tamil Nadu 2036 Building the Next Decade Towards a $1.5 Trillion Economy

Some policies have a compulsory excess. You can also opt for a voluntary excess which will be over and above any compulsory excess

Electricity officials around India are grappling with the many ways Artificial Intelligence infrastructure is reshaping power transmission dynamics.

The Coal Ministry stated that rail loading has also improved, stock depletion and power demand are also expected to moderate mid-October citing historical trends.

A report by the UN Conference on Trade and Development said that greenfield investments are increasingly taking place in strategic sectors. It added that India remains the fastest-growing major economy, even though domestic consumption is starting to show signs of strain due to higher prices

After having sorted out most of the rate-related complications in GST during its last meeting in September 2025, the GST Council has now unveiled several process reforms that could further overhaul how the tax is administered in the country

The RBI policy review will need Central assistance to effectively fight inflation

On input tax credit claims, the 57th GST Council decided to set up a Committee of Officers to examine how to protect a genuine buyer who holds a proper invoice, has received the goods, and has paid his supplier in full.

Ticketed concerts are bringing new audiences into Delhis monuments. But as heritage becomes part of the experience economy, questions about permissions, conservation and commercial use remain

The primary focus of the SLBS is supposed to be on policy and strategic issues relating to the flow of priority sector credit and overall financial inclusion in the state, as per the RBI guidelines governing the functioning of the committees

The diversification of Indias export markets and products as another buffer against a potential tariff shock.

The clarification is expected to ease concerns among small digital service providers and individuals receiving or making legitimate cross-border payments for personal or small-scale professional purposes.

She says these women survive amidst starvation, social oppression, and the three-fold inequalities of caste, class, and gender

As of now, we do not see any drop in volumes. And I dont personally think that a small fee will have a major impact on the volumes, RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra said

The project is being developed by a joint venture of Damodar Valley Corporation and Coal India.

Both the interim agreement on trade and the overall Bilateral Trade Agreement between India and the U.S. are heavily delayed, and now statements from both sides suggest that talks are stuck

CM Joseph Vijay seems to have mastered the art of welfare politics by accommodating the gratis within an about 4 lakh crore revenue-spending framework. However, the real test is whether the government can convert 84 lakh daily journeys into measurable gains in female employment, productivity, household income and mobility

If 100 collected in MDR causes more than 100 of economic value to disappear elsewhere, the payment system ends up better funded and the country poorer

OpenAI, a signatory to the EUs AI-content code alongside Google, Anthropic, Meta, Microsoft and Mistral, will watermark ChatGPT text in the EU; tests show the watermark can weaken sharply after editing

According to sources in the Finance Ministry, the proposal covers process reforms, structural reforms, ease of living and doing business, exports of services, and e-commerce

The SME Growth Fund was first mentioned in Union Budget 2026, when Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had spoken about it as a means to incentivise enterprises based on select criteria

Foreign portfolio ownership in NSE-listed companies declined to about 15.8%, says Congress leader Shaktisinh Gohil.

The latest increase represents only a partial pass-through of higher fuel costs. A full pass-through, it said, would have required a significantly steeper increase.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that the U.S. was weaponising tariffs in a bid to address its trade imbalance, and said that such structural issues should be addressed through negotiations and discussions

The PNGRBs new drive aims to add 50 lakh new piped gas connections, convert 40 lakh unbilled connections into active users and register 50 lakh more users by the end of the fiscal year 2027

Mr. Goyals remarks in the U.S. comes even as the U.S. Trade Representative has already levied a 10% forced labour tariff on imports from India, and is in the process of investigating it for structural excess capacity, which could result in further tariffs

Partnership to facilitate student and faculty exchanges, joint research, publications and short-term academic programmes

Coal India informed that coal production is expected to pick up further with monsoons over.

The third phase of the National PNG Drive would be in force until end of fiscal year 2027.