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The Economics Nobel rewards work that holds lessons for India

Net spend on oil and gas imports increased about 40% to $13.4 billion.

The draft standards propose on-road emissions testing and new checks on pollution from brakes and tyres, with cars first in line for a phased rollout from April 2029

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that the proposed Indo-U.S. trade agreement has been a hard and very rigorously negotiated agreement

India-U.S. trade agreement would be concluded at the earliest, in the interest of global trade and bilateral economic ties between the two countries, says the Union Finance Minister

The rural unemployment rate remains broadly stable at 4.2% against 4.1% in August, while urban rate marginally rises from 6.8% in August to 6.9% in this month

Heritage walk highlights need to preserve over 129 historic buildings

Direct tax collection up 13.21% to 13.38 lakh crore till Oct 14, driven by strong corporate tax growth and higher STT refunds

Robert E. Hall and Michael Woodford provided the theoretical and empirical underpinnings to a basic but powerful idea for policymakers: the economy is made out of the people in it.

Power Secretary Pankaj Agarwal added that a data governance committee would also be set up at the national level which would be headed by Chairperson of the Central Electricity Authority.

orex traders said the Indian rupee rose to a one-month high on the RBI's measures to curb speculative bets

In manufactured items, WPI inflation was at a series high of 9.76%, higher than 8.37% in August

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

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

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

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

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