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Union Budget 2026: Fiscal Discipline with Infra Push, MSME ‘Champions’, Data Centre Tax Holiday and Higher STT

Union Budget 2026: Fiscal Discipline with Infra Push, MSME ‘Champions’, Data Centre Tax Holiday and Higher STT

The Union Budget 2026–27 blends fiscal discipline with an assertive growth strategy,...

Economic Survey Flags Agriculture-Led Stability, Warns Rural Incomes Vulnerable to Global Shocks and State Fiscal Choices

Economic Survey Flags Agriculture-Led Stability, Warns Rural Incomes Vulnerable to Global Shocks and State Fiscal Choices

The Survey said agriculture continued to play a crucial counter-cyclical role, cushioning...

Mission for Self-Reliance in Fertilizers Likely in Budget 2026–27 to Cut Import Dependence

Mission for Self-Reliance in Fertilizers Likely in Budget 2026–27 to Cut Import Dependence

To reduce rising imports of fertilizers and to improve soil health, the central...

SEA Urges Commerce Ministry to Include Specific Forest Products in India-EU FTA

SEA Urges Commerce Ministry to Include Specific Forest Products in India-EU FTA

The Solvent Extractors’ Association of India (SEA) has urged the Ministry of Commerce...

Union Agriculture Minister Reviews Farm Schemes With Gujarat, Punjab; Stresses Timely Budget Use

Union Agriculture Minister Reviews Farm Schemes With Gujarat, Punjab; Stresses Timely Budget Use

Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan reviewed the implementation of...

Shivraj Singh Chouhan released 184 new improved varieties of 25 crops

Shivraj Singh Chouhan released 184 new improved varieties of 25 crops

Many newly released varieties possess special traits such as drought, flood, salinity,...

Fertilizer Subsidy: Government Goes Fully Digital in a Major Policy Push

Fertilizer Subsidy: Government Goes Fully Digital in a Major Policy Push

Approximately Rs 2 Lakh Crore of Fertilizers Subsidy to be Processed Through Digital...

Aravalli 100-metre Definition: Supreme Court Keeps November 20 Directions in Abeyance

Aravalli 100-metre Definition: Supreme Court Keeps November 20 Directions in Abeyance

The Supreme Court has kept in abeyance its November 20 directions accepting a uniform...

Centre Bans New Mining Leases Across Aravallis; Opposition Calls Move a “Bogus Attempt”

Centre Bans New Mining Leases Across Aravallis; Opposition Calls Move a “Bogus Attempt”

The Centre has announced a complete ban on new mining leases across the entire Aravalli...

LS Passes G-RAM-G Bill Amid Uproar; Opposition Vows Nationwide Agitation

LS Passes G-RAM-G Bill Amid Uproar; Opposition Vows Nationwide Agitation

The Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G)...

NREGA Sangharsh Morcha Slams Proposed Bill to Repeal MGNREGA, Calls It 'Rollback of Workers' Rights'

NREGA Sangharsh Morcha Slams Proposed Bill to Repeal MGNREGA, Calls It 'Rollback of Workers' Rights'

Terming the proposed law “not a reform but a rollback,” the NREGA Sangharsh Morcha...

India’s Early Kharif Estimates Signal Modest Output Rise, but Several Key Crops Trail Last Year

India’s Early Kharif Estimates Signal Modest Output Rise, but Several Key Crops Trail Last Year

The ministry has framed the numbers as evidence of resilience, but the broader picture...

Massive NDA Sweep in Bihar: BJP Becomes the Biggest Party, Mahagathbandhan Reduced to Just 35 Seats

Massive NDA Sweep in Bihar: BJP Becomes the Biggest Party, Mahagathbandhan Reduced to Just 35 Seats

The NDA scored a sweeping victory in the Bihar Assembly Elections 2025, crossing...

Govt Clarifies: Monthly Stock Limit Not Applicable To Khandsari Sugar Units

Govt Clarifies: Monthly Stock Limit Not Applicable To Khandsari Sugar Units

The Centre has clarified that the monthly stock holding limit does not apply to...

ICAR Rejects Allegations of Rigging Gene-Edited Rice Trials, Calls Claims Baseless and Motivated

ICAR Rejects Allegations of Rigging Gene-Edited Rice Trials, Calls Claims Baseless and Motivated

In a statement, ICAR clarified that there was neither premature release of either...

Shivraj Singh Chouhan Calls for Strengthening KVKs and Effective Redressal of Farmers’ Complaints

Shivraj Singh Chouhan Calls for Strengthening KVKs and Effective Redressal of Farmers’ Complaints

Shivraj Singh Chouhan highlighted that there are currently 731 KVKs nationwide,...

Trump Imposes New 10% Global Tariff, Says No Change to India-US Deal

The Supreme Court of the United States struck down Donald Trump’s sweeping global tariffs. Within hours, Trump imposed a fresh 10%...

International

Union Budget 2026–27: What It Signals For India’s Agricultural Trade

In an environment marked by geopolitical tensions, supply chain disruptions and tightening sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) standards,...

Opinion

US Supreme Court Strikes Down Trump’s Global Tariffs, Relief For India And Other Nations

The US Supreme Court has struck down President Donald Trump’s sweeping “Liberation Day” global tariffs in a 6-3 ruling, finding that...

International

U.S. Government Announces $40 Million Award to CIMMYT to Bolster Global Food Security

​A renewed $40 million commitment from the U.S. Government to advance science-driven solutions for global food security.

International

Leads Connect Launch AI-enabled ICCRI and Agri Intelligence Platform KEDAR–PARVATI

KEDAR–PARVATI is a next-generation large-scale intelligence platform for risk management. KEDAR stands for Knowledge Engineering &...

Agritech

Cotton Imports Surge Amid Production Dip And Trade Deal Concerns

Over the past 16 months, India has imported 7.6 million bales of cotton worth Rs 21,000 crore, a significant share of which comprises...

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