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Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority (IEPFA)

Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority (IEPFA)

Why in news? The Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority (IEPFA) and the Securities and Exchange Board of India jointly organised a Niveshak ...

Infrastructure Investment Trust (InvIT) for National Highways

Infrastructure Investment Trust (InvIT) for National Highways

Why in news? The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has given in‑principle approval for the creation of the Raajmarg Infrastructure Inves...

Progress of the PM Formalisation of Micro Food Processing Enterprises Scheme

Progress of the PM Formalisation of Micro Food Processing Enterprises Scheme

Why in news? The Union Ministry of Food Processing Industries released an update on the PM Formalisation of Micro Food Processing Enterprises (PMFME) ...

Open Market Operations (OMO) – Injecting and Absorbing Liquidity

Open Market Operations (OMO) – Injecting and Absorbing Liquidity

Why in news? Alongside the December 2025 repo rate cut, the Reserve Bank of India announced that it would purchase government securities worth ₹1 tr...

RBI’s Integrated Ombudsman Scheme – Surge in Consumer Complaints

RBI’s Integrated Ombudsman Scheme – Surge in Consumer Complaints

Why in news? The Reserve Bank of India’s Integrated Ombudsman Scheme (RB‑IOS) received over 13.34 lakh complaints in the financial year 2024‑25,...

Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana – Securing Farmers’ Harvests

Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana – Securing Farmers’ Harvests

Why in news? The Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY), India’s flagship crop insurance scheme, completed nearly nine years of implementation by ...

TEAM scheme – bridging MSMEs to e‑commerce via ONDC

TEAM scheme – bridging MSMEs to e‑commerce via ONDC

Why in news? On 1 December 2025 the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) announced the Trade Enablement and Marketing (TEAM) Initi...

Understanding Masala Bonds and the Kerala controversy

Understanding Masala Bonds and the Kerala controversy

Why in news? The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has issued show‑cause notices to the Kerala Chief Minister and officials of the Kerala Infrastructure ...

Darjeeling Mandarin Orange receives GI status

Darjeeling Mandarin Orange receives GI status

Why in news? The Darjeeling Mandarin orange, a citrus variety grown on the hills of West Bengal, was granted a Geographical Indication tag on 24 Novem...

CBIC’s GST & Customs Pavilion Wins Public Outreach Award

CBIC’s GST & Customs Pavilion Wins Public Outreach Award

Why in news? The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) received the Gold Prize in the “Public Outreach & Communication” category at t...

Tex‑RAMPS Scheme

Tex‑RAMPS Scheme

Why in news? The Ministry of Textiles has unveiled the Textiles Focused Research, Assessment, Monitoring, Planning and Start‑up (Tex‑RAMPS) scheme...

Scheme to Promote Manufacturing of Sintered Rare Earth Permanent Magnets

Scheme to Promote Manufacturing of Sintered Rare Earth Permanent Magnets

Why in news? The Union Cabinet approved a Rs 7,280 crore scheme to establish India’s first integrated supply chain for sintered rare‑earth permane...

Capital Gains Account Scheme – New Rules Explained

Capital Gains Account Scheme – New Rules Explained

Why in news? The Ministry of Finance has notified the Capital Gains Accounts (Second Amendment) Scheme, 2025. The changes expand the list of banks aut...

Limestone Auction in Jammu & Kashmir

Limestone Auction in Jammu & Kashmir

Why in news? For the first time since becoming a Union Territory, Jammu & Kashmir announced that it will auction seven limestone blocks covering about...

Inland Waterways Authority of India

Inland Waterways Authority of India

Why in news? The Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) signed a series of agreements worth about ₹3,000 crore during India Maritime Week 2025. ...

Simplified Registration under SARAL SIMS

Simplified Registration under SARAL SIMS

Why in news? The Ministry of Steel has launched a new facility called SARAL SIMS to simplify registration under the Steel Import Monitoring System (SI...

National Industrial Classification 2025 (NIC‑2025)

National Industrial Classification 2025 (NIC‑2025)

Why in news? India’s Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation released a new National Industrial Classification 2025 (NIC‑2025) to repl...

Viscose Staple Fibre – revocation of Quality Control Order

Viscose Staple Fibre – revocation of Quality Control Order

Why in news? The Ministry of Textiles has withdrawn the Quality Control Order (QCO) for Viscose Staple Fibre (VSF). Industry bodies argued that the or...

Trade Intelligence and Analytics Portal – democratising trade data

Trade Intelligence and Analytics Portal – democratising trade data

Why in news? On 18 November 2025, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry unveiled the Trade Intelligence and Analytics Portal. Designed to put detailed...

National Gopal Ratna Awards 2025

National Gopal Ratna Awards 2025

Why in news? On 17 November 2025, the Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying announced the winners of the National Gopal Ratna Awards (NGRA) for ...

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