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Trends in India’s Dairy Sector
Why in news? The government released new data showing that India produced 239 million tonnes of milk in 2023‑24, reinforcing its position as the wor...
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Why in news? The government released new data showing that India produced 239 million tonnes of milk in 2023‑24, reinforcing its position as the wor...
Why in news? The Ministry of Heavy Industries issued guidelines under the PM E‑DRIVE scheme on 29 September 2025 for installing 72,300 electric‑ve...
Why in news? By late September 2025 the Indian rupee had depreciated over three percent since the start of the year, touching record lows near ₹88 ...
Why in news? HSBC and IBM announced that their experiment using quantum computing to enhance bond trading algorithms demonstrated significant improvem...
Why in news? The government amended its export policy on 24 September 2025, allowing the export of second‑generation (2G) ethanol. This reflects gro...
Why in news? The World Trade Organization is debating reforms to its special and differential treatment provisions, with developed countries seeking t...
Why in news? India launched its largest school hackathon, the Viksit Bharat Buildathon 2025, in September 2025. The initiative encourages students to ...
Why in news? The Ministry of Food Processing Industries announced that World Food India 2025 will be held at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi in November ...
Why in news? The Union government launched the second phase of Goods and Services Tax (GST) reforms, branded as the GST Bachat Utsav, in late Septembe...
Why in News? The Comptroller & Auditor General of India released the State Finances Publication 2025, an annual report that analyses expenditure patte...
Why in News? India’s chip design ecosystem is in the spotlight. By September 2025 the country’s engineers were designing thousands of integrated c...
Why in News? Data released in September 2025 showed India’s Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing 3.5 % year‑on‑year in July, with manufa...
Why in news? A recent study using the thali index highlighted that nearly half of rural Indians and a fifth of urban Indians cannot afford two balance...
Why in news? The World Trade Organization’s World Trade Report 2025 highlighted the potential of artificial intelligence (AI) to transform global tr...
Why in news? The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) launched a new Passbook Lite feature on its member portal. The feature aims to simpli...
Why in news? The Department of Fisheries signed a technical cooperation agreement with the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to modernise...
Why in news? The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) released its Global Innovation Index 2025, ranking 139 economies. India rose to 38th ...
Why in news? The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), India’s premier anti‑smuggling agency under the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Cu...
Why in news? Debate has arisen over whether India should liberalise dairy imports as part of free trade negotiations. Farmers’ organisations argue t...
Why in news? Recent data show that a large share of India’s outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) is routed through a handful of low‑tax jurisd...