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State Finances Publication 2025 by the Comptroller & Auditor General (CAG)

Why in News? The Comptroller & Auditor General of India released the State Finances Publication 2025, an annual report that analyses expenditure patte...

Semiconductor Designers and India’s Chip Dreams

Semiconductor Designers and India’s Chip Dreams

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...

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India’s Manufacturing Momentum

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...

Equalising Primary Food Consumption in India

Equalising Primary Food Consumption in India

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...

World Trade Report 2025: AI as a Trade Multiplier

World Trade Report 2025: AI as a Trade Multiplier

Why in news? The World Trade Organization’s World Trade Report 2025 highlighted the potential of artificial intelligence (AI) to transform global tr...

EPFO Passbook Lite

EPFO Passbook Lite

Why in news? The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) launched a new Passbook Lite feature on its member portal. The feature aims to simpli...

India and FAO Join Hands to Build Blue Ports

India and FAO Join Hands to Build Blue Ports

Why in news? The Department of Fisheries signed a technical cooperation agreement with the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to modernise...

WIPO Global Innovation Index 2025

WIPO Global Innovation Index 2025

Why in news? The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) released its Global Innovation Index 2025, ranking 139 economies. India rose to 38th ...

Operation Weed Out

Operation Weed Out

Why in news? The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), India’s premier anti‑smuggling agency under the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Cu...

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Indian Dairy Sector

Why in news? Debate has arisen over whether India should liberalise dairy imports as part of free trade negotiations. Farmers’ organisations argue t...

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India’s Outward FDI & Tax Havens

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...

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Involution – Hyper‑competition with Diminishing Returns

Why in news? The term “involution” has been used to describe recent price wars in China’s electric vehicle (EV) industry, where intense competit...

Rationalising Tariffs for a Competitive India

Rationalising Tariffs for a Competitive India

Why in news? The United States recently imposed 50% tariffs on a range of Indian goods, reigniting debate on India’s high import duties. The U.S. ha...

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Bhadohi’s Handmade Carpet Industry Faces a Crisis

Why in news? Bhadohi’s hand‑knotted carpet industry — which accounts for more than 60% of India’s carpet exports — is reeling after the Unit...

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AIDIS & SAS 2026–27 Surveys

Why in news? The National Statistical Office (NSO) announced that it will conduct two important surveys between July 2026 and June 2027: the All India...

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Decentralised Finance (DeFi)

Why in news? The rapid growth of decentralised finance has raised concerns about its potential use for terror financing and money laundering. Experts ...

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The U.K.–India Infrastructure Financing Bridge (UKIIFB)

Why in news? Launched during the 2024 India–UK Economic and Financial Dialogue, the UKIIFB marked its first anniversary with a report recommending p...

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GST 2.0: A Strategic Reform for India’s Economic Future

Why in news? India is preparing to roll out the next phase of its Goods and Services Tax (GST). The proposed “GST 2.0” seeks to collapse multiple ...

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Indian Generics: A Global Public Good

Why in news? India’s pharmaceutical industry supplies a large share of the world’s generic medicines. In September 2025 policymakers called for us...

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Nilgiri Tea: A Brew from the Blue Mountains

Why in news? Tea growers in the Nilgiri hills of Tamil Nadu raised concerns about low prices for green leaves and falling incomes. Oversupply and weak...

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