Month: October 2025
Govt grants exemption to certain steel imports from QCOs
The government has granted certain steel imports, such as square tins for ghee, edible oils, steel tubes for structural purposes, and stainless steel utensils, an…
NITI proposes Digital ShramSetu mission to empower India’s 490 million informal workers
NITI Aayog has proposed a national mission to empower India’s over 490 million informal workforce through frontier technologies. Under this, a technology driven bridge called…
RBI launches digital currency retail sandbox
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Wednesday launched a retail sandbox for its central bank digital currency (CBDC), allowing fintech firms to build and…
RBI readies unified interface, work on digital onboarding standards underway: Sanjay Malhotra
Reserve Bank of India Governor Sanjay Malhotra, while speaking at the Global Fintech Fest 2025, said the central bank has conceptualized a Unified Market Interface…
India’s aam aadmi is urbanising, but can the city systems keep up
India’s cities are expanding fast. The built-up areas across the eight largest urban centres –- Delhi NCR, Mumbai MMR, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Chennai, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, and…
September CPI to be at 1.2%, first 6 days of Oct also shows a deflationary trend: BoB Report
Headline inflation is expected to ease further with the Consumer Price Index (CPI) projected at around 1.2 per cent for September 2025, aided by a…
Labour ministry to come up with a National Employment Policy
The ministry of labour and employment will come up with a National Labour and Employment Policy of India, to be called Shram Shakti Niti 2025,…
India-UK relations enter new era as PM Keir Starmer lands in Mumbai for ‘Biggest Trade Mission Ever’ – The Economic Times Video
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer arrived in Mumbai for his first visit to India, marking a new phase in the India-UK partnership. Received by Governor…
Govt proposes new law to provide social security, pension benefits to coal workers
The coal ministry is proposing to come out with a new legislation to ensure social security and pensionary benefits to coal workers. The new law,…
Keir Starmer says UK wants India trade deal implemented ‘as soon as humanly possible’
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Wednesday said he wants UK’s Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with India to be implemented as soon as “humanly possible”…