Month: October 2025
Cabinet approves Rs 11,000 cr six-year plan to boost pulses production, raises MSPs for Rabi crops
The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday, approved a six-year plan boost pulses production, for an amount worth Rs 11,000 crore….
DA hike for govt employees: Cabinet okays 3% Dearness Allowance rate increase ahead of Diwali
The Union Cabinet chaired by PM Modi on Wednesday approved proposal to increase the Dearness Allowance (DA) by 3% to 58% for central government employees…
GST collection for September rises 9.1% to Rs 1.89 lakh crore
India’s goods and services tax (GST) revenues rose 9.1% year-on-year to Rs 1.89 lakh crore in September, according to government data cited by Reuters. In…
India-EFTA trade pact explained: Tariff cuts, sectoral benefits, and investment commitments
India’s free trade agreement (FTA) with four-nation bloc, European Free Trade Association (EFTA) comes into effect from Wednesday. It is aimed at boosting two-way commerce…
UPI payments to be charged? RBI Governor clarifies
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Sanjay Malhotra on Wednesday clarified that no proposal has been placed before the central bank to impose charges on…
RBI ready with final guidelines on bank subsidiaries
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor Sanjay Malhotra on Wednesday announced that the central bank will issue the final circular on Forms of Business and…
Why the RBI kept repo rate unchanged today and what a neutral stance means
Will they? Won’t they? After three rate cuts earlier this year, all eyes were on the RBI’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) to see if it…
RBI holds repo rate steady at 5.5% amid economic challenges and adjusts GDP growth forecast
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Wednesday expectedly kept the policy repo rate unchanged at 5.5% due to tariff-induced challenges, saying policymakers needed time to…
RBI MPC: Malhotra & co flag US tariffs as key headwind for Indian exports and growth
In its bimonthly monetary policy report, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) noted that “uncertainties on tariffs were still evolving, and the impact of past…
From Goa’s shores to global glory: Paul John is now India’s most celebrated whisky
The palm-fringed beaches of Goa may seem an unlikely birthplace for world-class whisky, but nestled in India’s smallest state lies a distillery that has rewritten…