Govt may reduce number of customs duty slabs in Budget 2026
NEW DELHI : The Centre is reportedly considering reducing the number of customs duty slabs to five or six as part of efforts to streamline the customs framework. This follows major rationalisation in the
UP plans export-led excise push, sets ₹68,000 crore revenue target for next fiscal
LUCKNOW : Uttar Pradesh is preparing to scale up its excise economy with an export-oriented policy framework and a sharply higher revenue target of Rs 68,000 crore for the next financial year, as the
Global economy resilient, but trade tensions, fiscal strains cloud outlook: United Nations report
NEW YORK: Global economic output is forecast to grow by 2.7 per cent in 2026, slightly below the 2.8 per cent estimated for 2025 and well below the pre-pandemic average of 3.2 per cent,
East and South Asia stay resilient despite global uncertainty; India to grow 6.6% in 2026: UN report
NEW DELHI: Economic prospects in East and South Asian countries are expected to remain solid despite elevated policy uncertainty, rising trade barriers, and lingering debt vulnerabilities, according to the World Economic Situation and Prospects
APEDA organises BHARATI Startup Challenge at Indusfood 2026, top startups to participate in Gulfood in Dubai and BIOFACH in Germany
NEW DELHI : The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA), under the Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India, participated in IndusFood 2026, during which it organised the BHARATI Startup
India becomes world’s largest rice producer : Shivraj Singh Chouhan
NEW DELHI : India has become the world’s largest producer of rice, surpassing China. This was stated by Union Agriculture Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan in New Delhi recently. He said India’s rice production
India’s economy to grow by 7.4% in FY26, driven largely by service sector: NSO Data
NEW DELHI: The Real GDP has been estimated to grow by 7.4% in the Financial year 2025-26 against the growth rate of 6.5% during FY 2024-25, as per the first advance estimates released by
China, EU are top buyers of Russian fossil fuel; India’s share at 16.26%
NEW DELHI : Russia’s cumulative earnings from exporting fossil fuels since the war in Ukraine (February 24, 2022) surpassed $1 trillion at the beginning of the 2026 calendar year. China and the European Union