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Budget 2026-27: Drastic cuts in allocation for LPG connections to the poor, PM Internship Scheme

India, Feb. 1 -- The budget for a scheme aimed at providing clean fuel to poor families has been cut. The Union Budget 2026-2027 presented in Parliament by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in... Read More


Union Budget 2026 needs to prioritise the energy transition in rural India

India, Jan. 31 -- The annual Union Budget presents a critical opportunity to realign India's energy transition by redirecting existing energy subsidies toward a coherent clean energy roadmap. Previous... Read More


Union Budget 2026: What the Economic Survey signals for India's children

India, Jan. 31 -- Just before the Union Budget for FY 2026-27 is tabled in Parliament on February 1, the Economic Survey 2025-26 offers a timely assessment of India's progress in education and health.... Read More


The next decade in India will be shaped not only by its goals but also by how well the systems that make those goals happen work

India, Jan. 31 -- In politics, change rarely occurs abruptly. It arrives via a series of seemingly unrelated decisions-an agreement struck overseas, a session halted at home, and a parade intended to ... Read More


Threat of global warming looms large on next winter Olympics despite being at a high-altitude Alpine city: Study

India, Jan. 31 -- Climate experts have expressed serious concern about the future of winter games even as less than a week remains for the next Winter Olympics which start on February 6, 2026. The ga... Read More


Is illegal electric fencing by farmers posing a new threat to big cats in Bihar's lone tiger reserve?

India, Jan. 31 -- On the chilly morning of January 27, 2026, a two-and-a-half-year-old male tiger was killed after coming in contact with illegal electric fencing installed by farmers near the Valmiki... Read More


New CPI series cuts food weight, after base year revision

India, Jan. 30 -- The weight of food and beverages will reduce from the current 45.86 per cent to 36.75 per cent in calculating consumer price index (CPI), which is used to measure inflation, accordin... Read More


Centre considers recognising village commons as a distinct land-use category

India, Jan. 30 -- The Union government is considering creating 'village commons' as a distinct land-use category, recognising its crucial role in rural India's economy and supporting millions of livel... Read More


Economic Survey 2026 flags surge in ultra-processed food consumption, recommends higher GST

India, Jan. 30 -- Economic Survey 2026 calls for ultra-processed foods to be moved to the highest GST slab Report proposes additional surcharges on products high in sugar, salt and fat Survey backs ... Read More


Economic Survey 2026: Employment steady, women's participation could rise to 55% by 2050

India, Jan. 30 -- Economic Survey finds unemployment fell and employment remained steady in the first half of 2025-26 More than 56 crore people were employed between July and September 2025, with job... Read More