New Delhi, Aug. 4 -- India has achieved near-universal banking coverage, with 99.92 percent of inhabited villages having access to a banking outlet within a 5-km radius, the Ministry of Finance said i... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 4 -- The Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Bill, 2026, which seeks to increase the sanctioned strength of the Supreme Court from 34 to 38 judges, including the Chief Justice o... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 4 -- The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) will convene a stakeholder consultation meeting on August 7, 2026, to deliberate on several regulatory and compliance-rela... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 4 -- India's edible oil imports rose 34 percent month-on-month to a 10-month high of 1.49 million tonnes in July, as refiners increased purchases of palm oil and soyoil to replenish in... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 4 -- The Rs 40,000-crore corrugated packaging industry, dominated by MSMEs, has raised concerns over the GST structure effective from September 2025, under which the tax on kraft paper... Read More
Lucknow, Aug. 4 -- The Noida Entrepreneurs Association (NEA) has requested the Noida Authority to extend the deadline for making industrial plots operational by two to three years, citing construction... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 4 -- The Rajya Sabha has passed the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development (Amendment) Bill, 2026, aimed at addressing delayed payments to MSMEs, streamlining dispute resoluti... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 3 -- India and Rwanda held the first session of the Joint Trade Committee (JTC) in New Delhi on July 30-31, 2026, to review bilateral trade and investment and discuss cooperation in ar... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 3 -- The Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) has significantly increased its direct lending to micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) over the past five years, the ... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 3 -- India's wholesale price index (WPI)-based inflation rose to 9.87 per cent in June from 9.68 per cent in May, driven largely by higher prices of globally sensitive commodities, the... Read More