Why in News? In September, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman was anguished that industry was holding back from investing in manufacturing…

1. What is Design Linked Incentive (DLI) Scheme? Why in News? India has invited applications from 100 domestic companies, startups…

Why in News? Companies that suffered business interruption losses due to the Covid-19 outbreak and lockdown are likely to bat…

Why in News? According to a recent IHS Markit India monthly survey, Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) fell to 27.4…

Why in News? The task force headed by Atanu Chakraborty on National Infrastructure Pipeline (NIP) submitted its final report to…

Why in News? The National Real Estate Development Council (NAREDCO) and the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India…

Why in News? The IHS Markit India Services Business Activity Index (i.e Service Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI)) has registered a…

1.AarogyaSetu App Why in News? Recently, The Government of India launched a mobile app developed in public-private partnership to bring…

Why in News? In the Union Budget, it has been announced that certain specified categories of government securities would be…

1.PM-CARES Fund Why in the News? The government has set up the Prime Minister’s Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency…

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1. Payroll Reporting in India: An Employment Perspective Why in the News? National Statistical Office (NSO), Ministry of Statistics and…

Why in News? As per the Key World Energy Statistics 2019 published by the International Energy Agency, India has been…

Why in News? The Reserve Bank of India has recently released guidelines for regulating activities of Payment Aggregators and Payment…

1.Bhoomi Rashi Portal Why in News? Bhoomi Rashi Portal is in news recently regarding the land acquisition process of Central…

1.ARI-516-Hybrid Variety of Grapes Why in News? Scientists from Agharkar Research Institute (ARI), an autonomous institute of the Department of…

Context: In the backdrop of the recent visit of the US President to India, the joint statement highlighted the setting…

1. North East Sustainable Development Goals Conclave 2020 Why in News? NITI Aayog is organising “Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Conclave…

Why in News? Bharat Bond ETF has made its maiden debut in the secondary market as the first corporate Bond…

Context: The RBI has recently released the Guidelines for “on tap Licensing” of Small Finance Banks in the Private Sector.…

1. Asian Dendrochronology Conference Why in News? The 6th Asian Dendrochronology Conference being held at the Birbal Sahni Institute of…

Why in News? The central government now plans to raise the cover of deposit insurance after the failure of the…

Why in News? The Supreme Court has recently given its judgement in the Essar Insolvency case that has paved the…

Why in News? According to official data released recently, Industrial activity in September contracted sharply by 4.3%, a historical low,…

1.Gaofen-7 Why in News? China has launched a new Earth observation satellite- Gaofen-7. About: China launched a new high-resolution remote…

1.Aye-aye: World’s Weirdest Little Primate Why in News? North Carolina State University has revealed a new secret about a strange…

Why in News? The Credit Suisse Group, a Switzerland-based multinational investment bank, has released the 10th edition of its annual…

Why in News? The Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) and the Goa State Government have joined hands with an…

Why in News? Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying releases 20th Livestock Census; Total Livestock population increases 4.6% over Census-2012,…

Why in News? The Services Export Promotion Council (SEPC), set up by the Ministry of Commerce & Industry, has brought…

Context: International Monetary Fund (IMF) has released its report “World Economic Outlook” (WEO)- 2019 recently. About the Report: The World…

Why in News? Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has decided to review the scrapping of interconnect usage charge from…

Why in News? The new Economics Nobel laureates - Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer - are considered to…

Why in News? The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2019 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic…

Why in News? The annual Global Competitiveness Index (GCI) compiled by Geneva-based World Economic Forum (WEF) is released. India slipped…

Why in News? The Union Cabinet decided to increase the Dearness Allowance (or DA) that it pays its current employees…

Why in News? Putting in place a speedier approval mechanism, Competition Commission has introduced a green channel route for clearing…

Why in News? In a significant judgment, the Supreme Court has held that supply of food, drinks and beverages by…

Why in News? The Ministry of Textiles, Government of India, is participating in the World Cotton Day event being observed…

Why in News? The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India has constituted a working group that will revisit the…

Why in News? The Further Fund Offer 2 (FFO 2) of Bharat 22 Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF), which is part of…

Why in News? Ministry of Power launched PRAKASH (Power Rail Koyla Availability through Supply Harmony) About PRAKASH (Power Rail Koyla…

Why in News? The Government of India, in consultation with the Reserve Bank of India, has decided to issue Sovereign…

Why in News? Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Climate Action Summit in New York announced India’s ambitious aim to…

Why in News? States’ gross fiscal deficit (GFD) has remained within the Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act (FRBM) threshold…

Why in News? Union ministry of commerce and industry amended export policy of onion from free to prohibited, which amounts…

Why in News? The eight core sectors that form the bellwether for the Indian economy slumped in August to their…

Why in News? Central government has notified changes in Apprenticeship Rules (1992) with an aim to increase skilled manpower in…

Why in News? A Pilot Project for ushering in ‘Industry 4.0’ in the country, is launched for implementation at the…

Why in News? Labour’s share to national incomes has been declining in both developing and developed countries for around four…

Background: A persistent slowdown has dragged economic growth in India down to 5% in the fiscal first quarter, weakest in…

Why in news? Union Minister Shri Nitin Gadkari inaugurated the 16th Global SME Business Summit 2019 in New Delhi on…

Why in News? The National Conclave on Energy Efficiency in MSME sector was inaugurated by Union Ministers in Hyderabad. Highlights:…

Why in News? The 37th GST Council met on 20th September 2019 in Goa under the chairmanship of Union Finance…

1.Bio-Fencing Why in News? Uttarakhand government has decided to carry out bio-fencing to check man-animal conflict. According to officials leopards…

Why in News? To enhance the loan availability of exporters, and the MSME sector the Export Guarantee Corporation of India…

Why in News? Last week the Houthis, a rebel Shia group of Yemen that is backed by Iran, bombed the…

Why in News? The Ministry of Commerce and Industry has proposed to reduce the fees for various IPRs (Intellectual Property…

Why in News? In continuation of Finance Minister announcements to revive the export sector, Commerce Minister has launched the common…

Why in News? Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has announced a fresh set of measures worth around 70,000 crore rupees to…

Why in News? The government has imposed a minimum onion export price of 850 US dollars per tonne to curb…

1.Pokkali Amman Thiruvizha Why in News? It is a festival which is celebrated once in a decade during September on…

Why in News? Kashmir’s famed apple is battling to get exported outside the State this year as militants are campaigning…

Context: NAFED has been tasked with purchasing all the apples that growers bring to sell at mandis in the Kashmir…

Why in News? The Prime Minister dedicated to the nation India’s second riverine Multi-Modal terminal built at Sahibganj in Jharkhand…

Why in News? An international conference ANGAN (Augmenting Nature by Green Affordable New-habitat) focussed on Energy Efficiency in Building Sector…

Why in News? To achieve the GDP of $5 trillion by 2024-25, India needs to spend about $1.4 trillion (Rs.…

Why in News? Union Minister of Food Processing Industries today inaugurated the first Mega Food Park in Telangana promoted by…

Why in News? The RBI has made it mandatory for all banks to link floating rate loans — to retail…

Why in News? The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has entered into 26 Advance Pricing Agreements (APAs) in the…

Why in News? The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has given its approval for fixing higher ethanol price derived from…

Why in News? Banking details of Indians with accounts in Switzerland will be available to tax authorities as the automatic…

Why in News? The Steering Committee on Fintech related issues constituted by the Ministry of Finance, Department of Economic Affairs,…

Why in News? From September 1, India will start receiving information on all financial accounts held by Indian residents in…

Background: Shifting gears in the transition to electric vehicles (EVs), the NITI Aayog, in May this year, proposed to ban…

Why in News? The Centre’s recently announced 100% foreign direct investment (FDI) in the coal sector. Highlights: India is one…

Context: The Centre has announced a mega amalgamation plan, aimed at improving their financial health and enhancing their lending capacity…

Why in News? The Union Cabinet has approved the proposal for Review of Foreign Direct Investment on various sectors. FDI:…

Why in News? The Union Ministry for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) has launched a project named ‘Tech Saksham’…

Context: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will transfer ₹1.76 trillion to the government this fiscal. Background: RBI Board accepted…

Why in News? The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has decided to transfer Rs 1.76 lakh crore to the Central…

Why in News? The government has proposed to set up a Development Financial Institution (DFI) to solve the infrastructure financing…

Why in News? In 2018, India failed to comply with multiple requirements prescribed in the Special Data Dissemination Standard (SDDS)…

Bavar-373 Context: Iran has officially unveiled Bavar-373 air defense system About: It is Iran’s new home-grown air defence system. It…

Context: SEBI has relaxed the FPI norms to check the outflows of FPIs from India. SEBI relaxes Foreign Portfolio Investors…

Why in News? A National Conference on Capacity Building of Sustainable Food Value Chains for Enhanced Food Safety and Quality…

Why in News? The Centre has removed Debenture Redemption Reserve (DRR) requirement for listed companies, NBFCs and housing finance companies…

M-SAND Context:Tamil Nadu State Government has proposed to come up with a M-Sand policy About M-Sand: Manufactured sand (M-Sand) is…

Context:National energy major NTPCis planning to set up an ultra-mega solar park in the Kutch region of Gujarat that will…

Background The Government of India is working out a plan to double farmers’ income by 2022. The government plans to…

Context: India's Livestock Export Potential Can't Be Realised Till We Eradicate Foot-and-Mouth Disease Stats- In India, livestock contributes over 4%…

Why in news? In pursuance of the announcement made in the Union Budget 2019-20 the Government has issued a scheme…

Why in News? Government has given ‘in-principle’ approval for strategic disinvestment of 23 Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) including subsidiaries,…

Why in News? The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has issued the final framework for regulatory sandbox in order to…

Why in News? Shri Injeti Srinivas, Secretary (Corporate Affairs) presented the Report of the Competition Law Review Committee Highlights: The…

MICO MUNDURUKU Context: A researcher has discovered a new species of marmoset, a type of primate in the Brazillian Amazon,…

PRAAPTI PORTAL Context: The Central Electricity Authority (CEA) is planning to maintain the database of all outstanding dues by distribution…

Why in News? Shri Injeti Srinivas, Secretary (Corporate Affairs), presented the Report of the High Level Committee on CSR to…

Context: Negative rate policy – once considered only for economies with chronically low inflation such as Europe and Japan –…

Context: Researchers at Morgan Stanley have alerted that if US and China continue to heap increasing tariff and non-tariff barriers…

Context: The Centre is planning to mandate uniform certification by pushing through a replacement to the Seeds Act, 1966. Background:…

Why in News? The Vice President of India, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu has called for introducing structural reforms in the…

Why in News? The Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER) study suggests the need to empower the…

Context: The PM-KMY was launched by Agriculture Minister which entitles eligible farmers for monthly pension of ₹3,000 per month on…

Context- The Indian economy is facing one of its most challenging times in years, and policymakers are responding to the…

Context: In a bid to augur economic activity amidst slowing consumption demand, the monetary policy committee of Reserve Bank of…

Context: The Trump administration formally labeled China a currency manipulator, further escalating its trade war with Beijing after the country’s…

Why in News? Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has published an Indian Standard for identification, marking and labelling of Pashmina…

Why in News? The Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance, as part of its strategic commitment to improve global trade,…

INSTITUTE OF EMINENCE Context: University Grants Commission (UGC) recommends 20 institutions for Institutes of Eminence The IITs Madras and Kharagpur,…

Context: New study finds firms that have adopted green bonds benefit from both positive financial and environmental outcomes. What Are…

It amends the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005 and replaces an Ordinance that was promulgated on March 2, 2019. The…