This follows a price hike in January, when commercial LPG cylinder rates were increased, adding to the cost burden for hotels, restaurants and other commercial users. File image. | Photo Credit: PTI Oil marketing companies increased the price of 19 kg commercial LPG cylinders by ₹49, with the new rates coming into effect from Sunday…
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is expected to unveil measures to sustain growth momentum, maintain fiscal discipline, and contain reforms that could buffer the economy from global trade frictions, including U.S. tariffs. Ms. Sitharaman’s sweeping income tax and GST cuts, together with spending on infrastructure and the RBI’s interest rate reductions, have so far helped the…
Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal | Photo Credit: PTI Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Saturday (January 31, 29026) expressed confidence that the 2026-27 Budget, to be presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on February 1, would be a good one. He said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Finance Minister…
The story so far: Negotiations on the India-European Union Free Trade Agreement (FTA) — dubbed the ‘mother of all deals’ by leaders on both sides — officially concluded on January 27, closing about two decades worth of intermittent talks. The deal, which has benefits for both, simultaneously avoids intractable sensitive issues while securing advantageous concessions…
Congress president and Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge. File. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday accused the Narendra Modi-led government of systematically weakening the Right to Information (RTI) Act, a day after the Economic Survey called for a “re-examination” of the nearly two-decade-old transparency law….
The Senate voted on Friday (January 30, 2026) to fund most of the government through the end of September while carving out a temporary extension for Homeland Security funding, giving Congress two weeks to debate new restrictions on federal immigration raids across the country. With a weekend shutdown looming, President Donald Trump struck a spending…
Chief Economic Adviser V. Anantha Nageswaran during a press conference at the National Media Centre in New Delhi on January 29, 2026 after the tabling of the Economic Survey 2025-26 in Parliament. | Photo Credit: ANI Quality is established in the marketplace through competition, not through quality control orders, Chief Economic Adviser (CEA) V. Anantha…
The global move away from the U.S. dollar is gathering pace as broader geopolitical uncertainty raise concerns over the stability and predictability of the dollar-centric financial system. In response, central banks, particularly in emerging markets, are boosting their gold reserves, pushing bullion prices to volatile highs. Although the dollar remains the world’s dominant reserve currency,…
Slower growth in key trading partners, tariff-induced disruptions and volatility in capital flows could intermittently weigh on exports and investor sentiment, the survey said. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Ongoing negotiations for a trade agreement with the U.S. are expected to conclude during the year, a development that could help reduce uncertainty on the external…
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman tables the Economic Survey 2025-26 in the Lok Sabha on January 29, 2026. | Photo Credit: Screen grab via X/@sansad_tv Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday (January 29, 2026) tabled the Economic Survey 2025-26 first in the Lok Sabha, an annual report card of the country’s economic performance in the…
