India’s Q2 FY26 GDP Grows 8.2%: A Six-Quarter High
Why in News? On 28 November 2025, the National Statistics Office (NSO) under the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) released the quarterly GDP estimates…
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Indian Economy · 2025
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RBI Trend and Progress of Banking 2025: GNPA, Credit Growth and Banking Stability
On 29 December 2025, the Reserve Bank of India released its yearly health certificate for the country’s banks — the Report on Trend and Progress of…
Shipbuilding Financial Assistance Scheme: Maritime Manufacturing and Atmanirbhar Bharat
On 28 December 2025, the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways quietly released the operational guidelines for the country’s biggest-ever bet on building its own ships.…
Bio-RIDE Scheme and India’s Bioeconomy Push
Why in News? Through late 2025 the Bio-RIDE (Biotechnology Research Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development) scheme anchored India’s bioeconomy strategy as the operational vehicle for the BioE3…
ISRO LVM3-M6 BlueBird Block-2 Launch: Commercial Space and Heavy-Lift Capacity
On the morning of 24 December 2025, India’s biggest rocket did something it had never done before. At 8:55 IST, the LVM3-M6 lifted off from the…
Reforming the fertiliser subsidy demands political courage, offers high rewards
Why in News: Government of India has not taken any major reform on Agricultural sector UPSC Relevance: GS-III (Agriculture, Economy, Environment), GS Paper II (Government Policies…
Sabka Bima Sabki Raksha Act: 100% FDI in Insurance
Why in News? On December 17, 2025, Parliament passed the Sabka Bima Sabki Raksha (Amendment of Insurance Laws) Bill, 2025, having cleared the Lok Sabha on…
Export Promotion Mission: Market Access Support for MSMEs
Why in News? In late December 2025 the Government of India launched the Market Access Support (MAS) intervention, the operating arm of the umbrella Export Promotion…
Public Sector Bank Reforms
Context: India undertook major PSB consolidation in 2019–20, reducing banks from 27 to 12. After a 6-year pause, the government is considering the next phase of…
GST 2.0: Two-Slab Structure and December 2025 Collections
Why in News? Gross Goods and Services Tax (GST) revenue collected during December 2025 rose to about Rs 1.75 lakh crore, up roughly 6.1% year-on-year. The…
RBI MPC December 2025: Repo Rate Cut to 5.25%
Why in News? At its meeting held over December 3-5, 2025, the Reserve Bank of India‘s six-member Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), chaired by Governor Sanjay Malhotra,…
IBC Significance and Haircut
Context: A Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance has expressed serious concerns about high “haircuts” and weak asset valuation practices under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC).…