Category: Economy

The India–New Zealand Free Trade Agreement (FTA) came into force on 20 October 2026, turning a signed trade deal into live rules at the border. From that day, New Zealand removed import duty on Indian goods across all of…

What happened Jio Platforms, the digital and telecom arm of Reliance Industries, closed its Rs 30,213 crore initial public offering (IPO) on Friday, 23 October 2026, after three days of bidding that turned into the bigge…

Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) have withdrawn Rs 48,056 crore from Indian equities so far in October 2026, extending a selling streak that has made this one of the heaviest years of foreign outflows on record. The fi…

Goods and Services Tax, known as GST, is a comprehensive indirect tax levied on the supply of goods and services in India. Before GST, the country had many different taxes levied by the centre and the states, such as exc…

The repo rate is the interest rate at which the Reserve Bank of India lends money to commercial banks for the short term. When banks suddenly need cash, they borrow from the Reserve Bank by pledging government securities…