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- India Must Build Resilient, Globally Integrated Healthcare Supply Chains: Commerce and Industry Minister at Bharat Health Global Expo 2026Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal urged India to build resilient, globally integrated healthcare supply chains with stronger R&D, medical value travel, and pharma infrastructure.Read analysis →
- Raksha Mantri reviews annual performance of 16 DPSUs; highlights defence production and urges Aatmanirbhar focusRaksha Mantri Rajnath Singh reviewed the annual performance of 16 Defence Public Sector Undertakings (DPSUs) on 1 September 2026 and emphasised indigenous production, defence exports, R&D outcomes, and global-quality manufacturing.Read analysis →
- Key Policy Measures Announced in 2026 Supporting Manufacturing, Energy Security, Trade/Investment, and AgriculturePIB backgrounder lists 2026 policy measures and schemes affecting manufacturing, energy security, trade/investment, and agriculture, with multiple allocations and targets announced/approved during the year.Read analysis →
- Conference of States/UT Food Secretaries reviews procurement, public distribution and storage of foodgrainsA meeting chaired by DFPD Secretary Sanjeev Chopra reviewed Kharif 2026-27 procurement targets, storage capacity build-up, and technology-linked PDS reforms (GPS tracking, Anna Chakra integration, e-KYC, and Digital Rupee DBT pilots).Read analysis →
- Restructured Weather-Based Crop Insurance Scheme (RWBCIS): design, payout triggers and coverage for fruits/vegetables/plantation cropsGovernment explains RWBCIS design: weather-index (proxy) payouts for fruit, vegetables and plantation crops, with PMFBY-like premium rates and optional add-on coverage in notified areas.Read analysis →
- PMFBY technology tools for yield and weather estimation: YES-TECH, WINDS, CROPIC and link to weather-based insurance productsPIB highlights PMFBY-linked tools—YES-TECH, WINDS, and CROPIC—to use remote sensing and hyperlocal weather data for yield estimates and weather-based crop insurance delivery.Read analysis →
- PMFBY digital and governance framework: NCIP, DigiClaim, land-record integration, CCE Agri app, CROPIC and grievance redressalPMFBY’s National Crop Insurance Portal, land-record integration, DigiClaim, CCE-Agri App, and grievance helpline KRPH were highlighted under a digital governance framework.Read analysis →
- PMFBY risk coverage details: yield losses, prevented sowing, localized calamities and exclusionsPIB backgrounder outlines PMFBY coverage for yield losses, prevented sowing, post-harvest losses and localized calamities, along with key exclusions.Read analysis →
- PMFBY: inclusive coverage for tenant farmers and sharecroppers; eligibility and who is covered (loanee vs non-loanee)PMFBY crop insurance coverage under prescribed eligibility conditions now clearly includes tenant farmers and sharecroppers, covering both loanee and non-loanee farmers.Read analysis →
- Per Drop More Crop (PDMC): Micro-irrigation to improve water use efficiency and farm incomesGovernment promotes Per Drop More Crop (PDMC) micro-irrigation under PM-RKVY to expand water-efficient irrigation and support farm incomes.Read analysis →
- High-Powered Task Force invites suggestions for reforms in public examinationsGovernment of India has constituted a High-Powered Task Force chaired by Shri Nandan Nilekani to seek reforms for public examinations, with public consultation ending on 13 September 2026.Read analysis →
- Defence Export SOP and Open General Export Licence (OGEL) framework simplified to reduce procedural burden and expand global market accessMinistry of Defence reforms aim to simplify Defence Export Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) and the Open General Export Licence (OGEL) framework, cutting procedural steps and expanding global access.Read analysis →
- Sugar industry’s role in advancing ethanol blending (and impact on sugar availability)Government-linked briefing says diversion of sugar for ethanol has fallen while sugar availability for domestic consumption has not been threatened, even as ethanol output is increasingly grain-based.Read analysis →
- India’s Sugar Industry: production, farmers, exports and FRPPIB backgrounder fixes Fair and Remunerative Price (FRP) for sugarcane for sugar season 2026-27 at ₹365 per quintal and cites 500 MMT sugarcane production in 2025-26.Read analysis →
- India rejects rights abuses allegations of UN committeeIndia rejected CERD allegations of racial discrimination and human-rights violations, including concerns about “hate crimes,” and said it will respond through treaty procedures.Read analysis →
- Jharkhand finance minister to move Supreme Court against amended MMDR ActJharkhand’s finance minister said the Jharkhand government will approach the Supreme Court against amendments to the MMDR Act.Read analysis →
- How can States use disaster funds for heatwaves?Parliament-linked changes expanded heatwaves to full eligibility under State Disaster Risk Management Fund support, removing the earlier 10% SDRF ceiling.Read analysis →
- Restoring lakes by going beyond quick fixesAn opinion article argues that urban lake restoration needs catchment-linked, enforceable governance rather than beautification-first quick fixes.Read analysis →
- Making India’s food system climate-proof cannot waitA UN World Food Programme (WFP) India country director and a food-systems climate-resilience expert argue that India should embed climate risk management into NFSA 2013 and PDS.Read analysis →
- The high cost of India’s private health-care boomA Parliamentary Standing Committee (176th report, tabled Aug 7, 2026) and physician Chandrakant Lahariya highlight private–government hospitalisation cost gaps and out-of-pocket childbirth burdens in private hospitals, and propose package-based payment, billing transparency, and targeted regulation.Read analysis →
- Chennai needs more runways, not just new terminalsThe TVK-led government cancelled the ₹27,400-crore Parandur greenfield airport plan near Chennai, while keeping Terminal 5 expansion at the existing airport.Read analysis →
- Kerala HC issues norms for detention before formal arrestKerala High Court set procedural safeguards for pre-arrest detention and clarified that the 24-hour rule for producing an arrestee before a Magistrate starts after formal arrest.Read analysis →
- ITA calls for targeted invention to safeguard ‘troubled’ Darjeeling and Dooars tea industryIndian Tea Association released White Papers seeking targeted revival measures for Darjeeling and Dooars–Terai tea.Read analysis →
- India improvising on the fly as Strait of Hormuz waters remain stillIndia is adjusting energy sourcing and LPG delivery planning as the Strait of Hormuz remains effectively constrained after the war began.Read analysis →