
Centre, aviation regulator keeping close eye on SpiceJet
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Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal urged BRICS to create a common trade platform and operationalise a Women’s Advancement Fund to help small and women‑led exporters access credit, buyers and predictable rules. He highlighted India’s progress in women’s financial inclusion and called for sector‑specific delegations, electronic documentation and expanded services trade within the bloc.
Brent crude breached the $100 per barrel mark as fighting intensified in West Asia, prompting worries about a surge in India’s oil import costs. The price spike threatens to add to inflationary pressures and fiscal strain on the Indian economy.
Samsung India announced a downsizing of its electronics division as soaring chip prices and rising AI-driven demand for specialized chips increase memory costs. The higher expenses are forcing companies to divert funds to AI infrastructure, tightening payroll budgets and potentially leading to job cuts.
SBI Ecowrap's report dismissed claims of missing funds in national accounts as unfounded fiction. It emphasized the reliability of Q1 FY27's GDP growth estimates, suggesting that revisions remain a normal statistical practice.
The recognition follows sustained technical engagement between the two governments and could help prevent eligible goods from facing carbon charges twice
Government is looking to pool factories' demand for energy, using bulk purchases of green power to secure better prices for them. The move could make cleaner electricity a more secure alternative to gas, while helping manufacturers cut both energy costs and emissions.
India produced an estimated 11.99 million tonne of spices in FY25, with exports valued at $4.52 billion, according to the Spices Board
The Council also cleared the routine overhaul and repair of 40 Su-30MKI fighter aircraft
The preparatory meetings of government officers will now be held on 5 October from 3pm and on 6 October from 11am onwards, ahead of the GST Council meeting on 7 October.
Women account for less than 10% of employees in India’s central public sector enterprises, with representation particularly weak in supervisory roles. Experts blame structural barriers, male-dominated sectors, childcare responsibilities, workplace conditions and recruitment practices, calling for reforms to hiring, promotion and retention.
India's updated gross domestic product methodology addresses past statistical issues, but downward nominal revisions and the sudden inclusion of the Producer Price Index raise credibility concerns.
AI may not be causing mass unemployment yet, but it could be removing the entry-level jobs through which young workers traditionally build expertise. With India rapidly adopting workplace AI, the authors argue apprenticeships must be redesigned and embedded into higher education to create a new career ladder.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi made the appeal on September 1 in a video posted on Instagram from the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Bishkek, linking domestic spending choices with India's goal of becoming a developed economy by 2047.
India's Global Capability Centres sector is rapidly expanding and generating significant revenue. However, a substantial gap exists between engineering graduates and job-ready talent. Companies are investing heavily in upskilling and reskilling existing employees to meet demand. Apprenticeship programs and exploring tier-two cities are also key strategies. Closer industry-academia collaboration is vital for future talent pipeline development.
Services activity accelerated in August, but weak new-business growth and intense competition kept the sector’s expansion near its weakest level in more than four years, even as hiring hit a 15-month high.
In July 2019, Garg took voluntary retirement from service, a day after he was moved to the Power Ministry in a broader reshuffle just three weeks after the presentation of the Union Budget. Garg's scheduled retirement was in October 2020.
A section of the stakeholders is worried, with global prices surging to a 3-year high on Black Sea disruption, lower output this year
Record production, comfortable stocks, competitive prices and the gradual reopening of exports give India a strong base to become a reliable global wheat supplier, the paper says
Wants a minimum gauranteed price of Rs ₹25,000 a tonne for oil palm