Finance

The policy seeks to reduce import dependence through domestic mining, washery expansion, asset acquisition, long-term supply arrangements, and AI-based optimisation of coal blends.

Under the new framework, settlement terms will comprise the settlement amount, disgorgement of wrongful gains, wherever applicable, and remedial and regulatory terms(RRT).

The reforms include faster refunds, lower penalties, faceless tax assessment and easier GST registration for small e-commerce sellers.

Financial expert Nikhil Gopalakrishnan, CEO of Pentad Securities, explains how the changed repo rates affect the common people of this country.

Under the framework, the Credit Risk-o-Meter will be mandatory in offer documents, abridged prospectuses, private placement memorandums, advertisements and OBPPSs

Goyal emphasised that India’s resilient macroeconomic fundamentals and deepening capital markets offer remarkable opportunities for global investors.

The special additional excise duty (SAED), along with the road and infrastructure cess on diesel exports, will now be Rs 16 per litre, down from Rs 20 per litre.

Bengaluru and Hyderabad remained the preferred markets for technology companies, together accounting for more than 55 per cent of conventional office demand from the sector.

The fee applies to payments made to merchants, with person-to-person transactions remaining outside its ambit.

According to the report, recent changes in the domestic and global economic environment have increased the likelihood of the RBI raising interest rates at its October MPC meeting.

BRICS finance officials back local-currency settlements and payment links, but the bloc makes no formal push for a common currency or replacing the dollar.

The Bank of France completed the transfer of the final 129 tons of gold between July 2025 and January 2026.

Traders said the decline was largely due to profit-taking after recent gains, while investors remained cautious ahead of the US Nonfarm Payrolls report.