ECONOMY & NATION


Moneylife Digital Team 29 January 2026
India’s industrial ambitions are being undercut by 'upstream protectionism' that acts as a hidden tax on domestic manufacturing, the Economic Survey 2025-26 warned on Thursday. In a blunt critique of current trade dynamics, the Survey argues that while the concept of Swadeshi remains a...

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Moneylife Digital Team 29 January 2026
India’s Economic Survey has cautioned against over-reliance on services exports as a growth engine, arguing that while sectors such as IT and business services have expanded rapidly, they cannot substitute for manufacturing in delivering durable currency stability, broad-based employment or...

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Moneylife Digital Team 29 January 2026
India’s Economic Survey has cautioned against over-reliance on services exports as a growth engine, arguing that while sectors such as IT and business services have expanded rapidly, they cannot substitute for manufacturing in delivering durable currency stability, broad-based employment or...

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Moneylife Digital Team 29 January 2026
India’s economy is projected to grow at 7.4% in FY25-26, driven by robust domestic consumption and sustained investment activity, reaffirming the country’s position as the world’s fastest-growing major economy for the fourth consecutive year, according to the Economic Survey 2025–26 tabled in...

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Moneylife Digital Team 29 January 2026
India’s Economic Survey, released on Thursday, has reiterated that durable economic growth is driven primarily by capital expenditure rather than short-term consumption stimulus, arguing that public investment in infrastructure and productive assets has played a central role in lifting the...

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Moneylife Digital Team 29 January 2026
India’s Economic Survey, released on Thursday, has reiterated that durable economic growth is driven primarily by capital expenditure rather than short-term consumption stimulus, arguing that public investment in infrastructure and productive assets has played a central role in lifting the...

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Moneylife Digital Team 29 January 2026
India’s latest Economic Survey has flagged deteriorating state government finances as a rising threat to fiscal stability, infrastructure creation and long-term economic growth, warning that populist spending choices at the state level are beginning to crowd out productive investment.   The...

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SN Thyagarajan (Bar  and   Bench) 29 January 2026
National Company Law Tribunals (NCLTs) around the country will take nearly 10 years to clear the pendency of around 30,600 cases at existing disposal rates, the Economic Survey of India 2025–26 has warned.   The survey flagged serious capacity constraints that threaten to undermine the...

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Debayan Roy (Bar  and   Bench) 29 January 2026
The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered that the University Grants Commission (UGC)'s recently notified rules to prevent caste discrimination in educational institutions be kept in abeyance.   University Grants Commission (Promotion of Equity in Higher Education Institutions) Regulations, 2026...

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Moneylife Digital Team 29 January 2026
Tata Steel Ltd has proposed the acquisition of a 50.01% equity stake in Thriveni Pellets Private Ltd (TPPL), marking a strategic move to strengthen its presence in the iron ore pellet segment and deepen vertical integration across its steel value chain.   The proposed transaction involves...

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Bhavini Srivastava ( Bar  and   Bench) 29 January 2026
The Delhi High Court on Thursday dismissed a defamation case filed by IRS officer Sameer Wankhede against Aryan Khan-directorial Netflix show Ba***ds of Bollywood' [Sameer Dnyandev Wankhede Vs. Red Chillies Entertainments Pvt. Ltd. & Ors].   Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav ruled that the...

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Moneylife Digital Team 29 January 2026
Chief justice of India (CJI) justice Surya Kant unveiled a series of key administrative and technological initiatives aimed at digitising court processes, strengthening security and improving operational efficiency across the Supreme Court and High Courts.   Announcing the developments,...

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Moneylife Digital Team 29 January 2026
The directorate of enforcement (ED) has provisionally attached assets worth ₹1,885 crore belonging to the Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani (ADA) group in connection with multiple bank fraud cases, including those involving Reliance Home Finance Ltd (RHFL), Reliance Commercial Finance Ltd (RCFL),...

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Moneylife Digital Team 28 January 2026
Maharashtra deputy chief minister (DCM) Ajit Pawar and four other people aboard, including pilots, have died after the aircraft carrying them crashed near Baramati airport in Pune district on the morning of 28 January 2026. Besides Mr Pawar, there were four people on board, including his...

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Moneylife Digital Team 28 January 2026
In a major regulatory reform aimed at accelerating pharmaceuticals research and easing compliance, the Union ministry of health and family welfare (MoHFW) has notified key amendments to the New Drugs and Clinical Trials (NDCT) Rules, 2019, a move expected to reduce drug development timelines by...

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Moneylife Digital Team 28 January 2026
The directorate of enforcement (ED) has provisionally attached 37 immovable properties valued at ₹1,986.48 crore in connection with its ongoing investigation into the PACL Ltd money laundering case, one of the country’s largest collective investment frauds.   In a release, ED says the...

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Moneylife Digital Team 28 January 2026
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) have signed a fresh memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cooperation and exchange of information relating to central counterparties (CCPs), bringing an end to a prolonged regulatory standoff that had disrupted...

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Moneylife Digital Team 27 January 2026
India and the European Union (EU) on Tuesday concluded a long-awaited free trade agreement (FTA), a landmark pact billed by leaders on both sides as the 'mother of all deals', marking a decisive shift in one of India’s most strategic economic partnerships. The agreement was announced at the...

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Moneylife Digital Team 27 January 2026
India and the European Union (EU) on Tuesday concluded a long-awaited free trade agreement (FTA), a landmark pact billed by leaders on both sides as the 'mother of all deals', marking a decisive shift in one of India’s most strategic economic partnerships. The agreement was announced at the...

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Moneylife Digital Team 27 January 2026
Shares of Adani group companies rebounded sharply in Tuesday’s trade, rising as much as 6%, after Adani Enterprises Ltd clarified that it is not involved in the legal proceedings cited in recent media reports linked to US regulators. The clarification seems to have eased investor concerns...

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