India Netherlands Joint Trade and Investment Committee established to boost bilateral trade and address investment barriers.
Establishment of the India Netherlands Joint Trade and Investment Committee (JTIC) by Memorandum of Understanding creates a formal, annually meeting mechanism co chaired by senior officials to review bilateral trade relations, identify and eliminate trade and investment barriers, promote facilitation measures, and foster cooperation including MSME engagement, private sector consultations, technical know how exchange, and technology transfer to enhance two way investment flows.

PM GatiShakti projects assessed to expand rail and road capacity with multimodal links to boost logistics efficiency.
The Network Planning Group evaluated eight transport projects against PM GatiShakti principles-applying integrated multimodal infrastructure standards, last-mile connectivity, and a whole-of-government approach-and recommended capacity augmentation (third/fourth lines, doubling, and highway widening) with multimodal linkages to highways, airports, industrial hubs, terminals and approach roads to improve freight and passenger throughput, punctuality, travel times, and regional economic connectivity.

IndiGo flight disruptions prompt formal investigation under the Competition Act into potential anticompetitive conduct.
The Competition Commission has initiated an investigation into information filed against IndiGo alleging that recent flight disruptions affected competition in the aviation market, and has decided to proceed under the provisions of the Competition Act following an initial assessment.

Insurance sector reforms allow up to 100% FDI and relax reinsurance capital and approval thresholds.
The Bill allows up to 100% Foreign Direct Investment in insurance companies and amends three insurance statutes to facilitate capital inflows, competition, and technological adoption. It raises the prior-approval threshold for share transfers from 1% to 5%, reduces the Net Owned Fund requirement for Foreign Reinsurance Branches from Rs 5,000 crore to Rs 1,000 crore, grants LIC autonomy over zonal and foreign offices, introduces one-time licensing and license-suspension for intermediaries, creates a Policyholders' Education and Protection Fund, aligns policyholder data protections with the DPDP Act 2023, mandates consultative rulemaking procedures, empowers the regulator to disgorge wrongful gains, and rationalises penalties.

Regional Rural Banks adopt a unified national logo to strengthen brand identity and signal commitment to rural financial inclusion.
The government consolidated Regional Rural Banks under the One State One RRB principle, merging 26 RRBs across 11 States/UTs and preserving a network of 28 RRBs with over 22,000 branches. A common national logo was adopted to unify brand identity, strengthen visibility, and signal commitment to financial inclusion and rural development. The logo's elements-an upward arrow (progress), hands (nurturing), and a flame (enlightenment)-and its dark blue and green colour scheme are intended to reflect finance, trust, life and growth.

ASUSE and PLFS 2026 update questionnaires and classifications to improve data quality and capture platform-based work.
ASUSE and PLFS 2026 commence nationwide field operations with methodological updates emphasizing CAPI adoption, district-level estimates, and improved supervision to ensure data quality. ASUSE adopts the updated National Industrial Classification aligned with Central Product Classification and adds inward transportation charges to its questionnaire. PLFS introduces questions to capture platform-based work and will collect industry information under the updated industrial classification to enable finer activity coding and international comparability.

PM MITRA Parks stakeholder consultation focused on PPP/DBFOT structuring, master developer engagement, and utilities and procurement design.
Consultation by NICDC and the Ministry of Textiles focused on structuring PM MITRA Parks under the PPP/DBFOT model, engaging prospective Master Developers for three Greenfield sites, and refining procurement and project-preparation measures. Completed Detailed Project Reports and significant investor interest inform bid packaging and viability assumptions. NICDC, as Project Management Agency, will lead DPR review, PPP structuring, bid-process management, and coordination with States, developers and investors, while stakeholders addressed utilities integration, modular plots for MSMEs and anchors, logistics, and environmental compliance mechanisms.

Periodic Labour Force Survey 2025 expands sample and provides monthly LFPR, WPR and UR estimates nationwide.
The PLFS was restructured from January 2025 to generate monthly CWS estimates of LFPR, WPR and UR nationwide, with Monthly and Quarterly Bulletins released and dissemination aligned to the Advance Release Calendar. The sampling design now uses districts as primary strata in most areas, expands FSUs and increases households per FSU to improve representativeness and precision for rural and urban estimates. The survey adopts NIC 2025's six digit coding to better capture emerging economic activities and enhance comparability and policy relevance of labour statistics.

e-Sankhyiki portal provides open-access statistical datasets via APIs with security audits and multi ministry data integration.
e-Sankhyiki is an operational national statistical platform providing API-based access and metadata for extensive multi department datasets, built on open-source software and subject to periodic Vulnerability Assessment audits to ensure cybersecurity compliance, while remaining in an evolving phase without a formal usage assessment.

National Sample Survey published state-level MSME establishment estimates from ASUSE 2023-24 covering manufacturing, trade and services.
National Sample Survey conducted ASUSE 2023-24 covering unincorporated non agricultural enterprises in manufacturing, trade and services and published state/UT and activity category estimates of establishments classified as Micro, Small and Medium in the ASUSE 2023-24 report on the MoSPI website.

Domestic Tourism Expenditure Survey collects household overnight trip expenditure data across all States/UTs for policy and planning.
The Domestic Tourism Expenditure Survey (DTES) 2025-26 is a nationwide household survey collecting disaggregated expenditure data for domestic overnight trips of up to 180 days completed in the previous 365 days, including expenditure heads such as accommodation, food, transport, shopping, recreation and religious activities; it covers all States/UTs and records origin and destination State/UT for each trip during July 2025-June 2026.

Japan Post to acquire 19.9% stake (14.9% voting rights) in Logisteed Holdings from HTSK Investment L.P.; involves logistics business.
The Competition Commission approved Japan Post Co., Ltd.'s acquisition of a 19.9% equity stake with 14.9% voting rights in Logisteed Holdings, Ltd. from HTSK Investment L.P.; the Acquirer is a diversified postal and logistics group and the Target is an investment holding company with affiliates engaged in third-party logistics, heavy machinery transport and freight forwarding, with a detailed order to follow.

Coinbase to acquire minority stake in DCX Global; regulatory approval granted for the proposed combination affecting crypto-exchange operations.
The Commission approved the Proposed Combination in which Coinbase Global Inc. will acquire a minority shareholding in DCX Global Limited; the transaction concerns acquisition of equity in the Mauritius entity that owns the technology, brand and intellectual property for the CoinDCX crypto-exchange (operated by Neblio Technologies Pvt. Ltd.), and a detailed order from the Commission will follow regarding its competition review.

Acquisition of paper and pulp business by ITC approved; sale of Aditya Birla Real Estate's business as going concern.
Approval is granted for the transfer of the paper and pulp manufacturing operations of Aditya Birla Real Estate Limited to ITC Limited under a Business Transfer Agreement, effecting the sale of the Target Business as a going concern and encompassing manufacturing, distribution and sale of various paper and paperboard products including uncoated writing and printing grades, kraft paper, virgin multi layer board, tissue paper and cup stock.

Bank credit growth 11.5% year-on-year, driven by retail, MSME, corporate demand and GST rate rationalisation.
Bank credit reached Rs.195.3 lakh crore as of 28 November 2025, registering 11.5% year on year growth, with sustained monthly growth above 10%. The increase is driven mainly by retail and MSME lending, aided by improved consumption, rural activity and GST rate rationalisation, alongside revival in industrial credit and higher corporate borrowing.

District Business Reform Action Plan localises ease of doing business with digital approvals, inspections, investor facilitation and startup support.
The District Business Reform Action Plan (DBRAP) localises Ease of Doing Business reforms at the district level through the D-BRAP 2025 Implementation Guidebook, covering six reform areas and 154 reforms with assessment checklists. It mandates online approvals via Single Window systems, digitisation of property records, time-bound inspection dashboards, strengthened District Industry Centres for investor facilitation, and Startup Cells in DICs to provide handholding, portal onboarding, credit coordination, incubation support and mentoring, with districts required to perform evidence-based assessments and monitoring.

ONDC creates an open, interoperable marketplace ensuring non-discriminatory discoverability and support for small sellers.
ONDC establishes an open, non-discriminatory digital marketplace through interoperable buyer- and seller-side applications that ensure uniform discoverability, require disclosure of key sorting parameters, and adopt common open specifications to prevent biased listing practices and promote price transparency and wider consumer choice. The MSME TEAM scheme leverages ONDC to provide digital literacy, cataloguing and onboarding support to SMEs, SHGs, FPOs, artisans and local retailers with a 50% women-led beneficiary target, and ONDC reports 1.16 lakh+ retail sellers live across 630+ cities and towns as of 9 December 2025.

Investment facilitation workshop highlights India's reforms, WTO frameworks and international cooperation options to attract investment and stakeholders.
Investment facilitation and alignment of domestic reforms with international frameworks were the central focus, emphasising licence rationalisation, decriminalisation of minor offences, digital compliance, and calibrated IP and AI regulation as steps to enhance investment attractiveness; the workshop also examined the WTO-related interaction among investment protection, cooperation and facilitation investment agreements, and trade agreements with investment provisions, and highlighted comparative reforms and grievance redressal mechanisms.

Development loans support skilling, rooftop solar, health, metro expansion, and ecotourism projects across the country.
Five loan agreements exceeding $2.2 billion finance projects: $846 million to modernise 650 ITIs and five national trainer centres to improve employability for 1.3 million youth; $650 million subprogramme to scale rooftop solar adoption and provide collateral free lower interest loans to reach 10 million households by 2027; $398.8 million to upgrade tertiary health and medical education facilities in Assam; $240 million for Chennai metro expansion covering 20 km and 18 accessible, climate resilient stations; and $77 million to integrate ecotourism with climate smart agriculture to benefit over 8,000 local stakeholders.

Atal Pension Yojana retains current pension slabs and subscriptions, with most enrollments in the Rs.1000 slab.
APY continues on existing terms with no increase to pension amounts or subscription rates; it offers five guaranteed pension slabs of Rs. 1,000, 2,000, 3,000, 4,000 and 5,000 per month, with subscription varying by age and chosen pension. As of 30.11.2025 total enrolments are 8,45,17,419, with 86.91% in the Rs. 1,000 slab, indicating substantial uptake among the poorest. The government concluded that increasing pensions would significantly raise subscriber contributions and has therefore retained current scheme parameters.