SME growth equity fund targets scalable enterprises, prioritising manufacturing and industrial clusters to strengthen investment, productivity and competitiveness.
Union Cabinet approval commits Rs.10,000 crore towards establishment of the SME Growth Fund as an Alternative Investment Fund framework for direct equity investment in small and medium enterprises. The initiative is intended to catalyse long-term, patient growth capital for SMEs and address the identified shortage of equity financing for enterprises beyond the early stage, where existing equity-support funds predominantly serve micro and early-stage businesses.

Integrated transport planning framework establishes an SPV for national master planning, major-project appraisal, monitoring, and transport data analytics.
Integrated Transport & Logistics Authority will function as a special purpose vehicle for integrated transport and logistics planning, research, technical project appraisal, monitoring, policy support and data analytics. It will prepare a long-term National Transport Master Plan, assess sectoral and annual plans for alignment and multimodal integration, technically appraise and monitor specified major infrastructure projects, and undertake impact assessments. It will also maintain a unified transport data repository and support logistics-policy review, capacity building, training, skilling, research and innovation.

Corporate social responsibility should shift from statutory compliance to needs-based, evidence-led collaboration with impact assessment and technology-enabled monitoring.
CSR is grounded in trusteeship and in companies' responsibilities to employees, communities and the environment, rather than shareholders alone. The framework includes the Unspent CSR Account, multi-year projects, certification of fund utilisation and impact assessment. CSR is intended to leverage corporate resources, technology and expertise, rather than merely supplement public expenditure. Needs-based project selection, community participation, need and social-impact assessment, implementing-agency capacity, resource pooling and technology-enabled monitoring are emphasised to move from compliance and spending towards evidence-based transformation.

Financial stability requires targeted oversight and system-wide resilience against interconnected debt, leverage, cyber, technology, and cross-border shocks.
Financial stability is pursued by strengthening resilience rather than preventing every shock. The framework combines prudent regulation, risk-based supervision, stress testing, countercyclical macroprudential measures, targeted temporary liquidity assistance and resolution. Monetary policy remains directed to price stability, while financial-stability risks are addressed through regulatory, supervisory and macroprudential tools. System-wide resilience requires sound banks and NBFCs, reliable payment and technology infrastructure, robust data on interconnected exposures, scenario analysis, credible safety nets, and proactive proportionate oversight of cyber, model and third-party risks.

Drug-abuse prevention awareness promotes informed refusal, resistance to peer pressure, community participation, drug-de-addiction pledges, and healthy drug-free lifestyles.
Drug-abuse prevention awareness in opium-cultivation areas focused on the harms of opium, cannabis and other illicit drugs, informed refusal at first exposure, resistance to peer pressure, and prevention of progression from use to dependence. Programmes for students, cultivators and residents used interactive sessions, campaign banners, community pledges, Gram Sabha participation and cleanliness drives to promote healthy drug-free lifestyles, community participation and collective action against addiction.

WASH-focused social bond financing mobilises capital for safe water, sanitation and hygiene access in rural and underserved communities.
NABKISAN Finance Limited listed India's first social bond dedicated exclusively to water, sanitation and hygiene on the National Stock Exchange. The five-year issue raised Rs. 180 crore, carries an 8.10% coupon, matures in September 2031, and holds domestic AAA stable credit ratings. Proceeds are earmarked for safe water, sanitation and hygiene solutions in rural and underserved communities.

NDPS Act drug-trafficking enforcement enabled seizures of amphetamine, cocaine and heroin through intelligence-led interceptions and concealed-consignment detection.
NDPS Act enforcement involved three intelligence-led operations addressing trafficking of amphetamine, cocaine and heroin. Searches of a vehicle's spare tyre, chocolate tubes in cabin baggage, and a backpack carried in a car-pooling taxi revealed concealed substances that tested positive through field-testing kits. The amphetamine, cocaine and heroin were seized, along with the vehicle in the amphetamine operation, and five persons were arrested under the NDPS Act, 1985.

Multistate GST registration enables normal taxpayers to submit common information once for simultaneous State and UT applications.
Multistate Registration enables normal taxpayers seeking GST registration under the same PAN in more than one State or Union Territory to apply simultaneously. A Master TRN is generated after selection of the intended jurisdictions and must be submitted with Common Registration Information. Individual TRNs are then generated for each selected jurisdiction, with common information auto-populated and editable. Applicants must provide principal and additional places of business, State-specific information, and Aadhaar authentication.

Private corporate CAPEX survey collects forward investment data through secure self-reporting while protecting enterprise-level confidentiality.
CAPEX 2026 collects information from selected large private corporate enterprises on past, provisional and intended capital expenditure across asset groups and sectors, including investment strategies, financing, green energy and robotics. Responses are self-compiled through a secure portal with bilingual and digital assistance. Complete, accurate and timely reporting supports validation and aggregate investment indicators. Individual enterprise information is protected through confidentiality safeguards, and unit-level CAPEX data are not disseminated.

International trade negotiations training addressed WTO rules, dispute settlement, sustainability, trade remedies, digital trade, and services.
Trade-negotiation capacity-building introduced foundational trade theory and the WTO framework, followed by instruction on treaty interpretation, trade data and dispute settlement. Specialised sessions addressed trade remedies, rules of origin, non-tariff measures, intellectual property rights, digital trade and services. It also considered labour, environmental and sustainability issues, including carbon border adjustment and deforestation requirements, within an increasingly complex global trade environment.

Food security safeguards distinguish transparent public stockholding measures from coercive trade actions within multilateral trade cooperation.
India maintains public stockholding, procures food from small and marginal farmers, and may adopt temporary, transparent measures during harvest shortfalls to preserve food availability and affordability. These food-security measures are identified as recognised within the WTO framework. A distinction is advanced between legitimate food-security interventions and coercive trade actions used to exert pressure on other countries. G20 Trade Ministers reached consensus on a statement addressing the weaponization of food through coercive trade actions and committed to continued cooperation.

Insolvency resolution reform prioritises timely, value-maximising outcomes through technology adoption, mediation, and legislative responsiveness across the insolvency ecosystem.
The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code seeks faster, value-maximising resolutions through legislative responsiveness, technology adoption and adherence to prescribed timelines. Reform priorities include reducing case-disposal delays, speeding consideration of resolution plans, revising admission thresholds, mediation and sector-specific carveouts. The framework is associated with creditor recoveries, rescue of viable businesses and changed debtor-creditor behaviour.

Drug abuse prevention awareness promotes student education, peer outreach, and youth responsibility for a drug-free society.
Operation Jagriti promotes drug abuse and addiction awareness among students by addressing the harmful effects of substance use and practical prevention measures. Students are encouraged to avoid drugs, spread prevention awareness among peers and communities, and contribute responsibly to the Nasha Mukt Bharat objective of a drug-free India.

Forced-labour border measures require verifiable evidence, due process and WTO consistency while preserving cooperation without unilateral trade action.
Global trade distortions should be addressed through WTO-consistent, evidence-based anti-dumping and countervailing measures, without restricting developing countries' policy space for industrialisation. Most-Favoured-Nation treatment, consensus decision-making, special and differential treatment, and a two-tier dispute-settlement system remain central to multilateral trade governance. Imports produced using forced labour are prohibited, while border measures must rely on specific, verifiable evidence, observe due process and WTO rules, and avoid presumptions concerning entire countries, regions or sectors.

Export-led market access for Makhana expands overseas buyer linkages, supports higher producer returns, and promotes European market diversification.
Export-oriented market access for Bihar's Makhana is being expanded through a facilitated shipment of popped Makhana from Purnea to Greece. APEDA's support connects producers and exporters with international buyers and strengthens the export value chain. Higher price realisation than domestic selling prices indicates scope for improved producer returns, wider farmer and producer-group participation, and diversification into European markets. Export promotion is linked to a proposed Agri Export Policy and packhouse development.

FPO-led export market access links processed food producers with global buyers and strengthens agricultural value-chain participation.
APEDA facilitated an FPO-led export of frozen food products to Canada by Aterna Foods Producer Company Limited, with support under its Financial Assistance Scheme. The export included frozen vegetables, sweet corn, samosa and other processed food products. Market-linkage initiatives connect Farmer Producer Organisations and Farmer Producer Companies with exporters and global buyers, promoting export-oriented value chains and integrating agricultural produce with processing and international markets.

RELIEF timeline extension preserves credit-insurance support and premium protection for exporters facing West Asia maritime disruptions.
Component II of the RELIEF intervention extends operational timelines for exporters affected by West Asia maritime-logistics disruptions. It encourages eligible exporters to obtain ECGC cover for upcoming shipments to specified regions with 95% risk coverage. Benefits apply to qualifying Stand Alone Policies and Whole Turnover Policies, covering full container load, less than container load, and reefer containers, but excluding energy shipments. Eligible exporters' insurance premium cannot increase beyond the pre-disruption level during the relevant period.

RoDTEP duty remission continues for eligible exporters, preserving existing rates and value caps through the extended period.
RoDTEP Scheme continuation is extended until 31 December 2026 for exports made by Domestic Tariff Area units, Advance Authorisation holders, Special Economic Zone units and Export Oriented Units. The scheme remits embedded, un-rebated Central, State and local duties, taxes and levies borne on exported products. Existing RoDTEP rates and value caps remain unchanged throughout the extension.

Wildlife trafficking enforcement targeted unlawful possession, transport and proposed sale of ivory, leopard skin, pangolins and tiger parts.
Illegal wildlife trafficking operations addressed alleged possession, transportation, and attempted sale of elephant ivory, leopard skin, live pangolins, and tiger parts. Possession without licence and trade in elephant ivory or ivory articles are prohibited under the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972. Leopards, pangolins, tigers, and their body parts receive Schedule I protection, while pangolins are also listed in CITES Appendix I, prohibiting international trade. Recovered wildlife articles, live animals, and vehicles were transferred or seized for action by forest and specialised wildlife enforcement agencies.

Two-way airport smuggling: airport staff allegedly facilitated clandestine gold entry and illicit diamond export through transit and outbound passengers.
An alleged two-way smuggling arrangement involved airport staff receiving foreign-origin gold dust in wax capsules from transit passengers for clandestine removal into India and transferring diamonds to an outbound passenger for illicit export to Dubai. Seizure included 23 capsules of 24-carat foreign-origin gold dust in wax form and natural and lab-grown diamonds. The modus operandi used the same airport employee to facilitate import-side gold smuggling and export-side diamond smuggling.