The Union Cabinet has approved the GOBARdhan scheme with an outlay of ₹23,371 crore to accelerate growth of the Compressed Bio-Gas (CBG) sector. The scheme aims to raise domestic CBG production roughly ten-fold and to mobilise large-scale private investment in the sector, strengthening India’s waste-to-energy and clean-fuel push.
Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs · GODL-IndiaThe Lok Sabha passed the MSME Development (Amendment) Bill without debate. The Bill seeks to address the challenges faced by the MSME sector by improving its administrative structure and by facilitating better payment mechanisms for micro, small and medium enterprises, a segment central to employment and manufacturing in India.
The HinduThe Government has rolled out a foreign asset and income disclosure scheme aimed at small taxpayers. Under it, a taxpayer will pay 30% tax on the value of the declared undisclosed foreign asset or income, plus an additional amount equal to that tax — taking the effective levy to 60% of the declared value.
The HinduWholesale Price Index (WPI) based inflation eased marginally to 9.78% in July 2026 as food, fuel and power prices cooled. This is the first month-on-month decline in wholesale inflation under the new 2022-23 base year, signalling some softening of price pressure at the wholesale level.
The HinduRetail inflation, measured by the Consumer Price Index, rose to a 19-month high of 4.45% in July 2026 as food and fuel prices climbed. Food, restaurant and accommodation services, and transport became costlier during the month, even as inflation in services such as healthcare, recreation, sports and culture cooled marginally.
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