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CDS Economy Current Affairs 2026 — Page 2

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• 2 October 2026 Why India Stopped Subsidising Exports and Started Refunding Taxes

  The Department of Commerce extended the RoDTEP scheme to 31 December 2026. An explainer on why remitting embedded taxes is WTO-compatible while subsidising exports is not, and what replaced …

• 1 October 2026 A Survey That Asks About Next Year, Not Last

  The NSO began its Forward-Looking Survey on Private Corporate Sector CAPEX Investment Intentions on 1 October 2026. An explainer on why a statistics office asks firms about the future, and w…

• 30 September 2026 2.67 Lakh Factories, and the 2 Crore They Employ

  MoSPI released Annual Survey of Industries results for 2024-25 on 30 September 2026. An explainer on what ASI counts, why its 2 crore employment figure is small, and what the numbers say abo…

• 29 September 2026 205 Lakh Tonnes, and a Calendar That Now Repeats Every Year

  The National Agriculture Conference for the Rabi Campaign 2026 sanctioned over ₹1,200 crore under PM-RKVY to ten states on 29 September 2026. An explainer on what a rabi campaign conference …

• 28 September 2026 316 Districts, 90 Days, and the Codes Nobody Has Read

  The Ministry of Labour launched Shram Samvad on 28 September 2026, a 90-day campaign across 316 districts to explain the four Labour Codes. An explainer on what the Codes changed, and on the…

• 28 September 2026 $101 Billion in Trade, and a Bank That Changed Hands

  The 14th India-UAE High Level Joint Task Force on Investments met in Mumbai on 28 September 2026. An explainer on why a sovereign wealth fund co-chairs it, and on the first foreign acquisiti…

• 27 September 2026 The Chokepoint Nobody Guards Is an Insurance Policy

  A PIB backgrounder of 27 September 2026 set out the Bharat Maritime Insurance Pool. An explainer on hull, cargo, P&I and war-risk cover, why a dozen Western clubs insure most of the world's …

• 26 September 2026 428 Crore Against 2.53 Crore

  World Tourism Day 2026 falls on 27 September under the theme of AI and the digital agenda. An explainer on India's tourism macro numbers, why domestic visits outnumber foreign ones roughly 1…

• 25 September 2026 Twelve Years On, the Share Has Not Moved

  Make in India completed twelve years on 25 September 2026. An explainer on what the initiative set out to do, the 27 sectors under Make in India 2.0, what has genuinely changed in electronic…

• 25 September 2026 ₹7.86 Lakh Crore, 23 Auctions, and a 50-Year Bond

  The Government announced its second-half borrowing plan for FY 2026-27 on 25 September 2026. An explainer on how a fiscal deficit is actually financed, dated securities versus treasury bills…

• 24 September 2026 Nineteen Point Two Five: The Gap That Protects a Refinery

  The Government cut basic customs duty on crude edible oils on 24 September 2026, taking crude sunflower oil to nil. An explainer on tariff escalation, why the crude-refined differential was …

• 23 September 2026 Half of India's Tourism Is a Pilgrimage

  MoSPI released the Domestic Tourism Expenditure Survey on 23 September 2026, covering July 2025 to June 2026. An explainer on what the NSS 80th round found about pilgrimage, medical travel a…

• 22 September 2026 Let the States Nominate the Airstrip

  The Civil Aviation Ministry launched the Challenge Mode portal for aerodrome development on 22 September 2026 alongside 21 MoUs with States and UTs. An explainer on how viability gap funding…

• 22 September 2026 Two Per Cent, and What Happens If You Don't Spend It

  A PIB backgrounder on 22 September 2026 traced Coal India's CSR from a 2005 community policy to Rs 7,276 crore under statute. An explainer on Section 135 of the Companies Act, the three thre…

• 21 September 2026 32 Conflict Points: Why Access Control Is the Whole Design

  NHAI released guidelines on 21 September 2026 for planning and designing access-controlled high-speed National Highways other than expressways. An explainer on what access control means in e…

• 20 September 2026 330 Days on Paper, 621 in Practice: The Insolvency Code at Ten

  Two IICA sessions on 20 September 2026 examined the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code through its amendments and its interface with the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. A CDS/OTA explainer o…

• 20 September 2026 Four Silks, One Country: The Target That Would Overtake China

  At the Central Silk Board's 77th Foundation Day in Bengaluru on 20 September 2026, the Textiles Minister set a target of 60,000 metric tonnes of silk by 2030-31 and first place globally by 2…

• 19 September 2026 ₹5,000 Crore of Idle Land: The Company That Sells What the State Forgot

  NLMC's 21st Board Meeting on 18 September 2026 recommended monetisation proposals for assets worth over ₹5,000 crore. A CDS/OTA explainer on the National Land Monetisation Corporation, the d…

• 18 September 2026 Surat at the Top, Darbhanga at the Bottom: India's First District Jobs Map

  The NSO released district-level labour market indicators for the first time on 18 September 2026, covering LFPR, WPR, unemployment rate and NEET. A CDS/OTA explainer on the PLFS sample redes…

• 16 September 2026 From ₹15,000 to ₹25,000: The Number That Decides Who Gets a Provident Fund

  The Union Cabinet raised the EPFO wage ceiling for mandatory coverage from ₹15,000 to ₹25,000 a month on 16 September 2026, bringing over 51 lakh more employees into statutory social securit…