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MoSPI has revised the base year of the Consumer Price Index from 2012=100 to 2024=100, it told Lok Sabha on 29 July 2026. The new series came out on 12 February 2026. Its basket has 358 items, up from 299, with weights from the Household Consumption Expenditure Survey 2023-24. Prices come from 1465 rural and 1395 urban markets.
29 Jul 2026
India marked Global Tiger Day on 29 July 2026 at an NTCA event in New Delhi. Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav said India now has 3682 tigers and 58 tiger reserves. NTCA launched an eco-tourism webpage linking all tiger reserves and released five publications, including a security audit of 24 tiger reserves.
29 Jul 2026
Machilipatnam (BY 529), the seventh of eight Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft (ASW SWC) being built by Cochin Shipyard Limited for the Indian Navy, was launched on 29 July 2026, the Defence Ministry said. It is equipped for underwater surveillance, anti-submarine warfare, low intensity maritime operations and mine warfare. Indigenous content exceeds 80 per cent.
29 Jul 2026
No district in India is now classified as affected by Left Wing Extremism, the Home Ministry told Rajya Sabha on 29 July 2026. Affected districts fell from 126 to 90 in April 2018, 70 in 2021, 38 in 2024, eight in December 2025 and zero by March-April 2026. Thirty-seven Legacy and Thrust districts still get security and development support.
29 Jul 2026
Indian Railways ran the first direct commercial container freight train from Kolkata Port to the Biratnagar Customs Yard in Nepal, the Railways Ministry said on 28 July 2026. The 40-wagon train carried canola. It ran under the revised India-Nepal Rail Transit Protocol, with no transshipment at the border, cutting time, cost and handling.
28 Jul 2026
The Agriculture Ministry told Lok Sabha on 28 July 2026 that the draft Pesticides Management Bill has been prepared in line with current needs and the Jan Vishwas Act. It was sent to Ministries and States on 30 December 2025 and put out for public comment on 7 January 2026. It is meant to replace the Insecticides Act, 1968.
28 Jul 2026
India's Index of Industrial Production (IIP) grew 7.3 per cent in June 2026 over June 2025, MoSPI said on 28 July 2026. Manufacturing rose 7.8 per cent and electricity and gas supply 10.6 per cent, while mining grew just 1.0 per cent. Growth was 5.1 per cent in May. Capital goods led use-based groups, up 14.2 per cent.
28 Jul 2026
India has become the world's second-largest supplier of seafarers, with 311,936 professionals or 12.16 per cent of the global workforce, the Shipping Ministry said on 28 July 2026, citing the BIMCO-ICS Seafarer Workforce Report 2026. Only the Philippines supplies more. In 2015 India was fifth, with 5.2 per cent. The next goal is Mission 20%.
28 Jul 2026
Gross non-performing assets of public sector banks fell to a historic low of 1.9 per cent on 31 March 2026, from 7.3 per cent in 2022, the Finance Ministry told Rajya Sabha on 28 July 2026. PSBs earned their highest-ever net profit, ₹1.98 lakh crore. Total business crossed ₹283 lakh crore. MSME loans grew 19.6 per cent.
28 Jul 2026
The Centre imposed stock holding limits on sugar dealers across India from 1 August 2026 to 30 November 2026, the Food Ministry said on 28 July. It said the recent rise in ex-mill sugar prices is not backed by demand and supply. Hoarding and paper trade created a false sense of scarcity. Dealers must declare stocks weekly on a portal.
28 Jul 2026