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The United Nations declared 2025 as the International Year of Cooperatives under the theme “Cooperatives Build a Better World” to address global challenges, while the Ministry of Cooperation in India has implemented comprehensive reforms to strengthen Primary Agricultural Credit Societies (PACS), expand cooperative coverage, enhance digital integration, and promote economic vibrancy across sectors like dairy, fisheries, and exports in alignment with the vision of “Sahkar Se Samriddhi”.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated and laid the foundation stone for development projects worth more than ₹830 crore at Singur in Hooghly district, West Bengal, including waterways infrastructure like the Extended Port Gate System at Balagarh and rail projects such as three new Amrit Bharat Express trains, to enhance multimodal connectivity, cargo movement, and regional economic growth.

Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh launched India’s first open-sea Marine Fish Farming project from North Bay in Sri Vijaya Puram on the Andaman Sea, marking a significant step towards realising the Blue Economy vision through cultivation of marine finfish and seaweed, in collaboration with the Ministry of Earth Sciences, NIOT, and Andaman & Nicobar UT Administration.

India launched the Responsible Nations Index (RNI) at Dr. Ambedkar International Centre in New Delhi under World Intellectual Foundation to assess nations on ethical governance, social well-being, environmental stewardship, and global responsibility beyond conventional economic indicators.

Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT) received the SKOCH Award 2025 at the 104th SKOCH Summit for its Cell Broadcast Solution, a disaster and emergency alerting platform that delivers life-saving information to mobile phones in geo-targeted areas through cellular networks.

Public Sector Banks sanctioned over 3.96 lakh MSME loan applications worth more than ₹52,300 crore between April 1 and December 31, 2025, using a new Credit Assessment Model based on digital footprints through automated underwriting for both existing and new-to-bank borrowers.

The Union Government released ₹15.20 crores as the second instalment of XV Finance Commission grants for rural local bodies in Mizoram during the financial year 2025–26, benefiting all 808 eligible Village Councils.

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INDUSTRY NEWS

Three Indian entrepreneurs launched LNK Energy, a next-generation integrated clean energy platform with ₹10,000 crore investment over five years, at World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2026, beginning operations with a 6 GW solar manufacturing plant in Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar, Maharashtra.​

Brazil and Nigeria have emerged as fast-growing export destinations for Indian pharmaceuticals amid global uncertainties, with Nigeria adding USD 179 million (14% of total growth) and Brazil USD 100 million during April-November FY26, as India’s pharma exports rose 6.5% to USD 20.48 billion.​

The Ministry of Mines announced India’s first policy for exploring critical minerals in new projects and recovering them from tailings, overburden, and dumps of existing mines, enabling extraction of companion elements like selenium, tellurium, and germanium from copper and zinc mine waste.​

India’s power distribution companies achieved a historic consolidated profit after tax of ₹2,701 crore in FY25, reversing losses of ₹25,553 crore in FY24 and ₹67,962 crore in FY14, driven by sharp AT&C loss reduction, tariff reforms, and improved payment discipline.​

FINANCIAL NEWS

Swiss Re forecasts India’s insurance premiums to grow at 6.9% annually during 2026-2030, fastest among major markets surpassing China’s 4% and US’s 2%, driven by 6.5% GDP growth, regulatory reforms, GST simplification, and rising health/motor insurance demand.​

The International Monetary Fund revised India’s 2026–27 GDP growth forecast upwards by 20 basis points to 6.4 per cent from its October 2025 projection while raising the FY26 forecast to 7.3 per cent citing better-than-expected Q3 performance and strong Q4 momentum despite global trade risks.

The Reserve Bank of India has proposed linking the central bank digital currencies of Brics countries to facilitate cross-border trade and tourism payments which could reduce reliance on the US dollar as the summit hosted by India approaches later this year.

The Reserve Bank asked HDFC Bank to make additional one-time standard provision of Rs 500 crore for misclassification of certain agri-sector loans as priority sector lending while ICICI Bank was directed to provide Rs 1,283 crore for similar regulatory compliance issues.

The Reserve Bank of India has expanded Payment Aggregator Authorization for Innoviti Technologies Private Limited to include Physical in-store payments alongside its existing online payment capabilities.

NATIONAL & STATES NEWS

Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh launched India’s first open-sea marine fish farming project at North Bay Sri Vijaya Puram in the Andaman Sea through collaboration between Ministry of Earth Sciences NIOT and Andaman administration focusing on finfish and seaweed cultivation.

The Odisha government launched a five-year scheme Aame Padhiba Aama Bhasare to provide early childhood education in mother tongue to children aged 3-6 years along with 100-day campaign against child marriage and pilot project for teenage pregnancy prevention.

NTPC Limited India’s largest power generation company and Maharatna PSU has been certified as Top Employer in India for 2026 by Top Employers Institute marking the fourth consecutive year through its progressive HR practices and people-centric workplace philosophy.

Engineers India Limited achieved a world record by completing 4,058-meter horizontal directional drilling crossing beneath Brahmaputra River for Paradip-Numaligarh Crude Oil Pipeline surpassing its own previous record of 4,027 meters under Ganga River.

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MISCELLANEOUS

Prof Dheeraj Sharma Director of IIM Rohtak received Exemplary Governance Leadership Award at 46th World Management Congress recognising his outstanding contributions to management education governance and institutional leadership.

The ICICI Bank board approved reappointment of Sandeep Bakhshi as Managing Director and CEO for two years from October 4 2026 to October 3 2028 subject to RBI shareholder and statutory authority approvals at its meeting held on January 17 2026.

Mohan Lal Mittal father of ArcelorMittal executive chairman Lakshmi Mittal passed away peacefully in London on January 15 at age 99 after building a steel business foundation starting with the struggling Kolkata mill takeover in 1952.

The Asia Manufacturing Index 2026 ranks 11 Asian manufacturing economies with China retaining first position for the third consecutive year, Malaysia rising to second place ahead of Vietnam while India holds steady at sixth position across eight key pillars and 43 sub-parameters.

Former Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni was named goodwill ambassador for Bajaj Pune Grand Tour 2026 India’s first UCI 2.2 category multi-stage continental road cycling race scheduled from January 19-23 featuring 171 riders from 29 teams across 35 countries.

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