The investment response has been especially notable. Total investment under the scheme has already crossed Rs. 9,000 crore, significantly above the earlier commitment level of about Rs. 7,000 crore. That gap points to stronger-than-expected industry participation and faster capital deployment, indicating that companies see long-term potential in India’s processed food segment.
India produces nearly 7.8 million metric tonnes of post-consumer textile waste every year, spanning everything from sarees and uniforms to denim and household linen. Against that backdrop, the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation has set up what PIB describes as India’s first municipal Textile Recovery Facility in Belapur, positioning textile waste as a recoverable resource rather than an overlooked urban burden.
In the first phase, NHAI has prepared an action plan covering 17 land parcels spread across 62.8 hectares, where around 67,462 medicinal trees will be planted. The sites are located along highway projects in Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Delhi-NCR, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, and Chhattisgarh.
The research was carried out by a team from the Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences (CeNS), Bengaluru, in collaboration with the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), both autonomous institutions under the Department of Science and Technology. The scientists studied naphthalene diimide, an amphiphilic molecule that can organize itself in water through supramolecular self-assembly, forming nanostructures with functional properties relevant to electronics, photonics and biomedical devices.
The latest figures also show that women-led MSEs received contracts worth more than ₹28,000 crore in FY 2025–26, marking 27.6% growth over the previous year. Their share reached 5.6% of GeM’s total order value, comfortably above the mandated 3% public procurement target for women-owned and women-led enterprises.
According to the official PIB statement, the two sides reviewed the full spectrum of India-Qatar relations, including energy, trade, investment, culture, and broader bilateral cooperation. Qatar’s energy minister said the country looked forward to continuing and strengthening energy relations with India, while both ministers agreed to remain in regular touch in the coming weeks.
Jaishankar said the proposed pact would help reinforce Mauritius’ energy security and argued that the ongoing West Asia crisis has underlined the value of strategic partnerships, especially in the energy sector. The backdrop is important: Reuters has reported that recent regional tensions disrupted shipping and gas supplies linked to the Strait of Hormuz, a chokepoint that normally carries a major share of India’s crude inflows, pushing New Delhi to diversify and secure energy supplies more aggressively.
An e-way bill is the electronic permit required under GST before transporting consignments valued at more than ₹50,000. Under CBIC rules, the registered supplier, recipient, or transporter must generate it on the common portal before movement begins, after which a unique e-way bill number is issued and can be checked in transit.
The proposed approach goes beyond simple extraction. It includes expanding exploration for lithium resources within India, securing overseas supply arrangements, and building up refining capacity through both public- and private-sector participation. In effect, the government is trying to move India higher up the value chain instead of remaining dependent on imported processed materials.
The analysis used data from India’s National Sample Survey 2022–23 Household Consumption Expenditure Survey, covering 261,746 nationally representative households, around 59% of them in rural areas. Researchers examined household spending on tobacco products such as bidis, cigarettes, gutka, zarda, snuff, and other forms, and compared that spending with overall monthly consumption patterns.
