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How to Bid on Government Tenders: Eligibility and Documentation 0
- Explainers & Reports, Government
- January 5, 2026
Key highlights Step 1: Know where the tender lives Government procurement in India is fragmented by design. Before you “prepare documents,” identify the platform: Step 2: Minimum eligibility to even participate (the “gate”) Most bidders fail at the gate—because they show up without the basics. A. Digital Signature Certificate (DSC)For eProc/CPPP bidding, the system expects
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Inflation Without Spin: A Clean Way to Report CPI as 2026 Begins 0
- Explainers & Reports
- January 5, 2026
Key highlights Inflation stories are easy to write badly because the number looks definitive. It isn’t. The CPI is a careful summary of price movement, not a full autobiography of household stress. MoSPI’s CPI press release for October 2025 (issued 12 November 2025) placed All-India CPI inflation at 1.48% (year-on-year). Ministry of Stats & Prog Implementation The same release showed food inflation
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NCSTC-2026: Strengthening Strategic Trade and Global Compliance 0
- Explainers & Reports
- January 4, 2026
Key Highlights: Jointly organized by the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) and the Ministry of External Affairs, the NCSTC-2026 is the premier event for strategic trade regulation. Taking place in the heart of the capital, the conference brings together global experts to discuss India’s role in the non-proliferation architecture. In 2026, the focus is on “Intangible Technology
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When Base Years Shift, Reality Blurs: Why MoSPI’s Revision Exercise Matters in 2026 0
- Explainers & Reports
- January 4, 2026
Key highlights In early 2026, India’s data debates won’t always be about the latest number. Sometimes they’ll be about the ruler used to measure it. MoSPI has been working through consultation on base revision—covering headline indicators like GDP, CPI, and IIP—via stakeholder-style engagements. Ministry of Stats & Prog Implementation+1 On the surface, “base year revision” sounds like a technical
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India’s macro story in 5 visuals: a January “reset” piece for readers and advertisers 0
- Explainers & Reports
- January 3, 2026
Key highlights Every January needs a reset narrative: not optimism, not doom—orientation. If you want a clean “India entering 2026” explainer, build it around five visuals that answer five questions. 1) Are prices cooling? Use the inflation chart: retail inflation moderated to 4.9% in FY25 (Apr–Dec) from 5.4% in FY24. India Budget 2) Is India externally protected? Show reserves USD 640.3 bn
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Best charts to publish (without distortion): using official infographics ethically in Jan 2026 0
- Explainers & Reports
- January 2, 2026
Key highlights January is when brands, investors, and families all ask the same question: “What’s the mood of the economy entering 2026?” Official government infographics are tempting because they compress complexity into a clean visual. The ethical problem is that visuals can also compress nuance out of existence. A good newsroom habit is to publish charts in
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