Eco-Survey 26: MGNREGS Reaches Its Limits, VBGRAMG Act Introduced
Economic Survey 2025-26 says MGNREGS has reached its limits, prompting the VBGRAMG Act, 2025, a statutory overhaul aligning rural employment with Viksit Bharat 2047.
Author: Vinod Arora
Eco-Survey 2026: Skilling, Reforms, Gig Work Reduce Unemployment
Economic Survey 2025-26 highlights falling unemployment, rising female participation, 31 crore workers on e-Shram, 2.3 crore jobs via NCS, and 55% growth in gig workers.
Eco-Survey 2026: Skilling India for a Future-Ready Workforce
Economic Survey 2025-26 highlights future-skills courses in AI and green energy, ITI upgradation, and over 43 lakh apprentices engaged under PM-NAPS.
Eco-Survey 2026: Pension & Insurance Reforms Expand Social Security
Economic Survey 2025-26 highlights growth in NPS subscribers, pension coverage for gig workers, and structural shifts in insurance, with health insurance now 41% of non-life premium.
Eco-Survey 2026: India Is Far More Urban Than Official Data Suggests
Economic Survey 2025-26 highlights India’s deep urbanisation, metro expansion, PMAY-U housing, sanitation gains and the need for system-based urban policy.
Eco-Survey 2026: Indian Shift from Swadeshi to Strategic Indispensability
Economic Survey 2025–26 highlights India’s transition toward strategic indispensability, stressing state capacity, institutional incentives, deregulation, and learning under uncertainty.
Eco-Survey 2025-26: India’s Development-Centred Climate Strategy
Economic Survey 2025-26 outlines India’s whole-of-economy climate strategy integrating adaptation, clean energy, critical minerals, Mission LiFE and climate finance.
Social Security for Gig and Platform Workers: e-Shram and Social Security Code
Government outlines social security measures for gig and platform workers through e-Shram registration, statutory recognition under the Social Security Code and PMJAY health coverage.
Govt Initiatives to Identify and Support Young Scientists in India
Government outlines DST, INSPIRE, ANRF, CSIR and DBT schemes supporting young scientists, women researchers and STEM students across India.
Expert Group Report on CPI Update Ahead of CPI 2024 Launch
MoSPI releases Expert Group report on comprehensive updation of CPI, detailing COICOP 2018 adoption, new weights and CPI 2024 series launch on Feb 12, 2026.