Type: Trade policy news. Date: concluded 27 Jan 2026; status update 17 Jun 2026. Source: Outlook Business; TaxGuru; Anantam IAS (exam-prep site). What it says. India and the EU announced the conclusion of negotiations on 27 Jan 2026. Reports say India gets preferential access across about
Type: Official data release. Date: 15 Oct 2026. Source: Business Today; A2Z Taxcorp summary of the release. What it says. Merchandise exports rose 23.04% to 44.40 billion dollars. Imports were 74.61 billion dollars, leaving a deficit of 30.21 billion. For April to September, merchandise exports were
Type: Minister’s statements, reported in the press. Date: August 2026 and 19 May 2026. Source: Deccan Herald; A2Z Taxcorp. What it says. The Minister said exports grew about 15% in April to July and that the 1 trillion dollar goods and services target for 2026-27 will
Type: Government posts as reported in the press. Date: 25 Sep 2026. Source: Storyboard18; BigGo Finance. What it says. The Prime Minister described “more made in India, more investment in India and more exports from India”. Make in India 2.0 covers 27 sectors. Reported figures: investment
Type: X post carrying a clip. Date: 1 Nov 2026. Source: @Dragonobserwer on X. What it says. The clip has the Commerce Minister saying India will build its own manufacturing base through Make in India instead of selling other countries’ goods. SMARTE view. The message favours
Type: Two X posts, both party or advocacy accounts. Date: 29 Oct 2026. Source: BJP4India on X; OpIndia on X. What it says. The posts claim the scheme would raise domestic container manufacturing capacity ten times, add about 7.5 lakh TEUs of annual production impact, and
