MUMBAI, India, Oct. 31 -- Reserve Bank of India issued the following press release: Data on lending and deposit rates of scheduled commercial banks (SCBs) (excluding regional rural banks and small finance banks) received during the month of October 2025 are set out in Tables 1 to 7. Highlights: Lending Rates: * The weighted average lending rate (WALR) on fresh rupee loans of SCBs stood at 8.50 per cent in September 2025 (8.74 per cent in August 2025). * The WALR on outstanding rupee ...
MUMBAI, India, Oct. 31 -- Reserve Bank of India issued the following press release: The value of exports and imports of services during September 2025 is given in the following table. International Trade in Services (US$ million) Month Receipts (Exports) Payments (Imports) July - 2025 33,740 (10.2) 17,293 (8.5) August - 2025 31,191 (2.7) 15,591 (-5.3) September - 2025 36,674 (12.5) 17,842 (7.8) Note: (i) Data for July-September are provisional; and (ii) Figures in parentheses are growth...
India, Oct. 29 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh will attend the 12th ASEAN Defence Ministers' Meeting - Plus (ADMM-Plus) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on November 01, 2025. He will address the forum on 'Reflection on 15 years of ADMM-Plus and Charting the Way Forward'. On the sidelines, the second edition of ASEAN-India Defence Ministers' Informal Meeting, under the chairmanship of Malaysia, will be held on October 31, wherein Defence Ministers from ...
India, Oct. 29 -- The Government of India has issued a release: NITI Aayog's Frontier Tech Hub today unveiled a roadmap "Reimagining Manufacturing: India's Roadmap to Global Leadership in Advanced Manufacturing". The roadmap was unveiled by Shri Devendra Fadnavis, Hon'ble Chief Minister of Maharashtra; Shri Ajit Pawar Hon'ble Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra; Shri B.V.R. Subrahmanyam, CEO, NITI Aayog; Ms. Madhuri Misal, State Minister of Maharashtra; Shri Praveen Pardeshi, Chief Economic A...
India, Oct. 29 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Shri Piyush Goyal, while addressing the TiEcon Delhi-NCR (The Indus Entrepreneurs) conference on the theme 'India's Deeptech Moment: From Digital Leadership to Technological Sovereignty', today underlined that it is vital for India to develop its own technologies and reduce over-dependence on certain geographies for key inputs. He noted that the spirit of Swadeshi is not only about making, d...
India, Oct. 29 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) released its Independent Drive Test (IDT) findings for the Andhra PradeshLicensed Service Area (LSA), covering extensive routes of Hyderabad - Visakhapatnam Rail and Visakhapatnam - Vijayawada Highway in the month of September 2025. The drive tests conducted under the supervision of the TRAI Regional Office, Hyderabad, were designed to capture real-world mobile network performance ac...
India, Oct. 29 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Department of Consumer Affairs, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, has notified the Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Amendment Rules, 2025. The amendment introduces specific provisions for packages containing medical devices, aligning the Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules, 2011 with the Medical Devices Rules, 2017. This step ensures regulatory harmony, reduces compliance ambiguity and enhan...
India, Oct. 29 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Shri Hardeep Singh Puri, Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas, addressed the 'Revitalizing India's Maritime Manufacturing Conference' held in Mumbai as part of India Maritime Week 2025. He said India's rapid economic growth is closely connected to the progress of its energy and shipping sectors, which together serve as strong pillars of national development. The Minister said that India's economy is growing fast, with the GDP now...
India, Oct. 29 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority (IEPFA) under the aegis of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India is organizing a Niveshak Shivir in Amritsar on 1st November 2025, from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM. This initiative is in collaboration with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI). Niveshak Shivir serves as a one-stop solution for investors to resolve issues related to unclaimed dividends and sha...
India, Oct. 29 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh, Shri Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, called on Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science & Technology, Dr. Jitendra Singh, and discussed the strengthening of weather forecasting and disaster preparedness infrastructure in the hill state. During the meeting, the Chief Minister conveyed his gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Government of India for installing a Doppler We...