NITI Aayog launches new training manuals for farmers

IANS | March 2, 2026 2:41 PM

New Delhi, March 2 (IANS) NITI Aayog on Monday said that it has organised a two-day national workshop on natural farming under its State Support Mission (SSM), bringing together farmers, policymakers, scientists, start-ups and civil society groups from across India to discuss ways to promote sustainable agriculture.

India’s self-reliance drive gives big push to exports too

IANS | March 2, 2026 2:12 PM

New Delhi, March 2 (IANS) India’s experience demonstrates that import substitution and export strength can move together when approached strategically. Across sectors, from mobile phones and medicines to automobiles and defence, the push is to build in India not only for domestic needs, but for global markets as well, according to an official factsheet issued on Monday.

India’s manufacturing PMI rises to 4-month high in Feb over robust domestic demand

IANS | March 2, 2026 10:56 AM

New Delhi, March 2 (IANS) The manufacturing PMI in India rose from 55.4 in January to a four-month high of 56.9 in February, as a substantial improvement in domestic demand for Indian goods fuelled new order intakes and spurred the greatest upturn in production volumes for four months, S&P Global data showed on Monday.