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India’s rice sector is entering a new phase in which value addition, not just volume, may determine future growth, according to the Indian Rice Exporters Federation. The group says an upcoming IREF-EY assessment will identify the most promising product categories ahead of the BIR Conference 2026 in New Delhi.
The International Finance Corporation has extended a $150 million social loan to State Bank of India to expand agricultural financing for about 864,000 rural women, marking its first investment in an Indian state-owned bank. The deal also includes IFC’s first domestic cross-currency swap with an Indian bank, with SBI becoming its first local swap counterparty in South Asia.
A review of 10 Indian banks shows that reported deposit growth in the July-September quarter averaged 21.1% year-on-year, but the headline number was flattered by special foreign currency inflows. Excluding FCNR deposits, domestic deposit growth was estimated at just 12.2%, exposing a much weaker underlying trend in bank liability mobilisation.
The International Finance Corporation has extended a $150 million social loan to State Bank of India to expand agricultural financing for about 864,000 rural women, marking its first investment in an Indian state-owned bank. The deal also includes IFC’s first domestic cross-currency swap with an Indian bank, with SBI becoming its first local swap counterparty in South Asia.
Microsoft’s prolonged Outlook disruption continued to ripple through Indian workplaces on Thursday, leaving employees unable to access email, calendars and related productivity tools at the start of the business day. The outage has underscored how deeply enterprise operations in India now depend on cloud-based communication systems, with startups and larger firms alike scrambling for workarounds. For professionals such as Kriti, a Gurugram-based marketing executive, the outage meant a sudden halt to routine work before the day had properly begun. The incident has also revived concerns about business continuity, vendor concentration risk and the operational fragility that can emerge when a single platform underpins critical corporate functions.
Indian Bank has set a lending target of Rs 100 crore for electric vehicle charging infrastructure in FY27 as it rolls out IND Green Charge, a financing scheme aimed at public, captive and fleet charging stations. The initiative is designed to expand access to credit for EV infrastructure developers while supporting entrepreneurship and India’s broader shift toward sustainable mobility.
Agricultural lending has become the most vulnerable pocket of Indian banks’ loan books, with the gross non-performing asset ratio in the segment rising to 5.1%, far above the 1.5% seen in industry and services. While the stress reflects the impact of a weak monsoon and uneven rural cash flows, banks say agricultural bad loans have eased from the peaks seen in 2020-21, even as slippages remain a concern.
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. remains a closely watched name in India’s market as investors weigh its stock history against shifting crude prices, dividend expectations and the government’s broader fiscal priorities. The company’s share performance continues to reflect the tension between upstream earnings strength and policy-linked constraints that shape valuation in the state-owned energy space.
HCL Technologies’ share price is drawing renewed attention as investors weigh the stock’s long-term performance against a shifting macroeconomic backdrop for India’s technology sector. The company remains a bellwether for enterprise IT demand, but its stock history also reflects the market’s changing appetite for growth, margins, and global outsourcing exposure.
Amul and Mother Dairy will raise milk prices by ₹2 to ₹6 per litre from November 12, according to industry sources, as dairy companies confront a sharp rise in milk fat prices, higher cattle feed costs and tighter supply conditions. The increase underscores mounting inflationary pressure in India’s dairy market, where producers are struggling to absorb rising procurement and logistics expenses without passing them on to consumers.
Tea producers have welcomed recommendations from a Tea Board panel that seek to establish a minimum sustainable price framework for the sector, arguing that the move could help protect growers from chronic price distress while preserving industry competitiveness. The proposal, which links pricing more closely to wage and cost realities, is being seen as a potential structural reform for one of India’s most labour-intensive plantation industries.
Consumers are increasingly trading down to cheaper brands and private-label goods as inflation continues to squeeze household budgets, echoing the value-seeking behavior seen in 2021. The shift is reinforcing a more cautious retail environment, with shoppers prioritizing price over premium labels even as broader spending remains resilient in some categories.
ShareChat parent Mohalla Tech’s FY26 performance reflects the uneven reality facing consumer internet startups: revenue traction in some areas, but persistent pressure on profitability and execution. The update lands as India’s venture-backed companies face tighter capital discipline, with investors increasingly rewarding clear paths to monetisation over scale alone.
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