The AMCA project is a long-term requirement of the Indian Air Force. India had previously developed the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas indigenously.
For decades, India has followed established protocols to deport Bangladeshi infilitrators and Rohingyas to their home country. The process has been slow (pending trial in courts), cumbersome (because Bangladesh government and BGB often refuse to acknowledge their own citizens) and has failed to attain success.
The World Bank, in its report Poverty and Equity Brief for India, released in April 2025, revealed that Extreme poverty (living on less than USD 2.15 per day) fell from 16.2 per cent in 2011-12 to 2.3 per cent in 2022-23.
50 percent of accounts under Mudra Yojana are held by SC, ST and OBC entrepreneurs, ensuring wider access to formal finance to all sections of society.
In the budget 2025-26, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced that ships of specified size would be inducted in the harmonised master list of infrastructure making them eligible for financial incentives. This will attract private investment in the shipbuilding industry and enhance fleet modernisation.