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North East India’s Data‑Centre Moment: How the 2047 Tax Holiday and Agartala Gateway Can Attract Global Cloud Giants
ByTeam TQ February 15, 2026February 15, 2026

The Union Budget 2026–27 may mark a turning point for North East India’s digital future. By offering a tax holiday until 2047 for foreign companies using Indian data centres, New Delhi has sent a strong signal: India wants to host global cloud infrastructure for the long term. For the North East, this is more than…

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The Tea Revolution: Can a Cooperative Brew Disrupt Assam’s Plantation Monopoly?
ByTeam TQ February 14, 2026February 14, 2026

In what could mark a defining shift in India’s entrepreneurial landscape, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry has introduced sweeping changes to the Startup India policy. For the first time, the coveted “startup” label — along with its basket of tax benefits, funding support, and innovation incentives — is no longer reserved only for urban…

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Union Budget 2026: What It Really Means for North-East India
ByTeam TQ February 1, 2026February 1, 2026

When the Finance Minister rose in Parliament to present the Union Budget, the macro story was familiar: fiscal discipline, capital expenditure, manufacturing, and growth amid global uncertainty. But for the North-East — a region long treated as a footnote in national economic imagination — the real question was simpler and sharper: does this budget finally…

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The India–EU Trade Deal and North East India: Strategic Asset or Strategic Blind Spot?
ByTeam TQ January 28, 2026January 28, 2026

As New Delhi negotiates what is being billed as the “mother of all trade deals” with Europe, a quieter and more uncomfortable question remains unanswered: where does North East India fit into this grand economic reset? A Deal That Will Reshape India — Unevenly The proposed India–European Union Free Trade Agreement (FTA) is no ordinary…

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Tripura: The “Single Window” National Leader
ByTeam TQ January 16, 2026January 16, 2026

Tripura has transformed from a largely agrarian state into a national case study on Ease of Doing Business (EoDB) and regulatory reform. In recent months, the state’s performance in deregulation and compliance has earned formal recognition at the national level. National Achievement in Deregulation Tripura has emerged as a national leader in deregulation and compliance…

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Northeast India’s GI Push: From Heritage Labels to a New Growth Engine
ByTeam TQ January 1, 2026January 1, 2026

India’s Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (MDoNER) has signalled a major shift in how the “Ashtalakshmi” states will be positioned in the national—and global—economy: not merely as a frontier region, but as an origin hub of premium, protected products. In a year-end official update, the ministry said 150 distinctive products from the North…

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GST 2.0: India’s Silent Stimulus — and the Uneven Geography of Growth
ByTeam TQ December 17, 2025December 17, 2025

When India rolled out GST 2.0 on September 22, 2025, it did not arrive with the drama of a Union Budget or the spectacle of a stimulus announcement. There were no headline-grabbing giveaways, no massive fiscal outlays. Yet, beneath the surface, GST 2.0 represents one of the most consequential structural resets in India’s economic policy…

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Numaligarh Refinery Limited Achieves Coveted Navratna Status: A Game-Changer for Northeast India
BySMS BORDOLOI December 3, 2025December 3, 2025

Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL) has been awarded the prestigious Navratna status, granting greater financial autonomy and accelerating its massive refinery expansion from 3 to 9 MMTPA. A historic milestone for Assam and Northeast India’s economic future. NRL Joins India’s Elite League of Navratna CPSEs In a major milestone for India’s public sector landscape, Numaligarh Refinery…

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India Steps Up Its EV Transition: DST–TDB Funds Indigenous EV Charger Commercialization
ByTeam TQ December 2, 2025December 2, 2025

The Government of India has approved funding for indigenous EV charger commercialization, marking a major push toward Atmanirbhar Bharat, sustainable mobility, and youth-led clean-tech innovation. A Crucial Move Toward Clean Mobility India’s EV ecosystem has expanded rapidly in the last five years, but one gap remained stubborn — charging infrastructure. To accelerate EV adoption, the…

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A Landmark Moment: NITI Aayog Officially Declares Mizoram the Ginger Capital of India
ByTeam TQ December 2, 2025December 2, 2025

On 24 November 2025, at a high-level Stakeholders’ Consultation in New Delhi, organised jointly by NITI Aayog and the Government of Mizoram, the state crossed a historic milestone. In the presence of officials from multiple central ministries and more than 60 investors in ginger trading, processing, and value-addition, NITI Aayog formally declared Mizoram as the…

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