The Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers requested an urgent analysis from the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) following a report by the Maharashtra FDA exposing extreme markups on hospital consumables. Surveys revealed price markups exceeding 2,800% between wholesale procurement costs and printed Maximum Retail Prices (MRPs) on everyday items like IV sets, syringes, and catheters, reopening official discussions on implementing Trade Margin Rationalisation (TMR) across non-scheduled medical devices. Simultaneously, the Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO) voiced strong concern over the US Russia Sanctions Bill, cautioning that the threat of 100% secondary tariffs might be leveraged to force India into signing a one-sided Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA). In maritime defence and heavy industry, Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) finalized plans to invest ₹27,000 crore to build a mega greenfield shipbuilding cluster at Dighi Port in Raigad, Maharashtra, projecting the creation of over 90,000 jobs. Meanwhile, the Union Government conducted a national review to increase the utilization of recycled steel sourced from domestic ship-breaking yards.