GDP

In a development that could help combat climate change significantly, a team of researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) - Guwahati, in partnership with the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) Limited, has designed and…
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The Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs, Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Economic Survey 2021-22 in Parliament today. The highlights of the Economic Survey are as follows: State of the Economy: Indian economy is…
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Due to the global pandemic, there have been persistent labour market challenges, lingering supply chain challenges and rising inflationary pressures. This has caused governments to make difficult policy choices with the weaking economy.…
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Areport published by Oxford Economics states that India will have most of the world's fastest-growing cities between 2019 and 2035. Strangely, Pune is not included in the list of 17 cities where Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Chennai are…
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Over the years, the status of Indian women has been subjected to many changes. In Vedic times women enjoyed a fair amount of personal freedom. Each family was a single economic unit without any specialization or gender based division of…
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From decline in consumption of petrol and diesel by more than 30 per cent to drastic fall in air and water pollution, everything came to a standstill barring the meagre movement of essentials due to the lockdown in the context of COIVD-19.…
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The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need for well-functioning social protection systems in the region as never before. The UN report released today reveals that despite their rapid socioeconomic ascent, most countries in the…
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A bold targeted fiscal expansion, led by the advanced economies, is the only way to build a fair and resilient economic recovery from COVID-19, according to UNCTAD’s Trade and Development Report 2020. Public-debt-to-GDP ratios will increase…
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Indian agricultural sector contributes significantly to the country’s economy and meets major portion of domestic and global demand for agricultural products. However, its contribution to GDP has come down from 56.5 per cent in 1950--51 to…
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Since 2017, India has been governed by a single tax regime with the introduction of Goods and Services Tax (GST) after almost two decades of deliberations and hard work. It has facilitated the unification of the Indian market by allowing…
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