IMF raises India GDP forecast by 20 bps to 7% for FY25
18 July 2024 | blogwebContext: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) revised upward its projections for India’s GDP growth in the fiscal year 2024-25 (FY25)...
Economy
Economy
Economy
Doubling of Return on Foreign Currency Asset
17 July 2024 | blogwebContext: RBI said with interest rates rising in the US and other developed countries amid high inflation, the return, or...
Economy
Exports Stay in the Green Amid Logistics Challenges
17 July 2024 | blogwebContext: India’s exports saw gains in four of the top five destinations with a 6% increase to the US, 14%...
Economy
Dynamics of the Gig Economy
16 July 2024 | blogwebContext: Karnataka Platform-based Gig Workers (Social Security and Welfare) Bill, 2024 does not adequately address employment relationships in gig work,...
Economy
India’s Manufacturing Sector
11 July 2024 | blogwebContext: India’s urbanisation will move millions of agricultural workers to cities. Failure to create low-skilled jobs could strain governance, while...
Economy
Finalisation of New Producer Price Index (PPI) Model
09 July 2024 | blogwebContext: Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) announced the finalisation of a new Producer Price Index PPI...
Economy
Digital Bharat Nidhi (DNB)
09 July 2024 | blogwebContext: The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) released draft rules to operationalise the Digital Bharat Nidhi, it would replace the erstwhile...
Economy
MEITY to Seek More Funds for Semiconductor Mission
09 July 2024 | blogwebContext: Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) is seeking additional funding from the Finance Ministry to further support semiconductor...
Economy
Balance of Payment
09 July 2024 | blogwebContext:RBI showed that India’s current account registered a surplus of 0.6% of GDP during the fourth quarter (Jan-Mar) of the...
Economy
Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)
06 July 2024 | blogwebContext: India’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports touched a near four-year high as gas-based power output jumps amid severe heatwave. ...
Economy
Advisory Committee on National Account Statistics
06 July 2024 | blogwebContext: The Union government recently reconstituted the Advisory Committee on National Accounts Statistics chaired by Bishwabnath Goldar. About the...
Economy
86th Session of the Executive Committee of Codex Alimentarius Commission
05 July 2024 | blogwebContext: India’s Participation in the 86th Session of the Executive Committee of Codex Alimentarius Commission, which was held at the...
Economy
Draft Foreign Exchange Management Regulations, 2024
05 July 2024 | blogwebContext: Reserve Bank of India (RBI) introduced Draft Foreign Exchange Management (Export and Import of Goods and Services) Regulations, 2024 ...
Economy
Government plans a PLI scheme to boost critical mineral recycling and support the circular economy
05 July 2024 | blogwebContext: The Ministry of Mines is in the early stages of developing a Production Linked Incentive (PLI) program aimed at...
Economy
RBI’s surplus transfer to the Government
05 July 2024 | blogwebContext : RBI announced last month that it is transferring a sizable dividend to the government, significantly more than what...
Economy
Project Nexus
03 July 2024 | blogwebContext: India’s Unified Payments Interface (UPI) and Fast Payments Systems (FPSs) of Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand will be...
Current Affairs
Petrodollar
03 July 2024 | blogwebContext: With the The 50-year-old petrodollar agreement between the US and Saudi Arabia expired commentators predicted the end of the...
Current Affairs
Government to Amend MSME Development Act, 2006
01 July 2024 | blogwebContext: Ministry of Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSME) to amend MSME Development Act, 2006. More on News: The aim...
Current Affairs
Currency Swap Arrangement
01 July 2024 | blogwebContext: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has decided to put in place a revised Framework on Currency Swap Arrangement...
Economy
Financial Action Task Force (FATF)
01 July 2024 | blogwebContext: The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) said that India’s anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing (AML/CFT) regime is achieving “good...
Economy
53rd Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council Meeting
01 July 2024 | blogwebContext: The GST Council convened after nearly nine months and deliberated on clarifications, tweaks, forbearances, and procedural changes based on...
