According to govt data, food & household utilities were the only bundle of goods that witnessed a positive growth rate in 2020-21, the first pandemic year, compared to previous financial year.
According to Pronab Sen, any data that is collected by a door-to-door survey will be impacted by the pandemic as govt won’t permit field investigators to take that risk.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has announced collateral-free loans, credit guarantees, capital infusion and various other liquidity-boosting measures for MSMEs, NBFCs & DISCOMs.
Although economists have warned against decisions like America First and Brexit, India does have the edge when it comes to boosting domestic consumption post-coronavirus.
According to government reply in Lok Sabha, the pilot phase of PMIS is being used to test concepts, strategies and systems before a full-scale implementation of the scheme.
Order for 87 MALE drones will be split between 2 Indian firms in 64:36 ratio to ensure there are 2 independent manufacturing lines with at least 60% indigenous components.
The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.
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