Falling net FDI levels, it says, were driven by rising repatriation due to foreign investors realising higher returns on investments due to surging stock market.
Survey says that India, in light of significantly-changed external scenario, needs to focus on domestic growth drivers and reduce regulations impeding them.
Allocation for census was slashed in Union Budget 2024-2025. Economic Affairs Secretary Ajay Seth says allocations will be increased when a decision is taken to go ahead with the census.
Chief Economic Advisor V Anantha Nageswaran presented the Economic Survey 2023-24, displaying a map where each Indian state and Union Territory was renamed after a country with a similar population.
Survey emphasises a balanced and diverse diet to deal with the burgeoning obesity problem. It also recognises mental health as a principal factor in individual & national development.
With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.
If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.
Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.
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