New FTP expects e-commerce exports to grow up to $200-300 billion by 2030. It also proposes reduced licence fees for MSMEs, provisions for merchanting trade & more.
Research agency says India showed more resilience during Covid than earlier thought & strong corporate balance sheets, govt capex push, and robust banking sector should support growth.
The index ranks 26 countries and is based on 8 broad parameters. It includes Russia, Australia, New Zealand and the US for the influence they wield over the continent.
Hypocrisies of yesterday’s rule-makers contribute to India’s nationalist impulse, but it must choose if it wants to be admired for its soft power or be seen as an arbitrary state.
Data due Tuesday is likely to show GDP in the year to March 2022 grew 8.7% from a year ago, slower than the 8.9% expansion projected by the Statistics Ministry three months ago.
RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das, who is due to lead a meeting of the policy panel next month, has signalled more tightening to keep inflation from denting household spending power.
The revival in the rupee’s fortunes reflects the country's efforts to tackle the pandemic, with local lockdowns helping to rein in daily cases which were the world’s highest in April.
Former RBI governor Rajan says India’s relative success with first wave likely led to a sense that vaccines could be rolled out slowly, adds that the govt is now in 'emergency mode'.
The manifesto’s silence on legal reforms in the digital space is concerning. The outdated Information Technology Act, about two decades old now, remains India’s nodal tech law.
Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.
Coaching centres for Army aspirants in Jhunjhunu are shutting down due to plummeting admissions in the face of a lack of job guarantees under Agnipath Scheme.
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