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Thursday, November 27, 2025
TopicWorld Bank

Topic: World Bank

Modi govt plans to further ease FDI rules for insurance, aviation

Finance Ministry has suggested increasing limit on FDI in insurance companies to 74% from 49% and allowing foreign airlines to own Indian carriers.

Global growth will begin to recover this year but only modestly, World Bank says

Global growth will accelerate marginally to 2.5% this year from 2.4% in 2019, largely because of stabilisation across a few large emerging economies.

India still has a long way to go on reforms, World Bank says

Rigid land and labour laws and protectionist trade policies are hindering investment, World Bank says.

Indian economy is on a decline. So why are IMF and World Bank’s growth forecasts so high

Analysts from IIM and IIT have looked at former CEC Arvind Subramanian’s data and concluded that India’s true growth rate might have been closer to 4.5%.

Nirmala Sitharaman promises to simplify GST further to boost India’s business ranking

India jumped 14 places to rank 63rd in the World Bank's ease of doing business ranking index, and aims to be within 50 in the next few years.

India moves up 14 places in World Bank’s ease of doing business ranking

The ranking comes at a time the RBI, World Bank, IMF and various rating agencies have slashed the India’s growth forecast.

To prevent climate change, measure development differently

The world still looks at human progress in exclusively economic terms. Depletion of earth’s resources won’t change unless we link climate to economic progress.

World Bank cuts India’s growth projection to 6%, behind Bangladesh & Nepal

According to World Bank estimates for 2019, real GDP growth is projected to be 8.1% in Bangladesh, 6.5% in Nepal.

Global growth is slowing, World Bank chief says in fresh warning

World economy now looks even weaker than bank’s June forecast for 2.6% growth in 2019, World Bank chief David Malpass says.

Migrant workers sent more money to India than any other country last year

The World Bank estimates remittances to low and middle-income countries reached a record high of $529 billion in 2018, an increase of 9.6 per cent from 2017.

On Camera

Is Bangladesh ready for ‘developed country’ status? It’s all optics for Sheikh Hasina

The graduation is meant to bolster the legacy and legitimacy of Sheikh Hasina's Awami League, even as the real-world preparedness lagged behind the glossy narrative.

How Rupee ended up as Asia’s worst currency this year

Possible improvements in US-India trade ties and a lower tariff rate could ease pressure, but if that doesn’t eventuate, RBI may be forced to support the rupee further.

India and Indonesia inch closer to BrahMos deal, defence ties to ramp up

Indonesia delegation led by Defence Minister Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin visited BrahMos facility & met with top officials & undertook a detailed briefing on the missile system.

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.