Page-10 of Indian Economy
1 July: GST Day
1st July 2019 is being celebrated as GST (Goods & Services Tax) Day. This year marks the 2nd anniversary of implementation of historic tax reform of Goods &...
2 years of GST
The landmark one-nation, one-tax reform, the Goods and Services Tax (GST) was introduced on July 1, 2017. In its two year journey, it has shown some hiccups, a...
National Freight Index
Logistics firm Rivigo has launched the National Freight Index (NFI) with an aim to bring transparency and boost efficiency in the market. About the Index NFI would serve...Rivigo launches National Freight Index (NFI)
The National Freight Index (NFI) has been launched by a technology-enabled logistics company Rivigo, which owns a fleet of over 3,000 trucks. The index aims to bring transparency...Sunil Mehta recommends changes in existing Inter-Creditor Agreement (ICA)
The Sashakt Committee, headed by PNB non-executive chairman Sunil Mehta, has recommended changes in existing Inter-Creditor Agreement (ICA) to incorporate revised voting threshold and other changes for decision...
Seventh Economic Census
The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation will be conducting the seventh economic census after the gap of 5 years. Features of the Economic Census Economic Census undertakes...
Financial Literacy Week 2019
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is observing Financial Literacy Week 2019 from June 3-7 on the theme of “Farmers”. The theme aims to highlight how farmers can...
Data on Unemployment
The data from the labour force survey from the National Statistical Organisation (NSO) makes the following observations about the unemployment trends in the country: The unemployment rate was...
RBI sets the limits for Ways and Means Advances (WMA)
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in consultation with the government of India has set the limits for Ways and Means Advances (WMA) for the first half of...
Multi-dimensional Poverty Index 2018
The Multi-dimensional Poverty Index 2018 report prepared by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative makes the following observations about India:...
EASE Index Report
The BCG-IBA report EASE Reforms for Public Sector Banks measures the performance of each PSB on 140 objective metrics across 6 themes. The 6 themes are: Customer Responsiveness:...
