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Committee on Companies Act, 2013 submits its report to Finance Ministry

Ministry of Finance and Corporate Affairs constituted the Company Law Committee in September 2019. The Committee submitted its report to the Finance Minister on November 18, 2019. Objective...

November 19, 2019

Central Electricity Authority Data: India’s Electricity Demand fell to a 12-year low

According to the data released by the Central electricity Authority (CEA), the electricity demand of the country fell by 13% in October 2019 as compared to October 2018....

November 14, 2019

NCAER Survey: Business Confidence fell by 15%

According to National Council of Applied Economic Research, the Business Confidence of India dipped to lowest in six years. It fell by 15% between the period July and...

November 12, 2019

Why the Economic Slowdown is taking place?

The release of the first-quarter data for the financial year 2020 came as a rude surprise to economists and policy planners in the country. Due to a fall...

September 3, 2019

Debate over India’s GDP Numbers

The Central Statistics Office (CSO) introduced a new series of National Account Statistics in 2015. The important changes made in the new series included the change in base...

August 13, 2019

Ex-CEA’s claim on GDP refuted by the PM s Economic Advisory Council

The Prime Minister s Economic Advisory Council (EAC) has refuted the assertion by the former chief economic advisor (CEA) Arvind Subramanian that India s GDP was overestimated between...

June 20, 2019

United Nations releases World Economic Situation and Prospects (WESP) 2019 Mid-year Update

The United Nations (UN) has recently released the World Economic Situation and Prospects (WESP) 2019 Mid-year Update. In it, the UN has lowered its forecast for India’s GDP...

May 24, 2019

World Bank releases its latest report on “South Asia Economic Focus, Exports Wanted”

As per latest report on “South Asia Economic Focus, Exports Wanted” by World Bank (WB), India’s GDP growth is expected to accelerate moderately to 7.5% in FY 20...

April 9, 2019

ADB lowers India’s growth by 40 basis points to 7.2% in fiscal year 2019-20

Asian Development Bank (ADB) has recently released its flagship publication Asian Development Outlook 2019. In its report, ADB has lowered India’s growth by 40 basis points to 7.2%...

April 4, 2019

ACTU report: Low wages bad impact on Australians

The Australian Council of Trade Union says that low wages has led to many Australians taking multiple jobs. The secondary jobs are acquired in healthcare, education and social...

March 23, 2019

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