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Visit India Year 2023 Campaign
The revenue from the tourism industry was 250 billion USD in 2018. Due to the COVID pandemic, the tourism industry suffered huge losses. The revenue fell to 122 billion USD in 2020 due to the pandemic. India has huge tourism ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2023
Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs • International / World Current Affairs
G – 20 Startup Engagement Group
India is to host the G-20 summit to be held in 2023. To make the summit a success, several engagement groups are being formed. The group comprises representatives from Non – Government organizations. There are different engagement groups such as ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2023
Category: Important Days & Events Current Affairs
SCO Meet: India invites Pakistan, China
The Shanghai Cooperation Meet is to be held in August 2023 under India’s chairmanship. 2023 is India’s year as the country is hosting two major international meets the SCO and the G-20. The Global South looks up to these meetings. ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2023
Category: International / World Current Affairs
Annual International G-20 Conference- Highlights
13th Annual International G-20 conference was held on October 6, 2021. India was represented by Finance Minister (FM) Nirmala Sitharaman. Highlights During the conference, FM noted that, India is working for identifying the vacuum areas in international policy coordination, in ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2021
G-20 Debt Service Suspension Initiative: Key Facts
On October 1, 2020, the officials of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) called for the extension of G20 Debt Service Suspension initiative till the end of 2021. What is Debt Service Suspension Initiative? The DSSI means that for a limited ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2020
Extraordinary G20 Trade and Investment Ministerial Meet
On March 31, 2020, the “Extraordinary G20 Trade and Investment Ministerial Virtual Meet” was held through video conferencing. The Union Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal represented India at the meet. Highlights India had called for easy movement of health professionals and ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2020
Budget 2020: Governance
In order to achieve minimum government and maximum governance, the Budget 2020-21 has allocated funds for the following Tax Payer Charter introduced The Budget allocated funds to institutionalize a Tax Payer Charter. This is to ensure fairness and avoid harassments ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2020
Cabinet approves Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement between India-Chile
Union Cabinet has approved the signing of Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) and Protocol between Republic of India and Republic of Chile. This will help in elimination of double taxation as well as prevention of fiscal evasion and avoidance with ..