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GoI announces Lock Down 4.0 with economic package of Rs 20 lakh crores

On May 12, 2020, PM Modi announced Lock Down 4.0 with new rules. He also announced an economic package of Rs 20 lakh crores to ease lives of...

May 13, 2020

CRISIL pegged India’s Growth Rate for FY21 at 1.8%

CRISIL, the rating agency, recently pegged India’s growth rate at 1.8% for FY21- a downgrade from an earlier estimate of 3.5%. Recent Predictions CRISIL, the domestic rating agency,...

April 30, 2020

BRICS Foreign ministers to attend COVID-19 meeting

The foreign ministers of the BRICS grouping are to discuss on measures to combat COVID-19. External Affairs Minister Shri S Jaishankar is to represent India at the meet....

April 28, 2020

India seeks help from IMF and World Bank to fill data gaps

The Government of India has approached multilateral organizations such as World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) to find out methods that will help in preparing economic indicators...

April 27, 2020

Fifteenth Finance Commission to assess impacts of COVID-19

The Economic Advisory Council of the Fifteenth Finance Commission is to meet on April 23 and 24, 2020. The council is to discuss the impacts of COVID-19. Highlights...

April 21, 2020

“Dekho Apna Desh”: A Webinar launched by Tourism Ministry

On April 14, 2020, the Ministry of Tourism launched “Dekho Apna Desh”. It is a webinar that caters in-depth information about tourist destinations in the country. It also...

April 15, 2020

Fishing and Aquaculture exempted from Lock Down

On April 11, 2020, the Ministry of Home Affairs, exempted fishing and aquaculture industries from Lock Down. Earlier, the agricultural activities were exempted. Highlights The operations such as...

April 11, 2020

Finanance Commission: N K Singh Committee for a new Fiscal Consolidation Road Map

On March 19, 2020, the Finance Commission Constituted a committee under Shri N K Singh in order to build a fiscal consolidation road map for the centre and...

March 20, 2020

Corona Virus: US Federal Reserve reduces interest rate to 0%

On February 16, 2020, the United States Reserve Bank announced that the key interest rates are to be slashed to 0% to 0.25%. This is being done in...

March 16, 2020

India’s CAD narrows to 0.2% in December quarter

As per the recent notification of the Reserve Bank of India, Current Account Deficit (CAD) was 0.2% of GDP in December quarter when compared to 0.9% of GDP...

March 14, 2020

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