Agra Metro Project

Agra Metro Project consists of two corridors with a total length of 29.4 km. It connects famous tourist attractions like Taj Mahal, Agra Fort, Sikandra etc., with railway stations and bus stands. Its construction work is to be inaugurated by Prime Minister Modi. The project is expected to benefit 29 lakh people in the city ..

Month: Current Affairs - December, 2020

Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs

Topics: Consumer Price Index (CPI) • Index of industrial production • Metro • Metro Rail • Metro rail systems • Price index • Wholesale price index

Core sector Growth of India hit due to Lock Down

The core sectors of India include crude oil, steel, natural gas, refinery product, cement, fertilizer, electricity and coal. According to the figures released by the Ministry of Commerce recently, the production of core industries of India shrank in March, 2020 due to lock down. Highlights The output of the core industries has reduced by 6.5% ..

Month: Current Affairs - May, 2020

Category: Reports & Indexes Current Affairs

Topics: Cement • Central Statistics Office (CSO) • CSO • Eight core sectors • Electricity • Index of Eight Core Industries • Index of Eight core sectors • Index of industrial production • Petroleum Industry

Industrial production output shrink by 4.3% in September

The latest index of industrial production (IIP) estimates from the NSO show that output shrank by 4.3% in September. All three component sectors in the index – manufacturing, mining and electricity shows contractions.  Also, five of the six categories on the IIP’s use-based classification of goods registered declines, with only intermediate goods bucking the trend. ..

Topics: Economic data • Economic sector • Index of industrial production • Industrial production

Industrial production growth slows to 1.7% in January 2019

The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has released the data for the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) for the month of January. The IIP data shows that: Industrial output growth stood at 1.7 per cent in January against the 2.6% growth recorded in December 2018. The CSO has revised the industrial production growth for December 2018 has ..

Month: Current Affairs - March, 2019

Topics: capital goods • Central Statistical Office • CSO • IIP • Index of industrial production • Mining • Primary Goods

Growth Rate in the Core Sector witnesses Decline

The growth rate eight core sectors which include coal, crude oil, natural gas, refinery products, fertilisers, steel, cement and electricity witnessed a decline as per the data from the Ministry of Commerce and Industries. Reduced growth rate of Core Sector The core sector which had witnessed a 6.2% growth in January 2018 witnessed a growth ..

Month: Current Affairs - March, 2019

Topics: Cement • Coal • Core sector • crude oil • Electricity • fertilisers • IIP • Index of industrial production • Ministry of Commerce and Industries • Natural Gas • refinery products • Steel