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RBI extends authorization issued to Vakrangee to own and operate WLA

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has extended the validity of authorization issued to IT service management company Vakrangee, to setup, own and operate the White Label ATMs...

March 21, 2020

S&P Global Ratings lowered India’s economic growth forecast to 5.2% for 2020

S&P Global Ratings lowered India’s economic growth forecast to 5.2 per cent for the year 2020. The rating agency had earlier predicted the growth rate of 5.7% for...

March 19, 2020

Marginal decline in number of job seekers

The Union Labour Minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar recently informed that the number of job seekers in the country marginally declined between 2015 and 2017 from 4.35 crore in...

March 17, 2020

OECD lowers India’s GDP growth forecast to 5.1%

International agency OECD recently lowered India’s GDP growth forecast to 5.1 per cent from the earlier projection of 6.2 per cent for 2020-21. For the financial year ending...

March 4, 2020

India emerged as 5th largest economy in 2019

World Population Review, a US-based think tank, recently stated in its report that India emerged as the world’s fifth largest economy in 2019, with a GDP of $...

February 18, 2020

Moody’s lowers India’s GDP forecast to 5.4% for 2020

American Credit rating agency, Moody’s Investors Service has lowered India’s growth forecast to 5.4 per cent for the year 2020. Earlier, the country’s growth was estimated as 6.6...

February 17, 2020

Fitch Ratings estimates India’s FY21 GDP growth at 5.6%

Fitch Ratings recently released its forecast for India’s economic growth for the next financial year. It estimated a growth rate of 5.6 per cent, which is lower than...

February 5, 2020

Gender Diversity Report 2019

The Gender Diversity Report 2019 was released as a part of the India Skills Report 2019. What percentage of Women work globally? 79.9% of women in Nepal work,...

December 12, 2019

India’s data localisation plans hang in the balance

India’s data localisation plans hang in the balance as it will join the other Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) countries. What is the issue? The RCEP meeting will...

October 10, 2019

Slowdown effects more pronounced in India: IMF

The new International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Kristalina Georgieva warned that the global economy is witnessing ‘synchronised slowdown’ which will result in slower growth for 90% of the...

October 10, 2019

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