Context: After China, India will become the second country in the world to start the ‘trade-plus-one’ (T+1) settlement cycle in top listed secur… Continue Reading

Context: Recently, a study published in the Global Environmental Change journal, which states that India’s financial sector is highly exposed to th… Continue Reading

Context: On September 20, 2021, the Indian Federation of App-based Transport Workers, on behalf of gig workers, filed a public interest litigation in… Continue Reading

Context: Recently, on the occasion of National Startup Day (16th January), Startup India Innovation week culminated along with National Start up Awar… Continue Reading

Context: According to the Oxfam’s Report “Survival of the Richest: The India story”, the richest 1% in India now own more than 40% of the count… Continue Reading

Context: Recently, over a dozen “restrictive and discriminatory” conditions which prevented local suppliers from participating in the bidding pro… Continue Reading

Context: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) recently released the Annual Report of the Ombudsman Schemes. Relevance: GS3 About: ->Key highlights of … Continue Reading

Context: -A report titled ‘Working Time and Work-Life Balance Around the World’ has been recently released by the International Labour Organisati… Continue Reading

Context: Under the Honey Mission, 1 lakh and 75 thousand bee boxes have been distributed so far by the Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC)… Continue Reading

Context: Recently NITI Aayog published a discussion paper titled “Digital Banks: A Proposal for Licensing & Regulatory Regime for India”, which e… Continue Reading

Context: Recently, corporate tax collections exceeded 3% of the GDP after a gap of two years in 2021-22. It is reflecting overall improvement in prof… Continue Reading

Context: The Investor Education and Protection Fund (IEPF) will launch an outreach programme to create awareness of Cryptocurrencies and Online Gamin… Continue Reading

Context: India has shared the vision to make International Year of Millets 2023 a ‘People’s Movement’ alongside positioning India as the ‘Glo… Continue Reading

Context: The Indian Rupee depreciated by around 10% against the US dollar and the rupee was the worst-performing Asian currency in 2022. Relevance: … Continue Reading

Context: Government will launch the Digital India Innovation Fund to support deep tech startups. Relevance: GS3 About: Deep tech or deep technolo… Continue Reading

Context: According to figures presented in Parliament in December 2022, over the last five years, the number of registered startups in India have gro… Continue Reading

Context: The Indian economy is projected to record relatively healthy Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth of 6.9% in 2022-23 and inflation has starte… Continue Reading

Context: In many of the world's top economies, including the United States, the biggest and most consequential, there are fears of recession as the n… Continue Reading

Context: The Centre has told the Supreme Court that a ban imposed by certain coastal States on purse seine fishing, which is known to disadvantage en… Continue Reading

Context: Recently, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has released a report titled- “State of the Economy”, which warns of a darkening global outloo… Continue Reading

Context: Russia has for the second month in a row remained India's top oil supplier in November 2022 surpassing traditional sellers Iraq and Saudi Ar… Continue Reading

Context: Recently, EU members have agreed to implement a minimum tax rate of 15% on big businesses in accordance with Pillar 2 of the global tax agre… Continue Reading

Context: IEA’s Coal 2022: Analysis and forecast to 2025 report says coal is set to continue to be the growth engine of global coal demand. Global c… Continue Reading

Context: Delays in paddy planting and stubble burning in certain districts of Punjab and Haryana act like a cascade. They have caused excessive poll… Continue Reading

Context: Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) will charge a “small fee" from platforms that will contribute towards “maintenance and developm… Continue Reading

Context: India’s exports declined about 16.7% in October 2022 compared with the same period 2021, raising concerns over slowing exports. For Octob… Continue Reading

Context: Efforts are being made by Governments, civil societies, corporates, businesses and even the common people towards net-zero emissions to null… Continue Reading

Context: Recently, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) unveiled its latest review of the Monetary Policy. RBI sai… Continue Reading

Context: The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has extended by two years the deadline to comply with its 30 per cent cap on the market sh… Continue Reading

Context: Western countries, G7 and European Union have agreed to cap the price of Russia’s oil exports (to $60 per barrel) in an attempt to limit t… Continue Reading

Context: Five key social sector departments – health, women and child development, rural development and panchayat raj, education, and housing and … Continue Reading

Context: According to the World Bank’s (WB) Migration and Development Brief, India is expected to receive a record $100 billion in remittances in 2… Continue Reading

Context: Recently, many of U.S. multinational companies has announced massive layoffs, which already crossed 60,000 in September and October 2022. A… Continue Reading

Context: Recently, the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) released India’s economic growth data for the second quarter of … Continue Reading

Context: The Reserve Bank announces the launch of the first pilot for retail digital Rupee (e₹-R) also called Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC).… Continue Reading

Context: Recently, the Ministry of Power has announced a Scheme for Procurement of Aggregate Power of 4500 MW on competitive basis for five years on … Continue Reading

Context: NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman expressed concern over the revival of the old pension scheme (OPS) by some States, saying it would burden future ta… Continue Reading

Context: Several states have recently urged the central government to reduce its reliance on revenue-raising cesses and surcharges, which lower their… Continue Reading

Context: According to former RBI Governor C Rangarajan, containing domestic inflation is critical to halting the rupee depreciation. Relevance: GS3… Continue Reading

GS-3 ECONOMY CONTEXT: Recently the Central government released the Sovereign Green Bonds Framework. The revenue generated from the issuance of sover… Continue Reading

Tea-The Hindu-11-11-2022 GS - 3 Agricultural Resources Cropping Patterns CONTEXT : Tea produced in the Northeast is safe to drink, a risk as… Continue Reading

GS - 3 Growth and development, employment Context: Pashmina shawl traders have moved to Delhi High Court complaining of being subjected to Custo… Continue Reading

Rabies-The Hindu-09-11-2022 GS-3 ENVIRONMENT AND DISEASE CONTEXT : Wild animals occasionally contribute to rabies cases in villages located in the… Continue Reading

GS-3 ECONOMY What is the Size of India's Online Gaming Market? Revenue and Industry Growth: The revenue of the Indian mobile gaming industry… Continue Reading

Reforms in MSME Sector-The Hindu-04-11-2022 GS-3 ECONOMY CONTEXT : Reforms in MSME Sector The Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises(MSMEs) sect… Continue Reading

GS Paper - 3 Economy Government Policies & Interventions CONTEXT Rise in Gst revenue Introduction The Goods and Services Tax (GST) is… Continue Reading

Circular economy-The Hindu-31-10-2022 GS-3 Economy(CORE SYLLABUS) Prelim and Mains A circular economy (also referred to as “circularity”)i… Continue Reading

GS-3 ECONOMY: In ‑2013­, the tax department issued a notice to Google proposing to treat payments made by Google India to Google Ireland as royal… Continue Reading

GS-3 ECONOMY: CONTEXT: What do you mean by Green investment? The term “green investments” refers to investment activities that are focused on … Continue Reading

GS-3 ECONOMY: CONTEXT: What do you mean by Green investment? The term “green investments” refers to investment activities that are focused on … Continue Reading

GS-3 ECONOMY CONTEXT: What are Free Trade Agreements? A Free trade Agreement (FTA) is an agreement between two or more countries where the countr… Continue Reading

GS-3 Economy Prelim: What Is a Reverse Auction? A reverse auction is a type of auction in which sellers bid for the prices at which they are will… Continue Reading

DAKSH-The Hindu-08-10-2022 GS-3 ECONOMY : CONTEXT : RBI launches advanced supervisory monitoring system DAKSH. DAKSH is a web-based end-to-end wo… Continue Reading

DAKSH-The Hindu-08-10-2022 GS-3 ECONOMY : CONTEXT : RBI launches advanced supervisory monitoring system DAKSH. DAKSH is a web-based end-to-end wo… Continue Reading

GS-3 ECONOMY CONTEXT: World food prices have fallen for the sixth month in a row in September, UN data showed on Friday, as they continued to decli… Continue Reading

GS-3 ECONOMY IN DETAIL: The world bank has trimmed its estimate for India’s growth in the current fiscal year (FY22-23) to 6.5%. Its previous pr… Continue Reading

GS-3 ECONOMY: CONTEXT: PRELIM AND MAINS: What Is a Gig Economy? A gig economy is a free market system in which temporary positions are common… Continue Reading

Economy GS-3 IN SHORTS: PRELIM: The RBI had hiked the repo rate by another 50bps points on 30th September in the wake of high domestic retail in… Continue Reading

GS-3 ECONOMY : CONTEXT : The Quarterly Employment Survey (QES) report of 2021-22 on the fourth round (January-March) says that the manufacturing se… Continue Reading

GS-2 Governance CONTEXT BACKGROUND PRELIM AND MAINS: PRIME MINISTER LAUNCHES NATIONAL LOGISTICS POLICY (NLP) Policy Aims to: The policy en… Continue Reading

The Eastern Economic Forum-The Hindu-16-09-2022 GS-3 ECONOMY CONTEXT : The EEF was established in 2015. Aim : To encourage foreign investme… Continue Reading

GS-1 GEOGRAPHY RESOURCE AND ITS ALLOCATION CONTEXT: Iran may urge India to restart oil imports. Prelim and Mains : Background : The petr… Continue Reading

GS-3 Economy Context : A Brief Overview The Bretton Woods Conference in 1944 led the foundation of the IMF. The International Monetary Fund… Continue Reading

very very important (Note: Dear student this section is very important this is special series of v2v ias. Make a short note from this section beca… Continue Reading

GS-3 Economy Context : Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) transactions is likely to rise from 24 million in 2022 to 40 million by 2027. What is NFT ? … Continue Reading

GS-2 CONTEXT: With inflation remaining at ‘elevated levels’, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Reserve Bank of India unanimously deci… Continue Reading

GS-3 CONTEXT : India has eased coal import targets for utilities owned by State governments and private companies, according to an internal notice… Continue Reading

Tobacco products in India Tobacco use is a major risk factor for many chronic diseases, including cancer, lung disease, cardiovascular disease, and… Continue Reading

Context : India’s eight core sectors’ output growth moderated to 12.7% in June, from 18.1% in May, with all sectors except crude oil registering … Continue Reading

On July 14, the Staff level talks between Pakistan and the International Monetary Fund (IMF)concluded for the seventh and eighth review under Extended… Continue Reading

Inflation and a widening trade deficit as ‘twin challenges’ for the economy, the Ministry, however, emphasised that economic activity in the count… Continue Reading

Inflation and a widening trade deficit as ‘twin challenges’ for the economy, the Ministry, however, emphasised that economic activity in the count… Continue Reading

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s remarks on Tuesday reflect authorities’ recognition that any let-up in the fight against inflation risks und… Continue Reading

The World Population Prospects 2022 has projected that India will surpass China as the world’s most populous country in 2023, while the global popul… Continue Reading

NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman asserted that any tariff protection to promote local manufacturing in India will come with an in-built sunset clause. Note… Continue Reading

The Fifteenth Finance Commission has finalised its report for fund devolution from the Centre to States for the five years from 2021-22 to 2025-26. … Continue Reading

India’s fiscal deficit soared to 109% of the Budget target in just the first five months of the year (2020-21), with revenues remaining muted. Th… Continue Reading

Out of the USD 20 billion in loans issued by the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), about $6 billion has gone to India. India is one of t… Continue Reading

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has brought out a document titled the ‘Technology Vision for Cyber Security for Urban Co-operative Banks (UCBs) 2020… Continue Reading

The Centre has permitted five states to borrow an additional Rs.9,913 crore through open market borrowings to meet expenditure requirements amid falli… Continue Reading

Corporates in India have got three more months of relief from the invocation of insolvency and bankruptcy (IBC) proceedings by lenders. Details: … Continue Reading

The bonds qualify as tier II capital of the bank. The bonds have a face value of Rs.10 lakh each, bearing a coupon rate of 6.24% per annum payable an… Continue Reading

The Rajya Sabha passed the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Second Amendment) Bill (IBC), 2020. The Bill replaces an Ordinance passed in June 2020. … Continue Reading

Two of the three agriculture-related legislation aimed at liberalising the farm sector have been passed by the Rajya Sabha, these legislations were ea… Continue Reading

Inter-State Migrant Workmen (ISMW) Act, 1979: The ISMW Act came into force four decades ago. It is meant to protect vulnerable workers who leave t… Continue Reading

In the current fiscal year (2020-21), States are looking at a staggering Rs.2.35 lakh crore GST revenue shortfall.… Continue Reading

Amendments have been made to the Essential Commodities Act, new laws have been framed to bypass the State APMC Acts and to facilitate contract farming… Continue Reading

Unemployment problem in India: Employment concern and associated issues: Notably, the employment-intensive sectors like construction (–50%), t… Continue Reading

FICCI has urged bold and decisive action from the government to stimulate demand for India to return to a positive growth trajectory, following a 23.9… Continue Reading

Acc. to CARE rating agency, the pandemic-stricken states have borrowed a whopping Rs.2.97 lakh crore so far this financial year, which is as much as 5… Continue Reading

Fitch Ratings projected the global GDP to contract 4.4% for 2020-21 but revised upwards China’s growth estimate to 2.7% for 2020. Fitch has slash… Continue Reading

A Government Security (G-Sec) is a tradeable instrument issued by the Central Government or the State Governments. It acknowledges the Government’s … Continue Reading

The RBI has specified five financial ratios and sector-specific thresholds for resolution of COVID-19 related stressed assets in 26 sectors, including… Continue Reading

The United Nations is steering an initiative called the Financing for Development in the Era of COVID-19 and Beyond, to articulate a comprehensive fin… Continue Reading

The PM laid out a vision of making India a manufacturing hub at the heart of global supply chains. The pitch comes in the backdrop of the governmen… Continue Reading

Stress in the power sector: Surplus capacity: Several states have installed capacity that is far in excess of actual requirements. Despite havi… Continue Reading

Ease of Doing Business (EODB) is a joint initiative by the DPIIT and the World Bank to improve the overall business environment in the States. Thes… Continue Reading

The Road Transport and Highways Minister speaking at the annual session of the Automotive Component Manufacturers Association of India (ACMA) have ask… Continue Reading

Attributing the shortfall in GST collections to disruptions due to Covid-19, the Finance Minister said the economy is facing an "Act-of-God"-like situ… Continue Reading

City Gas Distribution (CGD) entities are likely to save on penalties for work delays triggered by the pandemic. The fundamental norm of the law of … Continue Reading

The altered guidelines include funding to segments including start-ups and agriculture. Bank finance of up to Rs.50 crore to start-ups, loans to fa… Continue Reading

India has been ranked 48th in the Global Innovation Index (GII) 2020 as per the GII 2020 Report jointly published by Cornell, INSEAD and World Intelle… Continue Reading

The data released by the National Statistical Office, India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has suffered its steepest contraction on record in the Ap… Continue Reading

A data released by the National Statistical Office(NSO), the GDP of India has shrunk by a record 23.9% in the April to June 2020 quarter in comparison… Continue Reading

Flaws in the current GST system: The current design and implementation of the GST system have failed to deliver on the promise of enhanced economic… Continue Reading

India’s fiscal deficit in the four months to end July 2020 stood at 103.1% of the budgeted target for FY21. Net tax receipts were Rs.2.03 trillio… Continue Reading

In August 2020, the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) had approved Green term ahead market (GTAM) contracts on the Indian Energy Exchan… Continue Reading

Public health groups, along with doctors and economists, have urged the GST Council to increase compensation cess on all tobacco products. Pros: … Continue Reading

The Government of India, (Government of Maharashtra), Mumbai Railway Vikas Corporation and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) signed a lo… Continue Reading

Aarogya Setu introduces ‘Open API Service’. This is a novel feature in the app to help people, businesses and the economy to return to normalcy… Continue Reading

The World Bank had, previously in May 2020, projected that the Indian economy would contract by 3.2% in the current fiscal year and would only rebound… Continue Reading

NEWS: Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA), Rajesh Verma released the “Report of the Committee on Business Responsibility Reporting (BRR)” from … Continue Reading

Balance of Payments: The balance of payments (BOP) is a statement of all transactions made between entities in one country and the rest of the worl… Continue Reading

NEWS The release of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) compensation due to the States for the financial year 2019-20. Compensation cess fund A comp… Continue Reading

Context: PM to launch a financing facility under Agriculture Infrastructure Fund and release benefits under PM-KISAN. Details: The Union Cabi… Continue Reading

Context: Centre’s fiscal deficit to increase to 7.6% & India’s GDP to contract by 5.3% in FY21: India Ratings and Research’s Report. Details:… Continue Reading

Context:ICRA projects Indian economy to contract 9.5% in 2020-’21, cites rising coronavirus cases, lockdown. Details: *Rating agency ICRA on T… Continue Reading

NITI Aayog presented India’s 2nd Voluntary National Review at UN’s High-Level Political Forum; held virtually * NITI Aayog presented India’s … Continue Reading

Context:NSDC Collaborates with Microsoft India to Provide Digital Skills to Indian Yout. Details: * The National Skill Development Corporation (… Continue Reading

Context: SBM Bank India Partnered with Mastercard to facilitate Real-time domestic & cross-border payments & remittances through ‘Mastercard Send’… Continue Reading

Context:NLC, Coal India to form 50:50 JV to develop solar and thermal power assets. Details: *Government-owned mining majors NLC India Ltd and C… Continue Reading

Context:Tourism Sector Could Lose 1.2 Trillion USD Due To Covid Pandemic: UNCTAD Report. Details: *The United Nations Conference on Trade and De… Continue Reading

Context:In accordance with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) data, India’s external debt stood at USD558.5 billion in March 2020, an increase of USD15… Continue Reading

Context:The Commerce Ministry’s provisional figures for the core sector for May 2020. Details: *Output in the eight core industries suffered a… Continue Reading

Context:RBI to tighten rules for home finance firms. Details: *The Reserve Bank of India has proposed stringent norms for housing finance compan… Continue Reading

Context:SEBI has further eased fund-raising norms for firms. Details: *These measures along with the relaxation on rights issues, permitted earl… Continue Reading

Context:The public sector banks have disbursed Rs16,031.39 crore till June 12, 2020, under the Rs3-lakh crore Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme (… Continue Reading

Context:New pipeline tariff, authorisation policy to push for higher share of gas in energy basket. Details: *In a bid to raise the share of nat… Continue Reading

Context: MSMEs wait for work as demand slumps post lockdown Pandemic. Details: *In the economic package for MSMEs, one of the major casualties… Continue Reading

Context: Government puts off decision on States' GST dues till July Details: *GST collections in the past two months have only reached 45% of th… Continue Reading

Content: Lockdown wages, Supreme Court allows firms to negotiate with staff. Details: *The Supreme Court on Friday asked factory owners and othe… Continue Reading

Details: On May 12, Prime Minister Narendra Modi called upon Indians to be “vocal for local”. The way in which we, as citizens and professional… Continue Reading

Details: As per the NSO, real GDP in the full fiscal year was estimated to have expanded by 4.2% from a year earlier, the slowest pace of growth in… Continue Reading

Details: RBI will make an initial contribution of Rs250 crore to the PIDF, covering half of the fund, while the remaining contribution will be from… Continue Reading

Details: With economic growth expected to be in the negative territory for the current financial year, Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta D… Continue Reading

UPSC Civil Services Examinations 2020 dates announced. Check the new schedule The UPSC Civil Services and IFS preliminary examinations will now be … Continue Reading

Details: Justice Bhushan said there were two issues in the case. One, whether interest should be charged at all during the moratorium period. Two,… Continue Reading

Details: Exactly 15 years after Manmohan Singh, as Congress Prime Minister, openly spoke against the free power supply scheme for farmers, the Bhar… Continue Reading

Details: Special arrangement: At its meeting on Wednesday, the Cabinet also approved ordinances to remove restrictions on farmers selling their … Continue Reading

Details: How can India contain the economic impact of COVID-19? This will make India a more investor-friendly destination and we will also hand-… Continue Reading

Details: Modest success: Stating that India had been able to achieve “modest success” in electronics manufacturing, Mr. Prasad said that Ind… Continue Reading

Details: India’s economy is in a severe slowdown that is only going to get worse in a pandemic-stricken world. Three months after Finance Ministr… Continue Reading

Details: The idea of a social stock exchange for listing of social enterprise and voluntary organisations was mooted by Finance Minister Nirmala Si… Continue Reading

Details: The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on Monday approved Rs50,000 crore equity infusion for micro, small, and medium enterprises with … Continue Reading

Details: The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs on Monday launched a micro-credit scheme for street vendors, which was announced by Finance Mini… Continue Reading

Details: Among cereals, the government increased the support price of bajra by Rs150 to Rs2,150 per quintal for this year, while that of ragi has b… Continue Reading

Details: The ‘Unlock 1’ plan should ensure a careful restarting of activities, the most important of which is the delivery of goods and everyda… Continue Reading

Details: The ongoing crisis is creating changes that could end up dividing society into pre- and post-COVID-19 days. These giants, all technology c… Continue Reading

Details: India’s economic growth slipped to 3. 1% in the January-March quarter of 2019-20 showing impact of COVID-19 pandemic. In 2019-20, the In… Continue Reading

Details: Again in 2007, China’s perception of the border in Depsang in the Ladakh sector, in Sikkim, and in many other places appeared to change.… Continue Reading

Details: Just last week, eastern India was battered by one of the most powerful cyclones in decades and now, even as hundreds of lives are lost eve… Continue Reading

Details: Today, India is a leading producer of a variety of agricultural and allied produce and exporter of some of them. This is due to the relent… Continue Reading

Details: The Reserve Bank of India is likely to allow banks to assign zero risk weight for loans that will be extended to the micro, medium and sma… Continue Reading

Details: The thrust is to get the Reserve Bank of India and other public financial institutions to infuse liquidity and increase lending by the fin… Continue Reading

Details: The thrust is to get the Reserve Bank of India and other public financial institutions to infuse liquidity and increase lending by the fin… Continue Reading

Details: A group of 10 Central trade unions wrote to ILO, seeking its intervention to protect workers’ rights and international labour standards.… Continue Reading

Details: While it does not mean much on the ground, it has successfully managed to deflect attention from the pittance offered by way of fiscal sup… Continue Reading

Details: Both governments have discouraged farmers from growing rice, officials told The Hindu. In Haryana, farmers had sown cotton in 5.11 lakh he… Continue Reading

Details: She said clear instructions had been given in a meeting with CEOs and MDs of public sector banks and financial institutions on Friday that… Continue Reading

Details: To intensively advance the trial work of fintech innovation regulation, the PBoC supports the expansion of the pilot program to cover the … Continue Reading

Details: The Reserve Bank of India further reduced the key interest rate or the repo rate by 40 bps on Friday, after a yet another out-of-turn Mone… Continue Reading

Details : Opening up economic production from a lockdown, even partially, when the COVID-19 pandemic has not peaked in the country poses an extraor… Continue Reading

Details: A special purpose vehicle would be set up by a public sector bank to manage a Stressed Asset Fund whose special securities would be guaran… Continue Reading

Details: As India slowly attempts to lift its nationwide lockdown, under compulsion of reviving the economy, labour rights are disappearing at an a… Continue Reading

Details: The DSR technique is less time consuming and labour intensive than the conventional practice. The DSR technique called ‘tar-wattar DSR�… Continue Reading

Details: The total package amounts to almost Rs.21 lakh crore by the Centre’s accounting, but is heavy on credit-related measures, including Rs.8… Continue Reading

Details: The first tranche, aimed at micro, small and medium enterprises , non-banking financial companies and at some individuals was announced by… Continue Reading

Details: The government has maintained that the farm sector is functioning smoothly despite the lockdown to check the spread of COVID-19, and the l… Continue Reading

Details: Sitharaman said, noting that structural reforms were the focus of Saturday’s announcements. “These sectors with these reforms are goin… Continue Reading

Details: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday announced Rs 1 lakh crore fund to boost agriculture infrastructure across the country. The f… Continue Reading

Details: Sitharaman said. Several agricultural economists and farm activists welcomed the reform and investment announcements, but questioned the l… Continue Reading

Details: The UK High Court on Thursday rejected a plea of businessman Vijay Mallya for permission to move the Supreme Court against the dismissal o… Continue Reading

Details: Sitharaman said there are an estimated 8 crore migrant workers who have been housed in government and privately run relief camps across th… Continue Reading

Details: The government could have specified the interest cap on these loans without leaving it to individual lenders as each of them has its own r… Continue Reading

Details: The Prime Minister has just announced Lockdown 4.0. The announcements by the Finance Minister thus far involve no additional public spendi… Continue Reading

Details: Shock point: Snatching away labour rights in the midst of a global pandemic and national lockdown is distressing and shocking. Over the… Continue Reading

Details: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said a new-look Lockdown 4.0 beyond May 17 was in the offing, while announcing an economic stimulu… Continue Reading

Details: Ten central trade unions on May 11 said they were considering lodging a complaint with the International Labour Organisation against the �… Continue Reading

Details: COVID-19 has given a boost to e-NAM, the national digital platform for agricultural trade, with the number of connected mandis, or wholesa… Continue Reading

Details: Even pre-lockdown, it was only 800 transactions per month, out of the 22 crore ration cards making transactions each month. If utilised pr… Continue Reading

Details: Rating agency Moody’s said that the negative outlook of India reflects increasing risks that economic growth will remain significantly l… Continue Reading

Details: When complex systems come to catastrophes, i. critical points of instability, they re-emerge in distinctly new forms, according to the sci… Continue Reading

Details: Set up under the Food Corporations Act 1964, in its first decade, the FCI was at the forefront of India’s quest of self-sufficiency in r… Continue Reading

Details: Businessman Vijay Mallya has sought permission from the U.S . had turned down the businessman’s appeal, concluding that there was a p… Continue Reading

Details: Biggest problem: In a CII poll of 300-odd CEOs released on Sunday, almost half say an economic recovery will take over a year. In such … Continue Reading

Details: Why was it needed? That led to fears that the debt funds of many other fund houses could face redemption pressure accentuated by the pa… Continue Reading

Details: Widen the food basket: The second dimension is the access to food, which is a function of purchasing power, as unless you are a farmer … Continue Reading

Details: A new Urban Employment Guarantee Act is needed to complement the existing rural jobs scheme during the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, said a gro… Continue Reading

details: On Monday, the RBI had announced a special window of Rs.50,000 crore for mutual funds in view of the redemption pressure that the fund hou… Continue Reading

Details: A high-powered panel must take over management of fund house, says brokers’ association. The Association of National Exchanges Member… Continue Reading

Details: In a bid to address concerns arising out of Franklin Templeton’s decision to wind up six debt funds, the Reserve Bank of India on Monday… Continue Reading

Details: Movement of inputs and finished goods is still disrupted even after lockdown relaxation, say 60% of companies. Almost half of the indus… Continue Reading

Details: Shortage of labour due to COVID-19 pandemic likely to influence decision of the farmers in the State. Punjab can see around three lakh … Continue Reading

Details: The Centre plans to fast track the review of some investment proposals from neigbouring countries such as China following concerns new scr… Continue Reading

Details: Despite the strain on government finances due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there is no credible proposal to amend the legislation meant to co… Continue Reading

Details: A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court on Friday directed the State government to anonymise the data of COVID-19 patients and those un… Continue Reading

Details: The Reserve Bank of India has announced simultaneous purchase and sale of government bonds in a bid to soften long-term yields. Such open … Continue Reading

Details: In a major relief for corporate borrowers hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic, the government has decided to amend the insolvency law to… Continue Reading

Details: The pandemic and declining oil prices are likely to reduce remittances from the U.S. the U.K, and EU countries to South Asia, resulting in… Continue Reading

Details: A Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court on Wednesday held that both the Central and State governments have the power to fix the price of… Continue Reading

Details: Five decades after the oil shock of 1973, when an Arab embargo on the supply of oil to some western powers including the United States sen… Continue Reading

Details: Why did prices fall like this? WTI oil is traded as futures contracts in the NYMEX where traders buy and sell monthly futures such as, … Continue Reading

Details: The government’s decision to ban foreign direct investments through the automatic route from neighbouring countries that share a land bo… Continue Reading

Details: oil futures contract in a frenzy on Monday, sending the contract into negative territory for the first time in history, as barely any buye… Continue Reading

Details: on Monday dismissed the appeal of businessman Vijay Mallya against a lower court’s order for his extradition to India in connection with… Continue Reading

Details: On April 11, the Department of Pharmaceuticals told the Home Ministry that the industry was operating at just 20%-30% of capacity and call… Continue Reading

Details: I have been impressed by the reaction of the India government and other governments in South Asia. With limited health-care capacity, it i… Continue Reading

Details: The Ministry of Commerce press note amending the FDI policy to make investments from countries which ‘share a land border’ with India … Continue Reading

Details: In a move that will restrict Chinese investments, the Centre has made prior government approval mandatory for foreign direct investments f… Continue Reading

Details: RBI stipulated that small and mid-sized NBFCs and micro-finance institutions should receive at least 50% of these funds. Banks can avai… Continue Reading

Details: Shaktikanta Das further said surplus liquidity in the banking system has increased substantially as result of central bank’s actions. In… Continue Reading

Details: She has lost her source of livelihood because we are under a lockdown and economic activity has stopped. A lockdown is necessary to preven… Continue Reading

Details: State Bank of India, the country’s largest lender, has decided to extend term loan facilities to non-banking finance companies as well a… Continue Reading

Details: The Agriculture Ministry hopes to ramp up production of coarse cereals this year. The Ministry admits that the challenge is how to create … Continue Reading

Details: “India is not able to get required quantities of test kits, PPE and parts of ventilators through importation. A disastrous model: … Continue Reading

Details: Global economic output to contract by 3% due to coronavirus pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic is having a “severe” effect on the world e… Continue Reading

Details: The Union government is exploring raising a loan to pay the shortfall of the Goods and Services Tax compensation amount to States as the l… Continue Reading

Details: The only certainty right now in a pandemic-gripped world is the all-enveloping uncertainty. And the WTO acknowledged as much when it relea… Continue Reading

Details: A week after the Ministry of External Affairs announced that it would “license” the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine and supply it to v… Continue Reading

Details: With the government likely to extend the nation-wide lockdown till the month end, the Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution minis… Continue Reading

Details: They are key to improve economic activity and liquidity, says Industries Ministry. In a letter to Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla on S… Continue Reading

Details: Gadkari said. “As for the logistics of their return as and when the lockdown is eased, the guidelines will have to come from the State g… Continue Reading

Details: The government is in the process of applying its mind on whether it should extend or lift in phases the 21-day lockdown that ends next wee… Continue Reading

Details: The Centre’s decision to remove the tariff ceiling from renewable energy tenders will give the beleaguered industry a much-needed leg-up… Continue Reading

Details: Once the COVID-19 dust settles down, a new order will emerge in the job market, analysts say. Several new jobs in the field of health and … Continue Reading

Details: With cancellation of over 50% of the orders and a gloomy forecast for the future, 15 million job losses in exports are expected. About 15 … Continue Reading

Details: The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on free trade is yet to be completely understood. Biswajit Dhar and Nagesh Kumar spoke to Vikas Dhoot … Continue Reading

Details: As it fights COVID-19 with its meagre healthcare resources, India has chosen to bring the economy to a near halt with no clear idea of how… Continue Reading

Details: Trump’s assurance that the West Asian kingdom and Russia, major oil producers, would soon announce a production cut sent prices up again… Continue Reading

Details: India’s real GDP decelerated to its lowest in over six years in third quarter of 2019-2020, and the outbreak of the COVID-19 posed fresh… Continue Reading

Details : Benchmark Brent crude oil futures climbed to as high as USD 34.91 a barrel on Friday on rising hopes of a new global deal to cut global c… Continue Reading

Details: Indian rice traders have stopped signing new export contracts amid the nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus, as labour sh… Continue Reading

Details: Further, both the equity and debt segments have individually registered new highs in terms of monthly outflows of Rs.61,973 crore and Rs.6… Continue Reading

Details: Russia’s move to reject production cuts is driven by its strategy of denying market share to U. The global economy, grappling with the C… Continue Reading

Details: The Reserve Bank of India has announced more measures to fight economic disruptions caused by COVID-19, including extension of the realisa… Continue Reading

News: The government on March 31 slashed interest rates on small savings schemes, including National Savings Certificate and Public Provident Fund,… Continue Reading

Details: The COVID-19 pandemic is putting an enormous strain on public health systems around the world. Millions of people are in some form of quar… Continue Reading

Details: “This will substantially ease access of non-residents to Indian government securities markets and facilitate inclusion in global bond in… Continue Reading

Details: The cost of the lockdown is pegged at around USD120 billion or 4% of the GDP. Further, 90% of India’s workforce is employed in the unorg… Continue Reading

Details: First, there are the health effects of the virus, and second is the economic impact of the various actions that have to be taken to combat… Continue Reading

Details: The Centre has approved a Rs.1,340-crore recapitalisation plan for regional rural banks to improve their capital-to-risk weighted assets r… Continue Reading

Details: The mergers, announced in August last, will start amid an unprecedented nationwide lockdown to fight the rapid spread of COVID-19. Banking… Continue Reading

Details: India has just finished a day of curfew and clapping to practise ‘social distancing’ and to express gratitude to the millions of healt… Continue Reading

Details: The Reserve Bank of India has advanced its liquidity infusion plan by purchasing government bonds following a review of ‘current liquidi… Continue Reading

Details: The government had earlier raised excise duty on petrol and diesel by Rs.3 per litre each to raise an additional Rs.39,000 crore in revenu… Continue Reading

Details: The effect of the strong clampdown measures taken by the government to arrest the spread of the coronavirus is beginning to be felt across… Continue Reading

Details: The Federation of Associations in Indian Tourism & Hospitality has sought the immediate intervention of the Prime Minister as the industry… Continue Reading

Details: Gadkari said the government was working on the new definition. Gadkari admitted that “there are problems” but asserted that the govern… Continue Reading

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has decided to infuse Rs.10,000 crore liquidity in the banking system by buying government securities through open mar… Continue Reading

Details: RBI has lowered the minimum capital requirements for payment aggregators to Rs 15 crore at the time of application for the licence from th… Continue Reading

Details: Nearly five months after winning its legal battle in the Supreme Court against telecom majors including Vodafone and Bharti Airtel for pay… Continue Reading

Details: Labour Ministry yet to spend Rs.2,053. The Committee, which is chaired by Biju Janata Dal MP Bhartuhari Mahtab, wrote in its report on … Continue Reading

Details: With the State Bank of India agreeing to acquire a 49% equity stake, other investors joining in and the Cabinet clearing a reconstruction … Continue Reading

Details: Central bank assures adequate liquidity support The rupee made a sharp recovery after touching a record low of 74.50 a dollar in early … Continue Reading

Detail: The broader Nifty settled at 9,955.20, gaining 365.05 points, or 3.81%. In fact, minutes after start of the trading session, the Nifty’s … Continue Reading

About: • In 2018-19, the FDI inflow stood at a record 62 billion US dollars, highest ever recorded for a fiscal year. • The initiative was l… Continue Reading

Details: Any reduction in road safety incidents in a rapidly motorising country is encouraging, but the cold reality is that data on those who lose… Continue Reading

Details: Any reduction in road safety incidents in a rapidly motorising country is encouraging, but the cold reality is that data on those who lose… Continue Reading

Details: Oil prices saw their biggest single-day crash in almost 30 years on March 9, throwing global equity markets into turmoil. The price of a b… Continue Reading

Details: ‘This is euthanasia’ Opening the debate on the Bill, Congress member Jairam Ramesh said only 10% of defaulted loans had been recove… Continue Reading

News: dollars in the market, it has been decided to undertake a six-month U. dollar sell/buy swaps to provide liquidity to the foreign exchange mar… Continue Reading

Details: The executive committee of the central board of the State Bank of India has approved purchase of 725 crore shares of Yes Bank at Rs.10 api… Continue Reading

Details: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Sunday assured depositors that there is "no concern regarding the safety of their deposits in any bank"… Continue Reading

Details: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday introduced a bill in the Lok Sabha to provide for a mechanism to settle disputed tax case… Continue Reading

Details: • The scheme will come into force on March 16, 2020 and remain in force up to June 13, 2020, an official release said. It would be appli… Continue Reading

Details: The global outbreak of COVID-19.: In India, we should anticipate the possibility of a rapid viral spread due to its uniqueness of being… Continue Reading

News: With the March-end deadline for the biggest-ever amalgamation scheme approaching, eight state-owned banks on Thursday announced swap ratios f… Continue Reading

News: With the March-end deadline for the biggest-ever amalgamation scheme approaching, eight state-owned banks on Thursday announced swap ratios f… Continue Reading

Details: The government has put private sector lender Yes Bank under moratorium till April 3 and capped deposit withdrawal at Rs.50,000 after sever… Continue Reading

Virtual currency can be defined as an electronic representation of monetary value that may be issued, managed, and controlled by private issuers, deve… Continue Reading

In its report, a Parliamentary panel has said that the Finance Ministry’s move to cut down the budgetary allocation for the Tourism Ministry in the … Continue Reading

Details: Official estimates of gross domestic product for the fiscal third quarter have pegged growth in the festival demand-filled October-Decembe… Continue Reading

Details: Comprehensive steps taken to curb fraud in public sector banks have resulted in a sharp decline in the amount involved, from Rs.50,329 cro… Continue Reading

The Parliament is likely to clear a bill to amend the Banking Regulation Act to bring multi-state cooperative banks under effective regulation of the … Continue Reading

Abstract: Fitch Ratings Inc, an American credit rating agency,has lowered India’s GDP (Gross Domestic Product) growth forecast to 4.9% for the fi… Continue Reading

News: Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) Revamped. As part of the revamping of the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY), the Centre ha… Continue Reading

News: Gross Domestic Product growth was registered at 5. India’s third-quarter growth decelerated to 4. 7%, the slowest pace in about seven years… Continue Reading

News: Sensex sinks by 1,448. Global markets went into a tailspin on Friday as investors stampeded out of stocks and commodities and flocked to the … Continue Reading

Details: Reeling under pressure to clear their adjusted gross revenue-related dues, telecom companies have sent an urgent request to the government… Continue Reading

The National Technical Textiles Mission envisages positioning India as a global leader in technical textiles and increasing the use of technical texti… Continue Reading

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) study titled “Assessment of the progress of digitisation from cash to electronic” cash payments are still the essence … Continue Reading

Overview: In the aftermath of the landmark decision of the constitutional bench of the SC on Right to Privacy in Puttuswamy case, Justice Sri Kris… Continue Reading

Details: Goods and Services Tax: There is the need to converge on a single lower single tax rate of 12% for GST. This would help simplify the… Continue Reading

News: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday emphasised on the need to enhance global risk monitoring and explore the scope for policy co-… Continue Reading

Details: The Finance Ministry is dissatisfied with the progress made by the Public Sector banks in implementing various schemes related to the farm… Continue Reading

ABSTRACT: In order to promote financial literacy among customers and to provide access to formal financial services in an affordable manner, the Re… Continue Reading

National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER),a New Delhi based non-profit think tank of economics, has estimated India’s economic growth ra… Continue Reading

The Centre has decided to restrict its premium subsidy in its flagship crop insurance schemes to 30% for unirrigated areas and 25% for irrigated areas… Continue Reading

News: Out of a total of 1,351 closed cases, 780 or 58% were closed through liquidation and only 190 cases or 14% were resolved with an average hair… Continue Reading

News: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman with RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das during RBI post-Budget Board meeting in New Delhi on February 15,… Continue Reading

Discuss the strategy to clear the prelims 2020 in the most effective and efficient manner. Make best use of available time to crack IAS exam in the… Continue Reading

News: One of the variables she laid faith in was the industrial output data which showed a 1. 8% growth in November after contracting from August t… Continue Reading

News: The Asian economic story has moved from pessimism to optimism — a subject for two economists, over 50 years apart In 1968, Gunnar Myrdal… Continue Reading

News: “India has become one of the largest economies in the world. Banks have been a constant part of India’s growth saga. As India aims to bec… Continue Reading

News: While there are well-equipped schemes to address malnutrition, funding and policy gaps are problem areas The urgency around nutrition was … Continue Reading

News: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman speaks in Lok Sabha in the response to the debate on the Budget, on Tuesday. The economy is not in troubl… Continue Reading

News: President Donald Trump to India this month, the most memorable images may well extend beyond bear-hugging and a ‘Howdy Trump’ rally. -Ind… Continue Reading

The average assets under management of mutual funds hit an all-time high of Rs 28 . 18 lakh crore in January , as flows into debt funds increased sign… Continue Reading

News: As India entered the 21st century, the Net National Income of the average Indian was Rs. 20,000. Instead, as the recent Economic Survey shows… Continue Reading

News: Continuing efforts to improve the ease of doing business, the government will soon introduce an integrated electronic form for incorporating … Continue Reading

Context: The Ministry of Science and Technology’s response to a query in the Lok Sabha. Details: As per the Science Ministry’s admission … Continue Reading

Details: Reducing tax litigation: The Union Budget’s focus on transparency and reducing tax litigation is a welcome move. The government’s w… Continue Reading

Context: Government’s meeting paper on proposed legitimate changes and alterations to existing directions to improve freedom and accountability o… Continue Reading

Context: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has extended the deadline for one-time debt recast for firms in the micro, small and medium enter… Continue Reading

Context: The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has decided to keep the interest rates unchanged in the wake of a r… Continue Reading

News: A study conducted by the National Productivity Council (NPC),a national level organization to promote productivity culture in India, the impa… Continue Reading

India becomes second largest steel producer of Crude Steel As per World Steel Association data, India became the second largest steel producer of c… Continue Reading

On the basis of an assessment of the current and evolving macroeconomic situation, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) at its meeting on February 6, 2… Continue Reading

Mains Paper 3: Economy Prelims level : Sophisticated Analytical and Technical Help Institutes Mains level : Nothing much. To address the nee… Continue Reading

Mains Paper 2: National Prelims level : APEDA-CFTRI Mains level : Mou between APEDA-CFTRI A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed by … Continue Reading

Mains Paper 3: Economy Prelims level : Tourism Budget Mains level : Highlights about the allocation and the objectives • The tourism and h… Continue Reading

Prelims – Polity Mains -GS2- Polity The 15th Finance Commission (FCC), has presented its interim report for 2020-21. 1. The FCC had reduced… Continue Reading

News: • The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has accorded ‘In-principle’ approval for strategic disinvestment in five public sect… Continue Reading

News: • Macro-economic Framework Statement (MFS) 2020-21 predicts rebound in GDP growth from first quarter of 2020-21. Key highlights: •… Continue Reading

Context: • The 15th Finance Commission’s recommendations from its interim report. Details: Special grants: • The 15th Finance … Continue Reading

• Finance Minister announced abolition of DDT to be paid by companies in her budget speech. • The budget proposed the removal of the Divi… Continue Reading

Context: As proposed in Union Budget 2020-21 the government is planning to sell a part of its stake in the Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC… Continue Reading

News: Money earned in India by NRIs will be taxed as said by Fin Min. Background: • In the recent union budget 2020 Fin Min proposed maj… Continue Reading

The signature theme of the Economic Survey this year was ‘the invisible hand of the market supported by the hand of trust’. Targeting policy instr… Continue Reading

Abstract: In Punjab, rural inflation was indeed higher than urban inflation in April-December 2019. Issue: • A fall in growth of real rura… Continue Reading

News: • Presenting the Union Budget 2020-21 in Lok Sabha, the Finance Minister observed that entrepreneurship has always been the strength of Ind… Continue Reading

News: • Services Sector accounted for about 55percent of the economy and Gross Value Added (GVA) growth, two- thirds of total FDI inflows into I… Continue Reading

News: • In order to increase the attractiveness of the Indian Equity Market, to provide relief to a large class of investors and to make India an… Continue Reading

News: • A ‘fruit train’, said to be the first of its kind in the country, was flagged off from Tadipatri Railway Station in Anantapur distric… Continue Reading

News: • The government said that a national logistics policy will be released soon which will set up a single window e-logistics market and focus… Continue Reading

News: • The Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs has announced a proposal to set up a National Technical Textiles Mission with a four… Continue Reading

Below attachment of PDF is the Highlights of Union Budget 2020.… Continue Reading

News: • The Economic Survey 2019-20 presented in Parliament today by the Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Smt Nirmala Sitharaman … Continue Reading

News: • India should draw a lesson from China’s success in exports, and launch a project to ‘Assemble in India for the world’ that would cr… Continue Reading

News: • India’s prolonged slowdown appears to be deeper than anticipated as the country’s growth has been sharply revised down by 0.7 percent… Continue Reading

News: • The Economic Survey 2019-20 says India’s aspiration to become a USD 5 trillion economy depends critically on promoting “pro-business… Continue Reading

Economic Survey was tabled by the Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the Parliament today i.e. 31st of January 2020. The Economic Survey of Ind… Continue Reading

Context: • The editorial highlights that MGNREGA has the potential to raise or increase rural demand and considering the poor state of rural econ… Continue Reading

News: • Government proposed Mid-career training mandatory for highway engineers for getting promoted to higher levels. • A proposal has been s… Continue Reading

News: According to the United National Development Programme (UNDP), Telangana has emerged the best performing states in terms of achieving Sustain… Continue Reading

News: • Government eMarketplace (GeM), under the Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce & Industry and Government of Uttar Pradesh, signed … Continue Reading

News: • The newly constituted Air India Specific Alternative Mechanism (AISAM) has approved the release of the Preliminary Information Memorandum… Continue Reading

What Is a Related-Party Transaction? • A related-party transaction is a deal or arrangement between two parties who are joined by a preexisting b… Continue Reading

News: • The Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA) has begun a nationwide capacity building programme for social workers who help assess the … Continue Reading

News: Launched for the first time in 2013, the Global Talent Competitiveness Index (GTCI) is an annual benchmarking report that measures the abilit… Continue Reading

News: * Station upgradation works are in progress in several railway stations across the country. * Two such railway stations wh… Continue Reading

News: • An inter-ministerial panel has approved a Ministry of Shipping proposal for deepening and optimisation of inner harbour facilities of the… Continue Reading

News: • The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has issued the revised guidelines for Merchanting Trade Transactions (MTT) under the Foreign Exchange Man… Continue Reading

What Is a Fund Of Funds (FOF)? A fund of funds (FOF)—also known as a multi-manager investment—is a pooled investment fund that invests in other… Continue Reading

News: The Centre is on the verge of running out of funds for the crucial Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act scheme. More than 9… Continue Reading

The world experienced substantial changes in the late 19th century which created an environment favorable to an increase in and development of interna… Continue Reading

• The Licensing Finance Policy Wing of the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) directed all departments not to take any action against telecom op… Continue Reading

NEWS: We expect momentum to improve further going ahead,” IMF Chief Kristalina Georgieva said. IN DETAIL: IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva o… Continue Reading

• National Stock Exchange of India Ltd (NSE) has emerged as the world’s largest derivatives exchange in 2019 by number of contracts traded, surpas… Continue Reading

• The development of NDAP will take place over a period of one year. The first version of the platform is expected to be launched in 2021. Key h… Continue Reading

• Global unemployment is projected to increase by around 2.5 million in 2020 and almost half a billion people are working fewer paid hours than they… Continue Reading

• Union Cabinet has approved closure of Hindustan Fluorocarbons Limited (HFL), a Central Public Sector Enterprise (CPSE) under Department of Chemica… Continue Reading

• The government notified the structure of the National Startup Advisory Council. Crucial highlights: • The council is being set up in the w… Continue Reading

• The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) announced guidelines pertaining to rights issue of units by listed real estate investment trusts… Continue Reading

• A report published on Monday by Oxfam, the international nonprofit focussed on the alleviation of global poverty, underlined what has been said re… Continue Reading

• The four day 50th World Economic Forum (WEF) began at Davos in Switzerland with the theme ‘Stakeholders for a Cohesive and Sustainable World’.… Continue Reading

• The World Economic Forum, which organises the well-known annual gathering of the world’s most influential business and political decision-makers… Continue Reading

• The Union Finance Ministry held its traditional Halwa ceremony in its headquarters at North Block. The function was presided over by Finance Minis… Continue Reading

• The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) released the Global Investment Trend Monitor report. Foreign Direct Investment… Continue Reading

• The Metropolitan Stock Exchange (MSE) has become the first bourse to get a regulatory approval to launch weekly interest rate futures (IRF) contra… Continue Reading

Context: Update of the World Economic Outlook (WEO) report of the International Monetary fund (IMF). Projections for India: The IMF has lower… Continue Reading

• With the World Bank’s support, the government will create an institutional framework to turn inland waterways into a mode of transport, which is… Continue Reading

Abstract: Five years after its launch its appropriate time to take the stock of the progress made by ‘Make in India’. ‘ Make in India’ In… Continue Reading

News: • Indian Electricity Grid Code (IEGC) has asserted that renewable energy power plants shall be treated as “must run” and electricity fr… Continue Reading

Abstract: The retail price inflation has increased to a nearly six-year high of 7.35% in December 2019, raising worries that the Indian economy may… Continue Reading

Abstract: The retail price inflation has increased to a nearly six-year high of 7.35% in December 2019, raising worries that the Indian economy may… Continue Reading

Mr. Sadanand Gowda said, with the objective of making the country self-reliant in Urea, Prime Minister had directed for the revival of five major sick… Continue Reading

Abstract: Measures being taken to increase Goods and Services Tax (GST) collections. Overview: Lower-than-expected GST collection and compensat… Continue Reading

Abstract: A three-judge Bench of the Supreme Court led by Justice Arun Mishra, has dismissed petitions filed by telecom companies for a review of i… Continue Reading

News: The Union Minister of Commerce & Industry clarified that "No imports will be allowed without HSN code into the country". What is HSN Code… Continue Reading

News: UDAY the power-sector scheme once again seems to be going deep into the troubles. Problems with Discom: Losses increased: The losse… Continue Reading

News: The World Economic Forum released its Global Risks Report. Under the report, the Forum has identified the global risks. Top Risks: The … Continue Reading

News: The accepted conventional wisdom is that economic reforms in India happen only in a crisis or by stealth. The big example of the former are t… Continue Reading

News: Fake ITC credit. Overview: The bogus ‘manufacturers,’ created in Uttarakhand, were making supplies to other fictitious entities and… Continue Reading

Abstract: The retail inflation based on Consumer Price Index was 2.11% in December 2018 and 5.54% in November 2019. Detail: Retail inflatio… Continue Reading

Abstract: Engineering Export Promotion Council seeks alternative to interest subvention scheme. Details: EEPC India is the premier trade and … Continue Reading

Abstract: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has chalked out an ambitious strategy for financial inclusion of all till 2024. Overview: Financial… Continue Reading

Abstract: While opening up the coal mining sector, the govt. must protect the interests of Coal India. The Cabinet has cleared the Mineral Laws … Continue Reading

Abstract: Modi has spent much of his second term promoting controversial social policies at the expense of an economic agenda, says the report. … Continue Reading

Abstract: The Union Cabinet approved an ordinance to amend 2 laws to ease mining rules, enabling foreign direct investment in coal mining. Overv… Continue Reading

Abstract: The decision to provide viability gap funding to Indradhanush Gas Grid Ltd for setting up the North East Natural Gas Pipeline Grid was ta… Continue Reading

As India and China resolve their border dispute, Asia is providing the multilateral alternative to a world divided by values, and no longer by ideolog… Continue Reading

Understanding the role of Agricultural Marketing Agriculture marketing in India has a much broader connotation and basically includes all activitie… Continue Reading

Context: Recently, the National Statistical office (NSO) released the first advance GDP Estimates for the financial year 2019-20. According to this… Continue Reading

Abstract : The Reserve Bank of India has decided to impose restrictions on urban cooperative banks for deterioration of financial position, in line… Continue Reading

Context: CSIR-NAL is currently engaged in the design, development and certification of Saras Mk2 About: It is the first indigenous light tran… Continue Reading

Context The Air Passengers Association of India (APAI) wants the Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) – Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik (UDAN) — to be fin… Continue Reading

Is the World Trade Organization dying? Why does America disregard the authority of the Appellate Body? The story so far: Even as the trade war b… Continue Reading

Context IRDAI asked the general and health insurers to offer the product to cover the basic health needs of clients by offering them a minimum of … Continue Reading

News: Web shutdowns disrupt all commercial transactions, including payments of an underperforming tax that’s due for reform. The first term of… Continue Reading

“The railway-system will therefore become, in India, truly the forerunner of modern industry”. This is something Karl Marx wrote, and most people … Continue Reading

News: The NITI Aayog’s Sustainable Development Goals Index for 2019 was recently released and it comprehensively documents the progress made by I… Continue Reading

Context: The recent announcement made by Finance Minister about adding Rs. 102 lakh crore in the Indian economy will definitely boost sentiments … Continue Reading

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday outlined plans to invest more than Rs.102 lakh crore in infrastructure projects by 202425, with t… Continue Reading

News: Indian Banks Auctions Mortgaged Properties Information (IBAPI) portal is an initiative of Indian Banks Association under the policy of the De… Continue Reading

The report titled 'World Economic League Table 2020' was released by the UK-based Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR). A world economic … Continue Reading

Context: The Indian Economy has been facing economic slowdown. The GDP growth rate in the first quarter of the financial year was 5.1% and in the … Continue Reading

Context: Opening of a section of the western freight corridor for commercial trial runs. Details: The Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation … Continue Reading

Context: Reserve Bank of India’s Financial Stability Report. Details: Gross Non-Performing Asset (GNPA): The gross non-performing asset … Continue Reading

Context: With the passing of the Recycling of Ships Act, India aims to garner at least 60% of the global ship recycling business and emerge as a ke… Continue Reading

Context: Government think-tank NITI Aayog Member Ramesh Chand made a case for only two slabs under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime as again… Continue Reading

Context NTPC is planning increase solar energy generation in India by 10 GW by 2022, mainly funded by Green Bonds. WHAT ARE GREEN BONDS? The … Continue Reading

Context: The problem of decreasing economic growth rate and increasing inflation in the Indian economy. Details: India’s GDP growth ra… Continue Reading

Context: India’s economic slowdown. Details: India’s GDP growth rate has been decreasing. From the level of 8.1% in the fourth … Continue Reading

Context: The Reserve Bank of India’s report on Trend and Progress of Banking in India 2018-19. Background: The recent governance failu… Continue Reading

Context: The Reserve Bank of India’s report on Trend and Progress of Banking in India 2018-19. Details: Positives: The report state… Continue Reading

Context: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) report on India. Details: In its report, the IMF Directors noted that India’s rapid eco… Continue Reading

Context: Aviation consultancy Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation (CAPA) estimates a full-year loss of $500-600 million for Indian carriers primarily … Continue Reading

Context: The RBI has purchased Rs.10,000-crore worth long-term government securities and sold Rs.6,825 crore of short-term securities through open … Continue Reading

Abstract • Indian Railway will soon implement the automatic signaling system on a pilot basis in 4 of the busiest sections in the Indian Rail… Continue Reading

Context: RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das's interview. Details: Monetary Policy Committee: Details: The Monetary Policy Committee of India … Continue Reading

Context: Concerns regarding the lack of monetary policy transmission in India and the subsequent Operation Twist of the Reserve Bank of India. B… Continue Reading

Context Recently, a study conducted by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has shown that the total amount of salts, fat, trans-fat and carbo… Continue Reading

News Three years after being abruptly unseated, the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) ruled that the sacking of Cyrus Mistry in 2016 an… Continue Reading