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Government concessions to promote Wind Energy Projects

Government concessions to promote Wind Energy Projects Present Status Of Wind Energy Projects More than 70 per cent of the equipment is manufactured in India. About…

Indirect Taxes

Indirect Taxes Indirect taxes are consumption-based taxes that are applied to goods or services when they are bought and sold. The government receives indirect tax…

NARS Research on Agriculture production

NARS Research on Agriculture Research findings : India is a major producer of paddy, wheat and pulses. In production, India ranks 2nd in paddy &…

Foreign exchange reserves position as on 27 Jul2021

Foreign exchange reserves position as on 27 Jul 2021 India’s foreign exchange reserves position is comfortable in terms of import cover of more than 18…

Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) - Unemployment rate for women

Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) The unemployment rate for women Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS)- conducted by National Statistical Office (NSO), Ministry of Statistics and…

NTPC Group achieves over 100 Billion Units of cumulative generation in 2020-21 financial year

NTPC Group achieves over 100 Billion Units of cumulative generation in the 2020-21 financial year NTPC Group companies under the Ministry of Power have achieved…

Power Generation from non-fossil fuel sources

Power Generation from non-fossil fuel sources Renewable Energy Targets The government of India had set a target of 1,75,000 MW installed capacity from renewable sources…

National Fish Farmers Day

National Fish Farmers Day The National Fisheries Development Board celebrated the National Fish Farmers Day virtually. The National Fish Farmers day is observed every year…

India’s export of organic food products and National Programme for Organic Production (NPOP)

India’s export of organic food products India’s export of organic food products rose by more than 51% to Rs 7078 crore ($ 1040 million) during…

Rising Unemployment and Need for Domestic Demand

Rising Unemployment and Need for Domestic Demand Unemployment Rising unemployment, including among the salaried class, and shrinking real incomes have led to a lack of…

Disruptions in Economy caused by the upsurge in COVID-19

Disruptions in the Economy caused by the upsurge in COVID-19 The latest official data on retail prices and industrial production released in April 2021 provide…

Inflation Trends in India

Inflation Trends in India Official data on retail food and fuel costs remain the main driver. Inflation continues to accelerate and output at the country’s…

Status of Indian Agriculture

Status of Indian Agriculture Growth: The Agriculture and Allied activities clocked a growth of 3.4%. As per the Provisional Estimates of National Income released by Central Statistical Organization in May,…

Fisheries Sector

Fisheries Sector Fishing is one of the oldest occupations of man. Fish provides protein-rich food and is also a big source of vitamins A, B…

G-SAP 1.0

G-SAP 1.0 RBI in its April 2021 monetary policy continues with the accommodative stance as long as necessary to sustain growth on a durable basis…

Forex Reserves of India

Forex Reserves of India Why in News? The country's foreign exchange reserves declined from USD 4.255 billion to USD 580.299 billion, the fall in reserves…

Investments in India

Investments in India Why in News India has attracted a total FDI inflow of US$ 72.12 billion during April to January 2021. It is the…

Major Committees – Indian Banking system

Major Committees – Indian Banking system Committee Purpose Banking and Financial Sector Reforms Basel Committee Banking Supervision Bimal Jalan For New Bank Licenses Raghuram…

India’s Banking Sector a brief Timeline – UPSC PRELIMS

India’s Banking Sector a brief Timeline – UPSC PRELIMS GS Paper-3 Banking system – Prelims and Personality test Banking is considered to be the “Backbone…

Indian Banking system & Related Terms - UPSC

Indian Banking system & Related Terms - UPSC GS-PAPER-3 Economics-Banking and associated terms Rates Base Rate – This is the minimum rate at which a…

India Energy Outlook Report, 2021

India Energy Outlook Report, 2021 GS-Paper-3 Energy security – Infrastructure development- Prelims & UPSC Interview Context: The International Energy Agency (IEA) has recently released the…

Revival in Lockdown-caused-contraction in GDP

Revival in Lockdown-caused-contraction in GDP Advance Estimates of National Income project 8% Contraction in GDP. For the fiscal year 2020-21, GDP contraction is estimated at…

Core infrastructure Sector

Core infrastructure Sector Year on the Year Growth rate of 8 Core Industries vis-à-vis COVID. Core industries have been adversely affected by the Covid-19…

Data on Employment

Data On Employment Employment during COVID-19 According to ILO, of the 535M labour force in 2019, 398 M will have poor-quality jobs. National Rural Employment…

Data on CPI

Data on Inflation Feb-2021 Retail inflation, measured by the CPI, accelerated to a three-month high of 5.03% in February, data released by the National Statistical…

Data on Special Economic Zones

Data on Special Economic Zones(SEZ) The Special Economic Zones (SEZs) policy was launched in April 2000. The Special Economic Zones Act was enacted in 2005.…

External Sector

External Trade COVID-19 pandemic led to a sharp decline in global trade, lower commodity prices and tighter external financing conditions with implications for current account…

Contraction in GDP due to Lockdown

Contraction in GDP due to Lockdown Advance Estimates of National Income project an 8% Contraction in GDP. NSO revised the 1stquarter GDP shrinkage to 24.4% from 23.9%…

Data on Sectoral Deployment of Bank Credit in 2020-21

Data on Sectoral Deployment of Bank Credit in 2020-21 Year-on-Year Growth of outstanding bank loans is on decelerating pace. It slowed down to lowest in…

BUDGET DATA

BUDGET 2021-22 DATA Prominent Themes of Budget 2020-21 Budget 2020-21 is woven around three prominent themes: Aspirational India in which all sections of the society seek…

Data on petrol cess and other cesses.

Data on petrol cess and other cesses. Cesses are collected for a specific purpose, and they need not be shared with the States, as they…

Economic Data

The Hindu Data 09 to 11 Feb Digital Exclusion Digitally excluded Indian stand at greater than 50% among which 40% are phones with no internet…

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