Economy

Anti-dumping duties

Context:  The finance ministry’s anti-dumping duties throughout the preceding three fiscal years were primarily attributed to goods produced by one...

Influencer and Attention Economy

Context: Amazon has announced an increase in commission rates for the 50,000 creators that are a part of its influencer...

Unemployment

Context: The Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) for the period from July 2023 to June 2024, released by the Labour...

Unified Payments Interface (UPI)

Context: India is in discussions with several African and South American countries to assist them in developing digital payment systems...

Transit-Oriented Development (TOD)

Context: Indian cities are on the verge of a transportation revolution, with ₹3 trillion set to be invested in approved...

India-US $1 Billion Clean Energy Initiative

Context: The U.S. and India aim to enhance bilateral technical, financial, and policy support to expand complementary manufacturing capacity, building...

Micro- Finance Institutions

Context: The State of the Economy report released by RBI asked Micro- Finance Institutions (MFI) to slow down loan growth...

The Pitfalls of Estimating GDP

Context: The National Statistical Office (NSO) is considering replacing the Ministry of Corporate Affairs’ MCA-21 database with Goods and Services...

GST Council Looking for GST Rationalisation

Context: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that the GST Council is currently reviewing GST rates for rationalisation on an...

Tech Monopolisation

Context: A series of legal actions against tech giants across various jurisdictions, along with the implementation of the European Union’s...

Work Culture

Context: With reference to the death of a young Chartered Accountant who had recently joined EY, the Union Finance Minister...

Integration of EPFO and e-Shram Databases

Context: The Union Labour Ministry is set to integrate the e-Shram portal with the Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) database...

Self-Regulatory Organisations (SROs)

Context: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has recognised the Fintech Association for Consumer Empowerment (FACE) as a self-regulatory organisation...

Cost of a Healthy Diet (CoHD)

Context: The 2024 State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World report estimates that as of 2022, 55.6% of...

Cryptocurrency

Context: The official YouTube channel of the Supreme Court of India was hacked for several hours on September 20, 2024,...

NBFC Shifting to Bond Market for Financing 

Context: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is encouraging non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) to reduce reliance on banks. Consequently, NBFCs...

PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojna

Context: The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has unveiled a ₹500-crore sub-component under the ₹75,000-crore PM Surya Ghar:...

Inflation

Context: An article, part of the RBI’s September bulletin titled “State of the Economy” noted that despite CPI inflation staying...

‘Relative Economic Performance of Indian States’

Why in the News? The Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM) released a working paper titled ‘Relative Economic...

FATF Mutual Evaluation Report on India (2024) 

Why in News? The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has praised India’s efforts in combating money laundering and terror financing,...

Reducing India’s Debt/GDP ratio and Fiscal Deficit 

Context: Managing a country’s economy involves reducing the debt-to-GDP ratio by controlling the fiscal deficit, as focusing on debt reduction...