Revision of base year of WPI

The base year  of All-India WPI has been revised  from  2004-05 to  2011-12  by the  Office of  Economic  Advisor (OEA), Department  of Industrial  Policy  and Promotion, Ministry of Commerce and Industry. Background The Wholesale Price Index (WPI) series in India has undergone six revisions...

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Economic Survey 2016-17:Key Highlights

The Survey’s GDP growth figure for the current fiscal is lower than 7.1 per cent the Central Statistics Office had forecast earlier this month. Here are the highlights of the Economic Survey 2016-17 tabled in Parliament : * GDP growth for next fiscal pegged at 6.75-7.5 per cent * Growth this fiscal to be 6.5 per cent * Prescribes cut in individual I-T rates, real estate stamp duties * Income Tax...

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Union Budget 2017:Key Highlights

The 2017 Union Budget, presented by Finance Minister with a theme of “Transform, Energise and Clean India”. PM Shri Narendra Modi has said that the budget is “associated with our aspirations, our dreams and in a way depicts our future. This is the future of our new generation, the future of our farmers.” “In FUTURE, the letter ‘F’ stands for the farmer, ‘U’ stands for underprivileged which includes Dalit, oppressed, women...

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SC dismisses plea for probe into ‘payoffs’ to Modi, others:SC ruling(1.1)

Holding that courts should be constantly on guard about ordering investigation against high constitutional functionaries lest there is an abuse of law and personal liberty, the Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a plea for an apex court-monitored Special Investigation Team (SIT) probe into alleged massive pay-offs made by Birla and Sahara...

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Sample Essay:Threats To National Security In Coming Decade

Newspaper, Date: 1/11/2020 Headline1:”Terrorists looted Nuclear weapons from Pakistan’s army”; Headline2:”Cyber Attack destroyed Indian Information and Technology Industry”; Headline3:”Thousands of Villages in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh submerged due to high water level in Ganga”;Headline4:”Haryana Police seized  arms and drugs worth rupees five thousands crores”. All these headlines somehow present the persistent threats...

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