Asian Development Outlook- April 2025
<p>Weak consumption in the People’s Republic of China will partly offset robust domestic demand in South Asia. Disinflation is expected to continue, driven by lower food and energy prices, along
Economy
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CCEA approves Rs 250 cr for welfare plan
In a bid to provide a boost to family welfare programmes in eight states, the Government approved an outlay of Rs 250 crores in the 10th plan. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) today
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India, China set up joint study group
Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee announced that India and China have decided to form a joint study group of economists and officials to establish a multi-faceted economic interaction and to
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More agenda than analysis
The World Bank has released a draft of the World Development Report for 2004 for public discussion. The report, in its final form, will be released on September 23. The subject is "Making Services
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NEDFi accepts Manipur Govt's idea of model village
The Manipur Government is comtemplating creation of a model village along the lines of the Gramin Bank in Bangladesh to assist people living in remote areas of the state. The idea has been mooted to
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Chhattisgarh annual Plan fixed at Rs 2,335 cr
The annual plan of Chhattisgarh for the current fiscal has been fixed at Rs 2,335 crore, inclusive of Rs 18.67 crore for priority schemes put forth by the State. This has been decided here at a
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Rs 2,335 crores outlay for Chhattisgarh
The 2003-04 Annual Plan outlay for Chhattisgarh was fixed at Rs 2,335 crores at a meeting between the Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission, K.C. Pant and the State Chief Minister Ajit
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Goa's annual Plan outlay fixed at Rs 650 crore
The Planning Commission has approved the annual Plan of Goa for 2003-04, pegging the core plan at Rs 650 crore. This includes an additional Central assistance of Rs 10 crore for the State's priority
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Employment trends in West Bengal
Like the rest of India, West Bengal has experienced stagnation in employment generation, and declines in agricultural employment over the past decade. This has occurred despite reasonably good rates
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GDP growth slips, drought culprit
India's gross domestic product (GDP) has now been estimated to have grown at the lowly rate of 4.3 per cent in fiscal 2002-03, revised downward from the earlier estimate of 4.5 per cent. The Indian
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For growth, look inwards
Economists will debate for some more time whether last year, 2002-03, was as bad as the Central Statistical Organisation claim it was, with a lowly growth rate of 4.3%, but investors are already