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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Health, complete lack of it, pushes India down global index
This year's Human Development Report (HDR) shows that while the country has been making
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Rich nations must cut subsidies, open trade, increase aid'
Rich nations need to improve trade terms, cut agricultural subsidies and increase aid to developing nations in order to help achieve the goal of lifting hundreds of millions of people out of extreme
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Kerala's fiscal liabilities on the rise: Report
The overall fiscal liabilities of Kerala have been on the rise in recent years and they grew by an average of 19.42 per cent during the five-year period between 1997-98 and 2001-02. According to the
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India down in UN human development index
India fell three notches from 124 to 127 in the human development index rankings released by the United Nations Development Programme. While its index value reflected general progress and improved
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MP, Rajasthan UN global role model
Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, two of India's poorest states with some of the country's worst social indicators, and both currently ruled by Congress governments, have been cited in a UN report as
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India slides down the index
Madhya Pradesh, Kerala and West Bengal have received considerable appreciation in the 2003 Human Development Report of the United Nations Development Programme even as India was pushed down three
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National snapshot
Here's hoping that UNDP's Human Development Report 2003 does not result in needless angst over India having fallen a couple of notches since last year. Yes, we figured in the 124th position in a list
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Cold Comfort
India slips down three notches in UNDP's Human Development Report We don't want to be compared with Pakistan, it's too infra-dig, we can't be compared to China, it's not a democracy, we can't be
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Miles to go
The good news for India from the Human Development Report 2003 is that it has sustained its progress on the human development index and the gender development index. Indian policy makers have also
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CMIE ups economic growth to 6.5%
India's stuttering economy is expected to make a good performance this year. A strong rebound in farming after a good monsoon will help the economy grow 6.5 per cent in the year to March 2004, up