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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Bank pricks FM's ballon
The World Bank has warned India of an impending economic crisis arising out of the precarious state of public finance. India's public finance situation now is worse than in 1991 when the country
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World Bank's 'tune of gloom' surprising
The Government expressed "surprise" over a World Bank report suggesting that India's fiscal situation was worse than that of many countries which faced macro-economic crisis and that its primary
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Economy poised for recovery
The 2002 drought has once again demonstrated how critically dependent India's GDP growth is on agriculture, no matter the strides the country has made in industrial diversification and a vibrant
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FDI inflow low for lack of level-playing field: World Bank
The World Bank has warned that inadequate implementation of many key reforms to create a level-playing field for both foreign and domestic investment, coupled with slow progress in trade policy
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Orissa annual Plan fixed at Rs 3,200 cr
The annual plan of Orissa for the current fiscal has been fixed at Rs 3,200 crore here at a meeting between the Planning Commission Deputy Chairman, Mr. K.C. Pant, and the Chief Minister, Mr Naveen
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Forget WB, get set for bumper year
The World Bank has accused India of jettisoning tough economic reforms and embracing populism. India has been also warned of an impending economic crisis arising out of a supposedly precarious state
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PM eye on tenth plan agenda
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Reform (CCER) will monitor implementation of Tenth Plan priority agenda to accelerate economic growth rate to 8 per cent in the plan period. The CCER will do so by
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Orissa plan pegged at Rs. 3,200 cr.
Orissa's Annual Plan for 2003-04 has been finalised at Rs 3,200 crores. This was decided in a meeting in New Delhi between the Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission, K.C. Pant, and the Orissa
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Focus on rural development
The development of basic rural facilities would itself have created a large number of labour intensive jobs for the rural population and so it would have been the case in several other areas. The
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Timely warning
The warning given by the World Bank on the impending dangers on India's economic front has come as a rude shock. The World Bank in its latest India Development Policy review has warned that the 8 per