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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Bill in conflict with present policy: Expert
The Delhi Cooperative Societies Bill which will be presented in the Assembly during a special two-day session, is being questioned for being in conflict with the existing land policy and for
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Punjab's Annual Plan fixed at Rs. 2,822 crores
Punjab's Annual Plan for 2003-04 has been approved at Rs 2,822 crores, lower than the Rs 3,200 crore Plan proposed by the Punjab Government. The sanctioned Plan includes a one time additional Central
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Cooperative bill passed by Cabinet
The Delhi Cooperative Societies Bill, 2003 was unanimously passed by the Delhi Cabinet. The Congress-led Delhi government has also called a special session of the Delhi Assembly to pass the bill.
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North Korea talks likely in early September - Kyodo
China and the United States are likely to hold talks with North Korea on its nuclear program in early September, but Pyongyang must agree to immediately include Japan and South Korea for the
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GDP to grow at 6.8%
Recovery in agriculture and continued upswing in the industrial and services sector have prompted the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) to revise upwards the economic growth to 6.8 per cent for
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Making Rural India magnetic
The rural development model of the last 50 years has helped villages little, though governments have wasted thousands of crores of rupees on infructuous projects. If private enterprise, to develop
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A damaging World Bank report
THE World Bank's development policy review report on India titled Sustaining Reform, Reducing Poverty, dated July 14, has been put under the public scanner by a whole range of interests, the official
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Will hill areas be downgraded?
It has been the gripe of those who were at the core of the agitation for a separate state that policies after its formation have been progressively in contradiction to the values that inspired the
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MP finalises 8-point plan
The Madhya Pradesh Cabinet has finalised an eight-point action plan, including free education, for all round development and welfare of minorities. The state cabinet had envisaging special schemes
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Chhattisgarh investiment plans
The Chhattisgarh government has received an investment proposal of Rs 60,000 crore during the past two years, according to official sources. More than six industries having an investment of more than