Economy

SHREYAS (Scheme for Higher Education Youth in Apprenticeship and Skills), a programme conceived for students in degree courses, primarily non-technical, with a view to introduce employable skills into their learning, promote apprenticeship…
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Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) is a U.S. trade programme designed to promote economic growth in the developing world by providing preferential duty-free entry for up to 4800 products from 129 designated beneficiary countries and…
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‘SWAYATT’ on GeM: Startups, Women and Youth Advantage Through e-Transactions on Government e-marketplace, an initiative that will bring together key stakeholders within Indian entrepreneurial ecosystem to Government e-Marketplace, was…
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“Vande Bharat Express”, India’s first semi-high speed train, that will ply between Delhi and Varanasi, with halts at Kanpur and Allahabad, was flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on its maiden run at the New Delhi railway station on…
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”The collective effort of 1.25 billion Indians is transforming the country. The Union Government is an active partner in the people’s quest for building a New India by 2022. It is our endeavour to create an ecosystem which enables every…
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Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maan-dhan (PM-SYM), a voluntary and contributory pension scheme that will engage as many as 42 crore workers in unorganised sector, announced in Interim Budget, has been rolled out by Ministry of Labour and…
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Global Housing Technology Challenge-India (GHTC-India), envisioned to source technologies from all over the world and identifies such technologies which would be suitable for adoption in India and calls for Paradigm Shift in Technology…
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Economic Convergence within India remains a distant dream due to inter-State disparities as poorer States in the country continue to lag behind the richer ones in economic growth, although India is catching up with the richer economies in…
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Coastal Regulation Zone(CRZ) Notification 2018, which will lead to better life due to enhanced activities in coastal regions thereby promoting economic growth while respecting conservation principles of coastal regions, has been approved by…
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India’s GDP never really grew in double-digits in 2010-11nor crossed over into a high-growth phase of above 9% in the last decade or more - as earlier thought to be, as per new Back series data from 2005-06 to 2011-12, the new base year…
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