Asia Economic Dialogue 2023 begins in Pune : An annual flagship event of the External Affairs Ministry on Geo-economics, Asia Economic Dialogue is being conducted in Pune, Maharashtra from 23 -25 February 2023. This event is being co-hosted in collaboration with Pune International Centre. ...

India’s Unemployment Rate declined to four-month low at 7.14% in January: According to data from the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE), India's unemployment rate decreased to 7.14% in January from 8.30% the previous month. This was the lowest level in four months. The urban unemployment ...

GST collection at Rs 1.55 Lakh Crore in January 2023: The GST collection in January surged to over ₹ 1.55 lakh crore, the second highest-ever mop-up, the finance ministry said on Tuesday. "The gross GST revenue collected in the month of January 2023 till 5:00 PM on 31.01.2023 is ₹ 1,55,922 ...

GST collection at nearly Rs 1.56 lakh crore in January: Nirmala Sitharaman, the finance minister, claims that the Goods and Services Tax (GST) collection increased significantly in January 2023, hitting more than Rs 1.55 lakh crore. This represents the second-highest mop-up for the GST collection ...

Economic Survey: Meaning, Importance and Highlights- The Economic Survey, an important annual report that analyses the state of the Indian economy. A day before the budget is presented, the survey is introduced in Parliament.  However, the Constitution neither binds the government to present the ...

Pakistan is South Asia’s Weakest Economy, World Bank report: Pakistan's economic growth is expected to drop down even more this year, to just two percent, according to the World Bank. This will mark a drop of two percentage points from its June 2022 estimates, according to the World Bank’s Global ...

India’s Richest 1% Own More Than 40% of Total Wealth: The richest one per cent of Indians own over 13 times more wealth than the bottom 50 per cent, according to a report by Oxfam India. The wealthiest 5% hold 61.7% of the total wealth, which is more than 20 times the 3% owned by the bottom HALF. ...

World Bank Predicts India’s Economic Growth to Slow to 6.9% in FY23: As the global economy and growing unpredictability weigh on export and investment growth, the World Bank predicts that India's GDP would drop to 6.9% in Financial Year 2023, a 0.6 percentage point decrease since June. However, ...

India’s Unemployment Rate Rises to 8.30% in Dec 2022: According to information from the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy, the unemployment rate in India increased to 8.30% in December 2022, the highest level in 16 months (CMIE). It was 8 per cent in the month of November. According to the ...

Note in Circulation Rise 8% Annually to Rs 32 Lakh Crore: The note in circulation (NiC), according to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, increased by 7.98% annually to reach Rs 31.92 lakh crore as of December 2, 2022. The demand for currency depends upon several macroeconomic factors, including ...