The All-India Household Consumer Expenditure Survey, usually conducted by the National Statistical Office (NSO) every five years, is set to resume this year after a prolonged break. A decision has been taken to conduct the Survey from July and government has  begun planning exercises to train the enumerators who will carry out the 2022-23 Survey on the ground

posted by 25th Apr 2022

News India’s GDP is expected to grow by 9.2% this year and 8% to 8.5% in 2022-23, though hardening inflation and energy prices along with tightening of global liquidity pose a challenge, according to the Economic Survey for 2021-22 tabled by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Parliament Newly appointed Chief Economic Adviser V. Anantha Nageswaran termed the 8%-8.5% GDP growth estimate for the coming year a conservative projection.

posted by 1st Feb 2022

Why in news? India has invited applications from 100 domestic companies, startups and small and medium enterprises to become a part of the design-linked incentive (DLI) scheme. Along with it the IT ministry has sought proposals from academia, start-ups and MSMEs to train 85,000 qualified engineers on semiconductor design and manufacturing.

posted by 31st Jan 2022

News: India’s wholesale inflation accelerated to a new high of 14.2% in November from 12.5% in October, led by a surge in primary food inflation that hit a 13-month high and a continued uptick in mineral, fuel and power, as well as oil and gas prices. The Primary food inflation is a 13-month high

posted by 15th Dec 2021

Minister of Finance & Corporate Affairs recently announced the launch of the National Monetization Pipeline. Niti Aayog has been consulted in preparing the pipeline.

posted by Jawwad Kazi 6th Aug 2021