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Direct deposit is 'digital empowerment' for women workers in India
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Connecticut [US], July 2 (ANI): During a new study, co-authored by Yale economists Rohini Pande and Charity Troyer Moore, giving greater digital control over their wages to women in India's Madhya Pradesh led them to enter the labour force and also liberalised their beliefs about working wom
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UNEP joins Hands with Massive Earth Foundation to launch LowCarbon.Earth:
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 23 (ANI/BusinessWire India): The (late) Nobel economist of the 1970s, Milton Friedman, argued that the primary purpose of a business is to generate profit for shareholders and that by focusing on sustainable practices, businesses would be less competitive and unable t
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China's three-child policy won't prevent long-term trend toward lower annu
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Beijing [China], June 15 (ANI): China's recently-announced three-child policy will not help the country to drastically raise the birthrate, said a top Chinese economist, adding that the country will struggle to raise the retirement age by more than a couple of years by 2025.
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President Kovind condoles death of Prof Radha Mohan
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 11 (ANI): President Ram Nath Kovind on Friday condoled the death of renowned economist and Padma Shri awardee professor Radha Mohan.
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PM Modi condoles demise of Padma Shri awardee Radha Mohan
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 11 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday condoled the demise of renowned economist and Padma Shri awardee professor Radha Mohan.
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With phased unlocking under way, GDP growth projected at 8.5 pc in FY22: I
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 10 (ANI): Rating agency ICRA on Thursday projected the year-on-year (YoY) growth of GDP and gross value added (GVA) at basic prices (at constant 2011-12 prices) at 8.5 per cent and 7.3 per cent respectively in FY2022.
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2020-21 darkest year of economy in four decades, most Indians poorer: Chid
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi, [India], June 2 (ANI): Congress leader P Chidambaram on Tuesday said that most Indians are poorer than they were two years ago with most economic indicators being worse for the period and said the government must admit its "errors of commission and omission, reverse its policies a
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Leading Pakistan economists doubtful over country's 3.94 pc GDP rate
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], May 29 (ANI): Pakistan's leading economists have expressed their doubts over the provisional estimate of 3.94 per cent GDP growth rate in the country and said it negates Imran Khan-led government's own estimate of 2.9 pc GDP growth approved by the federal cabinet last mont
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ICRA pegs GST compensation of Rs 2.65 lakh crore for states
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 28 (ANI): Projecting the FY22 state GST (SGST) collections of all states at Rs 6.1 lakh crore, rating agency ICRA expects a large GST compensation requirement of Rs 2.65 lakh crore for the current year.
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Slackening economic momentum to limit discretionary purchases: ICRA
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 22 (ANI): Slackening economic momentum driven by the second wave of Covid-19 infections in India has emerged as a concern with bruised sentiment, high healthcare costs and fuel expenses likely to limit discretionary purchases in the immediate term, rating agency ICR
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Biden defends American Rescue Plan as US adds way fewer jobs than expected
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 8 (ANI): The US Labour Department on Friday reported that the American economy added only 266,000 jobs - way below the one million jobs expected by economists - while the unemployment rate rose to 6.1 per cent.
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WB economist Deepak Mishra appointed as ICRIER Chief Executive
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 15 (ANI): World Bank economist Deepak Mishra has been appointed as the next Director and Chief Executive of leading think-tank Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER).
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