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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman holds pre-Budget meeting
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), June 14 (ANI): The Union Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs, Nirmala Sitharaman held a pre-budget consultation meeting with the leading economists ahead of the forthcoming general Budget 2019-20, here on Friday. This is her sixth pre-Budget consultation meeting with
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Big data to improve quality of macro-economic aggregates, says government
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 10 (ANI): The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation said on Monday it is proposing to establish a National Data Warehouse on Official Statistics which will leverage technology and use big data analytical tools to improve the quality of macro-economic agg
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Six mega trends driving nutritional and dietary changes in Asia, as per th
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] June 10 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Cargill along with Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) released a report titled 'Food for Thought', as part of a five-part research series.
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Sitharaman thanks experts for sharing ideas, thoughts for Union Budget
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 6 (ANI): The newly-elected Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday expressed gratitude towards scholars, economists and enthusiasts for sharing ideas and thoughts for the Union Budget 2019.
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White House top economist to leave Trump administration next month
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [United States], June 3 (ANI): Kevin Hassett, top economist of the White House, known for shaping the 2017 Republican tax law, will leave the administration shortly, announced President Donald Trump on Sunday.
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Impulsive people are more creative: Study
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 23 (ANI): Exploring the answer to how employees' time can be organised to enable them to perform best when it comes to both creative and routine tasks, Economists at Alexander-Universitat Erlangen-Nurnberg (FAU) conducted a research that found the employees' impuls
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Economic crisis in Venezuela worse than in Zimbabwe, Soviet Union: Economi
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 18 (ANI): From once being the richest country in Latin America -- owing to its large oil reserves -- to the ongoing humanitarian crisis unseen in the country's modern history, Venezuela's fall through the years is the single largest economic collapse outside of war
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State borrowings may face pressure in coming years: economists
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 9 (ANI): A mismatch between demand and supply of state development loans can affect the cost of borrowings for state governments over the next five years, eminent economists said at a crucial meeting of the 15th Finance Commission.
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Pak appoints ex-IMF official as SBP head amid IMF talks
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 5 (ANI): Pakistan on Saturday appointed Reza Baqir, a Pakistani economist working for the International Monetary Fund (IMF), as the governor of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), as the debt-ridden country seeks to finalise a bailout package from the global lender.
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Comments on NYAY proposal my personal opinion: NITI Ayog VC tells EC
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 3 (ANI): Defending his comments criticizing Congress' Nyunatam Aay Yojana (NYAY) scheme, NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman Rajiv Kumar on Wednesday said that he made the comment "as an economist and not as a member of Niti Aayog".
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Jharkhand: Jean Dreze detained, later released by police
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Garwa (Jharkhand) [India], Mar 28 (ANI): Economist and activist Jean Dreze was detained and interrogated earlier on Thursday on charges of holding an event without permission in Jharkhand's Garwa area.
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Have consulted eminent economist including Raghuram Rajan for NYAY scheme
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], March 26 (ANI): Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said that the Congress had consulted eminent economists including former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan, before it came up with the minimum guaranteed income scheme , which ensures that nobody in the country
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