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Balochistan sees weakest economic performance despite new Public Finance M
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Khuzdar [Balochistan], June 3 (ANI): Balochistan witnessed the weakest economic performance among the four provinces of Pakistan, despite the new Public Finance Management Act that aims to strengthen expenditure tracking and check corrupt practices.
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Rise in sovereign debt to end in 2023: S&P
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Singapore, February 5 (ANI): Reflecting increased public spending to deal with the Covid-19 crisis, S&P Global Ratings has projected that median general government debt for all rated 135 sovereigns will rise by end-2021 to a record 62.6 per cent of GDP.
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India's stimulus 3.0 supportive for growth, fiscal impact unclear: Fitch S
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 16 (ANI): Fitch Solutions on Monday said the schemes recently announced by the Centre to boost the employment, credit and manufacturing sectors would be supportive to India's economic rebound over the coming quarters, however, the actual impact on public finances
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World Bank approves USD 400 mn loan to help Afghanistan deal with COVID-19
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 8 (ANI): The World Bank on Friday approved a USD 400 million grant to help Afghanistan "sustain the pace of key economic and public finance reforms and support the country to manage current risks and uncertainties compounded by the COVID-19 crisis."
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Coronavirus to weaken sovereign fiscal positions: Fitch Ratings
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Hong Kong, Mar 18 (ANI): The economic impact of coronavirus combined with associated policy responses is likely to result in a higher-than-average number of sovereign rating actions in 2020 and a more pronounced downward bias in sovereign rating changes than in any year since the aftermat
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Fiscal space limited for many sovereigns, including India: Fitch Ratings
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
London [UK], Mar 13 (ANI): All the G7 plus India are among the three weakest sovereigns in terms of public finances in their rating categories, according to Fitch Ratings.
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Budget targets slide amid growth slowdown: Fitch Ratings
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Hong Kong, Feb 5 (ANI): The Union Budget for fiscal year ending March 2021 (FY21) implies a modest degree of slippage from previous targets to consolidate public finances, Fitch Ratings said on Wednesday.
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ADB approves USD 1 billion emergency loan for Pakistan
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Manila [Philippines], Dec 6 (ANI): The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Friday approved a USD 1 billion emergency loan for cash strapped Pakistan to provide support to the country's public finances and help strengthen its slowing economy.
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Housing schemes to fuel employment and economic growth
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India] April 25 (ANI/NewsVoir): Citing a study, National Real Estate Development Council's National President Dr Niranjan Hiranandani said that as per the findings of the study conducted by the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, it is estimated that while 18.92 la
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Public finance independent candidate Sukur Ali's bid for LS from Dhubri
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Dhubri (Assam) [India] Apr 20, (ANI): Only people with wealthy connections can afford to contest elections in India! However, bucking the trend is the independent candidate from Dhubri Lok Sabha constituency Sukur Ali whose bid is being financed by the public of his constituency.
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Jaitley launches online module of General Provident Fund for government em
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 01 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday said that accounts of the government need to be error free since they inform the nation on the state of public finances.
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