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Ease of Doing Business rankings 'a matter of pride': PM Modi
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 3 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that it is a matter of pride that Ease of Doing Business ranking of India has risen to 77 from 100 in a year.
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India's rise in Ease of Doing Business rankings historic: World Bank chief
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 02 (ANI): The President of World Bank, Jim Yong Kim, on Friday congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi for India's meteoric and historic rise in the Ease of Doing Business rankings.
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India under UPA most difficult to do business with: Jaitley
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 1 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday said that India witnessed high levels of corruption, policy paralysis and lagged behind miserably in the Ease of Doing Business 2019 rankings under the tenure of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA).
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India jumps 23 notches, ranked 77th in Ease of Doing Business
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 31 (ANI): India has recorded a jump of 23 positions against its rank of 100 in 2017 to be placed now at 77th rank among 190 countries as per the World Bank's 'Ease of Doing Business' report.
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E-waste is the world's fastest growing waste stream
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 22 (NewsVoir): With more than 2 million metric tonnes of e-waste generated every year, India is the fourth largest e-waste producer in the world.
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IMF sees downside risk for global economy
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Bali [Indonesia],October 22 (ANI): The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank ended its annual conference in the Indonesian resort island of Bali last week.
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'Structural reforms strengthening India's resilience to global shocks'
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Bali [Indonesia], Oct 13 (ANI): Department of Economic Affairs (DEA) Secretary Subhash Chandra Garg has said that structural reforms, implemented by the government in areas like taxation and bankruptcy, are helping the Indian economy in building resilience to global shocks.
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CEPA with Bangladesh can be template for enhancing trade in South Asia: Su
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 28 (ANI): India and Bangladesh have proposed early conclusion of a Compressive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CEPA) to boost bilateral trade and investment and set an example for giving a fillip to regional trade in South Asia, Union Commerce and Industry Minister Su
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Cabinet approves deadline extension of Dam Rehabilitation and Improvement
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 19 (ANI): The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved the revised cost estimate of the Dam Rehabilitation and Improvement Project (DRIP), along with a two-year time extension from July 1, 2018 to June 30, 202
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Improve common man's standard of living: Arvind Subramanian
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 19 (ANI): Days after the Indian economy was placed sixth based on GDP numbers by the World Bank, outgoing Chief Economic Adviser Arvind Subramanian on Thursday said the Centre's current priority should be to enhance the standard of living of common man.
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'5 startups with heavy women workforce'
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 14 (ANI): India continues to be a land of opportunities offering excellent scope to hire diverse workforce. Today companies are starting to realize that in order to truly attract top talent and run a business that appeal to the greatest amount of people; they need to
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India surpasses France to become world's sixth largest economy
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), July 11 (ANI): India has become the world's sixth largest economy overtaking France, according to World Bank data on gross domestic product (GDP) of countries for 2017.
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