The IMF’s April 2025 Regional Economic Outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa presents a clear warning: regional growth is slowing, debt pressures are mounting, and donor assistance is declining. Yet the report outlines critical opportunities particularly in domestic revenue mobilization, structural reform, and private sector activation that can shape a more resilient …
The Supreme Court asked the Centre to file a progress report by April 23 on the Rs 5,00,000 crore river networking project to link major rivers by 2016 in which the second phase of work has already begun. During the resumed hearing of the matter before a Bench of Justice …
Punjab and Haryana may be struggling hard to keep the pace of growth of their economies, but the Goa is all set to become the first developed state of the country. The state has already achieved a per capita income of over $ 1,200 annually, in comparison to $460 per …
In the period before the nationalisation of banks, key sectors of the economy, including agriculture, remained thoroughly neglected in terms of availability of institutional credit. Whereas the industrial sector at that time accounted for about 15 per cent of national output, it appropriated two-thirds of commercial bank credit, whereas the …
The BJP Government in Chhattisgarh is preparing a long-term industrial policy that would encourage utilisation of the state's rich mineral deposits, the Chief Minister Mr Raman Singh, has said.
The Himachal Pradesh Government has prepared a plan to bring all habitations under the safe drinking programme within two years. About Rs 115 crore is being spent on providing drinking water to the people during the current year. Besides, Rs 49.19 crore is being spent under the accelerated rural water …
India must assert itself in international forums, including the World Trade Organisation, to ensure that the western world is forced to keep its promise of transferring technology and provide resources for environment protection, according to the economist and Special Advisor to the Secretary General of the United Nations, Professor Jeffrey …
Council for Advancement of People's Action and Rural Technology (CAPART) is all geared up to promote rural technology in the rural areas of Jammu and Kashmir. For this purpose, it is training activists from 60 NGOs in a series of three workshops, the first of which is scheduled to be …
The Union government has abandoned 33 projects after incurring an expenditure of Rs 1207.17 crore. So much for fiscal prudence and expenditure management. Senior government sources said that projects under the administrative control of ministries in coal and mines, fertilisers, petroleum, power, railways, shipping and ports have been dropped. According …
The DJB will sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Uttar Pradesh government to settle payment of arrears for supply of raw water to Bhagirathi water plant. The MoU would settle the dues of Rs 23 crore, due to which the UP government has been threatening to block water supply …
Delhi transport department officials have booked over 450 motorists for driving without a valid pollution under control (PUC) certificate. The prosecutions have been made under the fortnight-long drive launched on New Year's day. Of the 1,242 vehicles checked on the first day, 218 were found to be running without a …
The urgency to save Srinagar 's Dal Lake from encroachment and pollution is as important as countering terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir , a standing committee of Parliament which intervened in the matter has acknowledged. The famous Dal Lake of Srinagar, which sustains the livelihood of more than 50,000 people, …
India should focus as much attention on education and health as on industry and finance to be part of the developed world, according to Lord Swraj Paul, Chairman, Caparo Group of the UK. Addressing the CII, he said that as one of the most stable democracies in the world, India …
Exhorting people to strive harder as stakeholders in the development of the State, the Chief Minister, Mr N. Chandrababu Naidu, presented a 'Vision Document' that promises to uplift about 25 lakh people below poverty line, provide 100 per cent literacy and create a 'model State' based on the principles of …
The Coir Board has plans to set a model coir village at Tenkasi in the Virudhunagar district. According to sources in the Coir Board, the Tenkasi project is one among the 10 to be established at various places in the country. The sources said the coir industry provided maximum employment …
The Kerala Cabinet on Wednesday approved an Annual Plan of Rs. 4,800 crores for the coming financial year (2004-05). The Chief Minister, A.K. Antony, told presspersons after the Cabinet meeting that the Plan earmarked Rs. 1,022 crores for social services. A sum of Rs. 704 crores was set apart for …
The government said it was fully prepared to implement new standards on pesticide residues in bottled drinking water from tomorrow and the companies concerned would have to meet these norms to stay in business. "The standards have been upgraded and we are ready to implement the new norms. Just as …
The government has issued detailed guidelines for the use of funds under the Backward Districts Initiatives of the Rashtriya Sam Vikas Yojana (RSVY). The project is expected to cover 100 districts all over the country.
New Delhi has submitted its offers at WTO to open up various services including health, telecom, engineering, construction, book-keeping and accounting, travel and tourism, maritime and computer-related services. Services negotiations at WTO are carried out in form of offers and requests and according to official sources India's offer for these …
The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has launched the District Rural Industries Project (DRIP) in Cachar district, of Assam, a press release said. Inaugurating the DRIP at a function at Silchar, Mr P K Das, Deputy Commissioner, Cachar stressed the need for proper motivation of entrepreneurs for …
Harvests in different parts of the South have been a mixed blessing this year. In late November, the Argentinian peso suffered its biggest decline against the dollar in six months as the end of the harvest season reduced the flow of dollars into the country. In September, the country's trade …
