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 …
Immigration of Indian workers to the United States has made the country lose 0.24 to 0.58 per cent of its GDP in 2001. The World Bank's development report on global finance however says, the loss is made up with remittances, which made up an estimated 2.1 per cent of the …
Most political parties in India have secured money from the rich and votes from the poor, on the solemn promise of protecting each group against the other. The other day, president A P J Abdul Kalam mentioned how there were as many as 260 million people in India, who lived …
A delegation of nearly 365 villages of Delhi met Union urban development minister Ananth Kumar on Tuesday and submitted a five-point charter of demands concerning the problems of their villages in and around Delhi. They also demanded that the houses constructed in their villages should not be demolished.
The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has disbursed Rs 38.06 crore during 2002-03 for various projects such as Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF) for construction of roads, bridges and power projects in Arunachal Pradesh.
As the Iraq war entered its third week, the Centre put in place a team to assess its impact on the economy. The cell constituted on Monday evening by Planning Commission Deputy Chairman K C Pant comprises of Plan Panel secretary and principal advisors on energy, agriculture, tourism and perspective …
Asserting that transparency in governance was vital to make India a developed nation, the President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam exhorted administrators and bureaucrats to take up assignments in rural areas as real challenges lie there, besides inculcating a spirit of competitiveness.
Once again, the comptroller and Auditor-General of India has pointed out the gross mismanagement of State finance and lack of transparency in Andhra Pradesh. The CAG reports on AP's finances for 2001-02 not only expressed concern over the deteriorating financial health of the State, but also indicted the State government …
A sum of Rs 2,29,25,394 was sanctioned for the Lakhimpur district under the Assam Sarba Siksha Abhijan Mission. This was disclosed by the Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) of the district, Ibrahim Ali, while he was addressing the Block Elementary Education Officers (BEEO), officers of the Sarba Siksha Abhijan Mission, members …
Inspite of having a separate department for the development of border areas, many a villages along the Assam-Bangladesh border of Dhubri district are reeling under the agony of underdevelopment. The condition has not changed much even after the switch to Panchayati Raj. Road communications are very poor, a good number …
damage to fisheries: In 1991-92, the Saudi Gulf shrimp stock showed a decline in spawning biomass to about 1-10 per cent, and a decline in total biomass to about 25 per cent of the pre-war levels as a result of the oil spills. soil pollution: Three hundred unburned pools of …
every other day, one comes across studies that are testimony to corals dying across the world. Most of us do not bother to ponder over the implications of this loss, thinking that corals are mere
breaking with tradition, Union finance minister Jaswant Singh chose not to conform to the two-part format while delivering his maiden budget speech on February 28. But there was no departure from practice in this year's Union budget as it was at the end of the day another populist document. No …
The President, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, regretted the "mixture" of economic conflicts with the conflicts of the past and asked management experts to devise means to handle the complex issue. He asked management experts to go to the rural areas and create "urban facilities", where 70 per cent of the population …
The Andhra Pradesh State Legislative Assembly passed the Appropriation Bills by voice vote amidst walkout by Congress and CPI-M in protest against the government's failure to provide adequate relief in drought hit areas and other burning issues. The Bill to authorise payments and appropriation of Rs 43,736.63 crore from and …
Union minister for rural development Shanta Kumar took the West Bengal state government to task for poor utilisation of funds and said all Central directives in this regard were being ignored. "It is unfortunate that a few states, including West Bengal, have ignored our directive to form vigilance-cum-monitoring committees to …
The annual budget of Rs 80.50 crore, inclusive of water and sewerage charges, was passed amidst a walkout by opposition councillors in the session of the Municipal Corporation. The SAD-BJP combine staged with walkout protesting the meagre allotment for development projects. Earlier, Mr Shwet Mallik asked the House presided over …
The Haryana government has launched a number of schemes to accelerate the development activities both in the urban and rural areas of the state. Stating this, the Chief Minister, Mr Om Prakash Chautala, referred to his 'sarkar aap ke dwar' programme and claimed that under the first phase of the …
A World Bank report says Delhi will be a dust brawl by 2010. A limited water supply from the Yamuna, depleting ground water levels and a fast growing population have ensured that the supply never meets demand. Delhiites will have to face an acute water crisis during the summer. Speaking …
The ongoing war of attrition between two Ministers in the Tiwari Cabinet over the handling of the rehabilitation of Tehri Dam oustees has hotted up further with the Congress high command now taking an interest in the issue. The two Ministers, both of whom hail from the Tehri district, have …
