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 …
Supachai Panitchpakdi, director general of the World Trade Organisation(WTO), said the inability to reach a consensus on the Doha development agreement would kill the concept of multilateralism. It would cost the developing nations dearly because unilateral trade agreements would be the order of the day, thereby, jeopardising the interests of …
The National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) has projected the overall growth of gross domestic product (GDP) for the current fiscal between 4.9 per cent and 5.2 per cent. Gross domestic deficit of the Centre is projected at 5.9 per cent of GDP at market prices. According to the …
Though poverty can be tackled through higher GDP growth, employment expansion and additional generation of income, it is a long haul. A well-thought-out mechanism must be devised to eliminate hunger by utilising the mountain of surplus foodgrains...editorial
Severe water crisis is gripping the low lying areas of Mhow district in Madhya Pradesh due to the callousness of Mhow Cantonment Board. The Cantonment Board's parallel pipeline-project is being implemented with an expense of Rs two lakh with an aim to eradicate the water crisis in these areas.
Besides human development, the primary focus of planning in Goa will be on maintaining, preserving and protecting the "essence of Goa" and on generating employment livelihood for the people of Goa. This was stressed at a brain storming session on Planning and Development in Goa, held at the International Centre, …
At last a serious effort is being made to tame the Swan, the river which had over the years come to be known as the sorrow of Una.Many plans to channelise the turbulent rainfed river were formulated over the past two decades, but it was only two years ago that …
Emotions are stirred up in Punjab and Haryana as the time limit of one year set by the Supreme Court to complete and commission the SYL canal expires on January 15. Though most emotions are politically stirred, the legal and constitutional aspects of the contentious issues involved can not be …
Holding the AICC chief, Ms Sonia Gandhi, and the Punjab Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh, responsible for the inordinate delay in completion of SYL canal despite the apex court orders, the Haryana unit of the BJP has advised Congress men to gherao the two instead of the Prime Minister. Addressing …
Trouble-torn states, Gujarat and Jammu and Kashmir, are targeted to register impressive growth of 10.2 per cent and 6.3 per cent respectively during the tenth plan period through aggressive reform process and other measures. According to the 10th plan document, the issue of reform in governance has acquired critical dimensions, …
Andhra Pradesh chief minister N. Chandrababu Naidu might have convinced the World Bank about the development activity in his state and secured substantial funds, but closer home his state fails to figure almost anywhere among the model states listed by the Planning Commission in terms of its development indices. A …
Several months after making the announcement in Nainital, Prime Minister A B Vajpayee has followed through an industrial 'package' for Uttaranchal, as also for Himachal Pradesh. Although the timing has more to do with the coming elections in Himachal Pradesh, the measures for industrial revival do amount to a substantial …
Despite poor performance of agriculture sector on account of widespread drought during the Kharif season, the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the second quarter of the current financial year (July-September 2002-03) went up by 5.8 per cent. This is higher than the growth rate of 5.3 per cent recorded in …
The Indian economy seems well poised to achieve a growth rate of around 5.5 per cent during 2002-03, notwithstanding the impact of drought and the sluggish performance of the farm sector. According to the latest quarterly estimates of gross domestic product (GDP), released by the Central Statistical Organisation (CSO) here …
WORLDWATCH INSTITUTE . USA A study conducted by the Worldwatch Institute has found that distances between the sources and destinations of food in the US and elsewhere in the world has grown by as much as 25 per cent. Researchers fear this reliance on a complex network could leave many …
After Delhi, it is turn of Banglore to ban entry of old transport vehicles within the city's outer ring road limits from January 1. Unlike Delhi, which banned plying of transport vehicles of 15 years age or more in pursuant to the directions of Supreme Court, Karnataka's S M Krishna …
Former MLA and a member of All India Congress Committee (AICC) Jaikishan has said that a massive rally would be organised to protest against the 'anti-poor policy' of the Central Government. The rally will be organised at Sultanpuri in North-West Delhi on January 19. Mr Jaikishan said a decision to …
Welcoming the new year with hope, the CII Ascon survey has said many sectors were likely to grow by 5-10 % and some segments, especially CTVs, crossing 20 % mark in the first six months of 2003, even as it painted a gloomy picture for edible oil and diesel engine. …
A package of Rs 582 crore for Jammu and Kashmir was announced by the Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee. He also promised the Centre's help for trying up an amount of Rs 2,200 crore for the completion of the Baghliar power project.
Remember the 20 point programme announced by Indira Gandhi in 1975? As many as 28 years down the line and several changes of the government at the Centre, with power passing on non-Congress parties, the implementation of the programme, which endeavours to take care of poor people, has not been …
