The Central Statistics Office (CSO) of the Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation announced that the new series of Consumer Price Index(CPI) numbers for Rural, Urban and Combined (Rural +Urban) on base 2010 ( January to December)=100 taking all segments of rural and urban population for the month of January, 2011 will be released by the Central Statistics Office for the States/UTs and all- India on 18th February, 2011.These indices will be available for five major groups namely Food, beverages and tobacco; Fuel and light; Housing; Clothing, bedding and footwear, and Miscellaneous.
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Climate Change
- National Environmental Appraisal and Monitoring Authority has been setup
India UK
UK-India Business Climate Leaders Group has been constituted. Comprising of leading CEOs the group will work on synergystic business for carbon reduction and joint work to evolve national emission reduction strategies.
FDI could be streamlined into low carbon initiatives.
Land reforms
In rural India, land is the single most important productive asset owned by the people The basic objective of land reform is to do social justice with the tillers, land owners, landless labourers, and rural community with the set objective to provide security to the cultivators, to fix a rational rent, the conferment of title … Read more
Infrastructure Debt Funds
Infrastructure Debt Funds In Sept 2011, RBI issued guidelines for permitting banks and NBFCs to set up IDFs to help meet long term financing for the sector IDFs would be set up either as MFs or NBFCs NBFC sponsoring IDF-MF should have a minimum net owned funds of Rs 300 crore and CAR of 15 … Read more
Poverty and Unemployment
Assessment of the growth experience: Poverty and Unemployment
- Poverty and unemployment are closely related
- High poverty has a multiplier effect on quality of life, deprivation, malnutrition, illiteracy and low human resource development.
Infrastructure-energy,ports,roads,airports,railwaysetc
the link for ncert for transport ishttps://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_FR6Jkv0z2cMmxHMUhtRlU1UzQ/edit?usp=sharingMY NOTES https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B_FR6Jkv0z2cbENsOVBHZHY3Y1U&usp=sharing
services sector
Probable questions:
- What is the contribution of services sector to India’s economy?
- Do you think India is over-tertiarised?
Foreign Trade Policy 2009-14
| Highlights of Foreign Trade Policy 2009-14 |
Higher Support for Market and Product Diversification
1. Incentive schemes expanded by way of addition of new products and markets.