Economic News This Month-Jan 2015

Economic News This Month-Jan 2015

1.       India’s GDP Growth Slows to 5.3% in Second Quarter of 2014-15

2.       The cabinet Committee on Economic affairs has approved the Minimum Support Prices(MSPs) for Rabi Crops of 2014-15 season to be marketed in 2015-16.

3.       India ranked 142^nd in World Bank’s ease of doing Business report

4.       India home to 11^th Largest population of Ultra-rich people

5.       Eight core industries Register 4% growths in H1 of 2014-15

6.       Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Shramdev Jayate Scheme launched

7.       Bangalore City Railway station becomes the first station in India to have WiFi facility

8.       Six Indian Infra Projects in World’s 100 Most innovative list

9.       Uttar Pradesh registers Lowest CAGR among BIMARU States in 9 years as per ASSOCHAM

10.   India’s External Debt Touches all-time high of USD 450.13 billion end Jun 2014

11.   All Central Universities to implement Credit Transfer Scheme by 2015-16

12.   Five Global banks fined $3.4 billions for foreign Exchange Market rigging

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