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India needs accelerated reforms to reach high income status by 2047: World Bank report
February 28, 2025 9:38 pm
The report said that lowering tariffs and addressing barriers to trade and foreign direct investment (FDI) would further drive economic growth.
February 25, 1985, Forty Years Ago: Cuts To Aid
February 25, 2025 7:15 am
This is the front page of The Indian Express published on February 25, 1985.
For Nirmala Sitharaman, a wishlist from the armed forces
January 30, 2025 2:17 pm
Modernisation programmes for services will require the budget’s backing
For equitable growth, India Inc needs to step up
January 29, 2025 11:52 am
Unless, all of India develops equally and quickly, we remain exposed to the risk of under-utilising our demographic dividend and the unique economic opportunity of China plus strategy
Pakistan’s economic crisis: Will the IMF’s $7-billion bailout stabilise the economy, stem the youth exodus?
December 17, 2024 10:12 am
This year so far, Pakistan has achieved $3.2 billion of IT exports with a growth of 24 per cent from the previous fiscal.
Israel-Hezbollah conflict cost Lebanon $8.5 billion, World Bank says
November 15, 2024 1:46 am
Sparked by the Gaza war, the conflict simmered for nearly a year before Israel launched an offensive in September, striking Lebanon with airstrikes and sending troops into the south.
UN recognition of antibiotic abuse offers India an opportunity
October 23, 2024 10:35 am
The National One Health Mission, a cross-ministerial effort, has mapped existing surveillance programmes and laboratory capabilities and aims to plug gaps. The UN mandate is an opportunity to refine and reshape India’s AMR activities
How to realise the full potential of Digital Public Infrastructure
October 21, 2024 10:36 am
By emphasising on impact assessments and institutionalising the process, corrective and timely action, where necessary, can be taken. This will help accomplish the promise of DPIs in not only transforming economies, but also millions of lives
Poverty debates in India
March 20, 2025 7:26 pm
Statistical debates around poverty estimates in India underline the importance of survey data. How does the absence of Consumption Expenditure Surveys between 2011-12 and 2022-23 influence the understanding of poverty in the country?
World Bank approves financial fund for Ukraine, supported by G7 nations
October 11, 2024 6:11 am
The fund, to be managed by the World Bank, will help fulfil a pledge by the Group of Seven (G7) nations to provide Ukraine with up to $50 billion in additional financial assistance by the end of 2023.
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World Bank Report says Pakistan's Infant Mortality Rate is Nearly Double of India's
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World Bank to aid Rajasthan's energy sector
February 22, 2016 2:47 pm
Jaipur, Feb 22 (ANI): The World Bank would be extending its cooperation to the Rajasthan government in the area of energy sector. World Bank Country Director Onno Ruhl spoke to Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje and her cabinet ministers to discuss these issues in detail. Ruhl congratulated Raje on the success of decreasing the rate of defecation in the open. He also stressed on the use of traditional forms of energy while maintaining that the focus was on alternative forms of energy. Chief Secretary C S Rajan, Principal Secretary (Energy) Sanjay Malhotra, State Power Distribution Companies Chairman Bhaskar A Sawant, Organising Secretary Akhil Arora and World Bank Special Project Manager Mandakini Pal were present on the occasion.
India has the same per capita income as Nigeria, Ghana and Kenya: Onno Ruhl
June 23, 2015 10:08 am
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