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Labour Law Reforms to Bring a Wave of Revolutionary Changes in Industry Standards

Oct 16, 2014 Tushita Economy 0

The Modi government will soon be launching its first revolutionary labour reform by partly doing away the factory inspector raj, which is widely considered to be corrupt and arbitrary in nature. As...

Malnourishment in India Dwindled According to UNICEF’s Survey

Oct 13, 2014 Tushita Economy 0

As per a new survey of the UNICEF and the government, India has seen a reduction in the number of malnourished children. The percentage of such children stood at 45.1% in the year 2005-06. But recent...

Centre Specified Inflation Targets for the RBI

Oct 13, 2014 Tushita Economy 0

In a major renovation of the present monetary policy structure, the Finance Ministry has given nod to the idea of setting up Centre specified inflation targets for the RBI. As per the new rules, the...

RBI Goes Easy on ATM Users, Offers More Flexibility

Oct 11, 2014 Tushita Economy 0

The RBI on Friday notified that at non-home ATMs, the allowed number of non-chargeable transactions would continue to be three across six acknowledged metros. But in non-metro centres, the customers...

IMF Predicts 6.4 per cent Growth for India, Says the Economic Slowdown is over

Oct 08, 2014 Tushita Economy 0

After the optimistic predictions made by CII and Ficci surveys, the Modi government has gained yet another boost in the economic front. But this time the push has come from the International Monetary...

Optimism Rises in Ficci and CII Surveys

Oct 07, 2014 Tushita Economy 0

There might be reports that the banks are not responding to the Modi effect just yet, but India Inc.’s confidence in the economy has surely risen after the Narendra Modi government took over. This...

Centre Keeps a Close Tab on Essential Commodities’ Prices

Oct 06, 2014 Tushita Economy 0

In order to keep a check on unusual flaring in the ongoing festival season, the Narendra Modi government has set up a mechanism to monitor the prices of key essential commodities. Some officials have...

India Gained nothing from Asean Free Trade Agreement, Says a Report

Oct 03, 2014 Tushita Economy 0

India had recently signed a trade pact in services and investments, which ordered a review of all existing free trade agreements (FTAs) signed by the previous dispensation. Barely a month after the...

First Unmanned, Self-cleaning eToilet launched for Schools

Sep 30, 2014 Tushita Economy 0

A city-based private company, Eram Scientific, has come up with country’s first unmanned, self-cleaning eToilet for schools, which it claims is the cheapest in the market. The toilets have inbuilt...

Taking a Look at today’s RBI Policy Review

Sep 30, 2014 Tushita Economy 0

Expectations of market and economists were rightly met on Tuesday as Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced that it was going to keep all the key rates – repo rate, CRR, SLR, reverse repo rate –...