-PTI/ The New Indian Express The figure does not include Hong Kong and Macao residents and foreigners who live in the mainland's 31 provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities, the NBS said. BEIJING: China's population grew by less than half a million-last year to 1.41 billion as the birth rates fell for the fifth consecutive year, stoking fears of a looming demographic crisis and its adverse impact on the world's 2nd largest economy. At...
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Oil, budget and economic sentiment -Roshan Kishore and Vineet Sachdev
-Hindustan Times Traditionally, Union budgets have mattered for people at large because of two reasons: prices of goods and income tax rates.There is some merit in the argument that inflation is a bigger dampener on economic sentiment in India than low growth rates There is some merit in the argument that inflation is a bigger dampener on economic sentiment in India than low growth rates. Traditionally, Union budgets have mattered for people...
More »Potato production in West Bengal likely to be impacted by delayed sowing, untimely rains -Shobha Roy
-The Hindu Business Line Supply from UP prevents price surge Potato production in West Bengal is likely to be impacted this year on the back of delayed sowing and untimely rains. Though it may be difficult to estimate the exact impact on production, experts believe that the crop is likely to be lower as compared to last year. The State had witnessed nearly 16 per cent rise in production at 110 lakh...
More »Wealth of India's 10 richest enough to fund school, higher education of every child for 25 years: Study
-The New Indian Express Oxfam India further said that an additional one per cent tax on the richest 10 per cent can provide the country with nearly 17.7 lakh extra oxygen cylinders. NEW DELHI/ DAVOS: Indian billionaires saw their combined fortunes more than double during the COVID-19 pandemic, and their count shot up by 39 per cent to 142, while the wealth of the ten richest is enough to fund school and...
More »Income of 84% Indian households fell in 2021 while 40 new billionaires emerged: Oxfam report
-Scroll.in The non-profit group said that while the wealth of Indian billionaires rose by Rs 30 lakh crore during pandemic, over 4.6 crore people fell to extreme poverty. The income of 84% Indian households declined in 2021 while the number of billionaires in the country grew from 102 to 142 during the last year, non-profit group Oxfam said in a report released on Sunday. In its report titled “Inequality Kills”, Oxfam said that...
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