-Livemint.com Yet again, two measures of India’s Economy— ‘gross value added’ and ‘gross domestic product’—have grown at widely different paces. While change in GDP significantly lagged the change in GVA in FY21, the story was opposite in FY22, says data released Tuesday. Mint explains: What is the difference between GVA & GDP? Gross value added (GVA) adds up the value of all goods and services produced in an Economy after deducting the input...
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Around 31 mn households demand work under MGNREGA in May, up 11% YoY -Sanjeeb Mukherjee
-Business Standard The figure is also much higher than the corresponding pre-Covid period, data shows Around 31 million households have demanded work under the flagship MGNREGA in the month of May this year, which is almost 11 per cent more than the same period last year and much higher than the corresponding pre-Covid period, data sourced from the website showed today. In April 2022, around 23.26 million households have sought work under the...
More »Forget minimum wages, MGNREGA workers not even receiving notified wages in many states
Every year in the month of either February or March, the Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) announces the notified MGNREGA wage rates (i.e., notified daily wage rates for MGNREGA workers) for various states and Union Territories (UTs) for the upcoming financial year. The MGNREGA rates are notified every year based on the increase in Consumer Price Index for Agricultural Labourers (CPI-AL). Like the previous years, in 2021 too, experts and civil...
More »Stagflationary risk to India quite low compared to other countries: CEA
-PTI/ Business Standard V Anantha Nageswaran also ruled out recession hitting India, given its macroeconomic fundamentals Chief Economic Adviser V Anantha Nageswaran on Tuesday ruled out the risk of stagflation for India, saying the Economy is better placed than other nations. Stagflation is the phase when an Economy faces moderation in GDP growth as well as high inflation. "Compared to the experience of many developed and developing countries, India is somewhat better placed and...
More »Centre warns of CBI, EoW action against post-dated wheat export LCs -Sanjeeb Mukherjee
-Business Standard Since wheat export was banned on May 13, the government has been cracking down on exporters who are waiting to have their orders cleared on the basis of invalid LCs Serving a warning to unscrupulous wheat exporters, the government on Monday said if after a probe it was found they had issued post-dated letters of credit (LCs), they would be proceeded against under the Foreign Trade Act. It can take help...
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