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Health sector expenditure up 73%: Economic Survey

During the last five years, social services accounted for about 25 per cent of the total government expenditure (Centre and states taken together). In 2021-22 (BE), it was 26.6 per cent…reports Asian

January 31, 2022

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India’s BoP surplus hits $63.1 bn in H1FY22: Economic Survey

It said that inflows augmented foreign exchange reserves crossing the milestone of $600 billion….reports Asian Lite News Robust capital flows into India resulted in an overall balance of payments (BoP) surplus of

January 31, 2022

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Budget through the history of independent India

The current Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is a woman, but before her another woman leader has presented the budget of India in the Parliament…reports Santosh Kumar Pathak The history of India’s

January 31, 2022

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Economic Survey pegs growth at 8 to 8.5% for new financial year

According to the Survey, the supply-side reforms undertaken by the government in the last two years include deregulation of numerous sectors, simplification of processes, removal of legacy issues like ‘retrospective tax’, privatisation,

January 31, 2022

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What to expect from Union Budget

Union Budget is expected to focus on employment generation, increase in limits for basic tax exemption, standard deduction, medical expenses, rationalisation of tax rates and certain social security investments, reports Asian Lite

January 30, 2022

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Nadella, world’s top CEO, TikTok fastest growing brand

The top 10 of the Brand Finance ranking is dominated by CEOs (referred to repeatedly as brand guardians) from the tech and media sectors…reports Nikhila Natarajan The Brand Finance Brand Guardianship Index

January 27, 2022

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IMF cuts India’s GDP forecast to 9% for FY22

India and Japan are the only major economies to have their growth projections raised from that made in October last…reports Arul Louis India’s economy is projected to grow by 9 per cent

January 25, 2022

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IBM sells Watson health assets for $1 billion

IBM currently has a market value of $108 billion, way behind its Cloud-computing rivals like Amazon and Microsoft…reports Asian Lite News IBM has announced to sell healthcare data and analytics assets from

January 25, 2022

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Survey shows demand for regulatory focus on cryptocurrency

Besides, more than 75 per cent of the respondents feel that the Budget should focus on green energy, Data Privacy Bill and public credit registry initiatives…reports Asian Lite News A pre-Budget expectations

January 25, 2022

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World Economic Forum reschedules annual meeting for May

Topics on the agenda will include the pandemic recovery, tackling climate change, building a better future for work, accelerating stakeholder capitalism, and harnessing the technologies of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, reports Asian

January 22, 2022

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