2022-10-13T16:05:55+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Economy|Tags: The Hindu|
Background: The impossible trinity, or the trilemma, refers to the idea that an economy cannot pursue independent monetary policy, maintain a fixed exchange rate, and allow the free flow of capital across its borders at the same time. According to economists, any economy can choose to pursue only two out [...]
2022-10-13T15:25:25+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Economy|
The story so far Moonlighting — or employees working for remuneration with entities other than their employers — has been a hot topic in recent months. During the pandemic, those with desk jobs had more time on their hands and thus it was easier to take on a few projects [...]
2022-10-04T17:48:51+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Economy|
Background India’s unemployment rate dropped to 6.43% in September due to an increase in labour participation in the rural and urban areas according to data from the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) In August, unemployment had surged to a one-year high of 8.3% as employment sequentially fell by 2 [...]
2022-09-13T23:47:10+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Economy|Tags: The Hindu|
The story so far: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday, September 2, defended the windfall tax imposed by the Centre on domestic crude oil producers, saying that it was not an ad hoc move but was done after full consultation with the industry. […]
2022-09-06T02:16:05+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Economy|
Background: A petition was filed in January in the Supreme Court, which sought judicial intervention to direct the Election Commission to derecognise political parties who use freebies to lure voters to vote in favour of these parties. This issue has invited clamor and debates from various sections of society after [...]
2022-08-22T15:44:48+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Economy|
The issue of ‘freebies’ has bounced back, when the Supreme Court of India on August 3, 2022, recommended constituting an expert committee comprising representatives of the beneficiaries, Union and State governments, the Finance Commission, NITI Aayog and the Reserve Bank of India to study the issue of ‘freebies’. [...]
2022-08-01T16:15:33+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Economy|
Context:- The lavender crop is changing the landscape and improving farm incomes in Kashmir. […]
2022-07-19T15:28:46+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Economy|
Context :- The rupee seems to be on a trajectory of decline, with its value relative to the dollar (as per the Reserve Bank of India’s reference rate) falling from Rs.76.4 at the beginning of April to Rs.79.1 at the beginning of July. Cause:- […]
2022-08-30T13:20:01+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Economy|
National Monetisation Pipeline (NMP) The National Monetisation Pipeline (NMP) estimates an aggregate monetization potential of Rs 6 lakh crores through core assets of the Central Government, over a period of four years from FY 2022 to FY 2025 […]
2022-05-18T11:58:28+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Economy|
