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First G20 Ministerial Conference on Women’s Empowerment
The Union Minister of Women & Child Development, Smriti Irani addressed the First ever G20 Ministerial Conference on Women’s Empowerment on August 26, 2021. Key Points Conference was held at Santa Margherita Ligure, Italy in a hybrid format. During the ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2021
G20 Labour and Employment Ministers’ Meeting
G20 Labour & Employment Ministers’ Meeting was hosted in blended mode by Italy. Highlights During the virtual meeting, G-20 Ministers exchanged their views on transitions from school to work. Ministry of labour & employment, India was represented by MoS (I/C) ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2021
G20 Education Ministers’ Meeting
G20 education ministers’ meeting was held on recently in which ministers reiterated commitment to ensure continuity of quality education amid the ongoing covid-19 pandemic. Key Points During the meeting, ministers reaffirmed their commitment to eliminate education and workspace inequalities. Sanjay ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2021
OECD estimate growth cut of India to 9.9%
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has cut India’s growth projection to 9.9 % for Financial Year 2022. In March, it estimated growth to 12.6%. Rate was cut witnessing covid cases lockdowns which have threatened to stall nascent economic ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2021
Italy hosts the Global G 20 Health Summit
The Global G20 Health Summit was co-hosted by European Commission along with Italy as part of its G20 presidency amid the surge and spread of the coronavirus cases. Agenda of the Summit The summit adopted the agenda to overcome Covid-19 ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2021
What is Significant Economic Presence (SEP) principle?
India recently notified Digital Tax threshold of two crore rupees and 300,00 users under the Significant Economic Presence principle. This threshold was notified for non-resident technology firms such as Netflix, Facebook, Google, to pay tax in India. The principle was ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2021
G20 nods to IMF for fresh SDR issue
The G20 Finance Ministers recently nodded to the International Monetary Fund to provide fresh Special Drawing Rights to its member countries. The IMF has been permitted to provide SDR of worth 650 million USD to the member countries. This will ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2021
World Bank-IMF launch Climate Change platform for poor countries
The World Bank and International Monetary Fund have launched a platform to advise the poor countries on funding for conservation and climate activities. Both the financial organizations will use the platform to factor climate change into negotiations about reducing debt ..