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RBI Monetary Policy Committee Announcements – Update (May, 2022)

May 5, 2022

Recently, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) held an unscheduled meeting and made some important announcements. What are the announcements? The MPC unanimously decided to increase the policy repo rate under the liquidity adjustment facility (LAF) by 40 basis points to ..

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States vs Centre on fuel taxes

May 2, 2022

The Centre and the states are at loggerheads over taxes and duties on petrol and diesel. What is the argument of the Centre? Centre feels that some states are not reducing Value added tax (VAT) on petrol and diesel in ..

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Retail Inflation and IIP in March

April 13, 2022

In March, the annual retail inflation of India rose to a 17-month high while there was a contraction in the factory output in February, thus complicating the policy choices of the nation’s central bank. Overview: The National Statistical Office (NSO) ..

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Asian Development Outlook (ADO) 2022

April 7, 2022

India’s GDP growth has been forecasted by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to 7.5 per cent in 2022-23 from 2021-22’s estimated 8.9 per cent. The report has also suggested that the growth will pick up and reach 8 per cent ..

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US Fed Rate Hike – Impact on India

March 17, 2022

In the first hike since 2018, the US Federal Reserve increased the interest rates by 25 basis points. Reasons for US Fed Rate Hike In February, inflation in the United States reached 7.9%, which is the highest in 40 years. ..

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Retail Inflation in February 2022

March 17, 2022

According to the data released by the Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation (MoSPI), India’s retail inflation surged to 6.07% in February. About the surge in inflation Retail inflation is measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI). February’s retail inflation ..

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Economic Survey 2021-22- Highlights

February 1, 2022

The Economic Survey 2021-22 was tabled in Parliament on January 31, 2022 by Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman. Who prepared the Economic Survey? Economic Survey 2021-22 was prepared by a team led by principal economic adviser Sanjeev Sanyal. The survey is ..

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India’s Retail Inflation in December 2021

January 17, 2022

The retail inflation in India increased to 5.59% in December 2021. This is the highest in the last five months. The inflation data was released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation. About the increase in retail inflation The ..

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Wholesale Price Index, WPI of April 2021

May 18, 2021

The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade recently released Wholesale Price in India for the month of April 2021. The WPI for the month of April 2021 stood at 128.1. The base year in calculating WPI is fixed ..

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What is Commodity Super Cycle?

May 12, 2021

The prices of commodities from corn to crude oil to rubber, rhodium, copper, soy bean has been increasing since the beginning of 2021. This is referred to as Commodity Super Cycle. Commodity Super cycle Since the beginning of nineteenth century ..

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