Economy

Key features of National Telecom Policy, 2012  Licensing: It aims to simplify licensing framework by establishing a unified license for all telecom services,converting to a single-license system for the entire country and removing roaming charges. Spectrum: It seeks to liberalise spectrum through a system where spectrum can be pooled, shared and traded.  Connectivity: The policy … Read more DMPQ:What are the provisions of National Telecom Policy,2012?

Steps taken by RBI:   Establishment of private Asset Reconstruction Companies (ARCs) Many ARCs have been created, but they have solved only a small portion of the problem, buying up only about 5 percent of total NPAs.   Strategic debt restructuring scheme: under this creditors could take over firms that were unable to pay and … Read more DMPQ: RBI has taken several steps to deal with stressed asset problems. Discuss the steps taken by the RBI. Also comment on their success.

Featuring the new Global Competitiveness Index, the Report assesses the competitiveness landscape of 140 economies, providing unique insight into the drivers of economic growth in the era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Current position of india The country’s favourable demographic has earned it a rank of 58 among 140 countries in the World Economic Forum’s … Read more DMPQ- Critically analysis India’s performance in Global Competitiveness Index

Indian economy has some inherent vulnerabilities and that is becoming hurdle in holistic development of the economy. These areas are as follows: Investment rate is on decline. It is near about 29%. It has to be 36-38% for sustaining high growth rate as per economic survey. Investment is way better than savings as engine of … Read more DMPQ:There are some inherent vulnerabilities in the Indian economy. Without addressing them sustaining high growth will be a daunting task. What are these inherent vulnerabilities?

India’s export performance is poor. Over the years, since Independence, India’s share of the world export trade has been very low. The share of export of other developing countries of Asia, namely China, South Korea, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand is much more than of India. There are several reasons for poor performance of India’s export … Read more DMPQ:What are the possible reasons for India’s Poor share in world trade?

While countries around the world have been considering how to implement and measure success against the Goals, NITI Aayog has taken the lead by bringing out the SDG India Index – Baseline Report 2018, and showing how SDGs will be measured in India. NITI Aayog has constructed the SDG India Index spanning across 13 out … Read more DMPQ- Write a short note on SDG India Index.

Pollution: Conventional tanning process leads to environmental pollution e.g. Liquid effluent from light leather processing contains organic matter, chromium, sulphide, and solid waste. Raw material: Economic Survey – 2016-17 pointed out non- availability of cattle for slaughter is an impediment for raw material supplier. Lack of warehousing support: from the government results into huge loss … Read more DMPQ: . What are the challenges faced by the leather Industry in India?

AIR India is facing a severe crisis and at every functional aspect the PSU is on downward side. AI has a total debt of near about 50,000 cr.  The major reasons for the failure of PSU are as follows: Less income generation in passenger revenue. This is corroborated by the audit report of CAG also. … Read more DMPQ- AIR India is under severe crisis. What are the reasons for its failure although the number of passenger increased drastically in the last decade?

the reasons are as follows:   Unlike east Asian crisis, Indian economy was on economic growth path with slight interruption. India maintained and followed strong prudential norms in terms of offering of credit. Boom period didn’t become the excuse for reckless loan giving. There were also control over the cooperates to take loan from foreign … Read more DMPQ: India’s NPA problem is a chronic problem and exist at a larger scale then peer countries then what factors didn’t allow Indian economy to collapse? (economic)

Base erosion and profit sharing is a tax avoidance strategy by multinational companies, where in profits are shifted from shifted from jurisdiction that have high taxes to jurisdiction that have low tax. Base erosion and profit shifting project is a joint initiative between G20 countries and the OECD , towards the development of a coherent … Read more DMPQ: What is Base erosion and profit sharing? Discuss the provisions of the Base erosion and profit sharing project? (Economy)