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Over the past few years, India has chosen for itself a path of high growth through economic reforms, which clearly benefited the country. But it will be difficult to achieve the targeted growth of 8% GDP unless agricultural growth is...

India Economic Reform: Can the Rough Sketches Now Be Actioned? Mumbai, 18 May 2009. We were hanging our breath, so to speak, fearing a hung Lok Sabha (parliament). Instead we got that most surprising of outcomes (in India at least):...

The General Insurance Corporation of India was incorporated in the year 1972 under the company's act 1956 as a private company. In November 2000, the company was approved as the "Indian Reinsurer". Since then the General Insurance Corporation of India...

CAC (Capital Account Convertibility) for Indian Economy refers to the abolition of all limitations with respect to the movement of capital from India to different countries across the globe. In fact, the authorities officially involved with CAC (Capital Account Convertibility)...

The Agriculture Insurance Company of India Ltd.' has been working under the companies act 1956 for the agriculture insurance in India. It is working with the capital sharing from the Agriculture Insurance In India constituting four general public sector insurance...

 Poverty in India is a major issue. Rural Indians depend on unpredictable agriculture incomes, while urban Indians rely on jobs that are, at best, scarce. Since its independence, the issue of poverty within India has remained a prevalent concern. As...

 India's fiscal sector reforms help to raise the rate of savings and investments in India, which further enhances the productivity of public expenditure.[br]   India's fiscal sector reforms help to raise the rate of savings and investments in India, which further...

 India's debt situation focuses on the total amount of external debts taken by the nation in a particular year, its repayments as well as the outstanding debt amounts, if any.[br]  India's debt situation focuses on the total amount of external...

India’s current account deficit (CAD) for Q2 2009 was $12.6 billion, as compared to $12.57 billion in the same quarter in 2008, on lower net invisible surplus. However, the deficit was twice as high as the $5.99 billion reported for...

 India in 2009 witnessed a surge of FIIs hedging on the nation’s growth prospects, and bringing in over $17.46 billion in domestic equities, according to the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) data as of December 31, 2009. This...

The industrial production growth rate in December 2009 showed an improvement in the industrial output, a rise of 17.6% vis-à-vis the weak growth witnessed in the previous months. Growth in December 2008 was negative. Output in mining, manufacturing and electricity...

India is an emerging economy which has witnessed unprecedented levels of economic expansion, alongside China, Russia, Mexico and Brazil. India is a cost effective and labor intensive economy, and has benefited immensely from outsourcing of work from developed countries, and...

Economic reforms in India should be viewed in terms of a number of distinct eras. Under normal conditions, economic reform in India describes the post-1991 consequences of various economic practices.[br]  Economic reforms in India should be viewed in terms of...

 Agriculture, services and manufacturing industries play a vital role in the development of the Indian economy. The IT outsourcing, software and call center/ BPO industries, in particular, have helped skyrocket India’s economic development in recent years.[br]  Agriculture, services and manufacturing...

Following the liberalization policy of 1991, Indian trade and economy have registered a stupendous growth rate. Deviating from its autarky style of working, the liberalization policies opened up the gates for FDI and free trade. Indian trade with the world...