13 Aug The Multiplier and links to Keynesian Economics
The Multiplier and links to Keynesian Economics The concept of the multiplier process became important in the 1930s when John Maynard Keynes suggested it as a tool to help governments to maintain high levels of employment This “demand-management approach”, designed to help overcome a shortage of capital...
13 Aug The IMF on the Fiscal Multiplier
Government investment—things like infrastructure building—results in higher multipliers. Economists at the IMF have calculated the long-run multiplier at 1.5 for developed countries and 1.6 for developing countries. In other words, developing countries really benefit from government investment over government consumption. Investment can build the productive...
12 Aug मध्यावधि आर्थिक सर्वेक्षण : आर्थिक वृद्धि का 7.5% लक्ष्य पाना मुश्किल
1.मध्यावधि आर्थिक सर्वेक्षण : आर्थिक वृद्धि का 7.5% लक्ष्य पाना मुश्किल • संसद में शुक्रवार को रखे गए आर्थिक सर्वेक्षण में कहा गया है कि 2016-17 में 6.75 से 7.5 फीसद आर्थिक वृद्धि के अनुमान के उच्चतम दायरे (7.5 फीसद जीडीपी वृद्धि) का लक्ष्य हासिल होना...
12 Aug *_The Hindu Editorial – Risks to growth: mid-year economic concerns_*
Five months after the Economic Survey 2016-17 was released, Chief Economic Adviser Arvind Subramanian has presented the second volume of the annual economic review-cum-prognosticatory report. With the intervening period having provided a wealth of data points and policy developments, including the momentous roll-out of the...
11 Aug नए भारत निर्माण के लिए प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी का नया संकल्प
दैनिक समसामयिकी 10 August 2017(Thursday) 1.नए भारत निर्माण के लिए प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी का नया संकल्प • भारत छोड़ो आंदोलन की 75वीं वर्षगांठ पर लोकसभा ने देशवासियों को साथ लेकर 2022 तक राष्ट्रपिता महात्मा गांधी और सभी स्वतंत्रता सेनानियों के सपनों के भारत का निर्माण करने के लिए...
11 Aug अंतरराष्ट्रीय समझौतों की बलि चढ़ती हमारी खेती
(देविंदर शर्मा ) (दैनिक भास्कर ) कुछ साल पहले एक लेखक ने मुझसे वर्ल्ड डिजास्टर रिपोर्ट का हवाला देते हुए पूछा कि क्या जलवायु परिवर्तन से होने वाला नुकसान भविष्य में किसान के सामने सबसे बड़ी चुनौती होगा। मैंने कहा कि मुझे ऐसा नहीं लगता, क्योंकि इससे...
11 Aug The Big Picture: Eradication of poverty: What steps need to be taken to achieve this goal?
In a recent speech, Prime Minister of India set a target to alleviate poverty from the nation in coming 5 years. India, even after seven decades of independence, and being one of the major world economies, has about a quarter of population living under poverty. Every successive government, since 1947,...
10 Aug CPI v/s WPI
Several ways to measure inflation. On the basis of population coverage, the inflation indices are developed to understand the levels of inflation for certain sets of population such as consumers, producers, retailers, wholesalers etc. Such indices are called Consumer Price Index (CPI), Producer Price Index (PPI),...
10 Aug SEBI Crackdown on 331 Shell Companies
*Blocks Investors' ₹9,000 Cr* In a late circular on Monday, market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) directed stock exchanges to immediately restrict trading in 331 companies identified as “shell companies” by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs in consultation with the Serious Fraud Investigation...