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Manipulation of World Bank’s Doing Business ranking shocking: Former chief economist Kaushik Basu
Talking about his time in the World Bank he confirmed that the pressures were there from the government but the institution never succumbed to those.
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World Bank Group to discontinue Doing Business report
The decision was taken because there had been news on manipulation of the rankings.
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Covid-19 second wave turns V to U; apprehension for the third
Several national and global bodies have trimmed India’s GDP growth estimates after the second wave and a third one could send growth even southwards
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G7 commits to at least 15% global minimum corporate tax; key takeaways
Finance ministers from wealthy G7 nations on Saturday pledged to commit to a global minimum corporate tax of at least 15 percent, rallying behind a US
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Ease of doing business: Government plans to ease out over 6,000 identified compliances for the firms
India has identified 6,000 burdensome compliances, both at the central and states levels, that would be eased as part of the government’s plan to ma
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Hits and misses in IMF predictions about the Indian economy in the past four years
IMF's optimism is music to the ears of policymakers, especially when a second wave of the pandemic is threatening to sweep the country
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India bounced back big way but not out of woods; real GDP growth to be 7.5 to 12.5 per cent: World Bank
Given the significant uncertainty pertaining to both epidemiological and policy developments, the real GDP growth for FY21/22 can range from 7.5 to 12
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India accounts for 10% of global road crash victims: World Bank
India has only 1% of world's total automobiles
