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The Hindu Editorial News Analysis 8th Dec 2017

Getting back on track GDP numbers are good but for growth to pick up further, we need to push private investment GDP has grown at 6.3% year­ on ­year compared to 5.7% in the first quarter Signs of revival? Can we expect a further rise in the growth rate in the rest of the year? We need to look at sectoral growth rates. The most encouraging sign is the performance of the manufacturing sector which grew at 7% against 1.2% in the previous quarter. Previous year, the growth rate was 7.7%. It appears that the manufacturing sector has come out of the disruptions caused by demonetisation + implementation of the GST. Public administration grew at 6%, much lower than the previous quarters but still reasonably high Electricity sector has done well with a growth rate of 7.6% compared to 7.0% in Q1 Growth rate in agriculture was low at 1.7%  Construction sector grew at 2.6% only. Discouraging signals Most discouraging sign is the behaviour of the Gross Fixed Capital Formation (GFCF). Ratio of GFCF to...

The Hindu Editorial News Analysis 7th Dec 2017

Dec 06, 2017 - Fifth Bi-monthly Monetary Policy Statement for 2017-18 RBI Monetary Policy: MPC maintains status quo; repo rate unchanged at 6% RBI Act was amended in May 2016 was that Price stability is a necessary precondition to sustainable growth...

The Hindu Editorial News Analysis 6th Dec 2017

New India formula? 15th Finance Commission’s job will be especially tricky in the time of GST Constitutional body is tasked- recommending a •fiscal road map and a sharing of resources between the Centre and the States. Former Revenue Secretary N.K....

The Hindu Editorial News Analysis 5th Dec 2017

The one-election idea is a farce Case for holding simultaneous elections in the diverse, federal Indian polity is weak Address on National Law Day 2017, PM Narendra Modi -“one nation one election” Mr. Modi - four reasons: 1)-Massive expenditure; 2)-Diversion...

The Hindu Editorial News Analysis 4th Dec 2017

Capturing Crime National Crime Records Bureau data for 2016 Two important aspects, violent crime and crime against women State governments to make a serious study of the underlying causes. Not all States are equally affected; UP and Bihar record maximum...

The Hindu Editorial News Analysis 30th Nov 2017

A Neutral Internet TRAI finally came out with clear guidelines in favour of Net neutrality. Cannot be discriminatory treatment of websites TRAI warned providers against the practice TRAI’s new guidelines will help the cause of building the Internet as a public platform...

The Hindu Editorial News Analysis 29th Nov 2017

HADIYA A new phase? Nepal voted on Sunday in the first phase of parliamentary elections under its new Constitution of 2015 The first round was mostly concentrated in the upper hill regions, with the rest of the country scheduled to...

The Hindu Editorial News Analysis 28th Nov 2017

Pakistan Tehreek-iLabaik Ya Rasool Allah (TLY) paralysed Pakistan‘s main cities, which include Rawalpindi Islamabad, Lahore and Karachi  Government of Pakistan closed down all television news channels for a day Twitter, Facebook and YouTube. Moreover, in Islamabad and Lahore, education institutions have had to...

The Hindu Editorial News Analysis 25th Nov 2017

The China plan The agreement reached between Myanmar and Bangladesh to repatriate Rohingya refugees suggests that the Chinese proposal has found some traction(pulling something over a surface) as a solution to the crisis. Three-month military operation by Myanmar Rakhine, which resulted in around...

The Hindu Editorial News Analysis 24th Nov 2017 – Padmavati Film Issue

Watch Video - The Hindu Editorial Analysis 24th Nov History of Rani Padmavati - रानी पदमावती का इतिहास जानिए  Politics and Padmavati - SC judgment in  S. Rangarajan v. P. Jagjivan Ram that state cannot cite concerns about a “hostile audience” in curbing freedom of expression. The new bipolarity in Asia Having one set of nations ranged against China is not going to be easy in the prevailing circumstances USA(Donald Trump)-> China(Xi Jinping) U.S. previously — such as the pivot to Asia Anti­China coalition, though none of them are willing to project it as such. Talks held recently at the level of officials between the U.S., Japan, Australia...