Foreign tourist arrivals in the country have shown a jump between January and April of this year registering a growth of 18.3 per cent.
The year 2014 alone witnessed 2.37 lakh road accidents on national and state highways across the country which had left at least 85,462 people dead and 2.59 lakh injured.
Here are some tips to help you crack the Staff Selection Commission Combined Graduate Level Examination.
Chinese mobile phone users sent a whopping 217.76 billion SMS messages in 2004, up 58.8 per cent from the previous year, the government said.
Imports too dipped by 23.1 per cent to $25.41 billion in the month under review as against $33 billion in April 2015.
Of the seven surveys presented under Modi govt, predictions of three were quite close to the actual GDP growth rate, one saw the base year change in between, but the last three were way off the mark.
The 12 new cases of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome is the lowest since April 20 when China started issuing\n\nnationwide SARS-related statistics.
Once he towered over the Congress' Mumbai unit, its crucial link with New Delhi, but towards the end he became a nowhere man, says N Suresh.
Powered by the high growth of the manufacturing sector, industrial growth touched 7.6 per cent during the first quarter of the current financial year as against 5.7 per cent during April-June, 2003.
The employment rate in the country declined marginally from 39.2 per cent to 38.6 per cent between 2009-10 and 2011-12, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Wednesday.
The government had no option but to cut spending to meet its borrowing targets.
Is the Modi government serious about the safety of women in India?
The per capita income of Indians continued its climb up the ladder, increasing 11.1 per cent in 2004-05 to Rs 23,308 (at current prices) compared to Rs 20,989 in 2003-04.
Hours after 21 ministers took the oath of office and became a part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ministry, speculation began on which minister would be handed which portfolio. However, all speculation ended after the list was announced.
NSO has pegged economic growth at 5 per cent in 2019-20 in its second advance estimates.
The court referred the NCRB data and said 38,947 women were raped in India in 2016. "What is to be done? Girls and women are getting raped left, right and centre," the bench said."
The voting will be held on November 30, December 7, 12, 16 and 20.
A recent data released by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) confirm that both the manufacturing and mining sectors shrunk in 2013-14 with fall in output.
Concerned over high incidents of violence, the Home ministry has asked the Election Commission to conduct the upcoming Lok Sabha polls in 33 Naxal-hit districts in the first phase to ensure maximum security and minimum casualties.
The central government has made Intelligence Bureau's clearance mandatory for appointment of a private person as Officer on Special Duty (OSD) to a minister.
Food inflation was 7.79 per cent last month, higher than a revised 7.47 per cent in May
Urjit Patel said said the process of remonetisation was on and estimation of costs was a complex exercise.
On the revenue front, the finance ministry was expecting higher proceeds from non-tax revenue.
The size of the GDP in the second quarter of 2018-19 is estimated at Rs 33.98 lakh crore, as against Rs 31.72 lakh crore a year ago
Take a look at the map to see just how green is your area?
Encouragingly, the recovery also appears to be becoming broad-based
Retail inflation rises to 4.41% in Sep on dearer food items
India's per capita income, a gauge for assessing standard of living, for 2013-14 is up at Rs 6,699 per month for 2013-14 as against the earlier estimate of Rs 6,198.33 after the government updated the base year for measuring national accounts.
India's network has expanded at a compound annual rate of around 4% which has added more than 4.8 km of additional roads since 1951, but even so the network remains badly underdeveloped
Out of around 80 million accounts that were analysed, there were 10 million records with only names and no other details about the subscribers, including their date of joining, date of birth and father's name, among others, in the EPFO's records.
Women's share of work in these industries is over 50 per cent, yet they are paid much less than their male counterparts.
According to a statement available on the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation website, gross domestic product, consumer price index and index of industrial production will now be released at 5.30 in the evening.
The scheme, which would give Rs 6,000 to small farmers in a year or Rs 500 a month, will add more money to the account of these cultivators than the money he/she saves every month on an average.
CPI inflation is on the decline since July.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi who inducted 19 new ministers into his Cabinet on Tuesday has carried out major changes in the portfolios of his top ministers.
The World Bank has approved a $1.5 billion loan for the ambitious clean India campaign.
© 2026 Rediff.com - Advertise with us - Disclaimer - Privacy Policy - Sitemap - Feedback - About us - Terms of use - Grievances