Category: Important Reports

World Economic Outlook: IMF The latest edition of the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) World Economic Outlook cut its forecast for India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth in FY 2022-23 to 8.2%, making it the fastest-growing major economy in the world, almost twice faster than China’s 4.4 %. IMF’s Growth Forecast: It has also lowered India’s […]

Military Spending : Data According to the latest data published by Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), world military spending continued to grow in 2021, reaching an all-time high of USD 2.1 trillion despite the economic fallout of the pandemic. As a result of a sharp economic recovery in 2021, the global military burden—world military […]

International Religious Freedom Report 2022: The US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has recommended for the second year in the row to put India on a list (Countries of Particular Concern or CPCs) for the worst violations of religious freedoms in 2021. Earlier, the US State Department released a strong and critical report on […]

Poverty In India : Status According to policy research working paper of World Bank, Poverty in India is 12.3 percentage points lower in 2019 as compared to 2011. The poverty headcount rate has declined from 22.5 percent in 2011 to 10.2 percent in 2019. Poverty reduction was higher in rural areas as compared to urban […]

Human Rights Report On India 2021: US The US State Department released a strong and critical report on human rights in India in 2021. The report is submitted each year to the US Congress which is retrospective and contains a country-wise discussion of the state of internationally recognised individual, civil, political and worker rights, as […]

Global Wind Report 2022: The Global Wind Report for 2022 was published by the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC). GWEC was established in 2005 to provide a credible and representative forum for the entire wind energy sector at an international level. Highlights of the Report: Wind energy installations every year across the world must quadruple […]

World Food Price Index: FAO According to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO), the World food price index averaged 159.3 points in March, breaking an earlier record of 137.6 points scaled 11 years ago in February 2011. The FAO index has exhibited huge volatility in the last two years through the Covid-19 pandemic and […]

Functioning Of The UIDAI : CAG Report The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India, has pulled up the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) over a range of issues related to the issuance of Aadhaar cards. The findings are part of the first performance review by the country’s independent auditor of UIDAI, which was […]