Economy Current Affairs One-liners — All time
Daily news by your exam, state and topic — each with a short summary, key facts and MCQs.
Tue, 07 Jan 2025
- Growth is down from 8.2% in 2023-24; nominal GDP is estimated to grow 9.7%.
- The next India–EU Summit is to be held in India at a mutually convenient time.
Mon, 06 Jan 2025
- The second round covers five product categories within the original ₹6,322 crore outlay.
- The two bodies will share intelligence and identify red-flag indicators for suspicious transactions in insurance.
- More than 23,500 Indian standards are in force, and 94% are harmonised with ISO and IEC standards.
Sun, 05 Jan 2025
Sat, 04 Jan 2025
- The 4–9 January festival, organised with NABARD, carries the theme 'Building a Resilient Rural India for a Viksit Bharat 2047'.
- Production grew 7.28% and dispatch 6.56% over 2023, both all-time highs.
Fri, 03 Jan 2025
- Piyush Goyal released the sixth edition of the Logistics Ease Across Different States report and felicitated LEAPS 2024 winners.
- About ₹1,570 crore was paid to more than 68 lakh EPS pensioners for December 2024 through all 122 pension-disbursing regional offices.
- The one-stop portal consolidates e-auction listings of all public sector banks; over 1,22,500 properties have been migrated.
Thu, 02 Jan 2025
- The district now forms the basic stratum for sample selection so that district-level estimates can be generated.
- The 18-member group, chaired by NITI Aayog Member Ramesh Chand, will also recommend a roadmap to switch from WPI to a Producer Price Index.
- April–December 2024 production from these mines rose 34.20% to 131.05 MT.
Wed, 01 Jan 2025
Tue, 31 Dec 2024
- Both decisions were announced by the National Payments Corporation of India on 31 December 2024.
- The Index of Eight Core Industries was released by the Commerce Ministry on 31 December 2024.
- Monthly accounts released on 31 December 2024 show ₹27,41,002 crore spent in April–November 2024.
Mon, 30 Dec 2024
- The Reserve Bank of India released the December 2024 issue of its Financial Stability Report on 30 December 2024.
- The Agriculture Ministry released rabi area coverage as on 30 December 2024, showing 614.94 lakh hectares sown.
Sun, 29 Dec 2024
Fri, 27 Dec 2024
- MoSPI released the Household Consumption Expenditure Survey 2023-24 factsheet on 27 December 2024, putting average urban MPCE at ₹6,996 and rural MPCE at ₹4,122.
- The Nominated Authority of the Ministry of Coal issued the vesting order for the Meenakshi coal mine in Odisha's Sundargarh district to Hindalco Industries on 27 December 2024.
Tue, 24 Dec 2024
- MoSPI released the Annual Survey of Unincorporated Sector Enterprises (ASUSE) 2023-24 results on 24 December 2024, showing 7.34 crore establishments.
- The Ministry of Mines on 24 December 2024 asked the Geological Survey of India to explore redefining the Nayakkarpatti tungsten block to exclude a biodiversity heritage site.
Mon, 23 Dec 2024
- Total telephone subscribers fell by 2.45 million in October 2024, while broadband subscribers declined to 941.47 million.
- The Asian Development Bank loan, with a sovereign guarantee, will help India Infrastructure Finance Company Limited fund projects aligned with India's climate commitments.
- IREDA CMD Pradip Kumar Das backed Odisha's target of 10 GW of renewable energy capacity by 2030 at the GRIDCO-organised conclave in Bhubaneswar.
- The 64th State High-Level Clearance Committee, chaired by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, approved projects expected to create about 5,605 jobs.
- The All-India CPI for Agricultural Labourers rose 5 points to 1320 and the CPI for Rural Labourers rose 5 points to 1331 in November 2024.