The Commission said the data uploaded up to January 11 showed the status of children in need of care and protection included orphans (10,094), lost either parent (1,36,910) and abandoned (488) taking the total to 1,47,492. The National Commission for Protection of...
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Gold imports rise over 2-fold to $38 bn in Apr-Dec 2021
India is the world's second-biggest gold consumer after China. The imports mainly take care of the demand by the jewellery industry India's gold imports, which has a bearing on the country's current account deficit (CAD), more than doubled to $38 billion during...
Global food prices rose ‘sharply’ during 2021
The consistently high cost of inputs, the ongoing global pandemic and ever more volatile climatic conditions “leave little room for optimism about a return to more stable market conditions even in 2022 The UN’s benchmark food and commodity prices index rose sharply on...
U.S. reports nearly 1 mln COVID-19 cases in a day, setting global record
The World Health Organization said on Tuesday that evidence thus far suggests Omicron is causing less severe illness. Nevertheless, public health officials have warned that the sheer volume of Omicron cases threatens to overwhelm hospitals, some of which are already...
India’s December jobless rate hits 4-month high of 7.9%: CMIE
Urban unemployment rate rose to 9.3% in December from 8.2% in the previous month while the rural unemployment rate was up 7.3% from 6.4%, the data showed Many economists worry that the Omicron variant could reverse the economic recovery seen in the previous quarter...
New-age tech firms lead Rs 1.2 lakh crore mop-up through IPOs in 2021
The simplification of rules by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has led to the record fundraising by the new-age technologies firms, which are mostly loss-making. Earlier regulation required a firm to have profit-making records in order to get listed...
439 infrastructure projects show cost overrun of Rs 4.38 trillion
"Total original cost of implementation of the 1,679 projects was Rs 22,29,544.27 crore and their anticipated completion cost is likely to be Rs 26,67,593.85 crore, which reflects overall cost overruns of 4,38,049.58 crore (19.65% of original cost)," the ministry's...
India Inc raises over Rs 9-trn through equity, debt issuances in 2021
Out of the cumulative Rs 9.01 lakh crore garnered till mid-December this year, funds totalling Rs 5.53 lakh crore were mopped up from the debt market, Rs 2.1 lakh crore came from the equity market, Rs 30,840 crore through REITs and InvITs and Rs 1.06 lakh crore via...
Every 3rd informal worker registered on e-Shram, total enrollment cross 14 cr mark
About 51 per cent registered workers are farm labourers followed by 11 per cent in construction sector, 10 per cent in domestic & household workers and 6.5 per cent in the apparel segment Every third informal sector worker in India is now registered on e-Shram...
IPO fundraising reaches all-time high of Rs 1.18 trillion in 2021
The year witnessed tremendous response from retail investors as well. The average number of applications from retail was 14.36 lakh, in comparison to 12.77 lakh in 2020 and 4.05 lakh in 2019. The highest number of applications from retail in 2021 was received by...