Export Promotion Scheme: DEPB

 

Delayed demise of DEPB scheme

A nice article that explains DEPB and duty drawback scheme for exporters.

An Interesting Read: The US sells chopsticks to China

Ajay Shah explains the theory of comparative advantage through an article on his blog, by referring to an interesting article in the Economist. An interesting read.

Indian Growth Story Needs An Energetic Push

As we enter the last year of the 11th Five Year plan (2007-12) of the Indian economy, two tasks are primarily undertaken. One, assessment of the performance during the Five Year plan and setting up goals for the next Five Year plan.

A release by the Planning Commission reveals that India is expected to end the 11th plan period with about 8.2% GDP growth. This is below the target growth of 9%. However,

India’s Key Economic Indicators

A brilliant summation of economic indicators: http://eaindustry.nic.in/Key_Economic_Indicators/Key_Economic_Indicators.pdf

The indicators included are:

• Agricultural – Foodgrain Production
• Employment & Unemployment Indicators
• Performance of Core industries
• Performance of Index of Industrial Production
• Wholesale price index and inflation
• Food and non-food credit of scheduled commercial banks
• Sectoral deployment of bank credit
• World commodity prices

Highlights of Union Budget 2011-12

Basic Thrust

Quarterly Statistics on Scheduled Commercial Banks

RBI’s Quarterly Statistics on Deposits & Credit of Scheduled Commercial Banks. Link

Data in xls format

Snapshot – Indian policy highlights

Simple and concise update on India’s policies. Snapshot