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The Eight core industries have a combined weight of 37.90 per cent in the Index of Industrial Production (IIP). The combined Index was 151.2 in October 2012 with a growth rate of 6.5% compared to their 0.4% growth in October 2011. The modest growth in October, 2012 was on account of double digit growth witnessed in the …
The per capita water storage capacity in India is about 209m3. As per Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) global information system on water and agricultural AQUASTAT, the per capita storage capacity of China, United States of America and Brazil are 416m3, 2192m3 and 2632m3 respectively. Several measures for increasing the storage capacity are taken up …
The Minister of Steel, Shri Beni Prasad Verma has said that Iron and steel is a deregulated sector and decision regarding setting up of iron ore processing industries is taken by individual investors and the Government has no direct role in it. However, the Government is encouraging domestic utilization of iron ore fines through beneficiation and …
The minister of State (Independent Charge) for Power Shri Jyotiraditya Scindia today informed the Lok Sabha that as per 18th Electric Power Survey (EPS) report, the projected all-India peak demand and energy requirement at the end of 12th Plan (2016-17) was 199,540 MW and 1354.874 BU respectively at power station bus-bar. To meet this projected demand, capacity addition of 88,537 MW is …
The details of Bank Group-wise ratio of Gross Non-Performing Assets (GNPAs) to Gross Advances as on 31st March, 2012 and as on 30th September, 2012 are as under: Banks 31st March, 2012 *30th Sept., 2012 Nationalised Banks 2.67% 3.50% State Bank Group 4.36% 5.16% Total (Public Sector Banks) 3.17% 4.01% Scheduled Commercial Banks 2.94% 3.57% …
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS), the European Central Bank (ECB) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) today jointly released the third and final part of the Handbook on Securities Statistics, which covers equity securities issues and holdings. The aim of the Handbook is to assist national and international agencies in the production of relevant, coherent and internationally …
Thanksgiving and Black Friday Spending Strong As Shoppers Sought Early Promotions ATLANTA, Nov. 28, 2012 – First Data Corporation, a global leader in electronic commerce and payment processing, today released its First Data SpendTrend® analysis for Black Friday 2012 compared to Black Friday 2011. SpendTrend tracks same-store consumer spending by credit, signature debit, PIN debit, EBT, closed-loop …
Nuremberg, November 28, 2012 – The overall Technical Consumer Goods (TCG) market in Western Europe saw a 1.5 percent value increase in Q3 2012 compared to the same period last year. Sales generated during this period amounted to €45.3 billion and with a slight decrease of 0.1 percent and a total sales volume of €135.1 …
Singapore and Hong Kong, November, 2012 – International Data Corporation (IDC) announces today that it expects Asia/Pacifc IT spending in 2013 to perform as well as it has in 2012, despite the ongoing world-wide economic risk environment. “IDC expects eICT spending to increase by 26% to US$3,018B in 2013: US$775B from ICT and the rest …
Rapid development cycles in Consumer Electronics drive new embedded & M2M applications Hampshire, UK – 27th November 2012: Leading Hi-Tech analyst house Juniper Research has predicted that revenues from products and services delivered over embedded consumer electronics devices will reach $6.4 billion in 2014, as the sector emerges as a key anchor for the M2M …