The current government had initially managed to multiply the FDI inflow growth rate to 27 per cent in 2014-15 and 29 per cent in the following year, but it dived to just 8.67 per cent in 2016-17.

An UNCTAD report stated that the FDI in India decreased to $40 billion in 2017 from $44 billion in 2016 fiscal. However, outflows from India, the main source of the FDI in South Asia, more than doubled to $11 billion.

Chaturvedi, a former IAS officer, was appointed as Additional (Independent) Director for a period of 3 years.

Global debt is an issue of concern. The current level of world debt is so alarming, if not checked it could lead to the worst ever financial crisis.

In 1991, India received only $3 billion as remittances. The current numbers are 22 times that of 1991, indicating a staggering increase in money coming back to India.

SJM co-convener Ashwani Mahajan, in a tweet further requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to see to it that the next CEA is one who has \"faith in farmers, workers and entrepreneurs of Bharat and is not on sabbatical.\"

In India, only 22% adults own smartphones, with 51% owning feature phones. A staggering 26% of Indian adults do not own any phone at all.

World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) is considering a proposal to permit countries to outsource their patent examination duties to patent offices of other countries.

With the Cabinet approving the National Policy on Biofuels, there is renewed hope for a cleaner environment in the not-too-distant future.

A recently-released World Bank report paints a rather dismal picture of socioeconomic mobility and inequality of opportunity around the world.

Two months after India hosted an informal mini-ministerial meet of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in Delhi, the country is making another attempt to re-energise discussions in the multilateral platform.