Current Affairs for GD/PI

[gpta_varun]

Hi All


Can anyone please provide me any useful link on Current affairs/events n facts .

Not being a regular student in a coaching Inst ...I missed this section...



Thnx

[writetotanveer]

Originally Posted by gpta_varun

Hi All


Can anyone please provide me any useful link on Current affairs/events n facts .

Not being a regular student in a coaching Inst ...I missed this section...



Thnx

2006 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

2007 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Get hold of 3-4 past issues of Competition Success Review or Competition Master or GK Today


If you have access to net for long periods of time..keep surfing Google news archives etc..

Regards
Tanveer

[gpta_varun]

Hi


Thnx a lot Tanveer ...That will be really useful .....

But is there any material on facts n figures on economy/politics/corporate sector ..etc like The GDP/National Income values , current ministers holding which all ministries in India etc etc ....normally provided in the booklets given by all coaching institutes ...




Thnx

[blue_zzap]

Indian Economy, Economy of India, World Economy, Business and Economy, Economy Reports of India, Economy India, National Income of India, Indian GDP
this should be useful for all your economy related data. good luck!

[writetotanveer]

Originally Posted by gpta_varun

Hi


Thnx a lot Tanveer ...That will be really useful .....

But is there any material on facts n figures on economy/politics/corporate sector ..etc like The GDP/National Income values , current ministers holding which all ministries in India etc etc ....normally provided in the booklets given by all coaching institutes ...




Thnx

I dont think you can get everything together in one place..

You will have to do some research...

Here are some other links that could help..

Businessworld: Economy & Banking

Undergraduate Economics

Eco Topics for GD/PI Prep By prof_calculus

Regards
Tanveer

[prancing_tiger]

I think it the Budget 2007 will be a very important topic for discussion. Please know details of the budget. Get any major newspaper Times of India, Eco Times, Business Std, etc of 1st March. They will provide a good insight into the budget.

Key Points:

• Tax exemption raised by Rs.10000
• CST cut down by 1% to 3%
• No change in Service Tax (was expected to increase)
• Excise exemption limit raised to Rs.1.5 crore for SSI
• Excise on tobacco increased
• Increase in allotment of funds for Health care and education
• Special 1% cess for Secondary Education. Therefore, highest tax slab increased to 33.99%
• Very little attention to Infrastructure
• No sops for Power Sector
• Tax benefits for pharma companies for Clinical Trials
• Excise for Cement costing more than Rs.190/kg to be Rs.600/tonne and excise for Cement costing less than Rs.190/kg to be Rs.350/tonne
• No excise cut for automobile industry (was expected)
• Fiscal Deficit down to 3.5%
• Tax collection increased by 20% (Rs.25000 crore)
• Excise cut for petrol and diesel. May lead to price cut by about 50p.
• MAT tax on IT companies. May hit profits by about 4-5% for IT companies. Smaller cos may be hit harder.

If anyone can add any more info please do so. I hope I have got the details right. If any mistakes, please correct them.

[prancing_tiger]

Please read about current Punjab, Uttarkhand and Manipur elections.

Punjab: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD)+ BJP alliance beat Congress. Prakash Singh Badal of SAD to replace Cpt. Amarinder Singh of Congress.

Uttarakhand: BJP clear majority. Set to replace Congress. No confirmation on who will be the CM

Manipur: Congress will retain the government. BJP routed.

Main factors in these elections: Price hike, Inflation, Anti-incumbency factor

[prancing_tiger]

Hey people why is this thread so dead????
Is everyone done with their GDPI preps?

I dont see any new posts....lets keep this thread alive puys. Some enthu will be appreciated

[kaa]

Originally Posted by gpta_varun

Hi


Thnx a lot Tanveer ...That will be really useful .....

But is there any material on facts n figures on economy/politics/corporate sector ..etc like The GDP/National Income values , current ministers holding which all ministries in India etc etc ....normally provided in the booklets given by all coaching institutes ...

Thnx

Use the National Informatics Centre websites. As well as Wikipedia. Information searched for and browsed will stay firmer in your mind than information given out in coaching centres booklets.

[prancing_tiger]

Originally Posted by kaa

Use the National Informatics Centre websites. As well as Wikipedia. Information searched for and browsed will stay firmer in your mind than information given out in coaching centres booklets.

Though National Informatics Centre (NIC), has a lot of data, it's very tedious to go through all of it. Also it is just a huge database of stats and figures. As such there is no anaylsis of all the figures. So its no point simply by-hearting the numbers.

If you want real analysis of problems in India, try
MacroScan - an alternative economics webcentre
The Indian Economy Blog

Both have excellent articles related to contemporary Indian Economic scene.