Gold Chain

 The digital revolution in India effectively started from July 2015  with the embarkement of digital India programme designed to transform the country into a digitally  empowered and knowledge based economy buttresed by three main pillars  namely robust digital infrastructure, empowered citizens promoting digital financial inclusion and accessibility of government policy and services. According  State of India's Digital Economy Report 2024 India is the third largest digitalised country in the world  and is expected to grow grow almost twice as fast as the overall economy expected to contribute 20% of GDP (national income) by 2029.Under digitalization programme major  programs include initiatives like  Common Service Centers (CSCs) that have provided services including e- governance, education, health care and banking facilities especially to marginalised sections. Programs for technological development and market expansion in semiconductor fabs,di...

 GLOBAL POPULATION  Sincere Country wise estimate of population showed that in 2025 India's elevated position as the largest populated country with an estimated population 1,463,865,525 people,  was followed by China with 1,416,096,094,USA 347,275,807 and Indonesia 285,721,236.As per the  2025 estimate of  world population projected amounts to 8.2 billion (8226,758,730).While total fertility rate for India is estimated as 2.01 it is only1.18 for China and 1.66 for USA. Globally despite growth  in population  has slowed  down but the  disparities between high income and low income countries still persists.Understanding demographic changes are vital for developing social and economic infrastructure , health planning, welfare pension planning and budgetary allocations. UNFPA (United Nations Fund for Population Activities) report on the State of world population examined the state of bodily autonomy and reproductive choice across the globe. The s...

 GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT (GDP) ESTIMATES 2024-25  National Statistics offfice of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme implementation has recently released Provisional GDP estimates for 2024- 25 and quarterly  estimate for the fourth quarter Q4 for the period January- March 2025. It has been observed that the GDP growth estimated for the full year 2024-25 was 6.5% the slowest since the pandemic Covid19 period. In 2021- 22  GDP growth was 9.7%,which fluctuated to7.6% in 2022-23  and further rose to9.2% in 2023-24.The fourth quarter of Q4  period of January-March in the Fy 2024 -25  scored maximum growth rate of 7.4%,which is still lesser than 8.4% achieved in Q4 of 2023-24. GDP growth at constant prices is estimated  to reach ₹187.97 lakh crores in 2024-25 as against ₹176.51 lakh crores  in the first revised estimate (FRE) of GDP for Financial year 2023-24. Similarly Gross Value  Added (GVA ) is estimated to be ₹171.87 lakh crores in 20...