List of different Revolutions in Primary (Agriculture) Sector of India

Indian Economy

In India, after independence, there have been several different revolutions in the primary sector (agricultural revolutions) such as Green Revolution, Evergreen Revolution, Yellow Revolution, Blue Revolution, Golden Fiber Revolution, Golden Revolution, Grey Revolution, Pink Revolution, and many others. These revolutions significantly enhanced the production processes in India and increased the agricultural output. Let us learn…

RBI revises Priority Sector Lending (PSL) Guidelines, fresh categories included

Indian Economy, Priority Sector Advances

Today (September 4, 2020) announced that PSL guidelines have been comprehensively reviewed to align it with emerging national priorities and bring a sharper focus on inclusive development, after having wide-ranging discussions with all stakeholders. “Revised PSL guidelines will enable better credit penetration to credit deficient areas; increase the lending to small and marginal farmers and…

History of Economic Planning in India

Indian Economy

In 1934, Bharat Ratna Sir M. Vishveshvaraiah published a book titled “Planned Economy in India”, in which he presented a constructive draft of the development of India in the next ten years. The central idea envisaged by Sir M.Vishveshvaraiah was to lay out a plan to shift labour from agriculture to industries and double up…

Structural Change in Indian Economy

Indian Economy

The term “structural change” refers to the major changes in the relative importance of the main sectors of an economy (agriculture, industry, services, and so on) in the course of economic growth. Structural change has often been defined as a process by which the transfer of economic benefits is evidenced in terms of major changes…

Basic Characteristics of Indian Economy

Indian Economy

Low per capita real income, high rate of population growth, the cycle of poverty, an agro-based economy, income disparities, slow capital formation, poor infrastructural development, an imperfect market, Lack of skilled manpower, outdated technology, corruption, and a backward society are the basic characteristics of the Indian economy. Per Capita income: India is universally known as…

Evolution of Indian economy

Indian Economy

Agriculture was the chief source of livelihood for most people in India, before the advent of British rule.  India was also a hub of various kinds of manufacturing activities, particularly well known for its handicraft industries in the fields of cotton and silk textiles metal and precious stone works, etc. Indian products had a worldwide…

Bharat Bill Payment System (BBPS): RBI direction 2024

Indian Financial System, Information Technology

In Supersession of earlier BBPS-related guidelines/circulars,  RBI on Friday (March 1, 2024) issued the new Directions hereinafter specified. These Directions shall be applicable from April 01, 2024. The provisions of the new Directions shall apply to NPCI Bharat Bill Pay Limited (NBBL) a wholly owned subsidiary of the National Payments Corporation of India); and All…