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  According to a press release from the Commerce Ministry,  the Index of Eight Core Industries (ICI) increased by 3.8% in December 2023 compared to the previous year .  The release also stated that the production of coal, natural gas, steel, fertilizers, refinery products, cement, and electricity increased in December 2023 However, the growth of India's eight core sectors slowed to 3.8% in December 2023, which is a 14-month low. This is a significant decline from the 8.3% recorded in the same period the previous year The eight core industries in India make up  40.27%  of the weight of items in the Index of Industrial Production (IIP).  The IIP is a measure of the growth of various sectors of an economy, such as mineral mining, power, and ma nufacturing The eight core industries in decreasing order of their weightage are: Refinery products Electricity Steel Coal Crude oil Natural gas Cement Fertilizers               ...

  "தருமத்தின் வாழ்வதனை சூது கவ்வும்;தருமம் மறுபடியும் வெல்லும்" என்ற பாரதியின் வாக்கு பலித்தது - நேரடியான எடுத்துக்காட்டு அயோத்தி இராமர் கோவில். This Ram temple has become a reality in India after 500 years and still those who are opposing it must remember that it has not been built in Mecca or Medina ,but in Ram's Janmasthan/birthplace in Ayodhya in India i.e Bharat!! It is incumbent upon media and Journalists to write reinforcing PM's words on Goodness ,Harmony and Dharm represented by Ram.Ram, according to Valmiki, lived as an ideal man which needs to be emulated by all human beings.Truth,Valour, sacrifice, patience, perseverance , endurance,persistence, forgiving others,being grateful are all eternal ideas and Ram is the personification of these values in life.His friendship with Tribal king Guha and his acceptance of forlorn Sabari are symbols of love, inclusivity and humility. We should Write how Ram's value systems are relevant to India as a modern civilisa...

 India's Fiscal deficit budgeted for FY 23-24 was 5.9% of GDP which is an important metric for measuring the efficiency of the Government of India in comprehensively managing its finances including its Revenue Collection and its Spending efficiency in terms of Capex as well as Revenue expenditures. As per FRBM Act GOI has taken up an obligation to reduce the fiscal deficit over the years and bring it down to 4.5% in Fy26.In this context, we need to understand that in FY 25 it has necessarily reduce it to 5.3% or less than that and in the forllowing FY26 it has compress the Fiscal deficit to 4.5% inorder to achieve as committed. Why this FD reduction is important 1)Fiscal deficit means that the Government is living beyond its means i.e it is borrowing out of its future revenue streams. More the FD, the Govt may be forced to borrow if its Revenue collections languish or expenditure runs out of control.We have seen two Covid years where GOI faced double whammies in both the years when...