Ensure cover up to 85% up to Rs. 3L of loans.
The guaranteed loan amount ranges between 3 and 75 lakhs at the rate of 80 per cent loan to small and marginal farmers/women / SC ST / PwD.
Periodic Labour force survey 2025
In urban centres, the LFPR of the people aged 15 years and above has improved to 50.4% in quarter October -December, 2024 as compared to 49.9% in October -December, 2023.
The proportion of male of age 15 years and above in the urban area rose steadily by 1.3 percent during 2014 as compared to 2013 (74.1 percent to 75.4 percent).
In urban areas LFPR among female aged 15 years and above rose to 25.2% against the 25.0% in the prior year figure.
Among the persons aged 15 years and above, Unemployment Rate (UR) in urban areas reduced to 6.4 percent as compared to 6.5 percent.
The urinary among men above age 15 years was similar to 5.8 percent.
Among women of age 15 years and above, UR improved in the proportion of 8.6 % to 8.1%.
Quality of Public Expenditure (QPE) Index
RBI has been relying on statistics since 1991 when it developed the index on Quality of Public Expenditure to measure the success of the government in spending its funds.
The index measures the following based on composition of spending and its effect on long term growth of the economy.
Capital Outlay to GDP Ratio is the ratio of government spending on infrastructure and growth related project spending to GDP.
Revenue Expenditure to Capital Outlay Determines the ratio of the current operational costs to long-term investment.
Development Expenditure to GDP Ratio is a measure that monitors how people are spending publicly on healthcare, education, research, infrastructure and social welfare.
The Development Expenditure as a Percentage of Total Expenditure analyses the amount of the productive investments in the total government expenditures.
The ratio of interest payments to total government expenditure shows how heavy government debts are.
LNG imports India 2024
During 2024, imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) by India have also been reported to be at the highest at 252.28 trillion cubic feet imported by India from the US.
It is about 7.14 billion cubic meters (BCM).
The last peak was in the year 2021 when Indian imported 5.56 BCM of LNG in the North American country.
In 2023 calendar year the US replaced the UAE, as the second largest LNG seller to India after Qatar.
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