UNcovered by Ambassador Syed Akbaruddin | June 2021
H I G H L I G H T S • Security Council remains mute while UNGA adopts Myanmar vote • Uncertainty about IAEA-Iran nuclear monitoring hovers over Vienna talks• Cyber Security makes a formal entry in the Security Council • Revised waiver proposal meandering at WTO • Elections, re-elections, appointments and re-appointments In June, there was a return of regular “in person” diplomacy […]
Indian Economy Review by Mr AK Bhattacharya, Editorial Director, Business Standard | June 2021
HIGHLIGHTS • Indian economy’s contraction in 2020-21 revised down• April-June 2020 saw India’s worst decline in economic output• Agriculture bucked the overall decline in many sectors• Construction led the recovery from third quarter • Services remained in contraction mode for the whole of 2020-21• Growth forecast for 2021-22 lowered by World Bank, RBI • Sharp variations in Govt’s tax revenue estimates• Actual tax revenues […]
