Author: Geeta Kiran Gunjal

Highest FDI inflow recorded in India 

For 2020-2021 India has registered the highest Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflow.  India’s inflow of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is the highest compared to the last seven years (2014-2021). The total Foreign Direct Investment inflow in the previous seven years is 58 per cent of the total FDI inflow in the last 21 financial years.  According to the Commerce and Industry Ministry, Mauritius, the United States of America (USA), Netherlands, Singapore, Cayman Islands, the United Kingdom, and Japan are top countries for the Foreign Direct Investment Equity Inflows.   Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal expects increasing Foreign Direct Investment in the following years and structural reforms being taken by the government.  Understanding Foreign Direct Investment …

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Longest Expressway in Uttar Pradesh

At 1 PM on 18 December 2021, PM Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for the Ganga Expressway in Shahjahanpur Uttar Pradesh.   The Ganga Expressway in Uttar Pradesh Shahjahanpur is a 594-Km long . Uttar Pradesh Expressways Industrial Development Authority (UPEIDA) had undertaken the project. It has asked IRB Infrastructure Developers Ltd for constructing it.   The Expressway will extend from Meerut to Prayaraj. This  will pass through 12 districts of UP (Meerut, Hapur, Bulandshahr, Amroha, Sambhal, Badaun, Shahjahanpur, Hardoi, Unnao, Rae Bareli, Pratapgarh and Prayagraj), 140 rivers and water bodies.     PM Modi’s highlights expressway’s benefit Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted about the…

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Poland anti- media controversial law faces backlash

Poland controversial media bill relating to media ownership has created a tense situation between Poland and the United States of America. There have been debates about the law since August 2021, when Poland’s lower chamber had passed the controversial media law. In December 2021, the government has returned to the law without any warning. The ruling party has been accused of returning the law. Since the voting by the lawmakers for the bill was not scheduled. A committee discussed the bill on short notice, and the issue was added to the agenda and approved on Friday (17/12/21) and has been…

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Poland anti- media controversial law faces backlash.

Poland controversial media bill relating to media ownership has created a tense situation between Poland and the United States of America.  There have been debates about the law since August 2021, when Poland’s lower chamber had passed the controversial media law. In December 2021, the government has returned to the law without any warning.  The ruling party has been accused of returning the law. Since the voting by the lawmakers for the bill was not scheduled. A committee discussed the bill on short notice, and the issue was added to the agenda and approved on Friday (17/12/21) and has been…

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