Context
Recently, the government has widened the meaning of the Real estate business
under its FDI policy.
Key points
? As per the definition under DPIIT(Department of promotion of industry and
internal trade) of real estate business, it includes dealing in land and immovable
property with an objective of earning a profit therefrom and does not include
development of townships, construction of residential or commercial buildings,
roads or bridges, educational institutions, recreational facilities, city, and
regional level infrastructure, township.
? As per the rule,100% FDI is allowed under the automatic route in construction
development townships, housing, built-up infrastructure.
? FDI policy prohibited FDI in the Real estate business and construction of
farmhouses and trading in transferable development rights.
? Also earning of rent or income on lease of property, not amounting to transfer
will not amount to real estate business.
What is FDI (Foreign direct investment)?
? FDI is the investment by a company in the company of another country. The
investment may involve acquiring foreign business assets, establishing
ownership, or controlling interest in a foreign country.
? FDI benefited a country not with money but also with skills, technology, and
knowledge.FDI commonly get an easy route in open economies that have skilled
workforce and growth prospect.
? The US ranked second to China in attracting FDI in the year 2020.
? India ranked 5th largest recipient of FDI inflows in the world as per the
UNCTAD report in 2020.
? In 2021 India stayed out of Kearney's FDI confidence index as per the global
consultancy firm report.
? Kearney FDI confidence index surveys annually the global business executives
and ranks the markets likely to attract the most investment in the next three
years.
Consumer price index(CPI) inflation get a hit to 6.07% in February month
Context
? As per the data released by the Ministry of statistics and program
implementation, CPI jumps to 6.07% which get over and above the RBI`s
threshold limit of 6%.
Consumer price index(CPI)
? Consumer Price Index measures the change in retail prices in a predetermined
basket of consumer goods and services such as transportation, food, and medical
care.
? This index is most frequently used to take a measure of inflation and deflation in
the country.
? Changes in CPI also assess the price changes associated with the cost of living.
? The change in price over a period of time is referred to as CPI-based inflation or
Retail inflation.
CPI formula - Current price of the given basket / Base year price of the basket *
100
? It is released by the national statistical office of MOSPI on monthly basis.
? The Base year for CPI is 2012.
Types of CPI
There is four CPI in India three of which are related to the working class.
1. CPI for industrial workers(CPI-IW)
2. CPI for agriculture laborers (CPI-AL)
3. CPI for Rural Labourers (CPI-RL)
4. CPI( Urban non-manual employees (CPI-UNME)
Among these first three are compiled and published by Labour Bureau in the
ministry of labor and employment and the fourth one by NSO.
Verifying, please be patient.