TELANGANA
Telangana’s GST collection rises 17% compared to March 2020
The goods and services tax (GST) collection has shown improvement — a 17% growth this March when compared to March 2020.
According to the latest figures on GST collection released by the Union government, the state government had collected Rs 3,562 crore in March 2020, and the collection went up to Rs 4,166 crore in March 2021, registering a growth of 17%.
Among the southern states, Kerala recorded highest growth in GST collection at 24% and lowest growth in collection was observed in case of neighboring Andhra Pradesh (5%).
Among other states, Tamil Nadu witnessed a growth of 23% this year when compared to March 2020.
Karnataka too had good GST collection growth rate at 11% when compared to March last year.
Along with Telangana, two other states (Haryana and Nagaland) recorded 17% growth in GST collections in March when compared to last year. Coming to Telangana, there has been consistent growth in the GST collection since July last year, barring few months.
In November 2020, the state had shown negative growth rate — 5% less growth in GST collection compared to November 2019.
INTERNATIONAL
Global Gender Gap Index 2021 Key Facts
The World Economic Forum released the Global Gender Gap Report for the year 2021. India’s ranking on the index fell 28 places. Highlights:
Among the 156 countries in the index, India ranks 140th. As a result, India became the third worst performing country in South Asia.
According to the index, India has so far closed 62.5% of its gender gap. In 2020, India ranks 112th among 153 countries. The economic participation and opportunity sub-index also declined.
The report emphasized that India’s gender gap in this area has widened by 3% this year, resulting in a 32.6% reduction in the gap so far.
Most of the decline came from the political empowerment sub-index, with India falling by 13.5 percentage points. Female ministers dropped from 23.1% in 2019 to 9.1% in 2021).
One of the reasons for this decline is the decline in the female labor force participation rate, from 24.8% to 22.3%.
The proportion of women in professional and technical positions has also dropped to 29.2%. In senior and managerial positions, the proportion of women is also very low. Only 14.6% of these positions are held by women, and only 8.9% of companies are held by female senior managers.
In India, women earn only 1/5 of what men earn. This makes India rank among the top ten in the world on this indicator. Discrimination against women can also be seen in the statistics of the health and survival sub-index. So far, this gap has been reduced to 93.7%, and India ranks among the top five in this sub-index.
Among India’s neighbors, Nepal ranks 106th, Bangladesh ranks 65th, Afghanistan ranks 156th, Pakistan ranks 153th, Sri Lanka ranks 116th, and Bhutan ranks 130th.
World Cities Culture Forum – London
The Delhi’s Chief Minister will represent India and Delhi in the World Cities Cultural Forum (WCCF). The forum’s website has not yet announced the date for this year’s annual summit. Highlights:
WCCF was established in London in 2012. It has eight cities and a total of 43 member cities (including London, Hong Kong, Amsterdam, Edinburgh, Lisbon, San Francisco, Shanghai, etc.). Delhi was invited to participate this year, but it is not part of the member city.
It allows decision makers in member cities to share research and intelligence, and explore the important role of culture in their future
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