World Bank Report

South Africa's watchdog launches an investigation into the high data cost of internet in the country

A 2016 World Bank report found that users in South Africa paid around $14.10 for one gigabyte of data, the fourth highest out of 17 African countries.

Government mulls new law on out-of-court settlements to ease load on judiciary

The government is considering a new law on voluntary out-of-court settlements to ease the massive load of cases on the judiciary.

Visualising migration: Which countries do Indians migrate to, and who migrates to India?

In 2013, around 13.9 million people migrated from India to 136 countries or territories around the world

Nearly a billion people still need to be online to push growth in India says World Bank report

Despite rapid spread of digital technologies in India, nearly a billion people still need to connect to the Internet for pushing growth, creating jobs and accessing public services, says a World Bank report.

Digital Divide still exists, technology not benefiting everyone equally: World Bank

With almost a billion Indians still offline, a World Bank report said the impact of digital technologies has fallen short and is unevenly distributed.

Water scarcity to harm growth, spark conflicts and migration: World Bank report

The World Bank has warned that water scarcity, exacerbated by climate change, could impact growth, spur migration and spark conflict across the globe.

To speed up urban construction projects, govt to come with notifications by November end

Cabinet Secretary said that streamlining of approvals needs to be taken seriously to end cost and time over runs and harassment of project developers

Ease of doing business: Take a bow Modi govt and push ahead with more reforms

State governments will have to put political differences aside and work in tandem with the Centre as well

India may sail through global uncertainty; GDP likely to grow 7.5% in FY16: World Bank

World Bank sees India's GDP growing at 8% in FY18

Factor in India's environmental loss and all we have is negative growth

A conservative World Bank report estimates the cost of environmental damage to be 5.7 percent of our GDP, without even taking into account the loss of fisheries, biodiversity or non-use value of forests.