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Government to Provide Fresh Equity to SBI

After the rating of SBI were downgraded by Moody’s citing rising stress on the loan portfolio and capital constraints. The Government of India is set to provide funds...

December 28, 2011

Toxic Sindoor classified as Cosmetic

Vermilion or Cinnabar or China Red is Mercuric sulfide or HgS. Like most mercury compounds it is considered toxic. Vermilion is now produced by reacting mercury with molten...

December 28, 2011

World Bank Doing Business 2012 Report: Top Rankers

Singapore remained the world’s easiest place to do business for the sixth straight year in the World Bank’s “Doing Business” report, while Morocco showed the most improvement in...

December 28, 2011

Property transaction Norms for NRIs, eased by RBI

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) recently allowed Indians who have non-resident accounts in India to hold them in any currency which is fully convertible. This decision by...

December 28, 2011

Indian Companies can now acquire assets abroad

Recently the cabinet approved a policy to enable profit making state-run firms to acquire assets oversees. The new policy also seeks to enhance the power of Maharatna and...

December 28, 2011

Farm Gate Price

In February 2011, the Punjab and Haryana had asked the government to declare a minimum farmgate price for the Pusa 1121 variety of basmati in order to protect...

December 28, 2011

Demat Account

Demat refers to a dematerialised account. Just as we open a bank account to hold money and make payments, we need to open a Demat account now to...

December 28, 2011

Is Siam’s recommendation of scrapping of Pre-96 vehicles Practical?

Question: The problem of vehicular pollution in India can be tackled by the following ways: Taking all old models off the roads Enforcing stringent emission norms Putting punitive...

December 28, 2011

What is the impact of Deregulation of Petrol on sale of Diesel Cars?

We all know that the government had deregulated petrol price in June 2010. This means the prices of the Petrol are now decided by the Oil Marketing Companies...

December 28, 2011

Tunisia: What is Ennahda Party?

It was Tunisia that launched the Arab Spring. The country is now heading into historic elections and all eyes are on the long-repressed Islamists. The focus of the...

December 28, 2011

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