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National Small Savings Fund

In order to account for all the monetary transactions under small savings schemes of the Central Government under one umbrella, “National Small Savings Fund” (NSSF) was set up...

September 25, 2012

India’s Current Nuclear Power Capacity

In 2012 , we have 20 nuclear reactors with a combined installed capacity of 4,780 MW — roughly 3% of our total electricity generation capacity. The government is...

September 25, 2012

TEDEd

In 2011, the distance education took a giant leap on with the launch of TEDEd, a non-profit initiative that harnesses the talent of the world’s best teachers and...

September 25, 2012

Slashtag / Microsyntax

Slashtags or Microsyntax are a set of short community-created conventions for attributing information on Twitter. They are designed to be succinct and provide an easy way to provide...

September 25, 2012

Nomophobia

Nomophobia refers to the fear of being out of mobile phone contact. The term, an abbreviation for "no-mobile-phone phobia", was coined during a study by the UK Post...

September 25, 2012

Authority for Advance Rulings ( AAR )

Many companies are vexed as they are unable to plan their tax affairs due to delays in securing advance rulings on their international transactions. An advance ruling gives...

September 25, 2012

Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction (BIFR)

BIFR refers to Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction, which was established under SICA or Sick Industrial Companies (Special Provisions) Act, 1985. In India, the Industrial sickness had...

September 25, 2012

Chapter 11 in context with Bankruptcy

Chapter 11 is a chapter of the United States’ Bankruptcy Code, which permits reorganization under the bankruptcy laws of the United States (akin to SICA in India). Chapter...

September 25, 2012

Baba Budangiri

Dattagiri or Baba Budangiri is a mountain in the Dattagiri Hill Range / Baba Budan Giri Range of the Western Ghats in the Chikkamagaluru District of Karnataka. There...

September 25, 2012

Triffin’s Dilemma

The global economic system has often been based on an asymmetric relationship of an anchor economy — currently the US — that runs persistent current account deficits even...

September 25, 2012

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