Background: The Nuclear Safety Regulatory Authority Bill is a first step towards granting functional autonomy to the country’s nuclear regulator by dissolving Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) which...
Asteroid mining refers to exploiting raw materials from asteroids and other minor planets such as Near-Earth objects (NEO). The raw material such as Iron, Nickle etc. can be...
The doctrine of eclipse provides for the validation of the void laws. This doctrine is based upon the premise that a law which violates the fundamental rights is...
Article 13 of the constitution says that a law is void if it is inconsistent with the Fundamental Rights. A void statute is devoid of any legal force...
There are four most important Micro Finance models prevalent in India as follows: Model I – individuals or group borrowers are financed directly by banks without the intervention/facilitation...
Difference between direct and indirect farm credit · Any loan to agriculture and allied sector is called farm credit. When the borrower is directly responsible for its repayment...
Problems of Crop estimation in India: Early season forecasts are vital for planning and policy formulation. However, India’s “advance estimates” of crop production, the agriculture ministry’s version of...
Equity capital that is not quoted on a public exchange is Private Equity. Private equity funds are investment companies that, as a rule, do not hold publicly-traded securities...
Deficit refers to the difference between expenditure and receipts. In public finance, it means the government is spending more than what it is earning. Government expenditure and revenue...
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is an intergovernmental organization of twelve oil-producing countries made up of Algeria, Angola, Ecuador, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Nigeria, Qatar,...
