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Archives: December, 2012

Current Affairs of January 2013

The New Year 2013 begins with Tuesday. The following current affairs events are expected to be observed in January 2013. Pravasi Bharatiya Divas India will host the Pravasi...

December 31, 2012

Coastal Vulnerability Index

CVI is an index that expresses the relative vulnerability of the coast to physical changes due to future sea-level rise. It highlights areas where the various effects of...

December 31, 2012

Salvage Regimen

To salvage literally means “to prevent being ruined, destroyed or lost”. Salvage Therapy is the common term used for a treatment given after an ailment does not respond...

December 31, 2012

Dodd-Frank Act

The financial crisis of 2007–10 led to calls for changes in the regulatory system. In June 2009, a proposal for a ‘sweeping overhaul of the financial regulatory system’...

December 31, 2012

CRIS Index

The standard sovereign credit rating is a statement of how safe and rewarding a nation’s credit is, without any account of where other nation’s stand on this dimension....

December 31, 2012

Adjournment Motion

The primary object of an adjournment motion is to draw the attention of Lok Sabha to a recent matter of urgent public importance having serious consequences and in...

December 31, 2012

Electronics Manufacturing Clusters (EMCs) Scheme

In 2012, the Union Cabinet has approved the scheme for the development of Electronics Manufacturing Clusters (EMCs). Proposed scheme would support setting up of both Greenfield and Brownfield...

December 31, 2012

Municipality Bonds in India

Municipal bonds all over the world have a huge capital market but in India these have not been used. The government is drawing up a list of municipalities...

December 31, 2012

Tapas Majumdar Committee

Tapas Majumdar Committee was set up by the NDA Government in 1999 to look into the financial implications of operationalising the 83rd Amendment Bill introduced by the United...

December 31, 2012

Remote Sensing in India

India’s Remote Sensing starts following the successful demonstration flights of Bhaskara-1 and Bhaskara-2 satellites launched in 1979 and 1981, respectively, with the to development of indigenous Indian Remote...

December 31, 2012

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