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Basics of Key Policy Rates

Reserve Bank of India, RBI, has released the Mid-Quarter Review of Monetary Policy 2012-13 whereby, it reduced the Cash Reserve Ratio, CRR, of scheduled banks by 25 basis...

March 8, 2013

Global Competitiveness Index

Some Basic Facts Released by Global Competitiveness Network (GCN) of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in collaboration with Columbia University. Assesses and ranks the countries for economic competitiveness...

March 8, 2013

Fundamentals of Foreign Investments

Any investment in India which has its source any other country than India is Foreign Investment. The foreign money can be invested in India by Foreign Corporate and nationals or Non Resident Indians....

March 8, 2013

Indian Community Welfare Fund

Overseas Indian workers are estimated at over 5 million, with a net outflow of about a million each year excluding returnees. A significant number of overseas Indian workers...

March 8, 2013

Institutional Framework around Haj Pilgrimage in India

Haj is one of the five tenets of Islam. It’s every Muslim’s desire to perform Haj at least once in his life time. Performing Haj is obligatory to...

March 8, 2013

Story of Mettur Dam and Inter State Cauvery dispute

The Mettur Dam is oldest dam India which is located across the river Cauvery in the place of Mettur in Salem District of Tamil Nadu, India. The dam...

March 8, 2013

Basics of the Central and State information Commissions

The RTI act 2005 provides for establishment of Central and State information commissioner as a designated authority to receive and inquire into a complaint from any person. What...

March 8, 2013

SEBI to review insider trading norms through a committee

Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has formed a panel under the chairmanship of former chief justice of Karnataka High Court Justice N. K. Sodhi...

March 8, 2013

National Policy on Information Technology 2012

The Government has recently approved the National Policy on Information Technology 2012, which aims to make at least one individual in every household e-literate among other objectives. Here...

March 8, 2013

Buddhist Sites in Odisha

Buddhism was known in Odisha, right from the time of its inception, though the Lord Buddha never visited Odisha during his lifetime. In the 7th century, the visit...

March 8, 2013

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