Millennium Development Goals & India

These are 8 international development goals agreed to be achieved by 192 UN Members and 23 International organisations by 2015. They were launched in the Millennium Summit in New York in September 2000. Since then The MDGs have become the ..

Macroeconomic and Monetary Developments: First Quarter Review 2009-10 (Main Points)

July 28, 2009: Reserve Bank of India Governor D. Subbarao has released the review and update on the monetary policy for the current fiscal Today. Key Rates: Bank Rate =6 % (No Change) Repo Rate = 4.75 % (No change) ..

Glossary of Computer Terms : A

Active XThis Microsoft-based technology was built to link desktop applications to the World Wide Web. Using ActiveX development tools, software developers can create interactive Web content for their applications. For example, Word and Excel documents can be viewed directly in ..

Hillary Clinton’s Visit & India’s Stand on Climate Change

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in Mumbai on July 17, 2009 on a five-day visit to India to strengthen strategic partnership and deepen their relationships. This is first visit of Hilary clinton to India as US’s Chief Diplomat. ..

Hillary Clinton’s India visit: Main Points

Following are the main points of Hillary Clinton’s visit to India last week. End Use Monitoring Pact:Status : The pact was not signed however the two countries reacehed a significant agreement. This act provides for verification of military equipment and ..

Marketing Aptitude : Compendium 2

Q.1 What are the marketing Functions? There are 8 universal functions of Marketing, categorized into 3 broad categories: Exchange Functions Buying, Selling, Physical Distribution Functions Transporting, Storing, Fecilitating Functions Standardizing and grading, Financing, Risk taking Securing marketing information. Q.2 What ..

National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA)

What is NREGA? NREGA is designed as a safety net to reduce migration by rural poor households in the lean period through A hundred days of guaranteed unskilled manual labour provided when demanded at minimum wage on works focused on ..

Business & Economy : Current Affairs Updates : July 19, 2009

July 9, 2009 : IMF raises India’s growth projection to 5.4%July 10, 2009: Walmart Biggest employer at the end of 2008July 10, 2009: UN General Assembly endorses eco crisis summit outcomeJuly 13, 2009 India’s retail trade to touch $590 billion ..

Compendium : Marketing Knowledge

Q.1What is Utility in reference to marketing?Utility is the want-satisfying power of a good or service. There are four basic kinds of utility – Form Utility : Time Utility Place Utility Ownership Utility. Form utility is created when the firm ..

Fact sheet: Good & Services Tax (GST)

The introduction of the GST system is the most important tax reform in India till now. What is GST ? The goods and services tax (GST) is a comprehensive value-added tax (VAT) levy on manufacture, sale and consumption of goods ..