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UNDEF was launched in 2005 by Indian PM Manmohan Singh, the then US President George Bush and former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan in New York in for furtherance of demo-cratic values. India is the second largest contributor to the UNDEF. At the origin of the fund

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The Food Safety and Standards Act was passed in 2006 but came into force in 2011.

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Debentures are issued by big companies and the government with the intent of raising funds and these instruments are not backed by any collaterals. The debenture holders usually have the option of converting their debentures into shares of the company. Non-convertible debentures are those that do not have any such rights and privileges. As these debentures are non-convertible, they usually carry higher rates on interest. The debenture holder has no present or future stake in the company due to the non-convertibility element and therefore earns a higher rate of interest.

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The BIS was formed in 1930. The main actors in its establishment were the then-Governor of The Bank of England, Montagu Norman, and his German counterpart Hjalmar Schacht, later Adolf Hitler’s finance minister. The Bank was originally intended to facilitate reparation payments imposed on Germany by the Treaty of Versailles after the First World War. The need for the bank was suggested in 1929 by the Young Committee, and was agreed to in August of that year at a conference at the Hague. A charter for the bank was drafted at the International Bankers Conference at Baden Baden in November. The charter was adopted at a second Hague Conference on January 20, 1930

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The Right to Information Act, 2005 came into force all over India on October 12th 2005 (120th day of enactment on 15th June 2005), the RTI act extends to the whole of India (except the state of Jammu and Kashmir), all bodies which come under government notification come under RTI. Only those NGOs, which are owned, controlled or are substantially financed by the government come under RTI.

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The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) was established in 1982. RBI had sold its stake and now the Government of India (GOI) has 99 percent in it. It was established to provide credit for the promotion of the agriculture, SSI and Cottage and village industry. It is an apex bank for agriculture. Its finances are available to SLDBs, SCBs (state cooperative banks), scheduled commercial banks, and RRBs. It can take loans for GOI, World Bank, and Asian development bank (ADB).

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FAO is also a source of knowledge and information, and helps developing countries and countries in transition modernize and improve agriculture, forestry and fisheries practices, ensuring good nutrition and food security for all. Its Latin motto, fiat panis, translates into English as “let there be bread”