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Housing Finance Companies to be treated as NBFCs
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has issued a notification stating that housing finance companies (HFCs) will be treated as one of the categories of Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs) for regulatory purposes and it will come under its direct oversight. Finance Act of 2019 The Finance Act, 2019 has amended the National Housing Bank Act, ..
Topics: Bank • Central bank • Economy • Finance • Financial services • High-fructose corn syrup • National Housing Bank • NBFCs • Non-bank financial institution • Non-Banking Financial Companies • Reserve Bank of India • Reserve Bank of India
Environmental impacts of HCFC versus HFCs
HFCs are used as refrigerants and coolants in refrigerators and air-conditioners, in fire extinguishers, furniture making, as solvents for cleaning, and other purposes. CFCs and later HCFCs were being used for everything that HFCs are used now for, but it was found that these were depleting the ozone layer, which protects life on earth from ..
Topics: Air conditioning • Chlorofluorocarbon • Environmental treaties • Greenhouse gases • Heating, ventilating, and air conditioning • High-fructose corn syrup • Law by country • Montreal Protocol • Ozone depletion • Ozone layer • Politics by country • Refrigerants