Anti-Dumping Duty, Countervailing Duty, Safeguard Duty
Anti-Dumping Duty Dumping refers to the international trade practice when manufacturers export a product to another country at a price below the domestic market price. Anti-dumping duty is…
All About Sarfaesi Act
The Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002, allows banks and financial institutions to auction properties (residential and commercial) when borrowers fail to repay…
Parliamentary Control over Public Purse in India-A Must Read
1. Introduction Parliamentary control over public purse is the central point in public financial administration and key to the public accountability system. Parliament sets goals of public financial management and…
Consumer Rights in India
The definition of Consumer right is 'the right to have information about the quality, potency, quantity, purity, price and standard of goods or services’, as it may be the case,…
Price Stabilization Fund
The Price Stabilization Fund (PSF) was set up in 2014-15 under the Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Famers Welfare (DAC&FW) to help regulate the price volatility of important agri-horticultural commodities…
What is GST: Everything you need to know about four bills cleared by Union Cabinet
The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave its approval to four bills related to Goods and Services Tax (GST)- The Central GST Bill, the Integrated GST Bill, the…
India, Pakistan to review Miyar project
Discussions were held on India’s proposed Miyar, Lower Kalnai and Pakal Dul hydropower projects. The Miyar Hydropower plant is located on Miyar Nallah, a right bank tributary of Chenab River.…
2016 Human Development Report
India slipped down one place from 130 to 131 among the 188 countries ranked in terms of human development, says the 2016 Human Development Report (HDR) released by the United…
Water Management Index
Niti Aayog will start a process to sensitise states towards preparing a Water Management Index which leads to the Centre's think tank to rank them on the basis of efforts…
The World Happiness Report 2017
A chilly climate isn’t keeping Norway from basking in the glow of being named the world’s happiest country. It surged from fourth place in last year’s UN assessment all the…