What is an IFSC and how does it work?
Gujarat International Finance Tec-City Co. Ltd is being developed as the country’s first international financial services centre (IFSC). What is an IFSC? An IFSC caters to customers outside the jurisdiction…
What is Multidimensional Poverty Index?
The Multidimensional Poverty Index was launched by the UNDP and the Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative (OPHI) in 2010. Basic philosophy and significance of MPI is that it is…
Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative
The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative is an international non-governmental organisation formed to support Human Rights and particularly to support the implementation of the Harare Declaration in the countries of the…
Mission Fingerling
The Union Ministry of Agriculture and Farmer’s Welfare on 11 March 2017 launched Mission Fingerling. This is a programme aimed at achieving the Blue Revolution by enabling holistic development and…
The Specified Bank Notes (Cessation of Liabilities) Act, 2017
As was notified on 8th November, 2016 those persons who were unable to exchange or deposit the SBNs in their bank accounts on or before 30th December, 2016 shall be…
BharatQR code, An interoperable payment acceptance Solution
What is BharatQR? BharatQR is the first common quick response (QR) code developed jointly by the four prominent card payment companies in the country — MasterCard, Visa, American Express and…
Index of Economic Freedom-2017
India has ranked a dismal 143rd in an annual index of economic freedom by a top American think-tank, behind its several South Asian neighbours including Pakistan. The progress on market-oriented…
South Asia Training and Technical Assistance Centre
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has opened a first-of-its-kind South Asia Training and Technical Assistance Centre (SARTTAC) in New Delhi for economic capacity building in South Asia. About SARTTAC: It…
Gujarat Become India’s First State to Establishes Cashless System for PDS
Gujarat has become the first state in India to establish Cashless system for distribution of food grain to the beneficiaries under NFSA (National Food Security Act). The state government which has…
Measures to Promote FDI
To promote Foreign Direct Investment(FDI), the Government has put in place an investor-friendly policy, wherein except for a small negative list, most sectors are open for 100% FDI under the…