What are ETFs? An exchange-traded fund (ETF) is a basket of securities that trade on an exchange. ETFs can contain all types of investments including stocks, commodities, or bonds. ETFs were started in 2001 in India. ETFs are in many …
What’s in the news? Fitch Ratings, a leading credit rating agency, has released its Global Economic Outlook (GEO). Note: GEO is different from the World Economic Outlook released by the International Monetary Fund. Highlights of the Report The report projected …
Introduction: Three years ago, the Centre and the States of the Union of India struck a grand bargain resulting in the launch of the unified Goods and Services Tax (GST) era. About Goods and Services Tax GST is an indirect …
Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010 The Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, (FCRA), 2010 and rules framed under it regulate foreign contribution provided by certain individuals or associations to NGOs and others within India. The objective is to prevent use of foreign …
What is Priority Sector Lending? Priority Sector means those sectors which the Government of India and Reserve Bank of India consider as important for the development of the basic needs of the country and are to be given priority over …
About Merchandise export from India scheme: Merchandise Exports from India Scheme (MEIS) is one of the two schemes introduced under Foreign Trade Policy of India (FTP 2015-20), as a part of Exports from India Scheme. The other scheme is Service …
What is it? Telecom operators are required to pay licence fee and spectrum charges in the form of ‘revenue share’ to the Centre. The revenue amount used to calculate this revenue share is termed as the Adjusted Gross Revenue (AGR). …
Context This article analyses the possibility of India attaining the goal of becoming an alternative supply source and investment destination to China. India’s strength India’s identity as a democratic “un-China” is one of its strengths. India’s open and vibrant press, …
Context: Many American, Japanese, and South Korean companies based in China have initiated discussions with the Indian government to relocate their plants to India. This article analyses the challenges that lie before Indian manufacturing industries in serving as an alternate …