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This is fourth article/Video in series of 6 article/videos on Social Issues related to health for year 2018-19. In this video following issues has been discussed. 1.Allied and Healthcare Council of India 2.Indian Health Fund (IHF) 3.Global Conference on Air Pollution and Health 4.National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) 5.Severe Acute Malnutrition Do you know sklearn […]
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Social Issues, Social Issues
Introduction This speech is given by Mr Shaktikanta Das, RBI Governor at 15th annual convocation at NIBM pune for Post-Graduate Diploma in Management (Banking and Financial Services) for the Batch of 2017-19. Indian Banking Sector Key challenges in Indian Banking sector The banking sector is being aided by various policies and regulations to battle problems
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RBI SpeechesMonetary Policy Committee Review conducted by RBI on 6 June 2019 is the first monetary policy review in second term of NDA government. Previously MPC review was done on 4 April 2019. Key highlights of Monetary Policy Review Change in key rates Repo rate: 5.75% (-0.25%) Reverse repo rate: 5.50% (0.25%) Bank Rate and MSF:
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Monetary Policy Committee
Agriculture is an important component of Indian economy. As per 2018 records, agriculture takes up 50% of the livelihood of the country and contributes around 17-18% in GDP. With agriculture being a leading livelihood of so many people, the government has taken several steps to facilitate farming and support farmers by introducing various schemes. This
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Articles, Current Affairs
India’s growing significance in global arena. Is it Sustainable? Are we ready for it? This speech is given by Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India, Shri B.P.Kanungo on April 19, 2019 at the FEDAI annual conference in Beijing. The questions raised in the speech are: Is India’s growing significance in global arena sustainable and
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RBI Speeches
Competitive exams are the initial milestones in a student’s life. These exams are relatively tougher compared to the exams in school. And one of the hardest parts of the exams lies in their GK and Current Affairs section. Students wail even at the mention of GK for it is certainly a Herculean task to master
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Current Affairs
NIRF Ranking NIRF (or National Institutional Ranking Framework) by Ministry of Human Resource and Development (MHRD), has become a prime indicator of ranking of colleges, universities and institutes in different learning fields. Each year, MHRD publish NIRF Ranking before admission season. These rankings covers best institutes in Engineering, Medical, Dental, Management, College, University, Law, Pharmacy
Background On 17th January 2017 an expert committee was constituted by the Ministry of Labour and Employment, under the Chairmanship Dr. Anoop Satpathy. The main objective of the committee was to recommend methodology for fixation of National Minimum Wage (NMW) and determine the base level NMW through an evidence-based approach. The report “Determining the Methodology
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Schemes
Introduction Some of the frequent words that we keep on hearing in relation to J&K are Article 370 and Article 35A. There are news that Union govt want to do away with these articles, but state politicians are opposing this. In this article (related to current affairs and Indian polity), we will find out on
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Political
International Labour Organisation (ILO) has produced report of World Employment and Social Outlook Report 2019. The report, published by the ILO highlights the major factor which impact employability, quality of work and economic growth. International labour organization (ILO) has identified key factors for sustainable development. World Employment and Social Outlook is based on point#8 which
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International (exluding economy)
What is Most Favoured nation status? Most favoured nation is a term promoted by World Trade Organization (WTO) for promoting free and fair trade among its participating countries. Most favored nation (or MFN) treatment is synonymous with non-discriminatory trade policy as it votes for equal trading practices rather than exclusive trading privileges. For example, if
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International (exluding economy)
While Modi Government is rumored to implement UBI before the next general elections, Congress’s promise to bring UBI after forming a government at central level shows that Universal basic Income is being targeted everywhere. UBI is not a new concept and it falls back to the year 1516 when a philosopher Thomas More proposed a
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Current Affairs
Background BJP Led NDA party released its last budget on 1st of February 2019. This budget was designed in a way to please the middle man and farmers in order to attract and widen the vote base. There are some entities who have been the beneficiaries of this budget. Large budget allocation to Agriculture, Film
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Current Affairs
On Jan 15, 2019, Prime Minister of Britain Theresa May’s Brexit deal has been rejected in British House of Common. This article provides the detail of Brexit: What is the issue, why this issue is now in News. Introduction Brexit is a term coined to define the United Kingdom (UK) leaving European Union (EU). A
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Current Affairs, International (exluding economy)
India has made huge progress in space technology in the last few decades. It has achieved self-reliance in the launch of remote sensing satellites through PSLV. However, it still lacks the capacity to launch communication satellites because of the lack of indigenous Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle. The recent successful launch of GSLV Mark 3 fills
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Current Affairs, Gate
There are many tribes in India, each possessing a distinctive culture and tradition. Sentinelese belongs to few remaining isolated tribes in the world. It is believed that they are a direct descended from the first human populations to emerge from Africa and have inhabited the Andaman Islands for more than 60,000 years. What is a Tribe?
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Current Affairs, Social Issues
According to the government reports about half of Indian rivers are polluted. Since the onset of urbanization and industrialization, rivers have borne the brunt of the negative effects of rapid economic development. In July 2014, “Namami Gange” program was launched under the National Mission for Clean Ganga. Clean Ganga Mission is India’s most ambitious endeavor
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Current Affairs, SchemesBackground Every 5 year foreign trade policy is made which gives a roadmap to enhance the export. The present FTP is for period 2005- 2020. To understand it background and its provision refer the FTP lecture series. In month of December, 2017 the mid-term review of FTP had been done. Do you know with libraries like
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Economy, GlobalizationHere is the list of Government scheme, which can be easily confused in term of Ministry under which it works. For instant “Revenue Insurance Scheme for Plantation Crops” may be guessed wrongly under Ministry of Agriculture. But it is not so, it is under Ministry of Commerce. Do you know python pandas offers data structures
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SchemesIn the article we will discuss the FDI in Indian Economy, where it is permitted, where it is not. FDI is prohibited in: 1. Lottery Business including Government/private lottery, online lotteries, etc. 2. Gambling and Betting including casinos etc. 3. Chit funds 4. Nidhi company 5. Trading in Transferable Development Rights (TDRs) 6. Real Estate
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Economy, Globalization