NEER and REER – Appreciation and Depreciation
What is Nominal Exchange Rate (NER)? The nominal exchange rate is the amount of domestic currency needed to purchase foreign currency. What is Nominal Effective Exchange Rate…
Raising capital for business – Equity vs Debt Financing
Companies mostly have two types of financing options when there is a question of raising capital for business needs : equity financing and debt financing. Usually companies…
Public debt of India – Significant Trends
What is Public debt? Public debt is the total liabilities of the central government contracted against the Consolidated Fund of India. As the name suggests, public debt…
Lending Instruments of IMF
Must read: Know About IMF What are the various lending instruments available with IMF? The IMF has several lending instruments to meet the different needs and specific…
Know About IMF
What is IMF? The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is a major financial agency of the United Nations, and an international financial institution. What IMF does? The International…
UPSC GS PRELIMS 2022 – CULTURE
QUES 1 . In medieval India, the term “Fanam” referred to: (a) Clothing (b) Coins (c) Ornaments (d) Weapons Answer: (b) Explanation: Historically, the Fanam and Chuckram…
UPSC GS PRELIMS 2022 – INDIAN POLITY
QUES 1 . With reference to Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha, consider the following statements: 1 . As per the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business…
Calendar and Leap Years
All human societies have developed ways to determine the length of the year, when the year should begin, and how to divide the year into manageable units…
A National Party – What does it mean in India?
How many national parties are at present in India? The country has six national parties — BJP, Congress, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), CPI(M), National People’s Party (NPP)…
Tiger – Global Efforts to Conserve Big Cat
Wild tigers (Panthera tigris) have for centuries occupied a very special place in the nature and culture of Asia. These magnificent big cats sit at the top…