Competition (Amendment) Bill, 2022 Context: The long-awaited Bill to amend the Competition Act, 2002, was finally tabled in the Lok Sabha recently. About The Indian Competition Act was passed in 2002, but it wasn’t until seven years later that it actually took effect. Anti-competitive agreements, […]
Overseas borrowing, a double-edged sword? For Mains Ways for companies to earn Capital: Infuse excess earnings into the company through retained earnings. Dilute the stake of existing shareholders of the company by creating a rights issue to infuse equity capital into the firm. Borrow money […]
Addressing the Challenges in New-age Digital Commerce For Mains How has the economy changed? The increase in smartphone use along with affordable data plans has created an online revolution in the country. The pandemic has further accelerated the process of digital inclusion due to the […]
RBI raises rates, vows Nimble Policy For Prelims What is monetary policy? Monetary policy refers to the policy of the central bank with regard to the use of monetary instruments in order to control inflation rate in a country. In India monetary policy is decided […]
Using a Rupee Route to Get around a Dominating Dollar For Mains The issue Currently dollar acts as the hegemon in international transactions, which gives the United States unlimited powers to impose economic sanctions against its enemies, such as those under the Countering America’s Adversaries […]
Challenges to Fiscal Federalism in India Context: With coming in of the GST regime, the states have lost their revenue generating capacity and with waning away of the Planning Commission, there are apprehensions about the weakening of the principle of Fiscal Federalism in India. Background: […]
The Cost of Misrepresenting Inflation For Mains What is the issue? Despite the sharp recovery from pandemic, real output in 2021-22 was barely higher than in the pre-pandemic year of 2019-20 in India. What is causing inflation in India? It is a common mistake to […]
India’s Textile and Apparel Industry Context: • India has touched US$ 44.4 Bn in the textiles and apparel industry including the handicrafts in the fiscal year 2021-22 indicating a substantial increase of 41% and 26% over corresponding figures in FY 2020-21 and FY 2019-20, respectively. […]
INDEX of Eight CORE INDUSTRIES Context: • The combined Index of Eight Core Industries stood at 143.2 in April 2022, which is an increased of 8.4 per cent (provisional) as compared to the Index of April 2021. What are the Core Industries? […]
India’s FDI Inflow Context: • India has recorded highest ever annual FDI inflow of USD 83.57 billion in the Financial Year 2021-22. In 2014-2015, FDI inflow in India stood at mere 45.15 USD billion as compared to the highest ever annual FDI inflow of USD […]