Bribery Risk Matrix 2021: Bribery Risk Matrix 2021 was released by TRACE, an anti-bribery standard setting organisation. It measures business bribery risk in 194 countries, territories, and autonomous and semi-autonomous regions. It was originally published in 2014 to meet a need in the business community for more reliable and nuanced information about the risks of […]
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16th Annual Status Of Education Report 2021
16th Edition Of The Annual Status Of Education Report (ASER 2021): The percentage of rural children who were not enrolled in school doubled during the pandemic, with government schools seeing an increase in enrolment at the expense of private schools, according to the Annual Status of Education Report (ASER), 2021. Over a third of children […]
National Register Of Citizens (NRC)
National Register Of Citizens (NRC): Only little over a thousand doubtful cases in the final draft of the National Register of Citizens (NRC), Assam have been referred to the concerned district commissioners for necessary action. More than 19 lakh of the 3.29 crore applicants in Assam were excluded from the final draft register published on […]
Unique Land Parcel Identification Number (ULPIN) Scheme
Unique Land Parcel Identification Number (ULPIN) Scheme: Bhumi Samvaad’ – a National Workshop on Digital India Land Record Modernisation Programme (DILRMP) was held recently at India Habitat Centre here in the national capital. Talking about the importance of Unique Land Parcel Identification Numbers (ULPIN), Shri Singh said it is just like the Aadhar Number of […]
G.N. Bajpai Committee
G.N. Bajpai Committee: The International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA), with an objective to develop the financial products and services International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) has constituted an Insurance Committee under the Chairmanship of Mr. G.N. Bajpai, former Chairman LIC and SEBI, to identify key areas for the development of insurance and reinsurance business from […]
Green Bonds
Green Bonds: Corporate green-bond issuance has reached new highs as U.S. companies including chip maker Micron Technology Inc., retailer Walmart Inc. and data-center company Equinix Inc. add the bonds as part of larger traditional bond offerings. The increasing issuance of green bonds, which finance environmentally friendly projects, comes as companies face pressure from investors, regulators […]
Unified Payments Interface (UPI)
Unified Payments Interface (UPI): The Unified Payments Interface (UPI) payments system has cut across the Indian socio-economic digital divide amazingly fast. Even though UPI is indeed a groundbreaking innovation in the digital payments landscape, reliability and security are still considered to be at stake, keeping many individuals and businesses apprehensive about the payment system. Unified […]
Input Tax Credit
Input Tax Credit: The CBIC (Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs) issued guidelines on blocking of tax credit by GST (Goods and Services Tax) field officers, saying that such blocking should be on the basis of ‘material evidence’ and not just out of ‘suspicion’. Input Tax Credit: It is the tax that a business […]
eGCA (e-Governance in Directorate General of Civil Aviation)
eGCA (e-Governance in Directorate General of Civil Aviation): Jyotiraditya M. Scindia, Union Minster of Civil Aviation dedicated eGCA, the e-governance platform in Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to the nation. DGCA has implemented its e-governance platform eGCA. The project has been aimed at automation of the processes and functions of DGCA, with 99 services […]
Customer Centric Initiatives Of The Reserve Bank Of India
Customer Centric Initiatives Of The Reserve Bank Of India: Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will launch two innovative customer centric initiatives of the Reserve Bank of India on 12 November, 2021 at 11 AM via video conferencing. These initiatives are the RBI Retail Direct Scheme and the Reserve Bank – Integrated Ombudsman Scheme. RBI Retail […]
