Crude Oil Price Hike: The price of Brent crude crossed the USD 60 per barrel mark after over a year. The rise in prices is because of production cuts by oil-producing countries and expectations of improvements in global demand as the Covid-19 vaccine is rolled out across the world. In April 2020, the West Texas […]
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Financial Literacy Week 2021 : RBI
Financial Literacy Week 2021: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has launched the Financial Literacy Week (FLW) for the year 2021. The literacy week started from February 8 and will conclude on February 12, 2021. Financial Literacy Week (FLW)-2021 This year, the Financial Literacy week will focus on ‘Developing the credit discipline and encouraging availing […]
What are Index-linked Insurance Policies (ILIPs) ?
Index-linked Insurance Policies (ILIPs): A committee was set up by the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) on the request of some insurers. The committee has recommended introducing index-linked insurance policies (ILIPs). Index-linked insurance policies (ILIPs): The returns coming from the ILIPs will be linked to benchmark indices. ILIPs are the Insurance products […]
Open Market Operations : RBI Announces Rs. 20,000 Crore
Open Market Operations: RBI announces ₹20,000 crore open market operations on February 10. Open market operations are the sale and purchase of government securities and treasury bills by RBI or the central bank of the country. The objective of OMO is to regulate the money supply in the economy. It is one of the quantitative […]
Direct Access To Its Government Securities Trading Platform : RBI
Direct Access To Its Government Securities Trading Platform: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has given small investors direct access to its government securities trading platform. Now, Retail investors can directly open their gilt accounts with RBI, and trade in government securities. What is the need for the current proposal, then? The g-sec market is […]
RBI Monetary Policy 2021 : GDP Forecast
RBI Monetary Policy 2021: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has forecasted that real Gross Domestic Product (GDP), hit by the Covid pandemic in 2020-21, is expected to grow by 10.5% in 2021-22. RBI had previously introduced a number of measures in its Monetary Policy Report for dealing with the Covid-19 induced economic setback. GDP […]
Increased Farm Exports in Q4 2020 : Key Points
Increased Farm Exports: According to the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, farm exports have registered 9.8% growth for the period of April-December 2020. Previously, the government of India launched the Remission of Duties or Taxes on Export Product (RoDTEP) scheme replacing Merchandise Exports from India Scheme (MEIS) to further improve exports. Data for April-December 2020: […]
What is Consumer Welfare Fund?
Consumer Welfare Fund: During the ongoing session, the Union Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution has informed the parliament about Consumer Welfare Fund (CWF). It was set up under the Central Goods and Services Tax (CGST) Act, 2017. The consumer welfare fund rules of 1992 have been subsumed under the CGST […]
Provident Fund (PF) : Budget 2021 Proposed To Tax The Interest Income
Provident Fund (PF): Union Budget 2021-22 proposed to tax the interest income on Provident Fund (PF) contributions by employees exceeding Rs. 2.5 lakh a year. The Ministry of Finance expressed concerns over investments as much as Rs. 1 crore each month into PF and suggested it was unfair that they get tax concessions as well […]
Power Sector Reforms : Andhra Pradesh Became The Second State
Power Sector Reforms: Andhra Pradesh has become the second State to undertake the power sector reforms stipulated by the Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance. As part of the reforms, the State has started a Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) of electricity subsidy to farmers with effect from September 2020. Thus, the State has successfully implemented […]
