Category: CA Economy Concepts

25
Jan

Taxing farmers’ income in India

Economic experts have opined that income tax must be paid if one’s income is above a threshold, irrespective of whether one is a farmer.

15
Dec

Marginal Cost of Funds-based Lending Rates (MCLR)

With the RBI hiking the repo rate by 35 basis points to 6.25 recently, several banks have raised their marginal cost of funds-based lending rate (MCLR) and external benchmark linked rates (EBLR) on loans.

03
Nov

Inflation Targeting

Recently, for the first time, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) holds Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting to discuss report on missing inflation target.

23
Oct

Basmati Rice

5 new varieties of seeds of Basmati rice, developed by Indian Agriculture Research Institute (IARI) are all set to bring revolutionary changes in the way Basmati rice is cultivated in the country.

20
Oct

Minimum Support Price (MSP)

Relevance: Agriculture experts projected a shift to mustard, lentils for the marketing season 2023-24. News Summary: This…

19
Oct

Nihonshu / Japanese sake

For the first time, Japan has filed an application seeking GI tag for Nihonshu/Japanese sake, an alcoholic beverage.

18
Oct

Global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) 2022

MPI 2022, titled ‘Unpacking Deprivation package to reduce Multidimensional Poverty’, was released recently.

17
Oct

Digital Banking Units (DBU)

Recently, the Prime Minister of India has dedicated 75 Digital Banking Units (DBU) across 75 districts to the nation as announced in Union budget 2022-23.

17
Oct

Intellectual Property

Union Minister of Commerce and Industry addressed National Intellectual Property Conference 2022 on ‘Strengthening IP Ecosystem for catalysing the growth of Knowledge Economy’.

13
Oct

Inter-Operable Regulatory Sandbox (IoRS)

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for Inter-Operable Regulatory Sandbox (IoRS) recently.

11
Oct

Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework (CARF)

Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) released Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework (CARF) recently.

09
Oct

Super App

Elon Musk saw an opportunity to create an “everything app,” or “Super App” by adding more tools and services to Twitter.