Economy

:  To provide an assured income support to the small and marginal farmers, Government is launching a historic programme namely “Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN)”. Under this programme, vulnerable landholding farmer families, having cultivable land upto 2 hectares, will be provided direct income support at the rate of Rs 6,000 per year. This income … Read more DMPQ: . PM KISAN (Schemes)

Ans: Angel tax is a term used to refer to the income tax payable on capital raised by unlisted companies via issue of shares where the share price is seen in excess of the fair market value of the shares sold. The excess realisation is treated as income and taxed accordingly. The tax was introduced … Read more DMPQ: . What is Angel Tax? What are the concerns attached with the Angel Tax?

Minimum support price is the government scheme to safeguard the interest of the farmers. GOI declares the MSP of various agricultural produce and assures the farmers that their agriculture produce will be purchased at the MSP. The Food Corporation of India acts as the Nodal agency of the GoI. MSP scheme is implemented through state … Read more DMPQ: What is Minimum Support Price? How will MSP rescue the farmers from low income trap?

SFIO stands for serious frauds investigation office. It is a investigation agency which is under the jurisdiction of ministry of corporate affairs.  The mandate of SFIO is as under: The SFIO is involved in major fraud probes and is the co-ordinating agency with the Income Tax Department and the Central Bureau of Investigation. It is … Read more DMPQ: What is the mandate of SFIO? ( ECONOMY)

Major advantages: Join Our Telegram Channel   Subscribe on YouTube It will help to regulate the highly unregulated real estate sector. Will help to deal with the undue delay in project implementation. Will help to streamline the data of the project across the country and hence will bring homogeneity and rule bas e pricing in … Read more DMPQ: What are the major advantages of the Real estate regulation act 2016? ( ECONOMICS)

    Subscribe on YouTube Establishment of state level regulatory authorities- Real Estate Regulatory Authority (RERA)- the Act provides for State governments to establish more than one regulatory authority Functions: Register and maintain a database of real estate projects; publish it on its website for public viewing, Protection of interest of promoters, buyers and real … Read more DMPQ: What are the key provisions of the Real estate regulation act? (ECONOMY)

:  Government budget is the annual financial statement presented by the finance minister which contains the following figure: Actual estimate for FY 2017-18 Budget estimate for FY 2018-19 and Revised estimate for FY 2018-19 Budget estimate for FY 2019-2020   The budget is divide into two parts:   Subscribe on YouTube Revenue budget Capital budget … Read more DMPQ: What is Government budget? What are the components of the Government budget? (ECONOMY)

Protectionism is the economic policy of restricting imports from other countries through methods such as tariffs on imported goods, import quotas, and a variety of other government regulations. Protectionist policies help immune the producers, businesses, and workers of the import-competing sector in the country from foreign competitors.   Join Our Telegram Channel Impact on India … Read more DMPQ: What is protectionism? How does it affect India? (Economy)

Monetary transmission refers to the process by which a central bank’s monetary policy decisions are passed on, through financial markets, to businesses and households. Join Our Telegram Channel     A Ponzi scheme is a fraudulent investing scam promising high rates of return with little risk to investors. Instances of people losing their hard-earned money … Read more DMPQ: Give a brief account on following term. (Economy) a) Monetary policy transmission b) Ponzi scheme

Recapitalisation plan is a mechanism to deal with the problems of NPA in the financial institutions. It is one of the four R’s to address the issue of NPA’s.  In Oct,17 Centre has announced a 2.11 lakh crore recapitalisation plan for the public sector banks over the next two years. The recapitalisation plan is a … Read more DMPQ: . What is the recapitalisation plan for the banks? Discuss the implication of the plan. (Economy)