According to Morgan Stanley’s report e-commerce sector would reach to $230 billion by 2028 in India. This is enough to predict the upcoming importance of e-commerce in India. It is expected that by 2022 half of billion of people would come online through mobiles apart from existing one. E-Commerce market in India was $3.9 billion […]
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According to a report by India State Level Disease Burden Initiative, 3.8 million premature death in 2016 occurs from household air population by solid fuel. In India, still 56% of population uses solid fuel for cooking. Government had initiated PM Ujjwal Yojana to eliminate the household air pollution and reduce health hazards caused due to
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There is a known finance theory of bond yield inversion and its impact on the upcoming slowdown and recession. We will see on details on this concept in this article. What are bonds ? Bonds are different types of fixed income instruments. There are public traded bonded (as listed on stock exchanges like NSE), there
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When we talk about interest rate, the most common thing that comes to our mind is the extra amount which we need to pay to lender over period of time. But, what is interest rate become negative, will lender pay us for a loan? There are lots of countries where banks are offering negative interest
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Bank PO aspirants are always curious to know the salary of Bank PO, its allowances, career growth, perks and promotion policy. In this article we will tell you everything about IBPS PO Salary, Job Profile, Career Growth and Promotion Policy. During IBPS PO Preparation candidates are curious to know the salary and the increment in
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Every year, during the month of January, Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) publishes the exam calendar for next one year. IBPS had published exam calendar of IBPS PO, Clerk, SO and IBPS RRB Exams 2019-20 on 16th January. IBPS Calendar, Exam Dates & Schedule IBPS 2019-20 Calendar, Exam Dates / Schedule for IBPS PO,
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IBPS PO Final Cut-Off 2018-19 IBPS PO 2018-19 Mains Exam was conducted on 18th November 2018. The Interview for IBPS PO 2018-19 was held February 2019. IBPS released IBPS PO 2018-19 Cut-Off Marks and result on 1st April 2019 on its official website i.e. ibps.in. IBPS PO 2018-19 Final Cut-Off Table and Reserve List Cut-Off
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Malnutrition is a condition where body receives lower nutrition content than what it requires. As per Global Analysis Report 2018, India leads in number of total malnutrition cases in world. It accounts to 1/3rd such cases. Causes are: Poverty : low purchasing power hinder the procurement of nutrition. Irregular eating and feeding can lead to
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The NRC for State of Assam was finally released on 31 August 2019. The process of 6 years finally culminated and left out over 19 lakh citizens of the state. There have been statements from ministers to allow for legal trial & assistance to ‘foreigners’ by tribunals but must apply before 120 days. The NRC
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The Ease of Living Report under the ‘Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs’ providers 4 pillars and 15 categories which every city must self-assess for meeting aspirations of its people. One of the most important pillars is that ‘GOVERNANCE’ and ‘INSTITUTIONAL’ category. Ease of living must ensure good governance & utmost institutional assistance. The Lok
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Artificial Intelligence is a technology in which information from required sources are collected and processed to take an accurate decision. E.g. AI in predicting the Monsoonal parameters helps for agriculture. Analysis of AI: Significance of AI: a) AI helps in Banking Sector to identify the loan defaulters. b) It is used in National Security for
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Monetary policy committee conducted its third bi-annual RBI policy review in August 2019. Here are the key highlights of RBI Policy meet Key highlights of RBI Monetary Policy Review Low economic growth forecasts RBI has revised GDP growth forecast to 6.9% (from earlier 7%) for 2019-20. Why is GDP growth rate declining in India? GDP
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Summary of Yojana and Kurukshetra magazine Yoga & Alternative Systems of Medicine The word yoga was first mentioned in the Rig-Veda, but its philosophy was given by Sage Panini in his book Yoga Sutra. The word “yoga” comes from the Sanskrit root yuj (“to yoke”) and is generally translated as “union of the individual atma
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Innovation & India India’s ranking in the Global Innovation Index – Among around 140 nations, during the past five years, India’s ranking has slipped from 66 (2013) to 76 (2014) to 81 (2015) and has now recovered from to 66 (2016 and 60 (2017), to 57th in 2018. Invention or Innovation? Invention is a subset
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Power Sector in India India has electrified all its villages. Data showed that all of India six lakh census villages have now been electrified. Electrified means the village is connected to power grid. Issues that have plagued the sector: Present & Future Poorly designed and implemented schemes Install electrical connections to about 30 million homes
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Interim Budget 2019 Agriculture and Farm Sector Total allocation for sector has an increase of 73% The PMKISAN scheme provides guaranteed income of INR 6000 per year Interest subvention of 2% announced for natural calamities and 3% relaxation for loans MSMEs 2% interest rebate for MSMEs registered under GST for loans up to INR 1
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Major Highlights in Yojana and Kurushetra magazines The most important sector covered are Indian textile sector with Art and craft industry and handloom industry. Khadi industry is also a major highlight for this month. Another important highlight is rural tourism. Indian Textile and Handloom Industry Indian policymakers ruled out fast domestic industrial expansion in a
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Major highlights of Yojana and Kurushetra magazine In this article, we have presented major highlights of Yojana and Kurushetra magazines for May 2019. Energy sector in India PM Modi called for supportive relationship between producers and customers and encouraged optimal use of the IEF platform. He further said that the country’s refineries are on track
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It is part three of series of quizzes based upon various schemes which were in news during last one year. This quiz is based upon schemes related to Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. Following schemes are asked here 47% of the times candidate didn’t have any information about the compnay they are applying for.
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It is part two of series of quizzes based upon various schemes which were in news during last one year. This quiz is based upon schemes related to Ministry of Agriculture and Farmer’s welfare. Following schemes are asked here National Agricultural Higher Education Project (NAHEP) Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana Online Portal “ENSURE” Pradhan Mantri
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