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Bharatiya Reserve Bank Note Mudran Private Limited (BRBNMPL)

The Reserve Bank established BRBNMPL in February 1995 as a wholly-owned subsidiary to augment the production of bank notes in India and to enable bridging of the gap...

 December 9, 2022

Forensic Audit for all Bad Loans

Cautioning that the rising trend of non-performing assets (NPAs) with banks has 'the potential to damage the growth story', the Finance Standing Committee of Parliament has called for...

 December 9, 2022

Narasimham Committee Report

In November 1991, a committee set up by the Government to study the working of the financial system, better known as the Narasimham Commmittee, submitted its report. The...

 December 9, 2022

Capital Adequacy Norms

The requirement that banks maintain minimum capital adequacy ratios is an essential component of the prudential regulation of banks. There has been an international harmonization of capital adequacy...

 December 9, 2022

Inflation during post-reform period (since 1992-93)

The Indian economy underwent a severe economic crisis in 1991. The year 1991-92 registered low economic growth of 1.3 per cent and foreign currency assets at around US...

 December 9, 2022

Disease Control Programme under NRHM

Many disease control programmes have been subsumed under NRHM. Official statistics suggest commendable performance in some programmes but not in others. Achievements in terms of prevalence rate/cure rate/mortality...

 December 9, 2022

History of Inflation in India

India has been traditionally a low inflation country. Barring a few years of high inflation driven by supply shocks, inflation has remained benign throughout the period since independence....

 December 8, 2022

Producer Price Index (PPI)

The Producer Price Index is a family of indices that measures the average change over time in the selling prices received by domestic producers of goods and services....

 December 8, 2022

Demographic Health Indicators

Post independence, the sex ratio (Number of females per 1000 males) in India had recorded decline till 1991. Sex ratio in India has since shown some improvement. It...

 December 8, 2022

National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme

This Programme is being implemented for prevention 'nd control of vector-borne diseases such as malaria, filariasis, kala-azar, Japanese encephalitis, dengue, and chikungunya. The government has taken various steps...

 December 8, 2022

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