Fact Check: How true are Nirmala Sitharaman’s claims about FDI flows?
The finance minister during the course of the budget speech for 2020-21 made claims about…
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What did the 15th Finance Commission recommend for 2020-21?
The 15th Finance Commission submitted an interim report with its recommendations for devolution of the…
Explainer: What changed for Card Transactions?
In the last few years, the RBI issued multiple directions to simplify card transactions and…
Explainer: What is Consumer Confidence Survey and what does it indicate?
The RBI recently published the results of the September 2019 round of the Consumer Confidence…
Explainer: Understanding India’s Balance of Payments & Trade
What is the meaning of ‘Balance of Payments’? What is the status of India’s exports…
Explainer: Is Fiscal Deficit of State Governments under control?
As per the FRBM act, the fiscal deficit of the state governments is supposed to…
Explainer: India’s Fiscal deficit
Fiscal deficit is broadly the difference between government’s total revenue and its total expenditure. What…
