Economy Basics for Prelims

What are Basel reforms? Basel series of norms are broad supervisory standards formulated by BCBS to ensure that financial institutions […]

What is a Systematically Important Bank? SIBs are perceived as certain big banks in the country/world. They enjoy a huge

Strategic disinvestment is the transfer of the ownership and control of a public sector entity to some other entity (mostly

What is Anti-Dumping Duty? Anti-Dumping Duty is a trade levy imposed by any government on imported products which have prices

Green Bonds Bonds are debt instruments which are issued to raise capital and investor gets fixed return. Green bond is

Foreign exchange reserves: Foreign exchange reserves are assets held on reserve by a central bank of a country. In context

The Masala bond refers to a rupee-denominated bond through which Indian entities can raise money from foreign markets in rupee,

What is Advance Pricing Agreement? It is an agreement between taxpayers (corporates) and the central tax authority (in case of

Index of Industrial Production: IIP is an indicator that measures the changes in the volume of production of industrial products