Infrastructure Debt Funds

Debt Funds

In Sept 2011, RBI issued guidelines for permitting banks and NBFCs to set up IDFs to help meet long term financing for the sector
IDFs would be set up either as MFs or NBFCs
NBFC sponsoring IDF-MF should have a minimum net owned funds of Rs 300 crore and CAR of 15 percent
Besides, its NPAs should be less than 3% of net advances and the NBFCs should have been in existence for at least five years and earning profits for the last three years
Banks and NBFCs would be eligible to sponsor IDFs as Mutual Funds with prior approval of the RBI
SEBI has amended the Mutual Funds Regulations to provide regulatory framework for IDF-MFs
Banks acting as sponsors to IDF-MFs would be subject to existing prudential limits including limits on investments in financial Services companies and limits on Capital Market exposure

Poverty and Unemployment

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Poverty and unemployment are closely related
High poverty has a multiplier effect on Quality Of Life, deprivation, Malnutrition, illiteracy and low Human resource development.

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World Trade Organization

Contents

What is WTO? Structure? Agreeements?
Rounds of WTO
Doha Development Round
India’s role in WTO
India’s proposals to WTO
Trade in Goods
- Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture
- NAMA
- Rules
- SPS
- TBT
https://exam.pscnotes.com/trade-in-Services“>Trade in Services
- GATS
Intellectual Property (TRIPS)
TRIMS
Dispute settlement
Development
- Trade and Development
- Aid for Trade
- Special & Differential Treatment
Environment
- Trade and Environment
Trade facilitation
Other issues
- E-Commerce
- Competition policy
- Investment
- Government Procurement
- Accession

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Goods and Services Tax — GST

What is GST?
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growth models

Bring out the differences and similarities between endogenous Growth-models”>growth models and exogenous growth models.

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Foreign Trade Policy 2009-14

Highlights of Policy 2009-14

Higher Support for Market and Product Diversification
1. Incentive schemes expanded by way of addition of new products and markets.

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