[Economic Survey] Ch9: Industrial Policy, Labor Reforms, Factories Act, Apprentice Act, Customs & Excise duties in Budget 2014

Prologue [Act 1] Industrial license & reserved sectors [Act 2] Policies and Acts P1: Industrial policy 1991 P2: National Manufacturing Policy 2011 A1: Factories Act 1948 / Bill 2014 A2: Apprentice Act 1961 / Bill 2014 F1: Fodder: Why [...]

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[Industries] Public Sector Undertakings, CPSE-ETF, Disinvestment, NIF, Mini-Nav-Maharatna

Prologue [Act 1] PSU Classification Classification #1: where they operate? Classification #2: How they were born? [Act 2] Disinvestment National investment fund (NIF-2005) [Act 3] CPSE-ETF Exchange traded fund How is CPSE ETF different from Mutual funds? [Act 4] [...]

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[Economy] Companies Act 2013: Salient features, types of Companies, public ltd. vs private ltd, Independent Directors, SFIO, SEBI Corporate governance norms

Prologue What is corporate governance Type of companies Holding, Subsidiary and Associate companies Board of Directors Independent directors (ID) SEBI norms: Independent directors Board meetings- duration and quorum BoD: Committee Annual General Meeting (AGM) Audit related provisions Audit Committee [...]

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[Industries] Micro Small & Medium enterprises (MSME), Definitions, SSI reserved items, SIDBI, SIDF, Sick industries, Budget 2014

Prologue [Act 1] MSME Basics Definition: MSME sector Definition: Cottage vs Village industry Definition: organized vs unorganized sector Problems of these industries: [Act 2] MSME – Government initiatives Public procurement policy SIDBI, SIDF and NEF Taxation, Subsidy, Schemes for [...]

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[Industries] Service Sector- service tax, negative list, FDI limits, ICT, Tourism, Trade, R&D, Budget 2014 provisions

[Act 1] Services: theory and statistics Service Tax: theory Services kept out? Service tax: negative list (17 services) Budget 2014: Service Tax provisions Service sector vs GDP, Employment Service sector: FDI [Act 2] Tourism sector Budget 2014: tourism related [...]

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[Energy] Petrol, Diesel, LPG, Under-Recovery, Deregulation; Clean Energy, Telecommunication, NTP-2012, NFON, USOF

Prologue [Act 1] Petroleum P1: Refineries in India P2: Survey: Oil production challenges P3: OVL assets abroad P4: Budget 2014: Diesel & LPG P5: Petrol pricing What is under-recovery? Petrol price deregulation Benefits of Deregulation? [Act 2] Clean Energy [...]

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[Infrastructure] PPP challenges & reforms, 3P-India, highway projects, Industrial corridors, DMIC vs DFC, Golden vs Diamond quadrilateral

Prologue [Act 1] Infrastructure Corridors GK/theory C1: (Rail) Dedicated Freight Corridor Project C2: (Road) Industrial corridors: DMIC C3: Other industrial corridors C4: Golden vs. Diamond Quadrilateral C5: (Road) North South, East West corridor Budget 2014: industrial corridor announcements [Act [...]

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[Infrastructure] Shipping & Port infrastructure, Major ports, FDI, Sethu Samudram, Budget 2014 announcement

Prologue [Act 1] Shipping S1: Major ports on West Coast S2: Major Ports on East Coast S3: Economic Survey: Shipping reforms S4: Budget 2014: Shipping related announcement S4: TAMP: Tariff Authority for Major Ports S5: Sethu Samudram Prologue Economic [...]

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[Infrastructure] Rail-Budget 2014, Tariff Authority, Biodiesel, Biotoilets, FDI & more

Prologue [Act 1] Railways: GK & Static Theory Railway budget vs General Budget Railway Gauges (British Legacy) Railways: Train types [Act 2] Railways: Current / Contemporary topics C1: Pir Panjal Tunnel, Qazigund Banihal C2: What is Cross subsidization in [...]

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