Economy

  To organize training programmes for educational functionaries for developing capacities of educational planning and administration. To strengthen capacities for training and research in the field of educational planning and administration. To provide consultancy services in the sphere of educational planning and administration to Central as well as State Governments, Universities, Board and other similar … Read more DMPQ- What are the main objectives of The National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration (NIEPA)

Viability Gap Funding (VGF): Under the Ministry of Finance ‘Scheme for Support to Public Private Partnerships in Infrastructure’ in the form of capital grant at the stage of project construction will be given as per the VGF guidelines. The total Viability Gap Funding under this scheme shall not exceed twenty percent of the total project … Read more DMPQ- What is Viability Gap Funding (VGF) and Job Loss Policy.

Even though India has experienced a high growth period in the last 15 years but its employment elasticity has remained on lower side. The period is sometimes termed as Jobless growth period. Following are the reasons for unemployment in India: Low productivity in agriculture. Disguised unemployment in agriculture is a serious issue. More than 48% … Read more DMPQ:What are the causes of unemployment in India?

The fund was established with to mitigate volatility in the prices of agriculture produce. It was established with a corpus of 500 Crore which aims at price stability.  The fund will be utilised for  following purpose:   Direct purchase from farmers at farm gate Maintaining a strategic buffer stock that would discouraged hoarding and unscrupulous … Read more DMPQ: Price stabilisation fund. ( schemes)

Monetary transmission refers to the process by which a central bank’s monetary policy signals (like repo rate) are passed on, through financial system to influence the businesses and households.  There are many monetary policy signals by the RBI; the most powerful one is the repo rate. When repo rate is changed, it brings changes in … Read more DMPQ- What do you understand by the term Monetary Policy Transmission.

In strategic disinvestment the government sells major portion of its stake to a strategic buyer and also gives over the management control.Under it, the strategic Partner, may hold less percentage of shares than the government but the control of management will be wit him.or example, in a PSU, where the government holding 51%, and out of this, sale of … Read more DMPQ: What do you mean by the term strategic disinvestment?

Under the Monetary Policy Framework Agreement, the RBI will be responsible for containing inflation targets at 4% (with a standard deviation of 2%) in the medium term. Under Section 45ZA(1) of the RBI Act, 1934, the Central Government determines the inflation target in terms of the Consumer Price Index, once in every five years in … Read more DMPQ- What are the functions of Monetary policy committee (MPC) ? Also mention the process of decision making in the committee.

Open market operations is the sale and purchase of securities, bills and bonds of government as well as private financial institutions by the Central Bank. This is one of the qualitative too available with the central bank to deal with inflation and money supply in the economy. Functioning:  If the central bank sells these instruments, … Read more DMPQ:Explain the open market operations of RBI.

Reasons for YES Bank crisis: Rising exposure to NPA The loan repayment capacity of the borrower is limited or very low.( IL&F S etc.) Governance issue – Yes bank was not functioning properly. Abysmal performance with lack of corporate governance Bank failed to implement Prompt corrective action Supervision and regulatory failure Steps taken: Moratorium on … Read more DMPQ-Account for the recent YES bank crisis and also mention the steps taken to prevent Yes Bank Crisis.

Demand Pull Inflation:  The term demand-pull inflation usually describes a widespread phenomenon. That is, when consumer demand outpaces the available supply of many types of consumer goods, demand-pull inflation sets in, forcing an overall increase in the cost of living.  When demand surpasses supply, higher prices are the result. This is demand-pull inflation. A low … Read more DMPQ- Explain the following term: • Demand pull inflation • Cost Push Inflation