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Explained: NBFCs in India and RBI guidelines for NBFCs

A Non-Banking Financial Company (NBFC) is a company registered under the Companies Act, 1956. The companies predominantly engaged in financial activity are only getting registered with RBI as NBFCs. In other words,  when a company’s financial assets out of the total assets are more than 50 percent and the company’s gross income from financial assets…

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What is reserve money?

Reserve money is the most important form of money supply that functions as the monetary base of an economy. It is also called high-powered money, base money, and central bank money. Reserve money includes all of the currency (currency notes, coin, and e₹) in circulation, in addition to the banks’ deposits with the central bank,…

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The concept of deficit expenditure of a government

There are three types of budgets in government budgets. They are known as Balanced Budget, Surplus Budget, and Deficit Budget. Balanced budget: When the expenditure planned by the government in the budget proposal is assumed to be balanced with the anticipated receipt for a fiscal year. It is called a balanced budget. Surplus budget: –…

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What is a Union Budget?

[This article explains the meaning of Receipt budget, Non-debt receipt, capital budget, capital expenditure, department of expenditure, etc.] A Union budget is the annual spending plan of the Government based on the estimated income and expense of a nation for the next financial year. The objective of the Government Budget is a blueprint for stimulating…

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National Income and GDP Concept

National income is the total monetary value of all goods and services produced by a country and income from abroad during a given period usually for one year. It is valued in terms of money. National income comprises GDP, GNP, NNP, PI, DI, and PCI. GDP (Gross Domestic Product) is the value of the goods…

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