Special Leave and extraordinary leave rules in Banks
Updated as per 12th BPS and 9th Joint Note dated March 8, 2024. (Special leave may also be granted to the extent of 30 days in a financial year to the employees who participate in mountaineering expeditions. The sterilization operation for promoting small family norms by male/female staff members or wife’s tubectomy operation a staff…
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Credit Card: Now Choice is yours to opt for a particular network
RBI today issued a new direction to the card-issuing Authorised Payment System Providers / Participants (Banks and Non-banks) that they shall provide an option to their eligible customers to choose from multiple card networks at the time of issue. “For existing cardholders, this option may be provided at the time of the next renewal,” the…
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Structural Change in Indian Economy
The term “structural change” refers to the major changes in the relative importance of the main sectors of an economy (agriculture, industry, services, and so on) in the course of economic growth. Structural change has often been defined as a process by which the transfer of economic benefits is evidenced in terms of major changes…
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Basic Characteristics of Indian Economy
Low per capita real income, high rate of population growth, the cycle of poverty, an agro-based economy, income disparities, slow capital formation, poor infrastructural development, an imperfect market, Lack of skilled manpower, outdated technology, corruption, and a backward society are the basic characteristics of the Indian economy. Per Capita income: India is universally known as…
Indian Economy: Pre-British Period, before and after 2008
Before the advent of British colonial rule, India had the ruled by Mughals, Marathas, Local kings, and Nawabs in different parts of India. The economy was largely rural but was independent and self-sustaining. Agriculture was the main source of livelihood for most people in India. Those days agricultural cultivation was mainly for consumption purposes and…
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