Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS)
Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) refers to the strategies used by multinational companies to avoid paying tax, by exploiting... View Article
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Infant Mortality & Replacement Rate in Fertility Rate
Infant Mortality Rate or IMR is the number of deaths of children under 1 year of age per one thousand... View Article
Dumping & Countervailing Duties (CVDs) – Definition & Issues in News for UPSC
Dumping in economics is a type of predatory pricing talked about particularly in the international commerce space. Dumping is said... View Article
AIDS
What is AIDS? AIDS or Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome is a disease caused by the HIV virus. In this condition,... View Article
What is Cross Subsidization?
Cross subsidization is defined as the variation in the price policy for 2 sets of buyers or it can be... View Article
Subsidies + Externalities
Concept: Subsidies + Externalities Topic: Environment, Agriculture, paper III (MUST READ) Category: Subsidies, Pollution Related News: LM, Jan 20 CNA... View Article
Mughal Style Architecture [UPSC Medieval History Notes]
Mughals brought in Persian style into Indian Architecture. The character and structure of Mughal buildings displayed a uniform character and... View Article
Sanctions on Iran
Sanctions against the Islamic Republic of Iran is seen in the news often these days. This is an important topic... View Article
Freedom of Speech – Article 19(1)(a)
The Constitution of India guarantees freedom of speech and expression to all citizens. It is enshrined in Article 19(1)(a). This... View Article
Ease of Doing Business Report by World Bank – Related Issues in News
Ease of Doing Business is a much-debated topic today. We discuss the Ease of Doing Business Report that was recently... View Article
Land Reforms + Land Titles + Technology in Land Reforms
Concept: Land Reforms + Land Titles + Technology in Land Reforms Topic: Economy, Paper III Category: Investment, Land Reforms, Rural... View Article
VAT – Indirect Tax Subsumed by GST
Value-Added Tax (VAT), also known as a goods and services tax (GST) in some countries, it is a form of... View Article
Air Quality Index – How is Air Quality Measured?
Air Quality is measured using a metric called Air Quality Index (AQI). AQI will display the changes in air pollution... View Article
Startup India [UPSC Notes GS-III]
Startup India was a campaign that was first addressed by the PM Narendra Modi on 15th August 2015 at Red... View Article
South China Sea issues
Concept: South China Sea issues Topic: IR, Paper III Category: Trade, IR, China, Asia Related News: IE, Jan 15 CNA... View Article
WTO’s Latest Doha Round
In a bid to bring major reforms in the international trading system and trading prospects of the developing nations, the... View Article
Indonesia: Brief facts for the UPSC Exam
Indonesia is a transcontinental country located between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. India has a long-standing relationship with... View Article
Inflation Targeting: Notes for UPSC Economy
Inflation targeting is basically a monetary policy system wherein the central bank of a country (RBI in India) has a... View Article
Biodiversity and Whale Beaching
Whale beaching, more accurately called Cetacean Stranding is the phenomenon in which cetaceans strand themselves on land (generally beaches). This... View Article
National Food Security Act, 2013 (NFSA) – UPSC Indian Polity Notes
The National Food Security Act (NFSA) 2013, which was passed on July 5, 2013, represents a paradigm shift in the... View Article
