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What is Pressurized Heavy Water Reactor (PHWR)? A pressurized heavy-water reactor is a nuclear reactor, commonly using unenriched natural uranium as its fuel that uses heavy water (deuterium oxide D2O) as its coolant and neutron moderator. The heavy water coolant is kept under pressure, allowing it to be heated to higher temperatures without boiling, much as in a pressurized water reactor. While heavy water is… Continue reading What is Pressurized Heavy Water Reactor?

What is EVM? EVM or Electronic Voting Machines are used to cast vote without revealing the identity of the person It is used in Indian General and State Elections. It has replaced paper ballots in local, state and general (parliamentary) elections in India. The two central govt. undertakings i.e. Bharat Electronics Limited and Electronics Corporation… Continue reading What is Electronic Voting Machine?

What is it? Jam Trinity, an abbreviation for Jan Dhan Yojna, Aadhaar and Mobile is concerned with direct subsidy transfers. The three modes of identification would help deliver direct benefits to India’s poor. How? The Aadhaar would help in direct biometric identification of disadvantaged citizens. Jna Dhan Bank accounts and mobile phones will help direct… Continue reading What is Jam Trinity?

Major Reasons for prevalence of Child Marriage in India Economies of marriage: Poverty and marriage expenses such as dowry may lead a family to marry off their daughter at a young age to reduce these costs. Patriarchal Indian society considers a girl as an economic burden. Marrying her off at an early age is away… Continue reading Child Marriage in India: Reasons and Impact

The MPI is the product of two numbers: the Headcount H or percentage of people who are poor and the average intensity of deprivation A – which reflects the proportion of dimensions in which households are, on average deprived. The criterion for someone to be declared as deprived as per MPI are as follows: Education… Continue reading What is MULTIDIMENTIONAL POVERTY INDEX?

An International Investment Agreement (IIA) is a type of treaty between countries that addresses issues relevant to cross-border investments, usually for the purpose of protection, promotion and liberalization of such investments. Most IIAs cover foreign direct investment (FDI) and portfolio investment, but some exclude the latter. Countries concluding IIAs commit themselves to adhere to specific… Continue reading What is International Investment Agreement?

What are Free Trade Agreements? FTAs are arrangements between two or more countries or trading blocs that primarily agree to reduce or eliminate customs tariff and non tariff barriers on substantial trade between  them, but (in contrast to a common market) capital or labor may not move freely. FTAs normally cover trade in goods (such… Continue reading What are Free Trade Agreements?

What is GST? The proposed Goods and Service Tax (GST) is a destination based indirect tax that will be levied on supply of goods and services, which is set to subsume the various indirect taxes currently levied by the Centre and the states including excise duty, service tax, value added tax (VAT), Central Sales Tax (CST), purchase… Continue reading What is Goods and Service Tax?

Air India is the flag carrier airline of India Headquartered at New Delhi, it is owned by Air India Limited, a Government of India enterprise, and operates a fleet of Airbus and Boeing aircraft serving 90 domestic and international destinations. The airline was founded by J. R. D. Tata as Tata Airlines in 1932 and… Continue reading Air India: Knowledge Base