What is Pressurized Heavy Water Reactor?

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 Jam Trinity?

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?

What is Aadhaar?

What is Aadhaar? The Aadhaar is the brand name of the Unique Identification Number that the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) issues to every resident of India. It is a twelve digit number which is linked the resident’s demographic and biometric information Each number relates to a set of information stored in a centralized… Continue reading What is Aadhaar?

What is International Investment Agreement?

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?

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 Goods and Service Tax?

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: Knowledge Base

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

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