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Short selling

In News Short seller Hindenburg Research disclosed short positions in Adani Group, alleging stock manipulation and accounting fraud in its latest investigative report. About Short selling  It is a trading strategy based on the expectation that the price of the security will fall.  It is an investment or trading strategy that speculates on the decline […]

Supporting MSMEs for a Resilient Global Supply Chain

In News Recently, the Union Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution and Textiles held the fourth Plenary Session of B20 India Inception Meeting on Building Resilient Global Value Chains in Gandhinagar. What are MSMEs? MSMEs or Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises are businesses that are defined by their investment and […]

SEBI Launches Information Database on Municipal Bonds

In News Recently, Markets regulator SEBI launched an information database on municipal bonds. More about the news Programme on municipal bonds and municipal finance: As part of efforts to develop the bond markets, an outreach programme on municipal bonds and municipal finance was organised by SEBI in New Delhi. The information database: The information database […]

World Economic Forum 2023

In News The World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Annual Meeting 2023, held in Davos, Switzerland, has concluded. About Annual Meeting It was the 53rd edition of the Annual meeting of the WEF. The meeting has brought together 2,700 leaders from 130 countries including 52 heads of state/government. The theme of this year was ‘Cooperation in a […]

RBI’s report on state govt Budgets

In News Reserve Bank of India has released its report ‘State Finances: A Study of Budgets’ on state government budgets for 2022-23. About the Report It is an annual report by the Reserve Bank of India which provides data and analysis of the fiscal position of State governments in India. It examines the role and impact […]

Additional Tier-1 (AT1) bonds

In News Recently, the Bombay High Court Friday quashed the write-off of Additional Tier-1 (AT1) bonds issued by Yes Bank Ltd. More about the news SEBI investigation: A Sebi probe found that the bank facilitated the selling of AT1 bonds from institutional investors to individual investors.  It found that during the process of selling the […]

Polycrisis

In News The World Economic Forum in its ‘Global Risks Report 2023’ warned that the world could see a polycrisis emerging from the Russia-Ukraine war. What is Polycrisis? The term polycrisis was first used in the 1990s by French theorist of complexity Edgar Morin. When multiple crises in multiple global systems become causally entangled in […]

National Financial Reporting Authority (NFRA)

In News Auditors of 1,000 large listed companies in India will have to file transparency reports with the National Financial Reporting Authority (NFRA) in the specified format, from the current financial year It will improve the credibility of auditors and boost investor confidence in them. About National Financial Reporting Authority (NFRA) It was constituted in […]

Reassigning of Goods and Services Tax (GST) to States

In News The Union government needs to reassign Goods and Services Tax (GST) to States to address fiscal imbalance between the Union and State governments. About Major Economic Changes in Recent Past:  The divisible taxes of the Union government expanded from two to all the Union taxes, thus enlarging the revenue base to be shared […]

Microfinance Institutions (MFI)

In News Recently, a Report stated that Microfinance Institutions (MFI) will play a leading role in the growth process of India. Key Points Support system:  MFIs have acted as a financial support system to low-income households by offering credit access to six crore borrowers in the last few years. Changes with time:  From February 2017 […]