Percentage of poor BPL according to Suresh Tendulkar committee-2005-2009 in 2004
- 40
- 37.2
- 45.8
- 41.8
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Census 2011 Highlights:
- Census 2011 is the 15th National Census of the country.
- 18 numbers of languages in hich training manual was prepared.
- The slogan of Census 2011 is "Our Census, Our Future".
- India's total population stands at 1.21 billion, which is 17.7 per cent more than the last decade, and growth of females was higher than that of males. Highest decadal growth in population has been recorded in Bihar
- Rural population around 69% out of total 1.21 billions.
- China has 19.4 per cent of the world's total population; India has 17.5 per cent of the world population.
- UP most populous state.
- The latest child sex ratio in is 914 female against 1,000 male - the lowest since Independence. In Punjab the least then Haryana.
- The sex ratio of population in the country in 2011 stands at 940 female against 1000 males.
- Literates constitute 74 per cent of the total population aged seven and above and illiterates form 26 per cent.
- Literacy rate for males rose from 75.26 to 82.14 per cent marking a rise of 6.9 per cent, it increased by 11.8 per cent for females to go from 53.67 to 65.46 per cent.
- Kerala has the highest literacy rate at 93.91 per cent followed by Lakshadweep at 92.28 per cent. Bihar is at the bottom of the ladder with literacy rate of 63.82 followed by Arunachal Pradesh at 66.95.
- The density of population in the country has also increased from 325 in 2001 to 382 in 2011 in per sq km. Among the major states, Bihar occupies the first position with a density of 1106.
- The minimum population density works out in Arunachal Pradesh (17).
- The number of females per 1000 males in Haryana in 2011 stands at 879 followed by Jammu and Kashmir (889 female) and Punjab (895 females).
- Five top performing states in terms of sex ratio were Kerala (1,084 females), Tamil Nadu (996), Andhra Pradesh (993), Chhattisgarh (991), Odisha (979).
All about Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana (UDAY)
- It is the financial turnaround and revival package for electricity distribution companies of India (DISCOMs).DISCOMs in the country have accumulated losses of approximately Rs. 3.8 lakh crore and outstanding debt of approximately Rs. 4.3 lakh crore.
- Features of the scheme
o States shall take over 75% of DISCOM debt as on 30 September 2015 over two years - 50% of DISCOM debt shall be taken over in 2015-16 and 25% in 2016-17.
o Government of India will not include the debt taken over by the States as per the above scheme in the calculation of fiscal deficit of respective States in the financial years 2015-16 and 2016-17.
o States will issue non-SLR including SDL bonds in the market or directly to the respective banks / Financial Institutions (FIs) holding the DISCOM debt to the appropriate extent.
o DISCOM debt not taken over by the State shall be converted by the Banks / FIs into loans or bonds with interest rate not more than the bank's base rate plus 0.1%. Alternately, this debt may be fully or partly issued by the DISCOM as State guaranteed DISCOM bonds at the prevailing market rates which shall be equal to or less than bank base rate plus 0.1%.
o State DISCOMs will comply with the Renewable Purchase Obligation (RPO) outstanding since 1 April 2012, within a period to be decided in consultation with Ministry of Power.
o States accepting UDAY and performing as per operational milestones will be given additional / priority funding through Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY),Integrated Power Development Scheme (IPDS), Power Sector Development Fund (PSDF) or other such schemes of Ministry of Power and Ministry of New and Renewable Energy.
o The scheme was announced by Shri Piyush Goyal, Minister of State (IC) for Power, Coal & New and Renewable Energy in November 2015.
o The scheme is optional for the states to join. However eleven states have joined the scheme with Jharkhand was the first state to join.
Guys anyone knows last year when was the notification out in newspaper about recruitment like today ?
How to prepare for management part?
Kindly help
how to prepare phase 2?
I am from technical field.
Notification is out and now some looters will flood the thread/FB Pages in the name of test series. Don't fall in the trap. It's your or your parent's hard earned money. Remember it's only a test series. It's not gonna improve your conceptual knowledge in any way. Pick up the syllabus and start doing it topic wise. P.S. - I fell in the trap last year.
Tax Policy Council (TPC)
It will be headed by the Union Finance Minister and will take important policy decisions.
The TPC aims to have a consistent and coherent approach to the issue of tax policy and will look at all the research findings coming from TPRU and suggest broad policy measures for taxation.
The TPC would have nine members - Minister of State for Finance, NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman, Commerce Minister, Chief Economic Advisor and Finance Secretary. It would also have secretaries from the department of Revenue, DEA, DIPP and Ministry of Commerce.
Tax Policy Research Unit (TPRU)
The unit will be headed by an officer of the level of Chief Commissioner at functional level alternatively from CBDT and CBEC for a fixed tenure, who will directly report to Revenue Secretary.
TPRU will carry out studies on various topics of fiscal and tax policies and assist the TPC in taking appropriate policy decisions.
TPRU will prepare for every tax proposal an analysis of legislative intent, expected increase/decrease in tax collection and economic impact.
TPRU will comprise of officers from CBDT, CBEC as well as economists, statisticians, researchers and legal experts.
European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN)
- It is the birthplace of 'www' - the World Wide Web
- The touch screen widely used in smartphones was also first developed by it
- CERN was established in 1954 and is based in Geneva
- India not yet an associate member, Pakistan is.
Where the rupee comes from' (Central Government Receipts)
Direct Taxes:
- Corporation Tax: 19paise
- Income Tax: 14p
Indirect taxes:
- Service and other taxes: 9p
- Excise duty: 12p
- Customs duty: 9p
Non-tax revenue: 13p
Capital Receipts:
- Borrowings and other liabilities: 21p
- Non-Debt Capital Receipts: 3p
Can anyone please share pdf/website link for all government schemes and policies launched in the past two years. It will be of great help.
Is there anyone who is working...and planning to start prep now... n still being hopefull of making through this exam.... ??? Trying to find some solace, through honest answers
Phase 1 in the 3rd week of August and Phase 2 in the 1st week of September?? Is that right as per the trend?
Guys.. I ve not got 60% in 10th.. +2 and graduate i got more than 70,.. Am i not eligible?
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Can someone plz post link for previous years phase1 papers?
Any link for 2015 Finance and Management questions?
TIA
What was the nature of the questions in F&M?
Hello all. I m fresher just wanted to from all those who gave the phase 1 exam last year wat was the level of difficulty? Please let me know :)
guys have anyone joined preperlearnyst for phase 2 .kindly tell me how it is .is it worth to purchase it ?
How was the level of Reasoning and Quant questions if we take SBI PO difficulty as benchmark? Tougher, similar or easier?