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Apr 27, 2011

How to calculate GDP (PPP) and GDP nominal?

[caption id="" align="alignright" width="119" caption="Image via Wikipedia"][/caption] Take a basket of commodities (like 1 kg sugar,wh...

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Apr 27, 2011

Why use GDP (nominal) instead of GDP (PPP) when comparing two nations?

For example: In India majority of people are poor, and receive subsidized grains (like 1 kilo rice for 3 Rs, kerosene etc. from PDS shops...

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Apr 27, 2011

[Banking in India] History

Banking in India started with setting up of two banks in the last decades of the 18th century. The banks were:-        1.  The General B...

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Apr 27, 2011

[Banking in India] Story of State Bank of India

Note: I am starting with a series on Banking in India. Will try to include everything regarding Indian Banking System that is necessary f...

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Apr 26, 2011

An answer from a genius

The following is an actual question given on a University of Washington chemistry mid-term exam. The answer by one student was so "profou...

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Apr 26, 2011

Corporate Social Responsibility

# Copied from my notes on Facebook, few things might have changed in between. Verify them!! Official definition of CSR The World Busine...

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Apr 26, 2011

Food security related statistics for India

The Global Hunger Index released by International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) places India 67th in rankings with a score of 2...

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Apr 26, 2011

What's wrong with our post-harvest agricultural supply chain?

Read this story:- http://goo.gl/xZMgK Excerpts:- The linkage between the farmer and the consumer that exists now is not only inefficient...

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Apr 25, 2011

[Book Review] Ancient India in Historical Outline by D.N. Jha

[caption id="" align="alignright" width="140"] [/caption] [caption][/captionIt is a wonderful book for those who want to read and underst...

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Apr 25, 2011

[Book Review] More Salt Than Pepper by Karan Thapar

[caption id="" align="alignright" width="129"] [/caption] If you have missed Karan Thapar's articles in HT either because of you were not...

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