5 Best UPI Apps in India:
Finance

5 Best UPI Apps in India: 'Savings' ain't your cup of tea

In this fast-paced 21st century, there isn’t a single household that doesn’t own a smartphone. And if you own a smartphone, what is the one thing you do even before downloading various shopping apps? You install a unified payments interface (UPI) payment app. The UPI app has come a long way, from people being scared to even install the app to the ‘tu mu chala chottyein, Google Pay ab har jagah chalta hai’. 

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What is MCLR?
Finance

What is MCLR?

The marginal cost of funds-based lending rate, or MCLR, is a benchmark interest rate that is the lowest rate at which banks can lend. MCLR went into effect in 2016, basically replacing the base rate structure that had been in place previously.

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ONDC: How it will Impact Indian Online Retailers?
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ONDC: How it will Impact Indian Online Retailers?

No matter how hard the Government pushes the "buy local" message, your superficial need to wear "popular namebrands" will keep killing local businesses forever. Such a shame!

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Digital Currency in India
Finance

Digital Currency in India

The current news cycle about a new cryptocurrency bill scheduled to be proposed in parliament has caused a lot of uncertainty. Initially, it sparked a wave of panic trading among cryptocurrency buyers as fears of a probable ban grew.

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Top Government Schemes for Startups and MSMEs in India
Startups

Top Government Schemes for Startups and MSMEs in India

Startup India, Standup India! No no this is not just a slogan, these are actual government schemes in which the government is providing a lot of benefits to startups and MSMEs registered in India.

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Everything about Fiat Currency
Finance

Everything about Fiat Currency

We would often hear our grandparents say that when they were kids, they would get a coin of 25 paise to buy ice cream cones for the whole family. Then, our parents said that they got ₹2 coins to buy those cones. Today, we buy those for ₹50.  It is fascinating how price of a single commodity could take so many shapes, literally. 25 paise coins were round and small. ₹2 coins are a bit bigger. And the ₹50, well, they are no circular metal thing but a piece of rectangular paper.  Ever wondered how they came into existence? How they evolved? What are they backed by? How can a piece of paper hold monetary value? 

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How Does the Government Control Inflation?
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How Does the Government Control Inflation?

A group of robbers entered the minting unit of a country. There were many people inside the unit. The group held all of them hostage. They stayed there for days and started printing money. They printed thousands of currency notes; then millions, then billions. Finally, they stopped at €2.4 billion. And escaped.

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What is Decentralization in Blockchain?
Finance

What is Decentralization in Blockchain?

Decentralization is a term we all have heard of very early in our life. Little did we know the meaning of it back then. Today, decentralisation is a concept that works the complete Web 3.0 technology like the blockchain.

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What is black money and how does it work?
Finance

What is black money and how does it work?

What do we talk about when we talk about black money and money laundering? Well, in India, it has to start with Vijay Mallya, Kingfisher and then gradually move on to Nirav Modi and his uncle, Mehul Choksi. “With all the kaala dhan they must have stashed in the Swiss Banks, at least 3 of their generations wouldn't have to do any labour!” - being the hackneyed dialogue. 

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Taper Tantrum: Everything You Need to Know
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Taper Tantrum: Everything You Need to Know

If you are somewhere connected to the financial industry, you must have gone through this term taper tantrum, haven’t you? You are at the right place to find out everything about taper tantrums. Let’s dive in and decipher this topic. But to understand this term, we need to understand the history of this term as well as what tapering is?

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What is Stagflation?
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What is Stagflation?

Economics is the study of commercial activity in an area specifically a country and how the money flows in a country or the value of goods and services produced, distributed and consumed, inflation, cost, industry, demand & supply, per capita income, national income, stages of development in a country and trust me, a lottttttt more! 🤯🤯🤯  It's not wrong to say that economics at its very core is the study of people. Where you can find out what macro and micro factors affect the dynamics of a country. 

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How Gujarat Became the Pharma Hub of India
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How Gujarat Became the Pharma Hub of India

The Covid19 pandemic added some new words to our everyday vocabulary, ‘vaccine’  and ‘jabbed’ being the relevant ones. Team Covishield or Covaxin? Which one are you?

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The Highlights of Union Budget 2022-2023
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The Highlights of Union Budget 2022-2023

Urban Development, Hardcore Digitalization, Sustainable living, Paperless Economy, Artificial Intelligence, and record GST collections. That’s it, my friend, we are talking about the Union Budget 2022-2023 which has been announced by the Honourable Finance Minister. 

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What to expect from The Union Budget 2022
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What to expect from The Union Budget 2022

That time of the year has come when Prime Minister & Finance Minister have started meetings with industry leaders, top entrepreneurs and such, in order to gather their feedback on the state of the economy. Yes, you guessed it right. The Union Budget is around the corner. 

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How Coca-Cola killed Thums up
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How Coca-Cola killed Thums up

It all began in India in the early 1950s; the country was newly released from the shackles of British Rule- free & ready to grow. A company from far away in Atlanta had its eyes on the Indian market wanting to introduce a new style of beverage intending to take over the Indian beverage industry by storm. The company was... Drum rolls… COCA-COLA!

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Top 5 PSU Stocks to Invest in India
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Top 5 PSU Stocks to Invest in India

Usually, when we hear of PSUs, we believe that these companies are inefficient and lag in quality standards. The fear of these blocking the scarce resources of the country prevails, but there are always exceptions! Some of them function much better than private organizations and aim at societal development, making billions of cash every year. Which is why, strategically investing in these PSUs can prove to be good long-term investments.

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How to Invest in Government Bonds?
Stock Market

How to Invest in Government Bonds?

Stock market entices pretty much every individual on this planet, and why shouldn’t it? After all, it offers far better returns than any other investment avenue in the regulated markets. However, not many people have a heart of steel to deal with the vigorous palpitations that it sets out due to fluctuations in share prices. So, is there any other option that we can tap on?

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e-RUPI : Can it revamp India’s Public Distribution System?
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e-RUPI : Can it revamp India’s Public Distribution System?

Ever thought, what if the government gives us money for the vaccine instead of providing vaccines for free?

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