5 hours ago WHAT IS DIGITAL ECONOMY? The digital economy refers to the economic activities that emerge from connecting individuals, businesses, devices, data and operations through digital technology. It encompasses the online connections and transactions that take place across multiple sectors and technologies, such as the internet, mobile technology, big data and information and communications technology. SIZE AND SHARE OF INDIA’S DIGITAL ECONOMY The Indian economy has been digitalising at a remarkable...
13 hours ago COUNTERVAILING DUTY Countervailing duty (CVD) is a type of import duty which a government imposes on the imports to protect it’s domestic producers from the negative impact of subsidies being given by the exporting country to their exporters or producers. CVD is thus an import tax by the importing country on imported products to counterbalance undue subsidies. WHY? Foreign governments many times provide subsidies to their producers to make their products cheaper and boost their demand in other...
1 day ago GIFFEN GOODS A Giffen good is a low-income, non-luxury product which does not have much alternatives. As a result, even if the prices of such goods increase, their demand is higher. GIffen goods therefore are the goods that do not follow the standard law of demand. As per the law of demand, the demand for a commodity falls when its prices increase. It looks logical too because in such cases when a commodity is getting costlier, people would shift to other cheaper alternatives. But what would...
