Indian Economy Questions

Sales tax is an additional amount of money you pay based on a percentage of the selling price of goods and services that are purchased.

For example, if you purchase a new laptop Rs. 40000 and live in an area where the sales tax is 6%, you would pay Rs.2400 in sales tax.

An improvement in technology would shift the supply curve rightward.

Consumption is the largest component of GDP.

Money spent by the government on government programs such as road work, electricity work, manhole, etc... that are aiming to contribute to the nation's social welfare in long and short term are referred to as Goverment Expenditures.

The federal government debt is equal to the sum of past budget deficits minus the sum of past budget surpluses.

Airtel Payments Bank is the first payment bank in India. A payments bank is a new category of banks conceptualized by the Reserve Bank of India, which operates at a smaller scale than an actual bank and doesn't involve any credit risk. It can carry out most banking operations but can't advance loans or issue credit cards.

The RBI as of date has given licences to 11 payments bank of which six are currently operational. These include

1. Aditya Birla Payments Bank,
2. Airtel Payments Bank,
3. India Post Payments Bank,
4. Fino Payments Bank,
5. Jio Payments Bank (and)
6. Paytm Payments Bank.