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...................................................................................................................................................... 8 1.2 INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING (IPO)................................................................................................................................................. 8 1.3 CROSS BORDER INSOLVENCY AND UNCITRAL .............................................................................................................................. 9 1.4 LIBERALISED REMITTANCE SCHEME ........................................................................................................................................... 10 1.5 GOODS AND SERVICE TAX NETWORK (GSTN) ............................................................................................................................ 10 1.6 MARGINAL COST OF FUNDS BASED LENDING RATE (MCLR) .......................................................................................................... 11 1.7 BANK BOARDS BUREAU .......................................................................................................................................................... 12 1.8 REGIONAL RURAL BANKS (RRB) .............................................................................................................................................. 12 1.9 FUGITIVE ECONOMIC OFFENDERS ORDINANCE ............................................................................................................................ 13 1.10 RUPAY CARD AND NATIONAL PAYMENT CORPORATION OF INDIA .................................................................................................... 14 1.11 WHOLESALE PRICE INDEX (WPI).............................................................................................................................................. 15 1.12 CABINET COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC AFFAIRS (CCEA) ................................................................................................................ 16 1.13 PUBLIC CREDIT REGISTRY ......................................................................................................................................................... 16 1.14 MONETARY POLICY COMMITTEE .............................................................................................................................................. 17 1.15 WITHHOLDING TAX ............................................................................................................................................................... 18 1.16 BASEL III NORMS .................................................................................................................................................................. 18 2 World Affairs ............................................................................................................................................ 18 2.1 INTEREST GROUPS IN WTO .................................................................................................................................................... 18 2.2 UNITED NATIONS RELIEF AND WORKS AGENCY (UNRWA)........................................................................................................... 19 2.3 COUNTERING AMERICA’S ADVERSARIES THROUGH SANCTIONS ACT (CAATSA)................................................................................. 20 2.4 GLOBAL SOLAR BANK AND INTERNATIONAL SOLAR ALLIANCE ......................................................................................................... 20 2.5 FEED IN TARIFFS.................................................................................................................................................................... 21 2.6 INDIAN TECHNICAL AND ECONOMIC COOPERATION (ITEC) PROGRAMME ........................................................................................ 22 2.7 FINANCIAL ACTION TASK FORCE (FATF) .................................................................................................................................... 22 2.8 ASIAN INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT BANK (AIIB) ..................................................................................................................... 23 2.9 ORGANISATION OF PETROLEUM EXPORTING COUNTRIES ............................................................................................................... 23 2.10 INTERNATIONAL YOGA DAY ..................................................................................................................................................... 25 2.11 UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ................................................................................................................................................. 25 2.12 INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES (ICD-11)............................................................................................................... 25 2.13 SAARC DEVELOPMENT FUND ................................................................................................................................................. 26 2.14 ORGANISATION FOR THE PROHIBITION OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS (OPCW) ....................................................................................... 26 2.15 BIMSTEC (BAY OF BENGAL INITIATIVE FOR MULTI-SECTORAL TECHNICAL AND ECONOMIC COOPERATION) .......................................... 27 2.16 UN SECURITY COUNCIL .......................................................................................................................................................... 28 2.17 G7 BLOCK ........................................................................................................................................................................... 29 2.18 SHANGHAI CO-OPERATION ORGANISATION ................................................................................................................................ 29 3 Geography ................................................................................................................................................ 30 3.1 SEYCHELLES.......................................................................................................................................................................... 30 3.2 MONGOLIA .........................................................................................................................................................................