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In 2008, Barbados had a GDP (PPP) of $5.466 billion, a GDP (official exchange rate) of $3.777 billion, a GDP real growth rate of 1.5%, and a per capita PPP of $19,300. The GDP was composed of the following sectors: agriculture 6%, industry 16%, and services 78% (2000 est.)
Old Pension Scheme (OPS) in India was abolished as a part of pension reforms by Union Government.Repealed from 1 January 2004, it had a defined-benefit (DB) pension of half the Last Pay Drawn (LPD) at the time of retirement along with components like Dearness Allowances (DA) etc. OPS was an unfunded pension scheme financed on a pay-as-you-go (PAYG) basis in which current revenues of the ...
CIA activities in Guatemala. The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has a history of interference in the government of Guatemala over the course of several decades. Guatemala is bordered by the North Pacific Ocean and the Gulf of Honduras (also known as the Caribbean Sea ). The four bordering countries are Mexico, El Salvador, Honduras and ...
Credit card debt is ballooning. U.S. credit card debt and other types of revolving loans surpassed $1 trillion in August, with outstanding balances on bank cards climbing 18.1 percent above where ...
The economy of Trinidad and Tobago is the third wealthiest in the Caribbean and the fifth-richest by GDP (PPP) per capita in the Americas. [17] Trinidad and Tobago is recognised as a high-income economy by the World Bank. Unlike most of the English-speaking Caribbean, the country's economy is primarily industrial, [18] with an emphasis on ...
Pay Commission. Pay Commission is India's central government organisation set up by Government of India, which gives its recommendations regarding changes in salary structure of its employees. It was set up in 1947 and since India's Independence, seven pay commissions have been set up on a regular basis to review and make recommendations on the ...