Tax on imports is an example of trade barrier. It is called a barrier because some restriction has been set up. Governments can use trade barriers to increase or decrease (regulate) foreign trade...

The consumer movement arose out of dissatisfaction of the consumers as many unfair practices were being indulged in by the sellers. There was no legal system available to consumers to protect...

It is difficult for us to imagine a world without printed matter. We find evidence of print everywhere around us – in books, journals, newspapers, prints of famous paintings, and also in everyday...

Northern Ireland has been a site of a violent and bitter ethno-political conflict. Its population is divided into two major sects of Christianity: 53% are Protestants, while 44% are Roman...

caste division is special to India. All societies have some kind of social inequality and some form of division of labour. In most societies, occupations are passed on from one generation to...

Infant Mortality Rate (or IMR) indicates the number of children that die before the age of one year as a proportion of 1000 live children born in that particular year.Literacy Rate measures the...

Rules and regulations are required for the protection of the consumers in the marketplace. Individual consumers often find themselves in a weak position.Exploitation in the marketplace...