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  2. Public Provident Fund (India) - Wikipedia

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    The Public Provident Fund (PPF) is a voluntary savings-cum-tax-reduction social security instrument in India, [1] introduced by the National Savings Institute of the Ministry of Finance in 1968. The scheme's main objective is to mobilize small savings for social security during uncertain times by offering an investment with reasonable returns ...

  3. Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport - Wikipedia

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    The EPF is able to transport U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps company-sized units with their vehicles, or can be reconfigured to become a troop transport for an infantry battalion. [9] The EPF has a flight deck for helicopters and a load ramp that will allow vehicles to quickly drive on and off the ship. The ramp is suitable for the types of ...

  4. National Pension System - Wikipedia

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    National Pension System, like PPF and EPF, is an EEE (Exempt-Exempt-Exempt) instrument in India where the entire corpus escapes tax at maturity and the entire pension withdrawal amount is tax-free. [3]

  5. Exposure at default - Wikipedia

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    Exposure at default or (EAD) is a parameter used in the calculation of economic capital or regulatory capital under Basel II for a banking institution. It can be defined as the gross exposure under a facility upon default of an obligor. [1] Outside of Basel II, the concept is sometimes known as Credit Exposure (CE). It represents the immediate ...

  6. Z-test - Wikipedia

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    To calculate the standardized statistic = (¯), we need to either know or have an approximate value for σ 2, from which we can calculate =. In some applications, σ 2 is known, but this is uncommon. If the sample size is moderate or large, we can substitute the sample variance for σ 2 , giving a plug-in test.

  7. Railgun - Wikipedia

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    The first shipboard tests was to be from a railgun installed on an Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport (EPF), but this was later changed to land based testing. [ 94 ] Though the 23 lb projectiles have no explosives, their Mach 7 velocity gives them 32 megajoules of energy, but impact kinetic energy downrange will typically be 50 ...

  8. National Superannuation Fund - Wikipedia

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    The National Provident Fund (NPF) of Papua New Guinea was established in 1980. However, following severe financial losses in the 1990s as a result of fraud, corruption and mismanagement, the NPF was privatised in 2002 and its assets divested to NASFUND.

  9. Social Security System (Philippines) - Wikipedia

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    Historical marker installed in 2008 at the SSS head office in Quezon City. President Manuel Roxas, to give relief to the people who were facing difficulties in the post-war period, called on the legislators to create a social security program in his State of the Nation Address in January 1948 but he died without passing the bill.