About
How we work
Plainomics explains money, company and compliance words for people who are new to them. This page sets out how every explainer is built, checked and corrected.
What every explainer has
- A one-line answer. The term in simple words, in one sentence, before anything else.
- A short story. One fictional chai stall that grows into a listed company. The characters and numbers stay the same across every explainer, so the terms connect. The story is invented; the rules it illustrates are not.
- The grown-up version. The precise definition, the formula where there is one, and the rule that requires it (for example the Companies Act, SEBI LODR, Ind AS or BRSR).
- Spot it in the wild. A screenshot from a real Indian annual report, with the page number and a link to the filed document.
- A three-question quiz, common mix-ups, related terms and, where it helps, a short Hindi section.
How we check facts
- Primary sources first. Rules come from the regulator: SEBI, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, ICAI, RBI and the stock exchanges. Company examples come from the company's own filed report.
- Page references. Every real-report example names the company, the report and the page, so you can check it yourself.
- Sources are listed at the end of each explainer.
The quality bar
We don't call an explainer finished until it has all three of these:
- a page from a real Indian annual report or filing, with the lines that matter circled and the page number, so you can find it yourself;
- an original illustration of Sameer and Riya living through that moment;
- a check of every rule against its primary source, such as the Companies Act, the SEBI regulation or the accounting standard, with links at the end of the page.
Analytics and your privacy
We use Google's analytics tools, loaded through Google Tag Manager, to count visits and see which explainers people find useful. They may set cookies in your browser. We don't ask for your name or email, we don't run ads, and we don't sell data. You can block these cookies in your browser settings and the site will work just the same.
How we use AI
- AI tools may help with research and first drafts.
- A person writes and edits every explainer by hand, and checks every figure, rule and page reference against the source before it is published.
- Our illustrations are made with AI image tools from our own character designs, then checked and edited by hand.
- We don't run an automated publishing pipeline.
Independence
- No paid placements. Companies don't pay to appear as an example.
- No advice. Our content is for learning only. It isn't investment, tax, legal or accounting advice.
Corrections
A corrections address will be listed here at launch.
- We check every error report against the source.
- If we got it wrong, we fix the explainer and add a dated note saying what changed.
- When a rule changes, we update every explainer that uses it.