See also: NBFC crisis in India Background In 1987 IL&FS was formed by three financial institutions, Central Bank of India, Housing Development Finance Corporation (HDFC) and Unit Trust of India (UTI), to provide loans for major infrastructure projects. After few years two big international institutions, namely Mitsubishi (through Orix corporation Japan) and the Abu Dhabi […]
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A Non Banking Financial Institution or Non Banking financial company is a financial Institution that does not have a full banking license and not regulated as stringent as Banks are. They provide banking and financial services like loans, credit facilities, retirement planning, investing and stocking in money market. Example – Muthoot Finance, LIC Housing Finance,
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Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry releases the FDI Policy Circular whenever there is a big change in the FDI policy of the government. In this article, you will find concise information regarding FDI allowed in various sector. This information becomes handy in Exams like RBI GRADE B, UGC
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Background: USA has imposed sanctions on Iran which covers Iran’s energy and banking sector and disallowed any countries to deal with Iran in these two sectors USA has granted exemptions to the eight countries including India, China, Italy, Japan, Turkey, South Korea, Greece, Taiwan from the sanctions. US has also said that these two Asian
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It is estimated that imports bill of electronics will overtake the imports bill of oil by 2022 in India; only 30-40% of the electronic products are manufactured domestically. Indian electronics industry is one of the largest and fastest growing industries in the world. In 2015, despite global slowdown it reached a market value of $75
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Indian Rupee standing against Dollar is not hidden from anybody – Crashing day by day. See the above chart. Presently Dollar value is hovering between Rupee 73 and Rupee 74. It was somewhere around Rupee 59 in May 2014. From there it has climbed to around 74 during the recent time (a jump of around
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Decision/ Observation Kept Policy rates unchanged to previous level Repo rate = 6.5% Reverse Repo rate = 6.25% MSF rate = Bank Rate = 6.75% LAF corridor = 0.25% Policy Rate Corridor = 0.5% Stance -> Calibrated Tightening. GDP growth projection retained at 7.4% as was on August (3rd) Monetary Policy. Lowered inflation projection for
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ArticlesIn this article, we will try to understand what is REPO, Reverse REPO, Bank Rate and then we will discuss relationship among them. This is important to understand not only from exam perspective ( RBI Grade B, UPSC- CSE, and other banking exams) but to comprehend the basic economy news. Repo Rate and Reverse Repo
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Articles, BankingRecently RBI has announced its 2nd monetary policy for FY 2018-19. It has increase Policy rate and takes a neutral stance. These are important information, but from exam perspective (exams like RBI Grade B, UPSC) the background of these policies are important. Few questions which has been asked in UPSC CSE prelims and RBI Grade B
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Banking, Current Affairs, RBI - Grade B, SchemesOn April 18, 2018 , N. S. Vishwanathan, Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India delivered a speech at National Institute of Bank Management, Pune. His title of speech was “It is not Business as Usual for Lenders and Borrowers” . in his speech he has talked about the new circular of February 12, 2018 (Resolution
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Banking, RBI Speeches(You may watch the video describing this article on https://youtu.be/EDvDqrjOovs) Background Whenever a river passes through more than two states there are very high chances of dispute on water sharing. To handle this type of inter-state water dispute there is an Interstate River Water Dispute Act, 1956. This was enacted during the time of reorganization of
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Articles, Governance and PoliticalFlipkart-Walmart deal: Biggest e-commerce deal so far Walmart has bought 77% stake in Flipkart for around $16 Bn valuing the whole Company for around $20 Bn. It is the largest deal in e-commerce industry or perhaps the largest Merger are Acquisition (M&A) deal in India. Another deal of that level is acquisition of Essar oil
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ArticlesHello Students, We have receiving lot of queries regarding eligibility criteria and a particular degree requirement for RBI Grade b exam. Some of these queries are listed below Is it necessary to be from IIT or IIM to crack the RBI Grade B? I am a BTech and have an MBA in finance, but not
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ArticlesGeneral Awareness is the most important part of any exam and RBI Grade B and NBARD is not an exception. Further in term of time efficiency during preparation and during the exam it is the most efficient section. With the following strategy, you can get at least 60% of marks in GA by studying just
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Banking Reforms Road-map is released by Ministry of Finance A report titled “Responsive & Responsible PSBs Banking Reforms Road-map for a New India” AIM: EASE – Enhanced Access and Service Excellence, Bank recapitalization plan for Public Sector Banks (PSBs) announced in October 2017. Under this plan 2.11 lakh, Crore of Capital will be infused Banks.
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The Indian banking system, which is dominated by Public Sector Banks or PSBs, will need to get over with the problem of stressed assets soon, to attain a sustainable growth path in the coming future. Debt contract embedded in bank loans in India has been continuously losing its sanctity, especially where the borrowing is large.
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English section in competition exams like RBI Grade B, Nabard, CAT or MBA entrance is divided into following sub-sections. Essay writing Importance of essay writing: Very strong weight-age in RBI Grade B, Nabard and UPSC. Topic of the essay is mostly related to current events of national importance. Economics survey and budget will give an
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ArticlesHello Students, Union budget 2018 and Economics Survey 2017-18 is one of the most important things to cover for aspirants sitting for competitive exams like UPSC Civil Services, RBI Grade B, Nabard, IBPS/SBI (PO, Clerk, SO) and SSC-CGL. You can easily get 5-6 direct questions from Union budget 2018 speech in any exam. Check: Study
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The economic survey is an annual document of the finance ministry. This document is review of the Indian economy over the previous 12 months. It summarize the performance of major development programs and highlights the policy initiatives of the government of India. It gives a detailed account of the state of the economy, prospects and
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ArticlesXamnation, in collaboration with Maharaja Agrasen Institute of Technology (MAIT), organized a career counseling seminar on Monday (19/3/2018). The seminar was attended by faculties, students and employees of the institute. Prof. Aradhana Metha, Director Maharaja Agrasen Institute of Technology (MAIT) said that this seminar will provide comprehensive guidance to the students for planning their career
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