SYLLABUS OF RBI GRADE 'B' EXAMINATION


Introduction

RBI conducts recruitment for Grade B officers.

Syllabus

Paper-I - Economic and social Issues:



Growth and Development – Measurement of growth: National Income and per capita income – Poverty Alleviation and Employment Generation in India – Sustainable Development and Environmental issues. Economic Reforms in India – Industrial and Labour Policy – Monetary and Fiscal Policy – Privatization – Role of Economic Planning. Globalization – Opening up of the Indian Economy – Balance of Payments, Export-Import Policy – International Economic Institutions – IMF and World Bank – WTO – Regional Economic Co-operation. Social Structure in India – Multiculturalism – Demographic Trends – Urbanization and Migration – Gender Issues – Social Justice : Positive Discrimination in favor of the under privileged – Social Movements – Indian Political System – Human Development – Social Sectors in India, Health and Education.




Suggested reference material:


Books:

  1. Indian Economy: Uma Kapila.(Series of Books)
  2. Indian Economy: Mishra Puri. (Latest Edition)
  3. Growth And Development: Devraj Ray
  4. Sociology: C.N. Shankar Rao


News Papers:

  1. Economic Times
  2. Hindu
  3. Business Standard

Weekly/Monthly Magazines/Bulletins /Reports:

  1. Economic and Political Weekly
  2. Southern Economist
  3. Yojana
  4. Business India
  5. RBI Bulletins


Reports:

  1. World Development Report
  2. Economic Survey of India

Paper-II -English (Writing Skills):




The paper on English shall be framed in a manner to assess the writing skills including expression and understanding of the topic.


Paper-III -Finance and Management:




(I) Finance




(a) Financial System

  1. Regulators of Banks and Financial Institutions
  2. Reserve Bank of India- functions and conduct of monetary policy, Banking System in India, Financial Institutions – SIDBI, EXIM, NABARD, NHB, etc.

(b) Financial Markets




Primary and Secondary Markets (Forex, Money, Bond, Equity,etc.), functions, instruments, recent developments.


(c) General Topics



  1. Risk Management in Banking Sector
  2. Basics of Derivatives: Forward, Futures and Swap
  3. Changing Landscape of Banking sector
  4. Recent Developments in the Financial Sector, Portfolio Investment, Public Sector Reforms, Disinvestments
  5. Financial Inclusion- use of technology
  6. Alternate source of finance, private and social cost-benefit, Public-Private Partnership
  7. Corporate Governance in Banking Sector, role of e-governance in addressing the issues of corruption and inefficiency in the government sector.
  8. The Union Budget – Direct and Indirect taxes; Non-tax sources of Revenue, GST, Thirteenth Finance Commission and GST, Finance Commission, Fiscal Policy, Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act (FRBM),
  9. Inflation: Definition, trends, estimates, consequences, and remedies (control): WPI, CPI - components and trends.


Suggested reference material:

  1. An introduction to Economics – A W Stonier and D C Hauge
  2. Monetary Theory and Public Policy – Kenneth Kurihara
  3. Indian Economy – Mishra and Puri
  4. Indian Economy – R. Dutt and KPM Sundaram
  5. Economic Growth and Development – Mayer and Baldwin
  6. Major economic newspapers and Economic and Political Weekly
  7. Public Finance – K K Andley and Sundaram
  8. Financial Management – Prasanna Chandra


(II) Management:




Management: its nature and scope; The Management Processes; Planning, Organisation, Staffing, Directing and Controlling; The Role of a Manager in an Organisation. Leadership: The Tasks of a Leader; Leadership Styles; Leadership Theories; A successful Leader versus an effective Leader. Human Resource Development: Concept of HRD; Goals of HRD; Performance Appraisal – Potential appraisal and development – Feedback and Performance Counselling – Career Planning – Training and Development – Rewards – Employee Welfare. Motivation, Morale and Incentives: Theories of Motivation; How Managers Motivate; Concept of Morale; Factors determining morale; Role of Incentives in Building up Morale.

Communication: Steps in the Communication Process; Communication Channels; Oral versus Written Communication; Verbal versus non-verbal Communication; upward, downward and lateral communication; Barriers to Communication, Role of Information Technology. Corporate Governance: Factors affecting Corporate Governance; Mechanisms of Corporate Governance.

The questions on this section will be basic in nature.






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