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Appointments |
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| Chairman of Bankers Board Bureau | Bhanu Pratap Sharma |
| Re-designated as MD and CEO of Kotak Mahindra Bank | Uday Kotak |
| MD and CEO of Jio Payments Bank | H Srikrishnan |
| MD and CEO of Bandhan Bank | Chandra Shekar Ghosh |
| Executive Director of Canara Bank | Debashish Mukherjee |
| Executive Director of Vijaya Bank | Murali Ramaswami |
| Group Chief Risk Officer of Punjab National Bank | A K Pradhan |
| Additional Independent Director of ICICI Bank | Radhakrishnan Nair |
| MD and CEO of NPCI – National Payments Corporation of India | Dilip Asbe |
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| Non-Executive Chairman of NPCI | Biswamohan Mohapatra |
| Chairman of Insurance Regulatory Development Authority | Subhash Chandra Khuntia |
| Private Banking Head of HDFC Bank | Rakesh Singh |
| Chairman of Federal Reserve | Jerome H Powell |
| Governor of Bank of Japan | Haruhiko Kuroda |
| Governor of People’s Bank of China | Yi Gang |
| MD and CEO of SBI Life | Sanjeev Nautiyal |
| MD and CEO of ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Co Ltd | Sandeep Bakhshi |
| Chairman of Boao Forum | Ban-Ki-Moon |
| Chairman of NASSCOM 2018-19 | Rashid Premji |
| President of NASSCOM 2018-19 | Debjani Ghosh |
| Vice Chairman of NASSCOM 2018-19 | Keshav R Murugesh |
| MD and CEO of India Infrastructure Finance Company Ltd | Pankaj Jain |
| MD and CEO of Indian Clearing Corporation Ltd | Devika Shah |
| MD and CEO of Security Printing and Minting Corporation of India | S Selva Kumar |
| Secretary General of FICCI | Dilip Chenoy |
| CEO of Ayushman Bharat Mission | Indu Bhushan |
| MD and CEO of SBI Card | Hardayal Prasad |
| MD and CEO of NCDEX | Vijay Kumar |
| Full time member of 15th Finance Commission | Ashok Lahiri |
| CEO of Reliance Asset Reconstruction Company | Ravindra Rao |
| Chairman of World Business Council for Sustainable Development | Sunny Verghese |
| MD for India Operations of USIBC | Ambika Sharma |
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Awards |
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| FICCI Ladies Organization – FLO Awards – Banking and Finance | Chanda Kochhar MD and CEO ICICI Bank |
| India Business Leader Awards – State of the Year Award | Chhattisgarh |
| Banco Award for Best Performing Bank | Bhuj Mercantile Cooperative Bank |
| National Intellectual Property Award 2018 | CSIR |
| PM Narendra Modi’s Excellence Award for promoting digital payments | Budgam District of Jammu and Kashmir |
| Best center in India for integrated farming model | Krishi Vignan Kendra, Kanker Dist Chhattisgarh |
| Water Digest Award – for best water conservation and increasing irrigation capacity | Chhattisgarh |
| Golden Peacock Award for Corporate Social Resposibility | Reliance Industries |
| Most Ethical Company in 2018 – Ethisphere Institute | Tata Steel |
| Awards at World Government Summit 2018 in Dubai | Best m-Government Service Award ”UMANG APP” Best Emerging Technology Award Aadhar |
| Startup of the Year 2017 at 7th Small Business Awards 2017 |
Milk Basket |
| Crystal Award – World Economic Forum meet in Daos | Sharukh Khan |
| Excellent Woman of Excellence Award – World Economic Forum |
Bisha Bhalla |
Current Affairs related to Banking and Economy – National and International
| Bank which has launched second version of interactive humanoid IRA 2.0 in its branch in Bangalore | HDFC Bank |
| Indian bank which is going to invest Rs 80 billion in 900 MW Arun III hydroelectric power project of Nepal | State Bank of India |
| First Indian Bank to receive SWIFTs new cross border payment service | ICICI Bank |
| Which Indian bank has announced to exit operations from South Africa in February 2018 | Bank of Baroda |
| India’s first USD 600 Million Medium Term Note Bond on IndiaINX launched by which bank in february 2018 | YES Bank |
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Which bank has tied up with rajasthan government to promote and nurture startups in the state |
HDFC Bank |
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| NABARD along with which Indian bank is promoting 2400 Joint Liability Groups in select districts of west bengal | State Bank of India |
| Which of the following banks has signed an MoU with Indian Army for defence salary package in April 2018 | Axis Bank |
| Government of India is going to initiate steps to acquire 100% stake of Reserve Bank of India in which regulator | National Housing Bank |
| Common Service Centre has tied up with which bank to run micro enterprises promotion programme in115 aspirational districts of the country | Small Industries Development Bank of India |
| Which all banks have tied up with National e-Repository Limited for offering pledge finance against | HDFC and ICICI Bank |
| Bank which has recently celebrated its 124th foundation day | Punjab National Bank |
| As per the recent Brand Trust Report 2018 by Trust Research Advisory which is the Most Valuable Private Sector Bank in India | ICICI Bank |
| As per the recent Brand Trust Report 2018 by Trust Research Advisory which is the Most Valuable Bank in India | State Bank of India |
| Banks which have tied up with NeSL (National e-Repository Services Ltd) for information utility services | Indian Overseas Bank, Punjab National bank and Bank of India |
| Which bank has tied up with National Housing Bank for implementing Rural Housing Interest Subsidy Scheme | Indian Overseas Bank |
| Which bank has implemented a scheme to provide credit cards to farmers with interest rates much lower than the normal credit cards | State Bank of India |
| Which bank has launched agenda 25#25 which aims to create a favourable startup environment for women entrepreneurs in India | YES Bank |
| Bank which launched home loans linked to 90 day Treasury Bill | Citi Bank |
| RBI imposed restriction on which of the following banks from not taking up new credit exposure | Dena Bank |
| Which Indian Bank has extended a USD 500 Million loan to ECOWAS bank for Investment and Development for various fund development projects in Africa | EXIM Bank of India |
| Outstanding Contribution to Media and Communication Industry and Indian Brand Builder Award by Advertising Agencies Assiciation of India | MD and CEO of YES Bank Rana Kapoor |
| Company which tied up with Indian Medical Association for launching exclusive Doctor’s Credit Card in March 2018 | SBI Card |
| Government of India signed a loan agreement of USD 420 million with which international organization for implementing projects for the benefit of small and marginal farmers in marathwada and vidarbha regions of maharashtra | International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank) |
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| PNB housing finance limited has tied up with which International Organization for raising USD 800 million for green and affordable housing in India | International Finance Corporation (an arm of World Bank) |
| Which International Organization is providing USD 440 Million loan to Mahindra Renewables Pvt Ltd, Acme Group and Actis LLP for rewa solar park in Madhya Pradesh | International Finance Corporation a unit of World Bank Group |
| Which International Organization has approved increase in its paid in capital by USD 13 Billion | World Bank International Finance Corporation – 5.5 Billion International Bank for Reconstruction and Development – 7.5 Billion |
| Government of India has signed a loan agreement of USD 210 million with which International Organization for rural road connectivity project in Madhya Pradesh | World Bank |
| Government of India signed a loan agreement of USD 125 Million with which International Organization for Innovate in India for Inclusiveness Project | World Bank |
| Government of India signed a loan agreement of USD 120 million with which International organization for water supply programme in peri urban areas of Uttarakhand | World Bank |
| Government of India has signed a USD 250 Million (USD 125 Million as Loan) agreement with which International Organization for National Biopharma Mission | World Bank |
| Which International Organization has sanctioned a loan amount of USD 48 Million to Meghalaya Community-led Landscape Management | World Bank |
| Indian Waterways Authority of India has signed a loan agreement of USD 375 Million with which International Organization for enhancing navigation on National Waterway -1 from Varanasi to Haldia | World Bank |
| Government of India signed as USD 200 million loan agreement with which international organization for implementation of National Nutrition Mission in 315 districts across all states and UTs | World Bank |
| India has recently joined which International Organization as its 69th member | European Bank for Reconstruction and Development |
| Indian Renewable energy development agency has signed a loan agreement with which International Organization for second line of credit to provide funds for energy efficiency projects in India | European Investment Bank |
| Government of India signed USD 120 Million loan agreement with which international organization for improving rail infrastructure in the country | Asian Development Bank |
| Government of India has signed a USD 80 Million loan agreement with which International Organization to modernize technical and vocational training institutions in Himachal Pradesh | Asian Development Bank |
| Government of India signed a loan agreement of USD 250 million with which International Organization for rural road projects in WB, Odisha, MP, Assam and Chhattisgarh under PM Gram Sadak Yojana | Asian Development Bank |
| Which International Organization is going to launch first US dollar denomination bond in June 2018 | Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank |
| Which International Organization has signed a loan agreement of Rs 500 Crore with government of India for installation of Intelligent Transport System in Chennai, Tamilnadu | Japan International Cooperation Agency |
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| Which foreign country bank has introduced India- dedicated publicly offered investment fund | ICBC Bank |
| Which payments bank has become the first bank to register 100 Million KYC Wallets in April 2018 | Paytm Payments Bank |
| Payments Bank which launched Tap Card – an offline payments solution to its customers recently in May 2018 | Paytm Payments Bank |
| Payments Bank which has commenced operations in April 2018 and is joint venture with state bank of India | Jio Payments Bank |
| Which Small Finance Bank has commenced Operations in march 2018 headquartered at Bangalore | Jana Small Finance Bank |
| Which small finance bank has rolled out selfesavings bank account – a digital savings account in February 2018 | Equitas Small Finance Bank |
| Which payments bank has commenced operations in February 2018 | Aditya Birla – Idea Payments Bank |
| Which Payments Bank has introduced one stop digital solution – digital suite to its customers recently in May 2018 | Fino Payments Bank |
| 51st annual meeting of Asian Development Bank is held in which city recently in May 2018 | Manila, Philippines |
| Country which for the first time started to allow women start business without male permission | Saudi Arabia |
| First meeting of BRICS finance ministers and central bank governors held in which city in April 2018 | Washington DC USA |
| Largest source of FDI in India in 2017 as per a report by Reserve Bank of India | Mauritius |
| Which company has emerged as the top borrower from AIIB in 2017 with 1.5 billion dollars | India |
| Country which emerged as the top foreign remittance receiver in 2017 with USD 69 Billion | India |
| Asian Development Bank has given an in-principle approval for Rs 1700 Crore loan to which of the following states | Uttarakhand |
| First Indian State to clear projects digitally with the launch of Nivesh Mitra – a digital platform in February 2018 | Uttar Pradesh |
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| Logistics ease across different states (LEADS) Index published by Ministry of Commerce and Industry | Gujarat |
| State which launched EASYBUSINESS portal and MSMEPORTAL for enabling unemployed youth employment generation Programme | Tamilnadu |
| A dedicated agency to look after investments and business promotion in the state of Assam | Invest Assam |
| SBI has adopted which village recently for creating awareness about the digital transactions to the people in the village | Bhagabanpur Village, Odisha |
| India’s first cashless island of the country | Karang, Manipur |
| Parliamentary committee headed by whom has been constituted for studying the performance of public sector banks and recovery of black money in the country | Murali Manohar Joshi |
| Forbes First Cryptocurrency Rich List | Topped by – Chris Larsen |
| Committee formed by government of India to look into issues related to Fintech space in India is headed by | Secretary of Department of Economic Affairs |
| Soft Bank Group with which firm based in china is launching a USD 930 Million solar venture in India | GCL System Integration Technology Co |
| First foreign e-commerce firm to enter food retail venture in India | Amazon |
| Which company has bought 77% stake in flipkart recently making it the world’s largest e-commerce deal | Walmart |
| World first biometric card for contactless payment launched by which company in January 2018 | Gemalto |
| Worlds’s first future contracts in which metal alloy has been launched by which exchange | Multi commodity Stock Exchange of India |
| Indian Post Payments Bank has signed up with which organization for imparting training to employees in payment banking | Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs |
| Digital platform for MSME customers launched by Minister of Commerce and Industry Suresh Prabhu | Federation of Indian Export Organizations – FIEO Global Linker |
| India’s first firm to cross 6 lakh crore market capitalization in January 2018 | Reliance Industries Limited |
| India’s first social affordable housing bond has been launched by which organization which has raised Rs 1000 Crore through these bonds | India Bulls Housing Finance Limited |
| India’s first MSE Sentiment Index launched by | CRISIL and SIDBI – CriSidex |
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| Index launched by CRISIL to monitor FPI investments in Fixed Income Money Markets | Crisil FPI Index |
| Growth rate of Indian Economy estimated by Asian Development Bank in its – Asian Development Outlook Report in April 2018 | 2018-19 – 7.3% and 2019-20 – 7.6% |
| NABARD has announced to raise its long term on lending to how much amount in 2018-19 to finance more projects in rural areas | Rs 80,000 Crore |
| Record amount digitally transacted through Public Finance Management System on a single day | Rs 71,633.45 Crore |
| Government of India signed a loan agreement with which International Organization for improving rural road connectivity in Madhya Pradesh | USD 140 Million |
| Government of India has recently approved enhancement of NABARD’s authorized capital from existing Rs 5000 Crore to what amount | Rs 30,000 Crore |
| NABARD has approved how much amount for various projects (irrigation and construction of rural roads and drinking water)in Rajasthan in 2017-18 | Rs 14690 Crore |
| As per the recent World Bank report, how many accounts have been opened in India during 2014-17 period | 28.17 Crore (51.4 Crore accounts opened globally) |
| NABARD has approved how much amount for various projects in Uttar Pradesh in 2017-18 | Rs 10,012 Crore |
| Rank of India in the manufacturing of crude steel in the world | 2nd (1st – China) |
| Rank of India in production of Mobile Phones in the world | 2nd (1st – China) |
| Passport details have been made mandatory by government of India for all loan exposures over and above how much amount, the decision has been taken in the wake of PNB fraud | 50 Crore |
| World Bank in its India development update : India’s growth story has projected India’s economic growth rate at what percentage in 2018-19 and 2019-20 | 7.3% in 2018-19 and 7.5% in 2019-20 |
| Exchange Traded Currency Derivatives Limit has been raised by SEBI to what amount for residents and FPIs across all currency pairs | USD 100 Million |
| SEBI has doubled the investment limit of angel funds to how much amount? | 10 Crore |
| NABARD has approved how much amount for area development plan for Punjab in 2018-19 | Rs 1918 Crore |
| Government of India has made PAN mandatory for payments/transactions above how much amount | Rs 2.5 Lakhs |
| Online Claims mandatory for EPF withdrawals above how much amount | Rs 10 Lakhs |
| NABARD has approved how much amount for various projects (irrigation and rural bridge projects) Odisha in 2017-18 | Rs 372.51 Crore |
| India’s growth rate in 2018-19 as per the projections of IMF | 7.4 % |
| India’s economic growth rate as per Economic Survey 2017-18 | 7% – 7.5% |
| India’s rank as the largest economy of the world as per the recent report by IMF | 6th – USA largest |
| How much amount has been collected by government of India from the launch of GST till March 31st 2018 | Rs 7.41 trillion |
| Government of India enhanced investment limit for senior citizens under PM Vaya Vandana Yojana from existing 7.5 Lakhs to what amount in May 2018 | 15 Lakhs |
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| Indian organization which launched “View Pension Passbook” feature for pensioners under Umang App |
EPFO |
| Rank of India in FDI confidence Index published by global consultancy firm AT Kearney | 11th |
| Rank of India on Business Optimum Index published by grant thornton based in USA | 6th |
| Government of India has approved how much amount to micro irrigation fund for NABARD under PM Krishi Sinchayee Yojana | Rs 5000 Crore |
Static: Heads of Important Banking and Financial Organizations
| Organization | Head Quarters | Head of the Organization |
| Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs | New Delhi | Arun Jaitley |
| Minister of Commerce and Industry | New Delhi | Suresh Prabhu |
| Ministry of MSME | New Delhi | MoS with Independent Charge Giriraj Singh |
| Reserve Bank of India | Mumbai | Dr. Urjit Patel – Governor |
| National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development | Mumbai | Harsh Kumar Bhanwala |
| National Housing Bank | New Delhi | Sriram Kalyanaraman |
| Insurance Regulatory Development Authority of India | Hyderabad | Subhash Chandra Khuntia |
| Small Industries Development Bank of India | Lucknow | Chaiman Mohammad Mustafa CEO – Kshatrapati Shivaji |
| Securities and Exchange Board of India | Mumbai | Ajay Tyagi |
| EXIM Bank of India | Mumbai | Yaduvendra Mathur |
| State Bank of India | Mumbai | Rajnish Kumar |
| World Bank | Washington DC | CEO Kristalina Georgieva President – Jim Yong Kim |
| International Monetary Fund | Washington DC | CEO Christine Lagarde |
| Asian Development Bank | Mandaluyong, Philippines | Takehiko Nakao |
| Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank | Beijing China | Jin Liqun |
| New Development Bank (BRICS Bank) |
Shanghai, China | K V Kamath |
| European Investment Bank | Kirchberg, Luxemburg | Werner Hoyer |
| European Bank for Reconstruction and Development | London, UK | Sir Suma Chakrabarti |
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RBI in News and RBI Circulars Updates: January – May 2018
| Government of India issued first tranche of sovereign gold bonds for 2018-19, the issue price per gram is Rs 3,114 and tenure is 8 years, which organization is the issuer of the bonds on behalf of the government of India |
Reserve Bank of India |
| Reserve Bank of India in its recent monetary policy review has announced to shift from existing GVA model of estimation of growth of Indian Economy to which model | GDP |
| Foreign Portfolio Investors limit has been enhanced by Reserve Bank of India from existing 5% of the outstanding stock to what percentage in 2018-19 and 2019-20 | 5.5% – 2018-19 6.0% – 2019-20 |
| Penalties Slapped by Reserve Bank of India in 2018 | |
| 3 crore penalty on which bank for non-compliance of Income recognition and asset classification norms directed by RBI | IDBI Bank April 2018 |
| 3 crore penalty on which bank for non-compliance of Income recognition and asset classification norms directed by RBI | Axis Bank March 2018 |
| 2 crore penalty on which bank for non-compliance of KYC norms directed by RBI | Indian Overseas Bank |
| 40 lakh penalty on which bank for flouting fake note norms directed by RBI | State Bank of India |
| 5 Crore penalty on which of the following banks for non-compliance of rules relating to NPA classification, KYC norms and treasury related functions | South Indian Bank |
