Rbi Grade B - Phase II

Growth and development

• Measurement of Growth- National Income and per capita income
• Poverty alleviation and employment generation in India
• Sustainable development and environmental issues

Globalisation

• Opening up of the Indian Economy- Balance of Payment
• Export and import policy
• International Economic Institutions
• IMF and World Bank
• WTO
• Regional Economic cooperation
• International economic issues

Indian Economy

• Economic History of India and the changes in the labour and industry policy, Fiscal and monetary policy reforms of 1991
• Economic survey and Union budget
• Indian money and financial markets: Linkage with the economy
• Role of the Indian banks and reserve bank in the development process
• Public finance
• Political economy
• Industrial Developments in India
• Service sector in India
• Indian agriculture.

Social structure in India

• Multiculturalism
• Urbanisation and migration
• Demographic trends
• Social justice: Positive discrimination in favour of underprivileged
• Gender issues
• Social movements
• Indian political system
• Social sectors in India, Education and Health
• Human development

Financial System

• Regulators of Banks and Financial Institutions
• Banking System in India – Financial Institutions – SIDBI, EXIM Bank, NABARD, NHB, etc, Structure and concerns, Changing landscape of banking sector.
• Reserve Bank of India- functions and conduct monetary policy
• Impact of the Global Financial Crisis of 2007-08 and the Indian response

Financial Markets

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

General Topics

• Risk Management in Banking Sector
• Basics of Derivatives
• Financial Inclusion
• Alternate source of finance, private and social cost-benefit, Public-Private Partnership
• The Union Budget – Concepts, approach and broad trends
• FinTech
• Global financial markets and International Banking – broad trends and latest developments.
• Corporate Governance in Banking Sector, the role of e-governance in addressing issues of corruption and inefficiency in the government sector.
• Inflation: Definition, estimates, trends, consequences, and remedies (control): WPI, CPI - components and trends; striking a balance between inflation and growth through monetary and fiscal policies.

Management

• Fundamentals of Management and Organisational Behaviour:
  • Introduction to management;
  • Evolution of management thought: Scientific, Administrative,
  • Human Relations and Systems approach to management;
  • Management functions and Managerial roles;
  • Nudge theory
  • Big five model of personality
  • Meaning & concept of organizational behaviour
  • Maslow’s need theory, Alderfers’ ERG theory, McCllelands’ theory of needs, Herzberg’s two-factor theory
  • Perception: concept, perceptual error
  • Process theories (Adams equity theory, Vroom's expectancy theory)
  • Theories (Trait, Behavioural, Contingency, Charismatic, Transactional and Transformational Leadership; Emotional Intelligence: Concept, Importance, Dimensions
  • Analysis of Interpersonal Relationship: Transactional Analysis
  • Conflict: Concept, Sources, Reserve Bank of India Services Board, Mumbai Advt. No. 1 A /2020-21 24 Types, Management of Conflict
  • Organizational Change: Concept, Kurt Lewin Theory of Change
  • Theories of Planned Change (Lewin’s change model, Action research model, Positive model)
  • Organizational Development (OD): Organisational Change, Strategies for Change
• Ethics at the Workplace and Corporate Governance:
  • Meaning of ethics, why ethical problems occur in business.
  • Theories of ethics
  • An alternative to moral principles: virtue ethics, teleological theories, egoism theory, relativism theory,
  • Ethical Principles in Business: introduction, Organization Structure and Ethics, Role of Board of Directors,
  • Utilitarianism: weighing social cost and benefits, Justice and fairness, Rights and duties, ethics of care, integrating utility,
  • Best Practices in Ethics Programme, Code of Ethics, Code of Conduct,
  • Moral issues in business: Ethics in Compliance, Finance, Human Resources, Marketing, etc.
  • Communication: Steps in the Communication Process;
  • Oral versus Written Communication;
  • Communication Channels;
  • Verbal versus non-verbal Communication;
  • Barriers to Communication,
  • Upward, downward and lateral communication;
  • Role of Information Technology.

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