Economics
Economics
                                                                                      Personal Income
                                                                                                                                                                                                                               inflation included
NDP
                                                                                     Expenditure Method
                                                                                                                                                                               Financial year          1 April to 31st March
                                                                Maintenance of Infrastructure
                                                                                                                                       components
                                                            Construction of any infrastructure
                                                                                                                                       of budget
                                                                    Purchase of land/machinery
Loan
                                                                               Repayment of Loan
                                                 only 1 seller                                                                                                         Satisfaction - Utility
eg: Toothpaste
                                      Many sellers
selling homogenous products                                                                                                                           Supply Curve
                                     Many buyers                                                     Transaction motive
                                                            Perfect Competition
                                                                                      future
                               Free entry and exit
                                                                                                    Precautionary motive
                                                                                                                                  People hold money
                         eg: Agricultural products                       Receipt expenditure                                      for three purposes                                                                                                        Bread or rice: If the price of rice rises,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            poor consumers may cut back on more
                                                        by J M Keynes (Father of Economics)                                                                                                                                                                 expensive foods (like meat) and buy
                                                                                                      Speculative motive
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            more rice to meet their calorie needs.
                                                                 Father of Modern Economics -                                                                                                                                                               So, even though rice is more
                                                                  Adam Smith                                                                                                                                                                                expensive, its demand increases.
Price Elasticity
                                                                                                                                                                    Inflation &
                                                                                                                  Index of Industrial Production
                                                                                                                                                                   Unemployment
                                                                                                                             Base Year: 2011-12
                                                                                          Refinery products
                                                                                                                                                             IIP                                                                                          Creeping           3-4%
                                                                                                    Electricity
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Walking           4-10%
                                                                                                         Steel
                                                                                                                                                                                                               Types of Inflation                         Running           10-20%
                                                                                                     Crude oil
                                                                                                                         8 core industries have                                                                                                           Galloping           20-100%
                                                                                                                          40% contributions
                                                                                                   Natural gas                                                                     Disinflation              Rate of inflation is decreasing
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Hyper           100%
                                                                                                      Cement
                                                                                                                                                                                                            opposite of disflation
                                                                                                     Fertilizer
                                                                                                                                                                                     Deflation              Fall in the general level of prices
                                                                                            coal     Crude Oil
                                                                                                                                                                                                            Purchasing power increases
                                                                                                                                                       Provides micro loans/micro financial services                                                                                                       Reserve Bank of India was established
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           as Independent body
                                                                                                                                                    Minimum requirement of Micro Finance Loans:
                                                                                                                                                    75% of total assets                                                                                                                                    on recommendation of
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Hilton Young Commission, 1926
                                                                                                                                                      Estd. through recommendation of a                    NBFC-MFI
                                                                                             Eg: Bajaj Finance, Muthoot Finance, Mahindra             committee: Malegam Committee, 2010 (also                                                                                                                                       1st setup of RBI Headquarter
                                                                                             and Mahindra                                                                                                                                                                                                  1st April 1935
                                                                                                                                                      sees issues of MFIs)                                                                                                                                                           - Calcutta, At present
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       RBI Act of 1934
                                                                                              They are registered under Companies Act of               To qualify for NBFC MFI license they should                                                                                                         Headquarter - Mumbai in 1937
                                                                                              1956                                                     have at least 75% of assets in Microfinance
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Banking Regulation Act, 1949              1st RBI Governor - Osborne Smith
                                                                                                         Gives loans and advances on gold
                                                                                      eg: Loan, Savings, Insurance                    loans upto 50,000             Sishu                                                                                      Hot Money - Assets such as stocks, deposits,
                                                                                                                                                                                                            Functions of RBI         Currency printing
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               bonds, etc
                                                                     Microfinance loans is given to households             loans upto 50,000-5 lakhs              Kishore           3 types loan
                                                                     having income less than Rs.1.25 lakhs/annum
                                                                                                                           loans upto 5 lakhs-10 lakhs              Tarun
                          gave concept of Grameen Model Banks, 1970             Father of Micro Finance system
                                                                                                                                tarun plus --upto 20 lakh
                          and was given Nobel Prize                             - Muhammed Yunus (Bangladesh)
The first microfinance institution in India was the Self Employed            1st Micro Finance institution in India            Micro Finance
                                                                             - SEWA Bank (1974)
Women’s Association (SEWA) Bank, established in 1974 in Ahmedabad,
Gujarat Founded by Ela Bhatt as part of the SEWA movement                                                                      Institution                                                                                           Monetary Policy
                         group of 10-20 people come together
                          to find ways to improve their living                                                                                                                                                                       Lender of last resort and Bank of Banks
                                                                                                                                   National Bank for Agriculture and Rural
                          conditions                                                                                               Development
                                                                                                            Chairman - Madhabi Puri Buch (1st women, 1st non IAS chairman)
                                                                         current chairman--
                                                                         tuhin kanta pandey
                                                                                                                    Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) was established on 12 April 1988 as a non-statutory body by a
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                resolution of the Government of India. It was later granted statutory powers through the SEBI Act, 1992, which came
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                into force on 30 January 1992
                                               RBI provides loan to Commercial Banks
                                               (without keeping any securities)
                                                                                                                                                                                                         Net Demand and Time Liability
                                                                                 6.75%           Bank Rate
                                                                                                                                                                                                         (RBI keeps a part of your NDTL as a reserve)
                                                                                                                                              Fiscal Policy
                                                Repurchase agreement
Quantitative tools
2% NDTL is a limit
overnight loan
                                                                                                                                                      Monetary Policy
                                                                               Marginal Standing Facility
                                                                                                                                                    Monetary
                                                                                                                                                    Policy Tools
6 members Executive
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         3 Govt.
                                                                                                                                                                                         a maximum amount of new money created by
                                                                                                                          Qualitative tools                                              banks for every dollar of reserves
                                                                                                                                                              Money Multiplier
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Currency with public
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Currency in circulation
                                                                                                    Securitisation And Reconstruction of Financial                                                                                                                   Currency with bank
                                                                                                    Assets &Enforcement of Security Interest Act
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Saving Account
                                                                                                            Provides power to the bank/any financial                                                                                                              Demand Deposit
                                                                                                            institution to seize the property of a                                                                                                                                          Current Account
                                                                                                            defaulting borrower                                                                                                     Deposits with Bank
                                                                                                                                                           SARFAESI Act 2002                                                                                                              Fixed Deposit
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Term Deposit
                                                                           who would not pay to banks even it he has the
                                                                                                                                     Wilful Defaulter
                                                                                                                                                                                                  Types of Money                                                                          Recurring Deposit
                                                                           ablity to do so
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Bank Deposits with RBI
                                                          Consolidates the existing laws on bankruptcy            Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code, 2016                                                                                Deposits with RBI
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Other deposits with RBI
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Demand Deposit
                                                                                     Financial entity setup to buy NPAs
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Postal Deposit                                       same as bank
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Term Deposit
                                                                                                      Recovery of NPAs
                                                                                                                 BASEL II - 2004
                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Quantity theory of money
                                             Foreign Exchange Regulation Act, 1973             FERA                                                                            POVERTY                                                                          Expenditure based poverty line
                                                                         replaced by
                                           Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999              FEMA                                                                                                                                                  Nutrition based poverty line
                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Alagh Committee
                                                                                                                                                                                     Poverty                              1979
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Rural - 2400 Calories
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Urban - 2100 Calories
                                   Decreases of value of domestic currency                                                                                                           Estimation
                                                                                        Depreciation
Due to market forces                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Poverty line based on
                              Exporters will benefit in case of depreciation
Floating Exchange Rates                                                                                                                                                                                                    Lakdawala Committee            CPI-IW (Rular), CPI-AW (Urban)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                          1993
                                     Increase of value of domestic currency             Appreciation                           1991 - Balance of payment crisis in India                                                                                  State-wise poverty line
                                                   it is Official Depreciation          Devaluation         Foreign currency assets                                                                                                                      Health and Education should also be taken
                 Government interference
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         under Basic Needs
                 Fixed Exchange Rates
                                                   it is Official Appreciation          Revaluation                  Gold reserves
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Poverty line based on Purchasing Power Parity:
                                                            Currencies -                                                                                                                                                                                 if someone is spending more than 33/day (not
                                                            USA, Euro, Yen (Japan),                    Special Drawing Rights (SDR)           Empty of FOREX Reserves                                                                                    poor), not more than 33/day (poor)
                                                            Yuan (China) & Pound (Britain)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Uniform Reference Period replaced by
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Mixed Reference Period (Health/education)
                                                                                   Reserve Tranche Position: required quota to be                                          Balance of             Post Independence
                                                                                   maintained within the IMF
                                                                                                                                                                           Payment Crisis                                 Tendulkar Committee
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Poverty Line (2011-12)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Rural - 816/month
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Rural - 30.9%
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Poverty Ratio - 29.5%
                                                                                                                               1st - Argentina                                                                                                                                          Urban - 26.4%
                                                                                                                                                        Debaters in IMF
                                                                                                                                4th - Pakistan                                                                                                                                      Proportion of Population BPL
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Head count Ratio
                                                                                                                                 Balance of Payment
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Calories
                                                   3.3% of GDP (currently)                                                                                                                                                                                Created categories within
                                                                                       Current Account Deficit (CAD)                                                                                                                                                                          Protein
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          nutritional requirements
                                      Value of imports > Value of Exports                                                                                                                                                 Rangarajan Committee                                                Fat
                                                                                                                                                                                                                          2014
                                       As of FY 2024–25, India's current           Twin Deficit = CAD + Fiscal Deficit                                                                                                                                    Also, talked about Modified Mixed Reference
                                       account deficit stands at just 0.6% of                                                                                                                                                                             Period
                                       GDP,
                                                            in place of Planning Commission
                                                                                                                                                                                                    Chairman - PM
                                                                     Setup on: 1st Jan 2015
                                                                                                                                                                                                    Post Independence, 1947             launched on - 1st April 1951
                                                                  It is a Think Tank of govt.            NITI AAYOG
                                                                                                                                                                      Planning                      Taken from - USSR                   Based on Harrod-Domar Model
                                                                            Publishes reports
                                                                                                                                                                      Commission
                                                                                                        During Manmohan Singh                                                                                                           During Jawaharlal Nehru
                                                                                                                                                                                                    Introduced in 1928
                                                                             Vision Document
                                                                                                                                                                                                    by Joseph Stalin
                                                                                                     2012-2017            Duration          12th FYP                                                                                    Duration           1951-56
                                                 During Manmohan Singh
                                                                                 Towards faster, inclusive,
                                                                                 & sustainable growth
                                                                                                                         Key Focus                                                                             1st FYP                  Key Focus            Primary Sector
                                            2007-2012            Duration
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Target - 2.1%
                               Towards faster & more                                                                                                                                                                                                              Fully successful
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Achieved - 3.6%
                                inclusive growth
                                                                Key Focus             11th FYP                                                                                       Based on P.C. Mahalanobis Model
                                                                                                                         Target - 8%
                                                                                                                         Achieved - 7.6%         10th FYP                            Target - 4.5%
                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Moderately successful
                                                                                                                                                                                     Achieved - 4.27%
                              Concept by - Prof. Raj Krishna                                                  1980-85           Duration                                 During Indira Gandhi                 Target - 5.6%
                                                                       Hindu Rate of Growth                                                                                                                                               a big failure
                                                                                                                                                                                                              Achieved - 3.3%
                                 India from 1960-80 has seen           1978                         National Income                                                      Duration          1974-78
                                 slow economic growth
                                                                                     Modernisation of technology                                                                            Removal of poverty (Garibi Hatao)
                                                                                                     Unemployment              Key Focus         6th FYP    5th FYP                         Attainment of self reliance
                                             Rolling Plan
                                             introduced                                         Established NABARD                                                                                                                              Basic needs to be provided to all
                                                                                                                                                                         Key Focus          Minimum Needs Programme (1974)
                                                                       Landless Labour Employment Guarantee                                                                                                                                     20 points programme (1975)
                                                                       Programme (RLEGP) on 15 August 1983
              During Janta Govt./Moraji Desai                                                                                                                                               RRBs were setup (1975)
                                                                                                                         Target - 5.2%
                                                                                                    successful
                             Duration: 1978-80                                                                           Achieved - 5.7%                                 Target - 4.4%
                                                                                                                                                                                                     a bit successful
                                                                                                                                                                         Achieved - 4.8%
Emphasis was on employment          Key focus