SBI Clerk 2014 Special Last Time Revision Material

Admit Card for SBI Clerk 2014 exam are available. You can download it here.

SBI Clerk Paper Consists of

GENERAL AWARENESS
ENGLISH
MATHS
REASONING
MKT AND COMPUTER

Lets see the important topics in every section individually….

GENERAL AWARENESS

RBI rates & policy

As of 4th July 2014, the key indicators are

Cash Reserve Ratio 4.00
Statutory Liquidity Ratio 22.50
Repo Rate 8.00
Reverse Repo Rate 7.00
Marginal Standing Facility (MSF) Rate 9.00
Bank Rate 9.00
Base Rate 10.00/10.25
Term Deposit Rate >1 Year 8.00/9.05
Savings Deposit Rate 4.00

Banks head offices & CMD Names & Taglines
News in banking & finance, Visits in India, Sports news
Appointments
Awards & honors
BOOKS & Authors
Deaths
Railway budget
Union budget 2014
FDI limit in various sectors
Important committees in banking sector
Summits
MOU
IIFA, 59th film fare awards list
Central government & Cabinet ministers
International organization & headquarters
Countries & currency
Important days
Banking Abbreviations

English

General English :

Vocabulary
Synonyms
Antonyms
Word formation
Sentence completion

Comprehension

Theme detection
Deriving conclusions
Passage completion
Error detection
Passage correction
Sentence correction

Spelling:

Grammar
Idioms
Phrases

Maths

Simplification
Complex Simplification
Data Interpretation
Series Completion

Reasoning

Alphabetical order
Coding decoding
Blood relation
Direction, order and ranking
Sitting arrangement
Puzzle
Syllogism
Machine input
Inequalities
Decision making
Introduction to logical
Statement – course of action
Statement – assumption
Statement – conclusion
Drawing inferences
Statement – argument
Causes and effect

Marketing & Computer

I’ll be posting Marketing and Computer Notes very Soon..

Awards & Honour 2014

List of Awards 2014

Abhishikta S Shetty – Miss South India 2014
Ahmet Sik (Turkish journalist) – UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize 2014
Amitabh Bachchan – India’s Global Icon of the Year
Amul (Milk Product Brand) – High Performance Brand Award 2013
Anand Kumar – Ramanujan Mathematics Award 2014
Anees Salim – The Hindu Prize for Best Fiction 2013
Angela Merkel – Israel’s highest civilian honour (the “Medal of Distinction”)
APJ Abdul Kalam – honorary degree from University of Edinburgh
Arogya Swami Joseph Paulraj – 2014 Marconi Society Prize
Assamese Film Ekhon Nedekha Nadir Xipaare (As River Flows) – Audience choice award in North Carolina film festival
Bharat Gupta – Youth Achievers Award
Bipan Chandra – Itihas Ratna Award 2014
C Radhakrishnan (Writer, Theekkadal Katanhu Thirumadhuram) – Moortidevi Award for 2013
Swraj Paul, Caparo Group – International Business of the Year award 2014
Chandi Prasad Bhatt – Gandhi Peace Prize (2013)
Cristiano Ronaldo – world’s best soccer player for the 2012/2013 season (FIFA)
Cyrus Mistry – DSC prize for South Asian literature
Donna Tartt (for the book Goldfinch) – Pulitzer Prize 2014 (Fiction)
Dr Sumeet Chugh – Simon Dack Award
Dr. Sanjaya Rajaram – World Food Prize 2014
Dr. Tej Vir Singh – UNWTO Ulysses Prize for Excellence 2013 in the Creation and Dissemination of Knowledge
Eimear McBride (Author, A Girl is a Half-Formed Thing) – Bailey’s Women’s Prize 2014
Gabriela Isler – Miss Universe 2013
Govind Mishra (for the book Dhool Paudho Par) – Sarawasti Samman (2013)
Gulzar – Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2013
Gyan Correa – Gollapudi Srinivas National Award 2013
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) – Navaratna award
ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund – Morningstar India‘s best fund house award in the debt
Iwao Hakamada – WBC honorary Championship Belt
Javed Aktar – Sahitya Akademi Award 2013
Jeev Milkha Singh (for the book Lava) – Asian Tour‘s Player of the Decade
Jhumpa Lahiri (for the book Lowland) – Baileys Prize 2014(Shortlisted)
Kapil Dev – C. K. Naidu Award
Kathy Cross – First woman to be inducted in an ICC umpires’ panel
Kedarnath Singh – Jnanpith award 2013
Kerala Tourism – United Nations Award
Killa (a Marathi film) – Crystal Bear (Glasernen Bar)Award at the 64th Berlin International Film Festival.
Kolkata Airport – Airport Service Quality Award
Koyal Rana – 51st Femina Miss India
Laxmi (an acid attack victim) – International Women of Courage Award, US
Lewis Hamilton – Chinese F1 Grand Prix
Lingaiah Nagarapu – STF Best Scientist Award
Lord Swraj Paul – Lifetime Achievement Award, Black Country Asian Business Association
Luis Suarez – PFA Player of the year
Madan Babu – Protein Science Young Investigator Award 2014
Malala Yousafzai – Children’s Nobel Prize (Nominated)
Malala Yousafzai – Liberty Medal
Mathangi Sathyamurthy – M S Subbulakshmi Award
Meb Keflezighi – First US male athlete to win the Boston Marathon
Meera Chandrasekhar – Robert Foster Cherry Award for Teaching 2014
Mitchell Johnson – Allan Border medal
Mitul Kadakia – Gregory Braden Memorial Fellow of the Year Award 2014
MS Dhoni – UK’s 2014 Asian Award
N R Narayana Murthy (Infosys) – Canada India Foundation Chanchalani Global Indian Award 2014
Nadine Angerer – Best women’s football player in the world (2013)
Nirendranath Chakraborty – Sunil Gangopadhyay Memorial Award (2012)
Pankaj Mishra – Windham Campbell Literature Prize 2014 (Non-Fiction)
Pope Francis – Time Person of the year 2013
Pranab Mukherjee – Award of Honor from Rotary International
Prof C N R Rao – Bharat Ratna
Prof Stuart Parkin – Millennium technology Prize 2014
Queen Latifah – 2014 Matrix Award
Rajesh Gopakumar – 23rd G D Birla Award for scientific research (2013)
Rajiv Gandhi International Airport – Sword of Honour award
Ramesh Agrawal – Goldman Prize
Ratan Tata – UK’s highest civilian award (Knight Grand Cross)
Richard Quest – UNWTO Award for Lifetime Achievement 2013
Sachin Tendulkar – Bharat Ratna
Sachin Tendulkar – Cricketer of Generation Award
Sankha Ghosh – Sunil Gangopadhyay Memorial Award (2013)
Shahrukh Khan – Officer of the Legion of Honour, France
Shigeru Ban – Pritzker Architecture Prize 2014
Shikhar Dhawan – Wisden’s Five Cricketers of the Year
Shubhranshu Choudhary – Digital activism award
Sikkim – National Tourism Award
Silent Screams : India’s Fight Against Rape (documentary) – New York Festivals TV & Film Awards 2014
Slaman Rushdie – Pen Pinter Prize 2014
Sourav Ganguly – Honorary Doctor of Letters (D.Litt) degree by BESU
Sriprakash KS – Asia Pacific Academy Award
Stanislas Wawrinka – Monte Carlo Masters Title
Sudarsan Pattnaik – People’s Choice prize at World Cup of Sand Sculpting-2014
TCS – Top Employer in Europe
Tejinder Virdee – Knighthood Bachelor
Tomas Halik – Templeton Prize 2014
T-TBI (Technopark Technology Business Incubator) – Golden Peacock Award 2014
V. Somasundaram – Bharat Ratna JRD Tata Award 2013
Vijay Seshadri – Pulitzer Prize 2014 (Poetry)
Vishwanath Tripathi – Vyas Samman 2013
Yakov Grigorevich Sinai – Abel Prize 2014
Yushi (Taiwan Poet) – Thiruvalluvar award

Currency & Countries

Afghanistan Afghani
Albania Lek
Algeria Dinar
Andorra Euro
Angola New Kwanza
Antigua and Barbuda East Caribbean dollar
Argentina Peso
Armenia Dram
Australia Australian dollar
Austria Euro (formerly schilling)
Azerbaijan Manat
Bahamas Bahamian dollar
Bahrain Bahrain dinar
Bangladesh Taka
Barbados Barbados dollar
Belarus Belorussian ruble
Belgium Euro (formerly Belgian franc)
Belize Belize dollar
Benin CFA Franc
Bhutan Ngultrum
Bolivia Boliviano
Bosnia and Herzegovina Marka
Botswana Pula
Brazil Real
Brunei Brunei dollar
Bulgaria Lev
Burkina Faso CFA Franc
Burundi Burundi franc
Cambodia Riel
Cameroon CFA Franc
Canada Canadian dollar
Cape Verde Cape Verdean escudo
Central African Republic CFA Franc
Chad CFA Franc
Chile Chilean Peso
China Yuan/Renminbi
Colombia Colombian Peso
Comoros Franc
Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congolese franc
Congo, Republic of CFA Franc
Costa Rica Colón
Côte d’Ivoire CFA Franc
Croatia Kuna
Cuba Cuban Peso
Cyprus Cyprus pound
Czech Republic Koruna
Denmark Krone
Djibouti Djibouti franc
Dominica East Caribbean dollar
Dominican Republic Dominican Peso
East Timor U.S. dollar
Ecuador U.S. dollar
Egypt Egyptian pound
El Salvador Colón; U.S. dollar
Equatorial Guinea CFA Franc
Eritrea Nakfa
Estonia Kroon
Ethiopia Birr
Fiji Fiji dollar
Finland Euro (formerly markka)
France Euro (formerly French franc)
Gabon CFA Franc
Gambia Dalasi
Georgia Lari
Germany Euro (formerly Deutsche mark)
Ghana Cedi
Greece Euro (formerly drachma)
Grenada East Caribbean dollar
Guatemala Quetzal
Guinea Guinean franc
Guinea-Bissau CFA Franc
Guyana Guyanese dollar
Haiti Gourde
Honduras Lempira
Hungary Forint
Iceland Icelandic króna
India Rupee
Indonesia Rupiah
Iran Rial
Iraq U.S. dollar
Ireland Euro (formerly Irish pound [punt])
Israel Shekel
Italy Euro (formerly lira)
Jamaica Jamaican dollar
Japan Yen
Jordan Jordanian dinar
Kazakhstan Tenge
Kenya Kenya shilling
Kiribati Australian dollar
Korea, North Won
Korea, South Won
Kuwait Kuwaiti dinar
Kyrgyzstan Som
Laos New Kip
Latvia Lats
Lebanon Lebanese pound
Lesotho Maluti
Liberia Liberian dollar
Libya Libyan dinar
Liechtenstein Swiss franc
Lithuania Litas
Luxembourg Euro (formerly Luxembourg franc)
Macedonia Denar
Madagascar Malagasy franc
Malawi Kwacha
Malaysia Ringgit
Maldives Rufiya
Mali CFA Franc
Malta Euro
Mauritania Ouguiya
Mauritius Mauritian rupee
Mexico Mexican peso
Moldova Leu
Monaco Euro
Mongolia Tugrik
Montenegro Euro
Morocco Dirham
Mozambique Metical
Myanmar Kyat
Namibia Namibian dollar
Nauru Australian dollar
Nepal Nepalese rupee
Netherlands Euro (formerly guilder)
New Zealand New Zealand dollar
Nicaragua Gold cordoba
Niger CFA Franc
Nigeria Naira
Norway Norwegian krone
Oman Omani rial
Pakistan Pakistan rupee
Palau U.S. dollar used
Palestinian State (proposed) New Israeli shekels, Jordanian dinars, U.S. dollars
Panama balboa; U.S. dollar
Papua New Guinea Kina
Paraguay Guaraní
Peru Nuevo sol (1991)
Philippines Peso
Poland Zloty
Portugal Euro (formerly escudo)
Qatar Qatari riyal
Romania Leu
Russia Ruble
Rwanda Rwanda franc
St. Kitts and Nevis East Caribbean dollar
St. Lucia East Caribbean dollar
St. Vincent and the Grenadines East Caribbean dollar
Samoa Tala
San Marino Euro
São Tomé and Príncipe Dobra
Saudi Arabia Riyal
Senegal CFA Franc
Serbia Yugoslav new dinar. In Kosovo both the euro and the Yugoslav dinar are legal
Seychelles Seychelles rupee
Sierra Leone Leone
Singapore Singapore dollar
Slovakia Koruna
Slovenia Slovenian tolar; euro (as of 1/1/07)
Solomon Islands Solomon Islands dollar
Somalia Somali shilling
South Africa Rand
Spain Euro (formerly peseta)
Sri Lanka Sri Lanka rupee
Sudan Dinar
Suriname Surinamese dollar
Swaziland Lilangeni
Sweden Krona
Switzerland Swiss franc
Syria Syrian pound
Taiwan Taiwan dollar
Tajikistan somoni
Tanzania Tanzanian shilling
Thailand baht
Togo CFA Franc
Tonga Pa’anga
Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago dollar
Tunisia Tunisian dinar
Turkey Turkish lira (YTL)
Turkmenistan Manat
Tuvalu Australian dollar
Uganda Ugandan new shilling
Ukraine Hryvna
United Arab Emirates U.A.E. dirham
United Kingdom Pound sterling (£)
United States dollar
Uruguay Uruguay peso
Uzbekistan Uzbekistani sum
Vanuatu Vatu
Vatican City (Holy See) Euro
Venezuela Bolivar
Vietnam Dong
Western Sahara (proposed state) Tala
Yemen Rial
Zambia Kwacha
Zimbabwe Zimbabwean dollar

15th IIFA Awards

The 2014 IIFA Awards, officially known as the 15th International Indian Film Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the International Indian Film Academy honouring the best films of 2013, took place between April 23–26, 2014.

The official ceremony took place on April 26, 2014 at the Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida, in the United States.

Best Picture – Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
Best Direction – Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra – Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
Performance in a Leading Role (Male) – Farhan Akhtar – Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
Performance in a Leading Role (Female) – Deepika Padukone – Chennai Express
Performance in a Supporting Role (Male) – Aditya Roy Kapoor – Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani
Performance in a Supporting Role (Female) – Divya Dutta – Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
Performance in a Comic Role – Arshad Warsi – Jolly LLB
Performance in a Negative Role – Rishi Kapoor -D-Day
Music Direction – Mithoon, Ankit Tiwari,Jeet Ganguly – Aashiqui 2
Best Story – Prasoon Joshi – Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
Lyrics Writer – Mithoon – Song (Tum Hi Ho) – Aashiqui 2
Playback Singer (Male) – Arijit Singh – Song (Tum Hi Ho) – Aashiqui 2
Playback Singer (Female) – Shreya Ghoshal- Song (Sunn Raha Hai) – Aashiqui 2
Best Debutant Male – Dhanush – Raanjhanaa
Best Debutant Female – Vani Kapoor – Shudh Desi Romance
Outstanding Contribution by An Indian in the US – Drs. Kiran & Pallavi Patel
Entertainer of the year – Deepika Padukone
Outstanding Contribution To International Cinema -John Travolta
Lifetime Achievement – Shatrughan Sinha

59th Idea Filmfare Awards

59th Idea Filmfare Awards were given away on 24 January 2014. At the 59th Idea Filmfare Awards, Bhaag Milkha Bhaag grabbed seven Black Lady awards.

The award for the Best Actor was given to Farhaan Akhtar for his performance in Bhaag Milkha Bhaag.
Deepika Padukone – the Best Actress for Ramleela.
Bhaag Milkha Bhaag was awarded with the Best Film award,
Omprakash Mehra won the Black Lady for the Best Director.
The lifetime achievement award was given away to Tanuja.
Award for Best Debut Director: Ritesh Batra (The Lunchbox)
Award for Best Debut (Male): Dhanush (Raanjhanaa)
Award for Best Debut (Female): Vaani Kapoor (Shuddh Desi Romance)
Award for Best Film (Critics): Ritesh Batra (The Lunchbox)
Award for Best Actor (Critics): Rajkummar Rao (Shahid)
Award for Best Actress (Critics): Shilpa Shukla (BA Pass)
Award for Best Screenplay: Abhishek Kapoor, Chetan Bhagat, Supratik Sen and Pubali Chaudari (Kai Po Che)
Award for Best Story: Subhash Kapoor (Jolly LLB)
Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Nawazuddin Siddiqui (The Lunchbox)
Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Supriya Pathak Kapur (Goliyon Ki Raslila- Ram Leela)
Award for Best Music: Jeet Ganguly, Mithoon and Ankit Tiwari (Aashiqui 2)
Award for Best Lyrics: Prasoon Joshi for Zinda (Bhaag Milkha Bhaag)
Award for Best Playback Singer Male: Arijit Singh (Tum hi ho, Aashiqui)
Award for Best Playback Singer Female: Monali Thakur (Sawaar loon, Lootera)
The RD Burman Award: Sidharth Mahadevan
Award for Best Action: Thomas Struthers and Guru Bachchan (D Day)
Award for Best Cinematography: Kamaljit Negi (Madras Cafe)
Award for Best Editing: Aarif Sheikh (D-Day)
Award for Best Costume: Dolly Ahluwalia (Bhaag Milkha Bhaag)

Important Summits For Upcoming Exams

BRICS Summits
(Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa)

4th BRICS Summit 2012- New Delhi, India
5th BRICS Summit 2013- Durban, South Africa
6th BRICS Summit 2014- Fortaleza, Brazil
7th BRICS Summit 2015- Ufa, Bashkortostan(Russia)

G-8 Annual Summits
Group of Eight (G8) Countries – France, Germany, Italy, Japan, United Kingdom, United States of America, Canada, Russia.

39th G8 Summit 2013- County Fermanagh, UK
40th G8 Summit 2014- Russia
41st G8 Summit 2014- Schloss Elmau, Germany

G-20 Summits

8th G 20 Meeting 2013- Saint Petersburg, Russia
9th G 20 Meeting 2014- Brisbane, Australia
10th G 20 Meeting 2015- Turkey

SAARC Summits
SAARC – South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation

17th SAARC Summit 2011- Addu, Maldives
18th SAARC Summit 2014- Kathmandu,Nepal

ASEAN Summits
ASEAN – Association of South East Asian Nation

19th ASEAN Summit 2011 (November) – Bali, Indonesia
20th ASEAN Summit 2012 (April) – Phnom penh, Cambodia
21th ASEAN Summit 2012 (November)– Phnom penh, Cambodia

ASEAN-India Summit

9th ASEAN-India Summit 2011 – Bali, Indonesia
10th ASEAN-India Summit 2012 – Phnom penh, Cambodia

East Asia Summit (EAS)
EAS meetings are held after annual ASEAN leaders’ meetings.

6th East Asia Summit 2011 – Bali, Indonesia
7th East Asia Summit 2012 – Phnom penh, Cambodia

IBSA Summits
IBSA Dialogue Forum – India, Brazil, South Africa.

5th IBSA Summit 2011 – Pretoria, South Africa
6th IBSA Summit 2013 – India

APEC Summits
APEC – Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation

23rd APEC summit 2011 – Honolulu, USA
24th APEC Summit 2012 – Vladivostok,Russia
25th APEC Summit 2013 – Medan/Jakarta, Indonesia
26th APEC Summit 2014 – China
27th APEC Summit 2015 – Philippines
28th APEC Summit 2016 – Lima, Peru

OPEC Seminars
OPEC – Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries

4th OPEC International Seminar 2009 – Vienna, Austria
5th OPEC International Seminar 2012 – Vienna, Austria
NAM Summits NAM – Non-aligned Movement
16th NAM Summit 2012 – Tehran, Iran
17th NAM Summit 2015 – Caracas,Venezue la

SCO Meetings
SCO – Shanghai Cooperation Organization

SCO Meeting 2011 – Astana, Kazakhstan
SCO Meeting 2012 – Beijing, China
SCO Meeting 2013 – Kyrgyzstan

Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Annual Meetings Annual meeting of the board of governors of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) held every year.

ADB Annual Meeting 2012 – Manila, Philippines
ADB Annual Meeting 2013 – New Delhi, India

WTO Ministerial Conferences

8th WTO Ministerial Conferences 2011 – Geneva, Switzerland
9th WTO Ministerial Conferences 2013 (Expected) -Bali, Indonesia

Important committees in banking and finance sector

Abid Hussain Committee : On Small Scale Industries
A C Shah Committee : Reforms Relating To Non Banking Financial Companies (NFBC)
Aditya Puri Committee : Dissemination of Credit Information
Anil Kaushal committee : To examine the recommendations made by the TRAI on pricing of Spectrum.
Arvind Mayaram Panel : Report on the alleged irregularities at the National Spot Exchange Ltd (NSEL)
Arvind Mayaram Committee : For giving clear definitions to Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and Foreign Institutional Investment (FII)
Athreya Committee : Restructuring Of IDBI
Basel Committee : Banking Supervision
Bimal Jalan panel : To scrutinize applications for new bank licenses.
Bhandari Committee : Reconstruction of RRBs
B. Mahapatra Committee : To review the existing prudential guidelines on restructuring of advances by banks/financial institutions
Cook Committee : Capital adequacy of banks.
C Rangarajan committee : For poverty scale estimates in the country
C Rangarajan Panel : Recommended the pricing of natural gas by a complex methodology of arriving at an average of International gas hub prices
Committee On Uttarakhand Floods : The committee headed by AK Ganju
Damodran Committee : On improvement of customer services in banks
Dave Committee (2000) : Pension Scheme For Unorganized Sector
Deepak Parekh committee : For Financing Infrastructure sector
Janakiraman Committee : To investigate the security transactions of the bank
JS Mathur committee : To revise Newspaper Advertisement Rates.
Justice A.P. Shah committee : To head panel on road safety
Kelkar Committee : Tax Structure Reforms
Kirit Parikh panel : On fuel pricing has suggested that the diesel prices should be increased by Rs 1-1.50 a litre every month as against the 45-50 paise monthly hike followed currently.
K M Chandrasekhar committee : For rationalization of foreign investment norms
K. Ratna Prabha : Committee on indecent depiction of women in media
K U.B. Rao : The idea of setting up Bullion Bank or Bullion Corporation of India
K.U.B. Rao Committee : Recommended aligning gold import regulations
MBN Rao Committee : To prepare the blueprint of India’s first women’s bank
MB Shah committee : For inspection of illegal mining activities
MB Shah: monitor probe into the black money
Mckinsey Report : Merger Of 7 Associate Banks With SBI
M. Narasimham Committee : On Banking Sector Reforms
Mukul Mudgal member panel : To probe IPL spot-fixing
Mukul Mudgal Committee : To look at process of film clearance
Mukul Mudgal Committee : Looking into US giant Walmart’s lobbying activities to enter India
Nachiket Mor : Committee on comprehensive financial services for small businesses and low-income households.
Naresh Chandra committee : 14 member task force on security issues
Narismhan Committee : Banking Reforms
N Rangachary committee : To examine taxation policies for I.T. sector
N R Narayana Murthy committee : For evaluation of corporate sector participation in Higher Education.
Parthasarathi Shome. : For Tax Administration Reform Commission (TARC), Suggest a system to enforce better tax compliance
Parthasarathi Shome committee : Implementation of GAAR (General Anti Avoidance Rule)
Percy Mistry Committee : Making Mumbai An International Financial Center
P.J. Nayak Committee-to Review Governance of Boards of Banks in India
Prasad Panel : International Trade And Services
Pulak Kumar Sinha Committee : To study the feasibility of Aadhaar as an additional factor for authentication of card present transactions
Raghuram Rajan Committee : On Financial Sector Reforms
R V Gupta Committee : Small Savings
Raja Chelliah Committee : Tax Reforms
Rekhi Committee : Indirect Taxes
RS Gujral Committee : Suggest measures to boost MSME exports.
Sitakant Mahapatra committee : For inclusion of Bhojpuri language in eighth schedule of constitution
Shyamala Gopinath Committee : Suggestions on Post office Small saving schemes
SK Srivastava Committee : To formulate a policy on public-private partnership model to raise coal output
S P Talwar Committee : Restructuring Of Weak Public Sector Bank
SN Verma Committee (1999) : Restructuring The Commercial Banks
Suma Verma Committee : To update, and revise the Banking Ombudsman Scheme, 2006
UK Sharma Committee : NABARD’s Role In RRB
Urjit Patel Committee : To examine the current monetary policy framework
Vaghul Committee : Money Market In India
Vasudev Committee : NBFC (Non Banking Finance Corp) Sector Reforms
Y B Reddy Committee (2001) : Review Of Income Tax

Current Affairs From 8th July to 14th July 2014 For SSC, IBPS & IAS

National

IMG to Examine Potential of GAGAN in Non-Aviation Sectors

What is GAGAN??

GAGAN( GPS Aided Augmented Navigation) is a prestigious satellite based augmentation system of India, jointly developed by Airports Authority of India (AAI) and Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) at an estimated cost of Rs.774 crores for enhanced Air Navigation Services across the country.
GAGAN offers free enhanced satellite navigation signals over India which is ten times more precise than GPS.

Why it is beneficial??

This system is capable of alerting errors made by system automatically thus quite beneficial for civilians integrity.
Moreover its our technology so we can lease it to our neighboring countries thereby generating funds.

Why IMG(Inter-Ministerial Group) constituted??

Inter-Ministerial Group (IMG) has been set up under the Secretary, Ministry of Civil Aviation.
The Group will examine the potential of sector-specific utilisation of GAGAN system for its use in non-aviation sectors and develop appropriate work programmes using GAGAN signals that can benefit diversified users.

Rail Budget 2014-15 tabled.
The Government has taken following steps recently to contain price rise in essential commodities:

Reduced import duties to zero – for wheat, onion and pulses.
Banned export of edible oils (except coconut oil, forest based oil and edible oils in blended consumer packs up to 5 kg with a Minimum Export Price of USD 1500 per MT) and pulses (except Kabuli chana and organic pulses and lentils up to a maximum of 10000 tonnes per annum).
Imposed stock limits from time to time in the case of select essential commodities such as pulses, edible oil, and edible oilseeds for a period up to 30.9.2014.
Suspended Futures trading in rice, urad and tur.
In order to enhance the production and productivity of oilseeds and thereby edible oil, a National Mission on Oilseed and Oil Palm (NMOOP) is being implemented by the during the XII Five Year Plan.

Protection of Intangible Cultural Heritage

The Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Culture & Tourism Shri Shripad Yesso Naik has said that the Government implements various schemes for protecting and promoting intangible cultural heritage in the country. These schemes do not cover heritage sites which are looked after separately by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI).
Shri Naik said, India has been elected to the Inter-Governmental Committee for Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage for the period 2014-2018 and would participate in Ninth Session of UNESCO.

One Rank One Pension Scheme

It means that the retired soldiers of the same rank and length of service will receive the same amount of pension, regardless of when they retire.
That is it demands equal pensions for those who have retired in one particular year, as those who retire in another year at the same position, and for the same duration of services rendered.
For eg, a sepoy who retires in 1993 should be paid the same pension at the time of retirement, as the one who retires in another year.
What was the problem before this scheme?

While every pay commission bumps the salaries of government servants, pensions of ex-servicemen remain the same

India State of Forest Report 2013

the total forest and tree cover of the country is 78.92 million hectare which is 24.01 percent of the geographical area of the country.
As compared to the assessment of 2011, there is an increase of 5871 sq km in the forest cover of the country.
The maximum increase in forest cover has been observed in West Bengal (3810 sq. km.) followed by Odisha (1444 sq. km.) and Kerala (622sq km).
Madhya Pradesh has the largest forest cover of 77,522 sq. km. in terms of area in the country followed by Arunachal Pradesh with forest cover of 67,321 sq. km.
In terms of percentage of forest cover with respect to total geographical area, Mizoram with 90.38 percent had the highest forest cover in terms of percentage of forest cover to Geographical area followed by Lakshadweep with 84.56 percent.

Law Commission submitted a report titled Manpower Planning in Judiciary: A Blue Print to Union Govt

A P Shah submitted the report to the Union Minister of Law & Justice and Communications & IT Ravi Shankar Prasad.

TRAI Amendment

Government appointed former Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) chairman Nripendra Misra as Principal Secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
But The TRAI Act bars its former chairmen and members from taking up government jobs after leaving office.
Therefore The National Democratic Alliance government introduced the Bill to change this clause, which several parties, including the Congress, has opposed.

Acc. to UN World Urbanization Prospects report 2014 Delhi second most populous city after Tokyo.
Representation of People Act

What is this act?

is an act of Parliament of India to provide for the conduct of elections of the Houses of Parliament and to the House or Houses of the Legislature of each State,
the qualifications and disqualifications for membership of those Houses,
the corrupt practices and other offences at or in connection with such elections and the decision of doubts and disputes arising out of or in connection with such elections.

Why in news?

former Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan, to explain why he should not be disqualified under Section 10A of the Representation of the People Act in a case pertaining to ‘paid news.’
The chief allegation was that he got several advertisements published in news media, which amounted to ‘paid news,’ but did not include the huge expenditure incurred on them in his election expenses statement.

What is paid news?

any news or analysis appearing in any media (print and electronic) for a price in cash or kind and went on to appoint Media Certification and Monitoring Committee (MCMC) at district and State-levels for certification of advertisements and keeping a check on violations.

This act was in News Before??

Modi Selfie Case
Indira Gandhi Case

The Allahabad high court invalidated found Indira Gandhi, who was the then Prime Minister, guilty on the charge of misuse of government machinery for her election campaign.
The court declared her election null and void and unseated her from her seat in the Lok Sabha representing Rae Bareilly constituency.
The court also banned her from contesting any election for an additional six years.
This resulted in declaration of emergency and amendments were made in the constitution to validate the election.

International

Gaza Israel Conflict
Russia And Ukraine

India & The World

Bangladesh won maritime dispute with India
India & Bhutan

At the invitation of His Majesty Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, the King of Bhutan, Prime Minister of India paid a State Visit to Bhutan from 15-16 June, 2014. External Affairs Minister visited Bangladesh from 25-27 June, 2014 at the invitation of the Foreign Minister of Bangladesh, Mr. A.H. Mahmood Ali.
Prime Minister addressed the Joint Sitting of the Bhutanese Parliament,
unveiled the Foundation Stone of the 600 MW Kholongchhu Hydropower Project,
and inaugurated the new Supreme Court building which was constructed with GOI assistance.
Prime Minister reaffirmed GOI’s commitment towards Bhutan’s XI Five Year Plan for 2013-18,
announced the doubling of the Nehru- Wangchuck scholarship to Rs.2 crores per year
assistance for the establishment of E-library in all 20 districts of Bhutan.

India & Pakistan

Pakistan’s Prime Minister visited India at the invitation of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi from May 26-27, 2014 to attend the swearing-in ceremony of the new Indian Government on May 26, 2014. Bilateral talks with the Pakistan Prime Minister were also held the next day.
The two Prime Ministers agreed that the Foreign Secretaries of both sides would get in touch to explore how to move bilateral relations forward.
Furthermore Prime Minister conveyed India’s readiness to work with Pakistan to achieve full normalization of trade relations on the basis of the September 2012 ‘Roadmap’.
Prime Minister underlined India’s concerns related to violence and terrorism. He underlined the importance of maintaining peace and tranquility at the borders and upholding the sanctity of the Line of Control during the meeting with the Prime Minister of Pakistan.
Prime Minister further conveyed India’s concerns at the slow progress being made in the Mumbai terror attack trials presently underway in Pakistan.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi shared with the Prime Minister of Pakistan India’s vision of a SAARC region built on partnerships for development and mutual prosperity with all our neighbours and expressed the hope that India-Pakistan relations would progress in the economic, cultural and political fields in the same manner that India’s relations with her other SAARC neighbours have progressed in recent years.

Civil Nuclear Co-Operation

India has signed civil nuclear cooperation agreements with France, United States (US), Russia, Namibia, Canada, Argentina, Kazakhstan, the Czech Republic and Republic of Korea
Recently the commercial contract for construction of two additional reactors at Kudankulam was finalized pursuant to the civil nuclear cooperation agreement with Russia.
An Early Works Agreement has been concluded between Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd and Westinghouse Electric Company (WEC) of the US with regard to the construction of two nuclear power reactors at Mithi Virdi in Gujarat.
Supply of uranium for fuelling India’s indigenous nuclear power reactors has also taken place from France, Russia and Kazakhstan pursuant to the signing of the above mentioned Agreements.

India and United Kingdom

on 8 July 2014 decided to launch negotiations for civil nuclear cooperation.
The decision was taken during the visit of UK foreign secretary of state William Hague to India. He visited India on 7- 8 July 2014.

India & Canada

signed an India-Canada Audiovisual Co-production Treaty with an aim to create jobs in both countries and boost tourism.

Defence

Brahmos Missile Successfully test Fired.
List of Satellites launched by ISRO During the last three years (2011-2014) and the current year (April 2014 – till date)
INS Kamorta, the first in series of anti-submarine corvettes indigenously built by Kolkata based Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Ltd. (GRSE), was handed over to Indian Navy.
The Indian Navy has got its largest-ever destroyer after the addition of the 163 metre-long vessel Kolkata (D63) to its arsenal.
Indian Naval Ship (INS) Kuthar Warship was damaged in a mishap on 13 July 2014.

Business

The Reserve Bank of India relaxed the rules of suppliers’ and buyers’ credit for importing rough, cut and polished diamonds to up to 180 days from 90 days with immediate effect.

Banking

Economic Survey 2013-14
General Budget 2014-15

State(UP)

Heritage tourism policy approved

a package for categorising heritage hotel along with special incentives has been formed

UP Solar Power Energy Policy approved

Solar energy plants with a minimum capacity of 1 MW can be set up
For setting up solar power plants in Bundelkhand and Purvanchal entire cost will be borne by the state government.

Lucknow Metro

the delegation from renowned financial institution European Investment Bank (EIB) met chief secretary and officials from the environment department and UP Pollution Control Board.
LMRC said EIB is positive about metro project of the city and may consider loaning it.

Person in News

Granville Austin – The scholar of Indian Constitution Died.
Emma Watson- UN Women appointed her as Goodwill Ambassador.
Pinky Anand- Appointed Additional Solicitor General
Zohra Sehgal- veteran actress died.
Lieutenant General Philip Campose- Appointed Vice Chief of Army Staff
Margreta Alva- Sworn in as Governor of Goa
Sim Bhullar- the first basketball player of Indian origin to join the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Sports

The FIFA Emergency Committee decided to suspend the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) with immediate effect, on account of government interference.
SAI and TheFootballLink jointly launched F-Cube technology at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium. The technology will promote football at the grass-root level
Germany won 2014 FIFA World Cup by defeating Argentina 1-0 at Maracana in Rio de Janeiro.

The goal was made by Mario Gotze during the extra-time.

Books

The Pity of Partition: Manto’s Life, Times, and Work across the India-Pakistan Divide by Ayesha Jalal

Important Days

World Population Day – 12th July

Important Organizations

International Atomic Energy Agency

Articles

PPP Model
FDI
Law Commissions In India
Cauvery Water Dispute

Abbreviations

INSPIRE- Innovation in Science Pursuit for Inspired Research
ISEA- Information Security Education Awareness

Banks Head Offices & CMD Names , Banks taglines , When Founded and Other Important Points

This post will have most of the banks with their heads and headquarters with their taglines.

Nationalised banks / Public-sector banks

Allahabad Bank

headquarters in Kolkata
founded in Allahabad in 1865
Shri Rakesh Sethi is the newly appointed Chairman & Managing Director of the bank.
Tagline- A Tradition of Trust

Andhra Bank

headquarters in Hyderabad
Dr. Bhogaraju Pattabhi Sitaramayya founded Andhra Bank in 1923 in Machilipatnam, Andhra Pradesh.
C.V.R. Rajendran (CMD)
Tagline- Where India Banks

Bank of Baroda

headquartered in Vadodara(it has a corporate headquarters in the Bandra Kurla Complex in Mumbai.)
Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III set up the Bank of Baroda in 1908
S S Mundra (Chairman & MD)
Tagline-India’s International Bank

Bank of India

headquarters in Mumbai
Vijayalakshmi R Iyer (CMD)
founded September 7, 1906
Tagline-Relationship Beyond Banking

Bank of Maharashtra

Headquarters in Pune
founded in 1935
Sushil Muhnot , Chairman & Managing Director
Tagline- एक परिवार एक बैंक

Bhartiya Mahila Bank

Headquarters in New Delhi, India
Usha Ananthasubramanian (Chairman & MD)
Former Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh inaugurated the system on 19 November 2013 on the occasion of the 94th birth anniversary of former Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
Tagline- Empowering Women Empowering India

Canara Bank

headquartered in Bangalore, Karnataka
It was established in 1906, making it one of the oldest banks in the country
Rajiv Kishore Dubey (CMD)
Tagline- Together We Can

Central Bank of India

Headquarters in Mumbai
established on 21 December 1911 by Sir Sorabji Pochkhanawala
Shri. Rajeev Rishi, Chairman & Managing Director
Tagline- Central To You Since 1911

Corporation Bank

headquartered in Mangalore
Shri Sadhu ram Bansal(Chairman, MD)
founded in 12 March 1906

Dena Bank

headquartered in Mumbai
Shri Ashwani Kumar (Chairman and Managing Director)
founded in 1938
Tagline- Trusted Family Bank

IDBI Bank

headquartered in Mumbai
It was established in 1964 by an Act of Parliament to provide credit and other facilities for the development of the fledgling Indian industry
M.S. Raghavan (Chairman & MD)
Tagline- Bank Aisa Dost Jaisa

Indian Bank

headquartered in Chennai
T.M.Bhasin (Chairman & MD)

Indian Overseas Bank

Headquarters in Chennai
M. Narendra(chairman & MD)
In 1937, Thiru.M. Ct. M. Chidambaram Chettyar established the Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) to encourage overseas banking and foreign exchange operations.
Tagline- Good People To Grow With

Oriental Bank of Commerce

Headquarters in Gurgaon, Haryana
S.L.Bansal(Chairman & MD)
established in Lahore in 1943
Tagline- Where Every Individual is Committed

Punjab National Bank

Headquarters in New Delhi, India
K R Kamath (Chairman & MD)
founded in 1895
PNB has had the privilege of maintaining accounts of national leaders such as Mahatma Gandhi, Jawahar Lal Nehru, Lal Bahadur Shastri, Indira Gandhi, as well as the account of the famous Jalianwala Bagh Committee.
Tagline-The name you can BANK upon!

Punjab & Sind Bank

Headquarters in New Delhi, India
S. JATINDER BIR SINGH,I.A.S(C.M.D.)
founded in 24 June 1908
Setluj Gramin Bank is a sponsored bank by Punjab & Sind Bank.
Tagline- Where Series Is A Way Of Life

Syndicate Bank

Headquarters in Manipal, Karnataka, India
Founded in Udupi, 1925 (as Canara Industrial and Banking Syndicate Limited)
Shri Sudhir Kumar Jain(Chairman & MD)
Tagline- Faithful Friendly Financial Partner
Syndicate Bank sponsored the first regional rural bank in India by name Prathama Bank, in Moradabad district Uttar Pradesh on 2 October 1975.

UCO Bank

Headquarters in Kolkata
Arun Kaul(Chairman and Managing Director)
established in 1943
Tagline- Honors your Trust

Union Bank of India

Headquarters in Mumbai
Mr. Arun Tiwari(Chairman & MD)
Union Bank of India (UBI) was registered on 11 November 1919 as a limited company in Mumbai and was inaugurated by Mahatma Gandhi.
Tagline-Good People To Bank With

United Bank of India

headquartered in Kolkata
UBI was the result of the merger in 1950 of four Bengali banks:

Comilla Banking Corporation
Bengal Central Bank
Comilla Union Bank
Hooghly Bank

Tagline- The Bank That Begins With ‘U’

Vijaya Bank

Headquartered in Bangalore
established by Shri. Attavar Balakrishna Shetty at Bunts Hostel in Mangalore on October 23, 1931
established on Vijayadashami Day, it was named ‘Vijaya Bank.
Shri.v kannan, Chairman & Managing Director
Tagline- A Friend You Can Bank Upon

SBI and associate banks

State Bank of India (Not enough here a full fledged post coming soon)

Headquartered in Mumbai
Arundhati Bhattacharya(Chairman)
History-

It came into existence after the amalgamation of three presidency banks that are Bank of Bengal, Bank of Madras and Bank of Bombay as Imperial Bank of India
On 1 July 1955, the Imperial Bank of India became the State Bank of India.

Tagline- “PURE BANKING, NOTHING ELSE”, “WITH YOU – ALL THE WAY”, “A BANK OF THE COMMON MAN”, “THE BANKER TO EVERY INDIAN”, “THE NATION BANKS ON US”

State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur

Headquartered in Jaipur
State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur came into existence on 1963 when two banks, namely, State Bank of Bikaner (established in 1944) and State Bank of Jaipur (established in 1943), were merged.

State Bank of Hyderabad

head office in Hyderabad
Smt Arundhati Bhattacharya is the current Chairman and Sri. M Bhagavantha Rao is the current Managing Director.
State Bank’s largest associate bank
Tagline- You Can Always Bank On Us

State Bank of Mysore

established as ‘Bank of Mysore Ltd.’
Tagline- Working For A Better Tommorrow

State Bank of Patiala

head office in Patiala
founded on 17 November 1917
SMT. ARUNDHATI BHATTACHARYA (Chairman), SHRI. S. A. RAMESH RANGAN(Managing Director)
Tagline- Blending Modernity With Tradition

State Bank of Travancore

Headquartered in Poojappura, Thiruvananthapuram
Shri.Jeevandas Narayan (Managing Director)
Tagline- A Long Tradition Of Trust

State Bank of Saurashtra (merged into SBI in 2008)
State Bank of Indore (merged into SBI in 2010)

Private-sector banks

Axis Bank

third largest private sector bank in India
headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra
Founded in 1994 (as UTI Bank)
The first branch was inaugurated on 2 April 1994 in Ahmedabad by Dr. Manmohan Singh, the then Finance Minister of India.
Deepika Padukone- brand ambassador for Axis Bank
Shikha Sharma (MD & CEO)
Tagline-

Catholic Syrian Bank

City Union Bank

Development Credit Bank

Dhanlaxmi Bank

Federal Bank

HDFC Bank

Housing Development Finance Corporation
fifth largest bank in India by assets
headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra
Aditya Puri (MD)
Tagline- “We understand your world”

ICICI Bank

Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India (ICICI)
headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra
it is the second largest bank in India
Chanda Kochhar (MD & CEO)
Amitabh Bachhan – Brand Ambassador
Tagline- Hum Hai Na

IndusInd Bank

ING Vysya Bank

Karnataka Bank

Karur Vysya Bank

Tagline- Smart Way To Bank

Kotak Mahindra Bank

Lakshmi Vilas Bank

Tagline- The Changing Face of Prosperity

Nainital Bank

Tamilnadu Mercantile Bank

South Indian Bank

Tagline- Experience Next Generation Banking

YES Bank

headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra
founded in 2004 by promoters Ashok Kapur and Rana Kapoor
Rana Kapoor (Managing Director & CEO)
Taline- Experience Our Expertise

International organization & headquarters

UNO (United Nations Org UNICEF UNCTAD	New York
WHO (World Health Org) ILO (International Labour Org) WTO (World Meteorological Org) World Intellectual Property Org International Standards Org	Geneva
UNIDO (United Nations Industrial Dev. Org) IAEA OPEC	Vienna
IMF (International Monetary Fund) World Bank	Washington DC
UNESCO OECD	Paris
Amnesty International Commonwealth of Nations IMO	London
ICJ (International Court of Justice)	The Hague
FAO (Food and Agricultural Organization)	Rome
NATO	Brussels
SAARC	Kathmandu
ASEAN	Jakarta
Transparency International	Berlin
APEC (Asia Pacific Economic Forum)	Singapore
Organization of Islamic Cooperation	Jeddah

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