IBPS - BANKING/INSURANCE EXAMINATIONS – RAPID READING EXERCISE BULLET POINTS - PART: 002

IBPS - BANKING/INSURANCE  EXAMINATIONS – RAPID READING EXERCISE

BULLET POINTS - PART: 002

DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES

01. The various employment, poverty, rural and urban development programmes launched in the country were:

·         Employment guarantee scheme of Maharashtra – EGSM - 1972

·         Training rural youth for self employment – TRYSEM – 1979

·         Integrated rural development programme – IRDP – 1980

·         National rural employment programme – NREP – 1980

·         Rural landless employment guarantee programme – RLEGP – 1983

·         Jawahar Rozgar Yojana – JRY – 1989

·         Nehru Rozgar Yojana – 1989

·         Scheme of Urban Wage Employment – SUWE – 1990

·         Employment Assurance Scheme – EAS – 1993

·         Swarna Jayanthi Shahari Rozgar Yojana – SJSRY – 1997

·         Swarna Jayanthi Gram Swarazgor Yojana – SJGSY – 1.4.1999

·         Jai Prakash Narayan Rozgar Guarantee Yojana – JPNRGY

·         Pradhan Mantri Gramadoya Yojana – PMGY – 2000

·         Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana – SGRY – 25.09.2001

·         Food for work programme – 2001

·         Prime Minister’s employment generation programme – PMEGP – 2008

02. The various rural development programmes launched in the country were:

·         Community development programme – CDP – 1952

·         National fund for rural development – NFRD – 1984

·         Council for advancement of people’s actions and rural technology – CAPART – 1986

·         District rural development agency – DRDA – 1993

·         Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana – PMGSY – 2000

·         Twenty point programme – 1975

·         Drought prone areas programme – DPAP - 1973

·         Annapoorna scheme – 2000

·         Total sanitation campaign – TSC – 1.4.1999

·         Nirmal Gram Puraskar – NGP – October, 2003

·         Desert Development Programme – DDP- 1977-1978

·         Integrated Wasteland Development Programme – IWDP – 1989-1990

·         Valmiki Ambedkar Awas Yojana – VAAY – December, 2001

·         Member of Parliament Local Area Development Programme – MPLADP

·         Affordable Housing in Partnership – AHIP

·         Rajiv Awas Yojana – RAY – 2010

03. Women Empowerment programmes launched in the country were:

·         Support to training and emplolyment programme for women – STEPW – 2003/2004

·         Rajiv Gandhi scheme for employment of Adolscene Girls – RGSEAG – 19.11.2010

·         Rashtriya Mahila Gosh – National credit fund for women – 1993

·         Indira Gandhi Matriva Sahyog Yojana – IGMSY

·         Swayam Siddha – 2001

·         Swadhar – 1995

·         Support to training and employment programme for women – STEP

·         Development of women and children in rural areas – DWCRA – 1982

·         Dhan Laxmi – March 2008

·         Ujjwala – 4.12.2007

·         Gender Budgeting Scheme – GBS – 2004

·         National Mission for empowerment of Women – NMEW – 2010

04. The various education oriented programmes launched in the country were:

·         National Programme for education of girls at elementary level – NPEGEL – 2003

·         Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya – KGBV – 2004

·         Inclusive education for the disabled at secondary stage – IEDSS – 2009/2010

·         Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyaan – RMSA – March 2009

·         Saakshar Bharat – 8.9.2009

05. The various health oriented programmes launched in the country were:

·         National rural health mission – NRHM – 12.4.2005

·         Janani Suraksha Yojana – JSY– April 2005

·         Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana – PMSSY – 2010

06. The major agricultural revolutions which took place in the country were:

·         Black revolution – petroleum production

·         Blue revolution – fish production

·         Brown revolution – Leather/cocoa production

·         Golden fibre revolution – jute revolution

·         Golden revolution – overall horticulture development/honey production

·         Green revolution – foodgrain (cereals, wheat and leguminous plant)production

·         Grey revolution – fertilizer production

·         Pink revolution – onion production/pharmaceutical/prawn production

·         Rainbow revolution – holistic development of agricultural sector

·         Red revolution – meat and tomato production

·         Round revolution – potato revolution

·         Silver fiber revolution – cotton revolution

·         Silver revolution – egg/poultry production

·         White revolution – milk/dairy production (In-India operation food)

·         Yellow revolution – oil seeds production

·         Evergreen revolution – increase in productivity and prosperity without sociological harm

07. Public distribution system –

·         PDS was launched during 1967

·         To act as price support programme

·         The basic aim was to provide essential commodities such as rice, wheat, sugar, edible oil, soft coke and kerosene at subsidized prices

·         It is the largest distribution network in the world

08. Agricultural credit:

·         There are two sources of credit available to farmers – Institutional credit and non institutional/private credit

09. Institutional credit – covers cooperative societies and banks, commercial banks, Regional Rural banks and NABARD

10. Non Institutional/Private sources of credit are money lenders, traders and commission agents, relatives and landlords

11. The five Mahatratnas in the country are:

·         Oil and Natural Gas Corporation

·         Steel authority of India Limited

·         Indian oil corporation Limited

·         National thermal power corporation Limited

·         Coal India limited

12. The Navratnas in the country are:

·         Bharat Electronics Limited

·         Bharat Heavy Electrical Limited

·         Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited

·         Gail (India) Limited

·         Hindustan Aeronautics Limited

·         Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited

·         Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited

·         National Aluminum Company Limited

·         National Mineral Development Corporation Limited

·         Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited

·         Oil India Limited

·         Power Finance Corporation Limited

·         Power Grid Corporation of India Limited

·         Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited

·         Rural Electrification Corporation Limited

·         Shipping Corporation of India Limited

13. The different types of large scale industries available in the country are:

·         Iron and steel industry

·         Cotton and synthetic textile industry

·         Jute industry

·         Gems and jewellery

·         Paper Industry

·         Silk industry

·         Sugar industry

·         Cement industry

·         Petrochemical industry

·         Fertilizer industry

·         Automotive industry

14. The different forms of foreign investments are:

·         Direct foreign investment

·         Foreign collaboration

·         Inter-governmental loans

·         Loans from international institutions

·         External commercial borrowings

15. Foreign direct investments are not permitted in the case of:

·         Retail trading

·         Lottery business

·         Gambling and betting

·         Chit fund business, nidhi company

·         Real estate business

·         Manufacturing of cigars and tobacco products

·         Activities/sectors not opened to private sector viz railways and atomic energy

16. Balance of trade means – exports exceeding imports in value

17. The invisible transactions are classified into three categories namely:

·         Services travel

·         Income

·         Transfers

18. The main foreign exchange reserves in the country are:

·      Foreign currency assets – FCA

·      Gold stock of RBI

·      Special drawing rights SDRs

·      Reserve Tranche Position – RTP in the International Monetary Fund

19. FERA was enacted during the year 1973

20. FEMA was enacted during the year 1999

21. Money market instruments in the country are:

·         91day treasury bills

·         182 days treasury bills

·         364 days treasury bills

·         14 days treasury bills

·         Dated government securities

·         Certificate of deposits

·         Commercial papers

22. The various stock exchanges in the country are:

·         Ahmedabad stock exchange limited – Ahmedabad

·         Bangalore stock exchange limited - Bangalore

·         Bhubaneswarar stock exchange limited – Bhubaneswar

·         Bombay stock exchange limited – Bombay

·         Calcutta stock exchange limited – Kolkatta

·         Cochin stock exchange limited – Cochin

·         Coimbatore stock exchange limited – Coimbatore

·         Delhi stock exchange limited – Delhi

·         Gauhati stock exchange limited – Gauhati

·         Hyderabad Stock exchange limited – Hyderabad

·         Jaipur stock exchange limited – Jaipur

·         Ludhiana stock exchange limited – Ludhiana

·         Madhya Pradesh stock exchange limited – Indore

·         Madras stock exchange limited – Chennai

·         Magadh stock exchange limited – Patna

·         Mangalore stock exchange limited – Mangalore

·         National stock exchange limited – Mumbai

·         OTC stock exchange limited – Mumbai

·         Pune stock exchange limited – Pune

·         Saurashtra Kutch stock exchange limited – Rajkot

·         UP stock exchange limited – Kanpur

·         The Vodadara stock exchange limited – Vadodara

23. All India financial institutions of the country are:

·         Industrial Finance Corporation of India – IFCI – 1948 – New Delhi

·         State Finance Corporation of India – SFCs – 1951

·         Industrial credit and Investment Corporation of India – ICICI – 1955 – Mumbai

·         Industrial Development Bank of India – IFCI – 1964 – Mumbai

·         Industrial Investment Bank of India – IIBI – 1965

·         Small Industrial Development Bank of India – SIDBI – LUCKNOW

·         Unit Trust of India – 1964 – UTI

·         National Housing Bank – NHB – 1988 – New Delhi

·         EXIM Bank – 1982 – Mumbai

·         Tourism Finance Corporation of India Limited – TFCI – 1989 – New Delhi