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
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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
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District rural development agency – DRDA – 1993
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Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana – PMGSY – 2000
·
Twenty point programme – 1975
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Drought prone areas programme – DPAP - 1973
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Annapoorna scheme – 2000
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Total sanitation campaign – TSC – 1.4.1999
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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
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Golden fibre revolution – jute revolution
·
Golden revolution – overall horticulture
development/honey production
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Green revolution – foodgrain (cereals, wheat and
leguminous plant)production
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Grey revolution – fertilizer production
·
Pink revolution – onion
production/pharmaceutical/prawn production
·
Rainbow revolution – holistic development of
agricultural sector
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Red revolution – meat and tomato production
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Round revolution – potato revolution
·
Silver fiber revolution – cotton revolution
·
Silver revolution – egg/poultry production
·
White revolution – milk/dairy production
(In-India operation food)
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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:
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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:
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Oil and Natural Gas Corporation
·
Steel authority of India Limited
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Indian oil corporation Limited
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National thermal power corporation Limited
·
Coal India limited
12. The Navratnas in the country are:
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Bharat Electronics Limited
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Bharat Heavy Electrical Limited
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Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited
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Gail (India) Limited
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Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
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Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited
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Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited
·
National Aluminum Company Limited
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National Mineral Development Corporation Limited
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Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited
·
Oil India Limited
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Power Finance Corporation Limited
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Power Grid Corporation of India Limited
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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:
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Iron and steel industry
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Cotton and synthetic textile industry
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Jute industry
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Gems and jewellery
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Paper Industry
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Silk industry
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Sugar industry
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Cement industry
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Petrochemical industry
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Fertilizer industry
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Automotive industry
14. The different forms of foreign investments are:
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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
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Commercial papers
22. The various stock exchanges in the country are:
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Ahmedabad stock exchange limited – Ahmedabad
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Bangalore stock exchange limited - Bangalore
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Bhubaneswarar stock exchange limited –
Bhubaneswar
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Bombay stock exchange limited – Bombay
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Calcutta stock exchange limited – Kolkatta
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Cochin stock exchange limited – Cochin
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Coimbatore stock exchange limited – Coimbatore
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Delhi stock exchange limited – Delhi
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Gauhati stock exchange limited – Gauhati
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Hyderabad Stock exchange limited – Hyderabad
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Jaipur stock exchange limited – Jaipur
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Ludhiana stock exchange limited – Ludhiana
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Madhya Pradesh stock exchange limited – Indore
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Madras stock exchange limited – Chennai
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Magadh stock exchange limited – Patna
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Mangalore stock exchange limited – Mangalore
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National stock exchange limited – Mumbai
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OTC stock exchange limited – Mumbai
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Pune stock exchange limited – Pune
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Saurashtra Kutch stock exchange limited – Rajkot
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UP stock exchange limited – Kanpur
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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
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Unit Trust of India – 1964 – UTI
·
National Housing Bank – NHB – 1988 – New Delhi
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EXIM Bank – 1982 – Mumbai
·
Tourism Finance Corporation of India Limited –
TFCI – 1989 – New Delhi
