Banking Topics List

Banking Topics List (Bankoncepts Study Plan)


Chapter 1 - Indian Banking Industry

• Nationalized Banks vs. Public Sector Banks
• List of Public Sector Banks (PSBs)
• List of Private Sector Banks
• Cooperative Banks
• Postal Bank of India
• MUDRA Bank
• Small and Payment Bank
• Deposit Insurance - DICGC
• Small Account
• PMJDY Account
• Cash Credit (CC) and Overdraft (OD)
• Bill Discounting
• Non Performing Assets (NPA)
• SARFAESI Act
• Priority Sector Lending (PSL)
• Pledge, Hypothecation, Mortgage, Lien
• Base Rate and DRI Scheme
• Automated Teller Machine (ATM)
• Cards - Debit Cards, Credit Cards, Prepaid Cards
• Non Banking Financial Companies (NBFC)
• Letter of Credit
• Assets and Liabilities of Banks
• Capitals and Assets
• Mutual Funds
• Kisan Credit Card (KCC)
• General Credit Card (GCC)
• ADB, World Bank, IMF
• BRICS Nations, NDB, Fragile Five
• Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)

Chapter 2 - RBI and Monetary Policy

• Monetary Policy of RBI
• Open Market Operations (OMO)
• Market Stabilization Scheme (MSS)
• Monetary Policy Report - April 2015
• NEFT, RTGS, ECS-Credit, ECS-Debit
• Financial Inclusion
• Banking Business Correspondents (BC)
• Self Help Group (SHG), Joint Liability Group (JLG)
• Money Laundering, PMLA
• Issuance of Currency
• Clean Note Policy
• Soiled and Mutilated Notes

Chapter 3 - Money Market

• Repo, MSF, Bank rate, Reverse Repo
• Call-Notice-Term Money, Certificate of Deposits, Commercial Papers, ICD
• Treasury Bills, Cash Management Bills, Dated Securities, Gilt-edged Securities
• Negotiable Instruments, NIA Act 1881
• Negotiable Instruments - Promissory Notes, Bills of Exchange, Cheques
• Types of Cheques, Crossing of Cheques
• Cheque Truncation System (CTS)
• Demand Drafts (DD), DD vs. Cheques
• Foreign Exchange (Forex)
• FERA and FEMA Acts

Chapter 4 - Capital Market

• Primary and Secondary Market, Types of Issues - IPO, FPO, etc.
• Equity and Debt Instruments - Shares/Stocks, Bonds, Debentures, Dividends
• Types of Shares, Sensex, Nifty
• Derivatives Market - Forwards, Futures, Options
• Commodity Market, Hedging, Blue Chip, Bear and Bull market trend
• Demat Account
• Application Supported by Blocked Amount (ASBA)
• Merger, Amalgamation, Acquisition, Joint Venture

Chapter 5 - Public Finance

• General Budget 2015-16
• Public Funds - Consolidated Fund, Contingency Fund, Public Accounts
• Revenue, Fiscal and Primary Deficits, FRBM Act 2003
• Balance of Payments, BOP Deficit, Current Account Deficit, Trade Deficit, BOP Accounts
• Taxation in India (Direct and Indirect Taxes)
• Taxation in India (In details)
• Goods and Services Tax (GST)
• Finance Commission, Pay Commission, Bipartite Settlement

Chapter 6 - National Income

• National Income, Methods of calculation - Production, Income and Expenditure
• GDP, GNP, NNP, NI
• GDP of India, New GDP method, Nominal and Real GDP
• Appreciation and Depreciation
• Devaluation and Revaluation

Chapter 7 - Inflation

• Inflation, Stages and Types of Inflation
• Measurement of Inflation - WPI, CPI, PPI
• Inflation, Deflation, Reflation, Disinflation, Hyperinflation, Stagflation
• Inflation Targeting

Chapter 8 - Other Topics

• LIBOR, MIBOR, MIBID
• NRI Accounts - NRE, NRO, FCNR(B)
• NOSTRO, VOSTRO, LORO Accounts
• Line of Credit
• Letter of Credit
• Banking Ombudsman
• Depository Receipts - ADR, GDR
• Recession and Subprime Lending
• DEAF Scheme
• Purchasing Power Parity (PPP)
• Subsidy Leakage and JAM Trinity
• Interest Rate Swap (IRS)
• Disinvestment
• Finance Ministry
• Financial Market Entities
• Pre-2005 and MG-series Banknotes
• New Social Security Schemes - PMJJBY, PMSBY, APY
• Beti Bachao Beti Padhao initiative - Sukanya Samriddhi Account