RBI Grade B

Welcome to the Online Study Material for RBI Grade B Exam 2023

Welcome aspirants to this free online course for RBI Grade B Exam 2023. Under this course, we will post free online study material for RBI Grade B exam. This course is exclusively designed for the Phase-II preparation. We have divided the course into following sections:

• Economic and Social Issues (ESI)
• Finance
• Management
• Other Important Topics
• Important Books

We will post the content as per the syllabus of the RBI Grade B exam. There is separate section for current affairs/general awareness for preliminary exam. So let’s get started.

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Economic and Social Issues (ESI) Study Material for RBI Grade B 2023

Growth and Development

• Economy: Read What is Economy, Types and Sectors of Economy and watch this video
• Read Economic Growth and Economic Development and watch this video
• Measurement of growth: Read National Income Definition, Measurement, GDP, GNP, NDP and watch this video
• Distribution Network Models
• Washington Consensus
• Anglo Saxon Model
• Read Poverty, Types of Poverty, Poverty Line and Measures of Poverty, Poverty Gap, Poverty Ratio. Then watch this video
• Poverty Alleviation and Employment Generation in India: Video
• Sustainable Development and Environmental issues: Read What is Sustainable Development?, then move to Sustainable Development Goals and Role of UNDP. Also watch this video
• Environmental issues: 
  • Constitutional Provisions for Environment: PDF, Video
  • Important Acts related to Environment: PDF
  • Important Summits and Agreements: Article, Video
  • International Solar Alliance: Article, Video

Indian Economy

• Economic History of India: Read Economic Reforms in India – An Overview and watch this video
• Changes in Industrial and Labour Policy: Read Industrial Policy of India and Labour Laws in India: Reforms, Acts and Policies. Then watch this video 1 and video 2. Recent changes in labour policy.
• Monetary and Fiscal Policy
  • Monetary Policy: Types and Instruments in India: Also watch these two Video 1, Video 2
  • Monetary Policy Committee (MPC): Also watch this Video
  • Monetary Policy Instruments MCQ
  • Monetary Policy Committee questions
  • Read Fiscal Policy: Definition, Objectives, Tools, Types and watch this video
  • Reforms since 1991: PDF, Video
  • Financial System Reforms in India: Also watch this video
• Union Budget
  • Read Union Budget Terminology and watch this video
  • Economic Survey 2021-22 Highlights
  • Union Budget 2022-23 Highlights
• Indian Money and Financial Markets
  • Read Money Market, Money Market Instruments and watch this video
  • Regulation of Money Market Instruments in India
  • Call Money Market: Call Money, Notice Money, Term Money
  • Call Money Market MCQ
  • Money Market Questions for RBI Grade B
  • Role of Banks in Economic Development: PDF, Video
  • Role of RBI in Economic Development: Article, Video
• Public Finance
  • What is Public Finance: Read Q1 in this PDF
  • Public Revenue: PDF, Video
  • Taxation: PDF, Video
  • Canons of Taxation: PDF, Video
  • Classification of Taxes: Article, Video
  • Progressive, Proportional, and Regressive Taxes: Article, Video
  • Merits and Demerits of Direct Tax:  Article, Video
  • Role of direct and indirect taxes in Indian Economy: PDF, Video 1, Video 2
  • Laffer Curve: PDF, Video
• Political Economy: Video
• Industrial Development in India: Read Industrial Policy of India and watch this Video
• Indian Agriculture: Watch this Video
• Services Sector in India: Watch this Video

Globalization

• Opening up of the Indian Economy: Read Liberalisation Privatisation and Globalisation and watch this Video
• Balance of Payment: Read this article and watch this video
• Export and Import Policy: Export and Import Policy is also known as Foreign Trade Policy. Read this PDF and then watch this video New
• International Economic Institutions: Watch this video and read following articles
  • World Bank
  • International Monetary Fund (IMF)
  • Asian Development Bank (ADB)
  • Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)
  • New Development Bank
• Regional Economic Co-operation: Watch this video and read following articles:
  • Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
  • Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
  • Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC)
  • G20
  • G77
  • Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)
  • BRICS
  • OECD
  • Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership
  • Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI)

Social Structure in India

• Multiculturalism: Read this article and then watch this Video
• Demographic trends in India: Article, Video
• Urbanisation and Migration: Read Urbanisation and watch this Video
• Gender Issues: Article, Video
• Social Justice: Article, Video
• Positive Discrimination in favour of the under privileged: Read these three articles: Article 1, Article 2, Article 3 and then watch this video New
• Social Movements: Read this PDF and then watch this video
• Indian Political System: Video
• Human Development: Read Human Development Index (HDI) and watch this video
• Social Sectors in India: Read Article, Watch these three Videos video 1, video 2, video 3
• Health and Education: Read PDF on health and this article on education. Lastly watch this video.

Finance and Management Study Material for RBI Grade B 2023

The Finance and Management study material for RBI Grade B 2023 is further divided into two sections:

1. Finance
2. Management

Finance Study Material for RBI Grade B 2023

The Finance study material for RBI Grade B 2023 consists of following sections:

Financial System

• Regulators of Banks and Financial Institutions: Read this article and then watch this video
• Functions of RBI: Read Functions of RBI, Role of RBI as Regulator, Reserve Bank of India Act 1934. Then watch this video
• Monetary Policy: Read about Monetary Policy. Then watch Types of Monetary Policy Video, Monetary Policy Instruments, Monetary Policy Committee
• Structure of Banking in India: Read this PDF, then watch this video
• Financial Institutions:
  • SIDBI: Read this article, then watch this video
  • Exim Bank: Read this article, then watch this video
  • NABARD: Read this article, then watch this video
  • National Housing Bank (NHB): Read this Article, then watch this video
• Changing landscape of banking sector in India: Read this PDF, then watch this video
• Impact of the Global Financial Crisis of 2007-08 and the Indian response: Read this speech by D Subbarao, then read this article and also watch this video

Financial Market

• Indian Financial System: Read this article, then watch this video
• Financial Sector Reforms: Read this article, then watch this video
• Primary and Secondary Markets
  • Capital Market: Read Types, functions and Instruments of Capital Market, then watch this video
  • Money Market: Read Money Market objectives and Instruments, then watch this video

General Topics

• Risk Management in Banking Sector: Read this PDF, then watch this video
• Basics of Derivatives: PDF, Video
• Global Financial Markets: Read Unit-1 from this PDF, then watch this video
  • Global Financial Market Trends: Watch this video
• Financial Inclusion: PDF, Video
• Alternate Source of Finance: Read this PDF, then watch this video
  • Public Private Partnership: Article, Video
• Corporate Governance in Banking Sector: Read this article, then watch this video
• Role of e-Governance: Read this PDF, then watch this video
• Inflation: Read Types, Effects and Causes of Inflation, then read WPI vs CPI and then watch these two videos: video 1, video 2
• Fintech: Read this PDF, then watch this video

Management Study Material for RBI Grade B 2023

The Management study material for RBI Grade B 2023 consists of following sections:

Fundamentals of Management & Organizational Behaviour

• Introduction to management:
  • Concept of Management: Read this concept of management, then watch this video. Also read Management definition by different authors.
  • Nature and Scope of Management: Read Nature and Scope of management, Video
  • Tasks of Professional Manager
  • Responsibility of Manager
  • Objectives of Management: Read this objective of management, then watch this video
  • Levels of Management: Read Three level of Management, then watch this video
• Evolution of Management Thought: Read this PDF, then watch this video
  • Classical Theory of Management: Read this article, then watch this video
  • Neo-classical Theory of Management: Read this PDF, then watch this video
  • Modern Theory of Management: Read this Article, then watch this video
• Management Functions: Read Functions of Management/Management Processes
  • Read Planning
  • Read Organizing
  • Read Staffing
  • Read Directing
  • Read Controlling
  • Then watch this video
• Managerial Roles: Read Ten Roles of a Manager in an Organisation, then watch this video New

Miscellaneous

• Gross Fixed Capital Formation (GFCF)
• Core Industry
• Unemployment and its types
• Balance of Payments
• Central Sector Scheme and Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS)
• What is MSME: MSMED Act 2006, Schemes, Challenges
• Right to Education Act
• National Food Security Act
• Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF)
• National Sports Development Fund
• National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF)
• Organisations
  • United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
  • UNESCO
  • World Economic Forum (WEF)
  • International Solar Alliance (ISA)
  • National Payments Corporation of India
  • NITI Aayog
  • Central Statistical Organisation
  • Securities and Exchange Board of India
  • Insurance Regulatory Development Authority
  • World Trade Organisation
  • Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI)
  • Confederation of Indian Industry
  • Central Information Commission
  • DRDO
  • ISRO
  • Archaeological Survey of India
  • Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
  • Airport Authority of India
  • National Highway Authority of India
  • National Sample Survey Office (NSSO)
  • National Solar Energy Federation of India
  • Global Solar Council
  • DICGC
  • NATGRID
  • National Credit Guarantee Trustee Company Ltd (NCGTC)
• Bank Recapitalisation and Comprehensive Reform Plan
• Seven point strategy for Doubling farmer’s income
• Socio-Economic Caste Census-2011
• 20th Livestock Census of India
• National Health Policy 2017
• National Environment Policy, 2006
• Agricultural Economics: “Productivity enhancement in agriculture need not always be capital intensive. SRI demonstrates it
• What is Interest Subvention Scheme for farmers
• National Digital Communication Policy 2018 (NDPC – 2018)
• Agriculture Export Policy 2018
• JAM Trinity
• National Population Register (NPR)
• Reports
  • Periodic Labour Force Survey 2017-18
• Important Bills/Acts
  • Fugitive Economic Offenders Bill 2018
  • Citizenship Amendment Bill 2019
• Quizzes
  • Quiz 1: National Income – MCQ
  • Quiz 2: DSIB
  • Quiz 3: GST
  • Quiz 4: Disinvestment, FDI, FTP
  • Quiz 5: Government Schemes [Part 1]
  • Quiz 6: Government Schemes [Part 2]
  • Quiz 7: Government Schemes [Part 3]
  • Quiz 8: Government Schemes [Part 4]
  • Quiz 9: Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme
  • Quiz – 10: ADB, Banks Board Bureau MCQ

Finance

• Overview of Financial System
• Indian Financial System, Video
• Regulators of Banks and Financial Institutions, Video
• Functions of RBI, Video
• Financial Markets
• Financial Intermediaries
• Foreign Exchange Market In India
• Credit Market in India
• Bancassurance
• Bond Basics | Different Types of Bonds Explained
• Offshore Rupee Bonds
• Masala Bonds
• Certificate of Deposit
• Commercial Paper
• Time Value of Money
  • Future value of money
• What is FATCA (Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act)?
• Collateralised borrowing and lending obligation (CBLO)
• Government Securities and Treasury Bills
• Monetary Policy Committee (MPC)
  • First Bi-Monthly Monetary Policy Statement 2019-20
  • Sixth Bi-monthly monetary policy statement 2018-19
  • Sixth Bi-monthly monetary policy statement 2017-18
• Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code 2016
• Prompt Corrective Action (PCA)
• Corporate Debt Restructuring (CDR)
• Joint Lenders Forum (JLF)
• Strategic Debt Restructuring Scheme (SDR)
• Scheme for Sustainable Structuring of Stressed Assets (S4A)
• National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT)
• REER vs NEER
• Anti-dumping duty
• Net Owned Fund (NOF)
• Relief for MSME borrowers registered under GST
• Finance Commission
  • 14th Finance Commission Recommendations
  • 15th Finance Commission
• Adjusted Net Bank Credit (ANBC)
• The London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR)
• Ways and Means Advance
• Rupay Card
• Ombudsman Schemes
  • Ombudsman Scheme for Non-Banking Financial Companies
  • Ombudsman Scheme for Digital Transactions (OSDT)
  • Internal Ombudsman Scheme
  • Annual Report RBI Ombudsman Scheme 2018-19
• General Anti Avoidance Rules
• Kisan Vikas Patra
• India’s Inward Remittances Survey 2016-17 by RBI
• What are Liquidity Ratios?
• What is Debt Recovery Tribunal (DRT) and DRAT?
• Index of Industrial Production (IIP): Definition, Composition
• What is Stock Exchange: Also watch this video
• What is Indian Post Payments Bank (IPPB)
• What is Credit Rating Agency (CRA)?
• Functions of Financial Action Task Force (FATF)
• Fiscal Policy
• Fiscal reforms in India Since Independence
• FRBM Act Explained – Objectives, targets, Amendments
• Payments Bank
• Small Finance Banks
• GAFA Tax
• Business Correspondent Model Explained
• Non Performing Asset
• Financial Stability and Development Council
• Vision 2021 Payment and Settlement System
• Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2007 FAQ
• Related Party Transactions
• Global Financial Crisis
• Special Liquidity Scheme for NBFC and HFC
• Housing Finance Company
• Co-Lending Model by Banks and NBFCs
• Self-Regulatory Organisation (SRO)
• Money Market Instruments
• Payment Infrastructure Development Fund
• Committees and Recommendations
  • Bimal Jalan Committee on Economic Capital Framework
  • Committee on the Analysis of QR Code
• International Financial Institutions
  • World Bank
  • International Monetary Fund (IMF)
  • Asian Development Bank (ADB)
  • Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)
  • New Development Bank
• Quizzes
  • Quiz – 1 : Regulator of banks
  • Quiz – 2 : Regulator of banks and FI
  • Quiz – 3 : CRR and SLR
  • Quiz – 4 : CRR, SLR, MSF and LAF
  • Quiz – 5 : BASEL
  • Quiz – 6 : BASEL Quiz 2
  • Quiz – 7 : BASEL Quiz 3
  • Quiz – 8 : Monetary Policy Committee
  • Quiz – 9 : SIDBI
  • Quiz – 10 : RBI Quiz
  • Quiz – 11 :  Monetary Policy Instruments
  • Quiz – 12: Price Index and Financial Instruments
  • Quiz – 13: Financial Instruments
  • Quiz – 14: Measures of Money Supply
  • Quiz – 15: Money Market
  • Quiz – 16: Coins
  • Quiz – 17: Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code
  • Quiz – 18: CGTMSE, SIDBI, types of ATM
  • Quiz – 19: MSME, Depositor Education and Awareness Fund
  • Quiz – 20: Public Credit Registry
  • Quiz – 21: Bank recapitalisation, NPA, Differentiated banks
  • Quiz – 22: NBFC
  • Quiz – 23: AIIB, foreign remittance, SWIFT 
  • Quiz – 24: National Housing Bank
  • Quiz – 25: Index of Industrial Production
  • Quiz -26: FDI Confidence Index
  • Quiz – 27: Inflation
  • Quiz – 28: WPI CPI
  • Quiz – 29: Payments Banks

Management

• Leadership – Characteristics and Tasks of a Leader
• Leadership Styles
• Leadership Theories
• Successful Leader vs Effective Leader
• Human Resource Development: Concept
• Goals of HRD
• Performance Appraisal
• Potential Appraisal: Objectives, Purpose, Advantage, Steps
• Feedback and Feedback types
• Effective Performance Counselling
• Career Planning
• Training and Development
• Rewards
• Motivation
• Morale
• Factors Affecting Morale
• Theories of Motivation
  • Maslow’s Need Hierarchy Theory
  • Herzberg’s Two Factors Theory of Motivation
  • ERG Theory of Motivation
  • McClelland Theory of Need
  • Porter and Lawler Theory of Motivation
  • Adams Equity Theory of Motivation
  • Vroom Expectancy Theory of Motivation
• Corporate Governance and Agency Problem
• Principles of Corporate Governance (RATF)
• Corporate Governance Models
• Theories of Corporate Governance
• What is Communication and Functions of Communication
• Steps in Communication Process
• Communication Channels
• Written vs Oral Communication
• Verbal vs Non-Verbal Communication
• Communication Types: : Upward, Downward, Lateral
• Barriers to Effective Communication

Government Schemes

• New India Literacy Programme
• Scheme of Border Infrastructure and Management
• Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana
• Rashtriya Yuva Sashaktikaran Karyakram New
• JIVA Programme by NABARD New
• Read Sector-wise Schemes

Month-wise Current Affairs Magazine (by Bankersadda)

The six months of  current affairs preparation is enough for this exam exam.

• July 2022 New
• June 2022
• May 2022
• April 2022
• March 2022
• February 2022
• January 2022
• December 2021
• November 2021
• October 2021
• September 2021
• August 2021

Other General Awareness

• Adaptation Fund – UNFCCC
• Headquarters of various PSU banks
• Various Committees formed by RBI
• What is Article 370 and Article 35A
• Trick to memorize currency of some countries
• Military exercises of India with other countries
• Short trick to learn G-8 and G-20 countries
• Taglines of banks
• Countries and Capitals
• Important Facts of Census 2011
• Ranking of India in various Index 2021
• Reports Published by Various International Organisations

Important Newspaper Articles

• Yet to Publish

RBI Grade B MCQ Series 2023

• Yet to publish

Important Books

Though we will try to cover everything here, but there are some books which help you clear your basic understanding. These are some books which are useful for RBI Grade B:

• Quantitative Aptitude
  1. Quantitative Aptitude by Dr. R S Aggarwal: This book is very old and famous book for competitive exams. It contains lots of problem. You must have this book in your armory.
  2. Magical Book on Quicker Maths by M Tyra: If you are preparing for SSC CGL along with RBI Grade B, then this book is for you. It has lot of easy tricks which you may find useful in exam.
  3. Quantum CAT by Sarvesh K Kumar: RBI Grade B aspirant definitely buy this book. It contains all those hard problems that are generally asked in this exam.

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