Economy : Approach to Yearbook

Indexes/Surveys Ch 6 6 6 6 6 6 19 19 Pg No 101 101 101 102 109 112 525 527 to 31 Topic WPI CPI ASI Energy statistics Economic Census Infrastructural statistics Annual Survey of Industries IIP: features, components +factors affecting (on pg 530) Economy: essential facts for MCQs/2m Category of workers Indias major import and export commodities (last two paragraphs) Table 2 & 3: top five countries of export and import Components of Indias foreign exchange reserve (last two lines) Reasons for declining rupee (second paragraph under exchange-rate topic) Reasons for increasing external debt (last two lines) Steps taken by government to manage external debt (paragraph below the table) Examples of alternate investment funds Two routes for foreign investment in mutual funds (second last paragraph) Steps taken to encourage retail investor participation SCORES Indias quota and ranking in IMF Ennor Port is 12 major and first corporate major port of India GAGAN (1st para) actually S&T Economy: Organizations (National) Indian statistical system Central statistical office National Sample survey Organisation MMTC State trading Corporation of India Power ministry structure function (3rd, 4th para) Central Electricty Authority NHPC NTPC National grid Bureau of energy efficiency Petroleum Ministry Function ONGC ONGC videsh

6 7 7 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 26 26

99 127 129 334 335 335 336 341 342 342 344 354 942 950

6 6 6 7 7 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11

98 98 99 150 151 258 260 266 266 272 279 280 280 280

11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 14 14 14 14 15 15 15 15 15 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19

281 281 283 283 284 285 271 272 273 327 327 338 350 351 340 387 391 396 404 407 409 412 414 435 436 440 451 586 587 594 594 596 597 598 609 611 618 619

OIC GAIL IOCL HPCL coal ministry structure function (last para) CIL Rural Electrification Corporation PowerGRID power finance corp.Ltd. Departments under Ministry of Finance: MCQ Department of economic affairs: structure functions Foreign investment promotion board Financial stability and development Council Financial sector legislative reforms commission Department of economic affairs structure and functions (second last paragraph) Controller General of Account Chief Advisor of Cost Revenue Department : functions (3rd para) functions of Corporate Affairs ministry (1st para) Serious Fraud investigation Offoce (SFIO) Indian Corporate law service (ICLS) Competition Commission of India (CCI)+ CAT tribunal (pg 413) functions of Department of food and public distribution consumer cooperatives forward market commission bureau of Indian standards ( upto pages 446) National test house Central Silk Board Silk Mark org (SMOI) KVIC Coir Board CPSE importance (2nd para). BRPSE PMA National pharmaceutical pricing authority (NPPA) functions of Ministry of Mines Geological Survey of India Indian Bureau of Mines PSUs: NALCO, HCL, MECL: overview (+profile based info. Like if there is any factory near your locality) wage boards + for working journalists National Social Security board Labour bureau functions VV Giri Institute, Workers education : just brief overview

19 619-21 21 665 21 671 21 673 67621 677

21 21 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26

678 687 930 930 933 937 943 945 945 948 953 953 956

National safety Council NIMI functions national highways overview (two tables only to check ranking arrangement) national highways: role of central min and 3 agencies BRO shipping Corporation of India civil aviation ministry last two paragraphs DGCA Bureau of civil aviation security Airport Authority of India AERA Air India Ltd and its subsidiaries Pawan Hans helicopter Economy: Organizations (International) Financial action task force Financial stability board Financial stability assessment program International monetary fund World Bank lending to India International fund for agricultural development Asian development bank Economy: India and World Indias engagement in free trade agreements.+ Tables given on page 136 to 141 WTO, Doha Round, 8th ministerial conference Settlement of disputes Indias initiative for developing countries Trade with Africa Focus Africa program (2 marker) India-EU bilateral trade negotiations. (dig newspaper for updates) Acronyms table : regional groupings and its members. (MCQ and 2m) India Japan bilateral relations India UK bilateral India Norway India Switzerland India EU India Germany India France India USA, USAID India G20 India UNDP SAARC Currency swap Financial transaction plan

13 13 13 13 13 13 13

351 352 352 353 355 357 357

7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13

136 141 143 144 147 148 149 140 359 359 360 361 361 362 363 364 365 368 370 355

7 11 11 11 11 11 11

135 264 265 265 280 283 286

Economy: Policy / reforms Strategy for doubling exports Private sector participation in power sector Revised Mega power policy Automatic FDI in power sector NELP policy (followup on internet) pricing of petro.products National Action plan of climate change (last line. Followup from net) Fiscal policy for 2012 13 (330). Combined with new initiatives in fiscal management 332. Combine with Kelkar report and other developments from newspapers FDI policy (new will come in April 2013) Policy initiatives in capital market Initiatives In corporate debt market Reforms in secondary market Reforms in external market. (ECB, FIL, QFIS) export policy of rice, sugar, wheat sugar pricing policy (already discussed click me) National Design Policy industrial policy (and for MCQ, mugup list of sectors where licence needed) + more fodder on pg 761 onwards in planning National mfg. policy FDI (although new data in Economic Survey) 12th FYP approach for Handloom NBS policy (dig more on net) Petrochem policy

13 330 13 338 13 340 13 343 13 345 13 346 15 424-25 15 426-28 19 541 19 524 19 534 19 536-38 19 592 19 603 19 608 19 26 26

611 National mineral policy + more fodder on pg 765 planning + dig net for MMDR act issues 931 public-private partnership in highways 952 greenfield airport policy Economy: Schemes

6 6 6 7 7 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11

115 20 point programme 118 121 135 145 260 268 282 287 287 288 289 278 Table 6.13 list of 20 point programmes. (very important. follow up should be done from other chapters of the book, and/ or official websites of respective ministries) MPLADS: salient features. (pro con should be prepared from newspaper columns) Export promotion measures Special economic zones Ultra Mega Power project UMPP (names 2nd para) Rajiv Gandhi Gramin Vidhyutikaran Yojana Bharat Stage 3 and 4 fuel (last 2 para) Jawahar Nehru National Solar Mission Offgrid and Distributed renewable energy system Biogas Solar City names (2nd para) North East Power Corp.

13 13 14 14 14 14 14 15 15 15 19 19

336 345 409 410 410 410 411 415 428 442 539 540

Initiatives in infrastructure and investment field Rajeev Gandhi Equity savings scheme MCA-21 project NEFT benefits XBRL filing benefits DIN : why needed e-stamping open market sales scheme (FCI) Ethanol blending program. Already discussed click me Hall marking of gold, silver jewelry Reforms: streamline biz. Environment IPR salient achievements in recent past Package for special category state (Bihar, W.Bengal demanding similar things so dig more from net) Tansport Subsidy scheme TUFS Integrated Textile Parks (SITP) Technical Textile Definiation (1st para) Mega Clusture +Table on megaclustures on pg 575 for MCQ Technology mission on Cotton, India 2nd largest producer after China MSP : only overview handloom, powerloom overview (previous article available on Mrunal.org/yearbook location of 4 mega clustures (2nd last para) ISDS skill Development PMs employment generation program MoU meaning, function (2nd last para) Maha/Mini/Nava Ratna scheme DMIC project (also fodder point for India-Japan bilateral) NEIIPP for North East deposit linked insurance International workers: special provisions in India National employment service womens vocational ITI ITI reforms (mostly fodder) skill development initiatives freight traffic improvement commission on Railway safety Economy: Laws Electricity Act SAFEM Act NDPS Act (very little info. Need to followup from net) COFEPOSA Act (very little info. Need to followup from net) Indian Stamps Act Prevention of Money Laundering

19 543 19 542 19 570 19 571 19 571 19 574 19 579 19 580 19 588 19 589 19 592 19 595 19 596 19 596-97 19 535 19 542 21 685 21 685 21 691 21 686 21 688 21 690 26 929 26 929

11 13 13 13 13 13

261 399 398 398 399 400

14 14 15 15 15 15 15 19 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21

404 404 415 434 436 438 450 540 664 672 677 678 679 680 680 682 682 683 683 684 684 685 686

Company bill (not enough content. Do followup from net) limited liability partnership food security bill essential commodities act forward contract regulation act: proposed amendments consumer protection act + CONFONET on pg 439 weights and measures act Trademark Amendment bill 2010 all the labour laws given on page 664 and 665 Unorganized workers social security act : salient features factories act and workers safety mines act and safety industrial disputes act trade union (+ dig net for more, on issues like Maruti strike) Plantation Labour employees compensation maternity benefit ESIC Provident fund (dig net for more) EPF (dig net for more) EPS (dig net for more) payment of gratuity apprentices act Economy: Topics/Overview

13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 15 15 15 19 19 19 19

396 397 398 401 400 401 401 327 333 338 350 432 446 452 543 to 62 580 581 582

direct tax finance Act (just overview because new will be made after Budget 2013) Indirect Tax: custom, excise, service (updated data will be in Economic Survey) Anti Smuggling Act CST VAT GST Annual budget (just theoratical part) 327 to 330 Public debt and other liabilities. Understand the classification of internal, external and other debts for MCQ Public-private partnership Indias sovereign debt rating (mostly fodder for interview) price management of food and civil supplies consumer awareness food-processing overview (mostly fodder) Overview of various industries (fodder) Wool- issues (only natural fiber in which India is deficient) Jute: importance, advantages of (para 1 and 2) Silk importance, area under cultivation (1st para). + schemes on pg 584, 85

19 593 19 598 19 598 19 600-01 19 603 19 606 19 607 61219 618 26 928 26 934 26 935 26 938 26 940 26 940 26 943 26 951 23 782-86

MSME benefits and importance (Last para) CSR Definiation steel industry overview fertilizer issues Cehmical industry overview facts related to DDT from Hindustan Insecticides Petro chem overview Mineral Resources of India (do keep a map while reading this) Railway Finance Shipping overview and importance (+coastal shipping overview given on pg 936) Maritime development and maritime agenda ship repair and building inland water transport, cruise shipping chartering protection of air travellers, other outstanding issues + last para on 950 transport overview of railways, roads, ports, Inland water and aviation in planning chapter planning + overview of 1 to 10 five year plans. For mains / interview fodder, consult the original 12FYP PDFs released by planning Commission (three volumes) click me to download. Banking and Insurance post office savings bank international money transfer service (benefit) instant money order (feature, limits) E-money order electronic clearing service ECS RBI role function (1st para) + Composition of Banking system Banking Ombudsman SIDBI NHB (Reverse mortgage meaning) Exim Bank NABARD RRB LIC Insurance Cos: classification,examples AIC Insurance Schemes

23 728-34

8 8 8 8 8 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13

159 160 160 160 161 373 373 377 378 378 378 378 379 379 381

8 161 8 161-62 13 382 13 380

postal life-insurance rural postal life-insurance NAIS Janshree Bima Yojana

13 13 13 19 19 21 18 16

380 380 381 590 590 681 523 469

Siksha Sahyog Aam Admi Bima Yojana UHIS insurance in Handloom Rajiv Gandhi Shilpi Swasthya insurance Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Pravasi Bharatiya Bima Yojana health insurance scheme

13 13 13

Disinvestment 383 Disinvestment: introduction, Policy framwork 384 NIF: features 384 use of disinvestment proceeds Economy: Funds

This is mostly for MCQ/2m. 11 279 National electricity fund 13 396 disaster relief fund 15 428 sugar development fund 15 440 consumer welfare fund 14 405 Investor Education and Protection Fund (IEPF) 16 470 Rahstriya Arogya Nidhi 18 523 Indian Community Welfare Fund (ICWF) 20 632 advocate welfare fund 26 932 Road fund 28 986 National schedule caste finance and development Corporation 28 986 National Safai Karmcharis finance and development Corporation 28 989 National Backward class finance and development Corporation 28 992 National Handicapped finance and development Corporation 28 1002 National scheduled tribes finance and development Corporation 28 1012 National minorities finance and development Corporation 29 1052 National sports Development fund (+welfare fund for Sports person given on 1055)