RBI Grade B Exam Phase 2 Syllabus

RBI Grade B Phase 2 Exam Syllabus.

RBI Grade B Phase 2 Exam Syllabus mainly consisting 3 broad categories we need to cover. Namely .

(A)   Economic & Social Issues (ESI).

(B)    English Language. .

(C)    Finance & Management (F&M).

The detailed RBI Grade B Phase 2 Exam Syllabus is below:.

(A)                      Economic & Social Issues (ESI).

I.                   Economic Reforms in India: .

(a)    Industrial and Labour Policy.

(b)    Monetary and Fiscal Policy.

(c)     Privatization.

(d)    Role of Economic Planning.

(e)    Economic Planning in India.

II.                 Globalization.

(a)    Opening Up of the Indian Economy.

(b)    Balance of Payments.

(c)     Export-Import Policy.

(d)    International Economic Institutions.

(e)    IMF and World Bank.

(f)      WTO.

(g)    Regional Economic Cooperation.

III.              Growth And Development.

(a)    Measurement of growth: National Income and per capita income..

(b)    Poverty Alleviation and Employment Generation in India..

(c)     Sustainable Development and Environmental issues..

IV.              Social Structure in India.

(a)    Multiculturalism.

(b)    Demographic Trends.

(c)     Urbanization & Migration.

(d)    Gender Issues.

(e)    Social Justice: Positive Discrimination in Favor of the Underprivileged.

(f)      Social Movements.

(g)    Indian Political System.

(h)    Human Development.

(i)      Social Sectors in India.

(j)      Health and Education.

(B)                      English Writing Skills.

(a)    Essay Writing.

(b)    Precis Writing .

(c)     Reading Comprehension.

(C)                      Finance & Management.

I.       Finance.

(a)    Financial System.

(b)    Regulators of Banks & Financial Institutions.

(c)     Functions of RBI.

(d)    The conduct of monetary policy.

(e)    The Banking system of India.

(f)      Financial Institutions (SIDBI, NABARD, EXIM, NHB).

(g)    Financial Markets.

(h)    Primary & Secondary markets (Forex, Money, Bond, Equity),.

(i)      Functions, Instruments, Recent developments..

(j)      General Topics.

(k)    Risk Management in the Banking sector.

(l)      Basics of Derivatives: Forward, Futures, and Swap.

(m)  Changing Landscape of Banking sector.

(n)    Recent developments in the financial sector, Portfolio investment, Public sector reforms, Disinvestments.

(o)    Financial Inclusion – Use of technology.

(p)    Alternate source of finance, private and social cost-benefit, Public-Private partnership.

(q)    Corporate Governance in the Banking sector, .

(r)     the role of e-governance in addressing the issues of corruption & inefficiency in the government sector.

(s)     The Union budget – Direct and indirect taxes; Non-tax sources of Revenue, GST, 13th Finance Commission and GST, Finance Commission, Fiscal policy, Fiscal responsibility, and budget management act.

(t)     Inflation: Definition, trends, estimates, consequences, and remedies: WPI, CPI – components of trends.

II.     Management.

(a)    Management.

(b)    Nature & Scope.

(c)     Processes (Planning, Organizing, Staffing, Directing, Controlling).

(d)    Role of a Manager in an organization.

III.  Leadership.

(a)    Tasks of a leader.

(b)    Styles & theories.

(c)     Successful vs Effective leader.

(d)    Human Resource Development:.

(e)    Concepts & goals of HRD.

(f)      Performance appraisal – Potential appraisal & development – Feedback & Performance counseling – Career planning – Training & development – Rewards – Employee welfare..

IV.  Motivation.

(a)    Motivation Theories.

(b)    Morale & Incentive.

(c)     How managers motivate.

(d)    Morale concept.

(e)    Factors influencing morale.

(f)      Role of incentives in building up morale.

V.    Communication.

(a)    Steps in the communication process.

(b)    Communication channels.

(c)     Communication types: Oral vs Written; Verbal vs Non-verbal; Upward, downward & lateral.

(d)    Role of IT.

(e)    Barriers to communication.

VI.  Corporate Governance.

(a)    Mechanisms.

(b)    Factors affecting corporate governance.