Current Affairs, General and Banking Knowledge Thread For Bank Aspirants

Which bank will replace state-run Bank of India (BoI) as the trustee bank for the National

Pension System (NPS) from July 2013 onwards?


Axis Bank (Pension Fund Regulatory and

Development Authority(PFRDA) had appointed Bank of India as Trustee Bank for NPS for a period

of 5 years.

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and also to others for their Respective Examss....... 😃

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South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)

HQ–Kathmandu, Nepal.

members(8)-AFGHANISTAN,INDIA,NEPAL,MALDIVES,PAKISTAN,BANGLADESH,SRILANKA,BHUTAN

18TH SUMMIT KATHMANDU,NEPAL(2013)

Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation(BIMSTEC)

members(7)-

BANGLADESH,SRILANKA,BHUTAN,INDIA,THAILAND,MYANMAR,NEPAL

The 3rd BIMSTEC Summit meeting is expected to be held in Myanmar during this year

Association of Southeast Asian Nations(ASEAN) HQ-Jakarta,Indonesia

members(10)-Indonesia, Malaysia, Phillippines, Singapore,Vietnam,Brunei,Laos,Myanmar,Cambodia,Thailand 21st ASEAN summit held at Phenom Penh(Cambodia)

Mekong Ganga Cooperation(MGC)

members(6)-

India

,Vietnam,Laos,Myanmar,Cambodia,Thailand 6th meeting held at NEW DELHI(2012)

Shanghai Cooperation Organisation(SCO)

HQ–Beijing, China.

members(6)-RUSSIA,CHINA,KAZAKHSTAN,KYRGYISTAN,TAJIKISTAN,UZBEKISTAN 13TH SUMMIT WILL BE HELD at BISHKEK(KYRGHIZTAN) in sep ,2013

Gulf Cooperation Council(GCC) HQ-RIYADH(SAUDI ARABIA)

members(6)-BAHRAIN,KUWAIT,OMAN,SAUDI ARABIA,UAE,QATAR

Indian Ocean Rim-Association for Regional Cooperation (IOR-ARC) : HQ–Mauritius

18 members

Mercosur : HQ–Montevideo, Uruguaymembers(5)-ARGENTINA,BRAZIL,PARAGUAY(suspended on june 2012 because it blocked the entry of Venezuela into MERCOSUR),URUGUAY,VENEZUELA

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) : HQ–Singapore. The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) is an economic forum for a group of Pacific Rim countries to discuss matters on regional economy, cooperation, trade and investment. The current membership of APEC consists of 21 members,

Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) : HQ–Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.members(57)


World Bank Group consists of:

The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), established in 1945, which provides debt financing on the basis of sovereign guarantees;

The International Finance Corporation (IFC), established in 1956, which provides various forms of financing without sovereign guarantees, primarily to the private sector;

The International Development Association (IDA), established in 1960, which provides concessional financing (interest-free loans or grants), usually with sovereign guarantees;

The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), established in 1988, which provides insurance against certain types of risk, including political risk, primarily to the private sector; and

The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID),established in 1966, which works with governments to reduce investment risk.


Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) : HQ–Rome, Italy.

International Labour Organisation (ILO) : HQ-Geneva, Switzerland.

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) :HQ-Paris, France.

International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) : HQ–Montreal, Canada

World Health Organisation (WHO) : HQ-Geneva, Switzerland

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) : HQ-Vienna, Austria.

International Telecommunication Union (ITU) : HQ–Geneva, Switzerland.

International Maritime Organisation (IMO) : HQ–London

International Court of Justice (ICJ) : HQ-The Hague,The Netherlands

International Criminal Court (ICC) : HQ–The Hague, The Netherlands

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) : HQ–New York City

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) : HQ–Geneva, Switzerland

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) : HQ–Gigiri, Nairobi, Kenya

World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) : HQ–Geneva, Switzerland.

World Trade Organisation (WTO) : HQ–Geneva, Switzerland.

Asian Development Bank (ADB) : HQ–Manila, Philippines

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) : HQ–Geneva, Switzerland.

RBI is the regulator of home loans provided by all commercial banks while

National Housing Bank (NHB) is the regulator of loans provided by housing finance

companies like HDFC Limited, LIC Housing Finance Co. Ltd., etc.

How many cooperative banks failed in 2012-13, resulting in credit insurance company Deposit Insurance and Credit

Guarantee Corporation (DICGC) paying nearly Rs. 160 crore to depositors?


13 (Among the 13 cooperative banks, which

failed to repay deposits to customers, nine are from Maharashtra, two from Gujarat and one each from Andhra Pradesh and

Orissa. DICGC is a subsidiary of the Reserve Bank of India)

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) during June 2013 extended the time to set up new banks in India, under which the

promoter group has to set up a non-operative financial holding company (NOFHC) and the bank. However, the deadline for

submission of application has been unchanged and remains 1 July 2013 the extension has been provided for 6 months.

India's first SEBI-registered venture capital fund for Dalits was launched by Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on 6

June 2013. What is the name of this fund?


DICCI SME Fund (This venture fund has been initiated by the Dalit Indian

Chamber of Commerce & Industry (DICCI). The fund was launched with an initial contribution of Rs. 10 crore by the Small Industries Development Bank

of India (SIDBI))

Have doubts in some GA questions .. Please clear it..

1. Minimum maturity period in Certificate of deposit is 7 days or 3 months?

2. working days in MGNREGA is still 100 or 150?.. ... i know in drought affected area it is 150.

3. FDI in public sector bank is ? 49% or something else?

I am clerk in Sbi . have an interview of Himachal pradesh gramin bank PO on 25 . what should i do . Is it good to leave sbi and go for grameen bank .every one is invited for suggestion 😃

If RBI wants to increase cash reserves of commercial banks ,which among the following is most probable steps to be taken

Act passed by GOI to prevent money laundering?

Latest Committees—1. Committee Set Up On Uttarakhand Floods : The committee will be headed by AK Ganju (Chairman, Ganga Flood Control committeesCommission, Patna)


.2. JS Mathur committee : to revise Newspaper Advertisement Rates.



3. K. Ratna Prabha : Committee on indecent depiction of women in media.


4. Mukul Mudgal Committee: looking into US giant Walmart's lobbying activities to enter India



5.Mukul Mudgal Committee: to look at process of film clearance




6. MBN Rao Committee: to prepare the blueprint of India's first women's bank



7. SK Srivastava Committee: to formulate a policy on public-private partnership model to raise coal output.



8. K M Chandrasekhar Committee –for rationalization of foreign investment norms



9. Arvind Mayaram Committee –for giving clear definitions to Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and Foreign Institutional Investment (FII)



10. Janakiraman Committee – To investigate the security transactions of the bank



11. MS Ahluwalia committee – to evaluate aspects related to set up of Nalanda University



12. Sitakant Mahapatra committee- for inclusion of Bhojpuri language in eighth schedule of constitution



13. N R Narayana Murthy committee – for evaluation of corporate sector participation in Higher Education.



14. C Rangarajan committee – for poverty scale estimates in the country




15. MB Shah committee – for inspection of illegal mining activities



16. N Rangachary committee – to examine taxation policies for I.T. sector



17. Parthasarathi Shome committee – implementation of GAAR (General Anti Avoidance Rule).



18. Deepak Parekh committee – for Financing Infrastructure sector


19. Naresh Chandra committee – 14 member task force on security issues



20. Bhandari Committee – Reconstruction of RRBs



21. RS Gujral Committee – suggest measures to boost MSME exports.

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I'm from MP & maine form Pune se bhara hai...Kya mai de sakta hoon ?

bhai log,

plz help SSC CHS(10+2) state level par hai ya all india...

I'm from MP & maine form Pune se bhara hai...Kya mai de sakta hoon ?


bhai log,

plz help SSC CHS(10+2) state level par hai ya all india...

I'm from MP & maine form Pune se bhara hai...Kya mai de sakta hoon ?

Guys, in IBPS Clerical, questions of GA is same as PO or some what different like we can expect less no. of question from banking?

is custom duty and import duty on gold are different or same.is it 10% or 15%

Where is India's first Geothermal power project going to start?

All geared up for IBPS PO/MT............. get the last minute GK/CA....