1. BES18: Budget and Economic Survey 2018
  2. Pillar#1: Money, Banking, Finance & Insurance
    1. 1-Monetary Policy: Repo, SLR, CRR, MSF, LAF & More
    2. 1-BASEL Norms, NPA, SARFAESI, Insolvency
    3. 1-Evolution & Classification of Banks & NBFCs
    4. 1-Financial Market, SENSEX, SEBI, PAN, DEMAT, SCAMS
    5. 1-Insurance & Financial Inclusion
  3. Pillar#2: Budget, Taxation & GST
  4. Pillar#3: Balance of Payment & International Trade
  5. Pillar#4: Sectors of Economy, GDP, Inflation
    1. 4-GDP & Inflation
    2. 4b-MicroEconomics
    3. 4-Sectors of Economy: Food Processing Industry For UPSC Mains GS3
  6. Pillar#5: Infrastructure
  7. Pillar#6: Human Resource Development
  8. Downloads: Powerpoints, Textbooks & More

BES18: Budget and Economic Survey 2018

Pillar#1: Money, Banking, Finance & Insurance

  1. Money#1: Functions of Money, Full Bodied coins vs Token Coins, Debasement, Fungibility
  2. Money#2: Limited vs Unlimited Legal Tenders, Fiat & Fiduciary Money, Gold standard,
  3. Money#3: Bitcoin Simplified, Blockchain technology how useful in Banking transactions?
  4. Banking Transaction#1: Cheque Types, MICR, CTS Truncation, Negotiable Instrument Act
  5. Banking Transaction#2: Core Banking & E-Kuber; Card Types, ATM Types; NEFT, RTGS; ECS, NACH
  6. Banking Transaction#3: BHIM, UPI, IMPS, USSD, NPCi & Mobile Banking API in India
  7. E-Payment #1: MDR, PoS, Interoperability, BharatQR, Ratan Watal, C.Naidu & Budget provisions
  8. E-Payment #2: Penalties on Cash Transactions, Lucky Grahak, Paygov, NTRP, DipYAN
  9. E-Payment #3: Mains GS3 Answerwriting Practice on Digital Payment- Mock Questions for UPSC

1-Monetary Policy: Repo, SLR, CRR, MSF, LAF & More

  1. Monetary Policy#1: Money multiplier, Fractional Reserve, High Powered v. Narrow v. Broad Money
  2. Monetary Policy#2: SLR, CRR & Incremental CRR after Demonetization-Simplified
  3. Monetary Policy#3: Open Market Operations (OMO) & Market Stabilization Scheme (MSS)
  4. Monetary Policy#4: MSF, LAF-Repo Rate, RR, Bank Rate, Policy Corridor, Liquidity Injection
  5. Monetary Policy#5: Review of RBI’s Last One Year’s Bi-monthly Monetary Policies
  6. Monetary Policy#6: PSL, SCC & CAS- Priority Sector Lending Norms, Selective Credit Control
  7. Monetary Policy#7: LTV, Margin Requirement, Moral Suasion & Direction Action
  8. Monetary Policy#8: Limitations and Non-Transmission, Base Rate vs MCLR
  9. Monetary Policy#9: UPSC- Mains Answer Writing Practice for GS Paper-3
  10. Monetary Policy Update (MP1-FY18): Standing deposit facility (SDF), Tri-party Repo Rate & More

1-BASEL Norms, NPA, SARFAESI, Insolvency

  1. Banking: PCA Framework, Countercyclical Capital buffer (CCCB) & BASEL-III Capitalization Norms
  2. Bank NPA #1: Twin Balance sheet Problem (TBS)- Three Stages [Economic Survey Chapter 4]
  3. Bank NPA #2: SDR, S4A, 5/25 Scheme, AQR, JLF, CAP, SARFAESI, I&B Code, Loan Waiver vs Loan Write-Off
  4. Bank NPA #3: Bad Bank “PARA”, RBI’s Windfall Profit Post-Demonetization, 4R4D, BBB, BIC

1-Evolution & Classification of Banks & NBFCs

  1. Banking Classification #1: RBI Structure, Functions, NPA Ordinance, Enforcement Department
  2. Banking Classification #2: Nationalized PSBs, Merger of SBI Associate Banks & Mahila Bank (BMB)
  3. Banks Classification #3: India Postal Payment Bank (IPPB), On-Tap License, RRB, LAB, Private Banks
  4. Banking Classification #4: Wholesale Bank (WLTF), Cooperatives, DCCB, PACS, NABARD, SIDBI,EXIM,NHB
  5. Banking Classification #5: Islamic Banking, Indigenous Bankers, MUDRA Bank, NBFCs & Their Regulators

1-Financial Market, SENSEX, SEBI, PAN, DEMAT, SCAMS

  1. Financial Market #1: Investment Funds [ETF, ReITs, InvITs], Debt, Equity, & Derivatives
  2. Financial Market #2: SENSEX, SEBI, Dabba Trading, Chit Fund Scams, CERT-Fin, DEMAT
  3. Financial Market #3: Companies Act, Limited Liability Partnership (LLP), Corporate Governance, NCLAT

1-Insurance & Financial Inclusion

  1. Insurance Sector: IRDAI, DICGC, LIC, GIC, Nationalization, Reforms, Ombudsman
  2. Fin.Inclusion #1: Jan-Dhan Money Laundering, Small Saving Schemes, Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana
  3. Fin.Inclusion #2: Atal Pension, PM Surakasha Bima Yojana, PM Jeevan Jyoti, rPLI

Pillar#2: Budget, Taxation & GST

  1. Budget-2017: Money Bill vs Finance Bill, Parts of Budget, Vote on Account
  2. Taxation: Direct & Indirect Taxes in India, Laffer Curve, Ad-Valorem, Tax-Devolution, Tax Foregone
  3. GST: Simplified for Competitive Exams- Structure, Slabs, & Compensation Cess of Goods & Services Tax
  4. Black Money #1: PM Garib Kalyan Yojana, Electoral Bonds, PoEM, GAAR, P-Notes
  5. Black Money #2: Demonetization- Soil Rate, How did 97% Old Notes returned to Banks?
  6. BES172: Budget- Fiscal Deficit, FRBM Review Committee of NK Singh, PDMA
  7. 7th Pay Commission Report, IAS “Edge”, OROP, HRA-Inflation
  8. L4/P6: 14th Finance Commission: Tax Devolution, 42% Share
  9. Eco. Survey17 Ch.13-Resource Curse, Ch.2-Economic Vision, Ch.9-UBI
  10. GSM3/Budgeting: Why change Financial Year of India instead of 1st April-31st March?
  11. GSM3/Budgeting: Why Budget advanced to 1st February? Merits, Rationale, Summary
  12. GSM3/Budgeting: Why Plan-Non plan merger? Is Revenue-Capital classification sufficient?
  13. [BES171/P0] Gist of Economic Survey’s 14 Chapters for UPSC IAS/IPS Prelim, Mains & Interviews
  14. BES162-P08: Disinvestment- Theory & Current, Budget-2016 Target; ETF, IPP, OFS
  15. BES162-P07: We can’t JAM-DBT every Scheme to stop subsidy leakage because

Pillar#3: Balance of Payment & International Trade

  1. BoP#1: Current Account Deficit (CAD), OPEC Cutback, Strategic Oil Reserve, GIFT City
  2. BoP#2: Capital Account- Sterilization, FIPB Abolition, FCNR Swap Crisis, Demonetization Impact
  3. BoP#3: Bretton Woods Organizations: WTO Agreements, IMF Gold Standard
  4. BES163-P4: IMF Reforms 2015-16: Yuan inclusion, Quota review, Directors’ Appointment
  5. BES163-P5: WTO-Nairobi Summit, Special Safeguard Mechanism (SSM), ITA, Agri Export Subsidies
  6. BES163-P3: Helicopter Money, Rules of Monetary Policy, ECB-framework-2015
  7. Eco Survey17 Ch.5: Fiscal Framework for India in changing World Economy?

Pillar#4: Sectors of Economy, GDP, Inflation

  1. BES164/P1: Agriculture-More from Less Water, Microirrigation, El-Nino, La-Nina, Drought types
  2. BES164/P2: Agriculture-Urea DBT, Endosulfan pesticide, Biocontrol Agents, Organic farming, Pulses
  3. BES164/P3: Agriculture Insurance, Credit, e-NAM, Animal Husbandry, Krishonnati-Yojana
  4. BES174/P1: Sectors of Economy- Agri to Mfg: Schemes, Acts, Policies
  5. BES174/P2: One Dozen Skill Schemes: SANKALP, STRIVE, Roshni, Himayat, UDAN, Ustaad & More
  6. Eco. Survey ch. 7 & 11: One Economic India, Interstate Trade, Clothes & Shoes
  7. BES164/P4: Types of unemployment, EPF Regulatory Cholesterol in Budget-2016

4-GDP & Inflation

  1. GDP Simplified for Competitive Exams: Growth Rate, Deflator, MV=PY, GNP, NNP, Per Capita Income
  2. CPI, WPI, IIP: Simplified for Competitive Exams; PPI, ASI, NSSO, CSO, OBICUS, RESIDEX & More

4b-MicroEconomics

  1. MiE/P1: Microeconomics- Type of Goods, Giffen-Veblen-Inferior, Elasticity of Demand & Supply
  2. MiE/P2: Types of Market Structures, Marginal Utility Curve, Avg. Cost, Economies of Scale

4-Sectors of Economy: Food Processing Industry For UPSC Mains GS3

This is important only for the UPSC Mains Examination, General Studies Paper-III.

  1. [Food Processing] Edible Oil: Supply-Chain, Upstream, Downstream, Onion-Crisis and ofcourse Desi-liquor
  2. [Food Processing] Tea, Coffee Supply Chain, Upstream, Downstream for UPSC General Studies Mains
  3. [Food Processing] Poultry, Meat, Supply Chain, Upstream, Downstream, Avian influenza, government schemes
  4. [Food Processing] Fisheries: Freshwater, Aquaculture, Shrimpfarming: supply chain, upstream, downstream, Marine Policy, Fisherman Welfare Scheme
  5. [Food Processing] Milk Dairy Sector, Supply Chain, upstream downstream issues, Amul Model, Operation Flood
  6. [Food Processing] Supply Chain Management, Upstream Downstream requirements for Fruit & Vegetables, Confectionery industries
  7. [Food Processing] Export, Dumping, FDI, Finance, Taxation, Budget Provisions, CODEX, NWR, BRGF, RKVY
  8. [Food Processing] Nuisance of APMC Acts, Commission Agents; Marketing of agricultural produce: issues and constrains for GS Mains
  9. [Food Processing] Mega Food parks, Agri-Export Zones(AEZ), Cold Chains and truckload of government schemes
  10. [Food Processing] Introduction, Scope, Significance, Awesomeness (hardly), Obstacles (truckload of) for GS Mains

Pillar#5: Infrastructure

  1. Infra#1: Transport-UDAN, Sethu Bharatam, Energy-UNFCCC Marrakesh Summit Outcomes
  2. Infra#2: Two Dozen Schemes for Rural & Urban Development in India
  3. BES165/P5: Communication Infra: radio, telecom, post office, PCI, TRAI, Call Drops

Pillar#6: Human Resource Development

  1. Census theory, Population growth stages, Formula, diversity, personal laws
  2. BES176/Human Dev#1: Health, Education, Women- Schemes, Policies, Apps & Portals
  3. BES176/Human Dev#2: Poverty Line, Hunger Index, SECC, MPI, Mission Antodaya, NRLM, MNREGA, NFSA
  4. Sustainable Development Goals (SDG-2030) & Millennium Development Goals (MDG)
  5. DRAFT Education Policy, HEFA, RTE-Pramati, PISA, ASER, Youth Org, Sports-Yearbook

Downloads: Powerpoints, Textbooks & More

  1. Powerpoints of my Lectures
  2. NCERT Textbooks for Economy
  3. Official Budget & Economic Surveys from FinMin website