Tarapore committee

Foreign Exchange Reserves

Garuda-V, a bilateral air force exercise held in June, 2014 at Jodhpur, was conducted jointly by the Indian Air Force and the A

France

The first unit of coal-based Kalisindh Super Thermal Power Plant has commenced power generation. It is located in
NHPC is set to build India's largest hydel power plant in which state?
India's first atomic power station was set up at :

Official Languages of India

Swachh Bharat Abhiyan

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swachh_Bharat_Abhiyan

Major Articles of Indian Constitution

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minister_of_Finance_%28India%29

Presidents of India

Prime Ministers of India

The first unit of coal-based Kalisindh Super Thermal Power Plant has commenced power generation. It is located in
NHPC is set to build India's largest hydel power plant in which state?
India's first atomic power station was set up at :

Official Languages of India

The Eighth Schedule and the Seventy-First Amendment provided for the inclusion of Sindhi, Konkani, Meiteilon and
Nepali, thereby increasing the number of official regional languages of India to 18 . At present there are 22 official
languages of India

Swachh Bharat Abhiyan

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swachh_Bharat_Abhiyan

Major Articles of Indian Constitution

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minister_of_Finance_%28India%29

Presidents of India

Prime Ministers of India

Rajasthan
Arunachal
Tarapur, Maharashtra

Five Year Plans and their Objectives

Plan

First Plan (1951 56)

Second Plan (1956 61)

Target Growth: 4.5%

Actual Growth: 4.27%

Twelfth Plan (2012 2017)

India Fundamental Rights

1. Right to equality: Which includes equality before law, prohibition of discrimination on grounds of religion, race, cast
2. Right to freedom: Which includes speech and expression, assembly, association or union or cooperatives, movemen
3. Right against exploitation: Which prohibits all forms of forced labour, child labour and traffic in human beings;
4. Right to freedom of religion: Which includes freedom of conscience and free profession, practice, and propagation o
5. Cultural and Educational rights: Preserve the right of any section of citizens to conserve their culture, language or sc
6. Right to constitutional remedies: Which is present for enforcement of Fundamental Rights.
7. Right to elementary education: Which implies that any child between the age of 6 to 14 should and can be educated
8. Right to Information.

Indian Constituiton
Architect
Article 370
The Constitution declares India to be a sovereign, socialist, secular, democratic republic, assuring its citizens of justice,

Yojanas

Notes
It was based on Harrod-Domar Model.
Community Development Program launched in 1952.
Focus on agriculture, price stability, power and transport.
It was a successful plan primarily because of good harvests in the last two
years of the plan.
Also called Mahalanobis Plan named after the well known economist.
Focus rapid industrialization
Advocated huge imports through foreign loans.
Shifted basic emphasis from agriculture to industry far too soon.
During this plan, prices increased by 30%, against a decline of 13% during
the First Plan.
Growth rate at 8%.
Reduce poverty by 10%
Raising agriculture output to 4 per cent for the full Plan.
Manufacturing sector growth to 10 per cent for the full Plan.

before law, prohibition of discrimination on grounds of religion, race, caste, gender or place of birth, and equality of opportunity in matters of employ
and expression, assembly, association or union or cooperatives, movement, residence, and right to practice any profession or occupation (some of the
ts all forms of forced labour, child labour and traffic in human beings;
des freedom of conscience and free profession, practice, and propagation of religion, freedom to manage religious affairs, freedom from certain taxes
the right of any section of citizens to conserve their culture, language or script, and right of minorities to establish and administer educational institutio
s present for enforcement of Fundamental Rights.
plies that any child between the age of 6 to 14 should and can be educated.

B.R.Ambedkar
Gives special status to J & K

reign, socialist, secular, democratic republic, assuring its citizens of justice, equality, and liberty, and endeavors to promote fraternity among them

ality of opportunity in matters of employment, abolition of untouchability and abolition of titles.

ny profession or occupation (some of these rights are subject to security of the State, friendly relations with foreign countries, public order, decency or

ious affairs, freedom from certain taxes and freedom from religious instructions in certain educational institutes.
blish and administer educational institutions of their choice.

s to promote fraternity among them

ith foreign countries, public order, decency or morality), right to life and liberty, right to education, protection in respect to conviction in offences and

ection in respect to conviction in offences and protection against arrest and detention in certain cases.

RBI governors
No.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
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Name
Osborne Smith
James Braid Taylor
C. D. Deshmukh
Benegal Rama Rau
K. G. Ambegaonkar
H. V. R. Iyengar
P. C. Bhattacharya
L. K. Jha
B. N. Adarkar
S. Jagannathan
N. C. Sen Gupta
K. R. Puri
M. Narasimham
I. G. Patel
Manmohan Singh
Amitav Ghosh
R. N. Malhotra
S. Venkitaramanan
C. Rangarajan
Bimal Jalan
Y. V. Reddy
D. Subbarao
Raghuram Rajan

Term of office
Began
1-Apr-35
1-Jul-37
11-Aug-43
1-Jul-49
14-Jan-57
1-Mar-57
1-Mar-62
1-Jul-67
4-May-70
16-Jun-70
19-May-75
20-Aug-75
3-May-77
1-Dec-77
16-Sep-82
15-Jan-85
4-Feb-85
22-Dec-90
22-Dec-92
22-Nov-97
6-Sep-03
5-Sep-08
4-Sep-13

Term of office
Length
2 years, 90 days
5 years, 231 days
5 years, 323 days
7 years, 197 days
0 years, 45 days
4 years, 364 days
5 years, 121 days
2 years, 306 days
0 years, 42 days
4 years, 337 days
0 years, 92 days
1 year, 255 days
0 years, 211 days
4 years, 288 days
2 years, 120 days
0 years, 20 days
5 years, 321 days
1 year, 365 days
4 years, 334 days
5 years, 288 days
4 years, 365 days
4 years, 364 days
1 year, 104 days

Chief Economic Advisor

Chief Election Commissioner
RBI
SEBI (HQ - Mumbai)

ISRO
NABARD (HQ = Mumbai)

NASSCOM (HQ = New Delhi)

TRAI (HQ = New Delhi)

FICCI (HQ = New Delhi)

ASSOCHAM (HQ = New Delhi)

CAG
National Commission for women
National Innovation Commission
National Security Advisor
National Security Council
Attorney General of India
Bombay Stock Exchange
National Stock Exchange
Press Council of India
Press Trust of India
CII

PFRDA

IRDA (HQ = Hyderabad, Telangana)

CCI (HQ = New Delhi)

FIPB

Governors

Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) is the regulator for the securities market in India. The Preamble of the
Securities and Exchange Board of India describes the basic functions of the Securities and Exchange Board of India as
"...to protect the interests of investors in securities and to promote the development of, and to regulate the
securities market and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto". SEBI has to be responsive to the needs
of three groups, which constitute the market:
the issuers of securities
the investors
the market intermediaries
National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development is the apex institution in the country which looks after the
development of the cottage industry, small industry and village industry, and other rural industries. NABARD also
reaches out to allied economies and supports and promotes integrated development.its main focus was to uplift
rural India by increasing the credit flow for elevation of agriculture & rural non farm sector. It has been accredited
with "matters concerning policy, planning and operations in the field of credit for agriculture and other economic
activities
in rural
areas in India".
The
National
Association
of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) is a trade association of Indian
Information Technology (IT) and Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) industry. NASSCOM is a global trade body with
over 1500 members, of which over 250 are companies from the United States, UK, EU, Japan and China. NASSCOM's
member companies are in the business of software development, software services, software products, ITenabled/BPO services and e-commerce. NASSCOM facilitates business and trade in software and services and
encourages
theisadvancement
research
in software
technology.
TRAI's
mission
to create andof
nurture
conditions
for growth
of telecommunications in the country in a manner and
at a pace which will enable India to play a leading role in emerging global information society. One of the main
objectives of TRAI is to provide a fair and transparent policy environment which promotes a level playing field and
facilitates fair
Federation
of competition.
Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI). it is the largest, oldest and the apex business
organisation in India. It is involved in sector specific business policy consensus building, and business promotion and
networking. Vision - To be the thought leader for industry, its voice for policy change and its guardian for effective
implementation.
Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India. The organisation represents the interests of trade and
commerce in India, and acts as an interface between industry, government and other relevant stakeholders on policy
issues and initiatives. The goal of this organization is to promote both domestic and international trade, and reduce
trade barriers while fostering conducive environment for the growth of trade and industry of India.

SENSEX
NIFTY

Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) is an association of Indian businesses which works to create an environment
conducive to the growth of industry in the country. CII is a non-government, not-for-profit, industry-led and industrymanaged organization, playing a proactive role in India's development process. The Act prohibits anti-competitive
agreements, abuse of dominant position by enterprises and regulates combinations (acquisition, acquiring of control
and Merger and acquisition), which causes or likely to cause an appreciable adverse effect on competition within

Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) is a pension regulatory authority. PFRDA promotes
old age income security by establishing, developing and regulating pension funds and protects the interests of
subscribers to schemes of pension funds and related matters. PFRDA is responsible for appointment of various
intermediate agencies such as Central Record Keeping Agency (CRA), Pension Fund Managers, Custodian, NPS
Trustee Bank,
etc
Insurance
Regulatory
and Development Authority (IRDA) is an autonomous apex statutory body which regulates
and develops the insurance industry in India. PFRDA is authorized by Ministry of Finance, Department of Financial
Services. PFRDA promotes old age income security by establishing, developing and regulating pension funds and
protects the interests of subscribers to schemes of pension funds and related matters. PFRDA is responsible for
appointment of various intermediate agencies such as Central Record Keeping Agency (CRA), Pension Fund
Managers, Custodian, NPS Trustee Bank, etc.
Competition Commission of India is a body of the Government of India responsible for enforcing The Competition
Act, 2002 throughout India and to prevent activities that have an adverse effect on competition in India
Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) is a national agency of Government of India, with the remit to consider
and recommend foreign direct investment (FDI) which does not come under the automatic route. It provides a single
window clearance for proposals on FDI in India

Arvind Subramaniam
V.S.Sampath
Raghu Ram Rajan
U.K. Sinha

Dr. K. Radhakrishnan
PrakashBakshi

Krishna kumarNatrajan

Rahul Khullar

Naina Lal Kidwai

Rana Kapoor

Shashi Kant Sharma

Mamta Sharma
Sam Pitroda
Ajit Kumar Doval
Yakov Amridor
G.E. Vahanvati
Ashish Chauhan
Chitra Ramkrishna
Marandey Katju
K N Shanth Kumar
Ajay S. Shriram, Chairman and Senior Managing Director of DCM
Shriram, has been elected President of CII for the year 2014-15.