Name of the Topics | RBI Grade B Books/ Source |
Financial Systems: Regulators of Banks and Financial Institutions, Reserve Bank of India- functions, and conduct of monetary policy, Banking System in India and Financial Institutions: SIDBI, EXIM, NABARD, NHB, etc. | Advanced Concepts: Indian Financial System - Bharati Pathak – Chapter -12- Development Financial Institutions. Indian Economy - Puri and Misra – Chapter 46, 47 (Commercial Banking, The Reserve Bank of India). |
Financial Markets - Primary and Secondary Markets (Forex, Money, Bond, Equity, etc.), functions, instruments, recent developments. | Basic Concept: NCERT – Business Studies – Part II - Chapter–2 – Financial Market Advanced Concepts: Indian Economy Ramesh Singh – Chapter 14 - Security Market. Puri and Misra – Chapter 45, 48 – Money Market, Capital Market. Best Book – Bharti Pathak |
Inflation: Definition, trends, estimates, consequences, and remedies (control): WPI, CPI - components and trends. | Advance Concept: Indian Economy by Ramesh Singh: Chapter -7- Inflation and Business Cycle Or Indian Economy by Mishra and Puri: Chapter - 44 - Price Trends and Inflation |
Risk Management in Banking Sector | Advance Concept: CAIIB - Bank Financial Management: Module B- Risk Management |
Basics of Derivatives: Forward, Futures, and Swap | Theory Concept: Indian Financial System - Bharti Pathak – Chapter 9 - The Derivative Market Numerical Concept: Financial Management - Prasanna Chandra |
The Union Budget – Direct and Indirect taxes; Non-tax sources of Revenue, Finance Commission and GST, Fiscal Policy, Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act (FRBM) | Basic Concept: Introductory Macroeconomics – Class XII: Chapter – 5 - Government Budget and Economy. Advanced Concepts: Indian Economy by Ramesh Singh by Chapter – 18 - Public Finance in India |
Recent Developments in the Financial Sector, Financial Inclusion- use of technology | Indian Economy - Ramesh Singh – Chapter 12 – Banking in India. |
Portfolio Investment | Indian Financial System- Bharti Pathak – Chapter 15- Mutual Funds |
Public Sector Reforms, Disinvestments | Indian Financial System- Bharti Pathak – Chapter 7 |
Corporate Governance in Banking Sector, the role of e-governance in addressing the issues of corruption and inefficiency in the government sector. | Financial Management – Prasanna Chandra - Chapter – 35 – Corporate Governance. |
Numerical Topics from Prasanna Chandra | Time Value of Money – Chapter – 6. Ratio Analysis – Chapters – 4, 5. Valuation of Bond, Equity – Chapter – 7. Risk & Return – Chapter – 8. Portfolio Theory and Asset Pricing Model – Chapter – 9. Cost of Capital – Chapter - 14. |