SYLLABUS

Syllabus for Phase 1

Phase-I examination will be objective type with Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs).

The Phase-I examination will continue as per the existing Phase-I examination for Grade-‘B’ (DR). There are four modules in Phase-I, viz.- General Awareness, English Language, Quantitative Aptitude and Reasoning.

S.No	Subject	Number of Questions	Marks	Duration of Exam
1	General Awareness	80	80	120 Minutes
2	English Language	30	30
3	Quantitative Aptitude	30	30
4	Reasoning	60	60
Total		200	200

Syllabus for Phase 2

1. English (Writing Skills):

The paper on English shall be framed in a manner to assess the writing skills including expression and understanding of the topic.

2. Economic and social Issues:

Growth and Development

• Measurement of growth: National Income and per capita income
• Poverty Alleviation and Employment Generation in India
• Sustainable Development and Environmental issues

Economic Reforms in India

• Industrial and Labour Policy
• Monetary and Fiscal Policy
• Privatization
• Role of Economic Planning

Globalization

• Opening up of the Indian Economy
• Balance of Payments
• Export-Import Policy
• International Economic Institutions
• IMF and World Bank
• WTO
• Regional Economic Co-operation.

Social Structure in India

• Multiculturalism
• Demographic Trends
• Urbanization and Migration
• Gender Issues
• Social Justice : Positive Discrimination in favor of the under privileged
• Social Movements
• Indian Political System
• Human Development
• Social Sectors in India
• Health and Education

3. Finance and Management:

(A) Finance

(a) Financial System

• Regulators of Banks and Financial Institutions
• Reserve Bank of India- functions and conduct of monetary policy, Banking System in India, Financial Institutions – SIDBI, EXIM, NABARD, NHB, etc.

(b) Financial Markets

• Primary and Secondary Markets (Forex, Money, Bond, Equity, etc.), functions, instruments, recent developments.

(c) General Topics

• Risk Management in Banking Sector
• Basics of Derivatives: Forward, Futures and Swap
• Changing Landscape of Banking sector
• Recent Developments in the Financial Sector, Portfolio Investment, Public Sector Reforms, Disinvestments
• Financial Inclusion- use of technology
• Alternate source of finance, private and social cost-benefit, Public-Private Partnership
• Corporate Governance in Banking Sector, role of e-governance in addressing the issues of corruption and inefficiency in the government sector.
• The Union Budget – Direct and Indirect taxes; Non-tax sources of Revenue, GST, Thirteenth Finance Commission and GST, Finance Commission, Fiscal Policy, Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act (FRBM),
• Inflation: Definition, trends, estimates, consequences, and remedies (control): WPI, CPI – components and trends.

(B) Management:

• Management: its nature and scope
• The Management Processes – Planning, Organisation, Staffing, Directing and Controlling
• The Role of a Manager in an Organisation. Leadership: The Tasks of a Leader
• Leadership Styles
• Leadership Theories
• A successful Leader versus an effective Leader. Human Resource Development: Concept of HRD
• Goals of HRD
• Performance Appraisal – Potential appraisal and development – Feedback and Performance Counselling – Career Planning – Training and Development – Rewards – Employee Welfare. Motivation, Morale and Incentives: Theories of Motivation
• How Managers Motivate
• Concept of Morale
• Factors determining morale
• Role of Incentives in Building up Morale. Communication: Steps in the Communication Process
• Communication Channels
• Oral versus Written Communication
• Verbal versus non-verbal Communication
• upward, downward and lateral communication
• Barriers to Communication, Role of Information Technology. Corporate Governance: Factors affecting Corporate Governance
• Mechanisms of Corporate Governance.

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