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9 Editorial11 Indian Economy : A Few Facts : At A
Glance
Some Aspects of Indian Economy
22 Underdeveloped Country22 Salient Features of Indian Economy23 Important Infrastructural Components in
India23 Largest Economies of the World25 Nature of Unemployment in India26 68th Round of NSSO : Unemployment on the
Rise, Women hit Worst27 Human Development Report 201428 Rangarajan Panel Report on Poverty30 India is Poorest in South Asia after Afghanis-
tan : Oxford Varsity Study31 India Human Development Report 201131 Inequality in India32 Guidelines Changed for New BPL Census32 Multidimensional Poverty Index
Mineral Resources of India36 Commercial Sources of Energy38 Non-conventional Sources of Energy38 Jawahar Lal Nehru National Solar Mission39 Power Generation in India
Forest Resources of India39 State Forest Report, 2013
National Income of India
41 Concepts of National Income41 Methods of Measuring National Income42 CSO Releases Provisional Estimates of
National Income for 2013-14Population
44 Population Touches 1·21 billion Level, butGrowth Rate Declines in Census 2011
46 Population Policy 2000
Agriculture
48 Agriculture and Food Management in India49 Horticulture50 Mission for Integrated Development of
Horticulture (MIDH)50 Operational Holding in India (2010-11)51 India’s Productivity vis-a-vis World Average
and Country with Highest Yield for Major Crops51 Land Use Pattern in India51 Land Use51 Kisan Call Centres51 Land Reform Programmes52 Parliament Passed Land Acquisition Bill52 The National Food Security Act53 Agriculture Marketing53 National Agricultural Insurance Scheme
(NAIS) 1999-200054 Modified National Agricultural Insurance
Scheme (MNAIS)54 Pilot Coconut Palm Insurance Scheme (CPIS)55 Green Revolution in India55 Animal Husbandry & Dairy : Highlights55 White Revolution and Operation Flood in
India56 Irrigation56 Yellow Revolution56 Agricultural Credit57 Flow of Agricultural Credit57 Kisan Credit Card Scheme57 Agriculture Trade : WTO Agreements
Industry
58 New Industrial Policy58 National Manufacturing Policy59 Industrial Performance : At a Glance59 New Policy for Small Industries59 Rajiv Gandhi Udyami Mitra Yojana (RGUMY)60 Annual Survey of Industries for 2010-1160 Companies Bill Receives President’s Assent
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61 Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME)61 National Manufacturing Competitiveness
Programme62 Cotton and Textiles Industry63 Iron and Steel Industry63 Sugar Industry63 Cement Industry64 Jute Industry64 Paper Industry64 Coal Industry65 Gems and Jewellery Industry65 Petroleum Industry65 Refining Capacity in India66 Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs)66 Eligibility Criteria for Grant of Maharatna Sta-
tus66 Eligibility Criteria for Grant of Navaratna Sta-
tus66 Eligibility Criteria for Miniratna Status66 Mini Ratna Scheme67 Maharatna and Navratna Companies67 Multinational Corporations67 Industrial Finance67 Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor Project67 Chennai-Bengaluru Industrial Corridor (CBIC)67 Bengaluru-Mumbai Economic Corridor
(BMEC)67 East Coast Economic Corridor (ECEC) in-
cluding Vizag Chennai Industrial Corridor(VCIC)
68 Amritsar-Kolkata Industrial Corridor (AKIC)
Money and Banking
68 Different Stages of the Development ofIndian Banking
69 Reserve Bank of India69 Quantitative and Qualitative Credit Control69 Selective Credit Control70 Nachiket Mor Committee’s Report’s High-
lights70 Micro Finance70 Commercial Banks71 BRICS Development Bank71 Cheques/Drafts Valid for 3 Months Only71 Foreign Bank’s Operation in India71 Indian Banks Abroad71 Co-operative Banks71 Regional Rural Banks71 RBI’s Key Guidelines for Corporate India to
Enter Banking Sector
72 Bhartiya Mahila Bank Ltd.72 Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs)72 Debt Recovery Tribunals72 Capital Adequacy Ratio Standards for Banks
and Non-banking Financial Institutions73 Banking Ombudsman Scheme73 Proposed Functions of Regulatory Bod-
ies Envisaged by FSLRC73 Weak Commercial Bank : New Definition74 Banking in India74 Statewise Distribution of Deposits and Credit
of Scheduled Commercial Banks in India-2012 and 2013
74 Commercial Banks in India At a Glance75 Capital Market76 Commodity Futures Market76 Securities and Exchange Board of India
(SEBI)76 Depository System in India77 Computerised ‘Online Trading’ in Share
Markets77 Women in Indian Financial Sector77 Rajeev Gandhi Equity Saving Scheme
Launched77 National Bank for Agriculture and Rural De-
velopment (NABARD)78 National Housing Bank (NHB)78 Housing Price Index78 India’s First Mortgage Guarantee Company
Set Up78 Rural Infrastructure Development Fund78 India Infrastructure Finance Company (IIFCL)79 Agriculture and Rural Development Banks79 Insurance Industry in India79 General Insurer’s Public Sector Association
of India (GIPSA)80 Important Insurance Policies : At a Glance81 Agriculture Insurance Company of India
Limited (AICIL)81 Introduction of New Series of Consumer Price
Index CPI (R + U)82 Money Stock Measures in India83 Retail Prices Based Three Consumer Price
Index Launched
Development, Poverty Alleviation andEmployment Generation Programmes inIndia
83 Pradhan Mantree Jan Dhan Yojna83 Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojna83 National Rural Livelihood Mission—Aajeevika
PD / Economy / 4
84 Bharat Nirman Yojana Launched84 Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employ-
ment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS)85 Wage Rates under MGNREGA Raised85 Indira Awas Yojana (IAY)86 Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana
(PMGSY)86 Drought-Prone Area Programme (DPAP)86 Desert Development Programme (DDP)86 National Food Security Scheme-201387 Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana
(SJSRY)88 National Urban Livelihood Mission88 Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY)88 Annapurna Scheme88 Village Grain Bank Scheme89 Valmiki Ambedkar Awas Yojana (VAMBAY)89 Rashtriya Mahila Kosh (National Women
Fund)89 Various Women – Oriented Schemes of State
Governments89 Krishi Vigyan Kendra89 Janani Suraksha Yojana90 National Rural Health Mission (NRHM)90 National Urban Health Mission (NUHM)90 The Sangam Yojana for the Handicapped91 CAPART91 Prime Minister’s Employment Generation
Programme (PMEGP)91 Rural Electrification in India92 Rajeev Gandhi Gramin Vidyutikaran Yojana
(RGGVY)92 Remote Village Electrification Programme92 Rajiv Gandhi Gramin LPG Vitran Yojana
(RGGLVY)92 Rural Drinking Water92 Rural Sanitation : Total Sanitation Campaign
(TSC)—Nirmal Gram Yojana93 National Social Assistance Programme93 Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya (KGBV)93 Rajeev Awas Yojana93 Aam Admi Bima Yojana (AABY)94 Self-Employment Programme for the Urban
Poor (SEPUP)94 Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal
Mission (JNNURM)94 Swabhiman Scheme to Open Bank Accounts
in Villages94 Indira Gandhi Matritva Sahyog Yojana
(IGMSY)
95 Pratibha Kiran Yojana95 Rajeev Gandhi Scheme for Empowerment of
Adolescent Girls—SABLA95 Members of Parliament Local Area Develop-
ment Scheme (MPLADS)95 Mahila Samridhi Yojana95 Jan Arogya Bima Policy96 UTI Launches ‘Micro Pension Scheme’ for
Unorganised Poor Indian Workers96 Raj Rajeshwari Mahila Kalyan Yojana96 Bhagyashree Child Welfare Bima Yojana96 Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY)96 Indira Mahila Yojana96 Rajeev Gandhi Shramik Kalyan Yojana96 National Mission for Empowerment of Women96 Shiksha Sahayog Yojana97 Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan97 Mid-Day Meal Scheme for School Children97 Jan Shree Bima Yojana98 Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan98 Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan98 The Unorganized Workers, Social Security Act
200899 LIC Launches Jeevan Arogya Health Policy99 Khadi and Village Industries Development
Scheme
Foreign Trade and Balance of Payments
100 Volume of India’s Foreign Trade100 India’s Merchandise Trade100 Export Composition101 Import Composition102 Direction of Foreign Trade103 India’s Service Trade104 Foreign Trade Policy 2009–14105 New Foreign Trade Policy : 2013-14105 Recent Developments in Bilateral & Regional
Co-operation106 Balance of Payments Position in India106 Trends in India’s Current Account Deficit in
2013-14107 Import Liberalisation107 SEZ in India107 Special Economic Zone Act, 2005107 SEZ Norms Liberalised (2013-14)108 Export Promotion Capital Goods Scheme
(EPCGS)108 Export Development Centres108 Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)
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108 Govt. Notifies 100% FDI in Single-brand Retail109 FDI Norms Eased for Small Scale Sector109 Mayaram Panel Recommends 9 Sectors for
49% FDI110 Foreign Exchange Reserves in India110 Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA)110 Money Laundering Prevention Act110 India’s External Debt111 India is Third Largest Indebted Country111 NEER and REER
Transport and Communications
112 Railways112 Indian Transport Sector : An Overview112 Railways : Some Latest Facts113 Introduction of Bio-toilets113 Salient Features of the National Rail Vikas
Yojana113 Konkan Railway Plan113 The Bauddha Luxury Train in U.P.113 Vivek Express Now Longest Distance Cover-
ing Train114 India to Join Trans-Asian Rail Network114 Road Transport114 National Highway Development Project
(NHDP)114 Water Transport115 Central Road Fund115 Rural Roads115 SARDP—NE116 Air Transport116 Airport Authority of India116 Airport Infrastructure117 International Airport Status to Five More
Domestic Airports117 GAGAN Project117 New Telecom Policy 2012 Provides Nation-
wide Free Roaming118 Nation-wide Mobile Number Portability
Launched118 Sanchar Shakti118 Gramin Sanchar Sewak Scheme (GSSS)118 USOF
Public Finance
119 Financial Relations between Centre andStates
119 Service Tax120 Consolidated Funds of India and of the States120 Contingency Fund
120 Public Accounts of India and of the States120 Tax Administration Reform Commission, 2013
to Review Tax Laws, Implementation121 Finance Commission121 Thirteenth Finance Commission Report122 14th Finance Commission Constituted123 Value Added Tax (VAT)123 Black Money Accounts for 10% of GDP :
Study Report124 Economic Survey 2013-14127 Railway Budget 2014-15131 Union Budget 2014-15
Economic Planning in India
136 History of Planning in India136 Planning Commission of India136 National Development Council—NDC137 First Five Year Plan137 Second Five Year Plan137 Third Five Year Plan138 Three Annual Plans138 Fourth Five Year Plan138 Fifth Five Year Plan139 Sixth Five Year Plan139 Seventh Five Year Plan139 Eighth Five Year Plan140 Ninth Five Year Plan141 Tenth Five Year Plan142 India Vision-2020142 Eleventh Plan (2007–12)143 National Targets of the 11th Plan (2007-12)144 Vision of 12th Five Year Plan (2012–17)145 Strategy Challenges : Twelfth Five Year Plan
(2012-17)International Organisations
146 International Monetary Fund (IMF)146 International Bank for Reconstruction
and Development (IBRD)148 International Development Association (IDA)148 International Finance Corporation (IFC)148 Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency148 International Centre for Settlement of Invest-
ment Disputes149 General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
(GATT)149 Uruguay Round and Dunkel Proposals149 World Trade Organisation (WTO)150 Important International Organisations : A View
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151 United Nations Conference on Tradeand Development (UNCTAD)
151 Asian Development Bank (ADB)152 ADB’s Aid to India for Infrastructure Develop-
ment152 International Fund for Agricultural Develop-
ment (IFAD)152 South Asian Association for Regional Co-
operation (SAARC)153 South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA)153 Association of South-East Asian Nations
(ASEAN)154 ASEAN to Create “Free Trade Area (FTA)” by
2015154 ASEAN Summits154 Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting
Countries (OPEC)154 G-8 (Formerly G-7)155 G-20155 G-15155 G-24156 G-77156 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and
Development (OECD)156 The European Coal and Steel Community
(ECSC)156 BENELX156 European Economic Community (EEC) or
European Common Market (ECM)156 European Free Trade Association (EFTA)156 European Unification and Maastricht Treaty157 North American Free Trade Agree-
ment (NAFTA)157 Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC)157 Asian Clearing Union (ACU)157 Apec Summits157 Mercosur158 Pan American Trade Agreement158 Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional
Co-operation (IORARC)158 Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)
Important Events
159 OMCs Allowed to Fix Diesel Prices159 India at 8th Rank in Black Money : GFI159 Structure of the Global Gender Gap Index160 Black Money in India : A Huge Parallel
Economy within the Country160 India Stands 101st in Gender Gap Index
2013 : WEF
160 India Ranks 120th in Economic Freedom In-dex for 2014
160 India Ranks 134th in World Bank’s DoingBusiness’ List
160 Corruption Perception Index 2013161 India Slips 10 Places in Global Innovation In-
dex161 India Placed at 63rd Rank in Global Hunger
Index 2013162 Global Risks 2014 Report162 Certification Marks163 Third Billion Index164 India Stands Second in Innovation Efficiency
Index164 UNIDO Report Includes India in Top 10
Industrial Nations164 India Slips Down in Global Competitiveness
Index164 CTS Cheques to be Operational w.e.f. July 1,
2013164 India Replace Japan as World’s 3rd Largest
Economy165 Govt. Tables White Paper on Black Money in
Parliament165 Govt. to Create Innovation Fund with 5000
crore165 New Rehabilitation Policy for Farmers166 India-ASEAN FTA Becomes Operative w.e.f.
January 1, 2010166 National Dairy Plan Phase-I Launched166 Indian Dairy Cooperatives : A Story of
Success167 Marginal Decline in Country’s Total Fertility Rate167 Retail Prices Based Three Consumer Price In-
dex Launched167 India Achieves UN Millennium Goal for Drink-
ing Water167 PAN to Become Mandatory for All Bank Trans-
actions168 India Ranked at 115 on Women Empowerment
Scale168 Indian Spends less than 21 a day : NSSO
Survey168 PURA168 Orange Card169 Fruit Product Ordinance (F.P.O.)169 Planning Commission’s India Vision-2020169 Agriculture Gene Bank in India169 National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture169 Zero Coupon Bond
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170 India Leaves China Behind in Social Protection
170 Targeted Public Distribution System
170 Revamped Public Distribution System (RPDS)
171 Difference between Prices of RPDS and PDS
171 Deccan Odyssey
171 Golden Handshake Scheme
171 Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)
171 India Brand Equity Fund
171 Indian Hydrocarbon Vision 2025
171 Credit Cards
172 Credit Rating Agencies
172 Mega City Scheme
172 Consumer Protection Act, 1986 (COPRA-1986)
172 Essential Commodities Act
173 ‘CONCORD’ Scheme of Confederation of In-dian Industries (CII)
173 Commission on Labour Standards
173 MODVAT
173 Second Labour Commission
174 Important Latest Committees
The concurrence of the views of the Editor is not necessary for any matter or figure published in PratiyogitaDarpan. —Editor
174 National Safety Council
174 Harkin Bill
174 Counter Trade Policy
174 Floriculture Centres
174 Open Sky Policy
174 Sui Generis
175 Economics Nobel Prize-2013
175 Latest Services of Postal Departments
175 Special 301 and Super 301 Trade ProtectionPolicies of USA
175 Street Children Scheme
176 Workmen’s Compensation Act Amended
176 Fiscal Drag
176 Tobin Tax
176 Footloose Industry
176 Exit Policy
176 Independent World Commission on Oceans
176 `1 lakh crore Infrastructure Projects : CentralGovernment’s Plan to Boost Economy
177 Multiple Choice Questions