1. Economy This Week 6th to 12th Dec 2018
BL – Business Line; FE – Financial Express; TH – The Hindu; BS – Business Standard; LM - Livemint

2. External Benchmarking (TH 6/12/18)

3. BOT (Variable) BS 8/12/18

4. IT payers (BS 8/12/18)

5. Agri Credit (BL 10/12/18)

6. NPS (BS 11/12/18)

8. Question 1
Consider the following statements about NPS (National Pension Scheme)
It was launched in 2009
It is managed by PFRDA
On retiring it allowed the subscriber to withdraw 40% and remaining 60% would be converted into annuity
Choose the correct option
Only 2 is true
1 and 2 are true
2 and 3 are true
1, 2 and 3 are true

9. Question 2
When the Reserve Bank of India reduces the Statutory Liquidity by 50 basis points, which of the following is likely to happen?
India’s GDP growth rate increases drastically
Foreign Institutional Investors may bring more capital into our country
Scheduled Commercial Banks may cut their lending rates
It may drastically reduce the liquidity to the banking system.

10. Question 3
The terms ‘Marginal Standing Facility Rate’ and ‘Net Demand and Time Liabilities’, sometimes appearing in news, are used in relation to
banking operations
communication networking
military strategies
supply and demand of agricultural products

11. Question 4 With higher CAD, which of the following is likely to happen
Depletion of forex reserves
Reduction in trade deficit
Choose the correct option
Only 1
Only 2
Both
Neither 1 nor 2