Friday 6 May 2016

( 6 MAY)GENERAL AWARENESS/FINANCIAL AWARENESS PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND SELF STUDY PLAN for written exam of SBI JUNIOR ASSOCIATES (CLERK)/ SBI PO

Dear Candidate,
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Purpose :To prepare for written exam of SBI JUNIOR ASSOCIATES (CLERK)/  SBI PO

Must spend one hour for this section.

Out of this one hour :

Spend 15 min :   visit following very useful website,:

 http://bankinterview.in/

on home page you will link for 600 important questions  on banking/financial aspects. click that
last year in all banking exam most questions came out of these questions only. 
you must cram  min 15 Questions out of these 600 QA today.

Spend 30 min :
read any current affair magazine

Spend 15 min:

Learn following :
Govt: Cuts Interest Rate On Public Provident Fund To 8.1% From 8.7%
Govt: Cuts Interest Rate On Kisan Vikas Patra To 7.8% From 8.7%
Govt: Cuts Interest Rate On 1-Year Time Deposit To 7.1% From 8.4%
Govt: Cuts Interest Rate On 2-Year Time Deposit To 7.2% From 8.4%
Govt: Cuts Interest Rate On 3-Year Time Deposit To 7.4% From 8.4%
Govt: Cuts Interest Rate On 5-Year Time Deposit To 7.9% From 8.5%


As announced in the fourth Bi-Monthly Monetary Policy Statement 2015-16 by the Reserve Bank of India on September 29, 2015, it has been decided to reduce the Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) of scheduled commercial banks, local area banks, primary (Urban) co-operative banks (UCBs), state co-operative banks and central co-operative banks from 21.5 per cent of their Net Demand and Time Liabilities (NDTL) to:
(i) 21.25 per cent from April 2, 2016;
(ii) 21.00 per cent from July 9, 2016;
(iii) 20.75 per cent from October 1, 2016; and
(iv) 20.50 per cent from January 7, 2017


 RBI has  decided that banks shall follow the following guidelines for pricing their advances:
a) Internal Benchmark
i. All rupee loans sanctioned and credit limits renewed w.e.f. April 1, 2016 will be priced with reference to the Marginal Cost of Funds based Lending Rate (MCLR) which will be the internal benchmark for such purposes.
ii. The MCLR will comprise of:
  1. Marginal cost of funds;
  2. Negative carry on account of CRR;
  3. Operating costs;
  4. Tenor premium.
iii. Marginal Cost of funds
The marginal cost of funds will comprise of Marginal cost of borrowings and return on networth. 
iv. Negative Carry on CRR
Negative carry on the mandatory CRR which arises due to return on CRR balances being nil, will be calculated as under:
Required CRR x (marginal cost) / (1- CRR)
The marginal cost of funds arrived at (iii) above will be used for arriving at negative carry on CRR.
v. Operating Costs
All operating costs associated with providing the loan product including cost of raising funds will be included under this head. It should be ensured that the costs of providing those services which are separately recovered by way of service charges do not form part of this component.
vi. Tenor premium
These costs arise from loan commitments with longer tenor. The change in tenor premium should not be borrower specific or loan class specific. In other words, the tenor premium will be uniform for all types of loans for a given residual tenor.
vii. Since MCLR will be a tenor linked benchmark, banks shall arrive at the MCLR of a particular maturity by adding the corresponding tenor premium to the sum of Marginal cost of funds, Negative carry on account of CRR and Operating costs.
viii. Accordingly, banks shall publish the internal benchmark for the following maturities:
  1. overnight MCLR,
  2. one-month MCLR,
  3. three-month MCLR,
  4. six month MCLR,
  5. One year MCLR.
In addition to the above, banks have the option of publishing MCLR of any other longer maturity.
b) Spread
i. Banks should have a Board approved policy delineating the components of spread charged to a customer. The policy shall include principles:
  1. To determine the quantum of each component of spread.
  2. To determine the range of spread for a given category of borrower / type of loan.
  3. To delegate powers in respect of loan pricing.
ii. For the sake of uniformity in these components, all banks shall adopt the following broad components of spread:
a. Business strategy
The component will be arrived at taking into consideration the business strategy, market competition, embedded options in the loan product, market liquidity of the loan etc.
b. Credit risk premium
The credit risk premium charged to the customer representing the default risk arising from loan sanctioned should be arrived at based on an appropriate credit risk rating/scoring model and after taking into consideration customer relationship, expected losses, collaterals, etc.
iii. The spread charged to an existing borrower should not be increased except on account of deterioration in the credit risk profile of the customer. Any such decision regarding change in spread on account of change in credit risk profile should be supported by a full-fledged risk profile review of the customer.
iv. The stipulation contained in sub-paragraph (iii) above is, however, not applicable to loans under consortium / multiple banking arrangements.
c) Interest Rates on Loans
i. Actual lending rates will be determined by adding the components of spread to the MCLR. Accordingly, there will be no lending below the MCLR of a particular maturity for all loans linked to that benchmark
ii. The reference benchmark rate used for pricing the loans should form part of the terms of the loan contract.
d) Exemptions from MCLR
i. Loans covered by schemes specially formulated by Government of India wherein banks have to charge interest rates as per the scheme, are exempted from being linked to MCLR as the benchmark for determining interest rate.
ii. Working Capital Term Loan (WCTL), Funded Interest Term Loan (FITL), etc. granted as part of the rectification/restructuring package, are exempted from being linked to MCLR as the benchmark for determining interest rate.
iii. Loans granted under various refinance schemes formulated by Government of India or any Government Undertakings wherein banks charge interest at the rates prescribed under the schemes to the extent refinance is available are exempted from being linked to MCLR as the benchmark for determining interest rate. Interest rate charged on the part not covered under refinance should adhere to the MCLR guidelines.
iv. The following categories of loans can be priced without being linked to MCLR as the benchmark for determining interest rate:
(a) Advances to banks’ depositors against their own deposits.
(b) Advances to banks’ own employees including retired employees.
(c) Advances granted to the Chief Executive Officer / Whole Time Directors.
(d) Loans linked to a market determined external benchmark.
(e) Fixed rate loans granted by banks. However, in case of hybrid loans where the interest rates are partly fixed and partly floating, interest rate on the floating portion should adhere to the MCLR guidelines.
e) Review of MCLR
i. Banks shall review and publish their Marginal Cost of Funds based Lending Rate (MCLR) of different maturities every month on a pre-announced date with the approval of the Board or any other committee to which powers have been delegated.
ii. However, banks which do not have adequate systems to carry out the review of MCLR on a monthly basis, may review their rates once a quarter on a pre-announced date for the first one year i.e. upto March 31, 2017. Thereafter, such banks should adopt the monthly review of MCLR as mentioned in (i) above.
f) Reset of interest rates
i. Banks may specify interest reset dates on their floating rate loans. Banks will have the option to offer loans with reset dates linked either to the date of sanction of the loan/credit limits or to the date of review of MCLR.
ii. The Marginal Cost of Funds based Lending Rate (MCLR) prevailing on the day the loan is sanctioned will be applicable till the next reset date, irrespective of the changes in the benchmark during the interim.
iii. The periodicity of reset shall be one year or lower. The exact periodicity of reset shall form part of the terms of the loan contract.
g) Treatment of interest rates linked to Base Rate charged to existing borrowers
i. Existing loans and credit limits linked to the Base Rate may continue till repayment or renewal, as the case may be.
ii. Banks will continue to review and publish Base Rate as hitherto.
iii. Existing borrowers will also have the option to move to the Marginal Cost of Funds based Lending Rate (MCLR) linked loan at mutually acceptable terms. However, this should not be treated as a foreclosure of existing facility.
h) Time frame for implementation
In order to give sufficient time to all the banks to move to the MCLR based pricing, the effective date of these guidelines is April 1, 2016.



For written exam/ interview guidance , you may contact:



ANIL AGGARWAL SIR( P.O. 1982 BATCH)

EX CHIEF MANGER ,PUNJAB NATIONAL BANK.
 Mobile:                               +91 9811340788
E-mail ID:         anilakshita@yahoo.co.in

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