Banking GK

• India's largest bank - State Bank of India (SBI)
• India's 2nd largest bank - Industrial Credit & Investment Corporation of India (ICICI)
• India's largest public sector bank - SBI
• India's largest private sector bank - ICICI
• India's largest Nationalised bank - Punjab National Bank (PNB)
• India's largest foreign bank - Standard Chartered Bank
• No of foreign banks working in India - 32
• No of Regional Rural Banks(RRBs) in India - 82

• National Bank for Agriculture & Rural Development (NABARD)
• Dr K G Karmakar : MD
• Head Office : Mumbai
• Established : 12 July 1982
• Established from recommendation of Shivaraman Committee

• Export and Import Bank (EXIM Bank)
• TCA Ranganathan : CMD
• Head Office : Mumbai
• Established : 1 January 1982

• National Housing Bank (NHB)
• RV Verma : CMD
• Head Office : New Delhi
• Established : 9 July 1988

• Small Industrial Development Bank of India(SIDBI)
• Sushil Munhot : CMD
• Head Office : Lucknow
• Established : 2 April 1990

• Organisations whose functions has been taken over by NABARD from RBI
• Agricultural Re-finance and Development Corporation
• National Agricultural Credit Fund(long term operation)
• National Agricultural Credit Fund(stabilisation)

• First Modern Bank in India : Presidency Bank, established in 1806
• First Swadeshi Bank in India : PNB, established in 1895

• Reserve Bank of India (RBI) : Apex bank of India, banker's bank
• Head Office : Mumbai
• Established : 1 April 1935
• Governor : D Subbarao
• Deputy Governors :
• KC Chakrabarty
• Subir Gokaran
• Anand Sinha
• HR Khan
• International Monetary Fund (IMF)
• Christine Lagarde : MD
• Head Quarters : Washington DC
• Established : 27 December 1945

• World Bank
• Robert B Zoellick : President
• Head Quarters : Washington DC
• Established : 1944
• World Bank is group of
• International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)
• Established : 27 December 1945
• International Development Association (IDA)
• Established : 24 September 1960
• International Finance Corporation (IFC)
• Established : 1956
• Multi-Lateral Investment of Guarantee Agency (MIGA)
• Established : 12 April 1988
• International Centre of Settlement of Investment Dispute (ICSID)
• Established : 14 October 1966
• India is a member of all organisations except ICSID

• Asian Development Bank (ADB)
• Haruhiko Kuroda : President
• Head Quarters : Manila
• Established : Dec 1966

• World Trade Organisation (WTO)
• Pascal Lamy : Director-General
• Head Quarters : Geneva
• Established : 1 January 1995
• Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
• Rostam Ghasemi : President
• Abdallah el-Badri : Secretary-General
• Head Quarters : Vienna
• Established : September 1960

• Organisation for Economic Co-operation & Development (OECD)
• Jose Angel Gurria : Secretary General
• Head Quarters : Paris
• Established : 30 September 1961

• Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN)
• Surin Pitsuwan : Secretary General
• Head Quarters : Jakarta
• Established : 8 August 1967