Financial Awareness Flashcards

Indian financial regulators and international financial institutions.

SEBI
Securities market regulator – set up 1988, statutory 1992.
HQ: Mumbai.
IRDAI
Insurance regulator – IRDA Act 1999.
HQ: Hyderabad.
PFRDA
Pension regulator (NPS) – 2003, statutory 2013.
HQ: New Delhi.
NABARD
Agriculture and rural development bank – 12 July 1982.
HQ: Mumbai.
SIDBI
Development bank for MSMEs – 1990.
HQ: Lucknow.
EXIM Bank
Export-Import Bank of India – 1982.
HQ: Mumbai.
NHB
National Housing Bank – 1988; regulates housing finance.
HQ: New Delhi.
World Bank & IMF headquarters
Washington, D.C., USA.
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
HQ: Manila, Philippines.
AIIB
Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank – HQ: Beijing.
New Development Bank (BRICS)
HQ: Shanghai.