NABARD Grade A

Welcome to the Online NABARD Grade A Study Material

Welcome aspirants to this free NABARD Grade A study material. Under this course, we will post free online study material for NABARD Grade A 2024 exam. This course is exclusively designed for the Phase-2 preparation as per latest NABARD Grade A syllabus, official notification and full ESI and ARD study material will be covered in it. So lets’ get started and keep visiting this page everyday as content is updated on daily basis.

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NABARD Grade A Study Material 2024

We have divided the course into three sections:

Economic and Social Issues
Agriculture & Rural Development
Government Schemes: The government schemes section is further split into Agriculture government schemes and other important government schemes.
Current Affairs/General Awareness

Economic & Social Issues Study Material and Notes

Nature of Indian Economy: PDF, Video, MCQ
Structure of Indian Economy: PDF, Video
Economic underdevelopment: Video
Opening up the Indian Economy – LPG Reforms: Article, Video
Inflation
- Trends in Inflation & their Impact on National Economy and Individual Income: Video
Poverty
- Measurement of Poverty
- Poverty Alleviation Programmes: Also watch these videos.
Population Trends
- Population Growth and Economic Development: Also watch this video
- Population Policy in India: Video
Agriculture
- Characteristics / Status
- Technical and Institutional changes in Indian Agriculture
- Agricultural performance
- Issues in Food Security in India
- Non Institutional and Institutional Agencies in rural credit
Industry
- Industrial Policy
- Labour Policy
- Industrial performance
- Regional Imbalance in India’s Industrial Development
- Public Sector Enterprises
Rural banking and financial institutions in India
- Regional Rural Banks
- What is Micro Credit?
- Self-Help Group Linkage Programme
- Reforms in Banking/ Financial sector: You must also watch this video
- Recent Reforms in Banking
- Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF)
- National Infrastructure and Investment Fund New
- National Investment Fund
Globalisation of Economy: Watch this video
- Role of International Funding Institutions: Watch this video.
- IMF
- World Bank
- WTO
- Asian Development Bank
- New Development Bank
- Regional Economic Co-operation
  - ASEAN
  - SAARC
  - RCEP
  - BIMSTEC
  - BRICS
  - G20
  - International Energy Agency
- United Nations
  - UNCTAD
Social Structure in India
- Multiculturalism
- Demographic Trends
Urbanisation and Migration: Watch this short video to have conceptual understanding. Then read this article.
Gender Equality
Joint Family System: Read this PDF from IGNOU.
Social Infrastructure: Watch these videos
Education in India
- New Education Policy 2020
Health: Read this PDF
Status and System of Education: Read this PDF
Problem of scheduled castes (SC) and scheduled tribes (ST): Read this PDF from NIOS
Organisations
- National Cooperative Development Corporation
- Agriculture Insurance Company of India Limited
- TRIFED
- National Payments Corporation of India
- Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA)

Agriculture & Rural Development

Agronomy: Definition, Meaning, Scope of Agronomy: Also watch this video
Agro-climatic zones of India: Also watch this video
Branches of Agriculture: Watch this video
Classification of Field Crops: Watch this video
Factors affecting crop production: Video
Cropping System and Types of Cropping Systems: Video
Problems of dry land Agriculture: Video
Seed Production: Video
Seed Processing: Video
Seed Village: Also watch this video
Meteorology: weather parameters, crop-weather advisory: Video
Precision Farming: Video
System of Crop Intensification: Video
Organic Farming
Soil and Water Conservation
- Major Soil Types
- Soil Fertility: Read this PDF
- Fertilizers and Manures: Read this PDF. Remember, urea and DAP (Di-Ammonia Phosphate) are the most widely used fertilizers in the country in terms of volume. The Centre sets maximum retail pricing for urea and reimburses the difference between the maximum retail price and the production cost as a subsidy
- Soil Erosion and Soil Conservation: Read this PDF. Also watch this video.
- Watershed Management: Watch this video then Read this article.
Water Resources
- Irrigation Management: Read this PDF.
- Types of Irrigation: Read this PDF and watch this video
- Sources of Irrigation: Watch this video
- Crop Water Requirement: Read this article
- Command Area Development
- Water Conservation: Watch this video
- Micro-irrigation: Read this NCERT PDF.
- Irrigation Pumps: Read this PDF
- Major, Medium and Minor Irrigation Projects
Farm and Agri Engineering
- Farm Machinery and Power, Sources of power on Farm: Read this PDF
- Biofuels: Read this PDF
- Water Harvesting: Read this PDF
- Farm Ponds: Read this PDF
- Watershed Management: Watch this video then Read this article.
- Agro/Food-Processing: Read this PDF from NCERT
- Controlled and modified storage: Read this PDF
- Perishable Food Storage: Read this PDF from NIOS
- Godowns, bins and grain silos: Read 7.3 and 7.4 from this PDF
Plantation & Horticulture
- Definition, meaning and its branches: Read this PDF of Horticulture from NCERT. Also read Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 from this PDF.
- Agronomic practices and production technology of various plantation and horticulture crops: You may consider skipping this topic as it is very lengthy content.
  - Production technology of fruit crops
  - Production technology of Vegetables and flowers
- Post-harvest management: Read this PDF.
- Value and supply chain management of Plantation and Horticulture crops: Read Chapter-1 and Chapter-3 from this PDF.
Animal Husbandry
- Farm Animals in India: Read section 9.1 from this NCERT PDF and also read this Article
- Role of Livestock in Indian Economy: Read this PDF. Also read this Article
- Animal Husbandry methods in India: Watch this video
- Common terms pertaining to different species of livestock
- Utility classification of breeds of cattle
- Introduction to common feeds and fodders, their classification and utility: Read this PDF
- Introduction to poultry industry in India (past, present and future status)
- Common terms pertaining to poultry production and management
- Concept of mixed farming and its relevance to socio-economic conditions of farmers in India: Watch this video.
Fisheries
- Fisheries resources: Read this PDF
- Aquaculture – Inland and marine: Read What is Aquaculture and then watch video on Inland Fisheries and video on Marine Fisheries
- Biotechnology: Read this PDF
- Post-harvest technology
- Importance of fisheries in India
- Common terms pertaining to fish production
- National Fisheries Policy 2020: Read this PDF
Forestry
- Basic concepts of Forest and Forestry: Watch this video
- Principles of Silviculture: Watch this video
  - Silviculture MCQs: Watch this video
- Forest Mensuration: Watch this video
- Forest Management: Read Chapter-1 of this PDF
- Forest Economics: Read this article and watch this video.
- Concepts of social forestry: Read this PDF
- Agroforestry: Read this PDF
- Joint Forest Management
- Forest policy and legislation in India
  - Read Page 1 to 5 from this PDF
  - Watch this video
  - Forest Policy MCQ
- India State of Forest Report 2019
Agriculture Extensions: Read this PDF New
- Importance of Agriculture Extension
- Role of KVK: Read this PDF
- Methods of evaluation of extension programmes: Read Major Models for Programme Evaluation from this article
Ecology and Climate Change:
- Ecology and its relevance to man: Video
- Natural resources, their sustainable management and conservation: Video

Rural Development Study Material for NABARD Grade A

Concept of Rural Area: Read this PDF
Structure of Indian Rural Economy: Read 4.1 this PDF
Contribution of Rural Economy in India
Characteristics of Indian Rural Economy: Read this PDF
Causes of rural backwardness in India
Rural Population in India: Also read state-wise rural population in India
Changing Occupational Structure in rural India: Read this PDF
Trends of change in rural population and rural workforce: Read this PDF
Problems of rural labour in India
Issues and challenges in Handlooms
Panchayati Raj Institutions

Agriculture and Rural Schemes

Other Important Government Schemes (NABARD Grade A study material)

Current Affairs/General Awareness

Union Budget 2024-25: PDF
Economic Survey 2023-24: Read Economic Survey 2023-24 by DristiIAS.
Regional Co-operations
- Indo-Pacific Oceans Initiative
Policies and Acts
- National Health Policy, 2017
- National Education Policy, 2020: PDF, Video
- Public Sector Enterprise Policy, 2021: Article, Video
- Agriculture Export Policy, 2018: Article, Video
- National Food Security Act: Article,
- Minimum Support Price Policy:
Surveys
- National Family Health Survey 5 : Article, Video
- Census 2011
- Agriculture Census 2015-16: PDF
  - 11th Agriculture Census Launched
Target set by Government related to agriculture production:
- National targets for total food grain production set at 340.40 million tonnes (mt) for the year 2024-25
- Target for production of pulses and oil seed production have been fixed at 292.50 and 440 lakh tonnes in2023-24
- Total Shree Anna production has to be increased from 159.1 lakh tonnes in 2022-23 to 170.0 lakh tonnes in 2023-24
Books and Authors List 2024
Ranking of India in Various Index 2023
Important Days Dates 2024 with Themes
Monthly Current Affairs: We suggest you to read monthly Hindu Review of Bankersadda at least for last 6 months. Here are the month-wise links:

Daily Current Affairs Quiz: Read current affairs quizzes of Bankersadda on daily basis. Cover from February 2023.
Other important news
- RBI Digital Payment Index
- Payment Infrastructure Development Fund

Committees

Reports

Yojana/Kurukshetra GIST by IASBaba

Yojana and Kurukshetra magazines are very important for NABARD Grade A exam. IASbaba prepares the Yojana/Kurukshetra GIST every month, which is very useful from exam point of view. Therefore, we are providing you the direct links of PDFs to download for your ease:

Essay Topics

Fertilizer subsidy: A boon or bane for country

MCQ for NABARD Grade A

Important Books for NABARD Grade A

If you have not subscribed to any test series/course, these book will definitely help you in your preparation for NABARD Grade A: