Power Ranking the Top 20 Men's Tennis Players After Wimbledon 2013

The 2013 Wimbledon Championships were an exciting two weeks, and we cannot wait to see what the rest of the season has to offer.

Andy Murray took out Novak Djokovic in straight sets in the final, but many seeds fell early on in the highly bizarre fortnight.

These unusual exits, along with unexpected performances by lesser-known players, means the state of men's tennis is continuing to change.

And though some players are ranked in the Top 20 in the world, they certainly have not been playing like it recently.

These power rankings are largely based on recent performances (the clay season and Wimbledon), but also consider all events from the 2013 season thus far.

Here are the true top 20 best male tennis players currently. 

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Reserve Bank of India

(Established 1935; Nationalized 1949;)

Present Governor : Dr D Subbarao

1^st Governor : Sir Smith

Ist Indian Governor : C D Deshmukh

Scheduled Banks

Scheduled Commercial Banks (163)        Non-Scheduled Commercial Banks (4)              Scheduled Cooperative Banks (69)

(Mentioned in II Schedule of RBI Act, 1934)

Public Sector Banks (26)                             Private Sector Banks (21)    RRBs (82)                              Scheduled Urban

Nationalized banks (20)                               Old Private Banks (14)                                                         Cooperative Banks (53)

SBI & Asso (6)                                             New Private Banks (7)

                                                                                                                  Scheduled State

                                                                                                                  Cooperative Banks (16)

With the SBI, the number of Associates of SBI are 6

The RBI and Credit Control

Quantitative Credit Control

It is used to control the volume of credit and indirectly to control the inflationary and deflationary pressures. These are

1.      Cash Reserve Ratio

2.      Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR)

3.      Repo Rate

4.      Reverse Repo Rate

5.      Bank Rate

Functions of the RBI

The functions of the RBI, today can be categorized as follows

Monetary Policy

·        Regulation and supervision of the banking and non-banking financial institutions, including credit information companies.

·        Debit and cash management for Centre and State Governments.

·        Foreign exchange management current and capital account management.

·        Management of foreign exchange reserves.

·        Banker’s banks

·        Banker to the Centre and State Governments

·        Currency management.

·        Oversight of the payment and settlement systems.

·        Development role

·        Research and statistics.

Operating Abroad

·                    22 Indian banks (6 Private and 16 Public) operate overseas in 52 countries.

·                    SBI has the largest network of foreign offices followed by Bank of Baroda.

·                    Among Private sector banks, ICICI Bank has the largest foreign presence.

13^th Finance Commission

The Thirteenath Finance Commission was constituted in accordance with the Articles 270, 275 and 280 of the Indian Constitution. The FC-XIII Submitted its report on December 30,2009. The FC-XII’s overall approach was to foster inclusive and green growth promoting fiscal federalism.

The first Finance commission was headed by KC Neogi and the 13 Finance Commission is headed by Vijay L Kelkar.

Stock Exchange of India

·        A Stock Exchange provides services for brokers and traders to trade stocks, bonds and other securities.

·        The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) is a stock exchange located on dalal Street, Mumbai and is the oldest stock exchange in Asia. The BSE has the largest number of listed companies in the world.

·        The National Stock Exchange (NSE) is the 16^th largest stock exchange in the world. It is situated in Mumbai.

Agriculture

·        Green Revolution is associated with the use of HYVS (High Yielding Variety Seeds), Chemical fertilizers and new technology which led to a revolutionary results in agriculture production.

·        The term ‘Green Revolution’ was given by American Scientist Dr William Gaud.

Agriculture Credit

·        Institutional credit covers cooperative societies banks RRBs and NABARD.

·        Lead bank Scheme (1969) is an area approach to credit.

·        Service area approach to credit was adopted in 1988.

·        NABARD  as an apex agricultural bank was set up in 1982.

Yellow Revolution                               Oilseeds

White Revolution                                 Milk

Black Revolution                                  Petro Production

Red Revolution                                     Meat and Tomato Production

Round Revolution                                 Potato

Silver Fibre Revolution                      Cotton

Blue Revolution                                                Fish

Pink Revolution                                                Shrimp

Grey Revolution                                   Wool

Evergreen Revolution                         Overall development of Agriculture

Green Revolution                                 Foodgrains

Golden Revolution                               Horticulture

Sliver Revolution                                 Egg and Poultry

Brown Revolution                                Cocoa

Rainbow Revolution                                  Amalgamation of all above revolutions.

Banking in India

Banking and Finance

·        Bank of Hindustan was the first bank established in India in 1770.

·        First bank with limited liability managed by an Indian Board was the Oudh Commercial Bank in 1881.

·        A Step towards Social Banking was taken with the nationalization of 14 Commercial banks on 19 july 1969. Six more banks were nationalized on 1980, total number of nationalized Banks are 27.

·        First purely inian bank is the Punjab National Bank (1894).

·        With the merger of Bank of Rajasthan with the ICICI Bank the number of old private sector banks is now reduced 14.

·        After the merger of state Bank of Saurashtra and State Bank of Indore.

Commiittees on Various Sectors of Indian Economy

AC Shah Committee Non-Banking Financial Company

Bimal Jalan Committee        Market Infrastructure Insturments

Malegam Committee            Functioning of Micro Finance

Birla Committee                   Corporate Governance

Kirit Parikh Committee        Rationaliztion petroleum Product prices

Chaturvedi Committee          Imporving National Highways in India

SR Hashim Committee         Urban poverty

Abhijit Sen                             Wholesale price Index

Abid Hussain Committee     Development of Capital Markets

Damodaran Committee         Customer Service in Banks

Khandelwal Committee        Human Resource in Commercial Banks

Patil Committee                    Corporate Debt

VK Sharma Committee         Credit to Marginal Farmers

Sarangi Committee               Non-Performing Assets

Khanna Committee               Regional Rural Banks

Dantawala Committee           Lead bank Scheme

Gadgil Committee                 Financial Inclusion

Indian Industrial Policies

·        Industrial Policies were Launched in 1948.1956, 1997, 1980 and 1991.

·        Industrial Policy 1956 is called ‘Economic Constitution of India’ and gave public sector the strategic edge.

·        Industrial Policy 1991 opened up the economy.

·        The Main aims were: (a) to end license-permitraj; (b) to integrate Indian economy with the outer world: (c)to remove restrictions on FDI and (d) to Reform public sectors.

Public Sector Enterprises (PSEs)

·        Industries requiring compulsory licensing (a) distillation and brewing of alcoholic drinks; (b) cigar and cigarettes of totacco; (c) electronic aerospace and defence equipment; (d) industrial explosives; (e) specific hazardous chemicals;

·        Areas reserved for public sector are (a) atomic energy – production, separation and enrichment of fissionable materials; and (b) railways.

·        Present policy on PSEs is to (a) not to privatize profit-making companies and to modernize and revice sick companies; (b) not to bring government stake in PSEs below 51%;(c) to adopt intial public offering route to disinvestment.

·        There are 249 Central PSEs as on 31^st March 2010.

Navratnas and Maharatnas

·        The Concept of Navratnas was started in 1997. At present there are 14 Navratnas and 65 Miniratnas.

·        Navratnas Bharat  Electronics Ltd, BPCL,HAL,HPCL,MTNL,NALCO,National  Mineral Development Corporation, Nevyeli Lignite Company Ltd, Oil India Ltd, Power Finace Company Ltd, Power Frid Corporation of India Ltd, Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd, Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd, Rural Electrification Corporation Ltd and Shipping Corporation of India Ltd.

·        Maharatnas were started in 2009, Seven Maharatnas  are ONGC,Sail,IOC,NTPC and Coal India Ltd, BHEL and GAIL (India) Ltd.

Committees

·        Hazari Committee on Industrial Policy.

·        Subimal Dutt Committee on Industrial licensing.

·        Abid Hussain Committee on Small Scale Industry.

·        C Rangarajan  Committee on disinvestment.

·        Memoradum of Understandings (MoU) Arjun Sengupta.

Small Scale Industry

·        A new thurst to small scale industry.given in Industrail Policy of 1977.

·        MSMED Act,2006 and new definition,.

·        Contributes 8% to GDP, 45% to all manufactures and 40% to exports.

·        According to the 4^th Census (2009) of SSIs, 67% of the MSME are in manufacturing and 33% are in services sector.

Major Industries in India Iron and Steel

·        First Steel Industry at Kulti, Paschim Bengal-Bengal Iron Works Company was established in 1870.

·        First large scale steel plant – TISCO at Jamshedpur (1907) was followed by IISCO at Burnpur (1919), Paschimbanga.

·        The first public sector unit was Visvesvaraya iron and steel works at Bhadrawati.

·        Presently India is the 4^th largest  producer of steel and comes 1^st in the production of sponge iron.

Manufacture       Investment Limit                ServiceUnit                    Investment Unit

Micro                     upto Rs 25 lakhs                             Micro                           upto

Small                      Rs 25 lakhs Rs 5 crore                   Small                            Rs10 lakhs Rs 2 crore

Medium                  Rs 5 crore Rs 10 crore                   Mediu m                       Rs 2 crore Rs 5 crore

Location                                                                      Assistance

Rourkela (Odisha)                                                     Gemany

Bhilai (Mp)                                                                Russia

Durgapur (Paschim Bangal)                         Britain

Bokaro (Jharkhand)                                                   Russia

Vishakhapatnam (AP)                                                Russia

Jute Industry

·        First modernized industrial unit was established at Rishra in Paschimbanga in 1855.

·        India ranks No. 1 in jute production and No 2 in raw jute exports after Bangladesh.

·        More than 2/3 rd jute industry is concentrated in Paschimbanga.

Cottan and Textile Industry

·        Largestorganized and broad-based industry accounting for 4% of GDP, 20% of manufacture value added and one third of total exports earning.

·        The first Indian modernized cotton cloth mill was established in 1818  at fort Golster (Calcutta). The second mill named Bombay Spinning and Weaving Company, established in 1854 at Bombay by KGN Daber.

·        The Multi-Fibre Agreement (MFA) under World Trade Organisation ended on 31^st December, 2004, inally integrating textile sector into WTO rules.

Cement Industryf

·        First Cement producing unit was set up at paschimbanga, Porbandar (Gujarat), in 1914.

·        India is the second largest producer of cement in the world.

Fertilizer Industry

·        First fertilizer industry at Ranipet (Chennai) in 1906.

·        India meets its 85% requirement of urea indigenously.

·        India is the third Largest producer of fertilizers in the world after china and USA, NPK consumption ratio in 2008-09  was 4.6 : 2: 1.

Sugar Industry

·        India is the second Largest producer of sugar in the world with a 22% share.

·        It is the second largest agro-based industry in the country.

BB mahajan Committee  is related to sugar industry. Sugar Development fund was set up in 1982

Indian Employment report

A person, working 8 hours a day for 273 days of the year is regarded as employed as the main worker.

Programme/Measure                                                               Year of Launch

Employment Guarantee Scheme                                                1972-73

Drought Prone Area Programme                                               1973-74

Twenty point Programme                                                           1975

Desert Development Programme                                              1977-78

Integrated Rural Development Programme                              1980

National Rural Employment Programme                                  1980

Jawahar Rozgar Yojana                                                               1989

Nehru Rozgar Yojana                                                                  1989

MPLAD Programme                                                                   1993

Rural Landliess Employment Guarantee Programme  1993

Swarna Jayanti Shahri Rozgar Yojana                                        1997

Swarna Jayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana                                    1999

Pradhanmantri Gramodaya Yojana                                             2000

Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana                                          2000

Sampoorna Grameen  Rozgar Yojana                                        2001

Bharat Nirman                                                                             2005

Jawaaharlala Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission            2005

Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Programme    2009

Prime Minister Employment Generation Programme            2008

Affordable Housing in Partnership                                            2009

Rajeev Awass Yojana                                                                  2010

Estimates/ Causes

Since 1973 on the recommendation of  B Bhagwati Committee, three estimates of unemployment have been brought about by Planning Commission.

(1)      Usual Principal Status (Also called Open Unemployment) According to the NSSO, 66^th Round (2009-10) rural and urban unemployment were 2% and 4% respectively.

(2)      Current Weekly Status  On this basis the unemployment in 2009-10 in rural and urban areas were 3 % and 4% respectively.

(3)      Current Daily Status The most Comprehensve measure on this basis the unemployment for rural and urban areas were 7% and 6% respectively (2009-10).

Women Empowerment and Child Development

Programme/Measure                                                                           Year

ICDS                                                                                                         1975

Mid-Day meal Scheme                                                                           1995

Swadhar                                                                                                    1995

Swayam Sidha                                                                                          2001

SSA                                                                                                           2001

Support ot Training and Employment

Programme for Women (STEP)                                                            2003-04

Ujjwala                                                                                                     2007

Dhanlaxmi                                                                                                2008

Gender Budgeting                                                                                   2009

Integrated Child Protection Scheme                                                     2009-10

Sabla Scheme                                                                                           2010

National Mission for Empowerment of Women                                 2010

Bal Bandu Scheme                                                                                  2011

Environment

Estimates/Causes

·        India with an EPI of 48.3% is ranked 125^th in terms of tackling pollution and natural resources management (Environmental Performance Index 2012 prepared by Yale and Columbia University).

·        Per capital emission of CO is 1.2 tonnes and is the lowest in the world.

·        Per Capital water availability in India to decline from 1730 to 1240 by the year 2030 – ‘A Situation of water stress’.

·        India’s forest covers in 2009 was 23.81% of the total geographical area.

·        India contributes 4% to the total global emission of co (2005) though in absolute terms, it is one of the top five global CO emitters.

Programme/Measures

·        Notification of the wetlands (Conservation and management) rules 2010 to ensure no further degradation takes place.

·        National Green Tribunal Act mandates setting up the National Environment Appellatge Authority.

·        Increasing energy efficiency by 20% by 2016-17 (11^th Plan).

·        Reducing emission intensity of the GDP by 20-25% of the 2005 livel by 2020.

·        National Solar Mission to set up 20000 MW Solar power generation capacity by 2022.

·        National Action Policy on Climate Change (NAPCC) 2008 includes missions related to solar energy, enhanced energy efficieny, sustainable agriculture, sustainable habitat, water, Himalayan eco-system, increasing the forest cover and strategic knowledge for climatic change.