NSIM an Introduction

In pursuance of the announcement made by the Finance Minister in his Budget Speech in February 2005, Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has established the National Institute of Securities Markets (NISM) in Mumbai. SEBI, by establishing NISM, has articulated the desire expressed by the Indian government to promote securities market education and research.

Towards accomplishing the desire of Government of India and vision of SEBI, NISM has launched an effort to deliver financial and securities education at various levels and across various segments in India and abroad. 

To implement its objectives, NISM has established six distinct schools to cater the educational needs of various constituencies such as investor, issuers, intermediaries, regulatory staff, policy makers, academia and future professionals of securities markets .NISM brings out various publications on securities markets with a view to enhance knowledge levels of participants in the securities industry. 

NISM is mandated to implement certification examinations for professionals employed in various segments of the Indian securities markets.

UPPSC conducts Lower PT cut off Expected Higher

Allahabad,Jan,9:UPPSC  has conducted the lower subordinate PT examination, paper were of objective type with multiple answer choice.

Several questions were asked from the areas like economic and social development and general issues on, biodiversity, environmental ecology and ecological changes in GS paper.

It seems from the students reactions that they were  found themselves comfortable with the Paper as question asked in the examination were in line with the expectation.

The Cut off is expected to upper side as vacency is low,questions are easier and applicants were more.

JPSC Assistant Examination conducted under candle light

Various local  news paper has reported that Jharkhand Public Service Commission (JPSC) assistant examination was conducted under candle light in Ranchi.

State administration is showing their new color every day,while other states are marching ahead with their development goal but Jharkhand is moving backward day by day.

News paper published the picture that students are trying hard to solve the questions under candle light......

It is Amazing....God Bless....Jharkhand

Classification of Indian cities based on population

The number of towns and cities have increased to 4378, as detailed below:
Urban Agglomerations/Towns by Class/Category : Census of India 2001


Class          Population Size              No.of UAs/Towns

Class I       1,00,000 and above       393


Class II      50,000 - 99,999             401


Class III     20,000 - 49,999            1,151


Class IV    10,000 - 19,999             1,344


Class V      5,000 - 9,999                 888


Class VI     Less than 5,000           191


Unclassified                                     10*


All classes                                        4378

Million Cities of India

Population Census 2001 could not be held in these towns/cities of Gujarat State on account of national calamity. Source: Office of the Registrar General of India. (Population totals for India & States for the census of India – 2001).

The number of metropolitan cities having million plus population has increased to 35 as per 2001 census. The names of such cities are as follows

Rank     Urban Agglomeration/City           Population (Lakhs)
   1        Greater Mumbai                            163.7
   2         Kolkata                                        132.2
   3         Delhi                                             127.9
   4         Chennai                                         64.2
   5          Bangalore                                     56.9
   6          Hyderabad                                   55.3
   7          Ahmedabad                                  45.2
   8          Pune                                             37.5
   9          Surat                                             28.1
10           Kanpur                                          26.9
11           Jaipur                                             23.2
12           Lucknow                                       22.7
13           Nagpur                                          21.2
14           Patna                                             17.1
15           Indore                                           16.4
16          Vadodara                                       14.9
17          Bhopal                                            14.5
18          Coimbatore                                    14.5            
19          Ludhiana                                        14.0
20          Kochi                                             13.5
21         Visakhapatnam                                13.3
22        Agra                                                 13.2
23         Varanasi                                          12.1
24        Madurai                                           11.9
25        Meerut                                             11.7
26        Nashik                                             11.5
27        Jabalpur                                           11.2
28        Jamshedpur                                      11.0
29        Asansol                                            10.9
30        Dhanbad                                          10.6
31        Faridabad                                        10.5
32        Allahabad                                        10.5
33        Amritsar                                          10.1
34        Vijaywada                                       10.1
35        Rajkot                                             10.0
Total                                                          1078.8