IIFCL Grade A study plan

Map the DPR-to-financial-close lifecycle for a highway and a solar project, writing out each appraisal stage and the decision gate at which it can be stopped

Compute and interpret DSCR, ADSCR, LLCR, PLCR and interest coverage for one worked project cash-flow table, stating the lender-acceptable threshold for each

Distinguish recourse, non-recourse and limited-recourse structures and identify which security package fits each

Reconstruct the balance sheet, P&L and cash-flow statement linkage from a single set of opening balances without notes

Break down a project's cost of capital using WACC with a project-specific beta and justify the risk premium chosen for Indian infrastructure

Apply sensitivity and scenario analysis to a base case, ranking variables by swing in project IRR and DSCR

Classify the main infrastructure sub-sectors (power, roads, ports, airports, water, urban transport) by revenue model, concession type and typical tenor

Explain the roles of IIFCL, NaBFID, NIIF and the RBI's project-finance provisioning norms in long-tenor lending

Trace the transmission from RBI policy rate to repo, reverse repo, MSF, bank rate and CRR/SLR, and state the current values from memory

Explain NPA classification, SMA buckets, provisioning percentages by asset category, and the IBC resolution timeline

Summarise the budget and economic-survey infrastructure allocations and the National Infrastructure Pipeline and PM Gati Shakti framework

Recall key banking-sector regulators, deposit-insurance limits and priority-sector lending targets

Solve data-interpretation sets (tables, bar and pie charts) under a 6-minute-per-set cap, tracking accuracy

Drill percentage, ratio, average and profit-loss shortcuts to a 45-second-per-question pace

Practise para-jumbles, cloze tests and error-spotting with a rule named for each correction

Write two 150-word précis of infrastructure-finance editorials, then compress each to 80 words

Evaluate a concession agreement's risk allocation across demand, construction, currency, offtake and termination payments

Apply the RBI project-loan norms on DCCO extension, income recognition and provisioning to three worked scenarios

Identify the financing instruments available to infrastructure borrowers (ECB, masala bonds, InvIT, TOT, securitisation) and their regulatory limits

Explain credit-rating methodology for infrastructure and how a one-notch change alters pricing and DSCR headroom

Work through capital budgeting, leverage, dividend policy and working-capital cycle problems at exam speed

Reconcile a bank's key ratios (CRAR, CET-1, LCR, NIM, CASA) and state the regulatory minimum for each

Solve reasoning sets on syllogisms, seating arrangement and blood relations within a fixed time box

Memorise the classification of accounts, trial-balance treatment and the treatment of contingent liabilities

Consolidate current-affairs notes on infrastructure, banking and the economy from the past six months into flashcard form

Revise all Domain 4 formulas and appraisal checklists in a single condensed sheet

Practise reading-comprehension passages on economic topics at 8 minutes per passage with 80% accuracy

Rehearse descriptive-style answers on appraisal and risk in 150 words each

Sit two full-length mocks under exam timing and review each within 24 hours

Re-derive every missed calculation from the error logs of weeks 1 to 7

Recite current rates, limits and scheme figures without notes

Rehearse a fixed section-order and time-allocation strategy across both mocks