The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is India's central bank. It was established in 1935 under the Reserve Bank of India Act and is headquartered in Mumbai. RBI was set up on the recommendations of the Hilton Young Commission in 1926. Some key points about RBI: - It regulates the country's banking and monetary system and oversees functions like issuing currency, controlling credit and foreign exchange. - RBI has four zonal offices and 31 other local offices across India. It has two training colleges for its officers in Chennai and Pune. - As a central bank, RBI cannot directly participate in business or trade activities. It is prohibited from purchasing immovable property or

1. PRESENTED BY:
PRATIKSHA RAI
MBA
Presentation on :
RESERVE BANK OF INDIA

2. CENTRAL BANK
“A Central Bank is a bank that the government set
up to handle its transactions to coordinate and
control the commercial banks and most important
to help and control the nation’s money and credit
conditions.”
-Prof. Samuelson

3. INTRODUCTION
• Reserve Bank of India is
central bank of India and was
established on “1st April
1935” under the Reserve
bank of India Act, 1934.
• Its Headquarter is in
Mumbai(Maharashtra).
• Its present governor is Urjit
Patel(24th Governor –Since
September 2016).

4. BRIEF HISTORY OF RBI
RBI was setup on recommendation of
“HILTON YOUNG COMMISSION”
(Royal commission) in 1926.
RBI Act ,1934 was passed and RBI
started functioning from 1st April 1935.
Originally it was privately owned(with start
up capital of 5 crores), but was nationalised
(i.e fully owned by Government of India) in
1st Jan 1949.
The Central Office of RBI was established
in Kolkata but was moved to Mumbai in
1937.
First Governor was Sir Osborne Smith .
First Indian Governor of RBI was C.D
Deshmukh.

5. PREAMBLE
The Preamble of the Reserve Bank of India describes the
basic functions of the Reserve Bank as:
"to regulate the issue of Bank notes and keeping of reserves
with a view to securing monetary stability in India and
generally to operate the currency and credit system of the
country to its advantage; to have a modern monetary policy
framework to meet the challenge of an increasingly
complex economy, to maintain price stability while keeping
in mind the objective of growth."

6. OFFICES OF RBI
• Headquarter – MUMBAI
• Local Board – 4 Zonal offices in MUMBAI, DELHI, KOLKATA,
CHENNAI
• 31 Other Offices - Regional 19 , Sub Regional 9 , 3 new offices in
IMPHAL, AIZAWAL and SHILLONG.
• RBI has subheadquaters in NASIK which is also known as
CURRENCY CHEST
 It has two training colleges for its officers:
• Reserve Bank Staff College, Chennai and College of Agricultural
Banking, Pune.
 Three autonomous institutions :
• National Institute of Bank Management (NIBM)
• Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR), Institute
for Development and Research in Banking Technology (IDRBT).

7. STRUCTURE OF RBI

8. FUNCTIONS OF RBI
1. Issue of Notes
2. Banker’s Bank and Lender of Last
Resort
3. Government’s Bank
4. Foreign Exchange Control
5. Clearing House System
6. Formulate Monetary Policy
7. Credit control(open market operation,
bank rate policies,CRR,SLR etc.)

9. • Cannot participate in any business, trade or
industry, nor can it extend financial help directly
to such business, trade or industry.
• Can neither sell its own share nor can buy shares
of other banks or firms.
• Cannot buy immovable property , nor can it grant
loan against the securities of any such immovable
property.
• Cannot grant loan to any party without proper
security.
PROHIBITED FUNCTIONS OF
RBI

10. SUBSIDIARIES OF RBI
FULLY OWNED
• National Housing Bank (NHB) – It was set up on
July 9, 1988.
• Bharatiya Reserve Bank Note Mudran Private
Limited (BRBNMPL) – Established in February
1995.
• Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee
Corporation (DICGC) – Came into existence on
July 15,1978
MAJOR STAKES
• National Bank for Agriculture and Rural
Development (NABARD) – Established on July 12,
1982

11. RELATION BETWEEN RBI AND
SBI
• The SBI came into existence on 1st July 1955.
• The SBI acts as agent of RBI in all those places
where RBI does not maintain its own branches.
• Thus relation between RBI and SBI is that of
principal and agent.
• The SBI is paid commission (rate of commission is
fixed by agreement) by RBI for various functions it
performs on behalf of RBI.

12. ACHIEVEMENTS OF RBI SHORT FALLS OF RBI
1. Note issue policy
2. Banker’s bank
3. Agricultural finance
4. Industrial finance
5. Management of Clearing
Houses
6. Publication of Data
1. Inflation
2. Unstable banking
system
3. Indigeneous
Banker
4. Inadequate
Finances

13. • RBI WEBSITE-
https://www.rbi.org.in/Scripts/AboutusDisplay.aspx
• Retrieved From- https://bq.training/blog/history-and-
role-of-rbi/
• Indian Banking System Book –I.V Trivedi & C.M.
Chaudhary
SOURCES

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