The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is the central bank of India established in 1935. It is headquartered in Mumbai and regulates banking, monetary policy and currency in India. RBI was nationalized in 1949 and is fully owned by the Government of India. Key roles of RBI include developing the banking system, maintaining economic stability and growth, and regulating interest rates. [END SUMMARY]

1. RESERVE BANK OF INDIA

2. INTRODUCTION
 It is central bank of india
 Established in 1 April 1935 under the
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RESERVE BANK OF INDIA ACT
Its headquarters is in mumbai (maharashtra)
Its present governor is Raghuram Rajan
It has 22 regional offices,most of them in state
capitals
website: http://www.rbi.org

3. HISTORY
 It was established on 1st of April 1935
 Initially it was located in Kolkata
 It moved to Mumbai in the year 1937
 Initially it was privately owned
 It was the 1st bank to be Nationalized in 1949

4. CONT………
 Since nationalization in 1949, the Reserve
Bank is fully owned by the Government of
India
 On 27th June 2006, the Union Government of
India reconstituted the Central Board of
Directors of the Reserve Bank of India(RBI)
with 13 Members, including Azim Premji and
Kumar Mangalam Birla

5. PREAMBLE
The preamble of reserve bank of india describes
the basic functions of 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 country to its advantage”

6. Structure of Banking in India

7. RBI STRUCTURE
Governor
Deputy Governor
Executive Directors
Principal Chief General Manager
Chief General Managers
General Managers
Deputy General Managers
Asstt. General Managers
Managers
Asstt Managers
Support staff

8. GOVERNORS
(1 of 2)
Sir Osborne A. Smith
April 1, 1935 to June 30, 1937
Sir James Braid Taylor
July 1, 1937 to February 17,1943
Sir Chintaman D.Deshmukh
August 11, 1943 to June 30, 1949

9. GOVERNORS
(2 of 2)
Dr. Bimal Jalan
November 22, 1997 to September 5, 2003
Dr.Y.V.Reddy
September 6, 2003 to September 5, 2008
Dr. D. Subbarao
September 5, 2008 to September 4, 2013

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Dr.Raghuram Rajan(23rd governor
of the Reserve Bank of india) 4
September 2013 onwards
 Raghuram Rajan was born in
1963 in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh,
India. He graduated from the IIT,
Delhi in 1985, Post Graduate
Diploma in Business
Administration from the IIM
Ahmedabad in 1987. He received
a PhD in Management from the
MIT in 1991 for his thesis titled
”Essays on Banking’’

11. SYMBOL OF INDIAN RUPEE

12. SOME OF THE INDIAN RUPEES
NOTES
COINS

13. KEY ROLES
 Development of banking system
 Development of financial institution
 Development of backward areas
 Economic stability
 Economic growth
 Proper interest rate structure

14. FUNCTIONS
 RBI also regulates the opening / installation of ATM
 RBI regulates the opening of branches by banks
 It ensures that all the N.B.F.C follow the KYC Guidelines
 Fresh currency notes for ATM are supplied by RBI
 Banker to the Government: Performs all banking function
for the central and state governments and also act as their
banker

15.  The reserve bank of India also regulates the
trade of gold.
 It issues guidelines and directions for the
commercial banks

16. RBi headquaRteRs’ delhi entRance with
the yakshini sculpture depicting
‘prosperity through agriculture’

17. Issue of currency
Objective: to ensure adequate quantity of
supplies of currency notes and coins of good
quality
What R.B.I does….
Issues new currency and destroy currency and
notes not fit for circulation.
It has to keep in forms of gold and foreign
securities as per statutory rules against notes
and coins issued.

18. Development role
Objective: To develop the quality of banking
system in india
What R.B.I does….
 Perform a wide range of promotional
functions to support national objectives.
 To establish financial institution of national
importance, for eg:
NABARD, IDBI etc

19. BanKing sectOR RefORMs…
 Cash reserve ratio(CSR)
 Interest rate slabs
 Prudential norms
 Capital Adequacy Norms
 Freedom of operation
 Supervision of commercial banks
 Recovery of debts.

20. CONCLUSION
 Central bank plays important role in achieving
economic growth of a developing country
 It promotes economic growth with stability
 It helps in attaining full employment balance
of payment disequilibrium and in stabilizing
exchange rate

21.  RBI is an autonomous body promoted by the
government of India
 The RBI operates a number of government
mints that produce currency and coins