The Reserve Bank of India on Friday announced that it will discontinue incremental cash reserve ratio (I-CRR) in a phased manner. The central bank had announced the measure in its August 10 monetary policy meeting wherein scheduled banks were required to maintain an I-CRR of 10 per cent on the increase in their net demand…
The promissory clause printed on the banknotes i.e., “I promise to pay the bearer the sum of Rupees …” followed by the RBI governor’s signature, denotes the obligation on the part of the issuer of the note towards the holder of the bank note. As per Section 26 of the Reserve Bank of India Act,…
The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) met on the 8th, 9th, and 10th of August 2023decided unanimously to keep the policy repo rate at 6.50 percent, and other key policy rates also remain unchanged. Under Section 42(1) of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934, all Scheduled Banks are required to maintain with the Reserve Bank…
The coins issued by the Government of India under Section 6 of The Coinage Act, 2011, shall be legal tender in payment or on account provided that a coin has not been defaced and has not lost weight so as to be less than such weight as may be prescribed in its case. However, a…
The Reserve Bank of India adopted the “STAR series” numbering system for the replacement of defectively printed banknotes in a packet of 100 pieces of serially numbered banknotes. The Star series banknotes are exactly similar to the other banknotes, but have an additional character viz., a *(star) in the number panel in the space between…
Currency chests are storehouses where banknotes and rupee coins are stocked on behalf of the Reserve Bank for distribution to bank branches in their area of operation. As on March 31, 2021, there were 3054 currency chests. Besides these, there are around 3,746 bank branches that act as small coin depots to stock small coins.…
The Governor of the Reserve Bank of India Mr. Shaktikanta Das held meetings with the MD & CEOs of Public Sector Banks and select Private Sector Banks on July 11, 2023, in Mumbai. The meetings were also attended by Deputy Governors, Shri M. Rajeshwar Rao and Shri Swaminathan J., along with a few senior officials…
Today the Reserve Bank of India released on its website the DRG Study1 titled, “Anatomy of Price Volatility Transmission in Indian Vegetable Market”. The study is co-authored by Puja Padhi, Himani Shekhar, and Akanksha Handa. The study was funded by the Reserve Bank of India under the DRG Study Series. The study investigates the horizontal…
In a notification on Friday (23, June) the RBI said that the Financial Benchmark Administrators (FBAs), which control ‘significant benchmarks’ in the markets for financial instruments regulated by the banking regulator, have been accorded approval to cease the publication of the Mumbai Interbank Forward Outright Rate (MIFOR) after June 30, 2023.“In light of the cessation…
The six-member Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) headed by RBI Governor on Thursday (June 8, 2023) decided to keep the policy repo rate unchanged at 6.50% and the Standing Deposit Facility (SDF) rate has been pegged at 6.25 per cent. The central bank kept bank rates at 6.75 per cent. He added that the MPC unanimously…