Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
Introduction RBI
– The Central Bank of India Need for bank to be constituted ◦ Issue of bank notes ◦ Reserves with a view to security monetary stability ◦ Credit and Currency system at the country to its advantage
Organisational Structure of RBI
ROLES AND FUNCTIONS OF RBI
SUMMARY ROLES
AND FUNCTIONS
1. Price stability 3. Encourage growth
9. Supervising authority
Monetary policy10. Regulator of money and credit
5. Financial stability 7. Development of financial infrastructure 5. Regulate the overall volume of money and credit 6. Lender of last resort 7. Note issuing authority 8. Bankers’ bank
11. Exchange control authority
Credit Control Methods
Need: To
encourage the priority sectors for overall growth.
Facilitate
the flow of adequate volume of bank credit to its industry, agriculture and trade.
To
keep Inflation pressure under check.
To
ensure that Credit is not diverted to undesirable purposes.
To
facilitate the Development of Indian economic growth.
Types of credit control : Quantitative
Method Qualitative Method
Quantitative Methods Bank
rate policy
Open
Market operation
Variation Fixation
of cash reserve ratio
of lending rate
Qualitative Methods Fixation
of Margin Requirement
Regulation Rationing Prior
of consumer credit
of credit
authorisation of schemes
Direct
Action