Reserve Bank of India

(Established 1935; Nationalized 1949;)
Present Governor : Dr D Subbarao
1st Governor : Sir Smith
Ist Indian Governor : C D Deshmukh

Scheduled Banks
Scheduled Commercial Banks (163)        Non-Scheduled Commercial Banks (4)              Scheduled Cooperative Banks (69)
(Mentioned in II Schedule of RBI Act, 1934)

Public Sector Banks (26)                             Private Sector Banks (21)    RRBs (82)                              Scheduled Urban
Nationalized banks (20)                               Old Private Banks (14)                                                         Cooperative Banks (53)
SBI & Asso (6)                                             New Private Banks (7)
                                                                                                                  Scheduled State
                                                                                                                  Cooperative Banks (16)
With the SBI, the number of Associates of SBI are 6
The RBI and Credit Control
Quantitative Credit Control
It is used to control the volume of credit and indirectly to control the inflationary and deflationary pressures. These are
1.      Cash Reserve Ratio
2.      Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR)
3.      Repo Rate
4.      Reverse Repo Rate
5.      Bank Rate
Functions of the RBI
The functions of the RBI, today can be categorized as follows
Monetary Policy
·        Regulation and supervision of the banking and non-banking financial institutions, including credit information companies.
·        Debit and cash management for Centre and State Governments.
·        Foreign exchange management current and capital account management.
·        Management of foreign exchange reserves.
·        Banker’s banks
·        Banker to the Centre and State Governments
·        Currency management.
·        Oversight of the payment and settlement systems.
·        Development role
·        Research and statistics.
Operating Abroad
·                    22 Indian banks (6 Private and 16 Public) operate overseas in 52 countries.
·                    SBI has the largest network of foreign offices followed by Bank of Baroda.
·                    Among Private sector banks, ICICI Bank has the largest foreign presence.
13th Finance Commission
The Thirteenath Finance Commission was constituted in accordance with the Articles 270, 275 and 280 of the Indian Constitution. The FC-XIII Submitted its report on December 30,2009. The FC-XII’s overall approach was to foster inclusive and green growth promoting fiscal federalism.
The first Finance commission was headed by KC Neogi and the 13 Finance Commission is headed by Vijay L Kelkar.
Stock Exchange of India
·        A Stock Exchange provides services for brokers and traders to trade stocks, bonds and other securities.
·        The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) is a stock exchange located on dalal Street, Mumbai and is the oldest stock exchange in Asia. The BSE has the largest number of listed companies in the world.
·        The National Stock Exchange (NSE) is the 16th largest stock exchange in the world. It is situated in Mumbai.


Agriculture
·        Green Revolution is associated with the use of HYVS (High Yielding Variety Seeds), Chemical fertilizers and new technology which led to a revolutionary results in agriculture production.
·        The term ‘Green Revolution’ was given by American Scientist Dr William Gaud.
Agriculture Credit
·        Institutional credit covers cooperative societies banks RRBs and NABARD.
·        Lead bank Scheme (1969) is an area approach to credit.
·        Service area approach to credit was adopted in 1988.
·        NABARD  as an apex agricultural bank was set up in 1982.


Yellow Revolution                               Oilseeds
White Revolution                                 Milk
Black Revolution                                  Petro Production
Red Revolution                                     Meat and Tomato Production
Round Revolution                                 Potato
Silver Fibre Revolution                      Cotton
Blue Revolution                                                Fish
Pink Revolution                                                Shrimp
Grey Revolution                                   Wool
Evergreen Revolution                         Overall development of Agriculture
Green Revolution                                 Foodgrains
Golden Revolution                               Horticulture
Sliver Revolution                                 Egg and Poultry
Brown Revolution                                Cocoa
Rainbow Revolution                                  Amalgamation of all above revolutions.

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