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The influence of the Reserve Bank of India's power over the Indian money market is confined almost exclusively to the organised banking structure. It is also considered to be the biggest regulator in the markets. There are certain rates and data which are released at regular intervals which have a huge impact on all the financial markets in India.
In the mid 1990s, the Committee for the Development of the Debt Market had studied and recommended the development of a benchmark rate for the call money markets in India. Accordingly, National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) developed and launched the NSE Mumbai Inter-Bank Bid Rate ( MIBID ) and NSE Mumbai Inter-bank Offer Rate (MIBOR) for the ...
The money that is lent for one day in this market is known as "call money" and, if it exceeds one day, is referred to as "notice money." [1] Commercial banks have to maintain a minimum cash balance known as the cash reserve ratio. Call money is a method by which banks lend to each other to be able to maintain the cash reserve ratio.
First, the committee recommended that the RBI withdraw from the 91-day treasury bills market and that interbank call money and term money markets be restricted to banks and primary dealers. [6] [12] Second, the Committee proposed a segregation of the roles of RBI as a regulator of banks and owner of bank. [16]
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) accumulates foreign currency reserves by purchasing from authorized dealers in open market operations. Foreign exchange reserves of India act as a cushion against rupee volatility once global interest rates start rising. [10] The Foreign Exchange Reserves of India consists of below four categories; [11] [12]
Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934: This is the primary legislation governing the functions and powers of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), which is the central bank of India. The act provides for the regulation of banking and credit in India and gives the RBI the authority to issue licenses to banks and regulate their activities.
India's Open Market Operation is much influenced by the fact that it is a developing country and that the capital flows are very different from those in developed countries. Thus India's central bank, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), has to make policies and use instruments accordingly. The RBI uses Open Market Operations (OMO) along with other ...
The Government of India, in consultation with RBI, notified the 'Inflation Target' in the Gazette of India Extraordinary dated 5 August 2016 for the period beginning from the date of publication of the notification and ending on 31 March 2021 as 4%. At the same time, lower and upper tolerance levels were notified to be 2% and 6% respectively.