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As of 2024, Japan's foreign exchange reserves are typically around $1.2 trillion to $1.3 trillion, making Japan one of the largest holders of reserves globally, second only to China. Japan's reserves are diversified and consist of a mix of foreign currency assets (such as US dollars, euros, and other major currencies), government bonds, gold ...
India's total forex reserves touched an all-time high of US$642.453 billion on 8 September 2021. [19] The reserves declined to $598.89 billion by 8 September 2023 [20] & rose to hit a fresh all time high of $642.63 in March 2024. [21] India's total forex reserves touched an all-time high of US$704.89 billion on 27 September 2024. [4]
Sir C. D. Deshmukh was the first Indian to serve as the governor. Sir Benegal Rama Rau was the longest serving governor. I. G. Patel, the fourteenth governor Manmohan Singh, the fifteenth governor, later served as the thirteenth prime minister of India Raghuram Rajan, the twenty-third governor Shaktikanta Das, the twenty-fifth governor Sanjay Malhotra, the twenty-sixth and the incumbent governor
Reserve Bank of India, abbreviated as RBI, is the central bank of India, and regulatory body responsible for regulation of the Indian banking system and Indian currency. Owned by the Ministry of Finance , Government of India , it is responsible for the control, issue, and maintenance of the supply of the Indian rupee.
Scheduled Banks in India refer to those banks which have been included in the Second Schedule of Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934. [1] Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in turn includes only those banks in this Schedule which satisfy all the criteria laid down vide section 42(6)(a) of the said Act. Banks not under this Schedule are called Non ...
In theory, this meant that commercial banks could retain zero reserves. The average cash reserve ratio across the entire United Kingdom banking system, though, was higher during that period, at about 0.15% as of 1999. [10] From 1971 to 1980, the commercial banks all agreed to a reserve ratio of 1.5%. In 1981 this requirement was abolished. [10]
Section 7 states that the central government can legislate the functioning of the RBI through the RBI board, and the RBI is not an autonomous body. Section 17 of the Act defines the manner in which the RBI can conduct business as the central bank of India. The RBI can accept deposits from the central and state governments without interest.
In India, the Statutory liquidity ratio (SLR) is the Government term for the reserve requirement that commercial banks are required to maintain in the form of cash, gold reserves, Govt. bonds and other Reserve Bank of India (RBI)- approved securities before providing credit to the customers. The SLR to be maintained by banks is determined by ...