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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
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.
This means that payments via NEFT and RTGS would become either free or charges would be drastically reduced. [9] [10] 24x7 Availability of Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) System. In a major development, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das has confirmed that RTGS facility is now operational 24×7. [11]
On 19 January 2011, Anand Sinha was appointed as deputy governor of RBI for a period of two years. [3] His appointed was extended for a further period of 11 months till 18 January 2014. This extension was given to Sinha to smoothen the process of issue of new bank licences, an area being handled by him as the deputy governor in charge of ...
National Electronic Funds Transfer (NEFT) is an electronic funds transfer system maintained by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). Started in November 2005, the setup was established and maintained by Institute for Development and Research in Banking Technology. [1]
The committee suggested a five-member MPC - three members from the RBI and two nominated by the government. [5] The government initially proposed a seven-member committee [6] - three from the RBI and four nominated by it. Subsequent negotiations led to the current composition of the committee, with the external members having a four-year term.
Sovereign Gold Bond, abbreviated as SGB, is a government security issued by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on behalf of the Government of India. It is denominated in grams of gold and is linked to the price of gold in India. It is also an interest-bearing bonds, carrying an interest of 2.5% p.a. paid in two installments in a year. [1] [2]
The RBI regulates this ratio so as to control the amount a bank can lend to its customers. For example, an individual wants to buy a car using borrowed money and the car's value is ₹1 million. If the LTV is set to 70% he can borrow a maximum of ₹700,000. The RBI can decrease or increase to curb inflation or deflation respectively.