Reserve Bank of India

The Reserve Bank of India was established on April 1, 1935 in accordance with the provisions of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934. Though originally privately owned, since nationalization in 1949, the Reserve Bank is fully owned by the Government of India. The Preamble of the Reserve Bank of India describes the basic functions of the Reserve Bank as: "to regulate the issue of Bank notes and keeping of reserves with a view to securing monetary stability in India and generally to operate the currency and credit system of the country to its advantage; to have a modern monetary policy framework to meet the challenge of an increasingly complex economy, to maintain price stability while keeping in mind the objective of growth."

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    • अप्रैल 2024
      Source: Reserve Bank of India
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      Accessed On: 15 अप्रैल, 2024
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      This dataset covers the following public data available at RBI website. 1. Foreign Exchange Reserves- (Annually & Monthly) Notes: 1. SDR: Special Drawing Rights 2. Foreign Currency Assets excludes US $ 250.00 million (as also its equivalent value in Indian Rupee) invested in foreign currency denominated bonds issued by IIFC (UK) since March 20, 2009, excludes US $ 380.00 million since September 16, 2011, excludes US $ 550.00 million since February 27, 2012 and US $ 673 million since 30th March 2012 and US $ 790 million since July 5, 2012 (as also its equivalent value in Indian Rupee) 3. Data on SDR includes SDRs 3,082.5 million allocated under general allocation and SDRs 214.6 million allocated under special allocation by the IMF done on August 28, 2009 and September 9, 2009, respectively 4. Gold data Include Rupees 314.63 billion (US $ 6,699 million) reflecting the purchase of 200 metric tonnes of gold from IMF on November 3, 2009 Notes: Financial Year 2015-2016 and 2016-2017 is taken as 2016, 2017