Rbi subsidiaries Flashcards
subsidiaries of rbi
DICGC
BRBNMPL
ReBIT
IFTAS
DICGC
deposit insurance credit guarantee corporation
combining 2 entities
deposit insurance corporation 1968 credit guarantee corporation of india 1971
1978
both merged in DICGC
banks covered under DICGC
all commercial banks
including branches of foreign banks functioning in india
local area banks
regional rural banks
cooperative banks -
defined in section 2(gg)
deposits not approved by DICGC
deposit of foreign govt
deposit of central or state govt
inter bank deposit
deposit of state land development banks with the state cooperative bank
deposit received outside india
specifically exempted by the corporation with the previous approval by the rbi
Insurance coverage
upto 5 lakh for both principal and interest
one for different branches with the same bank
separate for accountts in different accounts
if they have different types of ownership then it will be insured separately
insurance coverage
meaning of same right and same capacity
partner of a firm guardian of a minor director of a company trustee of a trust joint account
all will have insurance of 5 lakhs
insurance premium
borne entirely by the insured bank
it is compulsory
BRBNMPL
bharat reserve bank note mudran private limited
before 1928, indian currency gott printed from Thomas De La Rye Giori of UK
STARTED in 1928 with the establishment of indian security press at nashik by GOI
THE SECOND note printing press was established in dewas (mp) in 1975 by GOI
RBI established BRBNMPL on 3 rd feb 1995 as a wholly owned subsidiary
registered as a private limited company under the companies act, 1956
BRBNMPL 2 press
mysore in karnataka
salboni in west bengal
16 billion note pieces per year on a 2 shift basis
ReBIT
reserve bank information technology
established in 2016 by RBI
to serve its IT and cybersecurity needs and to improve the cyber resilience of the indian banking industry
deliver and manage IT projects of RBI
assit RBI in risk based supervision of regulated entities through security audits
safeguard RBI assets by detecting and responding to cyber threats
Functions of RBI
factors determining success of monetary policy:
inflation targeting
usage of monetary policy instruments
monetary policy transmission
Inflation
Rbi
decreases the money supply in the economy through monetary policy
govt
increase supply of goods in the economy through fiscal policy
Quantitative tools Reserve Ratio
CRR SLR
as a % of NDTL (net demand and time liabilities)
CRR is kept with RBI
SLR is money kept in terms of liquid assets like cash ,gold,RBI approved securities.
SLR is maintained so as banks have liquid reserves
inflationary situation-
CRR and SLR are increased to reduce money supply in the economy
SLR also contributes to fiscal deficit financing
why SLR is reduced even in inflationary times
govt uses the SLR money for subsidies and work like this
as RBI does not want that to happen
even in inflationary times RBI reduces SLR
open market operations
purchase and sale of govt securities to banks
banks invest in OMOs using idle money
inflation- RBI will sell govt securities to reduce money supply in the economy
Bank rate
loan term loan
no collateral
inflation- higher bank rate
LAF
liquidity adjustment facility consists of repo and reverse repo Repo - repurchase agreement between RBI and banks. govt securities kept as collateral Reverse Repo - borrowing by RBI from banks
MSF
marginal standing facility
banks can borrow from RBI by using SLR quota securities (1% of NDTL)
subject to higher interest rate ( repo + 1%)
minimum borrowing can be 1 crore
only scheduled commercial banks can use this facility
term repo rates
allows RBI to supply funds from time to time, with banks bidding for the rates at which they will borrow this money
MSS
market stabilisation scheme
also called sterilisation
reducing the supply from the economy
GOI borrows from RBI and issues T bills /
dated securities that are utilised for absorbing excess liquidity from the market