To emphasize the importance of financial literacy, the Reserve Bank of India is observing June 5-9, 2017 as Financial Literacy Week across the country. The Week will focus on four broad themes, viz. Know Your Customer (KYC), Exercising Credit Discipline, Grievance Redress and Going Digital (UPI and *99#). During this week, the Financial Literacy Centres (FLCs) and rural branches will conduct special camps and all bank branches in the country will display posters on th

Video link Shri R Gandhi: The banks have since the start of the programme on November 10, 2016 till December 10, 2016 issued notes valued at ₹ 4.61 lakh crore to the public over their counters and through their ATMs. Specified Bank Notes (SBNs) of ₹ 500 and ₹ 1000 returned to RBI and Currency Chests amounted to ₹ 12.44 lakh crore as of December 10, 2016. In this period, the RBI has also issued to the public through the banks and their branches a total of 21.8 billion

"In the foreseeable future, we will bring formal financial services to every Indian who wants them. Financial inclusion will be an important element in ensuring access and equity - the necessary building blocks for sustainable growth of our country." Dr. Raghuram G. Rajan said this today while speaking at the National Seminar on Equity, Access and Inclusion organised by National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj in Hyderabad. Stating that the imperative

"India has come a long way in encouraging free enterprise - from tiny shops to large internet start-ups, the spirit of entrepreneurship is alive. Doing business is now more reputable than just a few decades ago, as is getting rich. Graduates increasingly want to start businesses or work for start-ups rather than join an established consultancy or a bank. What was now needed was to continue improving the environment so that everyone had a better chance." This was state

Photograph The Reserve Bank of India today issued instructions on trading in Priority Sector Lending Certificates (PSLCs) (FIDD.CO.Plan.BC.23/04.09.01/2015-16 dated April 7, 2016). While releasing the instructions, Shri S. S. Mundra, Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank also launched a platform to enable trading in the certificates through its Core Banking Solution (CBS) portal (e-Kuber). All Scheduled Commercial Banks (including Regional Rural Banks), Urban Co-operative Ban

The zonal round of the inaugural edition of the RBI Policy Challenge - a national level competition by the Reserve Bank of India to further the spread of knowledge regarding financial, monetary and banking matters among the student community - will be held on March 09, 2016, the Reserve Bank of India announced. The zonal rounds will be held among the winning teams of the regional round. The results of the regional rounds were announced on February 29, 2016 by various

The Reserve Bank of India has today placed on its website, the Report of the Committee on Medium-term Path on Financial Inclusion (Chairman: Shri Deepak Mohanty). Comments may please be emailed or sent by post to the Principal Chief General Manager, Reserve Bank of India, Financial Inclusion and Development Department, 10th Floor, Central Office Building, Shahid Bhagat Singh Marg, Mumbai-400001 by January 29, 2016. Background It may be recalled that, taking inspiratio

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has today decided to grant “in-principle” approval to the following 10 applicants to set up small finance banks under the “Guidelines for Licensing of Small Finance Banks in the private sector” (Guidelines) issued on November 27, 2014. Names of selected applicants Au Financiers (India) Ltd., Jaipur Capital Local Area Bank Ltd., Jalandhar Disha Microfin Private Ltd., Ahmedabad Equitas Holdings P Limited, Chennai ESAF Microfinance and Inv

National Centre for Financial Education (NCFE) will conduct the National Financial Literacy Assessment Test for 2015-2016 (NCFE-NFLAT 2015-16) on November 28 and 29, 2015. School students from classes VIII to X can participate in the test. National Institute of Securities Markets (NISM) has been identified as the nodal agency for the implementation of the National Strategy for Financial Education (NSFE). National Centre for Financial Education (NCFE) has been set up w

The Reserve Bank of India has today decided to grant “in-principle” approval to the following 11 applicants to set up payments banks under the Guidelines for Licensing of Payments Banks issued on November 27, 2014 (Guidelines). Aditya Birla Nuvo Limited Airtel M Commerce Services Limited Cholamandalam Distribution Services Limited Department of Posts Fino PayTech Limited National Securities Depository Limited Reliance Industries Limited Shri Dilip Shantilal Shanghvi S