Lesson 5 of 5 โข 37 upvotes โข 9:47mins
The present monetary system of India is based on Inconvertible Paper Currency and is managed by the RBI. The present currency system is based on minimum reserve system of note issue. It was adopted in 1957, under the minimum reserve system, minimum of gold and foreign securities to the extent of Rs. 200 Crore (of which gold should be of value Rs. 115 Crore) and the balance in rupee securities is maintained. Some Important Points you should know The symbol of India Rupee "INR" came into vague on 15th July 2010. The new symbol "INR" is an amalgamation of Devanagari "เคฐ" and the Roman "R" without the stem. The new symbol was designed by D. Udaya Kumar, a post graduate of IIT Bombay. Though the symbol "INR" will not be printed or embossed on currency notes or coins, it would be included in the "Unicode Standard" and major scripts of the world to ensure that it is easily displaced and printed in the electronic and print media. RBI working group on money supply headed by Y. V. Reddy recommended for dropping of post office saving deposits. Accordingly, there are now only three monetary aggregates. Those are M1, M2 and M3. The revised monetary measures are M1 = Coins and Notes + Demand Deposits + Other Deposits with RBI M2 = M1 + Time liabilities proportion of Saving deposits with banks + Certificates of deposits issued by Banks + Term deposit maturing within a year. M3 = M2+Terms deposit with banks with maturity over 1 year + call / term borrowing of the banking system. Coins are minted at four places. Those are, Mumbai Kolkata Hyderabad Noida Devaluation of Currency : Devaluation of currency means reducing the value of a currency by the fiscal authorities, so as to make exports cheaper and imports costlier and overcome balance of payments deficit. In India, devaluation has been resorted to four times. First Devaluation : In June, 1949 (by 30.5%) Finance Minister - Dr. John Mathai Second Devaluation : In June, 1966 (by 57%) Finance Minister - Sachindra Chaudhry) Third Devaluation : on 1st July 1991 (by 9%) Finance Minister - Dr. Manmohan Singh Fourth Devaluation : on 3rd July 1991 (by 11%) Finance Minister - Dr. Manmohan Singh Printing of Securities and Minting in India Security Press Station Related to India Security Press (1992) Nasik Postal Material, Postal Stamps etc Security Printing Press (1982) Hyderabad Union excise duty stamps Currency Note Press (1928) Nasik Bank notes from Rs. 1 to Rs. 100 Bank Notes Press (1974) Dewas Bank Notes of Rs. 20, Rs. 50, Rs.100 and Rs. 500 Modernized Currency Notes Press (1995) Mysore (kar) Salbani (Paschim Banga) โ Security Paper (1967-68) Hoshangabad Banks and Currency Notes paper
5 lessons โข 46m
Historical Background and Introduction of Reserve Bank Of India ๐ฎ๐ณ [RBI] (in Hindi)
9:48mins
Offices and Board of Directors [Members] Of RBI (in Hindi)
9:02mins
Main Functions of Reserve Bank Of India ๐ฎ๐ณ (RBI) (in Hindi)
9:03mins
Subsidiaries of Reserve Bank of ๐ฎ๐ณ (RBI) {NHB,DICGC,BRBNMPL} (in Hindi)
9:05mins
All About Currency System In India (in Hindi)
9:47mins