Act No. 2 of 1934

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Act No. 2 of 1934 is the Indian legislative act that established the Reserve Bank of India as the country’s central bank and set out its powers, functions, and regulatory framework.

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instanceOf Indian legislative act
banking law
central banking law
amended multiple times after Indian independence
cameIntoForce 1 April 1935
containsProvision appointment and tenure of the Governor and Deputy Governors of the Reserve Bank of India
audit and accounts of the Reserve Bank of India
composition of the Central Board of the Reserve Bank of India
definition of scheduled banks
establishment of local boards of the Reserve Bank of India
maintenance of cash reserve ratio by banks with the Reserve Bank of India
penalties for contravention of the Act
prohibition of the Reserve Bank of India from engaging in certain types of business
regulation of advances to the Government by the Reserve Bank of India
regulation of the business that the Reserve Bank of India may transact
regulation of the issue department and banking department of the Reserve Bank of India
regulation of ways and means advances
relations of the Reserve Bank of India with commercial banks
relations of the Reserve Bank of India with the Government of India
country India
dateOfEnactment 1934
definesRoleAs Reserve Bank of India
surface form: central bank of India
enactedBy Imperial Legislative Council of India
establishes Reserve Bank of India
grantsPower Reserve Bank of India to act as lender of last resort
Reserve Bank of India to issue bank notes
Reserve Bank of India to maintain cash reserves of scheduled banks
Reserve Bank of India to regulate credit
hasOfficialName Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934
jurisdiction India
language English
legalBasisFor Reserve Bank of India’s note-issuing monopoly in India
Reserve Bank of India’s status as central bank of India
longTitle An Act to constitute a Reserve Bank of India to regulate the issue of bank notes and the 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
purpose to constitute the Reserve Bank of India
to keep reserves with a view to securing monetary stability in India
to operate the currency and credit system of India to its advantage
to regulate the issue of bank notes in India
regulates banker to state governments functions of the Reserve Bank of India
banker to the Government of India functions of the Reserve Bank of India
functions of the Reserve Bank of India as banker’s bank
issue of currency notes by the Reserve Bank of India
management of foreign exchange reserves by the Reserve Bank of India
monetary policy framework in India
relatedTo banking regulation in India
foreign exchange management in India
monetary policy of India
shortTitle Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934

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Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 citation Act No. 2 of 1934