History of RBI

1969 - 1999
next 40 years

2005

Conclusion

NEFT introduced

Online transfer

RBI's idea

Era of Internet Banking started

B4 1991

After 1991

RBI acted as Mentor

RBI acted as BOSS

1969_85

92% of banks were nationalised

framed intervention policy like

banks gave loans

CRR

SLR

Interest Rates

Visible Deposits

Problems faced by RBI

1962

1965

IND CHN war

Nationwide Drought

INDO-PAK war

1971

East Pakistan

Bangladesh Liberation War

1973

Global Oil crisis

1975

Emergency in India

Lowered India's GDP growth

1985

India started facing BoP problem

7th 5 yr plan

Importing more than export

Import debt rising

went till 1991

1991

Economic Crisis

India verge of Bankruptcy

RBI cant lend more loan to Govt.

low Forex

Growth Rate 5.49%

High Current account deficit

But what saved us

GOLD

by selling gold

Can Save Forex Reserve

Can maintain Imports

20 Metric Tonnes

Airlifted

Sold to UBS

after few moths repurchase by SbI

Returned to GOI

Finance Minister

Manmohan Singh

LPG reforms

Reforms in financial sector

reduce role of RBI

From Regulator - Facilitator Banks

Thus Private banks came

both Indian & Foreign

1993

Exchange rates became market determined

Guidlines for Licencing of New Banks in Private Sector were issued

1994

nationalised banks were allowed to tap Capital Market

Investing in International Shares & Bonds

Lending rates of commercial banks were deregulated banks ask their own lending rates

Slowly banks were given freedom

1995

Banks were allowed to fix their own interest rates

1999

idea of Debit & Smart Card

Modernisation in Banking Sector