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ফেব্ৰু 27, 2007

What RBI means to the Common Person

Dr. Y. V. Reddy, Governor, Reserve Bank of India

Friends,I am happy to be in Karamchedu Village again. Many distinguished personalities in various fields; freedom fighters; shipping magnates; scientists; poets, ministers and medical doctors have hailed from this single village. Shri Yarlagadda Ranganayakulu garu, who was an engineer by training, is one such fine personality. We met accidentally a little over thirty years ago in Hyderabad. We became friends and we attempted to do some socially useful work on several

জানু 16, 2006

Financial Inclusion and Millennium Development Goals*

Smt. Usha Thorat, Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India

At the outset, I take this opportunity to thank the Planning Commission, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the College of Agricultural Banking for inviting me to this very relevant program on human development and State finances. The central theme of the Millenium Development Goals (MDGs) is reduction of poverty in all its forms . The MDGs emphasise human development indicators, especially those relating to women and children, to enable people to liv

ডিচে 02, 2005

Taking Banking Services to the Common Man – Financial Inclusion *

Shri V. Leeladhar, Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India

Ladies and Gentlemen, I am truly honoured to deliver the Fedbank Hormis Memorial Foundation commemorative lecture. The illustrious list of the previous years’ speakers indicates the kind of significance this commemorative lecture has acquired over the years. The late Shri K.P.Hormis, founder of Federal Bank, was a visionary and left behind an institutional set up in the form of Federal Bank which has been doing yeoman service for well over seventy five years. The Fedb

আগ 06, 2005

Micro-Finance : Reserve Bank’s Approach*

Dr. Y. V. Reddy, Governor, Reserve Bank of India

Friends, I am thankful to the organisers for giving me this opportunity to be amidst this distinguished gathering. Since Dr. Bimal Jalan, a Member of Parliament and my distinguished predecessor, is chairing the session, let me start with his role in the subject of my special address today. The earliest reference to micro-credit in a formal statement of monetary and credit policy of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) was in Dr. Bimal Jalan’s Monetary and Credit Policy Stateme

ফেব্ৰু 05, 2004

Agricultural Credit in India: Status, Issues and Future Agenda*

Dr. Rakesh Mohan, Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India

INTRODUCTION: HISTORICAL OVERVIEW O F AGRICULTURAL CREDIT IN INDIA RISK IN INDIAN FARMING Settled agriculture in India has had a long history because of the fertile plains of Northern India irrigated by the Indus, the Ganga-Jamuna river systems and the Brahmaputra in the East. Southern India has its own river systems and has, moreover, been characterised by its impressive history of sophisticated water management systems: perhaps among the most developed historically.

নৱে 21, 2003

Challenges to Monetary Policy in A Global Context

Dr. Rakesh Mohan, Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India

Rakesh Mohan* I. Introduction Recent global developments have transformed the environment in which monetary policy operates, throwing up opportunities as well as challenges. Globalisation has expanded economic interdependence and interaction of countries greatly. This has created the need for greater coordination in terms of the design of appropriate institutional architecture as well as standardisation reflected in the adoption of similar monetary policy approaches.

জুলাই 20, 2001

Credit through Co-Operatives : Some Thoughts

Shri Vepa Kamesam, Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India

Let me at the outset thank the Chairman and other Executives of the National Co-operative Agricultural & Rural Development Banks’ Federation Ltd. for having invited me here today. The Federation has played a very important role in providing the members a forum for joint consultations and inputs for policy formulation since its inception in 1960. It has also been instrumental in facilitating a series of initiatives for beefing up the co-operative structure by bring

মে’ 10, 2001

Urban Co-operative Banks: Agenda for Future Reforms

Shri Jagdish Capoor, Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India

It is very gratifying to note that Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) as Apex representative body of Indian Trade & Commerce has evinced keen interest in Urban Co-operative Banks (UCBs), the purveyors of credit to small and medium enterprises. As urban co-operative banking sector is under focussed scrutiny of media and observers of co-operative credit movement, I feel it is very apt that organisers chose 'Reforms in urban banking sector

জানু 15, 2001

"India's Economy in the Twenty-First Century: A New Beginning or A False Dawn"

Dr. Bimal Jalan, Governor, Reserve Bank of India

I am grateful to Dr. Kapila Vatsayayan and Shri N.N. Vohra for inviting me to deliver the Dr. C.D.Deshmukh Memorial Lecture today. This annual Lecture in memory of one of Indias most distinguished thinkers and policy makers is a highly prestigious occasion, and one of the highlights of the India International Centre (IIC) calendar of events. When I was first asked, I must confess that I was reluctant as I was not sure whether matters which dominate my professional li

নৱে 24, 2000

Pension System in India : A Central Banker's Perspective

Dr. Y. V. Reddy, Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India

Mr. Chairman and friends, At the outset I wish to compliment the Asian Development Bank Institute and others who are sponsoring this policy Conference. The Conference is rightly addressing the policy issues as well as practical skills involved in examining and improving the pension systems in South Asian countries. The approach of enabling of sharing of experiences and views among South Asian countries and, with multilateral institutions is commendable. My comments to