The Reserve Bank of India, in conjunction with the banks, has embarked upon a Special Electronic Funds Transfer (SEFT) Scheme. The Scheme would enable safe, secure and quick transfer of funds electronically across branches of banks at many centres of the country. The Scheme would be introduced from April 1, 2003, with the settlement taking place at Mumbai for inter-bank funds transfers.The salient features of the Scheme are:The Scheme is designed to provide for same d

The Reserve Bank of India has stated that the clearing house in Mumbai will not function on March 14, 2003 as the Government of Maharashtra has declared it as a holiday under the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 on account of Moharrum. Earlier, the holiday for Moharrum was declared on March 15, 2003. Now, the clearing house will function normally on March 15, 2003The clearing house in Reserve Bank of India in Mumbai will also remain closed on May 14, 2003 instead of M

Dr. Bimal Jalan, Governor, Reserve Bank of India today inaugurated the Currency Verification and Processing System (CVPS) in Mumbai Office of the Reserve Bank of India. The currency verification and processing systems have been installed in the Reserve Bank offices for faster and secured processing of soiled currency notes. Weeding out soiled currency notes and replacing them with fresh ones are part of the Clean Note Policy being followed by the Reserve Bank of India

The increase in the use of e-money in India in future could have far reaching effect on payments habit as also on the transmission mechanism of monetary policy. In order to examine these issues, the Reserve Bank of India had set-up a working group comprising officials from market participants and the Reserve Bank of India. The Chairman of the working group was Mr. Zarir J. Cama, Chief Executive Officer, Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation. The working group subm

The Negotiated Dealing System (NDS) will become operational from January 15, 2002. The system will operationalise, to begin with, by allowing members of Negotiated Dealing System (NDS) to put their bids electronically for repos and reverse repos under the Liquidity Adjustment Facility (LAF). In other words, from this date, the NDS members will not have to put in their bids/ applications in physical form for LAF auctions held daily by the Reserve Bank of India. This wa

In the Monetary & Credit Policy 2001-02, it was proposed that from June 2, 2001, all transactions in Government securities settled through the Subsidiary General Ledger (SGL)/Delivery versus Payment (DVP) system would be on T + 1 basis. The feedback from the market participants with whom Reserve Bank has had several rounds of consultation is that the date from which T + 1 settlement will be introduced for Subsidiary General Ledger settled transactions should be co

It may be recalled that Standing Committee on International Financial Standards and Codes was constituted in December 1999 in order to identify and monitor developments in global standards and codes, consider aspects of applicability of these standards to Indian financial system, periodically review the status and make available its reports to all concerned organisations in public or private sector. The Standing Committee chaired by Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of In

It may be recalled that the Governor, Reserve Bank of India constituted a Standing Committee on International Financial Standards and Codes in December 1999 in order to identify and monitor developments in global standards and codes, consider aspects of applicability of these standards to Indian financial system, periodically review the status and make available its reports to all concerned organisations in public or private sector. The Standing Committee chaired by D

The National Payments Council under the Chairmanship of Deputy Governor, Shri S.P.Talwar met on June 09, 2000 to discuss the latest developments in the Payments System and the future possibilities. The Council members welcomed the passing of the Information Technology (IT) Bill and the grant of one transponder on INSAT 3-B which will augment the capacity of the Indian Financial Network (INFINET). The Council reviewed the ongoing initiatives for implementing the Centra

The Information Technology applications in the banking and financial sector in India have grown sharply in recent years. IT can be leveraged to bring about significant improvements in a number of areas including decision making, house keeping, customer service, payment flows, etc., in the banking and financial sector. To ensure the accrual of optimal benefits, necessary human resources development measures and requisite steps to beef up security in IT use have to be t