Thursday, January 6, 2011

Preamble, Offices and Branches of RBI

Preamble:


            The Preamble of the Reserve Bank of India describes the basic functions of the Reserve Bank as:


"...to regulate the issue of Bank Notes and 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."


Offices and branches :


           The Reserve Bank of India has branch offices at most state capitals and at a few major cities in India[total of 18 places] - viz. Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Delhi, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Jammu, Kanpur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, Patna, and Thiruvananthapuram. Besides it has sub-offices at Dehradun, Gangtok, Kochi, Panaji, Raipur, Ranchi, Shimla and Srinagar.


            The Bank has also two training colleges for its officers, viz. Reserve Bank Staff College at Chennai and College of Agricultural Banking at Pune. There are also four Zonal Training Centres at Belapur, Chennai, Kolkata and New Delhi.


Address:


Reserve Bank of India,
Central Office,
Shaheed Bhagat Singh Road,
Mumbai - 400001

Website: www.rbi.org.in

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