THE STRATEGIC ASPIRATIONS OF THE RESERVE BANK OF INDIA

1. THE STRATEGIC ASPIRATIONS OF
THE RESERVE BANK OF INDIA
PRESENTED BY;
SOUJANYA
ASHOK
P. TRISHULA
SAI RAKESH
REDDY

2. HISTORY OF RBI
•The Reserve Bank of India is the central bank of the country
•The Reserve Bank of India was set up on the basis of the
recommendations of the Hilton Young Commission.
•The Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 (II of 1934) provides the statutory
basis of the functioning of the Bank, which commenced operations on
April 1, 1935.
•The Bank was constituted to :
* Regulate the issue of banknotes
* Maintain reserves with a view to securing monetary stability and
* To operate the credit and currency system of the country to its
advantage.

3. •The Bank began its operations by taking over from the Government
the functions so far being performed by the Controller of Currency and
from the Imperial Bank of India, the management of Government
accounts and public debt.
•Offices of the Banking Department were established in Calcutta,
Bombay, Madras, Delhi and Rangoon.
•The Bank, which was originally set up as a shareholder's bank, was
nationalized in 1949.
•The Bank was also instrumental in institutional development and
helped set up institutions like the Deposit Insurance and Credit
Guarantee Corporation of India, the Unit Trust of India, the Industrial
Development Bank of India, the National Bank of Agriculture and Rural
Development, the Discount and Finance House of India etc. to build the
financial infrastructure of the country.

4. GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT OF RBI –
1926
Birth of the Institution
Hilton Young Commission recommends setting up of the Reserve Bank
of India.
1935
The Reserve Bank of India starts functioning.
1947
RBI goes National.
India gains independence.
1949
The Reserve Bank of India is nationalized.
1950
Focus on Development.
India embarks on planned economic development. RBI becomes an
active agent and participant in this process.
1951 - 1967
RBI engages in establishing an institutional infrastructure for
agricultural and long-term individual credit.

5. 1970
Mass banking
RBI directs banks to take banking to masses by expanding their branch
network and giving credit to the smallest borrower.
1973
Rigorous framework of exchange controls legislated to prevent capital
flight.
1991
Initiating Major Fiscal & Financial Reforms.
India faces unprecedented Balance of Payment crisis; devalues rupee
and stabilises external sector, simultaneously launches reforms in
fiscal, trade, foreign investment and financial sectors.
1993-94
Adopts the international prudential norms and initiates a major effort to
move away from micro to macro management of institutions.
1997
Enters into an agreement with the government for fiscal discipline.

6. 2000
Legal framework to usher in convertibility on current account.
Replacement of Foreign Exchange Regulation Act with Foreign
Exchange Management Act.
2001 - 2003
RBI continues its efforts at development of financial markets,
strengthening of the financial sector with cutting edge technology.
2004 - 2005
RBI puts in a modern payment and settlement system, strives to further
strengthen the financial sector.

7. •MANAGEMENT OF RBI IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CENTRAL
BOD HEADED BY THE GOVERNOR, AND CONSISTS OF DEPUTY
GOVERNORS AND OTHER DIRECTORS, APPOINTED BY THE
GOVERNMENT.
•FOUR LOCAL BOARDS BASED AT CHENNAI, KOLKATA, NEW DELHI,
AND MUMBAI.
•DAY-TO-DAY MANAGEMENT IN THE HANDS OF THE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTORS, MANAGERS AT VARIOUS LEVELS AND THE SUPPORT
STAFF.
•ABOUT 22000 EMPLOYEES AT RBI WORKING IN 25 DEPTS AND
TRAINING COLLEGES.

8. STRENGTHS & WEAKNESSES OF RBI –
STRENGTHS:
-> large body of competent officers and staff.
-> Access to key data on the economy.
-> Wide organizational network with 22 regional offices.
-> Established infrastructure.
-> Ability to attract talent.
-> Financial self-sufficiency.

9. WEAKNESSES:
-> Structural rigidity
-> Lack of accountability
-> Slow decision-making
-> Eroded Specialist know-how
-> Strong employee unions with rigid industrial relations
-> Surplus staff
-> weak market intelligence

10. OPPORTUNITIES & THREATS : -
Opportunities:
Entry of new foreign banks in to the country will
make the job easy to maintain liquidity in the
market.
Signs of global recovery, Increase in cash flow
both in domestic &external.
New FTP encouraging exports will be handy in
maintaining foreign exchange reserves
 Appreciating Rupee value compared to Dollar
 Private players imparting pressure on PSU in
increasing efficiency in providing services.

11. THREATS:
o Duplication of currency and currency trafficking by
Havala.
o Highly sensitive to global economy leads to
definite impact of global economic trends at times
of recessions and economic boom- They are
easily passed over to our economy too.
o Deprecating US $ on which economy is based
o High volatility in prices of gold based on which the
international money markets are dependent.

12. THE PREAMBLE OF RBI DESCRIBES ITS-
FUNCTIONS: ‘ …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.’
VISION: ‘.. RBI aims to be a leading central bank with credible, proactive,
transparent & contemporaneous policies and seeks to be a catalyst for the
emergence of a globally competitive financial system that helps deliver a high
quality of life to the people of the country.’
MISSION: ‘RBI seeks to develop a sound and efficient financial system with
monetary stability conducive to balanced and sustained growth of the Indian
economy.’
CORPORATE VALUES: Public interest, integrity, excellence, independence of
views and responsiveness & dynamism.

13. OBJECTIVES OF RBI – 3 AREAS :
-Monetary policy objectives such as containing inflation and promoting
economic growth. Management of foreign exchange reserves and making
currency available.
- Objectives set for managing financial sector developments such as
supervision of systems and information access and assisting banking and
financial institutions to become competitive globally.
- Organizational development objectives such as development of economic
research facilities, creating information systems for support economic decision
making, financial management and HR management.

14. STRATEGIC ACTIONS ADOPTED BY RBI TO ACHIEVE ITS
OBJECTIVES : -
-> Gain control of the thrust area of monetary policy formulation and
managing the financial sector.
-> Evolving the legal framework to support the thrust area.
-> Customer services for providing support and creation of positive
relationship
->Organizational support such as structure , systems, HR development
and adoption of modern technology.

15. THE NEED FOR RBI TO REVISE ITS STRATEGIES:
- Sweeping changes in the economic, social political environment-
Dynamics of the environment.
- Absence of a systematic strategic plan.
- Need to redefine and review RBI’s role and to review internal
organizational and managerial efficacy.
- Address the changing expectations of external stake holders, and
responsibilities.
- Need to reposition the bank in the global context.
In 1992, RBI, with the assistance of a private consultancy firm, embarked
on a massive strategic planning exercise.

16. THE STRATEGIC PLAN OF RBI –
FOUR SECTIONS- Statement of mission, Objectives & policies, Review of
strengths & weaknesses, and strategic actions required with an
implementation plan.
- Anticipation of evolving external environment in the medium-term
- Evaluation of capabilities
- Elimination of out dated mandates for enhancing efficiency in operations in
furtherance of best public interests.
Results to manifest in form of –
- Attaining a visible focus
- Reinforced proficiency
- Realization of shared sense of purpose
- Optimizing resource use
- Build- up of momentum to achieve goals.

17. Q1. QUALITY OF THE MISSION & VISION STATEMENTS OF
THE RBI –
-> A MISSION STATEMENT MUST :
- Be precise & clear
- Be feasible
- Be motivating
- Be distinctive
- Indicate the major components of strategy
- Indicate how the objectives are to be accomplished
Mission of RBI : RBI seeks to develop a sound & efficient financial system with
monetary stability conducive to balanced and sustained growth of the Indian
economy.

18. VISION STATEMENT : Constitutes future aspirations that lead to an inspiration
to be the best in one’s field activity.
VISION OF RBI: RBI aims to be a leading central bank with credible, proactive,
transparent & contemporaneous policies and seeks to be a catalyst for the
emergence of a globally competitive financial system that helps deliver a high
quality of life to the people of the country.
The quality of a vision & mission statement and the objectives of the
organization depends on their ability to bring out the strategic intent of that
organization. Strategic intent refers to the purposes that the organization
strives for. It is a framework within which firms operate, adopt a pre determined
direction and attempt to achieve their goal.

19. Does RBI need systematic & comprehensive
strategic planning rather than its earlier
approach of pragmatic response to situations?
 It is always good to be prepared for change
 Rather than just making Damage control measures, RBI
has to concentrate on making policies which be handy
during down turns.
 RBI keeping growth as target should formulate strategies
which will make Indian economy immune to global
economic trends.
 As in the case of Indian Banks performing better when
banks globally are bleeding, which is an affect of strict and
stringent rules and strategic regulations of the RBI even during
good time.

20.  Especially in aspects like control of Inflation and balance of
payments strategy plays an important role.
 Well planed strategies can help them in providing enough
liquidity in market instead of last minute changes in CRR and
other Bank rates.
 Foreign exchange reserves have to be taken care by proactive
measures rather than just responding to market demand for
dollar.
 Every coin has two sides. Strategic planning and management
should be viewed dialectically. The higher uncertainty is, the more
flexible strategies should be crafted. Uncertain environment
requires strategic flexibility to seize opportunities, but flexibility
also can be disciplined

21. • Hence, to exploit the usefulness of strategic planning and
management, managers should obey contingency theory to make
imperative strategies flexibly and to implement them adaptively along
its disciplines.
• A strategy that doesn’t provide flexibility isn’t a strategy after all. The
only way to find out which of the approaches should be followed by
RBI is to undertake the process of strategic evaluation where the
effectiveness of a strategy implemented can be tested and evaluated
on the basis of the results achieved by such a strategy.

22. THANK YOU …