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PRACTICE OF BANKING
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14. Off-site
Monitoring/Surveillance
Objective: To maintain continuous surveillance on performance, and
financial health of banks during the period between the two on-site
inspection and trigger timely supervisory /corrective actions.
Modus Operandi : Monthly, Quarterly, Half-yearly and Annual Returns
mainly focusing on CRAR, operating results, lending portfolio, large
credit exposure, profile of ownership, asset-liability management,
foreign currency business etc. Build computerized data base and
analyze and review at periodical intervals,
Banks are rated as per CAMELS Supervisory Model: C= Capital
Adequacy, A= Asset Quality, M= Management , E=Earnings,
L=Liquidity and S= Systems and controls for Indian Banks and CALCS
Model: C=Capital Adequacy, A= Asset quality, L=Liquidity,
C=Compliance and S=Systems for foreign bank branches.
Prompt Corrective Action (PCA): More focused and enforcement-oriented
follow-up.
Now moving towards Risk Based Supervision (RBS): Focused on Risk
profile of Banks based on BASEL Accord./norms
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15. Process of making
Monetary Policy
RBI responsible for formulating and implementing MP in India
MP is analytical, consultative and participative process –
Significant technical, analytical, institutional and dynamic inputs
go into process of making MP.
A committee of Board chaired by the Governor meets every week
to review monetary, economic and financial conditions and
implementation of MP and decide course of action needed.
A MP Strategy Group analyzes strategies on an on-going basis
MP communicated to public by way of Annual Monetary Policy
Statement of RBI Governor in April and Mid-term review in October
every year.
Monetary Policy Announcement contains in detail information on
working of economy, rationale behind the policy , targeted
objectives, monetary, growth and inflationary targets, and
institutional and structural aspects of policy measures.
Periodic consultation with MF, Govt. of India, market participants,
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16. Objectives of Monetary
Policy of RBI
Economic Policy Objectives: Achieve faster growth, ensure
reasonable degree price stability, and promote distributive justice
(Equity). RBI Monetary Policy be consistent with overall objectives.
Broad objectives of RBI Monetary policy :
To maintain a reasonable degree of price stability.
To help accelerate the rate of economic growth – ensure adequate
flow of credit to productive sectors.
Emphasis between two objectives : Changed from year to year
depending on conditions prevailing in that year and previous.
Whenever inflation high, price stability received more emphasis.
Equity left to Fiscal policy, Price stability helps poor and inflation hurts
them most. Price stability has social dimension.
Trade-off between Inflation and Growth: Whether pursuit of objective of
price stability undermines ability of economy to attain and sustain
high growth. Regime of rising prices adversely affects saving and
speculative investment more attractive. Regulation of money supply
affects adversely allocation of credit to productive sectors and thus
slow down growth. Trade off between two emphasized.
17. RBI MP Prior to Bank
Nationalization
Financial Market highly segmented and regulated. Interest Rates
administered by RBI. Credit to commercial sector regulated; multiple
lending rates and directed credit at subsidized interest.
RBI relied on Direct Method such as Interest rate regulations,
Selective Credit Control and CRR as major MP Instruments to
neutralize monetary impact of Govt. Deficit and assist Govt.
borrowing operations..
Bank Rate and Open Market Operations only limited roles in
Command and control Approach.
Nexus between MP and Fiscal Policy: MP used as an institutional
arrangement for financing Govt. deficit. Practice of extending Short
term credit to Central Govt. resulted in automatic monetization of
fiscal deficit. With low yield, RBI residual subscriber to Govt.
Securities not traded in the market. Demand for Govt. Securities
created through increases in SLR. RBI Credit constituted 75% of
Monetary base (Reserve Money) in 1970s increased to 92% during
1980s.
18. RBI MP after
Nationalization
After nationalization of Banks, modus operandi for conducting MP
changed. CRR and Credit Rationing through Selective Credit Controls
became instruments with virtual exclusion of others.
Refinance used to fill shortfall of credit targets of banks in relation to
demand.
Interest rate structure administered rendering it inflexible and sterile as
an instrument of Monetary Policy.
CRR and SLR used to neutralize inflationary impact of growing deficit.
RBI Act amended: first to increase CRR from 5 percent of Demand
Deposits and 2 percent of time deposits to 5 to 20 percent of Demand
Deposits and 2 and 8 percent of time deposits besides Reserve up to
100 percent against incremental deposits in 1956, and in 1959 to
minimum 3 percent of all deposits and could vary 3 and 15 percent.
SLR limit was fixed at 25 to 40 percent.
Single most important instrument used to conduct monetary policy
after 1970s, increase in CRR. And SLR as source of government
borrowing
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19. RBI MP after Bank
Nationalization
CRR: In 1973, CRR was 3 percent, in 1989 reached statutory
maximum of 15 percent. SLR, 25 percent in 1970 reached 38.5
percent in 1989. Besides 10%CRR on incremental deposits. CRR
and SLR used to meet growing govt. deficits.
Credit Rationing: Minimum margins, ceiling on amount of
credit and discriminatory interest on certain loans used as
instruments.
Credit Authorization Scheme (CAS): Mandatory for banks
to obtain prior approval for any credit of Rs. one crore and above
for single party. Abolished in 1989 and replaced by Credit
Monitoring Arrangements(CMA). RBI to monitor all loans
exceeding Rs. 5crore to single party for working capital and Rs.
2crore for term loans.
Impact: During 1950s, inflation was 1.8 percent. During 1960s,
6.2 percent, and in 1970s and 1980s higher than 10 percent. High
inflation and low growth. Phenomenal increase in money supply.
Ultimately led to economic/banking crisis in 1990-91 20
20. Chakravarthy Committee
Recommendations
Objective: RBI in 1982 set up a committee under Chairmanship of
Sukhamoy Chakravarthy with objective of evaluating various
instruments of monetary policies, assessing interaction of
monetary policy and public Debt Management and recommending
appropriate measures for improving effectiveness of monetary
policy.
Recommendations of Committee:
Price Stability: Existence of multiplicity of objectives and stressed
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23. RBI Monetary Policy:
Post-Reform Period (Contd.)
Interest Rates: Interest Rates deregulated. Banks given
operational flexibility to determine deposit and lending rates with
certain restrictions for saving deposits and small loans. Interest
rates for Govt. Securities linked to market
Liquidity Adjustment Facility (LAF): RBI uses LAF as flexible
instrument for liquidity management and regulating interest rates.
Along with LAF, OMOs expected to play key role in RBI MP.
Monetary Targeting Framework: Broad Money (M3) considered for
Intermediate Target of monetary policy. Exercise focused around
working out money growth strategy based on money demand
function consistent with projected GDP growth and reasonable
inflation threshold.
Transparency: Transparency in monetary policy widened and
deepened through consultation and publication of detailed results
of analysis and projections. Objective: Reduction in market ‘s
uncertainty and improve understanding of conducting monetary
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24. LAF as a tool of MP
LAF: Mechanism by which RBI draws funds from money market
when surplus and infuses liquidity when short of supply.
Important MP instrument to manage day to day liquidity
mismatches and smoothen volatility in money market.
LAF operates on daily basis by way of repo and reverse-repo.
Repos: Mode of borrowing where borrower sells securities with
agreement to buy them back next day at a predetermined price.
Difference between sale and repurchase prices indicate repo rate
(interest cost of funds). In Reverse repo, lender buys securities
with an agreement to sell them back at a predetermined rate.
In auction, borrowers bids for funds indicating amount they want
to borrow and the rate willing to pay.
Initially auctions conducted daily with one day maturity, now
multiple reo/reverse repo auctions with 3 to 7 days maturity.
Minimum size bids reduced from Rs.10 crore to Rs.5 crore to allow
smaller operators.
From uniform price auction method to Multiple auction methods
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25. Independence of Central
Bank
Originally Central Banks set up by private shareholders to maintain
political independence. General opinion against any kind of state
interference. Rationale for independence : State control result in
mismanagement of currency and credit. If CB under state control,
continuity of policies not guaranteed with changing Governments
nor freedom from political bias assured.
After Second World War, with emphasis on development, trend
towards state control of CBs. Bank policy and policy of Govt.
should all times in harmony and policy subject to supreme
authority of Govt. Independent Monetary policy sometimes defeat
policies of State. Coordination between two inevitable.
With globalization and liberalization, Global trend increasingly legal
independence. Away from Govt. control. Independence means
operational freedom, accountability, transparency and creation of
executive monetary policy mechanism not Advisory one. Divesture
of supervisory and quasi-fiscal functions.
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26. Independence of RBI
RBI when set up Hindu marriage between Bank of England
(dominant husband) and RBI (subservient wife), RBI to function on
advisory capacity and yield Govt./BOE to determine policies.
After Independence, Govt.- Male chauvinist husband and RBI
docile traditional wife who had forfeited minimum right of nagging
the husband. RBI dwindled to quasi-fiscal agency. Monetary policy
captive of fiscal stance and politics. A section of Finance Ministry.
A faithful implementer of MF wishes.
With liberalization, emphasis on operational autonomy and
transparency. No independence: Neither absolute subordination
nor absolute independence status. Relationship between RBI and
Govt. autonomy in operations and harmony in Policies and
coordination with Govt. in achieving development objectives.
India has fiscal federalism but still lacks monetary federalism
Require Institutional, functional and financial independence.
Higher degree of operational freedom to pursue policy objectives
independently free and fair manner without political influence.