Reports of the Bank
The Bank publishes two statutory reports, the Annual
Report of the Bank and the Report on
Trend and Progress of Banking in India. These reports along with the
Report on Currency and Finance are documents that not only relate to the
Bank's operations during a given year but also reflect economic events, matters related to banking and
policy related to the financial sector, and in a broader way the milieu of
the times. They, thus, constitute an important source material relating to
India's financial and economic history.
For wider access, the History Cell has collated and digitised the complete set of annual reports of the Bank since its inception in 1935 up to 1981. This constitutes the History Documentation Project : Series No. 1.
In this series the Cell has also digitised the annual reports of the erstwhile Deposit Insurance Corporation of India which published annual reports since 1962 to 1977 as well as the Reports of the erstwhile Agricultural Credit Board.
The History Documentation Project Series, which the
Cell has undertaken, aims at collating and digitizing some of the
important reports, documents, and other related material for access by the
staff as well as libraries, scholars and students. In this series the Cell
has also digitised the annual reports of the erstwhile Deposit Insurance
Corporation of India which published annual reports since 1962 to 1977 as
well as the Reports of the erstwhile Agricultural Credit Board. These
Series constitute a part of the History Cell's efforts to disseminate
information in the electronic format.
The following in the series are available.
History Documentation Project: Series No. 1
The Annual Reports of the Reserve Bank of India
History Documentation Project: Series No. 4
The annual reports of the erstwhile Deposit Insurance Corporation of
India, which published annual reports since 1962 to 1977.
History Documentation Project: Series No. 5
The first volume of the Bank's History published in 1970 and which has
been out of print for a while. The Bank is considering a reprint along
with the third volume of the Bank's history. Meanwhile, the History Cell
has digitised the first volume as a part of its efforts to disseminate
information in the electronic format.
History Documentation Project: Series No. 6
The Reports of the erstwhile Agricultural Credit Board which constitute
the primary source material on Agricultural Finance in India.
History Documentation Series No.7
Reserve Bank of India : Fifty Years, (1935-1985). This brief history
was prepared by E.P.W. da Costa & published in 1985.
History Documentation Series No.8
Circulars on Credit Policy (1970-1997) which includes Monetary and
Credit Policy Announcements in this period.