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THE RESERVE BANK OF INDIA

As this report will describe, CARE, a leader in international development, long ago recognized the power of microfinance as a development tool. Not only does microfinance enable the poor to build their assets and invest in income-generating activities, but it has also proved to be remarkably effective as a vehicle for human empowerment, especially for women who have been found to benefit most from microfinance services and to make the best use of them in lifting their families out of poverty. The last frontier in the provision of microfinance to the world’s poorest people has been the. | continued from front flap The history was compiled under the guidance of an Editorial Committee with Dr C.D. Deshmukh the first Indian Governor of the Bank and later Union Finance Minister as Chairman and Shri R.G. Saraiya Dr Bhabatosh Datta and Shri J.J. Anjaria as members. The drafting of the history was undertaken by Shri S.L.N. Simha. The Committee endeavoured to compile a history that is comprehensive authentic accurate and objective while at the same time scholarly and eminently readable so that it may have the widest possible appeal to those interested . The compilation of this volume was begun in March 1968 and completed in March 1970. Cover design Alpana Khare ISBN 81-7596-247-X The Reserve Bank of India though only thirty-five years old is one of the oldest central banks in the developing countries. Its formative years have been eventful. Its efforts to adapt central banking functions and techniques to a developing economy make the Bank s initial years of special interest. This volume is more than a history of the Reserve Bank it is also to some extent a financial history of India. Wherever relevant or interesting comments of the press university professors and concerned interests like cooperative institutions on important developments in the Bank have been given so that the history contains not merely the official point of view but also an indication of representative public opinion. The Bank s working has been given in a detailed manner so that it may be of practical use to those on whom may fall the responsibility of shaping and administering India s monetary policy in the years to come. It was decided that this volume should cover the first sixteen years of the Bank s working 1935-51 1951 constitutes a watershed in the country s annals since it witnessed the launching of India s first Five Year Plan. The volume is divided into four parts. In the first part entitled the Preparatory Years a brief and yet comprehensive account is given of the .