FINANCIAL REGULATORS
Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
RBI is India's Central banking institution, which controls the monetary policy
RBI is entrusted with the 21 member strong Central board of directors
Subsidiaries of RBI
Main activities of RBI
Monetary authority
Issuer of currency
Banker and debt manager to government
Banker to banks
Regulator of the banking system
Manager of foreign exchange
Maintaining financial stability
Regulator and supervisor of the payment and settlement system
Security and exchange board of India SEBI
SEBI established for dealing with all matters relating to development and regulation of securities market and investor protection
SEBI was given statutory status and powers through an ordinance on 30th January 1992
First SEBI chairman: Mr S.A. Dave
Functions of SEBI
To safeguard the interest of the investors and to regulate capital market with suitable measures
To regulate the business of stock exchanges and other securities market
To register and regulate collective investment plans of mutual funds
To encourage self regulatory organizations
To eliminate Malpractices of securities market
To check insider trading of securities
To supervise the working of various organisations trading in security market and also to ensure systematic dealing
Insurance regulatory and Development authority of India IRDAI
Irdai was established to safeguard the interest of the policy holders of Insurance sector
April 19th observed as insurance awareness day in India
First IRDA chairman Shri N. Rangachari
Functions of IRDA
The IRDA ensures and safeguards the interest of policy holders through various ways such as
Settlement of insurance claims
Nomination by policyholders
Practical training for insurance agents
Promotion of self regulation within the incident sector
Pension Fund regulatory and Development authority (PFRDA)
Pfrda promotes old age income security by establishing, developing and regulating pension funds and protection the interest of subscribers to schemes of pension funds and related matters
First chairman of PFRDA: Shri. dhirendra Swaroop