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    Question

    Bank to have the right to transact Government business

    in India is provided in section____ of The RBI Act 1934
    A Section 24 of The RBI Act 1934 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Section 22 of The RBI Act 1934 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Section 21 of The RBI Act 1934 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Section 23 of The RBI Act 1934 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E Section 25 of the RBI Act 1934 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Section 21 of The RBI Act 1934.   S.21. Bank to have the right to transact Government business in India. (1) The [Central Government] shall entrust the Bank, on such  conditions as may be agreed upon, with all its money, remittance,  exchange and banking transactions in India, and, in particular, shall deposit  free of interest all its cash balances with the Bank: Provided that nothing in this sub-section shall prevent the Central Government from carrying on money transactions at places  where the Bank has no branches or agencies, and the Central  Government may hold at such places such balances as it may require. (2) The Central Government shall entrust the Bank, on such conditions as may be agreed upon, with the management of the public debt  and with the issue of any new loans. (3) In the event of any failure to reach agreement on the conditions referred  to in this section the Central Government shall decide what the conditions  shall be. (4) Any agreement made under this section shall be laid, as soon as may be  after it is made, before Parliament.

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