Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 · Chapter IV: General Provisions
Section 46C: National Industrial Credit (Long Term Operations) Fund
(1) The Bank shall establish and maintain a Fund to be known as the National Industrial Credit (Long Term Operations) Fund to which shall be credited—
(a) an initial sum of ten crores of rupees by the Bank;
(b) such further sums of money as the Bank may contribute every year:
Provided that the annual contribution during each of the five years commencing with the year ending on the 30th day of June, 1965 shall not be less than five crores of rupees:
Provided further that the Central Government may, if the circumstances so require, authorise the Bank to reduce the said sum of five crores of rupees in any year.
(2) The amount in the said fund shall be applied by the Bank only to the following objects, namely:—
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[(c) the making to the Exim Bank [or the Reconstruction Bank [or the Small Industries Bank], as the case may be] of loans and advances for the purposes of any business of the Exim Bank [or the Reconstruction Bank [or the Small Industries Bank], as the case may be];
(d) the purchasing of bonds and debentures issued by the Exim Bank [or the Reconstruction Bank [or the Small Industries Bank] [or the National Bank for Financing Infrastructure and Development or the other development financial institution,]] as the case may be].]
Source: India Code (indiacode.gov.in), the consolidated text published by the Legislative Department, Government of India. Text as updated on India Code on 15 October 2026. Words in square brackets [ ] were inserted or substituted by later amending Acts, and *** marks words omitted by an amendment. The amendment footnotes are not reproduced here. Official text on India Code.
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