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A comprehensive overview of the indian financial system, tracing its evolution from pre-independence to the liberalization era. It delves into the key functions of the financial system, including liquidity provision, savings mobilization, size transformation, risk transformation, and maturity transformation. The document also explores the structure of the indian financial system, highlighting the organized and unorganized sectors, as well as the money market, capital market, and long-term loan market. It concludes with a detailed analysis of the three phases of the indian financial system: pre-independence, post-independence, and the liberalization era.
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Financial
System
financial system plays
a
vital role in
the
economic
growth
a country
It
includes all
institutions instruments
and
markets that
intermediate
the
funds
between those who save a
of
their
income those who
invest their
income
in productive
assets
linking
savers and
investors
it
enables
capitalformation
mobilisation
savings
and
usefully
allocates the
scarce resources
a
country
Objectives
Importance
Induces people
to save
offering
attractive interest rates and
investment schemes
Channelises
these savings
lending
them to
businesses involved
in
activities related
to
production
and
distribution
Enables
monitoring
corporate
performance
linking
savers and
investors
it
leads to capital
formation
Helps the
Government in
framing
monetary policies
Cowers transaction cost and
increases returns thus inducing people
to save
more
Functions
1
Provision
of
liquidity liquidity
in
financial
terms
refers
to cash
money
or
other
monetary
assets than can
be
easily
converted
to cashwithout
any
significant
loss in time and
money
The
primary
function
the
Indian financialsystem
is the provision
in the
economy
various production and
distribution activities It thus
makes sure that
there are plenty
of
funds
available
for
productive
ventures
Mobilization
of
Savings
Financial institutions induce people to save
providing
attractive
interest rates and
investment
schemes
They
then
mobilize these
savings
by
channelizing
them
into
various productive
ventures Thus
leading
to capitalformation and
proper
allocation
the
scarce
resources
a
country
Size
TransformationFunction Individuals
generally
depositsmall
amounts
that
cannot be
lent out on
their own
Banks
andfinancial
institutions
pool
these small savings
amounts and
provide
large
sizeable loans to
business
that require
these
funds
projects Thus
enabling
capital
formation
Transformation
Function individuals
generally
hesitate
to directly
invest theirfunds in
businesses or the
stockmarket due to the risk
factor
depositing
their funds
in
Banks Mutu
funds
andother
financial
institutions investors
can
make use
their
expertise andknowledge t
distribute their risk
diversifying
their
portfolio
Maturity
Transformation
Function Savers
park
their
funds
in financial
institutions either
a
short
duration
or
a
longer
duration
Similarly
borrowers
may
also require
shortterm loans or
long
termloans
various
business
projects
The
Financial
System
balances
this
time
efficiently
managing
loansanddeposits
Structure
Indian
Financial
System
Indian
Financial
System
Organised
sector
unorganised
Sector
moneylenders indegenious
Money
Market Capital
Market
banks etc
commercial
Treasury short
Industrial
govt Long
Term
Loans Market
Money
Bill Bills
Term Securities Securities
Market Loan
Market Market Market
Mortgages
Termloans
Financia
Primary
Market
secondary
market
Guarantees
Evolution
Indian
Financial
System
TheIndian financialsystem
dates back toeven before India
attained
its
independence It can
be
phases
Pre Independence before 1947
Post
independence 1947 1991
Liberalisation
Era 1991 beyond
In
1998 the
Narasimhan
again
suggested the
entry
certain
private
entities
in the banking
scene This
is when IDFCBank YesBank
BandhanBank and
KotakMahindraBankobtained
their
ciscences
fromRBI
Further
with the entry
foreign
banks both
competition as well as efficiency
increased
in
the Indian Banking
sector