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RBI Governor to Chair New Payments Regulatory Board (PRB)

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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has constituted a six-member Payments Regulatory Board (PRB) to regulate payment systems in India. The board replaces the existing Board for Regulation and Supervision of Payment and Settlement Systems (BPSS).

Composition of PRB:

  • Chair: RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra
  • RBI Members (3):
    • Deputy Governor
    • Executive Director in charge of Payment and Settlement Systems
    • Governor
  • Government Nominees (2):
    • Secretary, Department of Financial Services (DFS)
    • Secretary, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY)
  • Additional Member: Aruna Sundararajan, former MeitY secretary
  • Permanent Invitee: RBI’s Principal Legal Adviser
Functions and Meetings:
  • Regulates payment systems in India
  • Will ordinarily meet at least twice a year
  • Replaces BPSS, which had no government representatives and was a five-member body
Background:
  • The move follows recommendations from an inter-ministerial committee headed by the Economic Affairs Secretary.
  • The committee suggested amendments to the Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2007 and proposed an independent regulatory board to handle payment-related issues.
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