Reserve Bank of India, South Zonal Office 1935 and was operated from a rented premises of the State Bank of India office building located at Parry's Corner. The present building was constructed in the 1960s by Tarapore Company. Zonal Training Centre of RBI Reserve Bank of India, South Zonal Office The Reserve Bank of India in Chennai is one of the four zonal representations of the Reserve Bank of India, the central bank of India, the other three being located in New Delhi, Mumbai, and Kolkata. The central office of the Reserve Bank is located in Mumbai. The Chennai office serves the southern region of the country.
Central bank Central bank A central bank, reserve bank, or monetary authority is an institution that manages a state's currency, money supply, and interest rates. Central banks also usually oversee the commercial banking system of their respective countries. In contrast to a commercial bank, a central bank possesses a monopoly on increasing the monetary base in the state, and usually also prints the national currency, which usually serves as the state's legal tender. Central banks also act as a "lender of last resort" to the banking sector during times of financial crisis. Most central banks usually also have supervisory and regulatory powers