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	The Reserve Bank of India Archives (RBIA), Pune earlier known as Central Records and Documentation Centre (CRDC) was established on 24th August 1981 with the twin objective of serving as a repository of non-current permanent records and as Central Archives of the Reserve Bank of India for research purposes.
	Organisational set up of RBIA
	The RBIA is headed by Chief Archivist / General Manager. RBIA functions under the control of History Cell, Department of Economic Analysis and Policy (DEAP). The administrative support is provided by the College of Agricultural Banking, Pune.
	Vision
	To excel as an archive that adopts the best standards for scientific preservation of all permanent records of the Reserve Bank of India, including those in electronic form, for the posterity.
	Mission
	To preserve invaluable records of the Reserve Bank of India as part of its archival resources and make them available for reference and research to the present and future generations by leveraging the experience of competent and committed employees and available state of the art technology.

Functions of RBIA

Access to Records

Preservation of Records

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Functions of RBIA

	Receipt of non–current permanent records of the Bank having historical and / or legal value closed more than 12 years back, or for such lower period as may be fixed by the Central Office of the concerned Department.
	Scientific preservation of records, photographs and paintings – In order to save the records from various pests, records received from Offices / Departments are fumigated in Vacuum Fumigation Chamber. Besides, brittle and fragile records are repaired scientifically with acetate foil, tissue paper and hand made paper.
	Retrieval services to all the Central Office Departments / Regional Offices by supplying information, copies of documents, original documents, files registers and photographs.
	Maintenance of archival library consisting of three copies of all publications brought out by the Reserve Bank of India such as books, reports, journals, manuals, brochures, etc.
	Preparation of reference media such as indexes, catalogues in respect of records and publications.
	Providing research facilities to scholars and students.
	Giving advice to the Central Office Departments / Regional Offices of RBI on record appraisal and records management.
	Keeping liaison with archival institutions.
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Access to Records

The Bank's records kept in the custody of the Reserve Bank of India Archives are available for bona-fide consultation and research purpose at the premises of the RBIA subject to the Reserve Bank of India Historical Research Rules, 2001. The following are the main provisions of the Historical Research Rules, 2001.
	Access to records will generally be open to post-graduate students, research scholars, members of the staff of the Reserve Bank of India and other banks as well as students from other institutions.
	A person who intends to consult the public records shall apply to the Chief Archivist in prescribed format. All research scholars would be required to bring recommendatory letters from the College/Institution/Department/Bank, as the case may be.
	Foreign nationals wishing to consult the records in RBIA should also bring recommendatory letters from the Universities/Institutions sponsoring their candidature along with letter addressed to the Principal, College of Agricultural Banking (CAB), Pune establishing the authenticity and genuineness of purpose.
	Access to RBIA's Archival Library would also be provided to the Research Scholars. Library books would be provided for reference purpose and books would not be issued or given on loan to the Research Scholars.
	Scholar shall exercise every care in handling the requisitioned material and see that the same are not damaged in any way
	Any scholar who uses the records in RBIA for the purpose of his/her historical research and publishes his/her work based on material from these records shall deposit with the RBIA Library a copy of his/her work free of charge, immediately after its publication.
	The Chief Archivist reserves the right to deny access to any of the documents.
	The permission for consultation of records can be revoked at the discretion of the Principal, College of Agricultural Banking in public interest. In case of any dispute regarding the rules and their interpretation, the decision of the Principal, College of Agricultural Banking would be final.



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Preservation of Records

The preservation programme of records undertaken by the RBIA aim at long-term preservation of information content/archival records and its physical form kept in its custody for the use of the posterity. RBIA follows a systematic approach to preserve records based on the scientific principles followed by leading archival institutions in India and aboard. The preservation programme include the following main functional areas, i.e.,
	Repair and rehabilitation of records
	Providing ambient storage environment to the records, i.e, round the clock maintenance of temperature at 20 Degree Celsius and 45 degree relative humidity.
	Sterilization measures at regular intervals in the records storage area to eliminate any chance of damage by biological enemies of records. Physical preservation of its record holdings based on archival preservation methods is one of the priority areas of the functioning of the RBIA. Some new initiatives taken in this regard include deacidification of records having high acidity content, solvent lamination techniques and tissue/hand made paper repairing method by using insect repellant adhesive specially prepared by RBIA staff.
Physical preservation of its record holdings based on archival preservation methods is one of the priority areas of the functioning of the RBIA. Some new initiatives taken in this regard include deacidification of records having high acidity content, solvent lamination techniques and tissue/hand made paper repairing method by using insect repellant adhesive specially prepared by RBIA staff.

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Contact Details

Shri Ashok Kapoor
Chief Archivist/General Manager, Reserve Bank of India Archives College of Agricultural Banking Campus Reserve Bank of India, University Road , Pune – 411 016 , Maharastra India
Phone	: +91-020 - 25538392
Fax	: +91-020 - 25539098
E-mail	: principalcab@rbi.org.in