law: Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934
  2. Definitions 
  In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject
  
  or context,- 
  (a) 1[***]
  (ai) 1[***]
  (aii) "the Bank" means the Reserve Bank of India
  
  constituted by this Act;
  (aiii) "Bank for International Settlements", means the
  
  body corporate established with the said name under the law of Switzerland in
  
  pursuance of an agreement, dated the 20th January, 1930, signed at the Hague;
  (b) "the Central Board" means the Central Board of
  
  Directors of the Bank;
  (bi) 1[***]
  (bii) 1[***]
  (biii) 1[***]
  (biv) 1[***]
  (bv) 1[***]
  (bvi) "Deposit Insurance Corporation" means the
  
  Deposit Insurance Corporation established under section 3 of the Deposit
  
  Insurance Corporation Act, 1961 (47 of 1961);
  (bvii) "Development Bank" means the Industrial
  
  Development Bank of India established under the Industrial Development Bank of
  
  India Act, 1964 (18 of 1964);
  (bviii) 1[***]
   2  [(bviiia) "Exim Bank" means the Export-Import
  
  Bank of India established under the Export - Import Bank of India Act, 1981 (28
  
  of 1981);]
  (bix) "foreign currency" and "foreign
  
  exchange" have the meanings respectively assigned to them in the Foreign
  
  Exchange Regulation Act, 1973 (46 of 1973);
  (c) "Industrial Finance Corporation" means the
  
  Industrial Finance Corporation of India established under the Industrial
  
  Finance Corporation Act, 1948 (15 of 1948);
  (ca) "International Development Association" means the
  
  "Association" referred to in the International Development
  
  Association (Status, Immunities and Privileges) Act, 1960 (32 of 1960);
  (cb) "International Finance Corporation" means the
  
  "Corporation" referred to in the International Finance Corporation
  
  (Status, Immunities and Privileges) Act, 1958 (42 of 1958);
  (cc) "International Monetary Fund" and
  
  "International Bank for Reconstruction and Development" means
  
  respectively the "International Fund" and the "International
  
  Bank", referred to in the International Monetary Fund and Bank Act, 1945;
   1  [(ccc) "National Bank" means the National Bank
  
  for Agriculture and Rural Development established under section 3 of the
  
  National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development Act, 1981 (61 of 1981);]
   3  [(cccc) "National Housing Bank" means the
  
  National Housing Bank established under section 3 of the National Housing Bank
  
  Act, 1987 (53 of 1987);]
  (ci)-(civ) 1[***]
   4  [(cv) "Reconstruction Bank" means the Industrial
  
  Reconstruction Bank of India established under section 3 of the Industrial
  
  Reconstruction Bank of India Act, 1984 (62 of 1984);]
  (d) "rupee coin" means rupees which are legal tender in
  
  India under the provisions of the Indian Coinage Act, 1906 (3 of 1906);
  (e) "scheduled bank" means a bank included in the
  
  Second Scheduled;
   5  [(e1) "Small Industries Bank" means the Small
  
  Industries Development Bank of India established under section 3 of the Small
  
  Industries Development Bank of India Act, 1989;]
  (ea) "Sponsor Bank" means a Sponsor Bank as defined in
  
  the Regional Rural Banks Act, 1976 (21 of 1976);
  (eb) "State Bank" means the State Bank of India
  
  constituted under the State Bank of India Act, 1955 (23 of 1955);
  (f) 1[***]
  (f1) "State Financial Corporation" means any State
  
  Financial Corporation established under the State Financial Corporations Act,
  
  1951 (63 of 1951);
  (g) "Unit Trust" means the Unit Trust of India
  
  established under section 3 of the Unit Trust of India Act, 1963 (25 of 1963);
   6  [(h) "agricultural operations", "central
  
  co-operative bank", "co-operative society", "crops",
  
  "marketing of crops", "pisciculture", "regional rural
  
  bank" and "State co-operative bank" shall have the meanings
  
  respectively assigned to them in the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural
  
  Development Act, 1981 (61 of 1981);
  (i) "co-operative bank", "co-operative credit
  
  society", "director", "primary agricultural credit
  
  society", "primary co-operative bank" and "primary credit
  
  society" shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in Part V
  
  of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (10 of 1949).]