According to the Reserve Bank of India Archives Historical Research Rules (2001) the non-current records which are more than 30 years old are open for research purposes. Access to records is open to students, research scholars and members of the staff of the Reserve Bank of India and other banks.
I hope that we become more pro-active in the usage of these archives for scholars’ purposes. We have decided to devote significant resources for the maintenance of RBI Archives. They should therefore be used more regularly by schools than they are currently. May I urge the Archives managers and RBI administration to give special consideration on how the Archives can be used better?