Thanks are due to the organising teams from the Department of External Investment and Operations (DEIO) and Department of Economic and Policy Research (DEPR) from the central office of the RBI. I thank the Government of India and Government of Kerala for their support. I thank the Kerala Police for providing security coverage.
Currency development is important the development of any sovereign country. For Solomon Islands, currency plays more than its traditional role as a medium of exchange. As I will discuss later, it has socio-economic dimensions to its use and purpose. But we do not print notes or mint coins at the whim of the Governor of the Central Bank.