What is the Right to issue bank notes? Which is Issue Department? Section 22 and 23 of Reserve Bank of India Act 1934
(1) The Bank shall have the sole right to issue bank notes in India and may, for a period which shall be fixed by the Central Government on the recommendation of the Central Board, issue currency notes of the Government of India, supplied to it by the Central Government, and the provisions of this Act applicable to bank notes shall, unless a contrary intention appears, apply to all currency notes of the Government of India issued either by the Central Government or by the Bank in like manner as if such currency notes were bank notes, and references in this Act to bank notes shall be construed accordingly.
(2) On and from the date on which this Chapter comes into force the Central Government shall not issue any currency notes.
(1) The issue of bank notes shall be conducted by the Bank in an Issue Department which shall be separated and kept wholly distinct from the Banking Department, and the assets of the Issue Department shall not be subject to any liability other than the liabilities of the Issue Department as hereinafter defined in section 34.
(2) The Issue Department shall not issue bank notes to the Banking Department or to any other person except in exchange for other bank notes or for such coin, bullion or securities as are permitted by this Act to form part of the Reserve.
Section 21 - Bank to have the right to transact Government business in India
Section 21A - Bank to transact Government business of States on agreement
Section 22 - Right to issue bank notes
Section 24 - Denominations of notes
Section 25- Form of bank notes
Section 26 - Legal tender character of notes
Section 26A - Certain bank notes to cease to be legal tender
Section 27 - Re-issue of notes
Section 28 - Recovery of notes lost, stolen, mutilated or imperfect
Section 28A - Issue of special bank notes and special one rupee notes in certain cases
Section 29 - Bank exempt from stamp duty on bank notes
Section 30 - Powers of Central Government to supersede Central Board
Section 31 - Issue of demand bills and notes
Section 33 - Assets of the Issue Department
Section 34 - Liabilities of the issue department
Section 35 - Initial assets and liabilities
Section 36 - Method of dealing with fluctuations in rupee coin assets
Section 37 - Suspension of assets requirements as to foreign securities
Section 38 - Obligations of Government and the Bank in respect of rupee coin
Section 39 - Obligation to supply different forms of currency