Register

Every financial-sector entity with rule-writing power over the public — statutory core first, adjacent statutory bodies next, non-statutory context flagged.

EntityStatute / basisEst.UnderType
RBI · Reserve Bank of IndiaReserve Bank of India Act, 1934 (operational 1 Apr 1935)1935Autonomous (within Ministry of Finance architecture)Statutory regulator
SEBI · Securities and Exchange Board of IndiaSEBI Act, 1992 (statutory; existed as non-statutory body since 1988)1988Ministry of FinanceStatutory regulator
IRDAI · Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of IndiaIRDA Act, 19991999Ministry of FinanceStatutory regulator
PFRDA · Pension Fund Regulatory and Development AuthorityPFRDA Act, 2013 (statutory w.e.f. 1 Feb 2014; interim body since 2003)2003Ministry of FinanceStatutory regulator
IBBI · Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of IndiaInsolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (Board constituted 1 Oct 2016)2016Ministry of FinanceStatutory regulator
IFSCA · International Financial Services Centres AuthorityIFSCA Act, 2019 (operational 1 Oct 2020)2020Ministry of FinanceStatutory regulator
NABARD · National Bank for Agriculture and Rural DevelopmentNABARD Act, 1981 (established 12 Jul 1982)1982Ministry of FinanceStatutory regulator
Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee CorporationDICGC Act, 1961 (corporation constituted 1978)1978Reserve Bank of India (wholly owned)Statutory · adjacent
National Housing BankNHB Act, 1987 (established 9 Jul 1988)1988Reserve Bank of India (wholly owned)Statutory · adjacent
Small Industries Development Bank of IndiaSIDBI Act, 1989 (began operations 2 Apr 1990)1990Ministry of FinanceStatutory · adjacent
National Financial Reporting AuthorityCompanies Act, 2013, section 132 (constituted 2018)2018Ministry of Corporate AffairsStatutory · adjacent
Financial Stability and Development CouncilNo statute — created by executive resolution, 20102010Chaired ex officio by the Union Finance MinisterNon-statutory · context
National Payments Corporation of IndiaSection 8 not-for-profit company (2008), founded by RBI and IBA — not statutory2008Not a government bodyNon-statutory · context

The Sousveillance Stack — who writes, borrows and buys the rules