Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934
53. Returns
(1) The bank shall prepare and transmit to the Central
Government a weekly accounts of the Issue Department and of the Banking
Department in such form as the Central Government may, by notification in the
Gazette of India, prescribe. The Central Government shall cause these accounts
to be published in the Gazette of India at such intervals and in such modified
form as it may deem fit.
(2) The bank shall also, within two months from the date on
which the annual accounts of the bank are closed, transmit to the Central
Government a copy of the annual accounts signed by the Governor, the Deputy
Governors and the Chief Accounting Officer of the bank and certified by the
auditor, together with a report by the Central Board on the working of the bank
throughout the year, and the Central Government shall cause such accounts and report
to be published in the Gazette of India.