National Electronic Funds Transfer (NEFT)

Facts for Prelims (FFP)

 

Source: TNIE

  

Context: Recently, the National Electronic Funds Transfer (NEFT) system processed a record 4.10 crore transactions, marking the highest number of transactions processed in a single day.

  • The NEFT system, along with the Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) system, is managed by the Reserve Bank of India for settling retail and wholesale payments, respectively.
  • Both NEFT and RTGS have been operating on a 24x7x365 basis.