Read the following passage and answer the question.

Mr. Rehan has done a diploma in Financial market and its participants. Recently he got a chance to present his knowledge and train students in a school. He told students about various money market instruments. He mentioned about an instrument which is issued by RBI on behalf of Central Government. He told students that Banks use a system to borrow money (an instrument) to manage their CRR i.e Cash Reserve Ratio. Later. he mentioned a short term self liquidating instrument like Bills of Exchange that can be used for arranging working capital. He also told students about an instrument that helps to mobilise large amounts of money in short period by commercial banks. Lastly, Mr. Rehan spoke about an instrument that works as a replacement towards bank borrowing for large credit-worthy companies, its maturity period is 15 days to one year.

He told that Banks use a system to borrow money (an instrument) to manage their cash Reserve Ratio. 

Which security amongst money market Instrument is mentioned here?

Call money

The correct answer is option (1)- Call money.

Call money is the money market instrument highlighted in the given lines.

Call money is short term finance repayable on demand, with a maturity period of one day to fifteen days, used for inter-bank transactions. Commercial banks have to maintain a minimum cash balance known as cash reserve ratio. The Reserve Bank of India changes the cash reserve ratio from time to time which in turn affects the amount of funds available to be given as loans by commercial banks. Call money is a method by which banks borrow from each other to be able to maintain the cash reserve ratio. The interest rate paid on call money loans is known as the call rate.

OTHER OPTIONS

• Commercial Paper: Commercial paper is a short-term unsecured promissory note, negotiable and transferable by endorsement and delivery with a fixed maturity period. It is issued by large and creditworthy companies to raise short-term funds at lower rates of interest than market rates.

•  Treasury bill is basically an instrument of short-term borrowing by the Government of India maturing in less than one year. They are also known as Zero Coupon Bonds issued by the Reserve Bank of India on behalf of the Central Government to meet its short-term requirement of funds.

• Commercial bill is a bill of exchange used to finance the working capital requirements of business firms. It is a short-term, negotiable, self-liquidating instrument which is used to finance the credit sales of firms. When goods are sold on credit, the buyer becomes liable to make payment on a specific date in future. The seller could wait till the specified date or make use of a bill of exchange.