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With 1 million followers, RBI most popular central bank on Twitter

A central bank's influence is more measurable in terms of foreign reserves it holds and how it stacks up vis-a-vis other central banks

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A partial reference to this can be found in the monthly US Treasury Department release which lists major foreign holders of the US Treasury — India is not in the top 10.

Anup Roy
The Reserve Bank of India, the world’s first central bank to have over 1 million followers on Twitter, can give top social media influencers and celebrities a run for their money as far as genuine followers are concerned (and not bots pushing up numbers, as is often the case with those in the social influence race.) But 1 million in a country of 1.3 billion people is only a fraction, besides the People’s Bank of China isn’t on Twitter.

A central bank’s influence is more measurable in terms of foreign reserves it holds and how it stacks up vis-a-vis other central