Book excerpt: Money and Financial Systems by Dr. V. C. Sinha and Dr. J. C. Varshney is a publication of SBPD Publishing House, Agra. This book is addressed to the students of monetary economics. Much of the discussion in the book relates to the financial institutions, theory of money and credit supply and monetary and credit policy. In the 1990’s, the economic reforms were started in the Indian economy and financial sector reforms were the key to these reforms. Therefore, in the past one decade or more, the financial sector in India has undergone historical changes. The authors have tried to incorporate all those changes in the book and have given the latest picture of the financial sector to the students.