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Fema / RBI : RBI mandates PRAVAAH portal for all regulatory applications starting May 1, 2025. Over 100 forms available, enhancing efficiency....
Fema / RBI : Understand LEI requirements for large-value transactions, applicability to UCBs, NBFCs, and how to apply for LEI in India under RB...
Fema / RBI : RBI proposes a new, broader co-lending framework allowing more entities to partner, aiming for wider credit access and lower rates...
Fema / RBI : RBI proposes new guidelines for securitization of stressed assets in India. Key highlights include pool definitions, ReM roles, an...
Fema / RBI : Introduction The Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) of 1999, an act enacted during the new era of India’s liberalized ec...
Fema / RBI : RBI proposes unified guidelines for lending against gold jewellery and ornaments across banks, co-operatives, and NBFCs, focusing ...
Fema / RBI : RBI's draft directions for securitisation of stressed assets, outlining eligibility, requirements for SPEs, Resolution Managers, i...
Fema / RBI : RBI proposes comprehensive directions for non-fund based credit like guarantees and LCs across banks, co-operatives, NBFCs, focusi...
Fema / RBI : Summary of RBI's draft directions on Co-Lending Arrangements (CLAs) for banks, AIFIs, and NBFCs, covering key aspects and disclosu...
Fema / RBI : RBI strengthens regulation of cooperative banks with fraud management rules, governance reforms, and an ombudsman under amended ba...
Fema / RBI : Madras High Court upholds RBI's Net Owned Fund (NOF) rules for NBFCs, affirming compliance requirements and rejecting challenges t...
Fema / RBI : Delhi High Court upholds RBI's FEMA penalty on an OCI cardholder for unauthorized agricultural land purchase in India, citing due ...
Fema / RBI : Present appeal has been filed by the appellant mainly contesting that whether the Tribunal was right in holding that there has bee...
Fema / RBI : Delhi High Court held that petitioner is duly entitled for the grant of duty drawback since the export proceeds have been realised...
Fema / RBI : Delhi High Court sets aside RBI's cancellation of NBFC registration for failure to meet Rs. 200 Lakh NOF, directs fresh review of ...
Fema / RBI : RBI advises all entities, including regulated ones, to use the PRAVAAH portal for submitting regulatory applications starting May ...
Fema / RBI : RBI updates lead bank responsibilities after Rajasthan's district reorganisation; roles for Jaipur and Jodhpur modified, others re...
Fema / RBI : RBI's April 2025 monetary policy: Repo rate reduced by 25 bps to 6.00%, stance shifts to accommodative to support growth amid beni...
Fema / RBI : RBI cuts repo rate by 25 bps to 6%. Standing Liquidity Facility for Primary Dealers now available at the revised rate as per April...
Fema / RBI : RBI reduces Bank Rate to 6.25%. Penal interest on CRR and SLR shortfalls adjusted accordingly. Effective from April 9, 2025....
RBI FLA Return INTRODUCTION : RBI vide A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 37 dated June 28, 2019 introduced new mechanism for filing of FLA Return, to enhance the security-level in data submission and further improve the data quality. LEGAL REQUIREMENT OF FLA The RBI has introduced the requirement of Annual Return on Foreign Liabilities and […]
The Reserve Bank of India has issued a number of guidelines/instructions on Lead Bank Scheme from time to time. This Master Circular consolidates the relevant guidelines/instructions issued by Reserve Bank of India on Lead Bank Scheme up to June 30, 2019 as listed in the Appendix.
New System for Annual Return on Foreign Liabilities and Assets Reporting (FLAIR) by Indian Companies Earlier the Foreign Exchange Department of Reserve Bank of India stipulated that all Indian companies which have received FDI and/or made FDI abroad (i.e. overseas investment) in the previous year(s) including the current year, should file the annual return on […]
In order to give fillip to digital funds movement , RBI vide its circular on’ National Electronic Funds Transfer (NEFT) and Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) systems- Waiver of charges ‘ dated 11.06.2019, has decided that with effect from July 1, 2019, processing charges and time varying charges levied on banks by RBI for outward transactions undertaken using the RTGS system, as also the processing charges levied by RBI for transactions processed in NEFT system would be waived by the Reserve Bank of India .
Steps taken to expedite and enable resolution of NPAs and recovery from NPA accounts, include, inter-alia, the following: (1) The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC) has been enacted, which has provided for taking over the management of the affairs of the corporate debtor at the outset of the corporate insolvency resolution process.
Master Circular on the Scheme of Penalties for bank branches including currency chests based on performance in rendering customer service to members of public 1. The Scheme of Penalties for bank branches including currency chests has been formulated in order to ensure that all bank branches provide better customer service to members of public with regard to exchange of notes and coins, in keeping with the objectives of Clean Note Policy.
1. Facility for exchange of notes and coins at bank branches (a) All branches of banks in all parts of the country are mandated to provide the following customer services, more actively and vigorously to the members of public so that there is no need for them to approach the RBI Regional Offices for this purpose:
The Government of India has indicated that care should be taken to see that minority communities secure, in a fair and adequate measure the benefits flowing from various Government sponsored schemes. Accordingly, all commercial banks are advised to ensure smooth flow of bank credit to minority communities.
The Self Employment Program (SEP) is one of the components (Component 4) of NULM which will focus on providing financial assistance through a provision of interest subsidy on loans to support establishment of individual & Group Enterprises and self-Help Groups (SHGs) of urban poor.
Self Help Groups have the potential to bring together the formal banking structure and the rural poor for mutual benefit. Studies conducted by NABARD in a few states to assess the impact of the linkage project have brought out encouraging and positive features like increase in loan volume of the SHGs, definite shift in the loaning pattern of the members from non-income generating activities to production activities, nearly 100 per cent recovery performance, significant reduction in the transaction costs for both the banks and the borrowers etc.,
