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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....
FAQs on Withdrawal of Legal Tender Character of the Old Bank Notes in the denominations of Rs. 500 and Rs. 1000 and The Specified Bank Notes (Cessation of Liabilities) Ordinance 2016
Reserve Bank of India vide its circular dated May 18, 2017 has issued detailed guidelines on branch expansion of banks. 1. Scope These guidelines are applicable to all domestic Scheduled Commercial Banks (excluding Regional Rural Banks), Small Finance Banks, Payment Banks, and Local Area Banks. These are effective from May 18, 2017. A banking outlet is defined for any of the above-mentioned banks is a fixed-point service delivery unit manned by its staff or its Business correspondents where deposits, encashment of checks or lending operations are undertaken for a minimum of 4 hours per day and for a minimum of 5 days a week. The branch has to clearly indicate its time of operation, its controlling offices telephone, address and the working hours clearly. No disruption in working hours is expected.
RBI Advisory on Submission of Annual Information Return now known as Statement of Financial Transaction (SFT) relating to issue of Bonds for ₹ 5 lakh or more under Section 285 BA of Income Tax Act, 1961-
It has now been decided to permit all licenced co-operative banks having their own ATM network to issue semi-closed PPIs, provided there are no restrictions on acceptance or repayment of deposits. This is subject to the compliance with eligibility criteria and other guidelines as prescribed by Department of Payment and Settlement Systems (DPSS), Reserve Bank of India (RBI) from time to time.
The One Rupee Currency Notes shall be printed at the note printing presses for issue under the authority of the Government of India for circulation. The standard paper weight and remedy (tolerance) allowed in printing of One Rupee Currency Notes shall be as specified in the Third Schedule.
In a Release today, the Reserve Bank of India outlined the steps taken and those on the anvil post the promulgation of the Banking Regulation (Amendment) Ordinance, 2017.
ASSOCHAM has approached the RBI with a plea that the provisioning criteria for the non-performing assets (NPAs) in the case of proposed Wholesale Long- Term Finance (WLTF) banks should be based on stress tests of each of the funded projects, unlike the present standard provisioning norms due to a different nature of the long term, big ticket industrial or infrastructure projects to be covered by WLTF lenders.
The Government in last three years has undertaken a number of reforms in different areas of economy. In this regard FDI policy reforms carried out by Government are nothing less than historic.
It is widely felt that the spectre of high-value economic offenders absconding from India to defy the legal process seriously undermines the rule of law in India. It is, therefore, felt necessary to provide an effective, expeditious and constitutionally permissible deterrent to ensure that such actions are curbed.
A Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) in banks’ management structure would play a crucial role in strengthening and sustaining the banks’ risk governance framework.
