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You might have read a lot on PMC bank debacle (including some of my articles on PMC Bank and DICGC) in the last couple of days. The communication to Governor RBI (I termed it as ‘an open letter’) write up and commentary will speak of the reality, the current state of affairs. The risk of losing […]...
Read MoreKey provisions of latest RBI/FED/2018-19/15 – FED Master Direction No.5/2018-19 dated March 26, 2019 in relation to External Commercial Borrowing 1. Meaning of ECB ♠ Generally External Commercial Borrowings (ECB) refer to commercial loan availed by eligible resident entities from non-resident lenders i.e. from foreign sources. ♠...
Read MoreKey provisions of latest RBI Circular No. RBI/2018-19/203 DBR.No.BP.BC.45/21.04.048/2018-19 dated June 07, 2019 in relation to Resolution of stressed assets. 1. Identification and reporting of stress Lenders shall recognize incipient stress in loan accounts classifying such assets as special mention accounts (SMA) as following: SMA Sub-ca...
Read MoreFew days ago, PMC account holders got a message on their phones that shocked them. PMC Bank was directed by the RBI to let the account holders withdraw no more than ₹1000 for the next six months; not extend or provide any new loans. All of this, overnight. No intimation was given to the customers....
Read MoreMost of you may be reading, listening to the news on Punjab Maharashtra Co-operative Bank’s failure and would broadly be aware as to how a co-operative bank ranking number four in the Cooperative sector with apparently good balance sheet became almost become bankrupt, overnight. At this stage issue of accountability would be discussed f...
Read MoreRBI vide its order dated 23rd September, 2019 superseded the Board of Punjab and Maharashtra Cooperative Bank Ltd. Mumbai and Shri Jai Bhagwan Bhoria has been appointed as the Administrator of the bank by RBI with all the powers of the Board....
Read MoreReserve Bank of India Draft Guidelines for ‘on tap’ Licensing of Small Finance Banks in the Private Sector September 13, 2019 I. Introduction The Reserve Bank had issued the Guidelines for Licensing of ‘Small Finance Banks‘ in the Private Sector on November 27, 2014. The process of licensing culminated in granting in-pri...
Read MoreThe forex market is unique in several ways. A foreign currency is essentially a commodity outside its jurisdiction and therefore has attributes of an asset. But the exchange rate, the price of the foreign currency normalised to the home currency is an important macroeconomic variable that ought to be determined by economic fundamentals an...
Read MoreReserve Bank of India The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) met on 5th, 6th and 7th August, 2019 and deliberated over the evolving macroeconomic outlook, against the backdrop of recent developments and incoming data. Today, the MPC voted unanimously to reduce the policy repo rate and to maintain the accommodative stance of monetary policy. ...
Read MoreThe Government has taken comprehensive steps to reduce the incidence of frauds in banks. The steps taken include, inter-alia, the following: Government has issued Framework for timely detection, reporting, investigation relating to large value bank frauds to Public Sector Banks (PSBs), for systemic and comprehensive checking of legacy s...
Read MoreDharani Sugars And Chemicals Ltd. Vs Union of India & Ors. (Supreme Court of India) - Hon'ble Supreme Court held that RBI Circular directing bank to take recourse to Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) is ultra vires to Section 35AA of the Banking Regulation Act....
Read MoreRevati Cements Pvt. Ltd & Anr. Vs State Bank of India & Ors. (Madhya Pradesh HC) - Assessee-company being a ‘willful defaulter’ could not be represented through the lawyers or Chartered Accountants as the personal hearing was available only to borrower Director and Promoter of the alleged default unit....
Read MoreM/s Sree Anandhakumar Mills LTD. Vs M/s Indian Overseas Bank & ORS. (Supreme Court of India) - Though the case has a chequered history and the facts are long the matter lies within a short compass. The core question is one relating to the maintainability of the suit, viz., O.S. No.106 of 2009 filed by the second respondent – Nandini seeking partition wherein the order of injunction was pas...
Read MoreLalit Kumar Modi Vs Special Director (Bombay High Court) - If the IPL has resulted in all of us being acquainted and familiar with phrases such as Betting, fixing of matches, then, the RBI and the Central Government should at least now consider whether holding such tournaments serves the interest of a budding cricketer, the sport, the game itself. ...
Read MoreJ Sekar Vs. Union Of India & Ors (Delhi High Court) - The Delhi High Court has upheld the constitutional validity of the second proviso to Section 5 (1) of the Prevention of Money-laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA). ...
Read MorePress Release : 2019-2020/953 - (15/10/2019) - Reserve Bank of India had on January 21, 2019 released a policy paper on Authorisation of New Retail Payment Systems on its website and invited public comments there on. Comments / Feedback were received from individuals, public and private entities, institutions and industry associations....
Read MoreNotification No. FEMA 396/2019-RB/G.S.R . 796(E) - (17/10/2019) - (1) These Regulations may be called the Foreign Exchange Management (Debt Instruments) Regulations, 2019. They shall come into force from the date of their publication in the Official Gazette....
Read MoreNotification No. FEMA. 395/2019-RB / G.S.R . 795(E) - (17/10/2019) - a) These regulations may be called the Foreign Exchange Management (Mode of Payment and Reporting of Non-Debt Instruments) Regulations, 2019. b) They shall come into force from the date of their publication in the Official Gazette....
Read MoreNotification No. S.O. 3722(E) - (16/10/2019) - Central Government notifies instruments which can be considered as debt and non-debt instruments under Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999....
Read MorePress Release : 2019-2020/942 - (14/10/2019) - The Reserve Bank of India, after reviewing the bank’s liquidity position and its ability to pay its depositors has decided to further enhance the limit for withdrawal to Rs. 40,000/- (Rupees Forty Thousand only), inclusive of Rs. 25,000 allowed earlier. With the above relaxation, about 77% of the ...
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Press Release : 2019-2020/953 - (15/10/2019) -
Notification No. FEMA 396/2019-RB/G.S.R . 796(E) - (17/10/2019) -
Notification No. FEMA. 395/2019-RB / G.S.R . 795(E) - (17/10/2019) -
Notification No. S.O. 3722(E) - (16/10/2019) -
Press Release : 2019-2020/942 - (14/10/2019) -
RBI/2019-20/83 DBR.No.BP.BC.20/08.12.014/2019-20 - (14/10/2019) -
RBI/2019-20/81 DCBR.BPD.(PCB/RCB).Cir.No.04/07.01.000/2019-20 - (11/10/2019) -
