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Fema / RBI : RBI clarifies bank deposit rules: interest-free accounts, reinvestments, staff benefits, premature withdrawal penalties, and accou...
Fema / RBI : RBI clarifies pension payment rules: joint accounts, life certificates, delayed payments, and withdrawal procedures for incapacita...
Fema / RBI : Learn about FC-TRS form filing, foreign investment types, RBI compliance, and penalties for delayed reporting under FEMA regulatio...
Fema / RBI : Learn about the Gold Monetisation Scheme 2025, deposit eligibility, interest rates, updated rules, and the discontinuation of Med...
Fema / RBI : Compare Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and Foreign Portfolio Investment (FPI). Understand their differences, benefits, risks, and...
Fema / RBI : Explore challenges faced by first-time borrowers and informal sector workers due to limited CIBIL scores, and measures to improve ...
Fema / RBI : New FEMA rules allow settlement of foreign exchange violations with penalties up to ₹5 crore. Pending cases will follow earlier ...
Fema / RBI : Rupee hit ₹86.70/USD in January 2025, its lowest level. Factors include global economic trends, US elections, and forex reserve ...
Fema / RBI : The Indian Rupee has depreciated against the US Dollar over the past decade. The government explains causes, trade impacts, and RB...
Fema / RBI : The Indian government takes measures to regulate digital lending platforms and protect citizens from exploitation by unauthorized ...
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 directs NBFCs to adhere to a Rs 20,000 cash loan disbursement limit, aiming to regulate cash transactions and enforce complian...
Fema / RBI : RBI keeps FPI limits unchanged for G-Secs, SGSs, and corporate bonds in 2025-26. Credit Default Swap limit set at 5% of corporate ...
Fema / RBI : RBI releases updated Master Circular for UCBs, consolidating advance management guidelines as of March 2025. No new policies are i...
Fema / RBI : RBI releases updated Master Circular for UCBs, consolidating exposure norms and restrictions as of March 2025. No new policies int...
Fema / RBI : RBI releases updated Master Circular for UCBs, consolidating housing finance guidelines as of March 2025. No new policies are intr...
Fema / RBI : RBI releases new Master Direction on deposit interest rates for all Indian banks, consolidating previous directives for clarity. E...
Master Circular on the Scheme of Penalties for bank branches including currency chests based on performance in rendering customer service to members of public
All branches of banks in all parts of the country are mandated to (i) Issuing fresh / good quality notes and coins of all denominations on demand, (ii) Exchanging soiled / mutilated / defective notes, and (iii) Accepting coins and notes either for transactions or exchange.
Lead Bank Scheme was introduced by the Reserve Bank of India in December 1969. The Scheme aims at coordinating the activities of banks and other developmental agencies through various fora in order to achieve the objective of enhancing the flow of bank finance tothe priority sector and other sectors and to promote banks’ role in the overall development of the rural sector.
Notes determined as counterfeit shall be stamped as COUNTERFEIT NOTE and impounded in the prescribed format . Each such impounded note shall be recorded under authentication, in a separate register.
Transactions relating to the following government business undertaken by agency banks are eligible for agency commission paid by RBI: a. Revenue receipts and payments on behalf of the Central/State Governments b. Pension payments in respect of Central / State Governments and c. Any other item of work specifically advised by Reserve Bank as eligible for agency commission
Banks should provide adequate incentives to their branches in financing the Self Help Groups (SHGs) and establish linkages with them, making the procedures simple and easy. The group dynamics of working of the SHGs need neither be regulated nor formal structures imposed or insisted upon.
The Government of India has approved a scheme to improve the liquidity position of NBFCs/HFCs through a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) to avoid any potential systemic risks to the financial sector. To be eligible under the Scheme, the following conditions should be met:
R.B.I. periodically publishes its research papers titled “Occasional papers” every year. On March 17, 2020, it published one under the title ‘Can financial markets predict banking distress: evidence from India’ which was undertaken by Dr. Snehal S. Herwadkar, Director and Mr. Bhanu Pratap, Manager in the Department of Economic and Policy Research, Reserve Bank of […]
DIPP issues standard operating procedures to decide fate of FDI under approval route -System of approving foreign investment proposals in India by an inter-ministerial body is now officially replaced with approval by distinct administrative ministries / departments in accordance with the standard operating procedure issued by DIPP. -Foreign investment proposal proposed to be approved within […]
Government of India has decided to launch Floating Rate Savings Bonds 2020 (Taxable) scheme, with effect from July 01, 2020 in terms of GoI Notification F.No.4(10)-B(W&M)/2020 dated June 26, 2020.