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Fema / RBI : Know the three situations where RBI approval is required for NBFCs—takeover, 26% share acquisition, and board changes over 30% i...
Fema / RBI : RBI Governor outlines financial market trends, inflation outlook, and structural concerns at the FIMMDA-PDAI Conference in Bali on...
Fema / RBI : Understand Net Owned Funds (NOF) as per RBI norms, its calculation, key deductions, and compliance for NBFC registration and opera...
Fema / RBI : Learn about Indian Rupee (INR), RBI's currency management role, banknote/coin production, legal tender rules, security features & ...
Fema / RBI : RBI mandates PRAVAAH portal for all regulatory applications starting May 1, 2025. Over 100 forms available, enhancing efficiency....
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 updates Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR) for banks, changing run-off rates for digital retail deposits and non-financial entitie...
Fema / RBI : RBI revises rules for minor bank accounts (savings & term deposits). Independent operation for those above 10, guardian options, a...
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...
The literal meaning of Nidhi is ‘Treasure’ and in financial market, however, Nidhi Company means a company which tries to cultivate the habit of saving by accepting deposits and providing loans amongst its members. Hence, the nature of the company is exactly the same as it sense and starting a Nidhi company is undoubtedly will be a good way out for you to start a financing company.
Please refer to our circular UBD.CO.BPD.(PCB).MC.No.18/09.09.001/2013-14 dated October 8, 2013 on the captioned subject and amendments thereto from time to time, consolidated in Master Circular DCBR.BPD.(PCB).MC.No:11/09.09.001/2015-16 dated July 1, 2015. The existing guidelines have been reviewed and it has been decided to issue revised guidelines (as per Annex-I) in supersession of the guidelines in the above-mentioned Master Circular.
1. Under Indian foreign exchange regulations, general permission is available for transfer of shares / convertible debentures between non-residents (NR) and Indian residents (IR) by way of gift or sale under private arrangement. Further, a non resident (other than non-resident Indian (“NRI”) and overseas corporate bodies (“OCB”) may also transfer, by way of sale or […]
These FAQs attempt to put in place the common queries that users have on the subject in an easy to understand language. However, for conducting a transaction, the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 (FEMA) and the Regulations made or directions issued thereunder may be referred to.
Every Financial Institution regulated by Department of Non-Banking Supervision is required to get itself registered under FIU-IND (Financial Intelligence Unit-India). Registering yourself from Reporting entity to Principal Officer and even after there are some other compliances which needs to be complied by every NBFC.
It is proposed to remove the restrictions on the securities eligible for Stripping/Reconstitution as well as the requirement of authorization of all requests for Stripping/Reconstitution by Primary Dealers (PDs).
Market Regulator RBI has issued various Show Cause Notices to Non-Banking Finance Companies who have failed to communicate the name, designation and address of the principal officer to Financial Intelligence Unit- India (FIU-IND) as directed in respect of Cancellation of Certificate of Registration for violations and non-compliances to carry on the business of non-banking financial institution and mandating them to comply.
While the FPIs are only permitted to invest in corporate bonds with minimum residual maturity of above one year, in order to bring consistency across debt categories, it is stipulated that investments by an FPI in corporate bonds with residual maturity below one year shall not exceed, at any point in time, 20% of the total investment of that FPI in corporate bonds.
To simplify the ECB guidelines, RBI vide notification no. RBI/2017-18/169 dated April 27, 2018 introduced a flat all-in-cost ceiling for ECBs uniform at 450 basis points over the benchmark London Interbank Offer Rate (LIBOR), doing away with different slabs for different maturities.
In terms of AP (DIR Series) Circular No. 22 dated April 6, 2018, the revised framework for Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPI) in debt was announced. It was further stated that a separate notification would be issued announcing other changes affecting operational aspects of FPI investments in debt, in consultation with SEBI.
