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Banks have reported 14 cases (branches) where bank employees have been found involved in ‘irregular exchange transaction’ of Specified Bank Note (SBN) during the phase of Demonetisation,
RBI has deregulated interest rates on credit card dues. Interest rates are determined by banks with the approval of their respective Board of Directors subject to regulatory guidelines on interest rate on advances issued by RBI from time to time. RBI does not maintain information on the rate of commission charged.
RBI held a meeting of its Central Board on November 8, 2016. The agenda of the meeting, inter-alia, included the item : Memorandum on existing banknotes in the denomination of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 – Legal Tender Status
From November 10, 2016 upto December 19, 2016, banks have reported that banknotes worth Rs. 5,92,613 crore have been issued to public
As per Sec. section 9(1)(i)(d) of the Act, any income accruing or arising, whether directly or indirectly, through the transfer of a capital asset situated in India is deemed to accrue or arise in India.
As per extant instructions on “Pricing of Credit” issued to NBFC-MFIS under “Master Direction-Non-Banking Financial Company-Non-Systemically Important Non-Deposit taking Company (Reserve Bank) Directions, 2016” and “Master Direction – Non-Banking Financial Company-Systemically Important Non-Deposit taking Company and Deposit taking Company (Reserve Bank) Directions, 2016” dated September 01, 2016
The powers to compound the contraventions have also been delegated to all Regional Offices (except Kochi and Panaji) without any limit on the amount of contravention.
Coupons must be paid out of ‘distributable items’. In this context, coupon may be paid out of current year profits. However, if current year profits are not sufficient, coupon may be paid subject to availability of:
Currently NRIs are permitted to hedge their Rupee currency risk through OTC transactions with AD banks. With a view to enable additional hedging products for NRIs to hedge their investments in India
There has been a significant surge in CASA deposits of most banks post demonetisation, which has given a strong boost to liquidity and lowered their cost of funds. It has also encouraged banks to lower their MCLR across all tenures.
