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Date : 29 Oct 2013 Second Quarter Review of Monetary Policy 2013-14 : Statement by Dr. Raghuram G. Rajan, Governor, Reserve Bank of India “Good Morning and welcome to the Reserve Bank. Today, continuing the process begun in September, we have announced the following policy measures: we have reduced the marginal standing facility (MSF) rate […]
The Reserve Bank of India today released the Macroeconomic and Monetary Developments, Second Quarter Review 2013-14. The document serves as a backdrop to the Second Quarter Review of Monetary of Policy 2013-14 to be announced on October 29, 2013.
It has been observed that UCBs are utilizing ‘at par’ cheque facility extended by Scheduled Commercial Banks not only for their own use but also for their customers, including walk-in customers.
Foreign direct investment plays very imperative role in the economic development of the country. It helps in transferring of financial resources, technology and innovative, improved management techniques along with raising productivity and to attain a financial stability and economic growth with the help of investments in different sectors.
Presently, in terms of reporting requirements as laid down in para 23 of Master Circular DBOD No. BAPD.BC. 18/22.01.001/2013-14 dated July 01, 2013 on Branch Authorisation, banks should report details of opening of a new place of business including Mobile branch/Mobile ATMs, and call centres, and closure, merger, shifting or conversion of any existing place of business immediately and in any case not later than two weeks after opening/closure/merger/shifting/conversion to the Regional Office concerned of the Department of Banking Supervision (DBS), Reserve Bank of India, except in respect of branches in Maharashtra and Goa, which should be reported to DBOD, CO, Mumbai. This reporting requirement would continue.
We have of late been receiving requests from banks for setting up of Specialized Branches like Central Processing Centres (CPCs)/ Retail Assets Processing Centres/ Regional/ Zonal Processing Centres.
In view of the fact that The Konkan Prant Sahakari Bank Ltd., Mumbai, (Maharashtra) had ceased to be solvent, all efforts to revive it in close consultation with the Government of Maharashtra had failed and the depositors were being inconvenienced by continued uncertainty,
It has been observed that some banks have introduced certain innovative Housing Loan Schemes in association with developers/builders, e.g. upfront disbursal of sanctioned individual housing loans to the builders without linking the disbursals to various stages of construction of housing project,
Monetary and Liquidity Measures On the basis of an assessment of the current and evolving macroeconomic situation, it has been decided to: reduce the marginal standing facility (MSF) rate by 75 basis points from 10.25 per cent to 9.5 per cent with immediate effect; reduce the minimum daily maintenance of the cash reserve ratio (CRR) […]
Please refer to Governor’s Statement on taking office on September 04, 2013 (extract enclosed – Annex 1) regarding the proposal to completely free bank branching for well managed domestic scheduled commercial banks in every part of the country subject to fulfilling certain inclusion criteria in underserved areas in proportion to their expansion in urban areas.
