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Housing, auto and corporate loans may become expensive with the Reserve Bank raising short-term key policy rates to check spiralling inflation, say bankers. “The monetary action by RBI is aimed at attacking inflation. It has made fund costlier for banks. It is a signal for upward movement of interest rates,” Central Bank of India Executive Director Arun Kaul told PTI.
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has not directed the banks to reduce pay of their top management, if their performance is poor. However, RBI has issued draft guidelines on Compensation of Whole Time Directors/ Chief Executive Officers/ Risk Takers and control function staff for all banks in private sector and Local Area Banks and all Foreign Banks operating in India for public comments in line with Financial Stability Board’s principles on sound compensation practices.
Union Finance Minister, Shri Pranab Mukherjee has stated that monetary policy measures announced by Reserve Bank of India today will lead to easing of inflation, which is already going down, and it should also keep us fully on track in terms of growth.
NBFCs are therefore advised that there shall be no discrimination in extending products and facilities including loan facilities to the physically / visually challenged applicants on grounds of disability. NBFCs may also advise their branches to render all possible assistance to such persons for availing of the various business facilities.
Based on the recommendations of Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) in its meeting held on July 12, 2010, Government has approved 18 Proposals of Foreign Direct Investment amounting to Rs. 2245.32 Crore approximately.
Foreign lender Royal Bank of Scotland on Thursday said RBI is likely to hike its policy rates by up to one percentage point this year even as the headline inflation is likely to fall to 6-7 per cent on the back of a good monsoon. According to RBS managing director and head of markets Ramit Bhasin, the apex bank is likely to hike its overnight lending rates (repo) by 0.5 per cent to 6 per cent and the reverse repo, at which it accepts deposits from banks by 1 per cent to 5 per cent in 2010.
Keeping in view the special funding needs of the infrastructure sector, Reserve Bank of India (“RBI”) has issued a Circular (A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 4 dated 22 July, 2010) ‘ to liberalise the above refinancing restriction under a Take-out Finance Scheme. The said scheme is applicable to Indian corporates in the seaport and airport, roads including bridges and power sectors (eligible borrowers).
The government has set up a committee to undertake a comprehensive review of the small savings instruments in India such as public provident fund schemes and national savings certificate schemes. This marks the first steps towards migrating to a deregulated regime for such schemes. At present, interest rate on these schemes, which come with tax breaks, are administered by the government and are not linked to market rates.
In terms of the existing regulatory framework, if the SGL transfer form bounces three times in a half year, for want of either funds or the securities, the account holder is liable to be debarred from using the SGL account facility for a period of six months. After restoration of the facility, if the SGL transfer form of the account holder bounces again, such account holder is liable to be permanently debarred from using its SGL account.
The guidelines on credit card operations cover various aspects such as issue of credit cards, interest rates and other charges, wrongful billing, use of Direct Sales Agents (DSAs)/Direct Marketing Agents (DMAs) and other agents, protection of customer rights covering among other things right to privacy, customer confidentiality and fair practices in debt collection, redressal of customer grievances, internal control and monitoring systems, fraud control etc.
