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It has come to our notice that some banks are not issuing pass books to their savings banks account holders (individuals) and only issue a computer generated account statement even when the customer desires pass book facility. Banks are, therefore, advised to strictly adhere to the instructions contained in the above circular.
In case the mandate is ‘Former or Survivor’, the ‘Former’ alone can operate/withdraw the matured amount of the fixed/term deposit, when both the depositors are alive. However, the signature of both the depositors may have to be obtained, in case the deposit is to be paid before maturity. If the former expires before the maturity of the fixed/term deposit, the ‘Survivor’ can withdraw the deposit on maturity. Premature withdrawal would however require the consent of both the parties, when both of them are alive, and that of the surviving depositor and the legal heirs of the deceased in case of death of one of the depositors.
Attention of Authorized Dealer Category-I (AD Category-I) banks is invited to A.P.(DIR Series) Circular No.55 dated April 29, 2011, in terms of which the limit for FII investment in non-convertible debentures / bonds issued by Indian companies in the infrastructure sector was enhanced from USD 5 billion to USD 25 billion. This was subject to the conditions that such instruments shall have a residual maturity of five years and above, the investments would have a lock-in-period of three years and ‘infrastructure’ would be as defined under the extant External Commercial Borrowings (ECB) policy.
Government of India has decided to extend interest subvention of 2% on rupee export credit on specified export sectors from April 1, 2011 to March 31, 2012. Accordingly, the interest subvention on pre-shipment and post-shipment rupee export credit is extended from April 1, 2011 to March 31, 2012 on the same terms and conditions as mentioned in our circular dated January 11, 2011 for the following sectors.
Please refer to the circular DBOD.No.Dir.(Hsg).BC.31/08.12.001/2009-10 dated August 27, 2009 on ‘Finance for Housing Projects’. Banks were advised, inter-alia, to stipulate a clause, in the terms and conditions of granting finance to specific housing/development projects, regarding disclosure of mortgage of property to the bank in the Pamphlets / Brochures/ Advertisements etc., which may be published by developer/owner inviting public at large to purchase flats and properties.
Please refer to our Circular DBOD No.BP.BC.86/21.04.157/2006-07 dated April 20, 2007 on Comprehensive Guidelines on Derivatives. The guidelines with regard to suitability and appropriateness policy for offering of derivative products to users, as outlined in paragraph 8.3 of the said circular, were reviewed in the light of the experience gained in implementation of the guidelines over last four years, and the revised version of the paragraph 8.3 was issued vide circular DBOD.No. BP.BC.27/21.04.157/2010-11 dated August 2, 2011.
In order to provide more flexibility, to authorised persons to decide the location of their branches, it has been decided to dispense with the criteria of 1:1 ratio between metro and non-metro branches. However, we expect branches to be diversified and to be meeting the demand of tourists, etc. All the other instructions shall remain unchanged. A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 41, Dated- November 01, 2011
It has been decided, in consultation with the Government of India, to further extend by one year, i.e. from October 01, 2011 till September 30, 2012, the relaxation with respect to the period of realization and repatriation to India, of the amount representing the full value of goods or software exported, from six months to twelve months from the date of export, which was valid up to September 30, 2011. A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No.40, Dated- November 01, 2011
A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 39 ttention of Authorised Dealer Category-I (AD Category-I) banks is invited to A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No.10 dated September 07, 2011, wherein the Rupee value of the special currency basket was indicated as Rs.66.9682 effective from August 23, 2011. AD Category-I banks are advised that a further revision has taken place on September 15, 2011 and accordingly, the Rupee value of the special currency basket has been fixed at Rs.69.09329 with effect from September 20, 2011.
As announced in the Second Quarter Review of the Monetary Policy 2011-12 (para 89 – extract appended), it has been decided to permit Tier-I UCBs to extend individual housing loans upto a maximum of `30 lakh per beneficiary of a dwelling unit and Tier II UCBs to extend individual housing loans up to a maximum of `70.00 lakh per beneficiary of a dwelling unit subject to extant prudential exposure limits.
