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Fema / RBI : The article explains how routing Indian funds through offshore structures and reinvesting them into India may violate FEMA and att...
Fema / RBI : RBI has introduced a concessional forex swap facility allowing eligible PSUs to hedge ECB and OFCB exposures at a fixed 1.50% cost...
Fema / RBI : RBI's KYC framework mandates customer identification, risk categorization, and ongoing monitoring to combat money laundering and t...
Fema / RBI : The article explains RBI’s decision to reduce the export proceeds realization period from 15 months to 9 months and its impact o...
Fema / RBI : Companies receiving foreign investment must comply with reporting, valuation, and approval requirements under FEMA. Failure to do ...
Fema / RBI : RBI has clarified reporting requirements, valuation methods, submission procedures, and entity obligations under the Portfolio Inv...
Fema / RBI : The amendment redefines revenue reserves by excluding provisions for liabilities and depreciation. This ensures clearer classifica...
Fema / RBI : RBI revises the definition of revenue reserves to exclude provisions and liabilities. The change enhances transparency and consist...
Fema / RBI : The Reserve Bank of India has removed a key provision from capital adequacy norms to ensure consistency with updated investment ru...
Fema / RBI : RBI introduces annual IFR assessment instead of continuous compliance for RRBs. The change reduces operational burden while mainta...
Fema / RBI : The key issue was whether cash falls within the definition of property under the PBPT Act. The Tribunal ruled that cash is a tangi...
Fema / RBI : The case examined whether Indian assets could remain seized after foreign asset value was repatriated. The Tribunal ruled that onc...
Fema / RBI : The appellant claimed the disputed funds were received unknowingly and had attempted to return them. The Tribunal granted relief b...
Fema / RBI : The Tribunal held that bank accounts cannot remain frozen merely because the account holder is related to a suspect or under inves...
Fema / RBI : The Tribunal held that retention of seized assets can continue under Section 8(3) when a PMLA prosecution complaint is already pen...
Fema / RBI : RBI has issued draft amendment directions to harmonise governance standards for risk management, compliance, and internal audit fu...
Fema / RBI : RBI has released draft amendment directions on the Standardised Approach for Counterparty Credit Risk after reviewing legal and re...
Fema / RBI : RBI's 2026 amendment directions permit AIFIs to finance listed InvITs but impose stringent conditions relating to valuation, lever...
Fema / RBI : RBI has amended the Small Finance Banks framework to permit lending to listed InvITs while imposing detailed conditions on leverag...
Fema / RBI : The RBI has classified bank exposures to REITs as Commercial Real Estate exposures with specified risk weights. Overseas branch le...
The Reserve Bank today warned the public to not fall prey to fictitious offers of large prize money through e-mails, letters and other electronic modes of communications on payment of service charges. “Such offers (of large prize money from abroad)
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said on Thursday that all deposit taking non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) should maintain a minimum capital ratio consisting of Tier-I and Tier-II capital of 15% from March 31, 2012. Earlier such NBFCs had to maintain a minimum capital ratio of 12% of the aggregate risk weighted assets on the balance sheet and of risk adjusted value off-balance sheet items.
CIRCULAR NO. DNBS.PD/CC.NO.211/03.02.002/2010-11 In terms of paragraph 16 of Non-Banking Financial (Deposit Accepting or Holding) Companies Prudential Norms (Reserve Bank) Directions, 2007, every deposit taking NBFC shall maintain a minimum capital ratio consisting of Tier I and Tier II capital, which shall not be less than 12% of its aggregate risk weighted assets on balance sheet and of risk adjusted value of off-balance sheet items.
The Reserve Bank of India, having considered it necessary in public interest and being satisfied that, for the purpose of enabling the Bank to regulate the credit system to the advantage of the country, it is necessary to amend the Non-Banking Financial (Deposit Accepting or Holding) Companies Prudential Norms (Reserve Bank) Directions, 2007, contained in Notification No. DNBS. 192/DG(VL)-2007, dated February 22, 2007, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 45JA of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 (2 of 1934)
Some of the microfinance institutions (MFIs) financed by banks or acting as their intermediaries/partners appear to be focussing on relatively better banked areas, including areas covered by the SHG-Bank linkage programme. Competing MFIs were operating in the same area, and trying to reach out to the same set of poor, resulting in multiple lending and overburdening of rural households.
The central board of the Reserve Bank met in Bhopal today and decided to prepare a financial inclusion plan for 2,736 Madhya Pradesh villages, with a population of over 2,000, as per the roadmap laid down in the last Union Budget.
The Union Cabinet today approved the proposal of Ministry of Finance to move the necessary amendments in the Coinage Bill 2009, which is pending in the Lok Sabha with such consequential and drafting changes as may be considered necessary. A Bill to t
The Union Cabinet today approved the recapitalization of Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) to improve their Capital to Risk Weighted Assets Ratio CRAR) in the following manner: (a) Share of Central Government i.e. Rs.1,100 crore will be released as per
IDMD. PCD.No. 26/14.03.05/2010-11 we advise that henceforth PDs are permitted to invest in NCDs with original or initial maturity up to one year issued by the corporates (including NBFCs). However, their investments in such unlisted NCDs should not exceed 10 per cent of the size of their non-G-Sec portfolio on an on-going basis.
Consequent upon the introduction of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) from April 1, 2013 for the banking industry as scheduled, the opening balance of reserves of banks will be reduced to the extent of the unamortised carry forward expenditure.
