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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 updated FEMA regulations to modify payment modes, sale proceeds remittance, and reporting requirements for NRIs, OCIs, and...
Fema / RBI : The 2026 amendment broadens investment eligibility under FEMA by allowing all individual persons resident outside India to invest ...
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...
You may need to be extra careful while writing cheques in future. Bank regulator Reserve Bank of India (RBI) as well as banks are becoming more strict about individuals issuing cheques. Very often, individuals sign cheques irrespective of the balance
In an additional affidavit, the RBI reiterated before the Division Bench, comprising Chief Justice J. Chelameswar and Justice P.R. Ramachandra Menon, that non-banking financial companies were required to comply with all requirements of the RBI Act an
With a view to bringing in fairness and transparency, banks are advised that they must transparently disclose to the borrower all information about fees/charges payable for processing the loan application, the amount of fees refundable if loan amount is not sanctioned/disbursed, pre-payment options and charges, if any, penalty for delayed repayments if any, conversion charges for switching loan from fixed to floating rates or vice versa, existence of any interest reset clause and any other matter which affects the interest of the borrower. Such information should also be displayed in the website of the banks for all categories of loan products.
In this connection, we enclose a copy of the circular DPSS. (CO). EPPD. No.863 / 04.03.01 / 2010-11 dated October 14, 2010 issued by the Department of Payment and Settlement Systems of the Reserve Bank of India. All Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks are advised to put in place appropriate systems and procedures to ensure compliance with the prescriptions contained in the above circular.
The matter has since been reviewed in the context of the need to further facilitate market making activities of the standalone PDs in corporate bonds. Accordingly, it has been decided to enhance the exposure limits of the standalone PDs from 15 per cent to 25 per cent of their NOF to single borrower and from 25 per cent to 40 per cent of their NOF to group borrowers.
The instructions have now been consolidated and a comprehensive calendar of reviews to be placed before ACBs is given in the Annex. It is emphasized that the calendar outlines the critical minimum requirements of review and the bank Boards will have discretion to prescribe additional reviews to suit their requirements.
Based on requests received from the participant member banks, it is clarified that the revised customer charges for the transactions routed through RTGS are applicable for amounts starting from ` 2 lakhs and above.
In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 45 W of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 and in partial modification of the notification No IDMD.DOD. 04/11.08.38/2009-10 dated January 8, 2010, the Reserve Bank hereby makes the following amendments in the Repo in Corporate Debt Securities (Reserve Bank) Directions, 2010 dated 8th January 2010 (hereinafter referred to as the said Directions) namely.
As stated in the Reserve Bank’s press release issued on November 09, 2010, in line with the stance of monetary policy set out in the Second Quarter Review of November 2, 2010 and in order to provide liquidity comfort arising out of frictional liquidity pressure, it has been decided that scheduled commercial banks may avail of additional liquidity support under the Liquidity Adjustment Facility (LAF) to the extent of up to 1.0 per cent of their Net Demand and Time Liabilities (NDTL) as on the reporting Friday of the second preceding fortnight. For any shortfall in maintenance of Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) during November 9 – December 16, 2010.
Banks are losing their battle for penalty on home loan pre-payments as the Reserve Bank of India sees no case for such a levy given that lenders don’t play a fair game with borrowers. In a meeting with chief executives of banks last week, RBI deputy
