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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...
The Reserve Bank of India’s plans to have access to banking data online from the industry is being stymied by state-owned banks’ reluctance to use technology that they have already deployed. An angry RBI has told public sector banks that they have failed in their business process re-engineering efforts after spending millions on a centralised information technology system.
How about your fixed deposits being flexible? Soon this could be possible, as the country’s biggest bank SBI is all set to offer floating interest rates on term deposits. The floating rate term deposit product will offer no guarantee on returns, as the interest will change with the revision of base rates.
A suggestion by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) that foreign shareholding in new private sector banks be capped at 50 per cent with a lock-in of 10 years has led to some consternation among banks in which a majority share is held by overseas investors. The discussion paper has also triggered a debate if the proposal will make it tougher for banks to attract sufficient capital while ensuring that the shareholding is widely spread.
A case was made for giving relaxation to companies, which have their assets predominantly as investments in shares for holding stake in group companies but not for trading, and companies which do not carry on any other financial activity i.e. Core Investment Companies (CICs), from the regulatory provisions applicable to Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs).
Indian Banks’ Association (IBA) has reported that banks have been permitted by Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to allow free cash withdrawal at their ATMs by customers from other banks upto five times in a month free of charge. Banks are generally complying with the guidelines issued by RBI in this regards from time to time.
A day after the Supreme Court suggested that SFIO could help banks in recovering bad loans, the government on Thursday said it would look into the possibility of engaging the corporate fraud probing body to deal with the menace of non-performing assets.
The Reserve Bank of India has invited stakeholders interested in scheduling discussions on the Discussion Paper on Entry of New Private Sector Banks in the Private Sector to get in touch with the Chief General Manager, Reserve Bank of India, Department of Banking Operations and Development, Central Office, 5th Floor, World Trade Centre-1, Cuffe Parade, Mumbai-400005 or email to fix the schedules for meetings.
The finance ministry has asked government banks to shift to a system where non-performing assets (NPAs) are identified by technology. The aim is to avoid human interference. The ministry has told the government banks to put the system in place by March 2011.
After Bank of Rajasthan – ICICI Bank merger, while more old banks may fall prey to such inorganic growth hunger of banks wanting to become bigger in short run, another major development going to be in the banking space is the entry of new private sector players in the banking arena.
As a follow-up to one of the recommendations of the 13th Finance Commission, the Government has set-up a committee headed by Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India for comprehensive review of National Small Savings Fund (NSSF) structure, interest rate, tenor and other administrative matters. The terms of reference of the Committee include, inter alia, review of the existing parameters for the small saving schemes, terms of lending to States and other related issues.
