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Fema / RBI : The issue concerns regulatory burden on smaller NBFCs without systemic risk exposure. The RBI introduced exemption for such entiti...
Fema / RBI : The issue concerns delays in pension credit caused by banks. The guidelines mandate 8% interest compensation for such delays. The ...
Fema / RBI : Explains how ECBs allow Indian entities to borrow abroad while ensuring compliance with RBI rules. Key takeaway: growth is enabled...
Fema / RBI : The issue involved delayed recognition of credit losses under the earlier framework. RBI introduced ECL to ensure probability-base...
Fema / RBI : RBI clarified that the Digital Rupee is legal tender with features similar to physical cash. It enables secure, instant, and fee-f...
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 Reserve Bank of India has proposed a clear 5% IFR requirement for rural co-operative banks’ current investments. This change...
Fema / RBI : The Court held that rejection of NBFC registration surrender solely due to meeting PBC was unsustainable without giving an opportu...
Fema / RBI : The issue was whether properties purchased using company funds could escape benami classification. The Tribunal held that unexplai...
Fema / RBI : The Tribunal ruled that transactions predating the alleged crime cannot be treated as proceeds of crime without a clear link. It s...
Fema / RBI : The issue was whether properties unconnected to crime could be attached under PMLA. The Tribunal held that equivalent value assets...
Fema / RBI : The Tribunal ruled that taxation of income does not negate its use in benami transactions. Even disclosed or assessed income can f...
Fema / RBI : The issue involved foreign investment limits in the insurance sector under FEMA regulations. The amendment allows up to 100% FDI u...
Fema / RBI : The issue involved foreign investment from countries sharing land borders with India. The amendment mandates Government approval f...
Fema / RBI : RBI sets new framework for agency commission, reporting, and monitoring of agency banks. Key takeaway: stricter compliance and sta...
Fema / RBI : RBI introduced new directions mandating prompt pension credit and adherence to government orders. The framework ensures efficiency...
Fema / RBI : NBFCs can retain or upgrade borrower accounts to standard upon resolution plan implementation. The amendment balances borrower rel...
THE INSTITUTE of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) has raised questions about ICICI Bank’s home loans business and has sought a fresh central bank audit of a two-year-old sale deal of dud loans, after a Mumbai-based chartered accountant spotted irregularities in some loans.“The regulator should re-audit assets sold to ARCIL,” ICAI president Uttam Prakash Agarwal […]
It has been brought to our notice that some banks are collecting third party account payee cheques on behalf of co-operative credit societies who are their constituents. While reiterating that such practice of collection of third party cheques is not permissible, in order to facilitate collection of cheques from the payment system angle, account payee cheques deposited with the sub-member for credit to their customers’ account can be collected by the member bank (referred to as the sponsor member) of the Clearing House.
Please refer to our Master Circular RBI/2009-10/56 IDMD.PDRS. 01/03.64.00/2009-10 dated July 1, 2009 on Operational Guidelines to Primary Dealers, in terms of which, Primary Dealers (PDs) are allowed to borrow from call/notice money market, on an average in a reporting fortnight, up to 200 percent of their Net Owned Funds (NOF) as at the end March of the preceding financial year.
A reference is invited to our Master Circular RBI/2009-10/56 IDMD.PDRS. 01/03.64.00/2009-10 dated July 1, 2009 on Operational Guidelines to the Primary Dealers (PDs) prescribing, inter alia, the minimum Net Owned Funds (NOF) of Rs.50 crore for non-bank stand-alone PD and Rs.100 crore in case the PD intends to diversify into other permissible activities.
Please refer to our Master Circular RBI/2009-10/56 IDMD.PDRS. 01/03.64.00/2009-10 dated July 1, 2009 on Operational Guidelines to Primary Dealers, in terms of which, Primary Dealers (PDs) are allowed to borrow from call/notice money market, on an average in a reporting fortnight, up to 200 percent of their Net Owned Funds (NOF) as at the end March of the preceding financial year.
In a case which came up before the High Court of Delhi, the Honorable Court has directed that all banks should ensure that their branches display in a conspicuous place (i) essential details about the facilities under the enactment (Mental Disabilities Act); (ii) the fact that the parties can approach the Local Level Committees, for the purposes of issuance of the certificate and that the certificate issued under the Mental Disabilities Act is acceptable; and (iii) the details of the Local Level Committees in that area.
In the context of the Interest Rate Futures (Reserve Bank) Directions, 2009 dated August 28, 2009 issued by the Reserve Bank of India, it is clarified that stand-alone Primary Dealers (PDs) are allowed to deal in Interest Rate Futures (IRFs) for both hedging and trading on own account and not on client’s account, subject to adherence to the prudential norms contained in the aforesaid circulars.
RBI/2009-10/ 139 Ref: DBOD.No.Ret. BC.36/12. 02.001/2009- 10 September 01, 2009 To, All Scheduled Commercial Banks (Excluding Regional Rural Banks) Dear Sir, Section 24 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 Maintenance of Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) Please refer to the Reserve Bank Press Release: 2009-2010/227 dated August 10, 2009 on the issuance of Government of India […]
On a review, it has been decided that interest on balances in savings bank accounts would be calculated on a daily product basis with effect from April 1, 2010. UCBs may ensure that they have the requisite infrastructure in place to effect a smooth transition to the revised procedure.
Banks undertaking PD activities departmentally may continue to follow the extant guidelines applicable to the banks in regard to the classification and valuation of the investment portfolio issued by our Department of Banking Operations and Development.
