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Attention of Authorised Dealer Category-I (AD Category-I) banks is invited to A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 39 dated November 01, 2011, wherein the Rupee value of the special currency basket was indicated as Rs.69.09329 effective from September 20, 2011. AD Category-I banks are advised that a further revision has taken place on October 20, 2011 and accordingly, the Rupee value of the special currency basket has been fixed at Rs.71.668914 with effect from October 25, 2011.
The Reserve Bank of India having considered it necessary in the 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 give the directions set out below, hereby, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 45JA, 45K, 45L and 45M of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 (2 of 1934), and of all the powers enabling it in this behalf, hereby gives the Directions hereinafter specified.
In exercise of the powers conferred by Sections 45JA of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 and of all the powers enabling it in this behalf, and in partial modification of Notification No. DNBS. 193 dated DG (VL)-2007 dated February 22, 2007, the Reserve Bank hereby notifies as follows, namely.
In paragraph 3A, the following sentence may be added as sub clause No. (IV)- “Based on the criteria set forth by the Bank in the Notification viz; Non-Banking Financial Company- Micro Finance Institutions (Reserve Bank) Directions, 2011 dated December 02, 2011 for classification of NBFCs as NBFC-MFIs, whether the non-banking financial company has been correctly classified as NBFC-MFI as defined in the said Directions with reference to the business carried on by it during the applicable financial year
Please refer to the guidelines on Credit Default Swaps on corporate bonds issued vide Circular IDMD.PCD.No. 5053 / 14.03.04 / 2010-11 dated May 23, 2011. As indicated in paragraph 3.5 of the circular, market participants will have to follow the capital adequacy guidelines for CDS issued by their respective regulators. Accordingly, guidelines on capital adequacy and exposure norms to standalone Primary Dealers (PDs) undertaking CDS transactions are enclosed as Annex.
he Reserve Bank of India today released a working paper – 19th in the series – titled ‘QE-II and FII inflows into India – Is there a connection?’ Working Paper series of the Reserve Bank of India was introduced in April this year to provide a platform to the Reserve Bank Staff for presenting their research studies as well as to receive feedback from informed researchers. Papers published under ‘Working Papers’ Series are quick analytical research papers on issues and challenges of contemporary relevance to the Reserve Bank. Unlike Occasional Papers, another research publication of the Reserve Bank which are published with specific periodicity, the Working Papers are published, as and when ready and only in digitised form. Views presented in Working Papers are the views of the author and do not represent the views of the Reserve Bank of India. The recent Global Financial Crisis (GFC) caused decline in output in many countries around the world. In response to the GFC, expansionary fiscal and accommodative monetary policies were followed. Faced with near zero interest rates, a few developed economies undertook large scale purchase of government securities to support the economy. Between November 2008 and March 2010, the US Fed purchased a large amount of assets to prop-up the US economy.
A reference is invited to our circular IDMD.PCD.No. 5053 /14.03.04/2010-11 dated May 23, 2011 enclosing the Guidelines on Credit Default Swaps (CDS) for Corporate Bonds wherein it was indicated that Market-makers shall report their CDS trades with both users and other market-makers on the reporting platform of CDS trade repository within 30 minutes from the deal time. 2. It is advised that all market makers shall report their CDS trades in corporate bonds within 30 minutes of the trade to the Clearing Corporation of India Limited (CCIL) trade repository CCIL Online Reporting Engine (CORE) beginning December 1, 2011.
RBI/2011-12/285 Please refer to guidelines on single name Credit Default Swaps on corporate bonds issued vide Circular No. IDMD.PCD.No.5053/14.03.04/2010-11 dated May 23, 2011. As indicated in the paragraph 3.5 of the circular, market participants will have to follow the capital adequacy guidelines for CDS issued by their respective regulators. Accordingly, guidelines on capital adequacy, exposure norms and provisioning to banks undertaking CDS transactions are enclosed as Annex.
In view of the timelines attached to the implementation of EBT for routing MGNREGA wages and social security benefits including proposed cash transfers in respect of subsidies on Kerosene, LPG and Fertilisers, you are requested to ensure opening of Aadhaar Enabled Bank Accounts (AEBA) of all the beneficiaries including those residing in villages with less than 2000 population.
Please refer to paragraphs 77 to 80 of the Second Quarter Review of Monetary Policy 2011-12 on the above subject (extract enclosed). To enhance the penetration of banking in rural and semi-urban areas, domestic scheduled commercial banks (excluding RRBs) were permitted vide circular DBOD.No.BL.BC.65/22.01.001/2009-10 dated December 1, 2009 to open branches in Tier 3 to Tier 6 centres (with population up to 49,999 as per Census 2001) and in the rural, semi-urban and urban centres in North-Eastern States and Sikkim without having the need to take permission from Reserve Bank of India in each case, subject to reporting.
