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Fema / RBI : Bombay HC permitted withdrawal of wilful defaulter orders and directed fresh proceedings after disclosure of relevant material, pe...
Fema / RBI : Calcutta HC permitted the borrower to file a fresh RBI Ombudsman complaint in the prescribed format and directed its consideration...
Fema / RBI : Calcutta HC directed completion of liquidation of 32 banking companies within six months with periodic reporting to RBI....
Fema / RBI : The Karnataka High Court upheld the Appellate Tribunal's finding that the respondents satisfied the definition of person resident ...
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Fema / RBI : RBI released draft data governance guidance for regulated entities, inviting comments by August 17, 2026, on governance, data qual...
Fema / RBI : RBI consolidates SRVA instructions, supersedes earlier circulars, permits FEMA transactions through SRVAs, and updates reporting w...
Fema / RBI : RBI amends Local Area Bank Directions on SNFA income recognition, reversal of unrealised income and accounting treatment, effectiv...
Fema / RBI : RBI amends RRB income recognition norms for SNFAs, prescribing treatment of unrealised income and realised receipts from October 1...
Please refer to Para 1.1.3 of our circular RPCD.No.RRB.BC.20/03.05.33/2007-08 dated August 22, 2007 on lending to priority sector in terms of which working capital and term loans for financing production and investment requirements for agriculture and allied activities are treated as direct finance to agriculture under priority sector.
A reference is invited to paragraph 5 of our RPCD.CO.RCB.AML.BC. No.63/07.40.00/ 2010-11 dated April 26, 2011, wherein it was stipulated that when bank relies exclusively on the Aadhaar letter as complete KYC document for opening of an account, such an account would be subject to all conditions and limitations applicable to ‘Small accounts’ as detailed in the Government notification referred to above. After further consultations with Government, it has now been decided to accept the letter issued by the UIDAI as described above as an officially valid document for opening bank accounts without the limitations applicable to ‘Small accounts’ as prescribed in paragraph 5 of our circular under reference.
India’s inflation rate continued to remain close to worrisome double-digit levels bolstering speculation that the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), despite a slowing economy, may increase interest rates yet again to cool prices when it presents the quarterly policy review later this month. So, expect your EMIs on loans to go up all over again.
We advise that the name of Rabobank International (Coöperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen – Boerenleenbank B.A.)” has been included in the Second Schedule to the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 by Notification DBOD.IBD.No.948/23.03.027/ 2011-12 dated July 18, 2011, published in the Gazette of India (Part III – Section 4) dated July 30, 2011.
Attention of Authorised Dealer Category – I (AD Category – I) banks is invited to the A.P.(DIR Series) Circular No. 17 dated November 16, 2010, in terms of which AD Category – I banks have been permitted to offer the facility of repatriation of export related remittances by entering into standing arrangements with Online Payment Gateway Service Providers (OPGSPs), subject to the conditions stipulated therein.
Export-Import Bank of India (Exim Bank) has concluded an Agreement dated April 21, 2011 with the Government of the Republic of Senegal, making available to the latter, a Line of Credit (LOC) of USD 27.50 million (USD twenty seven million and five hundred thousand) for financing eligible goods, services, machinery and equipment including consultancy services from India for the purpose of financing rural electrification project in Senegal.
The importance of an inclusive financial system is widely recognized in the policy circles not only in India but has become a policy priority in many countries. Several countries across the globe now look at financial inclusion as the means of a more comprehensive growth, wherein each citizen of the country is able to use their earning as a financial resource that they can put to work to improve their future financial status, adding to the nation’s progress.
The Union Cabinet today approved the proposals to bring India Infrastructure Finance Company Ltd. (IIFCL) under regulatory oversight of Reserve Bank of India, to enhance its professional capability and to increase its capital base.
Two sets of data to be released this week – industrial output growth for August and consolidated monthly inflation for September – would largely determine the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI’s) next move on interest rate hikes. Policy makers are facing a harsh dilemma: a slew of fiscal and monetary measures to cure inflation has not tamed prices but cast side effects on growth.
Following the recent downgrade of the country’s largest lender State Bank of India by credit rating agency Moody’s Investor Services, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has asked banks to focus on recovery and follow a stringent credit appraisal procedure. The RBI has asked banks to remain cautious in the wake of a higher-than-expected rate hike that could have an adverse impact on the asset quality of banks.
