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A. P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 57 Shares of an Indian company held by the non-resident investor can be pledged in favour of an Indian bank in India to secure the credit facilities being extended to the resident investee company for bonafide business purposes subject to the following conditions : in case of invocation of pledge, transfer of shares should be in accordance with the FDI policy in vogue at the time of creation of pledge; submission of a declaration/ annual certificate from the statutory auditor of the investee company that the loan proceeds will be / have been utilized for the declared purpose; the Indian company has to follow the relevant SEBI disclosure norms;
The Reserve Bank of India today released the Macroeconomic and Monetary Developments in 2010-11. The document serves as a background to the Monetary Policy Statement 2011-12 to be announced on May 3, 2011.
Faced with stubborn inflation, RBI is likely to raised key policy rates by at least 25 basis points in its annual credit policy for 2011-12 to be announced on Tuesday to arrest the rate of price rise, say bankers. “Given the macro economic conditions, it is expected that the RBI would hike rates by at least 25 basis points to curb inflationary expectations,” Indian Overseas Bank Chairman and Managing Director M Narendra told PTI.
Concerned over rising incidents of cyber crime, the Reserve Bank of India has suggested banks to put in place a strong whistle blowing system as well as reward employees who help prevent frauds. Appropriate mechanisms need to be established in banks…including transaction monitoring teams in banks and to investigate them (disputes or suspicions raised by stakeholders) thoroughly. Banks should have a well publicised whistle blowing mechanism, RBI said.
Amid concerns over high inflation and the possibility of hike in key policy rates , Reserve Bank governor D Subbarao today called on Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee to discuss the state of economy ahead of the apex bank’s monetary policy next week. “As a standard practice I had come to review the macro economic situation with Finance Minister and senior officers ahead of the policy review ,” Subbarao told reporters after meeting Mukherjee.
Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Rules, 2011 – NOTIFICATION NO. G.S.R. 349(E), DATED 29-4-2011 – In exercise of the powers conferred by section 48 of the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010 (42 of 2010), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules, namely: –
In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (3) of section 1 of the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010 (42 of 2010), the Central Government hereby appoints the 1st day of May, 2011 as the date on which the provisions of the said Act shall come into force.
As you are aware, following the announcement in the April 2010 Monetary Policy Statement, the Working Group on Information Security, Electronic Banking, Technology Risk Management and Cyber Frauds was constituted, under the Chairmanship of Shri G. Gopalakrishna, Executive Director, RBI. The Group examined various issues arising out of the use of Information Technology in banks and made its recommendations in nine broad areas.
As a part of financial sector reforms, the Reserve Bank has deregulated interest rates on deposits, other than savings bank deposits. The interest rate on savings bank deposits has remained unchanged at 3.5 per cent per annum since March 1, 2003. Keeping in view progressive deregulation of interest rates, it was proposed in the Second Quarter Review of Monetary Policy 2010-11 announced on November 2, 2010 to prepare a Discussion Paper to delineate the pros and cons of deregulating the savings bank deposits interest rate. It was proposed to place a Discussion Paper on the Reserve Bank’s website for feedback from general public. Accordingly, this Discussion Paper is an attempt to deal with pros and consof deregulating savings deposit interest rate and take on board the suggestions of various stakeholders for either maintaining the status quo or deregulating the savings deposit interest rate.
A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 54 It has now been decided to allow custodian banks to issue Irrevocable Payment Commitments (IPCs) in favour of the Stock Exchanges / Clearing Corporations of the Stock Exchanges, on behalf of their FII clients for purchase of shares under the PIS. Issue of IPCs should be in accordance with the Reserve Bank regulations on banks’ exposure to the capital market issued by the Reserve Bank from time to time. Further, AD Category – I banks may also comply with the instructions issued by our Department of Banking Operations and Development (DBOD) vide circular no. DBOD Dir. BC.46/13.03.00/2010-11 dated September 30, 2010.
