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High Court rightly dismissed the petition on the ground that an efficacious remedy was available to the appellants under Section 17 of the Act. It is well-settled that ORDINARILY RELIEF UNDER ARTICLES 226/227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA IS NOT AVAILABLE IF AN EFFICACIOUS ALTERNATIVE REMEDY IS AVAILABLE TO ANY AGGRIEVED PERSON. (See: Sadhana Lodh Vs. National Insurance Co. Ltd. & Anr. (2003) 3 SCC 524; Surya Dev Rai Vs. Ram Chander Rai & Ors. (2003) 6 SCC 675; State Bank of India Vs. Allied Chemical Laboratories & Anr. (2006) 9 SCC 252).
A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 55 – It has been decided to enhance the FII investment limit in listed non-convertible debentures / bonds, with a residual maturity of five years and above, and issued by Indian companies in the infrastructure sector, where ‘infrastructure’ is defined in terms of the extant ECB guidelines, by an additional limit of USD 20 billion taking this limit from USD 5 billion to USD 25 billion (with this the total limit available to FIIs for investment in listed non convertible debentures / bonds would be USD 40 billion with a sub limit of USD 25 billion for investment in listed non-convertible debentures / bonds issued by corporates in the infrastructure sector). Further, such investment by FIIs in listed non-convertible debentures / bonds would have a minimum lock-in period of three years. However, FIIs are allowed to trade amongst themselves during the lock-in period. It has also been decided to allow SEBI registered FIIs to invest in unlisted non-convertible debentures / bonds issued by corporates in the infrastructure sector, provided that such investment is as per the aforementioned terms and conditions.
Presently, an AD category – I bank is required to obtain unconditional, irrevocable standby Letter of Credit (LC) or guarantee from an international bank, for an advance remittance exceeding US $ 1,00,000 or its equivalent, for imports of goods into India. With effect from 29 April 2011, RBI has enhanced the aforesaid limit to US $ 2,00,000.
India’s economy is expected to clock a growth rate of around 8 per cent this fiscal, lower than the government’s projection, due to decline in investments and industrial production, global financial services firm Citigroup said today. It also said that the Reserve Bank is likely to go for a 75-100 basis points cumulative hike in key-policy rates this year due to the sustaining high inflation.
The Reserve Bank has today once again issued an advisory cautioning the members of public against responding in any manner to offers of moneys from abroad. It has stated that such offers are fraudulent and has advised the public to immediately register a complaint with the local police/ cyber crime authorities when they receive such offers or become a victim of any such fraud.
Banks intending to migrate to AMA for computing capital charge for operational risk are advised to assess their preparedness with reference to these guidelines. As and when they are ready for introduction of AMA, they may first give Reserve Bank of India (RBI) (Chief General Manager-in-Charge, Reserve Bank of India, Department of Banking Operations & Development, Central Office, 12th Floor, Shahid Bhagat Singh Road, Mumbai – 400001), a notice of intention. RBI will first make a preliminary assessment of the bank’s risk management system and its modeling process. If the result of this preliminary assessment is satisfactory, RBI will allow the bank to make a formal application for migrating to AMA. RBI will then perform a detailed analysis of the bank’s risk management system and proposed model prior to according approval.
The Reserve Bank (RBI) today slapped a penalty of Rs1.95 crore on 19 banks, including heavyweights SBI, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank and Citibank, for violating norms on derivatives, an instrument used to hedge financial risks. The fine has been imposed on the banks for selling derivative products to companies and exporters without complying with the instructions issued by the central bank from time to time.
Small Accounts- 2. In terms of Rule 2 clause (fb) of the Notification ‘small account’ means a savings account in a banking company where – the aggregate of all credits in a financial year does not exceed rupees one lakh; the aggregate of all withdrawals and transfers in a month does not exceed rupees ten thousand; and the balance at any point of time does not exceed rupees fifty thousand .
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) relaxed the provisioning norms for banks with retrospective effect from September 30, 2010, which in turn could help banks post higher profits. The RBI said, banks will have to maintain a provision coverage ratio of 70 percent of their gross bad loans only till September 30, 2010 after which they will have to follow just the standard capital provisioning requirement as per by the Basu committee.
he Reserve Bank of India has been decided with the Government that the Ways and Means Advance limits will changed and interest rate will also changed. It has been decided in consultation with the Government of India that the limits for Ways and Means Advances (WMA) for the financial year 2011-12 would be:
